I think that such a viewpoint is more indicative that a person has in fact taken major damage in a betrayal by trusted sources.
But that isn't a reason to die, just a reason to 1) vet all trusted sources, and 2) hope for better contacts.
But I think that the fact that many more Americans do feel this way is also indicative of a huge growth of psychopaths in positions of power.
If that was what was needed-- trust that people are generally good, then 1) society would be a perfect place for con artists, and 2) society would never have happened. After all, if you look at our ancient documents[bible, yes, but also Anabasis, Epic of Gilgamesh, and others] you will not see evidence that people thought that others were generally good natured.
On the other hand, you will see that nations were built by those who were good natured despite others' evil[though they seldom recieve historical credit) and undermined by evil people, who often-- ironically-- get historical credit as great statesmen
Couple of points: 1) Soviet Union communism really was hyper fascism (Max Eastman) so there really is no difference between them and Nazi Germany. 2) as a rule of thumb, the more that freedom is spoken(or even thought, the less free a country actually is. If you have to compare yourself to monsters for support, it may be because you are yourself a monster.
Look, I could argue every single point you make... and ignore the insults, but most of my arguments would be better made by Friederich Hayak in "The Road to Serfdom".
What I say isn't ignorant. I expect that I've thought through most of the lines of argument you could come up with, and listened to what others have to say about it, as well.
But the arguments you make cause me to believe that you *haven't* read "The Road to Serfdom". So I'd much rather you read that first, and then presented your arguments. That would eliminate a lot of pointless back-and-forth.
Well, considering that the Irish used those very voting machines to vote out the "pro-bailout european banks" politicians, I think they did very well with what they had.
On the other hand, considering the folks they voted *in* (the "let the investors who make bad investments bear their own loss" politicians) immediately turned around and bailed out the European banks, maybe they were worthless after all.
Yeah. I'd probably say they shouldn't be valued at more than 9 euros [and a bronx cheer] each.
I had signed on to an MSA at our company. Even in the current initial situation, assuming that the online "calculators" are accurate, the premiums *do* go down, but the amount covered goes down even farther, so that less is actually covered.
So in reality, the cost goes up immediately.
I'm not terribly surprised.
I'm not terribly bothered about that part, either.
What I am *extremely* bothered about is that for the last 30 years, neither party has cared a whit about the rule of law, and because of that, we are devolving into fascism [naziism], or super-fascism [Stalinism].
By Rule of Law, I mean the definition that is given by Hayak, in "The Road to Serfdom".
Well, so be it. I can't control it, so I guess I'd better not worry about it. I can tell you this, though: I'm not going to vote for Romney, because he doesn't care about the Rule of Law any more than Obama. Death by fascism doesn't have a different look or feel, depending on if the Fascist-in-chief's name begins with "O" or "R".
As an aside, though, I should point out that even though the CFLs nominally are good for 7-14 years, in reality a huge fraction of them blow their capacitors within 6 months.
Since the cost is basically proportional to the environmental damage done, the CFLs are actually an excellent example of waste in the name of conservation.
Aside from that, the majority of CFLs get disposed of in incinerators or landfills, so all that mercury ends up in the environment, in some of its most toxic forms.
I have no problem at all with responsible environmentalism. But a lot of this stuff is nonsense.
We had a good friend, Ilona Daukiene, who died that way. She was a very gracious hostess, and the beloved wife of an amazing man. We enjoyed his "Freedom in English" camps in Lithuania.
This is why the rule of law[The idea that laws cannot be made to benefit one group, no matter how worthy, and that the law must be enforced in all cases] is so important. Without the rule of law, the only thing left is power, and at that point the ruthless powerful destroy the weak and then each other, self-destructing in the process.
r major presidential candidate in the last 30 years has cared for the rule of law.
That is part of the joke, but at that, it really may have been applied by a DeWalt airbrush. I also wanted to add in a different joke about early attempts at fingerprinting, and more successful examples at the Hoover building in DC. Maybe that would have been better.
I was under the impression that Congo's favorite foods included bamboo stands and the raw fruits and vegetables at lunchtime. I'd advise you to take another look at those paintings.
"Bold circular loop" perhaps would be better named Ripe banana and green Pepper Still Life.
The cave paintings in France clearly showed artistic ability, even genius. These Neanderthal artifacts, though, obviously involve nothing more than picking up a spray can and spraying it around his hand.
If you doubt me when I say that isn't art, just try selling something like that at Southeby's.... Never mind.
Lab safety measures are violated all the time at US biohazard research universities. The people involved are extremely callous about safety, compared to what they nominally ought to be.
As a result, every so often, you do get a researcher who dies.
It is bad enough that my brother, who makes predictions each new year (and the year of Katrina, predicted that a hurricane would wipe out a major US city) predicted about 1 1/2 years ago that a weaponized disease would break out at a major US university -- and would be blamed on terrorists, but would in actuality be a containment leak by researchers.
I don't think he hit on that one... yes, there were a few deaths here and there, but nothing major that year. But he tends to try to only predict things that are already in motion. He works at a research university, and knows what he sees.
Technological and economic interdependence, in the presence of good faith, promotes peace.
But human wickedness, the desire to be worshipped, to be self-completing, completely undoes all good faith.
Since the authors compare economic interdependence to technological interdependence, so shall I.
Economic interdependence in the presence of normal, mundane, human wickedness, caused world war2, and helped Roosevelt to push Japan to attack the United States. Economic interdependence helped cause the pograms and the Holocaust.
I expect no less from technological interdependence.
Anyone here ever hear of the RIAA? Kim Dotcom?
So much for world peace.
Well, I say we sponsor a sitdown protest to display the facts, at which point the police attack to convince us of the facts, and we videotape it to broadcast the facts, and the police youtube their spin of the facts, and then we go home and rationalize our stupid behavior while griping about how stupid everyone else is.
Which may not help the problem of all our news being spin, but at least it shows that I understand the SLASHDOT spin as well as anybody out there.
Today's news was sponsored by the word `spin'.
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I wouldn't trust any images from JPL at the moment. Yes, the pictures are interesting, so are pictures from Star Trek.
Criminals, not crimes.
I think that such a viewpoint is more indicative that a person has in fact taken major damage in a betrayal by trusted sources. But that isn't a reason to die, just a reason to 1) vet all trusted sources, and 2) hope for better contacts. But I think that the fact that many more Americans do feel this way is also indicative of a huge growth of psychopaths in positions of power.
If that was what was needed-- trust that people are generally good, then 1) society would be a perfect place for con artists, and 2) society would never have happened. After all, if you look at our ancient documents[bible, yes, but also Anabasis, Epic of Gilgamesh, and others] you will not see evidence that people thought that others were generally good natured. On the other hand, you will see that nations were built by those who were good natured despite others' evil[though they seldom recieve historical credit) and undermined by evil people, who often-- ironically-- get historical credit as great statesmen
Umm... Dutifully send a check for the other 2% tothe IRS? (I hate these trick questions, they make me feel so stupid...)
Couple of points: 1) Soviet Union communism really was hyper fascism (Max Eastman) so there really is no difference between them and Nazi Germany. 2) as a rule of thumb, the more that freedom is spoken(or even thought, the less free a country actually is. If you have to compare yourself to monsters for support, it may be because you are yourself a monster.
Could we just get this over with and put it on ASK SLASHDOT? I'm waiting...
Look, I could argue every single point you make ... and ignore the insults, but most of my arguments would be better made by Friederich Hayak in "The Road to Serfdom".
What I say isn't ignorant. I expect that I've thought through most of the lines of argument you could come up with, and listened to what others have to say about it, as well.
But the arguments you make cause me to believe that you *haven't* read "The Road to Serfdom". So I'd much rather you read that first, and then presented your arguments. That would eliminate a lot of pointless back-and-forth.
Maybe the soldier is looking up documentation, or maybe he's playing network Quake.
You'll know just as soon as he picks up -- either that pen, or a grenade.
Well, considering that the Irish used those very voting machines to vote out the "pro-bailout european banks" politicians, I think they did very well with what they had.
On the other hand, considering the folks they voted *in* (the "let the investors who make bad investments bear their own loss" politicians) immediately turned around and bailed out the European banks, maybe they were worthless after all.
Yeah. I'd probably say they shouldn't be valued at more than 9 euros [and a bronx cheer] each.
Which is what America has become, and is becoming more every day.
Figure out what percentage of the economy the government controls, either by tax/spend, or mandate.
I had signed on to an MSA at our company. Even in the current initial situation, assuming that the online "calculators" are accurate, the premiums *do* go down, but the amount covered goes down even farther, so that less is actually covered.
So in reality, the cost goes up immediately.
I'm not terribly surprised.
I'm not terribly bothered about that part, either.
What I am *extremely* bothered about is that for the last 30 years, neither party has cared a whit about the rule of law, and because of that, we are devolving into fascism [naziism], or super-fascism [Stalinism].
By Rule of Law, I mean the definition that is given by Hayak, in "The Road to Serfdom".
Well, so be it. I can't control it, so I guess I'd better not worry about it. I can tell you this, though: I'm not going to vote for Romney, because he doesn't care about the Rule of Law any more than Obama. Death by fascism doesn't have a different look or feel, depending on if the Fascist-in-chief's name begins with "O" or "R".
As an aside, though, I should point out that even though the CFLs nominally are good for 7-14 years, in reality a huge fraction of them blow their capacitors within 6 months.
Since the cost is basically proportional to the environmental damage done, the CFLs are actually an excellent example of waste in the name of conservation.
Aside from that, the majority of CFLs get disposed of in incinerators or landfills, so all that mercury ends up in the environment, in some of its most toxic forms.
I have no problem at all with responsible environmentalism. But a lot of this stuff is nonsense.
We had a good friend, Ilona Daukiene, who died that way. She was a very gracious hostess, and the beloved wife of an amazing man. We enjoyed his "Freedom in English" camps in Lithuania.
The story is here.
Yes, global warming plays into the story. But a huge part is the destruction that planned economies create.
No, the tea-baggers aren't exaggerating. What they've been saying is real.
Open a book, take the even page number, divide by 2, and then the modulus vs. however many options you want.
... that the human never picks scissors more than once.
*** OW! ***
If you're talking about a one way trip, wouldn't a single dog or monkey be even lighter?
A huge PR high-tech group suicide seems extremely Jonestownsian to me.
And it wouldn't get the support of any right-thinking people. Suicide is not a rational solution. Ever.
r major presidential candidate in the last 30 years has cared for the rule of law.
That is part of the joke, but at that, it really may have been applied by a DeWalt airbrush. I also wanted to add in a different joke about early attempts at fingerprinting, and more successful examples at the Hoover building in DC. Maybe that would have been better.
I was under the impression that Congo's favorite foods included bamboo stands and the raw fruits and vegetables at lunchtime. I'd advise you to take another look at those paintings. "Bold circular loop" perhaps would be better named Ripe banana and green Pepper Still Life.
The cave paintings in France clearly showed artistic ability, even genius. These Neanderthal artifacts, though, obviously involve nothing more than picking up a spray can and spraying it around his hand. If you doubt me when I say that isn't art, just try selling something like that at Southeby's. ... Never mind.
Viral DNA transfer. Cross-species genetic modification. Happens all the time.
Lab safety measures are violated all the time at US biohazard research universities. The people involved are extremely callous about safety, compared to what they nominally ought to be.
As a result, every so often, you do get a researcher who dies.
It is bad enough that my brother, who makes predictions each new year (and the year of Katrina, predicted that a hurricane would wipe out a major US city) predicted about 1 1/2 years ago that a weaponized disease would break out at a major US university -- and would be blamed on terrorists, but would in actuality be a containment leak by researchers.
I don't think he hit on that one... yes, there were a few deaths here and there, but nothing major that year. But he tends to try to only predict things that are already in motion. He works at a research university, and knows what he sees.
But human wickedness, the desire to be worshipped, to be self-completing, completely undoes all good faith.
Since the authors compare economic interdependence to technological interdependence, so shall I.
Economic interdependence in the presence of normal, mundane, human wickedness, caused world war2, and helped Roosevelt to push Japan to attack the United States. Economic interdependence helped cause the pograms and the Holocaust.
I expect no less from technological interdependence.
Anyone here ever hear of the RIAA? Kim Dotcom? So much for world peace.
Which may not help the problem of all our news being spin, but at least it shows that I understand the SLASHDOT spin as well as anybody out there. Today's news was sponsored by the word `spin'.