What an odd post. You say you are in canada, but then lump yourself in with Americans by saying "we failed to find a reasonable medium".
There is no reasonable medium. There is just fair, and unfair. Stuff should be accessibly for people with disabilities, that's just basic and fair. It isn't fair that businesses foot the bill, but they should be able to claim it back on tax.
What's the issue, and what does society gain by having people not have to cater to people with disabilities?
1. Subtitles does not need to be encased in quotes. Doing so makes no sense, as any implication is invalid.
2. What is wrong with you that you need subtitles to understand the English language? I mean, really? Most British shows enunciate stuff pretty damn clearly, and they don't use enough slang to be confusing. Likewise with Aussie stuff.
This is the type of thing when you have something resembling a country, but that is not in essence a country, which has non of the protections or checks and balances that a state should actually have.
China has more honor students than we have students
No, they don't. Most Chinese live in poverty, only dreaming of the luxury of higher education.
Oh, and the reason you're not curb stomping Iran is because you can't. It took 10 years to make Iraq into something manageable, with Iraq being a far less prepared and formidable enemy than Iran.
There are some problems with your argument, although the quote from Sherman is a pretty good point. Mainly, people don't use Paris to describe an emotional state. Not like they do with heaven. They might say something is like being in Paris, but that is still obviously referring to the city in France.
Heaven and Hell are concepts, just as much as they are places described in the Christian bible. When referring to the Christian Heaven/Hell then capitalization is correct. When referring to the abstract idea that happens to share the same names in English as the Christian places, you should not use capitalization.
Hell is where Satan lives, Heaven is where Jesus awaits. heaven is where you get to go after you die if you were good, hell is where you go if you were bad. Concepts, not places.
It's like if there is a burger shop called Burger Shop. That shop should be referred to as Burger Shop, but the idea of a burger shop is fine being referred to as burger shop. OK?
No, they don't. Most Chinese live in poverty, only dreaming of the luxury of higher education.
Oh, and the reason you're not curb stomping Iran is because you can't. It took 10 years to make Iraq into something manageable, with Iraq being a far less prepared and formidable enemy than Iran.
If you allow employees to use their PC at all for any personal stuff during a break or whatever and don't inform of this, that's just opening yourself up to a lawsuit.
Liberty and freedom of speech tend to be so highly valued because we recongize that man should be free to do what makes him happy, at least as much as he is not affecting others. Freedom of speech is especially important because people must not be afraid to voice their opinions and contribute. When people are afraid to do so, society is held back.
I'm guessing you are Danish.It is Danes who have the biggest issues with there being more than one definition of Scandinavia.
The term Scandinavia has different definitions in different places. Sometimes it is Finland, Norway and Sweden because those countries are close geographically. Sometimes it is the definition you listed above. Sometimes it is all 4 countries.
Just because you are Scandinavian as per your own chosen definition, does not give you the right to poo poo on other definitions, unless you can make a case for your definition somehow being objectively correct. Which, you can't.
Why support a system in which it has been shown over and over again that people vote emotionally or on singular issues without regard to the bigger picture, and generally are not educated about the issues they vote on? It may be better than all the others, but why not try and find something better?
The problem is not scientific literacy, bur that you need to be an expert in several fields.
Claims are made from both sides with explanations and theories beyond what most laymen can understand, beyond what even those with a basic scientific literacy can understand.
I consider myself scientifically literate to a basic level and generally have no problem reading studies or extracts to get a basic idea on an issue. The whole climate change thing is impossible though. People make specific claims about carbons, how they bond in the atmosphere, half-lives, tree rings, ice, sea levels...
There is too much stuff being quoted and claimed from both sides, often seemingly backed up.
What we need is a nice, easy summary page, summarizing all the relevant studies so far, and what they imply or mean when it comes to climate page. AN overall summary taking every study into account, giving a good indication, meaning to oppose it is to go against peer reviewed studies or to speculate without a firm basis.
Security is not a priority. A security bug should be treated like any other bug. Which is bullshit. A bug that can allow full compromise of your system is obviously more severe than a bug that maybe uses up more memory than it should. Especially with Linux being used in a server role more than anything.
Not to mention the dev team seems somewhat anti-full-disclosure, advocating keeping vulnerabilities secret, or at least not publicly disclosing/admitting them until they decide to/feel like fixing them.
Linux is fine for a desktop, but without some sort of MAC(in which case it would surpass most competing platforms when it comes to security), it's worse than Windows.
I need to know what vulnerabilities are on my system, when they will be fixed, and to know that the developers have security as a priority. Sadly, that describes Microsoft far more than it does Linux.
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What an odd post. You say you are in canada, but then lump yourself in with Americans by saying "we failed to find a reasonable medium".
There is no reasonable medium. There is just fair, and unfair. Stuff should be accessibly for people with disabilities, that's just basic and fair. It isn't fair that businesses foot the bill, but they should be able to claim it back on tax.
What's the issue, and what does society gain by having people not have to cater to people with disabilities?
Two points.
1. Subtitles does not need to be encased in quotes. Doing so makes no sense, as any implication is invalid.
2. What is wrong with you that you need subtitles to understand the English language? I mean, really? Most British shows enunciate stuff pretty damn clearly, and they don't use enough slang to be confusing. Likewise with Aussie stuff.
No, not "most definitely". Targeted towards women does not mean sexist.
If it was targeting boys and has guns and monster trucks, would it still be sexist? Why?
This is the type of thing when you have something resembling a country, but that is not in essence a country, which has non of the protections or checks and balances that a state should actually have.
Democracy at the EU level, kind of a joke.
"some of our sisters"? what odd phrasing.
Please don't confuse western minimum wage with American minimum wage. Every other western country has decent minimum wage laws.
It was a mistake, it was one extra time. Chill, child.
China has more honor students than we have students
No, they don't. Most Chinese live in poverty, only dreaming of the luxury of higher education.
Oh, and the reason you're not curb stomping Iran is because you can't. It took 10 years to make Iraq into something manageable, with Iraq being a far less prepared and formidable enemy than Iran.
There are some problems with your argument, although the quote from Sherman is a pretty good point. Mainly, people don't use Paris to describe an emotional state. Not like they do with heaven. They might say something is like being in Paris, but that is still obviously referring to the city in France.
Heaven and Hell are concepts, just as much as they are places described in the Christian bible. When referring to the Christian Heaven/Hell then capitalization is correct. When referring to the abstract idea that happens to share the same names in English as the Christian places, you should not use capitalization.
Hell is where Satan lives, Heaven is where Jesus awaits. heaven is where you get to go after you die if you were good, hell is where you go if you were bad. Concepts, not places.
It's like if there is a burger shop called Burger Shop. That shop should be referred to as Burger Shop, but the idea of a burger shop is fine being referred to as burger shop. OK?
No, they don't. Most Chinese live in poverty, only dreaming of the luxury of higher education.
Oh, and the reason you're not curb stomping Iran is because you can't. It took 10 years to make Iraq into something manageable, with Iraq being a far less prepared and formidable enemy than Iran.
Wow, way to miss the point and look like a pompous ass.
What is it with idiots and grouping ACs together?
If you allow employees to use their PC at all for any personal stuff during a break or whatever and don't inform of this, that's just opening yourself up to a lawsuit.
Liberty and freedom of speech tend to be so highly valued because we recongize that man should be free to do what makes him happy, at least as much as he is not affecting others. Freedom of speech is especially important because people must not be afraid to voice their opinions and contribute. When people are afraid to do so, society is held back.
Mexicans drink Corona, though. It isn't horsepiss. We only have 6 states. We call "cocktail shrimp" shrimp. Drop bears are retarded.
You shouldn't be wasting mod points on spammers.
I'm guessing you are Danish.It is Danes who have the biggest issues with there being more than one definition of Scandinavia.
The term Scandinavia has different definitions in different places. Sometimes it is Finland, Norway and Sweden because those countries are close geographically. Sometimes it is the definition you listed above. Sometimes it is all 4 countries.
Just because you are Scandinavian as per your own chosen definition, does not give you the right to poo poo on other definitions, unless you can make a case for your definition somehow being objectively correct. Which, you can't.
Yet all peer reviewed research and international diabetes associations state the claim that sugar causes diabetes as a myth.
Excess sugar does not cause diabetes. Stop spreading myths and misinformation, please.
Why support a system in which it has been shown over and over again that people vote emotionally or on singular issues without regard to the bigger picture, and generally are not educated about the issues they vote on? It may be better than all the others, but why not try and find something better?
They don't belong to the Queen of England though.
The problem is not scientific literacy, bur that you need to be an expert in several fields.
Claims are made from both sides with explanations and theories beyond what most laymen can understand, beyond what even those with a basic scientific literacy can understand.
I consider myself scientifically literate to a basic level and generally have no problem reading studies or extracts to get a basic idea on an issue. The whole climate change thing is impossible though. People make specific claims about carbons, how they bond in the atmosphere, half-lives, tree rings, ice, sea levels...
There is too much stuff being quoted and claimed from both sides, often seemingly backed up.
What we need is a nice, easy summary page, summarizing all the relevant studies so far, and what they imply or mean when it comes to climate page. AN overall summary taking every study into account, giving a good indication, meaning to oppose it is to go against peer reviewed studies or to speculate without a firm basis.
The Microsoft you describe no longer exists.
I love how a single anecdote gets taken as a representation of the whole and upvoted to 5. Groupthink, gotta love it.
Linus and more so Greg K-H have said so.
Security is not a priority. A security bug should be treated like any other bug. Which is bullshit. A bug that can allow full compromise of your system is obviously more severe than a bug that maybe uses up more memory than it should. Especially with Linux being used in a server role more than anything.
Not to mention the dev team seems somewhat anti-full-disclosure, advocating keeping vulnerabilities secret, or at least not publicly disclosing/admitting them until they decide to/feel like fixing them.
Linux is fine for a desktop, but without some sort of MAC(in which case it would surpass most competing platforms when it comes to security), it's worse than Windows.
I need to know what vulnerabilities are on my system, when they will be fixed, and to know that the developers have security as a priority. Sadly, that describes Microsoft far more than it does Linux.
Bring on the troll mods.