American politicians have worked for decades to decode the U.S. voter and their habits. They spend millions of dollars annually on "focus groups" and "mock votes" in order to successfully determine the most advantageous avenues to manipulate the electorate into supporting them in their efforts to remove rights from the electorate, disenfranchise the electorate, and more firmly establish the elected as a modern day aristocracy in spite of US law and constitutional impetus. Look up "wedge issue" to see how the party leadership will use specific issues to fracture a voting block and turn them against each other. Watch how each party incites their proscribed demographic to feel threatened by others. Note how politicians play at fighting the other party, but vote as a whole when presented with an opportunity to curtail, circumvent, or remove rights guaranteed to the people by the constitution and/or bill of rights. And pay special attention to the media mouthpieces when they call out their leaders on their faults. It provides a voice for people's recognition of total incongruity on the part of their leaders, but by voicing it the supporters' ire is assuaged and they go merrily and sheepishly back to fighting the opposition and completely forget to hold their leaders accountable.
In America there are two political parties. They are not liberal and conservative. They are not Republican and Democrat. They are simply the elected and the electorate. Anyone who forgets this or fails to see it, at any time, is a pawn, a sheep...and therefore untrustworthy, compromised. They are exactly equal to those religious people that atheists and sceptics so vociferously condemn. They have lost control of their intellect and sacrificed their freedom and judgement in pursuit of an empty purse. They cannot be trusted even with their own self interest, much less the advancement of society as a whole.
So, welcome to America, where Rome is burning and all anyone does is comment on how good it looks in HD. Stay away if you value your sanity, your freedom, and your connection to humanity.
That sounds so wise... it certainly frees you from having to make any choices. Must be nice.
A President Romney, while not perfect, would not be letting Iran go nuclear, and whistling while the caliphate gets built, all the while fulminating against Israel, of all things.
Inspire used to be edited and mainly authored by Samir Khan Samir Khan was an American citizen, convicted of no crime; he was never even indicted. He was assassinated on orders of Barack Obama along with Anwar al-Awlaki in 2011.
So when these criminals like Feinstein talk about banning books, note they may also mean assassinating the authors.
Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.
Yes, down with America!
Let's elect, oh, I don't know, a "progressive" who promises fundamental change. That'll fix it.
Someone that Slashdot loves and endorses. What could go wrong?
She was reelected in 2012 with 62% of the vote. The only way she can lose is if the California Republican Party nominates someone sensible, and the chance of that is remote. The California Republican Party self destructed back in 1994, when they adopted a virulently anti-immigrant platform in a state that is 40% Hispanic and 13% Asian That have been mostly irrelevant ever since, and California is now a one party state.
Right. She's nuts, so in Slashdot world, that too is somehow Republican's fault.
just too funny. the MS guys really do think the whole world is MS.
Well... let's put it in perspective.
It is funny, and I've had it happen in the past too - I think because of some misconfiguration, not from not using Outlook or Windows. But the idea is that the whole place uses a unified system, which does allow for nifty corporate functions like recalling emails. The issue you saw was that you were allowed to have a rogue setup.
On the other other hand, it is of course very hard to lock down what is by nature supposed to be extremely interoperable...
A computer is not a smartphone. I guarantee kids today are not dissembling their smartphones, or writing code to try and figure out how they work. I have noticed that kids care far less about the actual technology now a days then we did back in the 70s-80s.
Yep; exactly.
But it feels soooo good for them to say things that they think are sophisticated, that they can't apply some elementary logic to the situation.
A worm is not sophisticated because he thinks the whole world is mud. Kind of the opposite.
The only real solution is to educate kids on good internet practices -- and most parents aren't using them either, nor know what to do, or what to teach.
And where do you think we educate them on those good practices? That's right; it's not in their pocket with the smart phone.
OK, now can we admit its not a "religion of peace"?
(quick, mod him down, he said something we don't like! Plus all religions are equally evil - Presbyterians are just itchin to shop off some heads! Plus, wascally wepubwicans!)
A thousand points to the person/group that does a "positive hack." Instead of the obvious string of obscenities, have Barbie embrace geekiness and the maker culture instead of being a brainless bimbo.
Little girl: "Barbie, do you want to go shopping?"
Barbie: "Sure. I could use a new soldering iron. Also, my favorite comic book has a new issue out. I can't wait to read what happens this issue!"
Hey, since real world girls refuse to become geeks despite all the countless programs everyone is coming up with, I guess we do have to make some mechanical ones...
The reality is that the smart money is now with those who divest in fossil fuels first and put their earnings in alternative energy stocks will be the big winners and those who are left holding fossil fuel stocks until they finally collapse the big losers, which rather than a complete collapse will be like a leaky tire, loosing its value steadily over time, while production costs continue to climb. State investment funds, universities, and trusts in progressive states are already lightening up on fossil fuels, so their shareholders will come out ahead.
Yeah, nothing kills an industry like low prices and near ubiquity.
Unless you are in a concentration camp, suicidal ideation and behavior is a mental health symptom. Interrupting someone's "MO" actually is a smart thing to do.
A common technique is "chain analysis"; analyzing the chain of events that led up to a suicide attempt, and then looking at how to disrupt any future chains.
I have found (while reading through resumes trying to find candidates) that the response of most applicants to this phenomenon is to just apply for jobs for which they aren't really qualified at all, because no one is completely qualified. Which leads to probably the exact situation employers are trying to avoid (having tons of unqualified people apply)
It does add a layer to the process for the job seeker... you have to suss out what the job really is, then ignore any "requirements" that don't matter.
I suppose one could pass that off as assessing your skill at requirements gathering...
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It works like this:
American politicians have worked for decades to decode the U.S. voter and their habits. They spend millions of dollars annually on "focus groups" and "mock votes" in order to successfully determine the most advantageous avenues to manipulate the electorate into supporting them in their efforts to remove rights from the electorate, disenfranchise the electorate, and more firmly establish the elected as a modern day aristocracy in spite of US law and constitutional impetus. Look up "wedge issue" to see how the party leadership will use specific issues to fracture a voting block and turn them against each other. Watch how each party incites their proscribed demographic to feel threatened by others. Note how politicians play at fighting the other party, but vote as a whole when presented with an opportunity to curtail, circumvent, or remove rights guaranteed to the people by the constitution and/or bill of rights. And pay special attention to the media mouthpieces when they call out their leaders on their faults. It provides a voice for people's recognition of total incongruity on the part of their leaders, but by voicing it the supporters' ire is assuaged and they go merrily and sheepishly back to fighting the opposition and completely forget to hold their leaders accountable.
In America there are two political parties. They are not liberal and conservative. They are not Republican and Democrat. They are simply the elected and the electorate. Anyone who forgets this or fails to see it, at any time, is a pawn, a sheep...and therefore untrustworthy, compromised. They are exactly equal to those religious people that atheists and sceptics so vociferously condemn. They have lost control of their intellect and sacrificed their freedom and judgement in pursuit of an empty purse. They cannot be trusted even with their own self interest, much less the advancement of society as a whole.
So, welcome to America, where Rome is burning and all anyone does is comment on how good it looks in HD. Stay away if you value your sanity, your freedom, and your connection to humanity.
That sounds so wise ... it certainly frees you from having to make any choices. Must be nice.
A President Romney, while not perfect, would not be letting Iran go nuclear, and whistling while the caliphate gets built, all the while fulminating against Israel, of all things.
There are real choices, and they matter.
She's also mentions Inspire Magazine.
Inspire used to be edited and mainly authored by Samir Khan Samir Khan was an American citizen, convicted of no crime; he was never even indicted. He was assassinated on orders of Barack Obama along with Anwar al-Awlaki in 2011.
So when these criminals like Feinstein talk about banning books, note they may also mean assassinating the authors.
Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.
Yes, down with America!
Let's elect, oh, I don't know, a "progressive" who promises fundamental change. That'll fix it.
Someone that Slashdot loves and endorses. What could go wrong?
Should be removed from congress.
She was reelected in 2012 with 62% of the vote. The only way she can lose is if the California Republican Party nominates someone sensible, and the chance of that is remote. The California Republican Party self destructed back in 1994, when they adopted a virulently anti-immigrant platform in a state that is 40% Hispanic and 13% Asian That have been mostly irrelevant ever since, and California is now a one party state.
Right. She's nuts, so in Slashdot world, that too is somehow Republican's fault.
Do do do do do do do do do do, do do do do do do do do do ....
just too funny. the MS guys really do think the whole world is MS.
Well ... let's put it in perspective.
It is funny, and I've had it happen in the past too - I think because of some misconfiguration, not from not using Outlook or Windows. But the idea is that the whole place uses a unified system, which does allow for nifty corporate functions like recalling emails. The issue you saw was that you were allowed to have a rogue setup.
On the other other hand, it is of course very hard to lock down what is by nature supposed to be extremely interoperable ...
It's the perfect mass murderer's weapon.
Then why isn't it already used for mass murder? It's apparently widely legal.
The Beschdel test is based on the idea that many writers will create female characters not as actual characters but as a love interest.
I'll bite; why is a love interest not an actual character?
For as long as old men, sit and talk about the weather,
For as long as old women, sit and talk about old men,
But then George was a man, so what does he know ...
A computer is not a smartphone. I guarantee kids today are not dissembling their smartphones, or writing code to try and figure out how they work. I have noticed that kids care far less about the actual technology now a days then we did back in the 70s-80s.
Yep; exactly.
But it feels soooo good for them to say things that they think are sophisticated, that they can't apply some elementary logic to the situation.
A worm is not sophisticated because he thinks the whole world is mud. Kind of the opposite.
The only real solution is to educate kids on good internet practices -- and most parents aren't using them either, nor know what to do, or what to teach.
And where do you think we educate them on those good practices? That's right; it's not in their pocket with the smart phone.
There's no reason for most children to have pocket Internet connected computers.
Heck, we have our family computer in the living room. So a pocket Internet connected computer would kind of defeat the point ...
OK, now can we admit its not a "religion of peace"?
(quick, mod him down, he said something we don't like! Plus all religions are equally evil - Presbyterians are just itchin to shop off some heads! Plus, wascally wepubwicans!)
So how is this news?
Um, uh ... because ... science! Women! Memes!
"Police carry the same projectile weapons that criminals do. Except they do it legally."
Except that basically all extant religions feed on ANYTHING that can be construed as persecution.
Refusing to see the difference between "A" and "B" (you: "hey, they're both letters!) is unwise.
In the case of California, weather {...} is what is best for them.
On the other hand, we have water, so much of it that half the year we have to freeze the excess :)
Life is full of trade offs ....
Realize you have no control over it. You don't know where "the" microphone is, whether it is active, nor how many there are. And you never will.
That's always been true. It's not your car.
I'm not sure that the surest sign of nefarious monitoring is to ... install a visible camera and microphone.
A thousand points to the person/group that does a "positive hack." Instead of the obvious string of obscenities, have Barbie embrace geekiness and the maker culture instead of being a brainless bimbo.
Little girl: "Barbie, do you want to go shopping?" Barbie: "Sure. I could use a new soldering iron. Also, my favorite comic book has a new issue out. I can't wait to read what happens this issue!"
Hey, since real world girls refuse to become geeks despite all the countless programs everyone is coming up with, I guess we do have to make some mechanical ones ...
n/t
The reality is that the smart money is now with those who divest in fossil fuels first and put their earnings in alternative energy stocks will be the big winners and those who are left holding fossil fuel stocks until they finally collapse the big losers, which rather than a complete collapse will be like a leaky tire, loosing its value steadily over time, while production costs continue to climb. State investment funds, universities, and trusts in progressive states are already lightening up on fossil fuels, so their shareholders will come out ahead.
Yeah, nothing kills an industry like low prices and near ubiquity.
You guys actually believe this stuff, don't you?
40% of all working-age Americans have a criminal record.
If that's true ... then it's including some very violent subcultures. But we can't say that, of course.
Maybe we need to change the violent subcultures, instead of trying to shame people for not wanting to hire ex-cons.
Who will we teach to "code" next?
Babies? Nursing home residents? Beagles?
... and painful ...
The anecdotes illustrate typical experiences.
Unless you are in a concentration camp, suicidal ideation and behavior is a mental health symptom. Interrupting someone's "MO" actually is a smart thing to do.
A common technique is "chain analysis"; analyzing the chain of events that led up to a suicide attempt, and then looking at how to disrupt any future chains.
I have found (while reading through resumes trying to find candidates) that the response of most applicants to this phenomenon is to just apply for jobs for which they aren't really qualified at all, because no one is completely qualified. Which leads to probably the exact situation employers are trying to avoid (having tons of unqualified people apply)
It does add a layer to the process for the job seeker ... you have to suss out what the job really is, then ignore any "requirements" that don't matter.
I suppose one could pass that off as assessing your skill at requirements gathering ...