I have a great PROTIP for everyone out there discussing this topic:
As long as you still eat the complete trash you call “food”, with all its extreme quantities of sugar, saturated fats, denatured proteins (!!!) and lacking natural micronutrient combinations...
As long as you still breathe car and industry exhaust fumes every day...
As long as you still wear clothes and touch furniture with tons of chemicals in them...
As long as you still clean your house and your body with tons of unnecessary chemicals...
As long as you still sit in sunlight lacking most of the protecting ozone layer...
...I suggest you keep your mouth shut and first solve those problems, before trying to look at such comparably insignificant things.:)
Hmm... Interesting how this is a really good analogy to the “terrorist ‘threat’”, compared to e.g. car accidents, and bad things the own government does...
As if you, employing “ad hominem”, would be any better.
If you want to call idiots idiots, better be careful not to act like an idiot yourself.;) (Don’t worry. You’re not the only one. Just be aware of it, and you will automatically learn to avoid getting down to their level.:) I recommend learning about formal logic, what the point of paradigms is [=incomplete knowledge], logic fallacies, etc.)
1. Cancer levels HAVE risen. 2. Add incubation time.
Then again, I still hate you all acting so black/white in this discussion. EVERYONE of you, who can’t discuss it without “taking sides”, no matter what “side”, is a dogmatic idiot, and should suck a bag of dicks as punishment! [;)... (half-serious)]
Guys, what we need is a single reference page of straight out “facts”. Meaning a formal system to enter logic statements and common paradigms. Then a reader can choose which paradigms he accepts too, and following the logic reasoning, get to the same conclusion... or weave in his own paradigms / mark conclusions with “non sequitor” etc. (It should be specifically designed so that people who don’t understand formal logic, can’t argue with it. Resulting from that, a layman-readable page should be generated, which allows everyone to follow that logic, as long as he accepts the paradigms (e.g. laws of quantum physics) and logic itself.
Bah. You are too modest. I say: Only they call it Tranquility. ^^ The rest of the world won’t even/ever know what that’s supposed to be.;)
If I ever meet a NASA/ESA/whatever employee/astronaut, I will annoy the hell out of him, by answering to a “blablabla... Tranquility...blablabla” statement with “What?... Aaahh, you mean the Colbert module!”!:D
In Germany, almost everybody bought subsidized phones until maybe 1-2 years ago. But you always had the option to buy a unsubsidized phone. Which still was unlocked. (I have yet so see a single locked phone or offer in Germany.)
Luckily, nowadays, the prepaid options available are so great (e.h. blau), that there is no point in buying a subsidized one with a plan, unless you need one of those flat-rate deals where you pay nothing to call others in the same net (usually BASE & re-branded clones of it, or a local dealer like Alice).
And with even the “candybar” Nokia 5800 costing only than 250€, it’s possible to buy a phone just like that.
By the way: Wouldn’t you get a N900 for $529? With keyboard, Debian Linux / Maemo, etc?
You may know that in Islamic countries, banks have to follow special rules of morale. The stuff that did happen in the US, is highly illegal in e.g. UAE. So the theories goes like this: The banking crisis did not really affect Islamic banks. Which means that the whole banking crisis was the biggest and most successful terrorist attack by Islamic “leaders” yet. And it was teamwork with China, who sold you crap that you don’t need, so you buy it with lend money that you don’t have... and is also coming from China.
Now all we have to find out, is how Islamic banks control China.;))
P.S.: Protip: If you took this seriously: *whoooosh*;)
I recommend moving to Switzerland. As long as you can limit the alcohol drinking...;) They are not in the EU, it’s warmer, the food is better, the scenery is beautiful, they have a great air force, and nobody is going to put the country under pressure, that has all his money, anyway. ^^ Plus, you get a (partially?) direct democracy with referenda. Which is the most valuable of all properties.
Nope. That’s Wikipedia too. I myself already had many cases, in which I added information, plus references, and it was deleted because the old bull / top dog of that article did not like it. “Facts? Who cares about them, right?” While blatant lies stay, strong like a nuclear bunker wall.
Every article that can not be changed without one admin looking over it, already has a control Nazi sitting there, deciding what fits his reality and what not.
That’s why Wikipedia is already dead to me. It’s closer to the Nazi regime than to free speech.
From what my honest personal experience is, nobody moves away from the Wii, everybody loathes the iPhone, and the whole article is a straight out lie.
Maybe we live in different universes. Or just in different countries. Here, this “article” is seen an yet another blatantly obvious Apple marketing blob that got on Slashdot.
By the way: Is there any way to filter all Apple-related stories out? (Everything that includes the words “Apple”, “Steve Jobs”, “iPhone”, “iPad”, “OS X“ or “Mac” in the title, text or tags.) It should work in Thunderbird’s RSS reader too. Would be much appreciated.
Because the Internet has a property that none of those other options have: It’s the first time in history, that the general public has a intelligence agency more powerful than anything else on the world.
But hey, the Internet getting a prize, and other things getting it, are no mutually exclusive concepts. So your “argument” is moot anyway.
Of course it will. Right to the 4chan community account for madness and mayhem.:D
No, just kidding. Reality will be far worse. Al Gore will try to claim it. But in reality, some previously unknown US (!) government agency will take it, and trough some funding program “for protection of rights on the Internet”, will give the money to a RIAA/MPAA joint-venture project to create a “copyright cybersoldier” unit with NSA-like powers. Then trough an ACTA addition, that unit will get the power to “catch” anyone, anywhere, in any country of the world, without any basic human rights being applicable.
Well, I’m all for it. But first we would find someone with the power and money to actually push that trough courts and parliament. How would we do that?
I”m sorry?? Amazon’s work in selling these e-books is next to nothing. I can have a online e-book shop set-up by tomorrow. And a author upload service on the next day. Then all that’s left, is moving money back and forth! You must be kidding!
There are authors out there that made way less than 30% of sales, while the publisher took a big chunk. I was just reading a published author that has had over eight books published. On some of them, he got.50 cents per book. On others, he got a flat rate and no royalty fees at all.
Have you ever heard of ad populum? It’s faulty logic. Something worse does not make something bad OK. Just like if your limit for badness is <=1, and it’s at 0.7, then telling you that it could be 0.3 or 0.0, does not make 0.7 > 1.0! Let me use your quote on another topic:
There are people out there that were left with way less than 30% of their money, while the state took a big chunk. I was just reading about a famous guy that has had over eight houses in NY. On some of them, he has left only the couch and toilet. On others, they took everything, only left the blank walls standing, and no money at all.
Now tell me: How would that quote make 70% taxation right? Hm?
Yet another one, who forgets, that when your “just” prepare a certain amount of particles (by measurement) upfront, you still get “instantaneous” communication/transmission while using them up.
Imagine a rover on mars, with pre-entangled and pre-measured partices onboard.
Slashdot Mirror
...namely that Flash has its strengths
[proof needed]!
P.S.: Citations don’t prove shit.
I have a great PROTIP for everyone out there discussing this topic:
Hmm... Interesting how this is a really good analogy to the “terrorist ‘threat’”, compared to e.g. car accidents, and bad things the own government does...
As if you, employing “ad hominem”, would be any better.
If you want to call idiots idiots, better be careful not to act like an idiot yourself. ;) :) I recommend learning about formal logic, what the point of paradigms is [=incomplete knowledge], logic fallacies, etc.)
(Don’t worry. You’re not the only one. Just be aware of it, and you will automatically learn to avoid getting down to their level.
1. Cancer levels HAVE risen.
2. Add incubation time.
Then again, I still hate you all acting so black/white in this discussion. EVERYONE of you, who can’t discuss it without “taking sides”, no matter what “side”, is a dogmatic idiot, and should suck a bag of dicks as punishment! [;)... (half-serious)]
Guys, what we need is a single reference page of straight out “facts”. Meaning a formal system to enter logic statements and common paradigms. Then a reader can choose which paradigms he accepts too, and following the logic reasoning, get to the same conclusion... or weave in his own paradigms / mark conclusions with “non sequitor” etc. (It should be specifically designed so that people who don’t understand formal logic, can’t argue with it.
Resulting from that, a layman-readable page should be generated, which allows everyone to follow that logic, as long as he accepts the paradigms (e.g. laws of quantum physics) and logic itself.
You wish. Put your phone close to a CRT monitor and a analog radio receiver (powered on), and watch both go *bzzt*bzzt* from time to time. ;)
Now imagine the same going on in your pocket, close to your balls... aaah, what's the point... you don't need them anyway. ;)
What I would give, to spend 8 hours with (first) a really great meal and (then) a naked and willing $favoriteHotGirl in that Cupola.
And how I wish that I would have the skill to make HER want to give (whatever she would give) to do this with me. :D
Bah. You are too modest.
I say: Only they call it Tranquility. ^^
The rest of the world won’t even/ever know what that’s supposed to be.;)
If I ever meet a NASA/ESA/whatever employee/astronaut, I will annoy the hell out of him, by answering to a “blablabla... Tranquility ...blablabla” statement with “What?... Aaahh, you mean the Colbert module!”! :D
Speak for yourself.
In Germany, almost everybody bought subsidized phones until maybe 1-2 years ago. But you always had the option to buy a unsubsidized phone. Which still was unlocked. (I have yet so see a single locked phone or offer in Germany.)
Luckily, nowadays, the prepaid options available are so great (e.h. blau), that there is no point in buying a subsidized one with a plan, unless you need one of those flat-rate deals where you pay nothing to call others in the same net (usually BASE & re-branded clones of it, or a local dealer like Alice).
And with even the “candybar” Nokia 5800 costing only than 250€, it’s possible to buy a phone just like that.
By the way: Wouldn’t you get a N900 for $529? With keyboard, Debian Linux / Maemo, etc?
LOL. I have an automatic replacer for bullshit words like “file sharing”.
Guess what it replaced “consfile sharing theory” with:
I have a funny consfile sharing theory for you: :)
Damn. I have to get into consfile sharing business!
I have a funny conspiracy theory for you: :)
You may know that in Islamic countries, banks have to follow special rules of morale. The stuff that did happen in the US, is highly illegal in e.g. UAE.
So the theories goes like this:
The banking crisis did not really affect Islamic banks.
Which means that the whole banking crisis was the biggest and most successful terrorist attack by Islamic “leaders” yet.
And it was teamwork with China, who sold you crap that you don’t need, so you buy it with lend money that you don’t have... and is also coming from China.
Now all we have to find out, is how Islamic banks control China. ;))
P.S.: Protip: If you took this seriously: *whoooosh* ;)
I recommend moving to Switzerland. As long as you can limit the alcohol drinking... ;)
They are not in the EU, it’s warmer, the food is better, the scenery is beautiful, they have a great air force, and nobody is going to put the country under pressure, that has all his money, anyway. ^^
Plus, you get a (partially?) direct democracy with referenda. Which is the most valuable of all properties.
Nope. That’s Wikipedia too.
I myself already had many cases, in which I added information, plus references, and it was deleted because the old bull / top dog of that article did not like it. “Facts? Who cares about them, right?”
While blatant lies stay, strong like a nuclear bunker wall.
Every article that can not be changed without one admin looking over it, already has a control Nazi sitting there, deciding what fits his reality and what not.
That’s why Wikipedia is already dead to me. It’s closer to the Nazi regime than to free speech.
From what my honest personal experience is, nobody moves away from the Wii, everybody loathes the iPhone, and the whole article is a straight out lie.
Maybe we live in different universes. Or just in different countries.
Here, this “article” is seen an yet another blatantly obvious Apple marketing blob that got on Slashdot.
By the way: Is there any way to filter all Apple-related stories out? (Everything that includes the words “Apple”, “Steve Jobs”, “iPhone”, “iPad”, “OS X“ or “Mac” in the title, text or tags.)
It should work in Thunderbird’s RSS reader too.
Would be much appreciated.
You know that the WWW is only a PART of the Internet?
As in: The USA is just a PART of the world.
Because the Internet has a property that none of those other options have: It’s the first time in history, that the general public has a intelligence agency more powerful than anything else on the world.
But hey, the Internet getting a prize, and other things getting it, are no mutually exclusive concepts. So your “argument” is moot anyway.
Of course it will. Right to the 4chan community account for madness and mayhem. :D
No, just kidding. Reality will be far worse. Al Gore will try to claim it. But in reality, some previously unknown US (!) government agency will take it, and trough some funding program “for protection of rights on the Internet”, will give the money to a RIAA/MPAA joint-venture project to create a “copyright cybersoldier” unit with NSA-like powers. Then trough an ACTA addition, that unit will get the power to “catch” anyone, anywhere, in any country of the world, without any basic human rights being applicable.
I think Anonymous is the better option here...
Well, I’m all for it. But first we would find someone with the power and money to actually push that trough courts and parliament.
How would we do that?
2017 Aliens remake quote: “Nuke it from the river water! It’s the only way to be sure!”
I”m sorry?? Amazon’s work in selling these e-books is next to nothing.
I can have a online e-book shop set-up by tomorrow. And a author upload service on the next day. Then all that’s left, is moving money back and forth! You must be kidding!
There are authors out there that made way less than 30% of sales, while the publisher took a big chunk. I was just reading a published author that has had over eight books published. On some of them, he got .50 cents per book. On others, he got a flat rate and no royalty fees at all.
Have you ever heard of ad populum?
It’s faulty logic. Something worse does not make something bad OK. Just like if your limit for badness is <=1, and it’s at 0.7, then telling you that it could be 0.3 or 0.0, does not make 0.7 > 1.0!
Let me use your quote on another topic:
There are people out there that were left with way less than 30% of their money, while the state took a big chunk. I was just reading about a famous guy that has had over eight houses in NY. On some of them, he has left only the couch and toilet. On others, they took everything, only left the blank walls standing, and no money at all.
Now tell me: How would that quote make 70% taxation right? Hm?
Wait until they learn how firewall rules work... ^^
Then they can even brag about that “the only thing they do”, is allow things.
...I will only fly completely naked.
Let‘s see how long they can stand that, before they overturn the laws. :P
But I can raise the bar too, by employing this technique: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9yLKnC5bho
Sadly, this is more true than funny.
Would you be surprised if, as soon as H.246 were be replaced by Theora, a couple of patent trolls would challenge it? :/
Aaahh... That’s closed-source for you. Can you smell it?
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*blaaarrgghh*
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God.That’s awful!
No. Wikipedia would be “Admin: I have the power, I define reality!”
Yet another one, who forgets, that when your “just” prepare a certain amount of particles (by measurement) upfront, you still get “instantaneous” communication/transmission while using them up.
Imagine a rover on mars, with pre-entangled and pre-measured partices onboard.