They must not have had that back when I was a kid. But it's good that we finally have the answer, the final truth that it was climate change that did it all. Centuries of learning have finally lead to this ultimate moment. Now future generations will only have to refine our discovery. I bet they'll look back on us thirty years from now and admire us for finally putting the matter to rest once and for all.
I remember growing up how asteroids, overpopulation, diseases, and shit like that once killed every species that ever went extinct. Now climate change did it all. It's kind of convenient, as apocalyptic boogeymen go. One causative factor to rule them all!! Saves time when we're concocting the next apocalypse.
Hey, whatever happened to nuclear apocalypse--radiation/nuclear winter/etc.? Anyone remember that one back in the 80's? Man, I'm old.
The sad thing is that there is no way to ever put Humpty Dumpty back together again. The U.S. just permanently lost any position as a leading internet innovator. Nothing the U.S. leaders of industry can do now will ever earn back the trust of the rest of the world. No country or company in their right mind will ever trust a U.S. company with sensitive data ever again, and most of the companies that currently do are likely just biding time until they can find a non-U.S. based alternative (or some way to heavily encrypt their data).
Don't worry, James Clapper has assured us that there is nothing to see here--and that the NSA's petabytes of storage, tens of billions of dollars of CPU muscle, and 35,000 employees are just being used to spy on a few diplomats in some embassy in some country that we don't like anyway (probably one of them commie ones).
Now let's all stop worrying about such silly matters and go buy new iPhones!
Yes, we're all well aware of your situation, Clarence, and we've tried to be as considerate as we can. But there are limits. And you're really bringing us down, man.
Every other party beside Republican and Democrat in the U.S. is either single-issue (i.e. the Green Party) or extremist wack-job (i.e., the Libertarians). There are no other mainstream parties to vote for. It's either Kang or Kodos--and both are the same as voting for Corporations.
Now, you can well argue that someone should START such a mainstream new party, but it hasn't happened in 150 years. So no one is holding their breath. These days making a serious run for office requires serious money, and no one is under any delusions that a Freedom and Decency Party is going to get any serious funding.
There is a whole spectrum of food available without needing to rely on someone's patented experiment.
Yes, a whole spectrum of natural, non-GMO food that has never in the history of the planet supported a population of 7 billion+ before. But if you're volunteering to be one of the humans to commit mass suicide so that the rest of us can return to the natural, organic ways of yesteryear when the earth's population was much smaller and more rural--then please, don't let me stand in your way. We appreciate your sacrifice.
I bet the employee orientation at the NSA and CIA includes the admonition "Yes, you're going to lie to Congress, The President, and the American people. You're going to do it every fucking day, and LIKE it. And if you DON'T like it, either head to Russia or we'll arrange a cell for you right next to Bradley Manning."
Agreed. In an America of secret courts, indefinite detention without trial or habeas corpus, secret police who prohibit you from even telling anyone they've contacted you, etc.--the concept of "proving yourself innocent" is laughable. "Because we said so" is the only charge the feds need anymore. Everything else is just dressing.
The problem with humanism is that there is always going to be some other human (or group of them) who you don't like or who doesn't like you. It's the nature of humans to conflict, unfortunately.
Well, I've worked with men (and women) much older than me who couldn't be trusted to speak in public. In fact, if Microsoft's recent foot-in-mouth PR behavior is any indication, I think a lot of people like that must work over there.
We could always offer to commute any death row inmates' sentences if they'll agree to go. But I think they'll probably catch on to the ruse pretty quickly, not to mention the damage they might cause when they realize the real implications of a "one-way trip" when it comes to Mars.
Telling tit jokes to a mixed audience is not adult behavior.
Did they actually know it was a mixed audience? I mean, if I went to a real tech conference, I certainly wouldn't assume there were 9-year-olds in the audience.
Sony has made it clear that they won't stop publishers from prohibiting resale of their games either. They just won't make it a requirement at the console level, like MS was planning. At this point, it all comes down to what the publishers think they can get away with (which, in the case of EA, is probably quite a bit).
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Or you know, the scientific method was used
They must not have had that back when I was a kid. But it's good that we finally have the answer, the final truth that it was climate change that did it all. Centuries of learning have finally lead to this ultimate moment. Now future generations will only have to refine our discovery. I bet they'll look back on us thirty years from now and admire us for finally putting the matter to rest once and for all.
I remember growing up how asteroids, overpopulation, diseases, and shit like that once killed every species that ever went extinct. Now climate change did it all. It's kind of convenient, as apocalyptic boogeymen go. One causative factor to rule them all!! Saves time when we're concocting the next apocalypse.
Hey, whatever happened to nuclear apocalypse--radiation/nuclear winter/etc.? Anyone remember that one back in the 80's? Man, I'm old.
How about just charge the NSA in general for illegal spying?
The sad thing is that there is no way to ever put Humpty Dumpty back together again. The U.S. just permanently lost any position as a leading internet innovator. Nothing the U.S. leaders of industry can do now will ever earn back the trust of the rest of the world. No country or company in their right mind will ever trust a U.S. company with sensitive data ever again, and most of the companies that currently do are likely just biding time until they can find a non-U.S. based alternative (or some way to heavily encrypt their data).
Don't worry, James Clapper has assured us that there is nothing to see here--and that the NSA's petabytes of storage, tens of billions of dollars of CPU muscle, and 35,000 employees are just being used to spy on a few diplomats in some embassy in some country that we don't like anyway (probably one of them commie ones).
Now let's all stop worrying about such silly matters and go buy new iPhones!
The free market means the rich are free to do whatever the fuck they want to, and everyone else is free to shut the fuck up about it.
Yes, we're all well aware of your situation, Clarence, and we've tried to be as considerate as we can. But there are limits. And you're really bringing us down, man.
Yeah, but people were tougher back then.
Every other party beside Republican and Democrat in the U.S. is either single-issue (i.e. the Green Party) or extremist wack-job (i.e., the Libertarians). There are no other mainstream parties to vote for. It's either Kang or Kodos--and both are the same as voting for Corporations.
Now, you can well argue that someone should START such a mainstream new party, but it hasn't happened in 150 years. So no one is holding their breath. These days making a serious run for office requires serious money, and no one is under any delusions that a Freedom and Decency Party is going to get any serious funding.
There is a whole spectrum of food available without needing to rely on someone's patented experiment.
Yes, a whole spectrum of natural, non-GMO food that has never in the history of the planet supported a population of 7 billion+ before. But if you're volunteering to be one of the humans to commit mass suicide so that the rest of us can return to the natural, organic ways of yesteryear when the earth's population was much smaller and more rural--then please, don't let me stand in your way. We appreciate your sacrifice.
If you don't like the law, use the democratic process and try and get it changed.
You mean the democratic process where the corporations tell Congress what to do? Because that's the only one I'm familiar with.
If you don't trust your government, elect another.
Yeah, next time we can all vote for Kodos instead!
I bet the employee orientation at the NSA and CIA includes the admonition "Yes, you're going to lie to Congress, The President, and the American people. You're going to do it every fucking day, and LIKE it. And if you DON'T like it, either head to Russia or we'll arrange a cell for you right next to Bradley Manning."
Agreed. In an America of secret courts, indefinite detention without trial or habeas corpus, secret police who prohibit you from even telling anyone they've contacted you, etc.--the concept of "proving yourself innocent" is laughable. "Because we said so" is the only charge the feds need anymore. Everything else is just dressing.
Sadly, this is the state of the country that I was once taught was supposed to stand for freedom in the world.
No, in the U.S. we just use bread and circuses to make the citizens not want to protest too much.
BTW, did anyone hear about the new iPhone that's coming out this week?
The problem with humanism is that there is always going to be some other human (or group of them) who you don't like or who doesn't like you. It's the nature of humans to conflict, unfortunately.
Well, I've worked with men (and women) much older than me who couldn't be trusted to speak in public. In fact, if Microsoft's recent foot-in-mouth PR behavior is any indication, I think a lot of people like that must work over there.
We could always offer to commute any death row inmates' sentences if they'll agree to go. But I think they'll probably catch on to the ruse pretty quickly, not to mention the damage they might cause when they realize the real implications of a "one-way trip" when it comes to Mars.
Well, at least the hard part is over now. Now all we have to do is build a rocket and living quarters to get there and stay.
Telling tit jokes to a mixed audience is not adult behavior.
Did they actually know it was a mixed audience? I mean, if I went to a real tech conference, I certainly wouldn't assume there were 9-year-olds in the audience.
Just get on with it guys, you know you want to.
Nowhere near as cool as the 15 Swatches I wore on both arms every day!
Sony has made it clear that they won't stop publishers from prohibiting resale of their games either. They just won't make it a requirement at the console level, like MS was planning. At this point, it all comes down to what the publishers think they can get away with (which, in the case of EA, is probably quite a bit).
he was the one doing the assaulting
The jury disagreed. And much of the evidence did as well.
he had a dream that his four children would not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
In that case, they've been judged a bunch of selfish, greedy pricks.