Or he may be stuck in a permanent cubicle with demon neighbors who talk loudly on the phone, take his supplies and interrupt him...for all eternity. Now THATS diabolical punishment:)
I really need to get out more...the joke seems to have gone right over my head:) On the other hand, I guess i know how to really wow everyone at my next presentation.
(Good, informative and insightful post that you made, BTW)
I pledge allegiance to the RIAA and to the media conglomerates for which it stands. One nation, under DRM. With perpetual copyright and a compliant Congress, for those with the most lobbyists.
I read the article header to my girlfriend, and her first response was "Sounds just like House last night.":) Wonderful lines: "Dr Jekyll I presume? They found a half eaten sheep in the zoo last night and the police would like to have a word with you." Or something to that effect.
I don't think there is this monolithic Slashdot belief system in the first place, and I certainly have not noticed any "love government regulation' trend on this site. For myself, I would much rather Google didn't help with censorship, but I do think that the more exposure people under totalitarian governments have to the wider world, the more likely things are to change there. That is why I think the U.S. policy toward Cuba is probably prolonging the Communist government there. A 'get tough with the Commies' policy plays well with the voters, though, and that is most likely what this boils down to.
"So, as you can see, the existence of the Christian God can be deduced from natural evidence."
The problem is, so can the existence of Odin or Vishnu or the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It's all very good that Swinburne can show that things like the Trinity follow naturally; but I have a sneaking suspicion that if the Bible had instead had a Holy Sextet, then Swinburne would have deduced just that from natural evidence . In other words, when you start with what you are proving, it's easy to work your way back.
I didn't own it, but i did feel very proprietary about it. My high school got its very first computer when i was a junior; a TRS-80 Model One, with cassettte drive for storage. They couldn't decide where to put the thing, eventually deciding on letting the math teacher have it, even though he knew absolutely nothing about computers.
A friend and I got permission to fool around with it as a kind of independant learning program, so every day we would go into his classroom and take it out of the closet and set it up on a table in the back, where we would sit and figure things out while an Algebra I class went on in the front. We worked through the manual, discovered the joys of POKE and PEEK commands, made lots of really clunky graphics and played a lot of Backgammon. It was by far the most enjoyable and the most educational time I had in high school.
In later years I got my first home computer, a handmedown from my brother, who came back from being stationed in South Korea. He brought a box with a name I now forget, but that booted up with a nice official Apple II screen. I pretty much killed that poor thing, doing my first hardware hacking. Ah, the good ole days:)
I already tested the Alzheimer's idea at my local nursing home. I put half the residents on a regime of Tetris, and half on Grand Theft Auto. The tetris players showed a marked improvement in cognitive skills, right up to the point when the GTA players jacked their wheelchairs, shot them for their money and took their meds to sell.
I don't know...it seems to be pretty accepted practice when a news story is about a politician to mention his party. At least my local paper always sticks that in there, no matter which party it is.
On the other hand, you might want to just admit you didn't read the article, which does NOT say it was warmer 1200 years ago. It says that is as far back as they could reliably measure with those methods.
The actual article doesn't say it was warmer in 800AD; it says that is as far back as can be reliably measured with these methods. So the summary is (surprise) badly phrased.
I think you're right, both about the use of this whole thing by the Iranian and Syrian governments and that it was just a generally dumb thing for the paper to do in the first place. Obviously, violence is not called for, but i do understand the outrage that many muslims must feel. If these had been just plain old anti-terror or anto-extremist cartoons, I don't think there would have been near the outcry. It is the inclusion of Muhammed that was distasteful. Many Christians would be upset if aa cartoon about abortion bombers showed Jesus with a bomb. The paper certainly has the right to print what it wants, but I agree that boycotts would be by far the most appropriate response. (And as a side note, I'm pagan, so I am trying to look at this as a detached observer.)
The government of the United Sates is very freedom loving. Unfortunately they define freedom as "Our administration has the freedom to do anything we see fit, whether or not it is legal."
As for the citizens, apparently we have the abundant freedom to sit back and be grateful for all this protection we are being given. Granted, that may end up being the only freedom we have, but damnit we are supposed to be thankful for it.
Slashdot Mirror
Wokka Wokka Wokka Wokka.
If their butt is the size of a kitchen table, then they aren't LITTLE green men.
And Magellan is gellin' like a felon. Please forgive me.
Or he may be stuck in a permanent cubicle with demon neighbors who talk loudly on the phone, take his supplies and interrupt him...for all eternity. Now THATS diabolical punishment:)
Not to mention buying every researcher a whole lotta gold on WoW...look out for that CDC guild.
(Score:5, Funny) ???
I really need to get out more...the joke seems to have gone right over my head:) On the other hand, I guess i know how to really wow everyone at my next presentation.
(Good, informative and insightful post that you made, BTW)
Actually, they have more giraffe-like explanations :)
I don't go online to have fun, I go online to play Everquest!
The toads must have washed ashore along with the camels and occasional wizards.
(Sorry, I just finished reading The Last Continent.)
And they can start the day with:
I pledge allegiance to the RIAA
and to the media conglomerates for which it stands.
One nation, under DRM.
With perpetual copyright and a compliant Congress,
for those with the most lobbyists.
I read the article header to my girlfriend, and her first response was "Sounds just like House last night." :)
Wonderful lines: "Dr Jekyll I presume? They found a half eaten sheep in the zoo last night and the police would like to have a word with you." Or something to that effect.
I don't think there is this monolithic Slashdot belief system in the first place, and I certainly have not noticed any "love government regulation' trend on this site. For myself, I would much rather Google didn't help with censorship, but I do think that the more exposure people under totalitarian governments have to the wider world, the more likely things are to change there. That is why I think the U.S. policy toward Cuba is probably prolonging the Communist government there. A 'get tough with the Commies' policy plays well with the voters, though, and that is most likely what this boils down to.
I felt like it was being very sarcastic.
Or maybe W.B. Yeats :
"The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."
From The Second Coming.
"So, as you can see, the existence of the Christian God can be deduced from natural evidence."
The problem is, so can the existence of Odin or Vishnu or the Flying Spaghetti Monster. It's all very good that Swinburne can show that things like the Trinity follow naturally; but I have a sneaking suspicion that if the Bible had instead had a Holy Sextet, then Swinburne would have deduced just that from natural evidence . In other words, when you start with what you are proving, it's easy to work your way back.
I didn't own it, but i did feel very proprietary about it. My high school got its very first computer when i was a junior; a TRS-80 Model One, with cassettte drive for storage. They couldn't decide where to put the thing, eventually deciding on letting the math teacher have it, even though he knew absolutely nothing about computers.
A friend and I got permission to fool around with it as a kind of independant learning program, so every day we would go into his classroom and take it out of the closet and set it up on a table in the back, where we would sit and figure things out while an Algebra I class went on in the front. We worked through the manual, discovered the joys of POKE and PEEK commands, made lots of really clunky graphics and played a lot of Backgammon. It was by far the most enjoyable and the most educational time I had in high school.
In later years I got my first home computer, a handmedown from my brother, who came back from being stationed in South Korea. He brought a box with a name I now forget, but that booted up with a nice official Apple II screen. I pretty much killed that poor thing, doing my first hardware hacking. Ah, the good ole days:)
Are you trying to tell me bloggers aren't reliable??? My whole worldview has come crashing down.
I already tested the Alzheimer's idea at my local nursing home. I put half the residents on a regime of Tetris, and half on Grand Theft Auto. The tetris players showed a marked improvement in cognitive skills, right up to the point when the GTA players jacked their wheelchairs, shot them for their money and took their meds to sell.
Yet.
I don't know...it seems to be pretty accepted practice when a news story is about a politician to mention his party. At least my local paper always sticks that in there, no matter which party it is.
On the other hand, you might want to just admit you didn't read the article, which does NOT say it was warmer 1200 years ago. It says that is as far back as they could reliably measure with those methods.
The actual article doesn't say it was warmer in 800AD; it says that is as far back as can be reliably measured with these methods. So the summary is (surprise) badly phrased.
Or tip your butle staff, in this case:)
I think you're right, both about the use of this whole thing by the Iranian and Syrian governments and that it was just a generally dumb thing for the paper to do in the first place. Obviously, violence is not called for, but i do understand the outrage that many muslims must feel. If these had been just plain old anti-terror or anto-extremist cartoons, I don't think there would have been near the outcry. It is the inclusion of Muhammed that was distasteful. Many Christians would be upset if aa cartoon about abortion bombers showed Jesus with a bomb. The paper certainly has the right to print what it wants, but I agree that boycotts would be by far the most appropriate response. (And as a side note, I'm pagan, so I am trying to look at this as a detached observer.)
The government of the United Sates is very freedom loving. Unfortunately they define freedom as "Our administration has the freedom to do anything we see fit, whether or not it is legal."
As for the citizens, apparently we have the abundant freedom to sit back and be grateful for all this protection we are being given. Granted, that may end up being the only freedom we have, but damnit we are supposed to be thankful for it.