I suppose we are seeing Microsoft get a taste of their own medicine, and it feels weird.
Remember when Microsoft were so dominant no-one would try messing with them? Times have changed.
I have had several conversations with religious people about why they're religious over the years, and usually they have very poor, ill defined, or poorly thought out reasons for believing in whatever god they believe in.
My Mother-in-law for instance was a Christian who believed in heaven because:
"I couldn't possibly live in a world where I would never see my parents again"
The general level of ignorance about their actual belief system sometimes amazes me.
Catholics, for example, are encouraged to not read the Bible. I suppose they might learn something.
Jews and Muslims not eating shellfish or pork makes not much sense to me either. We have refrigeration now what's the problem?
From what I read, most of the West is becoming much less religious. That does not surprise me really. Once you accept the rules about what hat you wear, or how you cut your beard are stupid, then maybe the whole nonsense falls down.
And he grew up as a Pony Express rider and lost his job to Union Telegraph.
No he didn't. Stop making stuff up.
I know how much you Americans love making up myths about your heroic presidents, but that one is straight up bullshit.
Sanctions are actions which are taken instead of just going to war with a country
No, sanctions are taken with allies, not unilaterally. If your allies didn't agree to enforce them, you've done it wrong.
...Bombing the shit out of Iran, or sitting back and just watching them gas their own population...
That was Iraq. The US did bomb the shit out of it, and now its a hell hole.
If you don't even know which country you're talking about, I suppose there's no point in explaining how the US has spent the last 70 years or so getting it wrong in Iran every single time.
Wow, thanks Comcast.
Why would they need to "let" you do anything you want with the Internet access you pay they for?
I live in a city where I have the choice of maybe 10 different ISP's, and you know what? They all "let" me use whatever router I want, none of them block ports so I can run servers if I want and the speed they advertise is what I get.
That's what you get with competition.
Also, it's "their" not "there".
And then you get sick and find your crappy employer supplied health insurance doesn't cover as much as you thought it did, and you're either bankrupt or dead.
I put the qualifier "almost" in because I don't actually think the hard of thinking deserve to be scammed, but was engaging in hyperbole.
That said, if it really is a come-on who would actually believe it?
a Walmart associate would place a frozen product on the rack. Using visual recognition technology, Flippy identifies the food in the basket and sets it in the cooking oil. The machine then "agitates" the basket by shaking it to make sure the product cooks evenly. When the food is finished cooking, Flippy moves the basket to the drip rack. An associate then tests the food's internal temperature. A few minutes later, the associate can season the food before it hits the hot display case.
And your reading comprehension is poor.
I was arguing that the US did not get rid of slavery with the 13th amendment, because it says "No slavery, except if we put you in prison.
If you're in prison in the US, you can be used as slave labour, and people sometimes are.
The numbers say that most likely you are from a south east asian country. They are all shit-holes in comparison. Even the best of them.
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Oh yes, numbers. That's how you tell where someone is from.
South Pacific actually. About as South Pacific as you can get.
It's not perfect, but I wouldn't call it a shithole.
I have only lived in three different countries. Every time I moved I learned something about myself and the world around me.
It amazes me how timid and frightened of change many Americans seem to be.
A quote from the Wikipedia article "Incarceration in the United States":
Perhaps the single greatest force behind the growth of the prison population has been the national "War on Drugs". The War on Drugs initiative expanded during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. President Reagan established the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. According to the Human Rights Watch, legislation like this led to the extreme increase in drug offense imprisonment and "increasing racial disproportions among the arrestees".[36] The number of incarcerated drug offenders has increased twelvefold since 1980.
I also found this with a quick search, which just makes me feel that even 8.4% of private prisons are too many.
As far as your violent crime stat goes, you ought to be aware that more than 90% of cases are settled by plea bargains, so what the prisoner was sentenced for is almost irrelevant.
I don't live in the US, and don't subscribe to your Democrat/Republican dichotomy, so my ideological bubble might not be what you expect.
I was not aware that idea had anything to do with the alt-right.
I also don't see how the text of the thirteenth amendment which specifically allows for slavery (involuntary servitude) has anything to do with prisoners surrendering their freedom.
You do realise that the US has the largest prison population of any country don't you?
Many of these prisons are privately owned. Many of the inmates are forced to work for little or no money, which makes those private prisons even more profitable.
Are you arguing these things are not true?
...allowed people to build and run businesses without Party interference.
You have misunderstood how things work in China.
Try reading some history books, or even better visit China.
Talk to a few of the locals, they're nice enough people, and they're always keen to practise their english.
DNS-and-BIND is doing the classic right wing trick of pretending the "left" are what the right actually is.
As everyone knows it's the right that spends so much effort on worrying about everyone's sexual orientation and which toilet they use, but apparently it's the "left" who are the authoritarians.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
The thirteenth amendment has an except clause, so your private prison owners can continue to own slaves for profit.
Unfortunately the climate change deniers are fed their diet of bullshit by a bunch of extremely wealthy people who stand to gain financially from continuing on the current course. (In the short term anyway).
These same wealthy people also control much of the US political system, so what they want, they get.
We should treat them with the contempt they deserve, but they have power and are not afraid to use it.
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I suppose we are seeing Microsoft get a taste of their own medicine, and it feels weird.
Remember when Microsoft were so dominant no-one would try messing with them? Times have changed.
My Mother-in-law for instance was a Christian who believed in heaven because:
"I couldn't possibly live in a world where I would never see my parents again"
The general level of ignorance about their actual belief system sometimes amazes me.
Catholics, for example, are encouraged to not read the Bible. I suppose they might learn something.
Jews and Muslims not eating shellfish or pork makes not much sense to me either. We have refrigeration now what's the problem?
From what I read, most of the West is becoming much less religious. That does not surprise me really. Once you accept the rules about what hat you wear, or how you cut your beard are stupid, then maybe the whole nonsense falls down.
Oh bugger.
Whoosh!
And he grew up as a Pony Express rider and lost his job to Union Telegraph.
No he didn't. Stop making stuff up.
I know how much you Americans love making up myths about your heroic presidents, but that one is straight up bullshit.
Sanctions are actions which are taken instead of just going to war with a country
No, sanctions are taken with allies, not unilaterally. If your allies didn't agree to enforce them, you've done it wrong.
...Bombing the shit out of Iran, or sitting back and just watching them gas their own population...
That was Iraq. The US did bomb the shit out of it, and now its a hell hole.
If you don't even know which country you're talking about, I suppose there's no point in explaining how the US has spent the last 70 years or so getting it wrong in Iran every single time.
It's Canada. They're a civilised country, so bail bondsmen are illegal.
well comcast does let you use your own router.
Wow, thanks Comcast.
Why would they need to "let" you do anything you want with the Internet access you pay they for?
I live in a city where I have the choice of maybe 10 different ISP's, and you know what? They all "let" me use whatever router I want, none of them block ports so I can run servers if I want and the speed they advertise is what I get.
That's what you get with competition.
Also, it's "their" not "there".
'If you're reading this from the US...
And then you get sick and find your crappy employer supplied health insurance doesn't cover as much as you thought it did, and you're either bankrupt or dead.
I put the qualifier "almost" in because I don't actually think the hard of thinking deserve to be scammed, but was engaging in hyperbole.
That said, if it really is a come-on who would actually believe it?
a Walmart associate would place a frozen product on the rack. Using visual recognition technology, Flippy identifies the food in the basket and sets it in the cooking oil. The machine then "agitates" the basket by shaking it to make sure the product cooks evenly. When the food is finished cooking, Flippy moves the basket to the drip rack. An associate then tests the food's internal temperature. A few minutes later, the associate can season the food before it hits the hot display case.
That just sounds nasty.
if you are single, we can also discuss the important thing in life.
Oh good lord, if you're dumb enough to fall for that you almost deserve to be scammed.
...an open free market protecting government such as we have in the United States.
That is hilarious.
And your reading comprehension is poor.
I was arguing that the US did not get rid of slavery with the 13th amendment, because it says "No slavery, except if we put you in prison.
If you're in prison in the US, you can be used as slave labour, and people sometimes are.
The numbers say that most likely you are from a south east asian country. They are all shit-holes in comparison. Even the best of them. --
Oh yes, numbers. That's how you tell where someone is from.
South Pacific actually. About as South Pacific as you can get.
It's not perfect, but I wouldn't call it a shithole.
Or not knowing anything about my country, because why would you?
Ignorance is bliss.
I have only lived in three different countries. Every time I moved I learned something about myself and the world around me.
It amazes me how timid and frightened of change many Americans seem to be.
Perhaps the single greatest force behind the growth of the prison population has been the national "War on Drugs". The War on Drugs initiative expanded during the presidency of Ronald Reagan. President Reagan established the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. According to the Human Rights Watch, legislation like this led to the extreme increase in drug offense imprisonment and "increasing racial disproportions among the arrestees".[36] The number of incarcerated drug offenders has increased twelvefold since 1980.
I also found this with a quick search, which just makes me feel that even 8.4% of private prisons are too many.
As far as your violent crime stat goes, you ought to be aware that more than 90% of cases are settled by plea bargains, so what the prisoner was sentenced for is almost irrelevant.
I don't live in the US, and don't subscribe to your Democrat/Republican dichotomy, so my ideological bubble might not be what you expect.
I was not aware that idea had anything to do with the alt-right.
I also don't see how the text of the thirteenth amendment which specifically allows for slavery (involuntary servitude) has anything to do with prisoners surrendering their freedom.
You do realise that the US has the largest prison population of any country don't you?
Many of these prisons are privately owned. Many of the inmates are forced to work for little or no money, which makes those private prisons even more profitable.
Are you arguing these things are not true?
...allowed people to build and run businesses without Party interference.
You have misunderstood how things work in China.
Try reading some history books, or even better visit China.
Talk to a few of the locals, they're nice enough people, and they're always keen to practise their english.
DNS-and-BIND is doing the classic right wing trick of pretending the "left" are what the right actually is.
As everyone knows it's the right that spends so much effort on worrying about everyone's sexual orientation and which toilet they use, but apparently it's the "left" who are the authoritarians.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
The thirteenth amendment has an except clause, so your private prison owners can continue to own slaves for profit.
New Zealand and every land mammal ever introduced there. Before people there were none and birds did the mammal stuff.
Unfortunately the climate change deniers are fed their diet of bullshit by a bunch of extremely wealthy people who stand to gain financially from continuing on the current course. (In the short term anyway).
These same wealthy people also control much of the US political system, so what they want, they get.
We should treat them with the contempt they deserve, but they have power and are not afraid to use it.
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty is annoyed she's stuck at IBM and nobody takes her seriously.
How is a phone different from a car?
I don't want to carpool with you this morning. Thanks all the same.