You aren't kidding. Though I had a 'boy do I feel like an idiot' moment recently. I received a call from woman with a thick Asian accent, very hard to understand, especially given the background noise of a low-rent call center, but I did catch the word 'Windows'. I started to ask her if her parents were embarrassed that she works for criminals. She was obviously confused and clarified that she doesn't work for criminals, she was trying to get me to agree to a 'free' window replacement estimate on our home due to a draw we entered at a home reno show. Oops.
I did decline the offer, but felt less bad about my tirade when she called back 3 more GD times over the next week.
Thinking of an tablet as an eReader is your problem. In my opinion a true eReader uses electronic ink technology, not a back-lit LCD screen. You do not get the 'keeps me awake' problem when using an eReader. With an eReader you must either read by an external light source, the same way you would with a paper book, or utilize one of the eReaders underlit with a 'glo' light that also doesn't impede sleep.
I have 5 Samsungs ranging from 2 months old to 9+ years old. In one TV I have a single dead pixel. That is the only problem I've ever had that wasn't human error. Slag them all you want for the 'listening' feature, but I think your criticism of their product quality doesn't match my experience in the slightest.
So you're just another anonymous coward who would rather label someone and suggest that if they don't share your opinion they should leave the country. Ok, I'll play along and do the same. I'll infer from your statement that you are a far left wing extremist who hasn't used logic in making a decision at any point in your life. Your have a political party of choice and would never consider anyone else. In your opinion, your party has never had a bad leader, bad decision, bad policy and any scandals they were involved in were constructed by the opposition. When a party other than the one you support is in power there is nothing they can do right. Their leaders are corrupt and heartless, their decisions are bad, and if they ever do anything that even resembles something good it's obvious their hand was forced by either legal or opposition pressure. If there's a scandal, everyone should resign.
I'd also suggest that you'll pat yourself on the back for making a charitable donation, choosing the charity based on what sounds the best. You'd feel guilty about checking out the charity first, to find out how much overhead costs will eat into your donation. You'd be downright horrified at the concept of considering the short and long term impact of the portion of contribution that makes it to those in need.
Wouldn't you be happier in Denmark?
For the record, I could do this for the right-wingers as well, but I'm pretty sure you have that covered.
The PM's near impunity is a mixed bag. In some cases it allows a leader to do what he or she thinks is best for the country, regardless how public opinion views the decision. The public must wait for the next election to 'voice' their displeasure. A good example was the unpopular Brian Mulroney who pushed through both the NA Free Trade Agreement and the 7% general sales tax. It should be noted that Chretien campaigned on removing the tax, was voted in, and immediately stated that it was never a campaign promise. Of course the Liberal shills remember fondly the subsequent years as the time when their party balanced the books, ignoring the fact that it was on the backs of the tax payers due to a broken 7% promise.
I don't like the party in power, but like the alternatives even less. Each of the current sides do the bidding of either corporate or union masters and use various tactics to demonize their opponents. It ends up always being a case of 'pick the side that's going to profit me the most'. Win for democracy?
My guess is you haven't spent any time digging into this story or you'd retract your question. As the story currently stands, the shooter started at the memorial and then ran into parliament to target the sorts of individuals you referenced. You'd also know that there was another attack at a local mall at approximately the same time. You'd also know that a 'radicalized' individual mowed down two uniformed members of our military in Quebec just the other day.
These could all be viewed as individual incidence, but reasonable people would come to the conclusion that someone is urging these individuals to carry out attacks, regardless whether or not they were highly coordinated.
Let me say this again, since it deserves repeating. Time and time again, posters on Slashdot talk about the 'fictitious' threat of terrorism that government uses as the excuse for encroachments on perceived liberties. You, the posters are the reason why an actual coordinated attack within a 'safe' democratic country is news on Slashdot.
No kidding. Electronic devices, no electronic devices, it doesn't matter. I might check out the stewardess, but I'm not listening to her or paying attention to what she is telling me because I've heard it countless times before.
Though I have always wondered whether or not it's a lie that if the oxygen bag doesn't inflate that it's still working. It sounds like a load of BS meant to prevent you from freaking out, and fighting with the person next to you who has obviously got a working mask.
The Shocking part isn't the age of the art, but that images depicting an impending climate change and extinction of large mammals was consistently modded down. The downward pointing thumbs on the hand prints were quite clear.
As an outsider, I'd look at things like racial tension, national debt, water quality issues, projected and substantiated climate changes, employment rate, education system, human rights issues, level of government interference and tolerance for invasion of privacy...
I'm guessing the majority of those polled considered little of this.
A large number of people are incapable of properly operating both a cell phone and moving vehicle at the same time. Those that text/read email/websites on their phone while operating a moving vehicle are performing two mutually exclusive tasks at the same time. To be fair, there are too many drivers on the road who can't even drive properly when that is the only task they are performing, but that's a separate issue.
Given how many tax and 'finance guys' I know that still use adding machines on a daily basis I'm not surprised that many held on to 123 for as long as they did.
"only he missed the important semantic difference." Not surprising. The submitter is a known anti-semantic. Which is really weird, because he's obviously not part of the 'denier' camp.
You are so right, the worst case scenario is inevitable. You also have changed my life: I too will now quote fiction as if it were reality. Excuse me while I go find the local Scientology branch so I can follow your lead.
"we just lucked out enough to have a brain big enough to develop domestic violence, child abuse and random acts of aggression against strangers/the weak"
I think you need more exposure to the animal kingdom. Most of the actions you attribute to humans also manifest in other animals. Male lions, bears et. al. are known to attack or kill their offspring. Any pack/herd animal with alphas are ripe with domestic violence to keep subordinate family members in line, and any weakness shown by that alpha guarantees that someone will challenge for the role through violence. As for random acts of aggression, I suggest watching a community fish tank for a while and watching both schooling fish or interaction between different species in the same tank. Bird clutches often show sibling rivalry taken to a level that can result in death for the weakest...
Yeah, because slashdotters never post on invasion of privacy articles with statements on how terrorists either don't exist or are not a threat. Like it or not, the article is relevant to the readers here.
I'm sorry. You must either be an Apple fanboy or have a similar speech impediment, and I've obviously upset you. The first part of my post was what actually occurred. The second part was added for a small amount of comic relief and did not actually occur.
I had a kid in my son's daycare correct me when I referred to the owners device as a tablet.He screamed how it wasn't a tablet it was an iPad. So I screamed back that 'anyone who can't say their 'R's isn't allowed an opinion, so get your Barbera Wawa arse out of my sight!' Ok, so maybe I thought it instead of saying it... but that would have been sweet.
Wow, that is an amazing rewrite of history. I'd love to hear some of your summary of other countries as well.
By contrast, maybe look at a country that actually dropped nuclear bombs on civilian cities despite knowing that the enemy was running out of the petroleum necessary to stay at war.
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You aren't kidding. Though I had a 'boy do I feel like an idiot' moment recently. I received a call from woman with a thick Asian accent, very hard to understand, especially given the background noise of a low-rent call center, but I did catch the word 'Windows'. I started to ask her if her parents were embarrassed that she works for criminals. She was obviously confused and clarified that she doesn't work for criminals, she was trying to get me to agree to a 'free' window replacement estimate on our home due to a draw we entered at a home reno show. Oops. I did decline the offer, but felt less bad about my tirade when she called back 3 more GD times over the next week.
Thinking of an tablet as an eReader is your problem. In my opinion a true eReader uses electronic ink technology, not a back-lit LCD screen. You do not get the 'keeps me awake' problem when using an eReader. With an eReader you must either read by an external light source, the same way you would with a paper book, or utilize one of the eReaders underlit with a 'glo' light that also doesn't impede sleep.
I have 5 Samsungs ranging from 2 months old to 9+ years old. In one TV I have a single dead pixel. That is the only problem I've ever had that wasn't human error. Slag them all you want for the 'listening' feature, but I think your criticism of their product quality doesn't match my experience in the slightest.
QUICK, Blame Harper... wait! What?
So you're just another anonymous coward who would rather label someone and suggest that if they don't share your opinion they should leave the country. Ok, I'll play along and do the same. I'll infer from your statement that you are a far left wing extremist who hasn't used logic in making a decision at any point in your life. Your have a political party of choice and would never consider anyone else. In your opinion, your party has never had a bad leader, bad decision, bad policy and any scandals they were involved in were constructed by the opposition. When a party other than the one you support is in power there is nothing they can do right. Their leaders are corrupt and heartless, their decisions are bad, and if they ever do anything that even resembles something good it's obvious their hand was forced by either legal or opposition pressure. If there's a scandal, everyone should resign. I'd also suggest that you'll pat yourself on the back for making a charitable donation, choosing the charity based on what sounds the best. You'd feel guilty about checking out the charity first, to find out how much overhead costs will eat into your donation. You'd be downright horrified at the concept of considering the short and long term impact of the portion of contribution that makes it to those in need. Wouldn't you be happier in Denmark? For the record, I could do this for the right-wingers as well, but I'm pretty sure you have that covered.
So... like every government that came before it?
The PM's near impunity is a mixed bag. In some cases it allows a leader to do what he or she thinks is best for the country, regardless how public opinion views the decision. The public must wait for the next election to 'voice' their displeasure. A good example was the unpopular Brian Mulroney who pushed through both the NA Free Trade Agreement and the 7% general sales tax. It should be noted that Chretien campaigned on removing the tax, was voted in, and immediately stated that it was never a campaign promise. Of course the Liberal shills remember fondly the subsequent years as the time when their party balanced the books, ignoring the fact that it was on the backs of the tax payers due to a broken 7% promise.
I don't like the party in power, but like the alternatives even less. Each of the current sides do the bidding of either corporate or union masters and use various tactics to demonize their opponents. It ends up always being a case of 'pick the side that's going to profit me the most'. Win for democracy?
My guess is you haven't spent any time digging into this story or you'd retract your question. As the story currently stands, the shooter started at the memorial and then ran into parliament to target the sorts of individuals you referenced. You'd also know that there was another attack at a local mall at approximately the same time. You'd also know that a 'radicalized' individual mowed down two uniformed members of our military in Quebec just the other day. These could all be viewed as individual incidence, but reasonable people would come to the conclusion that someone is urging these individuals to carry out attacks, regardless whether or not they were highly coordinated.
Let me say this again, since it deserves repeating. Time and time again, posters on Slashdot talk about the 'fictitious' threat of terrorism that government uses as the excuse for encroachments on perceived liberties. You, the posters are the reason why an actual coordinated attack within a 'safe' democratic country is news on Slashdot.
No kidding. Electronic devices, no electronic devices, it doesn't matter. I might check out the stewardess, but I'm not listening to her or paying attention to what she is telling me because I've heard it countless times before. Though I have always wondered whether or not it's a lie that if the oxygen bag doesn't inflate that it's still working. It sounds like a load of BS meant to prevent you from freaking out, and fighting with the person next to you who has obviously got a working mask.
The Shocking part isn't the age of the art, but that images depicting an impending climate change and extinction of large mammals was consistently modded down. The downward pointing thumbs on the hand prints were quite clear.
As an outsider, I'd look at things like racial tension, national debt, water quality issues, projected and substantiated climate changes, employment rate, education system, human rights issues, level of government interference and tolerance for invasion of privacy... I'm guessing the majority of those polled considered little of this.
A large number of people are incapable of properly operating both a cell phone and moving vehicle at the same time. Those that text/read email/websites on their phone while operating a moving vehicle are performing two mutually exclusive tasks at the same time. To be fair, there are too many drivers on the road who can't even drive properly when that is the only task they are performing, but that's a separate issue.
Given how many tax and 'finance guys' I know that still use adding machines on a daily basis I'm not surprised that many held on to 123 for as long as they did.
Quattro Pro was the shiznits. Once it came out, Lotus 1-2-3 disappeared from our lab.
"only he missed the important semantic difference." Not surprising. The submitter is a known anti-semantic. Which is really weird, because he's obviously not part of the 'denier' camp.
You are so right, the worst case scenario is inevitable. You also have changed my life: I too will now quote fiction as if it were reality. Excuse me while I go find the local Scientology branch so I can follow your lead.
Oh... and fuck PETA
"we just lucked out enough to have a brain big enough to develop domestic violence, child abuse and random acts of aggression against strangers/the weak" I think you need more exposure to the animal kingdom. Most of the actions you attribute to humans also manifest in other animals. Male lions, bears et. al. are known to attack or kill their offspring. Any pack/herd animal with alphas are ripe with domestic violence to keep subordinate family members in line, and any weakness shown by that alpha guarantees that someone will challenge for the role through violence. As for random acts of aggression, I suggest watching a community fish tank for a while and watching both schooling fish or interaction between different species in the same tank. Bird clutches often show sibling rivalry taken to a level that can result in death for the weakest...
Damn straight. Harvest their organs for the long organ donor list and they'll have contributed to society for once in their now terminated life.
Yeah, because slashdotters never post on invasion of privacy articles with statements on how terrorists either don't exist or are not a threat. Like it or not, the article is relevant to the readers here.
I'm sorry. You must either be an Apple fanboy or have a similar speech impediment, and I've obviously upset you. The first part of my post was what actually occurred. The second part was added for a small amount of comic relief and did not actually occur.
I had a kid in my son's daycare correct me when I referred to the owners device as a tablet.He screamed how it wasn't a tablet it was an iPad. So I screamed back that 'anyone who can't say their 'R's isn't allowed an opinion, so get your Barbera Wawa arse out of my sight!' Ok, so maybe I thought it instead of saying it... but that would have been sweet.
Wow, that is an amazing rewrite of history. I'd love to hear some of your summary of other countries as well. By contrast, maybe look at a country that actually dropped nuclear bombs on civilian cities despite knowing that the enemy was running out of the petroleum necessary to stay at war.