No, seriously, this is not a troll. Far from it. Laws, at any point in time, are a reflection of society's values. So we think gay people are okay and should not be prosecuted. Are you truly willing to retroactively put a country through a guilt trip for having had a different opinion, what, almost a hundred years ago?
If so, will you be willing to pay the price should we ever come to the conclusion that paedophiles are just another natural part of human sexuality? Because that, my friend, is the very possible danger you are facing with that opinion.
Seeing as nobody responsible for those laws back then is still in power, how does it make sense to demand an apology of today's government and thus of today's society?
No, if you perceive your ancestors behaviour as wrong, you should honour their victims by making sure it DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN!
Seriously, did you ever need to? I've been in IT since 1998 and I cannot remember ONE situation where I thought "This is so inconvenient, I need a calculator for this shit. Couldn't they just make a Gigabyte 1000'000'000 Bytes?"
So we've had a defined standard that was, arguably, not the easiest to understand. THEN harddrive manufacturers started their fraud. And THEN people started complaining. So what, and please think about this, would be the right decision here?
As to being complicated: If that is your argument, then all the English speaking countries should switch to metric according to your logic. Obviously, a lot of people don't like that. So why is it okay here and not okay there?
Solar panels tend to melt away snow and ice to a certain degree. I In this case, that could be a cool advantage.
But how do you propose one slows down a vehicle on a glass surface? Especially when wet. The usual approach would be to make the surface bumpy but that would directly hinder the production of energy. So I don't quite see how this is supposed to work. The idea is neat, though.
As an avid fanfiction reader I can say that I see both sides of the spectrum. Sure, a lot of it is abysmal but there are some masterpieces among them that overshadow even the originals from whence they are derived.
I believe the truth is this: The internet doesn't influence literacy all that much. I just think it puts both ends of the spectrum in starker contrast.
Also, I think chat logs can not serve as evidence. Just as spoken language differs greatly depending on who you are talking to, the purpose of communication has a big influence on the level you are using to bring your thoughts across. You seldom chat with your superior. You usually chat with peers. Few of us would use the same phrases, figures of speech and abbreviations in a professional document, yet most of us have at one point used such language, to a degree.
I realize I'm a bit late but I think it needs to be said:
In a world where you don't get hunted down if you so happen to fit the newest image of absolute evil, yes, total abolishment of privacy could indeed be a good thing.
Unfortunately, in our world we prosecute people based on skin colour, sexual orientation, political stance and so on and so forth. People don't have to be guilty of a crime to get shunned. As long as this situation remains, privacy is the last bastion of freedom we have.
On one side they are talking about ever smaller appliances with more power. I don't see how the Slim PS3 qualifies. After all, it's the same stuff, just more efficient. That is a good thing, don't get me wrong, but it's way easier to accomplish than more advanced hardware in less space.
By the way, does anyone here know whether the Slim will have a dual voltage PSU?
I don't get Diablo... seriously... No story, just mindless hack and slay and... jesus, what a bad trailer. The animation looks crappy, the whole thing is unbearably cliche...
This is one Troll/Flamebait I'll be proud of. WHY would one play Diablo? At least for more than fifteen minutes to get the stress out of your system?
Severely off topic, but if they bounce on a real woman, she's wearing the fucking wrong bra or none at all and will carry her bits around her knees very shortly. Personally, for this reason, I prefer them not to bounce all that much;).
I remember how much I was looking forward to test it at a friend's. He had ordered the special edition with the artbook. That one half nude chick in there had me believe that there just might be a god who made it so that the creators of the game actually did have the guts to produce an adult game and who actually had taste when it comes to women... as opposed to stick figures.
Then we installed the game and... yeah, well, that's it, basically.
The important question is, how many innocents have been framed?
I've always been sceptical about DNA proof. Not because I knew that samples could be manipulated like this but the unwavering belief that DNA traces at a crime sceen were indicative of involvement.
Take this example: A man kills a woman. You happen upon the scene just as the murderer has left. The victim is in her death throes. Now I don't know about you people, but my first instinct would be to try and help. To do so, I'd have to get close and touch her. Now imagine her clawing at me. She is dying, after all.
Now police finds you with a dead woman, your DNA under her fingernails, the knife used is lying mere feet away from you without any fingerprints or DNA traces.
How do you talk your way out of this one? Nobody could prove that you were the murderer, but there are some damning clues there, wouldn't you say? That's what scares me about 'foolproof' CSI methods. For each one I could think of a scenario that would incriminate the wrong person. What I missed with DNA was a certain scepticism. People went "His DNA was on her? Well, he must be guilty then..."
Oh I really like how you've gotten a +5 Insightful, even though you spouted dogma yourself.
Let me start by saying that I'm about as far away from being a christian as one can be, but the way you just acted is on par with any christian fundamentalist.
Personally, I like to keep an open mind. Sure, we've made a lot of observations about how nature works, but given our very limited range compared to the universe, who's to say that there isn't some place where everything we know is worth zilk because our laws of nature have all gone bonkers?
Neither you nor I have been beyond the known universe to see whether there is some dude behind all this. How could we disqualify the idea? Just because it is abused by religious zealots?
What I also don't get is the sentiment around here to prohibit people from having alternatives to the theory of evolution taught in school. How is it wrong to teach our children, using this example and others, that there is always at least one other opinion on a certain matter? How can freedom touting people like Slashdotters go and praise states who prohibit exactly that?
Frankly, this sentiment disgusts me. Some people here are all up in arms as soon as someone tries to prohibit their beliefs (and yes, I count the theory of evolution as well, since most of us are not in that field and parrot only what they've been taught like so many others) but see what happens when someone dares have contrary ideas.
The burning of books is never an event to be proud of. Be it a science book, a religious one or Alice in Wonderland. For as long as we are not omniscient, all of them contain belief and fairy tales to varying degrees.
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How was that prosecution wrong?
No, seriously, this is not a troll. Far from it. Laws, at any point in time, are a reflection of society's values. So we think gay people are okay and should not be prosecuted. Are you truly willing to retroactively put a country through a guilt trip for having had a different opinion, what, almost a hundred years ago?
If so, will you be willing to pay the price should we ever come to the conclusion that paedophiles are just another natural part of human sexuality? Because that, my friend, is the very possible danger you are facing with that opinion.
Seeing as nobody responsible for those laws back then is still in power, how does it make sense to demand an apology of today's government and thus of today's society?
No, if you perceive your ancestors behaviour as wrong, you should honour their victims by making sure it DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN!
Seriously, did you ever need to? I've been in IT since 1998 and I cannot remember ONE situation where I thought "This is so inconvenient, I need a calculator for this shit. Couldn't they just make a Gigabyte 1000'000'000 Bytes?"
So we've had a defined standard that was, arguably, not the easiest to understand. THEN harddrive manufacturers started their fraud. And THEN people started complaining. So what, and please think about this, would be the right decision here?
As to being complicated: If that is your argument, then all the English speaking countries should switch to metric according to your logic. Obviously, a lot of people don't like that. So why is it okay here and not okay there?
Solar panels tend to melt away snow and ice to a certain degree. I In this case, that could be a cool advantage.
But how do you propose one slows down a vehicle on a glass surface? Especially when wet. The usual approach would be to make the surface bumpy but that would directly hinder the production of energy. So I don't quite see how this is supposed to work. The idea is neat, though.
I like using whom. And I never said I don't make mistakes ;).
I think you have a point but:
As an avid fanfiction reader I can say that I see both sides of the spectrum. Sure, a lot of it is abysmal but there are some masterpieces among them that overshadow even the originals from whence they are derived.
I believe the truth is this: The internet doesn't influence literacy all that much. I just think it puts both ends of the spectrum in starker contrast.
Also, I think chat logs can not serve as evidence. Just as spoken language differs greatly depending on who you are talking to, the purpose of communication has a big influence on the level you are using to bring your thoughts across. You seldom chat with your superior. You usually chat with peers. Few of us would use the same phrases, figures of speech and abbreviations in a professional document, yet most of us have at one point used such language, to a degree.
Undeniably a very daunting limit. How do you even survive?
I am reachable whenever I pick up the phone. Which is my choice.
I like being able to CALL people whenever I want. I like being able to surf the net whenever I feel like it.
I frankly don't see this working out too well without the MotionPlus' accuracy.
Albeit late, thanks to Inglorious Basterds, I'd like to mention that I AM Swiss, you insensitive clod! ;)
but the reality is that there is a risk some idiot out there is going to misuse this information.
SOME idiot? I'm most worried about the government itself, thank you.
Yes, because this is SUCH an emergency. Kids will turn into goat slaughtering satanist child molesters INSTANTLY because of this, mark my words!
Psst, don't tell the Germans and the French! They still think they have a say in what happens in their countries.
I applaud your use of monster trucks as an allegory to human genitalia ;).
I realize I'm a bit late but I think it needs to be said:
In a world where you don't get hunted down if you so happen to fit the newest image of absolute evil, yes, total abolishment of privacy could indeed be a good thing.
Unfortunately, in our world we prosecute people based on skin colour, sexual orientation, political stance and so on and so forth. People don't have to be guilty of a crime to get shunned. As long as this situation remains, privacy is the last bastion of freedom we have.
I only download stuff because I don't want to pay for it... at the very least until I know it's something I like.
On one side they are talking about ever smaller appliances with more power. I don't see how the Slim PS3 qualifies. After all, it's the same stuff, just more efficient. That is a good thing, don't get me wrong, but it's way easier to accomplish than more advanced hardware in less space.
By the way, does anyone here know whether the Slim will have a dual voltage PSU?
I don't get Diablo... seriously... No story, just mindless hack and slay and... jesus, what a bad trailer. The animation looks crappy, the whole thing is unbearably cliche...
This is one Troll/Flamebait I'll be proud of. WHY would one play Diablo? At least for more than fifteen minutes to get the stress out of your system?
Severely off topic, but if they bounce on a real woman, she's wearing the fucking wrong bra or none at all and will carry her bits around her knees very shortly. Personally, for this reason, I prefer them not to bounce all that much ;).
Age of Conan... fond memories, those!
I remember how much I was looking forward to test it at a friend's. He had ordered the special edition with the artbook. That one half nude chick in there had me believe that there just might be a god who made it so that the creators of the game actually did have the guts to produce an adult game and who actually had taste when it comes to women... as opposed to stick figures.
Then we installed the game and... yeah, well, that's it, basically.
That looks like a normal appliance socket to me.
The important question is, how many innocents have been framed?
I've always been sceptical about DNA proof. Not because I knew that samples could be manipulated like this but the unwavering belief that DNA traces at a crime sceen were indicative of involvement.
Take this example: A man kills a woman. You happen upon the scene just as the murderer has left. The victim is in her death throes. Now I don't know about you people, but my first instinct would be to try and help. To do so, I'd have to get close and touch her. Now imagine her clawing at me. She is dying, after all.
Now police finds you with a dead woman, your DNA under her fingernails, the knife used is lying mere feet away from you without any fingerprints or DNA traces.
How do you talk your way out of this one? Nobody could prove that you were the murderer, but there are some damning clues there, wouldn't you say? That's what scares me about 'foolproof' CSI methods. For each one I could think of a scenario that would incriminate the wrong person. What I missed with DNA was a certain scepticism. People went "His DNA was on her? Well, he must be guilty then..."
And Soma. Don't forget the Soma!
Or you could see them as self-fulfilling. Who's to say that they would even have thought of such things without the fiction giving them the idea?
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Oh I really like how you've gotten a +5 Insightful, even though you spouted dogma yourself.
Let me start by saying that I'm about as far away from being a christian as one can be, but the way you just acted is on par with any christian fundamentalist.
Personally, I like to keep an open mind. Sure, we've made a lot of observations about how nature works, but given our very limited range compared to the universe, who's to say that there isn't some place where everything we know is worth zilk because our laws of nature have all gone bonkers?
Neither you nor I have been beyond the known universe to see whether there is some dude behind all this. How could we disqualify the idea? Just because it is abused by religious zealots?
What I also don't get is the sentiment around here to prohibit people from having alternatives to the theory of evolution taught in school. How is it wrong to teach our children, using this example and others, that there is always at least one other opinion on a certain matter? How can freedom touting people like Slashdotters go and praise states who prohibit exactly that?
Frankly, this sentiment disgusts me. Some people here are all up in arms as soon as someone tries to prohibit their beliefs (and yes, I count the theory of evolution as well, since most of us are not in that field and parrot only what they've been taught like so many others) but see what happens when someone dares have contrary ideas.
The burning of books is never an event to be proud of. Be it a science book, a religious one or Alice in Wonderland. For as long as we are not omniscient, all of them contain belief and fairy tales to varying degrees.