Wake me when vocal Christians act with _decisive_ power in opposition to the Religious Right. Inaction is a choice. The important churches vote Right.
I tire of these mewling excuses from the left. The Religious Right at least have the courage of their convictions. The tiny religious left (which is a contradiction in terms) is obviously too confused to function, so it doesn't.
Have fun, religion is whatever you'd like to imagine (as is all superstition) but don't expect observers to buy your hallucination.
This is why research into controversial subjects should be moved out of the US. The outcome for human knowledge is more important than "doing it here", and US scientist might consider offering their services to more enlightened nations. There are plenty of US expats all over the world, and no reason not to add to that number. More USians being exposed to the rest of the world is healthy as well.
Fine. I'd use the cyber-attack excuse and never mention anything else.
"I was attacked they took down my site, I wiped everything as a precaution, and my blocklist is updated to reflect previous attack sources. I cannot take the risk of my site being used as a weapon against our national infrastructure."
If a site belongs to the owner, it doesn't belong to anyone else. They should not want access to it, end of story.
Freedom of the Internet must include freedom of one's own website. The argument that users "want stuff" is absurd. Let them vote with their wallets (not so effective for the obvious majority, self included, who want everything free!).
I have an idea. Let's have the government take ALL income from each according to his abilities, and redistribute to each according to his needs.
People don't need any other incentive than contributing to the welfare of others, government will handle all this ethically and without corruption, so let's get to it.
"I strongly suspect that the people who pooh-pooh the networking capabilities of X never got used to using them."
Ubuntu is intended for mass adoption, not as a professional tool for power users. Ubuntu has been great for Linux adoption, but never lost sight of its original intent.
Anyone needing power user capabilities can run Debian instead, or run a different distro in a VM.
"Not every country considers war that important to waste so much money as the americans do. Even less so when it's entire population is just 6 million."
I agree...
Old Sarge mode on:
Land navigation is among the most basic of military skills. Maps are cheap (hint, use the proper military topo map), plastic laminate is cheap, and grease pencils are cheap. Maps don't need batteries, and were around long before the Internet. Even Boy and Girl Scouts can use a map and compass.
The officer in charge fucked up and now has a peacetime learning experience (as opposed to getting himself and his troops killed). Nice.
Using BOTH is an option, and the "shrapnel" factor would required an explosive sufficient to shred the container (and kill everyone in it, which would also apply to a tent). Tents don't arrive alone. There are plenty of ISOs that arrive with other supplies, and accumulate at bases once empty.
Military ISOs are VERY common, very adaptable, and frequently used to replace tents.
"can they withstand corrosion after a year or more of burial in wet ground?"
Yes if appropriately painted (or tar or foam the outside). The vanilla sort are usually made of corrosion-resisting Cor-Ten steel (they spend much of their lives at sea).
They can be abandoned after they are no longer needed. Third World countries are efficient at re-using steel which is completely recyclable. A bit of time with a torch will reduce most containers to panels convenient for handling, and they make excellent shops and small buildings as-is (I have two 40' High Cubes, one fitted with power and light).
They have plenty of vertical strength, as can be seen when loaded ISOs are stacked on ships. For even stronger revetting, bury one, set a second atop it, cut open the roof (torch, Sawzall, etc) and fill with earth.
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The plural of anecdote is not data.
Wake me when vocal Christians act with _decisive_ power in opposition to the Religious Right. Inaction is a choice. The important churches vote Right.
I tire of these mewling excuses from the left. The Religious Right at least have the courage of their convictions. The tiny religious left (which is a contradiction in terms) is obviously too confused to function, so it doesn't.
Have fun, religion is whatever you'd like to imagine (as is all superstition) but don't expect observers to buy your hallucination.
Most US Christians are either OF the religious right, or more importantly will never oppose it.
The few on Slashdot aren't representative. The MANY who just voted the Teapublicans into power ARE representative, and just proved it yet again.
This is why research into controversial subjects should be moved out of the US. The outcome for human knowledge is more important than "doing it here", and US scientist might consider offering their services to more enlightened nations. There are plenty of US expats all over the world, and no reason not to add to that number. More USians being exposed to the rest of the world is healthy as well.
"The Queen is 84 years old, in case you were wondering :)"
So is Facebook. (Yawn.)
Let us know when she posts on 4chan. :)
"I for one, welcome our glowing Leporidae overlords."
They will be a tough act to follow. How do I get luminous paint to stick to a fursuit?
Fine. I'd use the cyber-attack excuse and never mention anything else.
"I was attacked they took down my site, I wiped everything as a precaution, and my blocklist is updated to reflect previous attack sources. I cannot take the risk of my site being used as a weapon against our national infrastructure."
If a site belongs to the owner, it doesn't belong to anyone else. They should not want access to it, end of story.
Freedom of the Internet must include freedom of one's own website. The argument that users "want stuff" is absurd. Let them vote with their wallets (not so effective for the obvious majority, self included, who want everything free!).
"LSD addict drops acid"
LSD is not addictive.
If it were a NON-POLITICAL DOS/bot attack, would anyone on Slashdot give a rat's ass if he went down for MORE than thirty months?
Ignore the political aspect, and he's just a vandal.
I have an idea. Let's have the government take ALL income from each according to his abilities, and redistribute to each according to his needs.
People don't need any other incentive than contributing to the welfare of others, government will handle all this ethically and without corruption, so let's get to it.
"but for the love of God, PLEASE keep network transparency. "
If you know what that is, you don't particularly need Ubuntu.
There is a very nice, but nearly forgotten distro for power users:
http://www.debian.org/
"If enough people take my stance on it, they will quit this garbage in a hurry."
Don't forget making the frisk so nasty the friskers themselves will object to it.
Cucumber kimchee is delicious, and goes well with a long night of getting shitfaced drunk. Skip showering before flight. :)
"I strongly suspect that the people who pooh-pooh the networking capabilities of X never got used to using them."
Ubuntu is intended for mass adoption, not as a professional tool for power users. Ubuntu has been great for Linux adoption, but never lost sight of its original intent.
Anyone needing power user capabilities can run Debian instead, or run a different distro in a VM.
"Surely they do wrong things, too?"
No.
They failed to download enough Free Stuff:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/2436983/Army-FM-325-26-Map-Reading-and-Land-Navigation
Since actual topo maps can be COMPARED with most-recent Google photos, it's practical to get useful info FROM THE PHOTOS.
(Just take a screencap of the satellite view, I do this all the time when giving people directions.)
BUT, that doesn't mean you shouldn't use a verified military topo MAP for military ops. It's as basic as it can get.
Get map, get pics, laminate both (maps get wet), premark known points on the photos, bring all of it to the mission.
"Not every country considers war that important to waste so much money as the americans do. Even less so when it's entire population is just 6 million."
I agree...
Old Sarge mode on:
Land navigation is among the most basic of military skills. Maps are cheap (hint, use the proper military topo map), plastic laminate is cheap, and grease pencils are cheap. Maps don't need batteries, and were around long before the Internet. Even Boy and Girl Scouts can use a map and compass.
The officer in charge fucked up and now has a peacetime learning experience (as opposed to getting himself and his troops killed). Nice.
"It was the only way to look like a trendy douchebag in a datacentre setting."
Shit. Now I'll have to BE a trendy douchebag instead of just fronting.
Damn raised barriers grumble mumble fuck...
"penis. what? your's isn't prehensile?"
No, I just tape it to the monkey's tail.
"Yes. Clearly Netflix will 'destroy the internet'."
I, for one, welcome our new Internet-destroying overlords.
"So what, IE users are not allowed to buy cars?"
Intelligent drivers are lower insurance risks. :)
"The value of hate speech is less obvious, but it's still clearly covered by the first amendment."
The term "hate speech" is completely subjective and should be translated as "stuff I don't like".
The freedom to attack all beliefs is necessary because otherwise believers will seek censorship of attacks against their superstition.
"People were 70% for it until it got demolished to basically something entirely different. Then everyone was 70% against it."
A smarter monkey would have released the bait and evaded (most of) the clubbing.
http://www.the-blinding-white-light.com/mt/archives/001596.html
"and get us OUT of the middle east."
Can't. Chosen People live there and we have to get right with Gawd. President Palin will set us right, fear not. :)
Butthurt much? Cultures ARE different, which results in different behaviors.
One has no obligation to view ANY culture with reverence.
Using BOTH is an option, and the "shrapnel" factor would required an explosive sufficient to shred the container (and kill everyone in it, which would also apply to a tent). Tents don't arrive alone. There are plenty of ISOs that arrive with other supplies, and accumulate at bases once empty.
Military ISOs are VERY common, very adaptable, and frequently used to replace tents.
http://www.seabox.com/v3/military/
"can they withstand corrosion after a year or more of burial in wet ground?"
Yes if appropriately painted (or tar or foam the outside). The vanilla sort are usually made of corrosion-resisting Cor-Ten steel (they spend much of their lives at sea).
They can be abandoned after they are no longer needed. Third World countries are efficient at re-using steel which is completely recyclable.
A bit of time with a torch will reduce most containers to panels convenient for handling, and they make excellent shops and small buildings as-is (I have two 40' High Cubes, one fitted with power and light).
They have plenty of vertical strength, as can be seen when loaded ISOs are stacked on ships. For even stronger revetting, bury one, set a second atop it, cut open the roof (torch, Sawzall, etc) and fill with earth.