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  1. Re:Repairing the Unicode Consortium Clusterfuck on Google Releases An Open Source Font That Supports 800 Languages (googleblog.com) · · Score: 1

    And the cardinal 4 direction arrows are _where_ again in Unicode ??

    We're not talking about general arrows, we are talking about a specific arrow. If you don't want to look like a fool, learn to read before replying, please.

  2. Re:Repairing the Unicode Consortium Clusterfuck on Google Releases An Open Source Font That Supports 800 Languages (googleblog.com) · · Score: 1

    Mod Parent +1 Informative !

    I've running into my own problems of Unicode's shortsightedness.

    2 common glyph are:

    * mouse pointer (See fa-mouse-pointer [])
    * cardinal 4 direction arrows (such as used on Windows, Move) (See fa-arrows [])

    Yet are nowhere to be found in Unicode.

    You're definitely right - the Unicode Consortium is more interested in fluff crap like emoji then practical stuff.

    If the Unicode Consortium didn't have their head's up their asses we wouldn't even need fonts like Font Awesome

    The funny thing is that it is open source on GitHub:
    * https://github.com/FortAwesome...

  3. You are making numerous assumptions based on incomplete information.

    Who declared you God that you have the authority to judge bad Laws?

    You are viewing everything you mentioned as "evil" without stopping to consider that _every_ side has _both_ a Pro and a Con. i.e. You are assuming every slave was mistreated. If you'd watch The Butler you'd actually understand not every servant was mistreated.

    What are you also completely missing is that while there is a time and a place for civil disobedience those times are extremely rare.

    Lastly you are ignorant about mass consciousness and its development. Why do "bad" laws even get passed in the first place??? There was slavery and segregation at one time because most people at that time were too spiritually immature to understand a higher perspective. Very few people's soul (pun intended) life purpose is to bring about enlightenment. The majority of people purpose is not to be a political activist -- their role is to be Artists, Scientists; they change the world by changing them self which is the first step in changing the world.

  4. I don't assume, I know.

    Think about it for a second. What if everyone was? What would happen to civilization? Constant civil disobedience would be disruptive -- there would be no stability.

    There is a time and a place for civil disobedience but those times are extremely rare.
     

  5. Why do you assume everyone's calling is to be Rosa Parks ?

  6. The highest form of morality IS obeying laws whether they are just or not. NOTE: The laws could be legal or spiritual.

    Resorting to ad hominems only makes you look insecure and childish.

  7. Justifying repaying evil for evil just makes you look immature.

  8. > Frankly, if I want to invite someone to a dark play for a date, I have a basement.

    /sarcasm You DO know you can move out of Mom's basement, right? :-)

  9. Re:Movie theaters on Netflix CEO: Movie Theaters Are 'Strangling the Movie Business'' (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > Who cares about "legal" options?

    Uh, those with morals and who have respect for others.

    But go ahead and keep pretending it is your property.

  10. > Yes. Atheism is a belief about the nature of god

    Incorrect. You are failing to understand the etymology of 'a'

    variant of an-.before a consonant, meaning âoenot,â âoewithoutâ:
    amoral; atonal; achromatic.

    not; without; opposite to: atonal, asocial
    Word Origin
    from Greek a-, an- not, without

    Theism: has belief in God
    A-Theism: has no belief in God

    Gnostic: has experiential knowledge
    A-Gnostic: has no experiential knowledge

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    The Atheist is the blind man saying "There is no such thing as color because I can't see it or prove it." From his limited perspective he is correct !
    The Theist is the color-blind man saying "I have Faith there is more then monochromatic color because others says so."
    The Agnostic is the blind man saying "The Theist or Gnostic could be right but I personally don't know. "
    The Gnostic is the man who fully sees in color. Everyone else thinks he is crazy because others lack the frame of reference to even understand the answer let alone the question.

  11. > However, since these cannot be PROVEN

    Nonsense. You'll have all the proof you could ever want when you are dead.

    > Only two rational, aka non-faith-based, positions exist: Agnosticism (don't know) and Apathy (don't care).

    You missed the 3rd rational one: gnosticism which means Knowledge via Experience.

    Experience _is_ the proof.

    i.e.

    I have knowledge about color precisely _because_ I can _see_ color. If I was blind I would have zero knowledge.

    I don't have faith that I'm a musician, I have personal knowledge that I AM a musician by _playing_ music.

    --
    The Atheist is the blind man saying "There is no such thing as color because I can't see it or prove it." From his limited perspective he is correct !
    The Theist is the color-blind man saying "I have Faith there is more then monochromatic color because others says so."
    The Agnostic is the blind man saying "The Theist or Gnostic could be right but I personally don't know. "
    The Gnostic is the man who fully sees in color. Everyone else thinks he is crazy because others lack the frame of reference to even understand the answer let alone the question.

  12. Re:What is the appeal? on Upcoming Blade Runner Sequel Gets a Title: Blade Runner 2049 (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    > Q. What am I missing?

    A. Greed.
    All Upcoming Movie Remakes/ Reboots (2016 - 2020)

    e.g.
    Apparently there are placeholders for

            Avatar 2 (2018)
            Avatar 3 (2020)
            Avatar 4 (2022)
            Avatar 5 (2023)

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    Redditards: A downvote is NOT to be used as "I disagree"

  13. Re:telomeres? on New Study Suggests There's a Limit To How Long People Can Live (go.com) · · Score: 1

    > Afterlife is not falsifiable. That said, that means there is no evidence of it,

    It is. If you haven't found evidence you're not looking hard enough.

  14. Re:Anonymous Coward Spotted Getting First Post on Bigfoot Spotted Sneaking Around Below Bald Eagle Nest, Multiple Outlets Report (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    > Maybe it's Donald Trump in the bigfoot costume?

    You mean there is a difference? :-)

    *ba dum tsh*

  15. Re:Someone should make an Indonesia Stupid Meme on Indonesia Wants To Criminalize Memes (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Bingo !

    Brilliant !

    +1 Funny.

  16. Someone should make an Indonesia Stupid Meme on Indonesia Wants To Criminalize Memes (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Stupid is as stupid does. Someone should make a meme pointing out how stupid Indonesia is.

    Something like this, this or this

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    A downvote is NOT I disagree.

  17. I call bullshit on MS on Apple, Google, Microsoft: We Have No Government Email Scanning Program Like Yahoo's (vocativ.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > Microsoft spokesperson told Vocativ that "We have never engaged in the secret scanning of email traffic like what has been reported today about Yahoo."

    Bullshit.

    Proof: Microsoft (R) Online Services Global Criminal Compliance Handbook

  18. Re:Why is this here? on WikiLeaks' Big Tuesday Announcement Will Now Take Place Via Video (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    /sarcasm What!? Faux News spews propaganda? I'm shocked, shocked I tell you ! It is such as a bastion of objective, well researched topics !

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    A downvote is NOT I disagree.

  19. Re: Light on tech details as usual on Apple Loses Patent Retrial To VirnetX, Owes $302.4 Million (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    > Linux infringed upon SCO's intellectual property rights, too.

    Exactly _which_ imaginary property was that?

  20. > - what about artistic nudes? Is this thing smart enough to discriminate between guys with cameras and the good stuff?

    Doubt it.

    I guess Leonard Nimoy's books (yes, "Spock") photography books will classified as pornographic:

    * Shekhina
    * The Full Body Project: Photographs by Leonard Nimoy

  21. Re:Makes perfect sense on New iPhone 7 Case Brings Back the Headphone Jack (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    That sums up 95% of my experience too.

    I don't love Apple either; I find Android to be far worse as well.

    I used to use iTunes on my work MBP -- I now use it on my personal MBP. Cost of switching is more then just a new phone. iOS is "good enough."

    Aside from Apple's retarded anti-skeuomorphism design I find Android is even more "clunky".

    If Apple would ever pull their head out of their ass and allow jailbreaking and an USB port I wouldn't have any issues.

  22. Re:Makes perfect sense on New iPhone 7 Case Brings Back the Headphone Jack (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 2, Informative

    > I am not trying to sound like an apple apologist but really is the headphone jack that big of a deal?

    Yes.

    Having to cart around yet-another-stupid-dongle, faster battery drain, and the inability to charge while listening to music all add up to inconveniencing the customer when the prior model didn't have those drawbacks.

  23. Agreed! That is a dumb name.

    Make it unique so it is _searchable_.

    How am I supposed to filter out all the false positive??

  24. Re:Seriously...music off YouTube...? on YouTube-MP3 Ripping Site Sued By IFPI, RIAA and BPI (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Good point !

    > and ditched fundamental ideas like time and space in favor of spacetime,

    In his time he would have seemed like a crackpot !

    > I believe Poincare still believed in absolute time when Einstein was working on his theory.

    Interesting conjecture! Do you have research / evidence on that?

  25. Re:Excellent interview on The Slashdot Interview With Raspberry Pi Founder and CEO Eben Upton · · Score: 1

    Agreed it is nice to be able to ask questions ... and even get an answer !