While I may not particularly care for their style of music, Fall Out Boy has some pretty real and meaningful lyrics. Try looking on a website for the words, as I sure as heck can't understand them when he's singing them - but they're still very pretty.
I do feel you are wrong. You are making the mistake of assuming that a person only cares about one aspect of their actions (or rather, you are saying the only important aspect of an action is something, when much more needs to be considered). If a person is counseling people on their choices regarding abortion, maybe they really are anti-abortion, but their desire to help people by presenting all the available options (and thus not forcing their hand by limiting the choices they see) is MORE important to them. Freedom is an important ideal to some, and though a person may be anti-abortion, that doesn't mean they should go against one of their other values if they value freedom more so than they value their anti-abortion ideal. I don't doubt that you are anti-AIDS, but typing your post was something you did when you COULD have been doing something to make it clear you were anti-AIDS - you just had other priorities at the moment; faulting people for not always acting upon all their principals is silly because some ideals are simply more important and sometimes you just have to make a choice between two ideals. Actions are not all that matter.
While typing that comment, you did not cure the world of AIDS. You are FOR AIDS. Your action of not curing AIDS is all that matters. You may be more for typing a comment than you are for AIDS, but your actions are all that matters.
Umm...you do realize that for most farmers that IS their day job. And to them, it's generally much more work than fun (hence why others are willing to pay to have it done).
Reality check: if people in a 3rd world country are making a living (when normally they would not have a job at all) by farming gold for people with SO MUCH MONEY that they would pay people to play an unsavory aspect of a game - WHO LOSES? The people making a living where they normally wouldn't? The people who get more enjoyment out of their gaming time by paying people? The only people that lose are the people that feel that accomplishing something in a GAME means something. Those are the people I couldn't give a flying crap about.
What if the reason they haven't been fixed is because some asshat is waiting for a publicity stunt to reveal 30 some exploits that have been found instead of giving them the information to fix them NOW. Some how if this was any field other than computers I think people would look at this very differently: I have some information about cancer and can give a formula that almost any scientist could turn into a working cure given a reasonable amount of time, but I'm going to wait a few weeks and then release part of the information every day for a month on my website (don't forget to click the banner ads!).
Look around a college campus during class change. How many of those people have a phone attached to their head, completely ignoring all the real people around them? Sure they're connected to another person at that moment, but they're cut off from the physical world they're walking through almost entirely.
Ever continue this thought and think that maybe it's not a situation they've created for themselves but rather a situation they are put into? Students are given 15 minutes between classes where they must get from arbitrary requirement A to arbitrary requirement B. For the sake of efficiency on the University's part it's best to have many students to few teachers as that allows for the best money in to money out ratio (Universities ARE businesses, they DO NOT care what you learn unless after learning it you use it to EARN them money - through prestige causing others to donate to the school or application of the knowledge to directly earn money). So if a student wants to talk to their friends they have no choice but to do it during their 15 minutes of "free" time between requirements. Being a student isn't about learning anymore, it's about fulfilling a set of requirements to show that you're able to do what your told.
But the fliers were already put on my windshield and I already crashed my car! To make matters worse, the car manufacture came buy and told me that I wouldn't have had the problem with the car they sold me if I had just decided to pay $50 a year for their special OneCarCare program....
What if the car manufacturer was in such a hurry to get the car out into the market place that they accidentally forgot to remove some epoxy on the windshield and accidentally left a sign right next to it that said put porn fliers here?
Yes, they will continue to release hotfixes, but is there as much incentive to do so if leaving the exploit there a little while longer (or "testing" the patch a while longer) could increase the revenue of the people down the hall (and Microsoft's stock, which then increases the revenue of the people actually working on the OS) working on OneCare? It's just a question of do I trust them to have their product's interest at heart (making it a secure, well rounded OS) or their company's/coworkers bottom line...
To be fair, a large part of being in ZG is getting rep (while you do get rep in MC, that's just useful for one thing) which will then get you "guaranteed" items which aren't included in your 3 or 4 epics per 5 hours.
Also, it is a lot harder organizing and class balancing 40 people than it is organizing 20, so there should be some difference.
I'm the same way, I want to go back to bed but if I would just stay awake for a little bit I'd be fine. What seems to work well for me is putting the alarm clock away from the bed so that I have to physically leave the bed in order to turn it off. The motivation to stop that noise is enough to get me out of the bed, and usually getting out of the bed will make me cold enough that I want to take a shower (I live in Wisconsin, your milage may vary, but it seems the second I leave my bed it's cold again and getting back in bed just isn't near as warm as a hot shower) and this will keep me awake long enough to get my day started.
Honestly, I think part of the reason is that it's not a large enough leap of faith for some people. Some people just need to have their beliefs be logially unjustifiable just so they can put that much stake in their faith.
Answer me this, how can you (or any of these poor threatened heathens) justify removing GOD from our Nation under God? --------
Ummmm, because we don't believe there is a God and we'd like to be united as, perhaps, a country (due to patriotism or what have you) instead of underneath a possibly fictional character? We're all Americans (who can be patriotic about our country). We don't all believe in God (or let alone the same god). I think that seems like a pretty good justification.
Being slashdot, I think there's an equal chance the FBI is keeping tabs on him for something (whether or not he's done something that warrants such is another concern) or that he's being sarcastic. Another likely possibility is both. Another is the possibility that he was making a joke, but in fact is being watched by the FBI. Again, the fact that I even consider that he's not joking, does that say something about our society? (Assuming that I'm a reasonable person, which may or may not be a reasonable assumption)
Gavin Rossdale of Bush drew only 40 people in Milwaukee two weeks ago ---
Part of the problem is that the Wisconsin music scene tends to be rather lacking in general. Big name artists don't frequent us too much, and when they do (or anyone for that matter) they tend to not really advertise. Since we don't expect them to come here and they don't advertise when they actually DO, they tend to have low turnouts and then they don't plan on coming back. I can't count the number of times I found out a band I would like to see (but thought would never come to Madison) is playing a show on that night, but I can't go because I made other plans since they didn't advertise the show enough (or at all).
Plus the factoids coming out that this rootkit may have possibly been distributed by Sony for over a year now.
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If you are alleging that Sony knew that the malware contained LGPL code since 1994, please provide a source.
Not trying to nitpick or anything here, but you should check a calendar.
Anybody who thinks Dell isn't as interesting a company as Apple has their head stuck so far up their arse they can see daylight. While Apple has focussed on integration to please the end-user, Dell has done an incredible job of integration to please the PURCHASER.
Maybe my problem is that I purchased the computer only once, but I use it every day. The benefit of making it easier for me to purchase doesn't matter much to me (and the average consumer) since it's a one time ordeal.
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While I may not particularly care for their style of music, Fall Out Boy has some pretty real and meaningful lyrics. Try looking on a website for the words, as I sure as heck can't understand them when he's singing them - but they're still very pretty.
I do feel you are wrong. You are making the mistake of assuming that a person only cares about one aspect of their actions (or rather, you are saying the only important aspect of an action is something, when much more needs to be considered). If a person is counseling people on their choices regarding abortion, maybe they really are anti-abortion, but their desire to help people by presenting all the available options (and thus not forcing their hand by limiting the choices they see) is MORE important to them. Freedom is an important ideal to some, and though a person may be anti-abortion, that doesn't mean they should go against one of their other values if they value freedom more so than they value their anti-abortion ideal. I don't doubt that you are anti-AIDS, but typing your post was something you did when you COULD have been doing something to make it clear you were anti-AIDS - you just had other priorities at the moment; faulting people for not always acting upon all their principals is silly because some ideals are simply more important and sometimes you just have to make a choice between two ideals. Actions are not all that matter.
While typing that comment, you did not cure the world of AIDS. You are FOR AIDS. Your action of not curing AIDS is all that matters. You may be more for typing a comment than you are for AIDS, but your actions are all that matters.
farmers need to find a day job
Umm...you do realize that for most farmers that IS their day job. And to them, it's generally much more work than fun (hence why others are willing to pay to have it done).
Reality check: if people in a 3rd world country are making a living (when normally they would not have a job at all) by farming gold for people with SO MUCH MONEY that they would pay people to play an unsavory aspect of a game - WHO LOSES? The people making a living where they normally wouldn't? The people who get more enjoyment out of their gaming time by paying people? The only people that lose are the people that feel that accomplishing something in a GAME means something. Those are the people I couldn't give a flying crap about.
What if the reason they haven't been fixed is because some asshat is waiting for a publicity stunt to reveal 30 some exploits that have been found instead of giving them the information to fix them NOW. Some how if this was any field other than computers I think people would look at this very differently: I have some information about cancer and can give a formula that almost any scientist could turn into a working cure given a reasonable amount of time, but I'm going to wait a few weeks and then release part of the information every day for a month on my website (don't forget to click the banner ads!).
Look around a college campus during class change. How many of those people have a phone attached to their head, completely ignoring all the real people around them? Sure they're connected to another person at that moment, but they're cut off from the physical world they're walking through almost entirely.
Ever continue this thought and think that maybe it's not a situation they've created for themselves but rather a situation they are put into? Students are given 15 minutes between classes where they must get from arbitrary requirement A to arbitrary requirement B. For the sake of efficiency on the University's part it's best to have many students to few teachers as that allows for the best money in to money out ratio (Universities ARE businesses, they DO NOT care what you learn unless after learning it you use it to EARN them money - through prestige causing others to donate to the school or application of the knowledge to directly earn money). So if a student wants to talk to their friends they have no choice but to do it during their 15 minutes of "free" time between requirements. Being a student isn't about learning anymore, it's about fulfilling a set of requirements to show that you're able to do what your told.
Cheers, Comrade!
That sort of family entertainment is, of course, rated A for everyone.
But the fliers were already put on my windshield and I already crashed my car! To make matters worse, the car manufacture came buy and told me that I wouldn't have had the problem with the car they sold me if I had just decided to pay $50 a year for their special OneCarCare program....
What if the car manufacturer was in such a hurry to get the car out into the market place that they accidentally forgot to remove some epoxy on the windshield and accidentally left a sign right next to it that said put porn fliers here?
Yes, they will continue to release hotfixes, but is there as much incentive to do so if leaving the exploit there a little while longer (or "testing" the patch a while longer) could increase the revenue of the people down the hall (and Microsoft's stock, which then increases the revenue of the people actually working on the OS) working on OneCare? It's just a question of do I trust them to have their product's interest at heart (making it a secure, well rounded OS) or their company's/coworkers bottom line...
To be fair, a large part of being in ZG is getting rep (while you do get rep in MC, that's just useful for one thing) which will then get you "guaranteed" items which aren't included in your 3 or 4 epics per 5 hours. Also, it is a lot harder organizing and class balancing 40 people than it is organizing 20, so there should be some difference.
I'm the same way, I want to go back to bed but if I would just stay awake for a little bit I'd be fine. What seems to work well for me is putting the alarm clock away from the bed so that I have to physically leave the bed in order to turn it off. The motivation to stop that noise is enough to get me out of the bed, and usually getting out of the bed will make me cold enough that I want to take a shower (I live in Wisconsin, your milage may vary, but it seems the second I leave my bed it's cold again and getting back in bed just isn't near as warm as a hot shower) and this will keep me awake long enough to get my day started.
But you can't deny the facts.
Yeah, that's the governments job! *ducks*
What can the {MP|RI}AA take from some Sudanese farmer's kid for downloading the latest N'Stync single?
With any luck the RIAA will realize that listening to the latest N'Sync album is punishment enough.
Honestly, I think part of the reason is that it's not a large enough leap of faith for some people. Some people just need to have their beliefs be logially unjustifiable just so they can put that much stake in their faith.
Answer me this, how can you (or any of these poor threatened heathens) justify removing GOD from our Nation under God?
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Ummmm, because we don't believe there is a God and we'd like to be united as, perhaps, a country (due to patriotism or what have you) instead of underneath a possibly fictional character? We're all Americans (who can be patriotic about our country). We don't all believe in God (or let alone the same god). I think that seems like a pretty good justification.
Being slashdot, I think there's an equal chance the FBI is keeping tabs on him for something (whether or not he's done something that warrants such is another concern) or that he's being sarcastic. Another likely possibility is both. Another is the possibility that he was making a joke, but in fact is being watched by the FBI. Again, the fact that I even consider that he's not joking, does that say something about our society? (Assuming that I'm a reasonable person, which may or may not be a reasonable assumption)
Does it say something about our society if I am genuinely wondering if you're just joking or are serious?
I didn't read the article, but isn't the reason it can only be a daughter because the issue is human cloning?
Gavin Rossdale of Bush drew only 40 people in Milwaukee two weeks ago
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Part of the problem is that the Wisconsin music scene tends to be rather lacking in general. Big name artists don't frequent us too much, and when they do (or anyone for that matter) they tend to not really advertise. Since we don't expect them to come here and they don't advertise when they actually DO, they tend to have low turnouts and then they don't plan on coming back. I can't count the number of times I found out a band I would like to see (but thought would never come to Madison) is playing a show on that night, but I can't go because I made other plans since they didn't advertise the show enough (or at all).
Plus the factoids coming out that this rootkit may have possibly been distributed by Sony for over a year now.
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If you are alleging that Sony knew that the malware contained LGPL code since 1994, please provide a source.
Not trying to nitpick or anything here, but you should check a calendar.
I'm patenting SEX, I'll take a dollar per time and 5 dollars per kid please.
Why charge kids more for sex?
Because the candy to lure them is expensive.
Anybody who thinks Dell isn't as interesting a company as Apple has their head stuck so far up their arse they can see daylight. While Apple has focussed on integration to please the end-user, Dell has done an incredible job of integration to please the PURCHASER.
Maybe my problem is that I purchased the computer only once, but I use it every day. The benefit of making it easier for me to purchase doesn't matter much to me (and the average consumer) since it's a one time ordeal.
If Douglas Adams is so smart, how come he's dead?
From years of people forcing him to use Windows? *ducks*