I can actually preserve food by canning, smoking, pickling and curing as well as hunt. I also have mason jars stockpiled.

So I'll raise the farming by one and have the shotgun ready for defense against soldier boy.

P.S. Be sure you want to be tough and steal, cause if there's a jar or two not prepped well, you'll just die from botulism when you run across it. It's called "insurance". :)

[url:http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/apr/08/davidteather/]

The link above is why I really hope that parents continue to augment their children with implants or anything else needed to give their child the best advantages in life.

what is the average age of those that lived in the stone age?

Seatbelts. another pet peeve.

You live in texas.

I live in Illinois.

In illinois, I can hop on my touring bike or street bike with a set of glasses on and no helmet.

Am I safer riding like that or am I safer in My Jeep Wrangler without a seatbelt on?

If I am safer in my Jeep Wrangler without a seatbelt on, why the hell is there a law making me put a seatbelt on on but not blocking me from riding a motorcycle?

Are you going to support removing motorcycles from the streets since they are less safe than a car?

If this post makes you think, why can't you support personal choice when it comes to the way they live their lives?

I illustrated your absurdity by being absurd, and it paid off.

You favor a damaging cost to society by not embracing the idea of extreme safety. You are willing to let people die so that you are not in a state of discomfort.

Yet, you ignore my desire to make my own choices in life.

Game/set/match. Let me know when there is a Jewish Pope.

You are as close to the middle as a pope is jewish.

It's self evident in your "society cost" argument and avoidance to discuss "society cost" when it comes to abortion.

No, they don't.

These "safety rules" are nothing more than special interest groups (to increase their profits) pushing an agenda that is popular with the mindless sheep that are happy to graze at a particular voting place, as long as they get their shiny toys paid for by the rest of the populace.

You are a substandard driver and expect everyone around you to have the same skills, and to avoid having to pay up for actual cost of the technology that is required to keep you as a safe driver, you need others to pay for it.

Again, It should be the purchasers choice to up their safety.

Otherwise, screw all choices - everyone's car should be speed limited to 15 mph, with solid steel frames and roll cages, crash bumpers that are engineered to 100 mph crash standards, and require a nerf suit and DOT helmet to operate.

Otherwise, how dare you speak against it - think of the people that could be saved.

Liberal 101.

Here too I accept your surrender.

Bullshit.

It only endangers you if you have proof I am not competent. I do have proof I am competent - over a half million miles by car, and over 100,000 miles on a motorcycle.

I accept your surrender.

BTW

I'd rather not have computer assist.

Ice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

Bad Maintenance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroper%C3%BA_Flight_603

Defective systems
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/asiana-airlines-december-plane-crash-partially-caused-faulty-warning-systems-article-1.1740576

over reliance on technology
http://www.today.com/news/are-airline-pilots-relying-too-much-automation-1B11170594

computer problems
http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/2013/08/14/two-dead-in-ups-cargo-jet-crash-in-birmingham-ala

Also, as a programmer, I assure you that the code running your systems in the cockpit still has bugs. They usually won't show up until certain conditions are met - the old "Q:Why didn't you catch this in testing? A: Because it worked fine on my machine".

That should be MY choice to use a computer aided system.

Yes, or No?

First I heard of it, Will it be able to play all my games?

The liberals answer to everything.
Make society pay to protect the stupid.

If a person can't brake properly without computer aid - then they shouldn't be driving.

Please raise your children to be smarter than having to rely on the wallets of others so they can drive a car with a small chance of avoiding accidents.

And If I haven't made myself clear. I would rather the average driver suffer than be forced to pay more for my stuff.

Maybe cause they want to make sure that XP users get punished for not coughing up the cash for a worse OS?

I'm trying Win 7 right now, it's slower on searching, locks up the PC if it hits a damaged file on a PC while searching, and doesn't even have a responsive mouse until it's been moving for ten or fifteen seconds - it's like the driver for the mouse goes into sleep mode after inactivity.

I bought my Dad a PC as a christmas present - He's not very polite on how he describes windows 8.

I want XP back.