Thanks guy. You just summoned "that which cannot be named" and doomed us all. I was looking forward to an afterlife not filled with thousands of gibbering mouths, but nooooooooooo...
Where is the ACTUAL news story for nerds of the day: Saddam's execution? Not posting this story shows a complete lack of backbone by the Slashdot editors. Let us have a discussion about what is one of the most important events of the past year! PLEASE post a story about it. You can mod me down now.
Due to recent budget cuts, Clear Channel has reduced the size of their song lineup. Instead of playing 10 different a day, the stations will now loop the latest Coldplay single 24/7.
I don't think anyone argues that someone can be 100% ignorant. But what if I take all my information from TV ads, and base my decision on that? I think the problem is that many people are misinformed, not under-informed...because the easiest source of information (the boob tube) is incredibly misleading.
And you can't say that informed votes will cancel each other out. Lets say one side of a proposition is much better funded than the other side. Then your typical under-informed voter who just bases his decision on what he sees on television is probably going to vote for the side with the most money.
Here's what I advise for the under-informed: Typically people ARE informed about at least ONE issue. And that's the beauty of voting: You don't have to vote on everything! If I have an informed opinion on the governor of my state, but nothing else, then I can just vote for the governor of my state. Don't know enough about a proposition or a candidate? Don't vote either way on that issue!
The period of a 40000 km pendulum is less than 4 hours, far shorter than the likely time for lifting the payload
Erm...even if the lifting time was 4 hours, that means the payload would have to be traveling 10,000 km/hr. I don't think it will go even a 10th as fast.
The Pentagon's research arm, which has twice hosted the high-tech contests since 2004, blames an obscure section in a defense spending law signed by President Bush this week. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency believes the law prevents the agency from awarding the $2.7 million prize money.
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I hear digg is working on "Biodiversity Stack" so you never have to refresh again!
...who knows, someone might actually beat it this time.
Whoops! Now you'll get a +5 for setting me straight!
Maybe OSU has the most downloaders because it's the largest college in the country? Are reporters even able to divide nowadays?
My girlfriend makes them all the time.
But first we gotta make sure it has fresh water. I don't want to have to drink my own pee.
How the hell am I going to install Oregon Trail now?
Thanks guy. You just summoned "that which cannot be named" and doomed us all. I was looking forward to an afterlife not filled with thousands of gibbering mouths, but nooooooooooo...
How retarded.
I'd tell you how to get there, but your primitive HTML tags are incapable of displaying the 3rd dimension required to visualize the hyperlink.
Where is the ACTUAL news story for nerds of the day: Saddam's execution? Not posting this story shows a complete lack of backbone by the Slashdot editors. Let us have a discussion about what is one of the most important events of the past year! PLEASE post a story about it. You can mod me down now.
Does anyone else think that the Gears of War commercial is one of the best, if not THE best, video game commercial ever made? Very memorable...
That's because there's an article about experts, but none for non-experts. If I weren't an expert about everything, I'd be pissed too!
I thought this title was held by White House press secretary Tony Snow...
(Bad pun alert) Do you want to be a Master...or a Slave?
What the heck is up with this "experimental" threading? Can someone explain it to me?
Due to recent budget cuts, Clear Channel has reduced the size of their song lineup. Instead of playing 10 different a day, the stations will now loop the latest Coldplay single 24/7.
Well, considering they lose $300 for each one they sell, perhaps it would be better to lose -$300...
Bury all the oil executives deep underground until they turn into oil (like the dinosaurs). Problem solved!
I guess he's at least willing to do that with his own job...
I don't think anyone argues that someone can be 100% ignorant. But what if I take all my information from TV ads, and base my decision on that? I think the problem is that many people are misinformed, not under-informed...because the easiest source of information (the boob tube) is incredibly misleading.
And you can't say that informed votes will cancel each other out. Lets say one side of a proposition is much better funded than the other side. Then your typical under-informed voter who just bases his decision on what he sees on television is probably going to vote for the side with the most money.
Here's what I advise for the under-informed: Typically people ARE informed about at least ONE issue. And that's the beauty of voting: You don't have to vote on everything! If I have an informed opinion on the governor of my state, but nothing else, then I can just vote for the governor of my state. Don't know enough about a proposition or a candidate? Don't vote either way on that issue!
It's the only way to be sure...