Just got around to this comment (generally I've stayed out). To answer your question, I definitely wasn't smoking authoritarianism rolled in amendments. And to answer your rhetorical question; no. However, if we merely shunned those who still do, it would mean a lot of useful individuals unemployed or "shunned".
I hardly consider it a feature of a "troll" to cite history in the form of a provocative question, nor can I imagine it "insane", especially when considering the icons of sanity who actually still smoke pipes, cigars and cigarettes. If I may, I recommend re-reading the summary and scouring it thoroughly for any sentence containing any indicator that smoking is "okay". It is only as "okay" as any individual deems for their self; much the same as an omnivorous, transfatty, high-cholesterol, or excessively unhealthy diet -- or likewise a sedentary lifestyle of couches and sloth. Eliminate those habits from the workforce, and you will crush nations.
Your choice of wording, i.e. "Stupid", would make more sense if you provided a compelling counter-argument against something I wrote, rather than warped interpretations upon what an angry mind contrives independent of it. You might also want to know that the issue goes deeper than smoking. Again, I refer you to the summary, where it is plainly written that not just tobacco, but nicotine can prevent employment. I strongly urge you to do some cursory research on nitrosamines, then verify their role in nicotine. Then I would further urge you to compare average Swedish snus users to average non-smoking Americans, followed by some honest contemplation. Again, I am not making a case for smoking. I am making a case for consistent rationality and individual rights. I will grant some fragment of a point to your critique of my summary, but please understand that a summary is a summary, and not all factors of a complex topic can be packed into one without subjecting itself to the very contempt you have displayed. I may not yet have the literary skills I aspire to; though the question was one sincerely posed to myself, and one which I found interesting to ponder beyond the obvious factors you have highlighted. Labeling the content "stupid", seems at best a serious contender for the accused.
Thanks again for the rtmpdump command syntax -- I'm only watching/listening because of it; because I like the method. Now, if you could show me how to do this with Jerry Springer, I'm game for some more honest, dynamic and civilized debate, with prettier scenery and more credible opponents.
PS: Dear Anonymous*, if you can manage to hack 30 seconds for Ron Paul (or anyone else with a measure of consistency/integrity), many Americans starving for common-sense would be very grateful.
Sincerely,
Terrified
After watching the fall, putting cocaine in Red Bull seems more practical than ever, even if the Germans beg to differ.
The standard Red Bull found in most US stores doesn't contain coca leaves, but the Swiss cola variety does, and it's mighty tasty -- very herbal and spicy.
A friend just noted something as I typed the above: This was literally a small step for man, but a rather giant leap for...a man. Buzz would be proud anyway.
I have great respect for national security, and I know I may have harshly ridiculed a likely candidate for Mother of the Year, but I figure it fair enough to retort theater with theater, especially since I became a terrorist for my interest in Ron Paul and very little of much of anything makes much since since.
Turns out the poor bastards just got into a DARPA cookie jar and ingested a cocktail of experimental psychotropic drugs. A V-22 Osprey generously packed with raw meat and bottled water has been delivered to sedate them. Once they are too full to move, Marines will enter and secure them with electrified steel chains and muzzles. With a mixture of education and eskrima-sticks, they will be slowly rehabilitated. In the meantime, a gang of substitute paranoid schizophrenics has been hand-selected from the finest wards of America which will provide national defense until the rehabilitation process is complete.
After reading the preface and fanning through the introduction, I flogged myself tattered, immediately took a vow of silence, and haven't dared utter another word since. Even hearing other people speak afterwards, my ears could not tolerate their vulgar effluence. And so I locked myself in my mother's basement and have been there since, diligently working on some kind of reasonable syntax for ESP.
On a serious note, I suspect that if read with a little caution, it could have an impact. Maybe I'll soon dust it off and proceed.
I'd like to see some more progress in MIdori. It's already pretty functional (in Linux), though it has a bug or two and could use a few extra features. I switch back and forth from Midori and FF for now, at least until FF gets too weird, which seems inevitable.
WTF can't there be an all-around good browser that doesn't turn to crap?
You are hereby cordially invited to join me for a bucket of warm beer and wanton drooling. We will wear not but ducktape diapers and pressed Spam-helmets whilst watching the Nature Channel on mute. In the background will be Aphex Twin, all albums simultaneously played through a Marshall stack on max output. We will hold hands and use google-translate in attempt to dictate a Universal Access Linux box in a foreign tongue, such as Magyar or Uyghur. Our first task will be to nmap army.mil, followed by trolling on slashdot. Then the midgets will arrive, with cheap Scotch whiskey and starving badgers.
If this sounds like your cup of tea, please make strange and unusual noises. I have very sensitive hearing and will approach you from behind.
- Sgt Septic,
Head Chief of many tanks, including T 34s, Panzers, and Septics.
While portions of the paywall video such as the false dichotomy of left/right make sense, I do not believe that voting with a wallet is "the only thing that matters".
This version seems a preferable form of advertisement. And it's not blocking any files.
Might not be a bad element of the Reds to borrow on occasion. However, "should" & "hope" are very different. One is an axiom while the other is a perfectly reasonable preference. I aint no commie, but it's always amazed me that some prick in a wool suit can while sitting on his arse, press a button (forex, etc.) and profit what a laborer might struggle a lifetime to make 0.1 percent of. 'Tis the way no doubt, but it isn't always pretty, nor is it exclusively preferable. I'm not look for a revolution, but I kind of hope too, that certain efforts are rewarded more or less than others. Anyway,
Hope == Central Planning = False
IMO, Arch, Archbang, or Mint may be worth your consideration. If you were unaware, Mate is a very fine fork of Gnome and is very usable. Mint's Cinnamon is coming along too, and I suspect it will eventually be very nice. I remember being very content with Lucid but dreading 2013 when it would no longer receive support. I nearly kept waiting, but seeing the direction Ubu was taking, I got anxious, made backups and re-formatted for Mint. I tried Cinnamon first, then xfce, and finally settled on Mate. It was a difficult choice between xfce and Mate, but Mate offered a few little things that I'd come to rely on. If you are considering donations, there are probably others which could also use the extra cash. It may seem dick to say, but I'm leaving the Ubu donations to B'naire Rex Shuttlesoft.
Although Mint is ubu-based, they seem to listen to their users, seemingly unlike post-LucidLynx Ubuntu. To me, Mint is what Ubuntu was before it went Authoritarian Bubble Rubbish -- a pretty fantastic, if not amazing distro. Back in Lucid, I'd not have thought twice about clicking the donation link. However, to pay what I think "it's worth" would probably be unreasonable, since a functional, stable distro is nearly invaluable to me. One could easily think that putting a billionaire behind Linux would be a wonderful thing, but I am not so sure. I also wonder if bubble-people are the sorts that would donate; they might find the process too complex and give up. Maybe Ubu should have an app glued by myriad dependencies that activates upon network-connection and solicits the user with a guided bubble-journey to their bank* account. Maybe they could deprecate Bash for a squeak interface, where users can squeak audible commands to execute various applications; "If you'd like to make a donation, please emit a higher, rather than lower-pitched squeak now.", etc.
Yes, I am slightly bitter; because I remember Ubuntu as something almost inconceivably excellent. The idea of having the freedom of Linux along with out-of-the-box functionality seems almost too good to be true. Thankfully there's Mint for that.
Not that this is necessary, but;
gpg -c filename
#Enter passwd, upload, send. However, just be sure to occasionally send large chunks of random copy/pasted nonsense too. You could set up a crontab to send strange output to a specific text file, and use it as a base for all your "confuse" mails. Occasionally I copy/paste large bodies of text, run them through a weak substitution cipher, then email them.
- Making Hal stupid, one email at a time.
Petro-slick seesaw, the center we lay,
'Tween two cloacae of maundering twain!
'Doesn't matter the direction it sway,
To the right or the left is only bane.
A duality of one, is a poor selection,
So why to such systems, do heed we pay,
For what may as well be, a faux election?
This is the theme I was hoping to see spread throughout the threads; and I couldn't agree more, btw. But it seems people -- and now entire mobs of them -- have gone into a cultist fanatical anti-tobacco-leaf frenzy. You may be interested to know a little about snus -- not the American knockoff, but the Swedish version. The carcinogens in tobacco are largely from nitrosamines, but are due primarily to curing processes. Swedish snus, involves neither fermentation or fire in the curing process, and therefor contains negligible nitrosamines. Sweden has one of the lowest rates of tobacco-related cancer in Europe, and snus happens not only to be very popular, but is even labeled as a food product -- with no cancer warnings!
However, my most favored form of tobacco is the cigar. As you apparently understand, it is a pitiful and silly thing to ban. I guess we can still enjoy one every 366 days if we have really good foresight.
Slashdot Mirror
Just got around to this comment (generally I've stayed out). To answer your question, I definitely wasn't smoking authoritarianism rolled in amendments. And to answer your rhetorical question; no. However, if we merely shunned those who still do, it would mean a lot of useful individuals unemployed or "shunned".
I hardly consider it a feature of a "troll" to cite history in the form of a provocative question, nor can I imagine it "insane", especially when considering the icons of sanity who actually still smoke pipes, cigars and cigarettes. If I may, I recommend re-reading the summary and scouring it thoroughly for any sentence containing any indicator that smoking is "okay". It is only as "okay" as any individual deems for their self; much the same as an omnivorous, transfatty, high-cholesterol, or excessively unhealthy diet -- or likewise a sedentary lifestyle of couches and sloth. Eliminate those habits from the workforce, and you will crush nations.
Your choice of wording, i.e. "Stupid", would make more sense if you provided a compelling counter-argument against something I wrote, rather than warped interpretations upon what an angry mind contrives independent of it. You might also want to know that the issue goes deeper than smoking. Again, I refer you to the summary, where it is plainly written that not just tobacco, but nicotine can prevent employment. I strongly urge you to do some cursory research on nitrosamines, then verify their role in nicotine. Then I would further urge you to compare average Swedish snus users to average non-smoking Americans, followed by some honest contemplation. Again, I am not making a case for smoking. I am making a case for consistent rationality and individual rights. I will grant some fragment of a point to your critique of my summary, but please understand that a summary is a summary, and not all factors of a complex topic can be packed into one without subjecting itself to the very contempt you have displayed. I may not yet have the literary skills I aspire to; though the question was one sincerely posed to myself, and one which I found interesting to ponder beyond the obvious factors you have highlighted. Labeling the content "stupid", seems at best a serious contender for the accused.
Thanks again for the rtmpdump command syntax -- I'm only watching/listening because of it; because I like the method. Now, if you could show me how to do this with Jerry Springer, I'm game for some more honest, dynamic and civilized debate, with prettier scenery and more credible opponents.
PS: Dear Anonymous*, if you can manage to hack 30 seconds for Ron Paul (or anyone else with a measure of consistency/integrity), many Americans starving for common-sense would be very grateful.
Sincerely,
Terrified
..The article was referencing this version: http://qbit.cc/cia-money-behind-wi-fi-positioning-system-wps/
Another slashdot comment mentioned that USA-today apparently reported the same number (833), but another user said it was a typo. Either way, 729 is good enough for me, and I always take the BBC with a single ear. This newer post will probably have some updates: http://science.slashdot.org/story/12/10/14/216230/the-tech-behind-felix-baumgartners-stratospheric-skydive
After watching the fall, putting cocaine in Red Bull seems more practical than ever, even if the Germans beg to differ.
...a man. Buzz would be proud anyway.
The standard Red Bull found in most US stores doesn't contain coca leaves, but the Swiss cola variety does, and it's mighty tasty -- very herbal and spicy.
A friend just noted something as I typed the above: This was literally a small step for man, but a rather giant leap for
BBC reported the same number. If so, it's incredible. And even if it's 733.9, 'tis nothing to complain about.
"Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h)."
It sure was something seeing the guy in space one minute, then less than 10 minutes later, seeing him gracefully land on his feet.
That they like to be f*cked by corporate champions?
Well I could've told you that.
As Italian as marconi seems, it was discovered by Marco Polo while he was in China. Before that, bread was used to communicate between ships.
Accentuating the subtleties of angels.
I have great respect for national security, and I know I may have harshly ridiculed a likely candidate for Mother of the Year, but I figure it fair enough to retort theater with theater, especially since I became a terrorist for my interest in Ron Paul and very little of much of anything makes much since since.
Turns out the poor bastards just got into a DARPA cookie jar and ingested a cocktail of experimental psychotropic drugs. A V-22 Osprey generously packed with raw meat and bottled water has been delivered to sedate them. Once they are too full to move, Marines will enter and secure them with electrified steel chains and muzzles. With a mixture of education and eskrima-sticks, they will be slowly rehabilitated. In the meantime, a gang of substitute paranoid schizophrenics has been hand-selected from the finest wards of America which will provide national defense until the rehabilitation process is complete.
After reading the preface and fanning through the introduction, I flogged myself tattered, immediately took a vow of silence, and haven't dared utter another word since. Even hearing other people speak afterwards, my ears could not tolerate their vulgar effluence. And so I locked myself in my mother's basement and have been there since, diligently working on some kind of reasonable syntax for ESP.
On a serious note, I suspect that if read with a little caution, it could have an impact. Maybe I'll soon dust it off and proceed.
I'd like to see some more progress in MIdori. It's already pretty functional (in Linux), though it has a bug or two and could use a few extra features. I switch back and forth from Midori and FF for now, at least until FF gets too weird, which seems inevitable.
WTF can't there be an all-around good browser that doesn't turn to crap?
You are hereby cordially invited to join me for a bucket of warm beer and wanton drooling. We will wear not but ducktape diapers and pressed Spam-helmets whilst watching the Nature Channel on mute. In the background will be Aphex Twin, all albums simultaneously played through a Marshall stack on max output. We will hold hands and use google-translate in attempt to dictate a Universal Access Linux box in a foreign tongue, such as Magyar or Uyghur. Our first task will be to nmap army.mil, followed by trolling on slashdot. Then the midgets will arrive, with cheap Scotch whiskey and starving badgers.
If this sounds like your cup of tea, please make strange and unusual noises. I have very sensitive hearing and will approach you from behind.
- Sgt Septic,
Head Chief of many tanks, including T 34s, Panzers, and Septics.
Trapwire -- It wasn't something many people knew about until the Stratfor leaks
While portions of the paywall video such as the false dichotomy of left/right make sense, I do not believe that voting with a wallet is "the only thing that matters".
This version seems a preferable form of advertisement. And it's not blocking any files.
Might not be a bad element of the Reds to borrow on occasion. However, "should" & "hope" are very different. One is an axiom while the other is a perfectly reasonable preference. I aint no commie, but it's always amazed me that some prick in a wool suit can while sitting on his arse, press a button (forex, etc.) and profit what a laborer might struggle a lifetime to make 0.1 percent of. 'Tis the way no doubt, but it isn't always pretty, nor is it exclusively preferable. I'm not look for a revolution, but I kind of hope too, that certain efforts are rewarded more or less than others. Anyway,
Hope == Central Planning = False
..but I am looking for a new distribution.
IMO, Arch, Archbang, or Mint may be worth your consideration. If you were unaware, Mate is a very fine fork of Gnome and is very usable. Mint's Cinnamon is coming along too, and I suspect it will eventually be very nice. I remember being very content with Lucid but dreading 2013 when it would no longer receive support. I nearly kept waiting, but seeing the direction Ubu was taking, I got anxious, made backups and re-formatted for Mint. I tried Cinnamon first, then xfce, and finally settled on Mate. It was a difficult choice between xfce and Mate, but Mate offered a few little things that I'd come to rely on. If you are considering donations, there are probably others which could also use the extra cash. It may seem dick to say, but I'm leaving the Ubu donations to B'naire Rex Shuttlesoft.
If you do try Mint, be sure to consider an upgrade to kernel 3.4.6 or higher -- there have been some nasty bugs which freeze the entire system, requiring hard reboots, frequently.
http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/07/install-linux-kernel-346-on-ubuntu.html
Although Mint is ubu-based, they seem to listen to their users, seemingly unlike post-LucidLynx Ubuntu. To me, Mint is what Ubuntu was before it went Authoritarian Bubble Rubbish -- a pretty fantastic, if not amazing distro. Back in Lucid, I'd not have thought twice about clicking the donation link. However, to pay what I think "it's worth" would probably be unreasonable, since a functional, stable distro is nearly invaluable to me. One could easily think that putting a billionaire behind Linux would be a wonderful thing, but I am not so sure. I also wonder if bubble-people are the sorts that would donate; they might find the process too complex and give up. Maybe Ubu should have an app glued by myriad dependencies that activates upon network-connection and solicits the user with a guided bubble-journey to their bank* account. Maybe they could deprecate Bash for a squeak interface, where users can squeak audible commands to execute various applications; "If you'd like to make a donation, please emit a higher, rather than lower-pitched squeak now.", etc.
Yes, I am slightly bitter; because I remember Ubuntu as something almost inconceivably excellent. The idea of having the freedom of Linux along with out-of-the-box functionality seems almost too good to be true. Thankfully there's Mint for that.
Yes it is.
Skype is a slattern - and its pimps are voyeurs.
Achtung !
Stallman@Spaceship ~ $ sudo cd /UNIVERSE/recycle_bin /dev/null/Linus /
permission discouraged, but granted
Stallman@Spaceship ~ $ su ChuckNorris
Please be very careful!
ChuckNorris@Omnipotence ~ $ killall -9 suspended-animation-Linus
ChuckNorris@Omnipotence ~ $ exit
Stallman ~ # mv
Stallman ~ # chmod 777 Linus && Linus restart
Stallman ~ # rm -f obituary.Linus
Stallman ~ # history -c
Stallman ~ # shutdown -r now
Not that this is necessary, but;
gpg -c filename
#Enter passwd, upload, send. However, just be sure to occasionally send large chunks of random copy/pasted nonsense too. You could set up a crontab to send strange output to a specific text file, and use it as a base for all your "confuse" mails. Occasionally I copy/paste large bodies of text, run them through a weak substitution cipher, then email them.
- Making Hal stupid, one email at a time.
Petro-slick seesaw, the center we lay,
'Tween two cloacae of maundering twain!
'Doesn't matter the direction it sway,
To the right or the left is only bane.
A duality of one, is a poor selection,
So why to such systems, do heed we pay,
For what may as well be, a faux election?
Won't the plebs be soiled, either way?
Austrian:
Max Altitude =120,000 ft
Max Speed = 364 mph
iPhone:
Max Altitude = 100,000
Max Speed = 150 mph
Implications: Apple should patent Austrians
This is the theme I was hoping to see spread throughout the threads; and I couldn't agree more, btw. But it seems people -- and now entire mobs of them -- have gone into a cultist fanatical anti-tobacco-leaf frenzy. You may be interested to know a little about snus -- not the American knockoff, but the Swedish version. The carcinogens in tobacco are largely from nitrosamines, but are due primarily to curing processes. Swedish snus, involves neither fermentation or fire in the curing process, and therefor contains negligible nitrosamines. Sweden has one of the lowest rates of tobacco-related cancer in Europe, and snus happens not only to be very popular, but is even labeled as a food product -- with no cancer warnings!
However, my most favored form of tobacco is the cigar. As you apparently understand, it is a pitiful and silly thing to ban. I guess we can still enjoy one every 366 days if we have really good foresight.