I see we already have one idiot asking "what's the point", much like John McCain or Sarah Palin asking why we need to research the fruit fly genome, or put money into a planetarium. This is news for nerds. If you want to whine about tax money, and don't understand why fundamental research is important, then find some place else to stink up with your ignorance.
No, actually the guy is a racist moron. No where is that OP lamenting the fact that her race had to be pointed out. He's saying the reason the manned space program went to hell was because of "diversity" which is dog whistle language for "affirmative action". We say "the first man in space, the first Israeli in space, etc; so what's wrong with pointing out that this was the first black female to go in to space?
To me it sounds like an oversimplified definition for tyranny, especially in the context of light bulb efficiency standards... I made the mistake of thinking this site was still "news for nerds", not "news for adults that dropped out of high school."
My favorite line from that speech: 'I think with all of these challenges being met and with all of the work, and determination going on, we will be able to go this additional distance and achieve the ideal, the goal of the new age, the age of social justice."
So much for the revisionist Glenn Beck University history.
The definition of tyranny is not "the removal of choice". Doubly so when the topic is light bulbs. If this is the tyranny you're worried about, we're in pretty good fucking shape...
The light bulb issue isn't a "liberal" issue. It's a "smart" issue. When did efficiency become something for conservatives to oppose? Oh yeah, when it became "liberal".
"Government forcing private individuals to purchase something from a private entity simply because they're citizens is Socialist." -- No it isn't. You clearly don't understand what socialism is. Words have specific meanings, and your description there is not describing the word you're using...
MLK might have been a Republican, but he certainly wasn't a conservative, so take that revisionism back to wherever you picked it up from. MLK talked a lot about social justice, so don't try to claim he held some conservative mantle, because he did not. It's funny watching conservatives try to deal with MLK. When they aren't falsely claiming him as one of their own, they call him a communist.
Choose your own light bulbs? I'm so sick of this idiocy. Making light bulbs more efficient is not tyranny. The rest of your list is a mis-mash of complaints, that don't show any grasp of the question asked.
You can thank Leonard Nimoy and his In Search Of show for popularizing the Coming Ice Age, during the late 70's.
If people are going to use that as proof against science, they'll also have to accept Spirit Voices, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster.
No they're a christian fundamentalist group. They were in Israel awaiting the return of Jesus, I'd say that qualifies, no matter how badly you'd like to distance christianity from it. No faith is immune to fanatics.
What utter nonsense. You may not like the U.S. government, or the current president, but he has final say over all military strategies, and can veto any legislation passed by congress. To say he has no power, and is merely a figurehead displays nothing but rank stupidity.
And tried to charge money for them, when others were starting to offer them for free. Every time a thread about browsers is posted here, some member of the Opera team comes on here to tell us how Opera had everything first. Well, I'll give you that. Opera introduced me to tabbed browsing, and I loved it. Then they put ads in the fucking browser unless you paid for it, and I found a different browser.
Okay, this is going to come as a shock to you so sit down. Not everyone shares your opinions, and not everyone spends their money and free time exactly the way you would.
$5.00 for an h264 720p non-DRM video, an mp4 standard definition file with no-DRM, and the option to stream it over the internet two times. It was a great deal, and I thought it deserved support. The fact that I got 2 copies of the show, that I can use on whatever device I choose, is great.
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I see we already have one idiot asking "what's the point", much like John McCain or Sarah Palin asking why we need to research the fruit fly genome, or put money into a planetarium. This is news for nerds. If you want to whine about tax money, and don't understand why fundamental research is important, then find some place else to stink up with your ignorance.
No, actually the guy is a racist moron. No where is that OP lamenting the fact that her race had to be pointed out. He's saying the reason the manned space program went to hell was because of "diversity" which is dog whistle language for "affirmative action". We say "the first man in space, the first Israeli in space, etc; so what's wrong with pointing out that this was the first black female to go in to space?
Oh this is why it went entirely off the rails, huh? Take your racist bullshit back to stormfront, or whatever sewer you crawled out of.
Yep mod it down. It's easier to just hide the truth, than refute it.
To me it sounds like an oversimplified definition for tyranny, especially in the context of light bulb efficiency standards... I made the mistake of thinking this site was still "news for nerds", not "news for adults that dropped out of high school."
My favorite line from that speech: 'I think with all of these challenges being met and with all of the work, and determination going on, we will be able to go this additional distance and achieve the ideal, the goal of the new age, the age of social justice."
So much for the revisionist Glenn Beck University history.
Why don't you go read transcripts of his actual writings instead of what you read on transcripts of Glenn Becks show.
Here start with this one: http://www.wmich.edu/library/archives/mlk/transcription.html
It's called: "Social Justice and the Emerging New Age"
The definition of tyranny is not "the removal of choice". Doubly so when the topic is light bulbs. If this is the tyranny you're worried about, we're in pretty good fucking shape...
The light bulb issue isn't a "liberal" issue. It's a "smart" issue. When did efficiency become something for conservatives to oppose? Oh yeah, when it became "liberal".
"Government forcing private individuals to purchase something from a private entity simply because they're citizens is Socialist." -- No it isn't. You clearly don't understand what socialism is. Words have specific meanings, and your description there is not describing the word you're using...
MLK might have been a Republican, but he certainly wasn't a conservative, so take that revisionism back to wherever you picked it up from. MLK talked a lot about social justice, so don't try to claim he held some conservative mantle, because he did not. It's funny watching conservatives try to deal with MLK. When they aren't falsely claiming him as one of their own, they call him a communist.
Choose your own light bulbs? I'm so sick of this idiocy. Making light bulbs more efficient is not tyranny. The rest of your list is a mis-mash of complaints, that don't show any grasp of the question asked.
Those were all topics covered on In Search Of, along with The Coming Iceage.
You can thank Leonard Nimoy and his In Search Of show for popularizing the Coming Ice Age, during the late 70's. If people are going to use that as proof against science, they'll also have to accept Spirit Voices, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster.
No they're a christian fundamentalist group. They were in Israel awaiting the return of Jesus, I'd say that qualifies, no matter how badly you'd like to distance christianity from it. No faith is immune to fanatics.
There are plenty of idiotic conservative Democrats, and judging by your reaction, you were raised by some of them.
Don't say "we", because I'm sure your ass had nothing to do with "saving" any country, let alone your own.
What utter nonsense. You may not like the U.S. government, or the current president, but he has final say over all military strategies, and can veto any legislation passed by congress. To say he has no power, and is merely a figurehead displays nothing but rank stupidity.
And tried to charge money for them, when others were starting to offer them for free. Every time a thread about browsers is posted here, some member of the Opera team comes on here to tell us how Opera had everything first. Well, I'll give you that. Opera introduced me to tabbed browsing, and I loved it. Then they put ads in the fucking browser unless you paid for it, and I found a different browser.
Some interesting reading can be found when looking up The Scablands. There was also a NOVA special called Mystery of the Megaflood.
Atheists aren't Vulcans.
The easiest way to get a troll comment rated informative around here is just to mindlessly bash MS.
Okay, this is going to come as a shock to you so sit down. Not everyone shares your opinions, and not everyone spends their money and free time exactly the way you would.
$5.00 for an h264 720p non-DRM video, an mp4 standard definition file with no-DRM, and the option to stream it over the internet two times. It was a great deal, and I thought it deserved support. The fact that I got 2 copies of the show, that I can use on whatever device I choose, is great.
Quick, spread some FUD!