MMhhh... funny how a lot of European countries have compulsory military service. Are they all fascists? Or have they learned a lesson from fighting the fascists?
Just wondering...
BTW, does bringing up fascism in general invoke Godwin or do you have to specifically mention the Nazis?
Regarding the Swiss... isn't this because pretty much every male in the country is part of the national defence force and is required to have a rifle and ammunition at home?
If you are Swiss you have had a lot of training in using your weapon. Unlike the US where guns seem to end up as toys for shooting at beer cans when you get drunk in the trailor park.
Which points to an easy solution for the whole gun issue. The US does the same thing the Swiss has done. Bring back the draft and have everybody spend a year in the army. After that they can have all the guns they want.
Unfortunately it depends on what you base the claim of incompentence on. Nobody can call Dubya & Co. incompetent when it comes to running an election or manipulating the electorate. They are absolute masters at playing the political game.
But Bush and friends weren't hired to win elections. They were hired to run the last superpower in the world. It is in doing this this job that they have have shown an amazing level of incompetence.
He is going to Namibia for a year trek into the deep jungle.
Ah shit, I know it was meant to be funny, but this is Slashdot so I am not going to feel guilty about making fun of your geographical skills.
Namibia. A country pretty much named after the Namib desert. A country largely consisting of sand, diamonds and a few people who like sand and/or diamonds. Not much in the way of deep jungle.
But look on the bright side, if he takes some solar panels along he will have no problems powering his Mac. And if gets one of those big flat Powerbooks he should be able to use the thing to surf down some dunes as well.
I find it interesting how Anonymous and American are quickly becoming synonymous on Slashdot. Coward is still a coward.
Last I checked the US were killing Iraqis at pretty much the same rate as Saddam did in his worst years. Remember those years? The ones where the US was selling him weapons? So don't try to pull the humanitarian bullshit.
MMhh... I think you need to learn how to distinguish between "nosy and intrusive" and "good".
You are pretty much saying that there is no difference between helping your neighbour change his tire and shooting his dog (because you don't like dogs).
Of course, in the case of the US you then find out he didn't have a dog and all you actually did was shoot his kid and burn down his garden shed.
This is why I really don't like the idea. Personally I would prefer a draft and a lot more humans doing the fighting. War should not be easy. It should be messy and nasty and there should be lots of pictures on TV of dead and wounded soldiers. You know what I mean. Gory stuff. People with limbs blown off and teenage boys with bullet-holes in their faces. Put it on prime time TV where people can't hide from it.
Another idea is to give any politian that votes in favor of a war a M16 and then ship him off to the front lines. Let people like Dubya earn that flightsuit he is so fond off.
Then maybe people will think long and hard before starting a war.
Not that I mind paying for software. Hell, I've even bought boxed Linux distros. But, and it is a big but, most people pay for perceived value. For these people, which includes me, Opera does not provide $39 more value than Firefox.
There is one problem with only having laptops and servers. It's called ergonomics.
While you may be happy to work on a laptop all day long, I can only use one for a couple of hours before I really want to go back to my desktop with its nice keyboard and 21 inch screen.
And no, docking stations are not the solution. They just cause more problems that they are worth. What I think we really need is a Mac Mini type of machine that can be docked onto a laptop frame.
Wonder how that news story would read if his gun had not worked as expected? But because he had a gun and used it, he saved his wife's life as well as ending the career of a serial rapist.
OK. So explain to me how this is left wing drivel? I mean, the Right are the people who historically are interested in less government interference in the lives of normal people. It's the guys on the left with their bigger government/control everything mentality who should be happy about this.
I'm pretty sure midnight snacking is what caused this problem. I mean, the ISS goes around the earth quite a few times every 24 hours, and the station probably experiences night every time. Now astronauts are by definition geeks, and I have never met a true geek who can keep themselves from heading to the snack cupboard at around midnight. Just think about how much snacking they end up doing and it is amazing their food supplies lasted as long as it did.
As for McDonalds in space... no, no, no. That is how it starts. First the midnight snacking, then you start doing late night runs to McDonalds, then you have to buy the bigger space suit.
If they can figure out a way to make a human live a 1000 years, don't you think they can figure out a way to keep a freezer going the same amount of time?
Hell, there is already a company in the NY area that will freeze a woman's eggs for her in the hope that she can use them to conceive once work/life allows.
Let's worry about the problems we haven't solved allready.
I'm not even sure you will be doing other stuff. I remember, when I was starting to earn a living as a programmer, how everybody was predicting the end of the profession due to CASE tools.
Many years later I still program for a living. Not much has changed expect that the IDEs have gotten better (or rather been invented - and now I'm dating myself). So I guess you might be right about having moved past scripting and continual patching, but I wouldn't even bet on that.
There are rumors that, at the Pole, there are nubile virgin maidens ready to pleasure any/.er who runs naked in their direction....
I can just picture it now. A bunch of naked/.ers, delirious due to thermal shock, doing things to each other they are going to *really* regret soon after.
On the bright side they will at least lose their virginity.
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MMhhh... funny how a lot of European countries have compulsory military service. Are they all fascists? Or have they learned a lesson from fighting the fascists?
Just wondering...
BTW, does bringing up fascism in general invoke Godwin or do you have to specifically mention the Nazis?
Regarding the Swiss... isn't this because pretty much every male in the country is part of the national defence force and is required to have a rifle and ammunition at home?
If you are Swiss you have had a lot of training in using your weapon. Unlike the US where guns seem to end up as toys for shooting at beer cans when you get drunk in the trailor park. Which points to an easy solution for the whole gun issue. The US does the same thing the Swiss has done. Bring back the draft and have everybody spend a year in the army. After that they can have all the guns they want.
Unfortunately it depends on what you base the claim of incompentence on. Nobody can call Dubya & Co. incompetent when it comes to running an election or manipulating the electorate. They are absolute masters at playing the political game.
But Bush and friends weren't hired to win elections. They were hired to run the last superpower in the world. It is in doing this this job that they have have shown an amazing level of incompetence.
I vote NO on rewarding incompetence and nepotism.
:)
Always good to meet another Kerry voter...
Trolling is power. Aristotle new it and I know it.
new != knew.
Idiot. How about learning the language?
(Somebody please moderate this post as a troll... I am trying for my first meta-troll.)
He is going to Namibia for a year trek into the deep jungle.
Ah shit, I know it was meant to be funny, but this is Slashdot so I am not going to feel guilty about making fun of your geographical skills.
Namibia. A country pretty much named after the Namib desert. A country largely consisting of sand, diamonds and a few people who like sand and/or diamonds. Not much in the way of deep jungle.
But look on the bright side, if he takes some solar panels along he will have no problems powering his Mac. And if gets one of those big flat Powerbooks he should be able to use the thing to surf down some dunes as well.
Yes?
No. Now grow up.
Studies show that most studies are conducted in ways that can guarantee the desired results.
Mmh... maybe that is what the studies wanted to find?
You do know that "stone" is part of the imperial system?
Can't understand how anybody who still refuses to use the metric system can be so upset about an extra U...
(This is slashdot. Nobody can spell anyway. So if you want to start a flamewar you should rely on trusted methods like the metric system.)
I find it interesting how Anonymous and American are quickly becoming synonymous on Slashdot. Coward is still a coward.
Last I checked the US were killing Iraqis at pretty much the same rate as Saddam did in his worst years. Remember those years? The ones where the US was selling him weapons? So don't try to pull the humanitarian bullshit.
MMhh... I think you need to learn how to distinguish between "nosy and intrusive" and "good".
You are pretty much saying that there is no difference between helping your neighbour change his tire and shooting his dog (because you don't like dogs).
Of course, in the case of the US you then find out he didn't have a dog and all you actually did was shoot his kid and burn down his garden shed.
Why are you such a coward?
This is why I really don't like the idea. Personally I would prefer a draft and a lot more humans doing the fighting. War should not be easy. It should be messy and nasty and there should be lots of pictures on TV of dead and wounded soldiers. You know what I mean. Gory stuff. People with limbs blown off and teenage boys with bullet-holes in their faces. Put it on prime time TV where people can't hide from it.
Another idea is to give any politian that votes in favor of a war a M16 and then ship him off to the front lines. Let people like Dubya earn that flightsuit he is so fond off.
Then maybe people will think long and hard before starting a war.
I think this is my problem with Opera.
Price.
Not that I mind paying for software. Hell, I've even bought boxed Linux distros. But, and it is a big but, most people pay for perceived value. For these people, which includes me, Opera does not provide $39 more value than Firefox.
Maybe I'm just cheap...
There is one problem with only having laptops and servers. It's called ergonomics.
While you may be happy to work on a laptop all day long, I can only use one for a couple of hours before I really want to go back to my desktop with its nice keyboard and 21 inch screen.
And no, docking stations are not the solution. They just cause more problems that they are worth. What I think we really need is a Mac Mini type of machine that can be docked onto a laptop frame.
Well, seems like these things actually do happen?
Wonder how that news story would read if his gun had not worked as expected? But because he had a gun and used it, he saved his wife's life as well as ending the career of a serial rapist.
So who is fucking paranoid now?
Well, they still made more money than the people working at Walmart...
Damn. I thought I'd turned the webcam off...
:)
OK. So explain to me how this is left wing drivel? I mean, the Right are the people who historically are interested in less government interference in the lives of normal people. It's the guys on the left with their bigger government/control everything mentality who should be happy about this.
So isn't this then technically right wing drivel?
So does this mean that a paper bag over the head is not just for sex anymore?
I'm pretty sure midnight snacking is what caused this problem. I mean, the ISS goes around the earth quite a few times every 24 hours, and the station probably experiences night every time. Now astronauts are by definition geeks, and I have never met a true geek who can keep themselves from heading to the snack cupboard at around midnight. Just think about how much snacking they end up doing and it is amazing their food supplies lasted as long as it did.
As for McDonalds in space... no, no, no. That is how it starts. First the midnight snacking, then you start doing late night runs to McDonalds, then you have to buy the bigger space suit.
Eggs. Sperm. Both aparently freeze pretty well.
If they can figure out a way to make a human live a 1000 years, don't you think they can figure out a way to keep a freezer going the same amount of time?
Hell, there is already a company in the NY area that will freeze a woman's eggs for her in the hope that she can use them to conceive once work/life allows.
Let's worry about the problems we haven't solved allready.
I'm not even sure you will be doing other stuff. I remember, when I was starting to earn a living as a programmer, how everybody was predicting the end of the profession due to CASE tools.
Many years later I still program for a living. Not much has changed expect that the IDEs have gotten better (or rather been invented - and now I'm dating myself). So I guess you might be right about having moved past scripting and continual patching, but I wouldn't even bet on that.
There are rumors that, at the Pole, there are nubile virgin maidens ready to pleasure any /.er who runs naked in their direction....
/.ers, delirious due to thermal shock, doing things to each other they are going to *really* regret soon after.
I can just picture it now. A bunch of naked
On the bright side they will at least lose their virginity.