Depends on how you imagine Karma. Is it simply "there are always consequences when whit happens," a restatement of the law of cause and effect? Or does karma work to restore some sort of moral balance, ensuring good things happen to good people, and bad things to bad people? If the latter, then karma is a moral authority, deciding what is right and wrong. It's a way of imagining that the universe has a moral compass without having agency or personality.
Many, if not most humans seem to be authoritarians, who are comforted by the idea of some all powerful authority overseeing things, be it God, the Government, Karma, or the Company. When it looks as though they are not actually authoritarians, it is usually just because they don't like that particular authority. Show them one they like and they will fall all over themselves kissing its ass.
I sort of remember, but I don't really pay attention to mods too much. And Apple fans are always whining about something, it's hard to keep track of their ire. I think authors mention Apple in stories like these just to poke the bear and get more page views.
Ahhhh, nothing like trolling Apple fans. Come on, I called you guys a cult in my first post, then I called you a murderer. Do you think there are really people who think that way?
No, it means I am trying to put pressure on the big fish, not the little fish. By making Apple look bad, I am helping the workers to negotiate. By defending Apple as you do, you are destroying those workers lives. You are little better than a murderer yourself.
Sorry, but Foxconn's other clients aren't as newsworthy. Logitech and Dell aren't big enough names to warrant a mention. It is not a conspiracy against your cult. And if it were, "But other companies do business with Foxconn tooooooo!" is not an excuse, m'kay? Apple does business with a company that works its slaves until they die, end of story.
What does that even mean, I am not aware of lobbying? Were we talking about changing the laws, or enforcing them? What does lobbying have to do with appeals courts?
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, what did I say? Did I just say 'Radaman?' What is that? Yeah, maybe Dennis Radaman is going to punish you with his crazy hair."
This device does not simulate any sort of kiss. It is a straw. You stick it in your mouth. You twirl the straw around with your mouth. Somewhere else, someone else sticks a straw in their mouth, and, OH MY GOD, their straw twirls around in the exact same fashion you just twirled your straw. Wow.
No, it doesn't really sound like a reality tv show, because he did not mention throwing anyone under the bus, thinking outside the box, or what happens at the end of the day.
Well, I suppose it should scare you. This is as good as it gets.
Why is it that the older I get, the dumber people appear? Luckily, there is a corollary: the older I get, the less I care. I figure, the world must have always been this way, right? They just lied to us when we were kids, they didn't want us to worry that clowns were running the place. But the world shambles on in its moronic fashion, somehow lurching past one near disaster after another. It gives one some comfort to realize that, as dumb as things are, we've managed to make do this far.
Maybe intelligence is overrated? All it seems to have brought me are painful insights...
It's actually pretty funny. Slashdot is one of the more rational and skeptical sites on the Internet. Almost anyplace else, you would get an almost equal number of believers defending the guy. There really are few places less inviting to a real chiropractor. He gives a few hints as to his true nature, I especially like "Subluxations are worse than cancer." Hahaha, oh, that's rich. Unless you really have cancer, in which case I imagine it must feel fairly insulting. "Sorry to hear about your pinched nerve, dude, now pass me my fucking wig, I'm done throwing up."
Welcome to Slashdot, and thanks for bringing something new and original to the art of trolling! When I saw your recent chiropractic trolls, I thought you might be a flash in the pan, but now I see you are here for an extended stay. Thanks for bringing some levity into my otherwise boring day.
Yeah, even playing a Godlike character, you will get slaughtered by Bogymen the first night you spend out in the open, unless you manage to find some good weapons and armor first. Or, if you are playing a dwarf, try running in circles around the Bogymen until you enter a martial trance, then take them out. df.magmawiki.com has some strategies for getting your adventurer powered up to the point they can survive outside a village.
Didn't I just admit that? Or wasn't I specific enough? Seriously, I only said that to get the guy's goat, everyone knows the anti nuke side is completely hysterical too. I thought the hyperbole was obvious enough it didn't need explanation.
One coworker has constant problems with his mouse in Win7, another suffers blue screens fairly often, but I've had no problems. I still dislike Microsoft, but the fact is, they are becoming less and less relevant. They aren't the one and only 800 pound gorilla in the room anymore. It's much less fun to hate on a company that looks and acts like it is slowly dying.
But as you admit, app was in use, in the relevant field, well before Apple tacked "store" on the end. Apple simply took a term that was in common (yes, common) usage, a simple abbreviation for "application," and tacked "store" on the end. Anyone can own an App Store, just like anyone can own a gas station. I don't support corporate thought police restricting my use of a common word.
Are you a fan of the brand? I've never understood that. I can understand liking certain products, but corporations are inherently sociopathic entities, liking them or their brands regardless of quality is just stupid. Apple is, like all large corporations, as evil as a serial killer at heart. That isn't something one should like.
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Depends on how you imagine Karma. Is it simply "there are always consequences when whit happens," a restatement of the law of cause and effect? Or does karma work to restore some sort of moral balance, ensuring good things happen to good people, and bad things to bad people? If the latter, then karma is a moral authority, deciding what is right and wrong. It's a way of imagining that the universe has a moral compass without having agency or personality.
Many, if not most humans seem to be authoritarians, who are comforted by the idea of some all powerful authority overseeing things, be it God, the Government, Karma, or the Company. When it looks as though they are not actually authoritarians, it is usually just because they don't like that particular authority. Show them one they like and they will fall all over themselves kissing its ass.
I sort of remember, but I don't really pay attention to mods too much. And Apple fans are always whining about something, it's hard to keep track of their ire. I think authors mention Apple in stories like these just to poke the bear and get more page views.
It accomplished exactly what I set out to accomplish, you defender of a murderous cult.
Ahhhh, nothing like trolling Apple fans. Come on, I called you guys a cult in my first post, then I called you a murderer. Do you think there are really people who think that way?
No, it means I am trying to put pressure on the big fish, not the little fish. By making Apple look bad, I am helping the workers to negotiate. By defending Apple as you do, you are destroying those workers lives. You are little better than a murderer yourself.
Sorry, but Foxconn's other clients aren't as newsworthy. Logitech and Dell aren't big enough names to warrant a mention. It is not a conspiracy against your cult. And if it were, "But other companies do business with Foxconn tooooooo!" is not an excuse, m'kay? Apple does business with a company that works its slaves until they die, end of story.
What does that even mean, I am not aware of lobbying? Were we talking about changing the laws, or enforcing them? What does lobbying have to do with appeals courts?
If they only have a handful, they need the right handful, and a way of guaranteeing they appear before the right handful.
Pity this'll never survive through the appellate courts, since the MafiAA bought off all the appellate judges long ago.
All 687 of them?
"Wait a minute, wait a minute, what did I say? Did I just say 'Radaman?' What is that? Yeah, maybe Dennis Radaman is going to punish you with his crazy hair."
This device does not simulate any sort of kiss. It is a straw. You stick it in your mouth. You twirl the straw around with your mouth. Somewhere else, someone else sticks a straw in their mouth, and, OH MY GOD, their straw twirls around in the exact same fashion you just twirled your straw. Wow.
I was of course referring to synchronized stabbing...
No, it doesn't really sound like a reality tv show, because he did not mention throwing anyone under the bus, thinking outside the box, or what happens at the end of the day.
Right after the only other art form where you are allowed to put something inside your audience.
Well, I suppose it should scare you. This is as good as it gets.
Why is it that the older I get, the dumber people appear? Luckily, there is a corollary: the older I get, the less I care. I figure, the world must have always been this way, right? They just lied to us when we were kids, they didn't want us to worry that clowns were running the place. But the world shambles on in its moronic fashion, somehow lurching past one near disaster after another. It gives one some comfort to realize that, as dumb as things are, we've managed to make do this far.
Maybe intelligence is overrated? All it seems to have brought me are painful insights...
It's actually pretty funny. Slashdot is one of the more rational and skeptical sites on the Internet. Almost anyplace else, you would get an almost equal number of believers defending the guy. There really are few places less inviting to a real chiropractor. He gives a few hints as to his true nature, I especially like "Subluxations are worse than cancer." Hahaha, oh, that's rich. Unless you really have cancer, in which case I imagine it must feel fairly insulting. "Sorry to hear about your pinched nerve, dude, now pass me my fucking wig, I'm done throwing up."
Welcome to Slashdot, and thanks for bringing something new and original to the art of trolling! When I saw your recent chiropractic trolls, I thought you might be a flash in the pan, but now I see you are here for an extended stay. Thanks for bringing some levity into my otherwise boring day.
Yeah, even playing a Godlike character, you will get slaughtered by Bogymen the first night you spend out in the open, unless you manage to find some good weapons and armor first. Or, if you are playing a dwarf, try running in circles around the Bogymen until you enter a martial trance, then take them out. df.magmawiki.com has some strategies for getting your adventurer powered up to the point they can survive outside a village.
Didn't I just admit that? Or wasn't I specific enough? Seriously, I only said that to get the guy's goat, everyone knows the anti nuke side is completely hysterical too. I thought the hyperbole was obvious enough it didn't need explanation.
Thank you both for that entertaining exchange, it really made my morning.
One coworker has constant problems with his mouse in Win7, another suffers blue screens fairly often, but I've had no problems. I still dislike Microsoft, but the fact is, they are becoming less and less relevant. They aren't the one and only 800 pound gorilla in the room anymore. It's much less fun to hate on a company that looks and acts like it is slowly dying.
Dwarf Fortress runs on Linux too. But Dwarf Therapist doesn't, making managing over 100 dwarfs or so a real pain.
But as you admit, app was in use, in the relevant field, well before Apple tacked "store" on the end. Apple simply took a term that was in common (yes, common) usage, a simple abbreviation for "application," and tacked "store" on the end. Anyone can own an App Store, just like anyone can own a gas station. I don't support corporate thought police restricting my use of a common word.
Are you a fan of the brand? I've never understood that. I can understand liking certain products, but corporations are inherently sociopathic entities, liking them or their brands regardless of quality is just stupid. Apple is, like all large corporations, as evil as a serial killer at heart. That isn't something one should like.
No, Apple did not coin the term "app." It was in common use well before the copycats at Apple got hold of it.