Can anyone enlighten me, a slashdotter and (gasp!) an English Major, as to whether or not the recently heralded diamond age will make for safer workplaces in this industry? Does the process of creating diamonds in the lab require and/or produce the same toxic chemicals?
When they won't let you vote in the first place. The most chilling aspect of what happened in Florida had nothing to do with fraudulent votes, it was the widespread disenfranchisement of minority voters by their very own government.
The movie scenario I like the most is having the bad guys crash planes by hacking into the ground systems to create "soft canyons" around planes already in the air, forcing them into targets.
It doesn't matter if you can't hack the plane if you can jerrymander the no flight map in realtime and point the planes right at densely populated areas. I don't know if these no fly zones have "ceilings" on them, but put a downward sloping ceiling on your soft canyon and watch the plane dive right into the ground.
..for me when I'm not sitting at the computer, so I can replay "my" browsing session without ads later on. Just delightful. I just can't wait until the whole world is super-broadband so these delightful adverts can feature full video and sound. Sigh.
This is Darwin's theory of Capitalism at its finest....the strong survive
I may not be the most qualified person to reply to this, but it's my understanding that Darwin created a theory of evolution, not capitalism. Perhaps mentioning Maynard Keynes or Adam Smith might have been more appropriate.
Not only that, but I believe his theory speaks more to survivial of the fittest - with fittest meaning the best suited for a particular environment. While strength may be the most desired trait in one environment, in another it could well be a road to extinction.
It seems to me that people who substitute "strength" for "fittest" are commonly those who are quick to use apply their malformed idea of Darwin's theory to support their own poor behavior towards others.
The first book, published here in America as "The Golden Compass," has to rank as one of the most vividly drawn fantasy worlds in the recent history of the genre, ranking, in my opinion, right up there with Middle Earth. I certainly would not hesitate, and in fact haven't hesitated, to recommend this book to adults. (Dare I say on Slashdot that I'm 35?)
However, the tremendous amount of goodwill the novel builds up is slowly squandered in the next two volumes as the story begins to collapse under the weight of the author's religious and political agenda. The saddest result of this is that Lyra, the protaganist, moves from being an incredibly vivid character to just another pawn in Pullman's increasingly abrasive polemic against organized relegion. Those who have read the book will know just what a shame this is - Lyra is an intelligent, resourceful and moral girl whose sense of wonder in discovering the fantastical world around her is truly infectious.
Though the trilogy manages to move inexorably downhill, it starts from such a lofty height in "The Golden Compass" that it's worth slogging through the final book to get to the end - which will break the heart of even the most hardened, cynical geek.
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Can anyone enlighten me, a slashdotter and (gasp!) an English Major, as to whether or not the recently heralded diamond age will make for safer workplaces in this industry? Does the process of creating diamonds in the lab require and/or produce the same toxic chemicals?
The government sends disapproval email to you!
When they won't let you vote in the first place. The most chilling aspect of what happened in Florida had nothing to do with fraudulent votes, it was the widespread disenfranchisement of minority voters by their very own government.
Don't fear, in order to draw the younger crowd, the producers have signed Poochie to play the part of Muffit.
The movie scenario I like the most is having the bad guys crash planes by hacking into the ground systems to create "soft canyons" around planes already in the air, forcing them into targets.
It doesn't matter if you can't hack the plane if you can jerrymander the no flight map in realtime and point the planes right at densely populated areas. I don't know if these no fly zones have "ceilings" on them, but put a downward sloping ceiling on your soft canyon and watch the plane dive right into the ground.
..for me when I'm not sitting at the computer, so I can replay "my" browsing session without ads later on. Just delightful. I just can't wait until the whole world is super-broadband so these delightful adverts can feature full video and sound. Sigh.
I may not be the most qualified person to reply to this, but it's my understanding that Darwin created a theory of evolution, not capitalism. Perhaps mentioning Maynard Keynes or Adam Smith might have been more appropriate.
Not only that, but I believe his theory speaks more to survivial of the fittest - with fittest meaning the best suited for a particular environment. While strength may be the most desired trait in one environment, in another it could well be a road to extinction.
It seems to me that people who substitute "strength" for "fittest" are commonly those who are quick to use apply their malformed idea of Darwin's theory to support their own poor behavior towards others.
The first book, published here in America as "The Golden Compass," has to rank as one of the most vividly drawn fantasy worlds in the recent history of the genre, ranking, in my opinion, right up there with Middle Earth. I certainly would not hesitate, and in fact haven't hesitated, to recommend this book to adults. (Dare I say on Slashdot that I'm 35?)
However, the tremendous amount of goodwill the novel builds up is slowly squandered in the next two volumes as the story begins to collapse under the weight of the author's religious and political agenda. The saddest result of this is that Lyra, the protaganist, moves from being an incredibly vivid character to just another pawn in Pullman's increasingly abrasive polemic against organized relegion. Those who have read the book will know just what a shame this is - Lyra is an intelligent, resourceful and moral girl whose sense of wonder in discovering the fantastical world around her is truly infectious.
Though the trilogy manages to move inexorably downhill, it starts from such a lofty height in "The Golden Compass" that it's worth slogging through the final book to get to the end - which will break the heart of even the most hardened, cynical geek.