Comment: Re:Murika the solution (Score 1) 202
Khorosho. Znachit, chto mi "odin protsentnik"?
Comment: Re:Drive conservatively! (Score 1) 374
What part of "I try to get out of the left lane as soon as I can..." did you not understand?
Probably this part...
I'm sick and tired of Americans not actually giving a shit about the rest of society and see no reason why I should accommodate people
...Though you did qualify it with...
who disregard the rules and display unsafe and aggressive behavior.
...an important point, for sure. But this...
aggressive drivers like yourself make me want to drive as slowly as possible
...sort of implies that "You know best, and you'll get even with them!", which diminishes the other arguments.
Comment: Re:Drive conservatively! (Score 1) 374
I'm sick and tired of Americans not actually giving a shit about the rest of society
aggressive drivers like yourself make me want to drive as slowly as possible
Thank you, you fucking hypocrite.
What he said!
Comment: Re:Drive conservatively! (Score 1) 374
true, true.
Comment: Re:Depends on the car (Score 1) 374
Fix Or Repair Daily
Comment: Re:Not only the milage ratings are false (Score 1) 374
I have had vettes accelerate from the stop light, up the spur, and then have to break sharply to manage a curve.
He traded gasoline for adrenalin.
Comment: Re:consistency more important (Score 1) 374
I think that the bigger point that he is making is that virtually all people drive outside of the parameters of the of the EPA ests., and vehicles have different efficiencies at different velocities. F'rinstance, I get about 6mpg better mileage at 90mph than I do at 65 (27mpg vs 21).
As always, YMMV.
Comment: Re:Murika the solution (Score 1) 202
Chto ti govorish!
Comment: Re:Teacher should of been ready (Score 1) 215
You can be a math genius and not have one shred of aptitude when it comes to imparting knowledge on others.
Absolutely.
I find that, for myself, I'm a decent mentor, but a terrible teacher. I'm not much for stuffing info into heads that may or may not want to absorb it, but if said trainee wants to come and watch and learn, great. But the trainee has to want it...I can't make the person "excited" about a subject.
Comment: Re:Teacher should of been ready (Score 1) 215
There's a reason why the average career as a teacher in the US is only 5 years. By the time they've gotten the hang of it, they're being pushed out the door.
I thought it was 'cause they got married and had their own kids.
Comment: Re:Oh noes! (Score 1) 189
Ok, gotta throw in the old classic...
How many programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
None, that's a hardware problem.
Comment: Re:the only thing worth coming for (Score 1) 629
"To Serve Man"
Comment: Re:Cable news not what it was supposed to be (Score 1) 175
The OJ Simpson coverage laid the groundwork for the kind of breathless "journalism" we see today.
I think you nailed it.
Comment: Re:Can you stop the 24/7 coverage now? (Score 1) 175
The United States already killed 10 times the number of Afghans at a wedding early that day. But we don't hear about that, because no one cares about the US bombing civilians whose only crime was attending a wedding.
No they didn't. Somebody went through a lot of trouble to spread a reprint of a 2002 article.
Comment: Re:What a waste (Score 1) 229
What do you define as work?
Work is getting somebody to give you money to do something for them. It's something one does to pay the bills.
A hobby is "working" on something that you enjoy, like artistic stuff. You may get money for it, but it won't pay the bills.
Once your hobby pays the bills, hey, that's your work! And your hobby is then being a sysadmin or whatever.
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