Except that Global Warming people actually have EVIDENCE. You don't.
The current problem is that we have too many people who are willing to tell lies to support their political views. They have found that the lies are much more acceptable when you have an authority figure telling them to the populace. Thus, you get Creationists pretending to be scientists when speaking to the public. The same goes with Global Warming deniers and other followers of Pseudoscience.
People don't trust science anymore because they have been lied to by people like you for so long they don't know what to trust or who to believe. One group of "scientists" tell them one thing and the next day another tells them something else.
We have gotten into this mess because people like you started to believe that Science somehow had to reflect their own political opinions, no matter what the evidence. (Like the melting polar icecaps.)
In 2004 I listened to an interview with Ralph Nader and why he was running. It was very apparent by the end that he does not give a damn what happens if he runs, he is only concerned with feeding his ego. In fact he seems to think that the disaster of the last eight years is a validation of why he must run. He does not have a clue, nor does he want one.
Ralph needs to wake up and figure out just how much damage his running would cause.
My first car (a 1984 Ford Escort) required a special tool to replace the timing belt. (And you *HAD* to replace it every n thousand miles because if it broke you were screwed and needed very expensive repairs. And the 1983 model was worse. If it broke on an 83 Escort, you had to replace the valves.)
Seeing how tight they cram things into some of these mini-cars these days, it does not surprise me that it requires a mechanic to do much of anything on them.
Next thing you know you will want people to be able to open up and work on their own computers.
The reason that people in corporations top post is because Outlook pretty much forces you to top post. Since so many companies use it, it has become the "norm".
Getting companies to handle sane quoting is going to take a big change from Microsoft and a big cultural shift. I don't expect it any time soon. The habits are far too ingrained at this point.
(And, yes, I know where are plug-ins/hacks for Outlook that reformat e-mail. I have yet to get any of them to work. They seem to be based on a loophole that was plugged in later versions of Outlook. I have yet to find anyone who has gotten them to work.)
It is worse than that. You are punished for taking hard courses.
If you expect to get into a good college, you have to have a pristine GPA. In order to get that, you have to cut back on courses that are hard. If you take hard course you will learn more, but you may not score as well. So doing hard things loses out.
I had a crappy GPA in high school. I took the hardest courses I could find. I learned a lot, but it made getting into a good college next to impossible.
The system is rigged against those who want an intellectual challenge. Until we change that, the rest is a foregone conclusion.
The Mormons claim that the American Indians are decendants of the ancient Israelites. (Main storyline of the Book of Mormon.)
Problem is that all of the evidence, including this, disprove that conjecture. Not that Mormons look at evidence that might challenge their beliefs. (They are taught to look the other way when faced with proof that their beliefs are total fantasy.)
Of course the history of The Pearl of Great Price's translation should have shown them that the Church is not true, no matter how many times they repeat the mantra in testimony meetings.
I was thinking of underground comics. Titles like "Zap" or "Bizzare Sex" have been around for about 30 years now. Billy may not blow $4 on a copy of Transmopolitan, but he might blow it on "Cherry Poptart".
I wonder how long it is going to take. I have been playing videogames since I was a teenager. I am over 40 years old. I still enjoy videogames even more now than I did then.
I have also seen the same argument used on Comic Books. The idea that comic books are "just for kids" has not been true since the late 60's.
The people who make the argument that "product X is always aimed towards kids" are the same people who are looking for an excuse to ban product X.
Current employment law allows employers in the US to exempt pretty much any and all employees who work with computers from overtime. If you were not exempt before 2004, the revisions made by Congress pretty much assured you are now.
What kind of patent problems will OpenGL 3.0 have?
The current version of OpenGL has a couple of patented bits that make a 100% open source implementation difficult. Is that going to be even worse in OpenGL 3.0 or are they avoiding such traps this time?
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"Saint Gary", the Patron Saint of Natural Twenties, Preserver of Virginities
I find it ironic that the man credited for preventing so much sex had six kids himself.
Except that Global Warming people actually have EVIDENCE. You don't.
The current problem is that we have too many people who are willing to tell lies to support their political views. They have found that the lies are much more acceptable when you have an authority figure telling them to the populace. Thus, you get Creationists pretending to be scientists when speaking to the public. The same goes with Global Warming deniers and other followers of Pseudoscience.
People don't trust science anymore because they have been lied to by people like you for so long they don't know what to trust or who to believe. One group of "scientists" tell them one thing and the next day another tells them something else.
We have gotten into this mess because people like you started to believe that Science somehow had to reflect their own political opinions, no matter what the evidence. (Like the melting polar icecaps.)
Maybe it will SAP their will to live.
I think "Kids In The Hall" have prior art here.
In 2004 I listened to an interview with Ralph Nader and why he was running. It was very apparent by the end that he does not give a damn what happens if he runs, he is only concerned with feeding his ego. In fact he seems to think that the disaster of the last eight years is a validation of why he must run. He does not have a clue, nor does he want one.
Ralph needs to wake up and figure out just how much damage his running would cause.
A vote for Nader is a vote for McCain.
My first car (a 1984 Ford Escort) required a special tool to replace the timing belt. (And you *HAD* to replace it every n thousand miles because if it broke you were screwed and needed very expensive repairs. And the 1983 model was worse. If it broke on an 83 Escort, you had to replace the valves.)
Seeing how tight they cram things into some of these mini-cars these days, it does not surprise me that it requires a mechanic to do much of anything on them.
Next thing you know you will want people to be able to open up and work on their own computers.
Especially if Enron was still around.
Of course that might just overflow a double int and they would get a refund every month.
"What does B49 do? It destroys everything but the fillings in their teeth and helps pay for the war effort." - Bill Hicks
The reason that people in corporations top post is because Outlook pretty much forces you to top post. Since so many companies use it, it has become the "norm".
Getting companies to handle sane quoting is going to take a big change from Microsoft and a big cultural shift. I don't expect it any time soon. The habits are far too ingrained at this point.
(And, yes, I know where are plug-ins/hacks for Outlook that reformat e-mail. I have yet to get any of them to work. They seem to be based on a loophole that was plugged in later versions of Outlook. I have yet to find anyone who has gotten them to work.)
It is worse than that. You are punished for taking hard courses.
If you expect to get into a good college, you have to have a pristine GPA. In order to get that, you have to cut back on courses that are hard. If you take hard course you will learn more, but you may not score as well. So doing hard things loses out.
I had a crappy GPA in high school. I took the hardest courses I could find. I learned a lot, but it made getting into a good college next to impossible.
The system is rigged against those who want an intellectual challenge. Until we change that, the rest is a foregone conclusion.
What about SlashDot Zombies?
It's not like anything was done about the voter fraud in the last couple of elections. Lots of proof, but no action.
Actually we do, but only in small chunks.
Now I know what I am going to do for next year.
You will go blind if you Google yourself too much!
Randal? Was that you?
The Mormons claim that the American Indians are decendants of the ancient Israelites. (Main storyline of the Book of Mormon.)
Problem is that all of the evidence, including this, disprove that conjecture. Not that Mormons look at evidence that might challenge their beliefs. (They are taught to look the other way when faced with proof that their beliefs are total fantasy.)
Of course the history of The Pearl of Great Price's translation should have shown them that the Church is not true, no matter how many times they repeat the mantra in testimony meetings.
Especially if you make "Speak your Weight" machines.
"You weigh 330 pounds and will die when your heart explodes next Thursday at 3pm".
We are going to give you a tool.
I think they have plenty of tools.
I was thinking of underground comics. Titles like "Zap" or "Bizzare Sex" have been around for about 30 years now. Billy may not blow $4 on a copy of Transmopolitan, but he might blow it on "Cherry Poptart".
I wonder how long it is going to take. I have been playing videogames since I was a teenager. I am over 40 years old. I still enjoy videogames even more now than I did then.
I have also seen the same argument used on Comic Books. The idea that comic books are "just for kids" has not been true since the late 60's.
The people who make the argument that "product X is always aimed towards kids" are the same people who are looking for an excuse to ban product X.
Current employment law allows employers in the US to exempt pretty much any and all employees who work with computers from overtime. If you were not exempt before 2004, the revisions made by Congress pretty much assured you are now.
We don't buy slaves any more, we rent them.
They will just brick it if I install anything "unauthorized" on it.
What kind of patent problems will OpenGL 3.0 have?
The current version of OpenGL has a couple of patented bits that make a 100% open source implementation difficult. Is that going to be even worse in OpenGL 3.0 or are they avoiding such traps this time?
They also have to save the contents of /dev/random and record anything written to /dev/null.
Yes, I am kidding. The judge is not that stupid. Oh wait, yes he is...
"Peep-Hole Ready Business".
How else are they going to keep an eye on you?