Yeah, given that the situation in the USA is that I have free speech, freedom of movement, freedom to vote for whoever I want, freedom to cruise the Internet, freedom to read foreign press, freedom to observe my government at work, yes, the situation is objectively good. Or to put it another way, point me to a spot on this planet where the situation is significantly better.
No, the poster is reacting to the idiocy of the post. In a world with Putin grabbing power in Russia, North Korea investing in nukes while its people starve, Iran's theocracy feverishly working on bombs, Syria slaughtering its citizens, etc, calling the US "everything that's wrong with the world" is so moronic that it evokes outrage.
Right. If only I could zombie out on crack, I'd revolt and overthrow the government. Who the hell rated this idiocy "insightful"? Were they on drugs????
People need to stop with the "Columbus discovered America, therefore we can colonize Mars" argument. Columbus' voyage was simply using ships that were available off the shelf and used every day to reach an environment that was habitable, and in fact, inhabited. There is ZERO comparison to developing new technologies to travel to other planets and then make them habitable. None.
There's a lot of land closer at hand than Mars... say, Antarctica? The Sahara? Continental shelves? All of which would be trivial to inhabit compared to Mars.
Well, we've reduced the number of nuclear weapons considerably already. I agree that it's unrealistic to think that number of such weapons will go to zero, but getting them down to the point where a nuclear war doesn't endanger the survival of the human race is doable. Probably far more doable and useful than establishing a self-sustaining colony on Mars.
Instead of trying to expand beyond this planet so a few hundred or thousand people can die slowly in space when their supply line is cut off, how about working to end the threat of nuclear war on Earth, and saving billions of lives?
The parent I replied to said that it only worked with Windows or Mac. Just because it can't turn a TV into a keyboard, I'm still not seeing the Windows / Mac requirement. Sounds like it works as advertised.
From TFA: "FXI demonstrated Cotton Candy for the first time by connecting it via HDMI to a 42” HDTV running Android and displaying YouTube videos and 3D games."
Right. Because Christopher Columbus couldn't just get any one of hundreds of sailing ships, he had to create a whole new... oh... wait... sorry about that.
Same here... I sign on to the Steam client (not forums) every few days. The email from Steam doesn't go into my spam filter. Nothing in the Steam client, no email. Which seems pretty irresponsible.
Which is odd, given that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome affects children under the age of 1. Not too many of them are in school. If this factoid is true, seems like it's either a coincidence, or there's a another common factor at work.
You know that with credit cards I'm protected against loss, have traceability, have the ability to dispute charges, right? With Bitcoin I have... what?
It's great to know he prefers Pepsi over coke, but he makes it sound like you have to judge exactly how tired he is, because he doesn't want the Pepsi around if he isn't tired because he doesn't want to consume the extra sugar, but if he is tired, you better have it available, and god forbid you would offer him a different soft drink, or a diet soda. Basically he could just say "have a couple of cans of Pepsi available" but apparently his mind just doesn't work that way.
Much of the document was quite reasonable. However, he could simply say "Please have Pepsi available" or "Please have tea with milk and sugar available". When he then spends paragraphs explaining under exactly what circumstances he drinks or when he adds sugar, he's saying way too much. What he wants gets obscured by the mass of words. It also reveals more than most people want to know about how his mind works. It's like there isn't any filter between what he's thinking and what he's writing.
I had a cell phone for years and never carried it. Then my mom became seriously ill and spent a lot of time in hospitals. At which point I started carrying my cell phone, night and day, because you are never going to reach medical personnel directly. You'll leave a message for them, and if they can't reach you, you are going to play phone tag forever. So yes, in some cases a cell phone is an absolute necessity.
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Yeah, given that the situation in the USA is that I have free speech, freedom of movement, freedom to vote for whoever I want, freedom to cruise the Internet, freedom to read foreign press, freedom to observe my government at work, yes, the situation is objectively good. Or to put it another way, point me to a spot on this planet where the situation is significantly better.
No, the poster is reacting to the idiocy of the post. In a world with Putin grabbing power in Russia, North Korea investing in nukes while its people starve, Iran's theocracy feverishly working on bombs, Syria slaughtering its citizens, etc, calling the US "everything that's wrong with the world" is so moronic that it evokes outrage.
You mean, by injected "unapproved" information?
Right. If only I could zombie out on crack, I'd revolt and overthrow the government. Who the hell rated this idiocy "insightful"? Were they on drugs????
You're on slashdot, you need to also toss in a car analogy, but good job on the tinfoil hat stuff.
So when the sniper is saying "I'm lined up, ok to take the shot?" you figure no problem if the hostage taker is tuned in?
People need to stop with the "Columbus discovered America, therefore we can colonize Mars" argument. Columbus' voyage was simply using ships that were available off the shelf and used every day to reach an environment that was habitable, and in fact, inhabited. There is ZERO comparison to developing new technologies to travel to other planets and then make them habitable. None.
There's a lot of land closer at hand than Mars... say, Antarctica? The Sahara? Continental shelves? All of which would be trivial to inhabit compared to Mars.
Well, we've reduced the number of nuclear weapons considerably already. I agree that it's unrealistic to think that number of such weapons will go to zero, but getting them down to the point where a nuclear war doesn't endanger the survival of the human race is doable. Probably far more doable and useful than establishing a self-sustaining colony on Mars.
Instead of trying to expand beyond this planet so a few hundred or thousand people can die slowly in space when their supply line is cut off, how about working to end the threat of nuclear war on Earth, and saving billions of lives?
You're thinking logically. That isn't permitted on Slashdot. (sadly, I don't have any points to mod you up)
The parent I replied to said that it only worked with Windows or Mac. Just because it can't turn a TV into a keyboard, I'm still not seeing the Windows / Mac requirement. Sounds like it works as advertised.
From TFA: "FXI demonstrated Cotton Candy for the first time by connecting it via HDMI to a 42” HDTV running Android and displaying YouTube videos and 3D games."
Just what part of the TV was running MS Windows?
and given that they are moving at a snail's pace, not likely the Chinese are going either.
Right. Because Christopher Columbus couldn't just get any one of hundreds of sailing ships, he had to create a whole new... oh... wait... sorry about that.
Perl is write-only. You ask someone what the code is supposed to do and rewrite it.
Same here... I sign on to the Steam client (not forums) every few days. The email from Steam doesn't go into my spam filter. Nothing in the Steam client, no email. Which seems pretty irresponsible.
Which is odd, given that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome affects children under the age of 1. Not too many of them are in school. If this factoid is true, seems like it's either a coincidence, or there's a another common factor at work.
You know that with credit cards I'm protected against loss, have traceability, have the ability to dispute charges, right? With Bitcoin I have... what?
Yes, of course, the USA is the source of all the problems in the world, I understand it now. Everything is the fault of the USA, everything.
It's great to know he prefers Pepsi over coke, but he makes it sound like you have to judge exactly how tired he is, because he doesn't want the Pepsi around if he isn't tired because he doesn't want to consume the extra sugar, but if he is tired, you better have it available, and god forbid you would offer him a different soft drink, or a diet soda. Basically he could just say "have a couple of cans of Pepsi available" but apparently his mind just doesn't work that way.
No, the message is clearly RMS soliciting speaking opportunities.
Much of the document was quite reasonable. However, he could simply say "Please have Pepsi available" or "Please have tea with milk and sugar available". When he then spends paragraphs explaining under exactly what circumstances he drinks or when he adds sugar, he's saying way too much. What he wants gets obscured by the mass of words. It also reveals more than most people want to know about how his mind works. It's like there isn't any filter between what he's thinking and what he's writing.
I had a cell phone for years and never carried it. Then my mom became seriously ill and spent a lot of time in hospitals. At which point I started carrying my cell phone, night and day, because you are never going to reach medical personnel directly. You'll leave a message for them, and if they can't reach you, you are going to play phone tag forever. So yes, in some cases a cell phone is an absolute necessity.
Yep. Exactly.