A poor person who votes conservative is called what, exactly?
You mean there is exactly one correct way for people to vote, and anyone who does otherwise has the intelligence of a wild animal? How does that work? What does that say about free will? One need only look at the rampant hatred for Justice Souter or Alan West to understand that people of a certain skin color are not allowed the same choices that the rest of us are privy to.
They are not "safety nets". That term is deprecated. Safety net means that if something bad happens it's there to catch you. That's not what happens, though. Welfare is a way of life, not a safety net. Wild animals that receive handouts become lazy and dependent on those handouts, and humans are no different.
Japan has made an entirely rational choice to remain Japanese. Importing millions of foreigners to keep a short term loss from occurring has the price of eradicating their unique culture. It's their choice to make. I can't help but notice the implicit without-thinking assumption you make that mass immigration is a thneed.
Again, nobody said anything about extortion, you put that in there. The company said they contracted the website out and the contractor was responsible. Nobody seems to be able to understand this because everyone is SOOO caught up in the delicious, savory chanting of the Two Minutes' Hate. Hypocrisy requires intent. Intent that is very plausibly absent.
Who said anything about extortion? You put that in there yourself. All we're talking about is the likelihood that the firm had no idea that the web design company copied.
It's not "irony right over my head" it's looking at the situation dispassionately, which due to the obvious nature of this story everyone is failing to do.
I, for one, find this an eminently plausible explanation. I used to produce unique content, and found people ripping me off all the time. Every time I contacted the site owner, they were genuinely unaware that they had infringed. Either their worker had copied & pasted, or the company they hired for the website copied & pasted. Usually it just took a polite letter to get the infringing material taken down, and the other site owner replied that the guilty party had been scolded or fired.
Ah, but here we are: a story that we want to believe is true. It fits so perfectly! Copyright is such a Slashdot pet issue, the villain is already cast in the role, all that's needed is for everyone to play their parts in the crowd for the Two Minutes' Hate. Remember this the next time the media sets up a villain for a fall and you're standing there saying, "Hey, hey, hey! Why I am the only one that notices they're obviously ignoring this part of the story because it doesn't fit their narrative!"
Please note that this is merely tolerance of far-left parties. Any time a far-right party wins any kind of election anywhere, the stern-faced assholes in charge of the media declare that we must all act together to refute and rob all legitimacy from latest outrage.
Local American laws need to be brought in harmony with international standards. If your only objection is "fuck Europe" then you're nothing but a bitter clinger.
To you, an amusing anecdote. To the rest of us, a terrifying tale of a ruling-class asswipe ordering her subordinates to dance and entertain her. This person graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar and got a Master's from Yale. How would one even get in to Vassar, much less Phi Beta Kappa, much less be admitted to Yale to pursue a Master's? Seriously.
Sure, we enjoyed this tale. How many other tales will we never hear where she ordered her underlings to dance, when they failed to meet her expectations and were fired? We'll never know, will we? Those sorts of stories don't add to legends. They don't name Navy ships after people who don't meet with the approval of the ruling class, no matter if they invent COBOL or not. The freaking Navy broke its own rules to keep her on active duty far, far beyond mandatory retirement age - they didn't even do that for MacArthur. Hurrah for the privileged!
Because we need to have two classes of people: journalists and ordinary plebians. As if the mainstream media needs anything more to pump up their already stratospheric egos.
I'm just surprised the AP didn't turn over their records voluntarily. It's not like they investigate the current government - hell, the AP is simpatico with their political beliefs, so what advantage is to be gained by being antagonistic?
I'll go for this when the dining rooms at the United Nations serve insects instead of Foie Gras Terrine with Brandied Cherry, on pretzel bread or Lamb Tartare on Japanese cracker with Tsar Sturgeon Caviar. And not insects as an option, either. I'm talking all the other stuff is off the menu.
Oh, it won't be happening? You mean we proles get to eat insects while the UN gets Seared Beef Filet with Onion Soup Boule, Asparagus, and Bearnaise Sauce or Roasted Veal Medallions
with N.Y. Pretzel Crumbs, Bockwurst, and Mustard Sauce? Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought. Fuck you, UN.
And if America had said, "oh yes we must intervene immediately" the rest of the world would have pulled that "oh you meddling villains, stay out of affairs that don't concern you" and there would have been some sort of Blackhawk Down incident in Rwanda as well.
In these sorts of things, you start with the conclusion and work your way backwards: America is always wrong, so just justify it however it needs to be done. Intervene: bullies. Don't intervene: uncaring.
No, it's the rest of the world that thinks this way. Remember the 1994 Rwandan genocide? America bore responsibility for this horrific crime. Why? They had the capability to intervene and stop the genocide, but selfishly did not do so. Note that it was not Americans who said this, but pretty much every member nation of the UN. They said it loudly, and repeatedly. Maybe you forgot, or have selective memory?
I've tried to read this several times and it just doesn't making any sense. Is the parent an apologist for Communism? The fall of the USSR was a good thing. It freed millions of people.
You know, no matter how many irrelevant non-nerd articles appear on this site, someone is going to take your stance that "oh it's relevant in some off-the-wall way, missiles are technology, now TAKE THAT!" This news is the kind of crap I'd expect from mainstream media politics and has zero relevance to Slashdot.
Yaknow, feminists go on and on about how women should be equal, they shouldn't be the recipients of special attention, etc. etc. etc. And then something like this happens - and it wouldn't even be a story other than the person who won it just happened to have a vagina. It sort of makes feminists look like a bunch of hypocrites.
So, what, the professor thinks we should just create a race of slaves? That's totally fucked up. See Blade Runner for how that turns out. If we're going to create robots then they need the same civil rights as everyone else.
Too bad the Hanford site is run by the government. But keep repeating your archetype lies - I'm sure wanting and hoping to believe them makes them true. It's like prayer for leftists.
This is precisely why including punctuation marks in product names is UTTERLY FUCKING STUPID. It's right up there with naming your product something funny from today's news (*cough* The GIMP *cough*) when the joke stops being funny about ten minutes after the project goes live.
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A poor person who votes conservative is called what, exactly?
You mean there is exactly one correct way for people to vote, and anyone who does otherwise has the intelligence of a wild animal? How does that work? What does that say about free will? One need only look at the rampant hatred for Justice Souter or Alan West to understand that people of a certain skin color are not allowed the same choices that the rest of us are privy to.
Where the F did Bain Capital come in to this? Enjoying the Two Minutes' Hate, are we? We do know that Romney lost, right? I hope you know he lost.
They are not "safety nets". That term is deprecated. Safety net means that if something bad happens it's there to catch you. That's not what happens, though. Welfare is a way of life, not a safety net. Wild animals that receive handouts become lazy and dependent on those handouts, and humans are no different.
Japan has made an entirely rational choice to remain Japanese. Importing millions of foreigners to keep a short term loss from occurring has the price of eradicating their unique culture. It's their choice to make. I can't help but notice the implicit without-thinking assumption you make that mass immigration is a thneed.
Again, nobody said anything about extortion, you put that in there. The company said they contracted the website out and the contractor was responsible. Nobody seems to be able to understand this because everyone is SOOO caught up in the delicious, savory chanting of the Two Minutes' Hate. Hypocrisy requires intent. Intent that is very plausibly absent.
Who said anything about extortion? You put that in there yourself. All we're talking about is the likelihood that the firm had no idea that the web design company copied.
It's not "irony right over my head" it's looking at the situation dispassionately, which due to the obvious nature of this story everyone is failing to do.
I, for one, find this an eminently plausible explanation. I used to produce unique content, and found people ripping me off all the time. Every time I contacted the site owner, they were genuinely unaware that they had infringed. Either their worker had copied & pasted, or the company they hired for the website copied & pasted. Usually it just took a polite letter to get the infringing material taken down, and the other site owner replied that the guilty party had been scolded or fired.
Ah, but here we are: a story that we want to believe is true. It fits so perfectly! Copyright is such a Slashdot pet issue, the villain is already cast in the role, all that's needed is for everyone to play their parts in the crowd for the Two Minutes' Hate. Remember this the next time the media sets up a villain for a fall and you're standing there saying, "Hey, hey, hey! Why I am the only one that notices they're obviously ignoring this part of the story because it doesn't fit their narrative!"
That won't work for name-based hosting, which pretty much every website uses these days. The old "1 IP, 1 machine" thing doesn't get used too often.
Please note that this is merely tolerance of far-left parties. Any time a far-right party wins any kind of election anywhere, the stern-faced assholes in charge of the media declare that we must all act together to refute and rob all legitimacy from latest outrage.
Local American laws need to be brought in harmony with international standards. If your only objection is "fuck Europe" then you're nothing but a bitter clinger.
To you, an amusing anecdote. To the rest of us, a terrifying tale of a ruling-class asswipe ordering her subordinates to dance and entertain her. This person graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Vassar and got a Master's from Yale. How would one even get in to Vassar, much less Phi Beta Kappa, much less be admitted to Yale to pursue a Master's? Seriously.
Sure, we enjoyed this tale. How many other tales will we never hear where she ordered her underlings to dance, when they failed to meet her expectations and were fired? We'll never know, will we? Those sorts of stories don't add to legends. They don't name Navy ships after people who don't meet with the approval of the ruling class, no matter if they invent COBOL or not. The freaking Navy broke its own rules to keep her on active duty far, far beyond mandatory retirement age - they didn't even do that for MacArthur. Hurrah for the privileged!
Because we need to have two classes of people: journalists and ordinary plebians. As if the mainstream media needs anything more to pump up their already stratospheric egos.
I'm just surprised the AP didn't turn over their records voluntarily. It's not like they investigate the current government - hell, the AP is simpatico with their political beliefs, so what advantage is to be gained by being antagonistic?
The UN of the 40s and the UN of today are vastly different entities. The UN lost its way several decades ago and now only exists to perpetrate itself.
I about coughed in my coffee when he praised a Bush for making the world safer. Is this guy a conservative? If so, what is he even doing here?
I would love to see insects on the menu at NATO headquarters, as well. What's your point?
I'll go for this when the dining rooms at the United Nations serve insects instead of Foie Gras Terrine with Brandied Cherry, on pretzel bread or Lamb Tartare on Japanese cracker with Tsar Sturgeon Caviar. And not insects as an option, either. I'm talking all the other stuff is off the menu.
Oh, it won't be happening? You mean we proles get to eat insects while the UN gets Seared Beef Filet with Onion Soup Boule, Asparagus, and Bearnaise Sauce or Roasted Veal Medallions with N.Y. Pretzel Crumbs, Bockwurst, and Mustard Sauce? Yeah, that's pretty much what I thought. Fuck you, UN.
And if America had said, "oh yes we must intervene immediately" the rest of the world would have pulled that "oh you meddling villains, stay out of affairs that don't concern you" and there would have been some sort of Blackhawk Down incident in Rwanda as well.
In these sorts of things, you start with the conclusion and work your way backwards: America is always wrong, so just justify it however it needs to be done. Intervene: bullies. Don't intervene: uncaring.
No, it's the rest of the world that thinks this way. Remember the 1994 Rwandan genocide? America bore responsibility for this horrific crime. Why? They had the capability to intervene and stop the genocide, but selfishly did not do so. Note that it was not Americans who said this, but pretty much every member nation of the UN. They said it loudly, and repeatedly. Maybe you forgot, or have selective memory?
Yup, just like I said, the standard reply: "oh it's relevant in some off-the-wall way, missiles are technology, now TAKE THAT!"
I've tried to read this several times and it just doesn't making any sense. Is the parent an apologist for Communism? The fall of the USSR was a good thing. It freed millions of people.
You know, no matter how many irrelevant non-nerd articles appear on this site, someone is going to take your stance that "oh it's relevant in some off-the-wall way, missiles are technology, now TAKE THAT!" This news is the kind of crap I'd expect from mainstream media politics and has zero relevance to Slashdot.
Yaknow, feminists go on and on about how women should be equal, they shouldn't be the recipients of special attention, etc. etc. etc. And then something like this happens - and it wouldn't even be a story other than the person who won it just happened to have a vagina. It sort of makes feminists look like a bunch of hypocrites.
So, what, the professor thinks we should just create a race of slaves? That's totally fucked up. See Blade Runner for how that turns out. If we're going to create robots then they need the same civil rights as everyone else.
Too bad the Hanford site is run by the government. But keep repeating your archetype lies - I'm sure wanting and hoping to believe them makes them true. It's like prayer for leftists.
This is precisely why including punctuation marks in product names is UTTERLY FUCKING STUPID. It's right up there with naming your product something funny from today's news (*cough* The GIMP *cough*) when the joke stops being funny about ten minutes after the project goes live.
I have re-read this comment several times and it has yet to make any sense whatsoever.