So why don't you compare North Korea to South Korea then?
It's weird, the Communists are all about equality... so they set up dictatorships. We're supposed to be suspect of all the power from money being in one place, but it's no big deal when they set up yet another dictator with all the political power to implement Real Communism this time?
That's the thing you guys just don't get, giving some random dude unchecked power because they promise that this time you'll get Real Communism (TM) is virtually guaranteed to turn out badly. Even for you who support it--the worst thing to them is the evil heretics who don't believe in exactly the right sort of Communism. You'll be the first ones sent to the gulags by the Glorious Communist Leader. And then after the country goes to hell, some new idiot will say the problem is that they didn't practice Real Communism.
For all the failings of capitalism, and there are many, you've managed to do consistently worse. If you want us to believe you, go move to a Communist country. Oh right, the only ones left are horrible. No wonder. Now why do you want to bring that here?
>> Of course if you take money from the industry, you can hardly be a worker's hearo. Why not ? Seems to me reality quite disagrees with you. Even today most socialists are rich bastards, hell there are even billionaire presidents voted in by the working class.
The hard left is virtually indistinguishable from the hard right to those of us in the centre
Yep. Instead of the Left-Right political line, we have the Left-Right horseshoe, where the hard-Left and the hard-Right are closer to each other than to the middle.
Now, the statements "outdated bullshit from WWII" and "training manuals I taught out of when I was a combat arms instructor in the US Air Force." are not necessarily mutually exclusive, depending on the time period. In the 70's I found their small-arms instruction to be a joke. Here's hoping it has gotten better over the years.
I read the book before the movie, and was really glad I did. I normally don't do that because, after reading a book and filling in all the bits with my imagination, it's rare that the movie of the book can surpass what I imagined.
But, in the case of 2001, it was like having the little booklet people get at an opera that explains what the bellowing on stage is all about.
Still, even without that guide, you'll find people that love the opera regardless; the staging, the lights, the beautiful warbles. And you'll find people that hate it and find it boring, with or without the booklet.
Here we be, a few centuries from when Opera was fresh and new, and it's still a thing. I suspect that if TFA was about opera, we'd get a similar set of postings as to this movie: hate it or love it. Art or boredom. Very little in between.
Agreed. I've noticed that songs, for instance, that don't make a lot of "sense", can long out live its generation due to following generations being able to interpret it in their own manner.
But is it actually a screw-up? For all we know, adjusting tension while traffic continues to flow is completely routine and standard operating procedure.
I have this question too. You can bet though that if it is, it won't be standard any more if the lawsuit wins.
"New York Times and NPR are part of the big-4 media monopoly, nothing they say is in your interest or frankly accurate enough to take as anything other than infotainment."
Bull-hockey. This is the bully's way of taking criticism of their ways and turning it around (derisive comments of Faux News and "not legally required to tell the truth have been around for over a decade). After all, the bully doesn't have to be correct in what they say, only correct in the emotional response they are looking for.
Thx, lol the madness, yes...I tried the apple way, I tried the windows way. If the photoapp way will work, good. I wonder if I'll have to get vidapp way to get my videos, and a fileapp way to get my files?
What kind of fucking nerd would need to copy a file from phone to computer?
The kind of nerd that also reads AC rants, I guess. Just yesterday I decided to download my pics n vids off of my new iPhone, which I had to get for work recently. I started up iTunes because, since it's a content mgmt system, it would manage *all* the media content on my fon. Nope. Not there. Ok fine, open up File Explorer to see what drive letter got assigned to the flash on my fon. Nope. Not there.
Ok fine, I'll have to google it tonight. I don't expect that it'll be a big deal (unless they expect me to store my files in their cloud instead of my disk), and I'm sure there's a way that, er, "just works"(tm).
...when are the so-called software engineers going to step up to the Professional Engineer level (like REAL engineering disciplines do), stand behind their software, and accept legal responsibility when it goes wrong?
Good question.
Civil engineering: has been around for thousands of years. Ever since humans started living in larger civils. Software engineering: has been around a hundred years, give or take.
So, for round numbers, let's say 5000 years ago for large civil projects (or, more likely, military engineering). The first instance that I know of where the engineer lost his head when his bridge fell down was some poor Persian guy maybe around 500BC.
So the upper limit for the answer to the question is: within 2400 years. Give or take.
Slashdot Mirror
Well, true or not, the "Endless stupid zombies" ad hominem came from your OP.
You, sir/ma'am/other, win the internet JOTD.
"... but who is going to wipe their butts when they are in a Nursing Home?"
The butt wiping robots, of course.
So, robutts?
Huh. An AC upmodded to 5. TFA thesis proven.
So why don't you compare North Korea to South Korea then?
It's weird, the Communists are all about equality... so they set up dictatorships. We're supposed to be suspect of all the power from money being in one place, but it's no big deal when they set up yet another dictator with all the political power to implement Real Communism this time?
That's the thing you guys just don't get, giving some random dude unchecked power because they promise that this time you'll get Real Communism (TM) is virtually guaranteed to turn out badly. Even for you who support it--the worst thing to them is the evil heretics who don't believe in exactly the right sort of Communism. You'll be the first ones sent to the gulags by the Glorious Communist Leader. And then after the country goes to hell, some new idiot will say the problem is that they didn't practice Real Communism.
For all the failings of capitalism, and there are many, you've managed to do consistently worse. If you want us to believe you, go move to a Communist country. Oh right, the only ones left are horrible. No wonder. Now why do you want to bring that here?
Nicely said.
That is fine, because only bots subscribe and read those feeds anyway.
Twitter is a primitive form of AI. Musk might be right.
"He used that party to grab power. "
DingDingDing, you're a winner!
This is how it's done, ladies and gentlemen.
>> Of course if you take money from the industry, you can hardly be a worker's hearo.
Why not ? Seems to me reality quite disagrees with you. Even today most socialists are rich bastards, hell there are even billionaire presidents voted in by the working class.
Ouch.
The hard left is virtually indistinguishable from the hard right to those of us in the centre
Yep. Instead of the Left-Right political line, we have the Left-Right horseshoe, where the hard-Left and the hard-Right are closer to each other than to the middle.
Now, the statements "outdated bullshit from WWII" and "training manuals I taught out of when I was a combat arms instructor in the US Air Force." are not necessarily mutually exclusive, depending on the time period. In the 70's I found their small-arms instruction to be a joke. Here's hoping it has gotten better over the years.
I read the book before the movie, and was really glad I did. I normally don't do that because, after reading a book and filling in all the bits with my imagination, it's rare that the movie of the book can surpass what I imagined.
But, in the case of 2001, it was like having the little booklet people get at an opera that explains what the bellowing on stage is all about.
Still, even without that guide, you'll find people that love the opera regardless; the staging, the lights, the beautiful warbles. And you'll find people that hate it and find it boring, with or without the booklet.
Here we be, a few centuries from when Opera was fresh and new, and it's still a thing. I suspect that if TFA was about opera, we'd get a similar set of postings as to this movie: hate it or love it. Art or boredom. Very little in between.
Agreed. I've noticed that songs, for instance, that don't make a lot of "sense", can long out live its generation due to following generations being able to interpret it in their own manner.
Yes, please...
Let's start with the NES Classic.
"I know this operating system! We use it at school!"
But is it actually a screw-up? For all we know, adjusting tension while traffic continues to flow is completely routine and standard operating procedure.
I have this question too. You can bet though that if it is, it won't be standard any more if the lawsuit wins.
The bully's way. It doesn't have to be true, it just has to sound good.
"New York Times and NPR are part of the big-4 media monopoly, nothing they say is in your interest or frankly accurate enough to take as anything other than infotainment."
Bull-hockey. This is the bully's way of taking criticism of their ways and turning it around (derisive comments of Faux News and "not legally required to tell the truth have been around for over a decade). After all, the bully doesn't have to be correct in what they say, only correct in the emotional response they are looking for.
That's why I confine the majority of my economic activity to the black market out of the reach of laws and regulations.
The real free market.
Well, chit. I was afraid of that. Thanks.
Thx, lol the madness, yes...I tried the apple way, I tried the windows way. If the photoapp way will work, good. I wonder if I'll have to get vidapp way to get my videos, and a fileapp way to get my files?
What kind of fucking nerd would need to copy a file from phone to computer?
The kind of nerd that also reads AC rants, I guess. Just yesterday I decided to download my pics n vids off of my new iPhone, which I had to get for work recently. I started up iTunes because, since it's a content mgmt system, it would manage *all* the media content on my fon. Nope. Not there. Ok fine, open up File Explorer to see what drive letter got assigned to the flash on my fon. Nope. Not there.
Ok fine, I'll have to google it tonight. I don't expect that it'll be a big deal (unless they expect me to store my files in their cloud instead of my disk), and I'm sure there's a way that, er, "just works"(tm).
Will this one cost $1000 so Lying Executives can play games on it instead of working too?
Yes and no.
Yes, it'll be $1000.
No, they won't be playing games on it.
It's called a "Palm". They'll be playing with other things.
...when are the so-called software engineers going to step up to the Professional Engineer level (like REAL engineering disciplines do), stand behind their software, and accept legal responsibility when it goes wrong?
Good question.
Civil engineering: has been around for thousands of years. Ever since humans started living in larger civils.
Software engineering: has been around a hundred years, give or take.
So, for round numbers, let's say 5000 years ago for large civil projects (or, more likely, military engineering). The first instance that I know of where the engineer lost his head when his bridge fell down was some poor Persian guy maybe around 500BC.
So the upper limit for the answer to the question is: within 2400 years. Give or take.
Because the majority of you are snowflakes that can't handle the harsh realities of nature.
Meanwhile, I sit here, posting happily from my phone, while on a mountain and holding a freshly-mined California ruby in my hands.
And you're so thrilled by it that you're on slashdot talking to nerds.
How can you tell if you're being cool if there's nobody to witness it?
... and got a C
Ha! I was thinking that was some serious response to an off-hand comment from an AC.
I think it's safe, in fact, I'm thinking of doing some trials using myself in the test.
Just need to put on a clean shirt.... ah, my lucky red one! That means it's going to work.
Make sure to wear your brown pants.