at least not without the help of a Republican president.
Who is it that's sitting in the White House, pushing for an internet kill switch and is already taking control of domains suspected of activities related to possible copyright infringement?
I'm sorry...all this bitching about Republicans and the Patriot Act...which was written and passed by Democrats?
According to http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/l/bl_party_division_2.htm In 2001 the Rs had a 221 vote lead in the House, and the Ds had a 1 vote lead in the Senate, but only after June, when Jeffords (R-VT) switched to independent. You can hardly say the act was "passed by Democrats". Even so, the point is moot - both Ds and Rs were co-sponsors, and a spectrum from Bob Barr to Patrick Leahy supported it.
I think you are drawing the wrong conclusion from the study. They did not intend to show that Stanford graduates are sociopaths. That is an interesting alternative interpretation however and one that merits future study. Given the number of repeat Stanford-esque experiments at other institutions, it should be easy to perform a meta-analysis and find out which university is attracting/creating future supervillains most efficiently.
Yale. Seriously, take a look at their honored alumni some time.
With all the plastics we're dumping in the sea, it probably won't take long for species to adapt
For varying definitions of "long"... I'm not sure I expect human civilization to last as long as it would take for fish to start eating ziplocs and condoms. I suppose some of the oil-eating bacteria could evolve and infest a host stomach. I'm no biologist, but it doesn't seem likely.
Isn't that the kind of thinking that resulted in this study? Maybe some of us are mental health experts, but even a layman can see that compulsive behavior will find an outlet irrespective of any particular activity.
It's always easy to pin old problems on new technology or culture. Mental illness frightens people and, at least here in the US, "mental health" is synonymous with "weakness" in many people's eyes. If this many people were walking around with untreated broken arms hanging out all bloody, there would be a huge outcry.
Only if you are an M looking to penetrate or be penetrated by another M. Otherwise, I would question how superior it really is. (Not that there's anything wrong with that)
Sounds like you need a little light reading. I chose Phoenix because I love the name, try any city you prefer. I think there's an adult disclaimer click through in the link.
...their main complaint was its a 'boy game' full or army stuff and soldiers and held nothing of interest to girls. exclusively targeting males players the only female characters were guys in e-drag.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force when I read this, as if millions of feminists cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
The first thing I did when Cata rolled out was to check out all the new early content. Not only did they make ALL of the old content more interesting with mechanics and quest hub streamlining, they took all of the "stories" of each zone and updated them. If you've leveled more than a couple of times, you know the quest chains, the reason you're killing harpies or moonkin or panthers, and so on.
To see all those little stories moved forward in time was very cool. They did this for almost every single quest I undertook. The scope of the updates is beyond impressive.
Between streamlined questing and the addition of MANY flight paths (usually 2-3 new paths per zone per faction), leveling takes almost no time at all. Add to that the XP bonus heirlooms and the guild XP bonus reward and... well, I found myself sorry I couldn't see more of the zones it went by so fast.
I had fun grinding Shattered Galaxy but not enough fun to pay
SG was amazingly fun. I was in one of the big regiments (guilds) back then. I had almost quit when I got into EHJ, but it was a blast with a community. It isn't a "solo" MMO.
Interesting note about SG in the context of the thread: there was no "max level" in the truest sense. There was a level limit, yes, but you could choose to refresh your character to level 1 periodically. Every time you did, you had additional stat points when you reach the level limit again. And there were, what, 3 layers of leveling, too. SG had no endgame, it was a pvp strategic squad MMO, and it was very different from WoW (no quests, player-driven politics and events, changing ownership of provinces).
Of course, it was not massively successful, but it's an excellent example of how a game can be radically different from the WoW model.
This one could be a big problem. The TSA/airport could easily be sued by someone with a severe allergy to dogs. What ever happened to those bomb-sniffing bees?
I'd rather have a monolithic cement dome home, which wouldn't be practical to rotate.
I'd also rather spend those millions of dollars to help more than 44 million Americans below the poverty line, many of whom don't have domes, homes, apartments or boxes of their own.
But a nice rotating view does sound pretty cool. And anyway, if the impoverished really want "food" and "shelter", maybe they should pitch in and build some rotating homes. That's where the real money is.
I don't know what you would expect with this kind of fluff all over the front page. This site is just putting more regular mainstream crap to expand its audience. A simple news aggregator is all we have here now with the same stories like all the other ones have. Ahhh, the love of money
With ad blocking, and judicious cookie blocking, it's not really a problem. Slashdot constantly has stories I never see on network TV, so I forgive the occasional symbolic sacrifice to our oligarchic overlords. I mean, we all need good crops and a productive hunting season.
Thank god they got to keep those juicy tax breaks. Think of all the rotating wooden house builders and the hard-working people in the jet balcony industry. And the children.
Slashdot Mirror
at least not without the help of a Republican president.
Who is it that's sitting in the White House, pushing for an internet kill switch and is already taking control of domains suspected of activities related to possible copyright infringement?
Kabletown.
And in other news, Google decides to disconnect the MPAA from the internet.
A far more possible scenario - unless the MPAA are that far in bed with DHS.
I don't know about 'in bed', but they're certainly in the same room at the orgy party.
I'm sorry...all this bitching about Republicans and the Patriot Act...which was written and passed by Democrats?
According to http://uspolitics.about.com/od/usgovernment/l/bl_party_division_2.htm In 2001 the Rs had a 221 vote lead in the House, and the Ds had a 1 vote lead in the Senate, but only after June, when Jeffords (R-VT) switched to independent. You can hardly say the act was "passed by Democrats". Even so, the point is moot - both Ds and Rs were co-sponsors, and a spectrum from Bob Barr to Patrick Leahy supported it.
I think you are drawing the wrong conclusion from the study. They did not intend to show that Stanford graduates are sociopaths. That is an interesting alternative interpretation however and one that merits future study. Given the number of repeat Stanford-esque experiments at other institutions, it should be easy to perform a meta-analysis and find out which university is attracting/creating future supervillains most efficiently.
Yale. Seriously, take a look at their honored alumni some time.
Also, I think it's where Lex Luthor went.
This reminds me of these two pieces of wisdom:
Never attribute to malice what can as easily be explained by incompetence,
and
Sufficient levels of incompetence are indistinguishable from malice.
It doesn't really matter whether operators are incompetent or malicious. It all ends up coming out of your wallet anyway.
Do Androids Dream of Electric DEET?
With all the plastics we're dumping in the sea, it probably won't take long for species to adapt
For varying definitions of "long"... I'm not sure I expect human civilization to last as long as it would take for fish to start eating ziplocs and condoms. I suppose some of the oil-eating bacteria could evolve and infest a host stomach. I'm no biologist, but it doesn't seem likely.
You believe what you want to believe.
Isn't that the kind of thinking that resulted in this study? Maybe some of us are mental health experts, but even a layman can see that compulsive behavior will find an outlet irrespective of any particular activity.
It's always easy to pin old problems on new technology or culture. Mental illness frightens people and, at least here in the US, "mental health" is synonymous with "weakness" in many people's eyes. If this many people were walking around with untreated broken arms hanging out all bloody, there would be a huge outcry.
aluminium
Here's my counter-citation.
"In 1807, Davy proposed the name aluminium for the metal, undiscovered at that time, and later agreed to change it to aluminum."
>I must be living in SciFi 401 then, because what I have is FAR superior to these.
Authorization needed.
Wait what? I know a lot of teens who are on facebook, and who's parents are on facebook... and... the teens don't mind using facebook...
It's whose, you reprobate!
Sorry. It's my CDO acting up. Sorta like OCD, but it's alphabetical - as it should be.
Only if you are an M looking to penetrate or be penetrated by another M. Otherwise, I would question how superior it really is. (Not that there's anything wrong with that)
Sounds like you need a little light reading. I chose Phoenix because I love the name, try any city you prefer. I think there's an adult disclaimer click through in the link.
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/w4m/
There will always be a need for anonymous sex. Facebook is... nonymous.
Sometimes those hackneyed lines are indeed contextually fitting. :)
That's what she said.
What would be the percentage of "Facebook penetration" amongst the /. users ?
If it's penetration you're after, Craigslist is far superior.
Penetration? Not since they stopped the "Adult" services section.
You are just adorable.
God I cant wait to see their offspring. Im thinking more Slitheen than The Rani
Maybe, but I hope they don't have the christening on Raxacoricofallapatorius. The RSVP cards are too damn small.
...their main complaint was its a 'boy game' full or army stuff and soldiers and held nothing of interest to girls.
exclusively targeting males players
the only female characters were guys in e-drag.
I felt a great disturbance in the Force when I read this, as if millions of feminists cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
The first thing I did when Cata rolled out was to check out all the new early content. Not only did they make ALL of the old content more interesting with mechanics and quest hub streamlining, they took all of the "stories" of each zone and updated them. If you've leveled more than a couple of times, you know the quest chains, the reason you're killing harpies or moonkin or panthers, and so on.
To see all those little stories moved forward in time was very cool. They did this for almost every single quest I undertook. The scope of the updates is beyond impressive.
Between streamlined questing and the addition of MANY flight paths (usually 2-3 new paths per zone per faction), leveling takes almost no time at all. Add to that the XP bonus heirlooms and the guild XP bonus reward and... well, I found myself sorry I couldn't see more of the zones it went by so fast.
I had fun grinding Shattered Galaxy but not enough fun to pay
SG was amazingly fun. I was in one of the big regiments (guilds) back then. I had almost quit when I got into EHJ, but it was a blast with a community. It isn't a "solo" MMO.
Interesting note about SG in the context of the thread: there was no "max level" in the truest sense. There was a level limit, yes, but you could choose to refresh your character to level 1 periodically. Every time you did, you had additional stat points when you reach the level limit again. And there were, what, 3 layers of leveling, too. SG had no endgame, it was a pvp strategic squad MMO, and it was very different from WoW (no quests, player-driven politics and events, changing ownership of provinces).
Of course, it was not massively successful, but it's an excellent example of how a game can be radically different from the WoW model.
...those who are allergic...
This one could be a big problem. The TSA/airport could easily be sued by someone with a severe allergy to dogs. What ever happened to those bomb-sniffing bees?
Calm down. I know several people say "illegal" instead of "Violation of the Terms of Use and/or the End User License Agreement."
That is not reason to calm down, it's about the most frightening piece of news I've heard all day.
I'd rather have a monolithic cement dome home, which wouldn't be practical to rotate.
I'd also rather spend those millions of dollars to help more than 44 million Americans below the poverty line, many of whom don't have domes, homes, apartments or boxes of their own.
But a nice rotating view does sound pretty cool. And anyway, if the impoverished really want "food" and "shelter", maybe they should pitch in and build some rotating homes. That's where the real money is.
I don't know what you would expect with this kind of fluff all over the front page. This site is just putting more regular mainstream crap to expand its audience. A simple news aggregator is all we have here now with the same stories like all the other ones have. Ahhh, the love of money
With ad blocking, and judicious cookie blocking, it's not really a problem. Slashdot constantly has stories I never see on network TV, so I forgive the occasional symbolic sacrifice to our oligarchic overlords. I mean, we all need good crops and a productive hunting season.
Only the rich can afford poor quality
Thank god they got to keep those juicy tax breaks. Think of all the rotating wooden house builders and the hard-working people in the jet balcony industry. And the children.
God bless us, everyone.
No! Stop! Argh!
Exactly. I built a whole series of automated rails just so I could race back from spawn.
Ah yes, Geek-Sheik, the famous fashion movement characterised by pocket protectors and an impressive scholarship of Islam.
THANK you. Chic, GP. The word is chic.