I've got news for you: Maddox is not spoofing anything. He really believes the fundamental theses of his rants. As does this guy. Nobody goes to that kind of trouble to say "ha ha, I'm dumb because I believe _____".
Jebus, what a stupid site. These appear to be the rules:
Women do it = bad
Teamwork = bad
Metric system = bad
Being born not the largest man in the world = bad
Some kinds of judging (as of going out of bounds in track) = good, judging of other kinds (as of going out of bounds in gymnastics) = bad
Using muscles for brute force = good, using muscles for optimized technique = bad
I repeat: what a stupid site. The fact that this is the second time I've seen this crap modded up to +4 or better in two days does not speak well of Slashdot.
I specifically mention the C-in-C part of the job because it's the part that Obama is least suited for.
I'm wondering how you came to that conclusion.
But who decides how much humanitarian aid to fly off of an aircraft carrier into Burma after a disaster? Who made the decision to land aid-payload by military cargo aircraft in Georgia the other day, at what risk of of conflict with the Russians rolling tanks around in that country? The person commanding the military. The commander-in-chief. Who will be issuing orders to withdraw troops from one spot and move them to another as needed?
Those all seem like lower-level details than what the Commander-in-Chief should be concerned with. He shouldn't be issuing orders like "move this block of troops from over there to over here". He should be issuing orders like "get rid of the Taliban".
Also, you are incorrect, protectionism does NOT hit rich people the hardest, it hits poor people the hardest. Those rich folk that own companies no longer have to compete with the likes of the foreigners for providing products or services, thereby lowering quality and wages and raising prices.
You seem to think that the rich folks are exclusively sellers in a market and the poor ones are exclusively buyers. The rich folks also have to buy materials and labor -- and who do you think sells them that labor? That's right, the poor folks. And without billions of foreign workers willing to work for pennies a day to compete against, their "sales prices" rise too.
Essentially, the richer a country is, the more protectionist it makes sense for it to be. (It seems stupidly obvious when you think about it: protection is for those who have something to protect.) The US, however, has been hijacked for a few decades now by a bunch of economic nutbars.
Amen. Media consolidation has been the #1 driver of the lousy, complicit news "coverage" we have been getting ever since deregulation, begun under Reagan (as were most modern ills).
Coming soon for Nintendo Wii: Famous Game Designer! Thrill as your game designs are accepted or rejected by the critics, the buying public, and your corporate overlords. Can you keep them all satisfied all the time? Rated E for Everyone.
Clearly, the US ignoring this concept has been going on long enough that people are returning to the Bad Old Days when "there's a war on" meant "we can commit any atrocity we want, fuck you".
However, meat starts out at so much higher an energy density, the loss from cooking hardly makes a dent, relatively speaking. Meat-eating has been for some time pretty generally considered to be the thing that enabled humans to evolve large brains in the first place.
One place I worked sent around something to sign, acknowledging being exempt employees (the meaning of which was not explained). This was despite everyone being explicitly paid by the hour.
Trust me, if you ever find yourself working at a place run by non-douchebags, hold on for dear life, because you just threaded the needle big-time.
You might want to take your sarcasm generator to the shop. Stating "maybe he hit it" in a sarcastic manner would indicate that you don't believe he could.
Look, clearly the modern Olympics is just silly and pretentious. The idea that is some kind of movement that unites humanity in sport is so bizarre it defies belief anybody could seriously pretend it is true.
Yeah, ideals are stupid. Let's just flip back to American Idol and prank-vote for whoever's worst. Again. That'll be a hoot.
If that's true, why do athletes march, like troops, behind their national flags? Why is the big triumph standing on the podium and having your national anthem played?
Well, gee, Davy. I guess if you compete with someone at something, you must hate them, huh? Because no one has ever grown closer or gained any understanding through game-playing.
Also, I don't know what Parade Of Nations you've been watching, but I didn't see anyone "march, like troops" at one, ever. It's all smiles and photo-taking and waving and wearing themed costumes and partying.
The ancient Olympiad didn't have any of these kind of national (or city state) trappings. I'm sure that people had their home town favorites, but athletes traveled under the Olympic truce to compete at the games as individuals.
Someone else already slapped this one down, so I won't bother.
The drawn out fiasco of the Olympic torch relay was the wages of misty eyed attachment to an absurdity.
I thought it was because everyone hates what China does to its neighbors.
like a political convention where red and white balloons dropping from the ceiling are supposed to mean something.
Now you've really lost me. Mean something? Like "hey, let's celebrate"? You're right, how pretentious...(?!?)
So what you're saying is that when the data support your argument, it's an open-and-shut case, and when they support the other side's argument, there are many other factors involved, it's much more complicated than that, they're being simplistic, etc.
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Should be "which was always the plan behind the fact that".
I say instead of initials, we substitute a SHA-256 hash of your legal name. For visual distinctiveness, we then interpret the result as UTF-16.
Sure will make news reports about the cases more entertaining to listen to.
Aww, whatsa matter, little troll? Did the big scary words hurt your tiny brain? It's ok! Just go to dictionary.com and they can't hurt you!
Of course, since coal is the only thing you can use to get electricity.
Let me ask you this, wise-ass.
How many square miles of earth must be torn up to get a hundred pounds of uranium?
How many square miles of earth must be torn up to get a hundred pounds of silicon?
The difference will be measured in orders of magnitude.
To who? Fans of "Home Improvement"? Pass.
I've got news for you: Maddox is not spoofing anything. He really believes the fundamental theses of his rants. As does this guy. Nobody goes to that kind of trouble to say "ha ha, I'm dumb because I believe _____".
You seem suprised by this. How else do you think any of the Republican US presidents since Eisenhower got elected?
You're kidding, right?
Uranium's average concentration in the Earth's crust is (depending on the reference) 2 to 4 parts per million.
Most uranium mining is very volume-intensive, and thus tends to be undertaken as open-pit mining. It is also undertaken in only a small number of countries of the world, as the resource is relatively rarely found.
Measured by mass, silicon makes up 25.7% of the Earth's crust and is the second most abundant element on Earth, after oxygen.
"Silicon mining", I couldn't find anything about. They seem to just find the nearest sand and scoop some up.
So, yeah, let's hold silicon's feet to the fire! Stop silicon mining now! <eyeroll />
Jebus, what a stupid site. These appear to be the rules:
I repeat: what a stupid site. The fact that this is the second time I've seen this crap modded up to +4 or better in two days does not speak well of Slashdot.
I'm wondering how you came to that conclusion.
Those all seem like lower-level details than what the Commander-in-Chief should be concerned with. He shouldn't be issuing orders like "move this block of troops from over there to over here". He should be issuing orders like "get rid of the Taliban".
You seem to think that the rich folks are exclusively sellers in a market and the poor ones are exclusively buyers. The rich folks also have to buy materials and labor -- and who do you think sells them that labor? That's right, the poor folks. And without billions of foreign workers willing to work for pennies a day to compete against, their "sales prices" rise too.
Essentially, the richer a country is, the more protectionist it makes sense for it to be. (It seems stupidly obvious when you think about it: protection is for those who have something to protect.) The US, however, has been hijacked for a few decades now by a bunch of economic nutbars.
So? Is that worse than what we have now?
Amen. Media consolidation has been the #1 driver of the lousy, complicit news "coverage" we have been getting ever since deregulation, begun under Reagan (as were most modern ills).
Coming soon for Nintendo Wii: Famous Game Designer! Thrill as your game designs are accepted or rejected by the critics, the buying public, and your corporate overlords. Can you keep them all satisfied all the time? Rated E for Everyone.
Wow, only 75? What were you driving, a marked CHP car with full-sized light bar?
The Red/Blue split isn't primarily a state-vs.-state dichotomy. It's largely an urban-vs.-rural one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crime
Clearly, the US ignoring this concept has been going on long enough that people are returning to the Bad Old Days when "there's a war on" meant "we can commit any atrocity we want, fuck you".
Wow, your family must be really wasteful eaters to be able to raise hogs just on table scraps.
I'm guessing their intelligence has little to do with how many offspring they (are made to) have.
However, meat starts out at so much higher an energy density, the loss from cooking hardly makes a dent, relatively speaking. Meat-eating has been for some time pretty generally considered to be the thing that enabled humans to evolve large brains in the first place.
http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/99legacy/6-14-1999a.html
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/04.03/13-aiello.html
This cooking thing may be a more-or-less concurrent change in the same direction, too.
One place I worked sent around something to sign, acknowledging being exempt employees (the meaning of which was not explained). This was despite everyone being explicitly paid by the hour.
Trust me, if you ever find yourself working at a place run by non-douchebags, hold on for dear life, because you just threaded the needle big-time.
You might want to take your sarcasm generator to the shop. Stating "maybe he hit it" in a sarcastic manner would indicate that you don't believe he could.
Yeah, ideals are stupid. Let's just flip back to American Idol and prank-vote for whoever's worst. Again. That'll be a hoot.
Well, gee, Davy. I guess if you compete with someone at something, you must hate them, huh? Because no one has ever grown closer or gained any understanding through game-playing.
Also, I don't know what Parade Of Nations you've been watching, but I didn't see anyone "march, like troops" at one, ever. It's all smiles and photo-taking and waving and wearing themed costumes and partying.
Someone else already slapped this one down, so I won't bother.
I thought it was because everyone hates what China does to its neighbors.
Now you've really lost me. Mean something? Like "hey, let's celebrate"? You're right, how pretentious...(?!?)
OR MAYBE YOU HAVE NO CLUE HOW ACCURATE ARCHERS ARE
Try watching the archery event sometime for an illustration. Duh.
(Also, the lameness filter can suck my balls for making me add more to balance out the caps.)
So what you're saying is that when the data support your argument, it's an open-and-shut case, and when they support the other side's argument, there are many other factors involved, it's much more complicated than that, they're being simplistic, etc.
Well, I love you you just baldly assert this "get more tax money by lowering tax rates" claptrap with absolutely nothing to back it up.
How about a nice graph to disprove your theory?
http://time-blog.com/curious_capitalist/2008/01/do_capital_gains_tax_cuts_incr.html