My point being, all 'humor' articles posted on slashdot lately have been just trash digging. Is there anything new? And why are my messages under moderatelotto, decide what you think damnit.
Aah, hopeful thinking. And if environment forces social activity on you like it does to me, I can always hide in my shell, tapping TI calculator. I see. (Why I'm not marked flamebait, don't they hate when someone uses stereotypic and incorrect geek images?)
Mmm resistant to malaria... well there's the good side I was looking for. Also, does this mean that most of mankind was prone to malaria back then? We don't see lots of malaria here north... Heh yeah, I've understood it's common misunderstanding of evolution, also, that people think it makes what's "good": it does what's propable, which leads into kludges like this.
Let me be more clear. I agree with your points, but my "make sense" was more like "is propable enough to appear and stay": If there's gene that's there just to make me die, isn't it more propable it will disappear than otherwise? Sure, if it's sickness that comes after I've reproduced, it won't be all like that... but, because people DO live after having spent their age of being able to reproduce, it might imply that old persons would be usable to community. Thus, I don't see why there's still gene that kills us in our gene pool.
I'm not genetic engineer or such, but I strongly doubt there would be gene that's ONLY function is disease... what sense would that make? Besides, isn't gene just mark to enable code that's sleeping somewhere? Or is it the code? I dunno. But still doesn't make sense to have all bad gene, one that does effect which is bad sometimes but good sometimes or something that's bad _now_, but not that.
You're saying we have LEARNED? Look around, does this look like mankind has learned anything of social interaction during the last 6000 years... and our exophobia is really bad since we're scared of even our own race with different pigment, so meeting something different would mean it's kill and get killed. No, I don't think mankind has hope.
And you think things could be any different? We're on the top of food chain, and how do you think we got there? OF COURSE we think of wealth, nice stuff and women to rape (uhh, this can get kinda hard now tho...) when we see something new. If it weren't for that thinking, we'd propably still be either eating leaves in trees or got eaten by a lion that didn't have conscience problems.
Why are people making such a fuss from y2k, next millennium is coming in 1000 years already, but next OD takes over 1112 years. And where are OD bugs... maybe some programmer used ODs as quitting instruction! P.S. I could've written first post here, truthfully, but I got OD-mad. Sniff.
Very popular future view, world ruled by meag-tradercompanies, will drop because very important element in future, software (yes, I think computers are here to stay), will be free? If Windows ruled the world for some more time, it could start taking over the world with hidden spying, remote control and stuff. No, don't laugh, instead tell me why it wouldn't be possible. Who could detect it? Nobody sees the code and as for workings of OS/apps... who understands them anyways. If best shot for detecting microsoft spying is seeings letters 'RSA' in file, we're in shit. Thank god the messiah foretold saved us.
And 100% population in Japan goes to high school? Well maybe in Japan... but Japan is traditionally much more disciplined than USA, which on the other hand doesn't suggest anything about intelligence. We (I'm not American) in Western World (don't smartass that USA is east from China) are just generally lazier, and that's why we'll de-evolve into slugs while the rest of the world becomes super-humans.
And when 1000 million (right?) people enter the community, how many new coders is that? Presuming they are about as intelligent as us (which would propably be correct - stereotypes about smart/dumb easties partly come from filtered takes - is your average university chinese average chinese fellow too?)... hmm, how many could code on linux atm? Another 1000 million? Then our coder count would theoretically double.
Just can't wait to see what's Linus of China like.
So this is the result of semi-militaristic, but absolutely fanatic hostileness to other choices? Just like we laugh maliciously when another E-mail virus wrecked couple million poor windows machines, we give thumbs up for China forcing people to use Linux or die?-)
Makes me proud to be linux fanatic. The torches, the torches...!
America is starting sound more and more like stories about CCCP and Nazi German (don't know if it really was like that -never lived there:]). Well, maybe not quite, but why does word 'America' (well, Australia too:]) read in almost every freaky story about something stupid involving computers? This, UCITA, software patent madness, crypto exporting... geez. Good to live in Finland:) (well, if I don't write viirii atleast.)
Melodic, vocal-based metal or "fingers in throat" -deathmetal. Doesn't make sense really - lyrics just distract me whenever I try to do something, but I never produce any code anyway so who cares:) Wonder if I should start listening big classics (Beethoven and stuff, you know), weren't they supposed to enhance your thinking and stuff? Well atleast if you're 3D-modeller:)
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Why is this moderated to 0? It's not informative, but another moderator's mistake shouldn't eat my Karma.
My point being, all 'humor' articles posted on slashdot lately have been just trash digging. Is there anything new? And why are my messages under moderatelotto, decide what you think damnit.
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Aah, hopeful thinking. And if environment forces social activity on you like it does to me, I can always hide in my shell, tapping TI calculator. I see. (Why I'm not marked flamebait, don't they hate when someone uses stereotypic and incorrect geek images?)
Why do geeks want portable technology? Are you always on the move? I'm not (well, I go to school every day but if I didn't I wouldn't be).
Mmm resistant to malaria... well there's the good side I was looking for. Also, does this mean that most of mankind was prone to malaria back then? We don't see lots of malaria here north... Heh yeah, I've understood it's common misunderstanding of evolution, also, that people think it makes what's "good": it does what's propable, which leads into kludges like this.
Let me be more clear. I agree with your points, but my "make sense" was more like "is propable enough to appear and stay": If there's gene that's there just to make me die, isn't it more propable it will disappear than otherwise? Sure, if it's sickness that comes after I've reproduced, it won't be all like that... but, because people DO live after having spent their age of being able to reproduce, it might imply that old persons would be usable to community. Thus, I don't see why there's still gene that kills us in our gene pool.
I'm not genetic engineer or such, but I strongly doubt there would be gene that's ONLY function is disease... what sense would that make? Besides, isn't gene just mark to enable code that's sleeping somewhere? Or is it the code? I dunno. But still doesn't make sense to have all bad gene, one that does effect which is bad sometimes but good sometimes or something that's bad _now_, but not that.
Oops, doubletypo, "would start from 1." or "wouldn't start from 22.", pick which one you like.
I wouldn't start systematical study from 1. chromosome so I presume it was the one they knew most of, how's study for others doing?
You're saying we have LEARNED? Look around, does this look like mankind has learned anything of social interaction during the last 6000 years... and our exophobia is really bad since we're scared of even our own race with different pigment, so meeting something different would mean it's kill and get killed. No, I don't think mankind has hope.
And you think things could be any different? We're on the top of food chain, and how do you think we got there? OF COURSE we think of wealth, nice stuff and women to rape (uhh, this can get kinda hard now tho...) when we see something new. If it weren't for that thinking, we'd propably still be either eating leaves in trees or got eaten by a lion that didn't have conscience problems.
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Hmpf, you call segfault low-budjet and stupid? I don't, as I don't call this one. Go read segfault's trashcan. -Kaatunut
Why are people making such a fuss from y2k, next millennium is coming in 1000 years already, but next OD takes over 1112 years. And where are OD bugs... maybe some programmer used ODs as quitting instruction! P.S. I could've written first post here, truthfully, but I got OD-mad. Sniff.
What isn't. Almost anything we study leads to ways to harm people sooner or later. Isn't human nature great :)
Very popular future view, world ruled by meag-tradercompanies, will drop because very important element in future, software (yes, I think computers are here to stay), will be free? If Windows ruled the world for some more time, it could start taking over the world with hidden spying, remote control and stuff. No, don't laugh, instead tell me why it wouldn't be possible. Who could detect it? Nobody sees the code and as for workings of OS/apps... who understands them anyways. If best shot for detecting microsoft spying is seeings letters 'RSA' in file, we're in shit. Thank god the messiah foretold saved us.
And 100% population in Japan goes to high school? Well maybe in Japan... but Japan is traditionally much more disciplined than USA, which on the other hand doesn't suggest anything about intelligence. We (I'm not American) in Western World (don't smartass that USA is east from China) are just generally lazier, and that's why we'll de-evolve into slugs while the rest of the world becomes super-humans.
And when 1000 million (right?) people enter the community, how many new coders is that? Presuming they are about as intelligent as us (which would propably be correct - stereotypes about smart/dumb easties partly come from filtered takes - is your average university chinese average chinese fellow too?)... hmm, how many could code on linux atm? Another 1000 million? Then our coder count would theoretically double.
Just can't wait to see what's Linus of China like.
So this is the result of semi-militaristic, but absolutely fanatic hostileness to other choices? Just like we laugh maliciously when another E-mail virus wrecked couple million poor windows machines, we give thumbs up for China forcing people to use Linux or die?-)
Makes me proud to be linux fanatic. The torches, the torches...!
America is starting sound more and more like stories about CCCP and Nazi German (don't know if it really was like that -never lived there :]). Well, maybe not quite, but why does word 'America' (well, Australia too :]) read in almost every freaky story about something stupid involving computers? This, UCITA, software patent madness, crypto exporting... geez. Good to live in Finland :) (well, if I don't write viirii atleast.)
Melodic, vocal-based metal or "fingers in throat" -deathmetal. Doesn't make sense really - lyrics just distract me whenever I try to do something, but I never produce any code anyway so who cares :) Wonder if I should start listening big classics (Beethoven and stuff, you know), weren't they supposed to enhance your thinking and stuff? Well atleast if you're 3D-modeller :)