You know, Rev, you seem to have gotten so bogged down in eating your words that your point is lost. So I'll give it a shot.
If this phenomenon is so colossal in size, if there is so much plastic swirling around in the ocean, if humans have fouled up the water to such a massive extent that we all need to sit up and take notice right f-ing now, then why isn't there any imagery? I've seen pictures of viruses and pictures of surface plumes on a distant star and pictures of a puppy in utero. X-rays let us see our bones and EEG's let us see our thoughts, and Britney lets us see it all.
So is this phenomenon really so hard for somebody to image? It seems like the kind of thing people are good at, and it must be important to us or we wouldn't spend so much time, energy, and money on it. I'm not saying the whole thing is made up, or the whole thing is inconsequential. I'm just saying some of us would have a whole lot better idea what to think of this thing if we could see some pictures.
Seriously. I was on the verge of googling his (repeated) use of the word slim to see what hip, young lingo I needed to add to my repertoire. Then I realized he just can't spell "slime".
Actually, Sunshine, the ring effect is probably indirect. I'm guessing (just guessing!) that as the relationship got to the set-in-stone phase -- perhaps shortly after the honeymoon was over? -- your true nature began to assert itself. Your wife, I imagine, is just doing the best she can to deal with the horrible mistake she made. She'll be friendly and cheerful again when she finally faces the truth that things are never getting better and ditches you.
I've been married for 18 years. My wife still says nice things about me to my face and to our children all the time. She is independent enough not to have to "want something" from me -- she can do and get things for herself. We're both glad we didn't marry someone as congenitally cranky as you.
Now stop insulting women in general and your wife in particular. It's rude.
I know jack shit about anything this guy's talking about, but it seems unlikely it's actually a troll. Could somebody with mod points (and a clue) look at this post, please?
Lately I have begun to feel that this situation is not tenable....
With mad talky skilz like this, don't expect your first few forays into meatspace to be real satisfying. Start out with other socially awkward people and try hard to be nice even when it hurts. You'll gain experience. After a bit of practice has made phrases like, "This makes me sad," or "I'm feeling lonely," come more naturally, you'll be ready to graduate to a more socially adept crowd, which will further enhance your abilities.
I disagree with you pretty much completely. Your premise seems to be
that the reporters' job is to do whatever pleases the public regardless
of whether or not it's journalism. Wrong. As long as they're selling
a newspaper it will be assumed that they're doing it with journalistic
integrity. If readers understood that the stories were being
targeted at their "preferences" (read biases), they would quit
reading it and go someplace else for their news. Even Fox News
understands this -- why do you think they repeat the words "Fair and
Balanced" about 40 times an hour?
Therefore, it is the reporters' duty to speak out when they're being
asked to do something that could compromise the paper's integrity. Of
course, if the paper's owners decide they want to sell pseudo-news,
that's their prerogative. They can fire these poor bastards and hire
some news whores.
It takes a lot of guts for these reporters to stand up for their
profession's integrity like this.
I have too much on my plate already to worry about this, and I don't think it affects me personally. Everybody in my family is perfectly healthy into their 100's.
Since I don't like to waste too much time flaming (I've grown up!), I've spent the last 90 seconds trying to come up with a well-reasoned reply to your post. Unfortunately, you didn't really say anything. You mis-stated your OP's position, played the "you people" card without even saying who those people are, and implied that OP should grow up and learn to agree with your unstated position.
I read TFA, and it sounds to me like this thing lacked a control group. They included the eight year-olds, but they don't count because this task was not new to them. Match a two-symbol pattern? Child's play (ha ha). Try something a little harder.
I've done enough OJT of adults to believe that everybody, pretty much regardless of age, fails to anticipate the pattern until the whole thing has played out when they're doing something new and challenging. I think it's very common for people not to consider the possibility that they're seeing a train until they see the caboose -- then they try to remember if they saw an engine and some boxcars first. (This is a metaphor -- I know nobody's this stupid.)
Well, first, Feynman's been dead for 20 years. He doesn't read Slashdot. Second, I don't think it takes higher mathematics to state an opinion about whether there's a third option besides cause-and-effect and randomness -- one could start by naming such a third option.
Isn't it? In the paper that the story links to, the authors refine their use of the term "free will" to mean that the universe is "not determined by the entire previous history of the universe." That sounds a whole lot like "random," which (it seems to me) must surely mean "not subject to cause and effect."
I would welcome pointers to layman-appropriate corrections if I'm wrong.
That is a fantastic story, the first time in pretty much forever that I wish a post wasn't capped at +5. I idolized Harlan when I was a young man -- even flew to the Worldcon in Phoenix in 1978 to watch him prove he could produce publishable fiction in the lobby of the downtown Hyatt. But he has some seriously grating things to say about what is right and what is wrong in this world, and I would love to watch somebody light a fire under him like that.
In general, I've learned not to argue with Mac fans (if you value reasoned discourse, that might give you pause -- I've been clubbed into apathetic, eye-rolling silence), but I must point out that the (obviously trolling) grandparent to your post asked if actual developers used the Mac. Your reply that academics and students sure use hell out of it is pretty damn funny.
Like you were ever going to implement it! I wish you patent trolls would just get a job. Society would be much better off without you leeches impeding progress to satisfy your own greed.
The IBM keyboard I'm typing this on was made in the USA. In 1984.
I loved my Model M until someone reminded me how much better the IBM Selectric typewriters felt. Now I'm kind of pissed of that I can't get one of those for my computer.
I know, I know: -1 Offtopic.
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I think it's supposed to mean that the FAA is being run like a profit-seeking enterprise when its job is to make sure that actual profit-seeking enterprises (i.e. the airlines) have a safe environment to work in (and that they don't pinch so many pennies trying to eke out a profit that safety suffers). The union, in their usual drama-queen fashion, is trying to say that the FAA is being run on a shoestring by people who think it's their job to blow happy smoke up Congress's collective ass rather than tell them the truth.
As for your first question, the place went from high-intensity, challenging, and interesting to flat-out miserable over the course of my career due to gross mismanagement by the government and the greed of controllers. I have never been so excited to start something as I was my ATC career, and never so happy to see something end (well, maybe my first marriage). I stayed for the retirement package.
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It's 20 years at age 50 or 25 at any age. I was only 23 when I hired on, so for me it was 25.0000000 years.
They may have told the current employees...
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...but they have said nothing to me or my wife or any of the other dozen people I know who are blissfully retired from that shit hole. Typical.
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You know, Rev, you seem to have gotten so bogged down in eating your words that your point is lost. So I'll give it a shot.
If this phenomenon is so colossal in size, if there is so much plastic swirling around in the ocean, if humans have fouled up the water to such a massive extent that we all need to sit up and take notice right f-ing now, then why isn't there any imagery? I've seen pictures of viruses and pictures of surface plumes on a distant star and pictures of a puppy in utero . X-rays let us see our bones and EEG's let us see our thoughts, and Britney lets us see it all.
So is this phenomenon really so hard for somebody to image? It seems like the kind of thing people are good at, and it must be important to us or we wouldn't spend so much time, energy, and money on it. I'm not saying the whole thing is made up, or the whole thing is inconsequential. I'm just saying some of us would have a whole lot better idea what to think of this thing if we could see some pictures.
And thank you in advance.
Seriously. I was on the verge of googling his (repeated) use of the word slim to see what hip, young lingo I needed to add to my repertoire. Then I realized he just can't spell "slime".
How can it be safe when it's not even correct?
Exactly. Just some clown with an AOL email (are they suddenly retro chic?) trolling. How it got to the front page I cannot imagine.
Actually, Sunshine, the ring effect is probably indirect. I'm guessing (just guessing!) that as the relationship got to the set-in-stone phase -- perhaps shortly after the honeymoon was over? -- your true nature began to assert itself. Your wife, I imagine, is just doing the best she can to deal with the horrible mistake she made. She'll be friendly and cheerful again when she finally faces the truth that things are never getting better and ditches you.
I've been married for 18 years. My wife still says nice things about me to my face and to our children all the time. She is independent enough not to have to "want something" from me -- she can do and get things for herself. We're both glad we didn't marry someone as congenitally cranky as you.
Now stop insulting women in general and your wife in particular. It's rude.
I know jack shit about anything this guy's talking about, but it seems unlikely it's actually a troll. Could somebody with mod points (and a clue) look at this post, please?
With mad talky skilz like this, don't expect your first few forays into meatspace to be real satisfying. Start out with other socially awkward people and try hard to be nice even when it hurts. You'll gain experience. After a bit of practice has made phrases like, "This makes me sad," or "I'm feeling lonely," come more naturally, you'll be ready to graduate to a more socially adept crowd, which will further enhance your abilities.
Iterate as necessary.
I disagree with you pretty much completely. Your premise seems to be that the reporters' job is to do whatever pleases the public regardless of whether or not it's journalism. Wrong. As long as they're selling a newspaper it will be assumed that they're doing it with journalistic integrity. If readers understood that the stories were being targeted at their "preferences" (read biases), they would quit reading it and go someplace else for their news. Even Fox News understands this -- why do you think they repeat the words "Fair and Balanced" about 40 times an hour?
Therefore, it is the reporters' duty to speak out when they're being asked to do something that could compromise the paper's integrity. Of course, if the paper's owners decide they want to sell pseudo-news, that's their prerogative. They can fire these poor bastards and hire some news whores.
It takes a lot of guts for these reporters to stand up for their profession's integrity like this.
I have too much on my plate already to worry about this, and I don't think it affects me personally. Everybody in my family is perfectly healthy into their 100's.
Since I don't like to waste too much time flaming (I've grown up!), I've spent the last 90 seconds trying to come up with a well-reasoned reply to your post. Unfortunately, you didn't really say anything. You mis-stated your OP's position, played the "you people" card without even saying who those people are, and implied that OP should grow up and learn to agree with your unstated position.
Thanks for furthering the discussion.
So, just how big is this town anyway? And (because Google Maps has no clue) where is it?
If we're gonna boast, might as well boast about specifics.
I hope you die (Sorry if that possibly sounded a little harsh).
Nah, it's totally cool. And an eternity in hell back atya, buddy.
BTW, did you know you can actually edit the shit you write before you post it, in case you go, say, completely over the top?
I read TFA, and it sounds to me like this thing lacked a control group. They included the eight year-olds, but they don't count because this task was not new to them. Match a two-symbol pattern? Child's play (ha ha). Try something a little harder.
I've done enough OJT of adults to believe that everybody, pretty much regardless of age, fails to anticipate the pattern until the whole thing has played out when they're doing something new and challenging. I think it's very common for people not to consider the possibility that they're seeing a train until they see the caboose -- then they try to remember if they saw an engine and some boxcars first. (This is a metaphor -- I know nobody's this stupid.)
I don't think this study proves anything.
Well, first, Feynman's been dead for 20 years. He doesn't read Slashdot. Second, I don't think it takes higher mathematics to state an opinion about whether there's a third option besides cause-and-effect and randomness -- one could start by naming such a third option.
Isn't it? In the paper that the story links to, the authors refine their use of the term "free will" to mean that the universe is "not determined by the entire previous history of the universe." That sounds a whole lot like "random," which (it seems to me) must surely mean "not subject to cause and effect."
I would welcome pointers to layman-appropriate corrections if I'm wrong.
Very earnest. However, I think the poster you have "educated" was simply being a smartass. The. One. Word. Sentences. Are. A. Tipoff.
Wow. Must have been a pretty late night, or something. Might want to re-read your parent post.
That is a fantastic story, the first time in pretty much forever that I wish a post wasn't capped at +5. I idolized Harlan when I was a young man -- even flew to the Worldcon in Phoenix in 1978 to watch him prove he could produce publishable fiction in the lobby of the downtown Hyatt. But he has some seriously grating things to say about what is right and what is wrong in this world, and I would love to watch somebody light a fire under him like that.
And changeable font size. He was just talking out of his ass.
In general, I've learned not to argue with Mac fans (if you value reasoned discourse, that might give you pause -- I've been clubbed into apathetic, eye-rolling silence), but I must point out that the (obviously trolling) grandparent to your post asked if actual developers used the Mac. Your reply that academics and students sure use hell out of it is pretty damn funny.
Like you were ever going to implement it! I wish you patent trolls would just get a job. Society would be much better off without you leeches impeding progress to satisfy your own greed.
The IBM keyboard I'm typing this on was made in the USA. In 1984.
I loved my Model M until someone reminded me how much better the IBM Selectric typewriters felt. Now I'm kind of pissed of that I can't get one of those for my computer.
I know, I know: -1 Offtopic.
I think it's supposed to mean that the FAA is being run like a profit-seeking enterprise when its job is to make sure that actual profit-seeking enterprises (i.e. the airlines) have a safe environment to work in (and that they don't pinch so many pennies trying to eke out a profit that safety suffers). The union, in their usual drama-queen fashion, is trying to say that the FAA is being run on a shoestring by people who think it's their job to blow happy smoke up Congress's collective ass rather than tell them the truth.
As for your first question, the place went from high-intensity, challenging, and interesting to flat-out miserable over the course of my career due to gross mismanagement by the government and the greed of controllers. I have never been so excited to start something as I was my ATC career, and never so happy to see something end (well, maybe my first marriage). I stayed for the retirement package.
It's 20 years at age 50 or 25 at any age. I was only 23 when I hired on, so for me it was 25.0000000 years.
...but they have said nothing to me or my wife or any of the other dozen people I know who are blissfully retired from that shit hole. Typical.