Makes no sense until you realize it is part of the dissonance.
How cute! You are still thinking people follow sense and reason. I guess most of the world will sooner or later treat the US like crazy people: Creative, babbling a lot, not always making sense, sometimes very aggressive, egocentric (though almost everybody is to some degree) and not very stable. People aren't even discussing anymore, or trying to find common ground. They are just angrily throwing buzzwords at each other. It is degrading into some sick parody of the middle east with all the hate the different fractions throw at each other.
America used to be cool...
So you are saying that it is okay to use human babies as fertilizer for your lawn and skin them to make lamp shades? After all, they are already dead.
I think Germany can claim prior art to that. There was a lot of amoral medical experimentation going on between '39 and '45. Studies on hypothermia, crash test, diseases, drowning etc. After the war people had the results of which many where quite unique and faced that moral dilemma. Some of the stuff was later published had references to human test subjects removed (and replaced by pigs I think) Oh and the lampshade thing too - just not baby skin (to small).
That reminds me of the video were someone used his Lumia's screen to hammer a nail in (without leaving a scratch). It is good that the average tabs and phones aren't so flimsy anymore.
Well the would certainly be some use for that in the dark alleys. You just need to make sure you can get a good hold on it, even if it gets slippery during use. Some degree of waterproofing might also be a good idea for cleaning porpoises. I am looking forward seeing a commercial for that one.
I think we are talking about the second. You know the one who told record label they would never get into the music business and it would be no problem if they shared a name.
Actually the customer already did: They complained enough to make it a regulatory issue.
Why go for the symptoms if you can also go for the root (or at least closer to it) of the problem.
Do you really think the government ever threw those out just because their are ancient or cumbersome? I'm pretty sure the one place you will find several experienced fiche readers/operators is in some government organization.
Before you ask - I think the Secret Service is basically doing the job they are supposed to do, in each of these stories. But - there is a very thin line between doing their job properly, and becoming something like the KGB or the Stazi. Very thin line, indeed. Recent events have shown that the Secret Service is NOT incorruptible. It is improbable, but possible, that the SS could be turned into a tool of the administration to round up people like Ted Nugent, and to "silence" them, in whatever manner.
I'm not sure you intended the double meaning you introduced by shortening the Secret Service to the same two letters an other prominent organization used in their insignia.
PS: oh and the others where called "Stasi" - short for "Staatssicherheit" (state security). This has interestingly the same meaning as the letters "G" and "B" where as K stands for "committee".
I agree with you. Whatever Marx thought of as an ideal society failed at the very basic understanding of human nature. It is kind of sad, but down at the core we are most interested in our self or in those close to us. We are also very lazy if we can get away with it.
Communism might actually work for a small village but it does scale terribly. Once you are over a certain number of people, you need to force people to do what the government thinks is best. Other than altruism there aren't many other incentives to do your best for a common goal, even though it might be to your personal disadvantage.
This was always the advantage of the free economies, they only depended only on personal greed and people acting in their own best interest. All the governments had to do, was to provide some rules for the game and limit excesses. In some cases (Germany, Sweden, Canada etc.) they choose to redistribute some of the societies wealth, to help those in need and pay for things like free education, healthcare and pensions. There is a limit how many freeloaders such a system can sustain, but as long as generate enough wealth, it works rather nicely.
Humans are not simple greedy beasts, but still far from perfect or ideal. Any society relying on altruism and good nature is bound to fail - sometimes horribly.
Definitively still worked with 2000, though I think there was a minor change. After that I lost interest so I can't tell you anything google couldn't better.
You are not exactly of the jolly persuasion, are you?
PS: Just to be nitpicking: Windows does include a command line ftp prompt (and has for a while) and with newer versions ftp servers can be mapped directly from the windows explorer. Windows sucks, but not as bad as some would like it to.
I do remember 1985 pretty well and while it is true that some things where "more free" back then, I also do remember a whole bunch of things I'm very happy to have removed from modern living. CFCs, lead paint, asbestos, leaded fuel, no seatbelts, a whole range of cancerous additives in plastic toys, DDT and it's merry friends and many more.
Nanny it may be, but just look up the car accidents to fatality ratio back then and today.
And let us not forget the clothing, that was an eyesore.
PS: Yes I do know DDT was already off limits in many western countries since the beginning of the 80ies, but not in all of the fruit growing countries.
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Otherwise the whole thing wouldn't have made sense anymore. In order for something like this to work, you need everybody in.
Interesting point. I dare say this might not be the most important point in that context, but is a novel way to look at it and a good argument.
mmh a delicious extra helping of sarcasm. Yummy
Makes no sense until you realize it is part of the dissonance.
How cute! You are still thinking people follow sense and reason. I guess most of the world will sooner or later treat the US like crazy people: Creative, babbling a lot, not always making sense, sometimes very aggressive, egocentric (though almost everybody is to some degree) and not very stable. People aren't even discussing anymore, or trying to find common ground. They are just angrily throwing buzzwords at each other. It is degrading into some sick parody of the middle east with all the hate the different fractions throw at each other.
America used to be cool...
As a bonus it could double as a propulsion device.
Now that would be a way to get rid of the excess CO2
Thank you for this very sick image. $fait_in_humanity--;
So you are saying that it is okay to use human babies as fertilizer for your lawn and skin them to make lamp shades? After all, they are already dead.
I think Germany can claim prior art to that. There was a lot of amoral medical experimentation going on between '39 and '45. Studies on hypothermia, crash test, diseases, drowning etc. After the war people had the results of which many where quite unique and faced that moral dilemma. Some of the stuff was later published had references to human test subjects removed (and replaced by pigs I think)
Oh and the lampshade thing too - just not baby skin (to small).
I'm not sure if noticed: Many people around here are terrible at sarcasm or humor detection. Obscure references are a little better but not that much.
It might also be a way to increase "shelf life" of organ transplants. It won't allow long term storage, but even a few extra hours might help a lot.
As far as rabbits are concerned, 15 minutes should be plenty.
So you are handing out logs of ALL your customers? Without a legally binding reason to do so? Interesting...
And the Grand Equatorial Shift of 1997.
(Contrary to popular belief, the equator does *not* run through New York)
I think at that point the obnoxious synthesizer music already shut down most of my cognitive functions.
I'd say this sums it up rather nicely.
That reminds me of the video were someone used his Lumia's screen to hammer a nail in (without leaving a scratch). It is good that the average tabs and phones aren't so flimsy anymore.
Well the would certainly be some use for that in the dark alleys. You just need to make sure you can get a good hold on it, even if it gets slippery during use. Some degree of waterproofing might also be a good idea for cleaning porpoises. I am looking forward seeing a commercial for that one.
I think we are talking about the second. You know the one who told record label they would never get into the music business and it would be no problem if they shared a name.
Actually the customer already did: They complained enough to make it a regulatory issue.
Why go for the symptoms if you can also go for the root (or at least closer to it) of the problem.
Do you really think the government ever threw those out just because their are ancient or cumbersome? I'm pretty sure the one place you will find several experienced fiche readers/operators is in some government organization.
Before you ask - I think the Secret Service is basically doing the job they are supposed to do, in each of these stories. But - there is a very thin line between doing their job properly, and becoming something like the KGB or the Stazi. Very thin line, indeed. Recent events have shown that the Secret Service is NOT incorruptible. It is improbable, but possible, that the SS could be turned into a tool of the administration to round up people like Ted Nugent, and to "silence" them, in whatever manner.
I'm not sure you intended the double meaning you introduced by shortening the Secret Service to the same two letters an other prominent organization used in their insignia.
PS: oh and the others where called "Stasi" - short for "Staatssicherheit" (state security). This has interestingly the same meaning as the letters "G" and "B" where as K stands for "committee".
I agree with you. Whatever Marx thought of as an ideal society failed at the very basic understanding of human nature. It is kind of sad, but down at the core we are most interested in our self or in those close to us. We are also very lazy if we can get away with it.
Communism might actually work for a small village but it does scale terribly. Once you are over a certain number of people, you need to force people to do what the government thinks is best. Other than altruism there aren't many other incentives to do your best for a common goal, even though it might be to your personal disadvantage.
This was always the advantage of the free economies, they only depended only on personal greed and people acting in their own best interest. All the governments had to do, was to provide some rules for the game and limit excesses. In some cases (Germany, Sweden, Canada etc.) they choose to redistribute some of the societies wealth, to help those in need and pay for things like free education, healthcare and pensions. There is a limit how many freeloaders such a system can sustain, but as long as generate enough wealth, it works rather nicely.
Humans are not simple greedy beasts, but still far from perfect or ideal. Any society relying on altruism and good nature is bound to fail - sometimes horribly.
Definitively still worked with 2000, though I think there was a minor change. After that I lost interest so I can't tell you anything google couldn't better.
The music, it burns in my ears.
You are not exactly of the jolly persuasion, are you?
PS: Just to be nitpicking: Windows does include a command line ftp prompt (and has for a while) and with newer versions ftp servers can be mapped directly from the windows explorer. Windows sucks, but not as bad as some would like it to.
And let us not forget today's bikes are so much cooler than anything we had available back then.
I do remember 1985 pretty well and while it is true that some things where "more free" back then, I also do remember a whole bunch of things I'm very happy to have removed from modern living. CFCs, lead paint, asbestos, leaded fuel, no seatbelts, a whole range of cancerous additives in plastic toys, DDT and it's merry friends and many more.
Nanny it may be, but just look up the car accidents to fatality ratio back then and today.
And let us not forget the clothing, that was an eyesore.
PS: Yes I do know DDT was already off limits in many western countries since the beginning of the 80ies, but not in all of the fruit growing countries.