Interestingly, I would watch that movie. Some of their monster movies (Giant Piranha, for one) are so completely ridiculous they turn into comedy. The only thing we watch regularly is Eureka, which is also mostly comedy. The Fact or Faked show has some interesting bits, mostly for how they show how they try to fake stuff (which is kind of a sad back-handed compliment). Used to be a good channel way back.
Spot on! You knew that the "hyper-bobble-changer overload" would be fixed, but would the 2 warring factions be able to come to at least a cease fire? (Sometimes yes, sometimes no) Do we interfere, do we not? Even the fairly obvious trial of 'Is Data a person?' had some good points to it. I prefer my sci-fi to be a bit lighter, as I can get darker type shows from the Law & Orders on TV. That's why I liked Bab5 & Firefly so much- lots of serious stuff going on, but always room for some lightheartedness. (Just saw the episode where River says "And I can kill you with my brain." Cracks me up each time.)
So if they UK is having Wifi problems with global warming, what is that going to do to their cookies? Will their cookies only work for a certain range, and then turn into scones? I demand an irrational panel of useless government bureaucrats to investigate now! God save all our tea and cucumber finger sandwiches.....
Ah, must have missed it, though I still think it would be possible to these guys, somehow. Not that I advocate anyone. I have to stop trying to speed read stuff- seems I'm not good at it.
Don't trust anything online. Have we not learned this lesson many times now? Several people have mentioned that "he who has the most money wins." Yeppers. This story is absolute crap (as in the way the company trounced on this lady), but if you really want to be free you have to have to go really independent of anyone above you that can cut you off. Which, really, is nigh impossible unless your super rich so you can have your own ISP, servers, line, and a team of lawyers. No one will ever try to claim my social identity, as all my projects have ridiculous names (on purpose), so I'm not worried. If someone was dumb enough or greedy enough (refer back to dumb as I make no money on this stuff) to try and take over, I'd let them. Then I'd take my stuff and set up a parody site mocking my former site.
To download the torrent now, then show up in court with the copy I bought like 3 months ago. Actually won't be a bad idea to try and push the trademark, pirating, owning, multiple copy, whatever else ideas they try into court. Probably too expensive though, since it wouldn't fall under "frivolous" or "malicious," and wouldn't be able to recoup lawyer costs.
Spoof an IP address. Make friends with their kids. Break their WiFi. Probably some I missed. Not that I advocate breaking the law, just pointing out ways it could be done.
Even better idea, hypothetically, do the same with the 'Copyright Group' members. Or their lawyers. Haven't heard from Anonymous recently. But I would never advocate anything illegal.
After reading all the replies to the parent's post, I think I see why linux won't be a mainstream desktop OS any time soon. Something like 15/.'s had problems that either took forever for them to solve or they just gave up. OS X may be expensive, but it just works. Windows is cheaper, has a few more issues, but generally just works. And this isn't even considering how many distros there are for linux.
That is an interesting statement. When we (the collective we) hear "We're all doomed," we assume if all humans die, well, everything just stops. How many global-level extinctions have there been, 4? If we are screwing up the biosphere, and we go kaput, seems like we deserve it. The earth won't really care that much. Bring on the crab people!
"Literal bible interpretation is a protestant thing, to varying degrees among the various groups (the American flavours seem to be the most extreme in this regard)."
Being raised in the US in a Protestant family, I have absolutely no fucking idea what you are talking about. Though my Catholic grandmother denied the existence of dinosaurs and believed the earth was only (what is it? I forget) 10,000 years old. I'm guessing you're Catholic. (nice how you capitalized Catholic but not Protestant)
I'll skip the bad car analogy part. Only thing my belief shapes is that I think that when I die I'm going somewhere else. I don't follow any particular religion's tenets (well, except for the don't kill, don't steal, the basic human stuff). I believe in dinosaurs and evolution, I don't think God is the cause for anything that happens to us, and I think science is pretty nifty. I think the problem on/. is that once you say you believe in any type of god, you are suddenly an unscientific, evangelical following, drooling fool. The only reason I even said anything was because someone asked me straight up if I believed in a god. Whoops. Kinda strange, people who believe that aliens visit the earth get more tolerance here. Oh well.
But thanks for not ripping into me. You had a reasonable idea/argument.
I'm actually a big fan of FSM. I have savored his noodliness many times (not that way, you perverts). Invisible Pink Unicorn sounds pretty cool, too! Besides, the real pirates of FSM would kick the crap out of today's so-called pirates.
That's kind of the thing- I don't go to church, I don't give money to any church, I believe in science (with engineering and science degrees, to boot), I have no desire to preach religion in schools or anywhere. I just believe that there's something that at some point made stuff, and there's something going on after we die.
I get the poster I was replying to wasn't really on topic, he just hit a point that has been bugging me ever since I got pounded that time a while back. I like how you pointed out the flaws in religion rationally. Those are all good points. I just happen to not fit any of those categories. Answering the question "Do you believe in God?" shouldn't result in me needing a flameproof suit.
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Interestingly, I would watch that movie. Some of their monster movies (Giant Piranha, for one) are so completely ridiculous they turn into comedy.
The only thing we watch regularly is Eureka, which is also mostly comedy. The Fact or Faked show has some interesting bits, mostly for how they show how they try to fake stuff (which is kind of a sad back-handed compliment).
Used to be a good channel way back.
Spot on! You knew that the "hyper-bobble-changer overload" would be fixed, but would the 2 warring factions be able to come to at least a cease fire? (Sometimes yes, sometimes no) Do we interfere, do we not? Even the fairly obvious trial of 'Is Data a person?' had some good points to it. I prefer my sci-fi to be a bit lighter, as I can get darker type shows from the Law & Orders on TV. That's why I liked Bab5 & Firefly so much- lots of serious stuff going on, but always room for some lightheartedness. (Just saw the episode where River says "And I can kill you with my brain." Cracks me up each time.)
A very awesome solution to a problem that never existed!
I'm with the other commenter- that was a perfect parlay of a joke, Fred.
So if they UK is having Wifi problems with global warming, what is that going to do to their cookies? Will their cookies only work for a certain range, and then turn into scones? I demand an irrational panel of useless government bureaucrats to investigate now! God save all our tea and cucumber finger sandwiches.....
Ah, must have missed it, though I still think it would be possible to these guys, somehow. Not that I advocate anyone. I have to stop trying to speed read stuff- seems I'm not good at it.
Don't trust anything online. Have we not learned this lesson many times now? Several people have mentioned that "he who has the most money wins." Yeppers. This story is absolute crap (as in the way the company trounced on this lady), but if you really want to be free you have to have to go really independent of anyone above you that can cut you off. Which, really, is nigh impossible unless your super rich so you can have your own ISP, servers, line, and a team of lawyers. No one will ever try to claim my social identity, as all my projects have ridiculous names (on purpose), so I'm not worried. If someone was dumb enough or greedy enough (refer back to dumb as I make no money on this stuff) to try and take over, I'd let them. Then I'd take my stuff and set up a parody site mocking my former site.
To download the torrent now, then show up in court with the copy I bought like 3 months ago. Actually won't be a bad idea to try and push the trademark, pirating, owning, multiple copy, whatever else ideas they try into court. Probably too expensive though, since it wouldn't fall under "frivolous" or "malicious," and wouldn't be able to recoup lawyer costs.
Spoof an IP address. Make friends with their kids. Break their WiFi. Probably some I missed. Not that I advocate breaking the law, just pointing out ways it could be done.
Even better idea, hypothetically, do the same with the 'Copyright Group' members. Or their lawyers. Haven't heard from Anonymous recently. But I would never advocate anything illegal.
It looks kinda smooshed on my smartphone. Maybe I need a microscope?
After reading all the replies to the parent's post, I think I see why linux won't be a mainstream desktop OS any time soon. Something like 15 /.'s had problems that either took forever for them to solve or they just gave up. OS X may be expensive, but it just works. Windows is cheaper, has a few more issues, but generally just works. And this isn't even considering how many distros there are for linux.
"....make them angry and frustrated."
And possible gassy.
Nuts, you went and ruined it before I got a chance to type "42."
Pphhhtttt!
It may be time to come up with a new unit: how many Ringworlds would that be?
You forgot to mention how the base belongs to you.
Reminds me of a certain South Park episode.
"Not least it's ability to make seemingly educated adults believe absurd things..."
Ahem. Scientology?
(Though does that include educated adults?)
Don't forget Xenu. He hates wi-fi.
Don't confuse me with things like facts!
That is an interesting statement. When we (the collective we) hear "We're all doomed," we assume if all humans die, well, everything just stops. How many global-level extinctions have there been, 4? If we are screwing up the biosphere, and we go kaput, seems like we deserve it. The earth won't really care that much. Bring on the crab people!
"Literal bible interpretation is a protestant thing, to varying degrees among the various groups (the American flavours seem to be the most extreme in this regard)."
Being raised in the US in a Protestant family, I have absolutely no fucking idea what you are talking about. Though my Catholic grandmother denied the existence of dinosaurs and believed the earth was only (what is it? I forget) 10,000 years old. I'm guessing you're Catholic. (nice how you capitalized Catholic but not Protestant)
Even the actual article wasn't very good- "streetscapes" and "phone poles"? Yeesh. I find myself coming here less often in the past year.
I'll skip the bad car analogy part. Only thing my belief shapes is that I think that when I die I'm going somewhere else. I don't follow any particular religion's tenets (well, except for the don't kill, don't steal, the basic human stuff). I believe in dinosaurs and evolution, I don't think God is the cause for anything that happens to us, and I think science is pretty nifty. I think the problem on /. is that once you say you believe in any type of god, you are suddenly an unscientific, evangelical following, drooling fool. The only reason I even said anything was because someone asked me straight up if I believed in a god. Whoops. Kinda strange, people who believe that aliens visit the earth get more tolerance here. Oh well.
But thanks for not ripping into me. You had a reasonable idea/argument.
I'm actually a big fan of FSM. I have savored his noodliness many times (not that way, you perverts). Invisible Pink Unicorn sounds pretty cool, too! Besides, the real pirates of FSM would kick the crap out of today's so-called pirates.
That's kind of the thing- I don't go to church, I don't give money to any church, I believe in science (with engineering and science degrees, to boot), I have no desire to preach religion in schools or anywhere. I just believe that there's something that at some point made stuff, and there's something going on after we die.
I get the poster I was replying to wasn't really on topic, he just hit a point that has been bugging me ever since I got pounded that time a while back. I like how you pointed out the flaws in religion rationally. Those are all good points. I just happen to not fit any of those categories. Answering the question "Do you believe in God?" shouldn't result in me needing a flameproof suit.
Good reply.