I try to be as safe a driver as possible and have managed 30+ accident-free years. But almost every trip is an adventure with crazies on the road every day.
You haven't had an accident in 30+ years and you're still afraid of crazy drivers all of the time?
A bit paranoid, are we?
Of course, you'll say, "I haven't had an accident because I'm paranoiod!"
And, of course, any paranoid person would say that. They are all out to get you, after all.
I thought about a system to do this a few years ago, but with a little twist: distribution of the pieces would be via computer virus. The pieces would be stored in user's computers, but more importantly in intrusion logs of "secure" systems as well. Retrieval would be a social act, kind of like a treasure hunt. "Hey, geeks of the world, there's this important information out there. Go figure out how to get it!"
This system could be used for high profile secrets, like government whistle-blower data and the like. Storage would be secret and nearly undetectable because of all the other virus noise. Retrieval would be highly public by necessity, both to make retrieval possible and to publicize the contents of the data.
I don't believe that DNA just randomly evolved into the genetically diverse plethora of life on earth over the last 3 billion years.
Being "an educated, scientific scholar" maybe you should actually educate yourself on the process of evolution. Randomness is involved, but the process itself is decidedly non-random. Quantum theory is based on probabilities but it results in rather predictable phenomena. Why is it so hard to grasp that the same could be true of evolution?
So what gives us the legal precedent to use them on travelers?
What is this "legal precedent" stuff you're talking about? Don't you know we dissolved the court system with Patriot Acts 1 and 2, plus around 700 presidential signing statements? "Legal precedent" involves depending on activist judges and liberal lawyers, and we all know that they're a bunch of terrorist sympathizers who would feed your children to rabid dogs given half a chance. And you want to give them that chance! Bastard!
All of the penguins, the ones being hypnotized by Gore's global warming spiel, are Tux, the Linux mascot.
So, not only did the republican PR firm want to spoof Gore, they're saying you're all dupes and idiots. (And yes, if you're reading slashdot, they mean you.)
The small company I work for is based in Florida. I live in Dallas. Other employees live in Atlanta, LA, and a few Florida cities. The modern IT company does not need to be based anywhere in particular.
Don't worry about it, I'm not a jesus freak. (devout agnostic, really) It's just that when you want to argue with someone who might be it's useful to toss in a little god language. I live in Texas, donchya know.:)
Think about it for a moment. During any time in U.S. history can you think of any other president about which such comments have been raised?
Yeah, sure: most of the Clinton administration. It was Republicans screaming about it, too. "This president wants to control your lives with big government!" they said. "This president is dishonest! He lies. HE LIES!" was claimed, over and over. And now who has expanded government more than any other time in US history? Who is rolling back our God given rights?
Makes you wonder why they were raising such a ruckus back then, doesn't it?
Your analogy doesn't work because there is nothing manditory about the free market.
Right.
Ever tried NOT participating in the economy?
There's nothing optional about it. So participation in our free market is decidedly not free. It's essentially mandatory if you want to live a decent life. I'd call that motivation. A free market cannot exist unless it has sufficient capital. Participation in the must be motivated. Some motivations (like starving to death) are more draconian than others...
And just as some start-up in a garage can suddenly start selling some revolutionary new product to many many more people than an older business does, a new politician could come along with ideas people actually care about and attract many millions more people to the voting booth.
That startup can only attract dollars if there are folks spending them. Think of a vote as a dollar. If there's no dollars in the market, the market will stagnate. We ensure that dollars keep flowing around our markets by making it impossible to opt out of the market. (The whole "you don't work, you don't make money, you don't eat" trifecta.) There's no such infusion of energy in the voting dynamic, and thus it stagnates. The system needs energy (avalable votes) and so voting should be mandatory.
Why not hearing? Why not some more obvious and simple snake defense mechanism (like, immunity from snake poison?)
Evolution does not produce pheontype features that are the most effective, they produce those that work. Features don't have to be perfect, they just have to show up at the right time and improve survivability. Seeing as they're built on previous features they're bound to not be not even close to perfect, just sufficient.
Ahem, sorry to get "technical", but the actions haven't been proven to be illegal yet. They are "allegedly" illegal, since no one has been convicted of a crime (if that will ever happen).
As we say down here in Texas, "If he ain't guilty, he don't have nuthin' to hide, right?"
Doesn't matter. Coal is the most popular choice today.
Today. Today. Today. FUCKING Today. You can see past today, can't you? I'm so sick of people who can't see past today. It does matter, if you can see past today.
Ergo, if you have something insightful or interesting to add to the thread, other than amateur night at the psych ward, then that would be the topic to add it to.
Nah. This has just been a way to distract you from what's really been going on.
Slashdot Mirror
Check it out: linky
Does it have write only memory? If the answer is "no" then they can watch you.
You haven't had an accident in 30+ years and you're still afraid of crazy drivers all of the time?
A bit paranoid, are we?
Of course, you'll say, "I haven't had an accident because I'm paranoiod!"
And, of course, any paranoid person would say that. They are all out to get you, after all.
Happy stress driving, grandpa!
I thought about a system to do this a few years ago, but with a little twist: distribution of the pieces would be via computer virus. The pieces would be stored in user's computers, but more importantly in intrusion logs of "secure" systems as well. Retrieval would be a social act, kind of like a treasure hunt. "Hey, geeks of the world, there's this important information out there. Go figure out how to get it!"
This system could be used for high profile secrets, like government whistle-blower data and the like. Storage would be secret and nearly undetectable because of all the other virus noise. Retrieval would be highly public by necessity, both to make retrieval possible and to publicize the contents of the data.
Being "an educated, scientific scholar" maybe you should actually educate yourself on the process of evolution. Randomness is involved, but the process itself is decidedly non-random. Quantum theory is based on probabilities but it results in rather predictable phenomena. Why is it so hard to grasp that the same could be true of evolution?
So, since it's over the internet, I guess these days you could say it was "tubed out"?
Ummmmmm, nothing! Nothing at all!
What is this "legal precedent" stuff you're talking about? Don't you know we dissolved the court system with Patriot Acts 1 and 2, plus around 700 presidential signing statements? "Legal precedent" involves depending on activist judges and liberal lawyers, and we all know that they're a bunch of terrorist sympathizers who would feed your children to rabid dogs given half a chance. And you want to give them that chance! Bastard!
Can the man not have a bad day without it being a cosmic event?
Oh, and this is just rich. :P
All of the penguins, the ones being hypnotized by Gore's global warming spiel, are Tux, the Linux mascot.
So, not only did the republican PR firm want to spoof Gore, they're saying you're all dupes and idiots. (And yes, if you're reading slashdot, they mean you.)
Ain't that interesting?
The small company I work for is based in Florida. I live in Dallas. Other employees live in Atlanta, LA, and a few Florida cities. The modern IT company does not need to be based anywhere in particular.
Don't worry about it, I'm not a jesus freak. (devout agnostic, really) It's just that when you want to argue with someone who might be it's useful to toss in a little god language. I live in Texas, donchya know. :)
Yeah, sure: most of the Clinton administration. It was Republicans screaming about it, too. "This president wants to control your lives with big government!" they said. "This president is dishonest! He lies. HE LIES!" was claimed, over and over. And now who has expanded government more than any other time in US history? Who is rolling back our God given rights?
Makes you wonder why they were raising such a ruckus back then, doesn't it?
You have a bright future as a "contractor" in the "foreign service," my friend.
Hint: It's called P2P advertising, or as my grandma used to say, "Tell yer friends!"
Right.
Ever tried NOT participating in the economy?
There's nothing optional about it. So participation in our free market is decidedly not free. It's essentially mandatory if you want to live a decent life. I'd call that motivation. A free market cannot exist unless it has sufficient capital. Participation in the must be motivated. Some motivations (like starving to death) are more draconian than others...
That startup can only attract dollars if there are folks spending them. Think of a vote as a dollar. If there's no dollars in the market, the market will stagnate. We ensure that dollars keep flowing around our markets by making it impossible to opt out of the market. (The whole "you don't work, you don't make money, you don't eat" trifecta.) There's no such infusion of energy in the voting dynamic, and thus it stagnates. The system needs energy (avalable votes) and so voting should be mandatory.
Works for a free market economy. Why not for democracy?
Your posting history and /. profile make your bias obvious.
Evolution does not produce pheontype features that are the most effective, they produce those that work. Features don't have to be perfect, they just have to show up at the right time and improve survivability. Seeing as they're built on previous features they're bound to not be not even close to perfect, just sufficient.
Art.
As we say down here in Texas, "If he ain't guilty, he don't have nuthin' to hide, right?"
Today.
Today.
Today.
FUCKING Today.
You can see past today, can't you?
I'm so sick of people who can't see past today.
It does matter, if you can see past today.
Ergo, if you have something insightful or interesting to add to the thread, other than amateur night at the psych ward, then that would be the topic to add it to.
Nah. This has just been a way to distract you from what's really been going on.
Now...LOOK BEHIND YOU!
Change takes time. Experience cannot be unlearned;
...and you have the air of an armchair quarterback to me...
Yet it can always be reinterpreted.
And what a big comfy chair it is! By all means, do what you must to ignore me.
Do you have anything at all to say on that topic? [high school]
Not really. It's irrelevant.