Okay, just to clarify: Bush was the first president to use National Security Letters to such a wide extent. Their example showed Obama much better what was within the realm of possibility for his administration, than any administration in previous history had shown. "Yeah sure?" again? Besides, he hasn't repealed the abuses of law that Bush managed to pass. "Yeah sure." Okay, you got me.
Do I really think cops are arrogant shitheads? Yes, yes I do. They get away with killing people they don't like all the time. Just look at BART.
Okay, apparently I'm some sort of cowboy and need to slow down, so I'll tell you about this great fortune I saw today, "QOTD: Flash! Flash! I love you!...but we only have fourteen hours to save the earth!" When I saw it, after reading the first 6 words, I thought "huh, well, this couldn't be Apple speaking..." Then I read the rest, and realized it was from Flash Gordon. Enjoy my wasted time!
Using this backward logic, assuming you drive a vehicle, are personally responsible for every vehicle related death in the world because you established demand for vehicles.
The image of a virtual pair around an event horizon is not, ultimately, how the result holds or is proven or even what the process is "about".
I had the mental image of myself walking, shedding heat particles, generated by my internal processes cracking apart ATP, and using the gained energy inside (in order to walk). It was pretty cool, "self as event horizon", with particles splitting (if you allow the definition somewhat loosely, with "energy" and "heat" being what's split). Also appreciated Unruh being explained so well.
And you do not have to buy the content from them. You will not die without it. You are just not free to take it.
This argument sounds just as useful if you replace the content with air.
"These plants of mine produce oxygen for my use only. You do not have to buy your air from me. You will (not) not die without it. You are just not free to take it."
Sure, to most people in this society that may seem like an odd statement; but to people living 200 years before or after us, yours is the odd statement. (Well, more so 200+ than 200-, since the 200- people had to deal with far more diseases, and the 200+ people will have matter duplicators and, for sport, will just duplicate you, kill the copy in front of your eyes, then ask you to repeat your dumb argument, and if you do they'll then duplicate you again, but this time instead kill the original and let the copy live.)
either that or he'll fall down the stairs and land head first on a bullet on the way to the police station
My first interaction with the cops, drunk at age 16 and "trespassing" (went back to the house the party was at, but the sitter who invited everyone over was gone, and his sister had come home and was unwelcoming), they cuffed me and then I fell down a flight of stairs. And, unfortunately, I was too drunk to later recall whether I tripped or was pushed (or simply "wasn't restrained from falling", a softer version of pushed).
Perhaps, I suppose, fortunately, (from being drunk) I didn't tense up, and therefore didn't break any bones. Looking back many years later, I consider myself very lucky to have survived that incident.
OTOH I might have missed the forced labor camps where the US government sends dissidents to work themselves to death.
Sure, and on the gripping hand, I watch "prisoners" pick up trash every day on my way to work. They aren't camps; they're vans. And, it saddens me that many of them, after they have completed their debt to society, will be unable to determine the future course of the society that they are supposed to be reintegrated into. (I.e., felons can't vote.)
In particular with Hollywood we aren't talking about minors who are perpetually in debt to the company store and working in dangerous conditions.
I see what you did there, by combining two epic periods in our history: comparing the child labor force in the UK to the plight of people working in tunnels for mineral resources.
Also, I would add to your final sentence:
When you have a good work environment and make good money, you do not need a union... yet!
Please take some time to think about the colloquialisms that you use. "All thing" are never "equal". The root of this phrase comes from the debugging process, "I'll change just this one variable and see what the results are" -- in other words, changing one variable and leaving everything else the same. "All other things being equal" is the correct phrase. And regardless of how many people start using the phrase "all things being equal" we'll never come to see all thing actually being equal (at least, not until the heat death of the universe).
Well, gotta waste more time here because nobody could possibly write anything worthwhile in four minutes, so can I just point out that Pudge is an utter turd? Seriously, this crap has been in/code for... how long? Is there any evidence that making it hard to have an on-topic conversation actually improves the signal to noise ratio here?
Agreed; would be much better to have a geometric progression: limit next post to 10 seconds later (I've had on-topic discussions where it had been 10 seconds between hitting reply and submit; I'm a fast typist, and they were one sentence responses). If same IP posts within N*2 (where N starts out at 10 seconds), then double N.
So you can generally post every 10 seconds. If it takes less than 20 seconds to post, your next post will have to wait 20 seconds before you can post again (then 40 seconds, then 80, etc).
An algorithm like that would allow most people the ability to post, most of the time. And it would prevent script attacks from filling up the database, or causing a DDoS, etc. Could even have it "slide back down" (i.e., go from 80 to 40, then 20, then 10, instead of from 80 all the way back to 10 once the IP has made a post that took longer than N*2).
The one thing an algorithm like that would not do, though, is constantly annoy the users and help serve to remind them that there are attackers out there, and Slashdot is being overly aggressive in its defense. If not for this posting limit, I'm sure I'd have forgotten years ago that there existed "script kiddies" who attacked Slashdot by making lots of posts.
How did you learn to give yourself an adrenaline rush? This interests me a great deal. I am able to consciously control my heart, and through it various blood-flow-related activities. Never considered an adrenaline rush though. Please share! (My control stemmed from using a heart rate biofeedback device for a few sessions -- didn't need much practice in order to learn it.)
Yeah, except for the fact that the bad guys tend to be the invaders. So we just keep blowing up people who are trying to defend their own "Homeland". Not very "hearts and minds", but that's just talk...
I have Civ I and II, never bothered with III and IV (I was spending waaaay too much time with FreeCiv), but V sounds like it'll be worth buying.
It's funny you say that. I tagged it "willnotbuy" because I own Civ 2, and every once in a while I decide to play a game, and lose a weekend. There's no way I'll "get current" with such a time sink...
i believe we were created. i am considered 'smart' by some.
My cells might believe that they were created as well, by some "All Powerful Creator Who Created Everything Everywhere". They weren't; they were created by me/my parents/my grandparents/etc.
Similarly, I might believe that I was created by something that created the entire universe, all the stars and planets and everything -- but in reality, I was merely created by the Protector, which lives on this planet and is powered by the quantum effects of our brains.
The attention to detail one pays in one field of endeavor is somewhat of an indicator of how much attention to detail one pays overall. Sure, your defense is the SAT separates the two, but the brain doesn't work on different problem classes completely independently!
There are two ways to express uncaring: "I could not care less", meaning I care as little as possible for this thing, in fact it is not possible for me to care any less than I do right now.
Then there's the somewhat intricate (for minds like yours) "I could care less", meaning that although it is possible that I could care less for this thing, it would require more effort than I'm willing to put forth, so I'm happy to stick with the current amount of caring I have for this thing.
There is also a popular urban legand that Kentucky Fried Chicken had to change their name to KFC because they had found a way to grow birds with four legs and six wings to maximize yield, but the FDA would no longer allow them to be called "chickens."
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Well, yeah, if you revolt, they'll stick your hand in the government's "piracy/privacy fixer", which will chop your fingers off. Completely digital!
Weird that the only difference between those two words is a "v". For victory!
Okay, just to clarify: Bush was the first president to use National Security Letters to such a wide extent. Their example showed Obama much better what was within the realm of possibility for his administration, than any administration in previous history had shown. "Yeah sure?" again? Besides, he hasn't repealed the abuses of law that Bush managed to pass. "Yeah sure." Okay, you got me.
Do I really think cops are arrogant shitheads? Yes, yes I do. They get away with killing people they don't like all the time. Just look at BART.
Okay, apparently I'm some sort of cowboy and need to slow down, so I'll tell you about this great fortune I saw today, "QOTD: Flash! Flash! I love you! ...but we only have fourteen hours to save the earth!" When I saw it, after reading the first 6 words, I thought "huh, well, this couldn't be Apple speaking..." Then I read the rest, and realized it was from Flash Gordon. Enjoy my wasted time!
Nonono. It's all the sun's fault.
I had the mental image of myself walking, shedding heat particles, generated by my internal processes cracking apart ATP, and using the gained energy inside (in order to walk). It was pretty cool, "self as event horizon", with particles splitting (if you allow the definition somewhat loosely, with "energy" and "heat" being what's split). Also appreciated Unruh being explained so well.
It can easily be argued that they showed him the way, as it were.
Good luck with that; humans are tribal animals.
Perhaps providing fuel for an argument that we no longer need such agencies. (See what I did there?)
This argument sounds just as useful if you replace the content with air.
"These plants of mine produce oxygen for my use only. You do not have to buy your air from me. You will (not) not die without it. You are just not free to take it."
Sure, to most people in this society that may seem like an odd statement; but to people living 200 years before or after us, yours is the odd statement. (Well, more so 200+ than 200-, since the 200- people had to deal with far more diseases, and the 200+ people will have matter duplicators and, for sport, will just duplicate you, kill the copy in front of your eyes, then ask you to repeat your dumb argument, and if you do they'll then duplicate you again, but this time instead kill the original and let the copy live.)
My first interaction with the cops, drunk at age 16 and "trespassing" (went back to the house the party was at, but the sitter who invited everyone over was gone, and his sister had come home and was unwelcoming), they cuffed me and then I fell down a flight of stairs. And, unfortunately, I was too drunk to later recall whether I tripped or was pushed (or simply "wasn't restrained from falling", a softer version of pushed).
Perhaps, I suppose, fortunately, (from being drunk) I didn't tense up, and therefore didn't break any bones. Looking back many years later, I consider myself very lucky to have survived that incident.
Sure, and on the gripping hand, I watch "prisoners" pick up trash every day on my way to work. They aren't camps; they're vans. And, it saddens me that many of them, after they have completed their debt to society, will be unable to determine the future course of the society that they are supposed to be reintegrated into. (I.e., felons can't vote.)
I see what you did there, by combining two epic periods in our history: comparing the child labor force in the UK to the plight of people working in tunnels for mineral resources.
Also, I would add to your final sentence:
Interesting. "b:" is generally a floppy drive as well (although can be remapped, if one is running low on drive letters).
Please take some time to think about the colloquialisms that you use. "All thing" are never "equal". The root of this phrase comes from the debugging process, "I'll change just this one variable and see what the results are" -- in other words, changing one variable and leaving everything else the same. "All other things being equal" is the correct phrase. And regardless of how many people start using the phrase "all things being equal" we'll never come to see all thing actually being equal (at least, not until the heat death of the universe).
Agreed; would be much better to have a geometric progression: limit next post to 10 seconds later (I've had on-topic discussions where it had been 10 seconds between hitting reply and submit; I'm a fast typist, and they were one sentence responses). If same IP posts within N*2 (where N starts out at 10 seconds), then double N.
So you can generally post every 10 seconds. If it takes less than 20 seconds to post, your next post will have to wait 20 seconds before you can post again (then 40 seconds, then 80, etc).
An algorithm like that would allow most people the ability to post, most of the time. And it would prevent script attacks from filling up the database, or causing a DDoS, etc. Could even have it "slide back down" (i.e., go from 80 to 40, then 20, then 10, instead of from 80 all the way back to 10 once the IP has made a post that took longer than N*2).
The one thing an algorithm like that would not do, though, is constantly annoy the users and help serve to remind them that there are attackers out there, and Slashdot is being overly aggressive in its defense. If not for this posting limit, I'm sure I'd have forgotten years ago that there existed "script kiddies" who attacked Slashdot by making lots of posts.
Cool. Thanks!
It's not a troll, it is what I firmly believe. But, whatever.
How did you learn to give yourself an adrenaline rush? This interests me a great deal. I am able to consciously control my heart, and through it various blood-flow-related activities. Never considered an adrenaline rush though. Please share! (My control stemmed from using a heart rate biofeedback device for a few sessions -- didn't need much practice in order to learn it.)
Yeah, except for the fact that the bad guys tend to be the invaders. So we just keep blowing up people who are trying to defend their own "Homeland". Not very "hearts and minds", but that's just talk...
It's funny you say that. I tagged it "willnotbuy" because I own Civ 2, and every once in a while I decide to play a game, and lose a weekend. There's no way I'll "get current" with such a time sink...
My cells might believe that they were created as well, by some "All Powerful Creator Who Created Everything Everywhere". They weren't; they were created by me/my parents/my grandparents/etc.
Similarly, I might believe that I was created by something that created the entire universe, all the stars and planets and everything -- but in reality, I was merely created by the Protector, which lives on this planet and is powered by the quantum effects of our brains.
Yes, we are all hoping that you do.
No. Windows 9. Windows 8 is already fully planned out.
Or watching using VLC and hitting "]" a lot...
The attention to detail one pays in one field of endeavor is somewhat of an indicator of how much attention to detail one pays overall. Sure, your defense is the SAT separates the two, but the brain doesn't work on different problem classes completely independently!
There are two ways to express uncaring: "I could not care less", meaning I care as little as possible for this thing, in fact it is not possible for me to care any less than I do right now.
Then there's the somewhat intricate (for minds like yours) "I could care less", meaning that although it is possible that I could care less for this thing, it would require more effort than I'm willing to put forth, so I'm happy to stick with the current amount of caring I have for this thing.
Welcome to fifth grade English.
"Kentucky Fried Creature"