So our objective wasn't to win? If so Mission Accomplished! I believe our 3rd or 4th stated (after the WMD thing and a few others fizzled) objective was to liberate the Iraqi people from the oppression of Saddam. Well, we did, but I don't think they exactly see us as "liberators" but actually as more of "occupiers". You may disagree, but if so you may not know the meaning of the word "insurgency" or even "civil war". You may have also noticed that the Iraqis didn't greet us with open arms and flowers, but with AK-47s and RPGs. I also think that your average Iraqi citizen may be inclined to think that bombing the hell out of them and killing close to 50,000 civilians may not be considered playing "nice" - but maybe I am just another example of the "lying liberal media" at work...
Or you can use the low-tech method I use - I cover the keypad with the hand that isn't entering the PIN. Or, position yourself so that only your back is visible to the person behind you. Sometimes people give me strange looks, but screw it - I'd rather be paranoid and have money in my bank account than overly trusting and broke.
"us going into Iraq proves that we are serious about fixing problems" ROFLMAO...I think you mispelled "causing" as "fixing"
So tell me what problems have we fixed???
1)Iraq now a stable democratic country - Mission Accomplished!
2)Iraq's utilities all restored- power, water, etc. for all - Mission Accomplished!
3)Stable Iraq leads to entire stable middle east - Mission Accomplished!
4)Not causing more fundamentalist Muslims to hate the US - Mission Accomplished!
5)Being greeted with open arms as "liberators" - Mission Accomplished!
6)Taking out the immediate threat of annhiliation due to WMDs - Mission Accomplished!
What sort of message do you think it sends to other countries who don't agree with our policies when "the greatest military in the world" is having a hard time fighting a country that had 90% of it's military wiped out by us a few years earlier?? I'll tell you - it's "we can do anything we want and they can't stop us." So, in a nutshell, that's what the situation in Iraq "has to do with" the situation in North Korea.
And if you are Wal-Mart, China is a suplier for 80% of their clothing. If China is our enemy, then what does that make Wal-Mart?? "A friend of my enemy is also my enemy." Sure there are sweatshops in other impoverished areas of the world, but man, China's sweatshops are the cheapest!!
Yeah, I mean look how well things are going for us in Iraq! We should get into that situation with at least a few more countries. Especially China - I hear their millitary is really small.
Well, for a start he could have NOT tied up a large chunk of our military in a country with NO NUCLEAR THREAT AT ALL. Or he could have offered them other economic incentives to back off on the nuclear power, instead of threating them. For as rich of a country the US is, we give out very little monetary humanitarian aid to other countries. This is part of the reason other countries of the world don't have the same rosy outlook of the US as Bush/Rummy do...
Hell even in his own country 2/3 of the people think Bush is not doing the right things. (And Rummy has a 30% approcval rating - I'd like to meet the 30% who think he is making the right decisions about Iraq. Probably the same people who thought we found WMDs there too.)
Hey, let me say that I totally believe Mr. Bush when he says we must fight the martians in space to prevent us from having to fight them here on Earth! I mean, you have seen those sci-fi movies before - the martians are SCARY and DANGEROUS. They hate our freedom and way of life and must be stopped at any cost. Not supporting dangerous nukes in space and Bush's plan is simply UNPATRIOTIC!! Remeber, only weapons of mass destruction in the hands of imbeciles can keep us safe!
Blood was awesome. The first really atmospherically scary FPS that I can recall... Shadow Warrior was so unPC it was hilarious - and the gameplay was fun too...
Businesses have already voted with thier dollars and told MS that they will put up with this shit. As much as I would hate to have to do this on a large scale, the bean counters and decision makers that decide what software to use will never have to go through any of this crap and don't think it is an issue... Luckily I work at a University, and we have a corporate volume license key, so activation of all my systems is not required.
Yeah, getting a notice from a bank I have never had an account with telling me I need to update my personal information is kind of a clue that it may not be legitimate... And don't even get me started on how much money that damn Nigerian still owes me....
Yeah, I have about 175,000 miles (or 281,000 KM) on mine and it still runs great. Burns a little oil, but other than that is mechanically sound. Celebrities and Saturns are definitely not built to last, and the Grand Prix was better than the Grand Ams if I remember correctly. But the Camaros they definitely got right... (can't vouch for the newer ones, but the mid to late 80s Camaros are usually solid)
I don't know about the GM comparison - my 1988 Camaro is still running just fine. Been driving it since 1992 and have had very little problems with it (although I have put 3 starters in it - good thing Chevy car parts are cheap and plentiful). And in a little over a year, I will be eligible for collector's plates for it. Woo-hoo! Just being parked in my driveway I get about 1-2 people a month either walking by, or leaving notes offering to buy it.
No, XP has a built-in AV detection system. If you aren't using any AV (or one it doesn't detect) Xp will warn you. Same goes if your definitions are out of date. I get that occasionally on a seldom used laptop that has Symantec AV installed. It is Windows popping up the warning though. You can disable the warnings in the Security Center though.
"my computer is at a security risk because of virus subscription expiration in the middle of a Powerpoint presentation! "
Did you know you can turn those warnings off under the MS Security Center?? I don't think that is a MS issue, it is fully user configurable. (If they set the default to not warn you, everyone would once again bitch about the lax MS security. Either way they can't really make everyone happy.)
You hit the nail on the head. Albums (well, CDs now I suppose) are money makers for the labels, but generally not the artists themselves. However, live shows and merch is what the band do make money on, and any type of exposure to the band will get fans to the live shows. Look at the Ramones for instance. Limited airplay of their stuff, not selling multi-platnum albums, but they toured, toured, toured and sold their own merch - and made enough to keep sustaining themselves for years...
An act or war is much different than a declaration of war.
"As I recall there have been PLENTY of wars well before the US Congress got around to declaring one"
Nope, only "conflicts". Again, in the US only congress can officially declare "war". (This was designed to thwart chicken hawks like our current president with checks and balances. Remeber way back when when we still had those??) Our actions in other countries have no bearing on whether or not a legal "war" has been declared.
"It was a war for quite some time before the USA decided to become armed combatants (declare war.)"
Maybe in your eyes, but not legally in the US.
Of course laws and regulations don't mean much to the current administration, who has Alberto Gonzales declare everything they do legal after the fact... Also, it would be hard to declare a legal war on "terror" - acts of war are only declared against other countries, not abstract ideas.
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So our objective wasn't to win? If so Mission Accomplished! I believe our 3rd or 4th stated (after the WMD thing and a few others fizzled) objective was to liberate the Iraqi people from the oppression of Saddam. Well, we did, but I don't think they exactly see us as "liberators" but actually as more of "occupiers". You may disagree, but if so you may not know the meaning of the word "insurgency" or even "civil war". You may have also noticed that the Iraqis didn't greet us with open arms and flowers, but with AK-47s and RPGs. I also think that your average Iraqi citizen may be inclined to think that bombing the hell out of them and killing close to 50,000 civilians may not be considered playing "nice" - but maybe I am just another example of the "lying liberal media" at work...
Or you can use the low-tech method I use - I cover the keypad with the hand that isn't entering the PIN. Or, position yourself so that only your back is visible to the person behind you. Sometimes people give me strange looks, but screw it - I'd rather be paranoid and have money in my bank account than overly trusting and broke.
"us going into Iraq proves that we are serious about fixing problems" ROFLMAO...I think you mispelled "causing" as "fixing"
So tell me what problems have we fixed???
1)Iraq now a stable democratic country - Mission Accomplished!
2)Iraq's utilities all restored- power, water, etc. for all - Mission Accomplished!
3)Stable Iraq leads to entire stable middle east - Mission Accomplished!
4)Not causing more fundamentalist Muslims to hate the US - Mission Accomplished!
5)Being greeted with open arms as "liberators" - Mission Accomplished!
6)Taking out the immediate threat of annhiliation due to WMDs - Mission Accomplished!
What sort of message do you think it sends to other countries who don't agree with our policies when "the greatest military in the world" is having a hard time fighting a country that had 90% of it's military wiped out by us a few years earlier?? I'll tell you - it's "we can do anything we want and they can't stop us." So, in a nutshell, that's what the situation in Iraq "has to do with" the situation in North Korea.
What was that? I couldn't understand you with Bush's dick in your mouth...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense_of_humor - you should really look into it.
And if you are Wal-Mart, China is a suplier for 80% of their clothing. If China is our enemy, then what does that make Wal-Mart?? "A friend of my enemy is also my enemy." Sure there are sweatshops in other impoverished areas of the world, but man, China's sweatshops are the cheapest!!
Sure, what's your address?? I figured we would start there first. (Possibly 1600 Pennsylvania Ave?)
Yeah, I mean look how well things are going for us in Iraq! We should get into that situation with at least a few more countries. Especially China - I hear their millitary is really small.
It was an unpatched Windows system most likely because 90% of the copies of Windows in China are bootlegs and won't allow them to update...
Well, for a start he could have NOT tied up a large chunk of our military in a country with NO NUCLEAR THREAT AT ALL. Or he could have offered them other economic incentives to back off on the nuclear power, instead of threating them. For as rich of a country the US is, we give out very little monetary humanitarian aid to other countries. This is part of the reason other countries of the world don't have the same rosy outlook of the US as Bush/Rummy do...
Hell even in his own country 2/3 of the people think Bush is not doing the right things. (And Rummy has a 30% approcval rating - I'd like to meet the 30% who think he is making the right decisions about Iraq. Probably the same people who thought we found WMDs there too.)
Hey, let me say that I totally believe Mr. Bush when he says we must fight the martians in space to prevent us from having to fight them here on Earth! I mean, you have seen those sci-fi movies before - the martians are SCARY and DANGEROUS. They hate our freedom and way of life and must be stopped at any cost. Not supporting dangerous nukes in space and Bush's plan is simply UNPATRIOTIC!! Remeber, only weapons of mass destruction in the hands of imbeciles can keep us safe!
Blood was awesome. The first really atmospherically scary FPS that I can recall... Shadow Warrior was so unPC it was hilarious - and the gameplay was fun too...
Businesses have already voted with thier dollars and told MS that they will put up with this shit. As much as I would hate to have to do this on a large scale, the bean counters and decision makers that decide what software to use will never have to go through any of this crap and don't think it is an issue... Luckily I work at a University, and we have a corporate volume license key, so activation of all my systems is not required.
Yeah, like Michael Bolton and Samir. Just make sure Lundberg doesn't catch you, or he'll make you come in on Sunday....
Yeah, getting a notice from a bank I have never had an account with telling me I need to update my personal information is kind of a clue that it may not be legitimate... And don't even get me started on how much money that damn Nigerian still owes me....
ATM = Automatic Teller Machines
"ATM machines" = Automatic Teller Machines Machines - definitley leave it to the pros, otherwise you may screw up on your "PIN number"
(Apologies for being a pseudo-grammar Nazi)
Robots aren't know for their ability to "take it personally"...(but humans are known for being drunk and/or stupid)
Yeah, I have about 175,000 miles (or 281,000 KM) on mine and it still runs great. Burns a little oil, but other than that is mechanically sound. Celebrities and Saturns are definitely not built to last, and the Grand Prix was better than the Grand Ams if I remember correctly. But the Camaros they definitely got right... (can't vouch for the newer ones, but the mid to late 80s Camaros are usually solid)
I don't know about the GM comparison - my 1988 Camaro is still running just fine. Been driving it since 1992 and have had very little problems with it (although I have put 3 starters in it - good thing Chevy car parts are cheap and plentiful). And in a little over a year, I will be eligible for collector's plates for it. Woo-hoo! Just being parked in my driveway I get about 1-2 people a month either walking by, or leaving notes offering to buy it.
You forgot:
Step 0 : Rob bank to afford Apple hardware
No, XP has a built-in AV detection system. If you aren't using any AV (or one it doesn't detect) Xp will warn you. Same goes if your definitions are out of date. I get that occasionally on a seldom used laptop that has Symantec AV installed. It is Windows popping up the warning though. You can disable the warnings in the Security Center though.
"my computer is at a security risk because of virus subscription expiration in the middle of a Powerpoint presentation! "
Did you know you can turn those warnings off under the MS Security Center?? I don't think that is a MS issue, it is fully user configurable. (If they set the default to not warn you, everyone would once again bitch about the lax MS security. Either way they can't really make everyone happy.)
No problem -
http://www.bridgeclubmusic.com/ -website
http://www.myspace.com/bridgeclubyo - Myspace page
See you at the next show, it is on the 7th at the Uptown Bar. We are headlining, so we will probably go on around 12. Thanks for the interest.
You hit the nail on the head. Albums (well, CDs now I suppose) are money makers for the labels, but generally not the artists themselves. However, live shows and merch is what the band do make money on, and any type of exposure to the band will get fans to the live shows. Look at the Ramones for instance. Limited airplay of their stuff, not selling multi-platnum albums, but they toured, toured, toured and sold their own merch - and made enough to keep sustaining themselves for years...
An act or war is much different than a declaration of war.
"As I recall there have been PLENTY of wars well before the US Congress got around to declaring one"
Nope, only "conflicts". Again, in the US only congress can officially declare "war". (This was designed to thwart chicken hawks like our current president with checks and balances. Remeber way back when when we still had those??) Our actions in other countries have no bearing on whether or not a legal "war" has been declared.
"It was a war for quite some time before the USA decided to become armed combatants (declare war.)"
Maybe in your eyes, but not legally in the US.
Of course laws and regulations don't mean much to the current administration, who has Alberto Gonzales declare everything they do legal after the fact... Also, it would be hard to declare a legal war on "terror" - acts of war are only declared against other countries, not abstract ideas.