Does this relaxed attitude extend to the journalist who spent the last 15 or so year proving that the government and the royal family ruined his career just because he said that they were going to lose the Indonesian war of independence?
Does this mean that now we have no more Nazi memorabilia on Yahoo! that suddenly all racial hatred will cease? Somehow I don't think so.
So, if I sell a flag, that's fine. But if I sell a flag with a swastika on it, then that's not fine. What if the swastika in question is not a Nazi swastika but rather an asian good luck symbol?
Perhaps governments like the French should spend a bit more time educating their own population to tolerate their fellow humans, so that Nazi items are just historical curiosities, rather than tools of mass destruction.
I think people are spending too much time finding a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. It's like saying a knife is only harmful if it has an SS logo on it.
And so did just about everyone else who read the comment. It's just that everyone else (apart from the AC who said the same thing) probably knew that I knew.
As to you comments about my second point, I think that if the first point is adequately addressed, then machines not punching cards correctly will not be the issue.
Get people to make an X in a box with a provided pencil, and then use those machines they use for marking multiple choice examinations which detect the lead on the paper.
As for your being fired up about my 'if you're too stupid to...' comment, think about it.
Once every 4 or 5 years, people are required to make a mark on a piece of paper in a position which indicates their support for a chosen candidate.
Do you really believe that if someone cannot get this right then they are going to know if their vote is counted, let alone care?
The president of the United States is a federal election, so why can't the federal government specify how it is carried out. The must be some pretty warped egos in the states themselves to want to make an issue out of something as simple as this.
OK, I can't represent a completely British point of view here (not having had time to personally consult with all 60 million+ Brits), but amongst my friends there are two very basic faults with the voting system:
1. Americans don't know how to make ballot sheets.
Surely every state should have the same design for ballot sheets, and they should be boring and completely free from any attempts at design. A simple table which contains a cell for the candidates name, and a cell next to it for the vote is all that is needed, nothing more, nothing less.
2. Americans don't know how to count votes.
In Britain you have to put an X inside the box next to the the candidates name. If the X even touches the box, then that vote is declared spoiled, and the ballot slip is thrown away. If something other than an X is used, then the ballot is spoiled and the ballot slip is thrown away. That may seem harsh, but the rules are clearly laid out for everyone to see, and they are uniform across the whole country. The reasoning behind it is that if you are too stupid to follow the instructions, then you are too stupid to have your vote count. The idea of a judge being allowed to change a vote because the voter intended to vote for someone else is ludicrous. If there is more than one vote on the ballot slip, then it is spolied, end of story, and one stupid voter has lost the chance to have their say.
That's all that was needed to make this whole election an open and shut case; simple ballot papers, and simple rules.
So what! People make bad decisions every day of their lives. I for one don't want to hand hold anybody. Hell, if someone wants to start paying for software, then perhaps there's money to be made out of it;-)
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Didn't Salon originally run this idea as a cartoon?
...but it had to be texans, didn't it?
A commercial company like Microsoft wouldn't do this because they have the financial responsibility of selling their goods.
I take it you have never bothered actually using any of Microsofts products.
Don't they have one in London. I thought the Docklands Light Railway was a maglev.
Does this relaxed attitude extend to the journalist who spent the last 15 or so year proving that the government and the royal family ruined his career just because he said that they were going to lose the Indonesian war of independence?
Does this mean that now we have no more Nazi memorabilia on Yahoo! that suddenly all racial hatred will cease? Somehow I don't think so.
So, if I sell a flag, that's fine. But if I sell a flag with a swastika on it, then that's not fine. What if the swastika in question is not a Nazi swastika but rather an asian good luck symbol?
Perhaps governments like the French should spend a bit more time educating their own population to tolerate their fellow humans, so that Nazi items are just historical curiosities, rather than tools of mass destruction.
I think people are spending too much time finding a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. It's like saying a knife is only harmful if it has an SS logo on it.
Is this some new definition of famous that nobody has ever heard of?
Not a bad idea for the moderation, and thanks for the support.
How the hell is the above comment flamebait? What kind of fuckwitted retard could even think that a harmless Star Trek joke could be flamebait?
Is that your head cold or mine?
I know!!!!
And so did just about everyone else who read the comment. It's just that everyone else (apart from the AC who said the same thing) probably knew that I knew.
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
They should save their money, because it won't be long before p'ner comes looking for the maker.
I just hope we have a good supply of bald Arab birds to hand.
As to you comments about my second point, I think that if the first point is adequately addressed, then machines not punching cards correctly will not be the issue.
Get people to make an X in a box with a provided pencil, and then use those machines they use for marking multiple choice examinations which detect the lead on the paper.
As for your being fired up about my 'if you're too stupid to...' comment, think about it.
Once every 4 or 5 years, people are required to make a mark on a piece of paper in a position which indicates their support for a chosen candidate.
Do you really believe that if someone cannot get this right then they are going to know if their vote is counted, let alone care?
Of course it can!
The president of the United States is a federal election, so why can't the federal government specify how it is carried out. The must be some pretty warped egos in the states themselves to want to make an issue out of something as simple as this.
OK, I can't represent a completely British point of view here (not having had time to personally consult with all 60 million+ Brits), but amongst my friends there are two very basic faults with the voting system:
1. Americans don't know how to make ballot sheets.
Surely every state should have the same design for ballot sheets, and they should be boring and completely free from any attempts at design. A simple table which contains a cell for the candidates name, and a cell next to it for the vote is all that is needed, nothing more, nothing less.
2. Americans don't know how to count votes.
In Britain you have to put an X inside the box next to the the candidates name. If the X even touches the box, then that vote is declared spoiled, and the ballot slip is thrown away. If something other than an X is used, then the ballot is spoiled and the ballot slip is thrown away. That may seem harsh, but the rules are clearly laid out for everyone to see, and they are uniform across the whole country. The reasoning behind it is that if you are too stupid to follow the instructions, then you are too stupid to have your vote count. The idea of a judge being allowed to change a vote because the voter intended to vote for someone else is ludicrous. If there is more than one vote on the ballot slip, then it is spolied, end of story, and one stupid voter has lost the chance to have their say.
That's all that was needed to make this whole election an open and shut case; simple ballot papers, and simple rules.
I said you were lazy for walking from Euston to the BM and not from 20km away. It's only a couple of minutes.
You'd get the bus from Euston. Why don't you walk you idle good for nothing?
We are tge greatest superpower!
Well, perhaps you should dedicate some of those superpowers to typing lessons.
From the site that used to bring you News For Nerds, we can soon expect the following:
"What's the most energy efficient washing machine?"
"How do I stop my meringues from flopping?"
"Which is car suffers the least in depreciation costs?"
"Who gives the most flexible mortgage?"
"Why is that man in the ski mask trying to break down my door?"
The pr0n industry will always try to beat these things because they exist purely to make money
And there was me thinking they were in it for the art.
Do you think anyone would buy it?
So what! People make bad decisions every day of their lives. I for one don't want to hand hold anybody. Hell, if someone wants to start paying for software, then perhaps there's money to be made out of it ;-)
if ('News for Nerds.' && 'Stuff that matters.')
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post_worthy = undef;
}
else
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post_worthy = 1;
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With a name like that, perhaps they are hoping to be bought out by a hardware company who will eventually end up being bought out by Sun.