"The moral at the end of the Greek version is that 'the story shows that this is how liars are rewarded: even if they tell the truth, no one believes them."
Seriously. Anyone that has had an even cursory look into human nature would have noticed that the people that are most likely to bitch are some of the ones that are least likely to do anything about it. Either they are not in a position to do so; or, they still have faith the system works (for them). And, the only reason it has failed them so far is because people are either not properly informed, or have been misguided. It's something like: The men you've got by the balls scream the loudest when you clench your fists.
There are also a few that just like bitching because they are attention whores and love the spotlight, positive or negative. They won't do much usually because being a victim gives them more shit to whine about to grab attention with.
Frequently, these people will actually attack people that attempt to make a change to the system outside the rules. Allowing such subversives to act takes away the loud-mouth's security blankets of "I am going about this the right way." and "If I just try hard enough, long enough, this will work." The drama queens do not want to lose their supply of indignation to whine about. And, in fact, it presents an excellent opportunity to both vent their rage and prove their loyalty to the system as they see it.
Money is just a form of power, and power can most definitely buy love if applied strategically. Just look at national level politics if you want examples. Do you think all those rabid supporters have deep meaningful personal relationships with their favorite politicians and pundits?
Like most things in dealing with people's egos, it is not that it is impossible. It just has to be done indirectly to avoid throwing the target's ego into a state of dissonance until the barb is set. For example: Get a hold of some kind of power over people, tell them what they want to hear, blind them with some emotional bullshit, give them, or even just tell them you are giving them a pittance in exchange and a great number of people will love you to the day they die or slam face first into betrayal, even if someone else points out the reality of it.
Heck, pointing out the truth can make the problem worse as the targets then feel they have to cover up their mistake by making reality fit their feelings, compounding the problem. The exposure is interpreted as a personal attack and is dealt with as such. Ever tried to talk facts and reason in a heavily political thread? You might as well just insult their mothers and infer improper relations with various friends and family members.
If I where a betting man, I would say it is probably that shill that has been spawning sock-puppet farms and astroturfing for MS over the past few months. My guess is that it is just more make believe controversy for posterity so that someone can pretend the issue is not clear enough.
It looks very similar to a sketch design I came up with in college. But, I did not (still don't) have the engineering background to make it around the actual number crunching needed to make it efficient, much less the money and machining facilities to actually throw at a prototype that would likely be inefficient due to not having calculated optimum shapes and proportions. Knowing which alloys to use: Shaft wear, rotor, and wall erosion being the big issues here, especially without rings. Things have to be kept tight or too much stuff leaks around.
For instance, mine used "fins" on the rotor that started out normal to the center shaft and then curved to about 45 degree's near the outer "wall" which had the ungrounded end of the "spark plug" and the exhaust. A later design of a Wankel-like rotary came out showed that the exhaust should not be quite at the outer wall due to unspent fuel getting into the exhaust. I don't think I got around clearing out almost all the exhaust and replacing it with fresh fuel and air, either. But, now that I think about it again, it would just be a simple matter of separating the air and fuel injection portions of the cycle. I was trying to dump it in pre-mixed, which would either have to compress existing post combustion material that did not flee during the exhaust cycle, or run the risk of mixing too much and ending up in the exhaust system which would backfire. Variable torque was also an issue, as it seemed like it would be easy to stall and blow out the fins. Hybrids had not yet made it on the scene and had not caught my eye.
I do not know why I am spouting off about this. I guess it just brings back memories about things I would like to do, but cannot due to lack of resources. But, whatever, something about inspiration and perspiration.
I'm kind of curious whether or not he is crazy because that guy actually did something personally to his family, if someone else drove him crazy and the congressman is just a picture of "the man" to take shots at, or if he's just crazy. I cannot seem to find any information to indicate either way. Prior similar sort of deals would seem to favor #2 as a default, though.
Looking at the Think Geek site, I would just like to say: I'd rather be a smart ass than a dumb ass. And, unfortunately, being an ass seems to be a survival trait in this society.
Personally, if I where doing something like that, I'd hide it in the south bridge package in between the pin-outs and the actual silicon. This would work especially well in models where the silicon is covered over by that plastic packaging. You'd have to x-ray the sucker to find it unless it's too "loud" and gets noticed. Heck, if device where complex enough, someone could also have it sniff and/or pull data off of the disk drives plugged into that controller and pull audio, especially an open mic.
...not to claim him, you, or myself more right or righteous. But, I often find when I stand up for the rights of myself and others, I usually end up standing alone....with a few shoe prints and knife blades in my backside for good measure.
Did you ever get the feeling that the reason the things in life that suck are allowed to continue is because so many people want it that way?
Just because the article is about opinion and legal maneuvering does not mean it is devoid of factual information. And frankly, I'm not going to breakdown the construct and spoon feed the individual pieces of factual information particularly to people that do not want to pay attention to it to begin with. But, for instance, it is a fact that those opinions and legal maneuvers exist, regardless of whether or not they end up being rational, true, or just.
Or, is this going to break down into some kind of nihilistic brain-in-a-jar philosophical argument?...or, perhaps one where it is posited that individuals should only believe what they can personally prove to be true to others?
If you are actually curious as to it's source: It's a comic book character I created back when I was a kid. It is a characterization of my impression at that time of what my peers considered socially upstanding behavior based on the slogans and logos they liked (collected on clothing and gear). Basically, crude, stupid, obnoxious, dangerously reckless, but ultimately fun loving behavior. It was, essentially, a myopically distorted and exaggerated vision of what other people liked in each other, highlighting aspects that I felt I lacked at the time. It cut both ways, simultaneously being a humorous dig against both them and myself.
It ceased being a light-hearted joke when "Jackass" came out though. And, no, I do not act in character.
If it is useless, why the feigned ignorance? It is possible to accept specific evidence that is contrary to a generalized belief. Just because, say for instance, one notices that some aspects of a religion help people, while others hurt, does not mean that their opinion on the overall beneficial or detrimental aspects has vacillated with each particular seemingly oppositional insight as to it's nature.
Or, do you see this as some kind of nerd herd with weak, wavering leadership because the supposed marching orders are not consistent? If that is the case, out of curiosity, who would you recommend as an alternative and why?
It's not nearly as funny as watching people whine and complain about a system of elected rich old fucks fucking over everyone else in favor of a system of unelected rich old fucks fucking over everyone else. You see by constructing a neutered paper tiger and calling it government, then calling the actual government something else, all of a sudden everyone is magically free from government, or something.
Interesting. Just a guess, but, I take it the problem is the containment is breached due to a combination of thermal stress and the molecules and/or lattice being disrupted by neutron absorption and secondary decay? I have seen this in mildly radioactive geological samples, where the isotope bearing crystal irradiates the surrounding rock over millions of years, wreaking it, leaving a tell-tale star-burst pattern. Or, perhaps the high energy neutrons are making it out of the bed and into the surroundings, inducing new radioisotopes outside of containment? I suppose the saving grace of the second one would be the short half life of the created material.
Do you have any links to any academic research, studies, or articles on the subject?
If google cut me a check for 1337 for infosec work, I'd want to keep it in my job portfolio for when potential clients or employers ask for a reference....just saying.
All "Mindy" does is whine and pretend not to understand what happened until you fix it for her, then she will give you a courtesy thank-you and never talk to you again. You see, she's too busy trying to get knocked up by the biggest asshole she can find that still tells her what she wants to hear, natural selection and all. But, hey, at least you get to keep pretending you are a white night!
You are arguing with people who make assloads of money doing nothing but talking shit and occasionally signing something. Of course they equate money with speech.
While it is true that for most people you have to be around them before you can spot the pattern, especially if they are trying to hide it until they entrap you. If you are dealing with a actual psychopath, typically their charm blinds people at first to their actions. After a while, cracks appear. But, since they do not match the prior impression they are usually dismissed or ignored until it is too late.
Regardless, pretty much anyone that shows significant interest and enjoyment from conning and hurting other people and the lack of conscience to actually follow through is typically dangerous to be around, one way or another, no psych degree required. It is also worth noting that human-form monsters of legend are based on characterizations of psychopaths and occasionally other dangerous personalities, from as ancient as the daemons to as modern as the lizard men conspiracy theorists harp about. The actual predators will give you the impression more through their actions than their appearance. The wanna-be's and willing victims will often imitate the appearance more than the actions.
You know, I really don't give a fuck whether or not the CIA, NSA, or whatever happens to have access to my pizza orders, crybaby rants of the moment, and pr0n downloading habits. I don't give a fuck if I spot someone following people around in the general vicinity of a military base or major terminal. Heck, I might smile and wave unless it would alert someone else to their presence. I don't give a fuck about any computers processing and filtering down telecommunications traffic. And, I actually have some respect for any analysts that would actually have to rummage through all the false positives spat out by the machine and the guys that possibly end up tailing dumb-ass tourists that won't pay attention to the "No Cameras!" sign.
What I do care about is that one dick-head out of 100 that loves to fuck with random people because it's fun (...or the one in 25 or so that wants to force some "respect for power" down peoples' thoughts....or, for that matter, the one in 100 that will pull random shit just to make him/herself look good....or the one in 25 that will blow shit out proportion just to get attention.) And such dick-heads typically end up in positions of organizational and/or political power where they carefully remove any possible controls or oversight that might interfere with their entertainment. Those are the assholes I have a problem with. Everything else is a casualty of that. It only takes one of these dick-heads with a magnifying glass to pick you out as an ant to fry for a mere moment of entertainment to make your life Hell on Earth. Whether or not the ant has an abrasive political ideology, likes pr0n, or whatever is largely irrelevant.
It will only be an issue if they start or are colluding with these wonderful politicians (political suppression, scapegoating, etc...), private interests(industrial espionage), or law enforcement (fishing expeditions, prejudicial biases, etc...). Again, mostly because of the assholes. People love to leave these fuckers in power and then wonder why everything goes to hell. So, it would be wise to not depend on the general populace to actually do something about these guys.\0
It's not shortsighted if one expects to bail long before the company smashes into the ground. They aren't making these decisions as some sort of happy-crappy, lets all hold hands and sing along unit. They are doing this for themselves as individuals and no one else, no conspiracy required. In fact, I would imagine a actual conspiracy would just get in the way because of the infighting amongst the individuals for control of the group. As far as they are concerned, we are the morons for caring about things like this and expecting them to act differently because of it.
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Did it ever occur to you that he is accusing one of your sources for ego boosting propaganda of the very same thing you are accusing his of?
Anyone remember this story?
Misery loves company.
Seriously. Anyone that has had an even cursory look into human nature would have noticed that the people that are most likely to bitch are some of the ones that are least likely to do anything about it. Either they are not in a position to do so; or, they still have faith the system works (for them). And, the only reason it has failed them so far is because people are either not properly informed, or have been misguided. It's something like: The men you've got by the balls scream the loudest when you clench your fists.
There are also a few that just like bitching because they are attention whores and love the spotlight, positive or negative. They won't do much usually because being a victim gives them more shit to whine about to grab attention with.
Frequently, these people will actually attack people that attempt to make a change to the system outside the rules. Allowing such subversives to act takes away the loud-mouth's security blankets of "I am going about this the right way." and "If I just try hard enough, long enough, this will work." The drama queens do not want to lose their supply of indignation to whine about. And, in fact, it presents an excellent opportunity to both vent their rage and prove their loyalty to the system as they see it.
Money is just a form of power, and power can most definitely buy love if applied strategically. Just look at national level politics if you want examples. Do you think all those rabid supporters have deep meaningful personal relationships with their favorite politicians and pundits?
Like most things in dealing with people's egos, it is not that it is impossible. It just has to be done indirectly to avoid throwing the target's ego into a state of dissonance until the barb is set. For example: Get a hold of some kind of power over people, tell them what they want to hear, blind them with some emotional bullshit, give them, or even just tell them you are giving them a pittance in exchange and a great number of people will love you to the day they die or slam face first into betrayal, even if someone else points out the reality of it.
Heck, pointing out the truth can make the problem worse as the targets then feel they have to cover up their mistake by making reality fit their feelings, compounding the problem. The exposure is interpreted as a personal attack and is dealt with as such. Ever tried to talk facts and reason in a heavily political thread? You might as well just insult their mothers and infer improper relations with various friends and family members.
...about being a loser? No, it seems to be more just venting without the usual aggression.
If I where a betting man, I would say it is probably that shill that has been spawning sock-puppet farms and astroturfing for MS over the past few months. My guess is that it is just more make believe controversy for posterity so that someone can pretend the issue is not clear enough.
It looks very similar to a sketch design I came up with in college. But, I did not (still don't) have the engineering background to make it around the actual number crunching needed to make it efficient, much less the money and machining facilities to actually throw at a prototype that would likely be inefficient due to not having calculated optimum shapes and proportions. Knowing which alloys to use: Shaft wear, rotor, and wall erosion being the big issues here, especially without rings. Things have to be kept tight or too much stuff leaks around.
For instance, mine used "fins" on the rotor that started out normal to the center shaft and then curved to about 45 degree's near the outer "wall" which had the ungrounded end of the "spark plug" and the exhaust. A later design of a Wankel-like rotary came out showed that the exhaust should not be quite at the outer wall due to unspent fuel getting into the exhaust. I don't think I got around clearing out almost all the exhaust and replacing it with fresh fuel and air, either. But, now that I think about it again, it would just be a simple matter of separating the air and fuel injection portions of the cycle. I was trying to dump it in pre-mixed, which would either have to compress existing post combustion material that did not flee during the exhaust cycle, or run the risk of mixing too much and ending up in the exhaust system which would backfire. Variable torque was also an issue, as it seemed like it would be easy to stall and blow out the fins. Hybrids had not yet made it on the scene and had not caught my eye.
I do not know why I am spouting off about this. I guess it just brings back memories about things I would like to do, but cannot due to lack of resources. But, whatever, something about inspiration and perspiration.
I'm kind of curious whether or not he is crazy because that guy actually did something personally to his family, if someone else drove him crazy and the congressman is just a picture of "the man" to take shots at, or if he's just crazy. I cannot seem to find any information to indicate either way. Prior similar sort of deals would seem to favor #2 as a default, though.
Looking at the Think Geek site, I would just like to say: I'd rather be a smart ass than a dumb ass. And, unfortunately, being an ass seems to be a survival trait in this society.
Personally, if I where doing something like that, I'd hide it in the south bridge package in between the pin-outs and the actual silicon. This would work especially well in models where the silicon is covered over by that plastic packaging. You'd have to x-ray the sucker to find it unless it's too "loud" and gets noticed. Heck, if device where complex enough, someone could also have it sniff and/or pull data off of the disk drives plugged into that controller and pull audio, especially an open mic.
...not to claim him, you, or myself more right or righteous. But, I often find when I stand up for the rights of myself and others, I usually end up standing alone. ...with a few shoe prints and knife blades in my backside for good measure.
Did you ever get the feeling that the reason the things in life that suck are allowed to continue is because so many people want it that way?
Just because the article is about opinion and legal maneuvering does not mean it is devoid of factual information. And frankly, I'm not going to breakdown the construct and spoon feed the individual pieces of factual information particularly to people that do not want to pay attention to it to begin with. But, for instance, it is a fact that those opinions and legal maneuvers exist, regardless of whether or not they end up being rational, true, or just.
Or, is this going to break down into some kind of nihilistic brain-in-a-jar philosophical argument? ...or, perhaps one where it is posited that individuals should only believe what they can personally prove to be true to others?
If you are actually curious as to it's source: It's a comic book character I created back when I was a kid. It is a characterization of my impression at that time of what my peers considered socially upstanding behavior based on the slogans and logos they liked (collected on clothing and gear). Basically, crude, stupid, obnoxious, dangerously reckless, but ultimately fun loving behavior. It was, essentially, a myopically distorted and exaggerated vision of what other people liked in each other, highlighting aspects that I felt I lacked at the time. It cut both ways, simultaneously being a humorous dig against both them and myself.
It ceased being a light-hearted joke when "Jackass" came out though. And, no, I do not act in character.
If it is useless, why the feigned ignorance? It is possible to accept specific evidence that is contrary to a generalized belief. Just because, say for instance, one notices that some aspects of a religion help people, while others hurt, does not mean that their opinion on the overall beneficial or detrimental aspects has vacillated with each particular seemingly oppositional insight as to it's nature.
Or, do you see this as some kind of nerd herd with weak, wavering leadership because the supposed marching orders are not consistent? If that is the case, out of curiosity, who would you recommend as an alternative and why?
Stop trying to make the world fit your ego and learn to accept facts as facts.
It's not nearly as funny as watching people whine and complain about a system of elected rich old fucks fucking over everyone else in favor of a system of unelected rich old fucks fucking over everyone else. You see by constructing a neutered paper tiger and calling it government, then calling the actual government something else, all of a sudden everyone is magically free from government, or something.
Interesting. Just a guess, but, I take it the problem is the containment is breached due to a combination of thermal stress and the molecules and/or lattice being disrupted by neutron absorption and secondary decay? I have seen this in mildly radioactive geological samples, where the isotope bearing crystal irradiates the surrounding rock over millions of years, wreaking it, leaving a tell-tale star-burst pattern. Or, perhaps the high energy neutrons are making it out of the bed and into the surroundings, inducing new radioisotopes outside of containment? I suppose the saving grace of the second one would be the short half life of the created material.
Do you have any links to any academic research, studies, or articles on the subject?
To borrow from Nixon: When the rulers do it, that means that it is not illegal.
If google cut me a check for 1337 for infosec work, I'd want to keep it in my job portfolio for when potential clients or employers ask for a reference. ...just saying.
All "Mindy" does is whine and pretend not to understand what happened until you fix it for her, then she will give you a courtesy thank-you and never talk to you again. You see, she's too busy trying to get knocked up by the biggest asshole she can find that still tells her what she wants to hear, natural selection and all. But, hey, at least you get to keep pretending you are a white night!
You are arguing with people who make assloads of money doing nothing but talking shit and occasionally signing something. Of course they equate money with speech.
While it is true that for most people you have to be around them before you can spot the pattern, especially if they are trying to hide it until they entrap you. If you are dealing with a actual psychopath, typically their charm blinds people at first to their actions. After a while, cracks appear. But, since they do not match the prior impression they are usually dismissed or ignored until it is too late.
Regardless, pretty much anyone that shows significant interest and enjoyment from conning and hurting other people and the lack of conscience to actually follow through is typically dangerous to be around, one way or another, no psych degree required. It is also worth noting that human-form monsters of legend are based on characterizations of psychopaths and occasionally other dangerous personalities, from as ancient as the daemons to as modern as the lizard men conspiracy theorists harp about. The actual predators will give you the impression more through their actions than their appearance. The wanna-be's and willing victims will often imitate the appearance more than the actions.
Who says autistic children can't cheat? Where is the evidence that supports that assumption?
Warning! Explicative filled rant:
You know, I really don't give a fuck whether or not the CIA, NSA, or whatever happens to have access to my pizza orders, crybaby rants of the moment, and pr0n downloading habits. I don't give a fuck if I spot someone following people around in the general vicinity of a military base or major terminal. Heck, I might smile and wave unless it would alert someone else to their presence. I don't give a fuck about any computers processing and filtering down telecommunications traffic. And, I actually have some respect for any analysts that would actually have to rummage through all the false positives spat out by the machine and the guys that possibly end up tailing dumb-ass tourists that won't pay attention to the "No Cameras!" sign.
What I do care about is that one dick-head out of 100 that loves to fuck with random people because it's fun (...or the one in 25 or so that wants to force some "respect for power" down peoples' thoughts. ...or, for that matter, the one in 100 that will pull random shit just to make him/herself look good. ...or the one in 25 that will blow shit out proportion just to get attention.) And such dick-heads typically end up in positions of organizational and/or political power where they carefully remove any possible controls or oversight that might interfere with their entertainment. Those are the assholes I have a problem with. Everything else is a casualty of that. It only takes one of these dick-heads with a magnifying glass to pick you out as an ant to fry for a mere moment of entertainment to make your life Hell on Earth. Whether or not the ant has an abrasive political ideology, likes pr0n, or whatever is largely irrelevant.
It will only be an issue if they start or are colluding with these wonderful politicians (political suppression, scapegoating, etc...), private interests(industrial espionage), or law enforcement (fishing expeditions, prejudicial biases, etc...). Again, mostly because of the assholes. People love to leave these fuckers in power and then wonder why everything goes to hell. So, it would be wise to not depend on the general populace to actually do something about these guys.\0
...whatever helps you sleep at night.
It's not shortsighted if one expects to bail long before the company smashes into the ground. They aren't making these decisions as some sort of happy-crappy, lets all hold hands and sing along unit. They are doing this for themselves as individuals and no one else, no conspiracy required. In fact, I would imagine a actual conspiracy would just get in the way because of the infighting amongst the individuals for control of the group. As far as they are concerned, we are the morons for caring about things like this and expecting them to act differently because of it.