Newspapers are not part of the solution, they are part of the problem. They are very actively aware that they control what gets discussed and are not shy about using this power to promote their political aims. THIS is the problem, not the fact that newspapers exist as a concept.
PS the example you cite was not investigative, it was a Washington insider using a couple of naive reporters to achieve revenge for a perceived slight.
Well, you'd think these things are obvious. But, lately with the bailout of AIG, the elevation of Goldman-Sachs and the election of Obama, the only thing that's obvious is the people at the top have little or no idea what's going on. Moreover, they just don't care. Thinking like "well, itching obviously helps primates remove skin defects" is right out, along with any other critical thinking...the people at the bottom have all the power, and they just don't realize it...
If hooking a car battery up to a monkey's brain will help find the cure for AIDS and save somebody's life, I have two things to say... the red is positive and the black is negative. --Nick Dipaolo
Well, you have to realize the history of colonization, which plays into the resistance to vaccines. There is also respect for religion, which precludes any criticism of Islamic leaders calling for rejection of vaccination. And frankly, most of these diseases have been eradicated already. I mean come on, when is the last time anyone heard of an outbreak of diptheria or tetanus? Those vaccines are worse than the disease. If there was any problem, I would hear about it on NPR or on the pages of the New York Times.
Guess what: other researchers have independently verified the existence of trilobites! You can rest easy now. Your declaration of success is eagerly awaited by all NASA engineers.
Yeah, well, that ain't happening. There's a huge difference between having parasitic customers who demand a lot in exchange for a little, and customers who just want something extra. Frankly, the "you should fire 10% of your customers" trope is already getting misused these days, and just leading to even worse customer service than we already had.
I run a small site, with a very focused community. People pay me to put ads because they work, and because people who read the site respond to them. They are clearly labeled as ads and adblockers can easily stop them. The problem is the huge number of jackassess on the internet (most of whom are big companies) that make irrelevant ads as noisy as possible. These jerks ruin it for everyone by crowding out legitimate ads. I should say something about the people who pay for ads, too - they want the tiniest possible space, and then crowd it with flash, blinking text, and so on. Lacking any idea of a strategy, they insist on gilding the lily to their own detriment. What am I going to say, refuse their money?
I know there are a lot of people here to hate any kind of advertising with a passion, and fervently wish we could all pastoralize like in the ending of BSG. But when you deliver an audience, people will pay to get their word out. The real tragedy is scattershot ads that increase noise, without delivering anything of value, thus driving out the good ads, too. When an ad delivers something of value (information you wouldn't have had otherwise), that's a bit different. Yeah you say you'd google it if you wanted to know, but actually, you wouldn't.
Unfortunately, all of the references seem to be based around an alpha-male jock and a submissive cheerleader-style wife.
Really? Which books were these? You know, the jock has been out as a male stereotype for over 20 years now, and likewise the cheerleader. Hint: marriage is not about anyone's hobbies or interests, it's about being able to tolerate another person hanging around for the next 40 years. Yup, I just checked and sure as sugar it's a kdawson story. PS stop pretending you're special.
Don't believe anything they say - Google is a publically traded corporation. The job of the directors is not to make a profit, it is to maximize profits. The example the founders set will only go so far. How much attention do other companies pay to their corporate slogans? How many of you can name the slogans of AT&T, IBM, Facebook, or other companies? And how much attention do the employees of these corps pay to their slogan? Does the Goldman Sachs slogan really drive its employees?
Wow...you really don't know anything about North Korea, do you? As someone else said, every step on that list betrays Kim Il-Song and the Juche legacy, to say nothing of the fact that the generals would revolt as soon as their power was threatened.
Sure, send a letter to Kim Jong-un, I'm sure his security detail wouldn't think it was a CIA plot. Being the same age and all, certainly two reasonable people like yourselves could come to a compromise. Honestly, these pollyanna solutions baffle me. Are people really this stupid?
Do you really think the generals who run NK really believe their own propaganda about the US invading at any time? They are not nutty, and are actually quite brutally rational. Who else could have gotten sweetheart deal after sweetheart deal from diplomacy? Seriously, look at their history, North Korean diplomats are the Vince Lombardi of the last 20 years. You don't win repeated concessions, break your word, and then go back to the conference table and win again - that's not the actions of a nutbag.
I remember when I went to New Orleans in '98, there was a sign on the bus: DEPOSIT ALL FARES IN FAREBOX, DO NOT GIVE FARE TO DRIVER. I just laughed. New Orleans is such a toilet, I'm glad someone finally flushed it.
Nonetheless this book gets misused by them all the time. 1984 is a total fabrication of what life was like, but people seem to think it was some sort of documentary.
Yeah...you do realize Orwell was a right-wing nutbag, right? His 1984 was squarely aimed at...the commies! *shock* *horror* a world with no rich people, whatever are we to do?
The problem is, this doesn't address the problem. The problem is too many cars on the road causing too much pollution. The solution isn't cheaper cars! The solution is FEWER cars, and less energy usage in general. This will undoubtedly have some effects on the lifestyle of some people, but it's unavoidable.
Uh, any savings in gas will result in increases in your electricity bill? Hello? Unless there's some sort of magical electric car unicorn that shits rainbows and free energy. Why is it that combustiphobes always invoke unicorns when it's time to discuss finances?
This is why the American system is so horribly, horribly wrong. The government should be giving money so that artists can produce art and still have comfortable lives. I mean, look at America, look at the shitty people who have good lives - why should they? The government should take from them and give to those who are more deserving.
Where'd your law degree come from? Jealous any? Come out and say it if you don't want to be embarrassed. Why don't you shut the hell up and stop criticizing your betters, until you can prove that you have something legitimate to say. No wonder you got modded up on an anti-intellectual place like slashdot - its right-wing bias is well-known everywhere.
In this comment thread, I see the following distressing coping strategies: 1) Let's pretend the problem doesn't exist. 2) The problem exists, but let's deny it (Dittoheads and other wingnuts well-represented here). 3) Would you be happy if we shot black people in games? (Let's try it and see what kind of teachable moments come out of it, what do you say?) 4) Tell the PC brigade to go fuck themselves (no dittohead, we will NOT fuck ourselves, and the sooner that you realize that you have a problem with lack of diversity, the sooner you can work on getting it fixed.)
It's amazing how a simple attorney can overrule a judge's decision. Why is a slashdot user being quoted and his opinion elevated to greater than that of a judge? Are we in Bizarro world?
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PS the example you cite was not investigative, it was a Washington insider using a couple of naive reporters to achieve revenge for a perceived slight.
It's even better when you realize that AIDS is a lifestyle disease, like obesity.
Well, you'd think these things are obvious. But, lately with the bailout of AIG, the elevation of Goldman-Sachs and the election of Obama, the only thing that's obvious is the people at the top have little or no idea what's going on. Moreover, they just don't care. Thinking like "well, itching obviously helps primates remove skin defects" is right out, along with any other critical thinking...the people at the bottom have all the power, and they just don't realize it...
If hooking a car battery up to a monkey's brain will help find the cure for AIDS and save somebody's life, I have two things to say... the red is positive and the black is negative.
--Nick Dipaolo
Well, you have to realize the history of colonization, which plays into the resistance to vaccines. There is also respect for religion, which precludes any criticism of Islamic leaders calling for rejection of vaccination. And frankly, most of these diseases have been eradicated already. I mean come on, when is the last time anyone heard of an outbreak of diptheria or tetanus? Those vaccines are worse than the disease. If there was any problem, I would hear about it on NPR or on the pages of the New York Times.
Guess what: other researchers have independently verified the existence of trilobites! You can rest easy now. Your declaration of success is eagerly awaited by all NASA engineers.
Yeah, well, that ain't happening. There's a huge difference between having parasitic customers who demand a lot in exchange for a little, and customers who just want something extra. Frankly, the "you should fire 10% of your customers" trope is already getting misused these days, and just leading to even worse customer service than we already had.
I know there are a lot of people here to hate any kind of advertising with a passion, and fervently wish we could all pastoralize like in the ending of BSG. But when you deliver an audience, people will pay to get their word out. The real tragedy is scattershot ads that increase noise, without delivering anything of value, thus driving out the good ads, too. When an ad delivers something of value (information you wouldn't have had otherwise), that's a bit different. Yeah you say you'd google it if you wanted to know, but actually, you wouldn't.
Really? Which books were these? You know, the jock has been out as a male stereotype for over 20 years now, and likewise the cheerleader. Hint: marriage is not about anyone's hobbies or interests, it's about being able to tolerate another person hanging around for the next 40 years. Yup, I just checked and sure as sugar it's a kdawson story. PS stop pretending you're special.
Don't believe anything they say - Google is a publically traded corporation. The job of the directors is not to make a profit, it is to maximize profits. The example the founders set will only go so far. How much attention do other companies pay to their corporate slogans? How many of you can name the slogans of AT&T, IBM, Facebook, or other companies? And how much attention do the employees of these corps pay to their slogan? Does the Goldman Sachs slogan really drive its employees?
Sure, send a letter to Kim Jong-un, I'm sure his security detail wouldn't think it was a CIA plot. Being the same age and all, certainly two reasonable people like yourselves could come to a compromise. Honestly, these pollyanna solutions baffle me. Are people really this stupid?
Who said it was a typo? The phrase is in common usage - it isn't even an idiom!
Do you really think the generals who run NK really believe their own propaganda about the US invading at any time? They are not nutty, and are actually quite brutally rational. Who else could have gotten sweetheart deal after sweetheart deal from diplomacy? Seriously, look at their history, North Korean diplomats are the Vince Lombardi of the last 20 years. You don't win repeated concessions, break your word, and then go back to the conference table and win again - that's not the actions of a nutbag.
I remember when I went to New Orleans in '98, there was a sign on the bus: DEPOSIT ALL FARES IN FAREBOX, DO NOT GIVE FARE TO DRIVER. I just laughed. New Orleans is such a toilet, I'm glad someone finally flushed it.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HA100444731033.aspx Microsoft's .docx converter for Office 2003 and before.
Nonetheless this book gets misused by them all the time. 1984 is a total fabrication of what life was like, but people seem to think it was some sort of documentary.
Yeah...you do realize Orwell was a right-wing nutbag, right? His 1984 was squarely aimed at...the commies! *shock* *horror* a world with no rich people, whatever are we to do?
The problem is, this doesn't address the problem. The problem is too many cars on the road causing too much pollution. The solution isn't cheaper cars! The solution is FEWER cars, and less energy usage in general. This will undoubtedly have some effects on the lifestyle of some people, but it's unavoidable.
Uh, any savings in gas will result in increases in your electricity bill? Hello? Unless there's some sort of magical electric car unicorn that shits rainbows and free energy. Why is it that combustiphobes always invoke unicorns when it's time to discuss finances?
This is why the American system is so horribly, horribly wrong. The government should be giving money so that artists can produce art and still have comfortable lives. I mean, look at America, look at the shitty people who have good lives - why should they? The government should take from them and give to those who are more deserving.
Sure, it's been done before. But you'll be hunted down by assassins from GM.
Where'd your law degree come from? Jealous any? Come out and say it if you don't want to be embarrassed. Why don't you shut the hell up and stop criticizing your betters, until you can prove that you have something legitimate to say. No wonder you got modded up on an anti-intellectual place like slashdot - its right-wing bias is well-known everywhere.
Bonus points for using the non-word 'cuz' and the easily-avoided error 'their' in your post complaining about the poor English of others.
In this comment thread, I see the following distressing coping strategies: 1) Let's pretend the problem doesn't exist. 2) The problem exists, but let's deny it (Dittoheads and other wingnuts well-represented here). 3) Would you be happy if we shot black people in games? (Let's try it and see what kind of teachable moments come out of it, what do you say?) 4) Tell the PC brigade to go fuck themselves (no dittohead, we will NOT fuck ourselves, and the sooner that you realize that you have a problem with lack of diversity, the sooner you can work on getting it fixed.)
It's amazing how a simple attorney can overrule a judge's decision. Why is a slashdot user being quoted and his opinion elevated to greater than that of a judge? Are we in Bizarro world?