"I guess we don't have you to thank for civil rights, women's rights and now healthcare. I mean, why bother ?"
Those are emotional issues, which attract the same sort of emotional activists who HATE nuclear power. Their particular flavor of idealistic outlook is not pro-technology.
Come up with something that uses solar, ponies, or solar ponies and they might bite.
The professional customers will be ENRAGED to be charged PROPRIETARY tech because some shithead hurt himself. They want and need STANDARD, simple blades.
I want simple tools because they are tougher and easier to maintain. Many professional users keep tools and equipment for years, and don't need the inherent "planned obsolesence" that goes with implementing complex features.
Table saws aren't just toys for hobbyists. They are a vital construction industry tool. I sincerely wish the idiot who started the lawsuit had died (without suing!) instead. The burder of such proprietary tech is, in this case, more costly than a life or several.
Some tools are inherently dangerous as a direct consequence of their function. Cutty tools cut, weldy tools get hot, drilly tools make holes, angle grinders will gut you like a fish if you misuse them, and acetylene explosions can level a building.
The solution isn't to punish the competent user by complicating their tools and equipment and making them pay for the idiots.
Note to amateur and professional carpenters:
Keep your dick skinners out of the damn blade. If you get cut, accept it was because you were complacent and stupid, and consider your injuries part of the price.
That's no troll. Competition, real competition, involves worker sacrifice. Workers must compete with each other, fight for jobs, and devil take the hindmost just as companies compete with each other for sales.
Sucks, but not avoidable. Every competing worker is an enemy just as every competing business is an enemy. Business is war.
To be fair, there are plenty of used car dealers who don't overcharge but do sell to not-terribly-reliable clients. They need a way to get their vehicle back when those clients quit paying.
"Hey, our infrastructure might be falling apart, our education system is an intentionally inadequate rote memorization nightmare, and we recently had a bloodless coup by the corporations (which wasn't reported on much, cause our news all comes from corporations), but at least we have McDonalds and Cable TV!
AMERICA, FUCK YEA!"
Dirty Progressive, hao dare u talk smack about Amurrica!
"Is this the same logic that says the problem of Mexican drugs being imported into the US is the US's fault?"
It IS the US's fault. Prohibition makes drugs profitable. Refusal to broaden the legal recreational drug market beyond nicotine and alcohol ensures those who want something different will reinforce the black market ecosystem. Punitive policies that criminalize victimless acts renew the population of criminals by sending users to prison for advanced criminal training while closing the door to social reintegration. The drug racket pays organized crime groups throughout the world to penetrate the same US security whose "barrier to entry" keeps prices high enough to make killing the competition reasonable conduct. Far from mitigating damage, US drug policy causes more social destruction than drugs themselves did when they were freely available.
US citizens assisting the enemy on the field of battle (which has been widened by the choice of AQ, Taliban, and other Muslim advocacy groups to wage unconventional war) were always fair military game. If, when Jane Fonda posed with the North Vietnamese AAA battery, she had been taken out by an F-4 Wild Weasel it would not have been illegal even though she wasn't firing the weapon she posed with.
Assisting combat or logistics ops makes anyone doing that a legit target.
Good luck inserting and recovering snipers in hostile territory. If you want to ban war, ban war, but lawfare designed to deliberately expose own-side troops to vastly increased risk of hostile fire should be seen for what it is.
UAV strikes are pinpricks compared to the grossly imprecise methods dictated by technological limits of the past, and are not disproportionate force when the alternative is complete safe-haven for enemy troops.
That's hardly a Troll. Attacks on religion are as legitimate as attacks on any other superstition.
Pointing out ridiculous religionist behaviors isn't trolling, and religion obviously deserves no respect.
Just because Jews got killed and the survivors milked it for money to kill and oppress Muslim Arabs doesn't make them worthy of respect for other than their military prowess. I respect the military prowess of the Waffen SS too, (gotta throw in some Godwin!) but I don't share their ideology...
Israel is only supported by Christian fanatics in the US. US Jews, most of who are NOT Zionist, (and proved it by voting about 78-percent for "Muslim" Obama) mostly don't support Zionism or Orthodox Judaism.
"Other than that we have a number of military actions in areas where we are supporting democratic governments - Iraq and Iran"
We could be said to support the Iranian government by providing an external threat.but you seem to have gotten your countries mixed up as did the brilliant folks who modded your post Insightful.
BTW, "empires" need not involve permanent occupation after killing off opponents any more than those who wage unconventional war need permanently submit to conventional firepower after being beaten once, twice, or more times...
"Its not that unimaginable, the Star Trek future is a communist utopia which is also a military dictatorship albeit a benevolent one."
Given the necessity to distribute wealth to bribe those who have nothing to do with creating it, order will pretty much require a police state. Wealth must be taken and handed out, while wealth generators must be given rational incentives (profit, social influence) to create wealth for the group. Large masses of people require strong government to maintain order (note how far China has come since 1948, despite major mistakes), so expect more of same.
If humans have money and security, they won't care about freedom except freedom to seek pleasure. A smart police state will keep them in bread and circuses.
Meatbots are error-prone, less efficient at repetitive tasks, can't run 24/7 without dying hence require multiple shifts, etc.
The same factors that make primitive robots profitable now will make increasingly more sophisticated robots profitable in future. As for employing the Third World, shipping takes time and costs money, Third World countries are notoriously corrupt, and they can't (as easily) steal IP they don't have access to.
Better to have in-sourced robots than outsourced meatbots.
"Yet another prejudiced remark/insult (stereotyping based upon their group, rather than as individuals)."
They don't act or vote as individuals. The prejudice is completely deserved as anyone who is not a religionist can easily see, and as anyone who IS a religionist (and thus not capable of considering anything that conflicts with their supersititious ideal) can never see.
Thinking men should not merely tolerate religion, but view it and the superstitionist nutjobs that believe any variety of it as a dangerous threat. It should not be treated with respect, nor should its adherents.
As for education, we should support school choice. The public schools are doomed, the Christian Taliban can fund its own madrassas, and the few secular, free thinkers can send their kids to decent boarding schools and escape the mob. The solution is to deliberately create an educated counterculture that can thrive outside religionist influence and understands that religionists are the enemy of science. Any religionists claiming otherwise are merely apologist liars and need not have their squalls of protest considered.
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"I guess we don't have you to thank for civil rights, women's rights and now healthcare. I mean, why bother ?"
Those are emotional issues, which attract the same sort of emotional activists who HATE nuclear power. Their particular flavor of idealistic outlook is not pro-technology.
Come up with something that uses solar, ponies, or solar ponies and they might bite.
The professional customers will be ENRAGED to be charged PROPRIETARY tech because some shithead hurt himself. They want and need STANDARD, simple blades.
I want simple tools because they are tougher and easier to maintain. Many professional users keep tools and equipment for years, and don't need the inherent "planned obsolesence" that goes with implementing complex features.
Table saws aren't just toys for hobbyists. They are a vital construction industry tool. I sincerely wish the idiot who started the lawsuit had died (without suing!) instead. The burder of such proprietary tech is, in this case, more costly than a life or several.
Some tools are inherently dangerous as a direct consequence of their function. Cutty tools cut, weldy tools get hot, drilly tools make holes, angle grinders will gut you like a fish if you misuse them, and acetylene explosions can level a building.
The solution isn't to punish the competent user by complicating their tools and equipment and making them pay for the idiots.
Note to amateur and professional carpenters:
Keep your dick skinners out of the damn blade. If you get cut, accept it was because you were complacent and stupid, and consider your injuries part of the price.
"Because hearing "VIRUS DATABASE HAS BEEN UPDATED" is a moodkiller during sex."
I turn off the volume when fapping.
That's no troll. Competition, real competition, involves worker sacrifice. Workers must compete with each other, fight for jobs, and devil take the hindmost just as companies compete with each other for sales.
Sucks, but not avoidable. Every competing worker is an enemy just as every competing business is an enemy. Business is war.
The sex thing is driven by the Christian Taliban. Christianity, like the other desert superstitions, seeks to control and ration sex.
To be fair, there are plenty of used car dealers who don't overcharge but do sell to not-terribly-reliable clients. They need a way to get their vehicle back when those clients quit paying.
"Hey, our infrastructure might be falling apart, our education system is an intentionally inadequate rote memorization nightmare, and we recently had a bloodless coup by the corporations (which wasn't reported on much, cause our news all comes from corporations), but at least we have McDonalds and Cable TV!
AMERICA, FUCK YEA!"
Dirty Progressive, hao dare u talk smack about Amurrica!
"Is this the same logic that says the problem of Mexican drugs being imported into the US is the US's fault?"
It IS the US's fault. Prohibition makes drugs profitable. Refusal to broaden the legal recreational drug market beyond nicotine and alcohol ensures those who want something different will reinforce the black market ecosystem. Punitive policies that criminalize victimless acts renew the population of criminals by sending users to prison for advanced criminal training while closing the door to social reintegration. The drug racket pays organized crime groups throughout the world to penetrate the same US security whose "barrier to entry" keeps prices high enough to make killing the competition reasonable conduct. Far from mitigating damage, US drug policy causes more social destruction than drugs themselves did when they were freely available.
If they don't want to eat a Hellfire or similar, they shouldn't be consorting with the opposing forces or in their operational area.
US citizens assisting the enemy on the field of battle (which has been widened by the choice of AQ, Taliban, and other Muslim advocacy groups to wage unconventional war) were always fair military game. If, when Jane Fonda posed with the North Vietnamese AAA battery, she had been taken out by an F-4 Wild Weasel it would not have been illegal even though she wasn't firing the weapon she posed with.
Assisting combat or logistics ops makes anyone doing that a legit target.
Good luck inserting and recovering snipers in hostile territory. If you want to ban war, ban war, but lawfare designed to deliberately expose own-side troops to vastly increased risk of hostile fire should be seen for what it is.
UAV strikes are pinpricks compared to the grossly imprecise methods dictated by technological limits of the past, and are not disproportionate force when the alternative is complete safe-haven for enemy troops.
"...my fingers don't even have to be cold and dead to pry my DNA out of them."
(cue Charlton Heston voice)
"They can have my DNA, when they pour it from my cold, dead keyboard!"
Wiping out religion is only bad if one is religious.
That's hardly a Troll. Attacks on religion are as legitimate as attacks on any other superstition.
Pointing out ridiculous religionist behaviors isn't trolling, and religion obviously deserves no respect.
Just because Jews got killed and the survivors milked it for money to kill and oppress Muslim Arabs doesn't make them worthy of respect for other than their military prowess. I respect the military prowess of the Waffen SS too, (gotta throw in some Godwin!) but I don't share their ideology...
Israel is only supported by Christian fanatics in the US. US Jews, most of who are NOT Zionist, (and proved it by voting about 78-percent for "Muslim" Obama) mostly don't support Zionism or Orthodox Judaism.
Being devious allows non-paying members to circumvent communication restrictions and exploit the site without paying or violating TOS.
I connected with the friends I wished to, and didn't send Classmates a dime. They'd have to break their site to stop this. :)
"I wonder what they're going to put in that 7 foot by 4 foot cargo hold?"
Others will wonder too, which is obviously the point.
"Other than that we have a number of military actions in areas where we are supporting democratic governments - Iraq and Iran"
We could be said to support the Iranian government by providing an external threat.but you seem to have gotten your countries mixed up as did the brilliant folks who modded your post Insightful.
BTW, "empires" need not involve permanent occupation after killing off opponents any more than those who wage unconventional war need permanently submit to conventional firepower after being beaten once, twice, or more times...
"Its not that unimaginable, the Star Trek future is a communist utopia which is also a military dictatorship albeit a benevolent one."
Given the necessity to distribute wealth to bribe those who have nothing to do with creating it, order will pretty much require a police state. Wealth must be taken and handed out, while wealth generators must be given rational incentives (profit, social influence) to create wealth for the group. Large masses of people require strong government to maintain order (note how far China has come since 1948, despite major mistakes), so expect more of same.
If humans have money and security, they won't care about freedom except freedom to seek pleasure. A smart police state will keep them in bread and circuses.
Meatbots are error-prone, less efficient at repetitive tasks, can't run 24/7 without dying hence require multiple shifts, etc.
The same factors that make primitive robots profitable now will make increasingly more sophisticated robots profitable in future. As for employing the Third World, shipping takes time and costs money, Third World countries are notoriously corrupt, and they can't (as easily) steal IP they don't have access to.
Better to have in-sourced robots than outsourced meatbots.
Christianity says Jews are the Chosen People so we must support them at ALL costs and be horny for the Apocalypse.
That superstition just happens to conflict with Islam, an even more (and that's quite an accomplishment!) toxic supersition.
The only problem with such a religious war is that innocent atheists may be harmed in the process.
"Shouldn't we be taught both views and decide for ourselves?"
Why teach fantasy that has zero proof to support it? Prove your God exists or fuck off. No faith, no games. Put up or shut up.
I defy you to prove "God" exists. Now. Without equivocation, and in a manner proof to all counterargument. No semantic games, proof!
"Yet another prejudiced remark/insult (stereotyping based upon their group, rather than as individuals)."
They don't act or vote as individuals. The prejudice is completely deserved as anyone who is not a religionist can easily see, and as anyone who IS a religionist (and thus not capable of considering anything that conflicts with their supersititious ideal) can never see.
Thinking men should not merely tolerate religion, but view it and the superstitionist nutjobs that believe any variety of it as a dangerous threat.
It should not be treated with respect, nor should its adherents.
As for education, we should support school choice. The public schools are doomed, the Christian Taliban can fund its own madrassas, and the few secular, free thinkers can send their kids to decent boarding schools and escape the mob. The solution is to deliberately create an educated counterculture that can thrive outside religionist influence and understands that religionists are the enemy of science. Any religionists claiming otherwise are merely apologist liars and need not have their squalls of protest considered.
Same proc, same operating system, no problem and the same benefits of manufacturer diversity we got with X86 PCs.