On the plus side I will get some of that missing memory back.
I wish I could get some missing memory back. Note to all you young Slashdotters out there: stay off the weed and stay in school, because...um...well I can't remember the reason at the moment, but I'm pretty sure there's a perfectly good reason.
Ain't no natural disasters where I live on the Central Coast. The closest thing to a natural disaster here is when the surfing conditions aren't prime.
Thanks, Strat. We have since moved to the lovely Central Coast in the People's Republic of California. I liked Houston, but the weather there is not really fit for humans. If I were younger and looking to make a bunch of money quick, Houston might be more appealing. Fortunately, we got out safely and with most of our belongings intact. The people there are great and the food is out of this world. But for now, a cool, dry, beautiful place near the ocean with all the other snowflakes is just what the doctor ordered. I may even learn to surf, get a medical marijuana card and join the senior auxiliary of Antifa.
And we definitely have more in common than what separates us. I've even owned a blue strat at one point in my life, (though now, I have a tobacco burst '64 with a white pickguard). When water started dripping from our ceiling fan, the guitar was the first thing I reached for to carry to safety. Then, my wife and pistols and my signed copy of the Wisdom of Chairman Mao. OK, I'm joking about the last one.
I don't care one way or the other about Google, but they did one thing nice: My mobile phone is with Project Fi. The service is great and the price is right, but it's basically like any other mobile provider.
Anyway, after Hurricane Harvey, I got an email from Google noting that my billing address was in Houston and so they gave me a $20 credit and unlimited data for the month. I mean it's not a lot of money but it gave me a positive feeling about the company. Several other companies sent me special deals and other little goodies for having lived through a hurricane, but Google was the only one who actually dropped cash directly on me.
Crossing the border illegally can land you in prision, so try again.
More undocumented aliens overstay their visas rather than sneak across the border illegally. So, "crossing the border illegally" is a red herring when talking about undocumented. So, it's not pedantic to say that it is not a felony to be undocumented in the US.
Also, since the topic was felonies, you should know that the percentage of undocumented people who have committed felonies is approximately HALF of the percentage of the total population who have committed felonies. You read that right.
It is not a felony to be undocumented in the United States. It's not even a misdemeanor. It's a civil infraction, like parking in a no-parking zone. It doesn't even meet the strict definition of "crime".
The two most corrupt States are right next to each other, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
I would suggest that Texas is more corrupt than either Massachusetts or Rhode Island. The pols down there are so crooked it would make a Chicago alderman blush.
Today I go to Breitbart first, to find out what's going on.
By "what's going on", I assume you mean, "brown people and feminists are trying to kill me", "jews are devils and you know they're bad because their names are always surrounded by emojis of globes" and, "Nazis aren't really bad, it's the people who are against Nazis who are bad".
[Note: the original Breitbart typography to denote jews was the triple-parentheses, as in, "(((Jared Kushner)))". The switch to globe emojis is one of their more recent innovations. I assume that they'll eventually just go straight to using yellow stars.]
So whats the word when someone is claiming statistical significance from a sample size of one?
Why do so many of the same people who don't believe in climate change believe that illegal immigrants commit felonies at a greater rate than American citizens?
the instruments at Keesler AFB were blown away when Camille hit Biloxi
I just moved out of Houston and I was there for Hurricane Harvey. When it hit Corpus Christie, every weather station from there to Galveston was just blown away. And that was "only" a Category Four.
I never want to be near a hurricane like that again. It scared the crap out of me. We were supposed to have moved (driving to the California Central Coast) the day before Harvey hit, and it obliterated our schedule. Couldn't leave town until a week later when the water receded enough off the highways that one lane of traffic could get out. Tons of people were still evacuating, because the "controlled" release of water from the reservoirs was flooding neighborhoods that hadn't flooded during the initial 50+ inches of rain. It took us the entire first day of driving just to get out of Houston city limits and all together, after a day of driving, we only got as far as College Station.
We just arrived in our new place in Cali today. There are wildfires a few hundred miles away, but here where I am, right on the coast, there's no danger of burning. At least that what I'm told. Screw natural disasters. I don't like 'em one bit, no sir. Did you know that the constant sound of heavy rain on the windows for five solid days can make you completely insane?
What is it about Boston teams that a) they're always cheating and b) they're stupid enough to get caught cheating?
I mean, Cameragate, Deflategate and now this AppleWatchgate. More steroid users than a Mr Universe competition. Corked bats, doctored baseballs and high slides. Beanballs.
I really don't care as long as nobody refers to them as the "Sox", because everyone knows that "Sox" refers to the one true Sox, my Chicago White Sox, pride of the South Side. They can take their filthy-ass, broken-down stadium and march straight into the sea. Nothing good ever came out of Boston.
That's the only way I access/. these days. I don't like the fact that I have to give Slashdot access to my camera, microphone, contacts list, location data and biometric information, but it's convenient as hell.
That would make a catchy chant for a demonstration.
We could start a movement of disaffected Slashdot users, call it the "Green Bloc" and wear polo shirts with Penguin symbols. Show those filthy hippie Antifa guys how it's done.
"No facebook, no snapchat, no tinder, no grinder."
I'm available for organizing meetings, but not on Thursday, because mom makes meatloaf on Thursday, and not on Saturday, because we have a little group that does board games on Saturday.
Yet another reason to support smaller government whenever possible, and not allow a centralized monster to take over that can be controlled by any remote faction of people...
Just look at how successful small rural governments were in building the interstate highway system.
Don't hesitate. Cash in your 401k and buy BitCoin. Ask your parents to give you your inheritance in advance and buy BitCoin. Get a second mortgage and buy BitCoin. Do it now and you will be rich beyond dreams of avarice.
And please don't sell any until at least the close of business a week from Friday. KTHX
My view is that if you don't get your news from multiple sources—both left-biased and right-biased—you are likely uninformed, and even if you do, you might be uninformed.:-)
I'm with you, but with a caveat. For a lot of folks who believe as you do, getting news from "left-biased" sources means the Washington Post and New York Times, and "right-biased" sources are Breitbart and Fox News.
The problem with that is that the Washington Post and New York Times are in no way "left-biased". They are centrist and corporatist and exist only to advance the same elite interests that Breitbart and Fox News advance. So what you end up getting is a lovely survey of the Right side of the political spectrum. They run the gamut from A to B and back again, but that's it. Center-Right to Far-Right. Even though a whopping 36% of Americans polled have a positive view of Socialism (curiously, almost exactly the same as President Trump's approval numbers), socialism doesn't get into your supposed survey of "both sides".
You go anywhere in Europe or Canada, Mexico, South America, even Israel, and you'll see a much more robust debate across the entire political spectrum. But the Overton Window has shifted things so far that a plurality of Americans are left completely out of the conversation.
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I'm very close. An easy bike ride, in fact.
I wish I could get some missing memory back. Note to all you young Slashdotters out there: stay off the weed and stay in school, because...um...well I can't remember the reason at the moment, but I'm pretty sure there's a perfectly good reason.
Ain't no natural disasters where I live on the Central Coast. The closest thing to a natural disaster here is when the surfing conditions aren't prime.
Thanks, Strat. We have since moved to the lovely Central Coast in the People's Republic of California. I liked Houston, but the weather there is not really fit for humans. If I were younger and looking to make a bunch of money quick, Houston might be more appealing. Fortunately, we got out safely and with most of our belongings intact. The people there are great and the food is out of this world. But for now, a cool, dry, beautiful place near the ocean with all the other snowflakes is just what the doctor ordered. I may even learn to surf, get a medical marijuana card and join the senior auxiliary of Antifa.
And we definitely have more in common than what separates us. I've even owned a blue strat at one point in my life, (though now, I have a tobacco burst '64 with a white pickguard). When water started dripping from our ceiling fan, the guitar was the first thing I reached for to carry to safety. Then, my wife and pistols and my signed copy of the Wisdom of Chairman Mao. OK, I'm joking about the last one.
I don't care one way or the other about Google, but they did one thing nice: My mobile phone is with Project Fi. The service is great and the price is right, but it's basically like any other mobile provider.
Anyway, after Hurricane Harvey, I got an email from Google noting that my billing address was in Houston and so they gave me a $20 credit and unlimited data for the month. I mean it's not a lot of money but it gave me a positive feeling about the company. Several other companies sent me special deals and other little goodies for having lived through a hurricane, but Google was the only one who actually dropped cash directly on me.
More undocumented aliens overstay their visas rather than sneak across the border illegally. So, "crossing the border illegally" is a red herring when talking about undocumented. So, it's not pedantic to say that it is not a felony to be undocumented in the US.
Also, since the topic was felonies, you should know that the percentage of undocumented people who have committed felonies is approximately HALF of the percentage of the total population who have committed felonies. You read that right.
Not a felony, though. I was responding to someone claiming it was a felony. Words have meaning.
Oh.
It is not a felony to be undocumented in the United States. It's not even a misdemeanor. It's a civil infraction, like parking in a no-parking zone. It doesn't even meet the strict definition of "crime".
I would suggest that Texas is more corrupt than either Massachusetts or Rhode Island. The pols down there are so crooked it would make a Chicago alderman blush.
I thought that was why you had hashish bars.
By "what's going on", I assume you mean, "brown people and feminists are trying to kill me", "jews are devils and you know they're bad because their names are always surrounded by emojis of globes" and, "Nazis aren't really bad, it's the people who are against Nazis who are bad".
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[Note: the original Breitbart typography to denote jews was the triple-parentheses, as in, "(((Jared Kushner)))". The switch to globe emojis is one of their more recent innovations. I assume that they'll eventually just go straight to using yellow stars.]
Why do so many of the same people who don't believe in climate change believe that illegal immigrants commit felonies at a greater rate than American citizens?
Aren't they on the side of science and reason?
How many hurricanes every "single year" drop 50+ inches of rain?
I just moved out of Houston and I was there for Hurricane Harvey. When it hit Corpus Christie, every weather station from there to Galveston was just blown away. And that was "only" a Category Four.
I never want to be near a hurricane like that again. It scared the crap out of me. We were supposed to have moved (driving to the California Central Coast) the day before Harvey hit, and it obliterated our schedule. Couldn't leave town until a week later when the water receded enough off the highways that one lane of traffic could get out. Tons of people were still evacuating, because the "controlled" release of water from the reservoirs was flooding neighborhoods that hadn't flooded during the initial 50+ inches of rain. It took us the entire first day of driving just to get out of Houston city limits and all together, after a day of driving, we only got as far as College Station.
We just arrived in our new place in Cali today. There are wildfires a few hundred miles away, but here where I am, right on the coast, there's no danger of burning. At least that what I'm told. Screw natural disasters. I don't like 'em one bit, no sir. Did you know that the constant sound of heavy rain on the windows for five solid days can make you completely insane?
What is it about Boston teams that a) they're always cheating and b) they're stupid enough to get caught cheating?
I mean, Cameragate, Deflategate and now this AppleWatchgate. More steroid users than a Mr Universe competition. Corked bats, doctored baseballs and high slides. Beanballs.
I really don't care as long as nobody refers to them as the "Sox", because everyone knows that "Sox" refers to the one true Sox, my Chicago White Sox, pride of the South Side. They can take their filthy-ass, broken-down stadium and march straight into the sea. Nothing good ever came out of Boston.
Boston is hot garbage.
This is why we should ban fructose. It's useless.
Can't he just use the Slashdot app?
That's the only way I access /. these days. I don't like the fact that I have to give Slashdot access to my camera, microphone, contacts list, location data and biometric information, but it's convenient as hell.
Nothing says concern about the Slashdot community like using 4chan slang.
But isn't the question whether technology has any relevance to Slashdot?
That would make a catchy chant for a demonstration.
We could start a movement of disaffected Slashdot users, call it the "Green Bloc" and wear polo shirts with Penguin symbols. Show those filthy hippie Antifa guys how it's done.
"No facebook, no snapchat, no tinder, no grinder."
I'm available for organizing meetings, but not on Thursday, because mom makes meatloaf on Thursday, and not on Saturday, because we have a little group that does board games on Saturday.
I told you not to try to deduct those Brazzers live webcam subscriptions as business expenses.
Just look at how successful small rural governments were in building the interstate highway system.
Don't hesitate. Cash in your 401k and buy BitCoin. Ask your parents to give you your inheritance in advance and buy BitCoin. Get a second mortgage and buy BitCoin. Do it now and you will be rich beyond dreams of avarice.
And please don't sell any until at least the close of business a week from Friday. KTHX
I'm with you, but with a caveat. For a lot of folks who believe as you do, getting news from "left-biased" sources means the Washington Post and New York Times, and "right-biased" sources are Breitbart and Fox News.
The problem with that is that the Washington Post and New York Times are in no way "left-biased". They are centrist and corporatist and exist only to advance the same elite interests that Breitbart and Fox News advance. So what you end up getting is a lovely survey of the Right side of the political spectrum. They run the gamut from A to B and back again, but that's it. Center-Right to Far-Right. Even though a whopping 36% of Americans polled have a positive view of Socialism (curiously, almost exactly the same as President Trump's approval numbers), socialism doesn't get into your supposed survey of "both sides".
You go anywhere in Europe or Canada, Mexico, South America, even Israel, and you'll see a much more robust debate across the entire political spectrum. But the Overton Window has shifted things so far that a plurality of Americans are left completely out of the conversation.
Where do I sign up?