It's not about the humour being highbrow or not, it's about it existing at all, and today on Slashdot, it doesn't. It's not too much to ask for April Fool's jokes to be actually funny. Long, long ago, they actually were, but that is far in the past now.
If you actually enjoy all this crap, then you're living way back in the past when it actually was funny, unable to see the shitty present.
You enjoy a deluge of stories on the front page that aren't funny? People wouldn't be complaining so much if the stories were actually funny instead of just retarded.
My god, Photobucket sucks ass. They now automatically try to sell prints of every single picture on there, even if they have to crop off the interesting parts of the picture. Just look at the ones at the bottom of that page.
You're right. There's no such thing as bitcoin mixers. And there's no way for an individual to have multiple wallets so they can mix their bitcoins to hide their origin and then transfer them to a wallet from which they convert to fiat currency.
Actually, I want to apologize for calling you a moron. (For serious.) I got angry. I need to keep that under control. People disagree... it doesn't make you a moron, it just means you disagree. I believe, though, that the airline's responsibility is to keep an eye on trouble spots, and route their airliners around them if they become dangerous. I do believe some other airlines did this, but not all. By not doing so, Malaysia airlines were criminally negligent, independent of the responsibility of the Buk crew.
That warship 1) caused the situation that made them feel threatened, as they went into Iranian waters to chase gunboats that fired WARNING shots at helicopters who were in their territory, and 2) there was no other fighting going on over the Strait of Hormuz at the time. It wasn't a known warzone, unlike Eastern Ukraine. So in that case, the crew of the ship do have a responsibility to identify civilian aircraft. The crew of a SAM in a war zone have a responsibility to fight a war.
and it's not like pilots are "deciding" where to fly - they have routes already planned
The AIRLINES should have changed those routes. NONE of those planes should have been there. Goddamn morons like you send airliners over a fucking war zone.
If you think that sounds absurd, wouldn't shooting down a civilian airliner with zero repercussions sounds absurd? That has happened.
That civilian airliner flew right into a war zone where aircraft had been shot down with SAMs earlier that week*. And the troops who shot it down fully believed it to be a Ukrainian combat aircraft. That loss is ENTIRELY on the airliner who chose that course. The Vincennes was more at fault for shooting down an airliner than the pro-Russian forces were in this case, and there were no repercussions for that either.
* Yes, shorter-ranged SAMs. Should airliners be flying in any area where any SAMs are used? Why didn't the airline do due diligence here? If an airliner were to fly over Iraq during the invasion in 2003, would you blame US or Iraqi forces for shooting it down? Yes, you'd probably blame the Iraqis.
It is foolish to believe that Iran would do a nuclear first strike on anyone. That would invite nuclear retaliation on themselves. If they acquire nuclear weapons, they'll likely use them for what they are good for: deterrence.
even our right-wing Conservative party is to the left of the US Democrats.
That is a goddamned lie. They are hardcore corporatist and corrupt and the only reason they haven't made this country as fucked up as the Republicans would make the US is that the country was far to the left of the US when they took power. But they are trying as hard as they can to get there as fast as possible.
Mind you, she's the kind of person who they would want to be a shill, as she's pretty anti-US government most of the time, and has a positive reputation on this board. What those who pay shills ideally want is someone like that to just drive hard for their pet causes and otherwise fit in, to make us think that maybe there's something to what the shill is saying.
But I would be very surprised if those PR organizations have the staying power to have shills with her kind of history and longevity. That's what strains credibility here. So I think she truly believes that Assange is a rapist and I think that that is for personal reasons of her own, as the evidence (as laid out here) points towards him not being one.
I doubt that Rei is a paid shill, though. If you read her comments that are not about this, it's clear she is no fan of US foreign policy. It's just this one issue that brings out her irrationality, and my guess would be that she was raped at some point and that prejudices her towards believing any rape accusation.
That's another way. I was thinking that if the Monday and Friday was in the office, you'd be more likely to get work done on those days than if those were the at home days. But, whatever.
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Holy shit, you're right. That's at +5. They need to get rid of the shills around here.
What the fuck is wrong with you?
I'm not in support of a new law. I was calling out the AC for not thinking things through.
What good would that do if it was a hacker who released the photos, not the SO?
Cowardice. And groundless, too. There's no reason to believe that Iran would invite destruction by doing a first strike. That's completely delusional.
It's not about the humour being highbrow or not, it's about it existing at all, and today on Slashdot, it doesn't. It's not too much to ask for April Fool's jokes to be actually funny. Long, long ago, they actually were, but that is far in the past now.
If you actually enjoy all this crap, then you're living way back in the past when it actually was funny, unable to see the shitty present.
You enjoy a deluge of stories on the front page that aren't funny? People wouldn't be complaining so much if the stories were actually funny instead of just retarded.
My god, Photobucket sucks ass. They now automatically try to sell prints of every single picture on there, even if they have to crop off the interesting parts of the picture. Just look at the ones at the bottom of that page.
You're right. There's no such thing as bitcoin mixers. And there's no way for an individual to have multiple wallets so they can mix their bitcoins to hide their origin and then transfer them to a wallet from which they convert to fiat currency.
Nope, that's definitely not possible.
Actually, I want to apologize for calling you a moron. (For serious.) I got angry. I need to keep that under control. People disagree... it doesn't make you a moron, it just means you disagree. I believe, though, that the airline's responsibility is to keep an eye on trouble spots, and route their airliners around them if they become dangerous. I do believe some other airlines did this, but not all. By not doing so, Malaysia airlines were criminally negligent, independent of the responsibility of the Buk crew.
That warship 1) caused the situation that made them feel threatened, as they went into Iranian waters to chase gunboats that fired WARNING shots at helicopters who were in their territory, and 2) there was no other fighting going on over the Strait of Hormuz at the time. It wasn't a known warzone, unlike Eastern Ukraine. So in that case, the crew of the ship do have a responsibility to identify civilian aircraft. The crew of a SAM in a war zone have a responsibility to fight a war.
The AIRLINES should have changed those routes. NONE of those planes should have been there. Goddamn morons like you send airliners over a fucking war zone.
Bullshit. Don't fly through a warzone. Air defense systems have a hard enough time not shooting down their own aircraft.
That civilian airliner flew right into a war zone where aircraft had been shot down with SAMs earlier that week*. And the troops who shot it down fully believed it to be a Ukrainian combat aircraft. That loss is ENTIRELY on the airliner who chose that course. The Vincennes was more at fault for shooting down an airliner than the pro-Russian forces were in this case, and there were no repercussions for that either.
* Yes, shorter-ranged SAMs. Should airliners be flying in any area where any SAMs are used? Why didn't the airline do due diligence here? If an airliner were to fly over Iraq during the invasion in 2003, would you blame US or Iraqi forces for shooting it down? Yes, you'd probably blame the Iraqis.
It is foolish to believe that Iran would do a nuclear first strike on anyone. That would invite nuclear retaliation on themselves. If they acquire nuclear weapons, they'll likely use them for what they are good for: deterrence.
That's not part of the definition of scientist or engineer, you drooling moron.
Better yet, make the landlords pay the difference (and prohibit rent increases).
That is a goddamned lie. They are hardcore corporatist and corrupt and the only reason they haven't made this country as fucked up as the Republicans would make the US is that the country was far to the left of the US when they took power. But they are trying as hard as they can to get there as fast as possible.
I don't, and most non-horrible people don't, but the prison-industrial complex does, and that's the enemy here.
Mind you, she's the kind of person who they would want to be a shill, as she's pretty anti-US government most of the time, and has a positive reputation on this board. What those who pay shills ideally want is someone like that to just drive hard for their pet causes and otherwise fit in, to make us think that maybe there's something to what the shill is saying.
But I would be very surprised if those PR organizations have the staying power to have shills with her kind of history and longevity. That's what strains credibility here. So I think she truly believes that Assange is a rapist and I think that that is for personal reasons of her own, as the evidence (as laid out here) points towards him not being one.
I doubt that Rei is a paid shill, though. If you read her comments that are not about this, it's clear she is no fan of US foreign policy. It's just this one issue that brings out her irrationality, and my guess would be that she was raped at some point and that prejudices her towards believing any rape accusation.
For everyone who thinks that Microsoft has turned over a new leaf under Nadella, here's the proof that they are still evil at heart.
Sabayon? Really? What's the point of using Gentoo if you're just going to poison it with systemd?
That's another way. I was thinking that if the Monday and Friday was in the office, you'd be more likely to get work done on those days than if those were the at home days. But, whatever.
Considering anything on Facebook to be private is foolish, though.