The fact that it could have been written just "x" and still be pronounced the same. The extra "e" at the beginning is not only baffling, but outright infuriating!
Not all lawyers are evil or bad, By far the worst kind is the "Corporate Lawyer". Get rid of those and the world would be a better place.
The problem with lawyers is that they're often seen as the agents of injustice.
Our legal system has scant consideration for the costs of participating in it. Somehow the SCOTUS sees no problem in letting prosecutors or private torte lawyers force others to choose between potentially bankrupting themselves in legal fees, or simply acquiescing to their demands.
And the courts also see no shadow of "ex post facto" in a legal code that's so complex that not only do regular citizens need a lawyer to understand it, but the meaning of the law isn't even fixed until some appeals court "discovers" it.
So from that perspective, lawyers are like government-sanctioned for-hire thugs. One can only hope that if one encounters a lawyer, he's either well-disposed to you or is less-well funded.
And yes, I know that this opinion is not popular on a site as conservative as slashdot. That is why we see this as a front page story bashing the person proposing the re-examination of the second amendment.
I'm not sure Slashdot's commentators are all that conservative. I'd say they're 45% libertarian, 40% liberal, and 10% conservative.
So is its notorious tendency to keep developers and consumers within its walled gardens.
What on earth are you talking about? Windows 8 is all about forcing people to get software from Microsoft's store. That's exactly opposite of leaving behind walled gardens.
My college geometry course was probably the most enjoyable of all my math courses, and in particular the part about non-Euclidean geometry. It was a wonderful period of growth for me, where I was forced on using rigorous logic without any hope of appealing to physical-world analogs / intuitions for my inspiration.
I wonder how many people were using laptops on their laps with a blanket or pillow or something that helps obstruct the vents on the bottom. It's fun to blame Sony but some times it really does come down to user error. Those vents on the bottom aren't there just for show...
I think it's reasonable to expect these laptops to contain thermometers and to automatically shutdown with there's a risk of fire. They're designed to be used in domestic environments with little to no training of the user.
So what happens when they fly over countries with proper privacy regulations? Hopefully those countries will issue INTERPOL warrants for the company executives.
The issue isn't his beliefs, it's his active attempt to limit the rights of others for no reason except for either religion or he thinks it's icky (I haven't heard any other excuses from anybody, but perhaps he has a different reason).
Any time you advocate the passage of a law, you're trying to force your will on others.
Your problem appears to be that you disapprove of his religion, and want him silenced. You, sir, are a bigot and a hypocrit.
Yes, and I'm actually planning on making the move (for real). I'm in the process of obtaining my birthright citizenship in one of the Shengen countries, after which I intend to move my family over there.
No country is perfect, but America is being so badly run these days, I think Europe (Germany) is worth a try for me.
Umm, no, being libertarian is a choice, the others are not.
Being black isn't a choice. Homosexuality and Judaism both have some involuntary aspects (heritage for Jews, something we still haven't figured out for homosexuals), and some voluntary aspects (participating in Jewish culture/religion; engaging in homosexual acts).
Facebook owns virtually all the aspects of the social experience
That sounds far-fetched. My social experience involves hanging out with my family, chatting with coworkers, emailing some people, and chatting up people at the coffee shop. No Facebook whatsoever, and I doubt I'm alone.
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While choosing a place to live, I've twice pushed aside apprehension about the race of my neighbors and suffered for it.
I won't make that mistake a third time. Life is too short.
I think your point is that, at least in your experience, sometimes racism is statistically justified.
I think that's the elephant in the room about which no one here is talking.
Only if you didn't know that it's a word in Latin.
Whoosh!
I'm a Verizon customer, and Netflix streaming has become less useful to me since the whole monopoly shakedown business happend.
I'm willing to pay a few dollars more per month to Netflix, if it returns streaming to its previous glory on Verizon.
Bonus points if they use the money to buy a law that makes being a Verizon executive a capital offense.
What part of ex is hard to understand?
The fact that it could have been written just "x" and still be pronounced the same. The extra "e" at the beginning is not only baffling, but outright infuriating!
Your understanding of the evolution of American English grammar is impressive.
Your capacity for recognizing a pithy jab is lacking :)
Big surprise.. tech hirer not valuing fields from which they don't hire.
Stupid non-English majors...
Not all lawyers are evil or bad, By far the worst kind is the "Corporate Lawyer". Get rid of those and the world would be a better place.
The problem with lawyers is that they're often seen as the agents of injustice.
Our legal system has scant consideration for the costs of participating in it. Somehow the SCOTUS sees no problem in letting prosecutors or private torte lawyers force others to choose between potentially bankrupting themselves in legal fees, or simply acquiescing to their demands.
And the courts also see no shadow of "ex post facto" in a legal code that's so complex that not only do regular citizens need a lawyer to understand it, but the meaning of the law isn't even fixed until some appeals court "discovers" it.
So from that perspective, lawyers are like government-sanctioned for-hire thugs. One can only hope that if one encounters a lawyer, he's either well-disposed to you or is less-well funded.
This is not justice.
How does weapons-grade uranium go "missing", don't they mean someone stole the uranium ..
Um, hello..... half-life???
Putin is going to claim they were Russian speakers, and therefore Russia has a natural right to everything north of the Arctic circle.
Erm... I meant to write "lives", not "lies." Freudian slip.
Unless you work for the CIA, in which case the question becomes, "Will this patch cost enough lies?"
And 5% something else, unspecified.
I'm not sure Slashdot's commentators are all that conservative. I'd say they're 45% libertarian, 40% liberal, and 10% conservative.
Who has a deep and abiding desire to beat the shit out of every Congressman who votes for a bill without fully understanding it?
At least you're willing to admit that you're a Microsoft Office developer!
What on earth are you talking about? Windows 8 is all about forcing people to get software from Microsoft's store. That's exactly opposite of leaving behind walled gardens.
My college geometry course was probably the most enjoyable of all my math courses, and in particular the part about non-Euclidean geometry. It was a wonderful period of growth for me, where I was forced on using rigorous logic without any hope of appealing to physical-world analogs / intuitions for my inspiration.
Sorry, have to post to undo my accidental modding of the parent as "Redundant". I was going for "Insightful".
I wonder how many people were using laptops on their laps with a blanket or pillow or something that helps obstruct the vents on the bottom. It's fun to blame Sony but some times it really does come down to user error. Those vents on the bottom aren't there just for show...
I think it's reasonable to expect these laptops to contain thermometers and to automatically shutdown with there's a risk of fire. They're designed to be used in domestic environments with little to no training of the user.
Shit! I left the Vaio in my Tesla.
Pray it's not bumped by a Pinto.
So what happens when they fly over countries with proper privacy regulations? Hopefully those countries will issue INTERPOL warrants for the company executives.
The issue isn't his beliefs, it's his active attempt to limit the rights of others for no reason except for either religion or he thinks it's icky (I haven't heard any other excuses from anybody, but perhaps he has a different reason).
Any time you advocate the passage of a law, you're trying to force your will on others.
Your problem appears to be that you disapprove of his religion, and want him silenced. You, sir, are a bigot and a hypocrit.
Yes, and I'm actually planning on making the move (for real). I'm in the process of obtaining my birthright citizenship in one of the Shengen countries, after which I intend to move my family over there.
No country is perfect, but America is being so badly run these days, I think Europe (Germany) is worth a try for me.
Umm, no, being libertarian is a choice, the others are not.
Being black isn't a choice. Homosexuality and Judaism both have some involuntary aspects (heritage for Jews, something we still haven't figured out for homosexuals), and some voluntary aspects (participating in Jewish culture/religion; engaging in homosexual acts).
That sounds far-fetched. My social experience involves hanging out with my family, chatting with coworkers, emailing some people, and chatting up people at the coffee shop. No Facebook whatsoever, and I doubt I'm alone.