That's pretty much the argument here on/. against a lot of legislation. "Well, yeah, in theory it kinda sounds like a good idea, but i don't trust the folks who're supposed to enforce it".
Take 1 liter of incompetence, half a liter of corruption and 2 teaspoons of evil overlordness and you get the recipe for the way government is perceived by a lot of folks around this here place.
Watching the TV is a passive form of entertainment. All you're doing is sitting there getting excited about the action and when the show is over you're still bubbling with energy.
Playing a computer game is both involved and tiresome. Instead of watching Chuck Norris open up a can a whoop-ass it's a virtual "you" doing the asskicking. I'm not entirely convinced about just how appropriate this specific study is to the issue at hand.
When you're in your twenties, come from a wealthy family and don't really have any serious cares in the world, you can afford to look around, see the state the world is in and go "What the fuck? What in the name of all that is holy have the idiots that came before been doing? Surely some intelligent dedicated people could do a better job?"
Then as you grow up, you discover that intelligence is overrated, ignorance rules and you settle down to worrying about mortgages and putting your own kids through college.
Ehmm, yeah. Definitely. It's not as though the founding fathers were influenced by philosophies that been circulating around western europe for, oh, 2 centuries or so.
Oh wait, there's a document in the parliament of my country that bears a striking resemblance to the US declaration of independance...or I should say the other way around, considering ours was written at the end of the 16th century.
That's because people as a rule are horrible hypocrits. When we yell that we want freedoms, that means we want freedom to do what *we* want, and the other guys can go fuck themselves.
Just take a look at how many folks invoke the founders to argue against something the other side wants to do and then proceed directly on to how eg. gay marriage is an abomination in the eyes of God and all well-thinking men.
True libertarianism is as impossible to do as is true communism. It makes assumptions about human nature that are simply not realistic, as we can see all around us every day.
Interesting. I expect that even if I were to somehow come into serious money and have an Aston Martin parked right outside, I'd still put in Need for Speed at times and just have some mindless fun.
I game because I enjoy gaming, not because I'm too poor to afford the "real fun stuff", whatever that may be.
Heck, Formula 1 drivers play video games, and they get *paid* to race around in insanely fast machines.
Question is...did the bees evolve to find the corner cases, or did the plants evolve so the damn bees could find them in the first place? After all, plants that are stupid enough to hide from bees while simultaneously needing them to reproduce would stand a good chance of not making it to the next generation;-)
Then again, at least over here in Europe they give 3 or 5 years of warranty on their mice, so even if you do mess it up playing too much D3 they'll just give you a new one.
On the other hand, that kind of service leads rabid fanboys like yours truly to buy all their other stuff as well, so I guess in a way it works;-)
It strikes me as being laughable at best and disingenuous at worse. Do they honestly believe the Pentagon is going to condone publishing classified material?
Did they have a choice? That material was going to get out there one way or the other, and short of bombing every suspected server and workstation across the planet with a mirror, there was fuck-all the pentagon could do about it. So, in light of the fact that they were going to get screwed anyway, it was up to them to decide whether the PR fallout was worth getting a rubber and a supply of lube.
Thing is, purchasing a book both adds extra value over the digital download (in my opinion anyway) and books (especially paperbacks) have a pretty damn good ratio of $ / hours of enjoyment. I'm not entirely sure if the same applies to DVD movies and CD music.
You know, of all the crap we put through the already overworked courts in the first world, people that develop tools to cheat in a goddamn computer game are pretty fucking low on my list of priorities. The judge, the court employees, the building and the utilities are all coming out of the pocket of the taxpayer and quite frankly I'd rather see it spent on lawsuits that actually matter.
You know, as an active member of a green party, it really irks me to see so many ignoramuses around that gives those of us who actually live in the real world a bad name.
As for your singing and dancing part...have you left the basement anywhere in the past 10 years? Plenty of folks happen to sing and dance without any need for alcohol or narcotics. Heck, pretty much any modern house comes with a room that is equipped for singing (not so much for dancing), it's called a shower. Try it some time.
Wow, way to throw out the ad hominems there buddy.
Work in large ICT projects for a while and then get back to us. You'll be dealing with approval procedures, internal accounting procedures, *checks* on those accounting procedures and so on, and so on.
Sure, at times you can bypass the whole thing and cowboy your way through, but in the long run you'll just make a mess and get hung out to dry for it.
Typically that 10k consists of semi-useless people that keep themselves busy by attending meetings and giving their opinions. Sure, you could ignore those people but they will turn around and fuck you over when they find out, and since they spend all their time kissing ass in one direction and elbowing faces in the other, you really don't want to get on their bad side. There's no "boasting" involved, it's simply the cost of doing business.
I'll let you get back to idolizing your imaginary version of free enterprise now.
That's the crux of the thing, isn't it? People shout at the top of their voice how they are in favor of freedom, but when quizzed it turns it they want freedom so they can do whatever they damn well please, and the filthy gays/gun-nuts/pornographers/fundies/whatever can rot in hell.
And to get back to the article, we're talking the Netherlands, where the Freedom Party wants to ensure freedom by changing the first article of our constitution to explicitly state we're a Judeo-Christian nation and kicking all the muslims out of the country. Freedom...to be a good god-fearing christian, that is.
There may be more proof here that "It's not what you know, it's who you know!" than people realise... I mean, come on, how many of us young, fit, healthy, brainy people who'd be willing get this chance? What are the odds of them both being "the best of the best of the best, sir"?
Yeah, because if an individual has the right combination of nature and nurture to make him suitable to be an astronaut, what are the odds that someone with the exact same nature and a comparable nurture would be as well?
That price was for desalinizing it. You have yet to account for making sure it comes out of any faucet in your home you want to open in a drinkable state.
Fortunately, this attitude is changing as we speak. Much like some other utilities, in a decent chunk of the first world internet access is now pretty much a must to function in society.
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That's pretty much the argument here on /. against a lot of legislation. "Well, yeah, in theory it kinda sounds like a good idea, but i don't trust the folks who're supposed to enforce it".
Take 1 liter of incompetence, half a liter of corruption and 2 teaspoons of evil overlordness and you get the recipe for the way government is perceived by a lot of folks around this here place.
And if shit *really* hits the fan, what makes you think that whatever that company wants is going to matter?
Either the economy can handle it (number of poor people that end up dead is reasonable) or it can't.
If we can donate 700 billion to a bunch of evil bankers, we can use eminent domain to seize the patent for something that important, me thinks.
Watching the TV is a passive form of entertainment. All you're doing is sitting there getting excited about the action and when the show is over you're still bubbling with energy.
Playing a computer game is both involved and tiresome. Instead of watching Chuck Norris open up a can a whoop-ass it's a virtual "you" doing the asskicking. I'm not entirely convinced about just how appropriate this specific study is to the issue at hand.
Cheese, windmills and wooden shoes. Oh, and when we get really hungry we eat tulips.
Actually, when I see that I can't help but think of this one.
Enjoy ;-)
You forgot 1 factor...age.
When you're in your twenties, come from a wealthy family and don't really have any serious cares in the world, you can afford to look around, see the state the world is in and go "What the fuck? What in the name of all that is holy have the idiots that came before been doing? Surely some intelligent dedicated people could do a better job?"
Then as you grow up, you discover that intelligence is overrated, ignorance rules and you settle down to worrying about mortgages and putting your own kids through college.
Ehmm, yeah. Definitely. It's not as though the founding fathers were influenced by philosophies that been circulating around western europe for, oh, 2 centuries or so.
Oh wait, there's a document in the parliament of my country that bears a striking resemblance to the US declaration of independance...or I should say the other way around, considering ours was written at the end of the 16th century.
That's because people as a rule are horrible hypocrits. When we yell that we want freedoms, that means we want freedom to do what *we* want, and the other guys can go fuck themselves.
Just take a look at how many folks invoke the founders to argue against something the other side wants to do and then proceed directly on to how eg. gay marriage is an abomination in the eyes of God and all well-thinking men.
True libertarianism is as impossible to do as is true communism. It makes assumptions about human nature that are simply not realistic, as we can see all around us every day.
Interesting. I expect that even if I were to somehow come into serious money and have an Aston Martin parked right outside, I'd still put in Need for Speed at times and just have some mindless fun.
I game because I enjoy gaming, not because I'm too poor to afford the "real fun stuff", whatever that may be.
Heck, Formula 1 drivers play video games, and they get *paid* to race around in insanely fast machines.
Question is...did the bees evolve to find the corner cases, or did the plants evolve so the damn bees could find them in the first place? After all, plants that are stupid enough to hide from bees while simultaneously needing them to reproduce would stand a good chance of not making it to the next generation ;-)
Ever heard of Eve Online? As PvP as it gets, and still kicking.
Looks like they are.
Then again, at least over here in Europe they give 3 or 5 years of warranty on their mice, so even if you do mess it up playing too much D3 they'll just give you a new one.
On the other hand, that kind of service leads rabid fanboys like yours truly to buy all their other stuff as well, so I guess in a way it works ;-)
It strikes me as being laughable at best and disingenuous at worse. Do they honestly believe the Pentagon is going to condone publishing classified material?
Did they have a choice? That material was going to get out there one way or the other, and short of bombing every suspected server and workstation across the planet with a mirror, there was fuck-all the pentagon could do about it. So, in light of the fact that they were going to get screwed anyway, it was up to them to decide whether the PR fallout was worth getting a rubber and a supply of lube.
Thing is, purchasing a book both adds extra value over the digital download (in my opinion anyway) and books (especially paperbacks) have a pretty damn good ratio of $ / hours of enjoyment. I'm not entirely sure if the same applies to DVD movies and CD music.
Or...it just sits in a war chest somewhere so the CEO can jump in for a refreshing dip in the morning.
You know, of all the crap we put through the already overworked courts in the first world, people that develop tools to cheat in a goddamn computer game are pretty fucking low on my list of priorities. The judge, the court employees, the building and the utilities are all coming out of the pocket of the taxpayer and quite frankly I'd rather see it spent on lawsuits that actually matter.
Because she wanted *feminine* shapes, and without the wings a 747 looks anything but ;-)
You know, as an active member of a green party, it really irks me to see so many ignoramuses around that gives those of us who actually live in the real world a bad name.
As for your singing and dancing part...have you left the basement anywhere in the past 10 years? Plenty of folks happen to sing and dance without any need for alcohol or narcotics. Heck, pretty much any modern house comes with a room that is equipped for singing (not so much for dancing), it's called a shower. Try it some time.
Wow, way to throw out the ad hominems there buddy.
Work in large ICT projects for a while and then get back to us. You'll be dealing with approval procedures, internal accounting procedures, *checks* on those accounting procedures and so on, and so on.
Sure, at times you can bypass the whole thing and cowboy your way through, but in the long run you'll just make a mess and get hung out to dry for it.
Typically that 10k consists of semi-useless people that keep themselves busy by attending meetings and giving their opinions. Sure, you could ignore those people but they will turn around and fuck you over when they find out, and since they spend all their time kissing ass in one direction and elbowing faces in the other, you really don't want to get on their bad side. There's no "boasting" involved, it's simply the cost of doing business.
I'll let you get back to idolizing your imaginary version of free enterprise now.
Dream on buddy.
*every* large organization has red tape. It increases exponentially as the organization grows linearly.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to burn about 10k worth of man-hours to get approval for a 2k expense.
That's the crux of the thing, isn't it? People shout at the top of their voice how they are in favor of freedom, but when quizzed it turns it they want freedom so they can do whatever they damn well please, and the filthy gays/gun-nuts/pornographers/fundies/whatever can rot in hell.
And to get back to the article, we're talking the Netherlands, where the Freedom Party wants to ensure freedom by changing the first article of our constitution to explicitly state we're a Judeo-Christian nation and kicking all the muslims out of the country. Freedom...to be a good god-fearing christian, that is.
There may be more proof here that "It's not what you know, it's who you know!" than people realise... I mean, come on, how many of us young, fit, healthy, brainy people who'd be willing get this chance? What are the odds of them both being "the best of the best of the best, sir"?
Yeah, because if an individual has the right combination of nature and nurture to make him suitable to be an astronaut, what are the odds that someone with the exact same nature and a comparable nurture would be as well?
That price was for desalinizing it. You have yet to account for making sure it comes out of any faucet in your home you want to open in a drinkable state.
1. Rip off you friends
2. Make massive piles of cash (that would be profit!)
3. Buy legislation
3. Woaahhh, dude, munchies!
Fortunately, this attitude is changing as we speak. Much like some other utilities, in a decent chunk of the first world internet access is now pretty much a must to function in society.