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Nobel Winner Says, "Internet Might Have Stopped Hitler From Being Effective"
Godwin says, "Hitler Stops the Internet From Being Effective"
It's apparent then that if the Internet were around back then, it and Hitler(and maybe the entire Universe with them) would cease to exist as soon as they met. Or maybe their existences are just mutually exclusive (in time). Or maybe...maybe...Hitler IS the Internet!11!! *POP*
*brains ooze down chest*
I would vote for the LHC, cuz I saw this totally scary video on Youtube that explained how the LHC was going to create a doorway for Satan. Seriously.
And hey, if you're going to include a science fiction, why not include a couple biblical/religious predictions? I for one, welcome our 6-winged Seraphim overlords...
If you think that actually means you'll get chicks then I suggest you remember where it is that you are posting;)
FTFAIMH (In My Head): ...The effects of this chemical pollution, however, pale in comparison to the effects of an obsession with technology, as demonstrated by the study of the ASU (Average Slashdot User) who has been shown have 98.3% less masculinity than TFJFH (That Fucking Jock From High School)...
No amount of taxation (limited to) DRUGS will be enought to make up to the massive loss of productivity of drug addicts.
It's important to remember that the loss of productivity will only come from NEW drug users (as the productivity of the current users is already lost). Despite $SCARYSTATISTIC, I don't know how anyone could reasonably estimate what the loss of productivity would be without performing a significant and rigorous study for that specific purpose.
Also, not to be forgotten, is the quantity of resources/productivity saved by not fighting a "War on Drugs". Although, like I said before, I think a study would have to be done for any real help in calculating this total "net loss/gain to society", my $0.02 is that there would not be that many new addicts, and that the far majority of the use (especially of something like pot/ecstasty) would be recreational, impacting the productivity of the users VERY little, while providing MASSIVE amounts of tax revenue. Our culture is already pretty negative towards meth, crack and heroin and so I think the number of NEW abusers would be pretty small (as a percentage of the population), however the health impact of abuse of these drugs is much more severe, so I could definitely see these drugs being a net loss if legalized. However, I could also see the numbers for abuse actually going down due to the greater acceptance of "moderate use" of the drug (see: excesses/abuses during Prohibition vs. after) so I could also see these drugs being a net gain, it's just pretty close in my mind. The other drugs (shrooms, acid, et al) would have such a small abuser rate, with the effects of abuse being relatively minor, that I don't think it's worth bickering over.
Overall, though, I would never argue just on the cost/savings to the system. The much more important point is the principle of "greatest liberty for all" held so dearly by us libertarians. This principle, if accepted, quickly tips the scale in the argument far in the favor of legalization. Of course, if THAT principle were held by our politicians we wouldn't see nationalized health care any time soon (further decreasing the cost to society)...
As a 10-year drug addict, I'd like to make the quite important and forgotten(and relevant to the OP) point regarding 2 already legal addictive substances with a high degree of abuse. I'm talking about caffeine and aspirin- wait no, that's not right, I meant alcohol and nicotine. Two of my favorites. Well, one of them is at least (scotch, scotch, scotch...), the other's just a monkey on the back.
Although I'm a confirmed smoker, I have never seen/experienced nicotine provide a physical pleasure that can't be obtained for free by hyper-ventilating. It's hard to define "abuse" in the case of tobacco/nicotine because I have no concept of what "moderation" can mean when the drug provides no real pleasurable gain, while simultaneously being so addictive (and destructive). Smoking, in the U.S. at least, has pretty much gone out-of-vogue by this point, which (since its intial attraction is for social purposes) has severely decreased the number of new smokers over the last 10-15 years. But tobacco/nicotine will for many decades yet remove (cumulatively) millions of years of life from Americans through their contribution to heart disease, cancers, et al. But there's also the fact that tobacco/nicotine actually decreases the quality of the oft-shortened life for the far majority of addicts. Don't believe me? That means you're not a smoker...so go ask them yourself if they would be happier if they had never picked up that first cigarette. They'll almost all (unless they're new to it) admit emphatically that they would be.
Alcohol, however, is totally socially-acceptable, despite the best efforts of its opponents, even though the abuse of it is at the root of all sorts of scary statistics and anecdotal stories of vehicular death and domestic violence. And don't forgot all the liver failure, heart disease, et al, that are contributed too by excessive drinking.
The idea that ALL the "soft" drugs together, if legalized, could have as much of a negative impact on the lives of Americans as these two legal drugs, is frankly, laughable.
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As a Dutch citizen I have the perfect freedom to:
- get abortions
- do soft drugs of various kinds
- drink alcohol from the age of 16
- get serviced by a hooker
- get euthanasia
- get married whether I'm gay, bi or straight
- get divorced
- speak my mind
- drink on a sunday
- have sex in public places so long as it's not visible from the street
- go where I please (we don't need visa for 99% of the planet)
None of which are freedoms I've seen Americans enjoy.
So I second that motion. Obama will be president of the USA. Calling him "Leader of the Free World" pisses me off too since he sure as shit don't rule my country.
Actually, the only ones on that list that Americans really can't do are:
- get euthanasia
- have sex in public places
and these ones have the following qualifications:
- get married whether I'm gay, bi or straight (this is defined/regulated by states and some DO allow it - Connecticut, Massachusetts)
- get serviced by a hooker
(prostitution's legality/regulation is defined by each state, and is permitted under regulation in Nevada and Rhode Island)
- do soft drugs of various kinds
(by this did you mean, "soft drugs that are illegal in the U.S."? Because we do have easy access to alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, as well as prescription-based availability to MANY more)
Your price for your handful of freedoms? A more socialist-leaning government that has no problem taking about 10% more of your income than our government does, and a nice hefty 19% sales tax (it's 0 - 10.25% in the U.S., depending upon the state).
And despite my personal dream of finding a male street-walker and paying him to have sex with me in the courthouse parking garage while we both get fried out of our minds, and then marrying him that day, and then mercifully ending his life the next day, after he ends up in a coma from overdosing - I somehow still feel pretty fucking free when I look at my net income vs. what I would have in most other countries, and realize how much more I can do with that money...
[Ducks rocks, stones, brickbats, flames, gunfire, flying fanboys, Steve Jobs, and moderately sized precision guided asteroids]
I initially read this as a list of items with the first one being "ducks". I was trying to figure out the common theme (I was okay with "ducks" "rocks" "stones" being "things that float"), but got totally thrown for a loop with "Steve Jobs" (at that point my working theme was "things that geeks have an irrational fear of")...
Following the protocol of quantum physicists to be un-understandable...
"Derstandable"!?
That word is incomprehensible to me. I am unable to understand it, is what I'm trying to get at...y'know: baffling, beyond comprehension, clear as mud, cryptic, Delphic, enigmatic, fathomless, Greek, impenetrable, incognizable, inconceivable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying, obscure, opaque, perplexing, puzzling, sibylline, unclear, unfathomable, ungraspable, unimaginable, unintelligible, unknowable.
You have obviously never been threatened by anything bigger and badder than you in your whole life. As for us humans, we find it difficult to defend ourselves without some kind of equivalent or proportional force. Someone comes after me with a bat, I better be significantly stronger/faster than him if I'm unarmed. If the assailant has a knife, I better be Chuck Norris or Batman (or maybe just a military hand-to-hand combat specialist) if I want to defend myself without reasonable expectation of getting slashed/stabbed. What about if they have a gun? Seems like my options are reduced to Chuck Norris and Batman. Or having a gun myself.
It seems reasonable that the government could rationalize subsidizing the costs of the "satellite-based avionics" required due to the fuel and time savings gained from decreased congestion. That would get rid of that controversy.
Perhaps a more fiscally responsible approach would be front the money for the avionics switch, but levy a tax (proportional only to the actual increased efficiency) on the airports/major-carriers/other-major-beneficiaries.
I work on the LHC experiments as well, so I'm posting anonymously, too.
1) The failure of the flux capacitor was actually the real cause of the shutdown (although this will never be released due to the humiliation that would be heaped upon them for such a simple mistake - see below).
2) Apparently no one told them that when you accelerated it beyond 88 mph (within the limit of their test runs) it would create a hole in time/space through which a moderately-priced novelty sports car (or something of equivalent mass) could travel.
3) They are currently searching 1985, 1955, and 1885 for the components that they lost as a result of the failure. They also plan to search 2015. Eventually.
4) They are currently in contract negotiations with Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and various other experts in the field. They expect that once the contracts are finalized the solution will be achieved between 108 and 118 minutes.
In response to this finding, Al Gore has called for a full investigation into the potential catastrophic effects of man-made interaction with said glaciers, and also for an investigation into how he might exploit these potential effects to bring himself more fame, money, Nobel Peace prizes, and maybe a friend, this time.
Yeah, the Local 69 can be the toughest bargainers on the planet. I still haven't gotten them agree to more than "Fleeting Recognition" from their junior members. Although I am absolutely confident that that a triple in my salary, in combination with a hideously over-priced and unnecessary wardrobe and sports car, will not only bring them back to the table, but put me at the advantage.
"Double-Whooosh"? Considering you also posted almost 2 hours after a response to the parent that clearly got the joke, and made another joke on top of it.
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Nobel Winner Says, "Internet Might Have Stopped Hitler From Being Effective"
Godwin says, "Hitler Stops the Internet From Being Effective"
It's apparent then that if the Internet were around back then, it and Hitler(and maybe the entire Universe with them) would cease to exist as soon as they met. Or maybe their existences are just mutually exclusive (in time). Or maybe...maybe...Hitler IS the Internet!11!! *POP*
*brains ooze down chest*
Because I'm so kind...
I would vote for the LHC, cuz I saw this totally scary video on Youtube that explained how the LHC was going to create a doorway for Satan. Seriously.
And hey, if you're going to include a science fiction, why not include a couple biblical/religious predictions? I for one, welcome our 6-winged Seraphim overlords...
Which hasn't been all bad, it also enabled the fed to pass things like environmental regulation and some labor laws.
You and I, sir, have very different definitions of bad.
didn't know you could get addicted to guns
You should meet my family...
If you think that actually means you'll get chicks then I suggest you remember where it is that you are posting ;)
FTFAIMH (In My Head):
...The effects of this chemical pollution, however, pale in comparison to the effects of an obsession with technology, as demonstrated by the study of the ASU (Average Slashdot User) who has been shown have 98.3% less masculinity than TFJFH (That Fucking Jock From High School)...
No amount of taxation (limited to) DRUGS will be enought to make up to the massive loss of productivity of drug addicts.
It's important to remember that the loss of productivity will only come from NEW drug users (as the productivity of the current users is already lost). Despite $SCARYSTATISTIC, I don't know how anyone could reasonably estimate what the loss of productivity would be without performing a significant and rigorous study for that specific purpose.
Also, not to be forgotten, is the quantity of resources/productivity saved by not fighting a "War on Drugs". Although, like I said before, I think a study would have to be done for any real help in calculating this total "net loss/gain to society", my $0.02 is that there would not be that many new addicts, and that the far majority of the use (especially of something like pot/ecstasty) would be recreational, impacting the productivity of the users VERY little, while providing MASSIVE amounts of tax revenue. Our culture is already pretty negative towards meth, crack and heroin and so I think the number of NEW abusers would be pretty small (as a percentage of the population), however the health impact of abuse of these drugs is much more severe, so I could definitely see these drugs being a net loss if legalized. However, I could also see the numbers for abuse actually going down due to the greater acceptance of "moderate use" of the drug (see: excesses/abuses during Prohibition vs. after) so I could also see these drugs being a net gain, it's just pretty close in my mind. The other drugs (shrooms, acid, et al) would have such a small abuser rate, with the effects of abuse being relatively minor, that I don't think it's worth bickering over.
Overall, though, I would never argue just on the cost/savings to the system. The much more important point is the principle of "greatest liberty for all" held so dearly by us libertarians. This principle, if accepted, quickly tips the scale in the argument far in the favor of legalization. Of course, if THAT principle were held by our politicians we wouldn't see nationalized health care any time soon (further decreasing the cost to society)...
As a 10-year drug addict, I'd like to make the quite important and forgotten(and relevant to the OP) point regarding 2 already legal addictive substances with a high degree of abuse. I'm talking about caffeine and aspirin- wait no, that's not right, I meant alcohol and nicotine. Two of my favorites. Well, one of them is at least (scotch, scotch, scotch...), the other's just a monkey on the back.
Although I'm a confirmed smoker, I have never seen/experienced nicotine provide a physical pleasure that can't be obtained for free by hyper-ventilating. It's hard to define "abuse" in the case of tobacco/nicotine because I have no concept of what "moderation" can mean when the drug provides no real pleasurable gain, while simultaneously being so addictive (and destructive). Smoking, in the U.S. at least, has pretty much gone out-of-vogue by this point, which (since its intial attraction is for social purposes) has severely decreased the number of new smokers over the last 10-15 years. But tobacco/nicotine will for many decades yet remove (cumulatively) millions of years of life from Americans through their contribution to heart disease, cancers, et al. But there's also the fact that tobacco/nicotine actually decreases the quality of the oft-shortened life for the far majority of addicts. Don't believe me? That means you're not a smoker...so go ask them yourself if they would be happier if they had never picked up that first cigarette. They'll almost all (unless they're new to it) admit emphatically that they would be.
Alcohol, however, is totally socially-acceptable, despite the best efforts of its opponents, even though the abuse of it is at the root of all sorts of scary statistics and anecdotal stories of vehicular death and domestic violence. And don't forgot all the liver failure, heart disease, et al, that are contributed too by excessive drinking.
The idea that ALL the "soft" drugs together, if legalized, could have as much of a negative impact on the lives of Americans as these two legal drugs, is frankly, laughable.
As a Dutch citizen I have the perfect freedom to: - get abortions - do soft drugs of various kinds - drink alcohol from the age of 16 - get serviced by a hooker - get euthanasia - get married whether I'm gay, bi or straight - get divorced - speak my mind - drink on a sunday - have sex in public places so long as it's not visible from the street - go where I please (we don't need visa for 99% of the planet)
None of which are freedoms I've seen Americans enjoy.
So I second that motion. Obama will be president of the USA. Calling him "Leader of the Free World" pisses me off too since he sure as shit don't rule my country.
Actually, the only ones on that list that Americans really can't do are:
- get euthanasia
- have sex in public places
and these ones have the following qualifications:
- get married whether I'm gay, bi or straight
(this is defined/regulated by states and some DO allow it - Connecticut, Massachusetts)
- get serviced by a hooker
(prostitution's legality/regulation is defined by each state, and is permitted under regulation in Nevada and Rhode Island)
- do soft drugs of various kinds
(by this did you mean, "soft drugs that are illegal in the U.S."? Because we do have easy access to alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, as well as prescription-based availability to MANY more)
Your price for your handful of freedoms? A more socialist-leaning government that has no problem taking about 10% more of your income than our government does, and a nice hefty 19% sales tax (it's 0 - 10.25% in the U.S., depending upon the state).
And despite my personal dream of finding a male street-walker and paying him to have sex with me in the courthouse parking garage while we both get fried out of our minds, and then marrying him that day, and then mercifully ending his life the next day, after he ends up in a coma from overdosing - I somehow still feel pretty fucking free when I look at my net income vs. what I would have in most other countries, and realize how much more I can do with that money...
[Ducks rocks, stones, brickbats, flames, gunfire, flying fanboys, Steve Jobs, and moderately sized precision guided asteroids]
I initially read this as a list of items with the first one being "ducks". I was trying to figure out the common theme (I was okay with "ducks" "rocks" "stones" being "things that float"), but got totally thrown for a loop with "Steve Jobs" (at that point my working theme was "things that geeks have an irrational fear of")...
Following the protocol of quantum physicists to be un-understandable...
"Derstandable"!?
That word is incomprehensible to me. I am unable to understand it, is what I'm trying to get at...y'know: baffling, beyond comprehension, clear as mud, cryptic, Delphic, enigmatic, fathomless, Greek, impenetrable, incognizable, inconceivable, inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying, obscure, opaque, perplexing, puzzling, sibylline, unclear, unfathomable, ungraspable, unimaginable, unintelligible, unknowable.
You have obviously never been threatened by anything bigger and badder than you in your whole life. As for us humans, we find it difficult to defend ourselves without some kind of equivalent or proportional force. Someone comes after me with a bat, I better be significantly stronger/faster than him if I'm unarmed. If the assailant has a knife, I better be Chuck Norris or Batman (or maybe just a military hand-to-hand combat specialist) if I want to defend myself without reasonable expectation of getting slashed/stabbed. What about if they have a gun? Seems like my options are reduced to Chuck Norris and Batman. Or having a gun myself.
How about the more phonetic "butt orifice". Or if you're pronouncing each letter: Beady orifice. I don't know what that is, but I don't trust it...
I first read the tag as "I seed 'ead, people"...very confusing...too much torrenting for me, I guess.
Haven't you heard?! Pachelbel's Canon is the new Stairway to Heaven. If he can play THAT I'm sure there won't be any complaints.
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It seems reasonable that the government could rationalize subsidizing the costs of the "satellite-based avionics" required due to the fuel and time savings gained from decreased congestion. That would get rid of that controversy.
Perhaps a more fiscally responsible approach would be front the money for the avionics switch, but levy a tax (proportional only to the actual increased efficiency) on the airports/major-carriers/other-major-beneficiaries.
I work on the LHC experiments as well, so I'm posting anonymously, too.
1) The failure of the flux capacitor was actually the real cause of the shutdown (although this will never be released due to the humiliation that would be heaped upon them for such a simple mistake - see below).
2) Apparently no one told them that when you accelerated it beyond 88 mph (within the limit of their test runs) it would create a hole in time/space through which a moderately-priced novelty sports car (or something of equivalent mass) could travel.
3) They are currently searching 1985, 1955, and 1885 for the components that they lost as a result of the failure. They also plan to search 2015. Eventually.
4) They are currently in contract negotiations with Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and various other experts in the field. They expect that once the contracts are finalized the solution will be achieved between 108 and 118 minutes.
1. Eat food.. 2. Split bill.. 3. ??? 4. IBM Profits!!!
This idea was invented by Shampoo. I expect IBM will be hearing from Shampoo's lawyers (aka squirrels) soon...
Someone capitalizing off of Linux by selling WINE?! Preposterous!!
DISCLAIMER: I have nothing but love for these guys since getting mine free
In response to this finding, Al Gore has called for a full investigation into the potential catastrophic effects of man-made interaction with said glaciers, and also for an investigation into how he might exploit these potential effects to bring himself more fame, money, Nobel Peace prizes, and maybe a friend, this time.
Yeah, the Local 69 can be the toughest bargainers on the planet. I still haven't gotten them agree to more than "Fleeting Recognition" from their junior members. Although I am absolutely confident that that a triple in my salary, in combination with a hideously over-priced and unnecessary wardrobe and sports car, will not only bring them back to the table, but put me at the advantage.
. Slashdot is the one who decides whether or not to fuel inquisitions
Only when least expected...
"Double-Whooosh"? Considering you also posted almost 2 hours after a response to the parent that clearly got the joke, and made another joke on top of it.