Fossil fuels are literally made from fossils of long dead organic organisms. If we found fossil fuels on mars the bigger story would be that there was enough life at one point to create it.
There are no such things as "Fossil" Fuels. An old myth that will never die it would seem..
Is this some Young Earth Creationist Conspiracy Theory?
Still need the magnetosphere for radiation. Far better to make a colony of underground mole people, cheaper, safer, and everyone can have whatever view outside that they want. I don't get all this crazy dome love. They are just plain needlessly risky.
Most normal human beings do not want to live permanently underground. Mind you, most normal human beings wouldn't want to live in domes and not be able to walk outside for very long either.
The whole problem with Mars colonisation is that only psychotics would be happy with living there permanently. Regardless of the technological problems, there is a huge psychological issue.
I can't see how this would be anything but a distraction and counter-productive.
TFA said
"The presence of these girls have greatly improved their job efficiency and motivation."
Personally, I find that when I'm happy I'm far more productive than when I'm unhappy.
"Wasting" time improving my mood could easily result in more useful work being done overall.
I'm not one of the normal slashdot genius precious snowflakes, and so I just go to work and do my job regardless of whether I'm feeling happy, sad or indifferent.
yes, real human societies are sexist. in general and as 90%+ true statement, men are different than women, and need different motivation than women. in asia they don't BS themselves about this. but you can imagine whatever you want, your society is losing to asia, and once it sinks low enough the BS known as feminism evaporates into thin air, and women will be FAR worse off here than if they were in asia where they could have a career
Well "real human societies" are often racist, homophobic or whatever too, that doesn't make it right, and it doesn't mean you can't do anything about it.
You are judging from a Western perspective. I've heard that in Asian countries a woman working as a courtesan doesn't offend at all. Who are we to say we're right and they're wrong?
Sexism in Asian countries is still sexism, just like racism is still racism.
Imagine you're in a workplace where the women outnumber you 4 to 1 or higher, and then the company decides to bring in buff men topless in Speedos to walk around winking at everyone. Now also imagine that the rest of your culture also views men (and thus you) that way.
That's the problem.
You are asking people here to put themselves in the position of an oppressed minority. But on slashdot, the general feeling is that it's your own fault if you're not rich, intelligent, successful, male or whatever.
If you think that the OP is a "SJW" then you're hilariously deranged. He's one of the more blatantly right wing (sorry, libertarian) posters on slashdot.
The summer picnic was similarly a big deal. Bouncy houses, temp tattoos, spin painting, corn holing, a huge banquet spread... all at one of the nicest golf courses in the area.
I'm guessing from the context that this doesn't mean what I thought it meant.
"You can't get large numbers of Western workers to put up with large patches of unpaid overtime every week"
say what? where the heck do you work?
Most Western workers don't have the pleasure of working in the US, and instead have to cope with 40 hour or less weeks, five or six weeks paid annual leave, paid sick leave, maternity pay and so on.
Why not just find out what the female programmers want and hire some male cheerleaders for them as well?
On average, sex is probably a bigger motivator for males than it is for females, but that doesn't mean it can't also work for women or that there isn't some analog that is equally effective.
Unless they're paying these cheerleaders to sleep with the programmers, there is no realistic sexual motivation involved at all. They might just as well let them watch porn at lunchtime or something.
Big deal, you're just replacing the uniform of suit and tie with the uniform of jeans and a hoody. It is truly pathetic when people think this makes them cool and free-spirited.
It's quite well founded in science that work performance increases in these kind of situations. And goes way down with porn filters etc.
I may be unusual, but I have no interest in watching porn in an open plan office with no sexual release available. Porn filters really don't impact on my enjoyment of work, any more than rules about not being allowed to snort cocaine at your desk would.
but my threshold for perky and enthusiastic is pretty much nil.
That's true, your general mood seems to be something like, "outraged and I like being outraged!!"
That's the whole point of voluntary internet forums isn't it? Who's going to bother posting about stuff they're just mildly peeved with, or vaguely interested in?
Yea....I'm sure you will say that if some scumbag break into your home one night and brutally robs and beats you up to within an inch of your life, trashes your home, kills or injures loved ones that may be there with you at the time....
You will want his freakin' head on a platter and so would I.
That is why we have a legal system. Otherwise, even minor arguments will end up in murder.
Not really. Actually, I haven't ever heard about this guy before today.
I just wanted to feel special for a moment. Because there is not even a single comment (out of 58) showing any kind of appreciation for that guy!!
Unfortunately that's "special" as in "special needs".
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Fossil fuels are literally made from fossils of long dead organic organisms. If we found fossil fuels on mars the bigger story would be that there was enough life at one point to create it.
There are no such things as "Fossil" Fuels. An old myth that will never die it would seem..
Is this some Young Earth Creationist Conspiracy Theory?
Still need the magnetosphere for radiation. Far better to make a colony of underground mole people, cheaper, safer, and everyone can have whatever view outside that they want. I don't get all this crazy dome love. They are just plain needlessly risky.
Most normal human beings do not want to live permanently underground. Mind you, most normal human beings wouldn't want to live in domes and not be able to walk outside for very long either.
The whole problem with Mars colonisation is that only psychotics would be happy with living there permanently. Regardless of the technological problems, there is a huge psychological issue.
you said
I can't see how this would be anything but a distraction and counter-productive.
TFA said
"The presence of these girls have greatly improved their job efficiency and motivation."
Personally, I find that when I'm happy I'm far more productive than when I'm unhappy. "Wasting" time improving my mood could easily result in more useful work being done overall.
I'm not one of the normal slashdot genius precious snowflakes, and so I just go to work and do my job regardless of whether I'm feeling happy, sad or indifferent.
How is it wrong? Do you not watch football games? Basketball games? Boxing matches?
Why are cheerleaders okay for athletes but wrong for mathletes?
Your argument depends on the assumption that cheerleaders at sports events are ok.
Personally, I find them embarrassing, and not because I don't like looking at attractive people. They just do not belong there.
yes, real human societies are sexist. in general and as 90%+ true statement, men are different than women, and need different motivation than women. in asia they don't BS themselves about this. but you can imagine whatever you want, your society is losing to asia, and once it sinks low enough the BS known as feminism evaporates into thin air, and women will be FAR worse off here than if they were in asia where they could have a career
Well "real human societies" are often racist, homophobic or whatever too, that doesn't make it right, and it doesn't mean you can't do anything about it.
You are judging from a Western perspective. I've heard that in Asian countries a woman working as a courtesan doesn't offend at all. Who are we to say we're right and they're wrong?
Sexism in Asian countries is still sexism, just like racism is still racism.
Imagine you're in a workplace where the women outnumber you 4 to 1 or higher, and then the company decides to bring in buff men topless in Speedos to walk around winking at everyone. Now also imagine that the rest of your culture also views men (and thus you) that way.
That's the problem.
You are asking people here to put themselves in the position of an oppressed minority. But on slashdot, the general feeling is that it's your own fault if you're not rich, intelligent, successful, male or whatever.
So it won't compute.
If you think that the OP is a "SJW" then you're hilariously deranged. He's one of the more blatantly right wing (sorry, libertarian) posters on slashdot.
The problem is when people can't tell that they've been offensive.
Now I ride motorcycle, so I don't touch booze
I'm not sure if that is one of the funniest or saddest things I have read here recently.
The summer picnic was similarly a big deal. Bouncy houses, temp tattoos, spin painting, corn holing, a huge banquet spread... all at one of the nicest golf courses in the area.
I'm guessing from the context that this doesn't mean what I thought it meant.
"You can't get large numbers of Western workers to put up with large patches of unpaid overtime every week" say what? where the heck do you work?
Most Western workers don't have the pleasure of working in the US, and instead have to cope with 40 hour or less weeks, five or six weeks paid annual leave, paid sick leave, maternity pay and so on.
Why not just find out what the female programmers want and hire some male cheerleaders for them as well? On average, sex is probably a bigger motivator for males than it is for females, but that doesn't mean it can't also work for women or that there isn't some analog that is equally effective.
Unless they're paying these cheerleaders to sleep with the programmers, there is no realistic sexual motivation involved at all. They might just as well let them watch porn at lunchtime or something.
Anyone who can drink beer and do a tech job is either not drinking properly or not doing their job properly.
Big deal, you're just replacing the uniform of suit and tie with the uniform of jeans and a hoody. It is truly pathetic when people think this makes them cool and free-spirited.
Colorado has been added to my list of places to look for jobs. I was terrified I'd have to start dressing like an adult after graduation.
The word "manchild" is not a compliment, you know?
It's quite well founded in science that work performance increases in these kind of situations. And goes way down with porn filters etc.
I may be unusual, but I have no interest in watching porn in an open plan office with no sexual release available. Porn filters really don't impact on my enjoyment of work, any more than rules about not being allowed to snort cocaine at your desk would.
but my threshold for perky and enthusiastic is pretty much nil.
That's true, your general mood seems to be something like, "outraged and I like being outraged!!"
That's the whole point of voluntary internet forums isn't it? Who's going to bother posting about stuff they're just mildly peeved with, or vaguely interested in?
Yea....I'm sure you will say that if some scumbag break into your home one night and brutally robs and beats you up to within an inch of your life, trashes your home, kills or injures loved ones that may be there with you at the time.... You will want his freakin' head on a platter and so would I.
That is why we have a legal system. Otherwise, even minor arguments will end up in murder.
Note that this does not concern the mathematical term "Knot", which means something entirely different.
And I'm guessing it has no relation to String Theory either?
Carlton S. Coon
Pure comedy gold.
Not really. Actually, I haven't ever heard about this guy before today. I just wanted to feel special for a moment. Because there is not even a single comment (out of 58) showing any kind of appreciation for that guy!!
Unfortunately that's "special" as in "special needs".
cockwomble
You win internet word of the day.
Has Mr Haselton just been released from prison or something? It seems a while since he was everybody's favourite regular contributor.
Was Uber intended to be a driver's sole source of income? I could have sworn it was meant to be a way to facilitate making money in your spare time.
So what? Part time jobs don't operate under a different set of laws than full time ones.