You obviously don't understand. It has been mathematically proven by High Priests of Freakonomics that the simple process that we refer to, in our pathetically inadequate non-freakonomist language, as "creating a job" also results in the subsidiary production of an infinite quantity of good, and therefore trumps every other possible moral concern, including the protection of 20-million year-old species of non-freakonomists. Repent and Freakonomize!
Set all externalities equal to zero and then divide by them for infinite utility!
I'm responding to the post above mine, which was responding to the use of the word "creationist" in the article. Even though you didn't notice that post, however, you might have clued in to the fact that I was quoting by my copious use of italics.
I am failing to comprehend. Keanu Reeves is human, and thus fleshy, and thus not made of wood. Furthermore, jokes are incapable of flight. (*pause*) Or perhaps this is another "idiom" with which I am unfamiliar.
At a concept-expansion factor of 2.0000 (end = objective, current = at the time), we have reached the semantic Schwarzchild radius. Make yourselves ready and prepare to cross and traverse the meaning horizon!
I can't believe no one has said this. If this were a Dan Brown novel, the big mystical secret that it would take a university-trained "symbologist" to decipher is that the true culprit, the maleficent agent behind the poisoning was, not Russia, but... (wait for it)... Poland!
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Really, there's nothing to worry about, since as Asimov pointed out in his story "Reason" (1941), the robots are not likely to find pork appealing: "There is no master but the Master, and QT-1 is his prophet.";-) (My friend is a Muslim, so I can make this joke... I think.)
In the GPP's mind, anyone to the left of Bill O'Reilly is on the "far left," and anyone to the left of Chris Matthews should probably be detained and interrogated just to be on the safe side.
Oh, we used to dream of propagating viruses via punch cards! We used to have code viruses that would be able to throw the switches on the face of the Altair 8800 on which they were running. It was hard, but we were happy. And you try and tell the young people of today that..... they won't believe you.
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It explains what would happen _under this model_ of the universe.
Kind of like God's version of the O.J. Simpson book, If I Did It.
Damn it! You stole my snark. I was going to write exactly that. Ah, well.
You obviously don't understand. It has been mathematically proven by High Priests of Freakonomics that the simple process that we refer to, in our pathetically inadequate non-freakonomist language, as "creating a job" also results in the subsidiary production of an infinite quantity of good, and therefore trumps every other possible moral concern, including the protection of 20-million year-old species of non-freakonomists. Repent and Freakonomize!
Set all externalities equal to zero and then divide by them for infinite utility!
I don't have any facts to back this up, but this just feels like the right decision.
I've never made that mistake! Never replied with a private message to a whole mailing list, and so forth.
I'm responding to the post above mine, which was responding to the use of the word "creationist" in the article. Even though you didn't notice that post, however, you might have clued in to the fact that I was quoting by my copious use of italics.
Google refuses to carry some newsgroups because they deem some ... too controversial.
Like alt.binaries.stockings?
"exposing creationist pseudoscience"...
Slashdot is so biased I don't know why I even bother anymore. Bashing Christians is so fashionable these days.
"Creationist" != "Christian", but don't let that stand in the way of your pretending to feel victimized.
The writeup sucks. It implies that Google is censoring Usenet.
I am failing to comprehend. Keanu Reeves is human, and thus fleshy, and thus not made of wood. Furthermore, jokes are incapable of flight. (*pause*) Or perhaps this is another "idiom" with which I am unfamiliar.
our current end-objectives at the time.
At a concept-expansion factor of 2.0000 (end = objective, current = at the time), we have reached the semantic Schwarzchild radius. Make yourselves ready and prepare to cross and traverse the meaning horizon!
Ah, the perils of Econ 101. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
I can't believe no one has said this. If this were a Dan Brown novel, the big mystical secret that it would take a university-trained "symbologist" to decipher is that the true culprit, the maleficent agent behind the poisoning was, not Russia, but ... (wait for it) ... Poland!
Well, you only live twice.
Sounds like a teaser for the local news.
Bingo.
...basically, twisted metal -> black?
Some call it "infotainment."
The Zune sucketh.
Are you sure? I thought those phrases were to be translated "how are you gentlemen?"
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Does that seem like a good idea?
I think my Wellington Bear calculator is even more secure, at least, before it was hybridized with my Trapper Keeper.
Really, there's nothing to worry about, since as Asimov pointed out in his story "Reason" (1941), the robots are not likely to find pork appealing: "There is no master but the Master, and QT-1 is his prophet." ;-) (My friend is a Muslim, so I can make this joke ... I think.)
In the GPP's mind, anyone to the left of Bill O'Reilly is on the "far left," and anyone to the left of Chris Matthews should probably be detained and interrogated just to be on the safe side.
Oh, we used to dream of propagating viruses via punch cards! We used to have code viruses that would be able to throw the switches on the face of the Altair 8800 on which they were running. It was hard, but we were happy. And you try and tell the young people of today that ..... they won't believe you.