It really doesn't matter how many titles the man has. Magical thinking is still magical thinking, no matter how you try to disguise it by calling it "God" or a "simulation".
Either way this line of thought is only one step away from saying "you are just an illusion (infidel/heathen) therefore I can kill you if you don't do what I say". Don't believe that can happen? Please revise human history from the beginning. Because after all, if this is a simulation, how can I prove that everyone else isn't just a simulation for my benefit?
Oh great, so they get access to the machine. Just as if it was plugged into a DSL/cable modem line. AND???
Cracking the password and getting network access isn't the same as getting past the firewalls, installing yourself on the machine and getting something to run you. Someone is fear mongering, or has failed to think this through.
Hahahahaha. You have got to be fucking kidding me. I have been the United States on two separate occasions via air in the last few years and in both cases neither myself nor any of my fellow passengers were ever "waved on through" inspection. Everybody got the royal ass raping treatment
Being an old fart I remember the BIG DEAL when "machine readable" passports were created, and the idea then was that apparently it would save a tremendous amount of time because you could just swipe your passport in a machine and be on your way (provided the powers that be didn't want to speak to you). Hah. First, I have only ever had ONE machine readable passport (all the rest say "THIS PASSPORT IS NOT MACHINE READABLE" on the scanning line), and second I have only ever had my passport scanned by the airlines at check in, before I fly (to the US).
The lines keep getting longer - especially now that everyone except us Canadians has to be fingerprinted and photographed. 2 hours+ delays are common at major hubs. Well I avoid the US (and travel in general) nowadays not because I don't want to or can't afford it, but because it's a real pain in the ass being treated like a "suspect" from the minute you drive to an airport until you drive out of one. Now ask me if I think the US is "winning the war on terror"?
"I've discovered perpetual motion^H^H^H^H^H free renewable energy, send me money".
Come on. Use sunlight to melt salt to heat water? Why don't you just use sunlight to heat the water directly. Every step you add just increases your heat loss and decreases your efficiency, because no single step will ever be 100% efficient. There's nothing magical about salt, molten or not. And you can't beat thermodynamics. Ever.
Because of the risk of an in-flight hazard, humans should no longer be allowed on aircraft. Airlines will, however, continue to fly your luggage anywhere you please, provided it contains no shoes, liquids, or lithium batteries.
The "immorality of young people today" argument is as old as Plato and Socrates. Every generation is (apparently) more immoral than the previous. Your point is?
buy the damn thing for $10. Don't you people value your time or do you really get off on coming up with convoluted ways of getting crap music for free?
And contribute to the environmental contamination from the manufacture of the packaging, the CD, the fuel used to ship the raw materials and finished product, and the fuel used by me to get to the store and back/for the UPS guy to drop it off at my house...
Downloading an electronic copy is far more environmentally friendly. I'm sure the impact of the routers (which would be on ANYWAY and don't use more electricity per packet) and the 0.5 kWh used by my computer is far less damaging than all the waste products in the manufacture/retail sales model.
Fuck you for supporting the fuckers who killed her.
Although perhaps there was more to it than that. There's a reason you were able to get out, and Mel wasn't. Addiction isn't just about the drug, it's about the user's mental health problems which keep them in a pattern of drug use. While I agree that no illegal drugs actually make people smarter and more productive (they just make you think you are), the drugs are not wholly to blame. Depression, socioeconomic problems/frustrations, anxiety, impulsive behavior, post traumatic stress disorder from childhood events like rape, incest, domestic violence - and the conditioning we have all received towards instant gratification in this modern world - these factors also have a huge impact on whether a person will destroy themselves with drugs or not.
It's not just about the drugs and the people who sell them. There is a huge demand for drugs, and as long as these social problems exist, there always will be. Blame the dealer if you want, but he's just running a business. Put him away and you just give his competitor more market share. IMO money would be better spent trying to fix the root of the problem, addressing people's mental health. But who can afford a full time psychologist? Only the rich.
Who gives a shit about the thousands of jobs being lost
Learn 2 economics. Thousands of jobs being lost in an inefficient industry is a good thing. The loss is always temporary, and those people will eventually find more efficient jobs. Efficiency helps the economy as a whole.
If you had your way no jobs would ever be lost and we would still be doing everything by hand, right?
Christ you sound like the MPAA. Oh will you PLEASE think of the thousands?
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It really doesn't matter how many titles the man has. Magical thinking is still magical thinking, no matter how you try to disguise it by calling it "God" or a "simulation".
Either way this line of thought is only one step away from saying "you are just an illusion (infidel/heathen) therefore I can kill you if you don't do what I say". Don't believe that can happen? Please revise human history from the beginning. Because after all, if this is a simulation, how can I prove that everyone else isn't just a simulation for my benefit?
Oh great, so they get access to the machine. Just as if it was plugged into a DSL/cable modem line. AND???
Cracking the password and getting network access isn't the same as getting past the firewalls, installing yourself on the machine and getting something to run you. Someone is fear mongering, or has failed to think this through.
Come on, you have to give them credit. They have caught so many terrorists... oh wait, no they haven't.
Hahahahaha. You have got to be fucking kidding me. I have been the United States on two separate occasions via air in the last few years and in both cases neither myself nor any of my fellow passengers were ever "waved on through" inspection. Everybody got the royal ass raping treatment
Being an old fart I remember the BIG DEAL when "machine readable" passports were created, and the idea then was that apparently it would save a tremendous amount of time because you could just swipe your passport in a machine and be on your way (provided the powers that be didn't want to speak to you). Hah. First, I have only ever had ONE machine readable passport (all the rest say "THIS PASSPORT IS NOT MACHINE READABLE" on the scanning line), and second I have only ever had my passport scanned by the airlines at check in, before I fly (to the US).
The lines keep getting longer - especially now that everyone except us Canadians has to be fingerprinted and photographed. 2 hours+ delays are common at major hubs. Well I avoid the US (and travel in general) nowadays not because I don't want to or can't afford it, but because it's a real pain in the ass being treated like a "suspect" from the minute you drive to an airport until you drive out of one. Now ask me if I think the US is "winning the war on terror"?
Here's an even shorter summary:
"I've discovered perpetual motion^H^H^H^H^H free renewable energy, send me money".
Come on. Use sunlight to melt salt to heat water? Why don't you just use sunlight to heat the water directly. Every step you add just increases your heat loss and decreases your efficiency, because no single step will ever be 100% efficient. There's nothing magical about salt, molten or not. And you can't beat thermodynamics. Ever.
You can hum all you want, so long as you put money in the meter.
Yes because you have the exclusive right to tell people what to do with their money.
Sometimes, they'll even surprise you by flying your luggage to a random destination!
Which, in tribute to Douglas Adams, is probably Murmansk...
Because of the risk of an in-flight hazard, humans should no longer be allowed on aircraft. Airlines will, however, continue to fly your luggage anywhere you please, provided it contains no shoes, liquids, or lithium batteries.
The bug was only live in the wild for two hours, and ended up affecting just one corporate customer and a handful of home users.
And yet it still made the front page of Slashdot.
The "immorality of young people today" argument is as old as Plato and Socrates. Every generation is (apparently) more immoral than the previous. Your point is?
You just need 2 key ingredients.
a) a female driver
b) a cell phone
If you plan to fight entropy, you're on the losing side. EVERYTHING degrades eventually.
That was quite funny...
"Here, have your tooth back"
buy the damn thing for $10. Don't you people value your time or do you really get off on coming up with convoluted ways of getting crap music for free?
And contribute to the environmental contamination from the manufacture of the packaging, the CD, the fuel used to ship the raw materials and finished product, and the fuel used by me to get to the store and back/for the UPS guy to drop it off at my house...
Downloading an electronic copy is far more environmentally friendly. I'm sure the impact of the routers (which would be on ANYWAY and don't use more electricity per packet) and the 0.5 kWh used by my computer is far less damaging than all the waste products in the manufacture/retail sales model.
Go green! Pirate your music today!
RAmen
I dunno if you were being tongue in cheek
No actually I recognize this as a quote from a sci fi comedy called "Red Dwarf". How can you be a nerd without having seen Red Dwarf, man???
Fuck you for supporting the fuckers who killed her.
Although perhaps there was more to it than that. There's a reason you were able to get out, and Mel wasn't. Addiction isn't just about the drug, it's about the user's mental health problems which keep them in a pattern of drug use. While I agree that no illegal drugs actually make people smarter and more productive (they just make you think you are), the drugs are not wholly to blame. Depression, socioeconomic problems/frustrations, anxiety, impulsive behavior, post traumatic stress disorder from childhood events like rape, incest, domestic violence - and the conditioning we have all received towards instant gratification in this modern world - these factors also have a huge impact on whether a person will destroy themselves with drugs or not.
It's not just about the drugs and the people who sell them. There is a huge demand for drugs, and as long as these social problems exist, there always will be. Blame the dealer if you want, but he's just running a business. Put him away and you just give his competitor more market share. IMO money would be better spent trying to fix the root of the problem, addressing people's mental health. But who can afford a full time psychologist? Only the rich.
1. Wipe your ass with it.
2. Send it back.
Heh, with the craziness and overreacting nowadays the sender would probably be arrested on "bioterrorism" charges. Better not.
I'm sure those swashbucklers at "The Pirate Bay" would be more than happy to lend a hand in wording the reply.
Certainly Mr. Terry Pratchett can claim copyright on the names of these formats, as both are from characters in his books!
It's as if they deliberately made them not work with Linux. Why anyone would want to do that is beyond me.
To get a free laptop from Microsoft?
What I wonder, is what this is affecting in the long run, and by how much.
It will affect mean wave height, and reduce coastal erosion...
Who gives a shit about the thousands of jobs being lost
Learn 2 economics. Thousands of jobs being lost in an inefficient industry is a good thing. The loss is always temporary, and those people will eventually find more efficient jobs. Efficiency helps the economy as a whole.
If you had your way no jobs would ever be lost and we would still be doing everything by hand, right?
Christ you sound like the MPAA. Oh will you PLEASE think of the thousands?
lol wut - welcome to the internets. Now someone show him tubgirl...