Some of the problem is adults whacking off in libraries looking at porn. We can protect the kids from that by banning porn altogether.
Or as a saner person might have said, "by having people arrested if they whack off at a public Internet workstation". Filters throw out the baby and keep the bathwater.
CDnow lists A New Day Has Come as a CD. Since it's not actually a CD, isn't this misleading? If Philips informed them that it's not a CD, and they kept misusing the term, wouldn't that be fraud?
That's what I think when I see the logo of Sherwin-Williams Paints: a paint bucket marked SWP, spilling red paint all over the globe, with the motto COVER THE EARTH.
We used to have horses and carriages -- now we have cars and airplanes and moon rockets.
We used to have VCRs -- now we have TiVo.
Well, at least *y'all* have TiVo. I can't afford it. But maybe they'll send me one for plugging it. God, I wish it was 1999 again and/or I was Harry Knowles...
A panacea is a magical cure for all diseases and hence, figuratively, a magical solution to any and all problems. Most uses of the word occur in denials of or questions about a panacea's worth or existence.
Placebo is the opening of a part of the Latin vesper service for the dead, and it also means "something done to placate or please someone." But its use in medicine--"a harmless, unmedicated dose
or pill given a patient who insists on a treatment that the physician believes is not needed"--is its most frequently used sense, occasionally confused with panacea. In medical experiments, a placebo is the nondrug given the control group in order that the effectiveness of the drug being given the other patients can be assessed more accurately.
You already know that people are going to Google you. Save them the trouble by doing what I did -- tell them about the skeletons in your closet. Remember, it can't be used to blackmail you if it's already public record...
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The switch to commercial use [of NSFnet] did happen and it's clear that we are all the better for it.
Excuse me for a moment. I'll respond to this glorification of the September that Never Ended right after I delete another seven pieces of spam from my inbox and close a few airline-trust megapopup ads.
If anyone would care to pick up a 7-foot rack in Tampa, email me. Damn thing's been cluttering up my house ever since I realized my employer didn't have room for me to donate it to them.
I'll help you push it out the door. Everything else is up to you.
Load a cargo plane with a bunch of pfennigs in a big sack. Fly over the lawyers' location, as high as is consistent with good aim, and deliver the money they demanded.
For bonus points, yell "Heads up!" at just the right moment.
Yes, a defendant in a US criminal case has the right to legal representation regardless of money. If you can't afford to hire a lawyer, the court will appoint a Public Defender.
The down side is that Public Defenders' offices are almost always overburdened. Accused poor people get some semblance of legal help, and it can be quite useful, but it's nothing like what a rich defendant can pay for.
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Freakin' campers...
"We, too, thought we were intelligent. We mistook data for wisdom."
Legend has it that every even-numbered Star Trek sequel sucks. Let's do the math.
Worst episode ever, QED.
Or as a saner person might have said, "by having people arrested if they whack off at a public Internet workstation". Filters throw out the baby and keep the bathwater.
Idiots have been arrested for committing crimes in the library before, and as long as they keep making a nuisance of themselves, we librarians will keep LARTing them.
They probably shouldn't abdicate their parental authority by treating public libraries as a free babysitting service. Here's a free hint for those bereft of clue: leaving your child unattended in a public place is a Bad Idea.
All you have to do is buy this copy of Dianetics...
CDnow lists A New Day Has Come as a CD. Since it's not actually a CD, isn't this misleading? If Philips informed them that it's not a CD, and they kept misusing the term, wouldn't that be fraud?
He then said, and I quote:
That's what I think when I see the logo of Sherwin-Williams Paints: a paint bucket marked SWP, spilling red paint all over the globe, with the motto COVER THE EARTH.
I'll bet the Socialist Workers Party loves it, though.
We used to have horses and carriages -- now we have cars and airplanes and moon rockets.
We used to have VCRs -- now we have TiVo.
Well, at least *y'all* have TiVo. I can't afford it. But maybe they'll send me one for plugging it. God, I wish it was 1999 again and/or I was Harry Knowles...
Let's add a tax to frou-frou coffee drinks and cutesy two-inch books sold at corporate megabookstores, and use it to fund public libraries.
Placebo is the opening of a part of the Latin vesper
service for the dead, and it also means "something done to placate or please someone." But its use in medicine--"a harmless, unmedicated dose
or pill given a patient who insists on a treatment that the physician believes
is not needed"--is its most frequently used sense, occasionally confused with panacea. In medical experiments, a placebo is the nondrug given the control group in order that the effectiveness of the drug being given the other patients can be assessed more accurately.
SOURCE: http://www.bartleby.com/68/92/4392.html
(lest I be accused of plagiarism myself)
(I'm not advocating any particular way of opening a vacancy on the Court, mind you... Perhaps Scalia would be so kind as to retire.)
You already know that people are going to Google you. Save them the trouble by doing what I did -- tell them about the skeletons in your closet. Remember, it can't be used to blackmail you if it's already public record...
Skip the commercial crap altogether -- exchange gift exemption vouchers and do something relaxing on Buy Nothing Day.
Excuse me for a moment. I'll respond to this glorification of the September that Never Ended right after I delete another seven pieces of spam from my inbox and close a few airline-trust megapopup ads.
Yet more evidence that censorship always backfires...
...so I'd guess we're talking about New Zealand here.
RXC says:
Goodbye indeed. See ya. Don't let the door hit you in the marketing department on the way out.
I, for one, won't miss the EMBED tag. I'd also be willing to go without IFRAME, MARQUEE, and BLINK.
Microsoft's getting rid of EMBED? Bully for them. It's about time.
Say it ain't so, George!
The rack will be picked up this weekend. God bless networking (in the 1993 sense).
I'll help you push it out the door. Everything else is up to you.
I'm serious.
For bonus points, yell "Heads up!" at just the right moment.
The down side is that Public Defenders' offices are almost always overburdened. Accused poor people get some semblance of legal help, and it can be quite useful, but it's nothing like what a rich defendant can pay for.
"...The HELL?!"