According to Wikipedia, Iran has a quirky democratic system. I guess we could call it democratic or non-democratic, depending on whether we like the government or not.
Ironically, the US has a quirky democratic system as well.
I like to think that the way we feel about their 2009 election result is how they felt about our 2000 election result. Or something.
Spoken like a true control freak! I would be interested in any information on ESC causing accidents - the wikipedia article has extensive information on how it has prevented accidents.
If you're not thinking about what each tire is going to do at your given speed when you press a pedal or turn the wheel, you're not driving. You're chairing a committee.
When I'm working on something, sometimes the majority of information I can find on a bug or unexpected behavior of an API comes from blogs and forums.
I think Google's calibrated just right. If anything, I need a +2 ForumPost variable because I get articles on unrelated crap and have to riddle my queries with a thousand - keywords.
1. Your definition of morality debateably comes from Judeo-Christianity. 2. Everyone does immoral things sometimes. This is not exclusive to people who belong to religions. 3. You say Christians do immoral things because they want to and then realize that their religion thinks it's wrong. Seems like Scientology subscribes to the opposite paradigm.
I'd start by finding information on behavioral and neuro science, particularly on the topic of obsession. But I guess that's the inevitable nihilist in me talking.
What would that matter worth a damn? If I could figure out what I'm molded from down to every quantum event, it wouldn't prove anything. When I go to chat with people in a bar, I'm not going to go into detail about my past atomic history, nor would it affect how I deal with myself and the world.
No sir, that's the materialist in you talking, not the nihilist. If you are putting that much value upon the materialistic interactions behind your feelings, you have plenty of delusions!
For the sake of simplicity, let's pretend I like cars. I collect cars, study cars, fix-up cars, etc. Cars define who I am. I have model cars, car key-chain, car posters. I talk about cars constantly.
But why do I like cars? Why do I think they're worth putting so much effort into?
That can be answered in many ways. There are many 'reasons'. If you asked, most people would say, "Because I just do. I've liked cars my whole life."
And that, sir, is quite irrational, wouldn't you say? (Well, if you aren't a car fanatic, anyway.) Rationally, there is no reason to get so excited about a particular mode of transportation. Its only use is to get you to work or the football game.
Oh, but why is the football game important? Why do you like football so much? "I have always liked football. My parents liked football and I'd watch games with them on TV." Well, that's not a very rational reason!
And what about work? Why do you think work is worth doing? "Because I need money to live." Except that money is an abstract concept, and it's quite irrational when you think about it! Why don't we just barter, or grow our own food?
But why do you want food? "I need food to live! I'll starve!" And what's so great about living? "Well, I guess I like exploring the world... in my car..."
All those who equate Scientology and Christianity obviously don't interact with many Christians, or if they did, they interacted with the fringe minority.
Perhaps back when Christianity started, it was a fanatical cult. Perhaps there are still a few stragglers. However, the majority of Christians just leave people alone and participate in church-sponsored community activities. Think of it as a support/social network where everyone pretends that they have the same imaginary friend. In fact, I have a friend, an atheist, who attends a church group just to meet people. They all accept him, despite his lack of beliefs.
Now, contrast that with the majority of Scientology literature out there where people have lost all of their money or even their lives to Scientology. Where brutal and underhanded tactics are used to quiet dissenters and acquire new followers. Where even the founder is on record stating that religion is the way to make money.
That is the difference. Perhaps it's not obvious to so many here who suffer from Asperger's syndrome.
The same goes with break-away Mormon sects that still practice polygamy and force underage women into marriage. They're differentiated with the label 'cult' for a reason.
Self-delusion is all anyone really has. Otherwise you're a nihilist who accomplishes nothing because nothing matters. Granted, some delusions are considered more true than others, or more logical, they're all still delusions.
You know, it's all fine and nice to be anti-religion, but I am so sick of people involving Christianity whenever Scientology comes up. There is a difference between religion and cult, despite trying to lump them together for your own jollies, and this is coming from an atheist.
The point of the article is that the US should maintain control so that the name servers cannot be censored by foreign governments or the UN. It could still be censored by the US government, as you and many others have pointed out.
So that's why I say, let the US keep control over ICANN, and let anyone who complains start their own DNS root. That way, if the US ever does start censoring, we can just switch over. Or, if another country is using their own system which censors, people can use ICANN's. Whatever.
My point is this: domain names aren't even worth fighting over, but people will start fighting over them if an international body has control. If my browser can't resolve a censored site's name, I can still connect to the IP address and receive the offending data. Let's keep domain names in the US government's hands, where they're pretty much being ignored, rather than go looking for problems, and if anyone really cares (which they obviously don't considering everyone is using ICANN), they can make their own DNS root servers.
Do we really want the internet domain system to turn into a larger bureaucracy fuckfest? Let anyone who has a problem come up with their own competing DNS hierarchy, a la OpenDNS.
Troll, but warrants response. I beat GTA4 just fine, thanks. The problem is that you can't just mess around and have a lot of fun without ending up dead or arrested immediately. In previous GTA games, this made up the majority of the game play.
May I suggest Saints Row 2? It mixes things up from the drab direction GTA has been going. GTA4 and the DLC so far have felt like work to me... I played them to be done with them. Heck, it isn't even fun to just mess around in GTA4 because the cops are so touchy and persistent, and the cars drive all serious-like.
This is a house mate. I'm assuming they had a reason for rooming together in the first place. Oh that's right, it's called friendship. And if your friend is addicted to something, then the friendship dissolves.
Losing a friend to game is no different than losing a friend to any other addiction. If they're gone, they're gone until they return to their senses.
Businesses support whoever is going to win. Smart, wealthy businesses support both sides to cover all of their bases. They don't care who they're supporting so long as they get a few favors in return.
We need more Russ Feingolds and Ron Pauls, and less Nancy Pelosis and John Boehners.
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Also, are passengers on stimulants causing false positives?
According to Wikipedia, Iran has a quirky democratic system. I guess we could call it democratic or non-democratic, depending on whether we like the government or not.
Ironically, the US has a quirky democratic system as well.
I like to think that the way we feel about their 2009 election result is how they felt about our 2000 election result. Or something.
Spoken like a true control freak! I would be interested in any information on ESC causing accidents - the wikipedia article has extensive information on how it has prevented accidents.
If you're not thinking about what each tire is going to do at your given speed when you press a pedal or turn the wheel, you're not driving. You're chairing a committee.
My car does this for me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_stability_control
I'm chairing quite the awesome committee.
And for most people, a brain for said interface.
When I'm working on something, sometimes the majority of information I can find on a bug or unexpected behavior of an API comes from blogs and forums.
I think Google's calibrated just right. If anything, I need a +2 ForumPost variable because I get articles on unrelated crap and have to riddle my queries with a thousand - keywords.
OH wait the XBox 360's optical port is blocked when using the HDMI port.
I agree with your general sentiment, but that statement is untrue. I'm using 360->HDMI->TV and 360->optical->receiver and it works fine. HTH!
1. Your definition of morality debateably comes from Judeo-Christianity.
2. Everyone does immoral things sometimes. This is not exclusive to people who belong to religions.
3. You say Christians do immoral things because they want to and then realize that their religion thinks it's wrong. Seems like Scientology subscribes to the opposite paradigm.
Many slashdot readers are socially lacking and, due to lack of empathy, tend to see social issues as black and white.
I suppose that could have been offensive to people who actually have asperger's. Whoops... guess I've got it too!
I'd start by finding information on behavioral and neuro science, particularly on the topic of obsession. But I guess that's the inevitable nihilist in me talking.
What would that matter worth a damn? If I could figure out what I'm molded from down to every quantum event, it wouldn't prove anything. When I go to chat with people in a bar, I'm not going to go into detail about my past atomic history, nor would it affect how I deal with myself and the world.
No sir, that's the materialist in you talking, not the nihilist. If you are putting that much value upon the materialistic interactions behind your feelings, you have plenty of delusions!
For the sake of simplicity, let's pretend I like cars. I collect cars, study cars, fix-up cars, etc. Cars define who I am. I have model cars, car key-chain, car posters. I talk about cars constantly.
But why do I like cars? Why do I think they're worth putting so much effort into?
That can be answered in many ways. There are many 'reasons'. If you asked, most people would say, "Because I just do. I've liked cars my whole life."
And that, sir, is quite irrational, wouldn't you say? (Well, if you aren't a car fanatic, anyway.) Rationally, there is no reason to get so excited about a particular mode of transportation. Its only use is to get you to work or the football game.
Oh, but why is the football game important? Why do you like football so much? "I have always liked football. My parents liked football and I'd watch games with them on TV." Well, that's not a very rational reason!
And what about work? Why do you think work is worth doing? "Because I need money to live." Except that money is an abstract concept, and it's quite irrational when you think about it! Why don't we just barter, or grow our own food?
But why do you want food? "I need food to live! I'll starve!" And what's so great about living? "Well, I guess I like exploring the world... in my car..."
Kant said it best. Rationality leads to nihilism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism
All those who equate Scientology and Christianity obviously don't interact with many Christians, or if they did, they interacted with the fringe minority.
Perhaps back when Christianity started, it was a fanatical cult. Perhaps there are still a few stragglers. However, the majority of Christians just leave people alone and participate in church-sponsored community activities. Think of it as a support/social network where everyone pretends that they have the same imaginary friend. In fact, I have a friend, an atheist, who attends a church group just to meet people. They all accept him, despite his lack of beliefs.
Now, contrast that with the majority of Scientology literature out there where people have lost all of their money or even their lives to Scientology. Where brutal and underhanded tactics are used to quiet dissenters and acquire new followers. Where even the founder is on record stating that religion is the way to make money.
That is the difference. Perhaps it's not obvious to so many here who suffer from Asperger's syndrome.
The same goes with break-away Mormon sects that still practice polygamy and force underage women into marriage. They're differentiated with the label 'cult' for a reason.
Self-delusion is all anyone really has. Otherwise you're a nihilist who accomplishes nothing because nothing matters. Granted, some delusions are considered more true than others, or more logical, they're all still delusions.
You know, it's all fine and nice to be anti-religion, but I am so sick of people involving Christianity whenever Scientology comes up. There is a difference between religion and cult, despite trying to lump them together for your own jollies, and this is coming from an atheist.
The point of the article is that the US should maintain control so that the name servers cannot be censored by foreign governments or the UN. It could still be censored by the US government, as you and many others have pointed out.
So that's why I say, let the US keep control over ICANN, and let anyone who complains start their own DNS root. That way, if the US ever does start censoring, we can just switch over. Or, if another country is using their own system which censors, people can use ICANN's. Whatever.
My point is this: domain names aren't even worth fighting over, but people will start fighting over them if an international body has control. If my browser can't resolve a censored site's name, I can still connect to the IP address and receive the offending data. Let's keep domain names in the US government's hands, where they're pretty much being ignored, rather than go looking for problems, and if anyone really cares (which they obviously don't considering everyone is using ICANN), they can make their own DNS root servers.
Just because I used an incorrect example you can't understand the point? Please. Here's what I really meant as an example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Root_Server_Network
I think you're reading the article incorrectly and putting your own spin on it.
So I got the goddamn term wrong. There *are* competing hierarchies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_DNS_root
Do we really want the internet domain system to turn into a larger bureaucracy fuckfest? Let anyone who has a problem come up with their own competing DNS hierarchy, a la OpenDNS.
Troll, but warrants response. I beat GTA4 just fine, thanks. The problem is that you can't just mess around and have a lot of fun without ending up dead or arrested immediately. In previous GTA games, this made up the majority of the game play.
May I suggest Saints Row 2? It mixes things up from the drab direction GTA has been going. GTA4 and the DLC so far have felt like work to me... I played them to be done with them. Heck, it isn't even fun to just mess around in GTA4 because the cops are so touchy and persistent, and the cars drive all serious-like.
Most psychiatrists/psychologists go into their profession because they have their own needs unmet. It's a symbiotic relationship. Read Alice Miller.
Any therapist who was not screwed up at one point in time is not really a good therapist.
This is a house mate. I'm assuming they had a reason for rooming together in the first place. Oh that's right, it's called friendship. And if your friend is addicted to something, then the friendship dissolves.
Losing a friend to game is no different than losing a friend to any other addiction. If they're gone, they're gone until they return to their senses.
Businesses support whoever is going to win. Smart, wealthy businesses support both sides to cover all of their bases. They don't care who they're supporting so long as they get a few favors in return.
We need more Russ Feingolds and Ron Pauls, and less Nancy Pelosis and John Boehners.
You just gave me a great idea!!!
1. Become lobbyist.
2. Feed politician diamond-chip cookies
3. Politician passes diamonds, passes your law...
4. Profit!!!