I would disagree with this way of looking at a managerial position. When heading up any sort of group, including an entire business, you should be at least mildly educated in each sect under your authority. This tends to be a well known method of management. While I do not claim to be an actual business owner, I have been educated on the topic from different sources (books, networking, classes, etc.).
While I do agree on the topic that one must be able to cut a project when necessary, this does not constitute incompetance in the technical fields you're overseeing. In fact, without a general understanding, you may be more likely to make mistakes in this particular decision making, among many other important decisions.
I'm also not saying that you should hold the hand of everyone under you; that is theoretically impossible; but what is not impossible is the ability to communicate on their level to come to a much better understanding of their (and hence your) situations.
Anyway, thats my 1.5 cents on the subject.
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A balance between Religion and Science, or self control? I believe the latter is more appropriate. We as a society tend to blame everything on everyone else, claiming the least responsibility.
If we were to pick up after ourselves, and look out for our own future and those of others, we would be fine proliferating science to any degree. Any level of science has its pros and cons, being an intrinsic quality of any worth-while field. This even includes theology.
When one discovery is made, the appropriate contra-field should be in place as immediately as possible; being the responsibility of society in general. This is the balance I believe in.
DISCLAIMER: All above is IMHO.
It figures. You're just like him (if not him anyway). You believe that one person symbolizes an entire society. You believe that what I think, and what I said, everyone else in america would say. Just one question: do you believe in any sortof individualism? Or does everyone around you wear the same clothes, and think the same thoughts simultaneously?
Put it this way: what if aliens landed in America. If they thought like you do, they would immediately classify Earthlings as the Americans they had seen. Maybe they are as radical as you are; and hate what they see. Maybe this hatred drives them to destroy the world. I bet you feel pretty small knowing you didn't get a chance to show them the rest of the world; outside of America.
So... you hate logic? You hate it when someone disproves a radicalist bullshit argument thats anti-american? I'm just curious as to how people like you think... Maybe anything anti-anti-american is "wrong," no matter what the argument is. That makes sense... yeah, sure.
Then the argument comes (as previously stated) that I'm only saying this because I am American. This is such a logical fallacy. First of all, it doesn't matter _why_ I say it. It matters _what_ I say. This happens a lot with radicalist arguments. They're called inductive fallacies. Not to mention attacking the person, and countless others.
This reminds me when I was arguing with a racist white person. I (who am white), was arguing on the behalf of the colored. The man insisted I was black and would hear nothing more from a n****. I just laughed at him; like I happen to be laughing now.
I tend to like arguing about this kind of material; against anyone willing to subject an entire group to the effects of one or more included subjects. I don't know why, because people that I argue with on this always seem irrational, and thickheaded. I guess I just like putting my point of view out there in the hopes that someone out there will give me a rational argument for once. Please, If someone out there disagrees with me, and would like to actually state a valid argument, PLEASE reply. God knows I've been waiting for someone like that for years.
Ok, nazi bastard. The few 'good' people don't matter eh? Just burn them all. Sounds good to me. Christ, you hypocrytical piece of shit. Fuck my karma, and fuck you.
A) I'm actually in great shape, skinny, and tall. NOT fat.
B) Anthrax? I have no idea who's ass you pulled that out of.. Anthrax is most common in agricultural regions where it occurs in animals. These include South and Central America, Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Where is North America in this list?
C) Ugly, ill-informed lot eh? Thats odd.. I'll skip the ugly since I obviously disprove it in and of my own existance, but ill-informed? WTF? Like what?
D) How so did I 'make my bed?' What, because my country went to war? So now I am personally to blame for it? Even partially? Did you ever think that I don't want the war, nor have anything to do with it?
D) You easily blame the innocent American like me for doing nothing about the war.. What are you doing?? Talking shit on/. forums? Do you really think thats gonna do any good? br
There is nothing I despise more than a hypocrite.
My mother has Parkinson's, and I have no doubt that if there was a cure available, wrought from the torture of someone, my mother would not accept it.
I would understand this attitude if the torture hasn't happened yet, therefore giving your mother the possibility of stopping the results from occuring; but it is not so in this scenario. Your mother would have had no part of the torture. The information is now available; but yet she would not accept it because of the means? Note that she would not be in any way giving anything in return to the "providers" if the cure (the torturers).
Information should NEVER be ignored if it can do good; no matter what the means of them coming into play are. The idea of it is proposterous and stubborn. Either way, how is accepting knowledge for benefit do any harm to anyone, when you do not give the provider any benefits?
For keys: Use keyless entry doors, figure out a way to add an RF transmitter in the thing.
For wallet:
Cash: Who needs it?
Credit: Hmm.. still thinking. Maybe a lil gadget that lets you program a slide-out thin strip for different codes, storing each credit card's info appropriately? I'm sure theres a cool thing we could figure out.
Pictures: Done.
ID: eh... ok you might have to keep that on you... till the country decides to allow digital ID tags somehow... give that a few years, they'll prolly have embedded chips in everyones' arms or something. Technology + Gov't = limitless + crazy.
The reason this happens is because the media's goal is to relate the story to the audience better, therefore making them more interested.
This is basic psychology. The media and politicians, the ones who are heard the most (and therefore representative of our society here in America, albiet NOT correct as most people seem to believe), do relate foreign politics and events by going to what the commoner understands and knows on a daily basis, therfore being more effective. This is not a matter of who we love more than the other, or "we don't really give a shit about anyone else," as EVERYONE seems to fucking think.
This crap drives me nuts, as its hypocritical to say "Americans are evil because Americans are biased." C'mon, read the sentence closely. Figure it out for yourself. Its silly.
If you can say all Americans are evil, then we can say all Asians don't matter. Its the same crap.
First of all, twisting his words, you suggest that he thinks 'it was worthwhile for them to have gone through what they did.' He said nothing of the sort, in fact, I'm sure (like me) he thinks the opposite.
Secondly, you say that he's being hypocritical in saying we should make good from it. Let me suggest a scenario that might draw the picture better...
If a person is tortured for 3 years, and somehow someone gets the cure to cancer from this action, should we disacknowledge the cure because of how we obtained it?
I know I sure as hell wouldn't, concidering my mother has breast cancer. I would never have condoned the torture, but I'd sure as hell reap the benefits.
Don't exclude those who do online gaming. Although I think your point is mostly valid.. On the only windows box I have I could care less about security updates. Its routed through a linux box which watches/restricts traffic, and the win client has only installations of programs. All personal data is offsite, so reformatting it is quick & clean. Not to mention I'm not downloading p0rn programs and crap. There are a few possible evils that I could somehow contract on it, yes... but I'd be able to get rid of them easily, without harm to me.
I pwn windows legitimately, but only because I got a license for $5. Windows is like buying a $200 console system if you ask me.
I don't know why I feel the need to continue this sillyness; I must be bored. I will make my points and finish this crap.
A) My original point remains unaffected by these crazed grammar-nazi issues.
B) I have a reason to continue this, as I'm defending myself (other than boredom). What do you have to gain?
C) Yes I spelled sarcastic incorrectly. Obviously I know this because I looked it up, fool.
D) The definition is accurate, and defends my use of the word, completely.
E) Blundering on obliviously? Maybe if point D weren't true, this would be the case; and point B (defense/boredom) gives reason for me to continue. Not to mention the fact that I find those eager to be biggoted hipocrites by smashing others' appropriate points with arguments completely consisting of logical fallacies, such as personal attacks, and irrelevant counterpoints, a true nuisance to society if you ask me.
F) I find it funny that people choose to post these conversations anonymously. I'm sure you're registered, so why don't you just fess up to your identity at least, so I (and others) can make sure not to read your incoherent posts in the future.
Hopefully someone will read this before they go 'blundering on obliviously,' making grammar/spelling nazi-ish remarks to someone making a completely cogent argument about something, only trying to get themselves heard; not caring for good or worse. Next time you want to make a point/counterpoint, try to at least aim for the point of the argument.
I will not continue this any further. I'm just starting to get too pissed off at people.
P.S. Note this all started with me making a bad joke that wasn't even aimed at anyone. How sad:(
Thank God you corrected me on such an important, point decisive grammar error. Please, send me your address so I can mail you compensation for saving my life of using the incorrect spelling of 'noone.'
Please help me with one more word that I use when posting/messaging: Is it spelled 'leet' or 'l33t'? If you help I'd be forever in your debt.
</sarchastic evil reply>
(shoulda posted anonymous on this one, eh?)
Good God man, do you seriously think nVidia should ditch support on a GF4??? Sorry, but I'm still (very) happy with my GF3. What do you think they should do about it? Trash it?
Sorry, but if you think everyone goes out and buy the newest/best vid card on the market on intervals of anywhere NEAR 3 years, you are SERIOUSLY mistaken.
Whats the point of those silly sports games anyway? I mean, not that I'm especially a fan of sports in gen, but why not go out and physically do something?
The reason I play video games is to be able to use my mind, exercise it, and have fun at the same time. Same thing you do with sports for your body, etc, but where does a sports videogame rate? What does that do? Sheesh. Tetris over Madden any day for me.
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I would disagree with this way of looking at a managerial position. When heading up any sort of group, including an entire business, you should be at least mildly educated in each sect under your authority. This tends to be a well known method of management. While I do not claim to be an actual business owner, I have been educated on the topic from different sources (books, networking, classes, etc.). While I do agree on the topic that one must be able to cut a project when necessary, this does not constitute incompetance in the technical fields you're overseeing. In fact, without a general understanding, you may be more likely to make mistakes in this particular decision making, among many other important decisions. I'm also not saying that you should hold the hand of everyone under you; that is theoretically impossible; but what is not impossible is the ability to communicate on their level to come to a much better understanding of their (and hence your) situations. Anyway, thats my 1.5 cents on the subject.
A balance between Religion and Science, or self control? I believe the latter is more appropriate. We as a society tend to blame everything on everyone else, claiming the least responsibility. If we were to pick up after ourselves, and look out for our own future and those of others, we would be fine proliferating science to any degree. Any level of science has its pros and cons, being an intrinsic quality of any worth-while field. This even includes theology. When one discovery is made, the appropriate contra-field should be in place as immediately as possible; being the responsibility of society in general. This is the balance I believe in. DISCLAIMER: All above is IMHO.
Actually, anymore, a lot of GUI based email clients disallow images by default, for that very reason.
It figures. You're just like him (if not him anyway). You believe that one person symbolizes an entire society. You believe that what I think, and what I said, everyone else in america would say. Just one question: do you believe in any sortof individualism? Or does everyone around you wear the same clothes, and think the same thoughts simultaneously?
Put it this way: what if aliens landed in America. If they thought like you do, they would immediately classify Earthlings as the Americans they had seen. Maybe they are as radical as you are; and hate what they see. Maybe this hatred drives them to destroy the world. I bet you feel pretty small knowing you didn't get a chance to show them the rest of the world; outside of America.
So... you hate logic? You hate it when someone disproves a radicalist bullshit argument thats anti-american? I'm just curious as to how people like you think... Maybe anything anti-anti-american is "wrong," no matter what the argument is. That makes sense... yeah, sure.
Then the argument comes (as previously stated) that I'm only saying this because I am American. This is such a logical fallacy. First of all, it doesn't matter _why_ I say it. It matters _what_ I say. This happens a lot with radicalist arguments. They're called inductive fallacies. Not to mention attacking the person, and countless others.
This reminds me when I was arguing with a racist white person. I (who am white), was arguing on the behalf of the colored. The man insisted I was black and would hear nothing more from a n****. I just laughed at him; like I happen to be laughing now.
I tend to like arguing about this kind of material; against anyone willing to subject an entire group to the effects of one or more included subjects. I don't know why, because people that I argue with on this always seem irrational, and thickheaded. I guess I just like putting my point of view out there in the hopes that someone out there will give me a rational argument for once. Please, If someone out there disagrees with me, and would like to actually state a valid argument, PLEASE reply. God knows I've been waiting for someone like that for years.
Ok, nazi bastard. The few 'good' people don't matter eh? Just burn them all. Sounds good to me. Christ, you hypocrytical piece of shit. Fuck my karma, and fuck you.
/. forums? Do you really think thats gonna do any good?
A) I'm actually in great shape, skinny, and tall. NOT fat.
B) Anthrax? I have no idea who's ass you pulled that out of.. Anthrax is most common in agricultural regions where it occurs in animals. These include South and Central America, Southern and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Where is North America in this list?
C) Ugly, ill-informed lot eh? Thats odd.. I'll skip the ugly since I obviously disprove it in and of my own existance, but ill-informed? WTF? Like what?
D) How so did I 'make my bed?' What, because my country went to war? So now I am personally to blame for it? Even partially? Did you ever think that I don't want the war, nor have anything to do with it?
D) You easily blame the innocent American like me for doing nothing about the war.. What are you doing?? Talking shit on
br There is nothing I despise more than a hypocrite.
My mother has Parkinson's, and I have no doubt that if there was a cure available, wrought from the torture of someone, my mother would not accept it.
I would understand this attitude if the torture hasn't happened yet, therefore giving your mother the possibility of stopping the results from occuring; but it is not so in this scenario. Your mother would have had no part of the torture. The information is now available; but yet she would not accept it because of the means? Note that she would not be in any way giving anything in return to the "providers" if the cure (the torturers).
Information should NEVER be ignored if it can do good; no matter what the means of them coming into play are. The idea of it is proposterous and stubborn. Either way, how is accepting knowledge for benefit do any harm to anyone, when you do not give the provider any benefits?
For wallet:
Yea, some guys a while back figured out how to fix that. S'called RAM. Cheap 256M RAM stick would fix all of that unhappiness.
The reason this happens is because the media's goal is to relate the story to the audience better, therefore making them more interested.
This is basic psychology. The media and politicians, the ones who are heard the most (and therefore representative of our society here in America, albiet NOT correct as most people seem to believe), do relate foreign politics and events by going to what the commoner understands and knows on a daily basis, therfore being more effective. This is not a matter of who we love more than the other, or "we don't really give a shit about anyone else," as EVERYONE seems to fucking think.
This crap drives me nuts, as its hypocritical to say "Americans are evil because Americans are biased." C'mon, read the sentence closely. Figure it out for yourself. Its silly.
If you can say all Americans are evil, then we can say all Asians don't matter. Its the same crap.
Disclaimer: I love Asians.
Your argument has some serious issues.
First of all, twisting his words, you suggest that he thinks 'it was worthwhile for them to have gone through what they did.' He said nothing of the sort, in fact, I'm sure (like me) he thinks the opposite.
Secondly, you say that he's being hypocritical in saying we should make good from it. Let me suggest a scenario that might draw the picture better...
If a person is tortured for 3 years, and somehow someone gets the cure to cancer from this action, should we disacknowledge the cure because of how we obtained it?
I know I sure as hell wouldn't, concidering my mother has breast cancer. I would never have condoned the torture, but I'd sure as hell reap the benefits.
Don't exclude those who do online gaming. Although I think your point is mostly valid.. On the only windows box I have I could care less about security updates. Its routed through a linux box which watches/restricts traffic, and the win client has only installations of programs. All personal data is offsite, so reformatting it is quick & clean. Not to mention I'm not downloading p0rn programs and crap. There are a few possible evils that I could somehow contract on it, yes... but I'd be able to get rid of them easily, without harm to me.
I pwn windows legitimately, but only because I got a license for $5. Windows is like buying a $200 console system if you ask me.
Wouldn't it be easier to build a computer intertwined with our brains directly linked to an all-knowing database? :)
What Would Google Think?
I don't know why I feel the need to continue this sillyness; I must be bored. I will make my points and finish this crap.
:(
A) My original point remains unaffected by these crazed grammar-nazi issues.
B) I have a reason to continue this, as I'm defending myself (other than boredom). What do you have to gain?
C) Yes I spelled sarcastic incorrectly. Obviously I know this because I looked it up, fool.
D) The definition is accurate, and defends my use of the word, completely.
E) Blundering on obliviously? Maybe if point D weren't true, this would be the case; and point B (defense/boredom) gives reason for me to continue. Not to mention the fact that I find those eager to be biggoted hipocrites by smashing others' appropriate points with arguments completely consisting of logical fallacies, such as personal attacks, and irrelevant counterpoints, a true nuisance to society if you ask me.
F) I find it funny that people choose to post these conversations anonymously. I'm sure you're registered, so why don't you just fess up to your identity at least, so I (and others) can make sure not to read your incoherent posts in the future.
Hopefully someone will read this before they go 'blundering on obliviously,' making grammar/spelling nazi-ish remarks to someone making a completely cogent argument about something, only trying to get themselves heard; not caring for good or worse. Next time you want to make a point/counterpoint, try to at least aim for the point of the argument.
I will not continue this any further. I'm just starting to get too pissed off at people.
P.S. Note this all started with me making a bad joke that wasn't even aimed at anyone. How sad
1 : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain
Burned. BTW: might I suggest having the balls to sign on? Or are you too karma-freaked?
Sorry, almost forgot to be a grammar-nazi myself, in reply to your ironic error.
"Learn how to spell 'noone' is not a word idiot!"
Should be...
"Learn how to spell 'noone.' It is not a word, idiot!"
The student shall surpass the teacher. God knows you fucked that one up.
Thank God you corrected me on such an important, point decisive grammar error. Please, send me your address so I can mail you compensation for saving my life of using the incorrect spelling of 'noone.'
Please help me with one more word that I use when posting/messaging: Is it spelled 'leet' or 'l33t'? If you help I'd be forever in your debt.
</sarchastic evil reply>
(shoulda posted anonymous on this one, eh?)
If only Frankenstein had this technology...
Lets just hope noone forgets to turn on the anti-missile lasers on the orbiting satellites. Bigger mistakes can happen. :)
I didn't 'know this since a fuckin' week.' Don't you realize some of us lazy people wait till it appears on /. to read the news? :)
Good God man, do you seriously think nVidia should ditch support on a GF4??? Sorry, but I'm still (very) happy with my GF3. What do you think they should do about it? Trash it?
Sorry, but if you think everyone goes out and buy the newest/best vid card on the market on intervals of anywhere NEAR 3 years, you are SERIOUSLY mistaken.
anyone who likes a game which takes more than good virtual-aim to win. :)
Personally, I've seen a lack of shifting. Most people are stuck in neutral.
Yes.
Whats the point of those silly sports games anyway? I mean, not that I'm especially a fan of sports in gen, but why not go out and physically do something?
The reason I play video games is to be able to use my mind, exercise it, and have fun at the same time. Same thing you do with sports for your body, etc, but where does a sports videogame rate? What does that do? Sheesh. Tetris over Madden any day for me.
Sorry for the rant, I'm feeling moody.
Also, maybe if they weren't "porn-mongering sex-addicts," you wouldn't be born... That way you'd never have to troubleshoot.