It's not a problem for you, so it's not a problem?
That's pretty much the unofficial motto of slashdot isn't it?
"I've got a really well paid job, nice big house, a couple of cars, a great family, wonderful friends and a cock like a rolling pin. If you're poor, uneducated and unhappy, it's because you're a big fat loser".
For kids particularly it's not a question of "I like to stay up late". If you pack them off to bed at 8 pm, they won't necessarily sleep for 10 straight hours and wake refreshed at 6 am.
Your inability to appreciate this point means that you are part of the problem.
Adults going to work have at least some notional say in when they choose to get up, children have none at all.
I personally would never take a job where I had to do shifts and start work at 4am or whatever. Even if I went to bed at 6pm I wouldn't get enough sleep, and I would be tired all day. Obviously, in extremity I could function, the same way that soldiers in combat learn to function with minimal sleep for days at a time, but I would certainly never choose to.
Some people do better work at 5pm than 5 am, that is just how different people are made. Not everyone can go to bed at 9 and sleep solidly for 8 hours so they're fresh for the dawn chorus.
But people on slashdot always seem to be proud that they do all-nighters at school/college/work and need minimal sleep to still function as brilliant engineers, so presumably they'd say that depriving kids of sleep was good preparation for the real world.
Now, If you'll excuse me, someone over on Reddit just said that "Thor 2 is going to be the best sci-fi film EVAR!"... i have my evening cut out for me.
To be fair, it certainly won't be the worst while there is a torrented copy of Thor 1 in existence.
Being a member of an organization is not a hate crime
Bullshit. If someone is in the KKK or a neo-nazi group they are effectively in support of hate speech. Whether that's legal or not is a different question, but you can't pretend there's no connection.
Suppression of an author because you do not agree with said author's politics is censorship.
Refusing to buy someone's book is not suppression of his right to free speech, nor is it censorship.
I am saying that he has a right to free speech
Indeed, and if he exercises that right to make it clear he is homophobic, I have a right to say he's a fucking moron and refuse to help fund his future hate-generation.
Just remember that Card is a person motivated by what he thinks is right not a corporation motivated by money. While you have the right to legally spend your money as you want what you are effectively saying is that you are trying to do is to force someone to change their beliefs or lose their job. So, while you might be acting within your rights, just remember that by doing so you are going against those ideals of free speech and belief that the US was founded on...and if you can't follow them is is any wonder that your government can't either.
Sorry, but that's nonsense. I most certainly do not have some moral imperative to protect freedom of speech by paying money to every single artist person views I don't agree with.
Do you seriously think I should subscribe to the fucking Westboro Chapel loony tunes newsletter of the KKK quarterly review?
I knew OSC was a horrible piece of work for ages. Didn't stop me loving Ender's Game. Still doesn't. Ender's Game is brilliant, as is most of the stuff he's written.
I disagree. First, life's too short to read everything, so you should try not to waste time on shitbags unless the writing is genuinely great. Second, he is not a great writer. His books are OK. I simply do not understand why people here rave about Ender's Game so much. Is it all because Ender kills a couple of bullies, thereby acting out the nerd fantasy of being a 1337 being misunderstood by everyone else, but secretly blessed with almost superhuman powers?
Plenty of people believe that the purpose of marriage is to encourage procreation
So what? They're wrong.
Or do you think that any straight marriage that produces no birth children should be annulled? That everyone should get divorced when their kids reach 18?
It's just making up excuses to be anti-gay. In a way, I'd prefer it if people openly admitted that they were homophobic, at least then you'd know they were just stupid scum.
If we refused to read novels because with disagree with the worldview of their authors', we would have to cut ourselves off from the majority of literature written before the 1960s. The overt racism in 19th century novels is shocking by today's standards, but we still consider those works to be "classics."
I think you probably haven't read that many pre 1960 works of fiction then. To label it all as one homogenous mass of racism, sexism and so on is absurd.
Yes, and in the book you get the pseudo-religious bollocks that follows on from that. Not only is the book a hymn to violence, it hypocritically tries to have it both ways by making us feel sorry for Ender, the violent little shitbag.
Oh, and anyone who didn't see the "twist" in that story coming must have a reading age of about 9.
This is one book that I couldn't see Hollywood doing justice to. The trailer doesn't really leave me feeling any better about it. Lots of nice effects, but I think it's going to come out all bubble-gum.
On the contrary, it is one case where the movie couldn't be any worse than the book.
As the book is possibly one of the worst ever written.
Why do I get the impression that none of the people posting that "driving is fun" actually have to drive? It's a week day, if they have to drive it's a fair bet that the last time they drove was this morning, to work. If they had fun doing that, well...
It's slashdot. Most of them are probably 17 and occasionally drive to their high school or to McDonalds when they're allowed to borrow their mom's Prius. Probably they're not commuting daily for 45 minutes each way stuck in traffic going 10 mph.
You can also stop worrying about parking, fueling, and maintaining you car as it can go and do all these things automatically while you go about your business.
Mod parent up. I'd never thought about that before, but you're right. If you had an appointment/meeting, you could just drive up to the door and let the car worry about itself.
Roughly 15 years ago, when I was 22, I was working in Chicago as a consultant making $30 an hour, not salaried. Being stuck in traffic for a few hours at a time was some of the most enjoyable times I had. I was getting paid the same either way. I'd roll down the windows, crank the music and sing out-loud to my heart's content. I put a smile on a few faces doing that. People thought I was crazy. If they only knew.:)
I bet you're one of those "wearing seatbelts and having airbags means I could be trapped in my car upside down in a ditch with two broken arms and suffocate" guys.
Yes, there are exceptions to almost every rule. That's why they're outliers and don't apply to the vast majority of people.
People on slashdot often moan about mob rule and the tyranny of the majority, but seem to find it perfectly reasonable that their own special interests should be pandered to whatever happens.
No. The point of a car is to get you from one place to another.
If "transport from point A to point B" was the sole use case for automobiles, the only model in existence would be the Ford Fiesta.
You may not believe or understand this, but some of us actually enjoy driving.
I enjoy driving. I also have to get to work. I do not enjoy commuting by car particularly, but there is no realistic public transport alternative where I live. If I had a Ford Fiesta or a Ferrari F12 it would make little difference to the enjoyment of my daily journey. A daily personal taxi (i.e. self-driven car with no taxi driver trying to talk about immigration) would be great. At least I could read there and back.
If I want a fun drive, I'll go out at the weekend or very early morning or something, not during rush hour.
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It's not a problem for you, so it's not a problem?
That's pretty much the unofficial motto of slashdot isn't it?
"I've got a really well paid job, nice big house, a couple of cars, a great family, wonderful friends and a cock like a rolling pin. If you're poor, uneducated and unhappy, it's because you're a big fat loser".
Your inability to appreciate this point means that you are part of the problem.
Adults going to work have at least some notional say in when they choose to get up, children have none at all.
I personally would never take a job where I had to do shifts and start work at 4am or whatever. Even if I went to bed at 6pm I wouldn't get enough sleep, and I would be tired all day. Obviously, in extremity I could function, the same way that soldiers in combat learn to function with minimal sleep for days at a time, but I would certainly never choose to.
What you are doing is like trying to force-fit a square peg into a round hole.
It's called fascism. The inability to acknowledge differences between people is the basis for all evil everywhere.
Everyone is not like you.
Then go to sleep earlier...
There's no fascist like an early-rising fascist.
Some people do better work at 5pm than 5 am, that is just how different people are made. Not everyone can go to bed at 9 and sleep solidly for 8 hours so they're fresh for the dawn chorus.
But people on slashdot always seem to be proud that they do all-nighters at school/college/work and need minimal sleep to still function as brilliant engineers, so presumably they'd say that depriving kids of sleep was good preparation for the real world.
His "Special Powers" are that he's a fucking nerd and nobody likes him.
Hence why so many 12 year old slashdotters apparently identify with him.
Now, If you'll excuse me, someone over on Reddit just said that "Thor 2 is going to be the best sci-fi film EVAR!" ... i have my evening cut out for me.
To be fair, it certainly won't be the worst while there is a torrented copy of Thor 1 in existence.
FTFY:
Ender's game = hunger games for 13 year old boys
Yes I read the book, I thought it was garbage pulp fantasy for those of limited breadth and imagination.
You win 100 internets.
Being a member of an organization is not a hate crime
Bullshit. If someone is in the KKK or a neo-nazi group they are effectively in support of hate speech. Whether that's legal or not is a different question, but you can't pretend there's no connection.
Suppression of an author because you do not agree with said author's politics is censorship.
Refusing to buy someone's book is not suppression of his right to free speech, nor is it censorship.
I am saying that he has a right to free speech
Indeed, and if he exercises that right to make it clear he is homophobic, I have a right to say he's a fucking moron and refuse to help fund his future hate-generation.
Just remember that Card is a person motivated by what he thinks is right not a corporation motivated by money. While you have the right to legally spend your money as you want what you are effectively saying is that you are trying to do is to force someone to change their beliefs or lose their job. So, while you might be acting within your rights, just remember that by doing so you are going against those ideals of free speech and belief that the US was founded on...and if you can't follow them is is any wonder that your government can't either.
Sorry, but that's nonsense. I most certainly do not have some moral imperative to protect freedom of speech by paying money to every single artist person views I don't agree with.
Do you seriously think I should subscribe to the fucking Westboro Chapel loony tunes newsletter of the KKK quarterly review?
I knew OSC was a horrible piece of work for ages. Didn't stop me loving Ender's Game. Still doesn't. Ender's Game is brilliant, as is most of the stuff he's written.
I disagree. First, life's too short to read everything, so you should try not to waste time on shitbags unless the writing is genuinely great. Second, he is not a great writer. His books are OK. I simply do not understand why people here rave about Ender's Game so much. Is it all because Ender kills a couple of bullies, thereby acting out the nerd fantasy of being a 1337 being misunderstood by everyone else, but secretly blessed with almost superhuman powers?
They finally make an Ender's Game movie and it gets 34 some odd replies on Slashdot? Wow, the audience here has really changed...
Maybe people have grown up, read some decent books and are fed up with homophobic, religious nutbags?
I'm sorry, but if you construe that as "gay bashing", you seriously need to get a grip.
So you don't think stereotyping gays as weak, depressive and unhappy until they're magically cured by getting married to a woman is anti-gay?
Homophobia doesn't just mean physical violence against gays.
Plenty of people believe that the purpose of marriage is to encourage procreation
So what? They're wrong.
Or do you think that any straight marriage that produces no birth children should be annulled? That everyone should get divorced when their kids reach 18?
It's just making up excuses to be anti-gay. In a way, I'd prefer it if people openly admitted that they were homophobic, at least then you'd know they were just stupid scum.
If we refused to read novels because with disagree with the worldview of their authors', we would have to cut ourselves off from the majority of literature written before the 1960s. The overt racism in 19th century novels is shocking by today's standards, but we still consider those works to be "classics."
I think you probably haven't read that many pre 1960 works of fiction then. To label it all as one homogenous mass of racism, sexism and so on is absurd.
Oh, and anyone who didn't see the "twist" in that story coming must have a reading age of about 9.
This is one book that I couldn't see Hollywood doing justice to. The trailer doesn't really leave me feeling any better about it. Lots of nice effects, but I think it's going to come out all bubble-gum.
On the contrary, it is one case where the movie couldn't be any worse than the book.
As the book is possibly one of the worst ever written.
"It also demonstrates just how much money they put into the special effects for this movie."
Because that's always a guarantee of quality.
Agreed.
Why do I get the impression that none of the people posting that "driving is fun" actually have to drive? It's a week day, if they have to drive it's a fair bet that the last time they drove was this morning, to work. If they had fun doing that, well...
It's slashdot. Most of them are probably 17 and occasionally drive to their high school or to McDonalds when they're allowed to borrow their mom's Prius. Probably they're not commuting daily for 45 minutes each way stuck in traffic going 10 mph.
My extensive research has proven that "Time Flies when you're having fun"... Ergo, there's a loveseat in the back.
As this is slashdot, I'm assuming it's solo?
A Ford Fiesta is perfectly adequate unless you are grossly overweight or live somewhere where the roads aren't paved.
You can also stop worrying about parking, fueling, and maintaining you car as it can go and do all these things automatically while you go about your business.
Mod parent up. I'd never thought about that before, but you're right. If you had an appointment/meeting, you could just drive up to the door and let the car worry about itself.
Cool.
Roughly 15 years ago, when I was 22, I was working in Chicago as a consultant making $30 an hour, not salaried. Being stuck in traffic for a few hours at a time was some of the most enjoyable times I had. I was getting paid the same either way. I'd roll down the windows, crank the music and sing out-loud to my heart's content. I put a smile on a few faces doing that. People thought I was crazy. If they only knew. :)
I bet you're one of those "wearing seatbelts and having airbags means I could be trapped in my car upside down in a ditch with two broken arms and suffocate" guys.
Yes, there are exceptions to almost every rule. That's why they're outliers and don't apply to the vast majority of people.
People on slashdot often moan about mob rule and the tyranny of the majority, but seem to find it perfectly reasonable that their own special interests should be pandered to whatever happens.
It may not have occurred to you, but people don't generally commute by car through traffic-clogged cities for the sake of it.
No. The point of a car is to get you from one place to another.
If "transport from point A to point B" was the sole use case for automobiles, the only model in existence would be the Ford Fiesta.
You may not believe or understand this, but some of us actually enjoy driving.
I enjoy driving. I also have to get to work. I do not enjoy commuting by car particularly, but there is no realistic public transport alternative where I live. If I had a Ford Fiesta or a Ferrari F12 it would make little difference to the enjoyment of my daily journey. A daily personal taxi (i.e. self-driven car with no taxi driver trying to talk about immigration) would be great. At least I could read there and back.
If I want a fun drive, I'll go out at the weekend or very early morning or something, not during rush hour.
I find driving incredibly relaxing.
Then, like most people, you're not doing it right.
Try riding a motorcycle for a while and see what happens if you don't concentrate 100% of the time.