User: circletimessquare

i thought my brother in law

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was being inconsiderate when he got me an hd dvd box set for xmas when i only had a regular dvd player

now in my mind he is inconsiderate AND insulting

or perhaps he is just regifting shrewdly

hmmm

"As a programmer, I'm most excited by the

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"As a programmer, I'm most excited by the possibility of a new platform and the programming jobs that will be created by it."

brings new meaning to the phrase "script kiddie"

do not downplay the threat of scientology

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yes, a large group of organized intellectually and emotionally subpar humans can outcompete, hunt down and destroy clear thinking mentally strong independent people

this is the history of all religion

dismissing something intellectually does not make it vanish in real life

it is a potent threat to your freedom. all organized religion is

the group is stronger than the individual. no matter how strong the individual and his ideas, no matter how feeble and dysfunctional and idiotic the ideas and the members of the group

learn and understand this unfortunate aspect of reality

mod parent at 6: definition of reality

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hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah

the death of an antiquated business model is NOT the death of music

as long as they don't touch my <blink> tag

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as long as they don't touch my tag, they can do whatever they want

<blink>i heart you</blink> blink tag, no one loves you like i do

in the 1980s

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they said that the greater use of comptuers would lead to less office paper usage. instead, everyone printed all sorts of crap for one reason or another, leading to an increase in paper usage

they also said in the 1930s that the television was a great step forward for mankind as a potent tool for education. instead we got "american gladiator"

and the internet was supposed to be this great philospher's lounge of idealistic thinking and positive intellectual discussion. instead we got fark.com

many other examples

the expectations for the influence of technology on human society are often and usually completely the opposite of reality

then it's time for the danish to stop

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considering themselves scandinavian, and start considering themselves dutch

i read somewhere

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that scandinavia is still rebounding from the loss of its ice sheet in the last ice age

i don't know the rate, but perhaps the rising seawater and the rising land should counteract each other in scandinavia

i'm not really being that serious, just trying to bring some good cheer to you gloomy nords ;-)

so if someone showed you the same

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about osama bin laden, does that excuse him in your mind?

of course, you'll tell me you know all about his mental health too, right?

the point is very simple: if someone spwes hate, they are to be punished. the genesis of their hate may be anything, but it doesn't matter the cause, because the effect is the issue

i feel like charlton heston

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being accused of wanting to repeal the 2nd amendment

man the weird trolls you meet on teh intarwebs

take a look at my sig

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now lecture me again about the supposed western soft racism in my remarks

what a blind moron

you're making a determination of intent

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as if someone can spew hate and vitriol for years

and they are helpless innocent victims of mental illness, with no intent to say what they say or act the way they act

he's not hereing voice, he's not changing personality, he's being himself, and divulging the content of his soul

he's a bigot

and you say you he "can't help the way he is"

what incredible bullshit

do you even know what intent is? how it forms? you're a pretty poor judge of human beings and their motivations

that's an amazing crystal ball you possess

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you're willing to say osama bin laden is not mentally ill, and bobby fischer is

compare any speech by osama bin laden with

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_fischer

[edit] Radio interviews
Fischer, whose mother and probable biological father were both Jewish,[48][49] made occasional hostile comments toward Jews from at least the early 1960s. From the 1980s, however, his hatred for Jews was a major theme of his public remarks. He denied the "Holocaust of the Jews," announced his desire to make "expos[ing] the Jews for the criminals they are [...] the murderers they are" his lifework, and argued that the United States is "a farce controlled by dirty, hook-nosed, circumcised Jew bastards."[50]

In 1999, he gave a call-in interview to a radio station in Budapest, Hungary, during which he described himself as the "victim of an international Jewish conspiracy." Fischer's sudden re-emergence was apparently triggered when some of his belongings, which had been stored in a Pasadena, California storage unit, were sold by the landlord, who claimed it was in response to nonpayment of rent. Fischer interpreted this as further evidence of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy perpetrated by "the Jew-controlled U.S. Government" to defame and destroy him.[51] In 2005, some of Fischer's belongings were auctioned on eBay. In 2006, Fischer claimed that his belongings in the storage unit were worth millions.[52]

Fischer participated in at least 33 such broadcasts between 1999 and 2005, mostly with radio stations in the Philippines, but also with stations in Iceland, Colombia, and Russia.

For some years Fischer lived in Budapest. He played Chess960 blitz games as well as analyzed many games with Zsuzsa Polgar.

[edit] Radio interview after the September 11, 2001, attacks
Hours after the September 11, 2001, attacks Fischer was interviewed live[53] by Pablo Mercado on the Baguio City station of the Bombo Radyo network, shortly after midnight September 12, 2001 Philippines local time (or shortly after noon on September 11, 2001, New York time). Fischer commented on U.S and Israeli foreign policy that "nobody cares ... [that] the US and Israel have been slaughtering the Palestinians for years".[54] [55] Informed that "the White House and Pentagon have been attacked", he proclaimed "This is all wonderful news."[54][55] Fischer stated "What goes around comes around even for the United States"[54][55] and said that if the U.S. fails to change its foreign policy, it "has to be destroyed." After calling for President Bush's death, Fischer also stated he hoped for a coup d' etat in the U.S., and that the military government would then execute "hundreds of thousands of American Jewish leaders", "arrest all the Jews", and "close all synagogues".

Subsequent to that interview, Fischer's "right to membership in the United States Chess Federation [was] canceled" by a unanimous 7-0[56] of the USCF,[57] taken on October 28, 2001. In 2006, that decision was subsequently "vacated" by the same Board.[citation needed]

the source of osama bin laden's hatred is fundamentalism, while the source of bobby fischer's hatred is a mental problem

how the hell can you tell?

how the hell can anyone tell?

in other words, it's bullshit: mentally ill seems to be a label you and other people apply to a**holes they want to forgive for some reason or another. it has no basis in a sound psychiatric examination

it seems to me then that "mental problem" in your mind is shorthand for "some guy i don't want to stop admiring even though he's a hate filled puss bag so i'll give him a pass"

when you shouldn't

bizarre doesn't have a negative connotation

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i used the word as a synonym for "remarkable", which is how i feel about the bizarre (cough) history of madagascar

madagascar split from indonesia a long time ago

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but if the palm tree is not too evolutionarily distinct, the palm may have been brought there by humans more recently from indonesia, not survived for 40M years in isolation

and i say this because madagascar was populated by modern humans from indonesia first, and africans second

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Madagascar#Pre-history

linguistically and culturally, madagascar is closer to indonesia than it is to mainland africa, which is rather bizarre when you look at a map

indonesians could have bought the palm fruit with them, and the palm might still be found in indonesia, or went extinct there

it's a plausible alternative theory to the 40M years in isolation hypothesis

osama bin laden is mentally ill

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hitler was mentally ill

if a guy stabs you because he is a racist, or a man stabs you because he is a paranoid schizophrenic, you still bleed. the knife weilder is still a threat which must be removed from society and confined. it doesn't matter WHY you committed a crime, just that you committed a crime. your punishment will be different, but you will still be punished

likewise, bobby fischer is not absolved of his hate just because of mental problems. he said hateful words, therefore, he is cansured. doesn't matter WHY he said hate filled words. he doesn't get a pass

whoever has the money attracts the brains

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today, the usa is where you go when you want to turn your ideas into personal financial rewards. however, the usa can't rely upon this fact for long, as china will become the top dog soon in the $$$ department. and so the usa must indeed focus on nurturing it's own brainpower ...and watch them move to shanghai

i think someone's character

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is more important than their ability to play a game

look at michael vick, or oj simpson: because they played well at a game they should be excused for their character issues?

that's what i hear in your statement to me about bobby fischer

his chess playing ability, no matter how genius, does not eclipse the judgment that must be passed on his hate and bigotry

dude

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you don't defend one person's bigotry because of someone else's bigotry, real or imagined

you simply attack all bigotry, in all its forms

bobby fischer spewed hate. therefore, he is worthy of censure. it really doesn't get any more complicated than that. any other hate spewed anywhere else by anyone else does not excuse him

where did i spit on anyone's grave?

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but since you brought up spitting in the context of bobby fischer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjbaSVXUq5c

verily

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if twas in my powers, your prayers would be answered with a powerful smiting

i shall pray with thee:

oh Lord, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, please to be smiting Jack Thompson, who in your eyes has done great devilishness, and makes a mockery of your good work

amen

hallelujah

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praise the lord

blessed be legislators of german tax shelters

why should we care?

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the guy was a raving hatefilled a**hole of the highest order

we're not talking alternative politics here folks, we're talking about venom and spite and bigotry

we shouldn't mourn his passing, and he really shouldn't be slashdot frontpage material

I for one

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welcome our subversive effusive control asserting paradigm shifting overlords

people banged on a drum

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long before there was a coin in existence

the love of music is all that needs for music to be created

it's a passion, and it has nothing to do with money, and it is all the motivation you need to fill every iPod on this planet

we're just cutting out the middle man ;-)

and fuck him and his laws which have no moral basis whatsoever, and merely exist to ensure a cashcow

you think the money goes to the artists? have you ever seen an artist's contract?

most would do better going the radiohead route and putting out an internet tip jar- they'd do better financially!

copyright has nothing to do with protecting artists, it has to do with protecting economic middlemen

economic middle men in an economic model which just went extinct

oh dear, what a communist i am

hardly the point, don't you think?