The last time I got forced to beta I couldn't even see the comments without enabling googleanalytics, facebook, and twitter. I pretty much don't read slashdot at all on days I'm forced over to beta.
I agree with this. The moderation here is designed to make deleting or blocking posts unnecessary, and I like that.
I also like that you can't edit posts since lots of people like to troll and change their post after it get's responses to make responders look like idiots.
I think rather than requiring a mental health check for owning guns, it would be good to have some kind of societal push to encourage people to get regular mental health checkups. In the same manner we are currently doing for physical health. For a large part of the US going to the doctor for "no reason" (ex. getting a physical) is almost as stigmatized as seeing a psychologist.
I think pushing past the idea that having a mental health issue somehow makes you less of a person would be a bigger step toward reducing gun deaths (and perhaps more importantly shootings since not everyone dies) than any gun regulation we could pass.
I think what happened in Colorado is a good example of why this problem exists. In Colorado the governor (IIRC) was kicked out for passing a gun law that 80% of Colorado people agreed with. The thing is the only people to show up and vote on weather to kick out the governor were the 20% who were pissed that there were now laws requiring background checks on gun purchases.
Free to choose as long as society doesn't view the choice as politically incorrect it seems. For example men who want to raise children or teach elementary school are often looked down upon or ignored by conservatives as being homosexuals, pedo's, or just plain overly feminine. Conservatives like to pretend they are tolerant, but they are only tolerant of people who don't deviate from their ideals.
And, that's not even going into this pure bullshit quote from the parent you responded to, "It is a fact that women are better at raising young kids"
No time is wasted on back story or set-up; the exposition is somewhat crude and artless, but it is calculated to take the minimum time possible to get the viewer to the giant robot action.
I at least partially blame this on viewers. Lots of people complain about how "slow" the movie was when they take time to do setup and back story.
Without that data you can't even set up voting properly. I'm guessing you are an anarchist because the lack of this data automatically ensures that a representative government is impossible.
The odds of two random people having the same sign are likely better than 1 in 12 since birth dates are not evenly distributed throughout the year. It depends on your sign, but odds are any particular individual is born in one of the more common months.
A lead foot is the least of the problem. Constant acceleration and braking uses far more fuel. You see it all the time on the interstate in stop and go traffic with people jamming on the gas to go 10 feet and slam on the break. That will use far more gas than the same trip driving a constant 30 mph over the speed limit.
None of your coworkers see you come in and know what time you arrived correct? Neither your computer nor the authentication server your computer uses log what time you logged in correct? You also don't fill out a time card of any type declaring when you came in and how many hours you worked?
You're argument seems to be centered around the idea that your boss has no right to know if you are actually fulfilling your obligations as an employee.
The only job I can think of you possibly having is maybe a contractor or working for small businesses? You certainly haven't worked for any sizable company with more than a couple hundred employees.
And as far as badges being Security Theater, you defiantly don't work in any kind of security related position if you can begin to convince yourself that there are no real security threats prevented by locked doors. Are you one of those people who naively believes corporate espionage doesn't really happen?
I'm guessing it is also a violation of your privacy for your boss to see you at your desk? Since it is the same thing has having to use a badge to get through the door and all.
I think you make a reasonable point. Really I think it would be nice if society did this as a whole. I think it would be cool if more people got involved in helping each other in general, instead of just watching someone else do something stupid speak up.
Not being on Facebook is an equally bad idea because then you can't block tags of you in pictures or do something about what others post about you. It's a mess no matter what you do.
As long as Pat Robertson was your friend on facebook you could do this. And if Pat Robertson has a facebook account, there is probably some staff auto-adding everyone who sends a friend request. Your idea sounds fun.
I agree that we need to spend less effort on protecting people from themselves in general, but one of the primary purposes of being a parent is to protect your children from themselves. There comes a point where you have to stop doing that and not all parents are good at doing that, but it is a parents job to do it for part of their children life.
Throwing a punch is harmless. Standing around is harmless. Therefore throwing a punch that hits someone who is just standing around is harmless. So beating the shit out of someone for no reason should be considered acceptable by society. I like this reasoning.
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The last time I got forced to beta I couldn't even see the comments without enabling googleanalytics, facebook, and twitter. I pretty much don't read slashdot at all on days I'm forced over to beta.
I agree with this. The moderation here is designed to make deleting or blocking posts unnecessary, and I like that.
I also like that you can't edit posts since lots of people like to troll and change their post after it get's responses to make responders look like idiots.
I think rather than requiring a mental health check for owning guns, it would be good to have some kind of societal push to encourage people to get regular mental health checkups. In the same manner we are currently doing for physical health. For a large part of the US going to the doctor for "no reason" (ex. getting a physical) is almost as stigmatized as seeing a psychologist.
I think pushing past the idea that having a mental health issue somehow makes you less of a person would be a bigger step toward reducing gun deaths (and perhaps more importantly shootings since not everyone dies) than any gun regulation we could pass.
I think what happened in Colorado is a good example of why this problem exists. In Colorado the governor (IIRC) was kicked out for passing a gun law that 80% of Colorado people agreed with. The thing is the only people to show up and vote on weather to kick out the governor were the 20% who were pissed that there were now laws requiring background checks on gun purchases.
Or you can say.
Free to choose as long as society doesn't view the choice as politically incorrect it seems. For example men who want to raise children or teach elementary school are often looked down upon or ignored by conservatives as being homosexuals, pedo's, or just plain overly feminine. Conservatives like to pretend they are tolerant, but they are only tolerant of people who don't deviate from their ideals.
And, that's not even going into this pure bullshit quote from the parent you responded to, "It is a fact that women are better at raising young kids"
How did they discover Sex with Sparrows causes cancer? I can't quite convince myself to click the link.
The NSA and the CIA were not created to do legal things. It's just that they were only supposed to do their illegal things in other countries.
Yes, on Mainframes it is standard practice and I believe there are Unix options that can do this as well.
You are an awesome troll.
Yea, that line seriously pulled me out of the moment.
Without that data you can't even set up voting properly. I'm guessing you are an anarchist because the lack of this data automatically ensures that a representative government is impossible.
The odds of two random people having the same sign are likely better than 1 in 12 since birth dates are not evenly distributed throughout the year. It depends on your sign, but odds are any particular individual is born in one of the more common months.
A lead foot is the least of the problem. Constant acceleration and braking uses far more fuel. You see it all the time on the interstate in stop and go traffic with people jamming on the gas to go 10 feet and slam on the break. That will use far more gas than the same trip driving a constant 30 mph over the speed limit.
Here is a good starting point for learning about historical legal homosexual marragies, http://http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage#Ancient.
None of your coworkers see you come in and know what time you arrived correct? Neither your computer nor the authentication server your computer uses log what time you logged in correct? You also don't fill out a time card of any type declaring when you came in and how many hours you worked?
You're argument seems to be centered around the idea that your boss has no right to know if you are actually fulfilling your obligations as an employee.
The only job I can think of you possibly having is maybe a contractor or working for small businesses? You certainly haven't worked for any sizable company with more than a couple hundred employees.
And as far as badges being Security Theater, you defiantly don't work in any kind of security related position if you can begin to convince yourself that there are no real security threats prevented by locked doors. Are you one of those people who naively believes corporate espionage doesn't really happen?
I'm guessing it is also a violation of your privacy for your boss to see you at your desk? Since it is the same thing has having to use a badge to get through the door and all.
I think you make a reasonable point. Really I think it would be nice if society did this as a whole. I think it would be cool if more people got involved in helping each other in general, instead of just watching someone else do something stupid speak up.
Not being on Facebook is an equally bad idea because then you can't block tags of you in pictures or do something about what others post about you. It's a mess no matter what you do.
As long as Pat Robertson was your friend on facebook you could do this. And if Pat Robertson has a facebook account, there is probably some staff auto-adding everyone who sends a friend request. Your idea sounds fun.
I agree that we need to spend less effort on protecting people from themselves in general, but one of the primary purposes of being a parent is to protect your children from themselves. There comes a point where you have to stop doing that and not all parents are good at doing that, but it is a parents job to do it for part of their children life.
Throwing a punch is harmless. Standing around is harmless. Therefore throwing a punch that hits someone who is just standing around is harmless. So beating the shit out of someone for no reason should be considered acceptable by society. I like this reasoning.
And, on average no matter how it was paid, the cost of doing it in Canada was less than half the cost of doing it in America.
Fortunately we already produce enough food so we wouldn't need to increase agriculture.