> Carpal Tunnel, a majority of back pain, and many other problems are caused by suppressed anger
I don't necessarily believe that, although I have lots of suppressed anger and some pain (esp. back). But I like to consider myself open-minded (even if it isn't true), so I clicked on the link you provided.
I'm not sure the link works, I got an Amazon error message when I went there. I found it Here, though.
Evidently you didn't get the point. He very obviously wasn't pushing any beliefs on anyone, but was was pushing equal rights on everyone -- rights to spend your time like you want, the right to watch a fucking movie.
I have no obligation to mind my own business. If you don't want me in your business, don't interact with me.
> from the looks of things he could have been in for a world of hurt.
Well, as long as the Dremel is kept pretty still, all the exploding fragments will move outward, in a circle, from the bit. As long as his POV was perpendicular to the CD, he should be safe from being immediately punctured. Of course, shattered CD parts bouncing off of nearby walls is another matter entirely.
> Or just get the Psychiatrist to dole out an ADD diagnosis
Yeah, I wish I had grown up in the nineties, when they started handing out drugs left & right. I might have gotten better grades -- well maybe not, but school would have been a hell of a lot more tolerable with Ritalin.
> so when that doctor with bad penmanship you've been seeing scribbles out a prescription that LOOKS like...
If his handwriting is that bad, perhaps he should have a computer print out the prescription so he just has to sign it. Of course, it seems to be a bother for a doctor to see you for even 5 minutes, so another 30 seconds to wait for a printer might be too much to ask.
I have a question about this phrase. I hear it all the time and I don't think it's said correctly. If I love something totally, I couldn't care more, so conversely I could care less. OTOH, if I dislike it so much -- don't care at all -- shouldn't we say "I couldn't care less?"
Wow, thank you for that excellent reply. Just so you know, I don't really believe what I said, but I figure the best way to solidify one's own beliefs is to argue for the other side and see what comes up:)
> The proportion of citizen to military deaths in war has ballooned in the last century. Counting them, regardless of the side they're on, is one way to deal with it.
I understand & partially agree with your post, except for this glaring non-truth (I don't say untruth, as that sounds like I am calling you a liar... I am not). This is horribly misleading, there are far, far, FAR , less civilian deaths these days than there has been for quite a while.
World War I & II were extremely deadly for citizens as well as military -- remember carpet bombing, fire bombing, etc? The aim there was to take out ENTIRE CITIES of civilians, not just the troops who may or may not have been in that city.
Think about the crusades. I make no statements about religion here, but it was still war, it was way more deadly to regular people (granted, in that case, the enemy was civilians).
Citizens have been targets in wars for as long as there have been countries (or something like that). Nowadays, we have technology: we can find & remove the "bad guys" without taking out a few thousand civilians with them. Before, they just destroyed EVERYTHING and hoped the "bad guys" were in that city.
> Most hackers I know are leftist-anarchists. We are certainly not reflected in that definition.
Yes, but most of the hackers you know are people you were introduced to by those other hackers. They introduced you because they are friends, and as such will usually have similar views. That's one explanation...
I don't see his slant, really, but then again, you probably don't see the leftist slant on Slashdot, because you agree with it and take it as a given that everyone else agrees. (Excuse me if I am wrong about you in particular, I am trying to use generalizations. Generalizations aren't very good at predicting one person's traits, but it's all we have to go on without knowing that one person intimately)
> What he said about politics
He didn't say anything about politics itself in that. He (assuming he is the author of that) was trying to show who the average hacker is, and I don't think he's too far off.
I'll also point out that the slashdot posters are not a good cross-section of average hackers. If we knew more about all of the readers, then that might be a bit closer.
> I say no to empire and no to militarism!!! Any true libertarian would believe that
I didn't realize you were the sole definer of libertarianism, but oh well. You are right, Libertarians are anti-empire and anti-militarism, yet you seem to ignore the fact that we still need a military. To say we don't is absolutely ignorant of the world.
> "Libertarians are just Republicans who want to look cool."
So say Democrats. Republicans say that libertarians are Democrats who just want to smoke dope legally, and the more informed ones would say they're (we're) Dems with a slightly better economic sense. They are both wrong, but I shouldn't need to tell you that.
> You see, the secret is having a job and being able to manage money.
No, the secret is having a lot of money to manage. Most non-rich people don't actually have money to manage, it all goes from paycheck to bills. Managing money or not, I could not afford all those things even if I had no rent to pay.
> People who only want to make calls will buy a phone that only makes calls.
Unfortunately, there is no such phone available these days. With Technology the way it is, Motorola could make a kick ass $20 (retail) cell phone with great reception, is tiny, and looks cool. They don't because they think (and, unfortunately, they're mostly correct) no one wants a phone that just works as a phone. It has to have at least one game preinstalled, if not 5-6, a calculator, instant messenger, Internet access... I don't need that crap, but if I want a phone I have to buy a $150 one because that's all there is.
> his stake worth $373,500. Still think he's absurdly rich? He doesn't.
Yeah, and most doctors don't think they are. BUT THEY ARE STILL RICH. I've currently got less than $1000 to my name (not including my assets -- my car.. and clothes and toys? that's it) and I consider myself to be doing okay. If he owns one fucking thing worth more than my life (and he does), he's unnecessarily rich.
Please keep in mind, I don't hold that against him in the slightest. I won't lie and say I wouldn't like to have that money, I just don't think he's all he thinks he is -- or maybe it's just that people are jealous & make it LOOK like he has an ego problem. I don't know, I've never met him in person, but some of his online rants go in that direction.
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> Wasn't that song around before Depeche Mode were born?
Plastic Jesus? That's a Dead Kennedys/Jello Biafra song AFAIK.
> Carpal Tunnel, a majority of back pain, and many other problems are caused by suppressed anger
I don't necessarily believe that, although I have lots of suppressed anger and some pain (esp. back). But I like to consider myself open-minded (even if it isn't true), so I clicked on the link you provided.
I'm not sure the link works, I got an Amazon error message when I went there. I found it Here, though.
> I'd rather make that decision myself than have someone else make it for me.
Well, it's a damned good thing Americans have that right, although you seem to claim we don't.
> haven't we opened a floodgate that's going to be very hard to close?
I agree except for one thing. That floodgate has never been closed before. This censorship isn't anything new.
Evidently you didn't get the point. He very obviously wasn't pushing any beliefs on anyone, but was was pushing equal rights on everyone -- rights to spend your time like you want, the right to watch a fucking movie.
I have no obligation to mind my own business. If you don't want me in your business, don't interact with me.
> from the looks of things he could have been in for a world of hurt.
Well, as long as the Dremel is kept pretty still, all the exploding fragments will move outward, in a circle, from the bit. As long as his POV was perpendicular to the CD, he should be safe from being immediately punctured. Of course, shattered CD parts bouncing off of nearby walls is another matter entirely.
> You don't spin the laser, just a tiny mirror that can turn VERY fast [...] The media is not a disc, but a drum
That's an amazing idea. Do you know any names of companies that are working on that? Or where more information could be found?
> Or just get the Psychiatrist to dole out an ADD diagnosis
Yeah, I wish I had grown up in the nineties, when they started handing out drugs left & right. I might have gotten better grades -- well maybe not, but school would have been a hell of a lot more tolerable with Ritalin.
> so when that doctor with bad penmanship you've been seeing scribbles out a prescription that LOOKS like ...
If his handwriting is that bad, perhaps he should have a computer print out the prescription so he just has to sign it. Of course, it seems to be a bother for a doctor to see you for even 5 minutes, so another 30 seconds to wait for a printer might be too much to ask.
> I could care less if [...]
I have a question about this phrase. I hear it all the time and I don't think it's said correctly. If I love something totally, I couldn't care more, so conversely I could care less. OTOH, if I dislike it so much -- don't care at all -- shouldn't we say "I couldn't care less?"
> Obviously language skills are going down the tubes as fast as writing skills....
It was a joke, so obviously humor recognition skills are going down the tubes even faster.
> DeCSS Did nothing to prevent playback of anything, nor was it it's purpose.
Just to make a clarification, I believe the poster meant "CSS," when he said "CSS." CSS is the encryption method, DeCSS is a program.
> Any particular reason why a third party can do it and Nico Mak can't?
Because PKWare isn't releasing the details of how it works. Therefore, no one can do it yet except PKWare.
Wow, thank you for that excellent reply. Just so you know, I don't really believe what I said, but I figure the best way to solidify one's own beliefs is to argue for the other side and see what comes up :)
> The proportion of citizen to military deaths in war has ballooned in the last century. Counting them, regardless of the side they're on, is one way to deal with it.
I understand & partially agree with your post, except for this glaring non-truth (I don't say untruth, as that sounds like I am calling you a liar... I am not). This is horribly misleading, there are far, far, FAR , less civilian deaths these days than there has been for quite a while.
World War I & II were extremely deadly for citizens as well as military -- remember carpet bombing, fire bombing, etc? The aim there was to take out ENTIRE CITIES of civilians, not just the troops who may or may not have been in that city.
Think about the crusades. I make no statements about religion here, but it was still war, it was way more deadly to regular people (granted, in that case, the enemy was civilians).
Citizens have been targets in wars for as long as there have been countries (or something like that). Nowadays, we have technology: we can find & remove the "bad guys" without taking out a few thousand civilians with them. Before, they just destroyed EVERYTHING and hoped the "bad guys" were in that city.
> I assume that the response above is at least in part facetious...
:)
To ease your mind, yes, it was
> Most hackers I know are leftist-anarchists. We are certainly not reflected in that definition.
Yes, but most of the hackers you know are people you were introduced to by those other hackers. They introduced you because they are friends, and as such will usually have similar views. That's one explanation...
> neocon's favorite troll?
That's funny, this guy accusing someone of being a troll.
> he always gives it his own goddamn slant
I don't see his slant, really, but then again, you probably don't see the leftist slant on Slashdot, because you agree with it and take it as a given that everyone else agrees. (Excuse me if I am wrong about you in particular, I am trying to use generalizations. Generalizations aren't very good at predicting one person's traits, but it's all we have to go on without knowing that one person intimately)
> What he said about politics
He didn't say anything about politics itself in that. He (assuming he is the author of that) was trying to show who the average hacker is, and I don't think he's too far off.
I'll also point out that the slashdot posters are not a good cross-section of average hackers. If we knew more about all of the readers, then that might be a bit closer.
> I say no to empire and no to militarism!!! Any true libertarian would believe that
I didn't realize you were the sole definer of libertarianism, but oh well.
You are right, Libertarians are anti-empire and anti-militarism, yet you seem to ignore the fact that we still need a military. To say we don't is absolutely ignorant of the world.
> "Libertarians are just Republicans who want to look cool."
So say Democrats. Republicans say that libertarians are Democrats who just want to smoke dope legally, and the more informed ones would say they're (we're) Dems with a slightly better economic sense. They are both wrong, but I shouldn't need to tell you that.
> You see, the secret is having a job and being able to manage money.
No, the secret is having a lot of money to manage. Most non-rich people don't actually have money to manage, it all goes from paycheck to bills. Managing money or not, I could not afford all those things even if I had no rent to pay.
> People who only want to make calls will buy a phone that only makes calls.
Unfortunately, there is no such phone available these days. With Technology the way it is, Motorola could make a kick ass $20 (retail) cell phone with great reception, is tiny, and looks cool. They don't because they think (and, unfortunately, they're mostly correct) no one wants a phone that just works as a phone. It has to have at least one game preinstalled, if not 5-6, a calculator, instant messenger, Internet access... I don't need that crap, but if I want a phone I have to buy a $150 one because that's all there is.
> and it means that the hosting site (TheOneRing.net) doesn't even reclaim any money through ad banners to pay for bandwidth
But at least they don't have to pay the bandwidth costs for all the people loading the page, graphics, & those banner ads.
> his stake worth $373,500. Still think he's absurdly rich? He doesn't.
Yeah, and most doctors don't think they are. BUT THEY ARE STILL RICH. I've currently got less than $1000 to my name (not including my assets -- my car.. and clothes and toys? that's it) and I consider myself to be doing okay. If he owns one fucking thing worth more than my life (and he does), he's unnecessarily rich.
Please keep in mind, I don't hold that against him in the slightest. I won't lie and say I wouldn't like to have that money, I just don't think he's all he thinks he is -- or maybe it's just that people are jealous & make it LOOK like he has an ego problem. I don't know, I've never met him in person, but some of his online rants go in that direction.
> Don't you mean "find ~your -name '*base*' -exec chown us {} \;"
:)
No way man, all your real bases are in your base(/home) directory, duh