I am sorry pal, but very bad and very dangerous ideas are frequently paid attention once they get enough air-time (take, for example, your friend and mine, Hitler).
Call it elitist, call it anti-Christian, call it what you like... but when someone even THINKS that Earth is only 6,000 years old I (and everyone else) has a right to call that idea plain... S-T-U-P-I-D.
This does not make sense to me... however, although I do not know for certain on this, since we have not heard of other mammoths being found in a condition as good as this particular mammoth it is my assumption that not many are found as well-preserved. Yes, there were likely many mammoths in Siberia... but were all suddenly frozen? Probably not.
Dude... so you are saying having a monstrously huge creature grazing about "useless" land isn't going to cause any environmental problems? WTF? These creatures became extinct for a fuckin' reason and the idea that we could have them running about like some pack of new-age cows is absurd. Their sheer size alone would wreak havok on land: their shit would pollute watersheds and their enormous feet would trample ground and cause erosion.
We already have enough problems with cows and at least they aren't large enough to trample or eat people.
The problem with this sort of crap (and I suppose I am just *assuming* that it is crap as I have neither laid my eyes nor ears on the software) is that without an INSANE amount of logic which would be able to account for the conductor being pissed that he got a parking ticket before the performance and the concert mistress suffering from an ear infection, it will still sound like robots playing music. Don't get me wrong... real humans can sound like robots, but who really wants to listen to THAT? There are pieces of music I have played since I was 10 years old and which I still occasionally f*ck up or play differently during a performance. That is supposedly what makes live music special.
Then again, I am sure there will be a market for computer-generated music since a market for Muzak has managed to last through the ages.
"Live, communicate, be yourself for others or you are no one. You are not conforming to the desires of the "suits," you are fulfilling your potential as a human."
Bah! I just replied to one of your vile posts and find myself replying to yet another.
Your definition of living life to its fullest: being social, communicating with people, being "human".
Person X's definition of living life to its fullest: staying away from protohumans, communicating intelligently with intelligent people, avoiding useless schmoozing and schmoozers.
Now... although you equate someones worth and employability with their "humanity" (which you define as sociability) not everyone else does. Simply because YOU find people pliable and you play games with them to get what you want (loaning a cd to an "older woman" to gain her complaince) does not mean that others find those activities necessary as part of the expression of their humanity.
False emotions are far more deplorable than the 'geek mentality' about which you speak.
"Instead of blaming the problem on the "suits," why not come out of our geek comfort zone and be sociable?"
Wow... I had forgotten that the cornerstone trait of any good programmer is his/her ability to have a drink with the boys and 'be sociable'.
"Get in touch with your potential employer, show him/her you have balls..."
Especially if you are female. Employers LOVE women with testicles.
"antisocial e-communication which propegates the "geek" mentality while destroying concepts of social humanity is in no way noble."
Please explain exactly what the 'geek' mentality is. The point here is that if this guy were ABLE to communicate directly with his potential employer he wouldn't be in the game of idiot-poker he ended up in. The introduction of the HR droid in his scenario is what took out the "social" aspect of his job search.
Gimme a break. Try reading a post before hopping on your geek-bashing wagon.
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"I've been on both sides, the job hunter and the employer, and believe me, when you see the unqualified bozos that HR sends your way, you wish that more supposedly smart people knew how to play the HR game."
Tell me... why isn't it that you simply avoid the bozos altogether and stop playing the HR game. Don't bother pretending you are the hapless employer forced to deal with HR. You, as the employer, are determining whether or not to take the path which leads to the that dark pit of subhuman swill.
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I get the feeling that you, mystery person, are a Human Resources minion or perhaps work for a headhunting or temp agency.
Replying with "doc or rtf" without the benefit of a greeting or even a simple SENTENCE is aberrant. That takes a good deal of effort. Additionally... intelligent, reasonable people tend to clearly state requirements and are unencumbered by acronyms or the lack thereof.
I have found that the greater the number of HR people involved in hiring a new employee, the more ill-suited and idiotic that employee will be. Paying for HR people or headhunters is like putting your new suit on the back of a donkey to see if it fits. If you're dokey-shaped it will work, otherwise you will look like an ass.
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I am sorry pal, but very bad and very dangerous ideas are frequently paid attention once they get enough air-time (take, for example, your friend and mine, Hitler).
Call it elitist, call it anti-Christian, call it what you like... but when someone even THINKS that Earth is only 6,000 years old I (and everyone else) has a right to call that idea plain...
S-T-U-P-I-D.
~mantis
This does not make sense to me... however, although I do not know for certain on this, since we have not heard of other mammoths being found in a condition as good as this particular mammoth it is my assumption that not many are found as well-preserved. Yes, there were likely many mammoths in Siberia... but were all suddenly frozen? Probably not.
~mantis
Dude... so you are saying having a monstrously huge creature grazing about "useless" land isn't going to cause any environmental problems? WTF? These creatures became extinct for a fuckin' reason and the idea that we could have them running about like some pack of new-age cows is absurd. Their sheer size alone would wreak havok on land: their shit would pollute watersheds and their enormous feet would trample ground and cause erosion.
We already have enough problems with cows and at least they aren't large enough to trample or eat people.
The problem with this sort of crap (and I suppose I am just *assuming* that it is crap as I have neither laid my eyes nor ears on the software) is that without an INSANE amount of logic which would be able to account for the conductor being pissed that he got a parking ticket before the performance and the concert mistress suffering from an ear infection, it will still sound like robots playing music. Don't get me wrong... real humans can sound like robots, but who really wants to listen to THAT? There are pieces of music I have played since I was 10 years old and which I still occasionally f*ck up or play differently during a performance. That is supposedly what makes live music special.
Then again, I am sure there will be a market for computer-generated music since a market for Muzak has managed to last through the ages.
~mantis
A far crt from the original topic... but...
"Live, communicate, be yourself for others or you are no one. You are not conforming to the desires of the "suits," you are fulfilling your potential as a human."
Bah! I just replied to one of your vile posts and find myself replying to yet another.
Your definition of living life to its fullest: being social, communicating with people, being "human".
Person X's definition of living life to its fullest: staying away from protohumans, communicating intelligently with intelligent people, avoiding useless schmoozing and schmoozers.
Now... although you equate someones worth and employability with their "humanity" (which you define as sociability) not everyone else does. Simply because YOU find people pliable and you play games with them to get what you want (loaning a cd to an "older woman" to gain her complaince) does not mean that others find those activities necessary as part of the expression of their humanity.
False emotions are far more deplorable than the 'geek mentality' about which you speak.
"Instead of blaming the problem on the "suits," why not come out of our geek comfort zone and be sociable?"
Wow... I had forgotten that the cornerstone trait of any good programmer is his/her ability to have a drink with the boys and 'be sociable'.
"Get in touch with your potential employer, show him/her you have balls..."
Especially if you are female. Employers LOVE women with testicles.
"antisocial e-communication which propegates the "geek" mentality while destroying concepts of social humanity is in no way noble."
Please explain exactly what the 'geek' mentality is. The point here is that if this guy were ABLE to communicate directly with his potential employer he wouldn't be in the game of idiot-poker he ended up in. The introduction of the HR droid in his scenario is what took out the "social" aspect of his job search.
Gimme a break. Try reading a post before hopping on your geek-bashing wagon.
"I've been on both sides, the job hunter and the employer, and believe me, when you see the unqualified bozos that HR sends your way, you wish that more supposedly smart people knew how to play the HR game."
Tell me... why isn't it that you simply avoid the bozos altogether and stop playing the HR game. Don't bother pretending you are the hapless employer forced to deal with HR. You, as the employer, are determining whether or not to take the path which leads to the that dark pit of subhuman swill.
I get the feeling that you, mystery person, are a Human Resources minion or perhaps work for a headhunting or temp agency.
Replying with "doc or rtf" without the benefit of a greeting or even a simple SENTENCE is aberrant. That takes a good deal of effort. Additionally... intelligent, reasonable people tend to clearly state requirements and are unencumbered by acronyms or the lack thereof.
I have found that the greater the number of HR people involved in hiring a new employee, the more ill-suited and idiotic that employee will be. Paying for HR people or headhunters is like putting your new suit on the back of a donkey to see if it fits. If you're dokey-shaped it will work, otherwise you will look like an ass.