All kids in Germany and Norway learn English for many years at school. They don't all end up fluent but all kids will end up competent enough to be cast as a generic foreign dude in an action movie.
Damages are typically based on real world costs incurred. In this case it would likely be the cost of counselling + lost wages. The wages could be considered lost if they didn't get a promotion (due to reputation damage), quit their job or had to take leave without pay to cope with the stress of loss of reputation.
That post is from 2004. Things have changed since then. US readership of/. makes up 45% of traffic according to the latest stats source. Slashdot has a global audience. Every day there are stories posted about other countries, particularly in the YRO section.
Take your cultural imperialism and stick it up your arse! At least 55% of this site's visitors don't want to hear it.
The government can't tell who posted, but your IT department can. They'd probably be willing to cooperate with the police. I wouldn't start doing anything illegal from your work computer...
When I worked at a supermarket the cash registers required 5 digit PINs which had to be changed monthly. User IDs were 3 digit numbers, mostly sequential, so also easy to guess. For kicks on a slow day I tried seeing how many user ID/password combinations I could crack. With only one or two exceptions, including myself, everyone had 11111, 22222 etc. as their password.
Me, too. I really can't be assed about a multi-million-earning sportsman, regardless of the sport. Golf, soccer, football, basketball... none of these guys are any role model (eccept on how to rake in the dough). Fuck 'em. Together with the dumb celebrities of all kind. Fuck 'em all.
In the case of Tiger, it looks like plenty of women already followed your advice regarding sporting stars.
Why do you have a right to know if a convicted sex offender is moving into your area? I think it's a privilege and a dangerous one that should be removed from society. Knowing about where sex offenders live leads to people harassing them, assaulting them, vilifying them in the press and vigilante action. If someone has served has sentence and been released then justice has been done. The community should not be taking matters into their own hands, in addition to the justice of the courts.
Apple is still elitist, it just appeals to a different group of people who want to be seen as elites. Your stereotypical nerd will buy whatever has the best specs and your stereotypical suburbanite wanting to be cool will buy Apple. People who buy iPhones are smug that it's better than your smartphone. iPad owners will gloat about how much better their new shiny device is than existing netbooks and kindles and nooks.
As for usability - Apple's better user experience is 90% marketing hype (haven't used an iPad so I may be wrong). In the past Apple has delivered a user experience marginally better than the competition (not hard), but it's not a great user experience by any objective measure e.g. Nielsen's Heuristics, or asking a non-fanboi.
My favorite example - a free DVD came with the Saturday paper of finalists in some short film festival. It still had the copyright/piracy stuff at the start that you couldn't skip - on a free disk. Who's losing money if I do copy it?
Studies have shown that talking on a mobile/cell phone has a similar effect on driving skills to being drunk. Other studies have shown that people tend to rate their driving skill as above average.
There's a very high chance you're just an average driver, who is just as affected by talking on the phone as everyone else. Don't phone and drive. I agree with your point about the phone not being the only distraction. By all means cut out the other distractions too.
On this issue, you are living up to your username - myopic (either that or are trolling). Polio vaccines benefit the recipient. Circumcision has no medical benefit whatsoever*.
* There is a study of African men showing that circumcised men have a 50% lower rate of STI transmission. In my opinion this is still of no medical benefit because it doesn't prevent disease transmission outright. Even halving the rate that AIDS spreads at isn't enough to defeat it. The only way to stop AIDS outright is to use a condom.
For me the railgun is the iconic Quake weapon. I always preferred classic Unreal Tournament's rocket launcher to the one in Quake. Charging up 6 rockets when you only needed one or two for a kill was satisfying.
The UN weapons inspectors didn't find anything in Iraq. The USA kicked them out before they were finished inspecting. Then the UK and USA "sexed up" their intelligence dossiers to make it look like Saddam was a threat when he was not.
The comparison the GP made to the Nazis is wrong - they were hanged for war crimes. However the Iraq war was still unjustified and illegal and based on a lie. These are the facts and they were at the time for those who didn't get swept up in the jingoism, drum beating and "Baghdad in 2 weeks" nonsense.
Poor Mark Twain, a number of his books are now considered classics!
I disagree with his comment anyway in this case. I've been reading some classics recently. Some were a slog to get through, but the majority have been enjoyable to read and most commented in a significant manner on the human condition. I think being forced to read them in school turns a lot of people off.
If you tax real estate it suddenly becomes an incentive not to own any. Especially with the ridiculously high rate that would be needed to replace income and corporate taxes.
America already has a problem with oversupply of houses. Imagine the damage to the economy if everyone who currently owns a house tried to sell so they could rent instead and therefore avoid taxes. Housing prices would tank even more than they already have, which would reduce government income.
Face it, government needs tax revenue to operate. Tax is one of only two things which are certain in life. I think government should spend their tax money responsibly, however the US government is already running a huge deficit. They need all the income they can get and to spend it in a more sensible fashion.
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All kids in Germany and Norway learn English for many years at school. They don't all end up fluent but all kids will end up competent enough to be cast as a generic foreign dude in an action movie.
Damages are typically based on real world costs incurred. In this case it would likely be the cost of counselling + lost wages. The wages could be considered lost if they didn't get a promotion (due to reputation damage), quit their job or had to take leave without pay to cope with the stress of loss of reputation.
That post is from 2004. Things have changed since then. US readership of /. makes up 45% of traffic according to the latest stats source. Slashdot has a global audience. Every day there are stories posted about other countries, particularly in the YRO section.
Take your cultural imperialism and stick it up your arse! At least 55% of this site's visitors don't want to hear it.
The government can't tell who posted, but your IT department can. They'd probably be willing to cooperate with the police. I wouldn't start doing anything illegal from your work computer...
When I worked at a supermarket the cash registers required 5 digit PINs which had to be changed monthly. User IDs were 3 digit numbers, mostly sequential, so also easy to guess. For kicks on a slow day I tried seeing how many user ID/password combinations I could crack. With only one or two exceptions, including myself, everyone had 11111, 22222 etc. as their password.
In the case of Tiger, it looks like plenty of women already followed your advice regarding sporting stars.
Why do you have a right to know if a convicted sex offender is moving into your area? I think it's a privilege and a dangerous one that should be removed from society. Knowing about where sex offenders live leads to people harassing them, assaulting them, vilifying them in the press and vigilante action. If someone has served has sentence and been released then justice has been done. The community should not be taking matters into their own hands, in addition to the justice of the courts.
Apple is still elitist, it just appeals to a different group of people who want to be seen as elites. Your stereotypical nerd will buy whatever has the best specs and your stereotypical suburbanite wanting to be cool will buy Apple. People who buy iPhones are smug that it's better than your smartphone. iPad owners will gloat about how much better their new shiny device is than existing netbooks and kindles and nooks.
As for usability - Apple's better user experience is 90% marketing hype (haven't used an iPad so I may be wrong). In the past Apple has delivered a user experience marginally better than the competition (not hard), but it's not a great user experience by any objective measure e.g. Nielsen's Heuristics, or asking a non-fanboi.
I can turn my alarm clock off entirely while still asleep. The off button is much smaller than snooze.
My favorite example - a free DVD came with the Saturday paper of finalists in some short film festival. It still had the copyright/piracy stuff at the start that you couldn't skip - on a free disk. Who's losing money if I do copy it?
Studies have shown that talking on a mobile/cell phone has a similar effect on driving skills to being drunk. Other studies have shown that people tend to rate their driving skill as above average.
There's a very high chance you're just an average driver, who is just as affected by talking on the phone as everyone else. Don't phone and drive. I agree with your point about the phone not being the only distraction. By all means cut out the other distractions too.
On this issue, you are living up to your username - myopic (either that or are trolling). Polio vaccines benefit the recipient. Circumcision has no medical benefit whatsoever*.
* There is a study of African men showing that circumcised men have a 50% lower rate of STI transmission. In my opinion this is still of no medical benefit because it doesn't prevent disease transmission outright. Even halving the rate that AIDS spreads at isn't enough to defeat it. The only way to stop AIDS outright is to use a condom.
We wouldn't expect anything less from Mr. Bad Example.
For me the railgun is the iconic Quake weapon. I always preferred classic Unreal Tournament's rocket launcher to the one in Quake. Charging up 6 rockets when you only needed one or two for a kill was satisfying.
Tell me when will you be mine,
Tell me yocto yocto yocto.
Murdoch owns more papers than just the WSJ. Some of the other papers he owns are tabloids.
I'm not leaving a $500 iPad in the shopping trolley like I do my $0.01 paper shopping list. In that case it isn't the right tool for the job.
But Dad, it's shiny...
I thought Internet was a proper noun. It's the name of the "network of networks". It should still be out if you ask me.
The UN weapons inspectors didn't find anything in Iraq. The USA kicked them out before they were finished inspecting. Then the UK and USA "sexed up" their intelligence dossiers to make it look like Saddam was a threat when he was not.
The comparison the GP made to the Nazis is wrong - they were hanged for war crimes. However the Iraq war was still unjustified and illegal and based on a lie. These are the facts and they were at the time for those who didn't get swept up in the jingoism, drum beating and "Baghdad in 2 weeks" nonsense.
I'm not sure why people troll youtube comments though. The only people who post comments are other trolls so it kind of defeats the point.
Poor Mark Twain, a number of his books are now considered classics!
I disagree with his comment anyway in this case. I've been reading some classics recently. Some were a slog to get through, but the majority have been enjoyable to read and most commented in a significant manner on the human condition. I think being forced to read them in school turns a lot of people off.
If you tax real estate it suddenly becomes an incentive not to own any. Especially with the ridiculously high rate that would be needed to replace income and corporate taxes.
America already has a problem with oversupply of houses. Imagine the damage to the economy if everyone who currently owns a house tried to sell so they could rent instead and therefore avoid taxes. Housing prices would tank even more than they already have, which would reduce government income.
Face it, government needs tax revenue to operate. Tax is one of only two things which are certain in life. I think government should spend their tax money responsibly, however the US government is already running a huge deficit. They need all the income they can get and to spend it in a more sensible fashion.
Yeah, it's pretty cringe-worthy. I would have improved it by ending with the immortal words: "America, Fuck Yeah!"
It's already April Fools day in some parts of the world. They were just making sure they got the joke in before noon.