"Was/. always this moronic or is it just nostalgic memories clouding my view?"
No, it is significantly worse now, since BeauHD and msmash became the primary editors following the latest change in ownership.
And I went out of my way to sign on for this comment, just so people could see my five-digit ID and understand what I mean when I say I remember what Slashdot used to be like.
It's a product placement, not an actual solution.The NFL is counting it as advertising revenue. Therefore, no one cares what the end users and support staff think about it.
You really have no idea what you're talking about, do you? The political fight over state control of the Detroit municipal government has been going on for years. Try googling the terms "emergency manager" and "consent agreement".
Is an income tax more moral than a property tax or a sales/consumption tax, both of which reflect actual use of resources? Why should someone who makes good money but lives very frugally pay more in taxes?
That's nonsense. It was just some random site that got hacked. The fact that it happens to be associated with a Mac product is irrelevant. If the news was that purplekittens.com got hacked, would you say "It's a good thing that purple kittens are getting attacked like green dogs have been attacked in the past!"?
Perhaps you think it's among the best because you are part of that hivemind or groupthink. There is clearly a certain orthodoxy here, and if it is questioned, flamewars erupt. Hell, the Slashdot staff routinely takes advantage of this to drive traffic; you don't think all those posts about global warming and governmental abuse are actually meant to inform anyone, do you?
That's an interesting choice of words. If he really was more tolerant, you would say "he doesn't want to". But you didn't, because he isn't. He wants to abolish all theism and impose atheism, he has said as much many times, he takes advantage of the tolerance of others in order to advance his agenda, and he can get away with it because he doesn't dare go where there is true, "we will behead you" intolerance. And that was the point.
Given the same level of truck driving education, i daresay the PhD grad would likely do better, because of more likeliness that he better understands driving physics.
The point is that there's nothing particularly daring or insightful about what Dawkins et al. are doing. Their antics are tolerated because modern, predominantly Judeo-Christian nations are, by definition, tolerant.
Which brings us right back to the inescapable conclusion that Dawkins et al. are the oppressors, not the oppressed. You're not allowed to believe what you want to believe, even if you're not hurting anyone else.
Director Ben Kalina says he hoped that an event at the museum would spark dialogue, especially because the museum is across the street from the state Capitol. “I thought this would be a great opportunity to invite people from state legislature, people working on issues in the state, and the public to discuss these issues.” Kalina says he made a balanced film that is not a polemic, although it does contain a scene from The Colbert Report, in which the comedian mocks North Carolina politicians for the bill. “I’m sure some people wouldn’t appreciate that,” he admits.
I reject your premise. Good people do not seek power in the first place.
That's not to say there are no good people with power. But those who have it almost always have it forced upon them by the circumstances of the moment, and when the moment has passed, they try to get rid of it as quickly as possible.
Not necessarily. SCADA is "Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition", which simply means collecting process data for presentation and analysis. Yes, many packages (disclosure: including the one I work on) allow SCADA functions to be performed over TCP/IP networks, but it is not a fundamental part of SCADA. Everything can be done on a single workstation, if that's how you're set up.
I'm not interested in having the discussion. The writer of TFA — and by extension the person who submitted it, the editor who approved it, and you who are defending it — are the ones who are trying to. Yet all of you keep using this bizarre tactic of smacking me with one hand, reaching into my pocket with the other, and expecting me to thank you for both.
Regardless of what you personally think of the other side, the other side exists. And thanks to certain economic and political realities, the other side is winning. Throwing your little temper tantrums and cursing the other side for not acknowledging your brilliance only drives them further away, which is a profoundly stupid thing to do since you need their money and cooperation to do what you want to do.
The writer of TFA is a well-known AGW advocate who routinely trolls everyone who isn't as pro-AGW as him, with all the charm and humor of a drunk fratboy. If you want to have serious discussion about this, find someone else to link to.
I bet Ford and GM feel the same way. Perhaps they should stick something in the contract when you buy a car that requires you to destroy it when your done with it and to never sell it second hand to anyone.
They (along with the federal government) tried that already, at least for a few months. It was called "Cash for Clunkers". It destroyed millions of perfectly good cars, severely disrupting the used car and spare parts markets and depriving many charities of donations, all without having much real affect on new car sales.
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"Was /. always this moronic or is it just nostalgic memories clouding my view?"
No, it is significantly worse now, since BeauHD and msmash became the primary editors following the latest change in ownership.
And I went out of my way to sign on for this comment, just so people could see my five-digit ID and understand what I mean when I say I remember what Slashdot used to be like.
It's a product placement, not an actual solution.The NFL is counting it as advertising revenue. Therefore, no one cares what the end users and support staff think about it.
Yo.
Protip: Such arguments would be more persuasive without the gratuitous partisanship.
You really have no idea what you're talking about, do you? The political fight over state control of the Detroit municipal government has been going on for years. Try googling the terms "emergency manager" and "consent agreement".
Is an income tax more moral than a property tax or a sales/consumption tax, both of which reflect actual use of resources? Why should someone who makes good money but lives very frugally pay more in taxes?
"The poor" already don't pay taxes. In fact, "the poor" often get additional benefits in the form of tax credits. So what else ya got?
That's nonsense. It was just some random site that got hacked. The fact that it happens to be associated with a Mac product is irrelevant. If the news was that purplekittens.com got hacked, would you say "It's a good thing that purple kittens are getting attacked like green dogs have been attacked in the past!"?
This shot was in the name of comedy so grow a thicker skin.
If you replace "Tea Party" with "NAACP", "Greenpeace", or "NOW", is the joke still funny?
Perhaps you think it's among the best because you are part of that hivemind or groupthink. There is clearly a certain orthodoxy here, and if it is questioned, flamewars erupt. Hell, the Slashdot staff routinely takes advantage of this to drive traffic; you don't think all those posts about global warming and governmental abuse are actually meant to inform anyone, do you?
So far as I can tell he has never managed to []
That's an interesting choice of words. If he really was more tolerant, you would say "he doesn't want to". But you didn't, because he isn't. He wants to abolish all theism and impose atheism, he has said as much many times, he takes advantage of the tolerance of others in order to advance his agenda, and he can get away with it because he doesn't dare go where there is true, "we will behead you" intolerance. And that was the point.
Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better.
Given the same level of truck driving education, i daresay the PhD grad would likely do better, because of more likeliness that he better understands driving physics.
Like a real-life Sheldon Cooper, huh?
The point is that there's nothing particularly daring or insightful about what Dawkins et al. are doing. Their antics are tolerated because modern, predominantly Judeo-Christian nations are, by definition, tolerant.
Which brings us right back to the inescapable conclusion that Dawkins et al. are the oppressors, not the oppressed. You're not allowed to believe what you want to believe, even if you're not hurting anyone else.
From TFA:
That's not science.
I reject your premise. Good people do not seek power in the first place.
That's not to say there are no good people with power. But those who have it almost always have it forced upon them by the circumstances of the moment, and when the moment has passed, they try to get rid of it as quickly as possible.
Do you consider yourself mature?
This is one of those times when Slashdot's +5 cap is not enough. Bravo.
Not necessarily. SCADA is "Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition", which simply means collecting process data for presentation and analysis. Yes, many packages (disclosure: including the one I work on) allow SCADA functions to be performed over TCP/IP networks, but it is not a fundamental part of SCADA. Everything can be done on a single workstation, if that's how you're set up.
I'm not interested in having the discussion. The writer of TFA — and by extension the person who submitted it, the editor who approved it, and you who are defending it — are the ones who are trying to. Yet all of you keep using this bizarre tactic of smacking me with one hand, reaching into my pocket with the other, and expecting me to thank you for both.
Don't be obtuse. You know what I meant.
Regardless of what you personally think of the other side, the other side exists. And thanks to certain economic and political realities, the other side is winning. Throwing your little temper tantrums and cursing the other side for not acknowledging your brilliance only drives them further away, which is a profoundly stupid thing to do since you need their money and cooperation to do what you want to do.
The writer of TFA is a well-known AGW advocate who routinely trolls everyone who isn't as pro-AGW as him, with all the charm and humor of a drunk fratboy. If you want to have serious discussion about this, find someone else to link to.
I bet Ford and GM feel the same way. Perhaps they should stick something in the contract when you buy a car that requires you to destroy it when your done with it and to never sell it second hand to anyone.
They (along with the federal government) tried that already, at least for a few months. It was called "Cash for Clunkers". It destroyed millions of perfectly good cars, severely disrupting the used car and spare parts markets and depriving many charities of donations, all without having much real affect on new car sales.
My goodness, aren't you just the perfect walking cliché...