Tim Hunt was attacked and dismissed from UCL, the Royal Society and other bodies, based on nothing more than lies. Anybody can, with enough manipulation, be ostracized for comments taken out of context. Anybody.
If Tim Hunt is not reinstated, and the liar(s) that caused his reputation to be tarnished, will not bear the consequences of their dishonest behavior, our society is going towards a very scary future. We have not learned anything from the lessons of the past, and any Goebbels wannabe is going to fuck us up.
That chute won't help when either of the rotors is broken. The Martin "Jetpack" will nicely rotate and the chute, deployed at any altitude, will get entangled within fractions of a second. There is a reason why 80% of Youtube footage of the Martin is still unmanned flight.
I've been a tenant for many years. Then I finally bought my own apartment, and now I own a second apartment that I am renting out. The main reason I decided to buy an apartment was the constant increase in rent, year after year. At some point it just triggered my "fuck this shit" mode and I went all in, took a debt just to get out of this spiral.
So, at least for some people, the rent increase may backfire.
...to Google. I am sure some Slashdotter will feel umbrage at this approach, but it has worked wonderfully for me. I now have my documents synced from all my computers in one place, and as I said, backing up is done by highly trained professionals, using storage devices and methodologies far above my means.
There are plenty of skeptics who simply think the scientists involved have no good idea how to model the climate and that their attempts are crude at best, dismal at worst.
Hate to tell you, but there really aren't. Pretty much all the "skeptics" have a huge blind spot and no amount of research can sway them.
Now repeat after me: fascism is an economic system categorized by extreme collusion between government and corporations, deregulation for favoured industries and other examples of massive financial influence on the political process and a worship of the wealthy. Musollini, the founder of fascism, in fact used to say "fascism would be better described as corporatism" - though he was himself quoting an Italian philosopher, but he clearly agreed with the description.
This is actually spot-on. As a European who has italian ancestors (some of whom were actually killed by fascists) and a father who is a historian of WWII, I can say I wish I had mod-points, as your comment deserves them.
Oh... And to any of those Fuckers for Ethical Treatment of Clones out there... My clones come with a contract on their ass. Clone leaves the storage without my consent - its head explodes. It leaves the storage WITH my consent but without my immediate medical need - there's money in an account out there for anyone who blows its head off.
I do think it would be unethical to use perfectly good organs to save the life of people like you. You are nothing but a parasite, and society is better off without you.
I wish I'd known about corporate psychopaths and how they enjoy bullying those that don't have power to fight back. If I had that knowledge, I wouldn't have stayed that long in a place that was detrimental to my mental and physical well-being.
Right you are. But I think Finns, both old and young, are too sophisticated for Russian sockpuppets. The Russian PR agencies should hire more educated shills if they intend to "direct them" at the Finnish websphere.
The closest equivalent in English is "you have fucked up".
Nope - "fucked up" has a much more negative connotation than "zajebo si se". Most Serbians say "zajebo sam se" quite often in fact, because it's such a jocular and mild term that it's quite OK to use it on oneself.
And my Serbian friends never use this kind of speech when they think I can hear them - they are well aware that I understand what they say. You may speak with your friends however you like, but I am not your friend.
Maybe they just don't like you very much, i.e. you didn't integrate with them and their culture too well.
There is no need for this kind of vulgar speech. It is good for you that you can read Serbian. Also in cyrillic or is this the reason why you have a problem with Macedonian? Because for me it is not more difficult than understanding Serbian (I speak Russian pretty well and also have learned Czech). Anyway, then you might have seen a Putin paid shill indeed.
Ucio sam fiziku i matematiku citajuci cirilicu jos u dalekim 70-im. Srpsku tj. Vukovu cirilicu. A sto se tice "there is no need for this kind of vulgar speech", tvoj uzak pogled na zivot me nimalo ne tangira. Ja i dalje govorim na isti nacin sa mojim drugarima iz Srbije kao sto sam govorio jos prije rata. Za mene su lazi puno gore nego psovke. In fact, I do find it very true that people who swear are more trustworthy than the ones who feign offense at expletives. Also, if you weren't so narrow-minded (or perhaps uneducated in Serbian language and culture), you would know that "zajebo si se" is not an expletive intended to offend the "receiver" - it is a fun way people in Serbia say "you are/were wrong". I would LOVE it if there were a similar expression, with similar connotations, in English or the other four languages I speak.
Not really, no. Russian government shills are only used inside the country, to calm down dissent.
How in the hell do you know this? Is it more likely that hundreds/thousands of Russian citizens are utterly delusional to the point of insanity, all the while being perfectly Internet savvy, or that there are propaganda firms working for Putin to control the Western public opinion regarding things such as Ukraine? I find the latter much more likely.
The only exception might be Serbia, but my guess is, you don't speak Serbian either.
Tu si se zajebo. Sasvim solidno "citam" srpski i ostale bivse Yugo jezike, osim makedonskog.
I have seen on various non-tech forums some extremely biased and even absurd views from a very obvious pro-Russian government position. All these accounts seemed to work in unison, with the same talking points and a very clear agenda. The fact that their agenda was so clear and transparent is the reason why many forum patrons call them "putlerbot" and "Kremlin's sockpuppets". I thought that Putin most likely would not waste money on such nonsense, but I did find the comments humorous.
But now I am starting to think that these... "people" aren't just utterly delusional Internet users from Russia, but actual, paid-for, managed and directed sockpuppets.
Greece has one major (and IMHO, their greatest) socio-economic problem: massive tax evasion by the rich and super-rich. Greece is a thoroughly corrupt country, and the elite has greatly benefitted from this corruption, at the expense of everyone else.
I am very much in support of Britain leaving the EU. Later, if and when Scotland gains independence, I would be happy to see them join. But britain, with their retrograde social policies like expensive higher education, weakening unions etc. should stay the fuck away from the Western world.
> Where do you think the million dollar super-star athlete salaries come from? Advertising.
This is provably not generally true. It depends a lot on the type of sport, but sponsorship money can be just a fraction of a pro athlete's income (whereas the majority could come from pay-per-view or ticket sales), or it can be a substantial part. Take Floyd Mayweather - the extraordinarily high paydays he makes come for the most part from PPV. No, I am not one who would pay to watch pro boxing, especially not Mayweather, but there are tens of millions who do.
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Tim Hunt was attacked and dismissed from UCL, the Royal Society and other bodies, based on nothing more than lies. Anybody can, with enough manipulation, be ostracized for comments taken out of context. Anybody.
If Tim Hunt is not reinstated, and the liar(s) that caused his reputation to be tarnished, will not bear the consequences of their dishonest behavior, our society is going towards a very scary future. We have not learned anything from the lessons of the past, and any Goebbels wannabe is going to fuck us up.
That chute won't help when either of the rotors is broken. The Martin "Jetpack" will nicely rotate and the chute, deployed at any altitude, will get entangled within fractions of a second.
There is a reason why 80% of Youtube footage of the Martin is still unmanned flight.
What do you really think about systemd?
I've been a tenant for many years. Then I finally bought my own apartment, and now I own a second apartment that I am renting out. The main reason I decided to buy an apartment was the constant increase in rent, year after year. At some point it just triggered my "fuck this shit" mode and I went all in, took a debt just to get out of this spiral.
So, at least for some people, the rent increase may backfire.
...to Google. I am sure some Slashdotter will feel umbrage at this approach, but it has worked wonderfully for me. I now have my documents synced from all my computers in one place, and as I said, backing up is done by highly trained professionals, using storage devices and methodologies far above my means.
But if you guessed wrong - you'll have huge student loans to pay, and a lifetime of misery, all because you' placed money above your happiness.
I love my country, Finland.
There are plenty of skeptics who simply think the scientists involved have no good idea how to model the climate and that their attempts are crude at best, dismal at worst.
Hate to tell you, but there really aren't. Pretty much all the "skeptics" have a huge blind spot and no amount of research can sway them.
Now repeat after me: fascism is an economic system categorized by extreme collusion between government and corporations, deregulation for favoured industries and other examples of massive financial influence on the political process and a worship of the wealthy.
Musollini, the founder of fascism, in fact used to say "fascism would be better described as corporatism" - though he was himself quoting an Italian philosopher, but he clearly agreed with the description.
This is actually spot-on. As a European who has italian ancestors (some of whom were actually killed by fascists) and a father who is a historian of WWII, I can say I wish I had mod-points, as your comment deserves them.
What idiot can be so humour-impaired as to not realize that Hunt was just kidding? And it was a pretty tame, light-hearted joke at it.
To be fair, I suspect much of this is the general dumbing down of our leaders combined with the increasingly technical World they are asked to govern.
Nope - it's just greed and corruption. Idiocy is optional and not necessary.
Both of them were first-in-breed and easily arguably best-of-breed for years after they were introduced.
Oh... And to any of those Fuckers for Ethical Treatment of Clones out there...
My clones come with a contract on their ass.
Clone leaves the storage without my consent - its head explodes.
It leaves the storage WITH my consent but without my immediate medical need - there's money in an account out there for anyone who blows its head off.
I do think it would be unethical to use perfectly good organs to save the life of people like you. You are nothing but a parasite, and society is better off without you.
but also driving reliability down.
I wish I'd known about corporate psychopaths and how they enjoy bullying those that don't have power to fight back.
If I had that knowledge, I wouldn't have stayed that long in a place that was detrimental to my mental and physical well-being.
I've read many good posts in this thread, but yours is by far the most articulate and insightful. That was a pleasure to read.
Right you are. But I think Finns, both old and young, are too sophisticated for Russian sockpuppets. The Russian PR agencies should hire more educated shills if they intend to "direct them" at the Finnish websphere.
Muuten, terveiset Helsingistä.
The closest equivalent in English is "you have fucked up".
Nope - "fucked up" has a much more negative connotation than "zajebo si se". Most Serbians say "zajebo sam se" quite often in fact, because it's such a jocular and mild term that it's quite OK to use it on oneself.
And my Serbian friends never use this kind of speech when they think I can hear them - they are well aware that I understand what they say. You may speak with your friends however you like, but I am not your friend.
Maybe they just don't like you very much, i.e. you didn't integrate with them and their culture too well.
There is no need for this kind of vulgar speech. It is good for you that you can read Serbian. Also in cyrillic or is this the reason why you have a problem with Macedonian? Because for me it is not more difficult than understanding Serbian (I speak Russian pretty well and also have learned Czech).
Anyway, then you might have seen a Putin paid shill indeed.
Ucio sam fiziku i matematiku citajuci cirilicu jos u dalekim 70-im. Srpsku tj. Vukovu cirilicu. A sto se tice "there is no need for this kind of vulgar speech", tvoj uzak pogled na zivot me nimalo ne tangira. Ja i dalje govorim na isti nacin sa mojim drugarima iz Srbije kao sto sam govorio jos prije rata. Za mene su lazi puno gore nego psovke. In fact, I do find it very true that people who swear are more trustworthy than the ones who feign offense at expletives.
Also, if you weren't so narrow-minded (or perhaps uneducated in Serbian language and culture), you would know that "zajebo si se" is not an expletive intended to offend the "receiver" - it is a fun way people in Serbia say "you are/were wrong". I would LOVE it if there were a similar expression, with similar connotations, in English or the other four languages I speak.
Not really, no. Russian government shills are only used inside the country, to calm down dissent.
How in the hell do you know this? Is it more likely that hundreds/thousands of Russian citizens are utterly delusional to the point of insanity, all the while being perfectly Internet savvy, or that there are propaganda firms working for Putin to control the Western public opinion regarding things such as Ukraine? I find the latter much more likely.
The only exception might be Serbia, but my guess is, you don't speak Serbian either.
Tu si se zajebo. Sasvim solidno "citam" srpski i ostale bivse Yugo jezike, osim makedonskog.
I have seen on various non-tech forums some extremely biased and even absurd views from a very obvious pro-Russian government position. All these accounts seemed to work in unison, with the same talking points and a very clear agenda. The fact that their agenda was so clear and transparent is the reason why many forum patrons call them "putlerbot" and "Kremlin's sockpuppets". I thought that Putin most likely would not waste money on such nonsense, but I did find the comments humorous.
But now I am starting to think that these... "people" aren't just utterly delusional Internet users from Russia, but actual, paid-for, managed and directed sockpuppets.
Greece has one major (and IMHO, their greatest) socio-economic problem: massive tax evasion by the rich and super-rich. Greece is a thoroughly corrupt country, and the elite has greatly benefitted from this corruption, at the expense of everyone else.
Why not simply let the user choose what they want ?
Because the user would choose Windows 7, and Microsoft can't allow THAT!
I am very much in support of Britain leaving the EU. Later, if and when Scotland gains independence, I would be happy to see them join. But britain, with their retrograde social policies like expensive higher education, weakening unions etc. should stay the fuck away from the Western world.
> Where do you think the million dollar super-star athlete salaries come from? Advertising.
This is provably not generally true. It depends a lot on the type of sport, but sponsorship money can be just a fraction of a pro athlete's income (whereas the majority could come from pay-per-view or ticket sales), or it can be a substantial part. Take Floyd Mayweather - the extraordinarily high paydays he makes come for the most part from PPV. No, I am not one who would pay to watch pro boxing, especially not Mayweather, but there are tens of millions who do.
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