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 | re: Earth Day 1970 Predictions... - efrad on 4/22/13 at 2:39 pm
Obviously they were way off the mark on the timing at the very least, but would any of you want the air quality of Chinese cities here in America? frick no....
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Political Talk
| re: Maher To Defender Of Islam: Equating Christianity And Islam "Liberal bullshite" - efrad on 4/22/13 at 10:27 am
[quote]Seems like that's exactly what you're trying to do.
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No, I'm answering OMLandshark's question:
[quote]Seriously, when have Christians, Jews, and Buddhists bombed public places with people in it in the modern era?[/quote]
Am I not allowed to answer this question unless I beli...
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| re: Maher To Defender Of Islam: Equating Christianity And Islam "Liberal bullshite" - efrad on 4/21/13 at 11:49 pm
[quote]They were just effective this fricking week. Seriously, when have Christians, Jews, and Buddhists bombed public places with people in it in the modern era? There are entire large organizations throughout the world dedicated to this. The other religions, not so much.
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In the United ...
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Political Talk
| re: So is anyone laughing at how incredibly inept our law enforcement is - efrad on 4/21/13 at 8:15 pm
[quote]quote:
[quote]In sports terminology, it was a win but it was a little ugly.
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and an expensive one
it would be like the Yankees struggling out a win with the help of a Jeffrey Maier, when their opponent is some AA high school baseball team from Delaware
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More like a...
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| re: Can someone in IT please explain the purpose of expiring passwords? - efrad on 4/5/13 at 8:29 am
[quote]I understand that, but what is the probability of someone taking the password and then keeping it for a length of time. Most passwords expire in a few weeks, it would seem to me that a data thief would use the password immediately and not risk the chance of the user finding out it was stolen ...
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| re: Apple's iMessages Drug Deals: They Just Work - efrad on 4/4/13 at 3:48 pm
[quote]Competition.
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Telcos only give a shite about being better than one another if there's profits in it. There aren't any profits in encryption because most people couldn't give a shite about encryption. How many people do you really think care about which telco is least likely to let ...
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| re: Apple's iMessages Drug Deals: They Just Work - efrad on 4/4/13 at 12:58 pm
[quote]so trust one who doesn't encrypt anything? exposing you to more than just the NSA?
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I'm assuming he meant "Don't entrust telcos with the responsibility of encrypting your data" i.e. they're not going to encrypt because they're in bed with the NSA so don't trust that your data is e...
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| re: Apple's iMessages Drug Deals: They Just Work - efrad on 4/4/13 at 12:52 pm
[quote]The funny thing about this is that iMessage has been around for a year and a half and they're just now figuring it out. Another issue is that encryption is pretty easy and cheap to deploy. Why haven't the teleco's encrypted ALL voice and data communication?
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What incentive do they...
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| re: Forbes 25 best places to retire rich - efrad on 4/4/13 at 10:59 am
[quote]Nashville, #1
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It's Belle Meade, and...
[quote]The places are listed alphabetical.[/quote]...
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| re: Does anyone LIKE Windows 8? - efrad on 3/8/13 at 12:25 am
[quote]People just need to realize that the "Metro" UI can essentially be ignored. Treat it simply as a replacement for the old (barely usable) start menu. Just type what you want instead of hunting through menus. It is really dead simple.
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For people like you and me it's simple. I do r...
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| re: Haircut in Baton Rouge - efrad on 3/7/13 at 1:50 am
[quote][quote]I go to A. Marcelite in downtown BR. It's a salon that my wife goes to but the girls there know how to cut men's hair very well too.[/quote]
This. Ask for Kendall[/quote]
I go here as well, I have Layne cut my hair though. $20 (before tip) and she does a great job...
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| re: Minimum purchases with credit/debit cards - efrad on 3/2/13 at 5:12 pm
[quote]By the way, do those of you who don't carry cash avoid restaurants who have a cash only policy?
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I usually carry like $20 just in case of emergency, so if it's a place like Cafe du Monde then there's no problem. Most cash-only restaurants have an ATM or there's one nearby, I'll ju...
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| re: Minimum purchases with credit/debit cards - efrad on 3/2/13 at 12:23 pm
[quote]You're right. It can sit on its shelf. I visit a certain gas station and probably drop $200-300+ a month with gas, etc. You don't want my pack of gum? I'll go elsewhere. Complete BS.
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I don't understand why you think you're entitled to make them lose money....
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| re: GF just bout a necklace with her name as the CONNECTION of the necklace - efrad on 2/22/13 at 8:58 pm
My sister had one of these back in the mid-90s. :lol:
I think it's trashy nowadays though....
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| re: Corpse found in L.A. hotel's water tank - efrad on 2/21/13 at 11:47 pm
To those of you saying that no one has a reason to sue:
[quote]The hotel remained open after the discovery, but guests checking in Tuesday were told not to drink it, according to Qui Nguyen, who decided to find a new hotel Wednesday.
Nguyen said he learned about the body from a CNN reporter, ...
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| re: O-T help with id'ing a chick?? (NSFW) - efrad on 2/19/13 at 11:11 am
Did you even bother to look at the URL of the image?
http:// s5.as.com/recorte/20100609dasdasmas_14/LCO/Ies/[b]FHM_joga_bonito.jpg[/b]
It's Joga Bonito in a photo shoot from FHM....
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| re: Best Buy to permanently price match 19 major online stores in all categories! - efrad on 2/18/13 at 5:56 pm
[quote]May accelerate showrooming even more, but they have no sustainable way to compete with the current retail model.
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How would this accelerate showrooming? This would eliminate showrooming completely, wouldn't it?
Showrooming is when you go into BBY and look at products and recei...
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| re: For anyone watching Marco Rubio's response. I need a gif of that sip of water - efrad on 2/12/13 at 10:31 pm
[quote]It's better in real time; he seemed to be leaning over really slow. Those gifs are sped up I think
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yup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo4sF-Z6EAg
pretty funny imo...
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New Orleans Saints Talk
| re: Mike and Mike about to list other delays - efrad on 2/4/13 at 5:08 pm
[quote]There will be no mention of "and what a great time was had by all in NOLA that week."
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Good thing the reason they pick host cities for Super Bowls is for the people who go to have a great time, not for that city to look favorable on an NFL Films recap in 20 years
Ask the peo...
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| re: Men: Less housework=more sex - efrad on 1/30/13 at 5:17 pm
[quote]Wonder how many of those cases involve men who started doing housework in an attempt to force sex into a tepid relationship.
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I agree with this. Although the article probably does have some merit regarding traditional gender roles, doing the housework is likely a result of less se...
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| re: Do you think it is appropriate to wear shorts to a job interview?? - efrad on 1/27/13 at 5:40 pm
That's a great story and exactly what I'm talking about....
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| re: Do you think it is appropriate to wear shorts to a job interview?? - efrad on 1/27/13 at 4:22 pm
[quote]you completely missed what i was saying :lol:
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I knew and understood what you were saying, but you are being short-sighted. ...
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| re: Do you think it is appropriate to wear shorts to a job interview?? - efrad on 1/27/13 at 4:21 pm
[quote]So you think you have hyperintelligence?
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I've read enough of SFP's posts to know that he's an intelligent, outside of the box thinker.
I don't know much about him beyond that, but I know plenty of intelligent people who are lazy because they get by easily with their intellig...
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| re: Do you think it is appropriate to wear shorts to a job interview?? - efrad on 1/27/13 at 4:16 pm
[quote]we're punished by society in many ways. if we do things faster than normal people, we're just given more shite to do
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Chances are you weren't able to do so much on your first day. The difference in your output from day 1 to the day 365 is called [i]growth[/i]. It doesn't matte...
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| re: Do you think it is appropriate to wear shorts to a job interview?? - efrad on 1/27/13 at 4:10 pm
[quote]I'm just the opposite. No matter how easy the job or menial it is, I give as it my full effort. The value of doing the best I can beats doing what I have to do.
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Exactly. Honestly, if I don't put my full effort in, I will end up losing all motivation and wouldn't even show up to ...
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| re: Do you think it is appropriate to wear shorts to a job interview?? - efrad on 1/27/13 at 4:04 pm
[quote]we're talking about entry-level jobs without anywhere up to go :lol:
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The only job with nowhere to move up is a CEO, and that's not an entry-level job. There are opportunities to move up in EVERY JOB POSITION. Your growth is not your growth in the company, it's universal. If you...
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| re: Do you think it is appropriate to wear shorts to a job interview?? - efrad on 1/27/13 at 3:54 pm
[quote]how much effort did you give in your high school and college jobs. 100% everyday?
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Nobody gives 100% every day. Everyone slacks sometimes. The important thing is to take your job seriously and take personal responsibility and honor in your overall work ethic. Besides, I have neve...
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| re: Do you think it is appropriate to wear shorts to a job interview?? - efrad on 1/27/13 at 3:39 pm
[quote]and these managers are putting far too much emphasis on variables not related to work ability
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This is backwards thinking. At an interview, you are pitching yourself to your employer. You have everything to gain and nothing to lose by throwing on some slacks and showing that you ...
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| re: Do you think it is appropriate to wear shorts to a job interview?? - efrad on 1/27/13 at 3:26 pm
[quote]learning your job well enough to know you have job security is a very professional move. most managers HATE it, because they lose that power positions. there ISN'T a supply of great workers to fill that potential gap. there's nothing unprofessional about an employee leveraging its value into ...
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| re: Do you think it is appropriate to wear shorts to a job interview?? - efrad on 1/27/13 at 3:16 pm
[quote]These are mainly young people and I can't fathom a parent allowing their kid to go to a job interview dressed like this no matter what the job.[/quote]
One of the things I've noticed in this generation is that although most of them do work jobs while in college to help pay their bills, t...
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