Or perhaps the real world doesn't actually work the simplistic way young ideology likes to think. The hard cold reality of deadlines, market, and responsibilities outside of career get in the way of producing work of the caliber that dudes on the internet without enough time to read the article demand.
The people 'smart enough' and organized/driven enough to really shine aren't wasting their time posting on comments on Slashdot about articles they didn't read.
Its a great short story. It is pushing it as a novel. It certainly isn't bad, and is an engaging read, but a heavy in in the literary world? Really? You are kidding right?
Thank you for an informed opinion, The trick as always is resist the pressure from those impatient and dismissive of process and legitimate concerns. There are enough stories of water sources ruined by bad drilling practices and the difficulties for the effected parties. Connecting contamination to a specific project is not easy and the victims are often fucked. There is a lot of irrational hype over fracking, but the is also legitimate reasons for people to be concerned.
"Cheaper energy, boost to the economy, bla bla bla". None of this gets you ahead if you do more long term damage especially to really important resources like WATER. Be informed, do it right the first time, This sort of short term selfish frat boy thinking is costing us too much already.
"Water can be treated"? Not very cheaply if the contaminant is sodium or some other salt, which is typical of water contamination from poor drilling practices.
"Back to living in caves"? No one is suggesting that, advocating responsibility does not make one a Luddite.
prasadsurve, jacekm, and coward you guys are from the fuckin' fifties.
No-one wants to see your bloody boring one of a billion living room, or your one of a billion pasty body on your one of billions couch or the same old crap you do there that everybody else does. If you are worried about privacy you can live a perfectly enriching technological life by taking some simple measures and really small sacrifices. If you really need a Modern Blast'um 25 from Evil Faceless Developer Corp then maybe you you don't need the precious privacy that playing it violates. Maybe just go outside.
This is a fantastic little exposition, and is very insightful. I've really enjoyed some of Card's work and found it quite thought provoking at times. It also helps me see (not necessarily understand) how someone with a drastically different world view can still approach controversy in a similar way. Depriving yourself of broader understanding on political grounds seems counterproductive. Even the Dalai Lama is going to have some character flaws, that's humanity.
I also see the other view point. If I am annoyed, or just 'tired' of someone's public agenda why should I continue to support it? Can I just approach this on a case by case basis? There is also a distinction between supporting a public figure's agenda and exploring the knowledge and experience that is out there to be had. I likely will not be missing out on personal enrichment if I skip this movie; Ive read the short story, the novel and a sequel or two. It is up to me whether I want to spend money on it or not and for what reason.
I am sorry, do you have a cite? Maximum theoretical overall efficiency of LED lighting is only 43.9 % (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous_efficacy). Real world efficiency tops out at 22%. That's before efficiency losses in the solar panels (HUGE) and transmission losses. You should know that such claims are almost guaranteed bunk, 2nd law of thermodynamics and all. I believe arcite was jesting../
You probably mean "self-identified" "scientists". I cant believe the nerve of these guys who specialize in a particular discipline of study and come to conclusions that do not agree with your uninformed and fluff based opinion.
Don't let the truth get in the way of your little fantasy about the big conspiracy. Why don't you just quote the slew of 'climategate', hockey stick arguments, and general LIES about the data that have been soundly refuted by the scientific community again and again and again. There are lots of examples of this in the past, Google Deutsche Physik.
You are a perfect example of the fools that this article points to.
Well the subject of the article, TF2 is a huge counter example to your post. It is entirely pvp and there is really no advantage against f2p players. If you put your time into the game you will get all the items needed to be competitive. A cool hat or strange weapon does not make you any tougher. All of my preferred weapons are from achievements, drops or crafting. You can pay 20 buck for a package of starter weapons, but play for a couple weeks and you will have what you need anyway.
Just try to resist opening that mysterious crate for a measly couple of bucks though...
"The "climate change" crazies have one thing in common: they all know how to lie with statistics [amazon.com]. My clearest evidence against them is the fact that their "argument" relies more on the star/celebrity power of their spokespeople than on actual scientific evidence, just like the anti-vaccination crowd."
You are appealing to reason, but you categorically dismiss people that hold the view you are opposing as crazies? What an ass. Emotion, not reason is what is motivating you. There are some serious questions to ask here, but you have obviously already made your decision based on something else other than reason. Why dont you just simplify it and start ranting about liberals?
By the way, those "crazies" happen to include the vast majority of climatologists, you know, scientists that study climate, rather than say petroleum engineering, or geology, or geophysics, or develop nuclear warheads, or various other disciplines that are not climate.
Ive read quite a few articles, by scientists that do not study climate, decrying Anthropogenic Climate Change. Often some very good criticisms of the science or presentation are raised, some that I have seen addressed and some that I haven't. This is good, what isnt good is how often the argument degrades to complaints about media, celebrities, economics, political issues and other things that are not science, and how often climate change itself is attacked even though the articles usually start with a disclaimer that that is not what they are disputing. I take the good, leave the bad, and remember that there is a discipline of science that studies climate, and that these guys are criticizing from outside the discipline, which is good but does not put their contributions above those within.
There are some serious criticisms of Anthropogenic Climate Change that need to be addressed, but that those that hold that view are "crazies" is not one of them.
I love music and have a huge and varied collection. That collection is great and I enjoy it immensely, but there is so much music out there to experience that I haven't heard.
There are some great net radio stations that I can tune into and hear all sorts of fantastic music that is new to me. If I like a piece of music, the artist and info is right there and I can get that music easily if I wish. Services like Pandora even tailor a set of music to your taste based on your suggestions, which can be tweaked in real time, it is a terrific system (that you sir, obviously have not investigated before blathering about) and can deliver what a listener is looking for.
There is an explosion of new music out there right now, the number of new artists in multiple, vibrant genres is startling. There is also much better access to previously unattainable recordings of both celebrated and obscure artists and genres. All of this primarily due to the information revolution.
The music industry is going to change dramatically, because they are no longer able control the distribution of music as they have before. They are afraid and striking out where ever they can, including internet radio. People like myself actually buy more music because of the exposure that internet radio (and yes file sharing too) provide. Now more and more of that music is from small independent labels and unsigned artists, which leaves Sony and Universal out of the loop. Thats why this is news.
And no, your musical taste is not weird, just limited by the horizons you restrict it to.
"Nothing is larger then humanity. To think so is to die. There is nothing we can't achieve, no place we can't conquer."
Im rather confused about where you get the evidence for this, or even why you think think such power would be a good thing.
Statements of such universal scope are pretty much meaningless. By exclusion of (obvious) evidence to the contrary, you do more damage to your goal than by just using good 'ole mature honesty with a healthy dose of optimism.
Really I thought this sort of new age idiocy atrophied with the nineties.
Yeah those stupid "eco-types"! They're always saying "Wow that chinook arch looks really bad and evil, I better go and annoy some shut-in engineer with my imagined behaviors and ignorance". They're sooo dumb.
What would they know about appreciating natural beauty! What, with their silly concern for nature an all; they probably dont even think about pipes and pumps and lousy web page design.
Oh Please, I cant handle this sort of drama this time in the morning.
Get off your high horse, his post was no more moronic than yours, and certainly not anymore self righteous.
Jack-ass? That is totally inappropriate. You think your post was on some kind of higher level? Stop taking yourself so seriously and lighten up.
The point, since you so obviously missed it, (I imagine you were in shock that someone would dare oppose your brilliance with their feeble intellect), is that examples of negative consequences like you gave for sex can be given for just about ANYTHING.
Some of those consequences are direct and some are conditional. Everything you mentioned is conditional. Some things have consequences that are both negative and direct (not to mention INTENTIONAL)- like violence against another person.
What everyone is reacting to here is the irony that a game featuring so much imaginary violence is suddenly bumped a level of restriction because suddenly ther is sex in it.
How in this context can you possibly expect to make a post like that and not expect it to come off as puritanical?
Sheesh are you guys ever a bunch of boring stay-at-homes. I think this guy is up for an amazing experience, so what if its high risk.
Its very high risk to sit in front of a comp monitor and eat hamburgers too, it'll just take longer to kill you. None of you are overweight right?
Im sure none of you would allow yourselves to get out of shape or eat a poor diet, but most americans are and do and will die from the resulting health problems.
At least this guy is going to do it in style.
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Or perhaps the real world doesn't actually work the simplistic way young ideology likes to think. The hard cold reality of deadlines, market, and responsibilities outside of career get in the way of producing work of the caliber that dudes on the internet without enough time to read the article demand.
The people 'smart enough' and organized/driven enough to really shine aren't wasting their time posting on comments on Slashdot about articles they didn't read.
Some peoples' subtle is other peoples' meh.
Its a great short story. It is pushing it as a novel. It certainly isn't bad, and is an engaging read, but a heavy in in the literary world? Really? You are kidding right?
In that case we should certainly name the first gigantic, floating, guitar-shaped space city 'Boston'.
Thank you for an informed opinion, The trick as always is resist the pressure from those impatient and dismissive of process and legitimate concerns. There are enough stories of water sources ruined by bad drilling practices and the difficulties for the effected parties. Connecting contamination to a specific project is not easy and the victims are often fucked. There is a lot of irrational hype over fracking, but the is also legitimate reasons for people to be concerned.
"Cheaper energy, boost to the economy, bla bla bla". None of this gets you ahead if you do more long term damage especially to really important resources like WATER. Be informed, do it right the first time, This sort of short term selfish frat boy thinking is costing us too much already.
"Water can be treated"? Not very cheaply if the contaminant is sodium or some other salt, which is typical of water contamination from poor drilling practices.
"Back to living in caves"? No one is suggesting that, advocating responsibility does not make one a Luddite.
prasadsurve, jacekm, and coward you guys are from the fuckin' fifties.
No-one wants to see your bloody boring one of a billion living room, or your one of a billion pasty body on your one of billions couch or the same old crap you do there that everybody else does. If you are worried about privacy you can live a perfectly enriching technological life by taking some simple measures and really small sacrifices. If you really need a Modern Blast'um 25 from Evil Faceless Developer Corp then maybe you you don't need the precious privacy that playing it violates. Maybe just go outside.
This is a fantastic little exposition, and is very insightful. I've really enjoyed some of Card's work and found it quite thought provoking at times. It also helps me see (not necessarily understand) how someone with a drastically different world view can still approach controversy in a similar way. Depriving yourself of broader understanding on political grounds seems counterproductive. Even the Dalai Lama is going to have some character flaws, that's humanity.
I also see the other view point. If I am annoyed, or just 'tired' of someone's public agenda why should I continue to support it? Can I just approach this on a case by case basis? There is also a distinction between supporting a public figure's agenda and exploring the knowledge and experience that is out there to be had. I likely will not be missing out on personal enrichment if I skip this movie; Ive read the short story, the novel and a sequel or two. It is up to me whether I want to spend money on it or not and for what reason.
I am sorry, do you have a cite? Maximum theoretical overall efficiency of LED lighting is only 43.9 % (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous_efficacy). Real world efficiency tops out at 22%. That's before efficiency losses in the solar panels (HUGE) and transmission losses. You should know that such claims are almost guaranteed bunk, 2nd law of thermodynamics and all. I believe arcite was jesting../
It is one thing to not RTFA, but couldn't you at least read the summary? They are not talking about the event horizon smarmy-pants.
You probably mean "self-identified" "scientists". I cant believe the nerve of these guys who specialize in a particular discipline of study and come to conclusions that do not agree with your uninformed and fluff based opinion. Don't let the truth get in the way of your little fantasy about the big conspiracy. Why don't you just quote the slew of 'climategate', hockey stick arguments, and general LIES about the data that have been soundly refuted by the scientific community again and again and again. There are lots of examples of this in the past, Google Deutsche Physik. You are a perfect example of the fools that this article points to.
Well the subject of the article, TF2 is a huge counter example to your post. It is entirely pvp and there is really no advantage against f2p players. If you put your time into the game you will get all the items needed to be competitive. A cool hat or strange weapon does not make you any tougher. All of my preferred weapons are from achievements, drops or crafting. You can pay 20 buck for a package of starter weapons, but play for a couple weeks and you will have what you need anyway. Just try to resist opening that mysterious crate for a measly couple of bucks though...
The flight sim community has been using TrackIR to control POV for quite a few years now.
It is an Ekranoplan. 'Huge sea jet of some' sort is pretty close.
"The "climate change" crazies have one thing in common: they all know how to lie with statistics [amazon.com]. My clearest evidence against them is the fact that their "argument" relies more on the star/celebrity power of their spokespeople than on actual scientific evidence, just like the anti-vaccination crowd." You are appealing to reason, but you categorically dismiss people that hold the view you are opposing as crazies? What an ass. Emotion, not reason is what is motivating you. There are some serious questions to ask here, but you have obviously already made your decision based on something else other than reason. Why dont you just simplify it and start ranting about liberals? By the way, those "crazies" happen to include the vast majority of climatologists, you know, scientists that study climate, rather than say petroleum engineering, or geology, or geophysics, or develop nuclear warheads, or various other disciplines that are not climate. Ive read quite a few articles, by scientists that do not study climate, decrying Anthropogenic Climate Change. Often some very good criticisms of the science or presentation are raised, some that I have seen addressed and some that I haven't. This is good, what isnt good is how often the argument degrades to complaints about media, celebrities, economics, political issues and other things that are not science, and how often climate change itself is attacked even though the articles usually start with a disclaimer that that is not what they are disputing. I take the good, leave the bad, and remember that there is a discipline of science that studies climate, and that these guys are criticizing from outside the discipline, which is good but does not put their contributions above those within. There are some serious criticisms of Anthropogenic Climate Change that need to be addressed, but that those that hold that view are "crazies" is not one of them.
I love music and have a huge and varied collection. That collection is great and I enjoy it immensely, but there is so much music out there to experience that I haven't heard.
There are some great net radio stations that I can tune into and hear all sorts of fantastic music that is new to me. If I like a piece of music, the artist and info is right there and I can get that music easily if I wish. Services like Pandora even tailor a set of music to your taste based on your suggestions, which can be tweaked in real time, it is a terrific system (that you sir, obviously have not investigated before blathering about) and can deliver what a listener is looking for.
There is an explosion of new music out there right now, the number of new artists in multiple, vibrant genres is startling. There is also much better access to previously unattainable recordings of both celebrated and obscure artists and genres. All of this primarily due to the information revolution.
The music industry is going to change dramatically, because they are no longer able control the distribution of music as they have before. They are afraid and striking out where ever they can, including internet radio. People like myself actually buy more music because of the exposure that internet radio (and yes file sharing too) provide. Now more and more of that music is from small independent labels and unsigned artists, which leaves Sony and Universal out of the loop. Thats why this is news.
And no, your musical taste is not weird, just limited by the horizons you restrict it to.
"Nothing is larger then humanity. To think so is to die.
There is nothing we can't achieve, no place we can't conquer."
Im rather confused about where you get the evidence for this, or even why you think think such power would be a good thing.
Statements of such universal scope are pretty much meaningless. By exclusion of (obvious) evidence to the contrary, you do more damage to your goal than by just using good 'ole mature honesty with a healthy dose of optimism.
Really I thought this sort of new age idiocy atrophied with the nineties.
Yeah those stupid "eco-types"! They're always saying "Wow that chinook arch looks really bad and evil, I better go and annoy some shut-in engineer with my imagined behaviors and ignorance". They're sooo dumb.
What would they know about appreciating natural beauty! What, with their silly concern for nature an all; they probably dont even think about pipes and pumps and lousy web page design.
The fools!
Of course! Numbers intead of names! Its Brilliant! Heck we could replace the whole alphabet with numbers.
Oh Please, I cant handle this sort of drama this time in the morning. Get off your high horse, his post was no more moronic than yours, and certainly not anymore self righteous. Jack-ass? That is totally inappropriate. You think your post was on some kind of higher level? Stop taking yourself so seriously and lighten up. The point, since you so obviously missed it, (I imagine you were in shock that someone would dare oppose your brilliance with their feeble intellect), is that examples of negative consequences like you gave for sex can be given for just about ANYTHING. Some of those consequences are direct and some are conditional. Everything you mentioned is conditional. Some things have consequences that are both negative and direct (not to mention INTENTIONAL)- like violence against another person. What everyone is reacting to here is the irony that a game featuring so much imaginary violence is suddenly bumped a level of restriction because suddenly ther is sex in it. How in this context can you possibly expect to make a post like that and not expect it to come off as puritanical?
But he was the one that was supposed to bring balance to Open Source.
Sheesh are you guys ever a bunch of boring stay-at-homes. I think this guy is up for an amazing experience, so what if its high risk. Its very high risk to sit in front of a comp monitor and eat hamburgers too, it'll just take longer to kill you. None of you are overweight right? Im sure none of you would allow yourselves to get out of shape or eat a poor diet, but most americans are and do and will die from the resulting health problems. At least this guy is going to do it in style.
Dont forget the parking lot.