That thrad that you quote is *very* scary. I mean, this could be easily the 'terrorists' describing what they want to do to the Western world.
It all boils down to the fact that there are fanatics everywhere - Middle East, US, Asia, Europe and from every religion. Why all the Christian fundamentalism is OK (here in the US) but Islamic fundamentalism is beyond me.
Frankly it smacks of arrogance (and illiteracy). But then thats characteristic of the US (and much of western civilization)
At one point the article mentions residents reporting that their WiFi signals were tampered with? That sounds strange - why (how?) would wardriving tamper with signal - should'nt the act simply connect to unprotected AP's?
So on what basis are the residents reporting incidents? Or is it just upscale residents reporting scruffy people in beat up cars? (which is not necessarily a bad thing)
>>It's actually very simple: the american people are >fucking stupid.
>Actually, it's pretty fucking stupid to generalize >in this way about more than two hundred million >people
Right, the OP made too wide a generalization. It should read: the majority of the american people are fucking stupid
It really amazes me that with so much power, money, technology, freedom (at least by the constitution) the majority of this country are no different from the emotion guided gullible villagers of the Sundarbans (an underdeveloped mangrove forest region in India).
Many of the posts in this story mention that it's amazing that people knowing the lies Bush spoke and will still vote for him. I have to say I agree with the astonishment. If people are not wiling to read and find out for themselves, ask questions about what their country is doing in their name then what else can we call them but fucking stupid?
Not really wanting to get into this pissing contest - but do you really think that a list of degrees and awards means anything? The previous reply to this post mentions that you're just out of high school. As you point out, the BS implies thats not true.
Unfortunately, you sound like you just got out of high school.
> playable from Linux and MacOSX via a Java applet > (in the browser?), elsewise a quick download of a > java applet for Windows
Actually, you can also get a jar file that will run on Linux (I use the blackdown JVM). Unfortunately the ISC webpage does'nt mention this anywhere - I had to mail Carol (the admin) to get it.
In hindsight, if I had'nt found it I might have been able to finish my PhD faster:-
BTW, I'm jijog on isco.ro, so if you're online challenge me
> Even more, strong sports programs create national > awareness of the school,
What happened to strong academic programs that create a national awareness? Though I would have to admit that this might be tough since it seems sports are more popular than intellectual activities here.
> Let's leave the movie-bashing at least until after > you've seen the movie, mmm-kay
Actually I was wondering when somebody would raise that point:)
Actually I've seen the trailers and it was on that basis that I thought the movie basically had nothing to do with the book. Thats what pissed me off - sure, make a movie using Asimovs ideas about robotics and the three laws. But by giving the movie the same name as the book is simply misleading.
As you've pointed out, I probably should'nt comment on the movie till after watching it (duh!) but this is just one example where I get bugged with Hollywood ignoring classic material and perverting it to some popular money spinning thing.
But now I'm going to be classified as communist!:)
IMHO, the movie has little do with Asimovs Robot stories apart from some of the characters and the 3 Laws. I'm not sure why it ws called I Robot - did they buy the rights? Or is it just Hollywood ripping of someone elses work?
I'm sure it will be a fun watch (I'm seeing it this afternoon) but sometimes it would be nice to watch a film that was as stimulating as the book (LoTR was one) and not just 2 hours of fun.
But I'm pretty sure I'm going to be called elitist:-/
Lack of atmosphere would probably lead to rapid degradation of ammonia. I'm sure there are other geological/atmospheric mechanisms that would lead to ammonia degradation
> Just wait till we start doing human genetic > tinkering. I bet one of the first ideas would an > internal organ that's sole purpose is to broadcast > out a small DNA finger print
Woah! Been reading a lot of SF lately I take it?:)
> You could subsist on a nutritious paste, water, > and vitamin supplements. You must some kind of > food elitist to care about texture and taste.
well said. The 'elistism' argument always bugs me when it comes up. The modern view of nothing being better than anything, seems specious.
Does anybody really think a Mill's and Boon novel really has substance? As you say, 99% of the Net is indeed 'junk food' and I don't think thats an elitist statement.
Yes, if you want to read a good book and come out of it with something, you need to invest effort. Maybe even background reading. Why do people cry elitism? Maybe because they don't want to put in the effort? Maybe because they don't understand the material?
I don't know. But I will say, somethings definitely are better than others.
Slashdot Mirror
It all boils down to the fact that there are fanatics everywhere - Middle East, US, Asia, Europe and from every religion. Why all the Christian fundamentalism is OK (here in the US) but Islamic fundamentalism is beyond me.
Frankly it smacks of arrogance (and illiteracy). But then thats characteristic of the US (and much of western civilization)
> As an Indian, let me reassure you, India is very much 3rd world
Maybe in infra structural terms (that too in certain parts). But attitude wise, I don't think so
So on what basis are the residents reporting incidents? Or is it just upscale residents reporting scruffy people in beat up cars? (which is not necessarily a bad thing)
Aaah, so not only do I not RTFA I don't even RTFP(ost).
Damn, I'm loosing it
Was this a review or an extract from the book? I'm confused :(
> Junk" in DNA (e.g., "latent" DNA) is probably not
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> junk
Actually theres an article in this months SciAm that talks exactly about this. Very interesting
http://sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1
Fom dictionary.com:
Moslem: Variant of Muslim
>fucking stupid.
>Actually, it's pretty fucking stupid to generalize
>in this way about more than two hundred million
>people
Right, the OP made too wide a generalization. It should read: the majority of the american people are fucking stupid
It really amazes me that with so much power, money, technology, freedom (at least by the constitution) the majority of this country are no different from the emotion guided gullible villagers of the Sundarbans (an underdeveloped mangrove forest region in India).
Many of the posts in this story mention that it's amazing that people knowing the lies Bush spoke and will still vote for him. I have to say I agree with the astonishment. If people are not wiling to read and find out for themselves, ask questions about what their country is doing in their name then what else can we call them but fucking stupid?
A sorry state of affairs for America
Nice site, but it certainly feels like a time warp back to the 70's :)
mirror link :-/
Now, enjoy
Enjoy
Is there a point to this?
Abbreviations I can understand (though IM speak still pisses me off) - but these types of mistakes are a bit grating I have to admit
Unfortunately, you sound like you just got out of high school.
> (in the browser?), elsewise a quick download of a
> java applet for Windows
Actually, you can also get a jar file that will run on Linux (I use the blackdown JVM). Unfortunately the ISC webpage does'nt mention this anywhere - I had to mail Carol (the admin) to get it.
In hindsight, if I had'nt found it I might have been able to finish my PhD faster
BTW, I'm jijog on isco.ro, so if you're online challenge me
> Even more, strong sports programs create national
> awareness of the school,
What happened to strong academic programs that create a national awareness? Though I would have to admit that this might be tough since it seems sports are more popular than intellectual activities here.
> you've seen the movie, mmm-kay
Actually I was wondering when somebody would raise that point
Actually I've seen the trailers and it was on that basis that I thought the movie basically had nothing to do with the book. Thats what pissed me off - sure, make a movie using Asimovs ideas about robotics and the three laws. But by giving the movie the same name as the book is simply misleading.
As you've pointed out, I probably should'nt comment on the movie till after watching it (duh!) but this is just one example where I get bugged with Hollywood ignoring classic material and perverting it to some popular money spinning thing.
But now I'm going to be classified as communist!
I'm sure it will be a fun watch (I'm seeing it this afternoon) but sometimes it would be nice to watch a film that was as stimulating as the book (LoTR was one) and not just 2 hours of fun.
But I'm pretty sure I'm going to be called elitist
Come on! As you wrote, its basically a troll article (or else an article who just discovered the style program!)
Its not really worth a comment at all, though this thread will probably filled with pointless flames.
Lack of atmosphere would probably lead to rapid degradation of ammonia. I'm sure there are other geological/atmospheric mechanisms that would lead to ammonia degradation
> Just wait till we start doing human genetic
:)
> tinkering. I bet one of the first ideas would an
> internal organ that's sole purpose is to broadcast
> out a small DNA finger print
Woah! Been reading a lot of SF lately I take it?
> and vitamin supplements. You must some kind of
> food elitist to care about texture and taste.
well said. The 'elistism' argument always bugs me when it comes up. The modern view of nothing being better than anything, seems specious.
Does anybody really think a Mill's and Boon novel really has substance? As you say, 99% of the Net is indeed 'junk food' and I don't think thats an elitist statement.
Yes, if you want to read a good book and come out of it with something, you need to invest effort. Maybe even background reading. Why do people cry elitism? Maybe because they don't want to put in the effort? Maybe because they don't understand the material?
I don't know. But I will say, somethings definitely are better than others.
given that the page will be smoking in a while, here's
a mirror of the video
(Though I probably should have read a bit more)
google makes him out to be a political activist and country musician. So whats he doing at a tech conference?