Fabulous. A story about a dying OS on a dying platform. Up next: a review of how well the latest Ford Model T runs when the fuel tank is filled with whale oil.
Isolationist, yes. Ignorant, no. (Well... except for certain communist-controlled areas of California and the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts.)
Americans ARE deeply isolationist... the way you can be only if you live in a country as large as the US. The attitude of the average American is: "The entire nation of [insert name of shit-hole third-world country here] and everyone and everything in it isn't worth the life of a single American soldier." George Washington's warning against "entangling foreign alliances" is as loud today as it was over 200 years ago. We forgot this warning briefly in the middle of the last century, and paid for it dearly in SE Asia and other places. We're not likely to forget again.
Face it, Americans like to feel like they're in charge
Face it, Americans ARE in charge. For better or worse. We've been in charge for the last 60 years or so, and we'll continue to be for the foreseeable future. Get over it. Frankly, we'd prefer not to be burdened with the job, but since it's ours we do the best we can. It means having to listen to whining Euroweenies and Greens dressed like forest elves complaining about how awful we are for
a) Not doing something to stop the atrocities in Country X, or,
b)Arrogantly and unilaterally acting to stop the atrocities in Country Y.
But, because we're Americans, we DO listen to them, instead of just bitch-slapping them and getting on with the job. We're not always right, but when we're wrong it's most often because we tend to err on the side of caution. In the end, we ususally end up doing whatever we want because we can, and there's nobody else big enough to tell us "No". It's one of the perks that comes with the job. If you don't like it, build a better military-industrial complex for yourself and the job is yours! Until then, shut up and be thankful the Russians or the Chinese aren't in charge.
...means that most of the readers probably already spend waaaaaay too much time with computers at work and/or school. WHY I ask you, WHY would we want to drag the damn things around with us? What the hell was Taco thinking when he posted this?
Next time, how about a nice article on fly fishing, or little-known Caribbean getaways that have no Internet access?. Sheesh.
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Another recent article about Tolkien
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While we're on the subject, here's an interesting two-part article in salon.com this week. Some interesting biographical info, and a few amusing thoughts on why the "intelligentsia" twist themselves into knots trying not to take LOTR "seriously".
So what? A couple of $kr1pt k1dd13z with too much time on their hands managed to deface a couple of websites. Big deal.
I had hoped that, in the absence of the attrition.org mirror, the k1dd13z might put away their sploits and go back to playing with their GameBoys (or whatever it is that 14 year-olds do these days).
I'm dismayed to see a non-event like this being given space on Slashdot. "Stuff that matters", right? This doesn't make the cut.
We have a few thousand drums of PCB-contaminated coolant from old electrical transformers. Can we bury them in your back yard?
Since we won't have to pay expensive incineration fees, it'll help keep your energy costs down! We promise to topsoil and reseed over the pit when we're finished.
Love,
The Electric Company
p.s.- We gave your address to our friends at the Infectious Medical Waste Disposal Company. They'll probably be in touch with you too. Hope you don't mind!
A disciple of another sect once came to Drescher as he was eating his morning meal. "I would like to give you this personality test", said the outsider, "because I want you to be happy."
Drescher took the paper that was offered him and put it into the toaster, saying: "I want the toaster to be happy, too."
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Fabulous. A story about a dying OS on a dying platform. Up next: a review of how well the latest Ford Model T runs when the fuel tank is filled with whale oil.
GREAT!!! Now we have something to throw trolls out of!
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Isolationist, yes. Ignorant, no. (Well... except for certain communist-controlled areas of California and the Peoples Republic of Massachusetts.)
Americans ARE deeply isolationist... the way you can be only if you live in a country as large as the US. The attitude of the average American is: "The entire nation of [insert name of shit-hole third-world country here] and everyone and everything in it isn't worth the life of a single American soldier." George Washington's warning against "entangling foreign alliances" is as loud today as it was over 200 years ago. We forgot this warning briefly in the middle of the last century, and paid for it dearly in SE Asia and other places. We're not likely to forget again.
Face it, Americans ARE in charge. For better or worse. We've been in charge for the last 60 years or so, and we'll continue to be for the foreseeable future. Get over it. Frankly, we'd prefer not to be burdened with the job, but since it's ours we do the best we can. It means having to listen to whining Euroweenies and Greens dressed like forest elves complaining about how awful we are for
But, because we're Americans, we DO listen to them, instead of just bitch-slapping them and getting on with the job. We're not always right, but when we're wrong it's most often because we tend to err on the side of caution. In the end, we ususally end up doing whatever we want because we can, and there's nobody else big enough to tell us "No". It's one of the perks that comes with the job. If you don't like it, build a better military-industrial complex for yourself and the job is yours! Until then, shut up and be thankful the Russians or the Chinese aren't in charge.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
...means that most of the readers probably already spend waaaaaay too much time with computers at work and/or school. WHY I ask you, WHY would we want to drag the damn things around with us? What the hell was Taco thinking when he posted this?
Next time, how about a nice article on fly fishing, or little-known Caribbean getaways that have no Internet access?. Sheesh.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
While we're on the subject, here's an interesting two-part article in salon.com this week. Some interesting biographical info, and a few amusing thoughts on why the "intelligentsia" twist themselves into knots trying not to take LOTR "seriously".
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I suppose this means shadow-boxing is out of the question for you then, eh?
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So what? A couple of $kr1pt k1dd13z with too much time on their hands managed to deface a couple of websites. Big deal.
I had hoped that, in the absence of the attrition.org mirror, the k1dd13z might put away their sploits and go back to playing with their GameBoys (or whatever it is that 14 year-olds do these days).
I'm dismayed to see a non-event like this being given space on Slashdot. "Stuff that matters", right? This doesn't make the cut.
My $.02 worth.
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Great!
We have a few thousand drums of PCB-contaminated coolant from old electrical transformers. Can we bury them in your back yard?
Since we won't have to pay expensive incineration fees, it'll help keep your energy costs down! We promise to topsoil and reseed over the pit when we're finished.
Love,
The Electric Company
p.s.-
We gave your address to our friends at the Infectious Medical Waste Disposal Company. They'll probably be in touch with you too. Hope you don't mind!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From the Jargon File:
A disciple of another sect once came to Drescher as he was eating his morning meal. "I would like to give you this personality test", said the outsider, "because I want you to be happy."
Drescher took the paper that was offered him and put it into the toaster, saying: "I want the toaster to be happy, too."