Someone looked up that quote. Ronald Reagan said it, all right -- when he was trying to defend the United States from that terrifying threat to liberty known as... [play scary music here]... Medicare!
1) citizenship 2) name 3) birthdate 4) state driver's license or SSN (required)
But hey, they're poor, so obviously they shouldn't be allowed to vote. Especially since they so often vote the wrong way, and thus prove how unAmerican they are.
Arthur Clarke (and Charles Sheffield) should both get credit for popularizing the idea, but the idea was first conceived by Russian scientist and author Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.
I have read (and still own) both Clarke's Fountains of Paradise and Sheffield's The Web Between The Worlds. (I prefer Clarke's novel, but that may be merely because I read it first.) Reportedly, both authors were amused by the coincidence, which went beyond the the central concept to certain story details -- such as the main character losing a finger to an accident with a sample of the cable material.
Talk about fear of competing ideas, you Libs need a mirror. Variations of this story appear here and on every libtard site every few weeks now, claiming conservative ideas are the result of mental defect. Because if you can keep that idea formly in yer heads you can justify the childish antics you guys normally do when exposed to a different set of ideas, shout it down. Because if the other side is mentally ill there isn't a reason to even allow them to speak.
To a liberal, 'diversity' is defined as all colors, gender identities and faiths all thinking exactly alike. Because the one thing liberalism can't tolerate is reasoned debate since the whole system is based on emotion.
No, I don't think liberalism is a mental illness in return. I think it is evil. You guys have free will, you chose the wrong side. Of course you convince yourselves that notions like good and evil are outdated because few will admit to serving evil so you solve that problem by handwaving the whole question away.
Wow, your sane, calm, and carefully-reasoned response has totally convinced me.
As a new recruit at Texus Instruments he wasnâ(TM)t able to take a two-week leave while his other colleagues were off sunning themselves. Instead, he confined himself to his lab alone where he came up with the idea of fabricating all of a circuitâ(TM)s components with a single block of the same material.
To commemorate Kilby's accomplishment and stimulate ingenuity, Texas Instruments will be canceling vacations for all of their employees.
I have friends and acquaintances who own hybrids, I live in an area where they seem to be fairly common, and I have never, ever encountered anyone being smug about it. I have, however, gotten seriously tired of self-righteous people complaining about these supposed hordes of smug hybrid drivers.
It seems to have become a requirement: "Any mention of hybrid vehicles must by law be accompanied by a reference to their smug owners."
In short, my grandmother who has voted Democrat for the last 50 or 60 years will now almost certainly vote Republican.
Really? My grandmother -- gods rest her soul -- and most of the grandmothers I've ever met hated being condescended to, and are probably snorting at this transparent ploy in derision.
The Republican leadership would essentially treat Vice President Palin as a second First Lady, and I'm sure they've made it clear to her that she'll need to resign if there's ever any risk of President McCain needing to be replaced.
McCains VP is running for President too in this case.
Not really. I have no doubt that her resignation letter is essentially already written. The only question is who the Republican leadership would replace her with if President McCain (ugh) died or otherwise needed to be replaced.
I wonder if they've already picked her replacement, or if they'll have a knife fight if and when the time comes.
Oh no! Someone on/. has offended a whiny, oversensitive commissar of the (supposedly) politically incorrect! Poor baby, someone's challenged his delicate world-view!
I usually find people who whine about "political correctness" much more annoying -- and for less reason -- than those they whine about.
(And yeah, now I'm whining about someone whining about someone whining. Genius.)
How about we let them work out the bugs before posting to slashdot?
Two reasons:
1) The possibility is interesting even if the probability is currently uncertain. ("Of what use is a baby?")
2) Even if it was obvious that the process couldn't be scaled up in any economically feasible manner, it's still interesting to some people on a basic science level.
If she's sued, I'll contribute to her legal defense fund. At least as far as can be told from the original article -- as opposed to the knee-jerk commentary from the under-informed Make guest post -- she did nothing either illegal or wrong.
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Does anyone have a link to a story on this from a reputable news source?
Someone looked up that quote. Ronald Reagan said it, all right -- when he was trying to defend the United States from that terrifying threat to liberty known as ... [play scary music here] ... Medicare!
... except for:
1) citizenship
2) name
3) birthdate
4) state driver's license or SSN (required)
But hey, they're poor, so obviously they shouldn't be allowed to vote. Especially since they so often vote the wrong way, and thus prove how unAmerican they are.
Improving weapons is humane.
Not going to war is even more humane.
And no, I don't believe war can always be avoided or even should always be avoided. But we can do a hell of a lot better job than we've done so far.
But maybe that won't happen until someone figures out how congresscritters can get large amounts of funding for peace projects in their districts ...
Just make sure the first elevator car includes a "Release Connection To Cable At Halfway Mark" button.
Arthur Clarke (and Charles Sheffield) should both get credit for popularizing the idea, but the idea was first conceived by Russian scientist and author Konstantin Tsiolkovsky.
I have read (and still own) both Clarke's Fountains of Paradise and Sheffield's The Web Between The Worlds. (I prefer Clarke's novel, but that may be merely because I read it first.) Reportedly, both authors were amused by the coincidence, which went beyond the the central concept to certain story details -- such as the main character losing a finger to an accident with a sample of the cable material.
Talk about fear of competing ideas, you Libs need a mirror. Variations of this story appear here and on every libtard site every few weeks now, claiming conservative ideas are the result of mental defect. Because if you can keep that idea formly in yer heads you can justify the childish antics you guys normally do when exposed to a different set of ideas, shout it down. Because if the other side is mentally ill there isn't a reason to even allow them to speak.
To a liberal, 'diversity' is defined as all colors, gender identities and faiths all thinking exactly alike. Because the one thing liberalism can't tolerate is reasoned debate since the whole system is based on emotion.
No, I don't think liberalism is a mental illness in return. I think it is evil. You guys have free will, you chose the wrong side. Of course you convince yourselves that notions like good and evil are outdated because few will admit to serving evil so you solve that problem by handwaving the whole question away.
Wow, your sane, calm, and carefully-reasoned response has totally convinced me.
How does it qualify as "well played" to make the same blindingly obvious "joke" that I didn't think of?
Fixed that for you.
If you think that's bad you should check out the $50 k scholarship recipients ...
How much college does that cover these days, a little over a semester?
I'm buying stock in bicycle manufacturers.
From TFA:
To commemorate Kilby's accomplishment and stimulate ingenuity, Texas Instruments will be canceling vacations for all of their employees.
I hear you.
I have friends and acquaintances who own hybrids, I live in an area where they seem to be fairly common, and I have never, ever encountered anyone being smug about it. I have, however, gotten seriously tired of self-righteous people complaining about these supposed hordes of smug hybrid drivers.
It seems to have become a requirement: "Any mention of hybrid vehicles must by law be accompanied by a reference to their smug owners."
Want smug? Try talking to a Hummer owner.
do you think 2 years as the governor of a state is less than 4 years as a back bench Senator who didn't chair a subcommittee meeting?
I think apples and oranges are both round.
In short, my grandmother who has voted Democrat for the last 50 or 60 years will now almost certainly vote Republican.
Really? My grandmother -- gods rest her soul -- and most of the grandmothers I've ever met hated being condescended to, and are probably snorting at this transparent ploy in derision.
The Republican leadership would essentially treat Vice President Palin as a second First Lady, and I'm sure they've made it clear to her that she'll need to resign if there's ever any risk of President McCain needing to be replaced.
McCains VP is running for President too in this case.
Not really. I have no doubt that her resignation letter is essentially already written. The only question is who the Republican leadership would replace her with if President McCain (ugh) died or otherwise needed to be replaced.
I wonder if they've already picked her replacement, or if they'll have a knife fight if and when the time comes.
And coal really isn't cheap, as you're making it out to be. ...
And then there's the increased health-care expenditures and other such costs conveniently hidden by current economic systems.
Making our environment a priority actually makes extremely good economic sense in the long run.
[laugh] Cue "Oh, that doesn't bother me at all" posturing.
Oh no! Someone on /. has offended a whiny, oversensitive commissar of the (supposedly) politically incorrect! Poor baby, someone's challenged his delicate world-view!
I usually find people who whine about "political correctness" much more annoying -- and for less reason -- than those they whine about.
(And yeah, now I'm whining about someone whining about someone whining. Genius.)
How about we let them work out the bugs before posting to slashdot?
Two reasons:
1) The possibility is interesting even if the probability is currently uncertain. ("Of what use is a baby?")
2) Even if it was obvious that the process couldn't be scaled up in any economically feasible manner, it's still interesting to some people on a basic science level.
Or call her and express sympathy for all the phone calls she's getting from well-meaning but under-informed Slashdotters.
If she's sued, I'll contribute to her legal defense fund. At least as far as can be told from the original article -- as opposed to the knee-jerk commentary from the under-informed Make guest post -- she did nothing either illegal or wrong.
You should know better than to bring facts into a discussion like this!
I pay Apple alot of money to ensure no BSODs.
No, you pay them a lot of money for "ooh shiney".
At least the "ooh shiney" just works.
A Real Internet Meme Timeline would say "September" for every month after March 1994.
Aha! See how good Crispin Porter + Bogusky is? They've just managed to get their name recognition to soar dramatically in a short period of time!