How do you feel about being told this is your fault because you walked too close to an alien ship one day?
I think sexual reproduction involves a *little* more effort than that...
Especially, since people are conspiring to keep the knowledge of the aliens and how to safely contact them a secret.
Everyone over the age of 12 should know what about the risk of "developing a growth," regardless of whether they know how to prevent it. Just because they don't know how to do it safely, doesn't mean they don't know it can happen.
Pretty sure there's a sizable chunk of the middle east where all three of those are still accepted by mainstream society...whether or not that's a refutation of your argument is up for debate, though...
Thank you for your insightful contribution to the conversation. I will see your racist non sequitur and raise you a neutral ramble.
"So I was at Best Buy on Black Friday and I didn't know if they'd have already sold out of what I was looking for. I got a SanDisk Sansa Fuze--a red one--and made my way to the checkout. It was really long. I must have been in line for like 30 minutes. Interestingly, the actual in-store parts of my shopping at all locations combined was shorter. Next, I went to..."
So yeah, start modding me offtopic and stuff. Whatever.
On a related-but-non-comparable-because-it-doesn't-involve-life-and-death note, people have been making movies lately about people acting in offensive ways and then acting all surprised and mocking the spectators when they're offended. I fail to see the humor in people reacting predictably when you're being a total douchebag.
IMO there are three kinds of funny: Funny as in joke funny, dry funny (e.g., sarcasm, dramatic irony), and "what the heck, where did that come from?" funny.
And what percentage of the general population, or, more generously, the general Slashdot readership, do you think are looking to buy a mainframe? Seriously?
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ingested us in a carnivorous cannibalistic rage
Is there a kind of cannibalistic rage that isn't carnivorous? I guess if you're a venus venustrap...
I actually *liked* The Phantom Menace...minus the Anakin crap.
What's the difference between "not (original music)" and "(not original) music"?
How do you feel about being told this is your fault because you walked too close to an alien ship one day?
I think sexual reproduction involves a *little* more effort than that...
Especially, since people are conspiring to keep the knowledge of the aliens and how to safely contact them a secret.
Everyone over the age of 12 should know what about the risk of "developing a growth," regardless of whether they know how to prevent it. Just because they don't know how to do it safely, doesn't mean they don't know it can happen.
Pretty sure there's a sizable chunk of the middle east where all three of those are still accepted by mainstream society...whether or not that's a refutation of your argument is up for debate, though...
Thank you for your insightful contribution to the conversation. I will see your racist non sequitur and raise you a neutral ramble.
"So I was at Best Buy on Black Friday and I didn't know if they'd have already sold out of what I was looking for. I got a SanDisk Sansa Fuze--a red one--and made my way to the checkout. It was really long. I must have been in line for like 30 minutes. Interestingly, the actual in-store parts of my shopping at all locations combined was shorter. Next, I went to..."
So yeah, start modding me offtopic and stuff. Whatever.
Yay absolutes! :-D
Hence the "technically"...
If only I had mod points...
On a related-but-non-comparable-because-it-doesn't-involve-life-and-death note, people have been making movies lately about people acting in offensive ways and then acting all surprised and mocking the spectators when they're offended. I fail to see the humor in people reacting predictably when you're being a total douchebag.
Actually wouldn't be it very kosher---how many Mac owners *aren't* vegetarians? [rimshot]
Except the Israeli demolition folks don't conveniently put them in cafes within blast radius of exactly six people before they detonate them.
+1 Funny, -1 Troll, +1 WTF
IMO there are three kinds of funny: Funny as in joke funny, dry funny (e.g., sarcasm, dramatic irony), and "what the heck, where did that come from?" funny.
Okay, so you can get to it via "Departments" but you can't get to it via "Undergrad Programs." I guess you win.
I wasn't commenting on your post specifically, but only the general feeling of double-standards on Slashdot. Sorry.
Sarcasm?
But you can't STEAL code because duplication of a purely digital medium doesn't deprive anyone.
Wait, what's that you say? Oh yeah, I forgot it was Microsoft we were talking about for a minute there. Carry on.
"You're brainwashed!"
"No, you're brainwashed!"
etc.
So just to be clear, this is a fatalistic kind of thing where there's no right or wrong answer, right?
"Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."
Alpha Centauri, right? Great game.
"Very true, these assholes must rot in hell, themselves blinded"? Is that about right?
...as "Sci-Fi Author Wants Peters Beaten, Charged During Border Crossing." I was having real trouble figuring out who the two parties were.
And what percentage of the general population, or, more generously, the general Slashdot readership, do you think are looking to buy a mainframe? Seriously?
And how many people are going to know that?
You're gonna give somebody brain cancer with that thing!
Marginally. It's the thought that counts :)