The government that governs least governs best, goddammit. Of course this will harm the industry; It's an artificially imposed market restriction!
God forbid somebody do something without those geniuses at the government making sure it's ok first. Them being the kings of noticing unintended consequences in others' ideas. Oh wait...
It would probably be in your best interest to simply not choose the downgrade option and then ask for your refund on Vista.
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Dictionary.com lists three definitions of 'travesty' with it used as a noun. They are as follows: 1. a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter. 2. a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model. 3. any grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
By the first definition, well, it's a parody so it sort of automatically fits the first definition, though that was obviously not my intended usage.
By the second, well, there's no accounting for taste, but the people who genuinely enjoyed this movie are in a slim minority, and while I hate to make an appeal to popularity, that's about all one can do with something so subjective.
The third definition fits like a glove with regard to other slashdot stories. No, they're not held to high editorial standards of any sort, but the subject matter is interesting more often than not. It's not funny. It's not informative. It failed to incite meaningful discussion. It was a generic viral video that had no business making it to the front page. It was a travesty of a slashdot story.
The worst you could get onto me for would be the lack of an object in my original post, but then I suppose I assumed too much when I figured people would grasp my intent, especially that travesty fit my message much better than a word as generic as 'tragedy.'
Thank you for playing diction nazi. Better luck next time!
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and I am not surprised in the least to see Chattanooga on this list. I've been seeing yellow light times decrease (especially at the red light intersections) for as long as I can remember, and I've been seeing more and more near misses and bullshit tickets given out as drivers who have no safe choice but to continue through a yellow light get bitten by the flash of the camera.
As for myself, I just risk the rear-ender and tend to slam on my brakes when I see camera lights go yellow. Those $50 tickets can add up.
Nothing stated in the article is an erroneous conclusion. I failed to see any sort of logic like, "Because the kids are passing around memory sticks, they are subverting the government." They are forming their network to subvert government controls.
Note that the article also never made any blanket statements like, "All networks are created with subversive intent."
What the author left unsaid, and what you might have realized if you were not a complete simpleton, is that all sorts of people create all sorts of networks for all sorts of reasons, and these kids have created one to subvert their political leaders. Next time try to keep your knee from knocking you so hard in the face you lose what rational parts exist in your brain.
Have you ever read the book "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie?" While dupes are not the end of the world, you sitting there and speciously defending bad editing (Seriously, it's their job to make sure stories only make it up once. You know, for the sake of the site regulars.) only encourages it, and once it's ok to edit badly, the quality will sink further.
So, again, don't get all pedantic on others just because you can't think of the consequences of an action or choice.
Are you having trouble differentiating between future tense and present? The guy you invoked Godwin against (Yes, you were the first one with the SS reference, not him) is saying that we are actively being indoctrinated to mistrust everyone because they could be a terrorist, pedophile, or, worst of all, a homosexual with designs of marriage in his traitorous noggin. He didn't say we were all a bunch of indoctrinated chicken littles yet, and to accuse him of being overconcerned, well, that's something only a foreigner as ignorant as he is arrogant could do.
Interestingly enough, it actually takes a lot of processing power for your brain to read a situation and say, "hold on there hormones, she ain't letting us till her fields," which means that when you suppress it enough with depressants like alcohol, the more primal "fight or flight" and "feed or breed" instincts strengthen.
What in the hell? Ignoring your asinine comparison of fast food and open heart surgery, and forgetting for a moment that your entire argument is based upon speculative creation of statistics, how can you say American medicine is expensive for what you get?
We're still the best medical system in the world as far as quality goes, so while our system is indeed expensive, you get a whole hell of a lot for your money, and lest you begin throwing around the word "value," keep in mind health care isn't something that can be directly compared on cost/benefit.
You buy an AMD processor, you'll get one that's "good enough" while being significantly cheaper. You get a liver transplant in Guatemala and you're a little too dead to tell your friends about how much money you saved over that overpriced American medicine.
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The government that governs least governs best, goddammit. Of course this will harm the industry; It's an artificially imposed market restriction!
God forbid somebody do something without those geniuses at the government making sure it's ok first. Them being the kings of noticing unintended consequences in others' ideas. Oh wait...
I guess if you wanted to be a dick for no reason.
It would probably be in your best interest to simply not choose the downgrade option and then ask for your refund on Vista.
Dictionary.com lists three definitions of 'travesty' with it used as a noun. They are as follows:
1. a literary or artistic burlesque of a serious work or subject, characterized by grotesque or ludicrous incongruity of style, treatment, or subject matter.
2. a literary or artistic composition so inferior in quality as to be merely a grotesque imitation of its model.
3. any grotesque or debased likeness or imitation: a travesty of justice.
By the first definition, well, it's a parody so it sort of automatically fits the first definition, though that was obviously not my intended usage.
By the second, well, there's no accounting for taste, but the people who genuinely enjoyed this movie are in a slim minority, and while I hate to make an appeal to popularity, that's about all one can do with something so subjective.
The third definition fits like a glove with regard to other slashdot stories. No, they're not held to high editorial standards of any sort, but the subject matter is interesting more often than not. It's not funny. It's not informative. It failed to incite meaningful discussion. It was a generic viral video that had no business making it to the front page. It was a travesty of a slashdot story.
The worst you could get onto me for would be the lack of an object in my original post, but then I suppose I assumed too much when I figured people would grasp my intent, especially that travesty fit my message much better than a word as generic as 'tragedy.'
Thank you for playing diction nazi. Better luck next time!
This is a fucking travesty.
and I am not surprised in the least to see Chattanooga on this list. I've been seeing yellow light times decrease (especially at the red light intersections) for as long as I can remember, and I've been seeing more and more near misses and bullshit tickets given out as drivers who have no safe choice but to continue through a yellow light get bitten by the flash of the camera.
As for myself, I just risk the rear-ender and tend to slam on my brakes when I see camera lights go yellow. Those $50 tickets can add up.
Technology continues its inevitable march forward for the simple reason that it can, and it's usually profitable for someone to advance it.
Nothing stated in the article is an erroneous conclusion. I failed to see any sort of logic like, "Because the kids are passing around memory sticks, they are subverting the government." They are forming their network to subvert government controls.
Note that the article also never made any blanket statements like, "All networks are created with subversive intent."
What the author left unsaid, and what you might have realized if you were not a complete simpleton, is that all sorts of people create all sorts of networks for all sorts of reasons, and these kids have created one to subvert their political leaders. Next time try to keep your knee from knocking you so hard in the face you lose what rational parts exist in your brain.
I'm a tragic perpetual idealist. I know how this place works, but that won't keep me from pointing out hypocrisy and stupidity where I see it. :o
Dismissing any legitimate argument due to its presentation is arrogant and intellectually dishonest.
I'm not so sure being a "childish brat" invalidates someone's points. Are ad hominems acceptable debate strategy on slashdot now?
Give it a rest guys.
One of those New Yorker editors born without an anus, eh?
Have you ever read the book "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie?" While dupes are not the end of the world, you sitting there and speciously defending bad editing (Seriously, it's their job to make sure stories only make it up once. You know, for the sake of the site regulars.) only encourages it, and once it's ok to edit badly, the quality will sink further.
So, again, don't get all pedantic on others just because you can't think of the consequences of an action or choice.
How did they manage to shrink a nuclear reactor to only two dimensions?
Had never heard of him. Kind of puts Tay Zonday to shame.
I wish people like Reyn were the ones getting famous from their videos.
What's it like arguing from such monstrous ignorance?
If you had any background in the debate, you'd know fundamentalist Christians represent a large part of the movement against vaccines, some going so far as to believe vaccines cut you off from God.
In fact, it's the very people he is referencing whom you claim have nothing to do with vaccinations that have recently been some of the biggest opponents of general vaccinations for a variety of reasons.
So, once again, before calling troll because someone said something you don't like, consider educating yourself on matters.
We'll probably get a chance to figure out if it still works thanks to China, but for better or worse remains to be seen.
Somehow I missed out on this part of my childhood.
Is it too late to demand my parents begin farming cows?
Like LSD. It would have been great to see countless kids tripping out with those multicolored beads.
"Wow, Tommy really likes those beads. And that tie-died shirt. Where did he get a Phish CD?!"
Why not hapless, for all the good it will do? :o
Not yet, no, but the groundwork is being laid.
Are you having trouble differentiating between future tense and present? The guy you invoked Godwin against (Yes, you were the first one with the SS reference, not him) is saying that we are actively being indoctrinated to mistrust everyone because they could be a terrorist, pedophile, or, worst of all, a homosexual with designs of marriage in his traitorous noggin. He didn't say we were all a bunch of indoctrinated chicken littles yet, and to accuse him of being overconcerned, well, that's something only a foreigner as ignorant as he is arrogant could do.
Interestingly enough, it actually takes a lot of processing power for your brain to read a situation and say, "hold on there hormones, she ain't letting us till her fields," which means that when you suppress it enough with depressants like alcohol, the more primal "fight or flight" and "feed or breed" instincts strengthen.
I just went and stoled me some of that there intellectual property.
Smells good.
"As far as quality goes," not accessibility or the myriad other amusingly subjective factors the WHO uses.
What in the hell? Ignoring your asinine comparison of fast food and open heart surgery, and forgetting for a moment that your entire argument is based upon speculative creation of statistics, how can you say American medicine is expensive for what you get?
We're still the best medical system in the world as far as quality goes, so while our system is indeed expensive, you get a whole hell of a lot for your money, and lest you begin throwing around the word "value," keep in mind health care isn't something that can be directly compared on cost/benefit.
You buy an AMD processor, you'll get one that's "good enough" while being significantly cheaper. You get a liver transplant in Guatemala and you're a little too dead to tell your friends about how much money you saved over that overpriced American medicine.