Well, with all due respect, there are boatloads of tea party nutjobs on/., so don't feel left out, sir..
Well, with all due respect Sir, i understand already that there are boatloads of nutjobs on/., but i haven't met any tea party gentleman - by the way, i am Greek (right-wing as i stated earlier), so i don't know much about that "tea party".
He is probably on here for the same reason most of us are, because we assume, people who work in IT have a better grasp of almost any issue, whether it is politics, science, human behavior, etc; A more nuanced and better researched grasp of the issues.
Even if you assume right, my point was that/. has its own left-wing "political bubble" (and few of us right-wing people).
That is why were on/., not because we all want "social justice".
Speak for yourself - i think the opposite for many/most on "/.".
I'm a liberal, yet I detest nothing more than the hardcore politically correct attitudes of many in this country(and on this site).
That is good for you (that you are un-political wrong i mean, not that you are a libtard), and that was my indirect critisism - so... i was right about "/."?
My attitude is more aligned with people like George Carlin(May He Rest In Peace) and Bill Burr.
I only know George Carlin (R.I.P.), i will check the other.
Too much for who? Some Northern countries (e.g., Russia) may consider a blessing this "global warming" (that is cause by CO2, because it is not "air pollution" but just a "greenhouse gas")
If we were on Mars, we'd be fining people for not emitting enough CO2, but we aren't. At least, not most of us. Maybe that explains your comment?
No, but it explains yours: you don't live in Siberia...
Explain to me again why the addition of something that is " leading to global warming" and "is also a major source of ocean acidification" is not pollution?
Because "global warming" (that i recognize - as even our pre-human ancestors did...) is NOT "pollution" - and deserves some love, stop the hate, there are people dying from cold dude, show some sympathy, SERIOUSLY.
Cobalt is a vital element to the human body, critical to health in the sort of quantities naturally consumed. That doesn't mean that it'd be good for us if someone started dumping huge amounts of cobalt in our water supply.
This is a good point but: cobalt is bad for you and Russians - "global warming" may be bad for you but good for Russians! My point is that we should stop calling CO2 "pollution", and start calling it "greenhouse gas" (by the way, did you know that greenhouses help us Greeks produce tomatos in winter time, so we can always enjoy our famous Greek salad?)
Continuing in the same article: "It is an important greenhouse gas and burning of carbon-based fuels since the industrial revolution has rapidly increased its concentration in the atmosphere, leading to global warming. It is also a major source of ocean acidification since it dissolves in water to form carbonic acid."
Well, i am glad that you read the C02 article i linked to - since the article begins as "Carbon dioxide (chemical formula CO2) is a colorless, odorless gas vital to plant life on earth.", and considering what you post, we can conclude that CO2 IS NOT "AIR POLLUTION"! We can use some term for it (e.g., "greenhouse gas"?) if we want to define it negatively, but CO2 deserves some love, stop the hate...
I don't have any experience with MS's mobile stuff (i understand that the whole mobile universe moves tooooo fast but... really?... 3 SDKs in 3 years? that's not good!), i have issues with some other products of them that were supposed to be their "next big thing" until they ceased to even exist for them (something that must be expected for any "next big thing"...), but i think for their non-mobile OS Microsoft provides good LTS (so far at least) - this "metro" thing was a necessary inconvenience for the final "one platform" approach (you must try it in some experimental/testing version - i.e., 8!), that does not effects so much the enterprise users. Hopefully "10" will be good (and long lived) enough... hopefully!
Enterprise customers pretty much count on Windows not changing/ And even if Microsoft goes the LTS route, will they support one of these branches for 10+ years like Windows Server 2012 will be?
One (of the many... fuck off "/." haters) thing Microsoft does really well is long term support (for both the enterprise and the rest users) - and i expect soon some (more official than the current) announcement about the plan (which is not something i like so much, even as just a regular user - note that i don't use Windows for my personal stuff).
I am...: "by the way, my account is few days old -4091871!-... you owe it to us, new kids of the block, old men" - but since you know it already... thanks for the answer!
The irony is strong in this one. Or have you not met many conservatives and observed their behavior, or even looked at your own in a mirror?
The comment i replied to has a very specific description of reality that i agree with, and on which my comment is based - "looking at a mirror" is always useful (not that i do it often to be honest...), but not helpful for the situation the comment i replied to describes.
Unless you're a complete recluse or are making a conscious effort to sequester yourself from any popular culture, it's virtually impossible to be in your teens or 20's and not be exposed to various legitimate liberal political stances -- most often during college years. OTOH, it's quite easy to never interact with any "real life" legitimate conservative arguments, other than straw men that the liberal political arguments are using.
Thus you end up with 25 year olds who have no basic understanding of conservative economic principles, or presume that there's no other possible motiviation for some random socially conservative policy than abject hatred and/or slavish religious belief.
What you describe is the reality, and a reason that makes many of right-wing persons (like i am) to question the ethics and criticize the hypocrisy of the left-wing; pretending that they "save" people from ignorance, when any knowledge of the other's side arguments from those to be "saved" is absent or, worse, based on lies - note that i am not refering to their actual ideology (that i oppose, but it is irrelevant to my point): it is about their ethics and hypocrisy!
Usually people become wiser with age - young people are naturaly inclined to the left-wing's rhetoric. It would be better for society if people (regardless of their political ideology) to become honest. But i am just an old right-wing Greek who is angry with the ethics and hypocrisy of the left-wing...
Too narrow a view on the world, too much of a social/political/financial echo chamber, [...]
Well, with all due respect (2667!) Sir... why are you in Slashdot?
I understand that you may answer "for the same reason YOU are also" (by the way, my account is few days old -4091871!-... and i am right-wing, i.e., very far from Slashdot's own "political bubble" i think), but i (hopefully) i expect a (honest) criticism of Slashdot on the issues you raised about the other site - you owe it to us, "new kids of the block", old men (o.k., biologically i am old enough, most probably older than you...)
I had just made a comment in the opportunity rover story when i read yours here - it was obvious for where you intended it to be, and because i liked it (it was THE obligatory xkcd!) i tried to notify you (not before struggling with my personal little evil demon that pressed me to just steal it and post it myself...) - anyway, this post was made by someone else after all (since it was THE obligatory xkcd!).
Very interesting this "on one condition" thing (now that you mention it, yes, i have seen it parodied, and also -i think!- remember it -very vaguely?- from some very old American movie/s)... but to be honest, as a Greek i immediately noticed your pseudonym, so the only thing i could think was... you know!
I am sure they do some non-convention-protection intelligence (they are the FEDS!), but i think they mostly do just the usual convention-protection (as our own Greek internal intelligence service does in any "Ouzo and Retsina" happening) - and they also do their usual anti-infiltration check by not notifying the organizer for the presence of some (or all) agents.
Holy (f)uck(ing) p(ar)en(t)he(ses)... (what) t(h)e ((fuck)) is (wr)on(g) wi(t)h (u)??
It's English, not LISP.
Sorry dude, you are right, i was also writting some code (not LISP thank God!), and... it just happened! But to be honest i usually overuse parentheses... sorry.
Did they really investigated the song Louie Louie (by the way, great song!) and the performers and fans of The Kingsmen? Well, ok, i am sure they had some reason (don't forget that THE enemy at that time -and it was my nation's, i.e., Greece, enemy also- had some very "artistic" ways to do damage)! But please agents, not Louie Louie...
Anyway, as i wrote, i think they are basically there to protect the convention/conference, as it does with any large gathering of people - if a convention/conference about Sudoku puzzles may attract a large group of people, the FEDS will be there!
FBI in such cases must investigate if some "hack(s)" may endanger U.S.A. (and its ally(ies), including my own nation, Greece) -since so much critical infrastructure depends on IT-, and/or, may be used against any enemy(ies) - also must investigate if some "hacher(s)" is/are of the enemy(ies)... AND (the most important, but least glorious...) PROTECT THE HACKER(S) (as it does with any convention(s)/conference(s), i.e., assembly(ies) of many people).
This "Spot-the-Fed game" is stupid - don't kid yourselves kids: the FEDS are there basicaly for your protection... they are bored, as any nanny is!
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Well, with all due respect, there are boatloads of tea party nutjobs on /., so don't feel left out, sir..
Well, with all due respect Sir, i understand already that there are boatloads of nutjobs on /., but i haven't met any tea party gentleman - by the way, i am Greek (right-wing as i stated earlier), so i don't know much about that "tea party".
He is probably on here for the same reason most of us are, because we assume, people who work in IT have a better grasp of almost any issue, whether it is politics, science, human behavior, etc; A more nuanced and better researched grasp of the issues.
Even if you assume right, my point was that /. has its own left-wing "political bubble" (and few of us right-wing people).
That is why were on /., not because we all want "social justice".
Speak for yourself - i think the opposite for many/most on "/.".
I'm a liberal, yet I detest nothing more than the hardcore politically correct attitudes of many in this country(and on this site).
That is good for you (that you are un-political wrong i mean, not that you are a libtard), and that was my indirect critisism - so... i was right about "/."?
My attitude is more aligned with people like George Carlin(May He Rest In Peace) and Bill Burr.
I only know George Carlin (R.I.P.), i will check the other.
Why count CO2 as "air pollution"?
Because there's too much of it right now.
Too much for who? Some Northern countries (e.g., Russia) may consider a blessing this "global warming" (that is cause by CO2, because it is not "air pollution" but just a "greenhouse gas")
If we were on Mars, we'd be fining people for not emitting enough CO2, but we aren't. At least, not most of us. Maybe that explains your comment?
No, but it explains yours: you don't live in Siberia...
Explain to me again why the addition of something that is " leading to global warming" and "is also a major source of ocean acidification" is not pollution?
Because "global warming" (that i recognize - as even our pre-human ancestors did...) is NOT "pollution" - and deserves some love, stop the hate, there are people dying from cold dude, show some sympathy, SERIOUSLY.
Cobalt is a vital element to the human body, critical to health in the sort of quantities naturally consumed. That doesn't mean that it'd be good for us if someone started dumping huge amounts of cobalt in our water supply.
This is a good point but: cobalt is bad for you and Russians - "global warming" may be bad for you but good for Russians! My point is that we should stop calling CO2 "pollution", and start calling it "greenhouse gas" (by the way, did you know that greenhouses help us Greeks produce tomatos in winter time, so we can always enjoy our famous Greek salad?)
Unfortunately, Dihydrogen Monoxide is known to be Earth’s most abundant greenhouse gas. It's also a major byproduct of burning fossil fuels.
Dihydrogen Monoxide combined with Carbon Dioxide create Carbonated Dihydrogen Monoxide that can cause severe eructation (warning: the video contains SEVERE ERUCTATIONS).
Trees also like Carbon Dioxide.
So, I have come to the conclusion that the Trees are out to get us!
Before you blame the trees, blame the tree lovers!
Continuing in the same article: "It is an important greenhouse gas and burning of carbon-based fuels since the industrial revolution has rapidly increased its concentration in the atmosphere, leading to global warming. It is also a major source of ocean acidification since it dissolves in water to form carbonic acid."
Well, i am glad that you read the C02 article i linked to - since the article begins as "Carbon dioxide (chemical formula CO2) is a colorless, odorless gas vital to plant life on earth.", and considering what you post, we can conclude that CO2 IS NOT "AIR POLLUTION"! We can use some term for it (e.g., "greenhouse gas"?) if we want to define it negatively, but CO2 deserves some love, stop the hate...
90% is as long as you don't count CO2 I guess?
Why count CO2 as "air pollution"? This C02 deserves some love, stop the hate! SERIOUSLY.
Carbon dioxide (chemical formula CO2) is a colorless, odorless gas vital to plant life on earth
I don't have any experience with MS's mobile stuff (i understand that the whole mobile universe moves tooooo fast but... really?... 3 SDKs in 3 years? that's not good!), i have issues with some other products of them that were supposed to be their "next big thing" until they ceased to even exist for them (something that must be expected for any "next big thing"...), but i think for their non-mobile OS Microsoft provides good LTS (so far at least) - this "metro" thing was a necessary inconvenience for the final "one platform" approach (you must try it in some experimental/testing version - i.e., 8!), that does not effects so much the enterprise users. Hopefully "10" will be good (and long lived) enough... hopefully!
Enterprise customers pretty much count on Windows not changing/ And even if Microsoft goes the LTS route, will they support one of these branches for 10+ years like Windows Server 2012 will be?
One (of the many... fuck off "/." haters) thing Microsoft does really well is long term support (for both the enterprise and the rest users) - and i expect soon some (more official than the current) announcement about the plan (which is not something i like so much, even as just a regular user - note that i don't use Windows for my personal stuff).
but i (hopefully) i expect a (honest) criticism
You must be new here.
I am...: "by the way, my account is few days old -4091871!-... you owe it to us, new kids of the block, old men" - but since you know it already... thanks for the answer!
The irony is strong in this one. Or have you not met many conservatives and observed their behavior, or even looked at your own in a mirror?
The comment i replied to has a very specific description of reality that i agree with, and on which my comment is based - "looking at a mirror" is always useful (not that i do it often to be honest...), but not helpful for the situation the comment i replied to describes.
We are welcomed my friend - but you are more *UNIQUELY* dumb... than the normal dumb(s); who don't understand dumbness, as less *UNIQUELY* dumb(s) do!
Unless you're a complete recluse or are making a conscious effort to sequester yourself from any popular culture, it's virtually impossible to be in your teens or 20's and not be exposed to various legitimate liberal political stances -- most often during college years. OTOH, it's quite easy to never interact with any "real life" legitimate conservative arguments, other than straw men that the liberal political arguments are using.
Thus you end up with 25 year olds who have no basic understanding of conservative economic principles, or presume that there's no other possible motiviation for some random socially conservative policy than abject hatred and/or slavish religious belief.
What you describe is the reality, and a reason that makes many of right-wing persons (like i am) to question the ethics and criticize the hypocrisy of the left-wing; pretending that they "save" people from ignorance, when any knowledge of the other's side arguments from those to be "saved" is absent or, worse, based on lies - note that i am not refering to their actual ideology (that i oppose, but it is irrelevant to my point): it is about their ethics and hypocrisy!
Usually people become wiser with age - young people are naturaly inclined to the left-wing's rhetoric. It would be better for society if people (regardless of their political ideology) to become honest. But i am just an old right-wing Greek who is angry with the ethics and hypocrisy of the left-wing...
Well, self-described as with an ideology of inclusion people who self-report as without exclusion practices people...
Too narrow a view on the world, too much of a social/political/financial echo chamber, [...]
Well, with all due respect (2667!) Sir... why are you in Slashdot?
I understand that you may answer "for the same reason YOU are also" (by the way, my account is few days old -4091871!-... and i am right-wing, i.e., very far from Slashdot's own "political bubble" i think), but i (hopefully) i expect a (honest) criticism of Slashdot on the issues you raised about the other site - you owe it to us, "new kids of the block", old men (o.k., biologically i am old enough, most probably older than you...)
Keeping You In a Political Bubble?
YES - SLASHDOT!
Argh! That's where I'd MEANT to post it. :-(
I had just made a comment in the opportunity rover story when i read yours here - it was obvious for where you intended it to be, and because i liked it (it was THE obligatory xkcd!) i tried to notify you (not before struggling with my personal little evil demon that pressed me to just steal it and post it myself...) - anyway, this post was made by someone else after all (since it was THE obligatory xkcd!).
married to German wifes
OMG!
paradosiakos tipos - "papoutsi apo ton topo sou, kai as einai kai mpalomeno"
yours is not as bad as the older's were
Oh, I'm definitely closer than the Greeks in Australia or the US, but I still really, really look forward to coming back.
nai, ela piso gia na armegeis kotes...
Guess I'll have to write a song, 'cause I can't think of one about this.. Hmm..
ama kseris apo mpouzouki!
Very interesting this "on one condition" thing (now that you mention it, yes, i have seen it parodied, and also -i think!- remember it -very vaguely?- from some very old American movie/s)... but to be honest, as a Greek i immediately noticed your pseudonym, so the only thing i could think was... you know!
No. The FBI mandate does not include nor condone protection. They enforce the law once it is broken. Nothing more.
YES - (in this case) some intelligence, but mostly just "usual" convention-protection: FBI Quick Facts (and from there many more info).
I am sure they do some non-convention-protection intelligence (they are the FEDS!), but i think they mostly do just the usual convention-protection (as our own Greek internal intelligence service does in any "Ouzo and Retsina" happening) - and they also do their usual anti-infiltration check by not notifying the organizer for the presence of some (or all) agents.
Holy (f)uck(ing) p(ar)en(t)he(ses) ... (what) t(h)e ((fuck)) is (wr)on(g) wi(t)h (u)??
It's English, not LISP.
Sorry dude, you are right, i was also writting some code (not LISP thank God!), and... it just happened! But to be honest i usually overuse parentheses... sorry.
Anyway, as i wrote, i think they are basically there to protect the convention/conference, as it does with any large gathering of people - if a convention/conference about Sudoku puzzles may attract a large group of people, the FEDS will be there!
This "Spot-the-Fed game" is stupid - don't kid yourselves kids: the FEDS are there basicaly for your protection... they are bored, as any nanny is!
Only if you are considering desktop PC's.
O.K., you (may) have a point, i was considering desktop PC's.
If you consider all computing devices, Linux wins easily.
"easily"? "EASILY"?
It is run on the largest of supercomputers and the smallest of embedded systems.
So, it can imitate BSD...
All Android devices run Linux.
I give you that point...
Many (most?) home routers run Linux.
Hmmm... It's "most"... one more point for you!
Even my LG Blu-ray player has some sort of Linux somewhere inside it.
Anyway, have your stupid "LG Blu-ray player" point also... i don't care!
Linux is literally everywhere.
"everywhere"? "EVERYWHERE"? Well, "literally", it is only where BSD is not! And BSD is everywhere... EVERYWHERE... iWIN
You're not Greek by any chance, are you? Don't know what made me think that.
I already wrote that i am a Greek, you are slipping...
Next time use your "/." account, you don't want people to think that you are a coward!