The Straw Man fallacy is committed when a person simply ignores a person's actual position and substitutes a distorted, exaggerated or misrepresented version of that position. This sort of "reasoning" has the following pattern:
1. Person A has position X.
2. Person B presents position Y (which is a distorted version of X).
3. Person B attacks position Y.
4. Therefore X is false/incorrect/flawed.
This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because attacking a distorted version of a position simply does not constitute an attack on the position itself. One might as well expect an attack on a poor drawing of a person to hurt the person.
Having the option to carry a transponder to make potential rescue attempts easier and faster is a good thing.
Some people go out into the wilderness for the very fact that is is the wilderness.
It may not be the most Darwinistically intelligent thing to do, but many people get a certain rush from braving the wild.
Knowing that one's location is known and that they aren't in any "real" danger tends to negate this feeling of being one with nature in all it's beauty and danger.
Having said that, getting my skull gnawed by a bear is not on my list of things to do while hiking, so I'd be happy to beta test one of them there trackers.
Will the one million overcharged customers be seeing any of this settlement? Or is this just a penalty being assessed by the state?
If so, I can see why M$ would settle.
A win against them in court by the state would make it a lot easier for a class-action suit to also win, setting even further precedent in other states.
For the last few seasons, the Padres reliever with the least experience has to carry a pink Barbie backpack filled with candy, sunflower seeds and whatever else relievers like to have during games. The low man carries it out to the bullpen.
"But what's the bag going to look like?" Szuminski asked.
Methinks this guy has been watching a little too much Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
Oh well, at least he's a pitcher and not a catcher.
It does now ship some cheap Linux servers, but this is surely a token gesture, for sales of low-end boxes cannibalise Sun's core high-end business. Now it is Red Wings jerseys.
All this time I thought servers were Sun's high-end product. Jerseys...who'd have thunk?
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1. Person A has position X.
2. Person B presents position Y (which is a distorted version of X).
3. Person B attacks position Y.
4. Therefore X is false/incorrect/flawed.
This sort of "reasoning" is fallacious because attacking a distorted version of a position simply does not constitute an attack on the position itself. One might as well expect an attack on a poor drawing of a person to hurt the person.
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Some people go out into the wilderness for the very fact that is is the wilderness.
It may not be the most Darwinistically intelligent thing to do, but many people get a certain rush from braving the wild.
Knowing that one's location is known and that they aren't in any "real" danger tends to negate this feeling of being one with nature in all it's beauty and danger.
Having said that, getting my skull gnawed by a bear is not on my list of things to do while hiking, so I'd be happy to beta test one of them there trackers.
Not a bad weapon if you consider Slashdot a bunch of friends.
Wonder-slash powers activate!
Form of a massive 800 number DoSing!
Shape of a six digit phone bill!
Does this mean I should expect the blue sky of death?
If it's on paper, you'll have my vote next election.
I guess it's just too much SCO conditioning.
For some of us, it represents half our love lives.
He didn't reveal what sound card he was actually working with?
If so, I can see why M$ would settle.
A win against them in court by the state would make it a lot easier for a class-action suit to also win, setting even further precedent in other states.
Will extramarital sex with robots of various levels of sentience be considered "cheating"?
It pays even more to recheck the parent before clicking submit.
At 24 frames per second, it contains 168480 frames.
The article says there are a pair of Imager XE-Advanced scanners.
Each scanner takes four minutes per frame.
Using these numbers, You Only Live Twice will take about 25 days to scan.
To answer your question, I have no fucking idea why so many Macs are being used, except maybe for their hard drives.
I, for one, welcome our new bio-engineered East Indian overlords.
Once you pop, you can't stop.
So when is Java going to be open-source?
"But what's the bag going to look like?" Szuminski asked.
Methinks this guy has been watching a little too much Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.
Oh well, at least he's a pitcher and not a catcher.
You have been voted off the crew. It's time to say goodbye and enter the airlock.
It looks more like a ju-jitsu demostration.
All this time I thought servers were Sun's high-end product. Jerseys...who'd have thunk?
Dung throwing is chimp for "I respect your leadership"
Does anyone else see the potential humor factor in sending the people memos with deliberately corrected info?
It's a whole new realm of sarcasm.
Now when can I get a "Launch It Now" button for my website?
Brings new meaning to getting high.
Chihuahuas everywhere growl in unison.
Am I the only one who read that as, "rubber glove and a handful of vaseline"?