So soda is now subject to the Controlled Substance Schedule?
What if you grow your own Seven-Up at home in copious quanities, will the City of New York kick in your door and throw you into a dank cell at Rikers?
Parent Anonymous Coward = Anonymous Fascist!
Valid criticism is one thing -- pulling a fire alarm because you think people should be more aware of the hazards of fire is another.
How you frame the goal is important, BE HONEST. It's okay to ask, "we're number one now, but how do we stay there for the next 25 years?" You don't make the situation better by lying about the current conditions. We all have a tremendous number of demands on our attention, so when someone lies to us to jump their pet project to the front of the line based on a lie; that is factored in next time they ask for attention.
You know what academic discipline is really weak in this country? HISTORY. We don't understand it. Americans can't properly evaluate complex events in a chronological context and become easily confused by politicians and disreputable businessmen (I'm looking at you Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast). If we understood history better: Sarah Palin would have been laughed off the national stage; we'd never have had a pre-emptive war with Iraq; the NSA would have been slammed by Congress after the NSA was discovered tapping American phones; the banking reforms imposed by the Banking Act of 1933 (Glass–Steagall Act) wouldn't have been repealed and the 2009 economic crisis would have been avoided; and on and on and on.
If we knew history, we'd know why that piece of paper we call the US Constitution is still valid -- nay, essential -- and not just a bunch of hokum written by a bunch of guys dead for 200 years. We'd stop electing idiots. We'd be a better country, a better society.
And in the end, an appreciation for history necessary for a true appreciation of the advancement of science. Without history, we'd have to rediscover the same scientific principles every friggen generation. How far would we get?
DoE is the conventional abbreviation for the Department of Energy. I'm not sure how closing the Department of Energy is relevant.
ED is the conventional abbreviation for the Department of Education, and is the abbreviation the Department of Education uses in its own documents.
>what of the massive drone industry, which, more than just producing a symbol, actually is creating flying death?"
Your question depends on a false assumption. Just because we haven't risen up and overthrown our drone-flying overlords doesn't mean we must condone the inappropriate display of a pet carcass under the guise of "art." Both can be (and are) morally abhorrent.
> We know better than you how to live your life. That's why we're infallible and immortal.
I am mocking Bloomberg. He is not infallible or immortal. The second sentence undermines the first.
Also, he is too short to have a valid opinion.
I agree with your observation about editors. Owners less so. Buffet seems to want to assure each local paper has unique content so that it remains in demand with its local readers and doesn't become redundant with national papers. Buffet is looking at local coverage as a service differential advantage. Sure there could be local fluff, but fluff would seem to operate against the idea of unique content. Fluff, particularly "heart-warming" human-interest stories, is a type of ubiquitous content that national papers already provide.
Local news coverage is abysmal in most American towns. Subscription support would at least allow them to hire a handful of professional reporters, and might even breathe life back into the field of journalism. God knows we need better journalists at all levels. Rebooting the minor leagues might eventually benefit us by trickling up to the national level too -- but let's not get ahead of ourselves. I would be ecstatic if Philadelphia had some quality reporting instead of the wasteland of fluffy features and regurgitated national news service stories.
There is a reason Comcast won Comsumerist's Worst Corporation in America contest in 2010.
Comcast should be disassembled and shot into space toward the sun.
"Look at the US Space Program. There was a time when that was a well-funded jewel in the crown of US scientific achievement."
Um no, it was a well-funded military program that was wrapped up in jingoistic PR. There was very little "science", lots of engineering though.
To say the space program involved very little science (nice scare quotes btw) is simply wrong and bespeaks a certain ignorance about the program. Your statement is more political spin than it is fact.
"Now due to lethargy, nebulous organizational mission, poor management, and a dearth of imagination,"
The same can be said of 19th century coal locomotives. We don't use them anymore because they make no sense, not because of your reasons. Imagination doesn't move mass, energy does. We simply have hit the limits of what's possible. There are no exotic sci-fi "fields" and bizarre particles to enable the delirious sci-fi "technologies" that sci-fi "promised" us.
The space program involved much more than moving mass, demonstrating again you're not particularly familiar with the topic.
That's why space is dead. Space is huge, it's mostly empty and we've been there. We know, we have pictures. Reality suggests we move on and concentrate on the real jewel, our planet.
There is also the possibility that we shovel more money into these 'big science' projects and physics slowly grinds to a halt anyway. Ingenuity is as likely to drive big discoveries in 'small science' as a lack-of-ingenuity is to thwart big discoveries in 'big science.'
Look at the US Space Program. There was a time when that was a well-funded jewel in the crown of US scientific achievement. Now due to lethargy, nebulous organizational mission, poor management, and a dearth of imagination, NASA has become something of a scientific backwater whose colossal screw-ups garner more attention than any experimentation it does. Arguably it is currently overfunded given the full scope of its administrative competency.
What makes you think your personally crafted message deserves more attention than my message that happens to agree with many other people? Do we all need to send unique messages to suit your sense of democracy? Is your opinion more valuable because you've got the free time to write a personal note? So the busy fellow merits a diminished voice in democracy?
If he pulls this off, he will be very well off. I suspect it will take the dinosaur telcos eons before they understand how to adjust, and by then it just may be too late.
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So soda is now subject to the Controlled Substance Schedule? What if you grow your own Seven-Up at home in copious quanities, will the City of New York kick in your door and throw you into a dank cell at Rikers? Parent Anonymous Coward = Anonymous Fascist!
Valid criticism is one thing -- pulling a fire alarm because you think people should be more aware of the hazards of fire is another.
How you frame the goal is important, BE HONEST. It's okay to ask, "we're number one now, but how do we stay there for the next 25 years?" You don't make the situation better by lying about the current conditions. We all have a tremendous number of demands on our attention, so when someone lies to us to jump their pet project to the front of the line based on a lie; that is factored in next time they ask for attention.
You know what academic discipline is really weak in this country? HISTORY. We don't understand it. Americans can't properly evaluate complex events in a chronological context and become easily confused by politicians and disreputable businessmen (I'm looking at you Verizon, AT&T, and Comcast). If we understood history better: Sarah Palin would have been laughed off the national stage; we'd never have had a pre-emptive war with Iraq; the NSA would have been slammed by Congress after the NSA was discovered tapping American phones; the banking reforms imposed by the Banking Act of 1933 (Glass–Steagall Act) wouldn't have been repealed and the 2009 economic crisis would have been avoided; and on and on and on.
If we knew history, we'd know why that piece of paper we call the US Constitution is still valid -- nay, essential -- and not just a bunch of hokum written by a bunch of guys dead for 200 years. We'd stop electing idiots. We'd be a better country, a better society.
And in the end, an appreciation for history necessary for a true appreciation of the advancement of science. Without history, we'd have to rediscover the same scientific principles every friggen generation. How far would we get?
DoE is the conventional abbreviation for the Department of Energy. I'm not sure how closing the Department of Energy is relevant.
ED is the conventional abbreviation for the Department of Education, and is the abbreviation the Department of Education uses in its own documents.
Tiny Mayor Bloomberg has had nightmares about drowning in a 16 ounce soda. He had no choice but to ban them.
>what of the massive drone industry, which, more than just producing a symbol, actually is creating flying death?" Your question depends on a false assumption. Just because we haven't risen up and overthrown our drone-flying overlords doesn't mean we must condone the inappropriate display of a pet carcass under the guise of "art." Both can be (and are) morally abhorrent.
Once liberated, quickly tie the camera to the undercarriage of an interstate tractor trailer or toss it into the open bed of a railroad gondola car.
We know better than you how to live your life. That's why we're infallible and immortal.
I am mocking Bloomberg. He is not infallible or immortal. The second sentence undermines the first.
Also, he is too short to have a valid opinion.
> We know better than you how to live your life. That's why we're infallible and immortal. I am mocking Bloomberg. He is not infallible or immortal. The second sentence undermines the first. Also, he is too short to have a valid opinion.
And now, it's the law.
... how to live your life. That's why we're infallible and immortal.
Time for my siesta.
I agree with your observation about editors. Owners less so. Buffet seems to want to assure each local paper has unique content so that it remains in demand with its local readers and doesn't become redundant with national papers. Buffet is looking at local coverage as a service differential advantage. Sure there could be local fluff, but fluff would seem to operate against the idea of unique content. Fluff, particularly "heart-warming" human-interest stories, is a type of ubiquitous content that national papers already provide.
Local news coverage is abysmal in most American towns. Subscription support would at least allow them to hire a handful of professional reporters, and might even breathe life back into the field of journalism. God knows we need better journalists at all levels. Rebooting the minor leagues might eventually benefit us by trickling up to the national level too -- but let's not get ahead of ourselves. I would be ecstatic if Philadelphia had some quality reporting instead of the wasteland of fluffy features and regurgitated national news service stories.
Sir, unfortunately you have confused your ass with your elbow.
There is a reason Comcast won Comsumerist's Worst Corporation in America contest in 2010. Comcast should be disassembled and shot into space toward the sun.
"Look at the US Space Program. There was a time when that was a well-funded jewel in the crown of US scientific achievement."
Um no, it was a well-funded military program that was wrapped up in jingoistic PR. There was very little "science", lots of engineering though.
To say the space program involved very little science (nice scare quotes btw) is simply wrong and bespeaks a certain ignorance about the program. Your statement is more political spin than it is fact.
"Now due to lethargy, nebulous organizational mission, poor management, and a dearth of imagination,"
The same can be said of 19th century coal locomotives. We don't use them anymore because they make no sense, not because of your reasons. Imagination doesn't move mass, energy does. We simply have hit the limits of what's possible. There are no exotic sci-fi "fields" and bizarre particles to enable the delirious sci-fi "technologies" that sci-fi "promised" us.
The space program involved much more than moving mass, demonstrating again you're not particularly familiar with the topic.
That's why space is dead. Space is huge, it's mostly empty and we've been there. We know, we have pictures. Reality suggests we move on and concentrate on the real jewel, our planet.
Sanctimonious pablum.
There is also the possibility that we shovel more money into these 'big science' projects and physics slowly grinds to a halt anyway. Ingenuity is as likely to drive big discoveries in 'small science' as a lack-of-ingenuity is to thwart big discoveries in 'big science.'
Look at the US Space Program. There was a time when that was a well-funded jewel in the crown of US scientific achievement. Now due to lethargy, nebulous organizational mission, poor management, and a dearth of imagination, NASA has become something of a scientific backwater whose colossal screw-ups garner more attention than any experimentation it does. Arguably it is currently overfunded given the full scope of its administrative competency.
What makes you think your personally crafted message deserves more attention than my message that happens to agree with many other people? Do we all need to send unique messages to suit your sense of democracy? Is your opinion more valuable because you've got the free time to write a personal note? So the busy fellow merits a diminished voice in democracy?
I have just edited the payroll schedule. Nobody at Wikimedia will be paid until 2062, and Jimmy Wales will now be charged $2 for every page view.
How are they ever going to scrape together $25k? Damn these regulators!
Funny, yet wrong.
Shhh, we don't talk about Fight Club.
If he pulls this off, he will be very well off. I suspect it will take the dinosaur telcos eons before they understand how to adjust, and by then it just may be too late.
I'm gonna guess that only one of us in this thread worked at DARPA.
The internet, where anonymity amplifies the Dunning–Kruger effect.