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thanks for the upvote - I knew I was going to get slings and arrows for my views, so I added the ending to short-circuit some of the backlash.

One other thing: it's much much much easier to start a new, good habit than it is to change an old habit.

I experimented with this a while back - I figured I would change a small habit (no effect on me either way). For as long as I could remember, I put my wallet in my left back pocket, and my keys in my front left pocket (I'm left-handed). I decided to put them in the corresponding right-hand pocket - I know, very small change, right? Took me a couple of years before I would do it without thinking. Even now, I sometimes put them in the wrong pocket without thinking. For me, this was a big eye-opener.

wow, the PC brigade is really out there - looks like I hurt some feelings with my previous comment.

Seriously - how long will it take until 1st world nations collapse? We're close to it now in the US - SS will be an inverted pyramid before Gen-Y starts to retire - who's going to pay for it? The same with all of our other 'help the children' programs. It's been a pyramid game all along, and now the generation of the bottom level of the pyramid (meaning new bodies) is being voluntarily reduced.

2.1 is the replacement rate for a couple (the .1 is insurance against pre-reproductory death). The United States is currently at 2.06, trending downward from 2010 (see STATISTICS here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_de...). Care to guess who's at the top? Hint: it's not 1st-world nations. The Italian government has been paying women to have babies, Germany is shrinking in population, Russia is emptying out. Why? Birth-control, abortion on demand, and an educational system that denigrates being a parent.

Argue if you want, but the numbers speak, and they're telling a pretty dismal story: Here lies humanity, they became so smart they forgot to procreate.

what you're looking at here is the death throes of a civilization. Abortion on demand, free contraception, and a radicalized group that believe motherhood is slavery. But of course, what do I know? I'm 'only a man'.

I wanna know why people use MS Office, anyway: 99% of the communications are: Please click this link to open this Word doc on a web server.... couldn't we just post up a HTML page instead? I bang my head at work every time someone does the above. It's a big waste of time, and money. And don't get me started on SharePig

nope, not the regular kind of conflict at all: for a large portion of our history the greater power would obliterate all resistance in the hostile territory, then settle the area with their own population. The Israelis are showing remarkable restraint.

The land was sparsely inhabited when the Israelis formed their own nation. They spent time, money, and effort making it a better place to live. The Palestinians should call it a day and agree to a truce, before Israel gets serious and wipes them out completely.

sure, they make it easy as possible, but it's not optional. And I like to change the hardware in my desktop, which makes it a pain.

The Goal, by Eliyahu Goldratt. It's a great book on manufacturing clothed in a fictional story.

>Every so often I have to call in and do the automated telephone activation

reason number 1001 why I hate windows

>in fact their focus on software over hardware is arguably why they won

nope, it was their business acumen, and willingness to kill off competitors

What kind of punishment will the administration get for helping with the movie? None, I'll bet. Double standards.

it was a very biased 'study'. from the article, it appears that this person specifically targeted people that were anti-Obama, forgetting entirely all the racists tweets that threatened riot and death if Romney won.

yes, considering the prevailing (up until Surface arrived) advertisements for pads talked about space available, not total space.

it was a response to the very real threat of Linux. MS was getting publicly beaten on an almost monthly basis by malware authors. It was a whack-a-mole contest to keep our boxes patched. I still scratch my head and wonder why our bosses have kept demanding Windows Windows Windows...

You mean I'm the only one that "Knowing is Half the Battle" animates? Gadzooks!

Monopoly & Anti-Trust concerns, anyone?

>Which should surprise practically nobody

Why? You mean corporations can arbitrage production and employment costs, and we can't arbitrage product purchase costs is logical?

or even criminal negligence, since their seed contaminated your crop, then the contamination was used in a shakedown.

So, the article is saying that government giveaways and government rule-making is entrenching the rich even more, and it's the fault of the rich? Wow, what perverse thinking that is. It seems to me that if the government made less rules and gave away less of OUR money, there would be a more even playing field. That doesn't mean NO rules, just a minimum.

The title of the article should be "Government and it's role in causing wealth disparity".

ugh, if only it were that simple. I've been in technology for almost 20 years, I build cabinets, fix cars (currently swapping engines in an RX-7), garden, etc. I'm just burned out - I'd love to take a 6 week break, but need the money (5 kids, a wife, a mortgage, a car-payment).

#4: for guys it's easy - I just imagine something that makes me mad,and work through the reps (or work off steam from work, family, whatever). as for running, after I pass the 4 mile mark, my runs provide an endorphin high - not boring at all

#1 cause: they don't make time for it.

Why isn't it fun?: it takes a while to get over the soreness hurdle, then, once you get past a certain fitness level, it becomes fun. But you have to make it through the pain stage first. Most people quit there.

Because the people that wrote the article believed that children were helpless. Intrinsically motivated people will almost always find a way to overcome obstacles. Those extrinsically motivated need help to overcome obstacles. Government school promotes extrinsic motivation (go to school, get a good job. Get that A on that test!).

boy, don't you feel sheepish, now that we know it was the Taliban that coordinated and planned these attacks?

The Soviet Union did not 'veer off their path' they continued it until Reagan and their policies ran them out of money. Stalin killed more Soviets than the Germans.

eggs don't sit around for decades. a study published recently discounted the theory that a female is born with her entire complement of eggs - to the contrary, like sperm, eggs are produced throughout the female's life.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/02/120229-women...

that Muslim veil is looking smarter and smarter all the time

retina scans have already been cracked - this is no security

yet another reason for limiting the budget of government.

TLDR: A soulless corp stops at nothing to tarnish the image of a world-class athlete and all around nice guy. When he gets tired of the fight, the corp declares victory.