"You used logic again... you use the stuff the way some people use dope. Why don't you use your head instead?"
-- Robert A. Heinlein
"Of what lasting beneit has been man's use of science and of the new instruments which his research brought into existence? First, they have increased his control of his material environment. They have improved his food, his clothing, his shelter; they have increased his security and released him partly from the bondage of bare existence. They have given him increased knowledge of his own biological processes so that he has had a progressive freedom from disease and an increased span of life. They are illuminating the interactions of his physiological and psychological functions, giving the promise of an improved mental health. Science has provided the swiftest communication between individuals; it has provided a record of ideas and has enabled man to manipulate and to make extracts from that record so that knowledge evolves and endures throughout the life of a race rather than that of an individual."
"If I ever see a falling star, I'm going to use my wish to wish that it had never fallen in the first place. If I'm lucky, that will throw the entire universe into a logic loop and while everyone is busy attending to that, I'll skip work the next day."
-- Greg Stafford
Yeah, can we actually wait for someone to say something before we go putting words in their mouths and then denouncing them for the words we put in their mouths? Or is that not how this works? Extinct WTF
Eh, this is oldschool unix stuff. Go back to the front page for more worthless stories on things you're more comfortable with, like copyright, drones, and other day-to-day bullshit politics. We' re talking about vi here, kindly fuck off.
Let's burn down the capitalist system, then. Replace it with something either entirely untested or tested thoroughly and known to fail. That's the way forward, comrades!
Well, that's strange, because since birth I have been told that journalists are some of society's best people, the noblest, the most unforgiving of evil and kindest to good.
"CBS News has a culture, has a history that for those of us who work here, is very real - that we see it as a sort of magical mystical kingdom of journalistic knights - and I know I can mentally hear people rolling their eyes, that's the way we feel."
-- Ex-CBS News anchor Dan Rather
I rather doubt your strange story above. You're confusing journalism and movies.
It's called "judicial activism". Look it up. It has been used extensively in the past 40 years - and you're just now discovering this concept? You live in a cave or something?
Nice to see that typical snide attitude of "but our site is certified for IE 6, so use it" that was so common among web developers getting its comeuppance by the CEO's latest smartphone. I would have given a dollar to be there every time one of them was told to his face that his site needed to become cross-platform, and pronto. I can only imagine the weeping and gnashing of teeth as the web developer fearfully installed Firefox and Opera and began to learn that awful vocabulary "cross-platform".
The research plainly shows that watching pornography results in the objectification of women. If that's something you're okay with then you have no place discussing science with adults.
Stampede? I thought a stampede was when people get knocked down and other people, instead of helping them up, just step on them to get over to the exit. Get stepped on by a couple hundred people and you're going to suffer grievous damage.
The New York Times is a leftist newspaper, no doubt about it. So what you're saying is the rest of the world is even further to the left? It must suck to live in such an idealogical desert, where there is no diversity of opinion.
Well look, there are right and wrong decisions. Just because people are free doesn't give them the right to make decisions that are plainly wrong. Limits need to be set to reduce the harm caused. This is SCIENTIFIC research, devoid of any idealogical content. If you don't agree with science then you're one of the nutbags who needs to be made harmless to the rest of society.
I've noticed this in reverse: app reviewers on Google Play complain if the app hasn't been updated in a while - even if it is complete and stable. To the modern user, updating frequently doesn't mean "broken-ass program with lazy programmers", it means "normal".
Bottom bar. Next to EXT/OVR click on 'English-US' and change it to UK or whatever. Now you don't have to bitch and moan in public any more! Aren't you happy now?
You don't need to pay bribes in China. Anyone who says so is an idiot, or gets a frisson of pleasure from paying so he can be the big sophisticated guy and say, "Yeah, I paid a bribe."
"One of the things I have always found troubling about Westerners doing business in emerging market countries is that they sometimes take an almost perverse pride in discussing payoffs to government officials. It is as though their having paid a bribe is a symbol of their international sophistication and insider knowledge. Yet, countless times when I am told of the bribe, I know the very same thing could almost certainly have been accomplished without a bribe."
--Dan Harris, chinalawblog.com
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-- Robert A. Heinlein
"Of what lasting beneit has been man's use of science and of the new instruments which his research brought into existence? First, they have increased his control of his material environment. They have improved his food, his clothing, his shelter; they have increased his security and released him partly from the bondage of bare existence. They have given him increased knowledge of his own biological processes so that he has had a progressive freedom from disease and an increased span of life. They are illuminating the interactions of his physiological and psychological functions, giving the promise of an improved mental health. Science has provided the swiftest communication between individuals; it has provided a record of ideas and has enabled man to manipulate and to make extracts from that record so that knowledge evolves and endures throughout the life of a race rather than that of an individual."
"If I ever see a falling star, I'm going to use my wish to wish that it had never fallen in the first place. If I'm lucky, that will throw the entire universe into a logic loop and while everyone is busy attending to that, I'll skip work the next day."
-- Greg Stafford
You first.
And yet, your method of writing immediately exposes you as a White. Where the fuck do you get off pretending to represent people of color?
You know, if you were doing that for any other country than America, you would be a racist bigot.
Why don't you right-wingers just SHUT UP?
When Americans patronize American-made products it is a sign of bigotry.
Yeah, can we actually wait for someone to say something before we go putting words in their mouths and then denouncing them for the words we put in their mouths? Or is that not how this works? Extinct WTF
Eh, this is oldschool unix stuff. Go back to the front page for more worthless stories on things you're more comfortable with, like copyright, drones, and other day-to-day bullshit politics. We' re talking about vi here, kindly fuck off.
Let's burn down the capitalist system, then. Replace it with something either entirely untested or tested thoroughly and known to fail. That's the way forward, comrades!
"CBS News has a culture, has a history that for those of us who work here, is very real - that we see it as a sort of magical mystical kingdom of journalistic knights - and I know I can mentally hear people rolling their eyes, that's the way we feel."
-- Ex-CBS News anchor Dan Rather
I rather doubt your strange story above. You're confusing journalism and movies.
It's called "judicial activism". Look it up. It has been used extensively in the past 40 years - and you're just now discovering this concept? You live in a cave or something?
Nice to see that typical snide attitude of "but our site is certified for IE 6, so use it" that was so common among web developers getting its comeuppance by the CEO's latest smartphone. I would have given a dollar to be there every time one of them was told to his face that his site needed to become cross-platform, and pronto. I can only imagine the weeping and gnashing of teeth as the web developer fearfully installed Firefox and Opera and began to learn that awful vocabulary "cross-platform".
You're thinking of an old-fashioned car, like the Model T. Today's cars don't do that, grandpa. Computer controlled.
The research plainly shows that watching pornography results in the objectification of women. If that's something you're okay with then you have no place discussing science with adults.
Stampede? I thought a stampede was when people get knocked down and other people, instead of helping them up, just step on them to get over to the exit. Get stepped on by a couple hundred people and you're going to suffer grievous damage.
The New York Times is a leftist newspaper, no doubt about it. So what you're saying is the rest of the world is even further to the left? It must suck to live in such an idealogical desert, where there is no diversity of opinion.
Well look, there are right and wrong decisions. Just because people are free doesn't give them the right to make decisions that are plainly wrong. Limits need to be set to reduce the harm caused. This is SCIENTIFIC research, devoid of any idealogical content. If you don't agree with science then you're one of the nutbags who needs to be made harmless to the rest of society.
John Broder works for the New York Times. They don't lie. Who do you trust more, a legitimate journalist or a corporate CEO? Seriously, people.
I wonder how much these cost. How can I get my product on the front page of Slashdot?
It's also racist, but we all get a free pass when talking about Chinese hackers for some reason.
I've noticed this in reverse: app reviewers on Google Play complain if the app hasn't been updated in a while - even if it is complete and stable. To the modern user, updating frequently doesn't mean "broken-ass program with lazy programmers", it means "normal".
Bottom bar. Next to EXT/OVR click on 'English-US' and change it to UK or whatever. Now you don't have to bitch and moan in public any more! Aren't you happy now?
You don't need to pay bribes in China. Anyone who says so is an idiot, or gets a frisson of pleasure from paying so he can be the big sophisticated guy and say, "Yeah, I paid a bribe."
Someone want to translate this cryptic passage to English?
"One of the things I have always found troubling about Westerners doing business in emerging market countries is that they sometimes take an almost perverse pride in discussing payoffs to government officials. It is as though their having paid a bribe is a symbol of their international sophistication and insider knowledge. Yet, countless times when I am told of the bribe, I know the very same thing could almost certainly have been accomplished without a bribe."
--Dan Harris, chinalawblog.com