That's a great name for trying to persuade neutrals of your arguments.
I took a look at your site. It's not often I use this phrase but in your case I'll make an exception as you have evidently forgotten that there is a world out there: "Get a Life!"
"... then only the strong survive. That kind of Darwinian..."
sigh! Darwin never said anything along the lines of "only the strong survive". Darwin talked about survival of the fittest. Where "fit" doesn't mean "someone who works out a lot" it means that an organism is a good fit for the environmental niche in which it finds itself and thus survives.
I keep coming across this "macho" definition of Darwin on Slashdot and it really gets on my nerves.
I'd prefer that the BBC spent it's..er.. money on quality TV programmes such as good documentaries like we used to get (Civilisation, Ascent of Man, Alistair Cooke's America, Horizon like it used to be) rather than the drivel we get nowadays that makes me want to claw my eyes out most of the time.
A woman goes to the doctor and says. "Doctor my vagina makes a noise like someone breaking wind." So the doctor says "Please lie on the couch and let me examine you". The woman takes her knickers off and lies on the couch and the doctor has a look. Amazingly, the woman's vagina is making little farting noises. "I just want to get a second opinion from a colleague", says the doctor a telephones another doctor. "George" he says, " have listen to this" and holds the telephone close to the woman's vagina. He then speaks into the phone again. "Well George, what do you think of that" "It sounds just like some cunt farting into the phone", say his colleague
"You're right, they're not elected, but they're appointed by their respective national governments, which arise as a result of democratic election. I know it' debateable whether this is good enough or not, but then again, there are countries that don't have directly elected presidents."
No, this is not a good thing. These are cronies (often failed) of the ruling party in the respective countries. These are unelected people taking impporant decision that effect us and we can't vote them out. Even Tony Blair has to be elected by his constituents in the UK.
BTW In countries where the Presidetn is not directly elected, such as Germany, the president has almost no political powere at all, unlike the Presidenst of the USA or France.
Being British that means that I'm being observed a lot of the time that I spend on the street. The big argument in always brought out in favour of these camera systems is that they will reduce crime.
Well it's just not true. Street crime is increasing in the UK and the asocial crime, such as drunken brawling, has also increased. It's a myth that CCTV systems reduce crime. Better and more effective policing is what reduces crime.
Besides, how can you ask the victim of a crime that's been prevented ?
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Because the "editors" don't like you. No one said that Slashdot had to be a democracy
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You make some good points here but the Magna Carta didn't do much for the "common" man. It was more a restriction on the powers of the king over the nobility. The "common" man at teh time of the Magn Carta was a serf. i.e. He was practicalyy "owned" by the local Lord.
Perecentage market share today is totally irrellevant. What Gates is worried about is market share in three, five or ten years. It's the rate of change of market share, and which market segments are driving that rate of change, that gets Gates sweating
Wow! I knew that some parts of American society were wierd but shouting at people for knocking on your door ?!?!? That's a different planet as far as I'm concerned.
In what part of the states do people do things like that ? I can;t imagine it happening in the parts I've been to.
Have you seen the cost of an ocean going saling vessel? It's not for nothing the only people like Larry Ellison can afford them.
Decades old ships are cheap, when you're running on organisation that is *not* funded by multinational corporations you have to make do with what you can afford and what you can get.
THen again, it's so much easier to point to purported hypocrisy on teh opart of green peace than to answer the questions that they raise
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I think you meant to say that the other way round
That's a great name for trying to persuade neutrals of your arguments.
I took a look at your site. It's not often I use this phrase but in your case I'll make an exception as you have evidently forgotten that there is a world out there: "Get a Life!"
"... then only the strong survive. That kind of Darwinian..."
sigh!
Darwin never said anything along the lines of "only the strong survive". Darwin talked about survival of the fittest. Where "fit" doesn't mean "someone who works out a lot" it means that an organism is a good fit for the environmental niche in which it finds itself and thus survives.
I keep coming across this "macho" definition of Darwin on Slashdot and it really gets on my nerves.
Nobody forces a country to hold the Olympics.
I'd prefer that the BBC spent it's ..er.. money on quality TV programmes such as good documentaries like we used to get (Civilisation, Ascent of Man, Alistair Cooke's America, Horizon like it used to be) rather than the drivel we get nowadays that makes me want to claw my eyes out most of the time.
weasel-like mammals are outlawed in California and several other states
You what ??!??!?!
I know that Californians are sliding off into the Pacific but how one earth do you outlaw animals ?
Here you go then:
A woman goes to the doctor and says. "Doctor my vagina makes a noise like someone breaking wind."
So the doctor says "Please lie on the couch and let me examine you".
The woman takes her knickers off and lies on the couch and the doctor has a look.
Amazingly, the woman's vagina is making little farting noises.
"I just want to get a second opinion from a colleague", says the doctor a telephones another doctor.
"George" he says, " have listen to this" and holds the telephone close to the woman's vagina. He then speaks into the phone again.
"Well George, what do you think of that"
"It sounds just like some cunt farting into the phone", say his colleague
For fucks sake! He may be an arsehole but he doesn't bomb children or torture little furry creatures and fetchmail works, so I use it.
"And if they must revisit the past"
I though that that was the whole point of time travel
"You're right, they're not elected, but they're appointed by their respective national governments, which arise as a result of democratic election. I know it' debateable whether this is good enough or not, but then again, there are countries that don't have directly elected presidents."
No, this is not a good thing. These are cronies (often failed) of the ruling party in the respective countries. These are unelected people taking impporant decision that effect us and we can't vote them out. Even Tony Blair has to be elected by his constituents in the UK.
BTW In countries where the Presidetn is not directly elected, such as Germany, the president has almost no political powere at all, unlike the Presidenst of the USA or France.
"Alcock and Brown." Reading those names reminds me of quite a few schoolboy jokes from many years ago that one couldn't possibly repeat nowadays.
I think Sammy Davis Jnr was involved in one of them.
"I really hope he was misquoted"
No, he really said it. British politicians are just as capable of saying stupid things as their counterparts in other countries.
No what's sad is that this inane drivel gets modded as interesting
Being British that means that I'm being observed a lot of the time that I spend on the street. The big argument in always brought out in favour of these camera systems is that they will reduce crime.
Well it's just not true. Street crime is increasing in the UK and the asocial crime, such as drunken brawling, has also increased. It's a myth that CCTV systems reduce crime. Better and more effective policing is what reduces crime.
Besides, how can you ask the victim of a crime that's been prevented ?
Because the "editors" don't like you. No one said that Slashdot had to be a democracy
You make some good points here but the Magna Carta didn't do much for the "common" man. It was more a restriction on the powers of the king over the nobility. The "common" man at teh time of the Magn Carta was a serf. i.e. He was practicalyy "owned" by the local Lord.
He might be wrong some of the times, but not as wrong as you are in your post.
Perecentage market share today is totally irrellevant. What Gates is worried about is market share in three, five or ten years. It's the rate of change of market share, and which market segments are driving that rate of change, that gets Gates sweating
Wow! I knew that some parts of American society were wierd but shouting at people for knocking on your door ?!?!? That's a different planet as far as I'm concerned.
In what part of the states do people do things like that ? I can;t imagine it happening in the parts I've been to.
"But in the end the bootdisk failed, and the system couldn't be brought up at all."
What ? You mean you don't know how to boot a VAX off a tape or tape cartridge ?
where you said that greenpeace were against the ues of fossil fules and plastics
So every time the federal reserve prints more greenbacks than it burns, then the exchange rate of the dollar goes down does it ?
That's a pretty serious accusation, that AI defended assasination. Are you willing to back it with something more sunstantial ?
Nope, don't see any facts there. Just opinions by some whaling company guy who hates greepeace.
Cherching! Next please!
Funny ? Dickhead more like.
Have you seen the cost of an ocean going saling vessel? It's not for nothing the only people like Larry Ellison can afford them.
Decades old ships are cheap, when you're running on organisation that is *not* funded by multinational corporations you have to make do with what you can afford and what you can get.
THen again, it's so much easier to point to purported hypocrisy on teh opart of green peace than to answer the questions that they raise