But apparently some people still need to read it to themselves aloud.
With politicians, the more often they say their own lies out loud, the more likely they will believe their own lies later:
Walter Ulbricht, the former communist leader of East Germany (DDR) was often asked about rumors of the planning to build the Berlin Wall. His answer?
The builders of our capital are fully engaged in residential construction, and its labor force is deployed for that. Nobody has the intention to erect a wall.
15 June 1961 at a press conference in East Berlin. Less than two months later construction began.
Bill Clinton: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, pursued a policy of appeasement through the 1930's that was designed to avert another world war.
In fact, Hitler had already mobilized the German Army for an attack on Czechoslovakia, but the Army would not be ready to attack for several weeks. Hitler hopes that Chamberlain will prevent the Czechs from mobilizing and allow for a surprise attack by Germany.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Chamberlain said of Hitler: “I got the impression that here was a man that could be relied upon when he had given his word.”
In 1962, Nikita Khrushchev assured John F. Kennedy that no offensive missiles would be placed in Cuba.
Gromyko came to the White House to ask the US to lessen tensions that existed regarding Cuba, and to assure Kennedy that no missiles would be placed in Cuba. Gromyko knew that the missiles were in route to Cuba, and needed more time to transport and conceal them.
Kennedy listened to Gromyko’s assurances as pictures of the missile sat on his deck a few feet away. Two days earlier, U-2 photos discovered had the missiles. Kennedy lied to Gromyko stating that nothing was wrong and Gromyko searched for any reaction.
LBJ’s concealment of adverse information about the progress of the Viet Nam War was initially designed to show the strong support of American public opinion as a tool for negotiating peace.
Johnson’s deceit in misleading the electorate of information to make an informed political choice was compounded by the fact that many of his own advisers came to believe the lies.
The lies had been told so often that many came to believe them as true and self-deception resulted in poor military decisions.
So what should one think about this current crop of Hollywood and Washington, DC sexual harassment accusations . . . ?
Just remember, the truth is the first casualty in war . . .
I'd think money would be better spend on things that actually make the car perform better, rather than adding a neon underglow light system, spinner hubcaps, and a coffee can exhaust that does nothing for performance or good engine note.
Definitely. Adding a nitrous oxide system would definitely be a better idea. Just don't pump the nitrous oxide into the engine . . . pump it into the driver.
The car will not look any cooler, but the driver will be wiggin' and think that it does look cooler.
. . . now about my idea for LSD steering wheels . . . and I don't mean limited-slip differential . . .
. . . so do any other folks have some ideas combining modern automotive technology with dangerous psychoactive medications . . . ?
Maybe fentanyl four wheel drive . . . ? Maybe when the engine turns off at red lights, the driver could be put to sleep, as well. Most folks don't get enough sleep at night . . . they could catch up by napping at red lights.
So what's up next . . . ? Erlang . . . ? There's still probably a pretty big pile of FOTRAN waiting around to be WebAssembled.
Hey, and what about all that IBM 360 mainframe code that's been running since the 60's . . . ? Although, IBM probably has that code wrapped up in some legal shackles, so you can't do anything with it, except run it on a newer mainframe.
Maybe we could start WebAssembling JavaScript code . . . ?
I remember back then that OS/2 was supposed to be the future. Folks were investing millions in it.
What will happen if self-driving cars turn out to be a flop? Will we be able to at least salvage some of all that money that venture capitalists are throwing at it . . . ?
The problem is, that the Helium 3 will cause the workers in the factory to "squeak". This will wake up the Nazis camping out on the Dark Side of the Moon. They, in turn, will show up on the Earth in big-ass space dirigibles.
I don't believe he could build his way out of wet paper bag – he hires people to do that for him.
When Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry resigned, he commented on the Monica Lewinsky fiasco something like: "You know, sometime very intelligent people do some really dumb things."
The former US President Ronald Reagan was a bit of an idiot . . . but he was smart enough to realize that he was an idiot, and got folks like James Baker and Casper Weinberger to do all the work for him. Musk hiring top talented engineers is the best move for him.
If you want to reach the stars, try standing on the shoulders of giants.
The Economist had an article on taxes many moons ago . . . they stated that taxing is like plucking a goose for pillow feathers. You want to get a maximum of feathers, with a minimal amount of fuss.
University graduate students are not very high up on the list of favored Republican supporters . . . actually they are probably not even high up on the list of favored Democrat supporters either.
Graduate students are not going to go out on the streets with violent "Graduate Student Lives Matter!" protests.
So Congress says, tax 'em, and let them whine.
Fair? Who cares . . . taxes are not about being fair. Taxes need to bring in revenue.
That's just tough shit . . . the government just needs to pick out the right group to tax. Cigarette smokers get the hell taxed out of them, but can't pull off a political coup. Graduate students won't be able to push any political pressure points either.
I myself am 'clearly racists' according to some comments I've got on reddit, because I have the gall to take issue with my countries *extremely high* immigration policy, which is impacting housing affordability, renting affordability and the jobs market (as well as general congestion, sustainability) - I need not mention a race mind you, but I'm clearly racist because I think maybe we should be thinking about this long term.
You do not need to actually do anything to be a racist . . . if you are a white, middle-aged male . . . "You racist!"
The 15,000 scientists are overruled by the 50,000 US coal miners.
Well, if those 15,000 scientists met up with the 50,000 on the streets . . . at least we could make progress on the overpopulation problem by about 65,000.
And we could offer the spectacle on pay-per-view, like the Connor McGregor / Floyd Mayweather fight. We could spend the profits on fixing ocean dead zones . . .
. . . or just blow it Vegas on whores, coke and blackjack, since we are all doomed to die anyway because of Unsustainable marine fisheries; Ocean dead zones; Forest losses; Dwindling biodiversity; Climate change; Population growth.
Wow! Some scientists took some time to write an actual letter about this?!?!?! Now I am relieved . . . we are saved.
"Give me an IBM Model M keyboard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard). . . or give me death!"
Actually, I would really love to have an old Teletype keyboard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Model_33) . . the keys were round and the touch clean and crisp.
And you could take your days work out with a paper tape, instead of a USB stick like today!
The usual government response to folks who are wasting precious bodily fluids to cause global warming would be to tax the hell out of them.
But, hey, these days it seems like we have electricity coming out our asses for free. When I was a kid, I remember my parents telling me to turn off lights in the house or to remember to turn off the radio when leaving the room to save expensive electricity.
Today, I see all the kids on the bus showing each other videos on their smartphones. I guess that these days, electricity is magically pissed out of Tutti-Fruiti colored unicorns for free somewhere. The unicorns have banks of USB charging ports.
... but I’m not sure what’s going on with the idiots posting further up in this discussion.
Wow, have I, idiot been summoned?
I never bought the "Iron Sky" story about Nazis fleeing the second world war to set up a base on the dark side of the moon. However, the Germans did have a fetish for U-Boots, so them setting up a secret base on Antarctica would not be implausible. The heat under the ice in Antarctica could be coming from the secret Nazi base.
Them warming up their Sauerkraut could explain the plume.
Sauerkraut is rich in vitamin C, and was discovered by Captain Cook to cure scurvy.
In addition to Yellowstone, there’s the plume responsible for the Hawaiian Islands.
Yeah, so I understand how the German U-Boots could get to Hawaii to set up a secret base there . . . but Yellowstone sounds like more of a challenge for folks wanting to visit there using German WWII U-Boots.
Slashdot Mirror
former VP Chamath Palihapitiya that the social media giant was "destroying how society works."
No! No! Bad President-Elect Zuckerberg! You and your retinue, henchmen and hoodlums are supposed to say, "improving how society works."
Go directly to jail. Do not pass "Go", do not collect $200.
Buy a get out of jail free card.
Hey, "destroying how society works" . . . isn't that the kind of stuff that ISIS is up to . . . ?
Maybe my pals at Brooklyn Schmenge Brothers Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers can sue Facebook for these naughty shenanigans . . . ?
So the NSA uses Facebook to spy on suspected US terrorists . . . and now it turns out that Facebook are the terrorists!
Ain't this world strange. I think everyone has been sipping my great-grandfather's corn squeezings.
They keep running out of "workers".
Maybe their best selling food is Soylent Green, making workers their most demanded ingredient, as well.
But apparently some people still need to read it to themselves aloud.
With politicians, the more often they say their own lies out loud, the more likely they will believe their own lies later:
Walter Ulbricht, the former communist leader of East Germany (DDR) was often asked about rumors of the planning to build the Berlin Wall. His answer?
The builders of our capital are fully engaged in residential construction, and its labor force is deployed for that. Nobody has the intention to erect a wall.
15 June 1961 at a press conference in East Berlin. Less than two months later construction began.
Bill Clinton: "I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
Neville Chamberlain, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, pursued a policy of appeasement through the 1930's that was designed to avert another world war.
In fact, Hitler had already mobilized the German Army for an attack on Czechoslovakia, but the Army would not be ready to attack for several weeks. Hitler hopes that Chamberlain will prevent the Czechs from mobilizing and allow for a surprise attack by Germany.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Chamberlain said of Hitler: “I got the impression that here was a man that could be relied upon when he had given his word.”
In 1962, Nikita Khrushchev assured John F. Kennedy that no offensive missiles would be placed in Cuba.
Gromyko came to the White House to ask the US to lessen tensions that existed regarding Cuba, and to assure Kennedy that no missiles would be placed in Cuba. Gromyko knew that the missiles were in route to Cuba, and needed more time to transport and conceal them.
Kennedy listened to Gromyko’s assurances as pictures of the missile sat on his deck a few feet away. Two days earlier, U-2 photos discovered had the missiles. Kennedy lied to Gromyko stating that nothing was wrong and Gromyko searched for any reaction.
LBJ’s concealment of adverse information about the progress of the Viet Nam War was initially designed to show the strong support of American public opinion as a tool for negotiating peace.
Johnson’s deceit in misleading the electorate of information to make an informed political choice was compounded by the fact that many of his own advisers came to believe the lies.
The lies had been told so often that many came to believe them as true and self-deception resulted in poor military decisions.
So what should one think about this current crop of Hollywood and Washington, DC sexual harassment accusations . . . ?
Just remember, the truth is the first casualty in war . . .
I'd think money would be better spend on things that actually make the car perform better, rather than adding a neon underglow light system, spinner hubcaps, and a coffee can exhaust that does nothing for performance or good engine note.
Definitely. Adding a nitrous oxide system would definitely be a better idea. Just don't pump the nitrous oxide into the engine . . . pump it into the driver.
The car will not look any cooler, but the driver will be wiggin' and think that it does look cooler.
. . . now about my idea for LSD steering wheels . . . and I don't mean limited-slip differential . . .
. . . so do any other folks have some ideas combining modern automotive technology with dangerous psychoactive medications . . . ?
Maybe fentanyl four wheel drive . . . ? Maybe when the engine turns off at red lights, the driver could be put to sleep, as well. Most folks don't get enough sleep at night . . . they could catch up by napping at red lights.
Turbocharged direct meth injection . . . ?
So what's up next . . . ? Erlang . . . ? There's still probably a pretty big pile of FOTRAN waiting around to be WebAssembled.
Hey, and what about all that IBM 360 mainframe code that's been running since the 60's . . . ? Although, IBM probably has that code wrapped up in some legal shackles, so you can't do anything with it, except run it on a newer mainframe.
Maybe we could start WebAssembling JavaScript code . . . ?
I remember back then that OS/2 was supposed to be the future. Folks were investing millions in it.
What will happen if self-driving cars turn out to be a flop? Will we be able to at least salvage some of all that money that venture capitalists are throwing at it . . . ?
So, how are they going to get to 10 billion in five years?
The critter runs on Bitcoins, so the value of the "strikes" will be exponentially increasing over the next years.
Forever.
Let's not name it or decide how weird it is yet, thanks.
With all this flood of celebrities and politicians admitting to sexual harassment . . . now we even start off on innocent interstellar flying objects!
Where will this Harassment Hell ever end . . . ?
Wake me up when either one happens.
The problem is, that the Helium 3 will cause the workers in the factory to "squeak". This will wake up the Nazis camping out on the Dark Side of the Moon. They, in turn, will show up on the Earth in big-ass space dirigibles.
These will wake you out of bed.
I don't believe he could build his way out of wet paper bag – he hires people to do that for him.
When Bill Clinton's press secretary Mike McCurry resigned, he commented on the Monica Lewinsky fiasco something like: "You know, sometime very intelligent people do some really dumb things."
The former US President Ronald Reagan was a bit of an idiot . . . but he was smart enough to realize that he was an idiot, and got folks like James Baker and Casper Weinberger to do all the work for him. Musk hiring top talented engineers is the best move for him.
If you want to reach the stars, try standing on the shoulders of giants.
A Mack truck from 1970 is hardly changed from 2017 ..ok they added a cup holder .. nobody has a problem with that?
That's not a cup holder. That is the CD-ROM/DVD tray. You are using it wrong.
Folks hate Tesla because they are jealous that Tesla is achieving so much amazing things.
A neat magic trick for parties!
Now, how does this get us any closer to plasma nuclear fusion power . . . ?
The Economist had an article on taxes many moons ago . . . they stated that taxing is like plucking a goose for pillow feathers. You want to get a maximum of feathers, with a minimal amount of fuss.
University graduate students are not very high up on the list of favored Republican supporters . . . actually they are probably not even high up on the list of favored Democrat supporters either.
Graduate students are not going to go out on the streets with violent "Graduate Student Lives Matter!" protests.
So Congress says, tax 'em, and let them whine.
Fair? Who cares . . . taxes are not about being fair. Taxes need to bring in revenue.
That's just tough shit . . . the government just needs to pick out the right group to tax. Cigarette smokers get the hell taxed out of them, but can't pull off a political coup. Graduate students won't be able to push any political pressure points either.
We might reach this new world in just 200,000 years, great!
Right now, the current President of the USA is talking about building a wall to keep folks out.
I'm thinking, that the next candidate for the President of the USA, Mark Zuckerburg, has plans to build Wormholes.
This one would be just around the corner.
So we could stop by there for a Panzarotti and a Cheesteak for lunch.
I myself am 'clearly racists' according to some comments I've got on reddit, because I have the gall to take issue with my countries *extremely high* immigration policy, which is impacting housing affordability, renting affordability and the jobs market (as well as general congestion, sustainability) - I need not mention a race mind you, but I'm clearly racist because I think maybe we should be thinking about this long term.
You do not need to actually do anything to be a racist . . . if you are a white, middle-aged male . . . "You racist!"
How much does Missouri cost on Amazon . . . ? Probably a lot less than a McMansion in the Silicon Valley. Google should just buy them. Problem solved.
And I hope Peter will be involved somehow..
Oh, I can think of another New Zealander who I would love to see in the film!
Kim Dotcom!
Yes, he is tanned and rested, and through and through ready for the job.
Although, he is a bit creepy, but that what Tolkien was all about anyway.
Just stuff his fat, hairy ass into a Elf costume, and he will be a hit.
The 15,000 scientists are overruled by the 50,000 US coal miners.
Well, if those 15,000 scientists met up with the 50,000 on the streets . . . at least we could make progress on the overpopulation problem by about 65,000.
And we could offer the spectacle on pay-per-view, like the Connor McGregor / Floyd Mayweather fight. We could spend the profits on fixing ocean dead zones . . .
. . . or just blow it Vegas on whores, coke and blackjack, since we are all doomed to die anyway because of Unsustainable marine fisheries; Ocean dead zones; Forest losses; Dwindling biodiversity; Climate change; Population growth.
Wow! Some scientists took some time to write an actual letter about this?!?!?! Now I am relieved . . . we are saved.
"Give me an IBM Model M keyboard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_M_keyboard). . . or give me death!"
Actually, I would really love to have an old Teletype keyboard (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Model_33) . . the keys were round and the touch clean and crisp.
And you could take your days work out with a paper tape, instead of a USB stick like today!
In British Colonial times, the British traveled to India to set up companies there and exploit the most talented natives.
In US Colonial times, the most talented come voluntarily to the US to be exploited.
Strange times, eh?
H1-B is total crap and needs to be eliminated ASAP. Oh, but that lobbyist money from Microsoft, Oracle, Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc.
Your Congress Critter cannot argue with that money!
What are you guys doing? x_X
You need to read Slashdot more often:
https://yro.slashdot.org/story...
That's what we're doing.
The usual government response to folks who are wasting precious bodily fluids to cause global warming would be to tax the hell out of them.
But, hey, these days it seems like we have electricity coming out our asses for free. When I was a kid, I remember my parents telling me to turn off lights in the house or to remember to turn off the radio when leaving the room to save expensive electricity.
Today, I see all the kids on the bus showing each other videos on their smartphones. I guess that these days, electricity is magically pissed out of Tutti-Fruiti colored unicorns for free somewhere. The unicorns have banks of USB charging ports.
... but I’m not sure what’s going on with the idiots posting further up in this discussion.
Wow, have I, idiot been summoned?
I never bought the "Iron Sky" story about Nazis fleeing the second world war to set up a base on the dark side of the moon. However, the Germans did have a fetish for U-Boots, so them setting up a secret base on Antarctica would not be implausible. The heat under the ice in Antarctica could be coming from the secret Nazi base.
Them warming up their Sauerkraut could explain the plume.
Sauerkraut is rich in vitamin C, and was discovered by Captain Cook to cure scurvy.
In addition to Yellowstone, there’s the plume responsible for the Hawaiian Islands.
Yeah, so I understand how the German U-Boots could get to Hawaii to set up a secret base there . . . but Yellowstone sounds like more of a challenge for folks wanting to visit there using German WWII U-Boots.
I'd like to write a couple of macro's for these things.
-- "Hey Macarena" -- Los Del Rio
Hmmm . . . I think, for the US auto industry, it would be more important to implement other South Asian technologies in automobile production robots:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
In ancient Pompeii, brothel visitors used to document their sexual predilections with graffiti on the walls
In modern America (and probably elsewhere), we do this on bathroom stalls.
Oh, today we can hear about the sexual peccadilloes of politicians on CNN.
"Yes, I was over thirty, and she was 14, but she was gagging for it!"
Tough luck, Senator Roman Polanski.