champu
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I'm aware insurance fraud is an illegal activity, I'm capable of getting by without commiting it, and I doubt I ever would. However, my complaint lies elsewhere. I'm sick of hyperbolic comparisons of acts in an attempt to sound like an authority on a subject matter, simply because the speaker feels strongly about something. Filing a false claim to repair your broken foot, carjacking someone at gunpoint, and embezzeling $100M from your company are all illegal, but I think comparisons between them are ridiculous. If the original comment was "you know that's illegal, and is screwing over all the other policy holders." I most likely wouldn't have said anything. Sorry if there was any confusion.
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The reporters weren't fired for their political views, and Eric never claimed they were, he just said he was afraid that might eventually happen. No, they were given a three day suspension for insubordination. If you want to enjoy the benefits of working for a large company, sometimes you have to put up with policies like, "we don't want you going to openly political events like fundraiser concerts." Likewise, in Leiberman's case, if you sign a non-disclosure agreement, then you try to further your carrer by making a news report based on information covered under that agreement... Guess what you get in your stocking!
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That's the equivalent of stealing. If you don't pay for the coverage, but you get it anyways, that's like taking a car you didn't pay for. It also makes others insurance go up when you didn't pay for the services you received. No, it's the equivalant of lying. Why has it become so popular to equate everything to stealing? Frankly, it's condescending.
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Well we'd tag them all with the locators but the ACLU has more pull than PETA.
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hey that's a good point... Darcy can probably tell you about my multitude of RW talents.
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I've gone uncurrent once, and it was during my student progression. (midwestern winter) I wouldn't recommend it, but it wasn't that big of a deal. Take it slow, have fun, and make sure you pick up your gear-checking/handle touching habits again and you'll be fine.
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Alternatively, you could get an ape that enjoyed beating the shit out of you, making you its bitch, and then throwing feces around your apartment. /edited: it's vs. its
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the BCS is completely retarded, I agree. You can't just have a ton of chaotic games across the country and then say "these are the two best teams, fight!" By the previous rules, if you had a conference that wasn't strong, you could win as many games as you wanted and no one cared. With the new rules, you don't get rewarded for having a challenging season. BTW, do we get any credit for crushing ASU(19) yesterday?
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Ah! you're absolutely right, thank you. The song is called "Masters of the Universe" by JR
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Still living in the shadows of others, huh john? Was that called for? Thankfully, he's not toting around Chris Galvin's old office desk Paul Galvin was a cool individual, it only runs for so many generations though...
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an awesome video. I don't suppose anyone knows the name of the electronic/dance song in this video...
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you're setting them to 'Terrorism Time'
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"so what do you jump?" "bob 97."
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hmm, that program was able to convert it, but it requires realplayer be installed , butchers the audio/video syncing , and prints a gigantic watermark over the video
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You do realize the irony here, yes?
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I've had those days. Usually happens when I don't get anything productive done all day. Cause then at the end of the day I start thinking, "Damn, all that stuff on my mind, and I'm useless too." But if you have a productive day, at the end you can always say, "Well, I may not have it made, but at least I finally got those shoes tied. No more floppy laces."
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I'm a nice guy, but I recognize that's not what causes me to finish last, as the saying goes. No, for me, finishing last stems from the fact that I can't read signals for my god damn life. I continue "being nice", and at some point I'm guessing they give up and assume I'm not interested in being anything but friends. I can recall at least one instance where over a year after the fact my roommate hears me exclaim out of nowhere from the next room, "Wait a Minute... FUCK!" "What happened?" he asks. I say, "Damn it, you remember Amy?" He says, "yeah." I say, "I think she wanted me." He says, "Shit, I could have told you that." ... "Well for the love of- ... You know I'm fucking dense, why didn't you say something!?!"
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one more vote for Kurt Vonnegut and Douglas Adams. in particular Welcome to the Monkey House and Breakfast of Champions by Vonnegut and the Hitchhiker's Guide "Trilogy" by Adams
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made this today... it doesn't really need it's own thread, and this seemed like a reasonable place for it.
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/e: nm, he fixed the link "The random guy who shot this photo from behind a palm tree using a telephoto lens at a range of 50 yards has been offered a contract to cover women's beach volley for fox sports through 2006"
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there's a link in my last post, but basically it's a free, small, clean, well made, fast, full-featured web browser that blocks pop-ups and has no ads... ...and you can put a search field for basically any site you can think of (google, dictionary.com, wikipedia.org, ebay, ups/fedex/dhl tracking) next to the address bar. /eta: no, I fully understand that most people prolly just think "internet = blue "e" icon on my desktop", but other better browsers get mentioned on this site quite a bit, I'd encourage people to use them. (helps prevent spyware issues too!)
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how many times must firefox be plugged before everyone just uses it... geez...
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do you know what you want to do with your life?
champu replied to Dougiefresh's topic in The Bonfire
Trying to "improve one's situation in life" is an almost insurmountable task, it's like quiting drinking. Goals set up like that are bound to fail, and that's why it's usually advised not to quit drinking, but to just get through today without a drink. Don't make grandiose plans of a better life, just do a few more things you enjoy today. -
After late night work Relax with Hefeweizen Tilt back in my chair
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Do you ever find yourself working with real basket cases ?
champu replied to elpeludo's topic in The Bonfire
The vast majority of people I work with are good at what they do.