I think the point of the movie is not so much that you can get fat eating McDonalds, it's that McDonalds is more interested in getting you fat than having you eat healthy. It's precisely the drive to super size everything that belies their claims about healthfulness. What's the highest margin item in the store? It's the super sized soda.
I mean, if they asked "would you like 500 more sugar calories and 1000 more fat calories?" instead of "super size?" how many people would go for it.
I'm not arguing against personal responsibility. I'm saying that McDonald's is talking out of both sides of their mouth by claiming to offer healthy food, meanwhlie upselling the absolute unhealthiest things in the store.
I do remember when a serving of coke was 8 oz. Diet Coke was one calorie "per serving" which meant that 12 oz can of diet coke actually had 1.5 calories in it. I believe, but I"m not sure (because I don't have a coke can handy to examine) that they have since changed the labeling to make the serving size and associated nutritional information fall in line with the size of the container. Like anybody ever bought two cans of coke and split them among three people...
It reminds me of the cereal ads "part of a balanced breakfast" where they show toast, juice, maybe some fruit, and a bowl of Cap'n Crunch. You'd have a healthier breakfast there if you just got rid of the sugary cereal.
The difference now is that the business have more sophisticated ways (i.e. -- data mining) to identify problem customers.
I guess the old ways, such as noticing the color of your skin, or the quality of your clothing, were just not working anymore.
I worked at a restaurant delivery joint, and we were lucky enough to be stationed outside city limits. This exempted us from the law stating that city businesses couldn't blacklist addresses, such as the projects.
I'm not happy that we chose not to go to the "problem" areas, but it was the right decision for a variety of reasons. Also, that meant that Dominos or whoever was willing to take the risk could make the money.
That reminds me of the time I ordered two tacos, they were a buck each on Taco Tuesday.
Unfortunately I placed my order on a Wednesday. I felt dumb and paid the extra buck fifty. It occurred to me that I could bitch, and the very same tacos would be cheaper had I ordered them on the right day... but I didn't, and why should Taco Fiesta pay for my mistake?
Apologies for flying off-topic here, but what does it matter if we have paper ballots or electronic ballots if we aren't going to have elections in the first place?
The "precedent" is already set for suspension of elections. The bombing in Madrid, days before the pro-Iraq-war Anzar government got a swift kick out of office, shows how "Terror Sways Elections."
Nevermind that 90% of the Spanish people opposed Spain's entry into the Iraq war, or that the Nationalists suppressed evidence and blamed the bombing on ETA.
But that "liberal" New York Times bravely parroted the party line that Terror Sways Elections, so when ours are suspended, Cheney can say "Look, it's not just me, it's in the New York Times!"
Regardless of how you feel about the "Black Tuesday" scenario outlined above, the important point is this:
If you're going with the opinion that Terror Sways Elections, you're basically stating that terror is an effective political tool. Is that the precedent you want to set?
it sucks downloading mp3s from that site. there's some dumb click-through and then the files are.zip files. it really pisses me off because billy corgan wanted that stuff to be free on the internet and now there's some dumb anti-leeching click through visit our sponsors crap. it's like ads on public tv. bollocks.
Of course, if Monsanto is engaging in environmental bioterrorism by releasing unregulated self-replicating GMOs is open for debate... it's just that such a debate is simply not happening among members of the Justice Department, or Congress, or pretty much any where else in America. In fact the people raising this issue are, ironically, the ones now being labelled "terrorist!"
If you can't tell the difference between releasing GMOs into the environment and blowing up buildings, you need to figure that one out on your own. Have some Doritos with GMO corn in them while you ponder it.
As for "Their motives are clearly political" are you telling me that Guernica is not art? Art is more than a Norman Rockwell painting you know.
Lastly, if you're labelling someone a terrorist because of what they wrote in an eBook, then you might want to re-read the First Amendment before you string people up for ThoughtCrime.
I don't know, but I want to believe that any phone that plugs into AC uses AC power to make the phone actually ring. Of course if you have five rotary phones in your house this may not matter, but I kinda can't imagine all five phones needing the meager phone lines to ring.
dachsund wrote What never fails to amaze me is how many Slashdotters-- ostensibly a group of relatively intelligent people-- are moved to approach this issue from emotional, rather than scientific point of view.
And here we have three separate comments about ID4 being a *good* movie, all being modded up. Surely proof that the inmates are running the asylum.
The author has completely missed the entire point of privatizing the penal system in America. It makes FAR more sense, economically, to send criminals to a private jail for a very, very long time. It creates jobs, particularly the sorts of jobs that can't be shipped overseas, pay very little, and probably don't even require a high school education. Which is pretty much the only types of jobs being created in America any more.
Why does America have over one million prisoners, roughly half of them non-violent drug offenders? Take a look at Corrections Corporation of America, their stock ticker is CXW on the big board. Draconian laws and harsh sentencing guidelines pad the bottom line. You can bet there will be Congressional support for even tougher laws if it lowers unemployment.
There's no more money to be made after a prisoner has been executed. Get with the times.
The lawsuit was basically a test of President Clinton's Executive Order officially stating that noone from Area 51 is allowed to sue the government for redress of any grievances that stem from working at Area 51. There were some employees who came into contact with toxic waste after being instructed by their supervisor to do just that. The suit filed by the workers asked for damages because they had been told to contaminate themselves. But the court sided with the Feds and said basically becuase of this Executive Order, Area 51 is not subject to the legal jurisdiction of the United States.
It is a bit like the Guantanamo stuff, actually. Except in this case we screwed over our own people, rather than foreigners picked up overseas.
I want to admire your idealism, but considering that the US has more people in prison than any country in the world, forcing all those cases to go through a trial will literally add years to the already huge backlog of cases.
Your plan seems quite divorced from the realities of the criminal justice system in America.
I think that the "quiet revolution" has been Materials Science. I can buy a bicycle made from carbon fiber, aluminum, titanium, even boron. That was not the case a quarter century ago.
It's certainly not cheap, but it's probably not that much more than joining a nice gym.
At the good rate your paying two goldbucks an hour. That's very cheap compared to other forms of "entertainment" and you are actually getting some benefit from it, as oppposed to staring at a movie screen eating popcorn or trolling on slashdot.
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Actually, lying is perfectly fine, except in very specific proscribed circumstances, such as when you're under oath or something like that.
If society didn't have a high tolerance, and dare I say expectation, of lying, don't you think there'd be some sort of law against it?
I think the point of the movie is not so much that you can get fat eating McDonalds, it's that McDonalds is more interested in getting you fat than having you eat healthy. It's precisely the drive to super size everything that belies their claims about healthfulness. What's the highest margin item in the store? It's the super sized soda.
I mean, if they asked "would you like 500 more sugar calories and 1000 more fat calories?" instead of "super size?" how many people would go for it.
I'm not arguing against personal responsibility. I'm saying that McDonald's is talking out of both sides of their mouth by claiming to offer healthy food, meanwhlie upselling the absolute unhealthiest things in the store.
I do remember when a serving of coke was 8 oz. Diet Coke was one calorie "per serving" which meant that 12 oz can of diet coke actually had 1.5 calories in it. I believe, but I"m not sure (because I don't have a coke can handy to examine) that they have since changed the labeling to make the serving size and associated nutritional information fall in line with the size of the container. Like anybody ever bought two cans of coke and split them among three people...
It reminds me of the cereal ads "part of a balanced breakfast" where they show toast, juice, maybe some fruit, and a bowl of Cap'n Crunch. You'd have a healthier breakfast there if you just got rid of the sugary cereal.
The difference now is that the business have more sophisticated ways (i.e. -- data mining) to identify problem customers.
I guess the old ways, such as noticing the color of your skin, or the quality of your clothing, were just not working anymore.
I worked at a restaurant delivery joint, and we were lucky enough to be stationed outside city limits. This exempted us from the law stating that city businesses couldn't blacklist addresses, such as the projects.
I'm not happy that we chose not to go to the "problem" areas, but it was the right decision for a variety of reasons. Also, that meant that Dominos or whoever was willing to take the risk could make the money.
That reminds me of the time I ordered two tacos, they were a buck each on Taco Tuesday.
Unfortunately I placed my order on a Wednesday. I felt dumb and paid the extra buck fifty. It occurred to me that I could bitch, and the very same tacos would be cheaper had I ordered them on the right day... but I didn't, and why should Taco Fiesta pay for my mistake?
I agree completely, Doc Ruby. Very well said.
What's disturbing is those in power who would suspend elections in the event of a terror attack, as though that's an appropriate response.
Voting official seeks process for canceling Election Day over terrorism
Apologies for flying off-topic here, but what does it matter if we have paper ballots or electronic ballots if we aren't going to have elections in the first place?
The "precedent" is already set for suspension of elections. The bombing in Madrid, days before the pro-Iraq-war Anzar government got a swift kick out of office, shows how "Terror Sways Elections."
Nevermind that 90% of the Spanish people opposed Spain's entry into the Iraq war, or that the Nationalists suppressed evidence and blamed the bombing on ETA.
But that "liberal" New York Times bravely parroted the party line that Terror Sways Elections, so when ours are suspended, Cheney can say "Look, it's not just me, it's in the New York Times!"
Regardless of how you feel about the "Black Tuesday" scenario outlined above, the important point is this:
If you're going with the opinion that Terror Sways Elections, you're basically stating that terror is an effective political tool. Is that the precedent you want to set?
"An eye for an eye, and soon the whole world is blind." -- Gandhi
Oh, wait.
it sucks downloading mp3s from that site. there's some dumb click-through and then the files are .zip files. it really pisses me off because billy corgan wanted that stuff to be free on the internet and now there's some dumb anti-leeching click through visit our sponsors crap. it's like ads on public tv. bollocks.
that was one of the lamest trolls ever.
Do Microsoft, Oracle, and so on indemnify you?
So, just turn off autofocus on your handycam before you start taping. it's not rocket science people.
This is far from an invasion of personal rights as some of you knee-jerk types would like to paint it...
You seem to have missed the point of your own post. This is indeed an invasion of personal rights; your argument is that in this case it's justified.
They're no more terrorists than Monsanto.
Of course, if Monsanto is engaging in environmental bioterrorism by releasing unregulated self-replicating GMOs is open for debate... it's just that such a debate is simply not happening among members of the Justice Department, or Congress, or pretty much any where else in America. In fact the people raising this issue are, ironically, the ones now being labelled "terrorist!"
If you can't tell the difference between releasing GMOs into the environment and blowing up buildings, you need to figure that one out on your own. Have some Doritos with GMO corn in them while you ponder it.
As for "Their motives are clearly political" are you telling me that Guernica is not art? Art is more than a Norman Rockwell painting you know.
Lastly, if you're labelling someone a terrorist because of what they wrote in an eBook, then you might want to re-read the First Amendment before you string people up for ThoughtCrime.
two things:
an AK is probably a better solution than the M4
your percentages only add up to 90%
I don't know, but I want to believe that any phone that plugs into AC uses AC power to make the phone actually ring. Of course if you have five rotary phones in your house this may not matter, but I kinda can't imagine all five phones needing the meager phone lines to ring.
dachsund wrote
What never fails to amaze me is how many Slashdotters-- ostensibly a group of relatively intelligent people-- are moved to approach this issue from emotional, rather than scientific point of view.
And here we have three separate comments about ID4 being a *good* movie, all being modded up. Surely proof that the inmates are running the asylum.
Based on the untimely demise of the World Trade Centers I'd say "The Towering Inferno" was a bit more prophetic than you give it credit for.
Did you see "Threads" the BBC version, if you will, of "The Day After?" It was much, much better.
And do you remember "Special Bulletin?" That was the one that gave me the heebie jeebies.
what is the attribution for your favorite quote up there?
I think the movie you're describing is called "the twentieth century."
Exaggerated danger of Communism (aka Domino Theory) -- See Southeast Asia. Millions dead. For nothing.
The sequel, starring George W. Bush and Osama bin Laden, isn't looking much better.
The author has completely missed the entire point of privatizing the penal system in America. It makes FAR more sense, economically, to send criminals to a private jail for a very, very long time. It creates jobs, particularly the sorts of jobs that can't be shipped overseas, pay very little, and probably don't even require a high school education. Which is pretty much the only types of jobs being created in America any more.
Why does America have over one million prisoners, roughly half of them non-violent drug offenders? Take a look at Corrections Corporation of America, their stock ticker is CXW on the big board. Draconian laws and harsh sentencing guidelines pad the bottom line. You can bet there will be Congressional support for even tougher laws if it lowers unemployment.
There's no more money to be made after a prisoner has been executed. Get with the times.
The lawsuit was basically a test of President Clinton's Executive Order officially stating that noone from Area 51 is allowed to sue the government for redress of any grievances that stem from working at Area 51. There were some employees who came into contact with toxic waste after being instructed by their supervisor to do just that. The suit filed by the workers asked for damages because they had been told to contaminate themselves. But the court sided with the Feds and said basically becuase of this Executive Order, Area 51 is not subject to the legal jurisdiction of the United States.
It is a bit like the Guantanamo stuff, actually. Except in this case we screwed over our own people, rather than foreigners picked up overseas.
I want to admire your idealism, but considering that the US has more people in prison than any country in the world, forcing all those cases to go through a trial will literally add years to the already huge backlog of cases.
Your plan seems quite divorced from the realities of the criminal justice system in America.
I think that the "quiet revolution" has been Materials Science. I can buy a bicycle made from carbon fiber, aluminum, titanium, even boron. That was not the case a quarter century ago.
well then just convince your local gym to get a few ddr machines and put them in infinite play and you'll be set mate.
That happened one time in college and there was never less than ten people standing around "smash tv" for 72 hours straight.
It's certainly not cheap, but it's probably not that much more than joining a nice gym.
At the good rate your paying two goldbucks an hour. That's very cheap compared to other forms of "entertainment" and you are actually getting some benefit from it, as oppposed to staring at a movie screen eating popcorn or trolling on slashdot.