'They just should have and could have kept using "could have" in the rest of the sentences. This is representative of the poor level of journalism today.'
It's not just journalism but Slashdot itself, a once "alternative" website coming full circle to new levels of unprecedented hypocrisy.
Much as they condemn religious faith for its non-science, "could have" suddenly applies to everything they hope for towards their own political values -- from global warming to life on other planets.
Since I was not at the orgy in question, I am morrally outraged that it happened.
Before anyone mods my perceived jealousy "funny" - let me say that I am dead serious, and if you consider what basic human emotions are like... chances are that you probably feel the same way.
Or is Slashdot more stuck on Hollywood myths than anyone, convinced that robots must have anthropomorphic traits, flashing non-functional lights, and a canned monotone voice...
"How we can get through to these deranged teachers, parents, and psychiatrists?"
South Park. As screwy as the kids are, the adults on South Park are 10-times more deplorable.
The "problem" is - as you say - deranged teachers, parents, and psychiatrists. We can "get through" to them by using vicious mockery, social pressure, and (as a last resort) legal action.
The most basic economics course teaches that inproved technology warrants change in the marketplace.
It may be that music and other creative content is obsolete as an industry. So be it. It is not government's job to subsidize or sustain artificial markets - except, perhaps, for "essential" and emergency services.
"And watching video of how they're been building ISS during one of Shuttle missions is amazing."
What good has the United States "International" Space Station done?
Not that we shouldn't have one, but it should actually do more than just tele-conference with fourth-grade classrooms and give photo-ops to the president once a year.
If somebody said "you can be one of the 1/100000000 portion of the human race that gets to go into space, but there's a 1/25 chance you may explode in a ball of fire", who here wouldn't be all over that?
Same reasoning is used by drug addicts... it's a blast to shoot up, you just have to maybe... die.
For added effect, I vote to load each shuttle up with platinum bars, a Ming vass collection, paintings by Rembrandt and Picasso, and many millions in $100 bills.
'Are they gonna ban radio stations now cause it might be cancerous?'
Anecdote-- James Randi used to have a radio program years ago, where the studio was located right next to a powerful transmitter (I believe they try to distance the two these days). When the studio lights were turned off, the fluorescent lights on the ceiling would glow considerably... Yet there have been no related health problems, supposedly.
"The thing is completely crippled while driving due to morons like the ones in this study. It's like, because some people are complete morons, responsible people can't use the system as intended."
I don't appreciate you calling me "moron". All of my accidents are weather-related to road conditions. Do not take away Freedom to utilize phone, Global Position and System, or shaving cream with small-sized razorblade while getting on-the-go to work each morning.
"I do in principle support the TV license, because the BBC... is extremely good."
How can you not recognize how wrong it is in principle to impose that on those who don't appreciate the BBC? It may be very good for you, but to tell me that I need and want it, and therefore have to pay for it... such arrogance!
Adware companies damage the Internet economy. It would seem to follow that the Government can seize those companies and sell them to other, less malign, individuals.
My cat needs a bath. It would seem to follow that my dog may bring me the paper.
Alternatively, if A = B and B = C, then X * Y = Captain Crunch cereal.
Did you know that the Tasaday were a real tribe in the Philippines - and not a hoax? Wikipedia says so.
If Wikipedia has proven anything, it's that all of recorded history has been politicized. An illusion of objectivity is the ultimate goal that humans work toward - not truth.
Think of the sinister implications... particularly with a country like Germany and their past.
Nerds have no place. By definition, they are complete outcasts.
That Slashdot claims to a community for nerds instantly defines a lie. It is a classic cycle of culture hijacking uniqueness and making it "cool" - thus, destroying its original being.
Many believe that hippies were a thing of the late 60s and early 70s. Though on October 6, 1967 dozens of original hippies from San Francisco held a mock funeral to claim the death of the movement from its perversion by pop-culture.
The same can be said of this website. There are no nerds here. None.
Harassed my ass, they don't know the meaning of the word.
Certain personalities keep a persecution complex their entire lives - it usually goes back to grade school. They think everyone hates them and is out to make them look bad. It's their excuse for every failure and inadequacy... they would all be certified champions, if only others would stop holding them down!
Same people believe the Columbine rampage was somehow justified.....
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What scares me is the thought of a $48 or $60 coaster, if I dare to get a speck of dust on it before burning (... or whatever causes most failures).
It's not just journalism but Slashdot itself, a once "alternative" website coming full circle to new levels of unprecedented hypocrisy.
Much as they condemn religious faith for its non-science, "could have" suddenly applies to everything they hope for towards their own political values -- from global warming to life on other planets.
Before anyone mods my perceived jealousy "funny" - let me say that I am dead serious, and if you consider what basic human emotions are like... chances are that you probably feel the same way.
Or is Slashdot more stuck on Hollywood myths than anyone, convinced that robots must have anthropomorphic traits, flashing non-functional lights, and a canned monotone voice...
South Park. As screwy as the kids are, the adults on South Park are 10-times more deplorable.
The "problem" is - as you say - deranged teachers, parents, and psychiatrists. We can "get through" to them by using vicious mockery, social pressure, and (as a last resort) legal action.
Whatever the Chicago Tribune has uncovered, one might presume that they were expected to.
No conspiracies, no financial interests, no pay-offs, no circle-jerks, or other schemes.
Is that allow, Mr. "Zonk"? May I please state (and re-state) my support for a certain company? No, not in your communist views, of course not....
It may be that music and other creative content is obsolete as an industry. So be it. It is not government's job to subsidize or sustain artificial markets - except, perhaps, for "essential" and emergency services.
What good has the United States "International" Space Station done?
Not that we shouldn't have one, but it should actually do more than just tele-conference with fourth-grade classrooms and give photo-ops to the president once a year.
Same reasoning is used by drug addicts... it's a blast to shoot up, you just have to maybe... die.
For added effect, I vote to load each shuttle up with platinum bars, a Ming vass collection, paintings by Rembrandt and Picasso, and many millions in $100 bills.
Anecdote-- James Randi used to have a radio program years ago, where the studio was located right next to a powerful transmitter (I believe they try to distance the two these days). When the studio lights were turned off, the fluorescent lights on the ceiling would glow considerably... Yet there have been no related health problems, supposedly.
Google will be charitable in the same way as George Soros- ie. only when the political outcome is in their selfish interest.
I don't appreciate you calling me "moron". All of my accidents are weather-related to road conditions. Do not take away Freedom to utilize phone, Global Position and System, or shaving cream with small-sized razorblade while getting on-the-go to work each morning.
This fact is undeniable, given that dissenting views are summarily modded down....
(PS, mod this up.)
You will then understand what it means to live in a bubble, where controversial issues are fully settled by politics and personal biases.
(One might also realize how popular elections are lost and won, despite the "genius" expressed in this forum.)
How can you not recognize how wrong it is in principle to impose that on those who don't appreciate the BBC? It may be very good for you, but to tell me that I need and want it, and therefore have to pay for it... such arrogance!
Why it always assumed that social withdrawal is a sign of individual sickness - but not the group itself which should stand in judgement?
My cat needs a bath. It would seem to follow that my dog may bring me the paper.
Alternatively, if A = B and B = C, then X * Y = Captain Crunch cereal.
If Wikipedia has proven anything, it's that all of recorded history has been politicized. An illusion of objectivity is the ultimate goal that humans work toward - not truth.
Think of the sinister implications... particularly with a country like Germany and their past.
That Slashdot claims to a community for nerds instantly defines a lie. It is a classic cycle of culture hijacking uniqueness and making it "cool" - thus, destroying its original being.
Many believe that hippies were a thing of the late 60s and early 70s. Though on October 6, 1967 dozens of original hippies from San Francisco held a mock funeral to claim the death of the movement from its perversion by pop-culture.
The same can be said of this website. There are no nerds here. None.
Those who would dwell on the obvious are simply rationalizing the killings with an emotional goal of justifying them.
Certain personalities keep a persecution complex their entire lives - it usually goes back to grade school. They think everyone hates them and is out to make them look bad. It's their excuse for every failure and inadequacy... they would all be certified champions, if only others would stop holding them down!
Same people believe the Columbine rampage was somehow justified.....
Thou art Orbital fanatic! Saw them in '99, Worcester MA. They performed with The Crystal Method.