Plus everyone over 30 is senile and were using chalkboards and quills while today's youngsters were inventing this new inter-web thing. They did this in-between inventing good music and sex. Aren't they clever?
You pretty much hit the nail on the head old man. You are a geriatric genius.
The terrorists at RJ Reynolds are far better at their carnage to the terrorist behind the wheel of that SUV,
But whom are they dangerous to? Smokers for the most part brought it on themselves. Sure there are people who were raised to smoke and people with lung cancer who worked in smokey bars but thats a minority. The difference on the road of course is that there are many innocent people killed by cars every day. Between DUI's and cellphones SUV's are borderline a menace to society.
Smokers can choose to not smoke. The cyclist, pedestrian, or other car who is hit by a car had no choice in the matter.
Why does everyone think kids shouldn't see porn anyways? Its a natural, healthy and normal thing to do. Everyone does it. The only problem i see with sex comes from fear and mis education. Look at the rates of STD's and teen pregnancy in countries where sex education starts early and young people are allowed to see porn and sex.
He will personally own the money once he retires from politics. I know there have been several cases of politicians who are in very strong supported districts like my own Jim McDermott that don't need to spend anything to be re-elected and still get some money. There was someone that i cant remember their name who retired with millions. I know it was a republican and i think he was from Chicago. He never spent a time, got re-elected every time and retired with all the cash from his fund.
It's also about fitting in socially. As a boy anyway most of your peers are going to be playing video games. It gives you some common experiences. I also believe that playing video games helps get children into the computer culture we have today. Children learn hand eye coordination as well as navigating UI's that are needed for important job skills later.
I know that i got into computer because of video games. I played console games but when my parents got a PC i was determined to play games on it. The drive i had to actually use the computer enabled me to learn my way around the OS when i couldn't figure something out. If there was noting interesting on the computer for me i would have not used it when it wasn't working. Instead i learned how to fix any problem on a computer myself, something i am very happy i know how to do for myself today.
The bill of rights are not rights granted by a man, or many men. No judge or jury gave you those rights. No judge or jury can take them away. They can infringe on your rights with force but thats what it takes. There is no guarantee that your rights will be upheld but they still cant take them AWAY. The right to free speech is something you were born with, they can stop it with violence but they can never take the right away.
As an aside, it's unreasonable to say that people (most of whom are neither young nor fit) should commute under their own power for distances of more than a a mile or so. Take a look at American demographics. Saying "man up" shows a lack of consideration for the larger problem.
Almost anyone can ride a bike. There are a couple of reasons holding people back though. Probably the biggest one is assuming biking is hard or slow. A lot of this is because non cyclists often ride a mountain bike on the road. Do you ride an ATV to work? Wouldn't you think that was slow if you did? Plenty of people do drive off road oriented SUV's all the time but i digress. Not only does bicycling not have ot be slow it doesn't have to be hard. Yes it will be difficult at first but even after a few weeks of riding you will be considerably more fit. It comes pretty quickly to people who are untrained and out of shape. The problem is that people never tough out the few weeks it takes to get into shape. Remember you can be fat but in shape. Of course the weight loss and body image will eventually come too.
Someone who is not very fit not only CAN ride a bike but they should. It is good for their own health and not only will it decrease their gas and car maintenance expenses but it reduces their health costs. Bicycling is one sport that you will get better at no matter how old you start it. You don't have to train to race to get better. If you always commute the same route your body will eventually reach a point where it isn't hard.
All it takes is a slight mindset change. You can suppliment riding the bus with riding a bicycle. Ride between bus routes. A bike is faster than a car in town/city. A bus is as fast as a car on the freeway. Overall my trips around the area are quicker than with a car becuase i use the bike/bus. This goes for long distance trips that involve the highway too. The busses often ahve bus lanes and can use the express lanes.
First of all that is not really true. People dont like it becuase they wouldn;t want to be caught dead as an adult riding the bus. In many areas there is good public transportation that only takes slightly longer to get where you are going. People still wont do it and its a cultural thing. In plenty of other countries public transportation doesn;t ahve the same stigma. In America if you ride the bus people assume you got a DUI, or are a loser, or are a hippie.
It is precisly becuase of the perception that public transportation is no good that it is held back from being truly good. I know someone is going to chime in here about how they live in an area with no bus service but please don't. Im not talking abnout where there really are no other options. I am talking about where there is perfectly good service and very few people use it.
The things you own begin to own you. Try riding a bike sometime. The more you rely on the car the more of your life is dedicated to maintaining that car. Its a vicious cycle that leads to lots and lots of time wasted in traffic.
This is no different whether closed or open source and FUD'ers who claim that something "can't be open sourced" are usually just bullshitting. It's almost the exactly the same as saying "can't be sold".
There are plenty of things that can be sold that cannot be open sourced. Think of all the software that is written with a legal agreement about who owns what. There is plenty out there and its being sold.
There is no way your car got its best mileage at 70 mph. Read about hypermiling sometime. The energy requires to maintain your speed goes up exponentially with an increase in speed. 70mph is never going to be the most efficient unless you are comparing drafting to non-drafting.
The difference between copying a DVD and speeding in your car is of course the fact that nobody gets physically hurt when you copy a DVD. Many thoughtful people advocate rethinking our copyright laws. Most people agree that speeding isn't a right.
...until somebody else's "free life" comes at the expense of your own wellbeing. Then you're fucked.
How do the current laws prevent someone from hurting you? The answer is they don't. They generally put someone in jail afterwards which deters crime overall but it does nothing to protect you as an individual. Time and time again the courts (supreme included) have said that the role of the police is to protect the greater good, not the individual. That is why you can't sue the police for not showing up quickly. Presumably they chose to go somewhere where they were protecting the greater good.
Your job as an individual citizen is to protect yourself. This is the case under the current system and under a theoretical anarchy it would be the same. Nobody can or will protect you other than yourself. Get educated and get armed if you think that is right for you. You don't have to carry a gun but there is a lot you can do to learn to protect yourself. Also by protect i don't just mean physical attacks. It is your own responsibility to guard yourself from fraud and theft. Buy locks and pay attention. Too many poeple think someone out there is going to protect them so they fall into scams and fraudulent traps. Too many people assume it can't or won't happen.
Anarchy would be no less safe. You right now are not safe unless you have taken the time and effort to protect yourself. I personally don't think anarchy would be the best system but too many people just assume it would be chaos. True anarchy would be anything but. The current system of corrupt government is more chaotic than a true anarchy. The key there being a "true" anarchy; it would be just as impossible to achieve as a true communism. Because of the difficulty in achieving either i think both are a waste of time. It is still worth discussing anarchy because there are many lessons to be learned just from considering what could be.
People aren't inclined to just go without. If there are alternatives, they may well choose them, if educated - but if all the outlets for this type of media decide to implement DRM in one way or another, what power do we have?
Is this really the case? If so that is very sad. I honestly do know if people can say no or not, I hope they can. I hope people realize the power is in their hands but human history is full of average people believing they have no power and therefore making themselves powerless.
I know and many other do too that you don't need Hollywood movies. I personally live tv free but do watch Hollywood movies. This is not going to work for everyone because i think most people just assume they have to watch tv. They never consider what could be if they didn't. Maybe its the same way with me and movies.
More people need to get pissed off. Stories like this are good. Stories like this need to happen more often, and publicized in more mainstream media outlets.
I hope that instead of everyone being hopeless people actually do change their minds when they read about stuff like this.
SETI is important not just because it could find aliens. There is the distinct possibility that we are alone in the universe (not that likely in my opinion). A positive result would be more interesting than this constant negative we have been getting but it is important that we find out what is going on. Just because we may never see a positive doesn't mean we should stop. Having the evidence that we are indeed alone is just important as having evidence that life exists out there.
How would that help? They wouldn't even troubleshoot on a system like Linux. He could have refused their scan and kept his freedom.
In my opinion it is your own fault if you purchase DRM content. You don't HAVE to have their content. I know you really want to because its big Hollywood movies but what is difficult to understand. Your making a choice to retain your freedom or your use of Hollywood entertainment. If you know before hand that you could be screwed over while not doing anything wrong as well as not being able to go after the content provider because they did nothing outside of their agreement who's fault is it? It's surely not theirs. You decided to play their game and to pay them for the privilege. You get burned and cry to slashdot. It's very sad that there is good content that is going to be locked in DRM away but thats just bait for suckers.
[QUOTE=Miscreant]I agree completely with everything you said, as i do the same, but im not vegan. Aren't Trans fats worse for you than saturated though?[/QUOTE]
Not exactly. Saturated fats have a bad rep. They are bad however because they are the most difficult macro nutrient for your body to use. Many of the original studies that condemned saturated fat were actually testing TRANS fat (which is a saturated fat, artificially saturated). Many people now believe that saturated fat is not entirely bad and maybe beneficial if you eat it in MODERATION. It all seems to make sense to me, moderate and you are ok.
I would guess filling your face with burgers is probably not a good way to get saturated fat. However many people avoid eating things like cheese and nuts because they contain saturated fat. I don't think that is such a big deal as long as it is in moderation and part of an overall healthy diet.
I have heard of some vegans and vegetarians finding that their health improves to a level better than when they ever ate meat or purely "healthy" veggies when they finally eat more "less healthy" veggies such as nuts.
And as far as I'm concerned, if you can't take pictures in your own house with existing lighting because everybody looks like an alien, that's a significant loss in quality of life and general self esteem.
So are you saying that if you are inconvenienced by a needed change to save the environment your not willing to do it?
I, for one, will be buying incandescent bulbs even if it costs me $1000 apiece on the black market. I will import them illegally from elsewhere in the world. If it comes down to it,
Slashdot Mirror
What if the headline read:
Copyright holder sues bewildered company because of his desire for dirty dirty money.
Plus everyone over 30 is senile and were using chalkboards and quills while today's youngsters were inventing this new inter-web thing. They did this in-between inventing good music and sex. Aren't they clever?
You pretty much hit the nail on the head old man. You are a geriatric genius.
The terrorists at RJ Reynolds are far better at their carnage to the terrorist behind the wheel of that SUV,
But whom are they dangerous to? Smokers for the most part brought it on themselves. Sure there are people who were raised to smoke and people with lung cancer who worked in smokey bars but thats a minority. The difference on the road of course is that there are many innocent people killed by cars every day. Between DUI's and cellphones SUV's are borderline a menace to society.
Smokers can choose to not smoke. The cyclist, pedestrian, or other car who is hit by a car had no choice in the matter.
Why does everyone think kids shouldn't see porn anyways? Its a natural, healthy and normal thing to do. Everyone does it. The only problem i see with sex comes from fear and mis education. Look at the rates of STD's and teen pregnancy in countries where sex education starts early and young people are allowed to see porn and sex.
WHOOOOOSH
He will personally own the money once he retires from politics. I know there have been several cases of politicians who are in very strong supported districts like my own Jim McDermott that don't need to spend anything to be re-elected and still get some money. There was someone that i cant remember their name who retired with millions. I know it was a republican and i think he was from Chicago. He never spent a time, got re-elected every time and retired with all the cash from his fund.
Are you telling me you WANT sound byte politics? Oh dead what has this country come to? This must be mass ADHD from too much much tv.
1. Why is he running as a Republican?
Because he embodies the true ideals of conservativism that the neo-cons have robbed from modern Republicans.
2. Why is he STILL running?
Because he still has a good shot, the only thing holding him back is when news outlets don't mention him at all. News outlets such as Slashdot.
It's also about fitting in socially. As a boy anyway most of your peers are going to be playing video games. It gives you some common experiences. I also believe that playing video games helps get children into the computer culture we have today. Children learn hand eye coordination as well as navigating UI's that are needed for important job skills later.
I know that i got into computer because of video games. I played console games but when my parents got a PC i was determined to play games on it. The drive i had to actually use the computer enabled me to learn my way around the OS when i couldn't figure something out. If there was noting interesting on the computer for me i would have not used it when it wasn't working. Instead i learned how to fix any problem on a computer myself, something i am very happy i know how to do for myself today.
Lies! Not only is fox fair and balanced but the Onion is "America's finest news source."
The bill of rights are not rights granted by a man, or many men. No judge or jury gave you those rights. No judge or jury can take them away. They can infringe on your rights with force but thats what it takes. There is no guarantee that your rights will be upheld but they still cant take them AWAY. The right to free speech is something you were born with, they can stop it with violence but they can never take the right away.
As an aside, it's unreasonable to say that people (most of whom are neither young nor fit) should commute under their own power for distances of more than a a mile or so. Take a look at American demographics. Saying "man up" shows a lack of consideration for the larger problem.
Almost anyone can ride a bike. There are a couple of reasons holding people back though. Probably the biggest one is assuming biking is hard or slow. A lot of this is because non cyclists often ride a mountain bike on the road. Do you ride an ATV to work? Wouldn't you think that was slow if you did? Plenty of people do drive off road oriented SUV's all the time but i digress. Not only does bicycling not have ot be slow it doesn't have to be hard. Yes it will be difficult at first but even after a few weeks of riding you will be considerably more fit. It comes pretty quickly to people who are untrained and out of shape. The problem is that people never tough out the few weeks it takes to get into shape. Remember you can be fat but in shape. Of course the weight loss and body image will eventually come too.
Someone who is not very fit not only CAN ride a bike but they should. It is good for their own health and not only will it decrease their gas and car maintenance expenses but it reduces their health costs. Bicycling is one sport that you will get better at no matter how old you start it. You don't have to train to race to get better. If you always commute the same route your body will eventually reach a point where it isn't hard.
All it takes is a slight mindset change. You can suppliment riding the bus with riding a bicycle. Ride between bus routes. A bike is faster than a car in town/city. A bus is as fast as a car on the freeway. Overall my trips around the area are quicker than with a car becuase i use the bike/bus. This goes for long distance trips that involve the highway too. The busses often ahve bus lanes and can use the express lanes.
public transit is by and by large garbage
First of all that is not really true. People dont like it becuase they wouldn;t want to be caught dead as an adult riding the bus. In many areas there is good public transportation that only takes slightly longer to get where you are going. People still wont do it and its a cultural thing. In plenty of other countries public transportation doesn;t ahve the same stigma. In America if you ride the bus people assume you got a DUI, or are a loser, or are a hippie.
It is precisly becuase of the perception that public transportation is no good that it is held back from being truly good. I know someone is going to chime in here about how they live in an area with no bus service but please don't. Im not talking abnout where there really are no other options. I am talking about where there is perfectly good service and very few people use it.
The things you own begin to own you. Try riding a bike sometime. The more you rely on the car the more of your life is dedicated to maintaining that car. Its a vicious cycle that leads to lots and lots of time wasted in traffic.
This is no different whether closed or open source and FUD'ers who claim that something "can't be open sourced" are usually just bullshitting. It's almost the exactly the same as saying "can't be sold".
There are plenty of things that can be sold that cannot be open sourced. Think of all the software that is written with a legal agreement about who owns what. There is plenty out there and its being sold.
Is the cube of your speed not exponential growth?
There is no way your car got its best mileage at 70 mph. Read about hypermiling sometime. The energy requires to maintain your speed goes up exponentially with an increase in speed. 70mph is never going to be the most efficient unless you are comparing drafting to non-drafting.
The difference between copying a DVD and speeding in your car is of course the fact that nobody gets physically hurt when you copy a DVD. Many thoughtful people advocate rethinking our copyright laws. Most people agree that speeding isn't a right.
...until somebody else's "free life" comes at the expense of your own wellbeing. Then you're fucked.
How do the current laws prevent someone from hurting you? The answer is they don't. They generally put someone in jail afterwards which deters crime overall but it does nothing to protect you as an individual. Time and time again the courts (supreme included) have said that the role of the police is to protect the greater good, not the individual. That is why you can't sue the police for not showing up quickly. Presumably they chose to go somewhere where they were protecting the greater good.
Your job as an individual citizen is to protect yourself. This is the case under the current system and under a theoretical anarchy it would be the same. Nobody can or will protect you other than yourself. Get educated and get armed if you think that is right for you. You don't have to carry a gun but there is a lot you can do to learn to protect yourself. Also by protect i don't just mean physical attacks. It is your own responsibility to guard yourself from fraud and theft. Buy locks and pay attention. Too many poeple think someone out there is going to protect them so they fall into scams and fraudulent traps. Too many people assume it can't or won't happen.
Anarchy would be no less safe. You right now are not safe unless you have taken the time and effort to protect yourself. I personally don't think anarchy would be the best system but too many people just assume it would be chaos. True anarchy would be anything but. The current system of corrupt government is more chaotic than a true anarchy. The key there being a "true" anarchy; it would be just as impossible to achieve as a true communism. Because of the difficulty in achieving either i think both are a waste of time. It is still worth discussing anarchy because there are many lessons to be learned just from considering what could be.
People aren't inclined to just go without. If there are alternatives, they may well choose them, if educated - but if all the outlets for this type of media decide to implement DRM in one way or another, what power do we have?
Is this really the case? If so that is very sad. I honestly do know if people can say no or not, I hope they can. I hope people realize the power is in their hands but human history is full of average people believing they have no power and therefore making themselves powerless.
I know and many other do too that you don't need Hollywood movies. I personally live tv free but do watch Hollywood movies. This is not going to work for everyone because i think most people just assume they have to watch tv. They never consider what could be if they didn't. Maybe its the same way with me and movies.
More people need to get pissed off. Stories like this are good. Stories like this need to happen more often, and publicized in more mainstream media outlets.
I hope that instead of everyone being hopeless people actually do change their minds when they read about stuff like this.
SETI is important not just because it could find aliens. There is the distinct possibility that we are alone in the universe (not that likely in my opinion). A positive result would be more interesting than this constant negative we have been getting but it is important that we find out what is going on. Just because we may never see a positive doesn't mean we should stop. Having the evidence that we are indeed alone is just important as having evidence that life exists out there.
How would that help? They wouldn't even troubleshoot on a system like Linux. He could have refused their scan and kept his freedom.
In my opinion it is your own fault if you purchase DRM content. You don't HAVE to have their content. I know you really want to because its big Hollywood movies but what is difficult to understand. Your making a choice to retain your freedom or your use of Hollywood entertainment. If you know before hand that you could be screwed over while not doing anything wrong as well as not being able to go after the content provider because they did nothing outside of their agreement who's fault is it? It's surely not theirs. You decided to play their game and to pay them for the privilege. You get burned and cry to slashdot. It's very sad that there is good content that is going to be locked in DRM away but thats just bait for suckers.
whoops posted the wrong post to the wrong forum...
[QUOTE=Miscreant]I agree completely with everything you said, as i do the same, but im not vegan. Aren't Trans fats worse for you than saturated though?[/QUOTE]
Not exactly. Saturated fats have a bad rep. They are bad however because they are the most difficult macro nutrient for your body to use. Many of the original studies that condemned saturated fat were actually testing TRANS fat (which is a saturated fat, artificially saturated). Many people now believe that saturated fat is not entirely bad and maybe beneficial if you eat it in MODERATION. It all seems to make sense to me, moderate and you are ok.
I would guess filling your face with burgers is probably not a good way to get saturated fat. However many people avoid eating things like cheese and nuts because they contain saturated fat. I don't think that is such a big deal as long as it is in moderation and part of an overall healthy diet.
I have heard of some vegans and vegetarians finding that their health improves to a level better than when they ever ate meat or purely "healthy" veggies when they finally eat more "less healthy" veggies such as nuts.
And as far as I'm concerned, if you can't take pictures in your own house with existing lighting because everybody looks like an alien, that's a significant loss in quality of life and general self esteem.
So are you saying that if you are inconvenienced by a needed change to save the environment your not willing to do it?
I, for one, will be buying incandescent bulbs even if it costs me $1000 apiece on the black market. I will import them illegally from elsewhere in the world. If it comes down to it,
Oh that is what you are saying...