Teach your kid how to punch with his right, jab with his left, and then tell him to go totally ape-shit on his tormentor until somebody pulls him off the bully.
Works every time, and its a great self-esteem buiilder.
I mean "operators" in the military context, i.e. the people who shoot the weapons at the enemy.
You won't find a single Chief of Staff in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces who made their careers in the Logistics/Communications/Medical fields. Why? Because they have little experience performing their organization's primary mission: killing the enemy.
The same holds true in the private sector, although I think the heirarchy is less rigid and its easier for folks to cross career boundaries in the civilian world, but the person you want in the top spot is the one who knows how to make a profit, not outfit a data center.
Israel and the United States will soon be destroyed, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a meeting with Syria's foreign minister, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website said in a report.
"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad... assured that the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel will soon come to the end of their lives," the Iranian president was quoted as saying.
Anybody care to explain how chance/chaos/whatever can explain how complex systems like these flying dinosaurs evolved and adapted to meet the needs of their envrionment?
Nothing against Britannia, but I am not happy with the modern world and I am sure many would concur with me on this.
Good - you shouldn't be. There's always room for improvement. What are you doing to improve Mankind's lot?
The world of today is a much better place to live than the world of 400, 100, or even 10 years ago. I don't know how old you are, but in my 44 years I've seen a considerable amount of progress in all areas of human endeavor. It's the optimists who moved us forward, and it's the optimists that will keep us moving forward.
ncidentally, what other "former British colony" has achieved anywhere near the success that India has? Pakistan - nope. Nigeria - nope. Kenya - nope. Malaysia - nope. Notwithstanding 100% white and British dominated colonies like Canada, the US, and Australia, no other nation has come close.
Yet I think we can agree the Raj left behind the framework of ideas and institutions that allowed India to use its blood, sweat, and hard-work to transform itself into a peaceful democracy.
Britain's imperial legacy has done more to move the world forward in the past 400 hundred years than anything else. The fact the British Empire is no more does not diminish this fact.
Here's to Britannia - she can't make a decent cup of coffee but she gave us the free modern western world.
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. . . I am going to EXPLODE with self-righteous rage!
(What the hell - my karma's shot anyways. . .)
You WHORE!
<sob!>
. . . the server goes up in smoke after 1.5 billon /.ers all try to connect at once?
Teach your kid how to punch with his right, jab with his left, and then tell him to go totally ape-shit on his tormentor until somebody pulls him off the bully.
Works every time, and its a great self-esteem buiilder.
Reading your email and your slashdot posts IS our actual work.
Signed,
Your IT Department
P.S. You're fired.
This is Dell we're talking about.
If the #2 request was pictures of Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton shaving each other, I'd be more willing to believe you.
. . . and I'll order a Dell with pre-installed Linux too.
You spoke the truth, and the truth must be discredited for the goals of the Holy Church of Environmentalism to succeed.
. . . and reinstall Windows.
Everyone knows that fixes ANYTHING that's wrong with a Dell - just ask their customer support team!
. . . watching an angry mob torch a building and then pull the unlucky escapees apart limb-by-limb!
Really?
Somebody should have mentioned that to these folks.
. . . to the Nine Circles of Oracle Support Hell.
. . . when they can't even support their own products?
Signed,
Another Oracle "Fusion Middleware" (or whatever they're calling that abortion of an application server this week) User.
I mean "operators" in the military context, i.e. the people who shoot the weapons at the enemy.
You won't find a single Chief of Staff in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces who made their careers in the Logistics/Communications/Medical fields. Why? Because they have little experience performing their organization's primary mission: killing the enemy.
The same holds true in the private sector, although I think the heirarchy is less rigid and its easier for folks to cross career boundaries in the civilian world, but the person you want in the top spot is the one who knows how to make a profit, not outfit a data center.
. . . attack other members with flying penises?
Like this one from yesterday:
Israel and the United States will soon be destroyed, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday during a meeting with Syria's foreign minister, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) website said in a report."Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad... assured that the United States and the Zionist regime of Israel will soon come to the end of their lives," the Iranian president was quoted as saying.
Iran: Israel, US will soon die
Anybody care to explain how chance/chaos/whatever can explain how complex systems like these flying dinosaurs evolved and adapted to meet the needs of their envrionment?
Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?
Did my post piss you off?
Ruin your day?
Good.
. . . for making me blow hot coffee out of my nose and all over my keyboard.
Seriously - that was funny.
Beer.
Nothing helps me get through the day better.
And how can I get one?
I have a Scots mother, lived in England for six years, and was married to a girl from Finglas for nine years.
The only place I tasted worse food than England was Ireland.
But I guess that's why you invented Guiness - to wash the horrible taste of boiled cabbage and potatos from your mouths.
Good - you shouldn't be. There's always room for improvement. What are you doing to improve Mankind's lot?
The world of today is a much better place to live than the world of 400, 100, or even 10 years ago. I don't know how old you are, but in my 44 years I've seen a considerable amount of progress in all areas of human endeavor. It's the optimists who moved us forward, and it's the optimists that will keep us moving forward.
Are you an optimist? I am.
Yet I think we can agree the Raj left behind the framework of ideas and institutions that allowed India to use its blood, sweat, and hard-work to transform itself into a peaceful democracy.
Britain's imperial legacy has done more to move the world forward in the past 400 hundred years than anything else. The fact the British Empire is no more does not diminish this fact.
Here's to Britannia - she can't make a decent cup of coffee but she gave us the free modern western world.
. . . enters the space age.
Say what you will about empire, but the Brits have left a lasting legacy of freedom and progress for mankind.
Now if they could only learn how to make a decent cup of coffee.