So, wait one. What you seem to be saying is, if we want to stop nerds from reproducing, all we need to do is pop them in the microwave? Seems a bit of repetitive redundancy, doesn't it? I mean, how many nerds are going to breed, anyway?
Looks like a vulture to me. And, bearing in mind that the Azteca were a death worshipping people, the vulture is appropriate. There was no love lost between my Native American ancestors, and the Azteca. The only vile act of which I've never heard the Azteca committing, is canabilism. Everything else, yep, it's history.
I believe that the same thing would happen today. We pack our kids into school rooms every day, where they can exchange germs, viruses, or whatever. Those attack vectors are wide open.
Did I say that I trust Google? I said that Chrome can manage your passwords, I didn't say that I use Chrome to manage my passwords. Now, whether I trust Google or not, my browsers are configured according to my own preferences. I use addons, starting with Ghostery and NoScript. I also use a HOSTS file, to block connections to various advertising and tracking sites.
Why on earth would I trust anyone who is KNOWN to sell information on their users? Google, Facebook, it's pretty much the same. Perhaps I should have said in my original post that I don't sign in with Facebook OR Google? I thought I got the point across that I don't use the social sites to connect to the world.
"Log in with Facebook" translates to "Allow Facebook and the advertising industry to see everything you do, and everywhere you go, so that they can tailor their targeted advertising to your interests."
Not that it matters a great deal, as I don't see the advertising anyway. It's the whole idea that Facebook has the right to track me.
I might ask you if you have a hard time organizing separate logins or something. Why on earth do you need Facebook to log you in? I'm registered on dozens of sites. I manage to coordinate all those names and passwords, without Facebook to do it for me. Firefox will do it, Chrome will do it, and there are several 3rd party apps to do it. Facebook? Maybe you haven't got the news yet. Facebook's product is YOU, the "consumer". They sell you to the highest bidder, and maybe to the second and third highest too.
In effect, none that matter. I don't use my Facebook credentials anywhere except Facebook. The popup says "Log in with Facebook", and I say, "Fuck you!" I either register with a throwaway email, or I don't bother logging in at all.
Pal, I do maintenance. Big stuff, small stuff, and everything in between. Electronics, hydraulics, electrical, heating, cooling, servo motors - you name it. If we take something apart, and put it back together, and we DO NOT HAVE any left over parts, we know that we've screwed up.
Once in awhile, we have to open the patient back up, to put one or more of those spare parts where it belongs, but that doesn't happen very often.
Maybe do it like the Arabs did it? They had effective air conditioning LONG before electricity was common. What do you think those minarets are for, anyway? They aren't just something to look at!
That is EXACTLY what was on my mind. TFS refers to the history of Mexico City. Well - Tenochtitlan was started out by some drugged up dude who was lost in the swamps. Something about a vulture and a snake telling him that this was the land of the gods or some such nonsense. So - there are buildings in Mexico City that are sinking into that swamp, already. And, now, they want to dig DOWN, into that vast swampy lake, and build an underground city.
Maybe I'll research the people who are in line for contracts. An investment in water pumps sounds like a good idea.*
*This is where some clown suggests that the outer walls are going to be waterproof. I point to the Hoover Dam, in which channels were engineered for the water that flows THROUGH the concrete to be bled off. No one, nowhere, is going to build a structure this large, that is waterproof. Hell, seagoing ships aren't even waterproof! They all leak.
"Reading a religious book constrains a persons thinking to think that its true what they read."
FFS, did you actually THINK about what you just wrote? You have made the best case ever for censoring all political treatises that go against (fill in which ever belief, philosophy, political party, or whatever you wish here). You can justify outlawing all works of fiction with this. Sci-Fi, fantasy, historical novels, you name it. It MUST either be provable fact, or it's fiction. Not to mention - you've also made a case for banning many scientific works. Face it - the most basic scientific facts had their beginnings as nothing more than theories.
I think that what you MEANT to say is, because you disagree with any religious writings, you would like to see them all banned.
Life must be so simple for someone like you. Everything is black and white, cut and dried. The US only goes after criminals, and China only persecutes their peace loving people who want to practice freedom of speech.
So many of the rest of us have to wrestle with all the many shades of gray, in between your black and white absolutes.
Meanwhile - WTF do fake clothes and copyright infringement have to do with "Homeland Security"? Sorry, I realize it's an idiot question. The "Security" implied is for the intellectual elite and the filthy rich. No security is implied for the common man.
What Keilistic says. It's a social construct. Most religions reinforce that social construct, but marriage seems to have preceded the major religions. How many tribes have ever been discovered that did NOT have nuclear families? Everything that I've ever read indicates that all the North American natives had nuclear families with a Mom, a Dad, some grandparents, and the kids. Can't blame that on Jehovah, or Allah, or whichever name you choose to use.
First post was modded down, in the usual knee-jerk reaction. I actually chuckled at it. Wasn't worth ROFL, but it was a bit funny. Some people should never get mod points.
Uhhhhmmmm - slashdot people may very well over rate their impact on things like this. But, 0%? Seriously? If some organization is engaged in shady operations, and those shady operations are exposed, the more eyes on them, the more nervous they get. At least, that's what I think. Don't discount the value of being slashdotted. Or, tweeted, or dug, or whatever. The more eyes, the better!
Now, you hush up, youngster! You're going to cause some of those Apple and Microsoft phanbois to have apoplectic fits and seizures!
More seriously, I badmouth Google a little bit, now and then. But, you're perfectly right. There aren't a lot of corporations funding the EFF. Nice find!
I know that AC is entitled to take statements, sentences, and even phrases out of context. The phrase he quotes was part of "I remember that Noah's ark was found on top of a mountain, then I remember that story being "debunked", "
Link? Some of us were around for decades before links were available. I'll explain once more, for you young puppies, that I'm more than twice as old as the intartubez. "I remember" means exactly that - I remember. It does not mean "I read on the internet".
Global flood is fiction? If you say so. Of course, the Bible doesn't use the word "global", nor do any of the other legends, traditions, or whatever. The concept of your "global flood" is so widespread, it's awfully hard to simply dismiss it as never happening.
I remember that Noah's ark was found on top of a mountain, then I remember that story being "debunked", but no one ever explained how a huge freaking boat just happened to be on top of that mountain.
I'm not one to insist that every passage of the Bible be accepted literally, for several reasons. But Noah's flood hasn't been dismissed, either.
Note: the wikipedia article is not very accurate, pertinent inaccuracy being that the AARD code did ship with release versions of W3.1/sarcasm/ No, Bill Gates, and Microsoft would NEVER intentionally sabotage another business! It was ALWAYS accidental!/sarcasm/
Gates should be researching euthenasia, and volunteering to test some of the most painful, lingering methods himself.
Have you ever wondered why rich sumbitches start giving money to charitable causes? It's something like, "Well, I've been a rotten son of a bitch all my life, and I've floated to the top of the cesspool. It sure would be nice if a few people in this world remembered me as something other than a rotten son of a bitch. Hmmm - maybe I'll give some of this money away. It isn't doing me a lot of good anyway, maybe I can buy some love with it!"
All those institutes, foundations, and other monuments are pretty much equal to the pyramids. Monuments to egos. Gates doesn't give a rat's ass about some kid dying of malaria, or anything else.
Thank you, Sir. The young puppies can call me a dinosaur, if they like. But, your preferences and mine are similar. I want my stuff the way I want it, and I don't frigging HAVE TO learn a new way of doing things, to make everyone happy.
It's easier to switch off to Enlightenment, than to learn a new way of doing K or G, or moving to Unity.
I'll have my dock where I want it, and looking like I want it to look, or I'll just live without a freaking dock.
WHAT THE FUCK DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE WHETHER THIS IS ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT APPLE DOES?!?!?!?!
FFS, people, the world doesn't revolve around Microsoft and Apple. They are both pretty much the same - bullies, who are impossible to play with, unless you are willing to accept them changing the rules every couple of days.
Let me ask your question right back at you. Ted Bundy was a terrible person. But, how was he any different than Charles Manson? Does that help to understand that your question is really really close to being moronic? (And, the answer to my rephrased question would be, "No difference, they are both low life predators!)
Since the earliest days of my computing career, I've built my own computers. And, I've ALWAYS installed the maximum amount of memory that the mainboard would support. If I can't keep a damned browser open for two weeks, while I research something - like, maybe, the skinniest blondes in bikinis - then the operating system is pure crap. 200 tabs? I'm not sure I've ever gone that high - but I'm not sure that I haven't, either!
That is also my attitude. I want something - let's say a new car. I research cars, of the type that I want. Which one has the most power? I mean, real horsepower, not "which one has the most hyped up powerful phrase in the television commercials". That information is available, with a quick google search. And, if I want a new shirt, I research the shirts. (alright, I don't really - I have spent a lifetime researching work shirts, and I just go buy a Carhartt shirt) Ditto for everything else I need or want. Google search finds whatever I need to know. Armed with FACTS, I then go find examples of the product to put my fingers on, before making a final decision.
Well, Jake, your name seems to imply that you are a Christian. The Imam will be happy to get this CarrierIQ data, so that he can behead your infidel ass.
Not to mention, "Pastor" seems to imply that you're a Protestant. Just think, if the Pope had this sort of data way back, all you Protestant apostates could have been burned at the stake, along with that wench, Joan of Arc.
And, the atheist movement will also welcome all this information. This will make it easier to find you, for deportation to a reeducation camp.
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So, wait one. What you seem to be saying is, if we want to stop nerds from reproducing, all we need to do is pop them in the microwave? Seems a bit of repetitive redundancy, doesn't it? I mean, how many nerds are going to breed, anyway?
Looks like a vulture to me. And, bearing in mind that the Azteca were a death worshipping people, the vulture is appropriate. There was no love lost between my Native American ancestors, and the Azteca. The only vile act of which I've never heard the Azteca committing, is canabilism. Everything else, yep, it's history.
I believe that the same thing would happen today. We pack our kids into school rooms every day, where they can exchange germs, viruses, or whatever. Those attack vectors are wide open.
Did I say that I trust Google? I said that Chrome can manage your passwords, I didn't say that I use Chrome to manage my passwords. Now, whether I trust Google or not, my browsers are configured according to my own preferences. I use addons, starting with Ghostery and NoScript. I also use a HOSTS file, to block connections to various advertising and tracking sites.
Why on earth would I trust anyone who is KNOWN to sell information on their users? Google, Facebook, it's pretty much the same. Perhaps I should have said in my original post that I don't sign in with Facebook OR Google? I thought I got the point across that I don't use the social sites to connect to the world.
"Log in with Facebook" translates to "Allow Facebook and the advertising industry to see everything you do, and everywhere you go, so that they can tailor their targeted advertising to your interests."
Not that it matters a great deal, as I don't see the advertising anyway. It's the whole idea that Facebook has the right to track me.
I might ask you if you have a hard time organizing separate logins or something. Why on earth do you need Facebook to log you in? I'm registered on dozens of sites. I manage to coordinate all those names and passwords, without Facebook to do it for me. Firefox will do it, Chrome will do it, and there are several 3rd party apps to do it. Facebook? Maybe you haven't got the news yet. Facebook's product is YOU, the "consumer". They sell you to the highest bidder, and maybe to the second and third highest too.
In effect, none that matter. I don't use my Facebook credentials anywhere except Facebook. The popup says "Log in with Facebook", and I say, "Fuck you!" I either register with a throwaway email, or I don't bother logging in at all.
Pal, I do maintenance. Big stuff, small stuff, and everything in between. Electronics, hydraulics, electrical, heating, cooling, servo motors - you name it. If we take something apart, and put it back together, and we DO NOT HAVE any left over parts, we know that we've screwed up.
Once in awhile, we have to open the patient back up, to put one or more of those spare parts where it belongs, but that doesn't happen very often.
Maybe do it like the Arabs did it? They had effective air conditioning LONG before electricity was common. What do you think those minarets are for, anyway? They aren't just something to look at!
That is EXACTLY what was on my mind. TFS refers to the history of Mexico City. Well - Tenochtitlan was started out by some drugged up dude who was lost in the swamps. Something about a vulture and a snake telling him that this was the land of the gods or some such nonsense. So - there are buildings in Mexico City that are sinking into that swamp, already. And, now, they want to dig DOWN, into that vast swampy lake, and build an underground city.
Maybe I'll research the people who are in line for contracts. An investment in water pumps sounds like a good idea.*
*This is where some clown suggests that the outer walls are going to be waterproof. I point to the Hoover Dam, in which channels were engineered for the water that flows THROUGH the concrete to be bled off. No one, nowhere, is going to build a structure this large, that is waterproof. Hell, seagoing ships aren't even waterproof! They all leak.
"Reading a religious book constrains a persons thinking to think that its true what they read."
FFS, did you actually THINK about what you just wrote? You have made the best case ever for censoring all political treatises that go against (fill in which ever belief, philosophy, political party, or whatever you wish here). You can justify outlawing all works of fiction with this. Sci-Fi, fantasy, historical novels, you name it. It MUST either be provable fact, or it's fiction. Not to mention - you've also made a case for banning many scientific works. Face it - the most basic scientific facts had their beginnings as nothing more than theories.
I think that what you MEANT to say is, because you disagree with any religious writings, you would like to see them all banned.
Life must be so simple for someone like you. Everything is black and white, cut and dried. The US only goes after criminals, and China only persecutes their peace loving people who want to practice freedom of speech.
So many of the rest of us have to wrestle with all the many shades of gray, in between your black and white absolutes.
Meanwhile - WTF do fake clothes and copyright infringement have to do with "Homeland Security"? Sorry, I realize it's an idiot question. The "Security" implied is for the intellectual elite and the filthy rich. No security is implied for the common man.
What Keilistic says. It's a social construct. Most religions reinforce that social construct, but marriage seems to have preceded the major religions. How many tribes have ever been discovered that did NOT have nuclear families? Everything that I've ever read indicates that all the North American natives had nuclear families with a Mom, a Dad, some grandparents, and the kids. Can't blame that on Jehovah, or Allah, or whichever name you choose to use.
First post was modded down, in the usual knee-jerk reaction. I actually chuckled at it. Wasn't worth ROFL, but it was a bit funny. Some people should never get mod points.
Uhhhhmmmm - slashdot people may very well over rate their impact on things like this. But, 0%? Seriously? If some organization is engaged in shady operations, and those shady operations are exposed, the more eyes on them, the more nervous they get. At least, that's what I think. Don't discount the value of being slashdotted. Or, tweeted, or dug, or whatever. The more eyes, the better!
Now, you hush up, youngster! You're going to cause some of those Apple and Microsoft phanbois to have apoplectic fits and seizures!
More seriously, I badmouth Google a little bit, now and then. But, you're perfectly right. There aren't a lot of corporations funding the EFF. Nice find!
I know that AC is entitled to take statements, sentences, and even phrases out of context. The phrase he quotes was part of "I remember that Noah's ark was found on top of a mountain, then I remember that story being "debunked", "
Link? Some of us were around for decades before links were available. I'll explain once more, for you young puppies, that I'm more than twice as old as the intartubez. "I remember" means exactly that - I remember. It does not mean "I read on the internet".
Global flood is fiction? If you say so. Of course, the Bible doesn't use the word "global", nor do any of the other legends, traditions, or whatever. The concept of your "global flood" is so widespread, it's awfully hard to simply dismiss it as never happening.
I remember that Noah's ark was found on top of a mountain, then I remember that story being "debunked", but no one ever explained how a huge freaking boat just happened to be on top of that mountain.
I'm not one to insist that every passage of the Bible be accepted literally, for several reasons. But Noah's flood hasn't been dismissed, either.
Hell, anyone and everyone who crosses the Rio Grande, northbound, is entitled to anything he wants. Why should it be any different elsewhere?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AARD_code
Note: the wikipedia article is not very accurate, pertinent inaccuracy being that the AARD code did ship with release versions of W3.1 /sarcasm/ No, Bill Gates, and Microsoft would NEVER intentionally sabotage another business! It was ALWAYS accidental! /sarcasm/
Gates should be researching euthenasia, and volunteering to test some of the most painful, lingering methods himself.
Have you ever wondered why rich sumbitches start giving money to charitable causes? It's something like, "Well, I've been a rotten son of a bitch all my life, and I've floated to the top of the cesspool. It sure would be nice if a few people in this world remembered me as something other than a rotten son of a bitch. Hmmm - maybe I'll give some of this money away. It isn't doing me a lot of good anyway, maybe I can buy some love with it!"
All those institutes, foundations, and other monuments are pretty much equal to the pyramids. Monuments to egos. Gates doesn't give a rat's ass about some kid dying of malaria, or anything else.
Thank you, Sir. The young puppies can call me a dinosaur, if they like. But, your preferences and mine are similar. I want my stuff the way I want it, and I don't frigging HAVE TO learn a new way of doing things, to make everyone happy.
It's easier to switch off to Enlightenment, than to learn a new way of doing K or G, or moving to Unity.
I'll have my dock where I want it, and looking like I want it to look, or I'll just live without a freaking dock.
And, I'm just as serious with my answer:
WHAT THE FUCK DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE WHETHER THIS IS ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT APPLE DOES?!?!?!?!
FFS, people, the world doesn't revolve around Microsoft and Apple. They are both pretty much the same - bullies, who are impossible to play with, unless you are willing to accept them changing the rules every couple of days.
Let me ask your question right back at you. Ted Bundy was a terrible person. But, how was he any different than Charles Manson? Does that help to understand that your question is really really close to being moronic? (And, the answer to my rephrased question would be, "No difference, they are both low life predators!)
Since the earliest days of my computing career, I've built my own computers. And, I've ALWAYS installed the maximum amount of memory that the mainboard would support. If I can't keep a damned browser open for two weeks, while I research something - like, maybe, the skinniest blondes in bikinis - then the operating system is pure crap. 200 tabs? I'm not sure I've ever gone that high - but I'm not sure that I haven't, either!
That is also my attitude. I want something - let's say a new car. I research cars, of the type that I want. Which one has the most power? I mean, real horsepower, not "which one has the most hyped up powerful phrase in the television commercials". That information is available, with a quick google search. And, if I want a new shirt, I research the shirts. (alright, I don't really - I have spent a lifetime researching work shirts, and I just go buy a Carhartt shirt) Ditto for everything else I need or want. Google search finds whatever I need to know. Armed with FACTS, I then go find examples of the product to put my fingers on, before making a final decision.
Well, Jake, your name seems to imply that you are a Christian. The Imam will be happy to get this CarrierIQ data, so that he can behead your infidel ass.
Not to mention, "Pastor" seems to imply that you're a Protestant. Just think, if the Pope had this sort of data way back, all you Protestant apostates could have been burned at the stake, along with that wench, Joan of Arc.
And, the atheist movement will also welcome all this information. This will make it easier to find you, for deportation to a reeducation camp.
In short - you're an idiot.