"nerd humor":: "blackface minstrals...it's analogous...they share characteristics which are relevant to the discussion at hand...comparing the two is different than **equating** the two!
it is using the same context of *superiority* on behalf of the joke-maker and person being mocked...it's the same **form** of humor
that context of superiority is why people claim it is "anti-intellectual" and I agree...
Russia isn't what it used to be...it's anarchy now...basically a gas station that also acts as a front for criminal activities
On a map the country looks big...that's about all they have going for them...that and their oil and illegal activities
The thing is, I agree that most people don't care about Russia being able to do something we cannot...because its temporary and Russia is just a noisy lapdog for international criminals and illuminati
there's definitely a parallel between "blackface" mocking & the kind of "geek humor" employed by the show
I love the concept of the show: Sitcom about everyday life of young physics PhD...sounds like a good premise
In execution...damn...i'd prefer an execution to watching a whole episode of "Big Bang Theory"
1. afore mentioned unfunny mocking/reinforcing dumb stereotypes 2. laugh track (these annoy the living crap out of me...."hahahahahha"....) 3. superficial mentions of science ephemera intended to pass as actual realistic dialogue
TV can be so much better than the show...hell the main actor is a great actor...the material is atrocious and unwatchable
My question: When will we see a scalable local/organic logistics solution for delivering food to a large metro area? Ex: The size of Denver...we see stories of "innovative tech solutions" all the time here on/., but usually they are limited to one "green" building, one research team's "urban farm" concept, one restaurant chef applying these in one restaurant in Brooklyn... I'm asking when will we see one of those solutions applied at scale? I ask because in my mind that is the threshold or 'tipping point' in the industrial food situation.
This is another example in the cavalcade of lunacy...
Media bigwigs simply **do not understand the internet and digital technology**
Over and over, through things like DRM, their marketing, lawsuits they file, companies they back, the music/film/TV industry shows the faults of their business model.
Where does it all end? We can already get any "content" free virtually instantly (to watch new TV shows online you have to wait depending on your time zone)...artists are using non-standard channels more than ever...whole genres of music have developed that are entirely outside mainstream media marketing...
Do these companies just die ridiculously slow deaths?
you can still do both increase pay dramatically AND reduce workload & class size
and you can cover your ears and say "la la la" all day, but **paying teachers what they deserve** (an order of magnitude more) is the way our economy has always shown the value of a position
simple/complex is different than easy/difficult
the solution to our education woes is simple...but that doesn't mean it is easy! first we have to shut down morons like you forever!
stop denying teachers the pay they deserve in the name of doing *other* things they *also* deserve
Firefox's bookmarks system is infinitely better than Chrome's "pile in the corner" system, but i am one of those that has 150+ tabs open at the same time on occasion and on my machine FF just can't handle that, only Chrome
it's absolutely ridiculous, from a free market capitalist perspective, to expect to get the best people for a fraction of what they typically can earn in other fields
you pay teachers more for the same reason you pay NBA players or Goldman-Sachs VP's...you fsking moron...this is the end of this conversation...I've proven you wrong
neo-cons are some of Obama's harshest, most intractable critics you fsking troll!
they *hate* his policies, foreign and domestic...this is the last post I will elucidate for you
Neocons are all about extending the American Empire, not hating gays or banning abortions.
and the religious right & tea party are their subordinates, ideologically and by policy...they are led around and do exactly what they are told
none of this changes the fact that Neo-cons oppose Obama nor does it "prove" you right somehow
Obama's drone strikes, illegal invasions and support for coups
only a GOP-troll "libertarian" would frame the argument around those bogus issues
"drone strikes" is a reductive concept...it's a missile on a jet...whether the pilot of it is in the cockpit or in a booth in California doesn't matter...it's a stupid, trolling criticism that no one credibly makes...it's rhetorical distraction...media bate...
"illegal invasions"...this is just made up out of thin air...
so no, your position doesn't make logical sense, your criticisms have been shown to be trolling-based...and you're just a dupe, stubborn, or something else I don't know
yeah I got those switched but the concept of making poor life decisions (dating a B1tc4) and then costing your company millions and infinite headaches to keep her happy
also: Google Maps is an awesome product I use virtually every day...forgot to list that in their "win" file
you're splitting pennies for one of the essential functions of human existence: teachers to our young...
however we just pass MILLIONS$$$ and BILLIONS$$$ around when discussing business executive pay or defense contracts
it's absolutely ridiculous, from a free market capitalist perspective, to expect to get the best people for a fraction of what they typically can earn in other fields
M$ shouldn't be allowed anywhere **near** children.
Gates is trying to end public education with his charter school fund.
This stupid, reductive, publicity-focued initiative is just another in an expensive line of turds M$ has dropped in the education punch bowl
Get these data-gathering, exploitative, anti-user businesses AWAY FROM OUR KIDS
As a former teacher, the problem is that people want to spend money on ***EVERYTHING*** other than what will help educate children: public schools with the highest-paid, best trained teachers in the world
Without the above, no ammount of tech, "social media" or "big data" will ever make even a dent in the problem
I want to end the notion that young tech founders need to "grow up" or find a "grey hair" to actually run their business.
It's bullshit and ruining our industry.
I'll be the *first* to admit that the techies who make the systems that define new awesome products/services are not trained or experienced in running a high finance business...that's well known
The dispute comes in the **fix** for the above problem.
Hiring some dipshit as a figurehead for investors...that addresses absolutely **none** of the **original problems**
When tech companies need to hire businesspeople, they need to hire businesspeople that are as innovative and progressive as the engineers, not someone to "hold them back"
What happens instead is that a new, user-centered company becomes spoiled by typical US MBA-type heirarchal capital hogging, data selling, evil corporation.
everything else is a major mistake...and the world will discover it one day
here's how I know this:
1. 'just search' Larry Page wrote the original algorythm for search indexing...that's it...that's why we *all* used google over webcrawler or yahoo when it came out...it was *just search*
2. Brin's relationship with current Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer. She was his girlfriend and spent millions of Google's money to justify her existence, then she hired her own PR team to get her a new bigger job...she didn't do *shit*...her title was "main page designer"...are you laughing? do you remember google.com's main page for about a decade? yeah just a logo, search field and two buttons
3. Glass, Google+, Google Wave, and maps redesign...it's clear now that Google has no idea how to make new products people want to use...and when they **do** Forrest Gump their way into a cool new thing (Wave) they cancel the project
4. this quotation from TFA:
Page had outlined a plan to scan all the world’s books and make them searchable online, but somehow no one was working on it
why??? b/c of...idk...it's the most egregious copyright violation in computing....even bigger than a service like Napster
Page is a good engineer...Brin is an airhead....they stopped sticking to the knitting long, long ago
Slashdot Mirror
wow what a post!
"nerd humor" != "blackface" minstrals
"nerd humor" :: "blackface minstrals ...it's analogous...they share characteristics which are relevant to the discussion at hand...comparing the two is different than **equating** the two!
it is using the same context of *superiority* on behalf of the joke-maker and person being mocked...it's the same **form** of humor
that context of superiority is why people claim it is "anti-intellectual" and I agree...
smart people come in **all personality types**
Russia isn't what it used to be...it's anarchy now...basically a gas station that also acts as a front for criminal activities
On a map the country looks big...that's about all they have going for them...that and their oil and illegal activities
The thing is, I agree that most people don't care about Russia being able to do something we cannot...because its temporary and Russia is just a noisy lapdog for international criminals and illuminati
there's definitely a parallel between "blackface" mocking & the kind of "geek humor" employed by the show
I love the concept of the show: Sitcom about everyday life of young physics PhD...sounds like a good premise
In execution...damn...i'd prefer an execution to watching a whole episode of "Big Bang Theory"
1. afore mentioned unfunny mocking/reinforcing dumb stereotypes
2. laugh track (these annoy the living crap out of me...."hahahahahha"....)
3. superficial mentions of science ephemera intended to pass as actual realistic dialogue
TV can be so much better than the show...hell the main actor is a great actor...the material is atrocious and unwatchable
yes exactly...it's about providing the all-season bounty that everyday people like in a Denver suburb have come to expect from a supermarket
in order to compete they have to cover alot of ground...litterally
see, here's the thing...I agree with this:
but that truth in no way, IMHO, makes this true:
they can both misunderstand **and** be trying to kill it...that's my whole point...
this "charge per screen size" ridiculousness shows that even in their attempts to kill it they fundamentally, still misunderstand digital technology
the greater point is, if they *truly* understood it, they would actually profit more by fully embracing it!!!
Mr. Starr, thanks for taking questions.
My question: When will we see a scalable local/organic logistics solution for delivering food to a large metro area? Ex: The size of Denver...we see stories of "innovative tech solutions" all the time here on /., but usually they are limited to one "green" building, one research team's "urban farm" concept, one restaurant chef applying these in one restaurant in Brooklyn... I'm asking when will we see one of those solutions applied at scale? I ask because in my mind that is the threshold or 'tipping point' in the industrial food situation.
This is another example in the cavalcade of lunacy...
Media bigwigs simply **do not understand the internet and digital technology**
Over and over, through things like DRM, their marketing, lawsuits they file, companies they back, the music/film/TV industry shows the faults of their business model.
Where does it all end? We can already get any "content" free virtually instantly (to watch new TV shows online you have to wait depending on your time zone)...artists are using non-standard channels more than ever...whole genres of music have developed that are entirely outside mainstream media marketing...
Do these companies just die ridiculously slow deaths?
Rich Republicans are the bitchiest people in human history...
they pay next to nothing in taxes and then yell and scream 'fraud!' at Pell grants or Medicare
have you looked at executive pay or defense contract figures?
look at the tax rate on those executives...and on those military/industrial complex corps
all we have to do is take tax rates back to 1950 levels
it's a simple fix...not *easy*...it's difficult...simple but difficult...because of jerk-offs like you
these fans are expecting too much for Disney to follow all the post RotJ books, cannon or not...its fanboi mellodrama
it's a question of **expectations**
is it reasonable to expect Disney to know enough to keep the new films in line w/ cannon from *other films*?
YES
is it reasonable to expect Disney to obey cannon of *books* written long before their purchase of the franchise and never intended to be filmed?
NO
you can still do both increase pay dramatically AND reduce workload & class size
and you can cover your ears and say "la la la" all day, but **paying teachers what they deserve** (an order of magnitude more) is the way our economy has always shown the value of a position
simple/complex is different than easy/difficult
the solution to our education woes is simple...but that doesn't mean it is easy! first we have to shut down morons like you forever!
stop denying teachers the pay they deserve in the name of doing *other* things they *also* deserve
WE...CAN...DO....BOTH
our choices are not: JJ Abrams or Star Trek 6
and we don't have to choose between "fan service" and "general appeal" either
it's these stupid, reductive contextualizations that make it up to the marketing morons who monitor "social media" for what "fans" want to see
idk...i never thought about it but i really just subconsciously group tabs for a particular task together when I open them
is it anywhere near as fast as Chrome?
Firefox's bookmarks system is infinitely better than Chrome's "pile in the corner" system, but i am one of those that has 150+ tabs open at the same time on occasion and on my machine FF just can't handle that, only Chrome
I used to use Camino...**sigh**
you can do **all of those things** you moron
1. raise salary
2. reduce workload
I ADVOCATE FOR BOTH
you're using teacher's own idealism to **justify paying them less**...it's bullshit and it's ruining education
you can pay more AND reduce workload!
i already addressed this...
you pay teachers more for the same reason you pay NBA players or Goldman-Sachs VP's...you fsking moron...this is the end of this conversation...I've proven you wrong
neo-cons are some of Obama's harshest, most intractable critics you fsking troll!
they *hate* his policies, foreign and domestic...this is the last post I will elucidate for you
and the religious right & tea party are their subordinates, ideologically and by policy...they are led around and do exactly what they are told
none of this changes the fact that Neo-cons oppose Obama nor does it "prove" you right somehow
only a GOP-troll "libertarian" would frame the argument around those bogus issues
"drone strikes" is a reductive concept...it's a missile on a jet...whether the pilot of it is in the cockpit or in a booth in California doesn't matter...it's a stupid, trolling criticism that no one credibly makes...it's rhetorical distraction...media bate...
"illegal invasions"...this is just made up out of thin air...
so no, your position doesn't make logical sense, your criticisms have been shown to be trolling-based...and you're just a dupe, stubborn, or something else I don't know
the answer is (still) in the subject line:
"order of magnitude more"
do you know what "order of magnitude" means?
just in case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O...
Just want to make a correction: Google Maps is pretty awesome and I use it everyday
their re-design of Maps is textbook bad design though! removing and hiding features under memory-intensive animation you have to click to see
yeah I got those switched but the concept of making poor life decisions (dating a B1tc4) and then costing your company millions and infinite headaches to keep her happy
also: Google Maps is an awesome product I use virtually every day...forgot to list that in their "win" file
you're splitting pennies for one of the essential functions of human existence: teachers to our young...
however we just pass MILLIONS$$$ and BILLIONS$$$ around when discussing business executive pay or defense contracts
it's absolutely ridiculous, from a free market capitalist perspective, to expect to get the best people for a fraction of what they typically can earn in other fields
M$ shouldn't be allowed anywhere **near** children.
Gates is trying to end public education with his charter school fund.
This stupid, reductive, publicity-focued initiative is just another in an expensive line of turds M$ has dropped in the education punch bowl
Get these data-gathering, exploitative, anti-user businesses AWAY FROM OUR KIDS
As a former teacher, the problem is that people want to spend money on ***EVERYTHING*** other than what will help educate children: public schools with the highest-paid, best trained teachers in the world
Without the above, no ammount of tech, "social media" or "big data" will ever make even a dent in the problem
I want to end the notion that young tech founders need to "grow up" or find a "grey hair" to actually run their business.
It's bullshit and ruining our industry.
I'll be the *first* to admit that the techies who make the systems that define new awesome products/services are not trained or experienced in running a high finance business...that's well known
The dispute comes in the **fix** for the above problem.
Hiring some dipshit as a figurehead for investors...that addresses absolutely **none** of the **original problems**
When tech companies need to hire businesspeople, they need to hire businesspeople that are as innovative and progressive as the engineers, not someone to "hold them back"
What happens instead is that a new, user-centered company becomes spoiled by typical US MBA-type heirarchal capital hogging, data selling, evil corporation.
There is a 3rd way! Just say "no"!
pagerank, adsense, gmail...that's google
everything else is a major mistake...and the world will discover it one day
here's how I know this:
1. 'just search' Larry Page wrote the original algorythm for search indexing...that's it...that's why we *all* used google over webcrawler or yahoo when it came out...it was *just search*
2. Brin's relationship with current Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer. She was his girlfriend and spent millions of Google's money to justify her existence, then she hired her own PR team to get her a new bigger job...she didn't do *shit*...her title was "main page designer"...are you laughing? do you remember google.com's main page for about a decade? yeah just a logo, search field and two buttons
3. Glass, Google+, Google Wave, and maps redesign...it's clear now that Google has no idea how to make new products people want to use...and when they **do** Forrest Gump their way into a cool new thing (Wave) they cancel the project
4. this quotation from TFA:
why??? b/c of...idk...it's the most egregious copyright violation in computing....even bigger than a service like Napster
Page is a good engineer...Brin is an airhead....they stopped sticking to the knitting long, long ago
you're being dishonest in this discussion
you're using a term "neocon" inconsistently and it's obvious by context that it was intentional
you = GOP troll