Communication Making The World Less Tolerant

angkor writes "Interesting NY Times magazine article with a contrarian viewpoint: "In some ways, global satellite TV and Internet access have actually made the world a less understanding, less tolerant place." " Reg. required blah blah - but the point the author makes is interesting - what if all the hubbaloo about connecting people via the Internet makes us less likely to like each other?

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Don't you just love NY Times stories?

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

If registration is no big deal, why do they make me do it, just to read the damn article?

Personally, I think the fine print says something about Satan owning your soul after the 666th web registration. Thank god, I'm only at #50something.

Re:Don't you just love NY Times stories?

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

The story is a NYT, and I comment about that. MoC (Moderators on Crack [TM]) strike back with "offtopic". Maybe that intolerance thing really is true.

Re:Don't you just love NY Times stories?

[p3d0]

Yep, intolerance is the perfect word for some of the moderators here. How often do you see taglines like "anyone who does XYZ will be moderated as a troll" or "moderating trolls as off-topic is unfair and will be metamoderated as such"? I guess these little Caesars must feel pretty powerless in real life to make them take such a power trip here.

Karma Whorin'

[Sc00ter]

NYT Random Login Generator

There ya go

Call me crazy...

[aozilla]

...but just because I'm a geek, it doesn't mean I have to be some lazy tard that can't do anything but drink coffee and read 'blogs.' Maybe I'm abnormal, but I do things outside of using a computer. I camp. I walk a lot. I bike a lot. I go take naps in the woods. I garden. I hike. I program on my iBook or my iPAQ (with Squeak) while sitting in the woods, having had to hike a few miles to get to a nice place to sit. For the biking and walking, I don't go out of my way to do it. It's just part of the way I live. When there's not snow on the ground, it's my main method of getting around. I suppose that's not possible if you're living in some gigantic post-apocalyptic hell hole, though. And for the other things, I live in a very green town, with lots of nice big parts and a sanctioned green-belt, so taking naps in the woods isn't extraordinary. Just a way of life. :) Now, I suppose some people really strive for their activities to be labeled as something a 'geek' would do, trying to live that 'cool' middle school clique feeling that they may have missed out on the first time around. Can't say I identify with that, but to each her own. So, I suppose you could make the above activities 'geeky' by bringing a PDA and doing something useful with it. If you're not going to do something useful with it, however, do yourself a favor and leave it at home. For instance, I'll write a bunch of code on my iPAQ. May not be as practical for others, but the programming environment I use on my desktop is the same one I use on my PDA, so code flows back and forth easily, and I can work on the same problems as if I were at my desk. Some people think it's some disgrace to "Nature" to program in the middle of a forest. Frankly, I find it beautiful and peaceful. Especially after a mind-clearing hike. And it sure beats being stuck inside on a beautiful spring day! Most importantly- have fun!

Re:The more I read Slashot

[aozilla]

What's the URL for Slashot?

Communication Making The World Less Tolerant

[aozilla]

I guess the solution is to stop communicating. See, T(H)GSB is a good idea after all!

Re:Communication Making The World Less Tolerant

[aozilla]

How the fuck is that offtopic?

Easy Registration

[//violentmac]

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Free Reg. Averted!

[ocip]

My boss pointed out this handy NYTimes Registration Generator page. Makes viewing the times online much more enjoyable.

My first slashdot haiku.

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

Crackfiends moderate.
Claim offtopic and flamebait....
Why do you rob me?

My first slashdot limerick

[NoMoreNicksLeft]

There once was a moderator on crack...
Whose brain was located in his nutsack
He modded me unfairly,
Could control myself barely
Wish he would pull his head out of his asscrack.

Re:My first slashdot limerick

[daesotho]

your verse sucks
moderator is pronounced MODerAtor, so it can't fit in anapest.
Better is:

There one was a person on crack
Moderating with brains in nutsack

"He modded me unfairly" is ok, but "Could control myself barely" starts on a stressed syllable, which isn't bad, but isn't good either. Better would be something that goes with the previous line, "I controlled myself barely"
"Wish he would pull his head out of his asscrack" is a common, extremely easy to make mistake. You should avoid putting too many syllables in the last line, and make sure the last line conforms strictly to the others.
"of his asscrack" is not anapest unless of is stressed, which it can't be if out is in there. Out of can be replaced with from. Changing "he would" to "he'd" makes it all flow together.
"Wish he'd pull his head from his asscrack"

There one was a person on crack
Moderating with brains in nutsack
He modded me unfairly,
I controlled myself barely,
Wish he'd pull his head from his asscrack

This was written in aftersight. I would advise anyone to reread and edit their poems to get the verse right, because if your verse is good your point goes across better.
Please forgive my lack of grammar, I am pressed for time and I'm a poet, not a grammarian.

Re:Heh...

[aozilla]

Why are you posting if your sig supports T(H)GSB?

This is true.

[MisterBlister]

Without the Internet, I wouldn't know of, nor hate, some guy named Jon "Globalization" Katz.