Because a big freaking laser is interesting? Jeez, lay off the America-bashing for a while - it's unhealthy to fixate on such things. It's odd that the first thing that you thought of was how Americans suck and how Europeans are so great with their LHC. What do we call that, "projection"? This laser has got nothing to do with the LHC, which I am also excited to see.
Yeah, about time someone chimed in with some sense. Molds are quite expensive, especially those made in developed countries. I happen to live in a developing country, in one of the best/cheapest locations on the planet for making molds (or moulds, as our British friends say). Email me at gitorama@gmail.com if you need molds made, my company can get good quality at a low price.
Well, when people graduate from journalism school, and the reason that they became journalists is to "change the world", then that's a pretty different idea from just reporting the news as it happens, yah? When the idea is to use your position to change the world, your readers will figure out your biases sooner or later. And I'm not even getting into the monoculture of ideas and poverty of thought so prevalent in the modern newsroom. Have a try at this newsroom game and see if you make the right decisions. If you fail at the game, then you'll understand why newspapers are failing today.
Oh good Lord - save me from the wisdom of English teachers! Going to English corners! Jesus on a pogo stick son...English corners are only for bookworm students and other nerds. You only meet a very small stratum of society there. Especially in the large cities...jeez get into the real China, man.
OK, this upstart will achieve NOTHING unless he somehow gets an idea of how to dethrone the inexplicably popular NEOPETS from its throne of bones. I "played" Neopets for more than a month back in '04, when I was out of a job and homebound, and it singlehandedly made me want to get out of the house and get into the real world (no small feat). And Neopets remains popular despite the fact that one of its main pet types is sacreligious to one of the world's most respected religions. All aboard to Krawk Island! Avast and set sail to Meridell!
I notice that this entire subject is couched in terms of "think of the poor people!" (cue Mrs. Lovejoy's voice). I think what we have here is a group of people doing something that they want to do, rather than something that the poor would actually benefit from. Working alongside the soup kitchen Christians? Oh hell no! We're going for some pie-in-the-sky computer network for the poor, and we're going to ruthlessly take advantage of some company's loss leader to do it. Then, when the company changes its policy (due to our screwing everything up) we get to complain loudly on the front page of slashdot.
I think maybe they could have done something for the poor that the poor needed, instead of a high-tech solution in search of a problem.
Have you ever actually been to a highway rest stop? They're a good place to get murdered. Why don't I just tape $100 bills to my nipples and run naked through the ghetto?
A lot of us don't have seventy-five bucks for a hotel room. I know that doesn't sound like a lot of money, heck it's barely dinner for 2 - but seriously, there are people out there to whom it's a lot.
Ah, yeah...no kidding. I work in China and view a lot of factory catalogs, they have lots of cheap manipulations like that. The creepiest one was a catalog for a garment manufacturer...on every page, on every outfit, was the same grinning blonde guy. After a few pages, it started to get funny. After a few more pages, it got geniunely eerie. Every page, the same rictus grin, flipped left and right. I had to put the catalog down after a while, it was getting to me. Sort of like Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy" video.
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Way to go, jerkface. Way to totally hijack the subject at hand in order to spew your misanthropic sludge. Here's a hint: look up "projection" and see how it's relevant to this case.
Oh, it's the usual - outsiders desperately trying to get the coveted label of 'artist' even though most of them will spend their careers designing circuit boards or some other banal horror. Let's just say that this student won't be getting profiled in The New Yorker anytime soon.
The problem is that those writers are few and far between. I don't think anyone created things the way Tolkien did. Heck, his books aren't even supposed to be real books, they're just cultural settings for the artificial languages that he liked to invent. He was a hugely talented professor of literature - how many of those spend time writing fantasy books these days?
Sure, it's the best bet - but baccarat is about as interesting as betting on heads or tails. If you're so interested in conserving your money, heck you shouldn't be in a casino.
UAV = Unmanned aerial vehicle. As for the ground vehicles, they have names like explosive ordinance disposal vehicle, remote reconnaissance system, and so forth. Nobody calls them robots except for the soldiers (they're allowed to) and the ignorant (this is not meant as a jab). A boy with a remote controlled car doesn't own a robot, and neither do people who appear on TV shows like Battle Bots.
Ah! Another foreigner who understands Japan! Please, share with us your wisdom, oh country boy! Your viewpoint is ten times as valid as an actual son of Nippon. Let me guess - you married a Japanese girl, and you have sex with her regularly! uNF uNF uNF. Wow...please let me know how I can do this, without being a big-city sellout like so many others...and perhaps someday you will actually get a Japanese passport, which will make you as Japanese as anyone who spent their entire life there!
Actually, if you are more Japanese than the Japanese, what are you doing spending your time on English websites, much less arguing with the worthless outsiders to be found therein? As a true Japanese, surely you realize that only the opinions of ignorant outsiders matter when discussing any subject.
Rapid change? You mean Obuchi, Mori, et al? And the thought that outsiders who understand nothing of the Japanese culture (such as the UN) should be kept out is alien, eh? No no, let's all let the UN decide things for us, after all, they're entirely democratic as well, and totally unbiased.
The Japanese don't have such an irrational fear of databases and information. In part because of their culture (which is not so contaminated with outside influences such as cultures that most slashdot readers might be familiar with) and also in part because they are not subject to the US constitution (gasp, shock). Here's an idea: perhaps the Japanese are able to determine which laws they want? I know, a radical idea - they didn't even consult the UN before implementing this.
Nope, JetBlue copied Southwest. You have to realize that there are a lot of cultural barriers to accepting things like this. It's difficult for Northeasterners to admit that anything wasn't invented there.
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Because a big freaking laser is interesting? Jeez, lay off the America-bashing for a while - it's unhealthy to fixate on such things. It's odd that the first thing that you thought of was how Americans suck and how Europeans are so great with their LHC. What do we call that, "projection"? This laser has got nothing to do with the LHC, which I am also excited to see.
Yeah, about time someone chimed in with some sense. Molds are quite expensive, especially those made in developed countries. I happen to live in a developing country, in one of the best/cheapest locations on the planet for making molds (or moulds, as our British friends say). Email me at gitorama@gmail.com if you need molds made, my company can get good quality at a low price.
Well, when people graduate from journalism school, and the reason that they became journalists is to "change the world", then that's a pretty different idea from just reporting the news as it happens, yah? When the idea is to use your position to change the world, your readers will figure out your biases sooner or later. And I'm not even getting into the monoculture of ideas and poverty of thought so prevalent in the modern newsroom. Have a try at this newsroom game and see if you make the right decisions. If you fail at the game, then you'll understand why newspapers are failing today.
Oh good Lord - save me from the wisdom of English teachers! Going to English corners! Jesus on a pogo stick son...English corners are only for bookworm students and other nerds. You only meet a very small stratum of society there. Especially in the large cities...jeez get into the real China, man.
OK, this upstart will achieve NOTHING unless he somehow gets an idea of how to dethrone the inexplicably popular NEOPETS from its throne of bones. I "played" Neopets for more than a month back in '04, when I was out of a job and homebound, and it singlehandedly made me want to get out of the house and get into the real world (no small feat). And Neopets remains popular despite the fact that one of its main pet types is sacreligious to one of the world's most respected religions. All aboard to Krawk Island! Avast and set sail to Meridell!
ILuvRamen = corporate shill? Seriously, most of his posts are absolutely nonsensical, and this one is pure 100% shilling.
I think maybe they could have done something for the poor that the poor needed, instead of a high-tech solution in search of a problem.
Have you ever actually been to a highway rest stop? They're a good place to get murdered. Why don't I just tape $100 bills to my nipples and run naked through the ghetto?
A lot of us don't have seventy-five bucks for a hotel room. I know that doesn't sound like a lot of money, heck it's barely dinner for 2 - but seriously, there are people out there to whom it's a lot.
Ah, yeah...no kidding. I work in China and view a lot of factory catalogs, they have lots of cheap manipulations like that. The creepiest one was a catalog for a garment manufacturer...on every page, on every outfit, was the same grinning blonde guy. After a few pages, it started to get funny. After a few more pages, it got geniunely eerie. Every page, the same rictus grin, flipped left and right. I had to put the catalog down after a while, it was getting to me. Sort of like Aphex Twin's "Come to Daddy" video.
Way to go, jerkface. Way to totally hijack the subject at hand in order to spew your misanthropic sludge. Here's a hint: look up "projection" and see how it's relevant to this case.
Oh, it's the usual - outsiders desperately trying to get the coveted label of 'artist' even though most of them will spend their careers designing circuit boards or some other banal horror. Let's just say that this student won't be getting profiled in The New Yorker anytime soon.
The problem is that those writers are few and far between. I don't think anyone created things the way Tolkien did. Heck, his books aren't even supposed to be real books, they're just cultural settings for the artificial languages that he liked to invent. He was a hugely talented professor of literature - how many of those spend time writing fantasy books these days?
Sure, it's the best bet - but baccarat is about as interesting as betting on heads or tails. If you're so interested in conserving your money, heck you shouldn't be in a casino.
No, the reporters are ignorant. It's not surprising...
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UAV = Unmanned aerial vehicle. As for the ground vehicles, they have names like explosive ordinance disposal vehicle, remote reconnaissance system, and so forth. Nobody calls them robots except for the soldiers (they're allowed to) and the ignorant (this is not meant as a jab). A boy with a remote controlled car doesn't own a robot, and neither do people who appear on TV shows like Battle Bots.
What, Texas isn't a large region? It's bigger than France, jerkwad.
Actually, if you are more Japanese than the Japanese, what are you doing spending your time on English websites, much less arguing with the worthless outsiders to be found therein? As a true Japanese, surely you realize that only the opinions of ignorant outsiders matter when discussing any subject.
Rapid change? You mean Obuchi, Mori, et al? And the thought that outsiders who understand nothing of the Japanese culture (such as the UN) should be kept out is alien, eh? No no, let's all let the UN decide things for us, after all, they're entirely democratic as well, and totally unbiased.
The Japanese don't have such an irrational fear of databases and information. In part because of their culture (which is not so contaminated with outside influences such as cultures that most slashdot readers might be familiar with) and also in part because they are not subject to the US constitution (gasp, shock). Here's an idea: perhaps the Japanese are able to determine which laws they want? I know, a radical idea - they didn't even consult the UN before implementing this.
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Fascism. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Nope, JetBlue copied Southwest. You have to realize that there are a lot of cultural barriers to accepting things like this. It's difficult for Northeasterners to admit that anything wasn't invented there.
That stewardess just re-invented the bubble sort!