The design flaw that killed the Apollo 1 crew had nothing to do with the fact that it was a rocket-shaped rocket.
NASA has issues aplenty, yes. This, however, seems to be a good step towards inexpensive, reliable systems.
You'll never get any argument from me regarding the idiocy of government hardware procurement programs. However, thus far, private industry is only making baby steps.
You do realize that my credibility with you is slightly less important to me than my cat's toenail clippings?
"Stalking" you? Please. If I were stalking you, I'd be armed and sneaky. This is having a discussion, in public, on the Internet. It's very much not the same thing.
It's not the disagreement that puts me off. Disagreeing is the stuff of learning. It's your arrogance that gets me. You don't get to prioritize other people's time. I think it's remarkably small-minded of you to criticize those contributions, particularly when you don't think Wikipedia has any value to begin with.
Other people do, and they think it works fine as designed. You're free to go make your own.
"I'm offering criticism, which can serve as basis to make something better."
Or it can be useless whining. You don't think Wikipedia is valuable: Fine. You're entitled to think that. You're also entitled to whine about it. I'm entitled to call it as I see it.
I've evaluated what you said. You said, essentially, "I think other people should do what I think is important and valuable, not what they think is important and valuable. The contributors to Wikipedia should give up their values, and use mine, because mine are better."
I think you should get bent. You're welcome to disagree.
"But what can I do about the great mass of un-fact-checked crap, and useless trivia that floods Wikipedia?"
You can not use it, and stop whining. That'd be great.
"And if I'd said "there shouldn't be an article on the FSM", you'd have a point. But that's not what I said. I said that too much of the effort goes to trivia, and not enough to the basic work of building an encyclopedia"
Since it's not your effort, and you're not the boss of the people whose effort it is, you don't get to choose.
In other words, stop whining. You're free to never look at Wikipedia again.
By junior high or high school, I should have taught the child enough that they will know the difference between right and wrong, and reality and fantasy. If I haven't, either the child or the parent or the relationship (all three of which are the responsibility of the parent) is broken.
The State can not and should not, under any circumstances, be a parent.
The vendors can and should enforce the ratings on the boxes. There's no reason to have new laws, and new penalties (the costs of which will be passed on to customers) to make some parents feel better.
Any of your scenarios can be handled by the same punishments parents have been using for several hundred years. Discipline of children does not fall to the "village", nor should it.
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True. Also, no science has demonstrated that anthropogenic global warming caused Hurricane Katrina.
That would require, like, a lot of evidence.
"marketdroids doing their press releases"
As opposed to who else, who would write a press release?
The design flaw that killed the Apollo 1 crew had nothing to do with the fact that it was a rocket-shaped rocket.
NASA has issues aplenty, yes. This, however, seems to be a good step towards inexpensive, reliable systems.
You'll never get any argument from me regarding the idiocy of government hardware procurement programs. However, thus far, private industry is only making baby steps.
You do realize that my credibility with you is slightly less important to me than my cat's toenail clippings?
"Stalking" you? Please. If I were stalking you, I'd be armed and sneaky. This is having a discussion, in public, on the Internet. It's very much not the same thing.
Believe me, I'm sure I've already gotten all the satisfaction that you're equipped to give. Thanks, though.
Being called an idiot by you makes my naughty bits tingle.
Warm feeling, in my belly, from being on your Foes list.
It's like getting a hug from the Internet!
Have you not yet understood that I've pointed out all the issues I'm going to, and I shall now mock you at every opportunity?
*draws diagram*
Look! It's another man! Made of straw!
You need to worry less about my balls, and more about your rhetoric.
Hugs n' kisses...
I am, by the way, delighted to have made your Foes list. It gives me a happy feeling in my belly.
It's not the disagreement that puts me off. Disagreeing is the stuff of learning. It's your arrogance that gets me. You don't get to prioritize other people's time. I think it's remarkably small-minded of you to criticize those contributions, particularly when you don't think Wikipedia has any value to begin with.
Other people do, and they think it works fine as designed. You're free to go make your own.
But, nice attempt at a straw man.
Bullying asshole? Hmmmm....projection!
"I'm offering criticism, which can serve as basis to make something better."
Or it can be useless whining. You don't think Wikipedia is valuable: Fine. You're entitled to think that. You're also entitled to whine about it. I'm entitled to call it as I see it.
I've evaluated what you said. You said, essentially, "I think other people should do what I think is important and valuable, not what they think is important and valuable. The contributors to Wikipedia should give up their values, and use mine, because mine are better."
I think you should get bent. You're welcome to disagree.
Sam Kinison's dead, and you're not him.
"But what can I do about the great mass of un-fact-checked crap, and useless trivia that floods Wikipedia?"
You can not use it, and stop whining. That'd be great.
"And if I'd said "there shouldn't be an article on the FSM", you'd have a point. But that's not what I said. I said that too much of the effort goes to trivia, and not enough to the basic work of building an encyclopedia"
Since it's not your effort, and you're not the boss of the people whose effort it is, you don't get to choose.
In other words, stop whining. You're free to never look at Wikipedia again.
"vauggely"
What the hell is this word?
"develomment"
One more time please? I found a typo in your spelling flame...
That would, indeed, be a good way to kill yourself.
I think you underestimate the costs of "Doing Something", just as I may underestimate the costs of "Not Doing Something".
I'm totally unconvinced that "Doing Something" is going to be even remotele effective, and the costs will be huge.
It's not as simple as your analysis wishes it were...
Best to go ahead and kill yourself now. That way, nothing scary and complicated will happen to you.
You need a hug. And a Xanax.
Although that distinction might be lost on the writer of the article, I'm pretty sure the Apple engineers are comfortable with the idea.
Except when it stops working (as it has on all the computers I use) and I can't figure out how to tell it to start again.
Yay obfuscated features...
I certainly agree. My point is, the authority role of the parent simply doesn't ever fall to the gummint, unless that child is a ward of the state.
I don't know what your age is, so that is not a meaningful sentence. I have no idea what you're trying to say.
I assume "you people" is a collective noun, in which case I think you're confused. I am not a hive mind.
Lotsa people like earbuds. The iPod is neither the first nor the only music player to include them. Why single it out?
Defensive much?
By junior high or high school, I should have taught the child enough that they will know the difference between right and wrong, and reality and fantasy. If I haven't, either the child or the parent or the relationship (all three of which are the responsibility of the parent) is broken.
The State can not and should not, under any circumstances, be a parent.
The vendors can and should enforce the ratings on the boxes. There's no reason to have new laws, and new penalties (the costs of which will be passed on to customers) to make some parents feel better.
Any of your scenarios can be handled by the same punishments parents have been using for several hundred years. Discipline of children does not fall to the "village", nor should it.