I don't know. During the internet bubble I had some business analyst colleagues who would post obvious crap like this on forums trying to pump up stocks. One of them made a post like this. Then another would reply with more of the same. They had no idea how ridiculous their posts looked.
The service may be nice, or it might not be. That's not the point. The point is, the guy *was* obviously a shill. Microsoft does waste time here. This is not the exclusive enclave for hardcore linux geeks that you think it is.
You may not be one for conspiracies, but conspiracies abound where money is to be made. Maybe you're a shill for the shill.
As an aside, if you ever want to overthrow your government, then you will succeed when army units defect to the rebels' side. If the army is united, you can't win against it, for they are better armed
Wrong. Once they the NSA super computer analyzes everything you say on the internet, it categorizes you, and you will either be given to the clear to go about your business, or sent to a reeducation camp
Stop breeding like rabbits and maybe the environment won't be so threatened
I know. Why is this so hard to figure out.
We are always going to be a burden on the environment. When one technology feeds a billion new mouths, we just make a billion more and repeat the cycle. Something has got to give eventually.
98% of scientists think climate change is due to atmospheric carbon and that we should manipulate the ecosystem to remove the carbon for us? Total bullshit.
We don't need it. But then, we don't technically need houses, or cars, or heating, or highways...etc. We could all just live in teepees. Nobody wants to live in teepees though. The drive for a higher standard of living propels society to be productive and invent new things.
Granted, not a whole lot. But maybe a Ceres mission would have seen some funding prior to now if it had been classified as a dwarf planet decades ago. Personally, I would have been happier if New Horizons was sent to Ceres instead of Pluto.
It's not scientific progress to discover that our solar system is littered full of Pluto like objects? Frankly, I never understood this whole periodic table nonsense. You've got your earth, your water, your air, and your fire. Why make it complicated and stuff? And why demote Fire? The kids liked Fire. Now we have to change all the text books.
Actually, the space shuttle and space station were designed in such a way to ensure decades of tax dollar income to the aerospace companies that built parts for them. That's what NASA has become. It's not about space...it's about business.
So the argument that pot is no worse then smoking or drinking, or that it is less harmful. Isn't much of an excuse to legalize it.
It is actually. Many think that alcohol and tobacco are not drugs and they're not on the same level as marijuana. It's this misperception that's maintaining the prohibition.
Not to mention the fact that our own evolution has programmed us to be followers. We are behaviorally predisposed to follow a charismatic leader, because doing so provided enormous survival advantages for the tribe (if not necessarily for individual members) in human pre-history.
Evolution has also permitted us to pummel our charismatic leader to death when he abuses his position or leads us to ruin. Now, when power is abused, you can do nothing. You are no longer following a charismatic leader. You're following a master. You're an unwilling servant...a slave.
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Is there a real definition for quality?
By your definition some of the books that are generally acknowledged to have created the scifi genre aren't scifi
Indeed. The best selling sci-fi book of all time, Dune, isn't science fiction by these standards.
Movies have bugets of $300 million
If any industry is paying $500 for a toilet seat, it's Hollywood.
Maybe it was worded a little "far-left", but the position is hardly far left. Our military is unnecessarily large and expensive.
I don't know. During the internet bubble I had some business analyst colleagues who would post obvious crap like this on forums trying to pump up stocks. One of them made a post like this. Then another would reply with more of the same. They had no idea how ridiculous their posts looked.
The service may be nice, or it might not be. That's not the point. The point is, the guy *was* obviously a shill. Microsoft does waste time here. This is not the exclusive enclave for hardcore linux geeks that you think it is.
You may not be one for conspiracies, but conspiracies abound where money is to be made. Maybe you're a shill for the shill.
As an aside, if you ever want to overthrow your government, then you will succeed when army units defect to the rebels' side. If the army is united, you can't win against it, for they are better armed
Yeah, because guerrilla warfare never works.
your country is fucking hilarious.
Sadly...yes.
Wrong. Once they the NSA super computer analyzes everything you say on the internet, it categorizes you, and you will either be given to the clear to go about your business, or sent to a reeducation camp
Oh. My. God. I have heard this joke nearly once a week for the last 10 years. It's not funny anymore. It wasn't funny after the first month.
Stop breeding like rabbits and maybe the environment won't be so threatened
I know. Why is this so hard to figure out.
We are always going to be a burden on the environment. When one technology feeds a billion new mouths, we just make a billion more and repeat the cycle. Something has got to give eventually.
98% of scientists think climate change is due to atmospheric carbon and that we should manipulate the ecosystem to remove the carbon for us? Total bullshit.
We don't need it. But then, we don't technically need houses, or cars, or heating, or highways...etc. We could all just live in teepees. Nobody wants to live in teepees though. The drive for a higher standard of living propels society to be productive and invent new things.
Granted, not a whole lot. But maybe a Ceres mission would have seen some funding prior to now if it had been classified as a dwarf planet decades ago. Personally, I would have been happier if New Horizons was sent to Ceres instead of Pluto.
It's not scientific progress to discover that our solar system is littered full of Pluto like objects? Frankly, I never understood this whole periodic table nonsense. You've got your earth, your water, your air, and your fire. Why make it complicated and stuff? And why demote Fire? The kids liked Fire. Now we have to change all the text books.
Actually, the space shuttle and space station were designed in such a way to ensure decades of tax dollar income to the aerospace companies that built parts for them. That's what NASA has become. It's not about space...it's about business.
So the argument that pot is no worse then smoking or drinking, or that it is less harmful. Isn't much of an excuse to legalize it.
It is actually. Many think that alcohol and tobacco are not drugs and they're not on the same level as marijuana. It's this misperception that's maintaining the prohibition.
Fight stupid, with stupid.
Clovis culture is very European.
You're basing this on what? The shape of some arrowheads, right? I'd hardly call that a basis for such a bold statement.
By this same line of reason we could conclude that the Olmecs, Mayans, and Aztecs were Egyptians because they built pyramids.
Antarctica is pretty empty.
An excellent point. Climate change is going to create a hell of a lot of refugees that no one will be equipped to deal with.
Well, there's an argument for population control.
Committing acts of violence and murder for a political cause does not make you an anarchist.
Not to mention the fact that our own evolution has programmed us to be followers. We are behaviorally predisposed to follow a charismatic leader, because doing so provided enormous survival advantages for the tribe (if not necessarily for individual members) in human pre-history.
Evolution has also permitted us to pummel our charismatic leader to death when he abuses his position or leads us to ruin. Now, when power is abused, you can do nothing. You are no longer following a charismatic leader. You're following a master. You're an unwilling servant...a slave.
The government does attempt to stop theft, fraud, extortion, and other methods that are illegal.
Only when it gets caught.