I dont get it, they have not even introduced Spock yet. Plus why all this focus on the fringe alien races? No ferengi, or Vulcans anywhere in those movies.
I actually did that at a comic con during a heated discussion between 2 uber-nerds dressed as starwars characters... they came completely unglued on me. "THAT IS STAR TREK YOU IDIOT!" And started frothing at the mouth...
I then asked cince they know so much, when did buck rogers make his debut in Pantom Menace.... They almost started convulsing...
I go even further and don't use on-line banking. The people at the bank I use know me. And, if one of the people there mentions "You can do this online" I politely explain that I refuse to use online banking until it is considerably more secure.
If enough people did this, the banks would basically be forced to make things more secure. They want online banking since it drastically reduces their overhead.
The same "black guy" who's origin of birth is publicly unknown.
Um, Hawaii is a part of the United States and was when Obama was born. Yes, he has family in Nigeria. So what? I have relatives in Indonesia, but I was born and raised in the US. But, I guess if I ran for public office, idiots like you would try to claim that I was an Indonesian citizen.
In short, please kill yourself. You are too stupid.
Civility has long since gone down the tubes, as so
many comments here demonstrate. A guy makes an analogy
that isn't entirely congruent with the more popular analogy. Somebody
with a job that encompasses interacting with people from
every walk of life is criticised for failing to be an expert
in our particular walk of life. His opinions were, I assume,
not in line with the majority of Slashdotters regarding some
issue pertaining to the Internet. Do we even know what his
opinions are, or do we just know that he was a stupid poo-poo
head becasue all the other kindergardners called him that?
I feel ashamed to have anything to do with this site on a day like today.
RIP Sen. Stevens, and GWS to those who survived.
I understand in general the need for civility. However, given the way Washington politicians are, I would simply like to say "1 down, 99 more to go!" Unfortunately, there will not be a sudden rash of Senatorial airplane crashes or other such accidents.
Good luck on that. It took Europe hundreds of years to move from the Dark Ages to the Enlightenment, and even then it took several hundred more years to finally get to the current state where religion doesn't have much control over society in the most industrialized countries.
We need to leave them alone for 1000 years and let them figure it out for themselves.
Quite true. I just wish we could stop making them so rich through buying their oil. If it wasn't for the wealth they get from oil, they would be mildly annoying at most.
Because we're never going to solve all the problems, and some of them will never be solved (like the problems in Afghanistan). The middle-east will always be a cesspool; there's no point wasting money there trying to fix it. The more advanced cultures need to just leave them to their own devices, and concentrate on more important goals.
Well, maybe one day they will stop following a barbaric, stone-age religion.
But why, it is simple, they just wanna their daddy to marry them, and sex of course. But since this is still illegal, they are satisfied with the sex only, lol. And don't take me wrong, the men wanna their mom's, and the rest you already know it.
Judging by your post, I would have to conclude that you are definitely the result of a family tree becoming a family bush. Although, I must admit that I am surprised that Mobile, Alabama has internet access. I thought you all believed it to be the tool of Satan.
people who you probably don't have all that much in common with anymore.
And for the vast majority of those people, all you ever had in common with them was that you were forced to occupy the same physical structure for 7 hours every day.
Which is exactly why I've never gone to a high school reunion. Well, that and living on the other side of the planet.
I was certainly not a curmudgeon in the first grade!
Well, I for one remember being five years old and telling those damn kids to get off my lawn. But then, it could be that I was simply imitating my grandfather.
Stupid journalists with their heads up their asses, who predicted that telephone-mail order would replace actual brick-and-mortar shopping, don't know what the fuck they are talking about.
n a monsanto world if you were hurt stealing from someone you could sue your victims
In general, you can't. That's actually a myth. In fact, if they catch you in their house, they can shoot you dead and there is nothing the law will do to them. The only way you can sue someone if you break into their house is if they had a tripwire trap (either a regular tripwire or attached to, say, a shotgun) or a mantrap. And this is based on centuries-old precedence. It's not some new-fangled thing. IANAL, but even I know this.
I seem to recall that was one they confirmed. The crash only occurred because of a combination of the two. The flammable paint is what allowed the fire to easily spread to other gas bags. Had they used helium gas, or a non-flammable paint, the airship would have been able to make a safe, controlled landing.
Ah, yes. The Hindenberg! More proof that government regulation is useless! The free market should rule everything!
Just goes to show, most people are gullible. How many of those people would have been better off investing in their mattress?
Yes, prostitution does pretty much have a guaranteed rate of return, but then you have to worry about all those nasty diseases you could catch. Or, where you talking about something else related to mattresses?
Yeah but detroit has been in decline for far longer than the housing bubble. If you thought detroit was a good investment market, you probably got what you deserved.
And OTOH, if you bought up a lot of cheap stuff in detroit, you may be in for a big win with ford/gm/chevrolet surging.
I'm surprised he has time to ask these questions, what with all the raping and killing of young girls that he does. At least, that's what I've heard and he has never come out and denied it.
Slashdot Mirror
In the 2015 version, the bartender shoots first.
I want the version where Greedo shoots first and kills Solo.
That's in "Patriot Games"
I dont get it, they have not even introduced Spock yet. Plus why all this focus on the fringe alien races? No ferengi, or Vulcans anywhere in those movies.
I actually did that at a comic con during a heated discussion between 2 uber-nerds dressed as starwars characters... they came completely unglued on me. "THAT IS STAR TREK YOU IDIOT!" And started frothing at the mouth...
I then asked cince they know so much, when did buck rogers make his debut in Pantom Menace.... They almost started convulsing...
Didn't Max von Sydow play the Emporer?
If enough people did this, the banks would basically be forced to make things more secure. They want online banking since it drastically reduces their overhead.
Um, Hawaii is a part of the United States and was when Obama was born. Yes, he has family in Nigeria. So what? I have relatives in Indonesia, but I was born and raised in the US. But, I guess if I ran for public office, idiots like you would try to claim that I was an Indonesian citizen.
In short, please kill yourself. You are too stupid.
Civility has long since gone down the tubes, as so many comments here demonstrate. A guy makes an analogy that isn't entirely congruent with the more popular analogy. Somebody with a job that encompasses interacting with people from every walk of life is criticised for failing to be an expert in our particular walk of life. His opinions were, I assume, not in line with the majority of Slashdotters regarding some issue pertaining to the Internet. Do we even know what his opinions are, or do we just know that he was a stupid poo-poo head becasue all the other kindergardners called him that?
I feel ashamed to have anything to do with this site on a day like today.
RIP Sen. Stevens, and GWS to those who survived.
I understand in general the need for civility. However, given the way Washington politicians are, I would simply like to say "1 down, 99 more to go!" Unfortunately, there will not be a sudden rash of Senatorial airplane crashes or other such accidents.
Sarah Palin: "I can see Ted Steven's plane from my house."
Good luck on that. It took Europe hundreds of years to move from the Dark Ages to the Enlightenment, and even then it took several hundred more years to finally get to the current state where religion doesn't have much control over society in the most industrialized countries.
We need to leave them alone for 1000 years and let them figure it out for themselves.
Quite true. I just wish we could stop making them so rich through buying their oil. If it wasn't for the wealth they get from oil, they would be mildly annoying at most.
Because we're never going to solve all the problems, and some of them will never be solved (like the problems in Afghanistan). The middle-east will always be a cesspool; there's no point wasting money there trying to fix it. The more advanced cultures need to just leave them to their own devices, and concentrate on more important goals.
Well, maybe one day they will stop following a barbaric, stone-age religion.
But why, it is simple, they just wanna their daddy to marry them, and sex of course. But since this is still illegal, they are satisfied with the sex only, lol. And don't take me wrong, the men wanna their mom's, and the rest you already know it.
Judging by your post, I would have to conclude that you are definitely the result of a family tree becoming a family bush. Although, I must admit that I am surprised that Mobile, Alabama has internet access. I thought you all believed it to be the tool of Satan.
This is why modern democracy doesn't work well
::sharp sound of boot heels being clicked together::
Il Duce! Il Duce! Il Duce!
Smooth way to dodge Mike Godwin's Luger! ^_^
people who you probably don't have all that much in common with anymore.
And for the vast majority of those people, all you ever had in common with them was that you were forced to occupy the same physical structure for 7 hours every day.
Which is exactly why I've never gone to a high school reunion. Well, that and living on the other side of the planet.
I've made an active effort to bury my asshole urges - they're still there, but I don't give in to them very often.
Except, of course, when you post on slashdot. ^_^ (I keeed!)
I was certainly not a curmudgeon in the first grade!
Well, I for one remember being five years old and telling those damn kids to get off my lawn. But then, it could be that I was simply imitating my grandfather.
Video on YouTube!
Well, that's a relief.
I'm sure this news is slowly making its way into the bowels of the TSA. When they find out, they'll shit themselves.
In general, you can't. That's actually a myth. In fact, if they catch you in their house, they can shoot you dead and there is nothing the law will do to them. The only way you can sue someone if you break into their house is if they had a tripwire trap (either a regular tripwire or attached to, say, a shotgun) or a mantrap. And this is based on centuries-old precedence. It's not some new-fangled thing. IANAL, but even I know this.
Sorry about the second post. I got an error and reauthored it. Boom, both show up.
That's okay. The alien mind control rays often have that effect on people.
I seem to recall that was one they confirmed. The crash only occurred because of a combination of the two. The flammable paint is what allowed the fire to easily spread to other gas bags. Had they used helium gas, or a non-flammable paint, the airship would have been able to make a safe, controlled landing.
Ah, yes. The Hindenberg! More proof that government regulation is useless! The free market should rule everything!
No peak, just lack of demand. Iran is venting tons of the stuff into the atmosphere, what with all the natural gas they're burning at the wellheads.
And that's over and above what's coming out of the mouth of their "president"!
As if issues like that don't exist for air vehicles that get their propulsion from setting fire to jet fuel! Oh, the humanity!
Just goes to show, most people are gullible. How many of those people would have been better off investing in their mattress?
Yes, prostitution does pretty much have a guaranteed rate of return, but then you have to worry about all those nasty diseases you could catch. Or, where you talking about something else related to mattresses?
Yeah but detroit has been in decline for far longer than the housing bubble. If you thought detroit was a good investment market, you probably got what you deserved.
And OTOH, if you bought up a lot of cheap stuff in detroit, you may be in for a big win with ford/gm/chevrolet surging.
Take him to Detroit!
Oh, like I would totally use sarcasm.
Oh yeah, like we really care if you use sarcasm!
How can they telecommute to a job for creating cadmium and lead laced toys for happy meals?
Although, to be fair, the food in happy meals are already as poisonous as cadmium and lead laced toys.
but why is no one asking these questions?
Glenn Beck is asking these questions!
I'm surprised he has time to ask these questions, what with all the raping and killing of young girls that he does. At least, that's what I've heard and he has never come out and denied it.