Not sure where you live that renting a car or hiring a mover is staggeringly inconvenient though.
I'm going to a wedding in another city on Saturday. It's too far for the average electric car to take me.
To rent a car I'd have to either rent it the night before (great, losing an hour of my Friday evening) or get to the wedding late (car hire place doesn't open until 9am on a Saturday).
I'd also have to keep it hired until Sunday, as I can't return it last thing on a Saturday.
Plus of course I can't get to the car hire place without driving or hiring a taxi. Not to mention I'm now having to stay sober enough on Saturday night that I can drive on Sunday morning.
Then there's the paperwork. I fucking hate paperwork.
Instead what I'm going to do is walk 12 yards from my house, get into a very comfortable car that's fun to drive, switch on the pre-programmed radio and drive to the other city.
I had this issue with a cancelled VISA card. It was even a recurring payment that was at one time legitimate.
I merely told the card provider that I had closed my account and if they wanted to keep giving money to that vendor then it was their choice as it was their money, as I'd clearly informed them that I was closing the account and that they shouldn't accept any payments on my behalf.
No idea whether they stopped the payments, but they did stop trying to bill me for them.
But I would like to politely remind you that the beta period for Windows 10 was supposed to end last Summer, and Windows 10 is now supposed to be in general release
Wouldn't it be more useful to remind someone that works for Microsoft?
This could be something as small as a diplomatic tiff, maybe expel a diplomat or two; they could impose some kind of economic sanctions on them (not sure what the level of trade or cooperation there is between Russia and Turkey); or, most severely, retaliate in kind.
They've already withdrawn a diplomatic visit, they've withdrawn military cooperation (even to the extent that they had it) and there's a big push to damage the Turkish tourism industry through reducing Russian visitors. That's just today.
What'll be more interesting is if Turkish aircraft fly over Syria. Looks like the Russians are going to treat that as a hostile act - to Assad, if not to themselves - and probably look to shoot them down.
Could well be that Turkey's just inhibited their own ability to support the Turkmen 'rebels' and to conduct operations against the Kurds.
When you are discriminated against because of your gender, some cunt is being sexist.
Why is that so hard for you to accept?
I have no confirmation bias. I don't recognise this bullshit male privilege nonsense that feminists keep bleating on about. I sure as shit don't benefit from it. You'll have to forgive me for working for my own success, despite fighting against the multiple ways in which society disadvantages me, whether on gender or other grounds.
If, as the article states, the Russian pilots came down in Syrian territory, then why should we believe they were flying above Turkeye?
Crashing four kilometres from the border leaves plenty of room for doubt.
Further this incident gives Putin the possibility to start downing the French, German, Britain planes within Syria.
Not remotely. If he does, that's going to result in a very rapid reduction in Russian air power.
The only thing I anticipate 'The Allied Forces' to do is bomb the hell out of Assad's infrastructure and military facilities.
What the fuck does Assad have to do with this? Why would you bring him into it? Are you talking complete shit?
Just like what happened in Syria. 'The Allied' got permission to establish a no-fly zone and took the opportunity to destroy pretty much the whole irrigation system that Ghaddafi had installed.
I hope NATO will stay out of this. If they start a WW3, I desert. I won't fight or even pay taxes for islamists.
If the Russian aircraft was invading Turkish airspace, despite multiple warnings, then Turkey was acting within its rights.
If that leads to Russia attacking Turkey, Turkey will request NATO support. At that point I hope to hell NATO steps up and provides that support, because otherwise WWIII will kick off, and in earnest.
What's interesting right now is where the Russian aircraft was when it was attacked.
Of course, since Russia invaded Crimea and Ukraine my general feeling is "fuck 'em", although since I admire the Kurds and their general approach to life I'm not exactly supporting Turkey either.
It's not a surprise that a fighter kills a same generation ground attack aircraft. Reality is that the F16 would've had the advantage in the 70s, let alone when the Su-24 is intentionally ignoring the threat.
Shit, the Tornado is an excellent airframe and I'd expect one to lose to an F16 almost every time. Also a 70s design..
The UK charges court fees only to people found guilty. Right now magistrates are resigning because the charges are different if you plead innocent or guilty, so justice is not happening due to people with no money pleading guilty to avoid the risk of the higher fees.
Charging innocent people seems impossibly punitive.
Or possibly - just possibly - several attacks a year are thwarted, thousands of lives are saved, dozens of terrorists are prevented from enacting harm. And one attack out of the scores that were successfully halted in the past few years kills 128 people and cunts like you bleat on about some nonsense conspiracy.
The intelligence services don't have to let one through on purpose. It's going to happen whether they want it to or not. They know this, and that means they can wait for it to happen before re-iterating their extensive data collection demands.
Bitch about their excessive demands, bitch about them exploiting a tragedy for selfish purposes, but don't be stupid and pretend they're letting this shit happen on purpose. They're probably not.
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Erm. Whatever Mercedes provide as standard on the non-AMG SLK.
But bear in mind my driving occasionally includes a 12 mile stretch of twisty country lanes that leave the brakes smoking.
You and I drive very differently then :)
Mine tend to last under 20k miles, and I seem to need new discs every 30-40k.
Not sure where you live that renting a car or hiring a mover is staggeringly inconvenient though.
I'm going to a wedding in another city on Saturday. It's too far for the average electric car to take me.
To rent a car I'd have to either rent it the night before (great, losing an hour of my Friday evening) or get to the wedding late (car hire place doesn't open until 9am on a Saturday).
I'd also have to keep it hired until Sunday, as I can't return it last thing on a Saturday.
Plus of course I can't get to the car hire place without driving or hiring a taxi. Not to mention I'm now having to stay sober enough on Saturday night that I can drive on Sunday morning.
Then there's the paperwork. I fucking hate paperwork.
Instead what I'm going to do is walk 12 yards from my house, get into a very comfortable car that's fun to drive, switch on the pre-programmed radio and drive to the other city.
Sounds convenient to me.
regenerative braking cuts their usage enough that a pad designed to last around a decade for a regular vehicle lasts the lifetime of an EV
Interesting. Where can I get these pads with a decade lifespan? Mine usually last a few months.
I think he'd use the word mythical rather than legendary.
Why can't a girl have a glorious bushy beard?
I had this issue with a cancelled VISA card. It was even a recurring payment that was at one time legitimate.
I merely told the card provider that I had closed my account and if they wanted to keep giving money to that vendor then it was their choice as it was their money, as I'd clearly informed them that I was closing the account and that they shouldn't accept any payments on my behalf.
No idea whether they stopped the payments, but they did stop trying to bill me for them.
But I would like to politely remind you that the beta period for Windows 10 was supposed to end last Summer, and Windows 10 is now supposed to be in general release
Wouldn't it be more useful to remind someone that works for Microsoft?
it would really destabilize Iraq and the government we've been propping up there.
Yes, and Turkey, a fellow NATO member.
Shame though, I agree with you, the Kurds are the most credible counter to ISIS. They just need some support.
The inventions will remain, the engineering examples and the art of the possible will be known. Plus computers to help with the mathematics.
I suspect recovery would be pretty quick.
This could be something as small as a diplomatic tiff, maybe expel a diplomat or two; they could impose some kind of economic sanctions on them (not sure what the level of trade or cooperation there is between Russia and Turkey); or, most severely, retaliate in kind.
They've already withdrawn a diplomatic visit, they've withdrawn military cooperation (even to the extent that they had it) and there's a big push to damage the Turkish tourism industry through reducing Russian visitors. That's just today.
What'll be more interesting is if Turkish aircraft fly over Syria. Looks like the Russians are going to treat that as a hostile act - to Assad, if not to themselves - and probably look to shoot them down.
Could well be that Turkey's just inhibited their own ability to support the Turkmen 'rebels' and to conduct operations against the Kurds.
When you are discriminated against because of your gender, some cunt is being sexist.
Why is that so hard for you to accept?
I have no confirmation bias. I don't recognise this bullshit male privilege nonsense that feminists keep bleating on about. I sure as shit don't benefit from it. You'll have to forgive me for working for my own success, despite fighting against the multiple ways in which society disadvantages me, whether on gender or other grounds.
The downing of the plane is a nice precedent making it easier to down NATO planes once they fly over Syria and bomb or supply the 'wrong' side.
Taking into account the overflight occurred twice, that's a whole four km of Turkey being flown over.
This wasn't a perceived defensive move, this was aggressive posturing. Ironic that it's someone else doing that to Putin though.
If, as the article states, the Russian pilots came down in Syrian territory, then why should we believe they were flying above Turkeye?
Crashing four kilometres from the border leaves plenty of room for doubt.
Further this incident gives Putin the possibility to start downing the French, German, Britain planes within Syria.
Not remotely. If he does, that's going to result in a very rapid reduction in Russian air power.
The only thing I anticipate 'The Allied Forces' to do is bomb the hell out of Assad's infrastructure and military facilities.
What the fuck does Assad have to do with this? Why would you bring him into it? Are you talking complete shit?
Just like what happened in Syria. 'The Allied' got permission to establish a no-fly zone and took the opportunity to destroy pretty much the whole irrigation system that Ghaddafi had installed.
Ah. Yes, you are.
I hope NATO will stay out of this. If they start a WW3, I desert. I won't fight or even pay taxes for islamists.
If the Russian aircraft was invading Turkish airspace, despite multiple warnings, then Turkey was acting within its rights.
If that leads to Russia attacking Turkey, Turkey will request NATO support. At that point I hope to hell NATO steps up and provides that support, because otherwise WWIII will kick off, and in earnest.
What's interesting right now is where the Russian aircraft was when it was attacked.
Of course, since Russia invaded Crimea and Ukraine my general feeling is "fuck 'em", although since I admire the Kurds and their general approach to life I'm not exactly supporting Turkey either.
No one is buying the 'Assad the monster' narrative
It's so much fun playing "spot the guy in Russia paid to post in online forums".
Do I get a cookie?
A 70s airframe killed a 70s airframe.
It's not a surprise that a fighter kills a same generation ground attack aircraft. Reality is that the F16 would've had the advantage in the 70s, let alone when the Su-24 is intentionally ignoring the threat.
Shit, the Tornado is an excellent airframe and I'd expect one to lose to an F16 almost every time. Also a 70s design..
Grok.
Grog is a cause of spelling grok grog.
Look you misandrist piece of shit, one of the things about supporting gender equality is the expectation that it means gender equality.
That means not expecting favours because of your gender, and not expecting to be treated worse due to your gender.
Is that so hard to grog?
What sort of cunt uses the term f-bomb?
The UK charges court fees only to people found guilty. Right now magistrates are resigning because the charges are different if you plead innocent or guilty, so justice is not happening due to people with no money pleading guilty to avoid the risk of the higher fees.
Charging innocent people seems impossibly punitive.
When will we starting taking real action? Like fight those guys?
So airstrikes aren't real action? Just what do you want?
Do please take into account regional tensions and global politics in your answer, unless of course you want to confirm your stupidity.
You shitting me? I don't click on arbitrary links on Slashdot from home, I don't even browse it on a work PC.
I also enabled the setting a few years back that tells me the site hosting a link..
mirror of the article here [goatse.cx]
Or possibly - just possibly - several attacks a year are thwarted, thousands of lives are saved, dozens of terrorists are prevented from enacting harm. And one attack out of the scores that were successfully halted in the past few years kills 128 people and cunts like you bleat on about some nonsense conspiracy.
The intelligence services don't have to let one through on purpose. It's going to happen whether they want it to or not. They know this, and that means they can wait for it to happen before re-iterating their extensive data collection demands.
Bitch about their excessive demands, bitch about them exploiting a tragedy for selfish purposes, but don't be stupid and pretend they're letting this shit happen on purpose. They're probably not.
Very large online following, regularly quoted (in comic form) and actively promoting a new book. Half of it will be his PR team doing their job.
I think you'll find bestiality is at least as unacceptable both societally and in law.