Fuck, this is so basic and it's not a trivial point: evolution is an observation. Natural selection was a theory to explain it.
Why is anyone anywhere still getting this wrong? "On the Origin of Species" is a deadly boring read because Darwin went into nit-picking detail about extremely obvious items, just so that people would see that there was no theory or speculation involved.
When I see pols going about using demonstrably incorrect definitions, I regret my choice to follow a path of non-violence.
...with realtors keyword spamming and posting the same ads multiple times a day; nobody flags them.
Seeing as you didn't say "nobody else flags them", I have to assume that you're part of the problem. Flagging a craigslist ad is simpler than setting your threshold on slashdot, and doesn't even require a login. Yours could be the click that throws them out, but if you don't do it, the spammers win.
(i) So says an anonymous coward.
(ii) Fuck you you fucking fuck. This is a logical and argumentive fallacy, akin to the "No True Scotsman". There exist government agents that have no compunction about ruining the life of a merely annoying person. Is a soldier less brave for taking the precaution of wearing body armour in combat?
The ultimate test of good manners is bad manners. Here, I fail it...
You're a fucking idiot, possibly living in complete ignorance of history of governments through the ages. Having suspicion of government activities is positive, not negative, implies no fear, and certainly doesn't mean you view everything in life as bad. It does mean that you understand that unchecked government agents might collude to better their own lives at the expense of the public interest. It's not even on the same continent as thinking they're out to get you.
Saying someone should be on drugs because they notice similar patterns of corruption in two nations and suggests, "Where there's smoke, there's fire" doesn't show you in a very positive light. Are you a sales agent for a very large pharmaceutical company?
I hate to put too fine a point on it, but that's incredibly insensitive and unrealistic.
It's twenty seconds of legalese when people want to be entertained. It has no artistic value, and suggests that you're probably a criminal.
And it's on EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DVD.
Hey, I know, I'm going to come over to your house every night and yell at the top of my lungs that fellatio is a crime in some states. That should improve your sex lifre, right?
I wouldn't be surprised if half the accounts with UIDs over 1500000 are astroturf accounts.
Something happened a couple years back that started blossoming/. accounts at a rate not commensurate with natural growth of the site.
Actually, it is the fault of the internet. The decentralized broadcast communications it enables are anathema to mass media business. Take some time to read Mander's "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television". It's a thick read, and not without flaws, but I've yet to see any serious flaw in its predictions based on observations current at the time, most of which are still true today. One of the most salient points it raised is that few technologies can be shown to be morally neutral.
Isn't Viscalc the first program with a license explicity noting, "We can't say it works for sure. And you can't sue us if it doesn't." IIRC, it was because of fears some P. Eng. would use it in designing a bridge or automotive brake.
I could have sworn it was Thursday, not Troll Tuesday. This is something that, upon basic consideration, has serious flaws - some by design, some potentially avoidable only if corporations and governments can be trusted to do the right thing. Typically in a geek's eyes (and don't think I speak for all geeks, or am one), things don't need to be perfect. They have to have reasonable failure modes and acceptable side effects.
Do you believe anyone is going to successfully mandate this system only provides one bit of data to the station, insured/uninsured? Private companies can be expected to track where you are at all times. Plus, automatically know when your insurance expires, and I'm sure the marketing assholes are drooling and unzipping their pants about that one. Get ready for some exceptionally targeted advertising up on the store displays while you're heading for the till. Or on the billboard down the way.
I found the advertisements in Minority Report to be the most disturbing part of the film.
Yes, they are that blind, and they want to be that blind. For a stunning read on why they want to live in fear, check out Robert Altemeyer's "The Authoritarians" (freely available online). It outlines the narrow world view these cretins inhabit and how they interpret any challenge of their leaders as an attack on home, family, and community.
The bill is indefensible in any form. This has to be the largest Overton Window I've seen hereabouts in the past decade.
You're (i) unsympathetic, and (ii) wrong.
They may need help, but it's because the police were scouting their home. I read it as an understandable reaction to an extremely stressful event. You may or may not understand that the police's actual purpose is to instill paranoia; much of their work involves intimidataing people and in some places is the default posture of LEOs. It's a sad byproduct of lax hiring strategies. What we want is people who can take control of a hairy situation. What we get is people who want to take control of all situations.
As analogy, limping isn't exactly healthy or normal behaviour either - but should you be surprised if you see someone limping after falling off of a roof?
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Fuck, this is so basic and it's not a trivial point: evolution is an observation. Natural selection was a theory to explain it.
Why is anyone anywhere still getting this wrong? "On the Origin of Species" is a deadly boring read because Darwin went into nit-picking detail about extremely obvious items, just so that people would see that there was no theory or speculation involved.
When I see pols going about using demonstrably incorrect definitions, I regret my choice to follow a path of non-violence.
BINGO!
If being able to disable it is part of the UEFI spec, what are those Windows 8 ARM devices using?
Seeing as you didn't say "nobody else flags them", I have to assume that you're part of the problem. Flagging a craigslist ad is simpler than setting your threshold on slashdot, and doesn't even require a login. Yours could be the click that throws them out, but if you don't do it, the spammers win.
In the case of the NSA and the FBI at least, historical evidence shows American citizens would be wise to.
(i) So says an anonymous coward. (ii) Fuck you you fucking fuck. This is a logical and argumentive fallacy, akin to the "No True Scotsman". There exist government agents that have no compunction about ruining the life of a merely annoying person. Is a soldier less brave for taking the precaution of wearing body armour in combat?
Or, it's what's currently available in stores.
Some of those same assertions could be made of the attire of a traditional buddhist.
The ultimate test of good manners is bad manners. Here, I fail it...
You're a fucking idiot, possibly living in complete ignorance of history of governments through the ages. Having suspicion of government activities is positive, not negative, implies no fear, and certainly doesn't mean you view everything in life as bad. It does mean that you understand that unchecked government agents might collude to better their own lives at the expense of the public interest. It's not even on the same continent as thinking they're out to get you.
Saying someone should be on drugs because they notice similar patterns of corruption in two nations and suggests, "Where there's smoke, there's fire" doesn't show you in a very positive light. Are you a sales agent for a very large pharmaceutical company?
I thought traitors were hanged, not shot.
You must be new here. Don't worry, your idealism should be gone by the end of the decade.
I hate to put too fine a point on it, but that's incredibly insensitive and unrealistic.
It's twenty seconds of legalese when people want to be entertained. It has no artistic value, and suggests that you're probably a criminal.
And it's on EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DVD.
Hey, I know, I'm going to come over to your house every night and yell at the top of my lungs that fellatio is a crime in some states. That should improve your sex lifre, right?
Only now, backing up your cache (as part of your home directory) periodically is no longer merely inefficient - it's liable.
I wouldn't be surprised if half the accounts with UIDs over 1500000 are astroturf accounts. Something happened a couple years back that started blossoming /. accounts at a rate not commensurate with natural growth of the site.
Right. If aliens had built the pyramids, they would have built them pointy end down.
Really? Really? Tell us the way that is already proven to work.
Why is a standards body including chargeable, patented items in a standard in the first place?
Who do I have to pay to build a 1/8" audio plug?
Actually, it is the fault of the internet. The decentralized broadcast communications it enables are anathema to mass media business. Take some time to read Mander's "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television". It's a thick read, and not without flaws, but I've yet to see any serious flaw in its predictions based on observations current at the time, most of which are still true today. One of the most salient points it raised is that few technologies can be shown to be morally neutral.
He told me I could do the job any way I wanted. We're green, me and him.
Isn't Viscalc the first program with a license explicity noting, "We can't say it works for sure. And you can't sue us if it doesn't." IIRC, it was because of fears some P. Eng. would use it in designing a bridge or automotive brake.
I'm open to correction on this one.
I could have sworn it was Thursday, not Troll Tuesday. This is something that, upon basic consideration, has serious flaws - some by design, some potentially avoidable only if corporations and governments can be trusted to do the right thing. Typically in a geek's eyes (and don't think I speak for all geeks, or am one), things don't need to be perfect. They have to have reasonable failure modes and acceptable side effects.
Do you believe anyone is going to successfully mandate this system only provides one bit of data to the station, insured/uninsured? Private companies can be expected to track where you are at all times. Plus, automatically know when your insurance expires, and I'm sure the marketing assholes are drooling and unzipping their pants about that one. Get ready for some exceptionally targeted advertising up on the store displays while you're heading for the till. Or on the billboard down the way.
I found the advertisements in Minority Report to be the most disturbing part of the film.
Yes, they are that blind, and they want to be that blind. For a stunning read on why they want to live in fear, check out Robert Altemeyer's "The Authoritarians" (freely available online). It outlines the narrow world view these cretins inhabit and how they interpret any challenge of their leaders as an attack on home, family, and community.
The bill is indefensible in any form. This has to be the largest Overton Window I've seen hereabouts in the past decade.
How does an existing implementation prevent a cease and desist order in the future?
You're (i) unsympathetic, and (ii) wrong.
They may need help, but it's because the police were scouting their home. I read it as an understandable reaction to an extremely stressful event. You may or may not understand that the police's actual purpose is to instill paranoia; much of their work involves intimidataing people and in some places is the default posture of LEOs. It's a sad byproduct of lax hiring strategies. What we want is people who can take control of a hairy situation. What we get is people who want to take control of all situations.
As analogy, limping isn't exactly healthy or normal behaviour either - but should you be surprised if you see someone limping after falling off of a roof?
Your government has censored this post.
Still applauding?
Double whoosh. Windows is software; an iPhone is hardware.