And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.
Well that's pretty silly considering ROT13 has been considered broken for YEARS now. As soon as I found out myself, I made the switch to ROT26 right away.
You, sir, are a genius. You may have just revolutionized the future of analogies. You're average Joe nowadays probably doesn't understand car analogies, and consequently, won't understand the presented reasoning. With these new McDonald's analogies we now have the power to reach a much broader audience. From all of us at slashdot: Thank you.
And when you go around mocking the people who died doing something stupid, often times you are too busy laughing to know the whole story."
And how would knowing the whole story make her actions any less stupid? Her actions led to her death. Mocking her actions is a good thing-it might encourage others not to do similar things.
I'd like to think I would never do anything as stupid as that but if I do, I fully expect to be mocked for it. Because I'd deserve it.
Take the story of the girl jumping in the water after her moped for instance. Now lets say she had a ring worth $100,000 tucked away in the seat. Now the person's actions don't seem so stupid. Granted some people will argue that no amount of money is worth risking your life, but the point still remains. Almost anything can seem "stupid" if you're not looking at every variable in the equation. That being said, I don't condone stupidity. I am a firm believer in this bash quote.
#4753 +(16242)- [X]
The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
Just may be finding a way to get him interested in programming. Find something the kid likes and (if applicable) relate it to programming. If the kid's personality has developed enough to where you can tell if he's an Introvert or Extravert it may make it easier on you. Introverted personality types (such as INTJ or INTP) tend to have the interest in subjects like programming which may drive them to excel at it.
I have taken the honor of making the first application to utilize these API's. My application is attached to my email address and all you have to do is email me your credit card number, along with your full name and full SSN (don't panic, the SSN is only needed as a Primary key for the database). Help me and paypal get started testing! Email me payments to JoeFisher@blatantscam.org, I'll take that $150,000 any time you're ready, paypal.
I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven
Slashdot sure has changed. Second only to Linux being better than MS, privacy was valued highly by the average slashdot visitor. It seems complacency is setting in and it's just to easy to dismiss privacy.
If we slowly give away our privacy, it will soon become the norm to have none. And on a small scale this won't bother most of the narrow minded. Joe Schmoe may not care that google maintains a database on all his activity, because he doesn't think he has anything to hide. Without even realizing it he may even have given up his privacy regarding for whom he will vote. The scary thing is, some of the people posting here don't seem to realize the ramifications of such a privacy violation. Take the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which acknowledges the importance of anonymous voting.
It doesn't matter if the consequences of google maintaining a database for Joe Schmoe are small now. The very fact that it exists and the CEO of the company in charge of the company responsible doesn't value your privacy, purely based off the fact that "if you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to hide". This is BS. There exists perfectly legitimate reasons to have privacy without any wrong having taken place. Because "wrong" is subject to change. What's wrong to one person may not be "wrong" to another, and vice versa.
So far in pre-internet stone age, all means of information collection have been anonymous:
* If you bought a book in a bookshop, you did not have to leave your name and address, not even if you may have been interested in the most controversial material.
* When you read an article in a newspaper, nobody but you knew what and when you read it.
* When you listened to radio, only you knew when, where and how long you listened to their program.
* When you watched TV, you personally were looking that show and only you and maybe your family knew.
What is different in internet times?
* The bookshop knows what you’re reading.
* The radio station knows you start to listen to John Doe’s program from usually 6:00pm until 7:30pm and from 6am to 7am.
* The TV Station knows your interests better than you, and tries to sell you things accordingly.
* The newspaper knows the articles you read and how long they pulled your attention.
* Google knows you read that article and began investigation more about your findings.
* Your ISP knows everything.
* Your government knows what websites you visit, reads your email and listens to your phonecalls.
We don’t like this and neither should you.
No, the ultimate question is "is yelling fire in a crowded theater even considered speech?" I say it's not. I believe strongly in freedom of speech, but the point is to consider what exactly constitutes speech. From a justice standpoint, pulling a fire alarm and shouting "fire" in a crowded theater produce about the same product. Is pulling a fire alarm going to be considered an act of speech? Not under the given circumstances, if ever.
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"I don't know how to explain source control without waving a gun." -- The Profound Programmer http://i.imgur.com/I4C16.jpg
And if you don't understand, those tubes can be filled and if they are filled, when you put your message in, it gets in line and it's going to be delayed by anyone that puts into that tube enormous amounts of material, enormous amounts of material.
I have used many different Linux distributions since 1985
You sure about that? Linux was released in '91.
I'm not a nutter, I am a realist.
How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily--how calmly I can tell you the whole story.
Can you even tell us what exactly Stratfor is and just what it is that they do- without looking it up on Google or Wikipedia?
Fine, I'll use bing, but nobody said I have to like it.
http://xkcd.com/386/
Well that's pretty silly considering ROT13 has been considered broken for YEARS now. As soon as I found out myself, I made the switch to ROT26 right away.
You, sir, are a genius. You may have just revolutionized the future of analogies. You're average Joe nowadays probably doesn't understand car analogies, and consequently, won't understand the presented reasoning. With these new McDonald's analogies we now have the power to reach a much broader audience. From all of us at slashdot: Thank you.
So... information wants to be free?
Yeah, he's just not getting it. Somebody queue the car analogies.
Are you implying that God is Just Another Perl Hacker?
That would certainly explain the Perl Golf Apocalypse.
And when you go around mocking the people who died doing something stupid, often times you are too busy laughing to know the whole story."
And how would knowing the whole story make her actions any less stupid? Her actions led to her death. Mocking her actions is a good thing-it might encourage others not to do similar things. I'd like to think I would never do anything as stupid as that but if I do, I fully expect to be mocked for it. Because I'd deserve it.
Take the story of the girl jumping in the water after her moped for instance. Now lets say she had a ring worth $100,000 tucked away in the seat. Now the person's actions don't seem so stupid. Granted some people will argue that no amount of money is worth risking your life, but the point still remains. Almost anything can seem "stupid" if you're not looking at every variable in the equation.
That being said, I don't condone stupidity. I am a firm believer in this bash quote.
#4753 +(16242)- [X] The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
Just may be finding a way to get him interested in programming. Find something the kid likes and (if applicable) relate it to programming. If the kid's personality has developed enough to where you can tell if he's an Introvert or Extravert it may make it easier on you. Introverted personality types (such as INTJ or INTP) tend to have the interest in subjects like programming which may drive them to excel at it.
An engine can either be a V or an inline, not both...
Actually, the VR6 engine is somewhat of hybrid, which combines the benefits of a straight-6 and V-6 engine.
I have taken the honor of making the first application to utilize these API's. My application is attached to my email address and all you have to do is email me your credit card number, along with your full name and full SSN (don't panic, the SSN is only needed as a Primary key for the database). Help me and paypal get started testing! Email me payments to JoeFisher@blatantscam.org, I'll take that $150,000 any time you're ready, paypal.
I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told Bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven
Slashdot sure has changed. Second only to Linux being better than MS, privacy was valued highly by the average slashdot visitor. It seems complacency is setting in and it's just to easy to dismiss privacy.
If we slowly give away our privacy, it will soon become the norm to have none. And on a small scale this won't bother most of the narrow minded. Joe Schmoe may not care that google maintains a database on all his activity, because he doesn't think he has anything to hide. Without even realizing it he may even have given up his privacy regarding for whom he will vote. The scary thing is, some of the people posting here don't seem to realize the ramifications of such a privacy violation. Take the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which acknowledges the importance of anonymous voting.
It doesn't matter if the consequences of google maintaining a database for Joe Schmoe are small now. The very fact that it exists and the CEO of the company in charge of the company responsible doesn't value your privacy, purely based off the fact that "if you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to hide". This is BS. There exists perfectly legitimate reasons to have privacy without any wrong having taken place. Because "wrong" is subject to change. What's wrong to one person may not be "wrong" to another, and vice versa.
Other points of interest:
Why do I need anonymity?
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So far in pre-internet stone age, all means of information collection have been anonymous:
* If you bought a book in a bookshop, you did not have to leave your name and address, not even if you may have been interested in the most controversial material.
* When you read an article in a newspaper, nobody but you knew what and when you read it.
* When you listened to radio, only you knew when, where and how long you listened to their program.
* When you watched TV, you personally were looking that show and only you and maybe your family knew
What is different in internet times?
* The bookshop knows what you’re reading.
* The radio station knows you start to listen to John Doe’s program from usually 6:00pm until 7:30pm and from 6am to 7am.
* The TV Station knows your interests better than you, and tries to sell you things accordingly.
* The newspaper knows the articles you read and how long they pulled your attention.
* Google knows you read that article and began investigation more about your findings.
* Your ISP knows everything.
* Your government knows what websites you visit, reads your email and listens to your phonecalls.
We don’t like this and neither should you.
Notable characteristics: self-proclaimed "super-genius", endless amount of cynicism, amphetamine addiction.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Thaddeus_Venture
I've been listening to Dvorak on Twit for a few years now. Why does anyone listen to this guy?
You tell us.
The trick is to watch the other person's elbow, you can't miss.
No, the ultimate question is "is yelling fire in a crowded theater even considered speech?" I say it's not. I believe strongly in freedom of speech, but the point is to consider what exactly constitutes speech. From a justice standpoint, pulling a fire alarm and shouting "fire" in a crowded theater produce about the same product. Is pulling a fire alarm going to be considered an act of speech? Not under the given circumstances, if ever.
because I'm driving right now while typing this post on my laptop and I'm not in the least bit distra
Although optical is currently the superior of the two technologies, laser has potential.
What's goatse?
...a situation which could threaten its ability to maintain its technological lead.welcome our new T-CXR'ing overlords.