> Environmental-friendly living is a worthy pursuit in and of itself! > Do you shit on the floor? Do you piss in the kitchen sink?
Umm... If I lived a totally (or at all) environtmental-friendly life, I wouldn't have a "house" to speak of (maybe a cave or something), and would shit in the woods, so yes, I (sort of) would shit on the floor (and the flora, haha). I also would not own a kitchen sink, since indoor plumbing diverts the natural flow of water and "harms" (only "changes", really) the local ecosystem further down the stream/river.
Can we call ourselves civilized at all? Sure we can. We won't be right, but we can. We won't be wrong either, it depends on your perspective.
Assuming perspective exists.... D'oh, Zen hurts my brain... If it exists outside of my brain... Uh oh, I just created a recursive thought.... Cranial meltdown in 3... 2... 1...
> I'd rather err on the side of caution. I think any rational person would.
And if all these precautions do exactly what they are meant to, but there wasn't a problem to begin with, then we've gotten even deeper. When you think about the consequences, you have to think about ALL consequences, especially those caused by the "solution."
Don't destroy our planet trying to save it.... I'd rather err on the side of caution. I think any rational person would.
> research has "strongly suggested" (my term, but certainly fair) that it could be true [...] > jump to it and try to avoid the possible crisis
1. No, researchers have strongly suggested that it is true. People with their own biases, and even in the absence of bias, with their own perspective. There is always something that isn't taken into account, and there are about as many studies the "prove" global warming is caused by humans, as there are studies that "disprove" it.
2. How do you suggest we avoid the possible crisis? Stop using so many CFCs etc? -- we have Stop using gasoline engines? -- as soon as electric (or something else) is a viable alternative, we will Stop using coal-powered energy plants? -- we are (slowly)
Why don't vegetarians stop eating so damned much fiber, they are killing our environment with their methane. That's not much methane you say? Well, what if all 6 billion people became vegetarians? We'd be overrun with animals, for one thing...
Looking through that, there was "k**b" listed, and I couldn't figure out what the hell that was supposed to be. Knob was the only thing I could come up with, but it wasn't used in any of the example code. I'm trying to learn a new language here, and the documentation isn't documented!!! Another reason to stop all censorship.
> If they willingly choose to ignore it and allow their target child to live with them, they cant with any seriousness expect not to have drive-by shootings at their house which could very well kill them, being innocent bystanders.
While I am a very cold-hearted conservative (and I'm not trying to be funny, I really am cold-hearted), I don't think that's very accurate. Most kids in gangs are in gangs without their parents' knowledge. It still may be bad parenting that led the kids to gangs, but it's not a rule.
My parents, while not horribly strict themselves, brought me up with very strict morals. I have no idea where most of those morals went, but it sure as hell wasn't into my head. My point is, that if a street gang was around my neighborhood as a kid I would have joined it, regardless of my parents' good or bad upbringing.
Of course, most here are smart enough to realize that anecdotal evidence is not evidence at all, but just one case. For instance, I am also psychotically insane (okay, you can laugh at this one, but just a little), while most others are not.
> (Hmm.. "Hope for Africa".. nice sentiment, but terribly naive..:/.
Hey, at least it's positive, if not totally worthless -- Educate women how not to get AIDS? STOP FUCKING LIKE ANIMALS!!! That'll be $25,000, please. (yes, I know humans are animals)
The important thing to keep in mind when looking at this site is that most of the people suggesting the ideas are incredibly stupid:
1. University Yearbook Dvd Doesn't cost 25 grand, you could easily do it for under $2000 plus a lot of time plus the cost of blank DVDs (obviously depends on size of school)
2. By Divers For Divers Well, I'm not a diver and don't know the hard times the poor divers must go through, so I can't insult this one more than I already have.
3. Blue light jazz club -- nothing wrong with that.
4. Gasless Car It'll cost significantly more then $25,000 to convert the entire US Highway system to maglev. Thanks for playing
5. Hope For Africa See above -- naive
6. Sunscreen Shampoo/Conditioner Someone doesn't know that you're supposed to wash the shampoo out of your hair. Big fucking "duh" right there.
7. Programable Dvd Recording This already exists, as most know
8. Get Seattle's Coffee Shops Wifi'ed Obviously, a necessary step in human evolution, but it'll cost a hell of a lot more than $25K, although I could be wrong: I've never been to Seattle.
9. Slum Lord The real answer.
10. Sports Franchise For Women Okay, I can't say too much about this one while maintaining a clear conscience, but it's not the most original idea.
Yes, it's flamebait, I'll punch any man in the nose who says otherwise, buddy! *sigh* at least I didn't post it AC to protect me from the karma beating...
> What's the difference between a moon and a lump of rock?
What's the difference between a planet and a lump of rock? Nothing except scale. Take into account Pluto & the Kiuper belt. There are rocks bigger than Pluto orbiting the Sun but aren't classified as planets. It's only because humans have a tendency (arguably, a "need") to classify everything that we argue about if something is a planet, moon, rock, whatnot. They're all rocks (some of them very large rocks, mind you), regardless of size or what it is orbiting.
Aha, I knew those books on Zen would come in handy... The planet does not really exist.
if the discs are designed such that they can't be ripped, they'll screw over MegaMix along with other ripping apps and hence screw radio stations.
Does the RIAA make any software or (more likely) endorse/support any company that does? They could put out their own MegaMix-ish system and gain (more) monopoly control (If any other software org tries to make their own that gets past DRM they'd get slapped w/ DMCA (IANAL of course)).
> Take for example the current thread. Use Google and try and find the *original* reference to the 'Second Superpower'.
Since this has come up, most people searching for the phrase "Second Superpower" will be looking for the "new definition." Therefore, Google is working perfectly. Just because it doesn't return exactly what you want doesn't mean it's not working, it just means you don't know well enough what you are looking for. Google is a tool, not an index of all possible thoughts.
I'm assuming you meant "not" everything... Isn't it interesting that our brains are so amazingly advanced and "perfect," but errors like the one (that I believe) you made are so common. You knew exactly what you meant, but your fingers pressed different keys. Muscle memory and other things really make me wonder if our brains are the processing unit of our body or simply the power supply? Yes, that shows my complete ignorance of anatomy, what of it?
> Mysql is pretty sweet for the low end but chokes all over itself once you start putting it under even moderate write load.
I will acknowledge my considerable lack of understanding with respect to databases, but doesn't slashdot use MySQL? Isn't that a moderate load? I know it's no Terraserver, but it's still pretty active.
No, that one's real. And even if it was Bozoshopped it's alright to misrepresent a photo, as long as the subject is a naughty person. Like pix of Saddam & Ghengis Khan "Freedom" kissing are allowable, since they are both "bad people" and/or dead.
> It does look more like the guy is pointing his gun at the man carrying the child in the doctored photo
What, are you blind? (-.5, flamebait) The soldier looks more like he's pointing the gun at them in the part that was left out... Look at the one on the right -- the barrel is turned towards them, but the one on the left and the final image, it is almost perpendicular to the camera view.
I don't see how anyone could honestly claim that it looks like he's pointing a weapon at that guy & his kid. Now, the people on the right side of the photo (sitting) look like they could get mowed down at any second...
IANAL (No shit:) and I don't agree with this, but I am pretty sure the MPAA objects to the software existing at all. If you were to include it, even just for playback, the CSS key (or whatever) that was "stolen" is still part of the software, and therefore the MPAA would be on you like...
1....stripes on a zebra 2....flies on shit 3....bliknik on an Arsevalt (haha, that's a good one) 4....Scott Weiland on Heroin 5....Micheal Jackson on a 10-year old boy 6. ? 7. Profit? Hey, wait a sec...
> > Funny, I thought he was being tried in Norway... > Tsk, you can't let little details like that get in the way of a good US bashing rant....Which brings me to my next point... Hippocracy (Is that spelled correctly?).
Supposedly the U.S. is so horrible about taking away our civil rights, and the same people who complain about that complain when the U.S. tries to restore the civil rights of people under tyrranical leadership.
My point is that people who want to complain, will, no matter what. Even if it doesn't make sense. But I guess that's why we have politicians...
That was the first thing I saw when I went to the link, and so I thought the same thing. So who the heck moderated it as funny? Insightful is the closest thing I can come up with, other than "observant," which most others her aren't. Hell, they don't even read the article.
> To be waterproof would imply that no amount of water pressure could enter the watch.
Then I would contend that no watch is waterproof, since I doubt they would be too useful after being in the depths of the ocean. I doubt it is "no amount" just some threshhold that will very rarely be reached. Not that this has any bearing on the conversation...
That brings up a question I had... If you buy a blazing-fast CPU and underclock it sufficiently (say by 25%) would you be able to ditch the heat sink, or at least the fan for a real quiet CPU?
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> Environmental-friendly living is a worthy pursuit in and of itself!
> Do you shit on the floor? Do you piss in the kitchen sink?
Umm... If I lived a totally (or at all) environtmental-friendly life, I wouldn't have a "house" to speak of (maybe a cave or something), and would shit in the woods, so yes, I (sort of) would shit on the floor (and the flora, haha). I also would not own a kitchen sink, since indoor plumbing diverts the natural flow of water and "harms" (only "changes", really) the local ecosystem further down the stream/river.
Can we call ourselves civilized at all? Sure we can. We won't be right, but we can. We won't be wrong either, it depends on your perspective.
Assuming perspective exists.... D'oh, Zen hurts my brain... If it exists outside of my brain... Uh oh, I just created a recursive thought.... Cranial meltdown in 3... 2... 1...
> I'd rather err on the side of caution. I think any rational person would.
...
And if all these precautions do exactly what they are meant to, but there wasn't a problem to begin with, then we've gotten even deeper. When you think about the consequences, you have to think about ALL consequences, especially those caused by the "solution."
Don't destroy our planet trying to save it.
I'd rather err on the side of caution. I think any rational person would.
> research has "strongly suggested" (my term, but certainly fair) that it could be true
[...]
> jump to it and try to avoid the possible crisis
1. No, researchers have strongly suggested that it is true. People with their own biases, and even in the absence of bias, with their own perspective. There is always something that isn't taken into account, and there are about as many studies the "prove" global warming is caused by humans, as there are studies that "disprove" it.
2. How do you suggest we avoid the possible crisis?
Stop using so many CFCs etc? -- we have
Stop using gasoline engines? -- as soon as electric (or something else) is a viable alternative, we will
Stop using coal-powered energy plants? -- we are (slowly)
Why don't vegetarians stop eating so damned much fiber, they are killing our environment with their methane. That's not much methane you say? Well, what if all 6 billion people became vegetarians? We'd be overrun with animals, for one thing...
Looking through that, there was "k**b" listed, and I couldn't figure out what the hell that was supposed to be. Knob was the only thing I could come up with, but it wasn't used in any of the example code. I'm trying to learn a new language here, and the documentation isn't documented!!! Another reason to stop all censorship.
> If they willingly choose to ignore it and allow their target child to live with them, they cant with any seriousness expect not to have drive-by shootings at their house which could very well kill them, being innocent bystanders.
While I am a very cold-hearted conservative (and I'm not trying to be funny, I really am cold-hearted), I don't think that's very accurate. Most kids in gangs are in gangs without their parents' knowledge. It still may be bad parenting that led the kids to gangs, but it's not a rule.
My parents, while not horribly strict themselves, brought me up with very strict morals. I have no idea where most of those morals went, but it sure as hell wasn't into my head. My point is, that if a street gang was around my neighborhood as a kid I would have joined it, regardless of my parents' good or bad upbringing.
Of course, most here are smart enough to realize that anecdotal evidence is not evidence at all, but just one case. For instance, I am also psychotically insane (okay, you can laugh at this one, but just a little), while most others are not.
> (Hmm .. "Hope for Africa" .. nice sentiment, but terribly naive.. :/ .
Hey, at least it's positive, if not totally worthless -- Educate women how not to get AIDS? STOP FUCKING LIKE ANIMALS!!! That'll be $25,000, please. (yes, I know humans are animals)
The important thing to keep in mind when looking at this site is that most of the people suggesting the ideas are incredibly stupid:
1. University Yearbook Dvd
Doesn't cost 25 grand, you could easily do it for under $2000 plus a lot of time plus the cost of blank DVDs (obviously depends on size of school)
2. By Divers For Divers
Well, I'm not a diver and don't know the hard times the poor divers must go through, so I can't insult this one more than I already have.
3. Blue light jazz club -- nothing wrong with that.
4. Gasless Car
It'll cost significantly more then $25,000 to convert the entire US Highway system to maglev. Thanks for playing
5. Hope For Africa
See above -- naive
6. Sunscreen Shampoo/Conditioner
Someone doesn't know that you're supposed to wash the shampoo out of your hair. Big fucking "duh" right there.
7. Programable Dvd Recording
This already exists, as most know
8. Get Seattle's Coffee Shops Wifi'ed
Obviously, a necessary step in human evolution, but it'll cost a hell of a lot more than $25K, although I could be wrong: I've never been to Seattle.
9. Slum Lord
The real answer.
10. Sports Franchise For Women
Okay, I can't say too much about this one while maintaining a clear conscience, but it's not the most original idea.
But I digress..
> "highly-educated liberals".
Hey, that's an oxymoron!
Yes, it's flamebait, I'll punch any man in the nose who says otherwise, buddy! *sigh* at least I didn't post it AC to protect me from the karma beating...
> What's the difference between a moon and a lump of rock?
What's the difference between a planet and a lump of rock? Nothing except scale. Take into account Pluto & the Kiuper belt. There are rocks bigger than Pluto orbiting the Sun but aren't classified as planets. It's only because humans have a tendency (arguably, a "need") to classify everything that we argue about if something is a planet, moon, rock, whatnot. They're all rocks (some of them very large rocks, mind you), regardless of size or what it is orbiting.
Aha, I knew those books on Zen would come in handy... The planet does not really exist.
if the discs are designed such that they can't be ripped, they'll screw over MegaMix along with other ripping apps and hence screw radio stations.
Does the RIAA make any software or (more likely) endorse/support any company that does? They could put out their own MegaMix-ish system and gain (more) monopoly control (If any other software org tries to make their own that gets past DRM they'd get slapped w/ DMCA (IANAL of course)).
Radio Stations don't fight back because they would be put out of business. Plus there is no incentive for them to do that.
Hey, that's flamebait, let's eat!!!!
$12m to the republicans or $20m to the democrats... Being "correct" comes at a cost.
> Take for example the current thread. Use Google and try and find the *original* reference to the 'Second Superpower'.
Since this has come up, most people searching for the phrase "Second Superpower" will be looking for the "new definition." Therefore, Google is working perfectly. Just because it doesn't return exactly what you want doesn't mean it's not working, it just means you don't know well enough what you are looking for. Google is a tool, not an index of all possible thoughts.
> Instead, they pay a central collection organization based on how many times they play each song.
/.ers hate because of the corruption and obsolescence?
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that organization the RIAA? Who most
> ...the fact that one everything in the universe
I'm assuming you meant "not" everything... Isn't it interesting that our brains are so amazingly advanced and "perfect," but errors like the one (that I believe) you made are so common. You knew exactly what you meant, but your fingers pressed different keys. Muscle memory and other things really make me wonder if our brains are the processing unit of our body or simply the power supply? Yes, that shows my complete ignorance of anatomy, what of it?
> If you say Linux or MacOS, you lose.
You said both, you lose twice.
Seriously, that's like saying "iPlanet is undeniably the best web server around. If you say IIS or Apache you're a blathering idiot."
> Mysql is pretty sweet for the low end but chokes all over itself once you start putting it under even moderate write load.
I will acknowledge my considerable lack of understanding with respect to databases, but doesn't slashdot use MySQL? Isn't that a moderate load? I know it's no Terraserver, but it's still pretty active.
No, that one's real. And even if it was Bozoshopped it's alright to misrepresent a photo, as long as the subject is a naughty person. Like pix of Saddam & Ghengis Khan "Freedom" kissing are allowable, since they are both "bad people" and/or dead.
> It does look more like the guy is pointing his gun at the man carrying the child in the doctored photo
What, are you blind? (-.5, flamebait)
The soldier looks more like he's pointing the gun at them in the part that was left out... Look at the one on the right -- the barrel is turned towards them, but the one on the left and the final image, it is almost perpendicular to the camera view.
I don't see how anyone could honestly claim that it looks like he's pointing a weapon at that guy & his kid. Now, the people on the right side of the photo (sitting) look like they could get mowed down at any second...
IANAL (No shit :) and I don't agree with this, but I am pretty sure the MPAA objects to the software existing at all. If you were to include it, even just for playback, the CSS key (or whatever) that was "stolen" is still part of the software, and therefore the MPAA would be on you like...
...stripes on a zebra ...flies on shit ...bliknik on an Arsevalt (haha, that's a good one) ...Scott Weiland on Heroin ...Micheal Jackson on a 10-year old boy
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6. ?
7. Profit? Hey, wait a sec...
> > Funny, I thought he was being tried in Norway... ...Which brings me to my next point... Hippocracy (Is that spelled correctly?).
> Tsk, you can't let little details like that get in the way of a good US bashing rant.
Supposedly the U.S. is so horrible about taking away our civil rights, and the same people who complain about that complain when the U.S. tries to restore the civil rights of people under tyrranical leadership.
My point is that people who want to complain, will, no matter what. Even if it doesn't make sense. But I guess that's why we have politicians...
(-1, Offtopic) So what.
That was the first thing I saw when I went to the link, and so I thought the same thing. So who the heck moderated it as funny? Insightful is the closest thing I can come up with, other than "observant," which most others her aren't. Hell, they don't even read the article.
> To be waterproof would imply that no amount of water pressure could enter the watch.
Then I would contend that no watch is waterproof, since I doubt they would be too useful after being in the depths of the ocean. I doubt it is "no amount" just some threshhold that will very rarely be reached. Not that this has any bearing on the conversation...
> The Watch can synchronize with MS Outlook
Wow, so you can read your email -- that you already read -- on the miniscule display of a watch. Just what I always wanted.
Yes, and he needs mules of war along the coast for it.
That brings up a question I had... If you buy a blazing-fast CPU and underclock it sufficiently (say by 25%) would you be able to ditch the heat sink, or at least the fan for a real quiet CPU?