Sin must be punished, so Bible Thumpers must regulate sexual behavior and chemical pleasure. Prohibitionists began the War on Some Drugs in the first place.
Since the objective of life is to die in grace and go to Paradise, terrestrial suffering is not important.
Bingo. The secret to long relationships is not being mingling everything.
I've been with the same woman since 1985. All we share is an Ebay account in my name, and if we part it will be immediately terminated.
I would keep personal copies of ALL data, then go "scorched earth" on everything else. Dump the domains and hosting, splatter formal divorce notices all over all social media in they way they are posted in newspapers (no emotion, just legal facts), and shut down/delete any joint activity. Close all joint accounts, change passwords where appropriate, and in general do "best practices" for employee termination.
Since some secular IT workers occupy positions of trust in superstitionist groups, and have the skill to leak information without getting busted (the Bradley Manning attention-whore model is not what to do!). they should consider doing so for the good of mankind.
IT workers can spy on superstitionists over time. Superstitionist political moves rely on hiding in the dark. IT folk can dump info (not from your own IP and don't forget MAC spoofing) into the light, and expose their machinations.
IT workers are taken for granted, their reach is considerable, and with malice and planning they can take the fight to the enemy. Don't forget to "follow the money".
Metal has been recycled for hundreds of years, and is a fine material for PC and laptop cases. Cast alloy Toughbooks and other rugged machines are some examples.
Linux users need to understand that some developers don't give a fuck about what they want, and instead want to target the larger "dumbass market" and do so badly.
Stop using or supporting or helping new users work with their shit. They don't read Slashdot or care about your opinions, but dry up free "support" and advocate alternatives and you can hit where it hurts.
Say NO to GNOME, no to Unity, and take the fight to the enemy. They are as much enemies of Linux as MSFT, in effect if not intent!
"I'd rather have the gang of feral youths stood menacingly inside the brightly lit CCTV-infested shopping centre than in the unlit, unguarded car park outside."
I'd rather have the cops roust them, frisk them, bust them, and disperse them when they mob deep.
The term is perfectly appropriate for Fundamentalist Christians as it invokes comparable Fundamentalism of a form widely acknowledged as such.
It is an APT religious comparison, not mere "name calling". Know the difference! Fred Phelps is certainly a Christian, for example, and referring to him as "Taliban" is appropriate.
When the "Taliban" comparison is made with members of yet another superstition of the ancient Near East, it serves to remind that they are similar for very good reason. That reason is they are fantasies of tribal barbarians of the sort modern man despises. There is no defense for superstitious belief except ignorance.
"It certainly doesn't look like it would be the big thing everyone hoped it would be."
Who is "everyone"? Muslims are still Muslims, primitives are still primitives, and these are not advanced countries or modern cultures in the European sense. They have members with some modern ideals, but that's not at all the same thing.
Give it sixty or seventy more years at least, and before anyone says "that's a long time" consider how far they came in the last six or seven decades!
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Sin must be punished, so Bible Thumpers must regulate sexual behavior and chemical pleasure. Prohibitionists began the War on Some Drugs in the first place.
Since the objective of life is to die in grace and go to Paradise, terrestrial suffering is not important.
But think of all the Amish dead from contaminated milk!
Oh...
The ACTUAL War on Some Drugs dates to the alcohol Prohibition movement and includes the Harrison Act.
It's a direct product of decades of Bible Thumper effort.
Bingo. The secret to long relationships is not being mingling everything.
I've been with the same woman since 1985. All we share is an Ebay account in my name, and if we part it will be immediately terminated.
I would keep personal copies of ALL data, then go "scorched earth" on everything else. Dump the domains and hosting, splatter formal divorce notices all over all social media in they way they are posted in newspapers (no emotion, just legal facts), and shut down/delete any joint activity. Close all joint accounts, change passwords where appropriate, and in general do "best practices" for employee termination.
If there are large assets in play, see a lawyer.
Delectable special insight gives the possessor enhanced comfort from their preferred explanation for a scary world.
See also: religion.
It's called "schizophrenia", and the cure is suicide.
The idea that there is reason to implant some average shmuck implies the shmuck has value, so schizo-shmucks embrace the concept.
It doesn't require implants to manipulate dumbfucks. Religion and Advertising work just fine.
"Sony's primary audience won't notice things like this."
Their primary audience deserves things like this. And who on /. gives a fuck about Whitney Houston?
Since some secular IT workers occupy positions of trust in superstitionist groups, and have the skill to leak information without getting busted (the Bradley Manning attention-whore model is not what to do!). they should consider doing so for the good of mankind.
IT workers can spy on superstitionists over time. Superstitionist political moves rely on hiding in the dark. IT folk can dump info (not from your own IP and don't forget MAC spoofing) into the light, and expose their machinations.
IT workers are taken for granted, their reach is considerable, and with malice and planning they can take the fight to the enemy. Don't forget to "follow the money".
Metal has been recycled for hundreds of years, and is a fine material for PC and laptop cases. Cast alloy Toughbooks and other rugged machines are some examples.
"Shhh...If they hear you, it'll be re-made in a year or two..."
Excellent idea!
The Lifetime Channel could remake it as a chick flick with more babes in jeopardy and a Wholesome Resolution at the end.
Only Very Old People remember that the DE isn't a distro.
Farkdot posters now may USE distros, but to many of them the inner workings are as mysterious as their XP box. They think Debian is a fork of Ubuntu.
LOTD is reality, but realities have consequences...
I'm far more worried about Firefox management making Firefox suck than about Google killing it.
Why switch platforms when you can have multiple DEs and set up one to your liking?
Distros exist for CONVENIENCE, they are not like Windows where you have greatly restricted choice.
"Hey, GNOME team - I really want to like & use your stuff. It looks neat."
Hey, GNOME team, die in a fire. You have expressed your preferences by making shit. I'll express mine by advocating users avoid your shit.
Civility hasn't gotten the message across, so we don't need it any more.
....alternatives instead.
Linux users need to understand that some developers don't give a fuck about what they want, and instead want to target the larger "dumbass market" and do so badly.
Stop using or supporting or helping new users work with their shit. They don't read Slashdot or care about your opinions, but dry up free "support" and advocate alternatives and you can hit where it hurts.
Say NO to GNOME, no to Unity, and take the fight to the enemy.
They are as much enemies of Linux as MSFT, in effect if not intent!
"I'd rather have the gang of feral youths stood menacingly inside the brightly lit CCTV-infested shopping centre than in the unlit, unguarded car park outside."
I'd rather have the cops roust them, frisk them, bust them, and disperse them when they mob deep.
No one young enough to be doing street crime REMEMBERS that movie.
Yes, it matters.
"The main contradiction here is that you are hating Christians because you accuse them of being hateful."
They aren't just hateful. Mere "hatefulness" is perfectly legal.
They try to make law deny freedom to others. That's anti-civil rights.
The term is perfectly appropriate for Fundamentalist Christians as it invokes comparable Fundamentalism of a form widely acknowledged as such.
It is an APT religious comparison, not mere "name calling". Know the difference! Fred Phelps is certainly a Christian, for example, and referring to him as "Taliban" is appropriate.
When the "Taliban" comparison is made with members of yet another superstition of the ancient Near East, it serves to remind that they are similar for very good reason. That reason is they are fantasies of tribal barbarians of the sort modern man despises. There is no defense for superstitious belief except ignorance.
"Defeated in battle" /= "liberated", if we are to be precise.
Some Germans were "liberated", but if one may judge by the rather spirited resistance of others on various fronts the idea had limited popularity.
"You had to be truly naive to think that liberal democracy was going to sweep North Africa"
"Democracy" doesn't automatically turn everyone into secular moderate Leftists? Color ME amazed!!
"It certainly doesn't look like it would be the big thing everyone hoped it would be."
Who is "everyone"? Muslims are still Muslims, primitives are still primitives, and these are not advanced countries or modern cultures in the European sense. They have members with some modern ideals, but that's not at all the same thing.
Give it sixty or seventy more years at least, and before anyone says "that's a long time" consider how far they came in the last six or seven decades!
"Honestly, I think it's time to re-evaluate the usefullness and legitimacy of the "Precautionary Principle"."
Let's play safe and keep it instead. Think of the children.