I'm 25 years old. I have never and currently don't floss. I've never had a cavity or gum problems. I do just brush my teeth, though, and go to the dentist once a year. Every year I hear two things from the dentist and his cronies:
1. "you don't have any cavities"
2. "make sure you floss"
For me, it appears brushing is just fine. Maybe my teeth are ideally spaced apart, or maybe flossing really isn't needed.
What should be put forward is the vast balance of people greatly inconvenienced versus the "I got here first" doctrine that has traditionally prevailed in trademark cases.
Yes you must be a lawyer (to be). Such statements make me shiver a little. You argue that a huge company can come in and stomp on a little guy who had a bright idea, on the grounds that the big company can "help" more people. Less people are "inconvenienced" if we give the rights to the huge company.
And in related news, the Supreme Court ruled on eminent domain that the government can give someone's private property away if it "benefits" more people.
Don't be so quick to step on the little guy, you may be suppressing new and creative people from coming forward. I'm not a lawyer nor an expert, but isn't that one of the purposes of copyright and patents? To encourage innovation. I won't present my brilliant ground breaking idea if I know a lawyer like you will steal it from me and give it to an already established company.
> To them, Katrina is Gaia's way of lashing out at the wickedness of Bush's Amerika.
The "them" in this case aren't very bright. All they have to do is look at the 2004 election numbers for the city of New Orleans to see that if anything, it's lashing out at the people who did not vote for Bush:
Votes in Orleans County:
Bush: 42,760
Kerry: 151,686
But why is the need for a browser almost eliminated? I suppose if all you do is visit websites with RSS feeds and just get your information in pure text...maybe? I think we'll still need browsers.
I disagree. Maybe you have the convenience of a job that lets you work whenever you want, but I assure you the majority of jobs are not like that. And even if people do have flexible jobs, a large chunk of them go to work in the morning based on when their kids leave for school. Since schools obviously change with DST, so will they.
Right, somehow I doubt microsoft would start deleting e-mails. That's just silly. The instant someone finds out a real e-mail was deleted is the instant they switch e-mail providers.
And the update finally fixes my bright/dim buttons on my 15'' titanium. It's about time. I've been stuck on full brightness, draining my battery, since Tiger first came out.
That's because other countries have generously paid for the armies to protect them. Canada is another excellent example of a country taking advantage of other's. Their government treats our military commanders like royalty when they visit.
This is one of those flippant ideas that looks great initially, but any modicum of thought shows how ridiculous and stupid that would be. Feel free to go count the number of laws we have, then count how many hours are in a year, let alone the length of the legislative session. Senators would spend all their time renewing laws, rather than addressing the current issues. Oops! We didn't have time this year to renew that manslaughter law, oh well, it must have been an unpopular law.
are just as 'out-there' as any kernel developer I've known.
Haha, very true. But the point of the parent was that "normal" people are seen as ones who would rather work on a car than play video games. You're talking about the extreme car people who, as you say, are also 'out-there' and not part of normal society. I agree, and am not talking about the extreme, nor was the parent post. My point is that geeks get made fun of mostly for the activities they choose, which do indeed all involve being indoors and having little social interaction. The problem isn't that they choose abnormal activities, it's that their activities are withdrawn from society and the real world. I like to ride my bike, and sure that's like 2% of society, but chances are, you won't make fun of me for it.
Maybe you're analyzing the humor too much. It's funny if it makes you laugh, but by the time you finish your analysis of whether or not it should be funny, the moment will become stale by the time it passes your litmus test for humor. Just a thought... Because I sent the triumph video to all sorts of people: friends (people like me), family (not all like me), and co-workers (very few like me). They all were very amused.
Well yes, but the difference between playing video games all day vs. going to the pub is that you actually hang out with real people at a pub. Playing a video game has no social interaction, save maybe one other person playing with you, but you're both watching a screen the whole time. You may not like beer, but at least you can talk to people.
If you spend all weekend working on your computer, instead of working all week on your car like a Real Man
The difference: you're outside working on a car vs. inside staring at a monitor. You may not work on cars (I don't either), but at least you're outside in the real world and not cooped up all day doing nothing. After 4 hours of playing a video game, you're in the same position of life, nothing new accomplished. After working on a car, you have something to show for your time.....and now you can drive to the pub.
We already have tons of ids out there. Driver's license, social security card, credit cards. That's enough information out there already. Now they want to mandate that you have yet another card with everything on it?
No, go read what the legislation is about. The bill just sets standards for states' driver licenses so they will all be uniform. It's not a new ID, it's your driver's license. You can disagree with what they want to put on your license, but not that you have to carry around another identification. And nowhere does it require you to carry it around...
No, we don't see a trend. Terrible bills are proposed all the time to legislatures. Your link about banning gay books is just a bill, it hasn't been passed as a law, and most likely will not be passed. Two of your links are for this same, random bill in a state's legislature (not even federal). Your book burning party link is even more random. And I quote:
before filing outside to toss at least 30 Potter books into the flames.
Oh no, 30 books. This isn't a book burning, this is a few psychos who decided it'd be fun to burn harry potter. The fact that the UK's news picked up on this massive event of unparalleled censorship is even more lame. There are much more terrible things that go on than 30 books being thrown out. So let's see, one stupid bill that isn't a law, and a handful of books burned in someone's basement (not by the government)....the western world is not collapsing. To call it fascisim is just silly, isn't it?
Yes. Honestly, I don't understand how people can defend thinkpads over being ugly. They are so clearly ugly. Black is not a color, but is rather the absence of color, and sure, some people might like that sort of thing. I'm not saying black has to be ugly, but then throw in some random bright red and blue highlight strips on buttons, a latch that sticks out the top of the monitor (really, you can't hide it and use a magnet?), and non-uniform sides where the ports reside. The overall shape of the thing can't even be classified...some sort of mutant trapezoid?
I appreciate people who admit they are designed by engineers and not designers, but for the rest of you, really, you think these things look nice?
I figured I wouldn't get into this whole debate. But really, I had to when I read this. You know, the Bible is the most studied book in the world, and the translation from the original Greek has been analyzed more than any other book *ever*. Nobody in the linguistics field questions the content of the translation.
If you look at the original Greek (and yes, we have the original Greek within 100 years of its first writing...this passage is from Romans), the content of the sentence stands academic criticism. Like it or not, it's true. You can disagree with the legitimacy of the Bible if you wish, but your argument about translation to English is baseless.
well said, but i don't think Zhao intended "sensitive" to mean that people aren't riled up by it. He means "politically sensitive" in that there is a debate about what 'free speech' means. He's obviously confused because his country stamps it out on an hourly basis.
Though Zhao is far too diplomatic to state it directly, the ITU's increasing interest in the Internet could presage a power struggle between ITU, ICANN, and perhaps even the U.S. government, which retains some oversight authority over ICANN and appears content with the current structure.
The U.N. is always looking for ways to minimize anything that hints at U.S. control. This makes the little issues that slashdotters complain about look like nothing when a guy like Zhao (a former government official in China's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, has been in his current job since 1999) comes into the picture.
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I'm 25 years old. I have never and currently don't floss. I've never had a cavity or gum problems. I do just brush my teeth, though, and go to the dentist once a year. Every year I hear two things from the dentist and his cronies:
1. "you don't have any cavities"
2. "make sure you floss"
For me, it appears brushing is just fine. Maybe my teeth are ideally spaced apart, or maybe flossing really isn't needed.
You should probably provide an example to back your claim up. Otherwise, you're just making empty claims.
Good link, I'd mod you if I could :)
Yes you must be a lawyer (to be). Such statements make me shiver a little. You argue that a huge company can come in and stomp on a little guy who had a bright idea, on the grounds that the big company can "help" more people. Less people are "inconvenienced" if we give the rights to the huge company.
And in related news, the Supreme Court ruled on eminent domain that the government can give someone's private property away if it "benefits" more people.
Don't be so quick to step on the little guy, you may be suppressing new and creative people from coming forward. I'm not a lawyer nor an expert, but isn't that one of the purposes of copyright and patents? To encourage innovation. I won't present my brilliant ground breaking idea if I know a lawyer like you will steal it from me and give it to an already established company.
Mod parent down, he bad-mouthed google.
The "them" in this case aren't very bright. All they have to do is look at the 2004 election numbers for the city of New Orleans to see that if anything, it's lashing out at the people who did not vote for Bush:
Votes in Orleans County:
Bush: 42,760
Kerry: 151,686
But why is the need for a browser almost eliminated? I suppose if all you do is visit websites with RSS feeds and just get your information in pure text...maybe? I think we'll still need browsers.
I disagree. Maybe you have the convenience of a job that lets you work whenever you want, but I assure you the majority of jobs are not like that. And even if people do have flexible jobs, a large chunk of them go to work in the morning based on when their kids leave for school. Since schools obviously change with DST, so will they.
Right, somehow I doubt microsoft would start deleting e-mails. That's just silly. The instant someone finds out a real e-mail was deleted is the instant they switch e-mail providers.
And the update finally fixes my bright/dim buttons on my 15'' titanium. It's about time. I've been stuck on full brightness, draining my battery, since Tiger first came out.
That's because other countries have generously paid for the armies to protect them. Canada is another excellent example of a country taking advantage of other's. Their government treats our military commanders like royalty when they visit.
This is one of those flippant ideas that looks great initially, but any modicum of thought shows how ridiculous and stupid that would be. Feel free to go count the number of laws we have, then count how many hours are in a year, let alone the length of the legislative session. Senators would spend all their time renewing laws, rather than addressing the current issues. Oops! We didn't have time this year to renew that manslaughter law, oh well, it must have been an unpopular law.
Haha, very true. But the point of the parent was that "normal" people are seen as ones who would rather work on a car than play video games. You're talking about the extreme car people who, as you say, are also 'out-there' and not part of normal society. I agree, and am not talking about the extreme, nor was the parent post. My point is that geeks get made fun of mostly for the activities they choose, which do indeed all involve being indoors and having little social interaction. The problem isn't that they choose abnormal activities, it's that their activities are withdrawn from society and the real world. I like to ride my bike, and sure that's like 2% of society, but chances are, you won't make fun of me for it.
Maybe you're analyzing the humor too much. It's funny if it makes you laugh, but by the time you finish your analysis of whether or not it should be funny, the moment will become stale by the time it passes your litmus test for humor. Just a thought... Because I sent the triumph video to all sorts of people: friends (people like me), family (not all like me), and co-workers (very few like me). They all were very amused.
Well yes, but the difference between playing video games all day vs. going to the pub is that you actually hang out with real people at a pub. Playing a video game has no social interaction, save maybe one other person playing with you, but you're both watching a screen the whole time. You may not like beer, but at least you can talk to people.
If you spend all weekend working on your computer, instead of working all week on your car like a Real Man
The difference: you're outside working on a car vs. inside staring at a monitor. You may not work on cars (I don't either), but at least you're outside in the real world and not cooped up all day doing nothing. After 4 hours of playing a video game, you're in the same position of life, nothing new accomplished. After working on a car, you have something to show for your time.....and now you can drive to the pub.
sorry, couldn't resist
No, go read what the legislation is about. The bill just sets standards for states' driver licenses so they will all be uniform. It's not a new ID, it's your driver's license. You can disagree with what they want to put on your license, but not that you have to carry around another identification. And nowhere does it require you to carry it around...
before filing outside to toss at least 30 Potter books into the flames.
Oh no, 30 books. This isn't a book burning, this is a few psychos who decided it'd be fun to burn harry potter. The fact that the UK's news picked up on this massive event of unparalleled censorship is even more lame. There are much more terrible things that go on than 30 books being thrown out. So let's see, one stupid bill that isn't a law, and a handful of books burned in someone's basement (not by the government)....the western world is not collapsing. To call it fascisim is just silly, isn't it?
Yes. Honestly, I don't understand how people can defend thinkpads over being ugly. They are so clearly ugly. Black is not a color, but is rather the absence of color, and sure, some people might like that sort of thing. I'm not saying black has to be ugly, but then throw in some random bright red and blue highlight strips on buttons, a latch that sticks out the top of the monitor (really, you can't hide it and use a magnet?), and non-uniform sides where the ports reside. The overall shape of the thing can't even be classified...some sort of mutant trapezoid?
I appreciate people who admit they are designed by engineers and not designers, but for the rest of you, really, you think these things look nice?
I figured I wouldn't get into this whole debate. But really, I had to when I read this. You know, the Bible is the most studied book in the world, and the translation from the original Greek has been analyzed more than any other book *ever*. Nobody in the linguistics field questions the content of the translation. If you look at the original Greek (and yes, we have the original Greek within 100 years of its first writing...this passage is from Romans), the content of the sentence stands academic criticism. Like it or not, it's true. You can disagree with the legitimacy of the Bible if you wish, but your argument about translation to English is baseless.
Anyone else see "2005 google" imprinted on every image of the satellite imagery? I didn't realize they'd copyrighted the whole world like that.
well said, but i don't think Zhao intended "sensitive" to mean that people aren't riled up by it. He means "politically sensitive" in that there is a debate about what 'free speech' means. He's obviously confused because his country stamps it out on an hourly basis.
"In my opinion, freedom of speech seems to be a politically sensitive issue.
The U.N. is always looking for ways to minimize anything that hints at U.S. control. This makes the little issues that slashdotters complain about look like nothing when a guy like Zhao (a former government official in China's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, has been in his current job since 1999) comes into the picture.
I'll take ideas that will never see the light of day for 200, Trebek.