I've always thought that religion was just a side-effect of our natures as social animals. In most primates, there is an alpha male who keeps the pack in line. Our religious beliefs are just us pushing that alpha male spot onto an abstraction.
Yep, and if you flip 100 coins, whatever sequence that appears from those flips is exactly as unlikely as 100 heads coming up. Astoundingly unlikely things happen all the time.
>It's not insightful to blather on about government inefficiency. You've got to show where it can be improved. More often than not, government programs are running on barebones budgets. There's no fat to cut.
You've obviously never lived in Cleveland. Every single government program is just oozing waste. From the schools, where we manage to spend the most per-capita in the state while having the worst results, to government contracts being handed out to those who give the highest kickbacks, this place is a mess and a tax decrease could only help.
>It's a fact that most were captured in non-uniform clothing armed (and often engaging allied forces) in Iraq and Afghanistan and as that falls outside the Geneva conventions,
I've heard this claim over and over again, most likely because our current administration has actively promoted it, but it is entirely false. Yes, there are a set of conditions spelled out in article 4 that includes things like wearing and uniform and carrying arms openly, however, Article 5 states:
"Should any doubt arise as to whether persons, having committed a belligerent act and having fallen into the hands of the enemy, belong to any of the categories enumerated in Article 4, such persons shall enjoy the protection of the present Convention until such time as their status has been determined by a competent tribunal."
In other words, until these prisoners have an impartial hearing about their status, they are to be given full POW status and rights. Since this hasn't happened yet, and abuse of them could easily be considered a war crime.
Where did I even suggest that those were the two choices?
We have existed quite nicely for a while without having either, but I see one becoming more likely than the other all the time, and it isn't terrorism.
>That would be like an oil company selling you a car that runs on water for cheaper than ford sells the petrol cars..
If I could design a car that ran on water, you can bet that I'd sell it regardless what the oil companies want. Likewise, if someone invented a cure for any of the diseases you listed, they could get rich selling it, and would.
Yeah, everyone needs to be terrified out of their minds. The terrorists will hate it if we are all so scared of them that we give up the rule of law and cave in to whatever ridiculous demands the government makes of us so that we'll be safe from these people who's most successful attack was carried out with box cutters. We should all shut up and toss out all those rights that were fought and died for by our grandparents because of the huge threat posed by these near cavemen.
You are pathetic. Coward.
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>It's trivial to get a computer to print one thing and do something else.
Yes, but if anyone questions the results, you can always look at the printout and add up the totals.
>You see, there are far more people who will have to buy a second copy - for whatever reason - than there will be pirates that lose them money. Slashdotters are so myopic on this point - most of the worlds computer users couldn't rip a DVD in a day if their life depended on it.
If the choice becomes either buying a second (or third) version of a disc or just start downloading it off the internet from someone who has ripped it, how many people do you think will catch on that they don't have to waste their money?
I'm pretty sure this is better than any plasma you can get. It is equal in quality to a CRT, which still have the best picture quality, just much, much thinner.
I agree completely! I've been holding off on buying any kind of large screen hi-def tv because I thought these would be coming out soon. There's really no point in buying a crappy LCD when you compare the picture with a SED, but now who knows how long it will be!
They *didn't* have the video. When these cameras catch the police doing something illegal, you can bet your ass that they will turn up 'missing' or 'malfunctioning'.
Isn't this exactly what happened with the innocent guy who was gunned down on the subway by British security forces? With all those cameras around, all of the ones that could have caught the shooting were suddenly not working that day. If cameras make you feel more secure, you're an idiot.
Yes, it is greedy, as the 'right' to control your work is nothing but a construct of the government - supposedly to benefit society as a whole. Taking from the public that which is the other end of the bargain for an additional 40 years is certainly greedy!
>Just in case anyone doubts the truth of this, Kay Skelton is locked away as I post...
Yes, in New Zealand, not in the US. You cannot be forced to incriminate yourself in this country. Sure, they can intercept your communications, but if they cannot decipher them, tough luck!
>Why should the spoiled, whiny, drug-addicted, self-centered, egotistical singer get all the money for showing up (late) at the studio, singing a few songs that someone else wrote for them, then going off, getting drunk, and partying while the real work begins, making the album?
A person like this shouldn't even be able to make money in the music business. If a group isn't willing to put in the effort to make music, they should find a real job.
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I've always thought that religion was just a side-effect of our natures as social animals. In most primates, there is an alpha male who keeps the pack in line. Our religious beliefs are just us pushing that alpha male spot onto an abstraction.
Yep, and if you flip 100 coins, whatever sequence that appears from those flips is exactly as unlikely as 100 heads coming up. Astoundingly unlikely things happen all the time.
>It's not insightful to blather on about government inefficiency. You've got to show where it can be improved. More often than not, government programs are running on barebones budgets. There's no fat to cut.
You've obviously never lived in Cleveland. Every single government program is just oozing waste. From the schools, where we manage to spend the most per-capita in the state while having the worst results, to government contracts being handed out to those who give the highest kickbacks, this place is a mess and a tax decrease could only help.
>Can't let my 18-year-old son have a beer with dinner? Fuck you, bust me.
In most states, yes, as long as you give the beer to him.
>The truly motivated will always break your encryption key.
Only if you have a moronic key. Any modern encryption technique is secure against anyone but a deity if you are careful.
>It's a fact that most were captured in non-uniform clothing armed (and often engaging allied forces) in Iraq and Afghanistan and as that falls outside the Geneva conventions,
I've heard this claim over and over again, most likely because our current administration has actively promoted it, but it is entirely false. Yes, there are a set of conditions spelled out in article 4 that includes things like wearing and uniform and carrying arms openly, however, Article 5 states:
"Should any doubt arise as to whether persons, having committed a belligerent act and having fallen into the hands of the enemy, belong to any of the categories enumerated in Article 4, such persons shall enjoy the protection of the present Convention until such time as their status has been determined by a competent tribunal."
In other words, until these prisoners have an impartial hearing about their status, they are to be given full POW status and rights. Since this hasn't happened yet, and abuse of them could easily be considered a war crime.
Well, they got their money's worth on this advertising campaign!
As a libertarian, I agree with you 100%.
Just how do you propose to get the digital data off the device? AFAIK, like the ipod, you cannot move the music off of the player, only onto it.
Where did I even suggest that those were the two choices?
We have existed quite nicely for a while without having either, but I see one becoming more likely than the other all the time, and it isn't terrorism.
>That would be like an oil company selling you a car that runs on water for cheaper than ford sells the petrol cars..
If I could design a car that ran on water, you can bet that I'd sell it regardless what the oil companies want. Likewise, if someone invented a cure for any of the diseases you listed, they could get rich selling it, and would.
Yeah, everyone needs to be terrified out of their minds. The terrorists will hate it if we are all so scared of them that we give up the rule of law and cave in to whatever ridiculous demands the government makes of us so that we'll be safe from these people who's most successful attack was carried out with box cutters. We should all shut up and toss out all those rights that were fought and died for by our grandparents because of the huge threat posed by these near cavemen.
You are pathetic. Coward.
>It's trivial to get a computer to print one thing and do something else.
Yes, but if anyone questions the results, you can always look at the printout and add up the totals.
>You see, there are far more people who will have to buy a second copy - for whatever reason - than there will be pirates that lose them money. Slashdotters are so myopic on this point - most of the worlds computer users couldn't rip a DVD in a day if their life depended on it.
If the choice becomes either buying a second (or third) version of a disc or just start downloading it off the internet from someone who has ripped it, how many people do you think will catch on that they don't have to waste their money?
I'm pretty sure this is better than any plasma you can get. It is equal in quality to a CRT, which still have the best picture quality, just much, much thinner.
I agree completely! I've been holding off on buying any kind of large screen hi-def tv because I thought these would be coming out soon. There's really no point in buying a crappy LCD when you compare the picture with a SED, but now who knows how long it will be!
>0.00198412698 miles / US gallon
Must be a Hummer.
Personal Identification Number Number?
Why not PINN number, or PINNN Number?
I'm sure they enter their "PIN Number" into the "ATM Machine".
They *didn't* have the video. When these cameras catch the police doing something illegal, you can bet your ass that they will turn up 'missing' or 'malfunctioning'.
Isn't this exactly what happened with the innocent guy who was gunned down on the subway by British security forces? With all those cameras around, all of the ones that could have caught the shooting were suddenly not working that day. If cameras make you feel more secure, you're an idiot.
Yes, it is greedy, as the 'right' to control your work is nothing but a construct of the government - supposedly to benefit society as a whole. Taking from the public that which is the other end of the bargain for an additional 40 years is certainly greedy!
>Just in case anyone doubts the truth of this, Kay Skelton is locked away as I post...
Yes, in New Zealand, not in the US. You cannot be forced to incriminate yourself in this country. Sure, they can intercept your communications, but if they cannot decipher them, tough luck!
Has this ever been demonstrated in an ABX test? If not, I tend to believe it's all in your head.
And what human being can hear above 22kHz?
If you can't hear the difference, who cares about the information you're losing?
Also...
>Why should the spoiled, whiny, drug-addicted, self-centered, egotistical singer get all the money for showing up (late) at the studio, singing a few songs that someone else wrote for them, then going off, getting drunk, and partying while the real work begins, making the album?
A person like this shouldn't even be able to make money in the music business. If a group isn't willing to put in the effort to make music, they should find a real job.