Dolphins are mammals, not fish. If you're going to monkey around with species-related puns, at least stick to the same class of vertebrates. This has been the giant elephant in the room throughout this thread.
I'm not calling him an idiot; I am defending free speech. My point was if you say idioting things in a free country someone else has the freedom to call you on it. The fact that what he said was idiotic is obvious to me and anyone else with a clue but it is simply not my point here. My point is that free speech gives you the right to say stupid things but it also gives others the right to point out their stupidity.
As far as the content of the statement, do some research yourself if you don't think the point is ignorant. I'm not here to educate you and I'm not "offended" by the fact that someone else says idiotic things.
It's pretty bad. I had KDE running on my OS X system back under 10.2; how is it news now? For a while I was just logging in to >console and starting kde so there was no OS X -- but I came to my senses and now I use OS X exclusively. Either way though it's not news -- this artiKle is Komplete Krap.
One sentence like say, "ISLAM is NOT a religion of Peace, rather it is a Hatemongering, terrorist breeding religion bent upon bringing the whole world under its tyranny" won't perhaps bring the gestapo to the doors, but will sure bring more severe consequences from the politically correct crowd
If by "severe consequences" you mean someone with a clue will tell you that your statement is false, ignorant, and idiotic, then you're right. And that's exactly the point of freedom of speech - it is not just about the freedom for any old idiot to say whatever the fuck they want but also the freedom but about stimulating vibrant political deliberation. The theory is that rather than repressing speech that is false or hateful or obscene, the proper response is *more speech* -- e.g., someone with a clue telling you you're full of shit. So when you say stupid things, and somebody tells you that you're being an idiot, don't whine that they are violating your free speech. They are simply exercising theirs.
wake me up when we've got our own Falun Gong problem here.
Oh don't worry... we'll take care of them heathen religious nuts if they ever show up here... Remember what we did when we had that little Branch Davidian problem here? We sure showed them....
Things like this do happen, but I suspect it is far more likely that academics like your friend are too personally invested in their own writing and hate to see it cut by editors. There are good reasons to have editors. It is quite possible - and far more common - for editors to reign in excessively long-winded academics from going on and on than it is for them to refuse to correct inaccuracies. I seriously doubt in this case that the editors of Brittanica would refuse to correct an inaccuracy that was spelled out clearly for them; it seems more likely that either your friend was exaggerating the extent of the editorial changes or that he was unclear in explaining why those changes had led to inaccuracies. And I say this as an academic myself, not an editor. I've often seen my own work butchered by editors but after enough time passes for me to have distance from my own work I have generally agreed with most of their changes and suggestions.
Considering the amount of inhumanity that goes on in the oil industry - including the protection and support by oil companies of murderous and repressive governments in oil producing countries - it is not too far a stretch to say that we already are filling our tanks with human remains. I'm not the first to have this thought.....
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Dolphins are mammals, not fish. If you're going to monkey around with species-related puns, at least stick to the same class of vertebrates. This has been the giant elephant in the room throughout this thread.
I guess if you work for Microsoft your employer can be pretty noisy.
Can they make it flutter its eyelids?
Does anyone have a .torrent link so I can download a pirated copy of the software?
As far as the content of the statement, do some research yourself if you don't think the point is ignorant. I'm not here to educate you and I'm not "offended" by the fact that someone else says idiotic things.
Sure you can; all you need to do is set the evil bit.
Once again, OSX proves to be more secure!
*ducks*
It's pretty bad. I had KDE running on my OS X system back under 10.2; how is it news now? For a while I was just logging in to >console and starting kde so there was no OS X -- but I came to my senses and now I use OS X exclusively. Either way though it's not news -- this artiKle is Komplete Krap.
Apparently, UNIX 101 was not over for the day...
Then you don't have to worry about anyone actually reading your blog.
If by "severe consequences" you mean someone with a clue will tell you that your statement is false, ignorant, and idiotic, then you're right. And that's exactly the point of freedom of speech - it is not just about the freedom for any old idiot to say whatever the fuck they want but also the freedom but about stimulating vibrant political deliberation. The theory is that rather than repressing speech that is false or hateful or obscene, the proper response is *more speech* -- e.g., someone with a clue telling you you're full of shit. So when you say stupid things, and somebody tells you that you're being an idiot, don't whine that they are violating your free speech. They are simply exercising theirs.
Oh don't worry... we'll take care of them heathen religious nuts if they ever show up here... Remember what we did when we had that little Branch Davidian problem here? We sure showed them....
Wait a minute - what did you mean?
Actually, it is fstab that you want to edit in order to takie care of your filesystem, not dstab. Wait a minute - what are we talking about again?
That's it - no more tequila in the office. For real this time.
The TeraGrids have already won.
According to what I've read, titanium cases like this are actually inflammable, so there should be no problem.
circa January 2001, that is...
Quit posting to slashdot and get back to work!!
-W.
Things like this do happen, but I suspect it is far more likely that academics like your friend are too personally invested in their own writing and hate to see it cut by editors. There are good reasons to have editors. It is quite possible - and far more common - for editors to reign in excessively long-winded academics from going on and on than it is for them to refuse to correct inaccuracies. I seriously doubt in this case that the editors of Brittanica would refuse to correct an inaccuracy that was spelled out clearly for them; it seems more likely that either your friend was exaggerating the extent of the editorial changes or that he was unclear in explaining why those changes had led to inaccuracies. And I say this as an academic myself, not an editor. I've often seen my own work butchered by editors but after enough time passes for me to have distance from my own work I have generally agreed with most of their changes and suggestions.
An all-syrup Super Squishy? Oh, s-s-such a thing has never been done.
"Perhaps you'd like to try an experimental flavour of my own concoction. A delicious chutney squishy...You can really tasted the chutney!"
--Apu
Maybe you can purchase such an interface with money you get from the ATM Machine using your PIN Number.
Did you say something about :CueCat jokes? Let me dig into the archive here; I think I can find a few....
Considering the amount of inhumanity that goes on in the oil industry - including the protection and support by oil companies of murderous and repressive governments in oil producing countries - it is not too far a stretch to say that we already are filling our tanks with human remains. I'm not the first to have this thought.....
There are already plenty of great uses for cats.
fuck it, finish the joke yourself, perv.