Posts by Paul 473 publicly visible posts • joined 15 Feb 2007
to the argument of theft... Although im alot of people will post in responce saying "well it will just be used by people who want to use Amazon to surch for stuff, but would never buy the music".
At least they cant use the "well If it was DRM free..." argument any more.
Face it noonw beleaves your lies any more. The whole trying to convince the world that you are not doing anything wrond, and you are infact a fighter for artists rights, showd that up as a lie.
"Best thing to do to raise decent kids is be a decent person and let them see you treat others with respect and compassion."
Not according to these guys... They give Christians (and all religions) a bad name buy treating everyone who is not like them as a lesser person, and apparently even people who do are treated like morons.
It is a word only used by people who think the are clever and diffrent to put down anyone who is diffrent to them...
It makes me want to kill the people who use it, especaly as it is often used by people with no imagination, e.g. Mac fans who still think that they are diffrent and in on something.
"We also considered the ad suggested beer and sex were two of the best exports of the Far East, which was disrespectful to Eastern culture"
This makes me worry about why they say this... I want to know the reasons they feel like that...
Also...
@ AC, Another reason this country is a sh*thole
You probably should get out more. I think we can see your prejudices, and this is the UK, not the US. This country is not run by those type of people. Perhaps you should get out and stop watching CNN so much...
So they are a Temp.
I have yet to see why people get so upset about companys dumping temps. I was a temp once and was let go with 1/2 days notice. I knew that might happen when I went in to the job, and no, I didn't get paid more. If people think they are being clever and getting a "way in" to the company, they realy need to ask themselfs why they have not been taken on full time.
"also good to see people agreeing with my thoughts about being charitable, why the fuck should they? the government of the richest country in the world should look after it's people, along with the richest state in the US! it's not the job of 'techie' companies." and all the rest....
If you look at the US system it is very diffrent to the UK system. There is very little state help for the poor. The expectaition is that companys will be philanthropic, as will the very rich. Big UK companys do not give in this way, because they pay Taxes to pay for these things. This is not the case in the US.
The US system is not based on Money = Good, and anyone can make it, and if you cant you are just a waste of space. It is based on the idea of philanthropy. This is why Apple can be judged on this basis.
Please please please learn somthing about cutural norms and govenment befor you moan about it.
And you clearly never let a good bit of Chemistry and Physics get in the way of trying to feel supirior.
"Ah, the myth about hydrogen being the cause of a certain disaster...never put facts before a good story (or myth)..."
You mean the THEORY that it was not the Hydrogen? So now your theory is more valid than other peoples theorys? Oh, of course, your a climat change denier....
"Hydrogen does not combust in an airship -- it escapes into the atmosphere because it is the lightest element. Once the bag is punctured, the hydrogen is long gone."
That makes no sense at all.... Clearly the Hydrogen did not escape as the Hindenburg was very still floating when it started to burn. Claming it escaped is just a stupid thing to say.
*waits for angry replys that try to make my comment worthless by doing nothing more than pick my spelling to pieces*
No-one complains about "Priest and the alter boy" type jokes.
If any action is taken over this I will start complaining about every single joke on the BBC that is in that vain, making it quight clear why. If enough people start doing this we can make the feelings of the majority heard.
Right. Had enough. Language is fluid. Get over it. Just because you know one fact dosen't meen you have to force it on people. That use of number/amount is perfectly acceptable.
From the OED:
Number, n.
1. a. The precise sum or aggregate of a collection of individual things or persons; the quantity or AMOUNT.
You sound like I did when I was 12, a right little smart arse shit. I bet your lots of fun at parties, telling people wonderous facts such as how the host keeps making such fun mistakes as using a red wine glass for white wine, of serving heavy German larger in a tall glass rather than a short stem beer glass.
I would refute your points one by one, but I can't be botherd, so I will pick the ones I know about off the top of my head...
"Bird Flu: 243 deaths. Mostly in Indonesia where people live with poultry walking around in their houses."
The fear is not Bird Flu itself, as that is very difficult to transmit. The fear is that the H5N1 strain is very deadly. This would cause a problem if it met, and mixed with, Human Flu, and became airborne. It would then be deadly and easy to transmit.
AIDS is one of the largest killers in Africa. In some places the infection rait is over 25%, so please don't give me that out dated crap about "its only for queers and smak heads".
TB holds no fear because it is easy to treat. The problem is not in stopping it, but in funding the vacinations.
SARS was a scare whilst people did not know what it was. People were dieing from an unknown disease, so it was feard.
Please please check your facts before looking like a fool.
what he dose now, I think we will see a change in America, not because of Obamas work, but because the disenfrachised in the US, and around the world for that matter, now feel that they can change things. They no longer feel that the rich man rules, and they have a real feeling that democracy works.
I dam well hope that Obama dose come through, otherwise he has given these people power and they are no longer going to sit on there hands and say "well what can I do?".
"Admittedly a small group, but still a pretty damn thoughtless thing to say."
Why? How? Someone dies. Someone makes a joke about it a long time after it happens. So? I see no problem about it. ALSO, you seem to have missed the earlyer point, the people complaining are complaining about a non issue. The murders they, and you, are talking about were comitted by a fork lift driver, not a truck driver. The joke was more likely about Peter Sutcliff. Can we no longer make jokes about bad things in the past? No jokes about the war?
These people are being stupid, and as befor, the Top Gear prodution team will probably just say "F-Off". Good on them. As for Brand and Ross, they should not have done what they did. That was too far, leaving the messages on someones answer phone. Had they said the stuff on Air fine, but doing it like that was not on.
I'm glad to see that someone cares about democracy, and is taking care of those who need help. The idea that someone thinks "just let them mess up the vote if they don't know what they are doing" makes me sick. You give a voice to those who want to change the world, not just to those who have the money, power and education to change the world.
The Oxford don would lie and throw away his whole lifes work for a bit of publicity for a political party that may or may not be in power in another country in a few weeks time seems a bit unlikley.
Having said that I am probably wasting my time, as some people will still shout "well they are in on it" every time someone offers up evidence that the moon landings are real. Perhaps it is best not to take the bait of these fools, who will just claim I was paid to write this as a way of ignoring all evidence, and just laugh to myself about how they will forever living in ignorance of everything that dose not fit there world view.
Not all of the world beleaves the idea "Voting for a third candiate is thowing your vote away". Voting for Obama to spite Bush (which is what this is about) would be a protest vote, not voting for the person you beleve in dispite the fact that they have no chance.
Perhaps if people stopped being told "you are wasting you time voting for the third way" the US system might become a bit more democratic.
I don't "like" Palin, but I agree, I have never seen anything she has said saying she is a Creationist, only that she dose not appose its teaching alongside Evolution. Wrong, but not THAT bad. Somehow I think she doesn’t believe it... But then I’m sure I will get a torrent of abuse from Atheists’ who take the stance "well she believes in God, that’s good enough for me" crap.
McCain, however, seems dangerous, and seems to want to continue with the US's insular and aggressive world view.
Thought it was a good idea to stick these things in Docklands in the first place?
Ohhh... I see. Tech companys run by oh so cool Geeks who want a Docklands workplace. No other reason. Move your data centers out of London and life will be much better for a few reasons:
1) Staff will cost less.
2) Power will be safer.
3) Ambiant tempreture will be lower/ City centers, esp London avrage 1-2C above the sorounding area. Howabout Scotland. Much colder, and lots of Hydro power.
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