"You kept us from doing something about the problem until it was too late, and now we're going to be stuck with it."
Ah. So you've been with the side of Truth and Rightness all along, huh? Care to document that fact? If you're going to hold other people accountable for their opinions, where's the record of your opinion that others can scrutinize?
What have YOU done?
I don't know if people contribute in a substantial way to climate change. I don't know if those contributions, whatever their size, are reversible in a meaningful way.
I also ride the bus to work. Am I "responsible" for global climate change?
Seems to me like the only valuable thing for a PR firm to do would be to set peoples' expectations. If you overpromise and underdeliver, that's bad PR.
I don't know how you judge it. I suppose I'll leave that to, I don't know, the Wikipedia community, maybe? Look, one thing I know: If you need external validation, you will almost always not get it. To my mind, that means I should try to not need external validation to the greatest possible degree.
"each time having the opportunity to remove all metal from your person."
Didn't have any.
"No shoes, no belt, just jeans and shirt? And the detector keeps beeping? Sounds probable to me that you have metal on you! "
Sounds probable to me that their detector is malfunctioning. The only metal on my person was the rivets on my jeans.
"Duh! If he is not supposed to pay attention to the buzzing of the metal detector, then what the fsck is he supposed to do?"
Get a metal detector that works.
"Tell everyone they can't bring knives and guns onboard, and cross our fingers hoping they don't?"
No, secure the door to the cockpit and let the passengers carry any reasonable objects they choose. (Reasonable objects means ones that don't explode.)
"Taking the shoes off isn't "optional". It's required if they tell you to."
Uh huh. Huge guy glaring down at me "recommends the optional shoe screening". Their words. Not mine.
"If you don't like this, don't fly. "
I got a better idea. Those of you who are really scared of terrorism, stay home. In your bathroom. Under the sink. The rest of us who can evaluate risk rationally will continue to go about our business freely.
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
When a TSA employee tells me I only have "one more chance" to get through the metal detector, and then I have to pull my pants down and spread-eagle in front of a bunch of my fellow travelers, my rights have been violated.
I was wearing jeans and a button-down shirt. No belt. Nothing metal. I was, of course, barefoot, because I agreed to the "optional" shoe X-ray. (that was suggested by a very large TSA guard standing in front of me.)
Just because you're into that sort of thing doesn't mean the rest of us are.
Why? All the disadvantages of Firefox, none of its advantages. Safari works fine for me. Every once in a great while, I have to use FF, but why bother with Camino?
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"How about developing countries that are not under any regulations?"
Racist.
(yes, that's a joke.)
"You kept us from doing something about the problem until it was too late, and now we're going to be stuck with it."
Ah. So you've been with the side of Truth and Rightness all along, huh? Care to document that fact? If you're going to hold other people accountable for their opinions, where's the record of your opinion that others can scrutinize?
What have YOU done?
I don't know if people contribute in a substantial way to climate change. I don't know if those contributions, whatever their size, are reversible in a meaningful way.
I also ride the bus to work. Am I "responsible" for global climate change?
You're right. Let's all kill ourselves. You first.
It's called "leading by example", and it's a well-understood concept.
Well-understood by most people, anyhow. Maybe we could have a remedial class for you and Mr. Gore.
What a nice ideal. Unfortunately, the people with the moneys vote against you.
False dichotomy. You lose the Internets.
That wasn't a low-flying bird. It was the joke. Over your head. nnEEYRWOWM!
Seems to me like the only valuable thing for a PR firm to do would be to set peoples' expectations. If you overpromise and underdeliver, that's bad PR.
I don't know how you judge it. I suppose I'll leave that to, I don't know, the Wikipedia community, maybe? Look, one thing I know: If you need external validation, you will almost always not get it. To my mind, that means I should try to not need external validation to the greatest possible degree.
"I did not have the time to make thousands of changes to the encyclopedia."
Then your voice wasn't very loud or important, was it?
Or billet aluminum. Depends on what you're making.
So the TSA is a private company?
"each time having the opportunity to remove all metal from your person."
Didn't have any.
"No shoes, no belt, just jeans and shirt? And the detector keeps beeping? Sounds probable to me that you have metal on you! "
Sounds probable to me that their detector is malfunctioning. The only metal on my person was the rivets on my jeans.
"Duh! If he is not supposed to pay attention to the buzzing of the metal detector, then what the fsck is he supposed to do?"
Get a metal detector that works.
"Tell everyone they can't bring knives and guns onboard, and cross our fingers hoping they don't?"
No, secure the door to the cockpit and let the passengers carry any reasonable objects they choose. (Reasonable objects means ones that don't explode.)
"Taking the shoes off isn't "optional". It's required if they tell you to."
Uh huh. Huge guy glaring down at me "recommends the optional shoe screening". Their words. Not mine.
"If you don't like this, don't fly. "
I got a better idea. Those of you who are really scared of terrorism, stay home. In your bathroom. Under the sink. The rest of us who can evaluate risk rationally will continue to go about our business freely.
Pop quiz, hotshot. Which amendment is this?
"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
When a TSA employee tells me I only have "one more chance" to get through the metal detector, and then I have to pull my pants down and spread-eagle in front of a bunch of my fellow travelers, my rights have been violated.
I was wearing jeans and a button-down shirt. No belt. Nothing metal. I was, of course, barefoot, because I agreed to the "optional" shoe X-ray. (that was suggested by a very large TSA guard standing in front of me.)
Just because you're into that sort of thing doesn't mean the rest of us are.
'That's stupid. Why is it their purpose to harass you? What do they stand to gain?"
Power. Your acquiesence to their searches. Airplanes today, your bedroom tomorrow. What, you think they're really concerned about terrorism?
" Airport security should profile for those types of people who are most likely to attack planes."
Tell me what that profile looks like.
"invariably some idiot jumps up and says "but look that can be defeated too!" as if that argument makes the whole venture worthless?"
Because, IN ADDITION to depriving me of my right to privacy, it won't work.
"Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, intolerant and short-sighted religious beliefs are a significant contributor to culture."
Couldn't agree more. Everybody in the Religious Right needs to be carefully screened before getting on an airplane.
And here, I was never expecting the art of the stupid car analogy to be perfected.
I bask in the magnificence of your 45mph linux computer. I wish I was as cool as you.
Um, what powers are those, exactly?
" And all my Windows specific graphics utilities (that aren't even on the Mac)?"
MSPaint is not a "graphics utility".
So, by that argument, you have no issue whatsoever with Mafia-style protection rackets.
"There isn't an OS out there that can or will match Windows in todays marketplace."
And when the marketplace changes, and operating systems are as relevant as your preferred style of underwear, Microsoft will get beaten.
Not that I really care what happens to Microsoft. There's room in today's OS market for options, and I'm delighted to avail myself of them.
"Besides, shouldn't you just use Camino?"
Why? All the disadvantages of Firefox, none of its advantages. Safari works fine for me. Every once in a great while, I have to use FF, but why bother with Camino?