No, the Guardian is actually a liberal UK newspaper. I suppose in US terms that makes it communist, but in the rest of the world it would be a mildly left of centre mainstream media outlet.
I thought the Watchmen movie improved on the graphic novel by ditching the giant fake alien and replacing it with Dr-Manhatten brand blue nukes, made far more sense, and the alien thing wouldn't have stood up to even brief scrutiny.
Make up your own movie and don't call it Watchmen then.
Oh, I see, it's about farmers using water for their business, not individuals collecting water in a barrel under their roof. Got it.
Since a large farm in a dry place like California presumably requires an awful lot of water, it seems entirely reasonable for the actual rain falling to be shared out reasonably and not hoarded by big business.
Sadly, in more and more parts of it, it's becoming illegal to collect it. And mind you, I'm not talking about diverting seasonal drainage, I'm talking about collecting rainfall from your roof, let alone from a structure purpose-built for collecting water like you commonly see in areas with high rainfall and low government interference.
What? How can "the government" stop you from collecting rain water? And, perhaps more to the point, why would they care if you do?
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If you haven't had slow-smoked brisket that made you cry because it was so awesome, you have no business commenting on this article.
The only food that's ever made me cry is burnt chillis.
if I ever interview and I can see it's going badly, I tell this story in response to the "What's your weakest asset" question, just to see the look on their faces.
Um, I think you're supposed to say something like "I am occasionally impatient with people who are less intelligent and driven than me" not "I wasted our Asian operation a whole day's work and got a written warning for my incompetence".
Greeks banks will run out of money next week. The positive side of this, is that there will be no more queues in front of banks, because if there is no more money in the bank, there is no point in queuing in front of it.
Because in criminal law, as opposed to civil law, the public is a party to the case. N. B. criminal cases are tilled "The People vs.". The records of a criminal case show the actions that the State has taken in the name of the People.
Arresting someone is not the same as charging and trying them with a crime.
And firing a union member is painful pretty much everywhere....
I wouldn't go into a union business, simple as that. The Unions were a necessary phase in worker's rights, but now they are holding us back and they need to go away and be replaced by rights for all workers. If the Union leaders spent half as much effort to raise the minimum wage on a meaningful schedule as they do on padding their own pockets I might feel differently.
So you agree that we should construct a proper socialist state where employers and employees are paid the same and there is no disparity in bargaining power between an individual and the business he works for?
Because until then, unions are a necessary counterbalance to the power of employers.
If we start locking people up for harboring some dark impulse in some recess of their mind, we would literally have to lock up everyone because, when you get right down to it, we're all dangerous animals, we just keep it under control.
What nonsense.
We don't lock up paedophiles for wanting to rape children, we lock them up for raping children.
You don't like me? I don't care about you enough to even dislike you. You mean too little to me for me to bother even forming an opinion of you. Do you think your opinion of me is more valuable than my opinion of you? You're nothing to me. You're the dust in the wind of my internet experience. And you better believe I'm popping around in a full body hazmat suit around this shitshow. All you do is cause me to change out the cartridges in my gas mask in this post apocalyptic wasteland that is the internet.
Wow, are you the guy who wrote the original "Navy Seal with over 300 confirmed kills" copypasta?
While you *can* see +5 comments from practically any perspective, they aren't in any way evenly distributed along the political spectrum - the vast majority are some flavor liberal/left. Conservative viewpoints are dramatically underrepresented in general
No. The majority political opinion here is of the fiscally conservative/socially liberal "libertarian" persuasion, i.e. people who don't want to pay tax but do want to take drugs. Outside the US, this would be called right wing.
Slashdot groupthink tends somewhat towards the highly racist and heavily to the highly sexist/misogynist (which is curious given the overall leftist/liberal bent of the site)
Yes, it's almost like there are right wingers posting that stuff after all.
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In this case, it is the assumption that God exists.
I hate to break it to you, but works of fiction are not rigid ideological treatises.
the guardian... who are basically marxists
No, the Guardian is actually a liberal UK newspaper. I suppose in US terms that makes it communist, but in the rest of the world it would be a mildly left of centre mainstream media outlet.
I found that the best way to read their books is to treat them as second-rate fan fiction.
Life's too short to read much fan fiction, never mind second-rate fan fiction.
I thought the Watchmen movie improved on the graphic novel by ditching the giant fake alien and replacing it with Dr-Manhatten brand blue nukes, made far more sense, and the alien thing wouldn't have stood up to even brief scrutiny.
Make up your own movie and don't call it Watchmen then.
Lynch is a great film maker, but Dune was not a good film.
Since a large farm in a dry place like California presumably requires an awful lot of water, it seems entirely reasonable for the actual rain falling to be shared out reasonably and not hoarded by big business.
Water falls out of the sky in most of the world.
Sadly, in more and more parts of it, it's becoming illegal to collect it. And mind you, I'm not talking about diverting seasonal drainage, I'm talking about collecting rainfall from your roof, let alone from a structure purpose-built for collecting water like you commonly see in areas with high rainfall and low government interference.
What? How can "the government" stop you from collecting rain water? And, perhaps more to the point, why would they care if you do?
If you haven't had slow-smoked brisket that made you cry because it was so awesome, you have no business commenting on this article.
The only food that's ever made me cry is burnt chillis.
Since when did schools let their pupils perform hardware upgrades?
if I ever interview and I can see it's going badly, I tell this story in response to the "What's your weakest asset" question, just to see the look on their faces.
Um, I think you're supposed to say something like "I am occasionally impatient with people who are less intelligent and driven than me" not "I wasted our Asian operation a whole day's work and got a written warning for my incompetence".
Greeks banks will run out of money next week. The positive side of this, is that there will be no more queues in front of banks, because if there is no more money in the bank, there is no point in queuing in front of it.
How would the algorithm rate that comment . . . ?
"I'm sorry Dave, but don't give up the dayjob."
Interesting twist on the Turing test, can a program detect sarcasm in comments more accurately than humans?
Yeah, sure it can.
Those four works are radically different, so I suppose between them they're bound to get a few things right.
"Why do arrest records have to be public?"
Because in criminal law, as opposed to civil law, the public is a party to the case. N. B. criminal cases are tilled "The People vs.". The records of a criminal case show the actions that the State has taken in the name of the People.
Arresting someone is not the same as charging and trying them with a crime.
Employers must also pay unemployment costs when they fire employees "without cause" (such as for embezzlement, etc.).
I do not think you entirely comprehend the meaning of the words "without cause".
Hint: embezzlement is a justified cause.
And firing a union member is painful pretty much everywhere....
I wouldn't go into a union business, simple as that. The Unions were a necessary phase in worker's rights, but now they are holding us back and they need to go away and be replaced by rights for all workers. If the Union leaders spent half as much effort to raise the minimum wage on a meaningful schedule as they do on padding their own pockets I might feel differently.
So you agree that we should construct a proper socialist state where employers and employees are paid the same and there is no disparity in bargaining power between an individual and the business he works for?
Because until then, unions are a necessary counterbalance to the power of employers.
Yeah, this girl was no angel. She was a hooker. "Molested" seems like a ridiculous word.
Terrifyingly, it's also now illegal to rape your wife. Feminism gone mad.
Any other thought crimes you think we should prosecute, or just that one?
It's not a "thoughtcrime" if you have been convicted of sexual molestation.
But as long as they haven't diddled any children, leave the person the fuck alone.
They are left alone, that's the problem. It would be better if they were identified and treated before they raped anyone.
If we start locking people up for harboring some dark impulse in some recess of their mind, we would literally have to lock up everyone because, when you get right down to it, we're all dangerous animals, we just keep it under control.
What nonsense.
We don't lock up paedophiles for wanting to rape children, we lock them up for raping children.
It's a pretty obvious distinction.
I'm suggesting that when you know the fucker is guilty, you put his ass in jail, not defend him.
Yeah, who needs judges and lawyers and stuff?
If the police arrest someone they're obviously guilty and a trial by jury is just a waste of money.
You don't like me? I don't care about you enough to even dislike you. You mean too little to me for me to bother even forming an opinion of you. Do you think your opinion of me is more valuable than my opinion of you? You're nothing to me. You're the dust in the wind of my internet experience. And you better believe I'm popping around in a full body hazmat suit around this shitshow. All you do is cause me to change out the cartridges in my gas mask in this post apocalyptic wasteland that is the internet.
Wow, are you the guy who wrote the original "Navy Seal with over 300 confirmed kills" copypasta?
You got raped. --- Note the politically incorrect terminology....
Jesus hairy-arsed Christ on a penny farthing, are you thirteen?
While you *can* see +5 comments from practically any perspective, they aren't in any way evenly distributed along the political spectrum - the vast majority are some flavor liberal/left. Conservative viewpoints are dramatically underrepresented in general
No. The majority political opinion here is of the fiscally conservative/socially liberal "libertarian" persuasion, i.e. people who don't want to pay tax but do want to take drugs. Outside the US, this would be called right wing.
Slashdot groupthink tends somewhat towards the highly racist and heavily to the highly sexist/misogynist (which is curious given the overall leftist/liberal bent of the site)
Yes, it's almost like there are right wingers posting that stuff after all.
Digg was worth $160 million once. Sold for $500,000.
It wasn't "worth" $160 million at all. Unless you think facebook is "worth" $400 billion or whatever it's at now.
A business with a billion customers is not necessarily worth anything at all if it can't generate any profit from them.