A fellow went and studied an authoritarian church. He found that as people stayed in longer, their personality types changed, all of them converging on one type. This church is also pretty destructive. Read it online here, it's by a guy named Flavil Yeakley about the Boston Church of Christ.
Yes, and the British Empire patted us on the back, said "Good for you", and as we were leaving said "Sometimes, you just have to let them grow up."
Or perhaps they fought us just like Lincoln fought the South. One or the other.
Of course the Controlling State resists the secession, duh, that's the nature of the state. However, it was a philosophically accepted option from 1789-1861. Thomas Jefferson, his first inaugural address, 1801: "If there be any among us who wish to dissolve the Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed, as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."
And what about when you may actually have a reason to organise a rebellion because your government has turned your country into a police state the KGB would envy?
I am an American, I can't help but bark out:
this is the land of the free, the home of the brave! United we stand! These colors don't run! America: love it or leave it! Blah blah blah.
Fact is, secession was an accepted option, until Lincoln crushed it out of existence. After all, we seceded from the British Empire.
Why pay extra for the privilege of becoming a walking billboard?
Good question. I've noticed that Americans like to advertise shoe and clothing brands, music groups, radio stations, universities, sports teams, and places-they've-never-visited on their shirts.
I really can't see how writing "yada yada yada..." was easier than writing "fall".
'Yada yada yada' wasn't a long sub for 'fall' but for a Dennis Leary-ish recitation of every post-9/11 platitude put on a bumper sticker. Plus yet another heart-moving rendition of "God Bless America".
Actually, you just supported the argument for more people to do this. The case you paraphrased from Fight Club, incidentally, was itself taken from Ford in real life [google.com]. Yeah, scary.
All engineering draws a line somewhere. It comes down to where you draw the line, and what you're shaving on moving the line down. So, in general, be scared, because in every product, a line is drawn.
When it's really a need, some gifted and motivated developers (not me!) will arise from obscurity and will code the needed fixes for free. It's magical.
WordPefect had near-monopoly numbers in the old days and it didn't stop people from switching to MS Word. I'll bet most legacy documents were never converted, since most of them were never edited again.
MS's main advantage is not closed file formats but rather the average user's lack of interest in learning a new tool unless it's significantly better than what they're currently using.
So people changed from WordPerfect to Word, but otherwise are too uninterested in changing? Or was Word so much better than WordPerfect? If so, why not change?
If there's one thing I can say about arbitrary person, it's that I have respect for them. By not backing down and not giving into the demands of coporate america, they are setting a precedent for others, and are showing that we are not all going to bow to them. Respect.
If I changed it to this, still true? Would _anybody_ have your respect if they did this? I am thinking about one S. H. of I.
2 - drank more water. We have a water filter at work and I'll drink about 3 litres of water a day. You have to pee every 1/2 hour or so, but it flushes your system and helps get rid of all the bad stuff that builds up in there.
3 - go for 1/2 hour walks every day. Nothing strenous
I think that's redundant. All those trips to the toilet add up.
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Too much Slashdot Diminishes Work.
A fellow went and studied an authoritarian church. He found that as people stayed in longer, their personality types changed, all of them converging on one type. This church is also pretty destructive. Read it online here, it's by a guy named Flavil Yeakley about the Boston Church of Christ.
The extroverts define what is and what isn't good conversation. Of course, we introverts get do define what is or isn't good deep thinking.
Wow, there's free healthcare out there? Who's giving it away?
nuff said.
Or perhaps they fought us just like Lincoln fought the South. One or the other.
Of course the Controlling State resists the secession, duh, that's the nature of the state. However, it was a philosophically accepted option from 1789-1861. Thomas Jefferson, his first inaugural address, 1801: "If there be any among us who wish to dissolve the Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed, as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it."
Liberty is dead. Americans want ZERO risk. Such a people are destined for slavery under an Iron Fist.
Sure. Or is all technology to be embraced without question?
I am an American, I can't help but bark out: this is the land of the free, the home of the brave! United we stand! These colors don't run! America: love it or leave it! Blah blah blah.
Fact is, secession was an accepted option, until Lincoln crushed it out of existence. After all, we seceded from the British Empire.
We don't need an act. We're jingoes by nature.
You _did_ get the lobotomy, didn't you?
Good question. I've noticed that Americans like to advertise shoe and clothing brands, music groups, radio stations, universities, sports teams, and places-they've-never-visited on their shirts.
While /. is not a shark tank (that is, full of real lawyers), it _is_ a toddler pool (bunch of people who play at lawyering).
'Yada yada yada' wasn't a long sub for 'fall' but for a Dennis Leary-ish recitation of every post-9/11 platitude put on a bumper sticker. Plus yet another heart-moving rendition of "God Bless America".
All engineering draws a line somewhere. It comes down to where you draw the line, and what you're shaving on moving the line down. So, in general, be scared, because in every product, a line is drawn.
Yeah, but /. is the Group W Bench, really.
So it does have its use. But then, so does torture.
Read about it here. Looks like polygraphs are biased against honest people.
When it's really a need, some gifted and motivated developers (not me!) will arise from obscurity and will code the needed fixes for free. It's magical.
If you are afraid to succeed, you will never fail.
What's MSFT? Failures? What's this all about? Oh, sorry, wrong site, I thought I was in an exotic tropical fish board!
Government Intervention. Of any kind, just do something, Anything! Free Redmond!
MS's main advantage is not closed file formats but rather the average user's lack of interest in learning a new tool unless it's significantly better than what they're currently using.
So people changed from WordPerfect to Word, but otherwise are too uninterested in changing? Or was Word so much better than WordPerfect? If so, why not change?
If I changed it to this, still true? Would _anybody_ have your respect if they did this? I am thinking about one S. H. of I.
3 - go for 1/2 hour walks every day. Nothing strenous
I think that's redundant. All those trips to the toilet add up.