That might explain part of PTSD. Soldiers learn to avoid "dangerous" situations which make sense in a occupation or combat context - a large area full of civilians with lots of cover for a potential attacker, for instance. They see people get killed because they weren't paying attention in a marketplace in the Middle East. Then, they get home to a what we could all call a vastly safer place but they still have their internal warning bells going off.
Sorry, I was unaware of this. I live in New Jersey and I rarely venture into NYC largely because NYC drivers - especially taxi drivers - are fucking insane. I've nearly been hit more than a few times and every time I cross the street in Manhattan I'm genuinely in fear for my life. I feel more comfortable walking around the projects that crossing a street in Manhattan. d:
Are you American? And are you claiming that freedom and citizens rights are an American invention?
Yes I'm American, and no I'm not claiming that we invented it. Sure, a lot of us over here are stupid, but I don't think there's very many of us (much less any that would be on Slashdot) who would be so incredibly lacking in mental faculties that they would claim that Americans actually invented the concept of freedom. d:
I'm mainly saying that we keep saying "Land of the free, land of the free" like a mantra, and yer we're really letting the government fuck that up. It'd be like our country being called "Land of the High Quality Espresso", except we don't have espresso. We have freeze-dried, decaffeinated coffee - and a hobo shit in the pot.
Nearly every time I read about the EU doing something that doesn't outright fuck over its citizens, I think to myself, "Man, they must have heard about how we're all about freedom and citizens rights and just ran with it." Is it a bad thing when a foreign entity better represents your home country's ideals than your actual home country does? I think that may be the case here.
Addendum: my above post may be misconstrued as undue hatred or malice towards BP. Rest assured, I would just as readily strangle any executive who works for British Telecom as well. Thanks and apologies if there was any confusion.
I've noticed that NYC has had the subtle guise of supporting them but selectively enforcing the law. Taking away the generators when it was *really* cold outside because they were a "fire hazard" was one of the standout things that comes to mind. I don't think anyone in the NYC government thought it would last as long as it already has and that these simple actions would break them.
Now that they're dismantling the camps, we'll have to wait and see whether or not the city will actually "let them back in" as they've said they will. Personally I doubt it, but the people who are organizing this thing seem to have their heads on straight.
Honestly, we haven't seen protests on this scale or for this duration since the Vietnam War. The difference is that we're in the age of social media - a time when any citizen can capture National Guard soldiers shooting at unarmed protestors, or police pepper spraying peaceful (but civilly disobedient) people. The city knows that it's walking a very fine line and if they take a misstep they're going to make things far, far worse for them.
I knew this would happen eventually at NYC - this didn't surprise me at all. What *did* surprise me was closing the airspace to news helicopters and shutting down all but 1 subway line as well as a major bridge. *That* honestly frightens me very much. The amazing thing - and one of the reasons I'm so very appreciative to be in my mid-20s during the digital age - is that despite all traditional news media being cut out there's citizen journalists on the ground now recording video and streaming it live to the Internet.
I feel a paradoxically equal amount of pride and revulsion at being an American tonight.
But they don't need these in Britain. Guns are illegal, so criminals don't have guns. Knives are damn near impossible to own too. And assault is illegal as well. The drivers are perfectly safe; I'm surprised they even bother putting locks on the door.
What website doesn't know how to implement working radio buttons?
Seriously, I look at the first question, and it's like they expect me to remember the answer or something. How am I supposed to take the test and then share the results on Facebook?
Also, this seems to be less a "Geek IQ" quiz and more a "IT terminology quiz with the occasional splash of science-fiction knowledge questions" quiz.
Unless the OP is someone who directly can influence governmental policy or has the time to invest in starting up a massive project to accomplish a goal of reducing population growth, then it's really not relevant to him. It seems to me that it is not just genuine concern for the health of the planet but a realization that we're so dependent on our infrastructure that a big, world-changing disaster will truly fuck the majority of us in a most unpleasant way. That say, having the knowledge to survive such a disaster is probably one of the most comforting ways to deal with it.
Look dude, I feel the same way. I'm less than 10 miles from NYC and if any bad shit did happen, my hometown would probably get caught in the blast. I'm also very keenly aware of how easily our infrastructure could go to shit on a local, statewide, national, or global scale.
The best defense against this is knowledge. You're posting on a website dedicating to nerds - people who implicitly have a love for knowledge. When you have a concern that something bad is going to happen, you prepare for it. We back up our hard drives in case they die. We have UPSes in case our power goes out. So where's your backup if civilization has a major segfault?
Learn how to shoot, hunt, farm, and survive in general and you'll feel a lot less stressed. Stockpile a little bit of the essentials (including rad meds, food, and potable water). If things ever really do go south, you'll either get killed instantly (so nothing to worry about there!) or you'll be able to get to a much more rural area and survive - even thrive.
If you are sick and tired, why don't you do something about racism?
Isn't that sort of what he was doing? He was showing how ridiculous things like affirmative action and racially and/or ethnically-motivated grants are.
We had really heavy-handed institutionalized racism in our country for hundreds of years. We've decided to fix that by having even more institutionalized racism - except it's the other way 'round now.
but imprisoning me over deleting my facebook account seems to be... harsh.)
Despite the fact that they were once lawyers, judges have emerged from their Armani cocoons as something vaguely resembling a human. Humans can be petty.
Career criminals do not turn into respectable business men or farmers just because a certain crop became legal.
I'm well aware that there's been incidents of kidnappings happening on our side of the border. I'm saying that it would be impossible to match the profits they're making right now with illegal drugs by kidnapping people and holding them for ransom.
Assuming reasonable taxes and other complimentary laws, drugs would end up costing the same or a little more but be available legally. I'm fairly certain a lot of people would buy the legal stuff just to ensure that the supply isn't tainted or cut with other drugs. Therefore, I believe that if drugs were to be made legal, their profits in this country would dry up rather quickly unless they went legitimate.
You think like a 6th grader.
And you have the reading comprehension of a kindergartener.
"Bennett Haselton comments on RIAA plans to add DRM to the late Steve Jobs custom version of Firefox after they won it in a bid using bitcoin in Melbourne"
We supposedly ended the recession in 2009. Keep in mind, a "recession" is two quarters of negative GDP growth. Two quarters of positive GDP growth is technically the end of the recession.
My theory is that someone, somewhere had an idea click in their head - if we don't hire a whole ton of people, we can exploit the hell out of existing workers and have plenty of people to replace them if they ever get fed up.
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That might explain part of PTSD. Soldiers learn to avoid "dangerous" situations which make sense in a occupation or combat context - a large area full of civilians with lots of cover for a potential attacker, for instance. They see people get killed because they weren't paying attention in a marketplace in the Middle East. Then, they get home to a what we could all call a vastly safer place but they still have their internal warning bells going off.
Man, those Jedi sure are paranoid.
Who is funding Kaspersky labs?
Kaspersky, eh? Sounds awfully Russian. And we all know them commies ain't ever up to no good. Quick Mabel, to the bunker!
Would the term you're thinking of happen to be the sunk cost fallacy?
Sucks to be Virgin.
"Mr. Branson's having a heart attack! Is there a doctor on the spaceship?!"
"No... there isn't! My god, WHAT HAVE I DONE?!"
Sorry, I was unaware of this. I live in New Jersey and I rarely venture into NYC largely because NYC drivers - especially taxi drivers - are fucking insane. I've nearly been hit more than a few times and every time I cross the street in Manhattan I'm genuinely in fear for my life. I feel more comfortable walking around the projects that crossing a street in Manhattan. d:
Are you American? And are you claiming that freedom and citizens rights are an American invention?
Yes I'm American, and no I'm not claiming that we invented it. Sure, a lot of us over here are stupid, but I don't think there's very many of us (much less any that would be on Slashdot) who would be so incredibly lacking in mental faculties that they would claim that Americans actually invented the concept of freedom. d:
I'm mainly saying that we keep saying "Land of the free, land of the free" like a mantra, and yer we're really letting the government fuck that up. It'd be like our country being called "Land of the High Quality Espresso", except we don't have espresso. We have freeze-dried, decaffeinated coffee - and a hobo shit in the pot.
Nearly every time I read about the EU doing something that doesn't outright fuck over its citizens, I think to myself, "Man, they must have heard about how we're all about freedom and citizens rights and just ran with it." Is it a bad thing when a foreign entity better represents your home country's ideals than your actual home country does? I think that may be the case here.
Addendum: my above post may be misconstrued as undue hatred or malice towards BP. Rest assured, I would just as readily strangle any executive who works for British Telecom as well. Thanks and apologies if there was any confusion.
Yes, it's a useful social tool. The age of geeks being socially awkward recluses is long over.
I've noticed that NYC has had the subtle guise of supporting them but selectively enforcing the law. Taking away the generators when it was *really* cold outside because they were a "fire hazard" was one of the standout things that comes to mind. I don't think anyone in the NYC government thought it would last as long as it already has and that these simple actions would break them.
Now that they're dismantling the camps, we'll have to wait and see whether or not the city will actually "let them back in" as they've said they will. Personally I doubt it, but the people who are organizing this thing seem to have their heads on straight.
Honestly, we haven't seen protests on this scale or for this duration since the Vietnam War. The difference is that we're in the age of social media - a time when any citizen can capture National Guard soldiers shooting at unarmed protestors, or police pepper spraying peaceful (but civilly disobedient) people. The city knows that it's walking a very fine line and if they take a misstep they're going to make things far, far worse for them.
I knew this would happen eventually at NYC - this didn't surprise me at all. What *did* surprise me was closing the airspace to news helicopters and shutting down all but 1 subway line as well as a major bridge. *That* honestly frightens me very much. The amazing thing - and one of the reasons I'm so very appreciative to be in my mid-20s during the digital age - is that despite all traditional news media being cut out there's citizen journalists on the ground now recording video and streaming it live to the Internet.
I feel a paradoxically equal amount of pride and revulsion at being an American tonight.
But they don't need these in Britain. Guns are illegal, so criminals don't have guns. Knives are damn near impossible to own too. And assault is illegal as well. The drivers are perfectly safe; I'm surprised they even bother putting locks on the door.
The only thing from BP I'd like to see throttled is their board of directors.
What website doesn't know how to implement working radio buttons?
Seriously, I look at the first question, and it's like they expect me to remember the answer or something. How am I supposed to take the test and then share the results on Facebook?
Also, this seems to be less a "Geek IQ" quiz and more a "IT terminology quiz with the occasional splash of science-fiction knowledge questions" quiz.
(It was the closest I could find to "I did not have sex with that woman".)
Unless the OP is someone who directly can influence governmental policy or has the time to invest in starting up a massive project to accomplish a goal of reducing population growth, then it's really not relevant to him. It seems to me that it is not just genuine concern for the health of the planet but a realization that we're so dependent on our infrastructure that a big, world-changing disaster will truly fuck the majority of us in a most unpleasant way. That say, having the knowledge to survive such a disaster is probably one of the most comforting ways to deal with it.
ACT I: jIH ta'be' chenmoH muSHa' tlhej vetlh be'
Look dude, I feel the same way. I'm less than 10 miles from NYC and if any bad shit did happen, my hometown would probably get caught in the blast. I'm also very keenly aware of how easily our infrastructure could go to shit on a local, statewide, national, or global scale.
The best defense against this is knowledge. You're posting on a website dedicating to nerds - people who implicitly have a love for knowledge. When you have a concern that something bad is going to happen, you prepare for it. We back up our hard drives in case they die. We have UPSes in case our power goes out. So where's your backup if civilization has a major segfault?
Learn how to shoot, hunt, farm, and survive in general and you'll feel a lot less stressed. Stockpile a little bit of the essentials (including rad meds, food, and potable water). If things ever really do go south, you'll either get killed instantly (so nothing to worry about there!) or you'll be able to get to a much more rural area and survive - even thrive.
Knowledge is always the best peace of mind.
If you are sick and tired, why don't you do something about racism?
Isn't that sort of what he was doing? He was showing how ridiculous things like affirmative action and racially and/or ethnically-motivated grants are.
We had really heavy-handed institutionalized racism in our country for hundreds of years. We've decided to fix that by having even more institutionalized racism - except it's the other way 'round now.
So, you're saying that their strategy is retarded and short-sighted?
That's how modern business works nowadays. Long-term planning is unacceptable in the cult of quarterly profits and shareholder meetings.
but imprisoning me over deleting my facebook account seems to be... harsh.)
Despite the fact that they were once lawyers, judges have emerged from their Armani cocoons as something vaguely resembling a human. Humans can be petty.
You think they can't reach across the boarders?
Career criminals do not turn into respectable business men or farmers just because a certain crop became legal.
I'm well aware that there's been incidents of kidnappings happening on our side of the border. I'm saying that it would be impossible to match the profits they're making right now with illegal drugs by kidnapping people and holding them for ransom.
Assuming reasonable taxes and other complimentary laws, drugs would end up costing the same or a little more but be available legally. I'm fairly certain a lot of people would buy the legal stuff just to ensure that the supply isn't tainted or cut with other drugs. Therefore, I believe that if drugs were to be made legal, their profits in this country would dry up rather quickly unless they went legitimate.
You think like a 6th grader.
And you have the reading comprehension of a kindergartener.
One level deeper!
"Bennett Haselton comments on RIAA plans to add DRM to the late Steve Jobs custom version of Firefox after they won it in a bid using bitcoin in Melbourne"
"Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti", or "Committee for State Security". That's not all that far off from "Department of Homeland Security".
We supposedly ended the recession in 2009. Keep in mind, a "recession" is two quarters of negative GDP growth. Two quarters of positive GDP growth is technically the end of the recession.
My theory is that someone, somewhere had an idea click in their head - if we don't hire a whole ton of people, we can exploit the hell out of existing workers and have plenty of people to replace them if they ever get fed up.