Mod parent down as offtopic, and then mod this up as funny, so that people with re-parented replies see it attached to something completely unrelated and have their heads explode trying to figure out why on earth they should mod down a perfectly good post !
Their export ban changes nothing with regard to finished products.
You're not thinking ahead. It actually has a huge impact in finished products.
The Chinese produce things for cheap because it allows them to compete with the rest of the world in the easiest way using their most abundant resource, people. Banning export of resources only they are known to have leaves to reason for them to produce the items made using those resources for cheap.
China regulates how many children you're allowed to have. I wouldn't put quadrupling the price of resources they control past them. If they control the source of materials used to make the finished products, they control the finished products.
"Okay, so you want to hoard rare-earth metals? I'm sorry, but your students are immediately no longer welcome at our schools until you have fully reconsidered the matter. They will be returning to China by the end of the week and we will be invoicing you for the travel costs. Thank you, come again."
Something tells me China is going to laugh that one off.
Isn't getting a free-thinking American education illegal in China ?
So what happens when the person learns that everyone they've trusted has been lying to them the entire time ?
Is the psychological damage that is likely to cause any better than any possible side-effects of non-placebo medications ?
You know what, no. I play video games just like everyone else but this is just retarded.
I'm not paying twice as much for a fake football that will be obsolete in a few years. Get off your fat ass, go outside, and play with a real football you lazy bastard.
At least, that's what my parent's would have said if I wanted one of these as a kid.
If it was really an issue... plug up the holes and don't tell anyone? They're 6 meters long, not 6 meters wide; it shouldn't be too difficult.
Oh you definitely want to tell the new owner what it is. Though, the thought of someone finding the tubes and digging up the foundation to find out where they're connected to the water main only to find out they are just a giant loop is kinda funny.
I've always had bad handwriting, now the only thing I write is a debt card signature and even doctors would look at it and ask "WTF is that supposed to say?".
I've started using a combination of the operating system name, the computer brand and model number, and a dash/number on the end when there's multiple systems of the same type.
Does this mean we should be looking for abnormal bridges between the part of the brain which controls speech and the decision making part to identify psychopaths ?
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Mod parent down as offtopic, and then mod this up as funny, so that people with re-parented replies see it attached to something completely unrelated and have their heads explode trying to figure out why on earth they should mod down a perfectly good post !
Open source sounds good at first. It's really like one of those stories where someone sells their soul to the Devil in the end though.
Actually, I think I'd feel safer that way. I've seen what people who are infected with malware are capable of.
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You're not thinking ahead. It actually has a huge impact in finished products.
The Chinese produce things for cheap because it allows them to compete with the rest of the world in the easiest way using their most abundant resource, people. Banning export of resources only they are known to have leaves to reason for them to produce the items made using those resources for cheap.
China regulates how many children you're allowed to have. I wouldn't put quadrupling the price of resources they control past them. If they control the source of materials used to make the finished products, they control the finished products.
Something tells me China is going to laugh that one off.
Isn't getting a free-thinking American education illegal in China ?
Everybody lies.
That's ok, we still have plenty of Uranium...
I sincerely apologize. I signed up for classes late and missed the opportunity to register for "The difference between Irish and Scottish 101".
So what happens when the person learns that everyone they've trusted has been lying to them the entire time ?
Is the psychological damage that is likely to cause any better than any possible side-effects of non-placebo medications ?
I can't help but think of Robin Williams calling up with his drunken Irish golfer accent to explain "a huge fuckin' fireball in tha sky".
When it comes to war machines, losing business is the least of your worries.
Keep in-house stuff in-house, and outsource as much as possible even if you don't use what outsourcing produces.
Take pictures ?
How do you think Santa is able to give out so much coal every year ?
You know what, no. I play video games just like everyone else but this is just retarded.
I'm not paying twice as much for a fake football that will be obsolete in a few years. Get off your fat ass, go outside, and play with a real football you lazy bastard.
At least, that's what my parent's would have said if I wanted one of these as a kid.
... I never told you so.
Oh you definitely want to tell the new owner what it is. Though, the thought of someone finding the tubes and digging up the foundation to find out where they're connected to the water main only to find out they are just a giant loop is kinda funny.
Depressed gamer chicks are hot.
I've always had bad handwriting, now the only thing I write is a debt card signature and even doctors would look at it and ask "WTF is that supposed to say?".
I've started using a combination of the operating system name, the computer brand and model number, and a dash/number on the end when there's multiple systems of the same type.
Does this mean I can have my 2 year old crawl through the doggy door and fetch my newspaper in the morning without feeling guilty about it ?
I can't wait to read the stories about these peoples houses being burned down in pranks, that will be funny.
I think you have it backwards. My parents beat my ass and the state troopers inform me that speeding is wrong.
Does this mean we should be looking for abnormal bridges between the part of the brain which controls speech and the decision making part to identify psychopaths ?
Don't be one of those assholes that constipates the circle of life. Take the damn management position.