Slashdot Mirror

No, it wasn't that they haven't read a book, because I am pretty certain that some of them actually have. However, in the name of "looking different" (unique), they have ignored years of research and development in UI design. I think the following sums up my point nicely.

http://i3.cpcache.com/product/...

Donald Trump IS legitimately the President-elect. When he takes the oath of office in January, he will be the legitimate President

This coming from someone who believed Barack Obama wasn't a legitimate president because of his skin color.

http://i3.cpcache.com/product_...

and this was the result

Seven minutes, and we've gone from "Hey, miraculous biomedical development possible" to "Fuck hippies."

I mean, have hippies even started protesting this? I realize that straw man arguments about "Africans should just go to whole foods" is sometimes all one can contribute, and sometimes mods don't want to read more than two posts down before dumping their points, but fucking hell, come on slashdot.

And it IS a fucking strawman argument. We all know (or should know) that no bit of technology is completely benign. By focusing on the most idiotic of criticisms, that might make us feel smart and also make us feel better about the technology, but we're drowning out actual concerns. Look at golden rice which did the beta carotene thing first. Yes yes, greenpeace blah blah blah, ignore that little section. There are concerns about whether it will affect the fertility of the soil. Perhaps that's not a concern with bananas, I don't know, maybe some agriculturally-leaning slashdotter could pipe in after the obligatory "fuck GMO protesting hippies."

Loss of biodiversity, and establishing an entrenched monoculture of food is a bigger concern with GMO. Bananas were decimated by disease before. It would really suck if everyone was planting this one strain of super bananas, and they became a necessary staple for vitamin A in parts of the world and we consider the problem solved and don't bother trying to improve nutrition in other ways. Then the Panama disease came and killed them all in the way it has done before, and suddenly we're left with a sudden serious shortage of vitamin A foods. If you're wondering, that causes blindness, impaired immune function, cancer, and birth defects.

See? It's entirely possible for people to have more concerns than "OMG, scary frankenfoods!" I'm not a hippie. I don't have a solution though. I mean, do they have whole foods there? Because if they did have a whole foods, that would probably be a better solution than potentially creating this. (kidding)

Bottom line, ignore the lunatic fringes in any controversey. It's fun to point and laugh at idiots, but you'll usually ignore the more reasonable people who might be on that side of the argument, those reasonable people might be right, in which case, you'd take second place in the idiot contest.

That's the Obama logo. Really. There is no doubt about it. And used like this, as part of a positive word, it is not some cynical or sarcastic statement but an expression of support.

It's easy to use the logo negatively. Here are some nice examples:

http://www.thepeoplescube.com/images/Obama_Logo_MickeyMouse.gif

http://i1.cpcache.com/product/563346833/anti_obama_logo_stickers_car_magnet_20_x_12.jpg?color=White&height=960&width=960&quality=100

http://rlv.zcache.com/obama_logo_lol_bumper_stickers-r97e12aee351b473b816cc69f9c229272_v9wht_8byvr_512.jpg

http://www.moonbattery.com/Obama-666-Logo.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bGtgc__mPxQ/USMla_G2tFI/AAAAAAABSZk/WIfzercMvKM/s320/Obama's+Israel+visit+logo.PNG

http://thepeoplescube.com/images/Obama_Logo_Mafia.gif

http://www.therightplanet.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/obama-logo-bendover.png

Archeaologists Find Oldest Known Mayan Calendar

... we wouldn't have to try and decipher this shit off some half-buried wall. all of it was well preserved on codices but the church figured it would be easier to convert them all if they incinerated their cultural history.

I think its common for people to keep old calendars around... I worked at a woodshop two years back, and the Hooter's calendar they had was from the late '90's. If the calendar is a good one, then it doesn't matter how old it is. Even if the dates are wrong, the pictures may still be quite compelling.

I'll just leave this here for you.