this is the problem with negativity and cynicism. assuming you really think like this, and accept it, you are accepting slavery
i'm a free man. as such, i am positive and optimistic. which is the cause and which is the effect?
it is my assertion that the attitude creates the reality. the proof of your cynicism is the life you lead... which is because of your cynicism. your cynicism is a cause, not an effect. your psychological makeup predisposes you to a fate of slavery or freedom. freedom is the realm of the optimist
i just look at the way you view the world you live in, and shake my head. because its simply not the same world i live in. then i look to my world, and am cheerful again
life is emergent phenomena. it is not a static unyielding truth. you create your fate, actively, you are not the victim of it. well, at least this truth applies to me and other free men
to the end of the petroleum era. rising demand (higher standards of living in india, china, brazil...) and falling supply (deeper, hard to process) means all sorts of deep assumptions change about our economies. #1: it won't make economic sense to ship cheap crap across the pacific from china anymore. we'll start making cheap crap here at home again
plastics will go bio too. it really wouldn't take much for industrial chemists to adjust feedstock requirements to plant materials. doesn't even have to be oils in many cases. lots of agricultural waste,also from logging and paper making, that could find feedstock use in plastics, etc
As of August 2010 Opera has a 2.37% of worldwide usage share of web browsers, according to Net Applications.[109] The browser has seen more success in Eastern Europe, including about 47% market share in 2009 in Georgia, 43% in Ukraine, 36% in Russia, and 8-11% in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and the Czech Republic.[110] In September 2009, Opera broke its previous download records when Opera 10 was released and was recorded to be downloaded 10 million times during the first week of release.[111]
new slogan: "opera: made by norwegians, used by georgians"
an aside: doesn't opera have a feature where you can "cloak" it? that is, report a false HTTP_USER_AGENT?
ah, yes, it's a simple menu selection, and you can surf as a wolf hiding in sheep's clothing:
do you live in an old house? upgrade your insulation
it's all economics my friend. all current energy tech sucks in one way or another. the point is to choose the one which sucks least, with price being the biggest suckiness factor. right now oil sucks least for many needs. soon it will be electric. then you'll be quite happy with electric while your oil burning neighbors curse at their bills
you do realize that taking land that is meant to feed people and turning it into land committed to letting rich people vacation in the south pacific, thus raising food prices and dooming the poor, is a political nonstarter, right? the corn-based ethanol backlash is only the beginning. biofuels are going to become symbols of the rich literally starving the poor
or we can just adapt high speed rail, and cut out the need for the entire midsection of air travel. you're not going to bangkok from new york city by train, but you are to boston, washington dc, even charleston, raleigh, miami. even with poky acela, midtown manhattan to downtown boston by rail is cheaper, faster, more comfortable, and a much more agreeable experience than air travel (getting out to the airport and back in gridlock, security screening, luggage hassles, etc)
now if we can only convince the tea party morons that investing in basic infrastructure is not a socialist plot to tax everyone to death and punish the rich and glorify welfare queens, but just common sense business friendly economic development, than maybe we can weather the end of the petroleum era without becoming a third world country. tea party retards: business will flee to europe and asia where high speed rail commitments mean quality of life and ease of business will grow, while your potholed gridlocked expensive highways means business will suffer in the usa. wake the fuck up
so i have ie, firefox, chrome, safari, and opera always installed on every one of my machines (work/ mobile/ home)
sometimes i'll randomly launch browsers just to get a feel for the user experience ("___ is not your default browser, would like to make..." ad infinitum). i'm sure if slashdot data mined the HTTP_USER_AGENT server variable attached to user circletimessquare they'd see an odd 5 piece pie chart
but after reading this post, i foresee the chrome pie piece experiencing a significant decrease in size
c'mon google, what the fuck
and this is why competition works. if only ie dominated, as in years past, there's be little or no pressure to introduce this feature. honest fair competition (in a well-regulated marketplace) means the consumer wins
one final aside: i love opera. that's one scrappy browser. they always seem to have the most exotic features that leave your mind excited rather than eye-rolling (like bit torrent support baked in). supporting opera, unfortunately, is an afterthought in most browser development projects i've been attached to, and in the past, it suffered from the same hijinks as ie6/7 which left you angry at it and resentful (not so much anymore). but i've always tried to support opera. and its not just sentimental love for the underdog, opera is a really good browser, you should try it (no i'm not affiliated with them in any way). i believe its hot in nordic countries (which makes sense, since its from there) and eastern europe
petroleum is getting more expensive to dig up and process, as a function of more marginal types of deposits (oil shale, tar sands, etc), and just plain deeper to get to
at the same time, india, brazil, china: approaching western standards of lifestyle and energy consumption
this is a simple economic equation: decreasing supply, increasing demand, which means the age of cheap easy petroleum is over. and while we might be able to switch to electric cars relatively painlessly, i don't see electric powered aircraft in our future (battery weight/ energy density being the obvious issue)
which means air travel, a mainstay of middle class lifestyle, might move back into the realm of the upper middle class and the rich as it was in the 1940s. simply as a function of fuel prices
this doesn't have to do with speed, but it does have a lot to do with the related perception from the middle of the last century of air travel/ space travel becoming more and more ubiquitous and common place. think flying cars. but air travel is actually going to get less common, more rare
when i am making an example of the stereotypical false equivalency moron, it helps not to reply to the comment as exactly that sort of moron, in exactly the way i describe
i guess my entire post was a WHOOOSH right over your head, eh?
some of the mental concepts you will find missing from those in the west who draw a false equivalency between the usa's crimes concerning internet freedom and the chinese
but most importantly, you will find them, freely and openly criticising their government, without fear of reprisal. unlike in china
so if listening to mentally subpar cranks on the internet equate china and the usa in illogical ways, i accept that as a price to pay for freedom of political expression
this is the beginning of the end of nuclear power in japan. maybe the usa. probably europe
that's what people are learning and understanding
the point is, because some people are hysterics or are illiterates does not change the fact that alarm is indeed the proper, intelligent reaction to fukushima
and i see too many comments in denial, and falsely complacent
you walk the fine line between false complacency and false alarmism with a prudent understanding of what is going on, intelligence. sometimes, you are complacent. sometimes, you alarmed
and if you are intelligent, you are alarmed about what is going on in fukushima right now. that some people are also alarmed for stupid reasons does not change the fact that alarm is the proper reaction to fukushima right now
now go ahead, dismiss me as a hysteric or illiterate. denial, denial, denial
i'm not talking about this thread alone. in every story that comes up about fukushima on slashdot, you see comments modded up that:
1. how fukushima is no big deal, its media hype and confusion 2. how fukushima was easily avoidable, so therefore, its ok 3. how events like this are really rare. so nuclear power is ok 4. how nuclear is really really safe compared to other sources, and science illiterates are just hysterical
1. how fukushima is no big deal, its media hype and confusion 2. how fukushima was easily avoidable, so therefore, its ok 3. how events like this are really rare. so its ok 3. how nuclear is really really safe, and science illiterates are hysterical
this is what is known as "denial" folks. they are now talking about the disaster in chernobyl terms:
fukushima is the beginning of the end of nuclear power. this is a death knell. if you don't understand that, you don't understand anything. now let's hear some more denial from the "experts" who don't understand risk analysis
if you are young and healthy and have no health insurance, but you break your arm, we do not inquire as to your bank account before treating you. we treat you. then, being poor, as most young people are, you avoid the bill, or declare bankruptcy. what a nice society
this is the way it has been for decades: the state and feds constantly reimbursing hospitals for unpaid bills so thehospitals don't go under. in other words, we already have universal healthcare, that you already pay for, in the most idiotic way most expensive way via your taxes. in other words, your position is called FREELOADING: the acknowledgment that you can get injured, but not planning financially.for the possibility
he only financial common sense is universal health care insurance. you want a choice? the choice you want is to not be insured, thereby forcing me, the taxpayer, to pay for your care. which is alternatingly hilarious and maddening that you talk about robberey when it is you who is robbing me. so many morons like you argue that universal healthcare rewards freeloaders who don't work. yes, it rewards them: it says you live in a society that will not let you die just because you get injured
meanwhile, you argue for the choice, the "freedom," to freeload. you want the freedom from financial responsibility for when you break you arm
i am really sick of you utterly ignorant propagandized fools
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this is the problem with negativity and cynicism. assuming you really think like this, and accept it, you are accepting slavery
i'm a free man. as such, i am positive and optimistic. which is the cause and which is the effect?
it is my assertion that the attitude creates the reality. the proof of your cynicism is the life you lead... which is because of your cynicism. your cynicism is a cause, not an effect. your psychological makeup predisposes you to a fate of slavery or freedom. freedom is the realm of the optimist
i just look at the way you view the world you live in, and shake my head. because its simply not the same world i live in. then i look to my world, and am cheerful again
life is emergent phenomena. it is not a static unyielding truth. you create your fate, actively, you are not the victim of it. well, at least this truth applies to me and other free men
except for the whole loss of power by cube of the distance thing
yes i know you can create focused beams and microwave lasers
so then we're talking scattering and dissipation
efficiency is your achilles heel here
you should dig up tesla and ask him how this idea goes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wardenclyffe_Tower
wireless, of whatever electromagnetic radiation, is wonderful for transferring signals. not very good for transferring power
to the end of the petroleum era. rising demand (higher standards of living in india, china, brazil...) and falling supply (deeper, hard to process) means all sorts of deep assumptions change about our economies. #1: it won't make economic sense to ship cheap crap across the pacific from china anymore. we'll start making cheap crap here at home again
plastics will go bio too. it really wouldn't take much for industrial chemists to adjust feedstock requirements to plant materials. doesn't even have to be oils in many cases. lots of agricultural waste,also from logging and paper making, that could find feedstock use in plastics, etc
don't worry, i have no party in this fistfight. happy browsing and happy brawling
i feel like i'm sitting in starbucks witnessing a fistfight spill over from the s&m club next door
this is some sort of subculture war i'm not familiar with. link? (work safe link please)
informative comment, thanks. my impression of opera as nordic centric i guess is historical. and i double-checked, your comment is wikipedia-approved:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_(web_browser)
new slogan: "opera: made by norwegians, used by georgians"
an aside: doesn't opera have a feature where you can "cloak" it? that is, report a false HTTP_USER_AGENT?
ah, yes, it's a simple menu selection, and you can surf as a wolf hiding in sheep's clothing:
http://www.davidtan.org/how-to-change-opera-user-agent-string/
mod parent up: informative/ insightful
you'll do it when gas hits $8/ gallon
do you live in an old house? upgrade your insulation
it's all economics my friend. all current energy tech sucks in one way or another. the point is to choose the one which sucks least, with price being the biggest suckiness factor. right now oil sucks least for many needs. soon it will be electric. then you'll be quite happy with electric while your oil burning neighbors curse at their bills
you do realize that taking land that is meant to feed people and turning it into land committed to letting rich people vacation in the south pacific, thus raising food prices and dooming the poor, is a political nonstarter, right? the corn-based ethanol backlash is only the beginning. biofuels are going to become symbols of the rich literally starving the poor
or we can just adapt high speed rail, and cut out the need for the entire midsection of air travel. you're not going to bangkok from new york city by train, but you are to boston, washington dc, even charleston, raleigh, miami. even with poky acela, midtown manhattan to downtown boston by rail is cheaper, faster, more comfortable, and a much more agreeable experience than air travel (getting out to the airport and back in gridlock, security screening, luggage hassles, etc)
now if we can only convince the tea party morons that investing in basic infrastructure is not a socialist plot to tax everyone to death and punish the rich and glorify welfare queens, but just common sense business friendly economic development, than maybe we can weather the end of the petroleum era without becoming a third world country. tea party retards: business will flee to europe and asia where high speed rail commitments mean quality of life and ease of business will grow, while your potholed gridlocked expensive highways means business will suffer in the usa. wake the fuck up
than spend $500 more in heating costs every year
i for one welcome our new tin foil energy saving house overlords
so i have ie, firefox, chrome, safari, and opera always installed on every one of my machines (work/ mobile/ home)
sometimes i'll randomly launch browsers just to get a feel for the user experience ("___ is not your default browser, would like to make..." ad infinitum). i'm sure if slashdot data mined the HTTP_USER_AGENT server variable attached to user circletimessquare they'd see an odd 5 piece pie chart
but after reading this post, i foresee the chrome pie piece experiencing a significant decrease in size
c'mon google, what the fuck
and this is why competition works. if only ie dominated, as in years past, there's be little or no pressure to introduce this feature. honest fair competition (in a well-regulated marketplace) means the consumer wins
one final aside: i love opera. that's one scrappy browser. they always seem to have the most exotic features that leave your mind excited rather than eye-rolling (like bit torrent support baked in). supporting opera, unfortunately, is an afterthought in most browser development projects i've been attached to, and in the past, it suffered from the same hijinks as ie6/7 which left you angry at it and resentful (not so much anymore). but i've always tried to support opera. and its not just sentimental love for the underdog, opera is a really good browser, you should try it (no i'm not affiliated with them in any way). i believe its hot in nordic countries (which makes sense, since its from there) and eastern europe
petroleum is getting more expensive to dig up and process, as a function of more marginal types of deposits (oil shale, tar sands, etc), and just plain deeper to get to
at the same time, india, brazil, china: approaching western standards of lifestyle and energy consumption
this is a simple economic equation: decreasing supply, increasing demand, which means the age of cheap easy petroleum is over. and while we might be able to switch to electric cars relatively painlessly, i don't see electric powered aircraft in our future (battery weight/ energy density being the obvious issue)
which means air travel, a mainstay of middle class lifestyle, might move back into the realm of the upper middle class and the rich as it was in the 1940s. simply as a function of fuel prices
this doesn't have to do with speed, but it does have a lot to do with the related perception from the middle of the last century of air travel/ space travel becoming more and more ubiquitous and common place. think flying cars. but air travel is actually going to get less common, more rare
when i am making an example of the stereotypical false equivalency moron, it helps not to reply to the comment as exactly that sort of moron, in exactly the way i describe
i guess my entire post was a WHOOOSH right over your head, eh?
scale
context
some of the mental concepts you will find missing from those in the west who draw a false equivalency between the usa's crimes concerning internet freedom and the chinese
but most importantly, you will find them, freely and openly criticising their government, without fear of reprisal. unlike in china
so if listening to mentally subpar cranks on the internet equate china and the usa in illogical ways, i accept that as a price to pay for freedom of political expression
put your money with your mouth is, ignorant free market fundamentalist
you want hospitals to turn away people who can't pay?
this is the beginning of the end of nuclear power in japan. maybe the usa. probably europe
that's what people are learning and understanding
the point is, because some people are hysterics or are illiterates does not change the fact that alarm is indeed the proper, intelligent reaction to fukushima
and i see too many comments in denial, and falsely complacent
with false complacency
you walk the fine line between false complacency and false alarmism with a prudent understanding of what is going on, intelligence. sometimes, you are complacent. sometimes, you alarmed
and if you are intelligent, you are alarmed about what is going on in fukushima right now. that some people are also alarmed for stupid reasons does not change the fact that alarm is the proper reaction to fukushima right now
now go ahead, dismiss me as a hysteric or illiterate. denial, denial, denial
do you know what is equally wrong?
false complacency. i think that's what you refer to as a "calm discussion". its not intelligent, its smug. and wrong, and fails at risk analysis
now go ahead, dismiss me as just another propaganda victim
i'm not talking about this thread alone. in every story that comes up about fukushima on slashdot, you see comments modded up that:
1. how fukushima is no big deal, its media hype and confusion
2. how fukushima was easily avoidable, so therefore, its ok
3. how events like this are really rare. so nuclear power is ok
4. how nuclear is really really safe compared to other sources, and science illiterates are just hysterical
repeat after me: denial, denial, denial, denial
about fukushima always minimizing, belittling, or otherwise dismissing what is happening here as hysteria or science illiteracy?
it seems like a form of denial to me
we're talking about the end of nuclear power in japan, and perhaps elsewhere
if you don't understand why, you really are in denial, and you don't understand risk analysis
it's not hysteria going on here. really
1. how fukushima is no big deal, its media hype and confusion
2. how fukushima was easily avoidable, so therefore, its ok
3. how events like this are really rare. so its ok
3. how nuclear is really really safe, and science illiterates are hysterical
this is what is known as "denial" folks. they are now talking about the disaster in chernobyl terms:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/12/japan-nuclear-radiation-idUSTKE00635920110412
fukushima is the beginning of the end of nuclear power. this is a death knell. if you don't understand that, you don't understand anything. now let's hear some more denial from the "experts" who don't understand risk analysis
you don't have a choice
if you are young and healthy and have no health insurance, but you break your arm, we do not inquire as to your bank account before treating you. we treat you. then, being poor, as most young people are, you avoid the bill, or declare bankruptcy. what a nice society
this is the way it has been for decades: the state and feds constantly reimbursing hospitals for unpaid bills so thehospitals don't go under. in other words, we already have universal healthcare, that you already pay for, in the most idiotic way most expensive way via your taxes. in other words, your position is called FREELOADING: the acknowledgment that you can get injured, but not planning financially.for the possibility
he only financial common sense is universal health care insurance. you want a choice? the choice you want is to not be insured, thereby forcing me, the taxpayer, to pay for your care. which is alternatingly hilarious and maddening that you talk about robberey when it is you who is robbing me. so many morons like you argue that universal healthcare rewards freeloaders who don't work. yes, it rewards them: it says you live in a society that will not let you die just because you get injured
meanwhile, you argue for the choice, the "freedom," to freeload. you want the freedom from financial responsibility for when you break you arm
i am really sick of you utterly ignorant propagandized fools