Ok. I'll bite. I don't have anything else to do at the moment. On with the trolling:
I have some news for you, which you might find somewhat suprising: the Neolithic happened about 10,000 years ago, and we haven't evolved since then. Well, judging from the quality of some posts here on Slashdot, some people are closer to the Neolithic than others. But I disgress. We have evolved since then, if only in small changes. Like losing a few back teeth, shape of the foreheads, things like that.
Whatever we are genetically adapted to doesn't matter, since we don't live in an environment remotely close to it. That environment no longer exists.Oh, really? So the masai in Africa or the aborigines in Australia live in environments so dissimilar to those 10k years ago? I'll grant you that civilized societies (let's skip the usual arguments over civilization and culture) change the way they regard to nature. But step outside of a city, and you'll see the same environment that has been around for ages. All we do is take a little piece of civilized environment with us while we go outside.
and a variety of plants that would absolutely shock you. No! Don't tell me they ate... green stuff that grows from the ground! Or colored stuff that hangs from green tall things! Oh, the humanity! The horror! The un-civilized behavior of those poor primitive savages!
There, I was shocked. Did that come out ok? I do need to practice my acting skills.
The diets one might call "natural" are nothing like the dairy, cholesterol-filled, huge hunk of steak carnivor diet that you vegetarian-haters like to call "natural". *Turns around, looking for a vegetarian-hater* Nope, no such animal around here. Please excuse me if by writing what I thought anyone got the impression that I hate vegetarians. I dont. I have vegetarian friends. I just don't share their ideas.
And you're right. Filling up with cholesterol is not my idea of healthy living. I'd rather be like the japanese and eat more fish instead of steaks and pork.
Animals have souls. Plants don't. Do I really have to explain this? I know a few cucumbers and at least an apple who would love to discuss theology with you. But they're so stupid that I don't let them use my Slashdot account any more (although they are better at Karma whoring than I am).
All kidding aside, why would mother Nature tell us that we don't need to eat meat to get by in life while giving us sharpened teeth to eat meat better? The point is not that we can live without eating meat; we could survive on fruit juice and vegetables, but do we *have* to?
I do frown upon senseless violence to animals (killing rabbits just to try out a new mascara or shampoo, when a cell experiment could work out just as well). But eating meat is a part of almost every human culture.
what damage will it to do the "planet" it is exploring? where is green-peace at a time like this.
Greenpeace in Mars. Hmm. Would that make them Redpeace? Besides, we all know that Mars, that so-calledd "planet", has to be preserved in its pristine natural setting until we arrive in hordes, build MarsDisney themeparks and eat Earth chocolate bars.
Can't blame their marketing department for trying to resurect the idea. Sure you can. As a matter of fact, I do it all the time.
If I have to watch yet another commercial with Matrix-like effects of endless lines of stuff appearing from nowhere at fast speeds into a huge white nothingness, I'll have to kick someone in his or her wacky parts.
And that also goes for every singer... no, make that every sound engineer who thinks that, since lots of people liked Cher's "Believe" song, therefore every female artist ought to have her voice modulated by a computer in mid-phrase.
Sorry about the rant. Please, carry on. Nothing to see here.
"Whores", as prostitutes are often called, have to do what they do for a living, not for fun or to get attention by males or anything. They deserve more respect that they get in our society (and no, "Pretty Woman" doesn't count).
Having said that, I move to propose we recognize/. posters who post merely to accumulate karma points as Karma sluts from now on.
I wonder what it would be like if we ever translated the whale songs into something we could understand. Hmm...
- Hmpf. Kids today. Always swimming around, playing with those humans in their pesky boats, always getting catched and eaten. In my days we weren't harpooned by modern equipment. No, sir! We were hunted by lone men, armed with wooden spears with flint points. Here, check them on my back, I've still have a few lodged somewhere. And we wouldn't even swim away! No, we crawled up into the ice and fought hand-to-fin with them! Why I remember that summer of '88... 1888, that is... uh... what was the subject again?
many many parents feel, rightly or wrongly, that their children are able to access content at school, libraries, or elsewhere outside their homes, content on the internet that they strongly disapprove of, ie porn.
"Able to" and "Willing to" are two different things. Children are also able to beat up little kids in the locker room. Is the Gov't supposed to install video cameras in there to prevent such things from happening? Have a guard on every room? I know it's a stupid exageration, but it helps to make a point (hopefully).
This is a parenting issue, not a Government control issue. Teach the children well, and the rest will just fall into place.
Wow. You know, it's scary to think that this plan actually makes sense.
I'd vote for Slashdot Cruiser, if I were an American. I'd give it a (+1, Funny), if I were a moderator. I'd be 4 hours late, or not be there at all, if I were an Amtrak train.
Since I'm none of the above, I'll have to settle on saying "Well done!".
So I guess you must really dislike that english writer, William Shakespoke or something, which wrote a book some time ago, which was later filmed as "Romeo + Juliet". Ugh. Leonardo DiCaprio sucked big time in that movie. Good thing no one will read that book after seeing that movie.
We better stick to Pokemon, then. Or get more sleep.
it will in fact bring about a stronger economy due to the fact that rather than having money tied in up in charitable foundations, it will be in more liquid forms, mainly equity.
IANAnE(conomist) but why would money be "tied up" in charitable foundations? I would think that such money would be spent doing something, anything at all (even in the case of inane foundations like, say, "Save the Roasted Porks of Alabama Foundation").
Maybe it only happens here in Mexico, but when people with tons of money decide where to keep it, most of the time they end up investing it in Switzerland or the Cayman Islands or something like that.
Of course, I could be wrong, since I only took Economics I at college, so if you could explain your point in more detail, I (and probably a few other/. readers) would appreciate it. And I don't mean it in a sarcastic way at all.
Yup. Those exactly. They were shown in one of those UFO/ChupaCabras/Paranormal/X-files segments on national TV once, and apparently they were being investigated by college students somewhere in Mexico.
I have no idea if they're true or not, but it sounds freaky enough to be possible.
Wow. I recall reading something about some new life forms, something like flying worms in sizes from a few mm to a couple of feet long. At the time I thought it was just some weird psuedo-science stuff, but now I'm not so sure.
What are the odds of finding life here on Earth so completely unrelated to anything we know? (Apart from/. trolls, that is)
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Dont you worry. Soon enough you'll met a tall stranger, who will fit nicely by your side, and then him, you and everyone else at your side will disappear.
Yup. Maybe it's one of those elements not found in the periodic table, but in one of the periodic chairs (which fit just nicely under the periodic table, and usually come in sets of 4 to 6 of them).
To paraphrase a former president of Mexico: "A few years ago, our country was economically at the edge of a cliff, nearly over the edge. But today we have taken a big step forward".
Every social system has its pros and its cons. It's all a matter of balance: how much you are willing to concede in one aspect, to receive something else.
Not to get carried away on a side argument, but I think that, in the end, democracy is overrated. It's the least bad of our current political systems, I agree. But that doesn't make it perfect.
Im thinking about it. But there's an interesting point in your post, that I'd like to comment on: BG2 has up to 200 hours of gameplay in it.
Gameplay. Not the same as 200 hours of fun. I can't speak about BG2, since I haven't played it yet. But I've seen several games reach a level where they get so repetitive after a while that it stops being so much fun and starts becoming a tedious task.
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And they would probably publish the same papers month after month.
...does Spam has a soul? And if so, should the filters be allowed to eat Spam up? Will they accrue negative Karma?
It's like all those sinners that used to A)bort their DOS commands. They got bad Karma, so therefore they got punished by having to use M$ Windoze.
*Sigh* I wish I had an imposter. I guess I'm not good enough at this.
Ok. I'll bite. I don't have anything else to do at the moment. On with the trolling:
I have some news for you, which you might find somewhat suprising: the Neolithic happened about 10,000 years ago, and we haven't evolved since then.
Well, judging from the quality of some posts here on Slashdot, some people are closer to the Neolithic than others. But I disgress. We have evolved since then, if only in small changes. Like losing a few back teeth, shape of the foreheads, things like that.
Whatever we are genetically adapted to doesn't matter, since we don't live in an environment remotely close to it. That environment no longer exists.Oh, really? So the masai in Africa or the aborigines in Australia live in environments so dissimilar to those 10k years ago? I'll grant you that civilized societies (let's skip the usual arguments over civilization and culture) change the way they regard to nature. But step outside of a city, and you'll see the same environment that has been around for ages. All we do is take a little piece of civilized environment with us while we go outside.
and a variety of plants that would absolutely shock you.
No! Don't tell me they ate... green stuff that grows from the ground! Or colored stuff that hangs from green tall things! Oh, the humanity! The horror! The un-civilized behavior of those poor primitive savages!
There, I was shocked. Did that come out ok? I do need to practice my acting skills.
The diets one might call "natural" are nothing like the dairy, cholesterol-filled, huge hunk of steak carnivor diet that you vegetarian-haters like to call "natural".
*Turns around, looking for a vegetarian-hater* Nope, no such animal around here. Please excuse me if by writing what I thought anyone got the impression that I hate vegetarians. I dont. I have vegetarian friends. I just don't share their ideas.
And you're right. Filling up with cholesterol is not my idea of healthy living. I'd rather be like the japanese and eat more fish instead of steaks and pork.
Animals have souls. Plants don't. Do I really have to explain this? I know a few cucumbers and at least an apple who would love to discuss theology with you. But they're so stupid that I don't let them use my Slashdot account any more (although they are better at Karma whoring than I am).
All kidding aside, why would mother Nature tell us that we don't need to eat meat to get by in life while giving us sharpened teeth to eat meat better? The point is not that we can live without eating meat; we could survive on fruit juice and vegetables, but do we *have* to?
I do frown upon senseless violence to animals (killing rabbits just to try out a new mascara or shampoo, when a cell experiment could work out just as well). But eating meat is a part of almost every human culture.
what damage will it to do the "planet" it is exploring? where is green-peace at a time like this.
Greenpeace in Mars. Hmm. Would that make them Redpeace? Besides, we all know that Mars, that so-calledd "planet", has to be preserved in its pristine natural setting until we arrive in hordes, build MarsDisney themeparks and eat Earth chocolate bars.
Can't blame their marketing department for trying to resurect the idea.
Sure you can. As a matter of fact, I do it all the time.
If I have to watch yet another commercial with Matrix-like effects of endless lines of stuff appearing from nowhere at fast speeds into a huge white nothingness, I'll have to kick someone in his or her wacky parts.
And that also goes for every singer... no, make that every sound engineer who thinks that, since lots of people liked Cher's "Believe" song, therefore every female artist ought to have her voice modulated by a computer in mid-phrase.
Sorry about the rant. Please, carry on. Nothing to see here.
"Whores", as prostitutes are often called, have to do what they do for a living, not for fun or to get attention by males or anything. They deserve more respect that they get in our society (and no, "Pretty Woman" doesn't count).
/. posters who post merely to accumulate karma points as Karma sluts from now on.
Having said that, I move to propose we recognize
*Runs away really, really fast!*
I wonder what it would be like if we ever translated the whale songs into something we could understand. Hmm...
- Hmpf. Kids today. Always swimming around, playing with those humans in their pesky boats, always getting catched and eaten. In my days we weren't harpooned by modern equipment. No, sir! We were hunted by lone men, armed with wooden spears with flint points. Here, check them on my back, I've still have a few lodged somewhere. And we wouldn't even swim away! No, we crawled up into the ice and fought hand-to-fin with them! Why I remember that summer of '88... 1888, that is... uh... what was the subject again?
many many parents feel, rightly or wrongly, that their children are able to access content at school, libraries, or elsewhere outside their homes, content on the internet that they strongly disapprove of, ie porn.
"Able to" and "Willing to" are two different things. Children are also able to beat up little kids in the locker room. Is the Gov't supposed to install video cameras in there to prevent such things from happening? Have a guard on every room? I know it's a stupid exageration, but it helps to make a point (hopefully).
This is a parenting issue, not a Government control issue. Teach the children well, and the rest will just fall into place.
But I pity those kids born of sysadmin parents.
"What? Timmy, have you been checking those goatse.cx sites again? THAT'S IT!! Young man, you are grounded! No \root access for a week!"
Wow. You know, it's scary to think that this plan actually makes sense.
I'd vote for Slashdot Cruiser, if I were an American.
I'd give it a (+1, Funny), if I were a moderator.
I'd be 4 hours late, or not be there at all, if I were an Amtrak train.
Since I'm none of the above, I'll have to settle on saying "Well done!".
So I guess you must really dislike that english writer, William Shakespoke or something, which wrote a book some time ago, which was later filmed as "Romeo + Juliet". Ugh. Leonardo DiCaprio sucked big time in that movie. Good thing no one will read that book after seeing that movie.
We better stick to Pokemon, then. Or get more sleep.
it will in fact bring about a stronger economy due to the fact that rather than having money tied in up in charitable foundations, it will be in more liquid forms, mainly equity.
/. readers) would appreciate it. And I don't mean it in a sarcastic way at all.
IANAnE(conomist) but why would money be "tied up" in charitable foundations? I would think that such money would be spent doing something, anything at all (even in the case of inane foundations like, say, "Save the Roasted Porks of Alabama Foundation").
Maybe it only happens here in Mexico, but when people with tons of money decide where to keep it, most of the time they end up investing it in Switzerland or the Cayman Islands or something like that.
Of course, I could be wrong, since I only took Economics I at college, so if you could explain your point in more detail, I (and probably a few other
Yup. Those exactly. They were shown in one of those UFO/ChupaCabras/Paranormal/X-files segments on national TV once, and apparently they were being investigated by college students somewhere in Mexico.
I have no idea if they're true or not, but it sounds freaky enough to be possible.
Wow. I recall reading something about some new life forms, something like flying worms in sizes from a few mm to a couple of feet long. At the time I thought it was just some weird psuedo-science stuff, but now I'm not so sure.
/. trolls, that is)
What are the odds of finding life here on Earth so completely unrelated to anything we know? (Apart from
Oh man, I'm not even gonna go near *this* joke.
You're on Candid Watch! Just think about it. The voyeuristic possibilities are endless.
Oh God...the JonKatzinator!
"Hasta Altavista, baby!".
Dont you worry. Soon enough you'll met a tall stranger, who will fit nicely by your side, and then him, you and everyone else at your side will disappear.
Yup. Maybe it's one of those elements not found in the periodic table, but in one of the periodic chairs (which fit just nicely under the periodic table, and usually come in sets of 4 to 6 of them).
...a Beowoof cluster of Aibos?
To paraphrase a former president of Mexico:
"A few years ago, our country was economically at the edge of a cliff, nearly over the edge. But today we have taken a big step forward".
Every social system has its pros and its cons. It's all a matter of balance: how much you are willing to concede in one aspect, to receive something else.
Not to get carried away on a side argument, but I think that, in the end, democracy is overrated. It's the least bad of our current political systems, I agree. But that doesn't make it perfect.
Im thinking about it. But there's an interesting point in your post, that I'd like to comment on:
BG2 has up to 200 hours of gameplay in it.
Gameplay. Not the same as 200 hours of fun. I can't speak about BG2, since I haven't played it yet. But I've seen several games reach a level where they get so repetitive after a while that it stops being so much fun and starts becoming a tedious task.
Because it would be hell to clean the oil stains on the carpet.