nice dodge there. What does Rumsefeld, Ashcroft or wars have to do with anything here?
I only compared Bush's military record and support of NASA to Clinton's. Both are unquestionably in Bush's favor here. I guess you couldn't answer that so you need to drag out the tired old lines and start other arguments.
But I guess some mod has abused his points to "overrate" me again for expressing an onpopular viewpoint. Slashdot groupthink once again.
Maybe he was thankful to have a President who doesn't cut their budget like the previous one did. Bush has actually a given NASA a clear vision for the future, and plans to fund it, not just pay lip service to it.
Also, The President is the Commander in Chief, that comes with being elected President. He also served in the National Guard, that is real military experience. There are different ways of serving your country, that is one legitimate path. I find it funny that people whine about Bush's service, but defend Clinton, the draft-dodger who never served in anything. That is insulting.
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Regardless of whether this was posted for karma or to benefit other users here, it is still copyright infringement.
This notice on their site makes clear what uses of their materials is acceptable. Reposting verbatim to other sites is definitely not.
Moderators should not be encouraging this type of behavior by making them "insightful". Slashdot should respect other peoples copyrights, don't forget how evil violating the GPL is.
Most of your points are plainly idiotic, but this one is so easily refutable.
3: Our economy is going to shit and we're going farther and farther into that hole.
GDP is growing faster. Unemployment is going down. Manufacturing is strong. The stock markets are moving up. Now by what measure does this translate to "shit"?
The facts are so clear the US economy is back on track again, why do these idiots keep sticking to their view from 3 years ago? This meme needs to die. It's not true, and it's certainly not insightful.
The Communist Government there would just like to control all the strings themselves in an effort to tighten their power.
It's not about innovation or costs. China is simply trying harder to keep their power. When they ban or restrict foreign technologies in favor of their own, it'll make it easier to censor and suppress "subversive" material.
, while their U.S. counterparts viewed privacy measures more as a way of complying with legislation and avoiding civil lawsuits
And what is bad about this? The vast amount of people I know simply don't care that some company knows what kind of toothpaste I buy, when I swipe my VISA card, or other minutiae.
If consumers don't care, why should corporations? If privacy was such a big factor in doing business with them, I'm sure corporations would make a bigger issue of it.
How many people actually take the time to view privacy statements and policies? I don't. As long as I know they have one, that's enough for me and most consumers.
Many geeks like me did not like English class for the simple reason that grading was entirely subjective to the teacher's tastes.
If he or she didn't like what you wrote, or took a point of view opposite to theirs, you would get a lower grade. Frequently, the "special" students would get the benefit of the doubt, and easy grading just for exceeding their own limitations. An 'A' paper in one English class could be a B- in another, etc, etc.
With this computer grading, these students now know that they will be treated equally, and not bitch about potential human biases. Then, everyone will have a fair shot.
I think getting there before the Chinese first do is reason enough.
Right now, the USA still has the most advanced space program of any nation. But the Chinese are making a push, and I wouldn't be surprised to see these wily, scientifically advanced people landed on the Moon in the near future. I, for one do not want to see this fascist, totalitarian state score a propoganda win by landing humans on Mars first.
Going to Mars would give NASA a real purpose. The ISS is a joke, the shuttles are obsolete and unsafe. This would inject some needed life to NASA and revive technological advances that hasn't been seen in 40 years.
I am of the firm belief that the metric system sucks. It is a global conspiracy created to cause the downfall of all things that we know and love. Upon careful examination it is clear that the metric system is at least indirectly responsible for most of the world's problems, including but not limited to:
* Government conspiracy
* Microsoft Windows
* Rap Music
* Hondas and their drivers
* Transistors
* Pokemon
* Jerry Springer
* Televangelism
* Toxic waste
* The Republicans
* The Democrats
* Defective and bogus hardware
* Wrenches that dont fit
* Starbucks coffee
* Communism
* Soccer * The Euro
I'm surprised this technology isn't in more widespread use today. Casinos are known to have implemented face-recognition technology to recognize cheater and card counters and bar them.
If something like this were installed in airports, bus terminals, landmarks, and other public places, we could have a very effective way of stopping potential suicide bombers, terrorists or other evildoers in their tracks. What if the video camera that captured Mohammed Atta had been linked to face-recognition software that had his picture in a database? 9/11 could have been stopped right there.
I would rather put my trust in this than some rent-a-cop making minimum wage to spot suspicious people. It's been reported how unreliable eyewitness testimony is, this technology would make a much better crime fighting tool.
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More than half think that Saddam and Al-Qaeda worked together! Because it might be true?
Please explain to me how Wal-Mart tracking pallets thru its distribution channel affects "My Rights" or has any bearing on me as customer??
I think michael and the rest of you paranoid bunch need to give up this anti-RFID crusade. If you don't like RFID, don't purchase it. If someone else does, then that's their business, quit your hysterical bitching.
This whole campaign rests on the assumption that there is something bad or wrong with watching a lot of TV. I say that watching as much TV as you want is perfectly fine.
It's not just entertainment that you'll be missing out on if you participate in thie 'Blackout'. Lots of news, current events, sports, and informational programs will be lost due to this turnoff. Do these organizers realize that? Yes, you can read newspapers to get by, but having moving pictures in your home is one of the greatest inventions of all time. Why would you want to abstain from it for some enlightend purpose?
These people just need to get a life. It's just like that don't-buy-anything blackout. Some people don't like the choices others make, and try to bust your chops to be like them.
Isn't this what slashdot should be cheering for, the use of technology that saves lives? What kind of privacy do you expect when you're in a 3000 lb vehicle going 90+ mph on a public road?
These black boxes have far more benefits that outweigh any concerns about privacy. The use of them can serve as neutral observers to determine what really happened in an accident, and can help automobile manufacturers improve safety with the use of this data.
So no, the black box didn't send him to jail. Killing a guy with his car did.
Maybe this is through the fault of the antitrust laws, not the ones breaking them.
More than 30 years ago, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan described U.S. antitrust laws as a "jumble of economic irrationality and ignorance." This article from the Cato Institute by Robert Levy makes a strong case to repeal them entirely.
To me, the people whining and complaining about Microsoft were mostly those on the outside looking in, the competitors that couldn't cut it and now want Uncle Sam or Mario Monti to step in and save them from themselves.
Since my previous post was "censored", let me reword it differently.
This list means nothing. Your freedoms and right to free speech and expression haven't changed or been suppressed because of these "awards". Finding a bunch of wrong-headed decisions and disagreeable actions by private individuals, corporations, and some members of government doesn't mean censorship is creeping up on society.
You can laugh and point at these examples, but as a free person in America, you can "censor" anything and anyone you don't like. I wouldn't let my kids read Playboy, is this Jefferson Center going to come after me for censoring them?
No surprise these "Awards" is news to slashdot. What a joke this list is. A bunch of far flung examples strung together means what, exactly? In some of these cases, (the Baseball Hall of Fame), its was one individual who made a decision on his own that perhaps was a misjudgement. In another case (CBS), it was one corporation who made the decision on their own not to accept an ad.
All this means nothing. Just that some people did things you didn't agree with. Not that evil, nasty censorship from above has been imposed on us. The freedom to take a different view and do different things is not "muzzling".
How DARE they presume to police the world and its communications.
Save your righteous indignation for someone who cares. We have to police the world because nobody else dares or cares to. Especially against those who would do the US harm.
If someone was planning a terrorist attack against the US, I'd hope the US would notice and take action. Just because you're hiding in another country, don't think that you're safe from US justice.
24-year-old software developer Mohammed Momin Khawaja is no citizen of the United States. The same rules don't apply.
I'm glad the US Government continues to fight many wars on different fronts. Goes to show the idiots that the War on Terrorism is not distraction from other things.
This is exactly the kind of spying operations that we need more of in today's world. Too often, we don't have the human intelligence to process all the massive raw data out there.
Having this kind of of spying operations to root out terrorists and other evildoers is exactly what we should be applauding, not fearing.
Maybe even geek terrorists will learn there's no place they can hide. Law enforcement and Intelligence agencies have every right to search the Internet for the bad guys.
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I only compared Bush's military record and support of NASA to Clinton's. Both are unquestionably in Bush's favor here. I guess you couldn't answer that so you need to drag out the tired old lines and start other arguments.
But I guess some mod has abused his points to "overrate" me again for expressing an onpopular viewpoint. Slashdot groupthink once again.
Also, The President is the Commander in Chief, that comes with being elected President. He also served in the National Guard, that is real military experience. There are different ways of serving your country, that is one legitimate path. I find it funny that people whine about Bush's service, but defend Clinton, the draft-dodger who never served in anything. That is insulting.
This notice on their site makes clear what uses of their materials is acceptable. Reposting verbatim to other sites is definitely not.
Moderators should not be encouraging this type of behavior by making them "insightful". Slashdot should respect other peoples copyrights, don't forget how evil violating the GPL is.
3: Our economy is going to shit and we're going farther and farther into that hole.
GDP is growing faster. Unemployment is going down. Manufacturing is strong. The stock markets are moving up. Now by what measure does this translate to "shit"?
The facts are so clear the US economy is back on track again, why do these idiots keep sticking to their view from 3 years ago? This meme needs to die. It's not true, and it's certainly not insightful.
The Communist Government there would just like to control all the strings themselves in an effort to tighten their power.
It's not about innovation or costs. China is simply trying harder to keep their power. When they ban or restrict foreign technologies in favor of their own, it'll make it easier to censor and suppress "subversive" material.
And what is bad about this? The vast amount of people I know simply don't care that some company knows what kind of toothpaste I buy, when I swipe my VISA card, or other minutiae.
If consumers don't care, why should corporations? If privacy was such a big factor in doing business with them, I'm sure corporations would make a bigger issue of it.
How many people actually take the time to view privacy statements and policies? I don't. As long as I know they have one, that's enough for me and most consumers.
Many geeks like me did not like English class for the simple reason that grading was entirely subjective to the teacher's tastes.
If he or she didn't like what you wrote, or took a point of view opposite to theirs, you would get a lower grade. Frequently, the "special" students would get the benefit of the doubt, and easy grading just for exceeding their own limitations. An 'A' paper in one English class could be a B- in another, etc, etc.
With this computer grading, these students now know that they will be treated equally, and not bitch about potential human biases. Then, everyone will have a fair shot.
Besides, the Randy Johnson did has little to do with physics, and more to do with skill and athleticsm, especially for a 40 year old pitcher.
I think getting there before the Chinese first do is reason enough. Right now, the USA still has the most advanced space program of any nation. But the Chinese are making a push, and I wouldn't be surprised to see these wily, scientifically advanced people landed on the Moon in the near future. I, for one do not want to see this fascist, totalitarian state score a propoganda win by landing humans on Mars first. Going to Mars would give NASA a real purpose. The ISS is a joke, the shuttles are obsolete and unsafe. This would inject some needed life to NASA and revive technological advances that hasn't been seen in 40 years.
A guy who says nothing is front page news? How much more desperate can slashdot get in embarassing and harassing a honest, law-abiding executive?
This fight is almost as low as the jihad against Bill Gates. It's just sad.
I am of the firm belief that the metric system sucks. It is a global conspiracy created to cause the downfall of all things that we know and love. Upon careful examination it is clear that the metric system is at least indirectly responsible for most of the world's problems, including but not limited to:
* Government conspiracy
* Microsoft Windows
* Rap Music
* Hondas and their drivers
* Transistors
* Pokemon
* Jerry Springer
* Televangelism
* Toxic waste
* The Republicans
* The Democrats
* Defective and bogus hardware
* Wrenches that dont fit
* Starbucks coffee
* Communism
* Soccer
* The Euro
If something like this were installed in airports, bus terminals, landmarks, and other public places, we could have a very effective way of stopping potential suicide bombers, terrorists or other evildoers in their tracks. What if the video camera that captured Mohammed Atta had been linked to face-recognition software that had his picture in a database? 9/11 could have been stopped right there.
I would rather put my trust in this than some rent-a-cop making minimum wage to spot suspicious people. It's been reported how unreliable eyewitness testimony is, this technology would make a much better crime fighting tool.
Because it might be true?
The proof that Saddam worked with bin Laden
Of course Europeans think Israel is the most dangerous threat in the world, so I guess their opinions are no measure of the truth either.
I think michael and the rest of you paranoid bunch need to give up this anti-RFID crusade. If you don't like RFID, don't purchase it. If someone else does, then that's their business, quit your hysterical bitching.
It's not just entertainment that you'll be missing out on if you participate in thie 'Blackout'. Lots of news, current events, sports, and informational programs will be lost due to this turnoff. Do these organizers realize that? Yes, you can read newspapers to get by, but having moving pictures in your home is one of the greatest inventions of all time. Why would you want to abstain from it for some enlightend purpose?
These people just need to get a life. It's just like that don't-buy-anything blackout. Some people don't like the choices others make, and try to bust your chops to be like them.
These black boxes have far more benefits that outweigh any concerns about privacy. The use of them can serve as neutral observers to determine what really happened in an accident, and can help automobile manufacturers improve safety with the use of this data.
So no, the black box didn't send him to jail. Killing a guy with his car did.
More than 30 years ago, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan described U.S. antitrust laws as a "jumble of economic irrationality and ignorance." This article from the Cato Institute by Robert Levy makes a strong case to repeal them entirely.
To me, the people whining and complaining about Microsoft were mostly those on the outside looking in, the competitors that couldn't cut it and now want Uncle Sam or Mario Monti to step in and save them from themselves.
Might as well just get a the full sized iPod or another MP3 player unless you don't mind waiting till July.
This list means nothing. Your freedoms and right to free speech and expression haven't changed or been suppressed because of these "awards". Finding a bunch of wrong-headed decisions and disagreeable actions by private individuals, corporations, and some members of government doesn't mean censorship is creeping up on society.
You can laugh and point at these examples, but as a free person in America, you can "censor" anything and anyone you don't like. I wouldn't let my kids read Playboy, is this Jefferson Center going to come after me for censoring them?
The above comment is a troll, how exactly?
All this means nothing. Just that some people did things you didn't agree with. Not that evil, nasty censorship from above has been imposed on us. The freedom to take a different view and do different things is not "muzzling".
Save your righteous indignation for someone who cares. We have to police the world because nobody else dares or cares to. Especially against those who would do the US harm.
If someone was planning a terrorist attack against the US, I'd hope the US would notice and take action. Just because you're hiding in another country, don't think that you're safe from US justice.
I'm glad the US Government continues to fight many wars on different fronts. Goes to show the idiots that the War on Terrorism is not distraction from other things.
Having this kind of of spying operations to root out terrorists and other evildoers is exactly what we should be applauding, not fearing.
Maybe even geek terrorists will learn there's no place they can hide. Law enforcement and Intelligence agencies have every right to search the Internet for the bad guys.
This is a win for justice.