But then how are our corporate masters supposed to get important legislation (benefiting themselves at the expense of the taxpayer) passed? You must be from one of those Communist Europeon nations. I read about you guys. You have this insane notion that the rights of the individual are somehow "important". Here in the United States, you will find we've become a little more enlightened, and realize that it's in our best interests to just shut up and let whatever band of corporate thugs are currently in power do what they want. <sarcasm>
In all seriousness, your idea is great. However, it would return power to the people, and we've already gone too far down the other path...our masters will not allow that to happen.
I'm a big believer in practicing with the ammunition that you would be actually using in the "worst case scenario", which is why I made the suggestion.
However, your suggestion should not go unheeded. I grew up shooting, and am constantly amazed that very few other people have. I'm willing to bet the parent poster porbably has zero experience with guns, so yeah, he should probably get some of the Wally World birdshot (Federal, IIRC) and start out with that first.
Living in the suburbs merely means you are a stationary target, one who has goodies and resources that the bad guys might want.
A Mossberg 500 with the 18" "riot" barrel is a mere $219, and that's here in California where the prices are highest. It's not that much money (a lot less than that generator you've been eyeing). Some good old-fashioned OO buckshot runs about 4 dollars for five rounds. Get fifty rounds and go down to your local range and have someone show you how to use the thing so you won't blow your own head off. Get another fifty rounds and put them with the shotgun in a locked case. Take the gun to the range twice a year so that you don't forget how to use it.
I hope as well that you would never need it, but you just don't know these days. For me, it was a bit of money and time that was well worth the investment.
You're both fucking idiots. There is not one iota of difference between Democrats and Republicans. They're both looking to steal all of your money that they can grab for the corporations that put them in power. All the rest of it (abortion issues, storm relief, etc.) is just a three-ring circus act to keep you distracted from the guy who has his hands in your pockets.
Like that high-definition CD format that came out a few years ago. The one that nobody upgraded to. I think Microsoft will have to come up with something a lot better than that.
Of course, they'll still have the corporate upgrade trough to feed from, but that won't last forever either. Sysadmins like myself are getting tired of the constant security hassles, and I get a fair amount of input into what my company buys. Not all sysadmins do, but with enough pissed off admins and uneccesarily inflated IT budgets, the tide will eventually turn.
"should the onus be on the software firm to manage each issue and the relationship well, or does it fall to the morally responsible user?"
is even being seriously asked. Of COURSE the onus is on the software compnay...they made the damn thing and are making the money from it, right?
This could only be a question in the software world. Before making the jump to IT, I built acoustic guitars for years. If I BUILT it wrong, not only did I hear about it, and not only did a lot of my potential clients hear about it, but I HAD to fix it, and not next week, but ASAP.
I'm honestly curious as to how the rules got changed for software.
I couldn't be happier. The more insane and over-the-top this copyright/trademark/patent idiocy gets, the sooner it will be over. And this bill brings us all one step closer to that day.
While I appreciate your efforts at preserving the shattered remmnants of the English language, you are (figuratively, of course) pissing into a hurricane. Slashdot posters might collectively be the most illiterate group of educated folks found anywhere.
I'm an atheist, and I can't wake up in the morning without feeling bad about something. I don't need to believe in a "God" to have an overactive moral compass.
You, however, seem to have no sense of guilt whatsoever. You feel perfectly fine making disparaging remarks about a group of people who you don't even know.
"Modern american government has as one of it's main goals to create an environment where it's safe to do business and keep profits. That means businesses are given many privileges at the expense of individuals."
Read the Constitution. Not one word in there about corporate rights. Many, many statements about the rights of individual - wait for it - persons. Not corporations, but persons.
You've just spelled out in your statement exactly what is wrong with America today; not one single human being should have to suffer for ANY reason so that a business can make some profits.
Irrelevant...we sure as hell can't do it now. No more Saturn V rockets and some hyper-intelligent folks at NASA insured all the blueprints were destroyed, so we couldn't build another one if we wanted too.
Result? The Russians are right now the only folks on the planet who have a vehicle that could, in theory, get to the moon and back.
What is the alternative? I went to private school, one of the better ones in the country. Most kids didn't do shit; didn't learn anything, and didn't care, because mom and dad were rich and they were set for life.
Were the teachers better? Probably. Did it matter? Not in the slightest - when the parent is paying the school directly, the school damn well has to give the kid grades no lower than an "A" or else mom and dad will just yank them out and take them somewhere that will.
So we graduated a few brilliant students and a bunch of really mediocre ones. Just like the public schools do.
The real problem? A culture that hates education, looks down on the intelligent, and would rather watch "American Idol" than read.
You got the question wrong- how are you going to integrate into the Chinese economy and business? Because the winners dictate the terms, my friend, not the losers.
Meet the hard-core right wing of Slashdot. A very small yet very determined group of hard working folks that stifle even percieved dissent from their agenda, who then turn around and scream about how left-wing and unfair Slashdot is. The amount of cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy at work is staggering with these folks, but that's why I love 'em. I'm sure it'll get fixed in meta-mod.
Give him some credit; he's managed to distill the current American mentality regarding dealing with problems into a single paragraph. That's not easy to do.
"Won't somebody do something about all the problems?"
Damn shame we can't transplant backbone these days.
The problem with this (and many, many other issues in toay's world) is not lack of education. People have been educated to death. I mean, look at obesity. Everyone knows, even the folks who pretend they're so stupid that they didn't know that eating at McDonalds every day would turn them into gasping, rotund lardasses, that eating crap makes you fat. And yet millions of people still do it every day, willingly and gladly.
The problem now is that people have been educated, and don't care.
I don't know how you fight apathy. Education doesn't work. Scare tactics don't work. Protests don't work. Maybe it's time for some good old-fashioned violence, as at least people still seem to pay attention to that, although even that seems to be losing its motivational value.
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But then how are our corporate masters supposed to get important legislation (benefiting themselves at the expense of the taxpayer) passed? You must be from one of those Communist Europeon nations. I read about you guys. You have this insane notion that the rights of the individual are somehow "important". Here in the United States, you will find we've become a little more enlightened, and realize that it's in our best interests to just shut up and let whatever band of corporate thugs are currently in power do what they want.
<sarcasm>
In all seriousness, your idea is great. However, it would return power to the people, and we've already gone too far down the other path...our masters will not allow that to happen.
I'm a big believer in practicing with the ammunition that you would be actually using in the "worst case scenario", which is why I made the suggestion.
However, your suggestion should not go unheeded. I grew up shooting, and am constantly amazed that very few other people have. I'm willing to bet the parent poster porbably has zero experience with guns, so yeah, he should probably get some of the Wally World birdshot (Federal, IIRC) and start out with that first.
Living in the suburbs merely means you are a stationary target, one who has goodies and resources that the bad guys might want.
A Mossberg 500 with the 18" "riot" barrel is a mere $219, and that's here in California where the prices are highest. It's not that much money (a lot less than that generator you've been eyeing). Some good old-fashioned OO buckshot runs about 4 dollars for five rounds. Get fifty rounds and go down to your local range and have someone show you how to use the thing so you won't blow your own head off. Get another fifty rounds and put them with the shotgun in a locked case. Take the gun to the range twice a year so that you don't forget how to use it.
I hope as well that you would never need it, but you just don't know these days. For me, it was a bit of money and time that was well worth the investment.
s/b (Score: -1, Didn't Think It Through Before Posting)
Which government is in charge of the new mission?
Oh, yes, the same one that went to the moon originally.
The US Government.
Christ, man, think it through before hitting "Submit".
Your apology for the "spam" is accepted.
You're both fucking idiots. There is not one iota of difference between Democrats and Republicans. They're both looking to steal all of your money that they can grab for the corporations that put them in power. All the rest of it (abortion issues, storm relief, etc.) is just a three-ring circus act to keep you distracted from the guy who has his hands in your pockets.
Like that high-definition CD format that came out a few years ago. The one that nobody upgraded to.
I think Microsoft will have to come up with something a lot better than that.
Of course, they'll still have the corporate upgrade trough to feed from, but that won't last forever either. Sysadmins like myself are getting tired of the constant security hassles, and I get a fair amount of input into what my company buys. Not all sysadmins do, but with enough pissed off admins and uneccesarily inflated IT budgets, the tide will eventually turn.
Thanks. Not sure if that's THE answer, but it is a damn GOOD answer and it makes sense.
I can't believe that this question:
"should the onus be on the software firm to manage each issue and the relationship well, or does it fall to the morally responsible user?"
is even being seriously asked. Of COURSE the onus is on the software compnay...they made the damn thing and are making the money from it, right?
This could only be a question in the software world. Before making the jump to IT, I built acoustic guitars for years. If I BUILT it wrong, not only did I hear about it, and not only did a lot of my potential clients hear about it, but I HAD to fix it, and not next week, but ASAP.
I'm honestly curious as to how the rules got changed for software.
My USB keychains fail at least every six months. If my car does that there will be hell to pay.
Very bad idea, Mazda.
Ahahahahaha! That was hysterical! What a cutting and penetrating wit you have...the chicks must just dig you.
Oh wait. You're just another unfunny partisan asshole.
You're damn right, it sure was :)
(-1) Completely Incoherent
(-1) Attempts To Pander To Both "Sides" Of Offtopic Argument, Fails
(-1) Doesn't Understand Science
(-1) Doesn't Understand Religion
(-1) Doesn't Understand Logic
(-1) Can't Capitalize Properly
(-1) Can't Use Commas Properly
(-1) Can't Frame Argument
(-1) Can't Spell "Right"
(-1) Can't Spell "Blasphemy"
I couldn't be happier. The more insane and over-the-top this copyright/trademark/patent idiocy gets, the sooner it will be over. And this bill brings us all one step closer to that day.
While I appreciate your efforts at preserving the shattered remmnants of the English language, you are (figuratively, of course) pissing into a hurricane. Slashdot posters might collectively be the most illiterate group of educated folks found anywhere.
I'm an atheist, and I can't wake up in the morning without feeling bad about something. I don't need to believe in a "God" to have an overactive moral compass.
You, however, seem to have no sense of guilt whatsoever. You feel perfectly fine making disparaging remarks about a group of people who you don't even know.
I want an apology.
I did some spell correction for you:
"Modern american government has as one of it's main goals to create an environment where it's safe to do business and keep profits. That means businesses are given many privileges at the expense of individuals."
Read the Constitution. Not one word in there about corporate rights. Many, many statements about the rights of individual - wait for it - persons. Not corporations, but persons.
You've just spelled out in your statement exactly what is wrong with America today; not one single human being should have to suffer for ANY reason so that a business can make some profits.
Santa Clara County vs. The Union Pacific Railroad (1886)
A bad day for humanity.
"Have we become THAT lazy as a society?"
-Yes.
Irrelevant...we sure as hell can't do it now. No more Saturn V rockets and some hyper-intelligent folks at NASA insured all the blueprints were destroyed, so we couldn't build another one if we wanted too.
Result? The Russians are right now the only folks on the planet who have a vehicle that could, in theory, get to the moon and back.
What is the alternative? I went to private school, one of the better ones in the country. Most kids didn't do shit; didn't learn anything, and didn't care, because mom and dad were rich and they were set for life.
Were the teachers better? Probably. Did it matter? Not in the slightest - when the parent is paying the school directly, the school damn well has to give the kid grades no lower than an "A" or else mom and dad will just yank them out and take them somewhere that will.
So we graduated a few brilliant students and a bunch of really mediocre ones. Just like the public schools do.
The real problem? A culture that hates education, looks down on the intelligent, and would rather watch "American Idol" than read.
You got the question wrong- how are you going to integrate into the Chinese economy and business? Because the winners dictate the terms, my friend, not the losers.
Meet the hard-core right wing of Slashdot. A very small yet very determined group of hard working folks that stifle even percieved dissent from their agenda, who then turn around and scream about how left-wing and unfair Slashdot is. The amount of cognitive dissonance and hypocrisy at work is staggering with these folks, but that's why I love 'em. I'm sure it'll get fixed in meta-mod.
Give him some credit; he's managed to distill the current American mentality regarding dealing with problems into a single paragraph. That's not easy to do.
"Won't somebody do something about all the problems?"
Damn shame we can't transplant backbone these days.
The problem with this (and many, many other issues in toay's world) is not lack of education. People have been educated to death. I mean, look at obesity. Everyone knows, even the folks who pretend they're so stupid that they didn't know that eating at McDonalds every day would turn them into gasping, rotund lardasses, that eating crap makes you fat. And yet millions of people still do it every day, willingly and gladly.
The problem now is that people have been educated, and don't care.
I don't know how you fight apathy. Education doesn't work. Scare tactics don't work. Protests don't work. Maybe it's time for some good old-fashioned violence, as at least people still seem to pay attention to that, although even that seems to be losing its motivational value.
Yes, it does.