The moon's close enough that we shouldn't bother with rovers, unless they're left behind by acutal astronauts..
If I go to the airport now I can get to Japan by tomorrow, but it still makes more sense for me to FedEx something there than to take it there personally.
So what, no Republicans voted to fund NASA or the NSF and Democrats don't vote for pork? This isn't MoJo, around here someone will call you on it when you engage in mindless political cheerleading.
The point of MOOCs is that since they're free, those who enroll in them can pick and choose from what's there that interests them. Plenty of people enroll in a MOOC because they want a refresher on something, or to learn about just one aspect of what's covered, or just to see what it looks like. It's not failure when those people don't go through everything in the course.
They may not be hardcore gamers or telecom experts, but when it comes to ruling on the law they are making determinations based on the exact wording on the law.
If only they would treat the Bill of Rights similarly!
When my Mom's old Dell running XP got too slow five or so years ago, I wiped it and installed Ubuntu, and she adapted quickly. She's still on Ubuntu now, but still has an old enough version that she has Gnome 2. I'm thinking for her 80th birthday in a few months I'll get her a new machine running Mint.
Worse than that, during Christmas they claimed they delivered my package, but they really didn't. I had to get the seller to initiate an investigation, the conclusion of which was that it had actually been returned to the sender for no good reason and without apology. I get it that Christmas is busy, and if it had merely been late I'd have gotten over it. But they treated me really shabbily.
Incidentally, so did the seller, which took three days to respond to each of my inquiries, had no phone number, ignored my requests, etc. Pretty sad that from a company called 6dollarshirts you don't even get what you pay for!
Basically, redefine the legal concept of incorporation to give the resulting entity a duty to care equally about shareholder value, stakeholder value and the continuation of the corporation.
Sounds sort of like a benefit corporation, although good luck getting that to be the default.
They did respond. I quit protesting at that point figuring we made our thoughts clear and they would not continue untill things had been fixed.
What they said was that they wouldn't rescind Slashdot Classic until Beta was "ready", which is missing the point that we don't want Beta at all. It was a very disappointing response.
Others are protesting until the beta is completely dropped. I wish that they would post on topic then at the end of their post, put their beta protest.
Very well.
Fuck beta. Try Usenet: comp.misc is the new Slashdot.
Speaking of libertarians. Where are all the property-is-everything, guns-and-freedom, company-defending people now?
Being libertarian doesn't mean you defend everything that companies do. It just means you think that if Dice wants to treat us like we're irrelevant there shouldn't be a law against it. It certainly doesn't mean those in the community can't express their negative opinion of Dice's behavior, boycott the site, etc.
Yeah, I think I got here during the late '90s. In 2000 I had a web site that was hosted on a friend's PC that was connected by a 33.6 Kbps modem, and mentioning it here Slashdotted it into the ground. Fun days, those.
And like seemingly everyone else who doesn't get a paycheck from Dice, I too prefer Classic to Beta. If they want to offer Beta as the default UI for new accounts I guess I don't feel strongly against that, but the Classic UI should remain as an option for the established community, and if it doesn't and the community dries up, then that will be a real shame but I suppose it won't be surprising.
My mom still subscribes to the print edition, so I use her access to the web site and everyone's happy. But with them bringing Radley Balko and Eugene Volokh on board, they're actually on track to enter the "I'd pay if I had to" category.
Other than that I'm willing to donate to the local Pacifica radio station in part because of Democracy Now. As a libertarian I obviously don't always agree with Amy Goodman, but she reports on important stuff that no one else covers often enough that I respect her.
In a libertarian society, there wouldn't even [i]be[/i] corporations. Corporations are a state-created means of shielding company owners from accountability for the actions of the firms they control.
And you seriously can't tell the difference between switching from buying stuff from one provider to another, and emigrating?
I mean, is this anti-libertarian straw man day, or something? This thread looks like a scarecrow convention!
Thank you for this. If people disagree with what libertarians actually believe then that's fair enough. But there's enough straight up lying about what libertarians believe around here that it's awfully tiresome.
No, but the terms of Nobel's will specified that the award can't be made posthumously, and it's well understood that the committee not awarding the prize in 1948 was a sort of "missing man formation" way to honor Gandhi.
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we could in principle build something for which the Earth is an incredibly hostile hot environment
Like, anything with superconductors?
How many times do I have to show everyone you're a worthless piece of crap troll?
Zero more times.
Thank you, you beat me to it. It's disgraceful how much taxpayer money gets spent on those things.
The moon's close enough that we shouldn't bother with rovers, unless they're left behind by acutal astronauts..
If I go to the airport now I can get to Japan by tomorrow, but it still makes more sense for me to FedEx something there than to take it there personally.
So what, no Republicans voted to fund NASA or the NSF and Democrats don't vote for pork? This isn't MoJo, around here someone will call you on it when you engage in mindless political cheerleading.
BAD MOD: Not everyone will agree with this, but that doesn't mean it's flamebait.
The point of MOOCs is that since they're free, those who enroll in them can pick and choose from what's there that interests them. Plenty of people enroll in a MOOC because they want a refresher on something, or to learn about just one aspect of what's covered, or just to see what it looks like. It's not failure when those people don't go through everything in the course.
That doesn't seem to be considered a huge drawback in some Silicon Valley circles....
They may not be hardcore gamers or telecom experts, but when it comes to ruling on the law they are making determinations based on the exact wording on the law.
If only they would treat the Bill of Rights similarly!
When my Mom's old Dell running XP got too slow five or so years ago, I wiped it and installed Ubuntu, and she adapted quickly. She's still on Ubuntu now, but still has an old enough version that she has Gnome 2. I'm thinking for her 80th birthday in a few months I'll get her a new machine running Mint.
No one on their deathbed ever said "Gee, I wish I had spent more time at the office."
Yeah, but he's not dead yet. In fact, he thinks he'll go for a walk....
Wasn't a really low numbered one auctioned off for charity once upon a time?
It's too bad you think she's annoying, because in the meantime she grew up, and is really beautiful and seemingly really smart and interesting.
the FBI is a federal police force, not a spy agency that collects intelligence
The line is awfully blurry when you remember that it was the FBI and not the NSA that developed Magic Lantern.
Worse than that, during Christmas they claimed they delivered my package, but they really didn't. I had to get the seller to initiate an investigation, the conclusion of which was that it had actually been returned to the sender for no good reason and without apology. I get it that Christmas is busy, and if it had merely been late I'd have gotten over it. But they treated me really shabbily.
Incidentally, so did the seller, which took three days to respond to each of my inquiries, had no phone number, ignored my requests, etc. Pretty sad that from a company called 6dollarshirts you don't even get what you pay for!
Jacob Miller, posting as 'pwnies,'
First name: OMG
Basically, redefine the legal concept of incorporation to give the resulting entity a duty to care equally about shareholder value, stakeholder value and the continuation of the corporation.
Sounds sort of like a benefit corporation, although good luck getting that to be the default.
churches in Finland can't even get the permit as they don't satisfy the "yleishyödyllisyys" (general benefit for society) requirement
I no longer feel sorry for people who have to learn English.
They did respond. I quit protesting at that point figuring we made our thoughts clear and they would not continue untill things had been fixed.
What they said was that they wouldn't rescind Slashdot Classic until Beta was "ready", which is missing the point that we don't want Beta at all. It was a very disappointing response.
Others are protesting until the beta is completely dropped. I wish that they would post on topic then at the end of their post, put their beta protest.
Very well.
Fuck beta. Try Usenet: comp.misc is the new Slashdot.
Speaking of libertarians. Where are all the property-is-everything, guns-and-freedom, company-defending people now?
Being libertarian doesn't mean you defend everything that companies do. It just means you think that if Dice wants to treat us like we're irrelevant there shouldn't be a law against it. It certainly doesn't mean those in the community can't express their negative opinion of Dice's behavior, boycott the site, etc.
Yeah, I think I got here during the late '90s. In 2000 I had a web site that was hosted on a friend's PC that was connected by a 33.6 Kbps modem, and mentioning it here Slashdotted it into the ground. Fun days, those.
And like seemingly everyone else who doesn't get a paycheck from Dice, I too prefer Classic to Beta. If they want to offer Beta as the default UI for new accounts I guess I don't feel strongly against that, but the Classic UI should remain as an option for the established community, and if it doesn't and the community dries up, then that will be a real shame but I suppose it won't be surprising.
My mom still subscribes to the print edition, so I use her access to the web site and everyone's happy. But with them bringing Radley Balko and Eugene Volokh on board, they're actually on track to enter the "I'd pay if I had to" category.
Other than that I'm willing to donate to the local Pacifica radio station in part because of Democracy Now. As a libertarian I obviously don't always agree with Amy Goodman, but she reports on important stuff that no one else covers often enough that I respect her.
In a libertarian society, there wouldn't even [i]be[/i] corporations. Corporations are a state-created means of shielding company owners from accountability for the actions of the firms they control.
And you seriously can't tell the difference between switching from buying stuff from one provider to another, and emigrating?
I mean, is this anti-libertarian straw man day, or something? This thread looks like a scarecrow convention!
Thank you for this. If people disagree with what libertarians actually believe then that's fair enough. But there's enough straight up lying about what libertarians believe around here that it's awfully tiresome.
No, but the terms of Nobel's will specified that the award can't be made posthumously, and it's well understood that the committee not awarding the prize in 1948 was a sort of "missing man formation" way to honor Gandhi.