Yeah, my memories are that of an eleven year old, church seemed like magic, until you see what goes on behind the scenes. Learning that the magician isn't really magic after all is disillusioning, it's only in retrospect as an adult that you fully understand it's basically a business, like sports players learn. I believe in God (and God believes in me), though when realizing the abuses that organized religion (and any institution) allows because the known abuser is able to fill the collection plates, it's turned me suspicious of their true motives.
Religion fills the void when the government is ineffective, or non-existent. But human nature being what it is, it seems that when people are placed in any positions of power over others that power is often abused. Without individual men and women who are brave enough to say out loud, "This is wrong!", the wrong continues unabated, and gets worse. That's why I admire whistle-blowers, it's often scary to stand up for what's right, they're to be applauded for going against the norm. That's the only way change for the better can begin to happen.
A lot of politics goes on at the Vatican, a lot, just like in large government. That HBO piece is part of it, and the Catholic Church is scrambling to stay alive in a time of freely available information. As a former Roman Catholic altar boy, I remember mass was really just a smoke and mirrors show, the priests came to life afterwards when it came to seeing what was in the collection plates. So, like George Carlin said, I was Roman Catholic until I reached the age of reason.
According to MacWorld, Apple critics are all just jealous, mis-informed and or paranoid...
Dan Moren, senior editor of Macworld, talked tech with cofounder of gdgt Ryan Block, Wired staff writer Christina Bonnington, Ars Technica editor Jacqui Cheng and tech blogger John Gruber.
In their eyes, Apple’s critics were misinformed, jealous and/or paranoid.
“People like the underdog,” Bonnington said. “People just cut Apple down because it’s in the headlines all the time.
Off-topic: A few recent posts of mine were anti George Bush jr., I instantly had a new 'foe' here. Then a junk email appeared in my Hotmail account containing a pic of a headstone with strange symbols on it (I guess I'm supposed to be 'hexed' since I looked at it). My new foe is "RalphWigum" (and he seems so darned cute on 'The Simpsons'!). There are some weird people using this site, like for example a couple commentors above.
On-topic: I've tried using regular watches in my life, the faces always got scratched up after awhile, the pins that hold the straps would break and some time later I'd notice my watch is gone. I've gotten away from watches and gotten used to having this phone always on my person, I won't be needing or using this new 'fashion tech'
In three years it won't be an issue. From the article:
"here is a technological solution to the problem in the pipeline -802.11ad, a next-gen wireless standard that uses 60GHz frequencies to send and receive information, instead of the usual 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. At 60GHz, according to Beaudet, radio energy essentially just bounces off the atmosphere -meaning that the frequency is useless to the Green Bank Telescope in the first place. Signals to and from 802.11ad access points, then, would have no effect on the work taking place at the GBT, allowing for the best of both worlds. Unfortunately, 802.11ad is very much a technology of the future, not of the present -experts at an Interop New York panel last year predicted that devices using the standard wouldn't hit the market until 2014."
And unlike his 1st one, G.B.jr. won his 2nd term fair & square. He had scared the middle amarica voters enough by then that they truly believed that he was 'saving' us, and voted for him in large numbers. I can't blame the voters for falling for that con job, they truly thought by then the country's security was at risk, and voted for a safer America.
Back on topic, Bush's sister cannot believe that someone actually breached her privacy by hacking into her accounts. She reacted just like the average computer user would, shocked and dumb-founded. Seems like your average American woman, a nice, if somewhat ignorant person.
It was interesting to learn that Fox news correspondent Brit Humes is close to the Bush family, how very 'fair and balanced' of that reporter.
One of the buildings near the WTC, # 7 I think, smoldered for over 16 hours before collapsing. Conveniently enough, that building held all the documents being held to prosecute all the players in the Enron scandal. No documents means no way to prosecute. And that was a very strongly constructed steel I-beam building, they don't 'collapse' without being purposely detonated. There are lots of questions about this so-called 'terrorist attack', but it would be considered "un-amaerican" to suggest it was all an inside job.
Remember that before G.B. sr. became the president he was head of the C.I.A., and you don't lose those connections when you step down. George jr. couldn't run a hair dryer without help from his father, much less a country. Obama inherited a mess, one that isn't easy to ever fully repair. There, imo, should be treason charges brought against so many people from the Bush jr era, from the top on down. It won't happen, of course. Perhaps when documents are released in 50 years, we'll then be able to know the full scope of what went on. All the players will be long dead by then, of course. (sigh) I try to be the best person I can be in my own little life, best I can do.
American here. I've always thought Bush Jr.'s Iraq war was a simple case of "Love me, daddy". "I'll get that Saddam for you. If I do, will you love me then?" A truly disgusting abuse of power. George jr. is not heard or seen much in the media since he left office, he's figured out how most of us do not like him, if some of us ever did. I hope that the world knows that the average U.S. citizen was against Bush from the beginning, when the voting shenanigans in Florida (hanging chads!) led to the outright theft of the office of the presidency. There are a lot of disillusioned voters who could only watch with disbelief what went on then. Many Anti-Bush demonstrations at the White House lawn happened, their effect was nothing changed, the friends of Bush kept profitting from these unnecessary wars. Truly a shameful time to be an American, imo.
But first extract restitution. I doubt very much that they could ever repay all of the damage they did, but they should pay for as much of it as they can.
Agreed. Until there are harsh and consistent penalties for crimes like these, they'll continue, until there's no country left.
It took about 300 years for Rome to fall, after most of its gold and valuables were stolen and removed by the rich and powerful of the time, and the infrastructure began to fail. I see a lot of parallels here.
If I had to run the U.S., I could see the 'need' to control the news, if not for nefarious purposes, but for the good of the country. Back in the 1980's riots were going on in certain cities of the country, and that news never got reported to the other parts of the country, it was purposely minimized. If it had been reported on nationwide, it would have meant the populace in unaffected areas would have begun to riot, and the violence would keep spreading, with the possibility of country-wide chaos. By not being reported on, those city riots died down, and life in the U.S. went on as usual.
So there are times when, for the good of the country's overall health, controlling the media is a most useful tool to employ. What matters is the 'why' news is being controlled. Are the ones at the controls doing it for the overall good, or for their own personal greed, therein lies the rub.
I've read up.on him a.bit more now (yes, I'm an American), and he, for the most part, seemed to be a nice person, until he got a taste for power. That's when we get 'tested' in life. Age old story that still gets played out in this present day time. To what lengths will we go to seize power, money, etc. Sounds like he got a quick shot at power, only two years. Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. Hopefully democracy by the people will eventually become the norm, and the need for rulers will be history. All part of humanitys evolution.
I'm at the part where he's discovered the house on future earth, and has been teleporting to the connected "rooms". It is a good book, published in 1976, can't believe I missed reading this one.:-)
We get it. You're a perfect person for understanding English completely, the rest of us are "idiots". Feel superior enough now? That was the the point of your post, wasn't it? To be able to act like a superior bully? We all bow to your superior a**-hole-ishness!
Niven's way ahead of you. It's a simple matter of knocking Uranus into a cometary orbit and using its gravity to move Earth further out.
I'm reading Larry Niven's "A World Out Of Time" now (after another slashdotter recomended it), and I'm almost where this is going to be explained. Good read so far, page 72 and it's already 3 million years into the future!
Mod+1 UP! 'Dankam' has been a godsend for many people with imperfect color vision.
I knew a guy who tested with a great aptitude for electronics, but near the end of the course realized he couldn't differentiate between the different color coded wires, instead he got work in home improvement field. This app maybe would've allowed him to pursue that electronics career.
The problem is that it re-enforces the stereotype and actually does cause certain behaviour. If you constantly tell one group they are a bunch of criminals and just assume they are probably up to no good then you shouldn't be surprised when it turns out they are.
The point of treating everyone equally is to make it clear that regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation or whatever you have the same chance, the same opportunity to make something of yourself. Of course in reality not everyone has access to good schools or good jobs, but if you keep re-enforcing that imagine it strengthens it. We still need to push to level the playing field, despite all the progress that has been made.
(Applause!)
I learned a long time ago not to pre-judge another human being by their skin color, accent, heritage or whatever, doing that will keep you from knowing some truly wonderful people. When I meet someone I concentrate on their eyes, a person's eyes tell a lot about them at first meeting. Then talk to them. Pre-conceived notions often evaporate then, if you are open minded. Racists purposely keep themselves willfully ignorant in order to feel 'superior' to others, and they paint an entire people with the same brush. A sad, limited way to live, in my opinion.
Why would you need a citation for that? Any immigrant group suffered from racism in those "old days". The Irish served nobly in American Wars, and were still treated as a lower caste people. Same for other nationalities too, but you need a citation for what's common historical knowledge? Google "Irish immigrants in America" and you'll get links to pages like this... http://www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm
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Religion fills the void when the government is ineffective, or non-existent. But human nature being what it is, it seems that when people are placed in any positions of power over others that power is often abused. Without individual men and women who are brave enough to say out loud, "This is wrong!", the wrong continues unabated, and gets worse. That's why I admire whistle-blowers, it's often scary to stand up for what's right, they're to be applauded for going against the norm. That's the only way change for the better can begin to happen.
A lot of politics goes on at the Vatican, a lot, just like in large government. That HBO piece is part of it, and the Catholic Church is scrambling to stay alive in a time of freely available information. As a former Roman Catholic altar boy, I remember mass was really just a smoke and mirrors show, the priests came to life afterwards when it came to seeing what was in the collection plates. So, like George Carlin said, I was Roman Catholic until I reached the age of reason.
I really do pity you people with an American education. Really. Who is "noone", by the way?
Peter 'Noone' put out a lot of good music back in the sixties, but 'no one' born after then knows who he is.
It sounds like you are all getting old and ornery (lol). Welcome to the neckbeard world, better sharpen those razors!
Dan Moren, senior editor of Macworld, talked tech with cofounder of gdgt Ryan Block, Wired staff writer Christina Bonnington, Ars Technica editor Jacqui Cheng and tech blogger John Gruber.
In their eyes, Apple’s critics were misinformed, jealous and/or paranoid.
“People like the underdog,” Bonnington said. “People just cut Apple down because it’s in the headlines all the time.
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/13995624-apple-rumors-postmacworld
On-topic: I've tried using regular watches in my life, the faces always got scratched up after awhile, the pins that hold the straps would break and some time later I'd notice my watch is gone. I've gotten away from watches and gotten used to having this phone always on my person, I won't be needing or using this new 'fashion tech'
http://www.space.com/19708-mars-rover-curiosity-rock-drill-sample.html
http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/1902009
And a Bonus link!
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=l8O1j2EBkqI&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dl8O1j2EBkqI
"here is a technological solution to the problem in the pipeline -802.11ad, a next-gen wireless standard that uses 60GHz frequencies to send and receive information, instead of the usual 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands. At 60GHz, according to Beaudet, radio energy essentially just bounces off the atmosphere -meaning that the frequency is useless to the Green Bank Telescope in the first place. Signals to and from 802.11ad access points, then, would have no effect on the work taking place at the GBT, allowing for the best of both worlds. Unfortunately, 802.11ad is very much a technology of the future, not of the present -experts at an Interop New York panel last year predicted that devices using the standard wouldn't hit the market until 2014."
Back on topic, Bush's sister cannot believe that someone actually breached her privacy by hacking into her accounts. She reacted just like the average computer user would, shocked and dumb-founded. Seems like your average American woman, a nice, if somewhat ignorant person.
It was interesting to learn that Fox news correspondent Brit Humes is close to the Bush family, how very 'fair and balanced' of that reporter.
One of the buildings near the WTC, # 7 I think, smoldered for over 16 hours before collapsing. Conveniently enough, that building held all the documents being held to prosecute all the players in the Enron scandal. No documents means no way to prosecute. And that was a very strongly constructed steel I-beam building, they don't 'collapse' without being purposely detonated. There are lots of questions about this so-called 'terrorist attack', but it would be considered "un-amaerican" to suggest it was all an inside job.
Remember that before G.B. sr. became the president he was head of the C.I.A., and you don't lose those connections when you step down. George jr. couldn't run a hair dryer without help from his father, much less a country. Obama inherited a mess, one that isn't easy to ever fully repair. There, imo, should be treason charges brought against so many people from the Bush jr era, from the top on down. It won't happen, of course. Perhaps when documents are released in 50 years, we'll then be able to know the full scope of what went on. All the players will be long dead by then, of course. (sigh) I try to be the best person I can be in my own little life, best I can do.
American here. I've always thought Bush Jr.'s Iraq war was a simple case of "Love me, daddy". "I'll get that Saddam for you. If I do, will you love me then?" A truly disgusting abuse of power. George jr. is not heard or seen much in the media since he left office, he's figured out how most of us do not like him, if some of us ever did. I hope that the world knows that the average U.S. citizen was against Bush from the beginning, when the voting shenanigans in Florida (hanging chads!) led to the outright theft of the office of the presidency. There are a lot of disillusioned voters who could only watch with disbelief what went on then. Many Anti-Bush demonstrations at the White House lawn happened, their effect was nothing changed, the friends of Bush kept profitting from these unnecessary wars. Truly a shameful time to be an American, imo.
But first extract restitution. I doubt very much that they could ever repay all of the damage they did, but they should pay for as much of it as they can.
Agreed. Until there are harsh and consistent penalties for crimes like these, they'll continue, until there's no country left.
It took about 300 years for Rome to fall, after most of its gold and valuables were stolen and removed by the rich and powerful of the time, and the infrastructure began to fail. I see a lot of parallels here.
So there are times when, for the good of the country's overall health, controlling the media is a most useful tool to employ. What matters is the 'why' news is being controlled. Are the ones at the controls doing it for the overall good, or for their own personal greed, therein lies the rub.
Corruption is corruption.
Hang them from the trees on Wall Street as a warning to others.
And stop creating government regulations that give them lots of loopholes to exploit.
You beat me to it. Hang 'em. Hang them high.
Are smart phones PCs too?
I think so, download the right 'app', like DosBox, and blammo! Instant PC.
Just wonderin', before they were Space Marines, were they 'Space Cadets'?
I've read up.on him a.bit more now (yes, I'm an American), and he, for the most part, seemed to be a nice person, until he got a taste for power. That's when we get 'tested' in life. Age old story that still gets played out in this present day time. To what lengths will we go to seize power, money, etc. Sounds like he got a quick shot at power, only two years. Be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it. Hopefully democracy by the people will eventually become the norm, and the need for rulers will be history. All part of humanitys evolution.
I'm at the part where he's discovered the house on future earth, and has been teleporting to the connected "rooms". It is a good book, published in 1976, can't believe I missed reading this one. :-)
No one can know when or where the Spelling Nazi may strike!
Secure that noise, would'ja please?
Niven's way ahead of you. It's a simple matter of knocking Uranus into a cometary orbit and using its gravity to move Earth further out.
I'm reading Larry Niven's "A World Out Of Time" now (after another slashdotter recomended it), and I'm almost where this is going to be explained. Good read so far, page 72 and it's already 3 million years into the future!
There's an app for that: http://dankaminsky.com/2010/12/15/dankam/
Mod+1 UP! 'Dankam' has been a godsend for many people with imperfect color vision.
I knew a guy who tested with a great aptitude for electronics, but near the end of the course realized he couldn't differentiate between the different color coded wires, instead he got work in home improvement field. This app maybe would've allowed him to pursue that electronics career.
The problem is that it re-enforces the stereotype and actually does cause certain behaviour. If you constantly tell one group they are a bunch of criminals and just assume they are probably up to no good then you shouldn't be surprised when it turns out they are.
The point of treating everyone equally is to make it clear that regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation or whatever you have the same chance, the same opportunity to make something of yourself. Of course in reality not everyone has access to good schools or good jobs, but if you keep re-enforcing that imagine it strengthens it. We still need to push to level the playing field, despite all the progress that has been made.
(Applause!)
I learned a long time ago not to pre-judge another human being by their skin color, accent, heritage or whatever, doing that will keep you from knowing some truly wonderful people. When I meet someone I concentrate on their eyes, a person's eyes tell a lot about them at first meeting. Then talk to them. Pre-conceived notions often evaporate then, if you are open minded. Racists purposely keep themselves willfully ignorant in order to feel 'superior' to others, and they paint an entire people with the same brush. A sad, limited way to live, in my opinion.
Why would you need a citation for that? Any immigrant group suffered from racism in those "old days". The Irish served nobly in American Wars, and were still treated as a lower caste people. Same for other nationalities too, but you need a citation for what's common historical knowledge? Google "Irish immigrants in America" and you'll get links to pages like this... http://www.kinsella.org/history/histira.htm