Complete belief that their god is the only moral right belief and everone else is sent from the devil to get them.
There was an earlier very interesting comment that said people who see sticks as snakes survive longer than people who see snakes as sticks.
So, we have evolved to see threats where there aren't any. This helps keep us on our toes, for the actual threats, and helps keep our system tuned to react to them, by constantly over-reacting.
I like what you said, in combination with this: humans are wired to perceive that other humans are threats, and by using mythology, leaders can convince followers that humans from other tribes are less than human, and therefore "it is consistent with our religious teachings if you take up arms and go kill the other tribe. Really, son, it is consistent, now go to war!"
Your argument sounds a lot like the broken window fallacy. To be clear, I propose that we would have far more hospitals/shelters/disaster relief efforts, if not for religion stealing part of the economy.
Apparently, I do not have ownership of self; at birth I was forcibly, un-anesthetically, deprived of my foreskin and the corresponding 20-30 thousand nerve endings that I can no longer feel with. My government is complicit in this, as my sister was legally protected from (non-medically-necessary) knives at her birth.
So you believe that free speech should include the right to capitalize on the misfortunes of others for monetary gain before there is a chance for them to move on from their tragedy?
No, I believe that free speech is, exactly, free speech. (Been off the Internet for a week, sorry.) Can't yell fire in a crowded theatre, okay, but can't capitalize on current events? With all due respect, that's the stupidest fucking idea I've heard in quite some time.
I liken this to the age of consent laws: the body might be physically (and mentally) capable of reproduction. My great-great-grandmother was married at 13. But if the law says "only an adult at 18", then many people become criminals who, really, aren't. Sure, there may be some subset of the population who aren't ready until they're 30; there is also another (hopefully smaller) subset of the population who is never ready.
But that doesn't mean that we should limit everyone else to never having children, simply because a few of us will never be ready to have them.
Your argument seems to be coming from the lowest-common-denominator. This leads to Idiocracy.
You got a Funny mod, but it's pretty cool that you just basically described my world view. "God" is a protector which exists only on this planet; it is something that we created, using the quantum nature of our brains. So your statement is not at all in conflict with my personal mythology. That it's amusing just adds to it.:)
Perhaps a limit on baring only servers capable of connecting more then 10 people simultaneously to the one service can be worked into the interfering with communications portions. Maybe an official legal definition of a server or something.
Sounds like the Windows XP definition of a server, to me.
There should be a law censoring those who cry "there should be a law [...]". And, yes, because people who shout that are generally acting as if they hate free speech, whether they disclaim it or not.
Apparently you missed the part where this was a direct quote from an ex-girlfriend. Her use of the word, and subsequent inability to define it, was essentially the "straw that broke the camel's back" and prompted me to end the relationship. And it was in quotes in the original. My apologies for your reading comprehension. I'd just as soon not continue this thread. (You see what I did there.)
To answer your question, I have no idea; she could parrot the phrase, and knew it to mean "making the issue bigger than it deserves to be", but could not define all of the words that she used. That was not the last straw, but it was close to the time I decided she wasn't for me.
Automatic updates for things like security patches should be the way of the entire computing industry, as long as they provide a way to turn on more explicit notifications or turn it off if desired, for the rest of us.
Somewhat agreed; I also think it should be provided as an OS service, instead of being reimplemented poorly by every program author.
I'd just assume forget, in a practical sense, that I know about it
You don't sound like an English-as-a-foreign-language speaker, but benefit of the doubt: "I'd just as soon forget".
(At least it wasn't what an old girlfriend said (yes, I should try a young one), "You're making a mountain out of a mohill." Upon questioning, she could not explain what the original thing was that I was turning into a mountain, just that it was not appropriate to do so...)
[...] why do we have to decide how often we restart our browser (or OS) based on its update releases?
I second this. I'm also thinking that "restarting my browser" should take a couple seconds at most, regardless of how many tabs I have open.
I've got essentially "unlimited" disk space. Please, Firefox, save the pages in their entirety (including state, JavaScript execution, etc), so that it doesn't have to take 5 minutes of grinding loading when it restarts. Make it optional for those with smaller drives. This will save time.
Of course, being able to update without restarting is even better, so go work on that instead.:)
[...] after the terrorist attacks of the last decade [...]
Don't you really mean "after the terrorist attacks that happened over a decade ago, which the authorities keep reminding us of to keep us in fear? What color is the threat level today?"
You're so right man. You know what else is scary? Clowns! Why do you think all three rings of government (four if you count the military) conspire to hide the clown threat? Why do you think congresscritters regularly act like clowns? The evidence speaks for itself.
Never thought I'd do one of these, but: Fixed that for us.:)
AND it's typically old data that would be of no use for police to locate you.
I'm not worried about the police locating me, just as I'm not worried about my non-Blackberry messages being intercepted by the UAE authorities.
What I am worried about is "an attacker" being able to do this. Like someone wanting to take my stuff when I'm not home; or kidnap me or my kids (hey I figured out part of the root of that word, but how is it related to sleeping during the day?); or injure, or kill me.
Generally the authorities are less of a concern. Generally.
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There was an earlier very interesting comment that said people who see sticks as snakes survive longer than people who see snakes as sticks.
So, we have evolved to see threats where there aren't any. This helps keep us on our toes, for the actual threats, and helps keep our system tuned to react to them, by constantly over-reacting.
I like what you said, in combination with this: humans are wired to perceive that other humans are threats, and by using mythology, leaders can convince followers that humans from other tribes are less than human, and therefore "it is consistent with our religious teachings if you take up arms and go kill the other tribe. Really, son, it is consistent, now go to war!"
Your argument sounds a lot like the broken window fallacy. To be clear, I propose that we would have far more hospitals/shelters/disaster relief efforts, if not for religion stealing part of the economy.
... and what if Bob's yer uncle?
The expression is chock full.
Apparently, I do not have ownership of self; at birth I was forcibly, un-anesthetically, deprived of my foreskin and the corresponding 20-30 thousand nerve endings that I can no longer feel with. My government is complicit in this, as my sister was legally protected from (non-medically-necessary) knives at her birth.
To be honest, I've been lying to you.
No, I believe that free speech is, exactly, free speech. (Been off the Internet for a week, sorry.) Can't yell fire in a crowded theatre, okay, but can't capitalize on current events? With all due respect, that's the stupidest fucking idea I've heard in quite some time.
I liken this to the age of consent laws: the body might be physically (and mentally) capable of reproduction. My great-great-grandmother was married at 13. But if the law says "only an adult at 18", then many people become criminals who, really, aren't. Sure, there may be some subset of the population who aren't ready until they're 30; there is also another (hopefully smaller) subset of the population who is never ready.
But that doesn't mean that we should limit everyone else to never having children, simply because a few of us will never be ready to have them.
Your argument seems to be coming from the lowest-common-denominator. This leads to Idiocracy.
You got a Funny mod, but it's pretty cool that you just basically described my world view. "God" is a protector which exists only on this planet; it is something that we created, using the quantum nature of our brains. So your statement is not at all in conflict with my personal mythology. That it's amusing just adds to it. :)
Sounds like the Windows XP definition of a server, to me.
There should be a law censoring those who cry "there should be a law [...]". And, yes, because people who shout that are generally acting as if they hate free speech, whether they disclaim it or not.
If it's not in your eye, your peristalsis is lacking in comparison.
Wait, this article is about ReiserFS? Man it's confusing after 40.
Apparently you missed the part where this was a direct quote from an ex-girlfriend. Her use of the word, and subsequent inability to define it, was essentially the "straw that broke the camel's back" and prompted me to end the relationship. And it was in quotes in the original. My apologies for your reading comprehension. I'd just as soon not continue this thread. (You see what I did there.)
Your grammar defense is silly.
To answer your question, I have no idea; she could parrot the phrase, and knew it to mean "making the issue bigger than it deserves to be", but could not define all of the words that she used. That was not the last straw, but it was close to the time I decided she wasn't for me.
Yeah, I blew that; my mind said "nearly" but my fingers insisted "over". Oh well. Agreed with the time scale on replacement.
So ... you slept your way to an education? :)
Somewhat agreed; I also think it should be provided as an OS service, instead of being reimplemented poorly by every program author.
You don't sound like an English-as-a-foreign-language speaker, but benefit of the doubt: "I'd just as soon forget".
(At least it wasn't what an old girlfriend said (yes, I should try a young one), "You're making a mountain out of a mohill." Upon questioning, she could not explain what the original thing was that I was turning into a mountain, just that it was not appropriate to do so...)
I second this. I'm also thinking that "restarting my browser" should take a couple seconds at most, regardless of how many tabs I have open.
I've got essentially "unlimited" disk space. Please, Firefox, save the pages in their entirety (including state, JavaScript execution, etc), so that it doesn't have to take 5 minutes of grinding loading when it restarts. Make it optional for those with smaller drives. This will save time.
Of course, being able to update without restarting is even better, so go work on that instead. :)
"Wake up!" sings Danny Elfman, in my sig. That was 27 years ago, and it has gotten much worse since.
Don't you really mean "after the terrorist attacks that happened over a decade ago, which the authorities keep reminding us of to keep us in fear? What color is the threat level today?"
Spies can be dangerous, especially when cornered. This might provoke a war, intentional or not.
Never thought I'd do one of these, but: Fixed that for us. :)
Thank you. The furor has subsided for now (it was a reaction to the South Park bomber); changing it back to what it was.
I'm not worried about the police locating me, just as I'm not worried about my non-Blackberry messages being intercepted by the UAE authorities.
What I am worried about is "an attacker" being able to do this. Like someone wanting to take my stuff when I'm not home; or kidnap me or my kids (hey I figured out part of the root of that word, but how is it related to sleeping during the day?); or injure, or kill me.
Generally the authorities are less of a concern. Generally.