We're over killing them in Iraq so we don't have to fight them again in New York
Oh, I see. Iraq is like a neutral venue for fighting Afghans and Saudis, to eliminate home field advantage. You do know the 9/11 terrorists were Saudi, right?
It's all the Internet Porn.
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Wait... I've misunderstood what "Palm's slide" means, haven't I...
It's nice to see that, even on the internet, people with wildly different opinions can be civil to one another. And in that spirit, I'd like to apologise for the schmo who posted a rude follow up to your comments.
If everyone thought the same, there'd be no need for mixed biscuit assortments.
Well, I imagine they'll be an licensed encryption key required. That'll be cracked in about ten minutes (probably by DVD Jon), but using hardware implementing his crack in the US will magically turn you into a felon.
Ideas should be funded voluntarily by the people who believe in them, not by forcing people who do not agree to pay for them.
Well, if you take that as an axiom, we're never going to agree.
Having said that, was the Apollo program funded by subscriptions? How about the Grand Coulee Dam, or the Interstate system?
And where do I sign up to have get a refund on the proportion of my taxes spent invading Iraq, or buying public school science textbooks that teach Intelligent Design, or any number of the government programs that I might consider a monumental waste of money.
Ahhh. I see you've never even read an NSF grant proposal, let alone ever written one. Do you really think you can just blow smoke up the NSF's asses and wait for the government money to roll in?
Google farted, that sound you hear is a million Slashdotters sniffing.
The sound you hear is a million slashdotters explaining how it's the most fragrant smell ever, and that there's no way any of the traditional perfumiers could possibly come up with anything so great.
"It's hard to delete mail in Gmail" "You don't want to delete mail" (waves hand mysteriously while speaking like Alec Guiness.)
"I want to sort my mail into folders" "That's not the feature you're looking for.... Labels are much more flexible." "And slinkys are more flexible than towbars, but I know which one I want to use to tow my car"
Doing research that will result in cheap drugs that save millions of lives throughout the world is not a silly idea. It may not be a profitable idea, but "silly" and "not profitable" are not synonyms.
Starting a land war in Asia on completel made-up premises, now that's a silly idea.
One can't help but waste a certain amount of money spent on research. As a friend of mine wrote at the beginning of his PhD thesis:"If I knew how long it would take, how expensive it was, and what the results would be, it wouldn't be research"
If I randomly flipped some bits on your computer's hard drive, what are the odds it would be an improvement?
Well, if you randomly flipped bits on enough computers, and replaced the hard drive on those that crashed and with a copy from a still-working computer, it is possible that a completely stable (if somewhat idiosyncratic) operating system might evolve...
Is there a hierarchy of maintainers (like the succession to President) or what?
Yes. If Andrew Morton gets hit by a bus, Dick Cheney gets to maintain the Linux kernel. If Dick is unable to fulfil those duties, the maintenance gets subcontracted to Halliburton.
Because of the risk of Jamming, I forsee an Exodus from old GPS to new, throwing Caution to the wind, putting the alternatives in Crisis. As long as tech can Keep On Moving, I'm going to be in a Mellow Mood, and won't Mix Up, Mix Up these services. After just One Cup Of Coffee (add One Drop of milk, Stir It Up...), I can feel the Positive Vibration this has given me, and Time Will Tell that that Slave Driver of a boss will be Waiting In Vain for my report. Work, Why Should I with So Much Trouble In The World?
Thank You Lord. The score is now One-Love to the DoD.
Nonsense, that's just sharing. There's nothing wrong with sharing is there? Information wants to be free, and anyone who thinks otherwise is just defending broken market model.
or distribute GPL work without complying with the license.
That's not just illegal, it's immorality on a par with Satan-worship, and should be punished with the public eviscerating of offenders.
Can I get my "slashdotter" merit badge now please?:)
So who can you trust? Are the days of authoritative encyclopedias like Britannica and World Book behind us?
You can continue to use Britannica if you like. However, if you believe it is in any sense without error, you're an idiot. (Incidentally, my usual example here is the Britannica article on Frank Zappa, which said his given name was "Francis" [wrong]. This was particularlty amusing because it proved the "expert" commisioned to write the "authoritative" article on Zappa, hadn't even read the man's autobiography.)
I feel sorry for him. He's done something he considers clever and funny and yet, by definition, he can't tell anyone about it. That's a pretty tragic tail.
The sad thing is, these days you find some info on wikipedia and do a google search to find a site that will verify/refute that information, and all you get are wikipedia mirrors:(
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Amen brother. Gnome people -- that goes for you, too.
Well, the sad fact is that those of us uglier than Whedon never leave the house, so he gets a distorted view of geek beauty...
Wait... I've misunderstood what "Palm's slide" means, haven't I...
It's nice to see that, even on the internet, people with wildly different opinions can be civil to one another. And in that spirit, I'd like to apologise for the schmo who posted a rude follow up to your comments.
If everyone thought the same, there'd be no need for mixed biscuit assortments.
Well, I imagine they'll be an licensed encryption key required. That'll be cracked in about ten minutes (probably by DVD Jon), but using hardware implementing his crack in the US will magically turn you into a felon.
Hooray for the DMCA.
Having said that, was the Apollo program funded by subscriptions?
How about the Grand Coulee Dam, or the Interstate system?
And where do I sign up to have get a refund on the proportion of my taxes spent invading Iraq, or buying public school science textbooks that teach Intelligent Design, or any number of the government programs that I might consider a monumental waste of money.
Ahhh. I see you've never even read an NSF grant proposal, let alone ever written one. Do you really think you can just blow smoke up the NSF's asses and wait for the government money to roll in?
Can you apologies for the Royals too? (or do they count as Missourians).
Don't laugh. Give it a few months and it'll be part of the Kansas science curriculum.
"It's hard to delete mail in Gmail"
"You don't want to delete mail" (waves hand mysteriously while speaking like Alec Guiness.)
"I want to sort my mail into folders"
"That's not the feature you're looking for.... Labels are much more flexible."
"And slinkys are more flexible than towbars, but I know which one I want to use to tow my car"
Doing research that will result in cheap drugs that save millions of lives throughout the world is not a silly idea. It may not be a profitable idea, but "silly" and "not profitable" are not synonyms.
Starting a land war in Asia on completel made-up premises, now that's a silly idea.
I propose we tax everybody. Gee, that wasn't very hard, was it.
Because of the risk of Jamming, I forsee an Exodus from old GPS to new, throwing Caution to the wind, putting the alternatives in Crisis. As long as tech can Keep On Moving, I'm going to be in a Mellow Mood, and won't Mix Up, Mix Up these services. After just One Cup Of Coffee (add One Drop of milk, Stir It Up...), I can feel the Positive Vibration this has given me, and Time Will Tell that that Slave Driver of a boss will be Waiting In Vain for my report. Work, Why Should I with So Much Trouble In The World?
Thank You Lord. The score is now One-Love to the DoD.
Can I get my "slashdotter" merit badge now please?
"Locks Plague Burglars"
"Mace Plagues Rapists"
"Speed Cameras Plague Speeding Motorists"
"Forensic Science Plagues Careless Criminals"
"Crazy Frog Ringtone Plagues Absolutely Everyone..."
Actually, having just done a length SQL query on a recent dump of the wikipedia database, I'm 80% certain that he's just a bullshitter.
I feel sorry for him. He's done something he considers clever and funny and yet, by definition, he can't tell anyone about it. That's a pretty tragic tail.
The sad thing is, these days you find some info on wikipedia and do a google search to find a site that will verify/refute that information, and all you get are wikipedia mirrors :(