Your nation's prestige doesn't revolve around whether State Finals come off without a hitch.
My nation's prestige doesn't revolve around whether or not the Dream Team gets its ass kicked by a territory, either.
The Olympics are entertaining, but the reputation of a nation doesn't rise or fall based on who gets a gold medal. It's time to take off the tinfoil hat and calm yourself.
America isn't a christian nation. There are indeed religious nutbags who desperately wish it were a christian nation, but so we've managed to keep those nutbags from seizing the government.
If it ever becomes a christian nation, I'll be one of the first to pick up a rifle and join the rebellion against the theocracy.
So software can be a true gift without any "strings" attached.
So what? You have your motivations for using the BSD license, we have ours for using the GPL. Of course, we can't go blathering on about how our coding efforts are a "true" gift with no "strings attached" but then most of us don't think it's necessary to advertise our moral superiority in that fashion.
What good do the libertarians do besides being the political equivalent of apple fanboys?
So instead we're supposed to engage in groupthink, join the Borg, and "be one" with one of the two major parties - despite the fact that we disagree with both of them on a number of fundamental issues?
Hate to break it to ya, but the 'new' republican party seems to be just as much in favor of big government as the old democratic party. Other than religion and gun control, it gets harder and harder to tell the two parties apart with each passing year.
Science relies on empiricism, based on facts. Art is not a 'fact'; an opinion on art is just that, nothing more, and the weight of that opinion doesn't become more important just because the person spouting it got a degree in the subject.
There is nothing 'objective' about art. So-called experts are just people with an overly-inflated idea of what their opinion is worth. It's telling that 99.9% of the human race could give a rat's ass what most 'experts' think when it comes to art, with the possible exception of movie critics.
I don't look down on the people because of their poor choices in music
You just did, by assuming their choice in music is poor...simply because you say it is.
Your opinion is just that, and no more important on the matter than anyone else's.
Flamebait or not, Opera still wins on speed and features - like mouse gestures. And Opera had tabbed browsing long before anyone else did.
It might bother some open source zealot to think that there's a proprietary product that can outperform his beloved Mozilla, but that doesn't change the fact that it does, no matter how often the morons mod me down.
But the great thing about having maxed karma is that I can drive the shills crazy by doing this:
"What's even more amusing is that this behavior exactly mimicks that of the Billy-G boys, whose complete and utter devotion to Gates-As-God and Microsoft as His Church is nothing short of nauseating. If Bill whipped out his tiny pecker at a convention these morons would line up in droves for the opportunity to give him a blow job."
You see, the loser geek who modded me down the first time (most likely one of the little boys who dreams about sucking Bill's dick) has probably already used up his mod points. Which means that *another* little loser geek has to mod *this* post down and waste his points; and since I'm maxed out, I can do this about 30 times before I lose my automatic '2' modifier.
Unless, of course, the little loser geek is one of Slashdot's so-called 'editors'. But at least I know at the end of the day, no matter how many times I'm modded down by an 'editor', at least I can bloody well SPELL.
Now when the office schmuck downloads that stupid purple ape who constantly advertises crap, EVERYONE will get to share in the fun - whether they want to or not.
What's even more amusing is that this behavior exactly mimicks that of the Billy-G boys, whose complete and utter devotion to Gates-As-God and Microsoft as His Church is nothing short of nauseating. If Bill whipped out his tiny pecker at a convention these morons would line up in droves for the opportunity to give him a blow job.
I am looking at art as something that can contain merit in and of itself. There is something that can constitute good art, and a person can spend their entire life just trying figure that out. Those persons get degrees in Literature, Music Theory,...
Whether or not a thing is art, or has value, is not determined by egotistical little ivory tower jackoffs. It's determined by anyone, anywhere, who cares to think about it, or attach value to a thing.
What you're missing is that no one gets to decide for another person what is art, or what is good music. Only that person gets to decide. To state anything to the contrary is to show that you're nothing more than a megalomaniac with a complete disregard for anyone who happens to disagree with you. Just another typical elitist snob who goes about saying things like "people that really know art".
We have a name for people like that. We call them "losers".
Today's music is not "better" than older material because it is more popular. It is popular because we hear it more often.
"Better" is in the ear of the beholder. Nobody has any business telling another person that the music they like is "crap" simply because it isn't their style. That's the tactic of arrogant little college boys who think their feigned dislike of popular music somehow makes them intellectually superior to the "sheep".
And popular music is popular because people like it. Hence the term "popular". It may not be something you care for, but it's still popular whether you like it or not. Live with it.
Insurance companies aren't in the business to save you money. They're in the business to make money, as much as they can of it. The end result of this technology isn't going to mean less revenue for the insurance industry no matter what they claim.
My guess is that they'll use these devices to provide justification for raising rates. You'll notice that insurance companies claimed that seat belt and helmet laws would result in reduced rates as well, but they never did - in ANY state that passed these laws. All they did was result in fewer payouts from accidents, and more profit for the companies.
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I don't see how you could not watch them compete.
It's pretty easy, actually. I'm doing that right now. Not watching them, that is.
Max
Your nation's prestige doesn't revolve around whether State Finals come off without a hitch.
My nation's prestige doesn't revolve around whether or not the Dream Team gets its ass kicked by a territory, either.
The Olympics are entertaining, but the reputation of a nation doesn't rise or fall based on who gets a gold medal. It's time to take off the tinfoil hat and calm yourself.
Max
Anything promoting homosexuality
Homosexuality isn't a choice any more than heterosexuality is. You can't "promote" something that you can't choose. By definition.
Max
America isn't a christian nation. There are indeed religious nutbags who desperately wish it were a christian nation, but so we've managed to keep those nutbags from seizing the government.
If it ever becomes a christian nation, I'll be one of the first to pick up a rifle and join the rebellion against the theocracy.
Max
If you want that kind of 'freedom' then code under the BSD license. That's right, go ahead: do your coding under the BSD license.
But for those of us who prefer the GPL - our choice, *not* yours - here's a hearty "piss off and mind your own business".
Max
It's shocking that a businessman does not understand that much.
Not really. Most so-called "businessmen" know as much about business as most self-proclaimed coders on slashdot know about programming.
So really, their ignorance is pretty much par for the course.
Max
So software can be a true gift without any "strings" attached.
So what? You have your motivations for using the BSD license, we have ours for using the GPL. Of course, we can't go blathering on about how our coding efforts are a "true" gift with no "strings attached" but then most of us don't think it's necessary to advertise our moral superiority in that fashion.
Max
Abnormalities which the government relies upon noticing, because tracking everyone 24/7 is impossible even for them.
Not only that, it's unconstitutional. But that hardly seems to be a concern for anyone these days.
Max
Do you have to even show a passport for internal flights?
Soon you'll be hearing the words "your papers, please?" on a regular basis.
Max
You'd think people on this site would know better
No, not really. This is "news for idiots who don't have a fucking clue, but pretend they do anyway". That's what a nerd is, when all is said and done.
Slashdot proves that every day of the year.
Max
But, with all of the terrorist threats lately
You mean the vague 'sky is falling!' warnings the government issues whenever it's numbers start to dip? Those threats?
The only way to end those threats is to shoot every politician in the country. That'll also end the threat to our privacy too.
Max
But you know what? I'm a Republican anyway.
But ya know what? I don't give a shit. Just because you lack the balls to take an alternative route doesn't mean that I have to cut mine off as well.
If that doesn't work for you, well then, fuck off. It's a free country, or so I'm told.
Max
What good do the libertarians do besides being the political equivalent of apple fanboys?
So instead we're supposed to engage in groupthink, join the Borg, and "be one" with one of the two major parties - despite the fact that we disagree with both of them on a number of fundamental issues?
Nice attitude, that.
Max
because both "sides" in politics are, for the most part, composed of reasonable people
I would amend that as "composed of unreasonable people". Seems to make a whole lot more sense.
Max
Hate to break it to ya, but the 'new' republican party seems to be just as much in favor of big government as the old democratic party. Other than religion and gun control, it gets harder and harder to tell the two parties apart with each passing year.
Max
Science relies on empiricism, based on facts. Art is not a 'fact'; an opinion on art is just that, nothing more, and the weight of that opinion doesn't become more important just because the person spouting it got a degree in the subject.
There is nothing 'objective' about art. So-called experts are just people with an overly-inflated idea of what their opinion is worth. It's telling that 99.9% of the human race could give a rat's ass what most 'experts' think when it comes to art, with the possible exception of movie critics.
I don't look down on the people because of their poor choices in music
You just did, by assuming their choice in music is poor...simply because you say it is.
Your opinion is just that, and no more important on the matter than anyone else's.
Max
Flamebait or not, Opera still wins on speed and features - like mouse gestures. And Opera had tabbed browsing long before anyone else did.
It might bother some open source zealot to think that there's a proprietary product that can outperform his beloved Mozilla, but that doesn't change the fact that it does, no matter how often the morons mod me down.
Max
But the great thing about having maxed karma is that I can drive the shills crazy by doing this:
"What's even more amusing is that this behavior exactly mimicks that of the Billy-G boys, whose complete and utter devotion to Gates-As-God and Microsoft as His Church is nothing short of nauseating. If Bill whipped out his tiny pecker at a convention these morons would line up in droves for the opportunity to give him a blow job."
You see, the loser geek who modded me down the first time (most likely one of the little boys who dreams about sucking Bill's dick) has probably already used up his mod points. Which means that *another* little loser geek has to mod *this* post down and waste his points; and since I'm maxed out, I can do this about 30 times before I lose my automatic '2' modifier.
Unless, of course, the little loser geek is one of Slashdot's so-called 'editors'. But at least I know at the end of the day, no matter how many times I'm modded down by an 'editor', at least I can bloody well SPELL.
Max
Now when the office schmuck downloads that stupid purple ape who constantly advertises crap, EVERYONE will get to share in the fun - whether they want to or not.
Max
Cognitive dissonance at its finest.
What's even more amusing is that this behavior exactly mimicks that of the Billy-G boys, whose complete and utter devotion to Gates-As-God and Microsoft as His Church is nothing short of nauseating. If Bill whipped out his tiny pecker at a convention these morons would line up in droves for the opportunity to give him a blow job.
Max
Mozilla and firefox are the exception, they're just fscking awesome.
Although they still don't compare to Opera, a closed-source browser.
Max
I am looking at art as something that can contain merit in and of itself. There is something that can constitute good art, and a person can spend their entire life just trying figure that out. Those persons get degrees in Literature, Music Theory, ...
Whether or not a thing is art, or has value, is not determined by egotistical little ivory tower jackoffs. It's determined by anyone, anywhere, who cares to think about it, or attach value to a thing.
What you're missing is that no one gets to decide for another person what is art, or what is good music. Only that person gets to decide. To state anything to the contrary is to show that you're nothing more than a megalomaniac with a complete disregard for anyone who happens to disagree with you. Just another typical elitist snob who goes about saying things like "people that really know art".
We have a name for people like that. We call them "losers".
Max
No, just makes you honest
An honest arrogant shit. Well, better than a dishonest arrogant shit, I guess.
Max
Today's music is not "better" than older material because it is more popular. It is popular because we hear it more often.
"Better" is in the ear of the beholder. Nobody has any business telling another person that the music they like is "crap" simply because it isn't their style. That's the tactic of arrogant little college boys who think their feigned dislike of popular music somehow makes them intellectually superior to the "sheep".
And popular music is popular because people like it. Hence the term "popular". It may not be something you care for, but it's still popular whether you like it or not. Live with it.
Max
Insurance companies aren't in the business to save you money. They're in the business to make money, as much as they can of it. The end result of this technology isn't going to mean less revenue for the insurance industry no matter what they claim.
My guess is that they'll use these devices to provide justification for raising rates. You'll notice that insurance companies claimed that seat belt and helmet laws would result in reduced rates as well, but they never did - in ANY state that passed these laws. All they did was result in fewer payouts from accidents, and more profit for the companies.
Max