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BTGBullseye

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  1. Throw yourself off a cliff... I guarantee you'll need some advice after that.

     

    Help, throwing myself off a cliff didn't work... He just got mad that I climbed on his back... How do I calm him down?

  2. 1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.

     

    Freedom's Journal, the first African-American owned and published newspaper in the United States, is founded in New York City by John Russwurm.

     

    The Royal Netherlands Navy's British-built paddle steamer Curaçao makes the first Transatlantic Crossing by steam, from Hellevoetsluis to Paramaribo.

     

    Romanian inventor Petrache Poenaru receives a French patent for the invention of the first fountain pen with a replaceable ink cartridge.

     

    Kingdom of Hawaii: The Catholic Diocese of Honolulu is founded.

     

    Joseph Smith, Jr. claimed in 1838 that on this day he had taken the Golden plates from the place where they were stored, and that he began writing down the Book of Mormon from them the following December.

     

    Russo-Persian War, 1826-1828: The Russians under Ivan Paskevich storm Yerevan, ending a millennium of Muslim domination in Eastern Armenia.

     

    Greek War of Independence – Battle of Navarino: British, French, and Russian naval forces destroy the Turko-Egyptian fleet in Greece. This is the last naval action to be fought under sail alone.

     

    Englishman John Walker invents the first friction match which he names Lucifer.

     

    Ludwig van Beethoven dies.

  3. It's better than regular smokes... My Dad just got one, but make sure you find and use the unscented stuff. (scented stuff can cause migraine level headaches in a lot of people)

     

    How can I find good music with full range audio? (most songs get cut off at 50Hz and 16kHz)

  4. No! We are a faction of American Grammar Nazis with no sympathetic regard to Hitler's National Socialist Party, or people who fuck up the Almighty Dictionary. We are, however, less than merciful to people who besmirch the Lord Thesaurus. Misusing semi-colons are a gray area however. Who really understands their full use anyway?

    Those that do get the big jobs, and titles like General or Admiral. I know how to use semi-colons, and have on occasion been known to do so.

  5. 1. I have a mild case of Aspergers... (I guess that's why I'm so good at taking things literally)

    2. I am a connoisseur. Not just a food connoisseur, but an everything connoisseur. (I want the best everything I can get)

    3. I have a form of ADHD that seems to vary between obnoxiously there, and obnoxiously not there.

    4. I started learning about PCs when I was 6, on an old 80186. (I have almost 20 years of experience now)

    5. If the government ever got a warrant to search my PC they would try to fine me for over $1 billion and maximum prison sentence, but wouldn't be able to pin more than $50,000 worth of fines, and they'd never get me in jail.

    6. I am an Audiophile. If it's an MP3, it better be 192kbps or higher; I prefer FLAC and other lossless formats better than MP3 though.

    7. 13 is my lucky number.

    8. I have more spare computer parts lying around than it would take to build 10 PCs.

    9. I managed to get for free a $3500 cabinet stereo, $150 stereo computer speakers, 2 cars, and uncountable numbers of computers just by being a "nice guy".

    10. I can fix everything but the computer in any car if I have access to the right tools and spare parts.

    11. I can go on like this for pages.

    12. I hate.

    13. I love.

  6. If we make them ourselves it would cost $5000 for a mid-grade Android cell phone... Besides, it isn't that bad when the foreign product is from an ally. (I don't care for most Chinese products apart from Lenovo)

     

    But even if manufacturing everything ourselves was desired, it would be impractical due to not enough workers, the massively reduced demand due to price, and the massive costs to build the manufacturing facilities. (not to mention the amount of land that would become unusable for farming due to resource gathering)

     

    In short, we all hate not having a great domestic economy, but get used to it because it ain't going away.

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