Slashdot Mirror


User: fustakrakich

fustakrakich's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
13,737
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 13,737

  1. Re:I'd like to see a comparison on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    *sigh* so many hand waving assumptions, so little comprehension. I could never expect anything less from your exquisitely tuned chorus... It even has a beat you can dance to... that's what makes it so attractive.

    Discrimination based on place of birth is no different than any other kind of bigotry.

    At least you can choose your religion.

  2. [waves hand]: Hi to you too! Pick a lie, any lie...

  3. I wouldn't want to find life! on The 10th Anniversary of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter · · Score: 1

    Not unless I have a blaster... I'm not playing the victim in that movie!

  4. Re:Surprise only to loyalists like samzenpus on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 2

    When necessary they certainly do! They bail out the banks, pry into our communications, make defense contractors rich with chronic warfare, I have seen them act very fast when big money calls in their cards. Congress is performing exactly as expected. With 96% reelection rates, it can't be seen any other way. Otherwise all the campaign money and other bribes will go to somebody more complaint. And of course the voters blindly will follow along and vote in the 'new' boss, complain, and reelect him until he's dead, sometimes after.

    They really are *just following orders* The 'incompetence' angle is a diversion. Said incompetence is a reflection on the voters, not the people winning the vote.

  5. Re:Surprised? Not me on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    Yeah, that was said about another famous guy. Imagine the looks on their faces when he won! And compared to the rest of your troupe (which I pointed out with that Arkansas pervert Cruz is all chummy with as just one small example), he is one of the saner ones. He's just too revealing for your tastes. He doesn't come up with attractive euphemisms of your party's intent and purpose. He is sandpaper on your painted veneer. Ouch! *That's a priceless Steinway!... Not anymore..*

  6. Re:I'd like to see a comparison on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 2

    You could have saved your breath. I know exactly where you're coming from. Your wild hand waving is entirely expected and predictable regular right wing propaganda as old as the universe. I said, make it two way. Borders are global "Jim Crow". They define racism and bigotry, in addition to the revenue they generate. I guess I have to repeat once again, save your silly politics for the believers in the echo chamber, and see your aspirations of supremacy for what they are. The veneer has worn off. Anybody with even the slightest inkling of respect can see right through it.

  7. Re:Cool. on Ecuador Declares State of Emergency Over Volcano · · Score: 2

    Actually they hurl chunks...

  8. Re:Oh dear on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Honestly, the biggest problem is financial cost.

    There's plenty of cash hogtied up in the derivatives markets. And there is over 4.5 trillion in "excess reserves". Personally, I'd rather see it used for California desalination plants, but whatever. Like the water itself, the money is just not where we need it. It is being used to fix the toilet on somebody's yacht.

  9. Re:Not mutually exclusive.. on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    It all depends on congress. The presidency is virtually ceremonial.

    I also remember reading about a politician (not US) about 85-90 years ago that was frequently "right", and so he won the election, out of the blue, surprised all sorts of people.... The story goes on that he made quite a mess of things.

  10. Re:I'd like to see a comparison on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    Wrong again, wait until you see what happens to the prices of your food when all that cheap/free labor dries up. Borders only make human trafficking more profitable, like what prohibition does for drugs. Open the borders (both directions obviously) and lift everybody up! Workers of the world can actually unite! Good for everybody except the little fiefdoms of aspiring aristocrats and other pirates.

  11. Re:Surprise only to loyalists like samzenpus on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    Exactly. It is very important to keep congress as evenly divided as possible, so the old *we don't have the votes* routine can always be pulled out of the hat.

  12. Re:It depends on how long it lasts. on How California Is Winning the Drought · · Score: 1

    We drink seawater all the time. Sometimes nature desalinates it and delivers it to our doorstep. We just have to fill in the gaps.

  13. Re:It depends on how long it lasts. on How California Is Winning the Drought · · Score: 1

    Not quite fish, but close enough?

  14. Re:Headline is stupid on Lawsuit Over Two-Word Tweet Moves Forward · · Score: 1

    Totally irrelevant. The listener's reaction is the only thing that matters. I do not care what he hears or sees. The choice of reaction is his and his only. On the other hand, you are free to admit that free will does not exist, and we can take it from there.

  15. Re:There is no reason for any drought to continue on How California Is Winning the Drought · · Score: 1

    No, that is what leads to war. No 'taking' is necessary. And the rights of those downstream need to be considered, and we shouldn't let people claim natural resources as property and displace others anyway. What they produce is their property.

  16. Surprised? Not me on Donald Trump Thinks Going To Mars Would Be "Wonderful" But There Is a Catch · · Score: 1

    He fits into the republican party better than any of them. And he's a good exposé of what the general population also feels, for what that is worth, seeing as he could actually win! I hope people are just trolling the idiot media pollsters the same way Trump is trolling the election.

    Ah well, I still think going to Mars without doing the moon first is kinda dumb. It's like climbing Mt. Everest with the base camp in New York City.

  17. Pharmaceuticals and money on Registered Clinical Trials Make Positive Findings Vanish · · Score: 1

    This is what happens when they intermingle...

  18. Re:I'm sorry, what is his message again? on Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Is Now Chairing Lessig's Presidential Bid · · Score: 1

    You are assuming that money can compel a person to vote a certain way and that they don't have the choice to do otherwise, but they do. The AC got it right. Work on the desire. The corruption is in the taking of the money, not offering. We can all turn our backs. You have it completely backwards. If they are talking about limits, then it is censorship.

  19. Re:People isn't the issue, farming is on How California Is Winning the Drought · · Score: 1

    All shortages, water, food, energy, all of it, are caused by politics, which of course bad management is part and parcel. But there is no technical reason to suffer any of it. And the pricing schemes are pure Hollywood accounting.

    Lack of water in California, excess in Texas.. The solution is obvious. Build a big giant fat "Keystone" pipeline

  20. I'm sorry, what is his message again? on Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Is Now Chairing Lessig's Presidential Bid · · Score: 0

    Something about censoring certain methods of political campaigning? I can't quite remember how it goes...

  21. Re:It depends on how long it lasts. on How California Is Winning the Drought · · Score: 1

    California's water supplies are stretched to the limit right now.

    [Standing on the beach]: Funny, the tide doesn't look that low..

  22. There is no reason for any drought to continue on How California Is Winning the Drought · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Desalination is cheaper than not having water at all. Whether it is cheaper than litigation over rights and usage, or outright war, I don't know.

  23. Re:Headline is stupid on Lawsuit Over Two-Word Tweet Moves Forward · · Score: 1

    True that, it is about expediency, but the real reason for such laws are to protect the aristocracy from criticism.

  24. Re:Headline is stupid on Lawsuit Over Two-Word Tweet Moves Forward · · Score: 1

    I'll go there.

    Oh, by all means, please do!

    How famous would Hitler OR Bin Laden be if nobody followed or listened? They all could have turned their backs. The real danger is always the followers. Rush Limbaugh/Pat Robertson are blow hards, but it is their followers who are shooting up the churches and blowing up the clinics. They are the troops who carry out the orders. Killing the charismatic only makes room for the next one. You have to reverse course and go after those who take the bribe, (following the speech) not the ones offering, (speaking).

  25. Re:Headline is stupid on Lawsuit Over Two-Word Tweet Moves Forward · · Score: 1

    The whole point of all this should be about the reaction, not what was said. I always hold the listener/follower responsible.