No, we don't. We've had plenty of "real leaders", and far too many people believe that everything will be OK if you just get the right person "in charge".
they're tired of every right wing Christian conservative family having half a dozen kids, then expecting everyone else to pay for their education.
You're getting your stereotypes mixed up. The pinko line against the right wing conservative christians is to rail against them for home-schooling their kids, and rejecting the benevolent indoctrination that their enlightened masters in government want to subject them to.
There's a lot of potential good that can happen from deliberate changes to how we select mates.
The key word is "we". WE choose, not anyone else. If you're talking about individuals picking and choosing their spouses, that's their own business. Once you move from that to outside forces choosing for them, it's evil.
Better idea than your better idea: reduce the government to the powers delegated to it by the constitution. Right now, we're operating on the Willie Sutton principle.
Eugenics, in a way, is just humans consciously doing what they'd do anyway
No. Eugenics is meddling in other people's decisions as to whether and with whom to have children. It is racist, it is authoritarian, and it is evil. It started with illegal mutilation of "undesirable" women through forcible sterilzation in the United States and other countries, and culminated in the holocaust. If you're not just trolling, and you're seriously advocating eugenics, then you are a sad excuse for a human being.
I'm aware of this, but I don't tag it as progressive particularly
"Progressivism" is just one of the names for the obnoxious habit of wanting to force other people to do your bidding. That particular term arose in the aftermath of the civil war, and was the rallying cry for scumbags like Woodrow Wilson and their sycophants.
If you think I'm making it up, do a bit of historical research. Eugenics was part and parcel of the puritan impulse that was behind the temperance movement, and any number of other impulses to use the power of the state to make "better" people.
I'm well aware of how Apple's near-death experience happened, and I'm telling you from direct personal experience that Apple's management got a major overhaul when SJ returned.
As for Microsoft's $150M, that was their downpayment on keeping their top execs out of jail for stealing Quicktime code for Windows Media. They were caught red-handed, and Steve made them a deal. They could walk, and Apple wouldn't press charges for criminal copyright infringement, in return for a promise to keep shipping MS Office on the Mac for five years.
Maybe you think of murderers as broken machines that will always stay broken,
No, I think of them as evil human beings, with whom I will not associate voluntarily. If you want to welcome them into your home, have at it.
-jcr
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entire company rests on the health of one man
What's your next guess?
Apple got along quite well during SJ's leave of absence. One thing he's not given enough credit for is recruiting. Apple's got world-class senior executives, and at least a dozen people who could run the show if Steve got hit by the proverbial bus. They wouldn't have Steve's panache, but they're just as dedicated to the quality of the products.
If Apple prevails on the remaining issues, we might find out. If Psystar is forced into bankruptcy, their records would be among the property transferred to the receivers.
Slashdot Mirror
It's a plan to kill every site that takes the bait.
-jcr
we are perfectly justified imposing those rights on the ignorant--by force, if necessary.
If you think that rights can be forcibly imposed, then you're not clear on what a right is. Rights can be forcibly defended, not imposed.
-jcr
we need real leaders in the White House
No, we don't. We've had plenty of "real leaders", and far too many people believe that everything will be OK if you just get the right person "in charge".
-jcr
they're tired of every right wing Christian conservative family having half a dozen kids, then expecting everyone else to pay for their education.
You're getting your stereotypes mixed up. The pinko line against the right wing conservative christians is to rail against them for home-schooling their kids, and rejecting the benevolent indoctrination that their enlightened masters in government want to subject them to.
-jcr
There's a lot of potential good that can happen from deliberate changes to how we select mates.
The key word is "we". WE choose, not anyone else. If you're talking about individuals picking and choosing their spouses, that's their own business. Once you move from that to outside forces choosing for them, it's evil.
-jcr
Better idea than your better idea: reduce the government to the powers delegated to it by the constitution. Right now, we're operating on the Willie Sutton principle.
-jcr
Eugenics, in a way, is just humans consciously doing what they'd do anyway
No. Eugenics is meddling in other people's decisions as to whether and with whom to have children. It is racist, it is authoritarian, and it is evil. It started with illegal mutilation of "undesirable" women through forcible sterilzation in the United States and other countries, and culminated in the holocaust. If you're not just trolling, and you're seriously advocating eugenics, then you are a sad excuse for a human being.
-jcr
I'm aware of this, but I don't tag it as progressive particularly
"Progressivism" is just one of the names for the obnoxious habit of wanting to force other people to do your bidding. That particular term arose in the aftermath of the civil war, and was the rallying cry for scumbags like Woodrow Wilson and their sycophants.
-jcr
This happens all the time. There was nothing nefarious about it
Right on the first point, wrong on the second.
-jcr
Whereas if you're looking for someone to mentor and train up, a graduate is a great starting point.
Sure, but I'd still want to see their code.
-jcr
Tinfoil hat fitting you all right?
If you think I'm making it up, do a bit of historical research. Eugenics was part and parcel of the puritan impulse that was behind the temperance movement, and any number of other impulses to use the power of the state to make "better" people.
-jcr
Eugenics is the dirty little secret of the "progressive" movement.
-jcr
What does calculus have to do with programming? From my experience, nothing. Absolutely nothing.
Depends on the application. I've worked on an application to plan spacecraft trajectories, and calculus certainly had a lot to do with it.
-jcr
The really good "untrained" programmers know where to look for the algorithms.
Google is your friend.
Of course, the really good programmers can invent a novel solution to the problem at hand that beats the textbook approach.
-jcr
I'm pretty sure no one's going to let you see the latter.
What I typically see is code that the candidate wrote for their own enjoyment, or in several cases, for their own products.
-jcr
Back when I started out, I chose the latter. If I interview a developer today, I want to see their code, not their paper credentials.
-jcr
Just because someone knows how to use a typewriter doesn't mean they can write a book just as well as an English major.
Nor does an English degree mean that someone can write a book worth reading.
-jcr
Sounds like you're confusing education with schooling.
-jcr
I wasn't aware they still existed as a separate organization. I had assumed that they were bought out by Cisco or NetApp years ago.
-jcr
I was born in 1964. How about you?
I'm well aware of how Apple's near-death experience happened, and I'm telling you from direct personal experience that Apple's management got a major overhaul when SJ returned.
As for Microsoft's $150M, that was their downpayment on keeping their top execs out of jail for stealing Quicktime code for Windows Media. They were caught red-handed, and Steve made them a deal. They could walk, and Apple wouldn't press charges for criminal copyright infringement, in return for a promise to keep shipping MS Office on the Mac for five years.
-jcr
Maybe you think of murderers as broken machines that will always stay broken,
No, I think of them as evil human beings, with whom I will not associate voluntarily. If you want to welcome them into your home, have at it.
-jcr
entire company rests on the health of one man
What's your next guess?
Apple got along quite well during SJ's leave of absence. One thing he's not given enough credit for is recruiting. Apple's got world-class senior executives, and at least a dozen people who could run the show if Steve got hit by the proverbial bus. They wouldn't have Steve's panache, but they're just as dedicated to the quality of the products.
-jcr
Might as well write off Apple as a player now
Had a look at their five-year chart? Or better yet, their stock performance since 1997?
If you want to write them off, I sure hope you're not managing your own stock portfolio.
-jcr
So, who was behind Psystar?
If Apple prevails on the remaining issues, we might find out. If Psystar is forced into bankruptcy, their records would be among the property transferred to the receivers.
-jcr
You don't know if they're still murderers.
What, do you imagine that they've invented a time machine, and gone back and prevented themselves from committing the crime?
What's the definition of a murderer? It's a person who has committed a murder, QED.
-jcr