Yup.:-) But the point is still valid. I blame that in several factors:
-Getting a job as a TV reporter is more about good looks and "telegenics" than intelligence and critical skills. We print reporters can be as ugly as we like as long as we deliver results (all reporter geeks are print reporters).
-TV news enfatize the soundbite and quick story. You cannot build a decent report in 30 seconds; after a short time, TV reporters stop even trying; they arrive at the scene and get exactly as much material as they need. Print reporters never know exactly how much you'll have to write --could be 500 words, could be 5000-- so we tend to be more torough. Plus, we do have more space to write a good story. Even 500 words are a lot more than 30 seconds.
There are more, but I think those are the worst. (And funnily enough, the case can be made that shows like Jon Stewart's flout those to factors: "Reporters" are unattractive and they take as long as they want on each story. I might have to think about that.)
I'm a reporter. I know how The News are made. And believe me, they aren't "The News".
If you want to be well informed, stick to printed press and maybe some of the very best networks --the BBC comes to mind. But your local news crews are assholes and their bosses are idiots. Believe me, I know plenty of them.
"Statistically speaking, it's likely that a sizable percentage of these students download copyrighted material from the Internet. Do you think any of them are concerned about IP rights then?".
Let's see...
"Statistically speaking, it's likely that a sizable percentage of people who report crimes also break speed limits. Do you think any of them are concerned about the law then?".
Yes, it's what we call a non sequitur, and it's a logical fallacy. Bad, bad Taco.
Yep, Tibetans should certainly feel grateful, as should Palestinians. Nobody'd dare mess with them since good ol' America is willing to fight for law and order. Yep, I feel safer already.
You know, that would explain a lot. We're obviously some sort of alfa-release that went haywire, only he hasn't come to check up on us for a while. As soon as his TV-show ends, he'll come on up, check the butt-ugly rendering so far and stop it to start with some serious debugging.
Anyone who needs a credit card is already in financial trouble, despite what their ego might tell them. Statistically very few people pay off their credit card balance in full.
I have a credit card, that I use for confort. Most of my utilities, my cell phone and my cable are paid via direct charge to the credit card. Every month, I pay it in full. That saves me a lot of time and worries (when is the electricity bill due? The cell phone?).
Now, you might think I could do a direct charge to my debit card... but I'm not insane enough to give several companies a written permission to take money directly from my savings account. A credit card's fraud protection will run circles around any debit card's fraud protection (which is basically nonexistent).
Sounds all well and good until you consider the fact that you do in fact need to eat. You either work for your own food or have someone else provide it. If you can consistently get a "free lunch" from someone else, more power to you, but don't be surprised when that person eventually gets tired of feeding your lazy ass for free.
Your mom called. She said to drop out of elementary school, get a job and buy your own food, you lazy brat.
Actually, in "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" the last word acts as an adjective. The correct translation would be "Mexican United States". Which, I guess, strenghtens your point a bit.
Wow, talk about petty. Do you also let the garbage on the street to time how long it takes "someone else" to pick it up?
I mean, I'd understand it if you said "I'm fed up with Wikipedia, I'm not gonna edit or care anymore". But to have your own private list of "Wikipedia mistakes" hoarded, checking for them and actively preventing them from being fixed... well, no other word describes it better than "petty".
Using your reasoning, if a black person breaks into my house and kills my wife, I would be justified in starting an anti-black terror group and randomly targetting black people with bombs and beheadings. If caught, the ACLU would then support my defense and refer to me as a heroic insurgent in the fight against black on white crime.
Except, in this case, the U.S. are the black person butting into Muslim countries, installing and toppling governments and placing military installations against the will of the majority.
Really, read a book or two, and try to catch up. The World Trade Center wasn't the start of it. It, apparently, was the first you heard of it, and you assume nothing ever happened before. It's a very common mistake, and that makes me very sad.
Of course most terrorists inside the US will be white Christians since approximately 70% of the US population is white non-hispanic and about 80% of the population is Christian. We are talking about ALL terrorist attacks against the United States and if you consider that then you will see the majority (and quite large majority) were carried out by militant Islamists.
Then use your own logic. Of course most terrorist attacks against the United Stated that occurred in Muslim countries were carried out by Muslims. I don't know wheter you're dense, or just racist.
They are violent by nature and it is no suprise that they are the leaders of most terrorist attacks.
You know, I thought quoting Ann Coulter would be the most pathetic thing ever. But I was wrong. The most pathetic thing on the world is tryin to pass of an Ann Coulter quote as yours.
It's like, evil and stupidity PLUS plagiarism. I don't know how much lower you can get (but I'd guess not much).
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Yup. :-) But the point is still valid. I blame that in several factors:
-Getting a job as a TV reporter is more about good looks and "telegenics" than intelligence and critical skills. We print reporters can be as ugly as we like as long as we deliver results (all reporter geeks are print reporters).
-TV news enfatize the soundbite and quick story. You cannot build a decent report in 30 seconds; after a short time, TV reporters stop even trying; they arrive at the scene and get exactly as much material as they need. Print reporters never know exactly how much you'll have to write --could be 500 words, could be 5000-- so we tend to be more torough. Plus, we do have more space to write a good story. Even 500 words are a lot more than 30 seconds.
There are more, but I think those are the worst. (And funnily enough, the case can be made that shows like Jon Stewart's flout those to factors: "Reporters" are unattractive and they take as long as they want on each story. I might have to think about that.)
For a government, to do nothing is the hardest thing to do. And frequently the best. Just look at all the crap Dubya has done.
I'm a reporter. I know how The News are made. And believe me, they aren't "The News".
If you want to be well informed, stick to printed press and maybe some of the very best networks --the BBC comes to mind. But your local news crews are assholes and their bosses are idiots. Believe me, I know plenty of them.
"Statistically speaking, it's likely that a sizable percentage of these students download copyrighted material from the Internet. Do you think any of them are concerned about IP rights then?".
Let's see...
"Statistically speaking, it's likely that a sizable percentage of people who report crimes also break speed limits. Do you think any of them are concerned about the law then?".
Yes, it's what we call a non sequitur, and it's a logical fallacy. Bad, bad Taco.
Yep, Tibetans should certainly feel grateful, as should Palestinians. Nobody'd dare mess with them since good ol' America is willing to fight for law and order. Yep, I feel safer already.
Yup. Like Lawrence Lessig. There's a waste for you.
You know, when considering how "Genuine Advantage" is misusing the English language, "Genuine" is not the word that I would focus on.
You know, that would explain a lot. We're obviously some sort of alfa-release that went haywire, only he hasn't come to check up on us for a while. As soon as his TV-show ends, he'll come on up, check the butt-ugly rendering so far and stop it to start with some serious debugging.
Oh what am I saying, one can't be anything but cavalier with rightous indignation
Wrong. You can also be paladin, but you need to be lawful good.
And PKs should be prosecuted for murder! Yeah, that's the ticket!
To whoever posited this, please, step away from the keyboard and try to get hold of a life. A real one.
OR he had an awful cold/indigestion/explosive diarrhea. Who knows.
He's behind on his Porsche's payment.
Some crazy people
Anyone who needs a credit card is already in financial trouble, despite what their ego might tell them. Statistically very few people pay off their credit card balance in full.
I have a credit card, that I use for confort. Most of my utilities, my cell phone and my cable are paid via direct charge to the credit card. Every month, I pay it in full. That saves me a lot of time and worries (when is the electricity bill due? The cell phone?).
Now, you might think I could do a direct charge to my debit card... but I'm not insane enough to give several companies a written permission to take money directly from my savings account. A credit card's fraud protection will run circles around any debit card's fraud protection (which is basically nonexistent).
Those bastards! Tweaking a perfectly good game just in order to actually have fun!!! How dare they?
Sounds all well and good until you consider the fact that you do in fact need to eat. You either work for your own food or have someone else provide it. If you can consistently get a "free lunch" from someone else, more power to you, but don't be surprised when that person eventually gets tired of feeding your lazy ass for free.
Your mom called. She said to drop out of elementary school, get a job and buy your own food, you lazy brat.
Actually, in "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" the last word acts as an adjective. The correct translation would be "Mexican United States". Which, I guess, strenghtens your point a bit.
Come to think of it, I think Gibbrish is everyone's first.
Give me a $7M golden parachute and I'll spend the rest of my days snorting coke out of supermodels' cleavage on my private island
Dr. Evil? What are you doing in Slashdot?
Wow, talk about petty. Do you also let the garbage on the street to time how long it takes "someone else" to pick it up?
I mean, I'd understand it if you said "I'm fed up with Wikipedia, I'm not gonna edit or care anymore". But to have your own private list of "Wikipedia mistakes" hoarded, checking for them and actively preventing them from being fixed... well, no other word describes it better than "petty".
What we all want to know is, was Juni involved? Using C64-IRC or something?
Profiling you say? Profiles are like stereotypes, they exist because the is truth to them.
Thank you! I knew those damn, big-nose Jews were drinking the blood of Christian babies!
Using your reasoning, if a black person breaks into my house and kills my wife, I would be justified in starting an anti-black terror group and randomly targetting black people with bombs and beheadings. If caught, the ACLU would then support my defense and refer to me as a heroic insurgent in the fight against black on white crime.
Except, in this case, the U.S. are the black person butting into Muslim countries, installing and toppling governments and placing military installations against the will of the majority.
Really, read a book or two, and try to catch up. The World Trade Center wasn't the start of it. It, apparently, was the first you heard of it, and you assume nothing ever happened before. It's a very common mistake, and that makes me very sad.
Of course most terrorists inside the US will be white Christians since approximately 70% of the US population is white non-hispanic and about 80% of the population is Christian. We are talking about ALL terrorist attacks against the United States and if you consider that then you will see the majority (and quite large majority) were carried out by militant Islamists.
Then use your own logic. Of course most terrorist attacks against the United Stated that occurred in Muslim countries were carried out by Muslims. I don't know wheter you're dense, or just racist.
They are violent by nature and it is no suprise that they are the leaders of most terrorist attacks.
Well, that answers my question. You're both.
You know, I thought quoting Ann Coulter would be the most pathetic thing ever. But I was wrong. The most pathetic thing on the world is tryin to pass of an Ann Coulter quote as yours.
It's like, evil and stupidity PLUS plagiarism. I don't know how much lower you can get (but I'd guess not much).