why would you be friends with someone, when somewhere in the world someone might be nicer to you?
sorry, it's still blackmail. countries don't serve corporations, corporations serve the inhabitants of countries. they have no further validity beyond that. if a bit more profit elsewhere makes you move there, be sure to tell THEM why you moved there, so they don't even get friendly with you, but see you as the leech you are right away.
if woman A wants to be treated like a human being, but woman B doesn't mind being a possession, why would I marry woman A? because I can fucking look in the mirror AND sleep at night, that's why. because I'm a human being, not some kind of disconnected scumbag in a suit. not everybody understands that, but that's the reason.
in regards to the friction analogy, I'd say that's the way it should be. it obviously isn't that way, it's the other way around -- it's easier to make money when you already have money.
For what reason do we want to make it even harder for companies (or individuals) to be successful?
strawman. I don't want to make it harder for anyone to be successful. I just say, once you're successful, becoming ultra super mega successful should be very hard, if even an option. and the reason is simple: less gluttons, less starving people. I guess our definitions of "success" vary. being well fed and healthy is success, having a private jet means having said by to general humanity and deserving no further consideration from it. in my twisted little fantasy world at least ^^
well, "could" being the keyword. what's even nicer about renewable energy, is that you COULD power the whole world with it, and then COULD use resources to make things out of them, instead of turning them into heat which is plentiful anyway.
I mean, why half-ass it. that's the real question here. sure, you need energy to, uhh, invent and build renewable energy, I'm aware of that. we can't just turn everything off and live on hopes and wishes. but in the long run, nothing else makes sense or is desirable. the sun is blasting incredible amounts of energy into space, hardly any of that even hits earth, and even the tiny fraction that does, could power our wildest dreams if only we could harvest it. and instead, some want to squeeze earth for fossil fuels of various sorts, like a toothpaste tube and burn stuff just because we can? just because that is already established. well no, that will go the way of the dinosaur. if in a few decades or a few centuries is no matter. either it goes, or we go.
how much does nuclear energy cost? remember, that waste has to be stored for a loooooong time, and SOMEONE will either pay for maintaining that, or die from not paying it.
yeah, wind doesn't blow all the time. so... improve the grid, and research better ways to store energy. that is a good idea no matter the energy source..
"The whole topic as a whole is about iPads, in case you missed that."
yeah, and someone made a point about ipads, mentioning laptops as well, and that is what you responded to and argued about. sorry, not wasting my time here. buy as many apples as you wish, no skin off my back:D
"What I do see, however, is the wealthy deciding that the U.S. is not a hospitable place for business or investments if this tax plan is approved, and moving their money elsewhere."
Yeah... the usual blackmail. It never takes long for the true colors to show up. I say, give the middle finger to that worldwide. That should take care of *that* argument.
The problem isn't jealousy. Consider it friction. If you want to go 100mph, you have a certain amount of air friction. if you want to go at 1000mph ("wah, wah, want to be filthy rich" and all that:P), you get more friction, the upper hard barrier being the speed of light. In other words, e.g. if you want twice as much, you gotta work 4 times as hard (not a real figure, only slowly kicks in above a certain threshold, etc... just like real friction). What would be your problem with that? Seeing how it would make it easier for everyone else to get to a decent level? Luxury is very secondary.
Economies are in trouble because they are based on whoring itself out to a few brutes to begin with, instead of national interests of all citizens, and justice in general. And your medicine: more of that bullshit? You are screwed alright, but not for the reasons you think. If anything, it's because stuff like this (TFA) is too little, too late.
what does this have to do with the poor? you said something hilarious, I laughed, no need to drag the poor into it -- other than of course indicating that deep inside you KNOW you drank the kool-aid. how does an ipad (and hey, just because I'm nice let's not even consider the *actual* context, one ipad per kindergarden (which accomplishes fuck all that benefits those kids, and accomplishes a lot for apple)) enable people who are physically present to "share" and "collaborate"? "oh wait, let me just send you this file, instead of simply showing you a piece of paper"? I have zero against tech for kids, but this is just mindless, which of course is a grrrrrreat start for educating little ones, they'll fit right in..
and actually I was also thinking of *copying* homework, you know? "collaborating and sharing", heh ^^ and I'd say copying the homework from a classmate before the break at least teached you to write quick (or under your desk), while pushing a file over to another ipad teaches you nothing:P
uh. if I get the same functionality for less money, that means I can spend the saved money on -- more functionality! it's not rocket science really, yet still too complicated to explain to a mac user it seems ^^
Consider how you would teach someone to program in C++ - someone who has never programmed in their life. Would you jump right in with pointers and references and operator overloading, or would you begin with basic operations, build on that to methods and members, and then continue from there?
the question rather is, would you *explain* the basics to them, or have them *memorize* 20 variations on "hello world"..
he wasn't expressing himself, period. now stop huffing and puffing. and fuck you for bringing up respect, for human rights or not. respect human rights of others or have yours revoked, that's how it works.
You're right, there's no parallel, because wtf is a "career"? Does the guy have to expect starvation? What a joke.
Compare to suicide. You may say mocking something that's already happened doesn't do any harm, but I say accepting that gives bullies cover. So fuck that.
It has zero to do with free speech, that's just used as a hostage. And "being an asshole" applies to many things up to murder, so you don't have a point there, either. "I didn't do X, I was just being an asshole". Holy crap.
The slope is only in your bullshit arguments. This has zero to do with being mean to a telemarketer, are you on crack? And "by fax", what about it? Try sending someone death threats repeatedly, or some other such thing. You'll get problems, hopefully -- what is so hard to understand about it?
and your point is what exactly? other than that you're an anonymous idiot, which isn't even signal, just repetition of a well-known fact?
and how does wanting to make profit equal wanting to dominate the market? that's the problem, you see, they don't just want to sell us stuff period, they want MOAR.
you can mock all you want, but the fact is, when you're the host, cancer you don't cut out gets the last laugh, just before it dies in a puddle of "stupid long-term model".
oh really? and what, exactly, changed? feel free to roll over, but you'll need arguments if you want to convince people with half a brain of following in your lack of footsteps.
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why would you be friends with someone, when somewhere in the world someone might be nicer to you?
sorry, it's still blackmail. countries don't serve corporations, corporations serve the inhabitants of countries. they have no further validity beyond that. if a bit more profit elsewhere makes you move there, be sure to tell THEM why you moved there, so they don't even get friendly with you, but see you as the leech you are right away.
if woman A wants to be treated like a human being, but woman B doesn't mind being a possession, why would I marry woman A? because I can fucking look in the mirror AND sleep at night, that's why. because I'm a human being, not some kind of disconnected scumbag in a suit. not everybody understands that, but that's the reason.
in regards to the friction analogy, I'd say that's the way it should be. it obviously isn't that way, it's the other way around -- it's easier to make money when you already have money.
strawman. I don't want to make it harder for anyone to be successful. I just say, once you're successful, becoming ultra super mega successful should be very hard, if even an option. and the reason is simple: less gluttons, less starving people. I guess our definitions of "success" vary. being well fed and healthy is success, having a private jet means having said by to general humanity and deserving no further consideration from it. in my twisted little fantasy world at least ^^
well, "could" being the keyword. what's even nicer about renewable energy, is that you COULD power the whole world with it, and then COULD use resources to make things out of them, instead of turning them into heat which is plentiful anyway.
I mean, why half-ass it. that's the real question here. sure, you need energy to, uhh, invent and build renewable energy, I'm aware of that. we can't just turn everything off and live on hopes and wishes. but in the long run, nothing else makes sense or is desirable. the sun is blasting incredible amounts of energy into space, hardly any of that even hits earth, and even the tiny fraction that does, could power our wildest dreams if only we could harvest it. and instead, some want to squeeze earth for fossil fuels of various sorts, like a toothpaste tube and burn stuff just because we can? just because that is already established. well no, that will go the way of the dinosaur. if in a few decades or a few centuries is no matter. either it goes, or we go.
"How much would that cost?"
how much does nuclear energy cost? remember, that waste has to be stored for a loooooong time, and SOMEONE will either pay for maintaining that, or die from not paying it.
yeah, wind doesn't blow all the time. so... improve the grid, and research better ways to store energy. that is a good idea no matter the energy source..
"The whole topic as a whole is about iPads, in case you missed that."
yeah, and someone made a point about ipads, mentioning laptops as well, and that is what you responded to and argued about. sorry, not wasting my time here. buy as many apples as you wish, no skin off my back :D
"What I do see, however, is the wealthy deciding that the U.S. is not a hospitable place for business or investments if this tax plan is approved, and moving their money elsewhere."
Yeah... the usual blackmail. It never takes long for the true colors to show up. I say, give the middle finger to that worldwide. That should take care of *that* argument.
The problem isn't jealousy. Consider it friction. If you want to go 100mph, you have a certain amount of air friction. if you want to go at 1000mph ("wah, wah, want to be filthy rich" and all that :P), you get more friction, the upper hard barrier being the speed of light. In other words, e.g. if you want twice as much, you gotta work 4 times as hard (not a real figure, only slowly kicks in above a certain threshold, etc... just like real friction). What would be your problem with that? Seeing how it would make it easier for everyone else to get to a decent level? Luxury is very secondary.
Economies are in trouble because they are based on whoring itself out to a few brutes to begin with, instead of national interests of all citizens, and justice in general. And your medicine: more of that bullshit? You are screwed alright, but not for the reasons you think. If anything, it's because stuff like this (TFA) is too little, too late.
haha, you're funnny. so now suddenly we are talking about ipads? I thought you were rambling about the off-topicness that are laptops ^^
if this is the level of attention you're able to pay, I couldn't care less how foolish I look to you or anyone else, really :P
justify your foolish expenses to your wife or something, I just laugh. bye.
I haven't read TFA or the comments, but I know one thing:
Star Wars should be left to this guy, and this guy only:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfBhi6qqFLA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1MqksXm6Zs
The same goes for Star Trek :D
what does this have to do with the poor? you said something hilarious, I laughed, no need to drag the poor into it -- other than of course indicating that deep inside you KNOW you drank the kool-aid. how does an ipad (and hey, just because I'm nice let's not even consider the *actual* context, one ipad per kindergarden (which accomplishes fuck all that benefits those kids, and accomplishes a lot for apple)) enable people who are physically present to "share" and "collaborate"? "oh wait, let me just send you this file, instead of simply showing you a piece of paper"? I have zero against tech for kids, but this is just mindless, which of course is a grrrrrreat start for educating little ones, they'll fit right in..
and actually I was also thinking of *copying* homework, you know? "collaborating and sharing", heh ^^ and I'd say copying the homework from a classmate before the break at least teached you to write quick (or under your desk), while pushing a file over to another ipad teaches you nothing :P
uh. if I get the same functionality for less money, that means I can spend the saved money on -- more functionality! it's not rocket science really, yet still too complicated to explain to a mac user it seems ^^
language is improved by using the ipad, as opposed to by communication with adults and other kids?
care to give ANY backup for your fantastic claims? you just make these bare assertions, and I call bullshit.
what do you mean by "one of you"? people who pay some fucking attention? why does that bother you?
and yes, when you search for a word, posts containing that word will show up.. fantastic insight there :P
"connecting with classmates to share and help each other with homework"
hahaha, you're right, that was simply not possible before :P
the question rather is, would you *explain* the basics to them, or have them *memorize* 20 variations on "hello world"..
100 ms lag isn't even acceptable for a fucking web GUI. and that's that.
here, have invites, I don't need 'em:
https://plus.google.com/i/upkIlH-ikcw:lVUWSKUAc30
if you use your account for anything but slagging off google+ and facebook I'll have a sad though :/
no need to wait:
https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/wiki/Community-supported-pods
it's not trolling, it's bullying. the intent is clear and the punishment the result of it.
he wasn't expressing himself, period. now stop huffing and puffing. and fuck you for bringing up respect, for human rights or not. respect human rights of others or have yours revoked, that's how it works.
You're right, there's no parallel, because wtf is a "career"? Does the guy have to expect starvation? What a joke.
Compare to suicide. You may say mocking something that's already happened doesn't do any harm, but I say accepting that gives bullies cover. So fuck that.
It has zero to do with free speech, that's just used as a hostage. And "being an asshole" applies to many things up to murder, so you don't have a point there, either. "I didn't do X, I was just being an asshole". Holy crap.
The slope is only in your bullshit arguments. This has zero to do with being mean to a telemarketer, are you on crack? And "by fax", what about it? Try sending someone death threats repeatedly, or some other such thing. You'll get problems, hopefully -- what is so hard to understand about it?
yeah.... free speech, heh. he didn't get jailed for what he said, but his intent. way to dilute the issue of free speech to defend that asshole.
and your point is what exactly? other than that you're an anonymous idiot, which isn't even signal, just repetition of a well-known fact?
and how does wanting to make profit equal wanting to dominate the market? that's the problem, you see, they don't just want to sell us stuff period, they want MOAR.
you can mock all you want, but the fact is, when you're the host, cancer you don't cut out gets the last laugh, just before it dies in a puddle of "stupid long-term model".
oh really? and what, exactly, changed? feel free to roll over, but you'll need arguments if you want to convince people with half a brain of following in your lack of footsteps.
uhm...
"a bit looking an action shooter"
=
"a bit like an action shooter"
^^