we went to the moon during a period of nationalist chest thumping, and when the nationalist chest thumping subsided, we haven't been back. countries that are interested in nationalist chest thumping: china, india, etc, are still pumping up their space programs
what i am saying is, for all the evils of nationalism, scientific advancement in the realm of large projects seems to be a positive byproduct
for example, if we were still in a cold war with the ussr in the 1990s, i will bet you anything that this would have been completed and would be producing amazing science at this point in time:
if you can simply buy candidates directly, you don't need to work through a brand or party powerbrokering. and so the republican and democrat hierarchies and names become redundant and unnecessary
as much as you hate the two big parties, you have to agree that no political party structure, just whoring mouthpieces for shadowy corporate interests, is far worse
as of the time i am reading, and yours is the only one that is emotional and trollish. so basically, you are a hypocrite, because you are engaging in the behavior you are complaining about
the proper response to this comment is to YELL IN ALL CAPS and use exclamation points and get emotional. pffffft
i'm just describing what the MAJORITY are doing. the desktop has been the focus for most everyone for a long time. but that is really going away
it's like i'm telling you "television is coming and will change everything" and you say "well no, people will still listen to radio, so nothing is changing"
well no shit people will still listen to radio, but television IS going to change things, just like a smartphone centric world will change things, even though people will still be using desktops
get it? you haven't refuted anything i said, you just completely misunderstood the subject. no one thinks desktops are going away 100%, so you refuting that point simply means you didn't even understand my point
most people reading here are desktop-centric, and the smartphone os is a secondary platform, in terms of work, play, and psychological orientation
but we are rapidly entering a world that is smartphone-centric, and the desktop os is a secondary platform, in terms of work, play, and psychological orientation. the whole desktop segment will be marginal
google can ride this psychological shift to get android/ chrome os onto the desktop market. the shift will be second nature, not an alien intrusion. and it will happen with a whimper, not a bang: who cares about the desktop except old people?
the only people making noise about this "big deal", this great promise of unseating microsoft in the desktop market, chattered about on slashdot for over a decade, will be old people. the idea of using a desktop will be a fossil idea, that only fossils will care about. like looking at greybeards from the 80s with their funny unix command line interfaces
in which case, "resistance is futile" is a good allusion, because google will be the new microsoft. cue bill gates slashdot borg icon morphing into a sergey brin/ larry page borg icon. nevermind that even the idea of "the borg" is a silly scifi notion from last century that only old people even care or know about
You could be paid an unlimited lifetime supply of deodorant if you have the glowing LED tattoo "Deodorant levels low, buy more Axe Body Spray" tattooed on your hairy, gold chain festooned chest, which will of course be visible, since your shirt will be buttoned down to your crotch.
everyone will be playing Call of Duty: Caracas on their 3D monitors and complaining on slashdot about the lack of linux support for their Kinect microsoft gesture devices
because the only thing lamer and more tired than predicting microsoft's survival, is predicting microsoft's imminent demise
people were expecting great things with vista, and it was just meh. since reality was lower than expectation, vista therefore sucked horribly
meanwhile, people weren't expecting anything from windows 7, and it was decent, so therefore its a good os
you see the same thing with movies: movies with massive hype that are just ok, like the matrix sequels, are therefore horribly sucky. the star wars prequels as well: these are just mediocre movies. if episodes 4,5,6 never existed, episodes 1,2,3 would be mildly entertaining whatevers. but because certain fanboys were expecting something on the order of personal biblical revelation, they have to cry about how much these movies suck
you are making an assumption: that rationality always guides decision making
and face it: as the nuclear option gets in the hands of more and more countries, rational decision making might not always be at the fore
in the case of iran, you are talking about a theocracy where a small group of grumpy old men have a monopoly on the interpretation of the word of god, and sincerely believe the mahdi will reappear at a time of great suffering. here, the well-being of iran is taken care of by supernatural forces, so go ahead use the nuke
and with north korea, you have a cult of personality revolving around a supreme leader. here, saving face and the ego of the dear leader is more important than the well-being of the people, so go ahead and use the nuke
i don't know why you trust these countries will always be guided by rationality
so when issues of economics, or climate, or policy, or anything else gets political, the political leaders of course make themselves busy with who is to blame for the problem. which of course doesn't solve any problems, it just makes people feel better that they didn't cause the problem (while they continue to suffer the consequences)
we need more engineers running this country, and less politicians
Magnetism is a gift from God. Do not believe the filthy scientists who wish to destroy your faith in God by "explaining" magnetism by science. It is a trick.
Every time you experience magnetism, smile, and know that you are feeling the gifts of the Holy One. And never forget: to use your mind is to go against the will of God.
I felt a great disturbance in the Torrent, as if millions of seeds suddenly cried out in 404 and were suddenly silenced. I fear something corporate has happened.
thank you for bringing up the problem of the blind and the only urdu speaking (rolls eyes). of course if there are problems with using paper ballot they can do something else accommodating. none of which has any value when evaluating the voting system for 98% of people
and yes, we have to know results at 9 pm on election day. anything is a travesty. pffft. i already said ocr was acceptable
you apparently think election night graphics on the news channel is more important than integrity of the process. fuck you, you're dead wrong
i can deal with OCR machines, but you need to vote on paper. this provides a picture of actual voter intent that is harder to lose/ fake/ destroy/ etc. of course you can have fraud in any election, but the difference between electronic and paper is that you need an army of saboteurs and an ongoing conspiracy with paper, and with electronic you just need one guy with the right code for a few milliseconds
additionally: attack vectors. there are dozens of way to cheat on paper voting. there are order of magnitude more ways to cheat on electronic voting
and its about perception, not actual voting irregularities and fraud attempts. i can touch paper, i can see it, feel it, trust it. electronics represents a black box where your vote goes in, elected official sausage comes out the other end, and who knows what happens in between
technophilicity is the problem of believing throwing more technology makes something better no matter what. no: for the sake of transparency, trust and legitimacy, the richest democracy and the poorest democracy should vote the same: on paper
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we went to the moon during a period of nationalist chest thumping, and when the nationalist chest thumping subsided, we haven't been back. countries that are interested in nationalist chest thumping: china, india, etc, are still pumping up their space programs
what i am saying is, for all the evils of nationalism, scientific advancement in the realm of large projects seems to be a positive byproduct
for example, if we were still in a cold war with the ussr in the 1990s, i will bet you anything that this would have been completed and would be producing amazing science at this point in time:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_Super_Collider
if you can simply buy candidates directly, you don't need to work through a brand or party powerbrokering. and so the republican and democrat hierarchies and names become redundant and unnecessary
as much as you hate the two big parties, you have to agree that no political party structure, just whoring mouthpieces for shadowy corporate interests, is far worse
as of the time i am reading, and yours is the only one that is emotional and trollish. so basically, you are a hypocrite, because you are engaging in the behavior you are complaining about
the proper response to this comment is to YELL IN ALL CAPS and use exclamation points and get emotional. pffffft
no, no, no
the prank is you release 3 sharks with the numbers 1, 2 and 4 on them and watch while everybody searches for the one with the number 3 on it...
in all seriousness WHO THE BLEEP EVER HEARD OF THAT PRANK BEFORE
well no shit
i'm just describing what the MAJORITY are doing. the desktop has been the focus for most everyone for a long time. but that is really going away
it's like i'm telling you "television is coming and will change everything" and you say "well no, people will still listen to radio, so nothing is changing"
well no shit people will still listen to radio, but television IS going to change things, just like a smartphone centric world will change things, even though people will still be using desktops
get it? you haven't refuted anything i said, you just completely misunderstood the subject. no one thinks desktops are going away 100%, so you refuting that point simply means you didn't even understand my point
most people reading here are desktop-centric, and the smartphone os is a secondary platform, in terms of work, play, and psychological orientation
but we are rapidly entering a world that is smartphone-centric, and the desktop os is a secondary platform, in terms of work, play, and psychological orientation. the whole desktop segment will be marginal
google can ride this psychological shift to get android/ chrome os onto the desktop market. the shift will be second nature, not an alien intrusion. and it will happen with a whimper, not a bang: who cares about the desktop except old people?
the only people making noise about this "big deal", this great promise of unseating microsoft in the desktop market, chattered about on slashdot for over a decade, will be old people. the idea of using a desktop will be a fossil idea, that only fossils will care about. like looking at greybeards from the 80s with their funny unix command line interfaces
in which case, "resistance is futile" is a good allusion, because google will be the new microsoft. cue bill gates slashdot borg icon morphing into a sergey brin/ larry page borg icon. nevermind that even the idea of "the borg" is a silly scifi notion from last century that only old people even care or know about
slashdot, we're showing our age
You could be paid an unlimited lifetime supply of deodorant if you have the glowing LED tattoo "Deodorant levels low, buy more Axe Body Spray" tattooed on your hairy, gold chain festooned chest, which will of course be visible, since your shirt will be buttoned down to your crotch.
you've basically argued for why the movies were mediocre and forgettable, not deserving of fire and brimstone
i am explaining why they got so much negative emotion
if someone is expecting nothing, and gets taco bell, they shrug
if someone is expecting filet mignon, and they get taco bell, they're angry
everyone will be playing Call of Duty: Caracas on their 3D monitors and complaining on slashdot about the lack of linux support for their Kinect microsoft gesture devices
because the only thing lamer and more tired than predicting microsoft's survival, is predicting microsoft's imminent demise
its human psychology
people were expecting great things with vista, and it was just meh. since reality was lower than expectation, vista therefore sucked horribly
meanwhile, people weren't expecting anything from windows 7, and it was decent, so therefore its a good os
you see the same thing with movies: movies with massive hype that are just ok, like the matrix sequels, are therefore horribly sucky. the star wars prequels as well: these are just mediocre movies. if episodes 4,5,6 never existed, episodes 1,2,3 would be mildly entertaining whatevers. but because certain fanboys were expecting something on the order of personal biblical revelation, they have to cry about how much these movies suck
expectations massively color our impressions
we should all be so lucky, to die pioneering new frontiers
what if i sacrifice my goat?
will 4chan bless me with more rain if i sacrifice my goat?
you are making an assumption: that rationality always guides decision making
and face it: as the nuclear option gets in the hands of more and more countries, rational decision making might not always be at the fore
in the case of iran, you are talking about a theocracy where a small group of grumpy old men have a monopoly on the interpretation of the word of god, and sincerely believe the mahdi will reappear at a time of great suffering. here, the well-being of iran is taken care of by supernatural forces, so go ahead use the nuke
and with north korea, you have a cult of personality revolving around a supreme leader. here, saving face and the ego of the dear leader is more important than the well-being of the people, so go ahead and use the nuke
i don't know why you trust these countries will always be guided by rationality
no, it turns into diamond
didn't you see superman iii?
engineering is about fixing problems
so when issues of economics, or climate, or policy, or anything else gets political, the political leaders of course make themselves busy with who is to blame for the problem. which of course doesn't solve any problems, it just makes people feel better that they didn't cause the problem (while they continue to suffer the consequences)
we need more engineers running this country, and less politicians
I wanted to hear how he used a F22 fighter-jet to stop a truck. But he used a minivan. Boooriiinng.
Magnetism is a gift from God. Do not believe the filthy scientists who wish to destroy your faith in God by "explaining" magnetism by science. It is a trick.
Every time you experience magnetism, smile, and know that you are feeling the gifts of the Holy One. And never forget: to use your mind is to go against the will of God.
"the only thing worth anything there is a bunch of sheep"
watch your language. you're upsetting the kiwis
I felt a great disturbance in the Torrent, as if millions of seeds suddenly cried out in 404 and were suddenly silenced. I fear something corporate has happened.
thank you for bringing up the problem of the blind and the only urdu speaking (rolls eyes). of course if there are problems with using paper ballot they can do something else accommodating. none of which has any value when evaluating the voting system for 98% of people
and yes, we have to know results at 9 pm on election day. anything is a travesty. pffft. i already said ocr was acceptable
you apparently think election night graphics on the news channel is more important than integrity of the process. fuck you, you're dead wrong
that's just version numbering manipulation to appear fast
HAL
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Simon
http://www.google.com/images?q=simon+game
Chrome mascot
http://www.google.com/images?q=chrome+browser+logo
i can deal with OCR machines, but you need to vote on paper. this provides a picture of actual voter intent that is harder to lose/ fake/ destroy/ etc. of course you can have fraud in any election, but the difference between electronic and paper is that you need an army of saboteurs and an ongoing conspiracy with paper, and with electronic you just need one guy with the right code for a few milliseconds
additionally: attack vectors. there are dozens of way to cheat on paper voting. there are order of magnitude more ways to cheat on electronic voting
and its about perception, not actual voting irregularities and fraud attempts. i can touch paper, i can see it, feel it, trust it. electronics represents a black box where your vote goes in, elected official sausage comes out the other end, and who knows what happens in between
technophilicity is the problem of believing throwing more technology makes something better no matter what. no: for the sake of transparency, trust and legitimacy, the richest democracy and the poorest democracy should vote the same: on paper
there, much more satisfying subject matter
he is getting DDoS'd. but what DDoS stands for in the context of richard simmons is not printable in a family website like slashdot, ehem