"The videogame industry should spend more money bribing congressmen, like the other entertainment industries. Then we'll start sucking up to them instead of picking on them."
I haven't read Candide, but all I can say is that when I was in High School I read The Handmaid's Tale.
For us it was Canterbury Tales. We didn't read all of it, but when someone reported hearing that it was dirty the teacher said we shouldn't read The Miller's Tale, so of course everyone went home and read it that night.
If "there is only one god and his name is jesus", then why are they worshiping "god's son jesus christ"... wouldn't it be less confusing to refer to him as jesus jr?
No, Jesus is His own Son.
This takes the incest thing to a whole 'nother level...
As usual, this case has been discussed in other places first. IIRC the "bruised testicle" was part of what the bitching is about.
Yes, because body parts are unnatural.
Supposedly Spuds McKinzie was actually a female, so "he" wouldn't show a dangler in the commercials. (Especially with all the human females drooling over him in the commercials.)
I liked the short story, but found the book tedious.
Hey, why did <blockquote></blockquote> stop working?
Use quote instead of blockquote.
At any rate, the teacher should be reinstated and the damned administrators should be fired. TFA is still loading and I missed this book (looks like a great one I need to read, too, trip to the library this Saturday). What's supposed to be pornographic about it?
As to the complaining parent, maybe the bitch should just stick to Dr Suess? Oh, she'll probably think Cat in the Hat is porno, too.
We've got people who do nothing but sit around watching television all day to count the number of things they find offensive and submit a complaint.
Next time anyone starts thinking that they "haven't got a life", they should remember that they're not the bottom-feeders in that department.
I'm glad to see "book burning" is alive and well in America. I guess that's what the conservatives mean by restoring America. Now we just need to find some really cheap non-Mexican labor.
How many young earthers reading Slashdot? Show of hands, please.
The problem is that you can't tell the true believers from the troll bedevilers. It's almost impossible for a troll to tip his hand by being too OTT, on this topic.
Except that the Bible says that God is revealed through his creation as well. This would seem to indicate that God wouldn't make things appear to be a way they are not.
Yeah, it astonishes me that some creationists claim that God planted fossils to fool people.
And of course, would never consider that God could have written a book to fool people.
The same way they explain all the other evidence for a 14 billion years old universe: by ignoring or misunderstanding it.
Right at the most simple: we can triangulate the distance to a star and determine that what we see is as old as the amount of time light takes to get here. If they deny this evidence they either fail basic math or refute relativity: the scientific theory with the best proof track record ever.
One creationist crank tries to explain this away by saying that the speed of light is infinite when it's headed toward you, and twice the real speed of light when it's headed away (presumably to conserve the overall travel time to a mirror and back).
And *nothing* annoys me more than their "Sent from my iFad" appended to e-mail messages. So long, commercial-free e-mail.
I note that you didn't include the "Sent from my Android Phone" (got one of those from my Nephew the other day) and "Sent from my Windows Phone" (get those from at least one of my employer's clients). Both of those platforms have a built-in Sig, too.
But yet, once again, it is Apple that gets singled-out.
Maybe because I've only ever gotten the message from Apple devices.
Actually, IIRC, Woz's Integer BASIC and mini-assembler (along with his Sweet 16 (the 6502 Dream Machine) and the Apple Floating-Point Routines) disappeared as early as the Apple ][+. . That's why I used to call the ][+ the "][ minus"...
I started with the ][+ and had all that stuff. I think it got fp basic by adding a card.
The main difference, so far as I ever new, was that accidentally bumping the reset key wouldn't reset you. A friend who bought before the + came out had a lot of problem with that.
There will probably be two biggish regrets in my life when I'm 80 years old : All the women I should've tried harder to fuck. Maybe not having kids sooner. And that I spend a decade using Apple laptops. I should've stuck with Linux for laptop machines!
Yes, that always has the women lining up for a chance to have your babies.
We already know that Apple is about walled gardens and taking control from the user.
So sad. I remember my astonishment upon buying my Apple ][ and seeing the user's guide encourage me to pop the top off and have a look. How different from all the stereo components I had been buying!
But now they're the worst of all... marketing and user lock-in have utterly triumphed over everything else.
And *nothing* annoys me more than their "Sent from my iFad" appended to e-mail messages. So long, commercial-free e-mail.
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Exposure to politicians has been linked to aggressive behaviour.
I thought it made adults curl up and suck their thumbs.
"The videogame industry should spend more money bribing congressmen, like the other entertainment industries. Then we'll start sucking up to them instead of picking on them."
I haven't read Candide, but all I can say is that when I was in High School I read The Handmaid's Tale.
For us it was Canterbury Tales. We didn't read all of it, but when someone reported hearing that it was dirty the teacher said we shouldn't read The Miller's Tale, so of course everyone went home and read it that night.
Between Santorum, Limbaugh and the rest of those jokers bible thumping their way into our bedrooms
I don't care much for Bill Maher, but he was spot-on when he said "even gay men don't think about gay sex as much as Rick Santorum does".
I always assumed they were the same... *facepalm*
For some strange reason, people have come to think of "God" as some deity's proper name.
If "there is only one god and his name is jesus", then why are they worshiping "god's son jesus christ"... wouldn't it be less confusing to refer to him as jesus jr?
No, Jesus is His own Son.
This takes the incest thing to a whole 'nother level...
Or perhaps one of the parents caught wind that Orson Scott Card is Mormon and different and therefore evil.
Maybe this is a proxy war for the social conservatives' preference for Santorum over Romney?
"Pornography" is supposed to be judged by the standards of the "community"
And that cop-out is the very antithesis of the idea of the rule of law.
The bully was already dead when kicked. He hit his head accidentally on a knob.
Time to read the book again :)
You mean Ender didn't shoot first?
As usual, this case has been discussed in other places first. IIRC the "bruised testicle" was part of what the bitching is about.
Yes, because body parts are unnatural.
Supposedly Spuds McKinzie was actually a female, so "he" wouldn't show a dangler in the commercials. (Especially with all the human females drooling over him in the commercials.)
"Remember, the enemy's pants are DOWN!"
Generals have always advocated deep penetrations into the enemy's rear areas.
What wikipedia says about Ender's game:
Reception to the book has generally been positive
I liked the short story, but found the book tedious.
Hey, why did <blockquote></blockquote> stop working?
Use quote instead of blockquote.
At any rate, the teacher should be reinstated and the damned administrators should be fired. TFA is still loading and I missed this book (looks like a great one I need to read, too, trip to the library this Saturday). What's supposed to be pornographic about it?
As to the complaining parent, maybe the bitch should just stick to Dr Suess? Oh, she'll probably think Cat in the Hat is porno, too.
We've got people who do nothing but sit around watching television all day to count the number of things they find offensive and submit a complaint.
Next time anyone starts thinking that they "haven't got a life", they should remember that they're not the bottom-feeders in that department.
How ignorant.. Not one mention of political side and you just jump right on the bandwagon.
Yes, how could anyone conclude that an American complaining about perceived eroticism in a book would be a conservative?
I'm glad to see "book burning" is alive and well in America. I guess that's what the conservatives mean by restoring America. Now we just need to find some really cheap non-Mexican labor.
FTFY
How many young earthers reading Slashdot? Show of hands, please.
The problem is that you can't tell the true believers from the troll bedevilers. It's almost impossible for a troll to tip his hand by being too OTT, on this topic.
refute relativity: the scientific theory with the best proof track record ever.
Eh? That'd be Quantum Mechanics.
I'm guessing that the Atomic Theory of Matter has a pretty good track record too.
Except that the Bible says that God is revealed through his creation as well. This would seem to indicate that God wouldn't make things appear to be a way they are not.
Yeah, it astonishes me that some creationists claim that God planted fossils to fool people.
And of course, would never consider that God could have written a book to fool people.
The same way they explain all the other evidence for a 14 billion years old universe: by ignoring or misunderstanding it.
Right at the most simple: we can triangulate the distance to a star and determine that what we see is as old as the amount of time light takes to get here. If they deny this evidence they either fail basic math or refute relativity: the scientific theory with the best proof track record ever.
One creationist crank tries to explain this away by saying that the speed of light is infinite when it's headed toward you, and twice the real speed of light when it's headed away (presumably to conserve the overall travel time to a mirror and back).
How are young earthers going to explain this one?
Eight millennia - that's six since creation, and two more into the future.
...they're only available in alternative universes.
And *nothing* annoys me more than their "Sent from my iFad" appended to e-mail messages. So long, commercial-free e-mail.
I note that you didn't include the "Sent from my Android Phone" (got one of those from my Nephew the other day) and "Sent from my Windows Phone" (get those from at least one of my employer's clients). Both of those platforms have a built-in Sig, too.
But yet, once again, it is Apple that gets singled-out.
Maybe because I've only ever gotten the message from Apple devices.
just so you know, the 'sent from my iFap' message can be toggled.
Not on my end.
Actually, IIRC, Woz's Integer BASIC and mini-assembler (along with his Sweet 16 (the 6502 Dream Machine) and the Apple Floating-Point Routines) disappeared as early as the Apple ][+. . That's why I used to call the ][+ the "][ minus"...
I started with the ][+ and had all that stuff. I think it got fp basic by adding a card.
The main difference, so far as I ever new, was that accidentally bumping the reset key wouldn't reset you. A friend who bought before the + came out had a lot of problem with that.
There will probably be two biggish regrets in my life when I'm 80 years old : All the women I should've tried harder to fuck. Maybe not having kids sooner. And that I spend a decade using Apple laptops. I should've stuck with Linux for laptop machines!
Yes, that always has the women lining up for a chance to have your babies.
We already know that Apple is about walled gardens and taking control from the user.
So sad. I remember my astonishment upon buying my Apple ][ and seeing the user's guide encourage me to pop the top off and have a look. How different from all the stereo components I had been buying!
But now they're the worst of all... marketing and user lock-in have utterly triumphed over everything else.
And *nothing* annoys me more than their "Sent from my iFad" appended to e-mail messages. So long, commercial-free e-mail.