Where is the limit with political speech ? Is that forbidden to state the opinion that violent action is the only way to bring change in a corrupt system ? Not that I defend this opinion, but the fact that is is censored disturbs me deeply.
I'm pretty sure that in the UK criticising the government can get you slapped with an antisocial behavior order (for non Brits who don't know, an 'asbo' is where a Judge makes up a new law just for one person, eg "not allowed to raise their right hand above their waist height in a public place" Theoretically a person can be imprisoned indefinitely for breaking these 'laws').
Tony Blair seemed to think that criticising the government amounts to an attack on society and therefore 'antisocial' so we can see where it could go from there.
One of the problems I had with BSG and Caprica is the amount of episodes that start with something interesting then, instead of continuing the story from there and developing it, suddenly theres a cut and "48 hours ago..." (or 2 weeks ago or whatever) and then the story that led up to the opening scenes.
Its like the episode starts with its own spoiler.
This seems to be becoming more and more common in TV series.
You know you are succeeding in fascism if China praises You. The Standard & Poors of Fascism.
That would be succeeding in communism not fascism.
The 'Standard & Poors of Fascism' would probably be the USA; A fascist state can be democratic, its defining feature is putting the interests of corporations ahead of the interests of its people. I think that describes modern America, yes?
The article suspects a space elevator could be built for $18 Billion? And they're worried about doing a study to explore who will pay for it? That much money is budget dust for any major country. Once the technology is there, I'm sure Boeing or Bechtel will be more than happy to take taxpayer money to work on the project and "create jobs."
Sure, the Yanks could borrow some more money from China.
The recent Battlestar Galactica wasn't everyone's cup of tea. But go back and watch the original, seriously go and watch a marathon
I just did. BSG (the new one), Caprica and BSG (the original) plus BSG 1980 (the time travel one).
BSG (the new one, way too soapy for my liking, 'soap in space' pretty much sums it up for me but enough of that)
BSG (the original one) I SWEAR that the original script was written in a language other than English and they used a primitive version of Google translate to render it into English.
I didn't have problems with phrasing, and the writing was probably "par for the course" for back then. It is just, in my opinion, a weak show by today's standards.
For back then, it was "The bomb." I loved watching the old BSG and Gil Gerard Buck Rogers show as a kid. And while I think Buck is still semi-decent even today, people going on about how the old BSG had superior writing are still wearing rose-colored glasses. You might not like the new BSG (as it IS soap-y) but the storyline was better, the dialog was better, the action scenes better, etc.
Though the original's StarBuck is still iconic
I agree that the new BSG storyline is better, but you have to cut through so much crap to see the storyline without getting bored to tears by the soap and emotional drama. They actually talk and move so slowly in new BSG that you can watch it at 3 times speed and it seems normal. In Caprica its more like 4 times speed.
As for the original Starbuck, I can't help but wonder if he was supposed to be... gay? And thats why they cast him as a woman in the new one; because they just couldn't have such a camp guy in a modern series without undermining its whole "must take ourselves very very seriously" thing that they have going on. (yeah I know Starbuck womanises, but he does it in such a camp way).
The recent Battlestar Galactica wasn't everyone's cup of tea. But go back and watch the original, seriously go and watch a marathon
I just did. BSG (the new one), Caprica and BSG (the original) plus BSG 1980 (the time travel one).
BSG (the new one, way too soapy for my liking, 'soap in space' pretty much sums it up for me but enough of that)
BSG (the original one) I SWEAR that the original script was written in a language other than English and they used a primitive version of Google translate to render it into English.
If you are arrested but not convicted, why should that be a matter of public record at all? People get arrested and then released without charge all the time. Why should this continue to haunt them?
Just because a police officer decided to arrest you that doesn't make you a criminal. Does it?
The Space Station is in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and will fall to the Earth without its regular altitude boosts
The ISS is in LEO because NASA was INCAPABLE of building a space shuttle that could achieve higher orbit! Because it had to have WINGS so it could land with secret military payloads at designated airfields in the continental USA.
So the AMERICANS crippled the INTERNATIONAL Space Station. It should have been in higher orbit to start with then it would last longer, but NO the Americans had to have it their way. Hopefuly the Chinese won't make the same dumb mistakes.
Interesting that this is not a NASA announcement...
Despite the fact that most American news media refer to it as 'The NASA Space Station" It is, in fact, not exclusively a NASA space station. Its correct title is "ISS" which stands for "International Space Station".
Yes, that's right, they actually use the phrase 'AL-QAEDA' MASSACRE above the headline NORWAY'S 9/11. Now that it's a right-wing extremist, he'll just be a lunatic instead of it being a plot.
The News of the World really must not be allowed to survive this, it is a stunning failure of ethics, governance and plain decency on a huge scale with substantial evidence. If they can't be brought down for this, they clearly cannot be taken down for anything. Yet it's even proving difficult to remove the editor.
In 'democratic' nations, news media controls politics. You can bet that NotW has dirt on anyone who might like to do something about this. News media in the 'free world' is blackmail on a massive scale.
Its a form of blackmail that essentially controls the democratic process at its weakest point; the voting decisions of the people. Its based on the principle of allowing people to think that their votes count and that they have free speech. But at the same time you manipulate enough people to wield a deadly sword against political opponents.
Seriously how did he steal their idea? When they came up with it, they couldn't have gotten it off the ground then? Did he beat them in building the site first? They couldn't have created their idea still? This seems frivolous to me. It's not like he stole their idea for a physical object and then patented the idea so they could never make it.
They had an idea for a site. He made them think that he was working on that site for them. Meanwhile he was working on a similar site for himself, a site which would have been competing with the site he was supposed to be building for them. He stalled them and effectively strangled their project from the inside.
Its a fairly obvious scam when you think about it, a kind of 'denial of service'.
What he should have done is tell them "no, I'm not going to be working for you, you will have to hire someone else." Had he done this and had they hired someone else its possible that their site would have launched ahead of his and he would have faced real competition.
Maybe he wouldn't be the billionaire he is today had he not pulled off this scam.
Yeah Debian is ok if you don't mind an OS thats made by people who don't understand sarcasm or irony and are obsessive about sticking to 'policy' even when it leaves things in a horribly broken state, because thats their 'philosophy'.
>>God doesn't *make* things 'the right thing to do' they just are.
That's one of those interesting questions, which Socrates took up in the Euthyphro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro).
I completely lost all faith in Socrates after reading the Protagoras. I came out on the side of the Sophists after that; Socrates didn't even bother listening and made it incredibly obvious as well...
Atheists often try to reduce God to the God of the Gaps, which entirely ignores the code-of-ethics, -behavior, and -worship that actually makes up a religion.
I once heard a rabbi explain that theres a time when its important to be an atheist;
Its that time when you see some poor unfortunate person who needs your help. At that time its best to be an atheist; you should help them not because God is standing over you making you help them but because its the right thing to do. God doesn't *make* things 'the right thing to do' they just are.
The code of ethics comes from your humanity not from deity.
The "don't care" option doesn't go down well with the conspiracy theorists though. Many times I've had some raving conspiracy nut going on and on about, eg, the JFK assassination and when I say "sorry, mate, I just don't give a toss about the assassination of JFK" they react like I'm the devils spawn or something. Almost like telling a raving evangelical christian that I'm agnostic.
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Where is the limit with political speech ? Is that forbidden to state the opinion that violent action is the only way to bring change in a corrupt system ? Not that I defend this opinion, but the fact that is is censored disturbs me deeply.
I'm pretty sure that in the UK criticising the government can get you slapped with an antisocial behavior order (for non Brits who don't know, an 'asbo' is where a Judge makes up a new law just for one person, eg "not allowed to raise their right hand above their waist height in a public place" Theoretically a person can be imprisoned indefinitely for breaking these 'laws').
Tony Blair seemed to think that criticising the government amounts to an attack on society and therefore 'antisocial' so we can see where it could go from there.
If you roll an orc or a troll, you are now treated to a poop joke within the first hour of gameplay. How appropriate.
oooh bad doggy!!!!
Really lets you know the age group the game is aimed at...
One of the problems I had with BSG and Caprica is the amount of episodes that start with something interesting then, instead of continuing the story from there and developing it, suddenly theres a cut and "48 hours ago..." (or 2 weeks ago or whatever) and then the story that led up to the opening scenes.
Its like the episode starts with its own spoiler.
This seems to be becoming more and more common in TV series.
You know you are succeeding in fascism if China praises You. The Standard & Poors of Fascism.
That would be succeeding in communism not fascism.
The 'Standard & Poors of Fascism' would probably be the USA; A fascist state can be democratic, its defining feature is putting the interests of corporations ahead of the interests of its people. I think that describes modern America, yes?
The article suspects a space elevator could be built for $18 Billion? And they're worried about doing a study to explore who will pay for it? That much money is budget dust for any major country. Once the technology is there, I'm sure Boeing or Bechtel will be more than happy to take taxpayer money to work on the project and "create jobs."
Sure, the Yanks could borrow some more money from China.
The recent Battlestar Galactica wasn't everyone's cup of tea. But go back and watch the original, seriously go and watch a marathon
I just did. BSG (the new one), Caprica and BSG (the original) plus BSG 1980 (the time travel one).
BSG (the new one, way too soapy for my liking, 'soap in space' pretty much sums it up for me but enough of that)
BSG (the original one) I SWEAR that the original script was written in a language other than English and they used a primitive version of Google translate to render it into English.
I didn't have problems with phrasing, and the writing was probably "par for the course" for back then. It is just, in my opinion, a weak show by today's standards.
For back then, it was "The bomb." I loved watching the old BSG and Gil Gerard Buck Rogers show as a kid. And while I think Buck is still semi-decent even today, people going on about how the old BSG had superior writing are still wearing rose-colored glasses. You might not like the new BSG (as it IS soap-y) but the storyline was better, the dialog was better, the action scenes better, etc.
Though the original's StarBuck is still iconic
I agree that the new BSG storyline is better, but you have to cut through so much crap to see the storyline without getting bored to tears by the soap and emotional drama. They actually talk and move so slowly in new BSG that you can watch it at 3 times speed and it seems normal. In Caprica its more like 4 times speed.
As for the original Starbuck, I can't help but wonder if he was supposed to be... gay? And thats why they cast him as a woman in the new one; because they just couldn't have such a camp guy in a modern series without undermining its whole "must take ourselves very very seriously" thing that they have going on. (yeah I know Starbuck womanises, but he does it in such a camp way).
The recent Battlestar Galactica wasn't everyone's cup of tea. But go back and watch the original, seriously go and watch a marathon
I just did. BSG (the new one), Caprica and BSG (the original) plus BSG 1980 (the time travel one).
BSG (the new one, way too soapy for my liking, 'soap in space' pretty much sums it up for me but enough of that)
BSG (the original one) I SWEAR that the original script was written in a language other than English and they used a primitive version of Google translate to render it into English.
If you are arrested but not convicted, why should that be a matter of public record at all? People get arrested and then released without charge all the time. Why should this continue to haunt them?
Just because a police officer decided to arrest you that doesn't make you a criminal. Does it?
Confused...
E E 'Doc' Smith 'Lensman' series has pairs of PLANETS being used as a KE weapon
So now someone cite a scifi example of a solar system or galaxy used as a weapon?
The Space Station is in a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) and will fall to the Earth without its regular altitude boosts
The ISS is in LEO because NASA was INCAPABLE of building a space shuttle that could achieve higher orbit! Because it had to have WINGS so it could land with secret military payloads at designated airfields in the continental USA.
So the AMERICANS crippled the INTERNATIONAL Space Station. It should have been in higher orbit to start with then it would last longer, but NO the Americans had to have it their way. Hopefuly the Chinese won't make the same dumb mistakes.
Interesting that this is not a NASA announcement...
Despite the fact that most American news media refer to it as 'The NASA Space Station" It is, in fact, not exclusively a NASA space station. Its correct title is "ISS" which stands for "International Space Station".
NASA is just one partner of many on this project.
In case anyone can't see why, check out the headline from News International's British tabloid, The Sun, on Saturday.
http://fleetstreetblues.blogspot.com/2011/07/sun-blames-al-qaeda-for-norway.html
Yes, that's right, they actually use the phrase 'AL-QAEDA' MASSACRE above the headline NORWAY'S 9/11. Now that it's a right-wing extremist, he'll just be a lunatic instead of it being a plot.
One monotheist is as bad as another.
The News of the World really must not be allowed to survive this, it is a stunning failure of ethics, governance and plain decency on a huge scale with substantial evidence. If they can't be brought down for this, they clearly cannot be taken down for anything. Yet it's even proving difficult to remove the editor.
In 'democratic' nations, news media controls politics. You can bet that NotW has dirt on anyone who might like to do something about this. News media in the 'free world' is blackmail on a massive scale.
Its a form of blackmail that essentially controls the democratic process at its weakest point; the voting decisions of the people. Its based on the principle of allowing people to think that their votes count and that they have free speech. But at the same time you manipulate enough people to wield a deadly sword against political opponents.
Seriously how did he steal their idea? When they came up with it, they couldn't have gotten it off the ground then? Did he beat them in building the site first? They couldn't have created their idea still? This seems frivolous to me. It's not like he stole their idea for a physical object and then patented the idea so they could never make it.
They had an idea for a site. He made them think that he was working on that site for them. Meanwhile he was working on a similar site for himself, a site which would have been competing with the site he was supposed to be building for them. He stalled them and effectively strangled their project from the inside.
Its a fairly obvious scam when you think about it, a kind of 'denial of service'.
What he should have done is tell them "no, I'm not going to be working for you, you will have to hire someone else." Had he done this and had they hired someone else its possible that their site would have launched ahead of his and he would have faced real competition.
Maybe he wouldn't be the billionaire he is today had he not pulled off this scam.
Actually I was just looking at that pair of correlated achievements (unarmed combat and exploration) in the article.
And I know exactly why they are correlated; because only people who make a point of collecting achievements will do them.
Noone in WoW goes around hitting things with no weapon equipped unless they are going for that achievement.
Noone in WoW will completely explore every zone in the game unless they are going for that achievement.
Someone who does either of these is highly likely to be AN ACHIEVEMENT FETISHIST and will likely get BOTH.
Thats the correlation right there.
Yeah Debian is ok if you don't mind an OS thats made by people who don't understand sarcasm or irony
So if I don't want a sarcastic, ironic OS I'll be just fine then?
Thanks!
If you don't mind obsessive, compulsive and impractically philosophical as well.
I've been a Debian sysadmin for over ten years. I know what I'm talking about.
Yeah Debian is ok if you don't mind an OS thats made by people who don't understand sarcasm or irony and are obsessive about sticking to 'policy' even when it leaves things in a horribly broken state, because thats their 'philosophy'.
I guess they now have a model to sue Germany as well, for religious prosecution...
and Falun Gong really is the Chinese Scientology; their leader believes that humanity is being corrupted by aliens. Etc.
Though I wonder if Scientology has a CIA connection/backing?
>>God doesn't *make* things 'the right thing to do' they just are.
That's one of those interesting questions, which Socrates took up in the Euthyphro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro).
I completely lost all faith in Socrates after reading the Protagoras. I came out on the side of the Sophists after that; Socrates didn't even bother listening and made it incredibly obvious as well...
Atheists often try to reduce God to the God of the Gaps, which entirely ignores the code-of-ethics, -behavior, and -worship that actually makes up a religion.
I once heard a rabbi explain that theres a time when its important to be an atheist;
Its that time when you see some poor unfortunate person who needs your help. At that time its best to be an atheist; you should help them not because God is standing over you making you help them but because its the right thing to do. God doesn't *make* things 'the right thing to do' they just are.
The code of ethics comes from your humanity not from deity.
Pasted it in from Wikipedia. I guess slashdot didn't like the cyrillic.
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I dont think its odd americans dont trust news, theres nothing trustworthy about it.
Theres an old saying "Theres no truth in the news and theres no news in the truth".
Except that in the original version of the saying 'truth' is '' and 'news' is '' and its from the old Soviet Union.
so I'd pick the "not care" option.
The "don't care" option doesn't go down well with the conspiracy theorists though. Many times I've had some raving conspiracy nut going on and on about, eg, the JFK assassination and when I say "sorry, mate, I just don't give a toss about the assassination of JFK" they react like I'm the devils spawn or something. Almost like telling a raving evangelical christian that I'm agnostic.
pffft
Avatar was just Pocahontas in 3D and with more blue.