Ummm yeah! But it's not so rare. It's called being a GUY.
It's going to be unpopular here but I'll say it. That woman is the manliest looking 15 year old female on god's good earth. She walks like a man, talks like a man, has muscles like a man, and the general countenance of a man.
People here are treating her case as if she were clearly a female and so are giving her a lot of leeway to be whatever gender she wants. But they are going to be crying foul play if she turns up a man and she is going to be cast a villain for it.
What a difference gender makes, right folks?
Own up to the gender favoritism, kids. When we think someone is a woman, we make psychological concessions, and any big bad man who suspects she might be male is unfair.
None of the crusaders for her cause to be any gender she desires is thinking of her competitors or of the general concept of fairness.
If she has such spectacular genetics, let her compete with the men.
You have to remember the higher ups are responsible for a lot and it's a risky job.
Where did this myth come from that you get to be a higher up if you can just take the risk? 99% are "higher ups" because of birth right. The other 1% are held out there as tokens of the philosophy "if only you work hard enough for us higher-ups, you can make it too".
Ask any poor guy with an inkling of sense and he'll gladly accept this "big bad risk" you speak of to make a truckload of money. I'd do it. Where is my executive position at Goldman Sachs?
Nope. They aren't handing those positions out to people just because they want to take risks. You need to *KNOW* somebody, or better yet, be related to somebody. Otherwise, they could just hit any casino in Vegas to fill their empty executive positions.
I'm not saying you can't make it in capitalist America if you try hard enough, but it sure does help if you choose your parents wisely. And the willingness to accept risk is not the reason people get to be higher ups.
So let me get this straight. The largest piracy case ever in the largest country in the world with the most piracy in the world included 4 people?
Yes. It's a shame. My heart really goes out to Microsoft on this one. I mean, the amount of disillusionment they must be feeling right now must be unbearable. All those years of fighting for justice and trying to make a good product and this is what they get? It's like a slap in the face. A real shame. It's like China doesn't give a rat's ass whether Microsoft turns a profit in their country or not, or any other American software company. I tell you what, I'm not going to buy Chinese products any more if they are going to treat American software producers like this. What a farce!
The date dude knew more about that stuff than I do. The last thing I understood was that part about running around in circles in halo. Actually, I get half way around before I run out of lives. I play with my nephews. I can tolerate the slaughter for about 2 minutes. Then I challenge them to some chess but they know they'll get "pawned" so they chicken out.
I know all you slavishly leftist Slashdotters of the current age think that Sarah Palin is a moron.
Don't confuse intelligence with slavish leftism. It's a common mistake, but you are not excused. Sarah Palin is dumber than her daughter Trig. She was the most damned idiotic VP pick in presidential history. She'd lose a spelling bee to Dan Quayle. She is the #1 reason I gave up on McCain. She ruined the republican ticket this time around.
What you need to do is to go get your bible and thank your lucky fucking stars and God himself that she will never be anywhere near the White House save for a global lead overdose and pandemic retardation.
I also suggest that you read up on the health care/insurance reform debate. I don't know if the Obama plan is the right one, but we are on a path right now to a ruinous situation if we stick with the status quo.
Consider this: I was among those who thought GW Bush was nuts when he asked for $700,000,000 USD from us taxpayers to sponge up toxic assets from insolvent banks. For all of the man's faults as a president (he had many), I think that his actions last October were the boldest and most presidential moves of his or perhaps any president's career--whether or not he proposed the best course of action. In the words of VP John Biden, in hindsight I don't doubt Bush's motives on that call, although as a fiscal conservative I had big big problems with it in principle.
So your challenge, as a soon-to-be enlightened fiscal conservative republican type, is to go research what the projected health care costs as a percent of the US GDP will be in ten years and ask yourself if something needs to be done. (You are allowed to find projections that were made during the Bush presidency if it makes you feel better--you'll get the same answer.)
Just as TARP was better than sitting around waiting for economic collapse, you might find that health care/insurance reform is not such a misguided idea when you see for yourself what otherwise awaits us on the horizon.
No. It is insightful because psychological diseases are not recognized in this country like other disabilities. If you look around any urban area, you'll notice that the vast majority of homeless are psychologically ill. This is not an accident. They are the unwanted and downcast of society. Proper treatment might make them productive members of society but they don't get proper treatment so they live wretched lives and still draw a lot of ill will to boot.
The combined experience of the Nordic countries for half a century now should stand as proof that, even if everything in life is provided for you, the vast, vast majority of people still go out and work for a living.
Anyone with a lot of karma willing to offer up a list of peoples with whom socialism might backfire?
Haruumpph! Only if Obama's death panels didn't decide to euthanise him first!!
You've been listening to Sarah Palin too much. You know her. She's the one that got kicked out of the Governor's office for being unethical.
You and Palin give conservatives a bad name. Is it ever going to be possible for people like you to use facts for persuasion rather than outright fabrications? You realize that the type of intellect you display is the one of the reasons we are in the worst economic shape since the Great Depression. You can start by explaining how the panel will make their euthanasia decisions. Please summarize the exact process of decision making that Obama has proposed in outline form.
You are talking to someone who aced quantum mechanics. The paper you link to does not talk about scales on the order of 10**(10**15). It is a think piece on quantum theory and offers nothing new except a vague promise at the end: "Future papers will attempt to provide the mathematical detail required to develop this exploratory analysis into a rigorous physical theory." So my question to you is how the hell does that paper, which is at best simply a rehash of quantum theory, address the issue of scale in a way relevant to our to the topic?
Would that really require calculations to 2.5 trillion significant figures? No, seriously, I'm curious. Would anything in the universe require that degree of precision?
No. Categorically not. To figure out why, divide the size/mass/number of particles/age/etc. of the universe by 10**(10**15) and you'll see why I say this. The number is useless by any stretch of reality. (Though I am not making any value judgments about the feat of actually calculating said number of digits.)
If it's a simple case of criminal assault why is the guy suing Comcast at all?
Because Comcast endangered the customer by sending out an unstable worker. If the story as the customer gives it is true, then I suspect Comcast has been negligent in their employee screening. You probably wouldn't ask your question if Comcast sent a rabid doberman pincer to the man's house--would you? Humans have a tremendous potential to be dangerous so the need is great to be careful with them. Plus, if the company isn't held responsible for the actions of the employees who represent them, it becomes a slippery slope. What is to stop Comcast from employing a team of bruisers that is sent to rough customers who demand good service?
The best thing is to treat the negligence that Comcast has showed a crime and come down hard on them with tough punitive damages. We take a punitive approach with private citizens so it makes sense to do it with corporations. Both need to exhibit responsibility for their actions, or are companies exempt in your mind?
I guess the victim first told the Verizon guy how bad his company was, in not too friendly words, and hen asked him for an ID.
The victim could have said his mom wears combat boots and it wouldn't excuse violence.
You don't subscribe to some sort of thug ethic do you, where brawling is the only honorable recourse and going to the authorities is somehow considered dishonorable? I knew guys like that when I used to work light industrial. They were total tick turds who didn't realize that some people go straight to the authorities under these circumstance to avoid the mayhem that would ensue if they did take it to the next level of violence themselves. There are some hard-core mo-fos out there that wouldn't otherwise draw the line at pugilism. The wisest let the cops handle things before they take justice into their own hands--or other implements.
Do you really want anarchy in the skies when you fly?
No. I mean, anarchy in the sky is the same as terrorism. Please save my war on terrorism. Also, I don't want junkies shooting up and smoking pot on airplanes so please save my war on drugs. And I don't want prisoners flying, so please keep my prisons. Oh god, do we need government to save my war on terrorism, my war on drugs, my prisons, and my police! It's the Conservative thing to do!
I hate it when Liberals talk about getting rid of the government I love so much!
What is it about the words -Criminal- and -Illegal- alien that is so hard for slashdotters to fathom.
It sounds like the sheriff must have broken a law here. But I don't see you, retiredtwice, saying that this sheriff, who has probably done something -Illegal-, should be charged and held as a prisoner until his trial. I'd say it's illegal to raid a law abiding office, to kidnap personnel (i.e. force them to act against their will), to torment law abiding, to commandeer property not your own, and to modify government computers without authorization. Why are you not up in arms about these illegal activities? I can tell you why: because it doesn't matter to *YOU* what crimes someone commits when *YOU* think that someone promotes *YOUR* own distorted ideological agenda. You need to take a look in the mirror. Your morals are corrupt, retiredtwice.
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Ummm yeah! But it's not so rare. It's called being a GUY.
It's going to be unpopular here but I'll say it. That woman is the manliest looking 15 year old female on god's good earth. She walks like a man, talks like a man, has muscles like a man, and the general countenance of a man.
People here are treating her case as if she were clearly a female and so are giving her a lot of leeway to be whatever gender she wants. But they are going to be crying foul play if she turns up a man and she is going to be cast a villain for it.
What a difference gender makes, right folks?
Own up to the gender favoritism, kids. When we think someone is a woman, we make psychological concessions, and any big bad man who suspects she might be male is unfair.
None of the crusaders for her cause to be any gender she desires is thinking of her competitors or of the general concept of fairness.
If she has such spectacular genetics, let her compete with the men.
You have to remember the higher ups are responsible for a lot and it's a risky job.
Where did this myth come from that you get to be a higher up if you can just take the risk? 99% are "higher ups" because of birth right. The other 1% are held out there as tokens of the philosophy "if only you work hard enough for us higher-ups, you can make it too".
Ask any poor guy with an inkling of sense and he'll gladly accept this "big bad risk" you speak of to make a truckload of money. I'd do it. Where is my executive position at Goldman Sachs?
Nope. They aren't handing those positions out to people just because they want to take risks. You need to *KNOW* somebody, or better yet, be related to somebody. Otherwise, they could just hit any casino in Vegas to fill their empty executive positions.
I'm not saying you can't make it in capitalist America if you try hard enough, but it sure does help if you choose your parents wisely. And the willingness to accept risk is not the reason people get to be higher ups.
Printed on the box it said "Made in USA"
They were talking about the box.
So let me get this straight. The largest piracy case ever in the largest country in the world with the most piracy in the world included 4 people?
Yes. It's a shame. My heart really goes out to Microsoft on this one. I mean, the amount of disillusionment they must be feeling right now must be unbearable. All those years of fighting for justice and trying to make a good product and this is what they get? It's like a slap in the face. A real shame. It's like China doesn't give a rat's ass whether Microsoft turns a profit in their country or not, or any other American software company. I tell you what, I'm not going to buy Chinese products any more if they are going to treat American software producers like this. What a farce!
Gotcha! Thanks for makin' my point.
And really classy move there, mocking the disabled.
Playing the hurt feelings card? Mkay. You win. All you libs are the same.
The date dude knew more about that stuff than I do. The last thing I understood was that part about running around in circles in halo. Actually, I get half way around before I run out of lives. I play with my nephews. I can tolerate the slaughter for about 2 minutes. Then I challenge them to some chess but they know they'll get "pawned" so they chicken out.
Erratum: $700,000,000,000 USD
I know all you slavishly leftist Slashdotters of the current age think that Sarah Palin is a moron.
Don't confuse intelligence with slavish leftism. It's a common mistake, but you are not excused. Sarah Palin is dumber than her daughter Trig. She was the most damned idiotic VP pick in presidential history. She'd lose a spelling bee to Dan Quayle. She is the #1 reason I gave up on McCain. She ruined the republican ticket this time around.
What you need to do is to go get your bible and thank your lucky fucking stars and God himself that she will never be anywhere near the White House save for a global lead overdose and pandemic retardation.
I also suggest that you read up on the health care/insurance reform debate. I don't know if the Obama plan is the right one, but we are on a path right now to a ruinous situation if we stick with the status quo.
Consider this: I was among those who thought GW Bush was nuts when he asked for $700,000,000 USD from us taxpayers to sponge up toxic assets from insolvent banks. For all of the man's faults as a president (he had many), I think that his actions last October were the boldest and most presidential moves of his or perhaps any president's career--whether or not he proposed the best course of action. In the words of VP John Biden, in hindsight I don't doubt Bush's motives on that call, although as a fiscal conservative I had big big problems with it in principle.
So your challenge, as a soon-to-be enlightened fiscal conservative republican type, is to go research what the projected health care costs as a percent of the US GDP will be in ten years and ask yourself if something needs to be done. (You are allowed to find projections that were made during the Bush presidency if it makes you feel better--you'll get the same answer.)
Just as TARP was better than sitting around waiting for economic collapse, you might find that health care/insurance reform is not such a misguided idea when you see for yourself what otherwise awaits us on the horizon.
After I read your other comments (after I posted), I expected a woosh from you. There is a such thing as being a little too dry, you know.
Wasn't that supposed to be +1 Funny?
No. It is insightful because psychological diseases are not recognized in this country like other disabilities. If you look around any urban area, you'll notice that the vast majority of homeless are psychologically ill. This is not an accident. They are the unwanted and downcast of society. Proper treatment might make them productive members of society but they don't get proper treatment so they live wretched lives and still draw a lot of ill will to boot.
The combined experience of the Nordic countries for half a century now should stand as proof that, even if everything in life is provided for you, the vast, vast majority of people still go out and work for a living.
Anyone with a lot of karma willing to offer up a list of peoples with whom socialism might backfire?
Haruumpph! Only if Obama's death panels didn't decide to euthanise him first!!
You've been listening to Sarah Palin too much. You know her. She's the one that got kicked out of the Governor's office for being unethical.
You and Palin give conservatives a bad name. Is it ever going to be possible for people like you to use facts for persuasion rather than outright fabrications? You realize that the type of intellect you display is the one of the reasons we are in the worst economic shape since the Great Depression. You can start by explaining how the panel will make their euthanasia decisions. Please summarize the exact process of decision making that Obama has proposed in outline form.
Oh, you can't? Ok. STFU then.
You are talking to someone who aced quantum mechanics. The paper you link to does not talk about scales on the order of 10**(10**15). It is a think piece on quantum theory and offers nothing new except a vague promise at the end: "Future papers will attempt to provide the mathematical detail required to develop this exploratory analysis into a rigorous physical theory." So my question to you is how the hell does that paper, which is at best simply a rehash of quantum theory, address the issue of scale in a way relevant to our to the topic?
In my state you are allowed to use physical force to remove a trespasser from your property.
In my state (of mind), I use a shovel to keep them on my property.
Would that really require calculations to 2.5 trillion significant figures? No, seriously, I'm curious. Would anything in the universe require that degree of precision?
No. Categorically not. To figure out why, divide the size/mass/number of particles/age/etc. of the universe by 10**(10**15) and you'll see why I say this. The number is useless by any stretch of reality. (Though I am not making any value judgments about the feat of actually calculating said number of digits.)
Easiest way:
dd count=1024 < /dev/random | md5sum | cut -c 1-32
If it's a simple case of criminal assault why is the guy suing Comcast at all?
Because Comcast endangered the customer by sending out an unstable worker. If the story as the customer gives it is true, then I suspect Comcast has been negligent in their employee screening. You probably wouldn't ask your question if Comcast sent a rabid doberman pincer to the man's house--would you? Humans have a tremendous potential to be dangerous so the need is great to be careful with them. Plus, if the company isn't held responsible for the actions of the employees who represent them, it becomes a slippery slope. What is to stop Comcast from employing a team of bruisers that is sent to rough customers who demand good service?
The best thing is to treat the negligence that Comcast has showed a crime and come down hard on them with tough punitive damages. We take a punitive approach with private citizens so it makes sense to do it with corporations. Both need to exhibit responsibility for their actions, or are companies exempt in your mind?
I guess the victim first told the Verizon guy how bad his company was, in not too friendly words, and hen asked him for an ID.
The victim could have said his mom wears combat boots and it wouldn't excuse violence.
You don't subscribe to some sort of thug ethic do you, where brawling is the only honorable recourse and going to the authorities is somehow considered dishonorable? I knew guys like that when I used to work light industrial. They were total tick turds who didn't realize that some people go straight to the authorities under these circumstance to avoid the mayhem that would ensue if they did take it to the next level of violence themselves. There are some hard-core mo-fos out there that wouldn't otherwise draw the line at pugilism. The wisest let the cops handle things before they take justice into their own hands--or other implements.
Do you really want anarchy in the skies when you fly?
No. I mean, anarchy in the sky is the same as terrorism. Please save my war on terrorism. Also, I don't want junkies shooting up and smoking pot on airplanes so please save my war on drugs. And I don't want prisoners flying, so please keep my prisons. Oh god, do we need government to save my war on terrorism, my war on drugs, my prisons, and my police! It's the Conservative thing to do!
I hate it when Liberals talk about getting rid of the government I love so much!
</CONSERVATIVE HYPOCRISY>
What is it about the words -Criminal- and -Illegal- alien that is so hard for slashdotters to fathom.
It sounds like the sheriff must have broken a law here. But I don't see you, retiredtwice, saying that this sheriff, who has probably done something -Illegal-, should be charged and held as a prisoner until his trial. I'd say it's illegal to raid a law abiding office, to kidnap personnel (i.e. force them to act against their will), to torment law abiding, to commandeer property not your own, and to modify government computers without authorization. Why are you not up in arms about these illegal activities? I can tell you why: because it doesn't matter to *YOU* what crimes someone commits when *YOU* think that someone promotes *YOUR* own distorted ideological agenda. You need to take a look in the mirror. Your morals are corrupt, retiredtwice.
You just marginalized yourself.
Here is an ordering for the classes most likely not to be used to depict "pure evil", according to parent's link:
Actually they made it a white male so they could be entertained by all the white males whining about it on /.
No, they didn't make it [insert your favorite underrepresented group here] so they wouldn't be harassed in every other forum on the net besides /.
You forgot the part about how the data will be used to determine whether you can vote.