Why don't you tell that to my Windows 7 install when some horrible abomination in the background on a page somewhere stalls out not only Firefox but the entire PC.
Oh, and what site, you say? *Facebook.* Hangs with the OS completely unresponsive for an entire minute or more. And this is with NoScript, too.
Well, since an Anonymous Coward casually dismissed it in a single-sentence post on Slashdot, I guess we should all just give up on the idea of philosophy then.
I would hope expected at least a klaxon or two. Maybe Mahel Roddenberry calmly giving me a countdown to total car deactivation or something:)
I mean, when it's basically trying to tell you, "You done ran over a giant-ass piece of debris and it tore shit up," too much politeness minimizes the danger...
"You had a hand in illegally wiretapping most of the country and getting away with it?" "Yeah, I was totally in on that." "Let me pat you on the back, buddy. Oops--lemme switch that knife to the other hand first..."
It's "open source" in the colloquial definition of the term as "the source is public; you can download and compile it, and use the resulting output for personal use."
Sounds more like it would need to be a plus sign and rotating. While approaching end-on. And really, really big and traveling really, really slowly, apparently.
Doesn't the Test assume that you're a computer to begin with? You 'win' if you convince them there's at least a 50% chance you're a computer. Technically you could also win by influencing the human somehow into giving computer-like answers.
Illegal is illegal. I don't get why so many people want to just make all illegal immigrants citizens retroactively. In that case, why have border controls at all? Just letting everybody in is functionally equivalent and more efficient.
That would be a pretty terrible comparison, seeing as in Battlestar, they end up making friends with the Cylons (well, some of them anyway), and by the end of the show they have succeeded in showing some morally wrong action by every single member of the cast. I think one of the very few things I was surprised at by the end of the show was that they actually directly punished whatserface the secretary replacement for Billy. The whole show was 99.9% about areas that were presented as morally gray.
Oh, and the part where they almost elected a terrorist leader president. Granted, I loathed both him and Roslin, but hey, that's the way the show was.
"There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be." - Fulton J. Sheen
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Why don't you tell that to my Windows 7 install when some horrible abomination in the background on a page somewhere stalls out not only Firefox but the entire PC.
Oh, and what site, you say? *Facebook.* Hangs with the OS completely unresponsive for an entire minute or more. And this is with NoScript, too.
Well, since an Anonymous Coward casually dismissed it in a single-sentence post on Slashdot, I guess we should all just give up on the idea of philosophy then.
How about something more useful like "Damage to hood compartment. Pull over immediately."?
I would hope expected at least a klaxon or two. Maybe Mahel Roddenberry calmly giving me a countdown to total car deactivation or something :)
I mean, when it's basically trying to tell you, "You done ran over a giant-ass piece of debris and it tore shit up," too much politeness minimizes the danger...
They didn't put it out; it hasn't been lit yet.
I still remember the "Don't Talk to Cops" bit he got on here and was wondering whether anybody else would recognize the name.
The NSA is secretly Candleja
"You had a hand in illegally wiretapping most of the country and getting away with it?"
"Yeah, I was totally in on that."
"Let me pat you on the back, buddy. Oops--lemme switch that knife to the other hand first..."
Sounds like you're described it pretty clearly as not evil, but ambivalence. A sin of omission vs. commission, if you will. Evil requires motivation.
Google defines evil as "profoundly immoral and malevolent." Malevolent* is defined as "having or showing a wish to do evil to others."
Wait...that's sort of a circular definition....hmmm....
* syn. malicious: characterized by malice; intending or intended to do harm.
It's "open source" in the colloquial definition of the term as "the source is public; you can download and compile it, and use the resulting output for personal use."
So glad that they mentioned this in TFS - now we have *two* reasons to be mad at them! :D
Or how about DON'T DRIVE OVER THE DEBRIS?
(filter mumble mumble mumble)
Sounds more like it would need to be a plus sign and rotating. While approaching end-on. And really, really big and traveling really, really slowly, apparently.
Doesn't the Test assume that you're a computer to begin with? You 'win' if you convince them there's at least a 50% chance you're a computer. Technically you could also win by influencing the human somehow into giving computer-like answers.
'Badly made' and 'glamorizing American militarism' are not mutually exclusive.
Then they can immigrate on a visitor or temporary visa or something. Do it legally.
Illegal is illegal. I don't get why so many people want to just make all illegal immigrants citizens retroactively. In that case, why have border controls at all? Just letting everybody in is functionally equivalent and more efficient.
I think in the vernacular, 'flash drive' is already a synonym for 'USB drive' or 'thumb drive.'
Of course, not all drives connected over USB are thumb-sized, either...
What else would you call an SSD? It's not an optical disc, USB drive, or floppy.
Oh. Yeah, I thought that one was the weakest of the (real) series. Haven't read the new one yet.
That would be a pretty terrible comparison, seeing as in Battlestar, they end up making friends with the Cylons (well, some of them anyway), and by the end of the show they have succeeded in showing some morally wrong action by every single member of the cast. I think one of the very few things I was surprised at by the end of the show was that they actually directly punished whatserface the secretary replacement for Billy. The whole show was 99.9% about areas that were presented as morally gray.
Oh, and the part where they almost elected a terrorist leader president. Granted, I loathed both him and Roslin, but hey, that's the way the show was.
Sadly spent all my mod points earlier today :(
"There are not one hundred people in the United States who hate The Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they wrongly perceive the Catholic Church to be." - Fulton J. Sheen
Even so, considering who we're talking about here, you have to admit it's a bit convenient.
Apparently I just enjoy things too easily (all three of the mentioned movies). It must be a character flaw or something.
And yes, I read the HHGG books first.