Comment A laptop is necessary for vacation! (Score 2) 140
I still look through our vacation photos and wonder why we kept some of them. The daily cull needs to be more severe.
... were against democracy.... that is why they established a Republic.
For a better understanding of different government systems - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFXuGIpsdE0
That video is good until the last 10% (starting at 9:20) when they lump "Too much government" to include welfare programs and "Soon a number of Romes producers could no longer make ends meet, and they went on the dole". Then it goes on to talk of wandering mobs demanding bread and circuses. So yeah
In the end of the video it states the U.S.A. can keep a Republic, or move to a tyranny of the elite (oligopoly) and states that Democracy is a stepping stone to Oligopoly. Republican rules can be subverted as well and lead to oligopoly, it doesn't warn about that.
Because we are still a barbaric world where basic human courtesy doesn't apply.
Such as turning off your phone when in a meeting, dinner date or at the movies, not trying to get one car ahead by jamming your vehicle into the six foot space, not walking across the middle of the street and expecting traffic to stop on a dime , not using a curse word every three seconds because you think it's cool or being edgy, answering a question with "Read the fucking manual!"
You lost me on the bold bit (emphasis mine). Having just come back from Vancouver Island I can assure you that cars stopping when you attempt to cross the street (no matter where) is very courteous and civilized.
Just install a 10 years old OS and games. You'll be blown away by the performance
You'd think so, but I bought the original Fallout from GOG and was surprised by how slow it was. Anybody have any insight to that?
We watched two more displays (yawn) and you know the only one anybody is talking about? Yup, the one that all went off at the same time. You know which ones I'll be telling as a great story for years to come? Yup, the one that screwed up. Do you think anybody cares what the Sea World fireworks looked like July 4 2012? No, no they don't. Hell, I forgot them 10 minutes after they were finished.
The screw up was fantastic to watch and I'll still tell people about it years later: "Ever wonder what it would look and sound like if they all went off at the same time? Been there, witnessed that."
So it sucks people paid to park and sat in the chilly evening, but c'mon, now you have a great story. Nobody would care to hear about the fireworks if they had worked!
- Unsubstantiated link of violent video games and aggressive behaviour
- Request to put warning on all video games (except those for 3yrs old and younger)
This has to be something they tasked an intern with.
After Goliath's defeat, giants ceased to command respect. - Freeman Dyson