Posts by Florida1920

Re: In other news

yeah, this is going to be another big nothing burger again isnt it!

Yes, clearly she (and her husband) haven't used their proximity to The Leader (sic!) of the Free World to promote their brand. Daddy is renowned for his ethics, after all.

Re: Confused

Wishing to keep this conversation polite and civil, I will just put this out there :

You have had two years to find the motivation to implement GDPR measures in your systems.

I appreciate your courtesy. People in Europe justifiably get angry when they think the U.S. is sticking its nose into their affairs. As a money-losing, U.S.-centric site that extends the courtesy of association to people all over the world, I fail to see why I must exert myself to track down EU users to comply with the EU's declaration. I don't get to vote in Europe.

The site costs me something like $100 a year plus time spent installing updates, approving new members and fixing broken links in posts, and I get nothing from it but the pleasure of providing a place for like-minded hobbyists to hang out and compare notes. I never asked anyone from Europe to sign up anyway. Worst case, I click the little check-box that shuts down the board and go do something else with my time. Requiring non-commercial, non-EU-based sites to comply is BS.

Re: Feeding the need

Don't forget the material wealth that many of the preachers promise to their followers. Basically a First World version of cargo cults.

In the SW U.S., where I am at the moment, there are TV commercials for "Peter Popoff" (you can't make this stuff up). He offers to send you a container of spiritual water that guarantees you great financial gain. Doing some research (what, me, cynical?), you'll discover you're supposed to sprinkle the water on a check and mail it to PP. In return, great financial wealth will come your way. The TV commercial features totally believable testimonials from people who allegedly followed instructions.

These charlatans aren't proof that religion is always a scam. But if I were $deity, I wouldn't wait until Judgement Day to wipe out the competition. So my message to them is, "The fact that you still exist is proof that what you claim to represent does not exist."

Re: Early information

@Dave Harvey

One point constantly raised when discussing the U.S.'s "gun problem" is a comparison with the UK, Canada, Australia, or all three. Maybe because we all sort of speak the same language. The U.S. fought a war to get out of the Commonwealth. We don't have a monarchy, but we have two legislative bodies. It's easy to blame the NRA and claim the NRA is the problem. The NRA is a membership organization. Yes, they lobby the legislature, just like Big Oil and Big Agriculture. So, is the problem the NRA or the laws regarding lobbying? If the majority of Americans want more gun control, they have a method to get it. It's called "voting." I can remember anti-gun campaigns dating back 60 years. Simply stating the obvious doesn't make me part of the problem. The Texas shooter, BTW, didn't use one of those dreaded "assault rifles" (a term invented by the anti-gun movement); he used a shotgun and a revolver. Should his father be charged for letting him get to them? Maybe, but good luck with that in Texas.

The U.S. is in a hell of a mess. The president is a gangster, and 40% of the population still supports him. Unfortunately, a significant portion of that 40% are pro-gun. Wishful thinking for simple solutions isn't going to work. You aren't going to solve one part of American cultural dysfunction without solving most of the other parts. As I said, I only stated the obvious. If the majority of Americans rose up and demanded Congress get rid of the entire Trump regime, I might see some hope on the gun front. You don't cure disease by treating the symptoms. School shootings are only the symptom of a much larger problem engulfing the U.S.

Re: 'There once was a time when [INSERT NAME HERE] were heroic figures'

@AC

Reminds me a lot of this... Talk about high hopes:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-34277960

Once the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Dr. Strangelove Kissinger, it lost all meaning, IMO.

Given that Adobe arent actively developing Flash any more and are planning to EOL in 2020 how are there still so many security holes in this turd?

When it goes EOL, they will stop patching it. That's when the fun will begin! Their final act should be to override users' settings and send out a "patch" that kills the thing once and for all.

Re: Meanwhile in the Real World, and I am not talking about Prussia here...

the amazingly fresh and whale-songgy concept

I only hope that, before the apocalypse, you'll tell us what you're mixing with your tea.

Re: Ok, so you have fixed some bugs

@Tigra 07

Try getting a Youtube downloader add-on through Chrome...Nope

Faster Tube

Add blocker? Maybe, depending on how Google feels about them this month.

uBlock Origin

We were told Saddam could get to us within 45 minutes, and that turned out to be total horseshit.

Saddam didn't have ICBMs. Kim does. Saddam did, however, have a better haircut.

Re: Rule Britannia!

It's great news, it means we can join the USA and have Porno Donnie Diggler as Pres.

Heads of state seem clueless about the digital world. Now, you take our president. Please!

Re: "stopped at any airport [..] and extradited by the judiciary there"

@Pascal Monett

Um, really ? So if you're wanted by the US and you go to, say, Germany, the US can call up the Germans and have them arrest you on their behalf ?

I don't think it works that way.

On 1 July 2013, president Evo Morales of Bolivia, who had been attending a conference of gas-exporting countries in Russia, appeared predisposed to offer asylum to Edward Snowden during an interview with RT. The following day, the airplane Dassault Falcon 900 carrying him back to Bolivia from Russia took off from Vnukovo Airport, but was rerouted to Austria when France, Spain and Italy reportedly denied access to their airspace, allegedly due to suspicions that Snowden was on board.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales_grounding_incident

Re: Russia?

If you posit that eventually Korea will be re-unified (or at the very least for a start the shared economic area re-opens), the benefactor is not likely to be Russia.

Really?

Moon Jae-in Making Friends By Importing More Gas

During his successful campaign to become South Korea's president, Moon Jae-in promised to dramatically increase South Korea's natural gas consumption.

Within weeks of taking office, he took several concrete steps towards fulfilling that promise. He announced the near-term closure of 10 coal plants, he allowed the operating license to expire as scheduled for South Korea's oldest nuclear plant, he reopened discussion of a long envisioned project to build a natural gas pipeline from Russia through North Korea and he ordered construction to be halted on Shin Kori 5 & 6, two new APR-1400 nuclear reactors.