ECOPIG!!! Swine of environmental justice!!!! Wherever evil agro-corps commit atrocities against the natural landscape ECOPIG and his sidekick PIGGY-SUE will snort in the face of danger and send those business hogs back to Wallstreet squealing!!!
Unless you're George Clooney (or the under 25 equivalent), with an attitude like that you could buy her an entire herd... and if she's sleeping with you on the second or third date, I'd pretty much suggest a full body condom or be prepared to reenact "Fatal Attraction", because she's either infested or sporting a psychotic break the size of Texas. Just another likely story from a Slashdot commentator...
More than that, don't look for any possible truths outside of your opinions and existing personal prejudices. If you can't face facts, then design a system that gladly tells you the lies you want to hear. Promotes your ignorance and panders to your stupidity. This isn't convenience, its self perpetuating brain damage.
With two huge exceptions... In the old west. the lower class had huge violence levels and the vigilante justice inflicted by the wealthy also generated substantial violence in the name of bringing and order (and in result producing the exact opposite.) Towards the end of the western expansion, a significant number of "Outlaws" were rebels fighting a wealthy corporate class that was bleeding the American middle class dry. All of these things and more fit very nicely into your Libertarian ideals. I can't say that it sounds more civilized that what we have today. Of course the growing threat of Fascism makes Libertarianism delightful by comparison.
More importantly, no particular hardware or operating environment is going to inherently protect you from making bad choices on the internet, or opening files that contain a whole spectrum malware that can attack from virtually any level of the network stack. Including the most vulnerable part of the stack... the piece sitting in front of the keyboard.
You remind me of the episode of "Get Smart" where the Chief and Larobe are trapped in a time-locked vault with insufficient air and Larobe begins doing calisthenics. The Chief screams "What are you doing! You're using up all the oxygen!" to which Larobe replies "You use your have your way and I'll use my half mine!"
So let's put this in plain English. You intent to burn up 20-100 times your fair share of global resources, accelerate the end of life as we know it, raise your middle finger high and declare with deep pride and personal satisfaction "To hell with personal responsibility, screw the future, to hell with my kids, their just here to appease my ego in the first place, screw the world and everyone and thing in it as long as I get mine." Does that pretty much sum it up, did I miss anything, perhaps you like to club a baby seal or two or bomb some brown people too while you're at it? Jeez...
Slow down Slingblade, you should do a little research before talking out load. The big incidents happened back far enough that the forecasting tools consisted of bones and stones thrown by the local shaman. And yes, for those folks catastrophes happened unheralded.
Today we have this thing called SCIENCE... whhoooo. It let's us make models of the world and test constraints, hypothesis and even folks who think they can survive riding the bus over the cliff. We just did 4 years of economic hell. I know a lot of folks eating from foodbanks and living on the kindness of strangers. What makes you think that we haven't been setting the stage for a full blown global collapse? There are now 7,000 000 000 of us, and we've placed the responsibility of resources of the planet in the hands of a couple dozen bankers. God knows they've done such fine job these last 12 years!
Only someone with his head deep in the sand could miss the unmistakable view of the bumper and the oncoming bus to which it is attached quickly headed in this direction. WAKE UP... you and I are in the crosswalk... this is going to hurt! A lot! This is like the conversation about the guy randomly pulling rivets out of a jet in flight and as he yanks number 163 yells "See, still flying!!!" What kind of fool plays Russian Roulette with the global carrying capacity for human beings? Ludicrous. I don't know what else to say. How do you convince the terminally vapid?
Ted Bundy said "If you want to get rid of serial killers get rid of porn..." Porn is a little like alcohol, most folks can drink without getting stupid, but there are a few folks who can't even have that first one, or it will ruin their lives and the lives of innocent bystanders. There is a fair argument that porn in moderation for those who have rich social lives and healthy fulfilling relationships is not a problem. There are a tiny few, maybe one in 10,000 who are born with serious problems regarding violence, rage, and ability to empathize, in short sociopathic tendencies. Show these folks porn and you've just loaded a gun and cocked the trigger. The sex drive is POWERFUL and hardwired to our pleasure centers. That's why its arguable that virtually every breakthrough in computer graphics has been developed and paid for first by porn aficionados then gamers.
That said, porn has some pretty profound down sides. Its most likely that it makes the antisocial even more so (porn doesn't exactly teach folks constructive social skills.) It reinforces a lot of pretty negative behavior, and raises expectations in relationships to unrealistic levels. It objectifies its sexual targets, and leads to human trafficking, child abuse and a whole raft of crimes both singular and organized. In short, when you live in a society that doesn't have a very healthy relationship to sex in the first place (Puritans were messed up beyond all description) all that repression bubbles up in sick and twisted expressions and porn can become a the unintended spark in a room for of gasoline.
Perhaps there should be a new sexual revolution. One that shifts our society's relationship to sex as a natural, appropriate and normal part of human development and let our children know that their fascination with each others body is not only acceptable but an essential part of becoming an adult. Contrary to Rick Santorum and his profoundly messed up view surrounding sex, but separate sex from love and teach both. Remove the "dirty" from the picture and create "Graphical Sexual Art" which teaches men and women how to celebrate their own bodies and cherish the bodies of those with whom the congress. Teach our children that sex has a time and place, and that it should be a "small" but important part of all our lives. At the same time teach them the importance of responsibility, communication, honesty, and fidelity... not to please some mysterious deity, but to lead a happy, healthy and wholesome life.
Porn is just an outward manifestation of a society that hasn't dealt with its emotional or cultural baggage. Just like the rest of our failing infrastructure, its time for ADULTS to make important choices about the future and ask those without the wit or wisdom to make a difference to please stop making this process even more difficult than it already is.
If his expertise is security I'd say yeah, I'd take his word over some guy on the front line, because this is the guy who invented the software the guy on the front line is using, is collecting the data on its effectiveness, is determining where the vulnerabilities for existing software are, and writing the next generation of software the guy on the front line will be using in 5 years. If he tells you your security is lax, and he can get critical information off your product, you should at least let him show you where the mistake.
Of course it might been a little kinder if he'd nudged somebody at Microsoft and said "Eh, I need to talk to someone about a big problem with the Xbox..." instead of yelling from a mountain top "You have no pants on... ", but none of that detracts from his findings, and if they are indeed validated by peer review, M$ "Has got some 'splainin' to do." That and some work to make sure the next version doesn't have a gaping security hole in it.
No Monopoly Capitalism is Capitalism in collapse. When you need widgets to stay alive, and the only widgets you get are my widgets, there is no competition, there are no market pressures. I can sell them for any prices I want up to the point where I start killing off a significant percentage of my client base (I'd have to do a profit and loss analysis to find the optimal price.) Even Adam Smith warned about the concentration of wealth and power and the pitfalls of monopoly in a functioning capitalistic environment. He said that this system only works with a robust and financially affluent middle class. Monopolies tend to cannibalize their societies.
OH MY GAWD!!! Your going to sit there with a straight face and suggest sanity!!! What about Religious Zealots! What about Left leaning wingnuts and the others on the Right? What about the folks who demand services but howl when it comes time to pay taxes (both rich and poor.) Sanity, huh? Don't get me wrong, I've been preaching sanity for long time. Its just a real bitch to sell in a political climate whose middle ground seems to have been reduced to handful of white collar workers in Chicago;-)
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So you want a woman with no breasts and no ass... hmmm why not just find a guy?
You can get that today, just be warned the cow will kick you ass for burning her udder!!!
Ahhh, long, fluffy, and fresh breath... I've got the mint, but no leg of larm!!!
ECOPIG!!! Swine of environmental justice!!!! Wherever evil agro-corps commit atrocities against the natural landscape ECOPIG and his sidekick PIGGY-SUE will snort in the face of danger and send those business hogs back to Wallstreet squealing!!!
I'd love to get my hands on some meat that simultaneously tastes like pork and fish.
Her name is Shiela, and she's not all that interesting... really.
But first you have to catch before it flies away!!! Watch out for the tentacles.
Even today, someone eats a little meat... and before you know it, surprise, babies happen!!!
In any case, its not the milk but the products derived from milk that most adult people are interested in... cheese, yogurt, cream, butter, etc.
Yes!!!! Cats are viscous and nasty... we should eat them!!!
Unless you're George Clooney (or the under 25 equivalent), with an attitude like that you could buy her an entire herd... and if she's sleeping with you on the second or third date, I'd pretty much suggest a full body condom or be prepared to reenact "Fatal Attraction", because she's either infested or sporting a psychotic break the size of Texas. Just another likely story from a Slashdot commentator...
Only if parent adds wry comment by Richard Feynman...
More than that, don't look for any possible truths outside of your opinions and existing personal prejudices. If you can't face facts, then design a system that gladly tells you the lies you want to hear. Promotes your ignorance and panders to your stupidity. This isn't convenience, its self perpetuating brain damage.
What?!! no F) Two or more of the above...
With two huge exceptions... In the old west. the lower class had huge violence levels and the vigilante justice inflicted by the wealthy also generated substantial violence in the name of bringing and order (and in result producing the exact opposite.) Towards the end of the western expansion, a significant number of "Outlaws" were rebels fighting a wealthy corporate class that was bleeding the American middle class dry. All of these things and more fit very nicely into your Libertarian ideals. I can't say that it sounds more civilized that what we have today. Of course the growing threat of Fascism makes Libertarianism delightful by comparison.
Absolutely right... the wild west was Libertarian, except for the occasional lynching party, those were anarchy!
She initiated deflagration to which he exploded in premature ignition!!!
More importantly, no particular hardware or operating environment is going to inherently protect you from making bad choices on the internet, or opening files that contain a whole spectrum malware that can attack from virtually any level of the network stack. Including the most vulnerable part of the stack... the piece sitting in front of the keyboard.
You remind me of the episode of "Get Smart" where the Chief and Larobe are trapped in a time-locked vault with insufficient air and Larobe begins doing calisthenics. The Chief screams "What are you doing! You're using up all the oxygen!" to which Larobe replies "You use your have your way and I'll use my half mine!"
So let's put this in plain English. You intent to burn up 20-100 times your fair share of global resources, accelerate the end of life as we know it, raise your middle finger high and declare with deep pride and personal satisfaction "To hell with personal responsibility, screw the future, to hell with my kids, their just here to appease my ego in the first place, screw the world and everyone and thing in it as long as I get mine." Does that pretty much sum it up, did I miss anything, perhaps you like to club a baby seal or two or bomb some brown people too while you're at it? Jeez...
Slow down Slingblade, you should do a little research before talking out load. The big incidents happened back far enough that the forecasting tools consisted of bones and stones thrown by the local shaman. And yes, for those folks catastrophes happened unheralded.
Today we have this thing called SCIENCE... whhoooo. It let's us make models of the world and test constraints, hypothesis and even folks who think they can survive riding the bus over the cliff. We just did 4 years of economic hell. I know a lot of folks eating from foodbanks and living on the kindness of strangers. What makes you think that we haven't been setting the stage for a full blown global collapse? There are now 7,000 000 000 of us, and we've placed the responsibility of resources of the planet in the hands of a couple dozen bankers. God knows they've done such fine job these last 12 years!
Only someone with his head deep in the sand could miss the unmistakable view of the bumper and the oncoming bus to which it is attached quickly headed in this direction. WAKE UP... you and I are in the crosswalk... this is going to hurt! A lot! This is like the conversation about the guy randomly pulling rivets out of a jet in flight and as he yanks number 163 yells "See, still flying!!!" What kind of fool plays Russian Roulette with the global carrying capacity for human beings? Ludicrous. I don't know what else to say. How do you convince the terminally vapid?
Leading to moments like this.
Ted Bundy said "If you want to get rid of serial killers get rid of porn..." Porn is a little like alcohol, most folks can drink without getting stupid, but there are a few folks who can't even have that first one, or it will ruin their lives and the lives of innocent bystanders. There is a fair argument that porn in moderation for those who have rich social lives and healthy fulfilling relationships is not a problem. There are a tiny few, maybe one in 10,000 who are born with serious problems regarding violence, rage, and ability to empathize, in short sociopathic tendencies. Show these folks porn and you've just loaded a gun and cocked the trigger. The sex drive is POWERFUL and hardwired to our pleasure centers. That's why its arguable that virtually every breakthrough in computer graphics has been developed and paid for first by porn aficionados then gamers.
That said, porn has some pretty profound down sides. Its most likely that it makes the antisocial even more so (porn doesn't exactly teach folks constructive social skills.) It reinforces a lot of pretty negative behavior, and raises expectations in relationships to unrealistic levels. It objectifies its sexual targets, and leads to human trafficking, child abuse and a whole raft of crimes both singular and organized. In short, when you live in a society that doesn't have a very healthy relationship to sex in the first place (Puritans were messed up beyond all description) all that repression bubbles up in sick and twisted expressions and porn can become a the unintended spark in a room for of gasoline.
Perhaps there should be a new sexual revolution. One that shifts our society's relationship to sex as a natural, appropriate and normal part of human development and let our children know that their fascination with each others body is not only acceptable but an essential part of becoming an adult. Contrary to Rick Santorum and his profoundly messed up view surrounding sex, but separate sex from love and teach both. Remove the "dirty" from the picture and create "Graphical Sexual Art" which teaches men and women how to celebrate their own bodies and cherish the bodies of those with whom the congress. Teach our children that sex has a time and place, and that it should be a "small" but important part of all our lives. At the same time teach them the importance of responsibility, communication, honesty, and fidelity... not to please some mysterious deity, but to lead a happy, healthy and wholesome life.
Porn is just an outward manifestation of a society that hasn't dealt with its emotional or cultural baggage. Just like the rest of our failing infrastructure, its time for ADULTS to make important choices about the future and ask those without the wit or wisdom to make a difference to please stop making this process even more difficult than it already is.
If his expertise is security I'd say yeah, I'd take his word over some guy on the front line, because this is the guy who invented the software the guy on the front line is using, is collecting the data on its effectiveness, is determining where the vulnerabilities for existing software are, and writing the next generation of software the guy on the front line will be using in 5 years. If he tells you your security is lax, and he can get critical information off your product, you should at least let him show you where the mistake.
Of course it might been a little kinder if he'd nudged somebody at Microsoft and said "Eh, I need to talk to someone about a big problem with the Xbox..." instead of yelling from a mountain top "You have no pants on... ", but none of that detracts from his findings, and if they are indeed validated by peer review, M$ "Has got some 'splainin' to do." That and some work to make sure the next version doesn't have a gaping security hole in it.
No Monopoly Capitalism is Capitalism in collapse. When you need widgets to stay alive, and the only widgets you get are my widgets, there is no competition, there are no market pressures. I can sell them for any prices I want up to the point where I start killing off a significant percentage of my client base (I'd have to do a profit and loss analysis to find the optimal price.) Even Adam Smith warned about the concentration of wealth and power and the pitfalls of monopoly in a functioning capitalistic environment. He said that this system only works with a robust and financially affluent middle class. Monopolies tend to cannibalize their societies.
That's phone sanitizer to you Sir!
OH MY GAWD!!! Your going to sit there with a straight face and suggest sanity!!! What about Religious Zealots! What about Left leaning wingnuts and the others on the Right? What about the folks who demand services but howl when it comes time to pay taxes (both rich and poor.) Sanity, huh? Don't get me wrong, I've been preaching sanity for long time. Its just a real bitch to sell in a political climate whose middle ground seems to have been reduced to handful of white collar workers in Chicago ;-)