Are you on the same internet I am? The internet that went crazy for the "I kiss you" guy? The same internet filled with people who will sit through a sales pitch to get a $0.10 blinking LED toy?
Sorry, I'm only on IPv4. So, you're tacitly admitting that people who use IPv6 are raving lunatics?
Obvious troll. I'll bite. Learn some rudimentary electronics and facts about the electromagnetic spectrum (dangerous thermal radiation, what frequencies are ideal for emergency transmission because of transparency in the atmosphere). Then come back and say we need no regulation with a straight face.
I'll agree with you if you mean the FCC doesn't need to be the morality police, but you'll have to fight the entire social conservative movement to get that to change.
The people of China have a natural right to view Avatar. The fact that their current government does not respect that right does not diminish that right's inherent truth.
I let the movie theater know that the last time I had no money and I just wanted a ticket. They didn't bite.
The Linux community (as well as BSD, etc.) have found themselves on the short end of a consumerist hardware industry. I'm not pretending that Linux doesn't have its own faults, but 9 times out of 10, the problem is hardware support, which is entirely the device manufacturer's fault. Similarly, 9 times out of 10, a BSOD in Windows is a crappy third-party device driver implemented in kernel space that nobody except the proprietor is able to fix. If anybody could read up on how a device works, the community would be in charge of making a quality driver. Software runs on hardware; as long as device manufacturers refuse to open up documentation, free software will be at a disadvantage by default.
The subtext of this story is that medication is bad, that treatment of a disease state with chemicals is sub-optimal.
Well, yeah. It is sub-optimal, and anybody who says differently is trying to sell you a drug. There is no perfect medication, and while the adverse effects of a medication should not happen (stop taking the drug if they do), all medications have common side-effects that aren't intended for any single treatment, and are usually countered by other medications that have even more side effects. Preventative medicine should be practiced, and only when it fails should medications be considered. As far as vaccines for deadly diseases are concerned, I am fully of the belief that the rare chance of adverse effects from the vaccine is very, very preferential to the disease it's preventing.
Does anyone else remember when Slashdot stories linked to journals and essays rather than blogs and press releases?
I'm no fan of blogs with one page of ads per paragraph, but the last time I checked, most scientific journals have a paywall in front of them. I thought the internet would eliminate the need for publisher middlemen between scientists, but most science is still locked away from society this way.
Yeah, that was totally my intent. Oh, wait. You were the one who invoked Godwin's Law. Not-so-clever package-dealing. Try a little harder to make a better argument next time.
Noone who actually wanted to develop nukes paid the slightest bit of attention to it.
Maybe that's because NATO, and the United States in particular, like to stomp all over countries with valuable resources and without nukes? I would start a nuclear program too if it meant I wasn't slaughtered by an invasion later.
Butnot as silly as disarming a deterrant when people are actively trying to develop one.
The sheer amount of nukes in the hands of the Western world (and, once again, in the United States) is the core of the problem.
You use such sweeping generalizations. Some Americans believe what you believe, yes, but many can see that the single-payer system of healthcare is far more efficient than giant corporations that have no obligation to actually treat an illness and every incentive to maximize profit. Genetic diseases aren't lifestyle choices. While we're on the topic of "the neighbor paying the bill", how about the United States' military expenditures? I'm certain that many Americans don't like to foot the bill for invading countries and killing people, but we have a political climate that is far too complacent about such things. It would be nice if mainstream news made more noise about our $1 billion+-per-day giveaways to defense contractors that routinely violate international laws.
What heresy is this? Slashdot can always get behind the bashing of a big bad faceless association, but now you want to actually get to the heart of this and punish the members? From Wikipedia: 'The RIAA represents over 1,600 member labels...The largest and most influential of the members are the "Big Four" which include:
* EMI
* Sony Music Entertainment
* Universal Music Group
* Warner Music Group'
One more person sees through the scam that conflates consumerism with democracy. People who are convinced they can shop their way to a better society only exist in the United States, and in small numbers.
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fags get bullied because they're little useless sacks of dog shit.
We should be proud that this discussion involves both sides now.
Indeed it is. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, belonging is prioritized below physiological needs and safety.
Um... ::facepalm::
Whoosh?
The outcome of the game will be the same whether you watch it or not.
Don't bring quantum entanglement into this!
negotiations with religions ("states") that still stone women.
Hey, I know Christianity is a little barbaric, but give Canada a break. I don't think they condone stoning.
Are you on the same internet I am? The internet that went crazy for the "I kiss you" guy? The same internet filled with people who will sit through a sales pitch to get a $0.10 blinking LED toy?
Sorry, I'm only on IPv4. So, you're tacitly admitting that people who use IPv6 are raving lunatics?
Obvious troll. I'll bite.
Learn some rudimentary electronics and facts about the electromagnetic spectrum (dangerous thermal radiation, what frequencies are ideal for emergency transmission because of transparency in the atmosphere). Then come back and say we need no regulation with a straight face.
I'll agree with you if you mean the FCC doesn't need to be the morality police, but you'll have to fight the entire social conservative movement to get that to change.
The people of China have a natural right to view Avatar. The fact that their current government does not respect that right does not diminish that right's inherent truth.
I let the movie theater know that the last time I had no money and I just wanted a ticket. They didn't bite.
So, this wraps up another Decade of Dreadful Apple Ads. (I couldn't resist.)
If it has the same quality and compatibility as VLC Media Player, then it would be a welcome beacon here in Penguin Land.
They couldn't distribute the keys in time? Easy fix: Distribute them with Bittorrent. Easier fix: Don't encrypt the content.
The Linux community (as well as BSD, etc.) have found themselves on the short end of a consumerist hardware industry. I'm not pretending that Linux doesn't have its own faults, but 9 times out of 10, the problem is hardware support, which is entirely the device manufacturer's fault. Similarly, 9 times out of 10, a BSOD in Windows is a crappy third-party device driver implemented in kernel space that nobody except the proprietor is able to fix. If anybody could read up on how a device works, the community would be in charge of making a quality driver. Software runs on hardware; as long as device manufacturers refuse to open up documentation, free software will be at a disadvantage by default.
The subtext of this story is that medication is bad, that treatment of a disease state with chemicals is sub-optimal.
Well, yeah. It is sub-optimal, and anybody who says differently is trying to sell you a drug. There is no perfect medication, and while the adverse effects of a medication should not happen (stop taking the drug if they do), all medications have common side-effects that aren't intended for any single treatment, and are usually countered by other medications that have even more side effects. Preventative medicine should be practiced, and only when it fails should medications be considered.
As far as vaccines for deadly diseases are concerned, I am fully of the belief that the rare chance of adverse effects from the vaccine is very, very preferential to the disease it's preventing.
Does anyone else remember when Slashdot stories linked to journals and essays rather than blogs and press releases?
I'm no fan of blogs with one page of ads per paragraph, but the last time I checked, most scientific journals have a paywall in front of them. I thought the internet would eliminate the need for publisher middlemen between scientists, but most science is still locked away from society this way.
Unfortunately, with deregulation from the 1980s onwards exploitation has increased again.
This.
Slashdot is the wrong place to be advocating labor unions, though. Laissez-faire types will make a lot of noise simply to drown you out.
Yeah, that was totally my intent. Oh, wait. You were the one who invoked Godwin's Law. Not-so-clever package-dealing. Try a little harder to make a better argument next time.
I approve of your piercing insights into the world's ills with delicious toppings on flatbread. Looks like the mods have no sense of humor today...
Let's engage with evolution skeptics and round earth skeptics while we're at it.
So these "vaccines" deliver a weakened version of nicotine and cocaine to our adaptive immune systems to condition them to attack the chemicals later?
Oh, wait, the chemicals are too small for our immune system to detect and disassemble.
Don't call them vaccines. It sounds stupid.
Noone who actually wanted to develop nukes paid the slightest bit of attention to it.
Maybe that's because NATO, and the United States in particular, like to stomp all over countries with valuable resources and without nukes? I would start a nuclear program too if it meant I wasn't slaughtered by an invasion later.
Butnot as silly as disarming a deterrant when people are actively trying to develop one.
The sheer amount of nukes in the hands of the Western world (and, once again, in the United States) is the core of the problem.
You use such sweeping generalizations. Some Americans believe what you believe, yes, but many can see that the single-payer system of healthcare is far more efficient than giant corporations that have no obligation to actually treat an illness and every incentive to maximize profit. Genetic diseases aren't lifestyle choices. While we're on the topic of "the neighbor paying the bill", how about the United States' military expenditures? I'm certain that many Americans don't like to foot the bill for invading countries and killing people, but we have a political climate that is far too complacent about such things. It would be nice if mainstream news made more noise about our $1 billion+-per-day giveaways to defense contractors that routinely violate international laws.
RIAA member companies
What heresy is this? Slashdot can always get behind the bashing of a big bad faceless association, but now you want to actually get to the heart of this and punish the members? From Wikipedia:
'The RIAA represents over 1,600 member labels...The largest and most influential of the members are the "Big Four" which include:
* EMI
* Sony Music Entertainment
* Universal Music Group
* Warner Music Group'
Don't tell the Sony fanboys.
Am I the only one imagining a ventriloquist controlling a snarky dummy that counters all the points in the summary with dubious half-truths?
One more person sees through the scam that conflates consumerism with democracy. People who are convinced they can shop their way to a better society only exist in the United States, and in small numbers.
There ain't no such thing as a free Sun.
I feel like a single-celled organism subsisting on a decomposing lunch for only a few seconds.