"By attempting to reason with unreasonable people and failing, you can more easily demonstrate to the rest of the world that they're unreasonable.
This is handy when you're dealing with, say, an elected official."
Keep in mind that South Carolina is a Bible Belt state, socially backward, tech illiterate (a few students don't count), and for the AG to play to that audience makes sense. For Craigslist to hand him ammo wouldn't be smart.
"I think you may want to look into look into the percentage of African Americans that vote Democrat regardless of race."
The percentage of African-Americans who vote Democrat regardless of race has more than a little to do with the percentage of Republicans who regard them as Niggers. The NeoCon Evangeliban aren't exactly beacons of hope in respect to civil rights issues, and should not be surprised that voters they chase away are chased away.
"When will they stop these dinosaurs from running the industry?"
Aside from the generational die-off you young'uns out there need to thin your own herd to stop these shitbags from respawning.
The kids tripping on acid during the Summer of Love mostly turned into fear-freaks who relentlessly elected NeoCon Evangeliban to office.
If you want something different, be something different and don't sell out. Take the ideological fight to the enemy. It ain't just about downloading mass-produced pop culture shit you shouldn't want anyway...:)
"To put it bluntly, it's a slap in the face. How would you feel if you were serving in Iraq while someone that same day is replaying similar events in the comfort of his home on US soil."
Given the huge number of G.I.s who game, it would be highly likely that a game about Iraq would be played by participating soldiers in-theater!
G.I.s tend to have a coarse sense of humor and many would be delighted that a company would make a RELEVANT game for them. Their only bitch would be regarding quality, because they would be very picky about detail.
" Had there been an extensive ground war in Japan, a similar situation would likely have emerged."
We would not have been required to fight in a manner to preserve Japanese civilians in such a ground war. (The complete social integration of the Jap war effort argues that distinction between civilian and uniformed fighter was pointless anyway.)
Any coherent areas of resistance could have been bombed into dust or burned to ash. Japanese supplies from mainland China had been cut off. If a city resisted the whole city could be obliterated. All agriculture could be wiped out. If one is both willing and able to kill all the enemy, the "hearts and minds" issues are moot.the
Don't forget that Japanese actions throughout Asia had eliminated any compassion for the country that slaughtered and raped its way through China, the Phillipines, and many other countries. It would have been seen as perfectly OK to obliterate all resistance.
1945 was not 2009, and if you are serious you certainly can wipe out even the most determined partisans. The Soviets squelched plenty of same after WWII.
The SS _originated_ as a paramilitary group, and was used as such during the 1934 purge of Ernst Roehm and other SA leadership. It was turned into a superb military force (the Waffen SS) whose combat record is famous.
There is ample documentation of Wehrmacht, German police, and other German participation in war crimes and the Endlosung. I don't have a dog in that fight, but there is no reason to propagate the PC apologist version.
I like all those ideas. Games should depend on play for their outcomes, and not be biased to one side.
Actions in-game should have reasonable results, for example the commission of "war crimes"/unfashionable acts isn't always adverse to victory. The massacres by the NVA at Hue had zero negative consequences for the NVA, while the media attention to the US massacre at Son My backfired.
History is written by the victors, who determine what is "right" or "wrong".
"Depending on how important/inflammable this document is, I might look into buying a cheap 20GB laptop hard drive, installing ubuntu, going to a star bucks, doing the above and then "disposing" of the drive and all media so that there are no questions."
You don't need to buy a hard disk. Boot a Knoppix or Ubuntu live CD and read the document from a disposable flash drive. Drop drive into an empty soda can, smash can flat, discard in trash. Your lappy hard drive is never touched.
Spoof your MAC address or use a throwaway WLAN card:
"Or if you decide to live all together in a walled commune and sing songs about Jesus and own a lot of guns, the FBI will come and park a tank on top of your fire escape and set your building on fire with a flamethrower."
Don't forget the part about "refusing to surrender".
After all, one doesn't expect government to allow anyone who wants to secede and make their own rules. If the wackos at Waco didn't want to die they should have fought their battle in court. I also welcome a government willing to kill superstitionists, even if only cultists are fair game.
Let's be clear. The Branch Davidians were nutjob white trash that richly deserved to be taken out of the gene pool, and where their kind rise to power they aren't exactly the sort who cater to the Slashdotian idea of personal freedom. The ATF make wretched combat troops (never storm a target that is able to return fire, destroy it first) but their intentions were good. They were, even under Reno, much less a threat than the religious right let alone the Davidian crazies. Shooting them is no worse than shooting Taliban,
"Wouldn't the word have gotten out just the same if it had been televised instead?"
Not as quickly or widely. A TV station broadcasts a video once or, in some cases a few times. A video can hit the internet within minutes of being shot.
On the internet it can be saved, forwarded, and dispersed beyond the ability of any central or commercial authority to stop it.
"By treating women like they aren't tech savvy, you're making them feel uncomfortable about being tech savvy."
Tech savvy people ignore marketing and seek out equipment based on their expertise. They don't give a shit about marketing because in the process of becoming savvy they have become properly cynical.
If you want to see what sells to women, what they will pay money for, look at the magazine rack in a supermarket. Those publications, often marketing using gender stereotypes, would not exist if doing that didn't pay the bills.
"At least we know Amazon is trying to open things up as much as they can."
They could have made their product conveniently hackable.
Mechanical example: In the ancient days of carburetors, mixture adjustment screws were preset at the factory then blocked with a plug or fitted with a cover. This satisfied the government, and owners or mechanics could simply remove the obstruction when useful for tuning.
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I use the paper sleeves instead of CD cases. They are thinner and easier to read when writing with a Sharpie.
"Of course, you've just introduced a bug that drills itself into animals' brains and eats them, without killing the animal itself till some time later. How could that possibly go wrong?"
I dunno, my head hurts and I can't thimk str8t3...
"[pulls out beloved pipedream list from pocket, crosses something off with a small, chewed-up #2 pencil, and returns the wrinkled scrap of paper to pocket]"
What about the pipedream that pencil and paper would be replaced by PDAs?
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"By attempting to reason with unreasonable people and failing, you can more easily demonstrate to the rest of the world that they're unreasonable.
This is handy when you're dealing with, say, an elected official."
Keep in mind that South Carolina is a Bible Belt state, socially backward, tech illiterate (a few students don't count), and for the AG to play to that audience makes sense. For Craigslist to hand him ammo wouldn't be smart.
"I think you may want to look into look into the percentage of African Americans that vote Democrat regardless of race."
The percentage of African-Americans who vote Democrat regardless of race has more than a little to do with the percentage of Republicans who regard them as Niggers. The NeoCon Evangeliban aren't exactly beacons of hope in respect to civil rights issues, and should not be surprised that voters they chase away are chased away.
"With all the 16:9 and 16:10 wide format screens now, moving the tabs to the side would make more sense. "
Giving the user CHOICE would make sense.
"husband's car?"
Not necessarily a problem!
"bred?! you backwards hick we will be CLONED"
Backwards hick???
Ah shewed this tew Mom an' Uncle Dad.
Yew owe them 'en apology.
We ain't clones, but our family tree is straight as an arrow.
"then I get that same feeling, like nothing worthwhile ever came out of that artist. At least nothing without a rancid aftertaste."
Encourage them to eat a candy bar a few hours before arting.
"When will they stop these dinosaurs from running the industry?"
Aside from the generational die-off you young'uns out there need to thin your own herd to stop these shitbags from respawning.
The kids tripping on acid during the Summer of Love mostly turned into fear-freaks who relentlessly elected NeoCon Evangeliban to office.
If you want something different, be something different and don't sell out. Take the ideological fight to the enemy. It ain't just about downloading mass-produced pop culture shit you shouldn't want anyway... :)
"Is this a revolutionary finding? Shouldn't the common ancestors be in Africa?"
If this is really a common ancestor of Slashdotters, the maternal basement/cave will be nearby and yield further clues.
"To put it bluntly, it's a slap in the face. How would you feel if you were serving in Iraq while someone that same day is replaying similar events in the comfort of his home on US soil."
Given the huge number of G.I.s who game, it would be highly likely that a game about Iraq would be played by participating soldiers in-theater!
G.I.s tend to have a coarse sense of humor and many would be delighted that a company would make a RELEVANT game for them. Their only bitch would be regarding quality, because they would be very picky about detail.
" Had there been an extensive ground war in Japan, a similar situation would likely have emerged."
We would not have been required to fight in a manner to preserve Japanese civilians in such a ground war. (The complete social integration of the Jap war effort argues that distinction between civilian and uniformed fighter was pointless anyway.)
Any coherent areas of resistance could have been bombed into dust or burned to ash. Japanese supplies from mainland China had been cut off. If a city resisted the whole city could be obliterated. All agriculture could be wiped out. If one is both willing and able to kill all the enemy, the "hearts and minds" issues are moot.the
Don't forget that Japanese actions throughout Asia had eliminated any compassion for the country that slaughtered and raped its way through China, the Phillipines, and many other countries. It would have been seen as perfectly OK to obliterate all resistance.
1945 was not 2009, and if you are serious you certainly can wipe out even the most determined partisans. The Soviets squelched plenty of same after WWII.
The SS _originated_ as a paramilitary group, and was used as such during the 1934 purge of Ernst Roehm and other SA leadership. It was turned into a superb military force (the Waffen SS) whose combat record is famous.
There is ample documentation of Wehrmacht, German police, and other German participation in war crimes and the Endlosung. I don't have a dog in that fight, but there is no reason to propagate the PC apologist version.
I like all those ideas. Games should depend on play for their outcomes, and not be biased to one side.
Actions in-game should have reasonable results, for example the commission of "war crimes"/unfashionable acts isn't always adverse to victory. The massacres by the NVA at Hue had zero negative consequences for the NVA, while the media attention to the US massacre at Son My backfired.
History is written by the victors, who determine what is "right" or "wrong".
"Depending on how important/inflammable this document is, I might look into buying a cheap 20GB laptop hard drive, installing ubuntu, going to a star bucks, doing the above and then "disposing" of the drive and all media so that there are no questions."
You don't need to buy a hard disk. Boot a Knoppix or Ubuntu live CD and read the document from a disposable flash drive. Drop drive into an empty soda can, smash can flat, discard in trash. Your lappy hard drive is never touched.
Spoof your MAC address or use a throwaway WLAN card:
http://www.village-elder.com/blog/archives/6-How-to-spoof-your-MAC-address-under-Linux.html
"Or if you decide to live all together in a walled commune and sing songs about Jesus and own a lot of guns, the FBI will come and park a tank on top of your fire escape and set your building on fire with a flamethrower."
Don't forget the part about "refusing to surrender".
After all, one doesn't expect government to allow anyone who wants to secede and make their own rules. If the wackos at Waco didn't want to die they should have fought their battle in court. I also welcome a government willing to kill superstitionists, even if only cultists are fair game.
Let's be clear. The Branch Davidians were nutjob white trash that richly deserved to be taken out of the gene pool, and where their kind rise to power they aren't exactly the sort who cater to the Slashdotian idea of personal freedom. The ATF make wretched combat troops (never storm a target that is able to return fire, destroy it first) but their intentions were good. They were, even under Reno, much less a threat than the religious right let alone the Davidian crazies. Shooting them is no worse than shooting Taliban,
"Turn off your brain and let some out of touch religious ideologue tell you how to live your life."
I checked with my personal religious ideologue and he says that he's not out of touch and that you are going to Hell.
"Wouldn't the word have gotten out just the same if it had been televised instead?"
Not as quickly or widely. A TV station broadcasts a video once or, in some cases a few times. A video can hit the internet within minutes of being shot.
On the internet it can be saved, forwarded, and dispersed beyond the ability of any central or commercial authority to stop it.
"By treating women like they aren't tech savvy, you're making them feel uncomfortable about being tech savvy."
Tech savvy people ignore marketing and seek out equipment based on their expertise. They don't give a shit about marketing because in the process of becoming savvy they have become properly cynical.
If you want to see what sells to women, what they will pay money for, look at the magazine rack in a supermarket.
Those publications, often marketing using gender stereotypes, would not exist if doing that didn't pay the bills.
It's easy.
STOP consuming their products. All of them.
Don't pirate (ANY support that keeps their products available is market chumming), don't buy, don't bother.
"At least we know Amazon is trying to open things up as much as they can."
They could have made their product conveniently hackable.
Mechanical example:
In the ancient days of carburetors, mixture adjustment screws were preset at the factory then blocked with a plug or fitted with a cover. This satisfied the government, and owners or mechanics could simply remove the obstruction when useful for tuning.
I use the paper sleeves instead of CD cases. They are thinner and easier to read when writing with a Sharpie.
"Of course, you've just introduced a bug that drills itself into animals' brains and eats them, without killing the animal itself till some time later. How could that possibly go wrong?"
I dunno, my head hurts and I can't thimk str8t3...
"[pulls out beloved pipedream list from pocket, crosses something off with a small, chewed-up #2 pencil, and returns the wrinkled scrap of paper to pocket]"
What about the pipedream that pencil and paper would be replaced by PDAs?
Cross that off too. :)
One way to deal with the "lost letter" problem is to send ALL relevant correspondence registered mail with internet tracking and keep copies.
I got the idea from other veterans dealing with the Veterans Administration (which was caught SHREDDING disability paperwork).
http://www.vawatchdog.org/VAshredderscandal.htm
If the government will do it to veterans, anyone is vulnerable.
"If you want to spank it on the taxpayer's dime, do it in a bathroom stall like the rest of us."
Senator Larry Craig, 2007