Putting the opening { on a newline makes it much easier to visually match code blocks, especially when nested a few layers deep. What's wrong with a little extra effort for readability? True, function is more important than form, but I get really sick of trying to make sense of people's crappy code.
Darl: The thieves! The thieves! The filthy little thieves! Wheeere isssit? Wheeere isssit? They stole it from us. My preciousssss. Curse them! We hates them. It's ours, it is, and we wants it!
Every year in the US and elsewhere, many thousands of University students graduate with a degree in Psychology. With few exceptions, that degree is about as good for wiping ones ass as finding a job. Enter the "Substance Abuse and Addiction Racket", an offshoot of psychology that postulates that everything from drugs to video games to pornography to (yes) email are addictive. A great many of the alarmist talk shows and news programs promote this notion with interviews of tearful victims who admit their "problem", especially after some not-so-subtle prodding from another guest who happens to be a psychologist. The end result is that many psychologists (not lucky enough to be hired by Oprah or Dr. Phil) get to work in treatment centers for various "addictions".
> The salmon stocks are in desprate need of large growth and having an insainly large seal population only makes it harder.
I have no problem with culling the seal population to allow salmon stocks to flourish. So why not authorize a regular hunt of adult seals with killing methods (high-powered rifles) guaranteed to prevent unnecessary cruelty?
I have no problem with hunting. I just can't imagine the cold-blooded mindset it takes to club to death a newborn creature that can't even attempt to escape. The fact that some are not killed instantly is even more sickening.
The point is, you're here on/. smugly tsk tsk'ing the US for an alleged abuse of government powers (VERY alleged -- we don't know the whole story yet), while your tax dollars are subsidizing a massive, immoral and quite barbaric hunt of baby harp seals. You should worry less about what our government MAY be doing, and more about what yours IS doing.
> Sometimes you may face inconvinence but don't worry to much you will soon get used to it.
Funny, that sounds like something one might hear on the first day in a prison shower. >:-0
Seriously, I've spent some time in the middle east, and internet access is curtailed there as well. However, it's mostly pr0n & gambling sites that get blocked; authorities there aren't as insecure as they are in China.
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In keeping with Hitler's "tell a big enough lie and people will believe it" principle, China persists in maintaining the myth that Taiwan is not a sovereign nation. This despite the fact that all evidence is to the contrary. They are helped in this by nations that want their business (like the US and most of western Europe), but even that is handled with a diplomatic wink and a nudge.
Suppression of the truth on this sort of scale is the death knell of dictatorships, and I predict we will see the fall of these tyrants in our lifetime. Just wait until their economy takes a downturn (as all economies do from time to time) and 1.3 billion hungry people take a hard look at their situation.
Even if that rock turned out to be pure gold, would it be worth it to set up shop on Mars and "export" it back to Earth? I think the price of gold is roughly $400US/ounce. I wouldn't be surprised if transport costs are a great deal more. Anyone know?
I was having a bit of a rant that day, wasn't I?:-)
But really, my rant got in the way of the facts, not the other way around. The kicker about the 2000 election is what you said: the race was a statistical tie and there was no winner. So to speak, anyway. But since Abbie Hoffman didn't write the Constitution, we do have to have a president and so the outcome had to be decided somehow. And my statement that Gore lost is based on the fact that, according to the Miami Herald recount, if Gore had succeeded in his Supreme Court appeal Bush would only have widened his margin of victory. They do also describe other scenarios in which Gore could have won (using the most generous ballot-acceptance standards), but HIS attempted recount would have failed.
Personally, I do think there's a good possibility that more Floridians intended to vote for Gore that day (incidentally I lived and voted there that year). But the right to vote carries a responsibility on the part of the voter to carefully and clearly make their intent known according to the law. And we must apply a reasonable standard to determine whether that is accomplished in every case. While there were problems with this in some cases, people who claim widespread fraud have obviously never lived among Floridians. Besides, you vote with the system you have, not with the system you want.:-)
Miami Herald hand recount results indicate Bush would have won by a larger margin if Gore's appeal to the Supreme Court had succeeded. To be fair, they also suggested other possible scenarios in which Gore could have won. But the point is, even if Gore had won the appeal, he still lost the election.
> If only the Democratic voters would have bothered to get off their asses in 2000
Rubbish. Supreme Court ruling or not, several major US newspapers conducted the recount Gore asked for and the result was the same -- he lost. And newspapers (especially the LA Times, one of the re-counters) are no fans of Bush. Gore LOST, get over it and stop revising history.
I read these comments and agree with some, and not with others. But throughout, I know that my opinions are JUST opinions -- what I find most disturbing about the anti-US/anti-Bush crowd is that they do not.
> It was a deeply flawed system but so is America's.
Oh, come off it! Yes, America has flaws, but it's not even close. Take off your relativistic blinders for a minute and consider how happy you would have been under the Soviet system. Imagine waiting in line for hours just to buy a loaf of bread for your family.
Russians have historically been very good at everything except governing themselves, at which they're terrible.
> Why is so wrong for workers to associate and bargain collectively?
The problem occurs when unions get greedy (which they do), and force the consumer to suffer as a result. Ask US Airways customers about this. My business suffered during the UPS strike a few years ago so that truck drivers making $60k a year could get even more.
> If it had happened to California, thousands would have died too, regardless of the USGS.
I disagree; the tsunami warning system in the Pacific and the well-trained and organized beach patrol here would save all but a few yahoo surfers out to "ride the big one". Nothing against surfers, mind you.
I've been skydiving once (a solo static-line jump). It was fun, I'd probably do it again but I have other hobbies to pursue and not enough time as it is.
What I don't understand is why you feel compelled to call people who do choose that hobby an idiot. As a non-skydiver yourself, you presume too much. Cut back on the coffee.
> Equivalent in effect or value: a request >tantamount to a demand.
And videotaping a sex act without a partner's consent is not "equivalent in effect or value" to raping them. It is not even close, which was the point of the person accusing you (correctly) of misusing the word "rape". Fine, you've defined "tantamount". Now sit down and really think about how much worse it would be to have sex forced on you versus being recorded in the act without your consent.
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Wow. Either I'm missing the joke here, or someone forgot to take their medication this morning. Start with the Red Pill.
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You're missing the point here. The Internet is not like a Big Truck that you can just dump stuff into. It's a Series of Tubes.
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Wrong, sir, wrong!
Putting the opening { on a newline makes it much easier to visually match code blocks, especially when nested a few layers deep. What's wrong with a little extra effort for readability? True, function is more important than form, but I get really sick of trying to make sense of people's crappy code.
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In case the link gets slashdotted...
Darl: The thieves! The thieves! The filthy little thieves! Wheeere isssit? Wheeere isssit? They stole it from us. My preciousssss. Curse them! We hates them. It's ours, it is, and we wants it!
Every year in the US and elsewhere, many thousands of University students graduate with a degree in Psychology. With few exceptions, that degree is about as good for wiping ones ass as finding a job. Enter the "Substance Abuse and Addiction Racket", an offshoot of psychology that postulates that everything from drugs to video games to pornography to (yes) email are addictive. A great many of the alarmist talk shows and news programs promote this notion with interviews of tearful victims who admit their "problem", especially after some not-so-subtle prodding from another guest who happens to be a psychologist. The end result is that many psychologists (not lucky enough to be hired by Oprah or Dr. Phil) get to work in treatment centers for various "addictions".
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> The salmon stocks are in desprate need of large growth and having an insainly large seal population only makes it harder.
I have no problem with culling the seal population to allow salmon stocks to flourish. So why not authorize a regular hunt of adult seals with killing methods (high-powered rifles) guaranteed to prevent unnecessary cruelty?
I have no problem with hunting. I just can't imagine the cold-blooded mindset it takes to club to death a newborn creature that can't even attempt to escape. The fact that some are not killed instantly is even more sickening.
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The point is, you're here on /. smugly tsk tsk'ing the US for an alleged abuse of government powers (VERY alleged -- we don't know the whole story yet), while your tax dollars are subsidizing a massive, immoral and quite barbaric hunt of baby harp seals. You should worry less about what our government MAY be doing, and more about what yours IS doing.
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> 1. So happy I live in Canada. It could be almost anywhere that isn't the US though.
Right -- while we're contending with anarchists and the FBI, you folks are merrily clubbing a million baby seals to death. Lots of fun, eh?
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Well said.
> Sometimes you may face inconvinence but don't worry to much you will soon get used to it.
Funny, that sounds like something one might hear on the first day in a prison shower. >:-0
Seriously, I've spent some time in the middle east, and internet access is curtailed there as well. However, it's mostly pr0n & gambling sites that get blocked; authorities there aren't as insecure as they are in China.
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In keeping with Hitler's "tell a big enough lie and people will believe it" principle, China persists in maintaining the myth that Taiwan is not a sovereign nation. This despite the fact that all evidence is to the contrary. They are helped in this by nations that want their business (like the US and most of western Europe), but even that is handled with a diplomatic wink and a nudge.
Suppression of the truth on this sort of scale is the death knell of dictatorships, and I predict we will see the fall of these tyrants in our lifetime. Just wait until their economy takes a downturn (as all economies do from time to time) and 1.3 billion hungry people take a hard look at their situation.
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Even if that rock turned out to be pure gold, would it be worth it to set up shop on Mars and "export" it back to Earth? I think the price of gold is roughly $400US/ounce. I wouldn't be surprised if transport costs are a great deal more. Anyone know?
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From the Yahoo! Terms of Service:
"All your base are belong to us!"
Unfortunately, that just about covers it.
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I was having a bit of a rant that day, wasn't I? :-)
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But really, my rant got in the way of the facts, not the other way around. The kicker about the 2000 election is what you said: the race was a statistical tie and there was no winner. So to speak, anyway. But since Abbie Hoffman didn't write the Constitution, we do have to have a president and so the outcome had to be decided somehow. And my statement that Gore lost is based on the fact that, according to the Miami Herald recount, if Gore had succeeded in his Supreme Court appeal Bush would only have widened his margin of victory. They do also describe other scenarios in which Gore could have won (using the most generous ballot-acceptance standards), but HIS attempted recount would have failed.
Article/Summary:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/m
Personally, I do think there's a good possibility that more Floridians intended to vote for Gore that day (incidentally I lived and voted there that year). But the right to vote carries a responsibility on the part of the voter to carefully and clearly make their intent known according to the law. And we must apply a reasonable standard to determine whether that is accomplished in every case. While there were problems with this in some cases, people who claim widespread fraud have obviously never lived among Floridians. Besides, you vote with the system you have, not with the system you want.
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_watch/jan- june01/recount_4-3.html
Miami Herald hand recount results indicate Bush would have won by a larger margin if Gore's appeal to the Supreme Court had succeeded. To be fair, they also suggested other possible scenarios in which Gore could have won. But the point is, even if Gore had won the appeal, he still lost the election.
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> If only the Democratic voters would have bothered to get off their asses in 2000
Rubbish. Supreme Court ruling or not, several major US newspapers conducted the recount Gore asked for and the result was the same -- he lost. And newspapers (especially the LA Times, one of the re-counters) are no fans of Bush. Gore LOST, get over it and stop revising history.
I read these comments and agree with some, and not with others. But throughout, I know that my opinions are JUST opinions -- what I find most disturbing about the anti-US/anti-Bush crowd is that they do not.
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> It was a deeply flawed system but so is America's.
Oh, come off it! Yes, America has flaws, but it's not even close. Take off your relativistic blinders for a minute and consider how happy you would have been under the Soviet system. Imagine waiting in line for hours just to buy a loaf of bread for your family.
Russians have historically been very good at everything except governing themselves, at which they're terrible.
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> Why is so wrong for workers to associate and bargain collectively?
The problem occurs when unions get greedy (which they do), and force the consumer to suffer as a result. Ask US Airways customers about this. My business suffered during the UPS strike a few years ago so that truck drivers making $60k a year could get even more.
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Sure he did; he's just not touting a hyperbolic press release as fact in order to do so.
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Not much tectonic activity in the Atlantic; at least not enough to justify such a system.
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> If it had happened to California, thousands would have died too, regardless of the USGS.
I disagree; the tsunami warning system in the Pacific and the well-trained and organized beach patrol here would save all but a few yahoo surfers out to "ride the big one". Nothing against surfers, mind you.
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I've been skydiving once (a solo static-line jump). It was fun, I'd probably do it again but I have other hobbies to pursue and not enough time as it is.
What I don't understand is why you feel compelled to call people who do choose that hobby an idiot. As a non-skydiver yourself, you presume too much. Cut back on the coffee.
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> tantamount
> adj.
> Equivalent in effect or value: a request >tantamount to a demand.
And videotaping a sex act without a partner's consent is not "equivalent in effect or value" to raping them. It is not even close, which was the point of the person accusing you (correctly) of misusing the word "rape". Fine, you've defined "tantamount". Now sit down and really think about how much worse it would be to have sex forced on you versus being recorded in the act without your consent.
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Oh, c'mon! That WAS funny. Don't let the PC police get you down.
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Where is Dan Rather going to get "evidence" for his stories now?
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