And why would black people have a problem with the word niggardly? It's derived from the same place we get the word nigger.
Wrong. This is the problem. Just because words might sound similar, doesn't mean they come from the same place.
Nigger's earliest appearance in English was in the 16th century, coming from the Spanish word Negro as a pejorative for blacks. Niggardly comes from Niggard, which first appears in the 14th century and is likely to come from a Swedish word, which just means "stingy".
A bit off-topic, but as someone who has spent countless hours amongst truthers, I just have to ask: How the hell does somebody become an ex-truther? I could've sworn it was something genetic.
Oh, and on that note, congrats for getting away from that stuff. I know how conspiracy theories can suck people in and never let go.
On the birther nonsense --- I don't believe that he was born elsewhere, but again, it is reasonable to ask for investigation into it.
Why is it reasonable? Because he doesn't "look" American?
---Disclaimer--- I'm not trying to put words in your mouth. It's an honest question. Why is the first black president the first one to have his allegiances questioned so vehemently?
Asus makes some nice, professional grade cards for relatively cheap, and they have EAX emulation that, while admittedly is hit and miss, hits enough to be worth it.
I believe the catholic church held a similar view when the Gutenburg press came out. They argued that the general public would not understand the scriptures and would take parts of it out of context.
I'd say that's exactly what's happened for a large percentage of Christians.
I'm a Canadian who takes vacations to Mexico regularly. I don't stay in Tijuana the same way I wouldn't visit the ghettos of Detroit for shits and giggles. Every country has its bad spots; you're there on vacation, you go to the nice places. Do you judge America by how rough the roughest cities are?
And, btw, Canada is not a frozen wasteland, jackass. The temperature is quite mild from mid March to November, getting into the 100's in June/July/August. Every country has a winter season that's less desirable than a summer season; why judge? Don't go to the far north where it is frozen most of the year unless you like that sort of thing.
Maybe the reason you're so poorly received in other countries is because you're so pessimistic and just plain grumpy. I have a friend from Arizona, the most hated state worldwide, come visit. Nobody gave a shit where she was from because she's nice, polite, and (get this) respectful of other countries and cultures.
Yeah but the cheapest XBox 360 is only $149 for the whole system
Plus $50 for an HDMI cable. Plus $150 for a hard drive when you actually want to play some games (something like Call of Duty already has over 256MB of updates). Plus the cost of Xbox Live if you want to play online.
Yes, I do believe that your behavior is an indication that you will go to Hell.
If that's the case, then you're misguided, and have no faith in what Jesus taught (which, incidentally, means that you are the one that's going to hell).
Judge not, lest ye be judged. As long as a person asks Jesus for forgiveness for any sin, they are allowed into heaven. Indeed, it's a bit fuzzy whether they have to ask, or just accept Jesus' forgiveness, but regardless, no sin, no matter how severe (there is no severity in the eyes of the biblical god, all sin is equal, with the single exception of renouncing faith, because he's a narcissistic bastard) is an auto gateway to hell.
And, indeed, "I don't "support" it. I don't care" would lose you major points, since while judging is a sin, not trying to save souls through the methods taught by Jesus (love, compassion, tolerance) is ignoring one of the principle tenets of Christianity.
Damning other people by your own laziness or ignorance or apathy, I'd say, is a greater moral sin than homosexuality. They're not hurting you, but, according to your faith, you're damning them.
Um...no. The summary is clearly talking about text. It even says "a new option that tells Google to convert the text from PDF and image files to Google Docs documents". There's no way that, from context, you could think OCR meant "Organization of Communist Revolutionaries".
health insurance
raises cost and/or lowers the quality of health care immensely
Canadians live longer and healthier lives, on average, than Americans, at a fraction of the cost.
police services
mostly devoted to drug enforcement and harassing the population about petty things
Possession of small (personal, a few grams or so) amounts of marijuana isn't criminal here. If you're driving your car and the cops stop you, they just take it away; the penalty for having it is less than having open liquor in the car.
fire departments
mostly serve insurance companies
This one I just don't get. It doesn't matter if you have insurance or not, the fire department will still try to save your house when it catches fire. They don't discriminate.
curb-side trash removal
only begrudgingly provided, with new restrictions constantly added
Actually, garbage collection has been improving. In my city, for example, the province improved recycling pickup a few years back so that it didn't have to be sorted (which greatly increased the number of recycling boxes I see at the curb), and they're taking pickup efficiency and environmental concern seriously
labor regulation
supports busting unions
Not sure what you mean on this one.
environmental regulation
a bureaucracy that will issue a waiver to destroy any feature of the environment you please
Funny when you consider that Canada was the first nation in the world to take action against BPA. Canada has historically been shown to be among the leaders in environmental concerns.
judicial services
a pretense to cover widespread injustice.
And yet, according to studies, Canada had the 11th fairest judicial system in the world as of 2003, above the UK and the USA.
And all of these wonderful services are delivered with the utmost dishonesty at the bargain price of 3x what they should cost!
Says who? We pay 10% more in taxes than across the border, but I'd say we get more than 10% more. A national broadcaster, large government subsidies for universities, and a complete healthcare program to name a few.
Speaking of phones for deaf people, I was amazed by the fact that people seemed impressed by the sign-language demo of the iPhone 4. As someone who has friends in the deaf community... it's stupid. Absolutely stupid. Why go to all the trouble of signing on a tiny screen when you can just text far far faster and clearer.
Another case of technology solving a problem that was already solved by simpler technology.
I suppose it just depends on the area in which you live. Though I'm from Winnipeg, the city with the most car thefts per capita in Canada, I'd never expect something like this to happen, and have left my car running to, say, run into a gas station for a quick drink on occasion.
Why would you need to shut off your car when making a delivery? It only takes a minute to hand the pizza, take the money, and go back to your car. Every pizza guy I've had leaves the car running.
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I have 3x 500GB drives in my desktop and it irritates the hell out of me that Steam games always have to fit onto one of those drives.
Why not make a partition that spans the three drives and stick Steam in there?
And why would black people have a problem with the word niggardly? It's derived from the same place we get the word nigger.
Wrong. This is the problem. Just because words might sound similar, doesn't mean they come from the same place.
Nigger's earliest appearance in English was in the 16th century, coming from the Spanish word Negro as a pejorative for blacks.
Niggardly comes from Niggard, which first appears in the 14th century and is likely to come from a Swedish word, which just means "stingy".
A bit off-topic, but as someone who has spent countless hours amongst truthers, I just have to ask: How the hell does somebody become an ex-truther? I could've sworn it was something genetic.
Oh, and on that note, congrats for getting away from that stuff. I know how conspiracy theories can suck people in and never let go.
On the birther nonsense --- I don't believe that he was born elsewhere, but again, it is reasonable to ask for investigation into it.
Why is it reasonable? Because he doesn't "look" American?
---Disclaimer--- I'm not trying to put words in your mouth. It's an honest question. Why is the first black president the first one to have his allegiances questioned so vehemently?
I'd love to have a nuclear plant in my backyard. It would make transmission costs nil.
Asus makes some nice, professional grade cards for relatively cheap, and they have EAX emulation that, while admittedly is hit and miss, hits enough to be worth it.
In Iran, rocks punish the top half of half of adulterers.
FYFFYT
Maybe he has a combo washer/dryer. They exist, and are super convenient.
I believe the catholic church held a similar view when the Gutenburg press came out. They argued that the general public would not understand the scriptures and would take parts of it out of context.
I'd say that's exactly what's happened for a large percentage of Christians.
Wow...that sucks. Here was my experience as a suburban kid in Canada:
So disable annotations and blacklist the ad servers.
I'm a Canadian who takes vacations to Mexico regularly. I don't stay in Tijuana the same way I wouldn't visit the ghettos of Detroit for shits and giggles. Every country has its bad spots; you're there on vacation, you go to the nice places. Do you judge America by how rough the roughest cities are?
And, btw, Canada is not a frozen wasteland, jackass. The temperature is quite mild from mid March to November, getting into the 100's in June/July/August. Every country has a winter season that's less desirable than a summer season; why judge? Don't go to the far north where it is frozen most of the year unless you like that sort of thing.
Maybe the reason you're so poorly received in other countries is because you're so pessimistic and just plain grumpy. I have a friend from Arizona, the most hated state worldwide, come visit. Nobody gave a shit where she was from because she's nice, polite, and (get this) respectful of other countries and cultures.
Yeah but the cheapest XBox 360 is only $149 for the whole system
Plus $50 for an HDMI cable. Plus $150 for a hard drive when you actually want to play some games (something like Call of Duty already has over 256MB of updates). Plus the cost of Xbox Live if you want to play online.
It all adds up pretty fast.
Who modded this insightful?
Frozen Canada? Dangerous Mexico? No countries worth visiting? These are the sort of ignorant stereotypes that exemplify what the parent was saying.
Yes, I do believe that your behavior is an indication that you will go to Hell.
If that's the case, then you're misguided, and have no faith in what Jesus taught (which, incidentally, means that you are the one that's going to hell).
Judge not, lest ye be judged. As long as a person asks Jesus for forgiveness for any sin, they are allowed into heaven. Indeed, it's a bit fuzzy whether they have to ask, or just accept Jesus' forgiveness, but regardless, no sin, no matter how severe (there is no severity in the eyes of the biblical god, all sin is equal, with the single exception of renouncing faith, because he's a narcissistic bastard) is an auto gateway to hell.
And, indeed, "I don't "support" it. I don't care" would lose you major points, since while judging is a sin, not trying to save souls through the methods taught by Jesus (love, compassion, tolerance) is ignoring one of the principle tenets of Christianity.
Damning other people by your own laziness or ignorance or apathy, I'd say, is a greater moral sin than homosexuality. They're not hurting you, but, according to your faith, you're damning them.
Um...no. The summary is clearly talking about text. It even says "a new option that tells Google to convert the text from PDF and image files to Google Docs documents". There's no way that, from context, you could think OCR meant "Organization of Communist Revolutionaries".
Don't argue for argument's sake.
health insurance raises cost and/or lowers the quality of health care immensely
Canadians live longer and healthier lives, on average, than Americans, at a fraction of the cost.
police services mostly devoted to drug enforcement and harassing the population about petty things
Possession of small (personal, a few grams or so) amounts of marijuana isn't criminal here. If you're driving your car and the cops stop you, they just take it away; the penalty for having it is less than having open liquor in the car.
fire departments mostly serve insurance companies
This one I just don't get. It doesn't matter if you have insurance or not, the fire department will still try to save your house when it catches fire. They don't discriminate.
curb-side trash removal only begrudgingly provided, with new restrictions constantly added
Actually, garbage collection has been improving. In my city, for example, the province improved recycling pickup a few years back so that it didn't have to be sorted (which greatly increased the number of recycling boxes I see at the curb), and they're taking pickup efficiency and environmental concern seriously
labor regulation supports busting unions
Not sure what you mean on this one.
environmental regulation a bureaucracy that will issue a waiver to destroy any feature of the environment you please
Funny when you consider that Canada was the first nation in the world to take action against BPA. Canada has historically been shown to be among the leaders in environmental concerns.
judicial services a pretense to cover widespread injustice.
And yet, according to studies, Canada had the 11th fairest judicial system in the world as of 2003, above the UK and the USA.
And all of these wonderful services are delivered with the utmost dishonesty at the bargain price of 3x what they should cost!
Says who? We pay 10% more in taxes than across the border, but I'd say we get more than 10% more. A national broadcaster, large government subsidies for universities, and a complete healthcare program to name a few.
Yes.
The iPad is the new $499 entry point to the Apple World. Times are changing.
Speaking of phones for deaf people, I was amazed by the fact that people seemed impressed by the sign-language demo of the iPhone 4. As someone who has friends in the deaf community... it's stupid. Absolutely stupid. Why go to all the trouble of signing on a tiny screen when you can just text far far faster and clearer.
Another case of technology solving a problem that was already solved by simpler technology.
So why not have iGoogle as your homepage, and have the most recent news and your gmail right on it?
I would love to make full use of my libraries, but, they don't like folders on my networked Server2003 machine.
No, the incorrect psuedo latinization of the plural forms of words is. People who do it are like virii upon the English language.
I suppose it just depends on the area in which you live. Though I'm from Winnipeg, the city with the most car thefts per capita in Canada, I'd never expect something like this to happen, and have left my car running to, say, run into a gas station for a quick drink on occasion.
Why would you need to shut off your car when making a delivery? It only takes a minute to hand the pizza, take the money, and go back to your car. Every pizza guy I've had leaves the car running.