Re:The views of a Muslim in NY
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Could. Not. Agree. More.
Someone (wish I could remember who. Any help?) once said that religion is the "Opiate of the masses". People turn to it because it gives them hope in otherwise hopeless lives. People turn to religion rather than trying and improving their situation themselves. Most people are not zealots but are basically sheep. It's the zealots that you have to worry about.
Unfortunately there is no way to dissuade Zealot types. Provide a rational argument and they will most likely label you a heathen and refuse to listen to you. You are going against their beliefs. You can not argue against someone's beliefs. It just doesn't work.
The extremest "Right to Lifers" come to mind on this one. These people who consider "all life to be sacred", have no problem bombing clinics and shooting doctors for what they consider the greater good. These people are terrorists as well and are just as bad as any Palestinian suicide bomber.
I support military action against the appropriate party.
>God does exist. The fact that you are reading this is proof enough.
Explain why this makes sense.
Re:What can be done about terrorism?
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True.
I didn't think that one through. That is also why Iraq has Soviet era tanks.
The gist is the same though.
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>Well, perhaps you are not aware we funded Hussein with military weapons until six months prior to the Gulf "War" because the U.S. >government supported his killing of Kurdish >rebels in northern Iraq
Bzzt. Wrong. We supported them because the former Soviet Union supported Iran. We had to pick the opposite side. End of story.
>the CIA is involved with the Palestinians, too. It's just that the CIA supports Arafat, and Palestinians do not. The PLO is a CIA-supported, >pseudo-government that doesn't care whether Palestinians have a homeland
Nice rhetoric. Got any proof? Or are the black helicopters watching your every move?
out of all the commotion this is the best idea I've heard all day. I do believe this would be the biggest "fuck you" that we could give to whoever was responsible for this.
I'll skip the normal katz bashing...
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especially the line about
First of all I just want to say PLEASE GIVE BLOOD IF YOU CAN. It doesn't matter where in the states you are, it matters. To use a misplaced quote, 'Just do it'.
Secondly, I express my deepest sorrows and condolences to anyone that has lost or had a loved one or friend injured in this attack. I does not need to be said how reproachful such a thing is.
But to bring this back to a Slashdot discussion, I feel that this will mean that there will be quite a restriction on some civil liberties as a result of this. I have no idea what they will be but they can't be good. The only thing that I can picture at this time (I'm quite numb after this day so forgive me if I don't express myself rationally, and I've had a couple of beers so that might explain my spelling). Anyway the only thing that I can see are Soviet style travel restrictions. I don't know what else they can do. Well I do remember being in France years ago when police would stand on the corner with automatic weapons. However, this would not have helped prevent what happened today. But with the conservites in the whitehouse, who knows what will happen. But you know, I don't think it would matter if the Dems were in the WH either at this point. Unfortunately something symbolic will have to be done. But will it be the right thing?
Sorry for the disconnected nature of this comment.
One more thing: Where are the Clintons? NY is Hillary's state after all.
Duh. The comic shop I used to work at (Action Comics. Quite an original name, no?) did this with the new comics. They were along the back wall so people would have to walk past all of the games/toys/cards and other assorted whatnot to get their biweekly X-Men fix. This isn't bad for the consumer. Sure you've got to walk an extra 15 feet or so (God forbid) but you also get to be exposed to different crap that you might not have been exposed to before (impulse buy!). Unfortuantely, this did not work for Action and they are now long out of business.
If you assume a TIVO like business model it turns out to be $200 for the drive, $350 for the rest of the hardware and $250 or so for the built in lifetime service that comes inculded with any replay machine.
So Alex Rodriguez's $252 million/10 year contract is small potatoes compared to his endorsment income? I think not. Although he is an incredibly tallented ballplayer he doesn't have the charisma that an MJ or a Gretzky does. Now those are the guys making bank on endorsements.
Artists already make the bulk of their income from touring. For them the album is basically PR for the concert tour.
Pete
Re:Informative - More like criminal action actuall
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Dude, you're getting a FREE email account hosted on their servers. I cannot believe you are bitching about a MONTHLY email that they send you. There are tons of other free email services out there. Why don't you use one of those and quit wasting your time tilting at windmills. Or are you just looking for some easy Microsoft bashing mod points?
True. Most of what I said is what the marketers want you to believe, but you have to take into account how status oriented America is. The Lexus & Infiniti nameplates don't even exist in Japan. They were created so the Japanese car makers could break into the market with their high end offerings. Like it or not no one would pay $70M for a Toyota LS430. A Lexus LS430 however...
My main point was that percieved brand status doesn't translate to computer stuff (for the most part, there are still brand zealots out there), therfore his entire arguement is invalid.
True, but buying a CPU in the top end group (not necessarily the fastest, but close) does save some money in the long run since it gives your machine a certain amount of longevity.
So buy a monster now and still be able to play games in 3 years.
True regarding the performance of the two cars. But if you drive a Lexus people think you're successful. If you drive a Toyota you're just another schmuck. The problem with your arguement is that you are disregarding how the two separate brands are percieved. Automakers do this with countless models. Honda/Acura Accord/TL, Nissan/Infiniti Pattfinder/QX4, Toyota/Lexus Land Cruiser/RX430. If you're worried about bang for the buck performance on a car, go out and get a camaro (ick).
Anyway, your car comparison doesn't fly when put in the same context of the article. If you buy a 1.4 Athlon vs a 1.33 Athlon you'll end up saving about 6 second of kernal compile time (read the article). If you buy a Lexus instead of a Toyota you're buying status.
Dude, I as well as everyone else here appreciates the effort. But what you wrote is waaayyyy to technical. You're gonna lose them at the first mention of "kernel". "UNIX, ssh? what are these crazy hackers talking about?"
Unfortunately the world is run by C (Not the code, the grade) students. This letter is so far above their heads it might as well be the space shuttle.
Please consider this constructive critisim.
Sorry for the atrocious spelling./. needs a spell check
If I remember correctly that's what Sony said last year. Remember what happened to them? They said they'd have 1MM+ units out there by Xmas and only ended up with ~600M.
PR Departments don't let out bad news until they are forced at gunpoint
I'm sure one of you guys could do it. For the Fun of it of course. It would only be a tool for learning of course.
Someone want to prove me wrong?
Pete
Geeze, and I just read all my old ADQs
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Well reread I guess. For about the 50th time.
Sorry as a long time Car Wars fan this really dissapoints me. Not at SJgames (kick ass game company) but at the industry in general I guess. It's them newfangled collectable card games that are out there these days. Sucking up all them kids disposable income. No more money to spend on GURPS or Vampire or even good 'ole D&D (oh, your book says 'demon' in it. Let's ban it!). Magic cards are like the crack rock. There are never enough. I think I sold my soul for an 'Ancestral Recall' and a Lotus once. Okay I got bit by the Magic bug. But I'm clean now.
okay back on topic. Sorry about that. Anyway, when I played magic I still played other games. Car Wars, D&D, even Some Warhammer RPG. Oh, wait. There was some Twilight 2000 in there too. Sure I worked in a comic shop (discount) but we had a pretty big game selection. We had everything from Avalon Hill to Warhammer. We had a huge wall of Warhammer 2k minis. Talk about inventory overhead. Eventually the place went under.
Back on topic. Okay so far we've established
-CCG = Bad
But out of all the games I listed above, Car Wars was my absoulte favorite. Maybe its a math thing. All those gridlines and calculators. Mmmmmm....gridlines. I know it wasn't a favorite, but it seem to circle the drain for years before they finaly put it to death. It's been out of print for a while now, but check it out on ebay if you've never tried it and if you like
- Car Design (but with.50 cals!) in a Mad Max sort of setting
- have paitence
- Enjoy the thrill of a good dice roll (I'm not kidding!)
Anyway, get the Compendium or Delux Car Wars. Good stuff.
Sorry about the randomness and the spelling and/or the HTML. Stoned stream of conciusness sort of thing
Oh yea, ADQ stands for Autoduel Quarterly. The Car Wars magazine. Ran for about 10 years. Also good stuff. Even if you don't play.
Could. Not. Agree. More.
As someone who just purchased a condo for the first time I have to say I could not have done it without a realator. Sure I tried to do the web search thing (Didn't know about the MLS system yet), but most of the sites offered little of what I was looking for. My realator was faxing me 4 or 5 listings a day of things she thought I might be interested in. In additon to actually being able to find what you're looking for (and the time savings associated with that), a realtor is invaluable when it comes to little things. Stuff I never would have thought to ask about she asked. What kind of insulation is in the house? What kind of fixtures are they? Stuff like that. Some people might know about all that Home Depot junk, but I certainly don't. The only questions I was prepared to ask were "Can I get a Direct TV dish?" and "What about DSL service?".
Slashdot Mirror
Could. Not. Agree. More.
Someone (wish I could remember who. Any help?) once said that religion is the "Opiate of the masses". People turn to it because it gives them hope in otherwise hopeless lives. People turn to religion rather than trying and improving their situation themselves. Most people are not zealots but are basically sheep. It's the zealots that you have to worry about.
Unfortunately there is no way to dissuade Zealot types. Provide a rational argument and they will most likely label you a heathen and refuse to listen to you. You are going against their beliefs. You can not argue against someone's beliefs. It just doesn't work.
The extremest "Right to Lifers" come to mind on this one. These people who consider "all life to be sacred", have no problem bombing clinics and shooting doctors for what they consider the greater good. These people are terrorists as well and are just as bad as any Palestinian suicide bomber.
I support military action against the appropriate party.
Pete
>God does exist. The fact that you are reading this is proof enough.
Explain why this makes sense.
True.
I didn't think that one through. That is also why Iraq has Soviet era tanks.
The gist is the same though.
>Well, perhaps you are not aware we funded Hussein with military weapons until six months prior to the Gulf "War" because the U.S. >government supported his killing of Kurdish >rebels in northern Iraq
Bzzt. Wrong. We supported them because the former Soviet Union supported Iran. We had to pick the opposite side. End of story.
>the CIA is involved with the Palestinians, too. It's just that the CIA supports Arafat, and Palestinians do not. The PLO is a CIA-supported, >pseudo-government that doesn't care whether Palestinians have a homeland
Nice rhetoric. Got any proof? Or are the black helicopters watching your every move?
Sorry but your $.02 isn't worth a shit.
out of all the commotion this is the best idea I've heard all day. I do believe this would be the biggest "fuck you" that we could give to whoever was responsible for this.
especially the line about
First of all I just want to say PLEASE GIVE BLOOD IF YOU CAN. It doesn't matter where in the states you are, it matters. To use a misplaced quote, 'Just do it'.
Secondly, I express my deepest sorrows and condolences to anyone that has lost or had a loved one or friend injured in this attack. I does not need to be said how reproachful such a thing is.
But to bring this back to a Slashdot discussion, I feel that this will mean that there will be quite a restriction on some civil liberties as a result of this. I have no idea what they will be but they can't be good. The only thing that I can picture at this time (I'm quite numb after this day so forgive me if I don't express myself rationally, and I've had a couple of beers so that might explain my spelling). Anyway the only thing that I can see are Soviet style travel restrictions. I don't know what else they can do. Well I do remember being in France years ago when police would stand on the corner with automatic weapons. However, this would not have helped prevent what happened today. But with the conservites in the whitehouse, who knows what will happen. But you know, I don't think it would matter if the Dems were in the WH either at this point. Unfortunately something symbolic will have to be done. But will it be the right thing?
Sorry for the disconnected nature of this comment.
One more thing: Where are the Clintons? NY is Hillary's state after all.
Peace to all
Duh. The comic shop I used to work at (Action Comics. Quite an original name, no?) did this with the new comics. They were along the back wall so people would have to walk past all of the games/toys/cards and other assorted whatnot to get their biweekly X-Men fix. This isn't bad for the consumer. Sure you've got to walk an extra 15 feet or so (God forbid) but you also get to be exposed to different crap that you might not have been exposed to before (impulse buy!). Unfortuantely, this did not work for Action and they are now long out of business.
If you assume a TIVO like business model it turns out to be $200 for the drive, $350 for the rest of the hardware and $250 or so for the built in lifetime service that comes inculded with any replay machine.
OT, yes. But the link is relevant. Ah, who am I kidding.
Pete
Artists already make the bulk of their income from touring. For them the album is basically PR for the concert tour.
Pete
Dude, you're getting a FREE email account hosted on their servers. I cannot believe you are bitching about a MONTHLY email that they send you. There are tons of other free email services out there. Why don't you use one of those and quit wasting your time tilting at windmills. Or are you just looking for some easy Microsoft bashing mod points?
Hotmail sucks (more) since the redesign anyway.
Do you change your .sig daily?
Normally I wouldn't ask but A) I read the same story this morning in the wired news blurb section and B) I'm bored out of my skull here at work.
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True. Most of what I said is what the marketers want you to believe, but you have to take into account how status oriented America is. The Lexus & Infiniti nameplates don't even exist in Japan. They were created so the Japanese car makers could break into the market with their high end offerings. Like it or not no one would pay $70M for a Toyota LS430. A Lexus LS430 however...
My main point was that percieved brand status doesn't translate to computer stuff (for the most part, there are still brand zealots out there), therfore his entire arguement is invalid.
Pete
True, but buying a CPU in the top end group (not necessarily the fastest, but close) does save some money in the long run since it gives your machine a certain amount of longevity.
So buy a monster now and still be able to play games in 3 years.
Pete
True regarding the performance of the two cars. But if you drive a Lexus people think you're successful. If you drive a Toyota you're just another schmuck. The problem with your arguement is that you are disregarding how the two separate brands are percieved. Automakers do this with countless models. Honda/Acura Accord/TL, Nissan/Infiniti Pattfinder/QX4, Toyota/Lexus Land Cruiser/RX430. If you're worried about bang for the buck performance on a car, go out and get a camaro (ick).
Anyway, your car comparison doesn't fly when put in the same context of the article. If you buy a 1.4 Athlon vs a 1.33 Athlon you'll end up saving about 6 second of kernal compile time (read the article). If you buy a Lexus instead of a Toyota you're buying status.
Pete
Dude, I as well as everyone else here appreciates the effort. But what you wrote is waaayyyy to technical. You're gonna lose them at the first mention of "kernel". "UNIX, ssh? what are these crazy hackers talking about?"
/. needs a spell check
Unfortunately the world is run by C (Not the code, the grade) students. This letter is so far above their heads it might as well be the space shuttle.
Please consider this constructive critisim.
Sorry for the atrocious spelling.
Pete
Yak, your portable charging station sounds pretty cool. Do you have any specs or a parts list?
Sounds like some of the biggies (Yahoo, eBay, *ack*MSN) could possibly sue over this.
It's gotta be some sort of infringment somewhere. Maybe infringement of 1st amendment? It's a reach, I know.
damn. I just spilled h20 on my mouse
pete
If I remember correctly that's what Sony said last year. Remember what happened to them? They said they'd have 1MM+ units out there by Xmas and only ended up with ~600M.
PR Departments don't let out bad news until they are forced at gunpoint
Pete
I'm sure one of you guys could do it. For the Fun of it of course. It would only be a tool for learning of course.
Someone want to prove me wrong?
Pete
Sorry as a long time Car Wars fan this really dissapoints me. Not at SJgames (kick ass game company) but at the industry in general I guess. It's them newfangled collectable card games that are out there these days. Sucking up all them kids disposable income. No more money to spend on GURPS or Vampire or even good 'ole D&D (oh, your book says 'demon' in it. Let's ban it!). Magic cards are like the crack rock. There are never enough. I think I sold my soul for an 'Ancestral Recall' and a Lotus once. Okay I got bit by the Magic bug. But I'm clean now.
okay back on topic. Sorry about that. Anyway, when I played magic I still played other games. Car Wars, D&D, even Some Warhammer RPG. Oh, wait. There was some Twilight 2000 in there too. Sure I worked in a comic shop (discount) but we had a pretty big game selection. We had everything from Avalon Hill to Warhammer. We had a huge wall of Warhammer 2k minis. Talk about inventory overhead. Eventually the place went under.
Back on topic. Okay so far we've established
-CCG = Bad
But out of all the games I listed above, Car Wars was my absoulte favorite. Maybe its a math thing. All those gridlines and calculators. Mmmmmm....gridlines. I know it wasn't a favorite, but it seem to circle the drain for years before they finaly put it to death. It's been out of print for a while now, but check it out on ebay if you've never tried it and if you like
- Car Design (but with .50 cals!) in a Mad Max sort of setting
- have paitence
- Enjoy the thrill of a good dice roll (I'm not kidding!)
Anyway, get the Compendium or Delux Car Wars. Good stuff.
Sorry about the randomness and the spelling and/or the HTML. Stoned stream of conciusness sort of thing
Oh yea, ADQ stands for Autoduel Quarterly. The Car Wars magazine. Ran for about 10 years. Also good stuff. Even if you don't play.
Pete
Best. Sig. Ever.
Pete
that is the funnuiest fucking thing I've read in a long time. My GF is literally ROTFL.
Heh
Pete
Bottom line: First time buyer? Get a realtor.
Pete