This isn't a review of the latest movie. Its just a rehash of the same arguments everyone had when the 2009 movie came out. News flash: its still not like the old trek you (think?) you knew and loved. Its still just an action movie in space. It still has lens flare. Its made by the same guy so why would you expect it to be any different?
If you do like action movies in space, Into Darkness is an excellent movie. Personally I found it very entertaining and worth the ticket price. (Although I thought the "KHAAAAN!!" moment was weak sauce compared to the original.)
I can play this game too! I don't want to pay for all the sports/exercise related injuries. Or people that eat too much sugar. Or people that drink alcohol.
The hard part is getting people onto some kind of platform that works and where friction and transaction costs don't eat all the money.
I think this is why microtransactions will never really take off. Part of the problem too is that sites are just too greedy. They want to get $5-$10 bucks out of you per month. I don't know how they can justify this since I'm pretty sure they're not getting anything even close to that from you from ads. What it should be is $5-$10 bucks per year - I wouldn't mind paying that (and they'd probably still be getting more money from you than from ads).
Except the Stanford Prison Experiment probably didn't teach us anything about human behavior - it was very flawed. Read the wikipedia page criticism section for the details...
I checked the first few, didn't waste my time with the rest:
Sura 2:191: This is basically self-defence against those who wage war against you. I don't think anyone has a problem with that. It cannot be applied to all non-muslims as you are attempting to do.
Sura 5:33: This is basically capital punishment. Note that it applies to "those who fight GOD and His messenger, and commit horrendous crimes" - again, this does not apply to all non-muslims as you are attempting to do.
Sura: 8:12: This is about a specific battle (the battle of Badr) that occured where the muslims were outnumbered and god sent down some angels to help them. Again, not applicable to all non-muslims.
Sura: 8:60: Similar to the above. Again, not applicable to all non-muslims as you are attempting to claim.
I'm sure the rest are similar. If you really want to understand islam, I recommend you read the quran in its entirety along with some historical context.
Dude, you have totally taken those verses (suras) of the quran out of context. Ironic since christians have the same problem with atheists taking bible verses out of context in an attempt to prove how shitty christianity is...
You're comparing apples to oranges here (ie. factories to countries). For a meaningful comparison you should compare the suicide rate at Foxconn factories to the suicide rates of other factories.
It's generally the environmentalists yelling about global warming the loudest, and shortly thereafter telling everyone that the solution is to go back to living in caves (quite literally).
Can you back this statement up? From what I can tell, there are a few extremists in the environmental movement (as there are in any political movement) that might think this but you make it sound as if most environmentalists think this.
If you want to talk about what's "mean" the only thing I don't like is that people can see who you have in your circles
You can change this: go to your profile, click on edit. People in your circles appear on the right hand side - notice that it highlights in blue when you mouse over it - click that area and you can change the visibility. Uncheck the box to turn visibility completely off, or you can choose to just show them to people in your circles.
According to wikipedia the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum was a 6 degree rise over 20,000 years. That's a lot of time to adapt. Compare that to the rate of change happening now. See the difference?
I use Gnome shell with multiple monitors at work and home. Is the workspace switching tripping you up? By default it only switches workspaces on your primary monitor.
This works great at work where I'm using a laptop as my second screen - put email on that screen and use the external monitor for everything else. At home its not so great since I have two 24" widescreen monitors. You can change this behaviour by editing a gconf key.
Slashdot readers...they also tend to be generally libertarian in their politics...
In my experience this isn't true. It's just that the "libertarian" types are loudmouths that feel the need to insert their ideology into *every* discussion. You'll generally see many more people calling them on their BS in reply.
The economy will never be "post-scacity", as there's only so much shoreline property. There will always be desireable stuff that is scarce, and there will always be stuff that is desireable it's scarce - even if it's just the concert T-shirt that shows you listened to that band before it was cool.
I think you and the parent are using different definitions of "post-scarcity". I think you're using the definition from economics whereas the parent poster is using the definition I've seen used more in political theory. In politics the term usually means that we are no longer working just to provide our basic necessities (ie. food, shelter, clothing). Under that definition, most people in developed countries are already living in post-scarcity.
Relax dude. No one is saying we should implement this now with current technology. The point was to see if it was possible. From the article:
“Of course, our current technology takes massive amounts of high-tech equipment to communicate a message using neutrinos, so this isn’t practical now,” said Kevin McFarland, a University of Rochester physics professor who was involved in the experiment. “But the first step toward someday using neutrinos for communication in a practical application is a demonstration using today’s technology.”
The point of writing your MP is to let them know that you oppose/support what they are doing. If they get flooded with letters they might reconsider their stance on the issue. The repsonse you get is irrelevent.
Maybe you want windows clones, but I don't. I like the recent changes in desktop environments. I have no problem with the GIMP UI. If you want windows, just run windows!
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This isn't a review of the latest movie. Its just a rehash of the same arguments everyone had when the 2009 movie came out. News flash: its still not like the old trek you (think?) you knew and loved. Its still just an action movie in space. It still has lens flare. Its made by the same guy so why would you expect it to be any different?
If you do like action movies in space, Into Darkness is an excellent movie. Personally I found it very entertaining and worth the ticket price. (Although I thought the "KHAAAAN!!" moment was weak sauce compared to the original.)
I can play this game too! I don't want to pay for all the sports/exercise related injuries. Or people that eat too much sugar. Or people that drink alcohol.
See where this is going?
The hard part is getting people onto some kind of platform that works and where friction and transaction costs don't eat all the money.
I think this is why microtransactions will never really take off. Part of the problem too is that sites are just too greedy. They want to get $5-$10 bucks out of you per month. I don't know how they can justify this since I'm pretty sure they're not getting anything even close to that from you from ads. What it should be is $5-$10 bucks per year - I wouldn't mind paying that (and they'd probably still be getting more money from you than from ads).
Except the Stanford Prison Experiment probably didn't teach us anything about human behavior - it was very flawed. Read the wikipedia page criticism section for the details...
See my response to Ragorav above.
I don't know where you are getting your information about Mohammad but it certainly isn't the quran...
I checked the first few, didn't waste my time with the rest:
Sura 2:191: This is basically self-defence against those who wage war against you. I don't think anyone has a problem with that. It cannot be applied to all non-muslims as you are attempting to do.
Sura 5:33: This is basically capital punishment. Note that it applies to "those who fight GOD and His messenger, and commit horrendous crimes" - again, this does not apply to all non-muslims as you are attempting to do.
Sura: 8:12: This is about a specific battle (the battle of Badr) that occured where the muslims were outnumbered and god sent down some angels to help them. Again, not applicable to all non-muslims.
Sura: 8:60: Similar to the above. Again, not applicable to all non-muslims as you are attempting to claim.
I'm sure the rest are similar. If you really want to understand islam, I recommend you read the quran in its entirety along with some historical context.
Dude, you have totally taken those verses (suras) of the quran out of context. Ironic since christians have the same problem with atheists taking bible verses out of context in an attempt to prove how shitty christianity is...
You're comparing apples to oranges here (ie. factories to countries). For a meaningful comparison you should compare the suicide rate at Foxconn factories to the suicide rates of other factories.
What happens if you try to switch jobs?
Hacker News is NOT "old-school slashdot". Not even close.
It's generally the environmentalists yelling about global warming the loudest, and shortly thereafter telling everyone that the solution is to go back to living in caves (quite literally).
Can you back this statement up? From what I can tell, there are a few extremists in the environmental movement (as there are in any political movement) that might think this but you make it sound as if most environmentalists think this.
If you want to talk about what's "mean" the only thing I don't like is that people can see who you have in your circles
You can change this: go to your profile, click on edit. People in your circles appear on the right hand side - notice that it highlights in blue when you mouse over it - click that area and you can change the visibility. Uncheck the box to turn visibility completely off, or you can choose to just show them to people in your circles.
Yep, and KeePassDroid on Android.
Haha, also known as One Thousand Years of Death in Naruto!
This matches my observations as well.
According to the article the remaining 2% is owned by the state.
Here is another article from last year that's more in depth: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/08/fbi-terrorist-informants
According to wikipedia the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum was a 6 degree rise over 20,000 years. That's a lot of time to adapt. Compare that to the rate of change happening now. See the difference?
I use Gnome shell with multiple monitors at work and home. Is the workspace switching tripping you up? By default it only switches workspaces on your primary monitor.
This works great at work where I'm using a laptop as my second screen - put email on that screen and use the external monitor for everything else. At home its not so great since I have two 24" widescreen monitors. You can change this behaviour by editing a gconf key.
Slashdot readers...they also tend to be generally libertarian in their politics...
In my experience this isn't true. It's just that the "libertarian" types are loudmouths that feel the need to insert their ideology into *every* discussion. You'll generally see many more people calling them on their BS in reply.
The economy will never be "post-scacity", as there's only so much shoreline property. There will always be desireable stuff that is scarce, and there will always be stuff that is desireable it's scarce - even if it's just the concert T-shirt that shows you listened to that band before it was cool.
I think you and the parent are using different definitions of "post-scarcity". I think you're using the definition from economics whereas the parent poster is using the definition I've seen used more in political theory. In politics the term usually means that we are no longer working just to provide our basic necessities (ie. food, shelter, clothing). Under that definition, most people in developed countries are already living in post-scarcity.
Relax dude. No one is saying we should implement this now with current technology. The point was to see if it was possible. From the article:
“Of course, our current technology takes massive amounts of high-tech equipment to communicate a message using neutrinos, so this isn’t practical now,” said Kevin McFarland, a University of Rochester physics professor who was involved in the experiment. “But the first step toward someday using neutrinos for communication in a practical application is a demonstration using today’s technology.”
The point of writing your MP is to let them know that you oppose/support what they are doing. If they get flooded with letters they might reconsider their stance on the issue. The repsonse you get is irrelevent.
Maybe you should read that page again. I don't think it means what you think it means...
Maybe you want windows clones, but I don't. I like the recent changes in desktop environments. I have no problem with the GIMP UI. If you want windows, just run windows!