You just took a long damn time to say "some muslims are fucking idiots."
There are plenty of idiots in western cluture, too. But the west does a much better job of civilizing and educating our idiots. We also do a better job of punishing them when they act like idiots.
Combine the idiocy with the fact that your religion is being taught (by many) in a way that encourages violence, and you have a mess.
The solution? Civilize, educate, and punish idiots of all cultures. Wipe out all threads of violent religion from the face of humanity.
Assumining the existence of matter based on observations which suggest its presence is a perfectly valid way of developing a sceintific theory.
Assuming something supernatural is involved is, by definition, unscientific. FSM/God/Duke Nukem Forever are all supernatural ideas. Science is the search for natural explanations of the universe ONLY.
Government-funded research has its politics. Science itself does not recognize or care about nationalities, agendas, races, or other social oddities. Socieology and psychology are of course exceptions.
How did this get modded up? It's obviously a troll. No christain would talk about reincarnation. It is unlikely a "scientist" would misspell "principle."
There is NO WAY a person can be both a christian and a scientist without some serious cognitive dissonance. Science is a philosophy and method for finding natural explanations for all things. Christianity is the rejection of natural ideas and the acceptance of supernatural ones.
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Breaking encryption has almost nothing to do with how much computing resources you have available. Most modern crypto system are designed so that, using the best known attack, it would take every computer on earth working together the current age of the universe worth of time on average to find a key.
Your wife's dual core amd system is worthless.
Crypto is broken by circumventing the crypto entirely, by stealing (not cracking) the key, or by finding fundamental design flaws in the cryptosystem itself.
Yes, but if his pay really is that good, he could keep it, invest the extra pay like mad, and once he has enough invested to lived off the dividends, he can then do WHATEVER work he wants REGARDLESS of pay in a completely stress-free life.
Hold up. Why would it not be "OK" to use biometrics for a government ID? What could "they" do to you if you have a biometric-based ID that "they" couldn't do if you just used a driver's license-type ID?
The photo on your license is just another type of biometrics...
That's not exactly true. In one way, insurance is a losing bet against yourself. But in other ways (especially medical insurance) it is a group cost-negotiating tool. My medical bills show me what the "normal" cost of treatment is, then show me what the "negotiated" cost is. These costs are often as much as a 40% discount.
So if the average "losing" bet against yourself with insurance would cost you an extra 10% over your lifetime, once you factor in the 40% negotiated discount, insurance SAVES you money.
Insurance also provides a "payment plan" type tool which helps people who don't have the financial intelligence/discipline to set money aside on their own.
So, at least in terms of medical insurance, it is actually a WINNING bet against yourself.
I think we all know that Dark Matter and Gravitons are just a hoax. What really holds those galaxies together is the gravitational effects of the substance which carries IEEE 802.3 packets: the ether.
Growth investment companies usually don't pay dividends. The only way the investor makes money is if the stock price grows. When I buy growth stocks, I only care about earnings (and the other measures of a company's value) to the extent that they affect the actual stock price. To me, "growth" refers to stock price. Is this an unusual interpretation of the phrase "growth investing?"
Would you refer to all growth investment stratagies as pyramid schemes? You are evaluating this stock from a value investment perspective, but it isn't value investors who are buying it--it's growth investors.
It's worth noting that growth investment strategies, which ignore P/E, have better returns over the long run than value investment strategies (on average).
Criticizing a company for being greedy is like criticizing an iceberg for being cold. I'm sure I am not the only person who stops reading a comment when the writer makes such a pointless statement.
All such a statement communicates is that the writer isn't knowledgale enough to write about the statement at hand. It implies he thinks there are some companies who are not greedy--a delerious fantasy.
Of the 2066 companies that responded to the survey, a huge number (like 70%+) were in Texas or NYC. What's up with that? FBI is national.
Another odd thing is that only 23% used IDS, and only 90% had a firewall of any kind. Wha? These things seem so fundamental to me. I suppose the large number of very small companies just don't pay any attention to security.
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It is a well-documented phenomenon that initially, the hype for a technology far exceedes its current capabilities. As time progresses, the capabilities of a particular technology continue to grow while the hype dies down (due to dissappointment). Eventually, the capability of the tech surpasses the hype. At this point, there are some fantastic investment opportunities.
The Internet is completely changing the world--it's just happening more slowly than originally predicted.
Do you know any young (college-age) people? Everything they do is online. Social lives, shopping, research, test taking: all online. They coordinate parties, plan trips, pay bills, and send photos and cards all online. A friend of mine in school recently remarked "I can't remember the last time I used a stamp."
This generation will realize everything the bubble predicted, just 10 years late. Wait until they are out of school and making real money.
Comparing "faith in math" to religious fundamentalism is terribly misleading. Math is a system that has been shown over and over to be predictive, useful, and correct for many cases. Religion is a system that has shown over and over to be the opposite. Therefore, there is some justification for faith in math, but none for religion. The former is perhaps over zealous, while the later is insane (despite that fact that we would like it to be true).
Don't believe me? Try parying somebody to the moon. Then try the same using a mathematical model of the solar system. There is some reason to have some amount of faith in one of these systems.
Jokes like that are only funny when they ar subtle. The use of the bold tag killed the subtleness. The 3 people who modded you funny probably aren't native english speakers, and for them that was subtle.
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This article is about as insightful as "Knives Can Stab People!"
"Wipe out all threads of violent religion from the face of humanity."
My statement stands.
You just took a long damn time to say "some muslims are fucking idiots."
There are plenty of idiots in western cluture, too. But the west does a much better job of civilizing and educating our idiots. We also do a better job of punishing them when they act like idiots.
Combine the idiocy with the fact that your religion is being taught (by many) in a way that encourages violence, and you have a mess.
The solution? Civilize, educate, and punish idiots of all cultures. Wipe out all threads of violent religion from the face of humanity.
ram is cheap
really cheap
seriously
Assumining the existence of matter based on observations which suggest its presence is a perfectly valid way of developing a sceintific theory.
Assuming something supernatural is involved is, by definition, unscientific. FSM/God/Duke Nukem Forever are all supernatural ideas. Science is the search for natural explanations of the universe ONLY.
Government-funded research has its politics. Science itself does not recognize or care about nationalities, agendas, races, or other social oddities. Socieology and psychology are of course exceptions.
How did this get modded up? It's obviously a troll. No christain would talk about reincarnation. It is unlikely a "scientist" would misspell "principle."
There is NO WAY a person can be both a christian and a scientist without some serious cognitive dissonance. Science is a philosophy and method for finding natural explanations for all things. Christianity is the rejection of natural ideas and the acceptance of supernatural ones.
Breaking encryption has almost nothing to do with how much computing resources you have available. Most modern crypto system are designed so that, using the best known attack, it would take every computer on earth working together the current age of the universe worth of time on average to find a key.
Your wife's dual core amd system is worthless.
Crypto is broken by circumventing the crypto entirely, by stealing (not cracking) the key, or by finding fundamental design flaws in the cryptosystem itself.
Yes, but if his pay really is that good, he could keep it, invest the extra pay like mad, and once he has enough invested to lived off the dividends, he can then do WHATEVER work he wants REGARDLESS of pay in a completely stress-free life.
Hold up. Why would it not be "OK" to use biometrics for a government ID? What could "they" do to you if you have a biometric-based ID that "they" couldn't do if you just used a driver's license-type ID?
The photo on your license is just another type of biometrics...
That's not exactly true. In one way, insurance is a losing bet against yourself. But in other ways (especially medical insurance) it is a group cost-negotiating tool. My medical bills show me what the "normal" cost of treatment is, then show me what the "negotiated" cost is. These costs are often as much as a 40% discount.
So if the average "losing" bet against yourself with insurance would cost you an extra 10% over your lifetime, once you factor in the 40% negotiated discount, insurance SAVES you money.
Insurance also provides a "payment plan" type tool which helps people who don't have the financial intelligence/discipline to set money aside on their own.
So, at least in terms of medical insurance, it is actually a WINNING bet against yourself.
Broadband providers currently don't have common carrier legal status. Where are the lawsuits? Oh, that's right. You're just wrong.
I think we all know that Dark Matter and Gravitons are just a hoax. What really holds those galaxies together is the gravitational effects of the substance which carries IEEE 802.3 packets: the ether.
Growth investment companies usually don't pay dividends. The only way the investor makes money is if the stock price grows. When I buy growth stocks, I only care about earnings (and the other measures of a company's value) to the extent that they affect the actual stock price. To me, "growth" refers to stock price. Is this an unusual interpretation of the phrase "growth investing?"
Would you refer to all growth investment stratagies as pyramid schemes? You are evaluating this stock from a value investment perspective, but it isn't value investors who are buying it--it's growth investors.
It's worth noting that growth investment strategies, which ignore P/E, have better returns over the long run than value investment strategies (on average).
No matter how rich you are, $2M is real money. But you're right, good press is priceless.
Whether you think they treat you fairly or not, in both cases, the primary motivation of the company is greed.
Corruption of management would be a different thing than greed.
Criticizing a company for being greedy is like criticizing an iceberg for being cold. I'm sure I am not the only person who stops reading a comment when the writer makes such a pointless statement.
All such a statement communicates is that the writer isn't knowledgale enough to write about the statement at hand. It implies he thinks there are some companies who are not greedy--a delerious fantasy.
This is just a story in search of a headline. The actual study is neither surprising, nor interesting.
Of the 2066 companies that responded to the survey, a huge number (like 70%+) were in Texas or NYC. What's up with that? FBI is national.
Another odd thing is that only 23% used IDS, and only 90% had a firewall of any kind. Wha? These things seem so fundamental to me. I suppose the large number of very small companies just don't pay any attention to security.
It is a well-documented phenomenon that initially, the hype for a technology far exceedes its current capabilities. As time progresses, the capabilities of a particular technology continue to grow while the hype dies down (due to dissappointment). Eventually, the capability of the tech surpasses the hype. At this point, there are some fantastic investment opportunities.
The Internet is completely changing the world--it's just happening more slowly than originally predicted.
Do you know any young (college-age) people? Everything they do is online. Social lives, shopping, research, test taking: all online. They coordinate parties, plan trips, pay bills, and send photos and cards all online. A friend of mine in school recently remarked "I can't remember the last time I used a stamp."
This generation will realize everything the bubble predicted, just 10 years late. Wait until they are out of school and making real money.
With enough confederate nodes, tor can certainly be tracked. It isn't likely to happen, but it is possible.
parying = praying. damn you slashdot. posts at 3:30am should be automatically piped through ispell when a user hits submit.
Comparing "faith in math" to religious fundamentalism is terribly misleading. Math is a system that has been shown over and over to be predictive, useful, and correct for many cases. Religion is a system that has shown over and over to be the opposite. Therefore, there is some justification for faith in math, but none for religion. The former is perhaps over zealous, while the later is insane (despite that fact that we would like it to be true).
Don't believe me? Try parying somebody to the moon. Then try the same using a mathematical model of the solar system. There is some reason to have some amount of faith in one of these systems.
Jokes like that are only funny when they ar subtle. The use of the bold tag killed the subtleness. The 3 people who modded you funny probably aren't native english speakers, and for them that was subtle.
Leave the bold out of the puns people, please.