Yep. 25 cents a cup or 5$ per month for the coffee.
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Yep. 25 cents a cup or 5$ per month for the coffee.
Ugh. Cheap bastards. And to think you guys bill Lockhead $100,000 for a screwdriver :D
Aha!
A good fiend of mine just told me about this site! I am from Afghanistan, and I have read all of the anti-Afghani slander on these sites.
I am here to defend my homeland.
I have been to England, where they REPEATIDLY quote ANTI-KURDISH porpoganda to all of their children. Every-single one of them is taught to hate us. And yet, yet you mock our culture.
Did your own Jesus not say "Do not mock the meek for they shall rise up against you?", and did he not say (on many occasions) "Your brothers in the east are the fountain of mankind"... clearly a reference that we were here first.
I await your reply if you have one.
Whatever you reckon. For the record, I am capable of forming my own opinion. We are not taughty anit-kurdish crap. Infact, half of the kids probably don't even know what a kurd is, which blows your "theory" out of the waterQuote:
Originally posted by TheCatalyst
I have been to England, where they REPEATIDLY quote ANTI-KURDISH porpoganda to all of their children. Every-single one of them is taught to hate us.
May I ask why you came here?
His name wouldn't happen to be abdul or kovan, would it?Quote:
A good fiend of mine just told me about this site! I am from Afghanistan, and I have read all of the anti-Afghani slander on these sites.
Grand. Read the posts by the aforementioned "opponents." I'd be very pleased should you be able to provide factual data to support your conjecture.Quote:
I am here to defend my homeland.
I have no idea where you've been living in England, but I doubt this is mainstream conduct. In what sort of situation did you experience this? In a school, at the mall, at work, tourist sites? I live in Canada (basically England) and there's no such activity condoned by our government, its institutions, or the media.Quote:
I have been to England, where they REPEATIDLY quote ANTI-KURDISH porpoganda to all of their children. Every-single one of them is taught to hate us.
I don't mock your culture. I pity your culture. Your culture demands that women can wear only what you tell women to wear. Women can do only what you tell women to do. Women are bought and sold like any commodity, and poverty runs rampant throughout your society whilst you support terrorism, religious violence, and racism. You hate anyone who asks proposes any sort of critisism towards Islam. You do not allow people to think as they wish, you do not allow people to author or create as they wish, you do not allow people to do anything in any sort of fashion that contradicts your leaders' interpretations of whatever God they tend to worship. Hate is synonymous with Islam.Quote:
And yet, yet you mock our culture.
You find none of the aforementioned abominations of human rights in any free country, western or otherwise.
I honestly don't give a **** what Jesus may or may not have said. Jesus has no connection or relevance to me.Quote:
Did your own Jesus not say "Do not mock the meek for they shall rise up against you?", and did he not say (on many occasions) "Your brothers in the east are the fountain of mankind"... clearly a reference that we were here first.
You seem anxious. Do you have something to prove?Quote:
I await your reply if you have one.
You signed up just for this.. huh ?
Are you someone from a Taliban Agency ?
Are the Afgani Kurds related to the northern Iraqi/Turkish Kurds?
And as I said before. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE BULL**** FROM YOU PEOPLE. YOU HAD BEST PROVIDE DOCUMENTED FACTS! MORE THAN HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE UK AND THE US HAVE NO CLUE WHAT A KURD IS. YOU ARE SIMPLY LYING ABOUT ANY PUBLIC PROPAGANDA.
You want proof? I'll give you proof!Quote:
Originally posted by CiberTHuG
And as I said before. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYMORE BULL**** FROM YOU PEOPLE. YOU HAD BEST PROVIDE DOCUMENTED FACTS! MORE THAN HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE UK AND THE US HAVE NO CLUE WHAT A KURD IS. YOU ARE SIMPLY LYING ABOUT ANY PUBLIC PROPAGANDA.
Do you deny that every school kid is repeatidly told the "nursery" rhyme Little Miss Muffet? And what may I ask are the words of that little ditty.
Yes.
I rest my case. How do you think you would feel if we had a rhyme about some mad woman eating your children. Eh! Eh!Quote:
Little Miss Muffet, Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her KURDS and Whey
Or maybe you deny every hearing this rhyme....
:D Man is it ever easy to yank your chain?
Sorry guys, but I couldn't resist it ;)
Not "kurds," but "curds." A curd is the thick casein-rich part of coagulated milk.Quote:
Do you deny that every school kid is repeatidly told the "nursery" rhyme Little Miss Muffet? And what may I ask are the words of that little ditty.
I certainly hope not. This was starting to get interesting.Quote:
I rest my case.
I think it was entitled Hansel and Grettle. But whatever.Quote:
How do you think you would feel if we had a rhyme about some mad woman eating your children. Eh! Eh!
I was thinking it was Kovan, but you use punctuation. So who is it?
curds != Kurds
And I'm serious, I really don't know what a Kurd is, so I don't know if they are the same as the Iraqi/Turkish Kurds. Are they?
I'm sorry, but I have to quote That 70's Show.Quote:
Originally posted by aknisely
I think it was entitled Hansel and Grettle. But whatever.
Burn!
Three points for Adam.
;) That would be telling.Quote:
Originally posted by CiberTHuG
I was thinking it was Kovan, but you use punctuation. So who is it?
curds != Kurds
And I'm serious, I really don't know what a Kurd is, so I don't know if they are the same as the Iraqi/Turkish Kurds. Are they?
And as for the difference between Kurds. I don't know! :D
Cheers.....
I don't know. Do you allow women to eat?Quote:
Originally posted by TheCatalyst
How do you think you would feel if we had a rhyme about some mad woman eating your children.
hahahahah that's sooooooo funny. I think you'll find it is CURDS in the song, which is a foodstuff, you idiot.Quote:
Originally posted by TheCatalyst
Do you deny that every school kid is repeatidly told the "nursery" rhyme Little Miss Muffet? And what may I ask are the words of that little ditty.
Yes.
I rest my case. How do you think you would feel if we had a rhyme about some mad woman eating your children. Eh! Eh!
Or maybe you deny every hearing this rhyme....
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Originally posted by aknisely
Ugh. Cheap bastards. And to think you guys bill Lockhead $100,000 for a screwdriver :D
You've got your facts all farkled up! The mini-bars are put into each building. The units that inhabit the buildings go out each month and purchase coffee and bottled water. We pay 25 cents per cup so they can buy more coffee when we run out. The government has nothing to do with the mini-bars except for providing us a place to take a break!
As to the 100,000 dollar screwdriver......let me put it this way. The airforce asks for proposals for a new aircraft. Lockheed designs a prototype aircraft. They have one particular screw in the design that has a screw in a recessed position. The engineers determine that the design requires a custom built screw driver. Not only is the screwdriver one of a kind but it must be manufactured out of a certain alloy. Lockheed charges the airforce for the design of the screwdriver, the study to determine what the screwdriver must be made of and the manufacturing cost. Lockheed wins the contract with the stipulation that they redesign the aircraft to use standard tools where possible so in the meantime, Lockheed revises the design so it can use a standard screwdriver.:rolleyes: Lockheed bills the gov't for the development of a tool that will be used only to build a prototype aircraft! In the government account books it shows that we paid Lockheed 100,000 dollars for a screwdriver. This is a worst case scenario of course.
In the case of the B-2 there were several innovations needed that cost a lot of money to design and develop but once they had the engineering figured out the cost of making the new device was actually pennies. It shows on the account books that it cost 100,000 dollars for the item but spread out over the lifetime of the aircraft that cost decreases.
It's not really as unreasonable as it sounds at first hearing.
When I worked for EDS, we worked in a government facility (USPS). EDS provided coffee in the break areas to all the employees. It was really cheap as far as EDS is concerned. But the government employees are limited in the "gifts" they can receive, especially from contract agencies such as EDS. So they paid for the coffee.Quote:
Originally posted by barrk
You've got your facts all farkled up! The mini-bars are put into each building. The units that inhabit the buildings go out each month and purchase coffee and bottled water. We pay 25 cents per cup so they can buy more coffee when we run out. The government has nothing to do with the mini-bars except for providing us a place to take a break!
Admittedly, it was a "on your honor, pay what you feel comfortable with". So EDS wasn't covering the expense of providing the coffee, but now it didn't look like a gift.
Erm, yes. I still don't want to pay for coffee in my hotel room :D:D:D:pQuote:
Originally posted by barrk
It's not really as unreasonable as it sounds at first hearing.
I don't blame you but I'm sure it's okay for guests to pinch a cup without having to pay! I'll vouch for you if you need me too!;)
I appreciate that, but it was in April. Unless you slip back in (I think it was building 6, 235 or something like that) and send me a packet of Nescafe...Quote:
Originally posted by barrk
I don't blame you but I'm sure it's okay for guests to pinch a cup without having to pay! I'll vouch for you if you need me too!;)
Consider it done!;)
Wait a minute....did you say you were here in April and you thought it was too hot????
Thanks!;)
Forgive me, I live in Canada. It's -30°C in the winter and dark for nine months.
Lol wow! i missed a lot in a few hours. Curds...Kurds...thats hilarious. Did you really think that the western society made a nursery rhime that depicts cannibalism? Btw, i dont think curds really taste that good. Made the mistake of trying some.
Well until Kovan or abdul come back i guess we might as well talk about fighter planes:p . Katie...just wondering about you opinion (all others also), but arent UCAVs supposed to be the future of fighter plane technology? I mean in a dogfight, even the best F-22 pilot can't compete with an enemy that is programmed, has literally split-second reactions...and can pull turns (Gs) that would kill any human pilot. And arent those supposed to enter service in 10 years? As soon as they do enter service...lwill F-22s not be obsolete? I mean seriously...spending this much money for under a decade of service seams unwieldy. Just looking for opinions.
Actually its dark for 6 months in some remote parts of Nunavut:rolleyes: . Come on man, just cuz your leaving Canada you dont have to give it such a bad name:p .Quote:
Originally posted by aknisely
Thanks!;)
Forgive me, I live in Canada. It's -30°C in the winter and dark for nine months.
The Unmanned vehicles will take the place of human pilots when we turn over control of our missle systems to a computer.:rolleyes: ....in other words.....never. You can't take humans completely out the equation when the consequences of mistakes is a matter of life and death. The UAVs are drones, used for reconnociance. They are unarmed and their are no plans to change that in the future.
We make many many many more mistakes than computers doQuote:
Originally posted by barrk
You can't take humans completely out the equation when the consequences of mistakes is a matter of life and death
It already has a bad name. Ask one American or Briton or Afghan what he thinks of Canada. I'm just being hyperbulous.Quote:
Originally posted by nishantp
Actually its dark for 6 months in some remote parts of Nunavut:rolleyes: . Come on man, just cuz your leaving Canada you dont have to give it such a bad name:p .
Oh come on, we all know that when you went into space, you found super-intelligent space monkeys. THAT'S who's flying your so-called "unmanned" planes. I'm calling the ASPCA.Quote:
Originally posted by barrk
The Unmanned vehicles will take the place of human pilots when we turn over control of our missle systems to a computer.:rolleyes: ....in other words.....never. You can't take humans completely out the equation when the consequences of mistakes is a matter of life and death. The UAVs are drones, used for reconnociance. They are unarmed and their are no plans to change that in the future.
I hear nothing but good from people who have been to canadaQuote:
Originally posted by aknisely
It already has a bad name. Ask one Briton what he thinks of Canada. I'm just being hyperbulous.
I beg to differ. I have seen articles in the darn paper that say that UCAVs are the future of air combat. And in the future, life and death situations will only be if the UCAV is programmed to bomb a target. Otherwise, it'll just be UCAV against UCAV. And as soon as one county has it, others will have to follow because all the planes manned planes in the world cant compete with a UCAV that reacts faster, doesnt make mistakes, and pulls 30G turns.Quote:
Originally posted by barrk
The Unmanned vehicles will take the place of human pilots when we turn over control of our missle systems to a computer.:rolleyes: ....in other words.....never. You can't take humans completely out the equation when the consequences of mistakes is a matter of life and death. The UAVs are drones, used for reconnociance. They are unarmed and their are no plans to change that in the future.
Sixteen years in Canada has been nothing but trouble. We force you to use our communist health care, or as I call it, Hospital-Lite. We have five official parties, none of which do anything at all, and one of which can't even keep its members in line. Our senate is a joke. We are controlled by a population of people who hate us, and associate with a French society that, despite having distinct constitutional recognition, feel the need to desert all of us. Ottawa continues to take money from Albertans, which I don't ordinarily have a problem with, but it's becoming more and more worrysome. Everyone in Canada (at least, everyone in my school) hates Americans, though we live in a society of tolerance. Our only symbol of national pride is beer -- the worst beer on the planet. I'm going to go form my own country and be the autocrat, because I know what's good for everyone.Quote:
Originally posted by chrisjk
I hear nothing but good from people who have been to canada
Jeez if you hate it so much, why did you stay for 16 years??!?!
We have many many parties, one of which can't keep it's members in line.Quote:
Originally posted by aknisely
We have five official parties, none of which do anything at all, and one of which can't even keep its members in line. Our senate is a joke.
The House of Lords, whilst not a joke, is a bit silly. It's meant to be there to stop parliament doing things they don't agree with (kind of a regulatory body), yet if parliament really want to pass a law, they can invoke the Parliament Act, then the house of lords can't block it. Now that is dumb.
I'm going to wait 6 more years to get my commerce degree, then it's off to law school somewhere in the States.Quote:
Originally posted by nishantp
Jeez if you hate it so much, why did you stay for 16 years??!?!
The House of Lords = the Senate, I suppose. The problem is that the senators are appointed by the Crown (on the recommendation of the PM), and not elected by the population. Included in my "Why I'm Leaving Canada" letter I'm writing to both Parliament and Congress is my plan to have 8 senators per each province or territory, plus the Governor General.Quote:
Originally posted by chrisjk
We have many many parties, one of which can't keep it's members in line.
The House of Lords, whilst not a joke, is a bit silly. It's meant to be there to stop parliament doing things they don't agree with (kind of a regulatory body), yet if parliament really want to pass a law, they can invoke the Parliament Act, then the house of lords can't block it. Now that is dumb.
Commerce degree huh. Arent you a programmer? :D Hehe so are u going to be a lawyer? Do you realize that like 80% of the human race hates lawyers?
Well i hope its read...but i like to be realistic:rolleyes: .But by all means send it anyways.Quote:
Originally posted by aknisely
The House of Lords = the Senate, I suppose. The problem is that the senators are appointed by the Crown (on the recommendation of the PM), and not elected by the population. Included in my "Why I'm Leaving Canada" letter I'm writing to both Parliament and Congress is my plan to have 8 senators per each province or territory, plus the Governor General.
Yeah, but there isn't enough money in it anymore. Windows programming isn't popular in university, and I haven't the effort to learn Linux and its associated languages.Quote:
Commerce degree huh. Arent you a programmer? :D
The only real alternative, as I see it, is taxation law.
Of course not. Lawyers get you out of prison, ruin your spouse's life, help you pay less tax, launder your money, setup your illegal companies, and sell your used meth labs to real estate companies. Everybody loves lawyers. :eek:Quote:
Do you realize that like 80% of the human race hates lawyers?
Thanks for your approval, I'll include your name :DQuote:
Originally posted by nishantp
Well i hope its read...but i like to be realistic:rolleyes: .But by all means send it anyways.
Same here, they are an unlected body. Tony Blair is trying to change how the lords works though, I beleive his eventual goal is to have about 50% elected, the rest decided by vote in parliament (something like that)Quote:
Originally posted by aknisely
The House of Lords = the Senate, I suppose. The problem is that the senators are appointed by the Crown (on the recommendation of the PM), and not elected by the population