1. Life: Can you survive without it? Yes.
2. Liberty: Does not having it limit your freedom of speech, right to bear arms, right to a fair and speedy trial, or other consitutional rights? No.
3. Pursuit of Happiness: Could you live a happy life without it? Yes.
It is not a right to be bestowed upon you, it is an opportunity afforded to you by others. As such, others may request compensation for it.
I'm getting sick of this new generation of entitlement.
Tristan Louis is an Internet veteran, having worked in the Internet industry since 1993. Throughout the years, Mr. Louis has been known as the founder of Internet.com, a co-founder of Earthweb's developer.com, the interim CTO for Boo.com, and has held many other roles at start-ups during the first dotcom boom.
But, he's an Internet veteran! He's set up over five and a half websites! They don't just let every Tom, Dick, and Harry set up a website these days.
Question. Does his laundry list of titles include "Social Media Entrepreneur"? Because then we'll know he's the real deal.
A 15% tax cut if you make $200,000 a year could net you $30,000!
I really, really hope you're joking. Because this is kind of idiotic math has no place in politics (except maybe Keynesian economics).
A 15% tax cut means "the amount you pay in taxes is reduced by 15%", not "you keep 15% more of your annual salary."
For instance, someone making $200,000 and getting taxed at 33% effective is paying about $66,000 in taxes a year. A 15% tax cut is "15% of $66,000", a bit under $10,000. Well, it's not that exact because of the progressive structure, but it's SURE as hell not $30,000 a year.
Sorry, my personal experience doesn't match your personal experience. I guess that makes me 100% wrong because everything you know is the absolute truth with no possibility for exception. I guess I must be lying about how my HTC Sensation only maintains a solid charging status with 1 out of my 5 MicroUSB chargers. I guess there must be a glitch in the Matrix or something because theoretically MicroUSB isn't supposed to have these problems, so it must work perfectly and I must be so full of shit!
Because the MicroUSB connectors are ridiculously flimsy and prone to failure by mechanical stress?
Seriously, they are. I've gone through a handful of MicroUSB phone chargers trying to find the one that fits just right in my Android phone with a MicroUSB charging port. Bump the phone ever so slightly and the battery stops charging. And before you say "get a new phone", it's happened before on other phones. It does this because MicroUSB is terribly designed and terribly built. Maybe Apple wanted something that would actually stand the test of time. I have an iPod and various iPod cables from 6 years ago that still make a perfect connection despite thousands of insertions.
It was a pretty lousy flashmob, badly choreographed, and not really that funny, but I wouldn't say anything went awry. TFS makes it sound like someone got clocked in the face by a startled bystander or knocked over a table full of expensive laptops.
I and many others can answer this question even though it was directed at the Woz. Though each man gains something a little different through Freemasonry, the answers all tend to run along the same lines.
First I will answer your question by asking you another. What purpose does being an Eagle Scout serve in your life and what do you enjoy most about it? No doubt your answer will probably include brotherhood, camaraderie, and most likely the instillation of basic principles of patriotism and honor. That's what I've heard from the handful of Eagle Scouts I've known throughout the years, and for the most part that is also my answer to you.
To put it plainly, Freemasons are men who have accepted that they are not perfect, and having accepted our imperfections, we set out to make ourselves better. Better leaders, better brothers, better men in general.
But Freemasonry does not "make" the man - the man is already made by the Grand Architect of the universe, the Supreme being in which all Freemasons must believe, generic though it may be. (Basically, as long as you believe in an intelligent force driving the creation and existence of the universe, you're golden.) The man, having already been made good, must make himself better. If the man is not good to start with, Freemasonry can be of no help to him. Through Freemasonry, good men become better, but bad men do not become good. Freemasonry gives good men the principles and tools to better themselves, and it is through the brotherhood and camaraderie of the Lodge that we refine ourselves with the moral support of our fraternal brothers.
That's the high-altitude view. Anything lower-level than that is really up to whoever you ask. As I said, everyone gets something different out of it, but the general principles tend to be the same. And finally, here's my last rant - though we are a fraternity with secrets, we are not a secret society! The secrets of our order are used solely to identify ourselves to other Freemasons - a secret handshake, pretty much. With the exception of our "authentication protocols" (to put a technical spin on it), the regular business of a Lodge is no different from a meeting at work or the classic car club down the street. If you want to know more about our order, all you need to do is ask!:)
Where in that ENTIRE fucking comment did I say anything about women being slutty? I do NOT appreciate you putting words in my mouth. I'm saying that rape, like other crimes, is a CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY. If a woman falls asleep naked spread-eagle in an alley, there's a greater chance that she will GET RAPED. It has nothing to do with being a "slut", which I did not even bring up ANYWHERE IN MY COMMENT. If you weren't such a fucking psycho white knight maybe you would be able to read and interpret things like a normal human being.
Do you understand that you are being an ignorant fucktard? Didn't think so.
It's so easy to bust down your door, run into your house, and grab your big-screen TV, so why don't you just leave your door unlocked so I can walk right in?
Also, since it's so easy to smash your car's windows, hotwire it, and drive away, why don't you just leave your car unlocked and set your keys in the cupholder?
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's general student wireless network (UNL-AIR) is wide open and unencrypted. The only form of security in place is a MAC access list. I'm pretty sure somebody wardriving around the campus (or "warsitting" in the middle of the damn student union) could collect all sorts of yummy private data from that network each and every day.
So, will the University be getting a letter from the Lancaster sheriff? Probably not. Should they change it anyway? Hell yes.
If you were to equate this article to trying to prevent rape, then the equivalent action by the police would be to tell women not to fall asleep naked spread-eagle in a dark alley. To some people, that's a "duh" thing, but to some less-street-smart people it's quite a notion. THAT'S the basic premise here. Make it harder for a criminal to do their job and you decrease the chance that a crime will happen.
The situation is a win-win for the Obama administration, who can now appear to be punishing the man whose film sparked protests and riots around the world.
This is outrageously ridiculous. Why would it be a "win-win" for the Obama administration to appear to be punishing someone for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech?
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I suggest investing all your money in BOOBs. I hear they're great investment opportunities.
In any case, the worst ROI you could expect is -50%.
Is it really not that obvious?
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Ask someone what stops them from going back to school to further their education and you'll get at least one of two responses:
1. Time
2. Money
Spending an hour or two studying at home in the evening is a lot more accessible to most regular working people than driving to their local community college and blowing their whole evening there. Money is also an issue, as taking the course in-person guarantees that you A) have to pay for it, and B) need to drive there which comes with its own costs.
Free MOOCs take care of 1) and 2) simultaneously, so all things considered, is it really that shocking that they're becoming more popular and in-demand?
Also,
'Has technology at last advanced to the point where the revolutionary promise of distance learning can be fulfilled?'"
Really? Is this an article from the 1980's? Distance learning technology has been sufficiently advanced and accessible for at least 10 years. Just because you don't have anatomically-correct personal telepresence devices in each classroom taking the place of human bodies doesn't mean distance learning technology isn't "advanced" enough. Web-based educational technology is pretty well-developed by now, and in most cases gives you the exact same amount of human interaction as you'd get today with most on-site college classes. By that I mean, if you have a question after you've listened to the professor drone on for an hour with no classroom interaction, you need to send him an email and wait for a response. At that point, the people in the classroom might as well have just stayed home and watched a video lecture in their underpants.
7-digit UID. Response prepared and posted as soon as the story went live. Makes accusations and forms conclusions not supported by the summary or article. This is very, very suspicious.
We've seen Microsoft astroturfers plenty of times before... maybe now we're witnessing history with the first EFF astroturfer?
Did you read the first two sentences of the summary? It says exactly that - Tesla plans on offering free charging. If you are travelling in the area where those free charging stations exist, then you get free fuel for your electric car.
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I would feign surprise and outrage but this isn't the first same-page dupe I've seen on Slashdot. This site must be edited by goldfish. *golf clap*
1. Life: Can you survive without it? Yes.
2. Liberty: Does not having it limit your freedom of speech, right to bear arms, right to a fair and speedy trial, or other consitutional rights? No.
3. Pursuit of Happiness: Could you live a happy life without it? Yes.
It is not a right to be bestowed upon you, it is an opportunity afforded to you by others. As such, others may request compensation for it.
I'm getting sick of this new generation of entitlement.
Tristan Louis is an Internet veteran, having worked in the Internet industry since 1993. Throughout the years, Mr. Louis has been known as the founder of Internet.com, a co-founder of Earthweb's developer.com, the interim CTO for Boo.com, and has held many other roles at start-ups during the first dotcom boom.
But, he's an Internet veteran! He's set up over five and a half websites! They don't just let every Tom, Dick, and Harry set up a website these days.
Question. Does his laundry list of titles include "Social Media Entrepreneur"? Because then we'll know he's the real deal.
A 15% tax cut if you make $200,000 a year could net you $30,000!
I really, really hope you're joking. Because this is kind of idiotic math has no place in politics (except maybe Keynesian economics). A 15% tax cut means "the amount you pay in taxes is reduced by 15%", not "you keep 15% more of your annual salary." For instance, someone making $200,000 and getting taxed at 33% effective is paying about $66,000 in taxes a year. A 15% tax cut is "15% of $66,000", a bit under $10,000. Well, it's not that exact because of the progressive structure, but it's SURE as hell not $30,000 a year.
Sorry, my personal experience doesn't match your personal experience. I guess that makes me 100% wrong because everything you know is the absolute truth with no possibility for exception. I guess I must be lying about how my HTC Sensation only maintains a solid charging status with 1 out of my 5 MicroUSB chargers. I guess there must be a glitch in the Matrix or something because theoretically MicroUSB isn't supposed to have these problems, so it must work perfectly and I must be so full of shit!
"Your" an idiot. Go play in traffic.
Because the MicroUSB connectors are ridiculously flimsy and prone to failure by mechanical stress?
Seriously, they are. I've gone through a handful of MicroUSB phone chargers trying to find the one that fits just right in my Android phone with a MicroUSB charging port. Bump the phone ever so slightly and the battery stops charging. And before you say "get a new phone", it's happened before on other phones. It does this because MicroUSB is terribly designed and terribly built. Maybe Apple wanted something that would actually stand the test of time. I have an iPod and various iPod cables from 6 years ago that still make a perfect connection despite thousands of insertions.
It was a pretty lousy flashmob, badly choreographed, and not really that funny, but I wouldn't say anything went awry. TFS makes it sound like someone got clocked in the face by a startled bystander or knocked over a table full of expensive laptops.
The main difference there is most likely "Cisco value" and "Street value".
I believe this "purple fuckin haze reduction" you speak of exists in the form of "White Balance".
You'll already have been crippled by the Secret Service investigation.
I'm guessing you have no clue how legal liability works in a business environment.
I believe you mean "hipstr". Oooh! I'm gonna go register that domain right now.
I and many others can answer this question even though it was directed at the Woz. Though each man gains something a little different through Freemasonry, the answers all tend to run along the same lines.
:)
First I will answer your question by asking you another. What purpose does being an Eagle Scout serve in your life and what do you enjoy most about it? No doubt your answer will probably include brotherhood, camaraderie, and most likely the instillation of basic principles of patriotism and honor. That's what I've heard from the handful of Eagle Scouts I've known throughout the years, and for the most part that is also my answer to you.
To put it plainly, Freemasons are men who have accepted that they are not perfect, and having accepted our imperfections, we set out to make ourselves better. Better leaders, better brothers, better men in general.
But Freemasonry does not "make" the man - the man is already made by the Grand Architect of the universe, the Supreme being in which all Freemasons must believe, generic though it may be. (Basically, as long as you believe in an intelligent force driving the creation and existence of the universe, you're golden.) The man, having already been made good, must make himself better. If the man is not good to start with, Freemasonry can be of no help to him. Through Freemasonry, good men become better, but bad men do not become good. Freemasonry gives good men the principles and tools to better themselves, and it is through the brotherhood and camaraderie of the Lodge that we refine ourselves with the moral support of our fraternal brothers.
That's the high-altitude view. Anything lower-level than that is really up to whoever you ask. As I said, everyone gets something different out of it, but the general principles tend to be the same. And finally, here's my last rant - though we are a fraternity with secrets, we are not a secret society! The secrets of our order are used solely to identify ourselves to other Freemasons - a secret handshake, pretty much. With the exception of our "authentication protocols" (to put a technical spin on it), the regular business of a Lodge is no different from a meeting at work or the classic car club down the street. If you want to know more about our order, all you need to do is ask!
n/t
Where in that ENTIRE fucking comment did I say anything about women being slutty? I do NOT appreciate you putting words in my mouth. I'm saying that rape, like other crimes, is a CRIME OF OPPORTUNITY. If a woman falls asleep naked spread-eagle in an alley, there's a greater chance that she will GET RAPED. It has nothing to do with being a "slut", which I did not even bring up ANYWHERE IN MY COMMENT. If you weren't such a fucking psycho white knight maybe you would be able to read and interpret things like a normal human being.
Do you understand that you are being an ignorant fucktard? Didn't think so.
It's so easy to bust down your door, run into your house, and grab your big-screen TV, so why don't you just leave your door unlocked so I can walk right in?
Also, since it's so easy to smash your car's windows, hotwire it, and drive away, why don't you just leave your car unlocked and set your keys in the cupholder?
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's general student wireless network (UNL-AIR) is wide open and unencrypted. The only form of security in place is a MAC access list. I'm pretty sure somebody wardriving around the campus (or "warsitting" in the middle of the damn student union) could collect all sorts of yummy private data from that network each and every day.
So, will the University be getting a letter from the Lancaster sheriff? Probably not. Should they change it anyway? Hell yes.
If you were to equate this article to trying to prevent rape, then the equivalent action by the police would be to tell women not to fall asleep naked spread-eagle in a dark alley. To some people, that's a "duh" thing, but to some less-street-smart people it's quite a notion. THAT'S the basic premise here. Make it harder for a criminal to do their job and you decrease the chance that a crime will happen.
P.S. Yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theater is moreso covered under "False Statement of Fact" than anything else, so your comparison is invalid.
freedom of speech has always been limited by the exception of speech intended to solely cause harm or public backlash
No, as long as the movie did not call for immediate lawless or violent action, it does not satisfy the definition of "Incitement" under the First Amendment. Therefore, it is still protected speech. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions#Incitement
The situation is a win-win for the Obama administration, who can now appear to be punishing the man whose film sparked protests and riots around the world.
This is outrageously ridiculous. Why would it be a "win-win" for the Obama administration to appear to be punishing someone for exercising his First Amendment right to free speech?
I suggest investing all your money in BOOBs. I hear they're great investment opportunities.
In any case, the worst ROI you could expect is -50%.
1. Time
2. Money
Spending an hour or two studying at home in the evening is a lot more accessible to most regular working people than driving to their local community college and blowing their whole evening there. Money is also an issue, as taking the course in-person guarantees that you A) have to pay for it, and B) need to drive there which comes with its own costs.
Free MOOCs take care of 1) and 2) simultaneously, so all things considered, is it really that shocking that they're becoming more popular and in-demand?
Also,
'Has technology at last advanced to the point where the revolutionary promise of distance learning can be fulfilled?'"
Really? Is this an article from the 1980's? Distance learning technology has been sufficiently advanced and accessible for at least 10 years. Just because you don't have anatomically-correct personal telepresence devices in each classroom taking the place of human bodies doesn't mean distance learning technology isn't "advanced" enough. Web-based educational technology is pretty well-developed by now, and in most cases gives you the exact same amount of human interaction as you'd get today with most on-site college classes. By that I mean, if you have a question after you've listened to the professor drone on for an hour with no classroom interaction, you need to send him an email and wait for a response. At that point, the people in the classroom might as well have just stayed home and watched a video lecture in their underpants.
7-digit UID. Response prepared and posted as soon as the story went live. Makes accusations and forms conclusions not supported by the summary or article. This is very, very suspicious.
We've seen Microsoft astroturfers plenty of times before... maybe now we're witnessing history with the first EFF astroturfer?
Logic and reason? On MY Slashdot? You forget yourself, good sir!
But seriously. Mod parent up. You seem to be a very wise and reasonable person and I respect you for your down-to-earth attitude and ideals.
Did you read the first two sentences of the summary? It says exactly that - Tesla plans on offering free charging. If you are travelling in the area where those free charging stations exist, then you get free fuel for your electric car.