Which kind of proves the OP's point. Word's been around for 5 freaking years and hardly anyone's heard of it. I certainly haven't, and I can carry on entire conversations in about 8 different dialects of l33tsp34k.
But if all this is doing is dramatizing how bad it is currently, well, that boat already sailed and he's wasting his time and money
In Bowling for Columbine, one of Moore's main themes was that a culture of fear and scaremongering was paralyzing America.
Ironic, to some degree, that he's now going further and further down that course himself. Your post really demonstrates how this *should* have been done, but as Moore well knows - scare tactics put bums in seats.
Wait wait wait... a rant about liking older cars is now insightful?
Dude - you're not the only one. In fact, there are millions like you around the world. There are car collector clubs, shows, magazines, books, damn near entire TOWNS dedicated to the preservation and appreciation of older cars. Some of these cars sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars (even millions) depending on rarity and condition. You can't seriously be unaware of this. It's one of the most common hobbies out there. Shit, in ANY North American city at this time of year, you're bound to see one drive by every few minutes if you open your eyes.
Are we here at Slashdot actually this unaware of what goes on in the "real world", that not only can someone ask this with a straight face, but it's "Insightful"?
Had an algorithms prof (of all things) give us a test where every question had the following possible answers:
Yes, No, Sometimes, Maybe, Unknown
Then, he had questions like 1. Some scientists believe than P=NP?
To which, of course, you could argue ANY answer is correct...
That being said, this blog post comes across as the usual whining we've all done or had to put up with through the years. No testing methodology is perfect, and everyone tests different on different kinds of tests. Fact is, though, they're pretty damn good. It's a common belief that millions of people who are otherwise idiots are graduating with great grades, while millions of geniuses can't test well - but that's horseshit. The majority of people manage to test at their level of understanding. The fact that people actually notice the odd idiot who guesses well is the exception that proves the rule.
Quite frankly, this was the first time I ever approved of anything Harper's done.
He acts like every other slimy politician most of the time, but he earned quite a bit of respect from me that day. As a Canadian, I haven't had much respect for any federal politicians for decades. Was rather proud of my country, if only a little more, that day.
Politicians chasing photo-ops with celebs is just one reason I think they're all scumbags. Nice to see a refreshing change from the status quo.
27C for us, is 50C in Yankee speak. It means not only are the igloos starting to melt, but we might have to take off the parka.
In summary, it's damned hot. Gimme a nice warm 15C day with 0C nights anytime. At least this way we can still have something resembling an outdoor hockey season.
It'll work, to some degree. *Anything* that vibrates (and this isn't really hard to make happen, just a motor and counterweight as a basic idea) "works".
How WELL it works is entirely a different story. It's all about how strong and what frequency the thing vibrates at. Or so I'm told. *cough*
It's not that people's convictions mean little to them, it's that even though their use of the machines might be limited during that time, it's better to put them into a limited-use mode rather than to have to forgo them entirely.
I guess I'm missing something - if re-heating is OK, then why wouldn't people just use a low-power setting to re-heat their food? Again, if the religious impact is *that* important, you'd think people could actually deal with it on their own (ie: remember what's OK and what's not).
Of course, reading that wiki link makes me wonder - if making the fridge compressor work is taboo, what happens with Orthodox who live in places where the temperature goes to -30C? No heat for a day, unless your house is the most energy efficient setup on the planet, means you're going to have burst pipes.
On the gripping hand, I just realized I'm trying to rationally approach religion. I'll stop now.
Hell, a $300 Sony receiver I bought in the early 90s had this feature. I guess that seems expensive now, when you can get the entire kit (including DVD player and beer fridge) for less than that.
I can see it being useful if the oven has a shabbat mode
This was intended as a joke, right? I can't tell because your response seems 100% serious, and you didn't get modded up funny...
Are people actually this stupid that they need an electronic device to remind them what day of the week it is? Do their religious convictions mean that little to them that they'll actually break them if a machine doesn't stop them?
I know it's a horrible place, but we have cities now! Just slow down when the moose walks across your driveway.
Believe me, a chem/petro engineer can easily get a job in several major cities here, making damned good money - and there are THOUSANDS of unfilled positions right now.
Wanna make 6 figures straight out of school? Come to Alberta.
It's a good thing this isn't a popularity contest, or a football game, or a presidential election.
If you have problems with Linux, so be it. Those of that don't, and/or are willing to work around otherwise minor issues, are all happily running it. And usually experiencing fewer problems than we were before we switched.
Why you seem hell-bent on insisting that we're all "losing" is beyond me. Like I said, this ins't a popularity contest. Use what works for YOU. The rest of us are quite alright.
I ran into a former owner of a CD store in a college town a few years ago, and she said that she had to close down because CDs were not selling, so she sold the business, and started another one. She said explicitly that downloads hurt her bottom line
The Canadian province of Manitoba does this as well. Name, Birthdate, and a check digit. A single check digit. You can tell it's a small enough population by that feature alone:)
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I haven't had to use a console to eject optical discs in years.
CD-icon, right-click, eject. Just like in Windows. It's been like this for years. Default Kubuntu install, and used to be that way in at least Red Hat.
"very few", or "even fewer", is still greater than zero.
Besides the fact that ports are still open on XP SP2, they're just hiding behind a firewall (can't speak on Vista, haven't had $300 handy). It's a lot easier to compromise a software firewall than compromise a network stack with no open ports. See Zonealarm exploits for details.
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Also, while increased over all, the earth continued to warm during a multi-years cooling period of the sun.
:)
And the Earth cooled for 3 decades during a multi-decade continual increase in CO2.
If you can discount my idea based on a very small datum, I can do the same to your idea
Which kind of proves the OP's point. Word's been around for 5 freaking years and hardly anyone's heard of it. I certainly haven't, and I can carry on entire conversations in about 8 different dialects of l33tsp34k.
But if all this is doing is dramatizing how bad it is currently, well, that boat already sailed and he's wasting his time and money
In Bowling for Columbine, one of Moore's main themes was that a culture of fear and scaremongering was paralyzing America.
Ironic, to some degree, that he's now going further and further down that course himself. Your post really demonstrates how this *should* have been done, but as Moore well knows - scare tactics put bums in seats.
And this, kids, is why mnemonics aren't such a good idea.
;)
"Except after C": fancied, policies, science, conscience, prescient, ancient, efficiency, financier, glacier, society, species
"Or when sounded as A": seize, caffeine, protein, either, leisure, weird, feisty, height, heist, kaleidoscope, neither,rotweiller, seismic, zeitgeist, counterfeit, forfeit, foreign, sovereign, heifer, albeit, atheism, deify, deity, onomatopoeia (just for fun)
Heck, up here in Canada we had a car commercial devoted to showing why ex-English teachers.. shouldn't.
Wait wait wait... a rant about liking older cars is now insightful?
Dude - you're not the only one. In fact, there are millions like you around the world. There are car collector clubs, shows, magazines, books, damn near entire TOWNS dedicated to the preservation and appreciation of older cars. Some of these cars sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars (even millions) depending on rarity and condition. You can't seriously be unaware of this. It's one of the most common hobbies out there. Shit, in ANY North American city at this time of year, you're bound to see one drive by every few minutes if you open your eyes.
Are we here at Slashdot actually this unaware of what goes on in the "real world", that not only can someone ask this with a straight face, but it's "Insightful"?
Had an algorithms prof (of all things) give us a test where every question had the following possible answers:
..
Yes, No, Sometimes, Maybe, Unknown
Then, he had questions like 1. Some scientists believe than P=NP?
To which, of course, you could argue ANY answer is correct.
That being said, this blog post comes across as the usual whining we've all done or had to put up with through the years. No testing methodology is perfect, and everyone tests different on different kinds of tests. Fact is, though, they're pretty damn good. It's a common belief that millions of people who are otherwise idiots are graduating with great grades, while millions of geniuses can't test well - but that's horseshit. The majority of people manage to test at their level of understanding. The fact that people actually notice the odd idiot who guesses well is the exception that proves the rule.
Heck, you want a challenge, find a way for me to get a date on Friday that doesn't involve a "rough trick named stan" and I'd salute you.
Exactly what the hell constitutes a date for you??
And who is this Stan person?
Anyone else lost by this comment?
And just last week, he ticked off Bono at the G8!
Quite frankly, this was the first time I ever approved of anything Harper's done.
He acts like every other slimy politician most of the time, but he earned quite a bit of respect from me that day. As a Canadian, I haven't had much respect for any federal politicians for decades. Was rather proud of my country, if only a little more, that day.
Politicians chasing photo-ops with celebs is just one reason I think they're all scumbags. Nice to see a refreshing change from the status quo.
Tom's Canadian.
27C for us, is 50C in Yankee speak. It means not only are the igloos starting to melt, but we might have to take off the parka.
In summary, it's damned hot. Gimme a nice warm 15C day with 0C nights anytime. At least this way we can still have something resembling an outdoor hockey season.
It'll work, to some degree. *Anything* that vibrates (and this isn't really hard to make happen, just a motor and counterweight as a basic idea) "works".
How WELL it works is entirely a different story. It's all about how strong and what frequency the thing vibrates at. Or so I'm told. *cough*
It's not that people's convictions mean little to them, it's that even though their use of the machines might be limited during that time, it's better to put them into a limited-use mode rather than to have to forgo them entirely.
I guess I'm missing something - if re-heating is OK, then why wouldn't people just use a low-power setting to re-heat their food? Again, if the religious impact is *that* important, you'd think people could actually deal with it on their own (ie: remember what's OK and what's not).
Of course, reading that wiki link makes me wonder - if making the fridge compressor work is taboo, what happens with Orthodox who live in places where the temperature goes to -30C? No heat for a day, unless your house is the most energy efficient setup on the planet, means you're going to have burst pipes.
On the gripping hand, I just realized I'm trying to rationally approach religion. I'll stop now.
After a hard day you can walk along dirty streets on your way to a bar, look up at all the grey buildings with no possibility of seeing 90% of the sky
:)
Someone's been watching Blade Runner too much.
Not sure what city you live in, does it have Atari logos everywhere too?
Hell, a $300 Sony receiver I bought in the early 90s had this feature. I guess that seems expensive now, when you can get the entire kit (including DVD player and beer fridge) for less than that.
I can see it being useful if the oven has a shabbat mode
This was intended as a joke, right? I can't tell because your response seems 100% serious, and you didn't get modded up funny...
Are people actually this stupid that they need an electronic device to remind them what day of the week it is? Do their religious convictions mean that little to them that they'll actually break them if a machine doesn't stop them?
You were kidding, right?
Or - god forbid - Canada. Specifically, Alberta.
I know it's a horrible place, but we have cities now! Just slow down when the moose walks across your driveway.
Believe me, a chem/petro engineer can easily get a job in several major cities here, making damned good money - and there are THOUSANDS of unfilled positions right now.
Wanna make 6 figures straight out of school? Come to Alberta.
I'm not a hippie saying that drugs bring more problems than they solve
;)
That's probably the last thing I'd expect a hippie to say.
checkmate, i win
It's a good thing this isn't a popularity contest, or a football game, or a presidential election.
If you have problems with Linux, so be it. Those of that don't, and/or are willing to work around otherwise minor issues, are all happily running it. And usually experiencing fewer problems than we were before we switched.
Why you seem hell-bent on insisting that we're all "losing" is beyond me. Like I said, this ins't a popularity contest. Use what works for YOU. The rest of us are quite alright.
Checkmate, indeed.
I ran into a former owner of a CD store in a college town a few years ago, and she said that she had to close down because CDs were not selling, so she sold the business, and started another one. She said explicitly that downloads hurt her bottom line
Was she selling Christian music CDs, by chance?
*ducks*
Where's the moderation option for +1, Awesome?
As a Canadian, let me assure you: we have.
The Canadian province of Manitoba does this as well. Name, Birthdate, and a check digit. A single check digit. You can tell it's a small enough population by that feature alone :)
Thanks for doing your part in making identity theft just that much easier.
As many problems as it has it's actually a pretty solid OS, and if you don't plan on gaming, then it's got some really nice features.
:)
Are you talking about Vista or Linux here?
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but I haven't had to use a console to eject optical discs in years.
CD-icon, right-click, eject. Just like in Windows. It's been like this for years. Default Kubuntu install, and used to be that way in at least Red Hat.
"very few", or "even fewer", is still greater than zero.
Besides the fact that ports are still open on XP SP2, they're just hiding behind a firewall (can't speak on Vista, haven't had $300 handy). It's a lot easier to compromise a software firewall than compromise a network stack with no open ports. See Zonealarm exploits for details.