The problem why banning trolls doesn't work is because it's too easy to get another account. Now what good does it do to put them somewhere else? It's still like banning, so they'll just open a new account.
ANY kind of action you take against a troll will lead to him or her feeling great about a job well done. You need to make them fail. Basically that means, IMO, that you'll have to ban troll feeders long before the troll.
I'd like to mention, though, that this does not work with real life bullies. With those, hitting their faces and rearranging their features once but decissively is the way to go. Bullies need to learn that their actions have consequences.
So... you would say that an old Nokia 3210 is the same as a Nokia Communicator, my HTC P3300 and the iPhone? Because, after all, a phone is a phone is a phone, right?
Well, if you don't see any differences between the ones mentioned, then certainly nobody will ever be able to change your mind about this so I'm not even going to try. But let me ask you a question: Why are there trucks? After all, a car is a car is a car.
Oh, you are not stupid to believe that. It's actually quite alright with me.
But do tell me: If God has not yet inspired me to see the light and follow his word, using your logic that would mean he's actually okay with me not being christian.
Only if your logic has the integrity to grant me that one is your belief truly okay with me. Because if you make rules about your belief, you cannot turn around and break them whenever it pleases you and expect me to take you seriously.
Too bad it's dirty as hell and releases more radioactive material than any nuclear reactor ever could. But beside that, yes, coal is just the greatest thing since sliced bread.
I never said they didn't give a shit. Where did you get that impression?
No, my parents talked to me, explained their viewpoints and told me how they would like me to behave. And then they trusted me to either do that or have a good reason not to.
Actually, giving a shit, and more, is a key to good parenting. But that has nothing to do with tracking your kids. Giving a shit ends where you remove the possibility to fuck up. Then you're not giving a shit anymore. You're making sure your kid never does anything that would have you have to give a shit again.
As I stated in my original post, I am of the opinion that the more you watch your kid's every move, the less of a shit you actually give. Paradox? Maybe, but still true IMO.
Yes, you are wrong. It's too late to join an economic branch when it is booming. Way too late. By the time you'll have the experience and/or education to actually make lots of green, the tide will have turned already. Or did you think IT was the only field that had its ups and downs?
What do you think will happen in the nursing sector? They desperately need people until the manager types once more decide that cost must be cut.
The right moment to join ANY economic field is when its down, whimpering like a kicked puppy. Educational costs will be low and by the time the boom (and there will be one!) comes, you are ready and well educated. When you enter during the boom, by the time you're ready, you will have reached the apex of that curve when you just start to make money. So basically, your outlook will be going downwards from there.
I've only read like a third of this drivel.... and drivel it is. My parents never had the means of protecting me like that. They had to trust that I would call if I stayed out longer (and I was basically allowed to stay out whenever I wanted and however long I wanted, because I was trusted to know myself when it was a good time to return home).
You know, I think I'm still alive and doing quite well for myself. Looking at the latest generation, though, who is always reachable and traceable by the likes of you, I'm not quite as sure about that.
One thing was funny, though... you let them make their own mistakes? What mistakes would that be? Choosing ketchup instead of sauce cafe de paris for their meat? Or perhaps wearing a brown belt with black shoes? The way you sound it's certainly not going to be stumbling over unsuitable websites or getting drunk at bloody fifteen. Not that I ever did that, because I somehow never saw the need to... well, contrary to some kids who weren't allowed to swear at home, and had to be home right after school.
Oh and contrary to them, I didn't have to hide my smoking habit. Because I didn't smoke. Even though my parents made it perfectly clear that they would not forbid it since they were such bad examples themselves.
I had a lot of freedoms as a kid and I am of the firm belief that I didn't fuck up even close as often as the average kid does. I've tried smoking exactly two times in my lifes (more to actually know what the hell I was talking about) and it was limited to just inhaling once per try. I tried space cookies, as smoking was out of the question, and found the experience to be less than stellar (although that was at age 20 something). I've had a bout of kleptomania around age 13 which I got under control on my freaking own without my parents having to watch my ass every damn second.
So would you allow your kids to make the mistake of shoplifting not once but several times? Would you let them learn to deal with it on their own? Sorry if I don't think so.
From my experience, parents like you produce social garbage that usually gets the fuck outa there as soon as they turn legal. I'm not saying your kids will do that... sometimes they become completely dependant and shy personalities, who can't function in this world without someone holding their hand. And I'm still not saying your kids will turn out like this, but I say chances are high. And if I get modded Troll for this, I'll actually be proud of it, because, frankly, people like you give me a very bad feeling in my stomach area.
Seeking freedom and wanting to be your own boss is like a basic instinct for a lot of humans. Trying to completely repress that, because the person in question doesn't have enough experience, often leads to rebellion and doing stupid shit out of principle. And besides, let me ask you a philosophical question: If my grandfather told you that you can't go out after 5pm because he thinks you're too young to make your own decisions, what would you say? You're an adult, right? But what the hell does that mean? It means you turned 18 already. Big freaking deal. Most of us manage to do that.
The ability to weight the pros and cons of your action is what makes you mature and that ability doesn't turn on at 18. It has to be learned, and from my experience, kids in the kind of environment you create often haven't learned that when they're given all the responsibilities and freedoms of an adult.
In my personal opinion, kids should be confronted with responsibility as soon as they're able to handle it. It is our duty as parents to decide when that day comes. Some of us, though, don't want to get to know their kids that well or just don't have the time, so they just trace their every move to make sure they don't do anything wrong... and then they go and think that this way their kids are going to turn out to be well rounded and mature adults.
I agree. Put your CV out there. If nothing else, you'll at least get a feeling for what you're worth in the economy. If you like the new company, great, your problems end there. If not, you've already got a head start.
While this may or may not be true, where do I take the 109k NOW? Because Tesla is not going to wait ten years for me to use my saved gasoline money to pay for their car.
If I want to do that, I'm gonna have to take a loan. Which costs interest. You have to factor that in as well.
Myself, I drive a 99 Buick Century Limited. In Switzerland, mind you, where I just recently paid close to two Swiss Francs (which is pretty close to two US$ ATM) per fucking LITER.
Why do I do that? Because the car cost me a measly 4500 bucks, has decent mileage (takes under 10 liters for 100 km) considering its 3.2 liter V6 engine and it is freaking awesome to drive. Because I'm big on that. If I had to drive a cramped Peugeot 206 like my wife did before getting a Chrysler Stratus (also 1999ish), I'd be in therapy for back problems just about now.
I am all for alternative energy sources and cleaner cars, but I can't magic money into existance. It's all nice and well if my Buick actually cost more than a Tesla in the long run, but the fact is the Buick in my garage? Reality. A Tesla? Science Fiction.
Tolkien? She was asking for great works, dude... and great writing, Tolkien's books definitely aren't. Boring, flat and uninspired are rather more fitting terms to describe the Lord of the Rings. Even most badly written Harry Potter fanfictions offer more suspense and character development than this.
Why in the world do people always mention LotR? I don't get it. A classic it may be, a lot of great inspirations it may hold, but good writing clearly is different.
There's plenty enough light coming through even in winter. It's just that you usually don't really get exposed to much of it while sitting in a frickin' cubicle during the decidedly short days in winter.
I do not trust studies that tell me I have to take stuff to be healthy. Going out an hour a day is enough to produce enough vitamin D. We need so little of it to properly function. The true problem lies in the fact that we just are either too lazy to get out or have built our society around a schedule that doesn't allow for it.
This dude, in my opinion, is in the pockets of the pharmaceutic industry, trying to sell us more stupid medicine we don't really need.
He obviously speeks from experience. Why should he be all "Naw, I'm not really that good" if he actually is? Just so YOU don't need to feel challenged?
As far as I can tell he didn't say he's better than everyone else. He just says he's better than most people around him which should be true for a lot of people on Slashdot, don'tcha think?
Knowing what one is worth is a very important piece of knowledge. Not letting it get out of hand is a skill at least as desirable but whether he has that or not seems pretty hard to judge over the internet. So I just think YOU should STFU as long as you neither know the dude nor the people in his close vicinity.
Yes. Stay the hell out. Unless the population ASKS for your help, don't lift a damn finger.
It is every people's prerogative and duty to fight and win their own freedom. If a people doesn't even feel the need to ask for help against a despot, then by all means, it can't be all that bad.
Now I'd really like to see where the parallels are to democracy. Seriously, I can't remember where the animals got to vote.
If you judge the book merely on the fact that it depicts a form of government that fails through greed of the leadership, then it applies to pretty much any kind of government. But where are the pointers to democracy?
The whole "Let's work together for a greater good"-shtick is not a theme that democracy has ever been about. Democracy, with commercialism close on its tail, has always been about everyone having their own opinion and letting the majority decide. Try as I might, I can't find those in Animal Farm. But the communist propaganda that everyone is one big family, brothers or comrades, the fact that the leaders decide how much everyone deserves instead of making that dependent on the work an animal and so on...
Excuse me, but I really fail to see it. Is there any source that could give me a few pointers?
Size matters only to those who have nothing else going for them... It's usually hard to decide for the rest of us whether to pity or laugh at these people.
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Don't forget the kick to the 'nads for DRM integration. I'm game if they just get rid of that crap.
Ah, so making an ironic and at the same time sarcastic comment and appropriately labeling it a joke by marking it with a frickin' emoticon is racist?
I just have to remember this one, it's so damn funny.
Wow, I didn't know American Rednecks actually had the skill to even use a computer let alone get a Slashdot account ;).
The problem why banning trolls doesn't work is because it's too easy to get another account. Now what good does it do to put them somewhere else? It's still like banning, so they'll just open a new account.
ANY kind of action you take against a troll will lead to him or her feeling great about a job well done. You need to make them fail. Basically that means, IMO, that you'll have to ban troll feeders long before the troll.
I'd like to mention, though, that this does not work with real life bullies. With those, hitting their faces and rearranging their features once but decissively is the way to go. Bullies need to learn that their actions have consequences.
So... you would say that an old Nokia 3210 is the same as a Nokia Communicator, my HTC P3300 and the iPhone? Because, after all, a phone is a phone is a phone, right?
Well, if you don't see any differences between the ones mentioned, then certainly nobody will ever be able to change your mind about this so I'm not even going to try. But let me ask you a question: Why are there trucks? After all, a car is a car is a car.
Oh, you are not stupid to believe that. It's actually quite alright with me.
But do tell me: If God has not yet inspired me to see the light and follow his word, using your logic that would mean he's actually okay with me not being christian.
Only if your logic has the integrity to grant me that one is your belief truly okay with me. Because if you make rules about your belief, you cannot turn around and break them whenever it pleases you and expect me to take you seriously.
Too bad it's dirty as hell and releases more radioactive material than any nuclear reactor ever could. But beside that, yes, coal is just the greatest thing since sliced bread.
I never said they didn't give a shit. Where did you get that impression?
No, my parents talked to me, explained their viewpoints and told me how they would like me to behave. And then they trusted me to either do that or have a good reason not to.
Actually, giving a shit, and more, is a key to good parenting. But that has nothing to do with tracking your kids. Giving a shit ends where you remove the possibility to fuck up. Then you're not giving a shit anymore. You're making sure your kid never does anything that would have you have to give a shit again.
As I stated in my original post, I am of the opinion that the more you watch your kid's every move, the less of a shit you actually give. Paradox? Maybe, but still true IMO.
Yes, you are wrong. It's too late to join an economic branch when it is booming. Way too late. By the time you'll have the experience and/or education to actually make lots of green, the tide will have turned already. Or did you think IT was the only field that had its ups and downs?
What do you think will happen in the nursing sector? They desperately need people until the manager types once more decide that cost must be cut.
The right moment to join ANY economic field is when its down, whimpering like a kicked puppy. Educational costs will be low and by the time the boom (and there will be one!) comes, you are ready and well educated. When you enter during the boom, by the time you're ready, you will have reached the apex of that curve when you just start to make money. So basically, your outlook will be going downwards from there.
The fact it's probably the only indutry that can't seem to hold a major business event without turning it into softcore porn should concern people.
You obviously have never been to any major car convention.
I've only read like a third of this drivel.... and drivel it is. My parents never had the means of protecting me like that. They had to trust that I would call if I stayed out longer (and I was basically allowed to stay out whenever I wanted and however long I wanted, because I was trusted to know myself when it was a good time to return home).
You know, I think I'm still alive and doing quite well for myself. Looking at the latest generation, though, who is always reachable and traceable by the likes of you, I'm not quite as sure about that.
One thing was funny, though... you let them make their own mistakes? What mistakes would that be? Choosing ketchup instead of sauce cafe de paris for their meat? Or perhaps wearing a brown belt with black shoes? The way you sound it's certainly not going to be stumbling over unsuitable websites or getting drunk at bloody fifteen. Not that I ever did that, because I somehow never saw the need to... well, contrary to some kids who weren't allowed to swear at home, and had to be home right after school.
Oh and contrary to them, I didn't have to hide my smoking habit. Because I didn't smoke. Even though my parents made it perfectly clear that they would not forbid it since they were such bad examples themselves.
I had a lot of freedoms as a kid and I am of the firm belief that I didn't fuck up even close as often as the average kid does. I've tried smoking exactly two times in my lifes (more to actually know what the hell I was talking about) and it was limited to just inhaling once per try. I tried space cookies, as smoking was out of the question, and found the experience to be less than stellar (although that was at age 20 something). I've had a bout of kleptomania around age 13 which I got under control on my freaking own without my parents having to watch my ass every damn second.
So would you allow your kids to make the mistake of shoplifting not once but several times? Would you let them learn to deal with it on their own? Sorry if I don't think so.
From my experience, parents like you produce social garbage that usually gets the fuck outa there as soon as they turn legal. I'm not saying your kids will do that... sometimes they become completely dependant and shy personalities, who can't function in this world without someone holding their hand. And I'm still not saying your kids will turn out like this, but I say chances are high. And if I get modded Troll for this, I'll actually be proud of it, because, frankly, people like you give me a very bad feeling in my stomach area.
Seeking freedom and wanting to be your own boss is like a basic instinct for a lot of humans. Trying to completely repress that, because the person in question doesn't have enough experience, often leads to rebellion and doing stupid shit out of principle. And besides, let me ask you a philosophical question: If my grandfather told you that you can't go out after 5pm because he thinks you're too young to make your own decisions, what would you say? You're an adult, right? But what the hell does that mean? It means you turned 18 already. Big freaking deal. Most of us manage to do that.
The ability to weight the pros and cons of your action is what makes you mature and that ability doesn't turn on at 18. It has to be learned, and from my experience, kids in the kind of environment you create often haven't learned that when they're given all the responsibilities and freedoms of an adult.
In my personal opinion, kids should be confronted with responsibility as soon as they're able to handle it. It is our duty as parents to decide when that day comes. Some of us, though, don't want to get to know their kids that well or just don't have the time, so they just trace their every move to make sure they don't do anything wrong... and then they go and think that this way their kids are going to turn out to be well rounded and mature adults.
I really don't think anyone assumes that people actually pay for a windows OS with this article. It just doesn't seem plausible.
Exactly why did this get modded Troll?
Informative? I'd have gone for insightful. There isn't much information in there, but it does provide insight into the workings of a certain matter.
I agree. Put your CV out there. If nothing else, you'll at least get a feeling for what you're worth in the economy. If you like the new company, great, your problems end there. If not, you've already got a head start.
While this may or may not be true, where do I take the 109k NOW? Because Tesla is not going to wait ten years for me to use my saved gasoline money to pay for their car.
If I want to do that, I'm gonna have to take a loan. Which costs interest. You have to factor that in as well.
Myself, I drive a 99 Buick Century Limited. In Switzerland, mind you, where I just recently paid close to two Swiss Francs (which is pretty close to two US$ ATM) per fucking LITER.
Why do I do that? Because the car cost me a measly 4500 bucks, has decent mileage (takes under 10 liters for 100 km) considering its 3.2 liter V6 engine and it is freaking awesome to drive. Because I'm big on that. If I had to drive a cramped Peugeot 206 like my wife did before getting a Chrysler Stratus (also 1999ish), I'd be in therapy for back problems just about now.
I am all for alternative energy sources and cleaner cars, but I can't magic money into existance. It's all nice and well if my Buick actually cost more than a Tesla in the long run, but the fact is the Buick in my garage? Reality. A Tesla? Science Fiction.
Tolkien? She was asking for great works, dude... and great writing, Tolkien's books definitely aren't. Boring, flat and uninspired are rather more fitting terms to describe the Lord of the Rings. Even most badly written Harry Potter fanfictions offer more suspense and character development than this.
Why in the world do people always mention LotR? I don't get it. A classic it may be, a lot of great inspirations it may hold, but good writing clearly is different.
You must be new here...
There's plenty enough light coming through even in winter. It's just that you usually don't really get exposed to much of it while sitting in a frickin' cubicle during the decidedly short days in winter.
I do not trust studies that tell me I have to take stuff to be healthy. Going out an hour a day is enough to produce enough vitamin D. We need so little of it to properly function. The true problem lies in the fact that we just are either too lazy to get out or have built our society around a schedule that doesn't allow for it.
This dude, in my opinion, is in the pockets of the pharmaceutic industry, trying to sell us more stupid medicine we don't really need.
Why?
Seriously. Why?
He obviously speeks from experience. Why should he be all "Naw, I'm not really that good" if he actually is? Just so YOU don't need to feel challenged?
As far as I can tell he didn't say he's better than everyone else. He just says he's better than most people around him which should be true for a lot of people on Slashdot, don'tcha think?
Knowing what one is worth is a very important piece of knowledge. Not letting it get out of hand is a skill at least as desirable but whether he has that or not seems pretty hard to judge over the internet. So I just think YOU should STFU as long as you neither know the dude nor the people in his close vicinity.
Yes. Stay the hell out. Unless the population ASKS for your help, don't lift a damn finger.
It is every people's prerogative and duty to fight and win their own freedom. If a people doesn't even feel the need to ask for help against a despot, then by all means, it can't be all that bad.
Now I'd really like to see where the parallels are to democracy. Seriously, I can't remember where the animals got to vote.
If you judge the book merely on the fact that it depicts a form of government that fails through greed of the leadership, then it applies to pretty much any kind of government. But where are the pointers to democracy?
The whole "Let's work together for a greater good"-shtick is not a theme that democracy has ever been about. Democracy, with commercialism close on its tail, has always been about everyone having their own opinion and letting the majority decide. Try as I might, I can't find those in Animal Farm. But the communist propaganda that everyone is one big family, brothers or comrades, the fact that the leaders decide how much everyone deserves instead of making that dependent on the work an animal and so on...
Excuse me, but I really fail to see it. Is there any source that could give me a few pointers?
Size matters only to those who have nothing else going for them... It's usually hard to decide for the rest of us whether to pity or laugh at these people.
Funny thing, I thought animal Farm was about Communism failing due to greedy bastards exploiting their comrades.
But the suits ar still okay, right?