one random successful musician
sells out by joining corporate america in a big public way
and you see the end of the world as we know it?
of course you are right, 99% of the wealth is controlled by 1% of the population that is disgusting and must be corrected who's with me on the front lines?
this is a better stance than "how long until it suffocates us?"
"I read the RTFA and I can understand some of the patients described in it who are taking a gun to a dermatologist appointment. I have wanted to do that on couple of occasions myself."
Man, you and I are the reasons they invented restraining orders.....
This is up for any number of interpretations. I can find a definition that includes water as a "beverage". In the end, we are at the mercy of the system and possibly corrupt judges. from http://dict.die.net/beverage/ beverage n : any liquid suitable for drinking: "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: drink, drinkable, potable] Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Beverage \Bev"er*age\, n. [OF. bevrage, F. breuvage, fr. beivre to drink, fr. L. bibere. Cf. Bib, v. t., Poison,Potable.] 1. Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage. "He knew no beverage but the flowing stream." --Thomson.
2. Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.
Hops also contains a slightly psychoactive substance, lupulin. Few beer drinkers know that amongst all plants the closest relative of hops is cannabis.
Division Spermatophyta (seed plants) Class Angiospermae (flowering plants) Sub-Class Dicotyledons (two cotyledons on seedling) Order Urticates (elms, mulberries, nettles) Family Cannabinaceae (hops and cannabis)
haha I should patent that molded USB thing. Please step off and don't get hit by my patent stick.
Seriously though, what design would you make first? I've had mine for a couple of years and the rectanglish box is functional, yet bland. I'd rather have a unique one.
"IIRC, it didn't take very long for UID's to hit 10000, or even 100000, after you implemented user registration. Of course, my recollection could be faulty, as I was supposed to be working at the time."
I recall reading slashdot, and then reading *about* slashdot, and then, after a long time, taking the plunge and getting an account. This may have been the first group I ever signed up for on teh intarwebs. I was never a "joiner", and also should have been working at the time anyway:)
It seems that after the first 100.000 UID's, it's taking a looong time to get to 1.000.000 or maybe that's just me?
Thanks for the reply. I have picked up on your posts since about 15 July, when you wrote, "a good management team will never have the problem of unions", and "I dislike unions". That sounds vaguely anti-union, no? And you never replied to my post of 18 July where I put forth my critique of your "points" about unions.
Next was this exchange: DS: "I tend to download a LOT of linux distros to try out." turbosk:ummm, what's "a LOT"? one a day? one a week? are you installing these things and trying them out so fast that an overnight download is cramping your style? criminy. and DS:"if you use WinXP, some of the service packs are BIG, and require much time." turbosk:umm, how many service packs for XP are you going to download? I'm aware of two, and if you get the second one, you don't need the first one, making a grand total of....one.
This was ignored by you, as well. Any point you may have had about VOIP is moot until you defend your ignorant statements. That's also when you first suggested I "Get a life" instead of carrying on a civilized discourse.
THEN there was my reply regarding your crackpot theories on traffic laws which you ignored, which included these gems: DS:"Should those traveling 85 be driving that fast? Legally, no. Safety wise? That is debatable, but those who are driving slower ARE posing a danger." turbosk:Ummm, that's exactly backwards. The 85 MPH cars are the ones responsible for creating the dangerous situation, as THEY are in violation, and will have to pay the hospital bills when tshtf. and DS:"When a limit is arbitrary, then you cannot reasonably expect a person to always know the limit." turbosk:argh. It's called "pay attention to the signs while you're driving." and the king hell winnar- DS:"an easy way to let all individuals on a road know what they limit is exactly where they are (in car signals would be a relatively easy method of doing this)." turbosk:That is insane. Tell me more about these signals, I'm almost interested.
Next came the funny Creationist thing, which you also ignored when I tried to reason with you, including DS:"A perfect religion would accept ALL true principles as rightly being a part of their beliefs." turbosk:Your "perfect religion" is a great definition of "Science". and DS:"The age of the earth is, as far as I am concerned, irrelevant." turbosk:Of COURSE it is, since it is "problematic" to your worldview.
And throw in a "Go jump in a lake" and another "Get a life". Maybe you'll understand that you come across as a class A-1 jerk in my eyes, Benjamin Orchard.
"FWIW, I like the Dark Crystal quote, though." I knew you would:) December 5, 1976
"I don't know what your deal is" And you want a PhD in psychology?
"you need to get a life" That's almost as good as jumping in a lake, Ben.
Hey, I'm just trying to stamp out ignorance. When you post drivel, I'm gonna post a refutation. You could respond coherently, but haven't yet. Don't try to spread your bullshit traffic tips or anti-union propaganda or creationist fairy tales or burnout theories around me without getting made fun of. I don't suffer fools lightly.
Ben, hmm, not entirely sure where to start, but I will try to be gentle:)
1) Here is a line from part one of the article: "Before this job I worked for a small high-tech firm that provided complicated programs for companies nationwide, including a very well-known company that would kill my firstborn if I divulged its name."
When did we become a nation of serfs without the freedom to name names? Even if the writer is making a funny, it's sad and indicative of the state of affairs that we're losing control over our own lives to the corporations. -1, wuss.
2) The entire article came across as a description of "Fibromyalgia", or "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", or just plain, "wussiness". Not saying that there aren't things wrong with the individual's relationship to their environment, but for all the world it sounds like a made-up condition. I am reminded of shyster Kevin Trudeau's description of how "indigestion" has become "Acid Reflux Disease". FFS, buck up and stop being a pansy. -1, wuss.
3) "allow me to be the one who says that as a theory of motivation, it is woefully inadequate and outdated." Are you going to the University of Pointing out the Obvious, or Clemson? Maslow was onto something. He said you've got lower and higher orders of needs. If you're at a museum and you have to pee, he guessed that you're gonna use the bathroom before you take in any more art. Simple enough, not very insightful, but true as far as it goes. He would've had a very difficult time with the nuances of modern office politics.
4)"Those who suffer from burnout should be given access to resources and activities that will relieve that burnout." You don't seem to understand that "burnout" is built into the corporate culture. It's like putting somebody into a room full of chlorine gas and giving them an asthma inhaler to relieve symptoms of difficulty breathing. Until you remove and/or change the conditions that caused the burnout in the first place, there's no band-aid that will make the employee "better".
5) "I won't make an ethical argument here" That's too bad, because ethics would be the only interesting aspect of any discussion of burnout. Care to reply?
"Wings? I don't have wings." "Of course not. You're a boy."
"A perfect religion would accept ALL true principles as rightly being a part of their beliefs." Your "perfect religion" is a great definition of "Science".
"Christ is essentially saying that our thoughts make us just as culpable as our actions." Wow! Bush is essentially saying the same thing about "terrorists"! It's Thoughtcrime time!
"The age of the earth is, as far as I am concerned, irrelevant." Of COURSE it is, since it is "problematic" to your worldview.
" If someone wants to believe in evolution as a method of creation, I am willing to let them, but I personally don't think so." You don't think you're willing to let them believe in evolution? Schizoid much?
"I am certainly willing to learn what scripture says about something, and compare it to what science is learning." See "age of Earth" above to rebut yourself.
"You almost had me convinced that you knew what you were talking about until the last sentence." haha, you didn't even have me a little bit convinced you knew what you were talking about for a second.
"I quite intentionally changed from "anywhere you please" to "anywhere you can afford". This did indeed change the nature of the argument" That's called "misdirection" and "trolling".
"they just see it as a way to increase revenue while also (and _of course_ more importantly) increasing safety." That's called "changing your story", because it's NOT what you said originally.
"Should those traveling 85 be driving that fast? Legally, no. Safety wise? That is debatable, but those who are driving slower ARE posing a danger." Ummm, that's exactly backwards. The 85 MPH cars are the ones responsible for creating the dangerous situation, as THEY are in violation, and will have to pay the hospital bills when tshtf.
"I have NEVER heard of anyone being pulled over for doing 35 in a minimum 45 zone!" Probably because you don't get out much. Your few years of inexperience are not a statistically valid sample.
"When a limit is arbitrary, then you cannot reasonably expect a person to always know the limit." argh. It's called "pay attention to the signs while you're driving."
"if condition x exists and all conditions are discrete, then the limit is y" You're expecting every driver to do an analysis of every mile of road they drive on and become familiar with all aspects of every factor that goes into determining the speed limit for that particular stretch of road and figure out for themselves what the safe speed is? What is wrong with you?
"limits would change according to weather, time of day, luminance, traffic flow, etc." The posted speed limit is for ideal conditions. You take it from there.
"an easy way to let all individuals on a road know what they limit is exactly where they are (in car signals would be a relatively easy method of doing this)." That is insane. Tell me more about these signals, I'm almost interested.
"I am not being a jerk or rude, but I am against arbitrary systems" You're living in an arbitrary world. The sooner you get used to that concept, the sooner you'll start making sense.
"If they guy could afford to buy the store, sure he could live there. This was the parent posters point, so don't be an asshat." That was NOT the original poster's point. The bone of contention here is that you can live "anywhere you damn well please", which is is only tangentially related to "anywhere you can damn well afford to live." Read the whole thread again and tell me what you think about that nuance.
"Get a grip. There is a world of difference in driving 40 mph in a 30 zone twenty feet after a change in the limit, and a mile later." I beg to differ. Doing 40 in a 30 is the same offence in Peoria or Alberta, near a church or near a whorehouse, after exiting a six-lane freeway or exiting a one-way alley. I have lots of grip. I drive an AWD vehicle:)
"Nonsense. Sometimes the posted limit has something to do with how safe it is to actually drive, but that's rarely the case" Now YOU'VE gone too far. Anybody going faster than the posted speed limit is, by definition, posing a clear and present danger to other motorists who are travelling below that limit. By not obeying traffic signs, you are a hazard on the road. Nobody's saying the actual MPH isn't arbitrary, but once it's been established, you'd better not exceed it, or you're in violation. DarkSarin was attributing evil intentions to the cops' enforcements, which was uncalled for, unjustified, and untenable.
"Sorry, but the right live anywhere you can afford to is pretty well established" There was the guy who was living in the Toys "R" Us, but I'm sure he was not allowed to live "anywhere he damn well pleased" which was *inside the store*....
"It would catch those who are blatantly driving over the limit." That's what they're doing already. Do you know what "blatantly" means? As in "obviously" and "in full view of everybody, including the cop with the radar gun/timing device"? As opposed to "stealthily"? Really, now. Think before you type.
"the concept of a speeding ticket is self serving for the police" Now you've just gone too far. The speeders present a clear and present danger to the other drivers on the road, and you're going to blame the 5-0 for keeping the streets safe?
"I tend to download a LOT of linux distros to try out."
ummm, what's "a LOT"? one a day? one a week? are you installing these things and trying them out so fast that an overnight download is cramping your style? criminy.
"if you use WinXP, some of the service packs are BIG, and require much time."
umm, how many service packs for XP are you going to download? I'm aware of two, and if you get the second one, you don't need the first one, making a grand total of....one. Overnight should be plenty fast enough for you, bucko.
"soon, [internet] will be the primary method of communication. Once that happens, bandwidth will be essential."
Bandwidth was essential when we were using 300 baud modems. Nothing has changed, everything is relative, including your perceived need for speed.
"There is a difference here in what I want and what you think I want." OK, tell me what you want, what you really, really want.
"Most people assume that companies abuse employees intentionally. I disagree." Of COURSE you should disagree, and rightly so. Did you clicky the linky to the Stanford experiment? Do you think the guards went into that experiment with the intention of degrading, depersonalising, and dehumanising the prisoners? It's called situational psychology. I don't think you got my point about the road to hell being paved with the best of intentions.
"It is fairly well supported by research that those employees who indicate a high level of job satisfaction are more likely to be productive and less likely to slack." Did you pick up this pearl of wisdom on your way to a PhD? Glad to see you're getting your money's worth....
"Sweatshops are only going to happen when employers know very little about psychology and how to best work with employees. There are plenty of those around, but they are diminishing as they have a tougher and tougher time existing without unions or finding good workers." http://www.walmart.com/ 'nuff said.
"Figuring out the difference is hard." No it's not. When the workers are getting fucked over, it's time to unionise.
Why didn't you just say "bad guy" and save me five minutes of wading through yet still even more of your ponderous doubletalk and fork-tongued bullshit?
What is wrong with you? You want to get into management to fight corporate abuse of workers by becoming one of the abusers? You're going to change the direction/collective-mind of the angry mob by joining the mob?? As a psychology student, you should be aware of the Stanford prison experiment- http://www.prisonexp.org/
You said, "a good management team will never have the problem of unions", yet what happens to those workers who aren't blessed with enlightened bosses? Without collective bargaining and the power of the strike (which is the only real power the worker has), you're going to get sweatshops. Which is what happened by the end of the Machine Age. You yourself considered organising at one point when you were on the pointy end of the stick. Not everybody in that position has the luxury of just leaving. There's rent, bills, kids to consider.
Go study some more history before you repeat it. "I decided that I could do more good by getting a graduate degree and fighting corporate abuse of employees at higher levels."
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sorry, that was the funniest thing I've seen all summer. Lemme tell you how much of a higher level you're gonna achieve if you don't play by the corporate ladder rules- none. You don't get promoted by bucking the system, bucko.
I don't know about you, Martin Blank. Even though you've got 1600+ posts, I'm having a hard time getting a read on you, trying to figure out if you're a good guy or a bad guy. You remind me of a Cream song lyric, "I support the left, but I'm leaning to the right." I understand the importance of the open mind. But. Speaking out of both sides of your mouth raised flags for the Indians, and says "troll" to me.
More to the topic at hand, what do you think of the scam SCO is pulling?
Slightly off-topic, but in a related vein, what will happen when the scam W is pulling is revealed for the bullshit that it is?
I quote you from an earlier comment: "Except that I believe it [Iraq invasion] was justified, and I don't believe that, by and large, we were deceived. Myopic on the stated reasons? Perhaps. Unnecessarily rushed? Probably. Distracting from the proper goal of the time? Almost certainly. But not unjustified."
If you don't think that the Iraq occupation was/is motivated by the oil in that region, what "justification" was/is there that wasn't a deception? The ENTIRE stated justification before going into Iraq was WMD in the form of Nucular, Biological, and Chemical. Turns out, it was all bullshit, and I use that term again, not lightly. From the Niger faked document to "We know where the WMD are, they're north of Tikrit, and south, and east, and west" it was all so *much* bullshit that I find it incredible that someone of such seeming intelligence as Martin Blank would drink the koolaid. If McBride is dirty, there isn't a word to describe the lying deceiving scum in the white house today.
To quote you again, from the parent post, "the example [deception] is not new to the current occupants of the White House." You seem to be saying that if the current administration *is* lying to us, they're not the first, which makes it OK. Which sounds like a troll, or worse. A proper explanatory clarifying response from you, Martin Blank, is in order so you can be my friend.
Our kids *should* resent us. For polluting the oceans, overpopulating the land, damaging the atmosphere, burdening them with unimaginable debt, and generally not leaving the world in a better condition than we found it.
The Indians had a philosophy of living in harmony with nature, and surely many other peoples lead a "low-impact" lifestyle. Conservation is a natural part of such an outlook. For all of our "modern progress", I can't help but feel it's one step forward and two steps back.
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This is more like a bright spark that blazed a beautiful beam for a moment, and then went on to dream itself up all over again.
Congrats on an excellent early retirement.
one random successful musician
sells out
by joining corporate america
in a big public way
and you see
the end of the world
as we know it?
of course you are right, 99% of the wealth is controlled by 1% of the population
that is disgusting
and must be corrected
who's with me on the front lines?
this is a better stance than "how long until it suffocates us?"
A pox on any and all who would sign on to duh-arl's 2-bit shakedown fart of a company.
"I read the RTFA and I can understand some of the patients described in it who are taking a gun to a dermatologist appointment. I have wanted to do that on couple of occasions myself."
Man, you and I are the reasons they invented restraining orders.....
This is up for any number of interpretations. I can find a definition that includes water as a "beverage". In the end, we are at the mercy of the system and possibly corrupt judges.
from http://dict.die.net/beverage/
beverage n : any liquid suitable for drinking: "may I take your beverage order?" [syn: drink, drinkable, potable]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Beverage \Bev"er*age\, n. [OF. bevrage, F. breuvage, fr. beivre to drink, fr. L. bibere. Cf. Bib, v. t., Poison,Potable.] 1. Liquid for drinking; drink; -- usually applied to drink artificially prepared and of an agreeable flavor; as, an intoxicating beverage. "He knew no beverage but the flowing stream." --Thomson.
2. Specifically, a name applied to various kinds of drink.
Hops also contains a slightly psychoactive substance, lupulin. Few beer drinkers know that amongst all plants the closest relative of hops is cannabis.
:)
Division Spermatophyta (seed plants)
Class Angiospermae (flowering plants)
Sub-Class Dicotyledons (two cotyledons on seedling)
Order Urticates (elms, mulberries, nettles)
Family Cannabinaceae (hops and cannabis)
Food for thought....
haha I should patent that molded USB thing. Please step off and don't get hit by my patent stick.
Seriously though, what design would you make first? I've had mine for a couple of years and the rectanglish box is functional, yet bland. I'd rather have a unique one.
pax,
fred
"IIRC, it didn't take very long for UID's to hit 10000, or even 100000, after you implemented user registration. Of course, my recollection could be faulty, as I was supposed to be working at the time."
:)
I recall reading slashdot, and then reading *about* slashdot, and then, after a long time, taking the plunge and getting an account. This may have been the first group I ever signed up for on teh intarwebs. I was never a "joiner", and also should have been working at the time anyway
It seems that after the first 100.000 UID's, it's taking a looong time to get to 1.000.000 or maybe that's just me?
Thanks for the reply. I have picked up on your posts since about 15 July, when you wrote, "a good management team will never have the problem of unions", and "I dislike unions". That sounds vaguely anti-union, no? And you never replied to my post of 18 July where I put forth my critique of your "points" about unions.
:)
Next was this exchange:
DS: "I tend to download a LOT of linux distros to try out."
turbosk:ummm, what's "a LOT"? one a day? one a week? are you installing these things and trying them out so fast that an overnight download is cramping your style? criminy.
and
DS:"if you use WinXP, some of the service packs are BIG, and require much time."
turbosk:umm, how many service packs for XP are you going to download? I'm aware of two, and if you get the second one, you don't need the first one, making a grand total of....one.
This was ignored by you, as well. Any point you may have had about VOIP is moot until you defend your ignorant statements. That's also when you first suggested I "Get a life" instead of carrying on a civilized discourse.
THEN there was my reply regarding your crackpot theories on traffic laws which you ignored, which included these gems:
DS:"Should those traveling 85 be driving that fast? Legally, no. Safety wise? That is debatable, but those who are driving slower ARE posing a danger."
turbosk:Ummm, that's exactly backwards. The 85 MPH cars are the ones responsible for creating the dangerous situation, as THEY are in violation, and will have to pay the hospital bills when tshtf.
and
DS:"When a limit is arbitrary, then you cannot reasonably expect a person to always know the limit."
turbosk:argh. It's called "pay attention to the signs while you're driving."
and the king hell winnar-
DS:"an easy way to let all individuals on a road know what they limit is exactly where they are (in car signals would be a relatively easy method of doing this)."
turbosk:That is insane. Tell me more about these signals, I'm almost interested.
Next came the funny Creationist thing, which you also ignored when I tried to reason with you, including
DS:"A perfect religion would accept ALL true principles as rightly being a part of their beliefs."
turbosk:Your "perfect religion" is a great definition of "Science".
and
DS:"The age of the earth is, as far as I am concerned, irrelevant."
turbosk:Of COURSE it is, since it is "problematic" to your worldview.
And throw in a "Go jump in a lake" and another "Get a life". Maybe you'll understand that you come across as a class A-1 jerk in my eyes, Benjamin Orchard.
pax anyway,
fred
P.S. Mike Oldfield sucks, too
"FWIW, I like the Dark Crystal quote, though." :) December 5, 1976
I knew you would
"I don't know what your deal is"
And you want a PhD in psychology?
"you need to get a life"
That's almost as good as jumping in a lake, Ben.
Hey, I'm just trying to stamp out ignorance. When you post drivel, I'm gonna post a refutation. You could respond coherently, but haven't yet. Don't try to spread your bullshit traffic tips or anti-union propaganda or creationist fairy tales or burnout theories around me without getting made fun of. I don't suffer fools lightly.
pax,
fred
Ben, hmm, not entirely sure where to start, but I will try to be gentle :)
1) Here is a line from part one of the article: "Before this job I worked for a small high-tech firm that provided complicated programs for companies nationwide, including a very well-known company that would kill my firstborn if I divulged its name."
When did we become a nation of serfs without the freedom to name names? Even if the writer is making a funny, it's sad and indicative of the state of affairs that we're losing control over our own lives to the corporations. -1, wuss.
2) The entire article came across as a description of "Fibromyalgia", or "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", or just plain, "wussiness". Not saying that there aren't things wrong with the individual's relationship to their environment, but for all the world it sounds like a made-up condition. I am reminded of shyster Kevin Trudeau's description of how "indigestion" has become "Acid Reflux Disease". FFS, buck up and stop being a pansy. -1, wuss.
3) "allow me to be the one who says that as a theory of motivation, it is woefully inadequate and outdated."
Are you going to the University of Pointing out the Obvious, or Clemson? Maslow was onto something. He said you've got lower and higher orders of needs. If you're at a museum and you have to pee, he guessed that you're gonna use the bathroom before you take in any more art. Simple enough, not very insightful, but true as far as it goes. He would've had a very difficult time with the nuances of modern office politics.
4)"Those who suffer from burnout should be given access to resources and activities that will relieve that burnout."
You don't seem to understand that "burnout" is built into the corporate culture. It's like putting somebody into a room full of chlorine gas and giving them an asthma inhaler to relieve symptoms of difficulty breathing. Until you remove and/or change the conditions that caused the burnout in the first place, there's no band-aid that will make the employee "better".
5) "I won't make an ethical argument here"
That's too bad, because ethics would be the only interesting aspect of any discussion of burnout. Care to reply?
"Wings? I don't have wings."
"Of course not. You're a boy."
pax,
fred
geez! still at it?
"A perfect religion would accept ALL true principles as rightly being a part of their beliefs."
Your "perfect religion" is a great definition of "Science".
"Christ is essentially saying that our thoughts make us just as culpable as our actions."
Wow! Bush is essentially saying the same thing about "terrorists"! It's Thoughtcrime time!
"The age of the earth is, as far as I am concerned, irrelevant."
Of COURSE it is, since it is "problematic" to your worldview.
" If someone wants to believe in evolution as a method of creation, I am willing to let them, but I personally don't think so."
You don't think you're willing to let them believe in evolution? Schizoid much?
"I am certainly willing to learn what scripture says about something, and compare it to what science is learning."
See "age of Earth" above to rebut yourself.
"You almost had me convinced that you knew what you were talking about until the last sentence."
haha, you didn't even have me a little bit convinced you knew what you were talking about for a second.
pax,
jason
"I certainly agree with many policies that Republicans consider important--abortion included."
Good to hear that you agree with abortion.
"I think that the possibilities are worth any risks and ethical risks."
Because the ends always justify the means.
"Should the government fund it? I think so, since this would allow us to determine if there really."
You truly are broken, DarkSarin.
pax,
fred
"I quite intentionally changed from "anywhere you please" to "anywhere you can afford". This did indeed change the nature of the argument"
That's called "misdirection" and "trolling".
"they just see it as a way to increase revenue while also (and _of course_ more importantly) increasing safety."
That's called "changing your story", because it's NOT what you said originally.
"Should those traveling 85 be driving that fast? Legally, no. Safety wise? That is debatable, but those who are driving slower ARE posing a danger."
Ummm, that's exactly backwards. The 85 MPH cars are the ones responsible for creating the dangerous situation, as THEY are in violation, and will have to pay the hospital bills when tshtf.
"I have NEVER heard of anyone being pulled over for doing 35 in a minimum 45 zone!"
Probably because you don't get out much. Your few years of inexperience are not a statistically valid sample.
"When a limit is arbitrary, then you cannot reasonably expect a person to always know the limit."
argh. It's called "pay attention to the signs while you're driving."
"if condition x exists and all conditions are discrete, then the limit is y"
You're expecting every driver to do an analysis of every mile of road they drive on and become familiar with all aspects of every factor that goes into determining the speed limit for that particular stretch of road and figure out for themselves what the safe speed is? What is wrong with you?
"limits would change according to weather, time of day, luminance, traffic flow, etc."
The posted speed limit is for ideal conditions. You take it from there.
"an easy way to let all individuals on a road know what they limit is exactly where they are (in car signals would be a relatively easy method of doing this)."
That is insane. Tell me more about these signals, I'm almost interested.
"I am not being a jerk or rude, but I am against arbitrary systems"
You're living in an arbitrary world. The sooner you get used to that concept, the sooner you'll start making sense.
pax,
fred
"If they guy could afford to buy the store, sure he could live there. This was the parent posters point, so don't be an asshat."
:)
That was NOT the original poster's point. The bone of contention here is that you can live "anywhere you damn well please", which is is only tangentially related to "anywhere you can damn well afford to live." Read the whole thread again and tell me what you think about that nuance.
"Get a grip. There is a world of difference in driving 40 mph in a 30 zone twenty feet after a change in the limit, and a mile later."
I beg to differ. Doing 40 in a 30 is the same offence in Peoria or Alberta, near a church or near a whorehouse, after exiting a six-lane freeway or exiting a one-way alley. I have lots of grip. I drive an AWD vehicle
"Nonsense. Sometimes the posted limit has something to do with how safe it is to actually drive, but that's rarely the case"
Now YOU'VE gone too far. Anybody going faster than the posted speed limit is, by definition, posing a clear and present danger to other motorists who are travelling below that limit. By not obeying traffic signs, you are a hazard on the road. Nobody's saying the actual MPH isn't arbitrary, but once it's been established, you'd better not exceed it, or you're in violation. DarkSarin was attributing evil intentions to the cops' enforcements, which was uncalled for, unjustified, and untenable.
pax,
fred
"Sorry, but the right live anywhere you can afford to is pretty well established"
There was the guy who was living in the Toys "R" Us, but I'm sure he was not allowed to live "anywhere he damn well pleased" which was *inside the store*....
"It would catch those who are blatantly driving over the limit."
That's what they're doing already. Do you know what "blatantly" means? As in "obviously" and "in full view of everybody, including the cop with the radar gun/timing device"? As opposed to "stealthily"? Really, now. Think before you type.
"the concept of a speeding ticket is self serving for the police"
Now you've just gone too far. The speeders present a clear and present danger to the other drivers on the road, and you're going to blame the 5-0 for keeping the streets safe?
YOU are broken, DarkSarin, and need to be fixed.
"I tend to download a LOT of linux distros to try out."
ummm, what's "a LOT"? one a day? one a week? are you installing these things and trying them out so fast that an overnight download is cramping your style? criminy.
"if you use WinXP, some of the service packs are BIG, and require much time."
umm, how many service packs for XP are you going to download? I'm aware of two, and if you get the second one, you don't need the first one, making a grand total of....one. Overnight should be plenty fast enough for you, bucko.
"soon, [internet] will be the primary method of communication. Once that happens, bandwidth will be essential."
Bandwidth was essential when we were using 300 baud modems. Nothing has changed, everything is relative, including your perceived need for speed.
Did you have a point, or were you just bored?
Thanks for trying again. I myself sometimes get the diarrhea of the fingers and have to remember that brevity is the soul of wit.
me: slaps Martin Blank upside the head
me: yells, "Be more funny!"
pax,
fred
You can't argue at all, let alone all day.
"There is a difference here in what I want and what you think I want." OK, tell me what you want, what you really, really want.
"Most people assume that companies abuse employees intentionally. I disagree." Of COURSE you should disagree, and rightly so. Did you clicky the linky to the Stanford experiment? Do you think the guards went into that experiment with the intention of degrading, depersonalising, and dehumanising the prisoners? It's called situational psychology. I don't think you got my point about the road to hell being paved with the best of intentions.
"It is fairly well supported by research that those employees who indicate a high level of job satisfaction are more likely to be productive and less likely to slack." Did you pick up this pearl of wisdom on your way to a PhD? Glad to see you're getting your money's worth....
"Sweatshops are only going to happen when employers know very little about psychology and how to best work with employees. There are plenty of those around, but they are diminishing as they have a tougher and tougher time existing without unions or finding good workers." http://www.walmart.com/ 'nuff said.
"Figuring out the difference is hard." No it's not. When the workers are getting fucked over, it's time to unionise.
pax,
fred
Why didn't you just say "bad guy" and save me five minutes of wading through yet still even more of your ponderous doubletalk and fork-tongued bullshit?
pax anyway,
fred
What is wrong with you? You want to get into management to fight corporate abuse of workers by becoming one of the abusers? You're going to change the direction/collective-mind of the angry mob by joining the mob?? As a psychology student, you should be aware of the Stanford prison experiment- http://www.prisonexp.org/
You said, "a good management team will never have the problem of unions", yet what happens to those workers who aren't blessed with enlightened bosses? Without collective bargaining and the power of the strike (which is the only real power the worker has), you're going to get sweatshops. Which is what happened by the end of the Machine Age. You yourself considered organising at one point when you were on the pointy end of the stick. Not everybody in that position has the luxury of just leaving. There's rent, bills, kids to consider.
Go study some more history before you repeat it. "I decided that I could do more good by getting a graduate degree and fighting corporate abuse of employees at higher levels."
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sorry, that was the funniest thing I've seen all summer. Lemme tell you how much of a higher level you're gonna achieve if you don't play by the corporate ladder rules- none. You don't get promoted by bucking the system, bucko.
pax,
fred
I don't know about you, Martin Blank. Even though you've got 1600+ posts, I'm having a hard time getting a read on you, trying to figure out if you're a good guy or a bad guy. You remind me of a Cream song lyric, "I support the left, but I'm leaning to the right." I understand the importance of the open mind. But. Speaking out of both sides of your mouth raised flags for the Indians, and says "troll" to me.
More to the topic at hand, what do you think of the scam SCO is pulling?
Slightly off-topic, but in a related vein, what will happen when the scam W is pulling is revealed for the bullshit that it is?
I quote you from an earlier comment: "Except that I believe it [Iraq invasion] was justified, and I don't believe that, by and large, we were deceived. Myopic on the stated reasons? Perhaps. Unnecessarily rushed? Probably. Distracting from the proper goal of the time? Almost certainly. But not unjustified."
If you don't think that the Iraq occupation was/is motivated by the oil in that region, what "justification" was/is there that wasn't a deception? The ENTIRE stated justification before going into Iraq was WMD in the form of Nucular, Biological, and Chemical. Turns out, it was all bullshit, and I use that term again, not lightly. From the Niger faked document to "We know where the WMD are, they're north of Tikrit, and south, and east, and west" it was all so *much* bullshit that I find it incredible that someone of such seeming intelligence as Martin Blank would drink the koolaid. If McBride is dirty, there isn't a word to describe the lying deceiving scum in the white house today.
To quote you again, from the parent post, "the example [deception] is not new to the current occupants of the White House." You seem to be saying that if the current administration *is* lying to us, they're not the first, which makes it OK. Which sounds like a troll, or worse. A proper explanatory clarifying response from you, Martin Blank, is in order so you can be my friend.
pax,
fred
Our kids *should* resent us. For polluting the oceans, overpopulating the land, damaging the atmosphere, burdening them with unimaginable debt, and generally not leaving the world in a better condition than we found it.
The Indians had a philosophy of living in harmony with nature, and surely many other peoples lead a "low-impact" lifestyle. Conservation is a natural part of such an outlook. For all of our "modern progress", I can't help but feel it's one step forward and two steps back.
P.S. to slew: I was right about Rove.
insightful? INSIGHTFUL?
The power density of a *jelly donut* is higher than TNT, FFS! Batteries can't even hold a CANDLE to a JELLY DONUT!
"....MoG decided to find out a little more about who was behind the attacks.... MoG simply wrote an investigative piece on a noteworthy individual..."
And publishing PJ's personal information furthers the discourse _HOW_???
respond, please, AC