"The people" do not exist. They are basically a big group of individuals who all have different opinions. A lot of these people align themselves with a certain political(or any other nature) group. By using "the people" you are implicitly denying that individuals exist and that different groups exist. That's why nobody is doing anything, you are counting on "the people" to do anything and they simple do not exist. Tough shit.
But regardless of that you can say anything you want. For example if I want to say how much Scientology suc[this post was modified by the Slashdot administration]
This is just in: "Future Computers Powered By Magic"
According to Mark Erlin of the University of Oxford future computers will be powered by magic. He thinks that we are now close on the threshold to what they call in technical terms "transphysical barrier to a multi-folded dimension" which is a complicated way to say "magic". "This is an amazing dicovery! This is probably the best thing since sliced bread!" says Erlin. "We have discovered this magic by studying very small transistors, no more than a few atoms large. We also found out that this magic works at room temperature, which was a complete suprise to us" says a very exited Erlin. "Who would have thought that we would come this far in computertechnology." Although the reactions from the scientific community are largely positive, sceptical elements have voiced their opinion. Mr Peter Oof from the organization of sceptical scientists Nurom indicated that these kind of thing are claimed on a regular basis. "How often have we heard about these kind of things? There is no magic bullet, just like there is no such thing as cold fusion". Erlin respons to the critisism with no worries. "Ofcourse people are sceptical, like all scientists should be. Yes, there is no such thing as cold fusion. But if you look at the testresults you can't have any other conclusion. If you don't believe me just try it yourself. And by the way, the magic bullet is planned to arrive in about 20 years. Together with you own flying car."
So what if the government has a monopoly? Where I live the railroads were once state-owned. The trains were on time and the price was fairly low. Then the privatising started and now the trains have become later and the tickets way more expensive.
Also, monopolies happen. See Microsoft, see internet connections in the US. And I rather have a person trying to do something but failing, then being squeezed by a big monopoly.
against unreasonable searches and seizures There, I bolded that word to how that the Fourth Amendment is pudding. It's worth jack-shit actually. Unreasonable can mean *anything*. And guess who decides what "unreasonable"? If you answered the Surpreme Court you need to take Reality 101 again. Nope, it's the White House and it's spindocters and feardocters. If they make you afraid enough, nobody will give a damn about searches and seizures. The wording of the Fourth Amendment is flawed and therefore unusable and open to exploit.
And if you mod this down, the terrorists will win.
You are still able to post this. W was democratically elected(blah blah blah 2000 Al Gore blah blah). The Surpreme Court is not doing it's job.
There is no dictatorship. W is doing what he wants and nobody really gives a shit. That's not his fault, it's the fault of the people that have the power to stop this kind of behavior.
W is not a dictator, you and the Surpreme Court are lazy bastards.
Lying is telling a falsehood as truth.
I am not entirely convinced of that. Some people see lying as telling a falsehood as truth. But others see lying as intentionally try to lie to a person even when telling the truth. It's all about intention. If you accidentally misinform someone, are you lying or are you simply mistaken?
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Where's the "next" button?
"The people" do not exist. They are basically a big group of individuals who all have different opinions. A lot of these people align themselves with a certain political(or any other nature) group. By using "the people" you are implicitly denying that individuals exist and that different groups exist. That's why nobody is doing anything, you are counting on "the people" to do anything and they simple do not exist. Tough shit.
In soviet Russia, bolts explode you!
No, they call it "the firewall to protect the children", I mean you can't be against a wall that protects the children, right?
Scrap an I in WWII and youa re all set for a non Godwin post ;)
-1, link doesn't work.
What?! You are using a terrorist tool like Tor?! You should be locked up and the key should be thrown away!
I'll start. Finish this:
"Never gonna give you up"...
And I want a flying car! Where's my flying car?
We need to test this if we go to the moon. Well that, or get mutant astronauts ;)
That, or they used MS Excel to do the calculations ;)
But regardless of that you can say anything you want. For example if I want to say how much Scientology suc[this post was modified by the Slashdot administration]
This is just in: "Future Computers Powered By Magic"
According to Mark Erlin of the University of Oxford future computers will be powered by magic. He thinks that we are now close on the threshold to what they call in technical terms "transphysical barrier to a multi-folded dimension" which is a complicated way to say "magic". "This is an amazing dicovery! This is probably the best thing since sliced bread!" says Erlin. "We have discovered this magic by studying very small transistors, no more than a few atoms large. We also found out that this magic works at room temperature, which was a complete suprise to us" says a very exited Erlin. "Who would have thought that we would come this far in computertechnology." Although the reactions from the scientific community are largely positive, sceptical elements have voiced their opinion. Mr Peter Oof from the organization of sceptical scientists Nurom indicated that these kind of thing are claimed on a regular basis. "How often have we heard about these kind of things? There is no magic bullet, just like there is no such thing as cold fusion". Erlin respons to the critisism with no worries. "Ofcourse people are sceptical, like all scientists should be. Yes, there is no such thing as cold fusion. But if you look at the testresults you can't have any other conclusion. If you don't believe me just try it yourself. And by the way, the magic bullet is planned to arrive in about 20 years. Together with you own flying car."
Modding post -1, itsatrap
Well, some people suggested "Horny Hedgehog" as the title of the new release so I think this is for the better. ;)
So what if the government has a monopoly? Where I live the railroads were once state-owned. The trains were on time and the price was fairly low. Then the privatising started and now the trains have become later and the tickets way more expensive.
Also, monopolies happen. See Microsoft, see internet connections in the US. And I rather have a person trying to do something but failing, then being squeezed by a big monopoly.
I'd rather trust a goverments incompentence than a company's greed. Thank god I live in a country where they don't charge tolls.
And if you mod this down, the terrorists will win.
You are still able to post this. W was democratically elected(blah blah blah 2000 Al Gore blah blah). The Surpreme Court is not doing it's job.
There is no dictatorship. W is doing what he wants and nobody really gives a shit. That's not his fault, it's the fault of the people that have the power to stop this kind of behavior.
W is not a dictator, you and the Surpreme Court are lazy bastards.
There.
I said it.
Now mod me down.
Lazy fuck.
See this link for the solution:
/. trying to describe it and a simple picture was the thing that helped me get it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Hall_problem#Solution
Look at the picture and be amazed.
Honestly, 100s of comments on
Why in the hell was this modded Insightful? N isn't a constant or a variable! Neither is P. It's about classes of problems.
The holes in DC might have to do something with the contents of the heads of the politicians.
Wow, my parent got a +1 Informative by saying he has mismoderated someone?
:(
Count me in.
Posting to undo moderation. Selected Insightful rather than Informative