Actually, I've dated geek guys over other guys because of their intelligence, ability to see the big picture, and relative maturity compared to their non-geek peers. My boyfriend of two years is a huge geek, but he's also funny and smart, and could have plenty of other girls if he wanted to.
You're reading and posting on Slashdot, which makes you automatically part of the geek community. At least, you seem to have read enough of the articles posted to have formed an opinion on certain people in the community. Maybe it's just you who can't get a date.
...And this has to do with Lexx, Farscape, and Enterprise in what way? No wonder you posted anonymously, you idiot. I'm not even going to go into the fact that a non-academic, religious study is going to be incredibly biased in their research and how they display it.
I'm not saying that hijackings would never happen without weapons on planes. I am saying that the possibility of them would be drastically reduced. My proof of this is that there have only been four fatal hijackings of American-owned airlines, excluding Tuesday's tragedy, in almost twenty years. See for yourself.None of those fatal incidents occured without the use of a firearm, and most occurred on the ground. Only one seems to have been at the hands of passengers, and only one occurred in the United States; the other three were in foreign countries on American planes.
The point is that if weapons are prevented from getting onboard in the first place, hijackings will become pretty much obsolete. Your hebetude would be almost charming if it wasn't so stupid.
We've already tried the "disarm everyone" policy. It failed.
No we haven't. As I said in my above comment, security at most airports lets pocket knives and other blades smaller than four inches go onboard planes in the hands of passengers. I'm suggesting we not let that occur and the problem is solved. No weapons, no hijackings.
I'd much rather rely on 20% or more of my fellow passengers carrying a Glock and a 25-round magazine with frangible bullets, than trust airport security to fully disarm everyone on a plane.
I'm glad you can have that much faith in other people's aim. I don't. How are you supposed to know that all of the people carrying a firearm onboard can shoot it well? There is no law or regulation requiring you to be a good shot to be allowed to carry a gun.
Also, how do you know that all of the people with guns on a particular flight aren't acting together? More than one person with a gun could quickly shoot any good-intentioned armed passengers who were trying to stop them.
Your plan uses flawed logic and relies too much on aspects that would change every flight. Also, the FAA is never going to let regular passengers carry guns on a flight anyway, so your point is moot.
How are the "responsible" people to be determined? How are you supposed to be able to tell a psycopath from the rest of the passengers? You can't. Instead of arming passengers so that anyone can shoot everyone, how about we start restricting the weapons that are apparently allowed on planes? We already don't have guns, now we just need to crack down on the knives, because as was pointed out in earlier comments, security personnel don't hold them in the same dangerous light that they do firearms.
I happen to have a whole lot of friends at school with me who are of Middle Eastern descent or international students who are from those countries. They were sobbing just like the rest of us when we heard the news. They had friends in NYC, too. Just because people might be from a certain country doesn't mean they are celebrating this tragedy or that they are behind it.
That term is used only by racist ethnocentric ignoramuses. We have no idea who is behind this, only suspicions. After the Oklahoma City bombing, everyone jumped to the conclusion that it was someone Arabic or Middle Eastern or whatever- and it was an American asshole. How about we just stop all violence instead and think with rationale and logic instead of letting fears and hatred dictate our reactions?
I go to school in Winston-Salem, NC, but I am originally from a small town in NY just about an hour or two (depending on how fast you drive) north of the city.
This morning as I was sitting down in my writing workshop, a girl in my class came running in saying that the second tower had been hit. I was like, "What do you men, second tower? When was the first tower? And tower of what?" She was quite choked up- apparently she had been watching the live news coverage of the first plane crash when she saw the second plane veering around to hit the second building. After we got the story out of her, our teacher shortened class and I went to a common area to watch the news with other girls and our professors.
When I was watching, it suddenly hit me. The man who pretty much helped my mother raise me lived right across the river in New Jersey- but I didn't know exactly where he worked. I ran back to my dorm room and frantically called my mother in Florida for Billy's new number. Of course, I couldn't get through because that damn irritating woman kept saying in her calm voice, "All circuits are busy. Please try your call again later." As I cried, I kept trying and trying - which was a process in itself, since we don't have long distance service in our dorm room, and I had to keep using my credit card number- but finally got a hold of him. He was no longer working in the city, but in New Jersey again. However, he did watch the first tower get hit by the plane on his way to work on the turnpike. At first he had thought they must have been filming a movie because no pilot in their right minds would be that close to any building in NYC. When he realized that it was no movie and he watched the collision, he almost ran off the road. Another friend of mine goes to Columbia University, but I was able to talk to her online when I got back to my room, and she's fine as well.
I'm just so grateful that those I know are safe and sound, but I realize that not everyone else's loved ones are. There are several freshmen on my floor (I'm an RA) and other girls I know whose parents and friends worked for the Pentagon or in the WTC itself- those who haven't been able to get in touch with anyone pretty much know that their loved ones are gone. One of my friends is from Brooklyn, and she had several friends working in the towers. She knows in her heart that all of them couldn't have survived. And I can't tell them that it's alright when I hold them while they're crying, because it's not, and it won't be ever for them.
I'm also worried about one of my best friends who is stationed in Virginia in the Navy. I know his ship is leaving, but he can't tell where they're going. Many others at my school are from military families, and I'm sure they're worried about what's going to happen to those who are enlisted.
I was just in New York City this summer, passing through to visit family. My mom and I took the wrong exit off of the turnpike and ended up crossing the George Washington Bridge. "Look Mom, you can see the World Trade Center!" I pointed out to her as I concentrated on getting through the traffic. It's almost immpossible to believe that one of New York City's most beautiful landmarks is just totally obliterated.
Will anything ever be the same for us?
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Actually, I've dated geek guys over other guys because of their intelligence, ability to see the big picture, and relative maturity compared to their non-geek peers. My boyfriend of two years is a huge geek, but he's also funny and smart, and could have plenty of other girls if he wanted to.
You're reading and posting on Slashdot, which makes you automatically part of the geek community. At least, you seem to have read enough of the articles posted to have formed an opinion on certain people in the community. Maybe it's just you who can't get a date.
...And this has to do with Lexx, Farscape, and Enterprise in what way? No wonder you posted anonymously, you idiot. I'm not even going to go into the fact that a non-academic, religious study is going to be incredibly biased in their research and how they display it.
The point is that if weapons are prevented from getting onboard in the first place, hijackings will become pretty much obsolete. Your hebetude would be almost charming if it wasn't so stupid.
No we haven't. As I said in my above comment, security at most airports lets pocket knives and other blades smaller than four inches go onboard planes in the hands of passengers. I'm suggesting we not let that occur and the problem is solved. No weapons, no hijackings.
I'd much rather rely on 20% or more of my fellow passengers carrying a Glock and a 25-round magazine with frangible bullets, than trust airport security to fully disarm everyone on a plane.
I'm glad you can have that much faith in other people's aim. I don't. How are you supposed to know that all of the people carrying a firearm onboard can shoot it well? There is no law or regulation requiring you to be a good shot to be allowed to carry a gun.
Also, how do you know that all of the people with guns on a particular flight aren't acting together? More than one person with a gun could quickly shoot any good-intentioned armed passengers who were trying to stop them.
Your plan uses flawed logic and relies too much on aspects that would change every flight. Also, the FAA is never going to let regular passengers carry guns on a flight anyway, so your point is moot.
How are the "responsible" people to be determined? How are you supposed to be able to tell a psycopath from the rest of the passengers? You can't. Instead of arming passengers so that anyone can shoot everyone, how about we start restricting the weapons that are apparently allowed on planes? We already don't have guns, now we just need to crack down on the knives, because as was pointed out in earlier comments, security personnel don't hold them in the same dangerous light that they do firearms.
The Pentagon's construction began on September 11, 1941, as well. http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/pentagon/facts.htm l
That term is used only by racist ethnocentric ignoramuses. We have no idea who is behind this, only suspicions. After the Oklahoma City bombing, everyone jumped to the conclusion that it was someone Arabic or Middle Eastern or whatever- and it was an American asshole. How about we just stop all violence instead and think with rationale and logic instead of letting fears and hatred dictate our reactions?
I go to school in Winston-Salem, NC, but I am originally from a small town in NY just about an hour or two (depending on how fast you drive) north of the city. This morning as I was sitting down in my writing workshop, a girl in my class came running in saying that the second tower had been hit. I was like, "What do you men, second tower? When was the first tower? And tower of what?" She was quite choked up- apparently she had been watching the live news coverage of the first plane crash when she saw the second plane veering around to hit the second building. After we got the story out of her, our teacher shortened class and I went to a common area to watch the news with other girls and our professors. When I was watching, it suddenly hit me. The man who pretty much helped my mother raise me lived right across the river in New Jersey- but I didn't know exactly where he worked. I ran back to my dorm room and frantically called my mother in Florida for Billy's new number. Of course, I couldn't get through because that damn irritating woman kept saying in her calm voice, "All circuits are busy. Please try your call again later." As I cried, I kept trying and trying - which was a process in itself, since we don't have long distance service in our dorm room, and I had to keep using my credit card number- but finally got a hold of him. He was no longer working in the city, but in New Jersey again. However, he did watch the first tower get hit by the plane on his way to work on the turnpike. At first he had thought they must have been filming a movie because no pilot in their right minds would be that close to any building in NYC. When he realized that it was no movie and he watched the collision, he almost ran off the road. Another friend of mine goes to Columbia University, but I was able to talk to her online when I got back to my room, and she's fine as well. I'm just so grateful that those I know are safe and sound, but I realize that not everyone else's loved ones are. There are several freshmen on my floor (I'm an RA) and other girls I know whose parents and friends worked for the Pentagon or in the WTC itself- those who haven't been able to get in touch with anyone pretty much know that their loved ones are gone. One of my friends is from Brooklyn, and she had several friends working in the towers. She knows in her heart that all of them couldn't have survived. And I can't tell them that it's alright when I hold them while they're crying, because it's not, and it won't be ever for them. I'm also worried about one of my best friends who is stationed in Virginia in the Navy. I know his ship is leaving, but he can't tell where they're going. Many others at my school are from military families, and I'm sure they're worried about what's going to happen to those who are enlisted. I was just in New York City this summer, passing through to visit family. My mom and I took the wrong exit off of the turnpike and ended up crossing the George Washington Bridge. "Look Mom, you can see the World Trade Center!" I pointed out to her as I concentrated on getting through the traffic. It's almost immpossible to believe that one of New York City's most beautiful landmarks is just totally obliterated. Will anything ever be the same for us?