They are not shooting themselves in the foot. They are shooting future shareholders and their employees in the foot. They are making out like bandits and will bail to the next job once they get exposed for some other...err... executive decision....or, when the ship sinks, whichever comes first.
I suppose this explains why the price of palladium has nearly doubled over the past six months. I wonder if this was public knowledge and Slashdot was just behind the curve as usual or not.
It looks fairly balanced politically overall, despite being all over the place. The list contains both pro and anti communist and fascist rhetoric. There are a lot of classics, as well. If the list is real, he was likely relatively intelligent. I wonder who or what drove him insane. Contrary to popular belief, most people find it extremely difficult to kill another person, even when their own lives are in danger. External forcing has to be applied to get most people to kill. The pattern would indicate some resistance to traditional mass brainwashing methods, as people that are easy to manipulate usually only seek information that confirms what they want to believe to be true or from authority they are seduced by.
Wait, anti-social people are notorious for faking credentials to give themselves the image of authority, and appearing "normal." It would also fit the behavior. It's at least a possibility.
I didn't find Atlas Shrugged so much of a defense of psychopathy, quite the opposite, in fact. While both "sides" in the novel fail to have any real sense of empathy, the protagonists are preoccupied with orchestrating, fixing, and designing systems that boost their sense of self worth in society, with a strong focus on the big picture effects of their actions and a driving need to limit damage to others. They also do not go out of their way to hurt individual people, they just fail to help them when socially obligated to. The basic idea seems to be by obsessively improving oneself, while going out of ones way to avoid the creation of and intercepting potentially damaging effects on everyone else, society as a whole improves.
Contrast that with the antagonists, who put on a mask of compassion and sanity, manipulate large groups of otherwise normal people into destroying themselves and play political games for their own entertainment and aggrandizement. Or, failing that, to cripple everyone else except perhaps their own pawns so that they are at least relatively ahead....use sex as a means of primal gratification and blackmail....ignore any good ideas that do not result in them coming out further ahead than everyone else....sabotage efforts that would interfere with their own goals, regardless of the larger social implications....attempt to corner, humiliate, and dis-empower people in some game they are thrilled to "win."...make rules they don't follow and selectively enforce any rules and laws on real or perceived competitors.
I would argue that it's a poorly constructed, politically slanted, and self aggrandized (and very, very wordy) attempt to explain of the differences between rational leadership and psychopathic leadership. Although, the "rational leadership" seems to be tainted with a heavy dose of narcissism.
*Sigh* "God said I can be an evil fuck!" Oh, really? I must have missed that memo! I see the raving psychopath that thinks he's god saying that. But, he's not god. He's just some self destructive lunatic that would have killed himself off decades ago if otherwise good people would have not subsidized his lifestyle.
Really, who are you going to vote for? Who do you think gave this government the ability to abuse it's power indiscriminately? Who do you think gave the prior government it's abusive power? Who do you think this government will give it's power to?
Vote any way you want. You'll still get basically the same result, just different posturing.
The problem with Occam's Razor in the way it is typically brought up, is that the reader can be lead to a predetermined conclusion by simply oversimplifying the "righteous" answer and rendering other possibilities in a needlessly complex format. People that are unable or unwilling to see through the words to the point will not be able to render a sound judgment based on the razor. The razor also just highlights a tendency, not an absolute, rendering much of it's popular usage an appeal to probability fallacy (it's possible, so it must be true) reinforced with an appeal to authority (Occam, the scientific community, other social/political groups via association, etc...)
I won't say where I went. But, if they get up in front of you in orientation and proclaim how proud they are that they designed the entire CS program around what the business school alumni ask for, run like hell. At least, if you are there to actually learn something as opposed to becoming acclimated to the PHB run world, do so. You'll get a better education from a community college.
Well, as someone that looked into CNG vehicles for commuting, the problem is the only public station in the area is about 2x my commute out of the way. I get NG piped to my house. But, for some reason the CNG compressors cost over $10,000 new for ones where it takes all night to refill the tank. Not to mention my gas bills already skyrocket in the winter. There appear to be some used ones in various states of repair, the cheapest I think I've seen was $2,500 for a rigged up scuba compressor setup with no safety cutoff. And, from what I have read, typically a home owner or contractor has to pull permits to hook one up. Something tells me that the bank won't finance that.
The vehicles can be had for dirt cheap compared to their gas only counterparts, are usually low mileage for the year, and are often duel fuel to boot, though. But, I also imagine it's a royal pain to find parts and people that know how to work on their fuel injection systems.
"did Victorian England have legions of party workers censoring every little post on internet forums and tracking those who were too uppity? did Victorian England have absolute authority and control over the media?"
Maybe not Victorian England, but, copyright law was originally a mechanism for church and state control over literary works. It's nice and cozy when only your friends control the only form of recorded media legally.
They can be had cheaper on online auction sites. But, take that for what it's worth.
For the pedantic folks out there: I'm well aware it's not as simple to design a pack as to just slap an arbitrary bunch of cells together, thanks. I'm just pointing out the capacity.
Are you sure about that? Because, this shows us as being pretty well hosed, even in perfect conditions: minimum velocity, angle, and density, maximum distance from impact. Maybe not sterilized, but still stone (and probably ice) aged or worse. A 100 km wide vaguely spherical object displaces a hell of a lot of fluid and rock, even at low impact velocities.
Or, that they are at the same level in a wave form trend. Lets see, John Adams was the 2nd president. Before then, there was massive reorganization, an internal war, and outright tyranny. If the trend is symmetrical, that would make Obama the last president of the US as we know it.
Oh, and it could have little or no bearing at all.
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They are not shooting themselves in the foot. They are shooting future shareholders and their employees in the foot. They are making out like bandits and will bail to the next job once they get exposed for some other ...err... executive decision. ...or, when the ship sinks, whichever comes first.
I suppose this explains why the price of palladium has nearly doubled over the past six months. I wonder if this was public knowledge and Slashdot was just behind the curve as usual or not.
Those that make the rules do not have to follow the rules.
Those that write the laws do not have to follow the law.
It looks fairly balanced politically overall, despite being all over the place. The list contains both pro and anti communist and fascist rhetoric. There are a lot of classics, as well. If the list is real, he was likely relatively intelligent. I wonder who or what drove him insane. Contrary to popular belief, most people find it extremely difficult to kill another person, even when their own lives are in danger. External forcing has to be applied to get most people to kill. The pattern would indicate some resistance to traditional mass brainwashing methods, as people that are easy to manipulate usually only seek information that confirms what they want to believe to be true or from authority they are seduced by.
Wait, anti-social people are notorious for faking credentials to give themselves the image of authority, and appearing "normal." It would also fit the behavior. It's at least a possibility.
I believe it's called psychological projection.
I see, so you live in Russia?
I believe #2 is appropriate.
It's also not a cron'd shell script. What's your point?
He's attempting to terrorize people back into a state of inaction and apathy. Take it for what it is: projection.
I didn't find Atlas Shrugged so much of a defense of psychopathy, quite the opposite, in fact. While both "sides" in the novel fail to have any real sense of empathy, the protagonists are preoccupied with orchestrating, fixing, and designing systems that boost their sense of self worth in society, with a strong focus on the big picture effects of their actions and a driving need to limit damage to others. They also do not go out of their way to hurt individual people, they just fail to help them when socially obligated to. The basic idea seems to be by obsessively improving oneself, while going out of ones way to avoid the creation of and intercepting potentially damaging effects on everyone else, society as a whole improves.
Contrast that with the antagonists, who put on a mask of compassion and sanity, manipulate large groups of otherwise normal people into destroying themselves and play political games for their own entertainment and aggrandizement. Or, failing that, to cripple everyone else except perhaps their own pawns so that they are at least relatively ahead. ...use sex as a means of primal gratification and blackmail. ...ignore any good ideas that do not result in them coming out further ahead than everyone else. ...sabotage efforts that would interfere with their own goals, regardless of the larger social implications. ...attempt to corner, humiliate, and dis-empower people in some game they are thrilled to "win." ...make rules they don't follow and selectively enforce any rules and laws on real or perceived competitors.
I would argue that it's a poorly constructed, politically slanted, and self aggrandized (and very, very wordy) attempt to explain of the differences between rational leadership and psychopathic leadership. Although, the "rational leadership" seems to be tainted with a heavy dose of narcissism.
*Sigh* "God said I can be an evil fuck!" Oh, really? I must have missed that memo! I see the raving psychopath that thinks he's god saying that. But, he's not god. He's just some self destructive lunatic that would have killed himself off decades ago if otherwise good people would have not subsidized his lifestyle.
And, no, it's not just limited to religion.
About 65 percent of the general population will obey the perceived authority even when it comes to torturing to death an innocent person.
Not all change is progress. But, of course, you already know that. So, why are you asking? Oh, yeah... political pollution.
Really, who are you going to vote for? Who do you think gave this government the ability to abuse it's power indiscriminately? Who do you think gave the prior government it's abusive power? Who do you think this government will give it's power to?
Vote any way you want. You'll still get basically the same result, just different posturing.
"This isn't shit! Shit smells worse! It's manure."
It's still shit.
The problem with Occam's Razor in the way it is typically brought up, is that the reader can be lead to a predetermined conclusion by simply oversimplifying the "righteous" answer and rendering other possibilities in a needlessly complex format. People that are unable or unwilling to see through the words to the point will not be able to render a sound judgment based on the razor. The razor also just highlights a tendency, not an absolute, rendering much of it's popular usage an appeal to probability fallacy (it's possible, so it must be true) reinforced with an appeal to authority (Occam, the scientific community, other social/political groups via association, etc...)
I won't say where I went. But, if they get up in front of you in orientation and proclaim how proud they are that they designed the entire CS program around what the business school alumni ask for, run like hell. At least, if you are there to actually learn something as opposed to becoming acclimated to the PHB run world, do so. You'll get a better education from a community college.
I have a suggestion for an alternative all natural, eco-friendly solution: Coprolite
It even fits well given the politics of California.
Well, as someone that looked into CNG vehicles for commuting, the problem is the only public station in the area is about 2x my commute out of the way. I get NG piped to my house. But, for some reason the CNG compressors cost over $10,000 new for ones where it takes all night to refill the tank. Not to mention my gas bills already skyrocket in the winter. There appear to be some used ones in various states of repair, the cheapest I think I've seen was $2,500 for a rigged up scuba compressor setup with no safety cutoff. And, from what I have read, typically a home owner or contractor has to pull permits to hook one up. Something tells me that the bank won't finance that.
The vehicles can be had for dirt cheap compared to their gas only counterparts, are usually low mileage for the year, and are often duel fuel to boot, though. But, I also imagine it's a royal pain to find parts and people that know how to work on their fuel injection systems.
"did Victorian England have legions of party workers censoring every little post on internet forums and tracking those who were too uppity? did Victorian England have absolute authority and control over the media?"
Maybe not Victorian England, but, copyright law was originally a mechanism for church and state control over literary works. It's nice and cozy when only your friends control the only form of recorded media legally.
Really? Because, it looks like anyone in the US could get 195 3.2V 90Ah lithium iron phosphate cells for $35 100 + S&H. That seems to be about 56 kWh.
http://www.electricmotodepot.com/products/Thunder-Sky-Batteries-3.2V-90Ah.html
They can be had cheaper on online auction sites. But, take that for what it's worth.
For the pedantic folks out there: I'm well aware it's not as simple to design a pack as to just slap an arbitrary bunch of cells together, thanks. I'm just pointing out the capacity.
Are you sure about that? Because, this shows us as being pretty well hosed, even in perfect conditions: minimum velocity, angle, and density, maximum distance from impact. Maybe not sterilized, but still stone (and probably ice) aged or worse. A 100 km wide vaguely spherical object displaces a hell of a lot of fluid and rock, even at low impact velocities.
Or, that they are at the same level in a wave form trend. Lets see, John Adams was the 2nd president. Before then, there was massive reorganization, an internal war, and outright tyranny. If the trend is symmetrical, that would make Obama the last president of the US as we know it.
Oh, and it could have little or no bearing at all.
Shell subsidiary companies are a way around any significant additional fees, a la Hollywood Accounting.
You think like my grandmother. She can't understand why her EE son can't fix her TV for her.
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