He doesn't really mean that we should watch TV for the remaining 108 hours of the (waking) week.
Yes, but consider human nature. What are people actually going to do? Watch TV (more demand for cable installers, TV producers, actors, video editors, etc.), go out to bars (more demand for bartenders), go to movies (more demand for directors, filmmakers), post on Slashdot (more demand for ISPs and sysadmins). I think we'll only see the four hour work week when we have robots doing a lot more of the work that humans do now.
Yes, yes, whining middle-class journalists are such good advocates for the poor, especially when they take patronizing attitudes like that. First off, the vast majority of minimum-wage workers are either youth or students. (With regard to students--US minimum wage with a 20 hour workweek comes out to $412 per month, more than enough to cover rent in my college town. Of course, my college town is in a state with a higher minimum wage, so one would make $612 a month, enough to cover rent and basic living expenses.) Very few people work for minimum wage their entire lives. The US is based on the idea of people pulling their own weight, and the "poor" in this country (who are often obese--funny how that works) are frequently those who are incapable or unwilling to do that. How to handle those people is a good question though.
Its about as funny as seeing America enjoying the oil coming from Iran, Syria, Iraq and the like, nations who the US have declared their resolve to destroy.
Actually, the US didn't import oil from Iraq (aside from an "oil for food" program instituted by the UN) between 1990 and 2003. Since 2003, the US has been occupying and rebuilding Iraq. As for Iran, there's been a full embargo against Iran (including oil) since 1979. The Bush administration has never expressed a desire to go to war with Syria. In conclusion, nice try dumbass, check your facts next time.
I wasn't mocking your god. I wasn't even mocking you, rather, I was pointing out the unconventional nature of your stated beliefs. You put forth new, idiosyncratic theories of physics and computer science and think it's an attack on your lord and saviour when someone disagrees? That's almost sad in a way.
You amuse me. I don't believe in time travel. I'm not a big fan of Star Trek, either. Incidentally, you're doing a remarkably good job of showcasing how you leap to absurd conclusions from a limited set of premises, which is a common cognitive pattern among cranks.
I'd be more than willing to accept that as long as (a) I could run the same query on any other citizen, too, and (b) any and all queries made by anyone were also logged in a publicly queryable database. Total freedom of information.
The United States of America is not a confederacy. The United States is a federation. The Confederate States of America were a confederacy, hence the name, but they no longer exist. In a federal system, the members of the federation (American states, Swiss cantons) share power with the central government. In a confederacy, power devolves from the members to the central government. In a unitary system, power devolves from the central government to local subdivisions.
Also, some European countries are federations as well, Germany (as previously mentioned) and Switzerland. Also, a "nation-state" is a state associated with a nation (i.e. a large number of people sharing a national identity)--as opposed to, say, a city-state, which is a state associated only with a given city. By "nation-state" you mean "unitary government".
As to your substantive arguments, decentralized government doesn't ensure freedom. With regard to freedom, it has advantages and disadvantages. Alcohol drinkers in states that hadn't passed Prohibition were less free after the federal government passed Prohibition, but blacks living under Southern Jim Crow laws were more free after the federal government abolished those laws. I think in this specific case a national ID system would be bad for the other reasons you cite, but it's somewhat short-sighted and pointless to favor federalism as an end in itself.
Before you mod this guy up, read his contribution history and the links in his sig and under his name. This guy (Louis Savain) is a crank. As well as being a physics crank who seems to think that Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman, Kurt Gödel, and Albert Einstein are "crackpots", he's apparently also a computer science crank.
Actually the gamers would probably buy any console if it said "Bad Ass Motherfucker" on it, but, barring that...
INT BEST BUY--DAY
JULES
Now, reach into that shopping cart and get my video game console.
RINGO
Which one is yours?
JULES
It's the one that says "Bad Mother Fucker".
I think you're confusing technical realism for human realism. It's hard to believe that Kirk and Picard are real human beings that could actually exist. BSG's characters are, for the most part, far more believable.
Just the hits from/. alone are putting his kids through college.
I went to driver's education with his kid, so I'm sure he's in college now. Even though Dvorak lives in California, he put his son through driver's education in Washington. I can't imagine why--it just boggles the mind, really.
It's highly possible this is exactly why Dell bought Alienware. Dell (I hope) isn't so dumb as to simply buy another company for their brand. They also knew that what they were really buying was the expertise behind that brand.
i think a human-robot team would be more impressive, because you can probablly program a robot to synchronize with another identical robot easier than you can program it to synchronize with a human being.
In the short run, Microsoft has no complaint. The risk is that, as Apple's hardware marketshare grows, more software will be written for Mac OS X and people will eventually stop buying Windows licenses for their Macs.
The funny thing is, the codenames for old versions of the Mac OS were based on musical themes, albeit classical (Tempo, Allegro, Sonata, Copland, Gershwin, Rhapsody) rather than rock.
Dude...I know what hero worship is like, and I support the idea of this project, but that was pretty fucking vehement. People who hyperventilate about how some "great person" should be immune from criticism frighten me.
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He doesn't really mean that we should watch TV for the remaining 108 hours of the (waking) week.
Yes, but consider human nature. What are people actually going to do? Watch TV (more demand for cable installers, TV producers, actors, video editors, etc.), go out to bars (more demand for bartenders), go to movies (more demand for directors, filmmakers), post on Slashdot (more demand for ISPs and sysadmins). I think we'll only see the four hour work week when we have robots doing a lot more of the work that humans do now.
Yes, yes, whining middle-class journalists are such good advocates for the poor, especially when they take patronizing attitudes like that. First off, the vast majority of minimum-wage workers are either youth or students. (With regard to students--US minimum wage with a 20 hour workweek comes out to $412 per month, more than enough to cover rent in my college town. Of course, my college town is in a state with a higher minimum wage, so one would make $612 a month, enough to cover rent and basic living expenses.) Very few people work for minimum wage their entire lives. The US is based on the idea of people pulling their own weight, and the "poor" in this country (who are often obese--funny how that works) are frequently those who are incapable or unwilling to do that. How to handle those people is a good question though.
Hawaii is within walking distance. There just happens to be a big barrier in the path.
HEY! DUMBASS! They don't know who to pay if you post your paid-advertising comments as "Anonymous Coward"!
Its about as funny as seeing America enjoying the oil coming from Iran, Syria, Iraq and the like, nations who the US have declared their resolve to destroy.
Actually, the US didn't import oil from Iraq (aside from an "oil for food" program instituted by the UN) between 1990 and 2003. Since 2003, the US has been occupying and rebuilding Iraq. As for Iran, there's been a full embargo against Iran (including oil) since 1979. The Bush administration has never expressed a desire to go to war with Syria. In conclusion, nice try dumbass, check your facts next time.
It is impossible to run OS X as root.
I've done it. Set the login window to text input for username and password, and type in "root" and your root password.
I didn't know bunnies had firs.
Indeed. Actually the highest trained snipers use stealth as much as any ninja, and must operate alone or in 2 man teams, as well as being crack shots.
Hey Phil. Aren't you the crackpot who went on and on for years on usenet about your "feelings of worthlessness"?
No. But "Phil Welch" isn't an uncommon name on the internet, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was someone else with the same name.
I wasn't mocking your god. I wasn't even mocking you, rather, I was pointing out the unconventional nature of your stated beliefs. You put forth new, idiosyncratic theories of physics and computer science and think it's an attack on your lord and saviour when someone disagrees? That's almost sad in a way.
You amuse me. I don't believe in time travel. I'm not a big fan of Star Trek, either. Incidentally, you're doing a remarkably good job of showcasing how you leap to absurd conclusions from a limited set of premises, which is a common cognitive pattern among cranks.
I'd be more than willing to accept that as long as (a) I could run the same query on any other citizen, too, and (b) any and all queries made by anyone were also logged in a publicly queryable database. Total freedom of information.
Since I am unlikely to call Pakistan and say "nuclear" in Farsi anytime soon...
Is that what we have to do to generate a Echelon false positive now? Alright everyone, you know what you have to do.
The United States of America is not a confederacy. The United States is a federation. The Confederate States of America were a confederacy, hence the name, but they no longer exist. In a federal system, the members of the federation (American states, Swiss cantons) share power with the central government. In a confederacy, power devolves from the members to the central government. In a unitary system, power devolves from the central government to local subdivisions.
Also, some European countries are federations as well, Germany (as previously mentioned) and Switzerland. Also, a "nation-state" is a state associated with a nation (i.e. a large number of people sharing a national identity)--as opposed to, say, a city-state, which is a state associated only with a given city. By "nation-state" you mean "unitary government".
As to your substantive arguments, decentralized government doesn't ensure freedom. With regard to freedom, it has advantages and disadvantages. Alcohol drinkers in states that hadn't passed Prohibition were less free after the federal government passed Prohibition, but blacks living under Southern Jim Crow laws were more free after the federal government abolished those laws. I think in this specific case a national ID system would be bad for the other reasons you cite, but it's somewhat short-sighted and pointless to favor federalism as an end in itself.
Before you mod this guy up, read his contribution history and the links in his sig and under his name. This guy (Louis Savain) is a crank. As well as being a physics crank who seems to think that Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman, Kurt Gödel, and Albert Einstein are "crackpots", he's apparently also a computer science crank.
Nonsense! Only a veteran CEO from a technology company is qualified. Preferably someone from the semiconductor industry.
I think you're confusing technical realism for human realism. It's hard to believe that Kirk and Picard are real human beings that could actually exist. BSG's characters are, for the most part, far more believable.
Just the hits from /. alone are putting his kids through college.
I went to driver's education with his kid, so I'm sure he's in college now. Even though Dvorak lives in California, he put his son through driver's education in Washington. I can't imagine why--it just boggles the mind, really.
Last I checked, Iraq had nothing to do with September 11th.
Yeah, that's why the original poster writes, "I thought that the Iraq war would be a mistake, and sadly, I feel proven right."
Secondly, we were responsible for Taliban being in power....Thirdly, we are responsible for Iran as well.
Isn't that a good reason to clean up after ourselves and fix our mistakes?
It's highly possible this is exactly why Dell bought Alienware. Dell (I hope) isn't so dumb as to simply buy another company for their brand. They also knew that what they were really buying was the expertise behind that brand.
i think a human-robot team would be more impressive, because you can probablly program a robot to synchronize with another identical robot easier than you can program it to synchronize with a human being.
In the short run, Microsoft has no complaint. The risk is that, as Apple's hardware marketshare grows, more software will be written for Mac OS X and people will eventually stop buying Windows licenses for their Macs.
The funny thing is, the codenames for old versions of the Mac OS were based on musical themes, albeit classical (Tempo, Allegro, Sonata, Copland, Gershwin, Rhapsody) rather than rock.
Dude...I know what hero worship is like, and I support the idea of this project, but that was pretty fucking vehement. People who hyperventilate about how some "great person" should be immune from criticism frighten me.