The instant we quit laughing at the Lumbergh attitude,
a third of us will suicide,
a third will militarize,
and a third will turn on, tune in, and drop out.
I mean really, Slashdot isn't that good of a discussion site.
They shill for Roland Piquepaille.....
You can't even read it off-and-on for a month without becoming intimately, maddeningly familiar with the concept of 'dupes'.....
Its denizens' political commentary is generally self-aggrandizing pseudo-functionalism enabling them to abdicate ethical evaluation of the societal structure that floats their (generally) priviliged and affluent circumstances, in favor of a puerile faux Darwinian 'Libertarianism' that enables their feelings of elitist entitlement.....
Norton Ad-Blocker? pfffft.... why exactly should we care indeed.
.....You could do a lot worse than that as far as Christian fundamentalist obsessions go.
Metaphorically speaking, as the figurehead of an international syndicate that has been banking off the perversion of Christ's teachings for two millennia, preying on the (near-)universal human need to understand our meaningful* place in the 'grand scheme of things' (which may or may not exist)..... yeah, that'll do for a Satanic archetype any day of the week.
Especially Sunday.
* in my opinion, as individuals we struggle to reconcile our subliminal awareness of the collective consciousness with the egoistic nature of our minds and sensory perceptions..... to me this is the impetus for the search for 'meaningfulness'.....
I feel this is the wrong forum for your 'corrections' and 'suggestions.' It breaks the flow of the discussion. It has nothing to do with the topic being discussed, and makes you sound like a show off intellectual.
Anyone who calls a pedant an intellectual has language issues far beyond the scope of spelling, grammar, and syntax.
"It is not racist to point out that they are impoverished countries and as a consequence paying anyone that does a service there 100 times what would be expected and calling it cheaper development is in fact bullshit."
Truer words have never been spoken. It's obvious from your reply that I misunderstood the points you had made in your original post, and I accept responsibility for that.
However, reading that post again, I can also recognize that without the clarification of your reply, your original post's meaning is ambiguous.
That's why, although I admit to having misconceived your position, your closing barb about my "Politically Correct bullshit world" is a petty punitive rejoinder that's anything but salient.
My mistake was not "assuming" racism, but incorrectly deducing it from your words. You can choose to belittle me for making a mistaken inference, however despite your claim to the contrary racism does exist, and if you think that's just in the "world [I've] created around [myself]", you're wrong.
"It seems they over paid as well. You can get 4 Indian programmers for much less than $400K for 9 months ($11,111/month)."
Just because that's above the prevailing price of programming labor in India, does not dictate that every Indian programmer is worth no more than $11,111/month.
In fact, inferring that it does is just plain racist.
If anyone here on slashdot were to make such a claim regarding the Western world ("those OSS developers were paid more than the median salary for their economy as a result of winning a merit-based bounty with their code..... they were overpaid!"), it would be decried outright.
"There are already more games in the used section of my local Gamestop for GameCube and PS2 alone than I'd ever be able to finish if I did nothing but play video games for the rest of my life."
Maybe you should stick to what you're good at.
This is called Worthington's Law
[which reads "More Money = Better Than"]
and it's used to gauge the value of human worth.
Carl Espick, economist and editor of Value Magazine:
Carl Espick: Yeah, that's right. So what do you think? Wrong! Whatever you were gonna say doesn't matter because I make more money than you. That's if you're 80% of the public. So, I'm right. Each year, Value Magazine ranks the 500 best people in the history of the world. Did you know that, according to Worthington's Law, the opera singer who called himself "The Great Caruso" was nowhere near as great as Sammy Hagar, The Red Rocker? So shut up, Caruso! Hey! Who's greater than Saint Francis of Assisi? How about, uh, Darryl Strawberry? See ya later, Saint Frannie, ya schmuck. Hey, guess who's better than Van Gogh. Let's see, after adjusting for inflation..... almost everybody! He made nothing!
[cut to Mechanic fixing car] Mechanic: So that means that I'm better than Van Gogh and Galileo put together!
Carl Espick: And I'm better than you, brainiac. In 1995, Steve Peaters had no money. He was a public school teacher, so his opinion wasn't worth very much. But then, in 1996, he won the lottery, and he was a great man. Greater than Einstein, who made very little. But then, guess what this genius-for-a-day does. He goes and gives his money to charity. Now he's about as dumb as Einstein!.....Way to go, Einstein. So, read Value Magazine, and get to know the 500 best people in the world.
Slashdot Mirror
+100 WORTHWHILE
.....modded FUNNY!
For the rare reminder that humanity still exists amongst its callous namesakes.
.....
Wow, I didn't know Comic Book Guy lurked on Slashdot.....
.....the Sphinx would be proud.....
Mr Hexadecimal:
There are two options for one in your advanced state of delusion:
Up the dosage,
or decrease it.
"If there's more than one universe, then what are they all a part of?" -George Carlin
That would be in keeping with the hubris of the contemporary American leadership.
I wouldn't necessarily argue with that!
Remember that my parent post was tongue-in-cheek!
The instant we quit laughing at the Lumbergh attitude,
a third of us will suicide,
a third will militarize,
and a third will turn on, tune in, and drop out.
I mean really, Slashdot isn't that good of a discussion site.
They shill for Roland Piquepaille.....
You can't even read it off-and-on for a month without becoming intimately, maddeningly familiar with the concept of 'dupes'.....
Its denizens' political commentary is generally self-aggrandizing pseudo-functionalism enabling them to abdicate ethical evaluation of the societal structure that floats their (generally) priviliged and affluent circumstances, in favor of a puerile faux Darwinian 'Libertarianism' that enables their feelings of elitist entitlement.....
Norton Ad-Blocker? pfffft.... why exactly should we care indeed.
I think the article is spot on, and the reporter is not confused about anything at all...
Of course, your username is "passthecrackpipe"
"...and don't have the same ethic of openness and sharing that most academics have."
?!?
That's some dry wit my friend.
.....You could do a lot worse than that as far as Christian fundamentalist obsessions go. Metaphorically speaking, as the figurehead of an international syndicate that has been banking off the perversion of Christ's teachings for two millennia, preying on the (near-)universal human need to understand our meaningful* place in the 'grand scheme of things' (which may or may not exist)..... yeah, that'll do for a Satanic archetype any day of the week. Especially Sunday. * in my opinion, as individuals we struggle to reconcile our subliminal awareness of the collective consciousness with the egoistic nature of our minds and sensory perceptions..... to me this is the impetus for the search for 'meaningfulness'.....
I feel this is the wrong forum for your 'corrections' and 'suggestions.' It breaks the flow of the discussion. It has nothing to do with the topic being discussed, and makes you sound like a show off intellectual.
Anyone who calls a pedant an intellectual has language issues far beyond the scope of spelling, grammar, and syntax.
Superb explanation.
So there are no more skies, just an atmosphere....
"...nothing more than fascism, i.e., the corporate takeover of government."
No my friend, you have it wrong.
The corporate takeover of a market economy is called 'deregulated capitalism' (hi there Enron!)
It's the magick of the market!
Upon reading your sig.
"It is not racist to point out that they are impoverished countries and as a consequence paying anyone that does a service there 100 times what would be expected and calling it cheaper development is in fact bullshit."
Truer words have never been spoken. It's obvious from your reply that I misunderstood the points you had made in your original post, and I accept responsibility for that.
However, reading that post again, I can also recognize that without the clarification of your reply, your original post's meaning is ambiguous.
That's why, although I admit to having misconceived your position, your closing barb about my "Politically Correct bullshit world" is a petty punitive rejoinder that's anything but salient.
My mistake was not "assuming" racism, but incorrectly deducing it from your words. You can choose to belittle me for making a mistaken inference, however despite your claim to the contrary racism does exist, and if you think that's just in the "world [I've] created around [myself]", you're wrong.
"It seems they over paid as well. You can get 4 Indian programmers for much less than $400K for 9 months ($11,111/month)."
Just because that's above the prevailing price of programming labor in India, does not dictate that every Indian programmer is worth no more than $11,111/month.
In fact, inferring that it does is just plain racist.
If anyone here on slashdot were to make such a claim regarding the Western world ("those OSS developers were paid more than the median salary for their economy as a result of winning a merit-based bounty with their code..... they were overpaid!"), it would be decried outright.
"This is exactly why the movie Minority Report sucked..."
I'll have to take your word for it.....
personally I couldn't get past the slogan:
"Everybody runs."
?#$%&@!
"There are already more games in the used section of my local Gamestop for GameCube and PS2 alone than I'd ever be able to finish if I did nothing but play video games for the rest of my life." Maybe you should stick to what you're good at.
This is called Worthington's Law
.....Way to go, Einstein. So, read Value Magazine, and get to know the 500 best people in the world.
[which reads "More Money = Better Than"]
and it's used to gauge the value of human worth.
Carl Espick, economist and editor of Value Magazine:
Carl Espick: Yeah, that's right. So what do you think? Wrong! Whatever you were gonna say doesn't matter because I make more money than you. That's if you're 80% of the public. So, I'm right. Each year, Value Magazine ranks the 500 best people in the history of the world. Did you know that, according to Worthington's Law, the opera singer who called himself "The Great Caruso" was nowhere near as great as Sammy Hagar, The Red Rocker? So shut up, Caruso! Hey! Who's greater than Saint Francis of Assisi? How about, uh, Darryl Strawberry? See ya later, Saint Frannie, ya schmuck. Hey, guess who's better than Van Gogh. Let's see, after adjusting for inflation..... almost everybody! He made nothing!
[cut to Mechanic fixing car]
Mechanic: So that means that I'm better than Van Gogh and Galileo put together!
Carl Espick: And I'm better than you, brainiac. In 1995, Steve Peaters had no money. He was a public school teacher, so his opinion wasn't worth very much. But then, in 1996, he won the lottery, and he was a great man. Greater than Einstein, who made very little. But then, guess what this genius-for-a-day does. He goes and gives his money to charity. Now he's about as dumb as Einstein!
"But I thought according to Star Wars lore, you couldn't "buy" a lightsaber."
Fortunately, nothing in the lore prohibits the purchase of
*infotainverts* within a predominately factual website!
Haha! Lucas wins, again!!!