you do know what subsidies are for, right? They're to ensure a steady and affordable food supply and prevent starvation. Unless you're really, really rich, you want this.
Not true. We don't subsidize farmers in NZ, and we're not really, really rich. Unless I missed that bit.
I just RTFA... he went 20km from Kabul, and was close enough to a military base to get light pollution. Back when I was a lot more active astronomer than I am now, I used to head to a field some 10 km from my hometown (south of Auckland, NZ), which was way the hell away from everything anyhow. No light pollution, no passing strangers. I met a goat once, but that was it.
Afghanistan is a lot more empty than NZ - he just needs to head out further. Maybe he was purposefully provoking some response to get the material for his article?
One time I flew out in first class and went back on a train (1100KM).
I know someone who couldn't get a flight, and hence took a taxi from Vienna to Bratislava, capital of Slovakia. About 12 hours, he said. He and the taxi driver still correspond.
Someone had to ask. Clockwise will no longer make sense when we all go digital. I'm sorry to sound like a scratched record when I say things like this about the loss of language phrases, btw...
where digital watches first came in. I remember LCD watches on washing machines, TVs, pens... and of course wrists. But you always knew who had a digital when you asked them the time. They'd reply '8:58' or '6:11' rather than 'Almost nine' or 'Ten past'. I used to convert in my head when telling people, back when I had a digital.
And right now, I have my Dad's old analog on my wrist.
if they didn't call my home, uninvited, at dinner time. I can deal with any call centre when it's my business (they're helping me. Thanks, guys). When they're trying to sell me something, uninvited on my home line I have no problems hanging up on them. My home is not their shop.
... asked me to sign and send a petition to Obama, requesting him to (basically) pull his finger out. I agree with TPS's philosophies (mostly) which is why I kick in for membership. Nice to have some part in pushing our species up and out. But - Obama has bigger fish to fry. And he'll ignore me anyhow, I don't vote in the US.
Use Occam's razor. Either Hemmingway was being bugged or he was being paranoid. Which is more likely? With the text from AE Hotchner above, I know where I'd put my money.
Thanks - hadn't heard that one. Last I heard it was Winston Churchill who knew about the attacks and didn't tell Roosevelt. Wonder who it will be next week?
1. Contract with a clueless city government to build an uber complex software project.
2. Drag the project out so they have time to want to change things.
3. ???
4. PROFIT!
Happened with the National Health project in the UK, too. So it's not just 'clueless city governments' but anyone/anything with pots of money and a hankering for something techie.
Might be a case for leniency by the Judge but if he's a crook, he's a crook. Remember, lots of people with Aspergers haven't gone on to have criminal careers.
Horseshit. If I wanted a word processor, I bought one (retail or shareware or freeware). If I wanted a chat program, ditto. If I wanted a game, ditto. In fact, I could have gone my entire life having the computer doing everything I bought it to do without ever touching a line of code.
Damn right. I've met a number of people who say (or their mothers say) are quite good at computers. This means that they can find MS Word in the start menu, can change their desktop wallpaper and maybe degauss their old CRT. That's it.
Whenever I have to go the US I hate having to use those crappy bits of toilet paper that feel like they been stuck to some homeless guy's arse since 1973.
OP said "real friends". Real friends don't operate the way you describe. They look forward to any opportune moments to interact with their "real friends".
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Provided, that is, you're one of the thousands, maybe even millions, of people afflicted with aging.
Billions. Aging affects everyone on the planet. Unless you have that painting in the attic.
you do know what subsidies are for, right? They're to ensure a steady and affordable food supply and prevent starvation. Unless you're really, really rich, you want this.
Not true. We don't subsidize farmers in NZ, and we're not really, really rich. Unless I missed that bit.
Afghanistan is a lot more empty than NZ - he just needs to head out further. Maybe he was purposefully provoking some response to get the material for his article?
The original, of course.
Try going through airport security with a laptop duct-taped to your chest. Interesting times ahead.
One time I flew out in first class and went back on a train (1100KM).
I know someone who couldn't get a flight, and hence took a taxi from Vienna to Bratislava, capital of Slovakia. About 12 hours, he said. He and the taxi driver still correspond.
More like, "This doesn't have any concept of a diety, ...."
Diety? That's the god of Diets, right? That's it, I'm out of here [footsteps ... door slamming]
Amen, brother. Some posts I can't understand at all 'cause the poster's mixed up the to/too, or there/their/they're forms of the word.
Someone had to ask. Clockwise will no longer make sense when we all go digital. I'm sorry to sound like a scratched record when I say things like this about the loss of language phrases, btw...
And right now, I have my Dad's old analog on my wrist.
And ok, get off ... etc etc...
Uh-oh... we all know what that means...
if they didn't call my home, uninvited, at dinner time. I can deal with any call centre when it's my business (they're helping me. Thanks, guys). When they're trying to sell me something, uninvited on my home line I have no problems hanging up on them. My home is not their shop.
That Americans aren't so petty as to hold a grudge against the British for two hundred years.
Huh? Seen any recent Hollywood movies?
... asked me to sign and send a petition to Obama, requesting him to (basically) pull his finger out. I agree with TPS's philosophies (mostly) which is why I kick in for membership. Nice to have some part in pushing our species up and out. But - Obama has bigger fish to fry. And he'll ignore me anyhow, I don't vote in the US.
Use Occam's razor. Either Hemmingway was being bugged or he was being paranoid. Which is more likely? With the text from AE Hotchner above, I know where I'd put my money.
Thanks - hadn't heard that one. Last I heard it was Winston Churchill who knew about the attacks and didn't tell Roosevelt. Wonder who it will be next week?
Happened with the National Health project in the UK, too. So it's not just 'clueless city governments' but anyone/anything with pots of money and a hankering for something techie.
Good to see it's not just me having problems with the /. psuedo-code for newlines and such ...
Isn't that Beethoven's code for his luggage? (First 4 notes of the 5th symphony.,.)
Might be a case for leniency by the Judge but if he's a crook, he's a crook. Remember, lots of people with Aspergers haven't gone on to have criminal careers.
We will get to that in about a year.
And then we can all say 'Dupe'. Or almost.
Horseshit. If I wanted a word processor, I bought one (retail or shareware or freeware). If I wanted a chat program, ditto. If I wanted a game, ditto. In fact, I could have gone my entire life having the computer doing everything I bought it to do without ever touching a line of code.
Damn right. I've met a number of people who say (or their mothers say) are quite good at computers. This means that they can find MS Word in the start menu, can change their desktop wallpaper and maybe degauss their old CRT. That's it.
When someone says "expert body", I reach for my gun
Whenever I have to go the US I hate having to use those crappy bits of toilet paper that feel like they been stuck to some homeless guy's arse since 1973.
Nicely put
OP said "real friends". Real friends don't operate the way you describe. They look forward to any opportune moments to interact with their "real friends".
Real friends don't let friends join Facebook.