There is so much BS going around about alternative energy sources, but we could make a big difference now. I haven't ever owned a car that got less than 25 MPG, and I work half of my time from home; when I don't, I often ride a train. I doubt there are many alternative energy advocates that are close to my carbon footprint,
I have never owned a car, puto!
(For the most part, you don't really need to, in Finland)
Reading the posts here, I have the impression that either a) the Slashdot infatuation with Obama has suddenly ended (a few still grasp to straws, but quite desperately) b) or it never really existed, but the silent majority was somehow intimidated into keeping a low profile.
Either way, it doesn't matter. Seems that a bit of sanity has returned. For an example of insanity on this issue: a week after Obama was elected president, I have noticed an old friend of mine on Gmail Chat. We went into a e-mail hiatus about 2 years ago, but I was glad to see her name in the chat list, so I contacted her. I wanted to know what's new, how is her family, what's going on with her job, how's her health and such - you know, the important things in life. Instead of answering that, she asked "What do you think of our new president?" I was shocked, because she was presenting Obama like her own achievement, like an ornament she personally should be proud of. I told her that I don't really know the man, but since the great majority of people in power are affected by narcissistic personality or at least slightly psychopatic. His masterful handling of the media and charismatic speeches makes me even more suspicious (I have never seen a charismatic person that wasn't also extremely destructive). So, if I really must have an opinion on a man I barely know, those would be the guidelines.
Her reaction was probably akin to a devout Muslim whom someone told that Muhammad was a paedophile. I realized that Obama has become a God-like figure to this friend. This worried me a bit, but when I realized that the phenomenon is more widespread (several of my US acquaintances showed symptoms of Obama-worship), I started to worry a great deal more.
Good to see Slashdot as a whole still maintains a clear head.
In what way is an embryo sentient? Sentience is the ability to feel or perceive subjectively. Absent any nervous system, an embryo, even a purely human embryo, is not sentient.
May I be the "devil's" advocate for a moment: neither is a person in coma, sentient. Neither is a patient that has been deeply anaesthetized, sentient. But we know that they will (or, in the case of coma, might, depending on their physical condition) become sentient, given some time. That's why we don't sell them as sausage meat.
I agree, but what good does the additional karma do to him, if he ends up looking like a total moron? Sometimes in the future, someone might read this thread and wonder "WTF, this guy isn't even trying to answer his parent post - twice in the same thread! Clearly, he is mentally deficient."
As for the off-topic moderation: it's interesting that every time it has been used on my posts, it was used to mod down posts that were totally ON topic with the thread they were in and with the post I was answering to. It's a mod that is probably often (always?) mis-used.
It puts the achievement into the right perspective. Outperforming a country with less than 4% surface (and similarly smaller number of citizens) is not quite as relevant as the headline wants to pretend. Whats next? "Russia outperforms Principality of Monaco in natural gas production! Film at 11!"?
The headline, huh? Well then, as I said, why don't you have your own thread for that? I still don't understand what your post had to do with the one you answered to. This still makes you look retarded, no matter how many US-haters with mod points roam around here.
Yes, pat your selves on the back. America (9,161,923 SQ KM) has over taken Germany (357,021 SQ KM). Good work.
I guess the US-haters are having a field day (+4 Informative? WTF?), but could you tell me what the heck does your comment have to to with the GP? In what way was the GP "patting itself"?
If you want to make cheap shots at the US, why not do it in your own thread - at least it's somewhat logical. This way you seem like a retard.
I've never understood why Christians are so afraid of finding life on other planets
Well, they just aren't! At least, not the great majority of them. The problem is that perhaps the average Slashdotter doesn't really communicate with Christians, but only hears the little vocal minority. Believe it or not, the great majority of Catholics and Protestants do not at all exclude the possibility of an extraterrestrial life.
I have been lucky enough to actually "go out a little", and met, among others, a lot of Christians, in several countries.
Yeah, and I didn't say the companies don't need management, I said that the current state is such, that CEOs and the rest of the top executives are doing a perfectly random job of it - I am convinced that, to became a CEO of today's publicly traded companies you are better served by being a corporate psychopath that is good at back-room deals, manipulation and exuding (ultimately empty and useless) charisma, than to have an actual gift for management. THIS management has to go - but it won't, because it's supported by a network of old boys (boards of directors and top human resources managers), and at worst, when the total incapacity of a manager comes to light through the utter failures of the company he/she is "managing", he/she will just jump to another executive position, all the while being handsomely rewarded with a golden handshake.
There are exceptions, like Buffet, but he himself has stated just what I wrote above. Except for him, and perhaps one or two more talented executives, the rest are utterly incapable and not deserving of their position. The only good job at managing a company, nowadays, I have seen in PRIVATE companies. In publicly traded companies, top executives serve exclusively for blood-letting (siphoning money out of) their company, without contributing shit.
Buffet is about the only executive who actually has a clue about management, business and economics. I respect Warren Buffet a lot, and would not be surprised if that quote was true.
He was livid at the groundless bonuses and golden parachutes handed out left and right in the US corporate world, and articulated his anger very clearly. He's one of the good guys.
Did you ever think that these huge corporations would perform just as well, or even better, if top executives didn't exist, or just never did anything? So, if the company has good products and the economy is good, it prospers. And if the economy is bad, or the products are bad, the company suffers. That's what a company without top brass with golden parachutes, would do. The absurdly overpaid executives should be the ones who can turn a company around, whose leadership actually makes a difference.
But, as we could see with the big 3 car manufacturers and basically every big publicly traded company (in private companies you can bet your sweet ass that there's an owner that will keep an eye on the managers), executives don't do a lick of a difference. When times are tough, these companies tank - and ask for bailouts.
It's a bailout for incompetence, and Obama's administration would be foolish to support them. But it's too late - from the way the big 3 car manufacturers have been bailed out, I see more incompetence being rewarded.
Luckily, I am one of those who voted with pen and paper. From what I've heard, the electronic voting system was fairly complicated, and my guess is that I could have fallen victim of it.
The candidate I voted for didn't get through. I think I'll blame it on the fucking electronic voting (I'm sure it had nothing to do with the fact that he promoted a rabidly anti-car and pro-cycling agenda).
Well, for a Linux (or independent-from-Microsoft) shop, there is the option of using Novell NDS, which is more powerful than Active Directory, it is better documented and supported for 3rd party developers, and there are also a lot of tools and applications (albeit not necessarily a lot of 3rd party) that plug into it.
Vista was universally shunned by people, and yet, Microsoft made ridicolous profits in the past few quarters. I can just imagine the sort of stupid money they'll make if Windows 7 is actually desired (instead of detested, as Vista rightfully is).
Thanks. It's good to know I'm not completely alone.
Yes, commercialism in a broad sense - and it would be interesting to analyze how it has affected the intellect of the generations growing up from the 70s onwards.
Those don't exist, and our server has a peculiar way of letting me know that: kosh ~ 3 % ls -l $(which Less) ls: Less not found ls: not not found ls: found not found :-D
Have you tested partimage on such a FS? I am not trying to "sell" partimage, I am just curious if it is capable to restore the FS on which Ghost would choke.
Oh yes, "Primer" is an excellent SF, though it doesn't quite have the tastiness of, say, "The Andromeda strain", but yeah, hard SF, and the ONLY time-travel movie that made sense, ever made. "Primer" is pretty unique, I have to say. I just didn't enjoy the production of it, very much. The actors did a great job, but the pace got either too slow or too fast (missing elements) at times.
And yes, I have also seen "Man from Earth". Another excellent movie, but is it SF? I, personally, think it's not. It's a bit like "K-Pax" or what the hell was the title. I'll give you that it leans more towards SF than K-Pax, but it just didn't tingle my SF-taste buds.
I am torn between friendly shaking your hand for finding two excellent movies (I am quite fond of both), and kicking your stupid ass for not liking Stephen Baxter. I guess I'll do the former, to spread love and peace, I guess.
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Now, why the hell you'd want to give up the Nano, is beyond me. nVidia, get your ass in gear: VIA Nano + 9400GS chipset = killer combo.
I wholeheartedly agree. But: are we sure that it isn't exactly what's going on?
There is so much BS going around about alternative energy sources, but we could make a big difference now. I haven't ever owned a car that got less than 25 MPG, and I work half of my time from home; when I don't, I often ride a train. I doubt there are many alternative energy advocates that are close to my carbon footprint,
I have never owned a car, puto!
(For the most part, you don't really need to, in Finland)
Reading the posts here, I have the impression that either
a) the Slashdot infatuation with Obama has suddenly ended (a few still grasp to straws, but quite desperately)
b) or it never really existed, but the silent majority was somehow intimidated into keeping a low profile.
Either way, it doesn't matter. Seems that a bit of sanity has returned. For an example of insanity on this issue: a week after Obama was elected president, I have noticed an old friend of mine on Gmail Chat. We went into a e-mail hiatus about 2 years ago, but I was glad to see her name in the chat list, so I contacted her. I wanted to know what's new, how is her family, what's going on with her job, how's her health and such - you know, the important things in life. Instead of answering that, she asked "What do you think of our new president?" I was shocked, because she was presenting Obama like her own achievement, like an ornament she personally should be proud of. I told her that I don't really know the man, but since the great majority of people in power are affected by narcissistic personality or at least slightly psychopatic. His masterful handling of the media and charismatic speeches makes me even more suspicious (I have never seen a charismatic person that wasn't also extremely destructive). So, if I really must have an opinion on a man I barely know, those would be the guidelines.
Her reaction was probably akin to a devout Muslim whom someone told that Muhammad was a paedophile. I realized that Obama has become a God-like figure to this friend. This worried me a bit, but when I realized that the phenomenon is more widespread (several of my US acquaintances showed symptoms of Obama-worship), I started to worry a great deal more.
Good to see Slashdot as a whole still maintains a clear head.
I am pretty sure there does not exist a viola that is only $5. Even the crappiest models would start at $50, made in Vietnam (for instance).
My ex wife is a viola player. One learns a lot, while married!
"I'd like darker skin and, uh... healthy eyes? The latter is kinda more important, so if I can have only one, then that should be it.
On the other hand, if you give discounts for multiple edits, then why not. Throw in a large-penis-gene, too. I hear that's all the rage, these days."
In what way is an embryo sentient? Sentience is the ability to feel or perceive subjectively. Absent any nervous system, an embryo, even a purely human embryo, is not sentient.
May I be the "devil's" advocate for a moment: neither is a person in coma, sentient. Neither is a patient that has been deeply anaesthetized, sentient. But we know that they will (or, in the case of coma, might, depending on their physical condition) become sentient, given some time. That's why we don't sell them as sausage meat.
I agree, but what good does the additional karma do to him, if he ends up looking like a total moron? Sometimes in the future, someone might read this thread and wonder "WTF, this guy isn't even trying to answer his parent post - twice in the same thread! Clearly, he is mentally deficient."
As for the off-topic moderation: it's interesting that every time it has been used on my posts, it was used to mod down posts that were totally ON topic with the thread they were in and with the post I was answering to. It's a mod that is probably often (always?) mis-used.
It puts the achievement into the right perspective. Outperforming a country with less than 4% surface (and similarly smaller number of citizens) is not quite as relevant as the headline wants to pretend. Whats next? "Russia outperforms Principality of Monaco in natural gas production! Film at 11!"?
The headline, huh? Well then, as I said, why don't you have your own thread for that? I still don't understand what your post had to do with the one you answered to. This still makes you look retarded, no matter how many US-haters with mod points roam around here.
Yes, pat your selves on the back. America (9,161,923 SQ KM) has over taken Germany (357,021 SQ KM). Good work.
I guess the US-haters are having a field day (+4 Informative? WTF?), but could you tell me what the heck does your comment have to to with the GP? In what way was the GP "patting itself"?
If you want to make cheap shots at the US, why not do it in your own thread - at least it's somewhat logical. This way you seem like a retard.
I've never understood why Christians are so afraid of finding life on other planets
Well, they just aren't! At least, not the great majority of them. The problem is that perhaps the average Slashdotter doesn't really communicate with Christians, but only hears the little vocal minority. Believe it or not, the great majority of Catholics and Protestants do not at all exclude the possibility of an extraterrestrial life.
I have been lucky enough to actually "go out a little", and met, among others, a lot of Christians, in several countries.
Yeah, and I didn't say the companies don't need management, I said that the current state is such, that CEOs and the rest of the top executives are doing a perfectly random job of it - I am convinced that, to became a CEO of today's publicly traded companies you are better served by being a corporate psychopath that is good at back-room deals, manipulation and exuding (ultimately empty and useless) charisma, than to have an actual gift for management. THIS management has to go - but it won't, because it's supported by a network of old boys (boards of directors and top human resources managers), and at worst, when the total incapacity of a manager comes to light through the utter failures of the company he/she is "managing", he/she will just jump to another executive position, all the while being handsomely rewarded with a golden handshake.
There are exceptions, like Buffet, but he himself has stated just what I wrote above. Except for him, and perhaps one or two more talented executives, the rest are utterly incapable and not deserving of their position. The only good job at managing a company, nowadays, I have seen in PRIVATE companies. In publicly traded companies, top executives serve exclusively for blood-letting (siphoning money out of) their company, without contributing shit.
Buffet is about the only executive who actually has a clue about management, business and economics. I respect Warren Buffet a lot, and would not be surprised if that quote was true.
He was livid at the groundless bonuses and golden parachutes handed out left and right in the US corporate world, and articulated his anger very clearly. He's one of the good guys.
Did you ever think that these huge corporations would perform just as well, or even better, if top executives didn't exist, or just never did anything? So, if the company has good products and the economy is good, it prospers. And if the economy is bad, or the products are bad, the company suffers. That's what a company without top brass with golden parachutes, would do. The absurdly overpaid executives should be the ones who can turn a company around, whose leadership actually makes a difference.
But, as we could see with the big 3 car manufacturers and basically every big publicly traded company (in private companies you can bet your sweet ass that there's an owner that will keep an eye on the managers), executives don't do a lick of a difference. When times are tough, these companies tank - and ask for bailouts.
It's a bailout for incompetence, and Obama's administration would be foolish to support them. But it's too late - from the way the big 3 car manufacturers have been bailed out, I see more incompetence being rewarded.
Luckily, I am one of those who voted with pen and paper. From what I've heard, the electronic voting system was fairly complicated, and my guess is that I could have fallen victim of it.
The candidate I voted for didn't get through. I think I'll blame it on the fucking electronic voting (I'm sure it had nothing to do with the fact that he promoted a rabidly anti-car and pro-cycling agenda).
Well, for a Linux (or independent-from-Microsoft) shop, there is the option of using Novell NDS, which is more powerful than Active Directory, it is better documented and supported for 3rd party developers, and there are also a lot of tools and applications (albeit not necessarily a lot of 3rd party) that plug into it.
Also, NDS is very mature technology.
Vista was universally shunned by people, and yet, Microsoft made ridicolous profits in the past few quarters. I can just imagine the sort of stupid money they'll make if Windows 7 is actually desired (instead of detested, as Vista rightfully is).
Watch "Dark City".
That thing is not cheap at all. And while it's small, it's also quite bulky, due to the thickness of the device.
I can think of better ways of spending EUR 212/$330, if I want an ultraportable.
Thanks. It's good to know I'm not completely alone.
Yes, commercialism in a broad sense - and it would be interesting to analyze how it has affected the intellect of the generations growing up from the 70s onwards.
Yeah, I've watched it. Excellent hard SF, and the ONLY good time-travel movie ever made. Sadly.
Maybe you should see the post I was replying to? Jeez, you're such a cunt. And I mean it in an almost friendly way.
Those don't exist, and our server has a peculiar way of letting me know that:
:-D
kosh ~ 3 % ls -l $(which Less)
ls: Less not found
ls: not not found
ls: found not found
Have you tested partimage on such a FS? I am not trying to "sell" partimage, I am just curious if it is capable to restore the FS on which Ghost would choke.
Oh yes, "Primer" is an excellent SF, though it doesn't quite have the tastiness of, say, "The Andromeda strain", but yeah, hard SF, and the ONLY time-travel movie that made sense, ever made. "Primer" is pretty unique, I have to say. I just didn't enjoy the production of it, very much. The actors did a great job, but the pace got either too slow or too fast (missing elements) at times.
And yes, I have also seen "Man from Earth". Another excellent movie, but is it SF? I, personally, think it's not. It's a bit like "K-Pax" or what the hell was the title. I'll give you that it leans more towards SF than K-Pax, but it just didn't tingle my SF-taste buds.
I am torn between friendly shaking your hand for finding two excellent movies (I am quite fond of both), and kicking your stupid ass for not liking Stephen Baxter. I guess I'll do the former, to spread love and peace, I guess.
Why not have Kuchner in that role? Dude!? That would be rad!