Exactly. And anyway, what does it matter whether it's auto, manual, or laser-sighted? If it's pointed at the back of your head and he pulls the trigger you're still going to have a nasty headache for the rest of the day either way.
As a Londoner I'm pretty sure there was no gun involved. This guy was the victim of the classic 'banana in the small of the back' scam as portrayed in so many movies. It can be scary if the guy looks mad enough. Happened to me once, 5 years ago and I never saw the gun - just a 6'4 crackhead. In the end I just walked away with half of me just waiting to be shot in the back. It didn't happen fortunately.
As someone else said, if you've got a real gun in London you're not jacking iPods with it - you're doing something a little larger in scope. However, I'm not sure that this isn't changing with some younger people - gun crime is certainly increasing.
Point 1: We were never armed to start with - this is largely an American idea "the right to bear arms" and is not seen in other parts of the world as a good thing.
Point 2: Technically we are subjects not citizens. (We have a monarch as head of state not a president)
No, evolution does not work that fast. What you're seeing is an image-obssessed society spending and working more on their appearance. I tend to share your opinion - people today are better looking - but it's mainly presentation. But also good lookingness (to get a bit Blue Steel here) is closely tied to evolutionary fitness (healthy=attractive) so perhaps people are generally healthier. Evolution would only have an effect if the least good-looking were not able to breed because of it. Although this may be the case for a small number of men (insert slashdot joke here) I don't think it's going to be evolutionarily significant.
On a similar topic, have you ever noticed people from 50 years ago looked different to people now. I used to think that was due to presentation (ie, fashion, hairstyles, grooming etc) but now I think it's down to dietary differences and developmental factors. People in the UK, increasingly look younger than they used to too due, I suspect, to better living and working conditions.
Yes, I agree with you. I have noticed this myself a fair bit recently. The troll/flame system ends up being another label for 'thoughtcrime' and it really isn't fair or egalitarian a lot of the time. Especially happens with the political arguments and discussions like this which have serious political overtones.
However, I don't think it makes the system biased or broken - it is reflecting what seems to be out there in 'meatspace' from my experience. I try to use my mod points to right wrongs if I can.
Tell the truth and get -1, Troll'ed. It must be Slashdot! (Or to another poster: Fashdot)
BTW, nuclear additionally suffers from 'peak uranium' which occured in 1980s. The 440 plants in the world are kept going, in part, by the decommissioning of nuclear weapons.
Great, they slapped Microsoft hands for this but who is getting all this money and what are they gonna do with it?
I propose that there's some fund so that every time you have to spend 3 hours 'weeding' Windows for your parents or Auntie Doris or whoever you can bill the fund at $100 p/h for your time. Collectively this would make/.ers tens of millions wouldn't it? Oh yes, VOTE FOR ME!
This is a little bit like the situation you get with kids and pocket calculators. Eg,
ME: What's 99 - 34? Boy in Class: 5334?
What I mean to say is that with some knowledge of languages you should be able to guess that the word "Palaco" is never going to be Catalan for 'Catalan'. I mean it's obvious if you think about it isn't it. I would have least checked a second cource if I'd seen that.
absolutely. My whole life I've made a living out of technology one way or another and I simply don't care anymore about new stuff. I hate it when people go on about their new phones as if it was important and the like. I really dislike anything with a blue LED on it (although I can remember a time when I thought they were supercool). Maybe it's a symptom of 'burnout' I don't know. The web still fascinates me - but only because of the human communication side - the technology side I don't find so interesting. It's funny because we now are in the promised land that I used to dream of, fascinated by every step along the way, and somehow I don't really care.
Of course, "Beta" has become somewhat of a buzzword. Often what should be a "Release" is labelled "Beta" to give it a "Cutting edge" feeling.
Fanbois Alert: I think Apple started that with OSX Beta and now Google have taken it on to a whole new level. However only Apple could charge for a Beta and get away with it - so they did.
Actually, chances are that AOL's stuff isn't that bad
Not being funny, but you can't of used it. It really does suck. Bad browser, proprietary jpg format, spam + pop-ups everywhere, and a terrible email client are just some of the highlights. My mum has it and gets porno emails by the truckload. It's actually quite embarrassing cleaning the thing up for her. Trouble is she won't change to anything else as it just scares her (it's different). I should think that accounts for about half their user base.
I don't see why that is histrionic posturing. The election was stolen in 2000 and I think in 2004. If elections are the cornerstone of democracy but are now manipulated to create false winners surely at that stage democracy has effectively gone? It isn't posturing to say this.
To be honest I find talking about politics on/. pointless really. Everyone is so rude and gung-ho. Glibness is a major problem for many here and I find it to hard to continue with.
One of the things I was looking forward too as gas/oil prices skyrocketing was a decrease in offshore manufacturing.
Trouble is that the manufacturing base of the US has been decimated since the 80s meaning that re-instating manufacturing could be quite difficult. Leave it long enough and even the skill sets start disappearing. I think it's easy to see evidence of this looking around.
No, never. This is "The War Without End" as mentioned or alluded to by some big name neo-cons. It doesn't end in our lifetimes regardless of who is in power. The real reason: Resources (we're running out of stuff and this will never change).
Slashdot Mirror
Great, but can it strike?
From the wiki:
There has always been a distinction in English law between the subjects of the monarch and aliens
Bloody 'ell, it seems like David Icke was right!
heh heh
Oh, I don't know that. I stand corrected in lots of ways.
Exactly. And anyway, what does it matter whether it's auto, manual, or laser-sighted? If it's pointed at the back of your head and he pulls the trigger you're still going to have a nasty headache for the rest of the day either way.
As a Londoner I'm pretty sure there was no gun involved. This guy was the victim of the classic 'banana in the small of the back' scam as portrayed in so many movies. It can be scary if the guy looks mad enough. Happened to me once, 5 years ago and I never saw the gun - just a 6'4 crackhead. In the end I just walked away with half of me just waiting to be shot in the back. It didn't happen fortunately.
As someone else said, if you've got a real gun in London you're not jacking iPods with it - you're doing something a little larger in scope. However, I'm not sure that this isn't changing with some younger people - gun crime is certainly increasing.
What a shame the UK disarmed their citizenry
Point 1: We were never armed to start with - this is largely an American idea "the right to bear arms" and is not seen in other parts of the world as a good thing.
Point 2: Technically we are subjects not citizens. (We have a monarch as head of state not a president)
No, evolution does not work that fast. What you're seeing is an image-obssessed society spending and working more on their appearance. I tend to share your opinion - people today are better looking - but it's mainly presentation. But also good lookingness (to get a bit Blue Steel here) is closely tied to evolutionary fitness (healthy=attractive) so perhaps people are generally healthier. Evolution would only have an effect if the least good-looking were not able to breed because of it. Although this may be the case for a small number of men (insert slashdot joke here) I don't think it's going to be evolutionarily significant.
On a similar topic, have you ever noticed people from 50 years ago looked different to people now. I used to think that was due to presentation (ie, fashion, hairstyles, grooming etc) but now I think it's down to dietary differences and developmental factors. People in the UK, increasingly look younger than they used to too due, I suspect, to better living and working conditions.
Yes, I agree with you. I have noticed this myself a fair bit recently. The troll/flame system ends up being another label for 'thoughtcrime' and it really isn't fair or egalitarian a lot of the time. Especially happens with the political arguments and discussions like this which have serious political overtones.
However, I don't think it makes the system biased or broken - it is reflecting what seems to be out there in 'meatspace' from my experience. I try to use my mod points to right wrongs if I can.
Abiotic oil is a silly fantasy. Seriously.
And don't link it to the 911 truth movement - you'll become victim of an ad hominem attack.
Tell the truth and get -1, Troll'ed. It must be Slashdot! (Or to another poster: Fashdot)
BTW, nuclear additionally suffers from 'peak uranium' which occured in 1980s. The 440 plants in the world are kept going, in part, by the decommissioning of nuclear weapons.
Great, they slapped Microsoft hands for this but who is getting all this money and what are they gonna do with it?
/.ers tens of millions wouldn't it? Oh yes, VOTE FOR ME!
I propose that there's some fund so that every time you have to spend 3 hours 'weeding' Windows for your parents or Auntie Doris or whoever you can bill the fund at $100 p/h for your time. Collectively this would make
This is a little bit like the situation you get with kids and pocket calculators. Eg,
ME: What's 99 - 34?
Boy in Class: 5334?
What I mean to say is that with some knowledge of languages you should be able to guess that the word "Palaco" is never going to be Catalan for 'Catalan'. I mean it's obvious if you think about it isn't it. I would have least checked a second cource if I'd seen that.
Yeah, this is old news. Duke Nukem went in years ago.
Yeah but don't forget what happened at game over ...
THE
END
absolutely. My whole life I've made a living out of technology one way or another and I simply don't care anymore about new stuff. I hate it when people go on about their new phones as if it was important and the like. I really dislike anything with a blue LED on it (although I can remember a time when I thought they were supercool). Maybe it's a symptom of 'burnout' I don't know. The web still fascinates me - but only because of the human communication side - the technology side I don't find so interesting. It's funny because we now are in the promised land that I used to dream of, fascinated by every step along the way, and somehow I don't really care.
Of course, "Beta" has become somewhat of a buzzword. Often what should be a "Release" is labelled "Beta" to give it a "Cutting edge" feeling.
Fanbois Alert: I think Apple started that with OSX Beta and now Google have taken it on to a whole new level. However only Apple could charge for a Beta and get away with it - so they did.
Actually, chances are that AOL's stuff isn't that bad
Not being funny, but you can't of used it. It really does suck. Bad browser, proprietary jpg format, spam + pop-ups everywhere, and a terrible email client are just some of the highlights. My mum has it and gets porno emails by the truckload. It's actually quite embarrassing cleaning the thing up for her. Trouble is she won't change to anything else as it just scares her (it's different). I should think that accounts for about half their user base.
I don't see why that is histrionic posturing. The election was stolen in 2000 and I think in 2004. If elections are the cornerstone of democracy but are now manipulated to create false winners surely at that stage democracy has effectively gone? It isn't posturing to say this.
/. pointless really. Everyone is so rude and gung-ho. Glibness is a major problem for many here and I find it to hard to continue with.
To be honest I find talking about politics on
I like the way you write like John Wayne though.
what patronising garbage. How can you hope to make a point when you're so insulting? You have no idea who I am or what I believe.
If this is your way of spreading an idea (and I think blackboxvoting is a worthy endeavour) you have a long way to go.
One of the things I was looking forward too as gas/oil prices skyrocketing was a decrease in offshore manufacturing.
Trouble is that the manufacturing base of the US has been decimated since the 80s meaning that re-instating manufacturing could be quite difficult. Leave it long enough and even the skill sets start disappearing. I think it's easy to see evidence of this looking around.
I said my goodbyes in 2000 when the election was manipulated.
No, never. This is "The War Without End" as mentioned or alluded to by some big name neo-cons. It doesn't end in our lifetimes regardless of who is in power. The real reason: Resources (we're running out of stuff and this will never change).
Don't disagree with that. We'll see what happens.