"since probiotic yogurt does nothing, then you want have much of a case. IT's all dead before it gets to your intestine."

Are you lying or just ignorant? Check out the research on the effects of probiotic yogurt on IBD. Just because the culture may not survive to the intestines does not mean it "does nothing".

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pm...

See? I can "stalk" you, too. The difference is that I done lie and spout off in ignorance.

Stalker much?

One possible point is that you are a prat who still hasn't answered my previous question in another thread yet continue to follow behind me and make annoying comments that are usually either entirely untrue based on shear ignorance (see my previous question) or just deliberately obtuse (see this one).

But thank you for making me feel loved.

"The main problem with e-bikes is they don't fit the bicycle category; they're really underpowered motorcycles."

I have an e-bike that I would not classify as an "underpowered motorcycle". It's a power assist bike. The motor doesn't activate unless I pedal.

The bike will go zero mph if I don't move my legs. With "lazy" pedaling, maybe ~10 mph. I an also set how much "help" I get.

The advantage of a bike like this is that the battery can be smaller, last longer and keep the overall weight of the bike fairly low.

I USED to ride this daily to work (with power assist) so I didn't show up hot and sweaty. I would ride home with the power assist turned off. My responsibilities changed so I now use the bike more for leisure.

"I disagree strongly.

There are four good reasons to take a pay cut to switch jobs within a development/IT career when you're older"

Thats fine. Yes there are reasons. But are a list of very specific exceptions to the general "almost always yes, with a but" to which I responded. You just provided a list of "buts"

I'm sorry, but job stability and good benefits look pretty damn good the closer you your 40s-50s.

The "but" should include "how old are you"?

Are you in your late 40's or early 50's? The answer is almost always "hell no". Even mid at mid 30's you should think hard.

Good 'ole fashion Quake III Arena for me, with the Generations Arena mod installed. I really wish they'd update the mod. It's supposedly still in development, but I haven't seen an in years. At this point, it still needs weapon animations!

Quake Live is nice, but the lack of custom maps, models, skins, and game-modes is a huge downfall for me. Plus, having to pay to host matches hurts. I'd rather see an updated Q3A on Steam, kind of like they did for Xbox Arcade... I'd want it to be fairly compatible with the original title however. No need to remake all of those awesome mods and maps!

I have a Killing Floor and Minecraft server that my friends and I play on fairly frequently as well.
Been trying to get into Payday 2, but no one I know seems as interested in it as they were in the first title.
I still wish I could get enough people together for Team Fortress 2.

Yeah... I hate playing with strangers. :P

"If she sees me and she (or the thief) shares it online, it *is* an invasion of my privacy. "

It is not intrinsically an invasion of your privacy. If it were in a place where you can ASSUME privacy (such as a restroom), then yes. But if it's an open, public place it is NOT an invasion of your PRIVACY.

In the US, we are allowed to videotape or photograph anything or anyone in public space. Private properties may prohibit it -- and if it "leaked" out due to a theft of photos or device you STILL wouldn't have had your "privacy" violated -- the owner of the private property would have.

"You might find that if you used GG here in Germany, you might find yourself confronted with a lawsuit."

The event didn't happen in Germany. It happened in the US. US law applies. This really isn't complicated.

What she sees is her privacy. If she sees you, that's not your privacy.

You may consider your anonymity at stake, but not your privacy.

Oh how I remember "movie night" a few years ago. Wife/kids would go to pop popcorn and since the file server and internet connection was wifi'd elsewhere, POOF goes the movie. Had to plan out WHEN to use the microwave before mediaportal/netflix use.

I have a dual band device. It actually allows me to have 4 separate wireless networks -- 2 2.4g (primary and guest) and 2 5g (primary and guest). I set up three (2 2.4g (primary and guest) and 1 5g). The few legacy devices I have are on the 2.4 and the rest are on 5g.

Works great. You're not going to get that functionality for $39.99... but you certainly can for under $150.

"The real problem is, you are right and the anti-union people are right. Last hired - first fired policies do nothing to protect quality teachers."

You are right. If you can't get rid of bad teachers (recent example in CA for SLEEPING in class on several occasions by SEVERAL teachers -- they're still in limbo and will most likely all "retire" with benefits so we STILL get to pay them even *IF* we finally get rid of them), then yeah -- the last hired, first fired thing is effectively meaningless.

That's well above the median pay in CA. Further, that $70 doesn't include benefits. Calculate that in and teachers are, in fact, doing VERY well in CA.

There was a time when working a "public" job meant taking lesser pay for greater benefits and retirement...

You either don't live in California or you don't really read the news much.

Republicans are effectively a non-entity in California. The republicans no longer even a speed bump on Sacramento passing anything.

While the prison guards union DOES pay to the republicans, it, like the teachers unions, pay much more to the democrats.

"Voucher will just destroy the school system, and do NOTHING to improve education. "

Good. Maybe it needs to be destroyed. And as far as "improving education", there's a REASON why parents want their kids elsewhere -- and that's because the public schools are failing in what they are designed to do.

" It's all based on the myth the private education is better."

You're wrong. It's based on the fact that when presented with a choice, parents will pick the school with the best results IN THEIR AREA. They may have a crappy public school and a less crappy charter or private school and when those are the ONLY choices, you pick the less crappy.

"Even then it's hard to say if its the educational system, or just affluent parents leading to success."

It's easy to say: It's a combination of teachers who must perform, parents who are involved and resources available to the students. With public schools, you are often missing the first two -- and if that's the case, there will NEVER be enough of the third. Nobody has unlimited resources. We need to pull out kids who either cant keep up or are too disruptive and put them where we can focus the extra resources THEY need rather than slowing down or back-peddling the bulk of the student body.

"You want to improve the school system in CA? Get rid of prop 13."

Wrong. Tossing money at the problem at the expense of tax payers (who are already overtaxed in CA) is a solution that has yet to yield results. The "reported" per student cost in CA is grossly under reported. Toss in the bond money (of which CA taxpayers have been extremely generous) and capitol expenses and the per student cost is well between 20k-30k.

BTW, you never answered my question in the previous thread where you suggested I was lying. click me

"We invoke the past every time we use one of those old maxims like 'turn up the volume""

Off topic, yes, but I'd like add that my wifes side of the family are immigrants and either naturalized Americans or residents on their way to citizenship. I hear daily the slaughter of many old sayings like the one you cite. Like "turn up the noise".

Some of it is language translations on the fly. My favorite is when my wife is angry and she wants to say something like: "Thats it! PERIOD!" What she ends up saying is "That's it! POINT!"

Now back on topic. You are right -- I do end up explaining a lot of idioms and where they derive to my kids. Or sometimes I need to explain why there is a glass TARDIS out in the middle of nowhere (old phone booth). I got a belly laugh when my daughter asked me that...