Sure, CAPS LOCK can be annoying; but it doesn't present nearly the problems that NUM LOCK can create (by accidentally being OFF), or SCROLL LOCK (by being ON). On any full-size keyboard, NUM LOCK has no reason ever to be off; and as far as I can tell, the only reason SCROLL LOCK exists is to really screw things up if it ever gets locked ON.
Personally, I suspect that Wikipedia's method is a somewhat viable way to shuffle out the stupids, as true statements will be less likely to be edited than untrue statements, so gradually over time Wikipedia will tend to be more and more likely to contain true statements.
It would be nice to think so, but I suspect rather the opposite is true. The most competent are likely to contribute, by writing or revising, only occasionally -- because most of their energies will be devoted elsewhere in their lives and careers. It is the cranks and fools who seem to have almost limitless energy to devote to propagating their particular obsessions; thus, over time, Wikipedia will probably tend to be less and less reliable.
No -- my point is that stopping a riot by non-lethal means, even if some injuries result, is preferable to allowing it to continue.
And I'm not referring to "young people protesting" but to actual riots -- smashing, burning, looting, etc. Most of the posts here seem to be concerned with the well-being of the rioters, rather than with the victims whose lives or livelihoods might be destroyed by the riots.
I can't find the exact quote, but someone once observed that the best way to stop a riot was to start shooting, and keep stacking up the bodies until there is no more riot. In my estimation, anything short of that should be considered as showing admirable restraint.
Riots hurt people. If stopping one means that a few rioters may be hurt, it's more than worth it.
"I got to watch the preview a few days ago and did not find the movie to be well put together."
Given the nature of movie previews -- a collection of fragmentary excerpts juxtaposed in a manner and sequence which may be entirely dissimilar from the actual film -- the one thing that absolutely cannot be determined from them is how well a movie is "put together."
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"A nice quiet spot in Montana"??
I think not. Perhaps a nice quiet spot in a room with some nice padding on the walls . . . .
To attempt to discuss comics as literature without so much as a mention of perhaps the single most influential person in the field is an inexplicable omission. I refer, of course, to Will Eisner, who for more than six decades (!) has helped shape comics in all their forms -- "comic books" (i.e., magazines), newspaper comics, and graphic novels. Such works as "To the Heart of the Storm" or "Family Matters" (to pick two at random; there are may more) rank with the very best of the form. And his book, "Comics and Sequential Art" laid the groundwork for virtually all subsequent comics theory and criticism (including McCloud, as I'm sure he would be the first to acknowledge).
At an age when many people could hardly hold a pen or a conversation, Eisner is still writing and drawing; he has seemed only to improve with age. Will Eisner is a national treasure, far too little acknowledged.
Advanced Book Exchange (abebooks.com) provides searches of a worldwide network of used book dealers. It's great for finding bargains, and also for locating hard-to-find, out of print items.
"One of the popular mythes is that the McDonald's coffee lawsuit is baseless . . . Before claiming something is baseless, first look at all the facts."
But the facts you cite do not in the least refute the baselessness of this suit. So McDonald's coffee was hotter than some others -- perhaps to save them money, perhaps to make it stay hot longer (a convenience to the customer, in my opinion), perhaps just because somebody there likes it that way; the reason is irrelevant. The only fact that really matters is that Ms. Lieback's injuries were caused not by McDonald's, but by her own carelessness. McDonals's was right in their refusal to pay her expenses, and the jury was wrong in their "outraged" verdict -- a verdict based entirely on emotion, without regard to any rational concept of personal responsibility.
Sounds like a textbook case of the "baseless lawsuit" to me . . ..
This reminds me of an article I read years ago, discussing the differences between the American and Japanese automobile designers. The American approach (at the time -- I can't speak for the current practice) was to completely redesign cars from the ground up, on a fairly frequent basis; while the Japanese always began with existing designs and looked for ways to improve them.
At the time, the Japanese were running rings around Detroit, in quality and in sales . . ..
What I enjoy about the Harrington books is the political element. I can't recall any other galactic-empire-type sf in which politics plays such a central role -- as if Star Wars had been written by Allen Drury (who, despite his Pulitzer for Advise and Consent, was stylistically a much worse writer than Weber).
Slashdot Mirror
. . . they only want "To Serve Man."
Sure, CAPS LOCK can be annoying; but it doesn't present nearly the problems that NUM LOCK can create (by accidentally being OFF), or SCROLL LOCK (by being ON). On any full-size keyboard, NUM LOCK has no reason ever to be off; and as far as I can tell, the only reason SCROLL LOCK exists is to really screw things up if it ever gets locked ON.
Advertising that will make your potential customers hate and resent you! Who wouldn't want that?
Personally, I suspect that Wikipedia's method is a somewhat viable way to shuffle out the stupids, as true statements will be less likely to be edited than untrue statements, so gradually over time Wikipedia will tend to be more and more likely to contain true statements.
It would be nice to think so, but I suspect rather the opposite is true. The most competent are likely to contribute, by writing or revising, only occasionally -- because most of their energies will be devoted elsewhere in their lives and careers. It is the cranks and fools who seem to have almost limitless energy to devote to propagating their particular obsessions; thus, over time, Wikipedia will probably tend to be less and less reliable.
And I'm not referring to "young people protesting" but to actual riots -- smashing, burning, looting, etc. Most of the posts here seem to be concerned with the well-being of the rioters, rather than with the victims whose lives or livelihoods might be destroyed by the riots.
Oh, who the hell cares? They're RIOTERS!
I can't find the exact quote, but someone once observed that the best way to stop a riot was to start shooting, and keep stacking up the bodies until there is no more riot. In my estimation, anything short of that should be considered as showing admirable restraint.
Riots hurt people. If stopping one means that a few rioters may be hurt, it's more than worth it.
"Flamebait?" Only to the zealots of the current orthodoxy.
Insightful. Truly insightful.
Where are my mod points when they are really needed?
If cellphone use really makes people stupider, this could explain a lot . . . .
It only cost me $9.95, and it came with a free pizza!
Oh, how I wish I had mod points right now. This is the only comment on the page that made me laugh out loud.
perhaps they are more scared of America and removed the "Gorilla" as not to offend a certain American who looks somewhat like a.... oh nevermind.
You really think they are afraid of offending Michael Moore?!?
"I got to watch the preview a few days ago and did not find the movie to be well put together."
Given the nature of movie previews -- a collection of fragmentary excerpts juxtaposed in a manner and sequence which may be entirely dissimilar from the actual film -- the one thing that absolutely cannot be determined from them is how well a movie is "put together."
"A nice quiet spot in Montana"??
I think not. Perhaps a nice quiet spot in a room with some nice padding on the walls . . . .To attempt to discuss comics as literature without so much as a mention of perhaps the single most influential person in the field is an inexplicable omission. I refer, of course, to Will Eisner, who for more than six decades (!) has helped shape comics in all their forms -- "comic books" (i.e., magazines), newspaper comics, and graphic novels. Such works as "To the Heart of the Storm" or "Family Matters" (to pick two at random; there are may more) rank with the very best of the form. And his book, "Comics and Sequential Art" laid the groundwork for virtually all subsequent comics theory and criticism (including McCloud, as I'm sure he would be the first to acknowledge).
At an age when many people could hardly hold a pen or a conversation, Eisner is still writing and drawing; he has seemed only to improve with age. Will Eisner is a national treasure, far too little acknowledged.
But financial harm is human harm, because money represents work performed and value created -- the product of expended hours of human life.
I've read Emerson. Try some Rand . . . .
Advanced Book Exchange (abebooks.com) provides searches of a worldwide network of used book dealers. It's great for finding bargains, and also for locating hard-to-find, out of print items.
But for many rock fans (of a certain age and/or taste) the Cortina was imortallized by Ian Dury:
"Had a love affair with Lena/In the back of my Cortina."
- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick!
"One of the popular mythes is that the McDonald's coffee lawsuit is baseless . . . Before claiming something is baseless, first look at all the facts."
But the facts you cite do not in the least refute the baselessness of this suit. So McDonald's coffee was hotter than some others -- perhaps to save them money, perhaps to make it stay hot longer (a convenience to the customer, in my opinion), perhaps just because somebody there likes it that way; the reason is irrelevant. The only fact that really matters is that Ms. Lieback's injuries were caused not by McDonald's, but by her own carelessness. McDonals's was right in their refusal to pay her expenses, and the jury was wrong in their "outraged" verdict -- a verdict based entirely on emotion, without regard to any rational concept of personal responsibility.
Sounds like a textbook case of the "baseless lawsuit" to me . . . .
Art Buchwald has the whole scoop here.
This reminds me of an article I read years ago, discussing the differences between the American and Japanese automobile designers. The American approach (at the time -- I can't speak for the current practice) was to completely redesign cars from the ground up, on a fairly frequent basis; while the Japanese always began with existing designs and looked for ways to improve them.
At the time, the Japanese were running rings around Detroit, in quality and in sales . . . .
Why does it seem that movies are making trailers look more and more like commercials?
I hate to disillusion you, but . . . movie trailers are commercials!
Why do people like the Harrington series?
What I enjoy about the Harrington books is the political element. I can't recall any other galactic-empire-type sf in which politics plays such a central role -- as if Star Wars had been written by Allen Drury (who, despite his Pulitzer for Advise and Consent, was stylistically a much worse writer than Weber).
This is not a defense of the holding of the prisoners at Guantanamo, but there is no moral equivalancy here.
Now, if people were being held at Guantanamo for posting anti-government statements on Slashdot, that would be equivalent.
. . . if their stock price falls, then the terrorists have won!
. . . hunt those wascally viwuses?