Except I don't know anybody who said "ya know, I didn't hate blacks and gays when I was a kid, but the older I get, the more I'm bothered by shit that has absolutely nothing to do with me."
Yes, you may get more fiscally conservative the older you get, but few people get more socially conservative the older they get. Which is why the number of people with libertarian sympathies continues to grow.
Actually that does happen. The older and weaker you get, the more prone you are to scare tactics and the more likely you are fear the unfamiliar,
I'm baffled that we just might get self driving cars before self driving trains.
Do I really have to state the obvious? It's on *rails*.
We have self-driving trains, but somebody needs deal with the inevitable delays and malfunctioning signals at winter and look out the window to check people do not get stuck in the door, etc. The self-driving once are usually in mostly underground metros where each station is manned, or a personel can get to within 5 minutes if the need arrises.
If you don't like the ads on a site, don't visit that site. If enough people do that, site operators will figure out the types of ads people tolerate and those they don't. Ad blocking isn't 'stealing', but it is mildly sociopathic: "I want what I want and screw the people providing it."
No, it is friendly and helpfull. I actively avoid products I see advertisement for, by block ads, I make sure I am more likely to buy product from those advertising on sites that I visit.
We all know Western Civilization has fallen to Fascism, so why not just come out and announce it?
The UK, the US, Italy, Hungary and Russia does not make up the Western Civilization. Though the list was a big longer than I though when I started writting this comment.
So, in the long run, Greece needs to leave the Euro. Except, a majority of Greeks want to stay in the Euro. Thus, the current Greek government wants to get kicked out, so they can blame the EU for it. But the EU does not want to take the blame, so they won't kick out Greece. What we have now, is a slow speed train wreck.
The part of the story I find interesting, that nobody is talking about, is that there are no written procedures for either kicking Greece out of the Euro Zone, or for Greece to voluntarily leave the Euro. One side or the other would have to unilaterally declare their action, and then dare the other side to deal with it. There will be 8000 lawsuits in 30 different courts asking judges to essentially create the rules as they go. Those cases could drag on for years. The financial markets would hate that kind of uncertainty.
Nah, the problem is more that leaving the Euro is effectively impossible unless your economy is stronger than the Eurozone average, whether they want to or not. Currently everybody in Greece have their income and accounts in Euros, and those with a choice would continue to keep it that way, as any new currency would only be introduced to be devaluated, so no one would WANT the new currency, and only the poorest could be forced to use it. If most of the economy would continue to operate in Euros because no one wanted the new currency, then changes in the value of new currency would have no effects on the economy. And being useless the value of new currency would hyperinflate.
What Greece really needs is reform that will allow its private sector to actually conduct capitalist, profit-making businesses
No, they have that. What they need is to stop being corrupt and actually collect taxes also from their rich friends, and stop giving out surprisingly well payed government jobs based on nepotism.
It looks like a good idea (for end users anyway). But this is not. My operator should not decide what I want to see on not on a webpage. If I don't want adds, I use add-free versions of webistes or use an add blocker. Next time, telco will decide that anti-telco articles in newspapers are not worth downloading either...
Well, it IS opt-in. It is an extra service they offer. Still it is likely to cause trouble with content providers when they offer it generally, especially if they go through with trying to get money from ad-providers, but at this point that is only speculation.
Take a bee colony and stick them in a deep freeze and see how many survive. In case anyone missed it, the U.S. and Europe experienced record cold this winter. How fucking stupid do you have to be to not put 2 and 2 together?
Europe had an exceptionally warm and mild winter this year.
Why did people have to drink bleeched pee just so almond farmers can water with pure drinking water?
You're one of those anti-science idiots like who torpedoed water recycling 15 years ago.
I doubt it;)
I am not even American. I just think you guys are coming up with unpopular and expensive solutions to problems that only exists because you have created them, and suggest you stop creating them in the first place.
Leaders are -- occasionally -- supposed to actually lead. And that means pushing through unpopular items that are actually good for the citizenry.
Or they just split the water into drinking water and farming water. Why did people have to drink bleeched pee just so almond farmers can water with pure drinking water?
Once Bruce Jenner is done transitioning, do you think it would not be considered both insulting and exploitative to make a statue of how he used to look?
If the statue was for something he did before the change, it would be odd if it didn't.
You don't go around aging statues either just because the people they portrait has aged and changed.
What this says is that the originators of the idea (sculptor Davide Dormino and journalist Charles Glass) are more interested in the agenda (and self-promotion) than in the people behind the story. You don't honor someone by actively disrespecting who they are, insulting them and putting the lie to the greater truth. Hopefully, since the stated purpose is to encourage ordinary citizens to speak out, hopefully others will also call out these two (and everyone who backs this misrepresentation of Ms. Manning).
And before anyone starts with the "we don't have the data to make a representation of her as a woman" argument, if you can't do it right, then maybe you shouldn't be doing it at all. Ditto for the "artistic integrity" argument - artistic integrity my arse!
Portraying her as she last appeared in public and as she looked when she did the leaks is now somehow insulting?
Republicans hate big government, except when it comes to a) building big machines designed to kill people, and b) firing rockets into space.
Republicans have been the primary Congressional force running interference for the old space industry, either by throwing money at the likes of ATK to build rockets that will never fly, or actively blocking SpaceX from competing with the established players on contracts.
More specifically they hate big government the same way worship love freedom of individuals. They like to talk about it, but their policies are the opposite.
The idea is kind of outdated though. It comes from a time when people were promoted to management instead of like today, taking special useless degrees to become what they are.
Right, so, unchecked corporate power takes the place of government regulation.
At least with the government we hold elections. I think there are good reasons Libertarianism has never been fully implemented anywhere.
It has been "implemented" allright, or rather it has existed, it is usually the result of a state falling to pieces and being taken over by local warlords.
Those students sounds like perfect management material. Don't fail them, but them on fast-track to vice presidents of fortune 500 companies! They will fit the job perfectly.
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Except I don't know anybody who said "ya know, I didn't hate blacks and gays when I was a kid, but the older I get, the more I'm bothered by shit that has absolutely nothing to do with me."
Yes, you may get more fiscally conservative the older you get, but few people get more socially conservative the older they get. Which is why the number of people with libertarian sympathies continues to grow.
Actually that does happen. The older and weaker you get, the more prone you are to scare tactics and the more likely you are fear the unfamiliar,
I'm baffled that we just might get self driving cars before self driving trains.
Do I really have to state the obvious? It's on *rails*.
We have self-driving trains, but somebody needs deal with the inevitable delays and malfunctioning signals at winter and look out the window to check people do not get stuck in the door, etc. The self-driving once are usually in mostly underground metros where each station is manned, or a personel can get to within 5 minutes if the need arrises.
You are so stupid it's not even funny, I hate moronic liberals.
He was being sarcastic you dumbass.
If you don't like the ads on a site, don't visit that site. If enough people do that, site operators will figure out the types of ads people tolerate and those they don't. Ad blocking isn't 'stealing', but it is mildly sociopathic: "I want what I want and screw the people providing it."
No, it is friendly and helpfull. I actively avoid products I see advertisement for, by block ads, I make sure I am more likely to buy product from those advertising on sites that I visit.
Why should the local electric monopoly spend money on advertising? Are they trying to convince the Amish?
They want voters to have a more positive image of them so they don't vote for local politicians that would trim the fat of their racket.
Biologists (you know, scientists) disagree with you.
No, they don't. The specifically agree because you can not reliably determine the social construct we call race using any objective measure.
We all know Western Civilization has fallen to Fascism, so why not just come out and announce it?
The UK, the US, Italy, Hungary and Russia does not make up the Western Civilization. Though the list was a big longer than I though when I started writting this comment.
So, in the long run, Greece needs to leave the Euro. Except, a majority of Greeks want to stay in the Euro. Thus, the current Greek government wants to get kicked out, so they can blame the EU for it. But the EU does not want to take the blame, so they won't kick out Greece. What we have now, is a slow speed train wreck.
The part of the story I find interesting, that nobody is talking about, is that there are no written procedures for either kicking Greece out of the Euro Zone, or for Greece to voluntarily leave the Euro. One side or the other would have to unilaterally declare their action, and then dare the other side to deal with it. There will be 8000 lawsuits in 30 different courts asking judges to essentially create the rules as they go. Those cases could drag on for years. The financial markets would hate that kind of uncertainty.
Nah, the problem is more that leaving the Euro is effectively impossible unless your economy is stronger than the Eurozone average, whether they want to or not. Currently everybody in Greece have their income and accounts in Euros, and those with a choice would continue to keep it that way, as any new currency would only be introduced to be devaluated, so no one would WANT the new currency, and only the poorest could be forced to use it. If most of the economy would continue to operate in Euros because no one wanted the new currency, then changes in the value of new currency would have no effects on the economy. And being useless the value of new currency would hyperinflate.
No, they have that. What they need is to stop being corrupt and actually collect taxes also from their rich friends, and stop giving out surprisingly well payed government jobs based on nepotism.
It looks like a good idea (for end users anyway). But this is not. My operator should not decide what I want to see on not on a webpage. If I don't want adds, I use add-free versions of webistes or use an add blocker.
Next time, telco will decide that anti-telco articles in newspapers are not worth downloading either...
Well, it IS opt-in. It is an extra service they offer. Still it is likely to cause trouble with content providers when they offer it generally, especially if they go through with trying to get money from ad-providers, but at this point that is only speculation.
I have watched it, and I know the story as shown, but there are a lot of symbolism which escapes me.
No there isn't. That is the movie. It really is just shit.
Take a bee colony and stick them in a deep freeze and see how many survive. In case anyone missed it, the U.S. and Europe experienced record cold this winter. How fucking stupid do you have to be to not put 2 and 2 together?
Europe had an exceptionally warm and mild winter this year.
Why did people have to drink bleeched pee just so almond farmers can water with pure drinking water?
You're one of those anti-science idiots like who torpedoed water recycling 15 years ago.
I doubt it ;)
I am not even American. I just think you guys are coming up with unpopular and expensive solutions to problems that only exists because you have created them, and suggest you stop creating them in the first place.
God damned pussies.
Leaders are -- occasionally -- supposed to actually lead. And that means pushing through unpopular items that are actually good for the citizenry.
Or they just split the water into drinking water and farming water. Why did people have to drink bleeched pee just so almond farmers can water with pure drinking water?
Not to mention the confusion with e-cola a pepsi knock off that causes you to bleed from your eyes
Isn't that the new green cola, coca-cola has released, which is sweatened with garden weeds?
this isnt even the same kind of ssd that's in your pc probably cap based.flash memory based can stay powered off forever and not lose data.
Non-enterprise are in the presention rated to retain data for a year.
This gives me an idea...
Let's hold a hearing on scientifically driven politics, and don't invite the politicians!
Better still, let's just leave out the politicians altogether. Only problem is, then suddenly scientists would become politicians.
"scientifically driven politics"?
No, I don't think such a meeting would have scientists either. It would all be science fiction writers.
If the statue was for something he did before the change, it would be odd if it didn't.
You don't go around aging statues either just because the people they portrait has aged and changed.
What this says is that the originators of the idea (sculptor Davide Dormino and journalist Charles Glass) are more interested in the agenda (and self-promotion) than in the people behind the story. You don't honor someone by actively disrespecting who they are, insulting them and putting the lie to the greater truth. Hopefully, since the stated purpose is to encourage ordinary citizens to speak out, hopefully others will also call out these two (and everyone who backs this misrepresentation of Ms. Manning).
And before anyone starts with the "we don't have the data to make a representation of her as a woman" argument, if you can't do it right, then maybe you shouldn't be doing it at all. Ditto for the "artistic integrity" argument - artistic integrity my arse!
Portraying her as she last appeared in public and as she looked when she did the leaks is now somehow insulting?
Republicans hate big government, except when it comes to a) building big machines designed to kill people, and b) firing rockets into space.
Republicans have been the primary Congressional force running interference for the old space industry, either by throwing money at the likes of ATK to build rockets that will never fly, or actively blocking SpaceX from competing with the established players on contracts.
More specifically they hate big government the same way worship love freedom of individuals. They like to talk about it, but their policies are the opposite.
The problem with that is *something* is *always* offensive to someone.
Except that pornography is offensive to about 50% of the human race.
If you think that, you really need to start meeting actually women instead of fantazing about them.
The idea is kind of outdated though. It comes from a time when people were promoted to management instead of like today, taking special useless degrees to become what they are.
I didn't do it. I swear.
Right, so, unchecked corporate power takes the place of government regulation.
At least with the government we hold elections. I think there are good reasons Libertarianism has never been fully implemented anywhere.
It has been "implemented" allright, or rather it has existed, it is usually the result of a state falling to pieces and being taken over by local warlords.
Those students sounds like perfect management material. Don't fail them, but them on fast-track to vice presidents of fortune 500 companies! They will fit the job perfectly.