"...The last serious redesign of the atomic bomb produced the fusion bomb, which gave off less radiation for the same bang. It seems reasonable that another redesign would try to produce more efficient fusion bombs, which is only a good thing..."
Right, because when I think of 'a good thing', I think of the hydrogen bomb.
Your comments are interesting and I too, as a student of history, can see the parallels you have drawn. What I cannot understand, and perhaps this is the deepest fault in my understanding of human nature, is the drive for "more", beyond all measure. If this is really about money and power (somewhat equivalent concepts, like mass and energy), how can the levels of such wealth already achieved by this empire, by ANY empire, and these people not be enough? What is enough? To what do powermongers aspire? I have never understood the goal held by a powermonger.
Perhaps it is more akin to addiction. Addicts of any drug do not have a defined "goal" except to support the habit. There is no "enough"; there is always one more hit and the next hit will always be better than the last, in the mind of the addict.
Wow, so that's kind of scary: to think of the wielders of these INSANE amounts of power as nothing more than deluded addicts who will, as any other addicts of any drug, stop at nothing and sacrifice all to achieve the next high......
"...Oh, and re: Jesus -- there is at least one piece of non-christian evidence that the man did in fact exist. You can argue that is life was exaggerated, but arguing that the man didn't live at all is about as effective as arguing about the existance of any non-Emperor at the same time..."
Not trying to be an ass here, but could you please link to the evidence you mentioned here? I am unsure of what you are referring to.
Why was parent modded as troll? You fucking people. Parent was right on; do you really think that losing some income is the same as being violated in the most intimate and personal sense of being human? Do you really think that there is any dollar amount that could reimburse a rape victim, is there a dollar amount that could make a rape victim all right again? Is there a monetary number that could take away the pain, the screams, the prayers for mercy to god in the midst of such violation, the breaking of the soul? If you believe as such, you are not human. You have no empathy. You belong here in the US.
In my opinon rapists deserve worse than death. In the amerikan system they get ten years or so. The maximum sentence a warez pirate can get is 15 years? Maybe no pirate will ever get that amount, but just the fact that such a maximum exists in this fucked-up system of jurisprudence should give all citizens pause.
I'll make it simple: I don't GIVE A FUCK if pirates steal from large nameless corporations. I don't want my tax dollars funding an agency enforcing such stupidity when real crimes are being commited against THE CITIZENS in the streets, unchecked and unanswered. Corporations might officially be citizens under this fucked-up law, but they have enough money to fend for themselves. The law SHOULDN'T BE FOR THEM, especially when it comes to free-market considerations.
Why not just put him to death and not think about it anymore? Think of all the people we could kill and not have to think about anymore! Theft, homosexuality, wrong-thinking, political incompatibality, the possibilites are endless!
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oh stop, oh hahahahahaha, please! it's too much!!! hhahahaha...hahaha...hahaha!!! hahaha!!!
Oh my god! It's too funny! Hahaha! Thank you for that joke, hadn't heard than one in a while! Cracks me up! hahahahahahahaha....Hahahahahaha! Hahahaha!
The morality police have taken a good lesson from the Catholic Empire of the last 2000 years; they want people to have sex to produce all those fresh young minds who will propagate forth and spread the good news and, more importantly, will tithe that good tithe, those lovely golden ducats into the collection dish. However, at the same time, you can control that sexual energy: allow only the faithful and the married to have their sex and only for procreation! The rest of that energy must be put forth for the church...ahem, I mean GOD!
Orwell wasn't blind to history when he created his dystopia. I rather feel his book was not a warning of the future but an actual history of this sorry reality.
In the end, although the illusion is that we are no longer living in the theocratic environment of the 17th century, the reality is that the same forces apply and, really, I am only waiting for the neo-inquisition. This time it will probably be economic rather than physical, though you never know.
"...Nope, beer doesn't make sense. The only reason why it would make sense is because it is highly caloric. However, it its alcohol content causes dehydratation, so the human body looses water sooner..."
Dude, if you're in the midst of a hurricane, I think dehydration is the least of your worries...
Personally, though, I'm waiting for a beer hurricane. Oh, Gods, please answer my prayers!
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""..NASA keeps getting there budget slashed..""
"What the fuck are you talking about? NASA's budget has been increasing for years."
Jesus Fucking Christ, I hope all of you people die. ALL OF YOU. We're talking about a simple question here. Has NASA's budget increased or decreased in the recent years? It's one or the other, for fuck's sake, and should be easily answerable. Even if it's not it means one of you is lying or are unsure.
Everyone's so sure of the answer that they're unwilling to consider they may be wrong. That's why I want us all to fucking die, myself included. Let nature choose another species to ascend, it will probably do better.
I think corporations are onto the idea that mind control will be cheaper than making better products at better prices. If you can sell an icebox to an Alaskan native, at that point you don't much need to concern yourself with the quality of the icebox.
Look, you do realize that humanity is a dirty, pain-inflicting race, right? You do realize that no matter the "holy" book drawn from, people will find their own personal inspiration to cause pain, right?
The only exceptions I might think of are buddhist texts, but if we're going to talk about western religion let's not isolate the muslims. Let's talk about 2,000 years of christian torture, conquest, and brainwashing. Let's talk about the crusades and the inquisition. Let's talk about 2,000 years of aristocratic rule and subjugation throughout Europe and into the "New World".
I'm not trying to excuse the religious fanaticism of some muslim (or christian or jewish or taoist) terrorists; I'm trying to bring some perspective to your argument that (it seems) only muslims can commit atrocities. Don't get too high on that high horse; humans are humans and our primary function seems to be to cause pain to one another, at least history seems to press that lesson. It doesn't matter our religious background or our economic situation. Pain exists and will spread.
Ah-haha-hahah! Are you serious? Do you really think a letter to your senator would have stopped the nuclear Cold War we all now know and love?
Hahahhahahaha! Oh God, please stop, you are putting my insides in turmoil! Hahahahaha!
Still, I find your naivete charming. Your idea that the people control the government, oh please stop. Hahahhhahhahaha! I can't breathe!
Seriously, I can't decide if you are a troll or if you actually believe your words. Either way, well, it's quite funny. But please, if you are serious, keep writing your congresspersons, and the president, and even the chief justice! I'm sure they pay close attention to your concerns!
Good answer! Oh, except for the fact that the point of the parent post was that there are no alternatives for non-tech people on a PC. I know, it's hard to imagine a world with people in it who are not tech-savvy, but use your brain a bit.
Are you really gonna take the time to teach gramma the Linux OS? You really think she wants to learn this non-intuitive crap?
Windows is entrenched as the most popular OS because it made itself accessable to the public. Public, popular, population, populus, you see how we're working on the same root word here? Mom and Gramma aren't going to spend their valuable time learning a system that strives for independance from user friendliness. As long as the computer elitists continue to lead alternate OS' away from the masses, the more time you'll have berating Microsoft for being number one.
When you come down to it, capitalism is pretty simple.
This is interesting; I wonder (purely out of curiosity I assure you) which nation's currency is the easiest to counterfeit (that is, requires the least effort). If one could make a list of the easiest currencies to forge and then print billions of those monies well, regardless of the exchange rates, that must be worth some american dollars. Make sure that the american dollars you get back are more than what you put into the counterfeiting machinery and materials in the first place and you've got a bone fide business! Capitalism rules!
Or, if you happen to have a pining for Mongolia, print out those Togrogs like nothing else and live like a khan in the beautiful ancestral home of the Khan!
I mean seriously, why are we trying to rush to get to space possibly at the risk of a person's life, regardless of whether that person is aware of the danger? What is the fucking goddamn hurry? We've been to space, we can get there, we can get there again, why do we need a fucking race to prove something? This is fucking stupid and if anyone dies in the attempt, I will not grieve. Any asshole who discards safety for a fucking guiness record, or a monetary reward, deserves death for a fuck-up.
Hahahahaha....oh, you made my day. Thank you for that. (Truly hope you weren't being serious; then again, that would make it even funnier, so never mind!)
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Right, because when I think of 'a good thing', I think of the hydrogen bomb.
Your comments are interesting and I too, as a student of history, can see the parallels you have drawn. What I cannot understand, and perhaps this is the deepest fault in my understanding of human nature, is the drive for "more", beyond all measure. If this is really about money and power (somewhat equivalent concepts, like mass and energy), how can the levels of such wealth already achieved by this empire, by ANY empire, and these people not be enough? What is enough? To what do powermongers aspire? I have never understood the goal held by a powermonger.
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Perhaps it is more akin to addiction. Addicts of any drug do not have a defined "goal" except to support the habit. There is no "enough"; there is always one more hit and the next hit will always be better than the last, in the mind of the addict.
Wow, so that's kind of scary: to think of the wielders of these INSANE amounts of power as nothing more than deluded addicts who will, as any other addicts of any drug, stop at nothing and sacrifice all to achieve the next high.
"...Oh, and re: Jesus -- there is at least one piece of non-christian evidence that the man did in fact exist. You can argue that is life was exaggerated, but arguing that the man didn't live at all is about as effective as arguing about the existance of any non-Emperor at the same time..."
Not trying to be an ass here, but could you please link to the evidence you mentioned here? I am unsure of what you are referring to.
In my opinon rapists deserve worse than death. In the amerikan system they get ten years or so. The maximum sentence a warez pirate can get is 15 years? Maybe no pirate will ever get that amount, but just the fact that such a maximum exists in this fucked-up system of jurisprudence should give all citizens pause.
I'll make it simple: I don't GIVE A FUCK if pirates steal from large nameless corporations. I don't want my tax dollars funding an agency enforcing such stupidity when real crimes are being commited against THE CITIZENS in the streets, unchecked and unanswered. Corporations might officially be citizens under this fucked-up law, but they have enough money to fend for themselves. The law SHOULDN'T BE FOR THEM, especially when it comes to free-market considerations.
Why not just put him to death and not think about it anymore? Think of all the people we could kill and not have to think about anymore! Theft, homosexuality, wrong-thinking, political incompatibality, the possibilites are endless!
b) Take the stuff and stick it in a museum on earth
c) As above but create the museum on Mars
d) Melt it down and recycle it
e) Revive the electronics and re-purpose the robots etc.
f) Dump it in the nearest canyon as landfill
Any other suggestions?..."
g) ?????
h) Profit!
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oh stop, oh hahahahahaha, please! it's too much!!! hhahahaha...hahaha...hahaha!!! hahaha!!!
Oh my god! It's too funny! Hahaha! Thank you for that joke, hadn't heard than one in a while! Cracks me up! hahahahahahahaha....Hahahahahaha! Hahahaha!
Hahahahahaha!
Umm... because the Gamecube sucks? Maybe?
Just a guess.
Dunno. My guess is that their legal department is hard at work translating what "figger" means. After that, it's anyone's guess. My guess is soon.
Orwell wasn't blind to history when he created his dystopia. I rather feel his book was not a warning of the future but an actual history of this sorry reality.
In the end, although the illusion is that we are no longer living in the theocratic environment of the 17th century, the reality is that the same forces apply and, really, I am only waiting for the neo-inquisition. This time it will probably be economic rather than physical, though you never know.
Dude, if you're in the midst of a hurricane, I think dehydration is the least of your worries...
Personally, though, I'm waiting for a beer hurricane. Oh, Gods, please answer my prayers!
"What the fuck are you talking about? NASA's budget has been increasing for years."
Jesus Fucking Christ, I hope all of you people die. ALL OF YOU. We're talking about a simple question here. Has NASA's budget increased or decreased in the recent years? It's one or the other, for fuck's sake, and should be easily answerable. Even if it's not it means one of you is lying or are unsure. Everyone's so sure of the answer that they're unwilling to consider they may be wrong. That's why I want us all to fucking die, myself included. Let nature choose another species to ascend, it will probably do better.
I think corporations are onto the idea that mind control will be cheaper than making better products at better prices. If you can sell an icebox to an Alaskan native, at that point you don't much need to concern yourself with the quality of the icebox.
No...
The only exceptions I might think of are buddhist texts, but if we're going to talk about western religion let's not isolate the muslims. Let's talk about 2,000 years of christian torture, conquest, and brainwashing. Let's talk about the crusades and the inquisition. Let's talk about 2,000 years of aristocratic rule and subjugation throughout Europe and into the "New World".
I'm not trying to excuse the religious fanaticism of some muslim (or christian or jewish or taoist) terrorists; I'm trying to bring some perspective to your argument that (it seems) only muslims can commit atrocities. Don't get too high on that high horse; humans are humans and our primary function seems to be to cause pain to one another, at least history seems to press that lesson. It doesn't matter our religious background or our economic situation. Pain exists and will spread.
It's "whom" actually. Welcome to Slashdot!
Hahahhahahaha! Oh God, please stop, you are putting my insides in turmoil! Hahahahaha!
Still, I find your naivete charming. Your idea that the people control the government, oh please stop. Hahahhhahhahaha! I can't breathe!
Seriously, I can't decide if you are a troll or if you actually believe your words. Either way, well, it's quite funny. But please, if you are serious, keep writing your congresspersons, and the president, and even the chief justice! I'm sure they pay close attention to your concerns!
Hahahahahahahahahhaha!
Are you really gonna take the time to teach gramma the Linux OS? You really think she wants to learn this non-intuitive crap?
Windows is entrenched as the most popular OS because it made itself accessable to the public. Public, popular, population, populus, you see how we're working on the same root word here? Mom and Gramma aren't going to spend their valuable time learning a system that strives for independance from user friendliness. As long as the computer elitists continue to lead alternate OS' away from the masses, the more time you'll have berating Microsoft for being number one.
When you come down to it, capitalism is pretty simple.
I do; at least then all the fucking people will die and something interesting might come along. At the very least it will end this stupid debate.
Oh my god, I wish I had mod points for you. Thank you Sir! :D
This is interesting; I wonder (purely out of curiosity I assure you) which nation's currency is the easiest to counterfeit (that is, requires the least effort). If one could make a list of the easiest currencies to forge and then print billions of those monies well, regardless of the exchange rates, that must be worth some american dollars. Make sure that the american dollars you get back are more than what you put into the counterfeiting machinery and materials in the first place and you've got a bone fide business! Capitalism rules!
Or, if you happen to have a pining for Mongolia, print out those Togrogs like nothing else and live like a khan in the beautiful ancestral home of the Khan!
Khaaaaaaaaaaan!!!!
I mean seriously, why are we trying to rush to get to space possibly at the risk of a person's life, regardless of whether that person is aware of the danger? What is the fucking goddamn hurry? We've been to space, we can get there, we can get there again, why do we need a fucking race to prove something? This is fucking stupid and if anyone dies in the attempt, I will not grieve. Any asshole who discards safety for a fucking guiness record, or a monetary reward, deserves death for a fuck-up.
...They...they should have sent a poet!
Hahahahaha....oh, you made my day. Thank you for that. (Truly hope you weren't being serious; then again, that would make it even funnier, so never mind!)
Anything that can be sold will be sold. Pay up.