We end up with old dudes in suburbs getting tagged because somebody saw an antique rifle hanging on the wall during a dinner party and luckily could still start the app on their iPhone with their trembling hands, while gang-affiliated teens in urban neighborhoods go untagged because nobody cares about 5000+ black/latino teenagers getting shot every year, it's the 20+ white babies every year that we need to save.
Well, I never liked the incessant MS bashing around here, but at least Google trades you with free products. (and now you've done it, I'm one of you now...)
Not true. This logic only applies to voters in battleground states. For the presidential election, most people live in states which are already decisively Red or Blue with a comfortable margin. Even a large showing from 3rd party voters in those states would not change the outcome due to the hundreds of thousands of votes that need to switch sides for a change to occur. Because of this, voting in line with your state's majority is as useless as voting against it. The only way a vote in a non-battleground state actually matters when it comes to presidential election is to vote 3rd party, and to help them achieve the 5% national threshold in order to gain federal funding.
Both you and parent AC ignore the winner-takes-all setup of the electoral college.
In my experience those who perpetuate the "two choice" myth on Slashdot are largely Democrats. Just look at past political discussion around here, and you will find that the opinions of Green/Libertarian supporters were most often shot down by people who argued that voting for a 3rd party would split the vote and give McCain/Romney the edge.
By the way it was worded, it could, to some people, sound like a case of using a technical term in order to impress the less knowledgeable.
A: Hey Sid, how did you catch that curve ball? B1: I memorized the physical forces acting on this particular spinning sphere traveling through the gaseous medium. B2: I saw that the ball tended to veer up and right, so I positioned my hand close to there as a way to prepare.
Yeah, it's kind of an extreme example, but would anyone even consider response B1 over B2? Now, I don't know Sid, I do love his games, and I guess you can stretch the interpretation of "algorithm" just enough to cover all the possible meanings that he could have meant, so I'm more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt in this anecdote. But if someone threw out response B1 to my question A, I would be dubious, to say the least.
He's still injecting people's aversion to being physically stalked into the equation. Whether through ignorance or deliberate slight of hand, he makes the assumption that peoples' reactions to being unwillingly made the sole object of attention in public is the same reaction of of those people if put under surveillance.
Jeez is that the tv/phone bundle or the standalone? I'm getting $30 for 20/5 standalone same company, but I'm just under 10 miles from downtown (mid size city in the south). We still have a cable monopoly in the metro area, but Charter's been encroaching from all sides in the neighboring counties, which likely why there's been these price drops.
I wonder what internet speeds European food growers get? What is the quality of service for livestock breeders in rural Spain and the Baltics; wheat farmers in rural Central Europe? Also, how far outstretched are the suburbs of Europe? In my mind, European cities tend to be more densely occupied and with greater zoning overlap than in the US -- a fiber line serving many businesses also branch out easily to apartments, whereas in the US you have many more instances of distinctly separate commercial and residential zones.
Something else that comes to mind is how do the speed and service deteriorate as one moves out of the city centers? What speeds and quality of service do Europeans who live 10km away from downtown get compared to Americans who live 10km away from downtown? 20km and 30km away?
Tea Party folks do have some radical views on economics, but their views on civil liberties is very much in line with Slashdot. If we can dismiss them wholesale because of their wacky views on some issues, then we must by that same reason dismiss Occupy folks wholesale because of their wacky views on some issues.
"You want corporations out of politics? No, you're one of those 'gift-economy' 'tax profits 100%' retards, so STFU!"
On one hand you have the public backlash if/when an attack succeeds due to inadequate intelligence gathering. On the other you have the public backlash if/when the depth and pervasiveness of intelligence gathering is revealed. As long as the former consequence is considered more severe and career-threatening, politicians will continue to put up with the latter.
Absolutely heroic. Though, from my experience, many slashdotters tend to be realists and will tell you that moralizing issues is a waste of your breath.
So it seems grouping Libertarians with Anarchists is just as popular as grouping Liberals with Socialists. Though, it seems the former mischaracterization is met with less hostility than the latter.
If the rapidity of action is your sole measure of government health, then it would seem that a move towards greater fascism, lesser rights for workers/property owners, more stifling of dissenting voices and a court system which always sides with government will, in your eyes, constitute the improvements that reinvigorates a nation.
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oops, hope I don't get nitpicked for saying iPhone for an Android app
We end up with old dudes in suburbs getting tagged because somebody saw an antique rifle hanging on the wall during a dinner party and luckily could still start the app on their iPhone with their trembling hands, while gang-affiliated teens in urban neighborhoods go untagged because nobody cares about 5000+ black/latino teenagers getting shot every year, it's the 20+ white babies every year that we need to save.
Well, I never liked the incessant MS bashing around here, but at least Google trades you with free products. (and now you've done it, I'm one of you now...)
* And now they justify what Snowden and others have revealed by saying "Well, EVERYONE ELSE is doing it
Is it just me or does this sound like you're saying Le Monde is conspiring with the US government?
Not true. This logic only applies to voters in battleground states. For the presidential election, most people live in states which are already decisively Red or Blue with a comfortable margin. Even a large showing from 3rd party voters in those states would not change the outcome due to the hundreds of thousands of votes that need to switch sides for a change to occur. Because of this, voting in line with your state's majority is as useless as voting against it. The only way a vote in a non-battleground state actually matters when it comes to presidential election is to vote 3rd party, and to help them achieve the 5% national threshold in order to gain federal funding.
Both you and parent AC ignore the winner-takes-all setup of the electoral college.
In my experience those who perpetuate the "two choice" myth on Slashdot are largely Democrats. Just look at past political discussion around here, and you will find that the opinions of Green/Libertarian supporters were most often shot down by people who argued that voting for a 3rd party would split the vote and give McCain/Romney the edge.
By the way it was worded, it could, to some people, sound like a case of using a technical term in order to impress the less knowledgeable.
A: Hey Sid, how did you catch that curve ball?
B1: I memorized the physical forces acting on this particular spinning sphere traveling through the gaseous medium.
B2: I saw that the ball tended to veer up and right, so I positioned my hand close to there as a way to prepare.
Yeah, it's kind of an extreme example, but would anyone even consider response B1 over B2?
Now, I don't know Sid, I do love his games, and I guess you can stretch the interpretation of "algorithm" just enough to cover all the possible meanings that he could have meant, so I'm more than willing to give him the benefit of the doubt in this anecdote. But if someone threw out response B1 to my question A, I would be dubious, to say the least.
or if you're not a US citizen, is this why you favor Republicans over Democrats?
Is this why you vote Republican, because they're honest about their stance, unlike Democrats as they have demonstrated?
Seems like it was released in 2002, picked up by a crypto blog today, and now we're claiming it was just released by the NSA.
*being stalked and made into a public spectacle
He's still injecting people's aversion to being physically stalked into the equation. Whether through ignorance or deliberate slight of hand, he makes the assumption that peoples' reactions to being unwillingly made the sole object of attention in public is the same reaction of of those people if put under surveillance.
Jeez is that the tv/phone bundle or the standalone? I'm getting $30 for 20/5 standalone same company, but I'm just under 10 miles from downtown (mid size city in the south). We still have a cable monopoly in the metro area, but Charter's been encroaching from all sides in the neighboring counties, which likely why there's been these price drops.
You bring up a good point
I wonder what internet speeds European food growers get? What is the quality of service for livestock breeders in rural Spain and the Baltics; wheat farmers in rural Central Europe? Also, how far outstretched are the suburbs of Europe? In my mind, European cities tend to be more densely occupied and with greater zoning overlap than in the US -- a fiber line serving many businesses also branch out easily to apartments, whereas in the US you have many more instances of distinctly separate commercial and residential zones.
Something else that comes to mind is how do the speed and service deteriorate as one moves out of the city centers? What speeds and quality of service do Europeans who live 10km away from downtown get compared to Americans who live 10km away from downtown? 20km and 30km away?
On the issue of civil liberties, they are indeed
Tea Party folks do have some radical views on economics, but their views on civil liberties is very much in line with Slashdot. If we can dismiss them wholesale because of their wacky views on some issues, then we must by that same reason dismiss Occupy folks wholesale because of their wacky views on some issues.
"You want corporations out of politics? No, you're one of those 'gift-economy' 'tax profits 100%' retards, so STFU!"
Is that truly what you want?
What? I thought it was for ensuring that vehicle owners were complying with regulations.
Well, the Mr. House ending was the most favorable outcome New Vegas could have had. So there's that.
On one hand you have the public backlash if/when an attack succeeds due to inadequate intelligence gathering.
On the other you have the public backlash if/when the depth and pervasiveness of intelligence gathering is revealed.
As long as the former consequence is considered more severe and career-threatening, politicians will continue to put up with the latter.
Absolutely heroic. Though, from my experience, many slashdotters tend to be realists and will tell you that moralizing issues is a waste of your breath.
It seemed to be a statement of fact rather than a statement of desire, at least to me.
Yeah man, this so typical of these conservatard hypocrites like Glenn Greenwa ..oh.
So it seems grouping Libertarians with Anarchists is just as popular as grouping Liberals with Socialists. Though, it seems the former mischaracterization is met with less hostility than the latter.
If the rapidity of action is your sole measure of government health, then it would seem that a move towards greater fascism, lesser rights for workers/property owners, more stifling of dissenting voices and a court system which always sides with government will, in your eyes, constitute the improvements that reinvigorates a nation.
you can't stop crazy hair with close tags