And as a Canadian let me say that the reason that "voter turnout in our most recent election was the worst on record" was because THE CANDIDATES SUCKED. I almost voted for the Communist just because I didn't know him and therefore didn't want to punch him in the face.
And then there's the fact that you have to vote for the party and not the person, so if I hate Harper but like the local Conservative I'm screwed. So, to cast a vote I feel good about, both the local guy and the party leader have to be good. Two good politicians? This never happens.
Online voting won't fix a bunch of broken parties, it'll just make tech-savvy people ignore online voting just like they ignore real voting. Let's face it, it's damn easy to vote. If you can be arsed to get to the polling site, that's the hardest part. After that it's having your name checked off and marking an X. If you catch it outside the rush it's faster than popping over to the 7-11 for a Big Gulp. Seriously, if people are too lazy or indifferent for that, then anything with a more complex authentication strategy than an online "BRING BACK CANCELLED SHOW X!" petition is going to be too much work too.
As people age, they often realize that many of their youthful decisions, which seemed so correct at the time, were not such great ideas afterall.
I haven't noticed this. I have noticed that people tend to rationalize their behavior.
Some people don't grow up. Some do. I did things as a teenager I have regrets over now because they were stupid or assholish. I understand WHY I did them, but I realize now they weren't the right choices to make in those situations. And in ten years I'll probably be kicking myself for something I'm doing now.
I have seen this before - what is it about saying 0.02 cent when you mean 2 cent or 0.02 dollar?
One time in science class, grade 10, we had to do something where we were given some basic info about an object made out of aluminum and the market cost of aluminum. We had to figure out the raw-material cost of the object, assuming no loss during construction. So we had to use our lessons on density and whatnot to figure out the exact mass of the object and then simply multiply by price.
Problem is, most of us screwed up the ".02 cents per gram" (or whatever) part and did.02 dollars, so we were off by a factor of 100.
Class response was... informative. The few observant students who got it looked smug. Some smacked their heads at missing that. A few were severely pissed that they got the question wrong over the one part of the question that had nothing to do with science. One got that part right but botched the density part of the problem. The underachievers were either confused by the whole thing or glad they didn't even try.
And one guy... one guy spent ten minutes arguing with the teacher that.02 dollars and.02 cents were the same thing. Half a blackboard of diagrams later and she gave up trying to explain it.
Oh, I finally get it now, Cat 5 cable can kill five cats, and cat 6 can kill SIX cats.
Yup. But of course, that's only a guideline for typical cable lengths. With long cables, it doesn't quite work out like that. Take a 1000 ft. bulk box, for example; I can easily beat twice that many to death with one of those.
So, how do they get the laser beam through the person's thick skull to shine on these light sensitive cells?
AWESOME! My major in trepanation will finally come in handy! Just let me warm up my drill and I'll be coasting through this recession on the cutting edge of science, baby!
Just to make it clear... the "self correct" above means hundreds of millions of people dying of famine and starvation, and hundreds of millions more perishing in the genocidal wars that follow.
And all that bloodshed will keep CNN, MSNBC, and all the other news stations in business. See? Win/win!
In a related story Ingrid Newkirk, the diabetic president of PETA who requires insulin produced by slaughtering sheep, has pledged that all PETA members (except her of course) will shove corks up their asses in an effort contain their collective human-emitted greenhouse gases.
I know you mean this as humor, but Newkirk's not diabetic. One of PETA's VPs, Mary Beth Sweetland, is.
Hey, now, one step at a time! The government's got a big crisis to deal with, and the economy needs to be one of its top priorities! They're working on repealing things like the Iron Law of Wages.
Shouldn't be hard, as it was already pretty rusty when they got their hands on it.:) Though am I the only one who finds it amusing that the Wikipedia article divides the arguments against it into
"Mainstream criticism", "Socialist criticism", and "Austrian criticism"?
I still remember those poke values and many others. Wow, I am lame.
I remember a lot as well. Comes in incredibly handy when I need a five-digit password for a keypad or something. Less important things get the standards like 64738 or 53281, while important things (like my ATM PINs) get numbers relevant to routines I coded myself.
So, old info like that is not so lame when correctly applied.:)
modded Troll?? I love my C64! That was a comment of endearment!
Obviously these young whippersnapper moderators never had to load a file off an audiotape before. Man, if there's one thing that can make a 1541 floppy drive look fast, it's a Commodore datasette!
I would agree with you if it wasn't for the SID player that does the same thing but for C64 music.
I bet most people don't realize that a SID player playing C64 music is actually executing the extracted music routines. People think of music files as being either sheet music with only the most rudimentary control structure (MIDI, MOD) or a recording (MP3, WMA, etc.). SID files are a fairly rare beast in that they're straight code. While enthustiasts grok it, everyone else (including the sort of people who approve or reject apps for the iPhone) will just wonder why there's no rewind button and go no futher.
I do wonder about Apple's policy there. Ostensibly, it's to stop you running an unapproved app by running it in an emulator, but they're perfectly happy to approve apps which pull down arbitrary and equally unapproved content from the web.
Is it really any different than the Hot Coffee fiasco? For every person of age X who downloaded the mod, a dozen of the same age were probably downloading hardcore zebu porn MPGs but that isn't directly tied to a game, so is business as usual.
The iPhone wins on portability, although the C-64 could drive an external display including a large TV (no HD support though).
It did have s-video though. While the plug was nothing like the current standard, a Commodore 64 monitor used the same luminance and chrominance setup. To make the slashdotting of a frontpage-linked site a tiny bit worse:
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after the cretin suggested that RAID was some sort of substitute for a backup.
Of course RAID is a substitute for backup. If you ever delete data, accidentally reformat, lose files to a corrupt file system, get infected with a virus, or have any other disaster of the sort, it's obviously something you did or should have anticipated. Thus, data loss is a sign you're inferior and a sinner and the gods of IT are punishing you. Accept their swift and painful lesson with whatever microscopic shred of decorum exists within that rotting, unused thing you call a brain and try to rise ever so slightly above the unenlightened mire of your life so it doesn't happen again.
Just think, rather than breaking 2 million Win2k computers, they could've broken only ~20,000 before detecting the problems, if they followed this train of thought.
I'm not arguing for or against your post, I just came here to say that 'tis a sad state of affairs when breaking 20,000 systems is presented as the better option.
(Actually, "Dr Doctoro" sounds like the worst supervillain ever, a mad scientist whose weapons and powers are entirely stethoscope and tongue-depressor related or something. "Someday, Spider-Man, you shall feel the cold touch of my DETHOSCOPE!")
How are there even 2% that don't consider it an invasion of privacy?
They're the trolls who loudly proclaim "if you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to hide" regarding every privacy issue.
Now now, such negativity is cruel. You need to give it a positive spin. I don't think of them as trolls or suckers or idiots, I think of them as an unexploited resource....
We have two working examples of fusion generation, the Hydrogen Bomb that uses a fission device to jump start it and the Sun which is hugely radioactive.
So our two working examples of fusion generation require fission.
It is with great dishonor that I present you with the "you fail physics forever" diploma. I wish you the best of luck on your new career as a Hollywood action and sci-fi movie writer.
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And as a Canadian let me say that the reason that "voter turnout in our most recent election was the worst on record" was because THE CANDIDATES SUCKED. I almost voted for the Communist just because I didn't know him and therefore didn't want to punch him in the face.
And then there's the fact that you have to vote for the party and not the person, so if I hate Harper but like the local Conservative I'm screwed. So, to cast a vote I feel good about, both the local guy and the party leader have to be good. Two good politicians? This never happens.
Online voting won't fix a bunch of broken parties, it'll just make tech-savvy people ignore online voting just like they ignore real voting. Let's face it, it's damn easy to vote. If you can be arsed to get to the polling site, that's the hardest part. After that it's having your name checked off and marking an X. If you catch it outside the rush it's faster than popping over to the 7-11 for a Big Gulp. Seriously, if people are too lazy or indifferent for that, then anything with a more complex authentication strategy than an online "BRING BACK CANCELLED SHOW X!" petition is going to be too much work too.
As people age, they often realize that many of their youthful decisions, which seemed so correct at the time, were not such great ideas afterall.
I haven't noticed this. I have noticed that people tend to rationalize their behavior.
Some people don't grow up. Some do. I did things as a teenager I have regrets over now because they were stupid or assholish. I understand WHY I did them, but I realize now they weren't the right choices to make in those situations. And in ten years I'll probably be kicking myself for something I'm doing now.
and honest people will remain deviant.
Freudian slip? :)
I have seen this before - what is it about saying 0.02 cent when you mean 2 cent or 0.02 dollar?
One time in science class, grade 10, we had to do something where we were given some basic info about an object made out of aluminum and the market cost of aluminum. We had to figure out the raw-material cost of the object, assuming no loss during construction. So we had to use our lessons on density and whatnot to figure out the exact mass of the object and then simply multiply by price.
Problem is, most of us screwed up the ".02 cents per gram" (or whatever) part and did .02 dollars, so we were off by a factor of 100.
Class response was... informative. The few observant students who got it looked smug. Some smacked their heads at missing that. A few were severely pissed that they got the question wrong over the one part of the question that had nothing to do with science. One got that part right but botched the density part of the problem. The underachievers were either confused by the whole thing or glad they didn't even try.
And one guy... one guy spent ten minutes arguing with the teacher that .02 dollars and .02 cents were the same thing. Half a blackboard of diagrams later and she gave up trying to explain it.
Now I know where that guy works.
Oh, I finally get it now, Cat 5 cable can kill five cats, and cat 6 can kill SIX cats.
Yup. But of course, that's only a guideline for typical cable lengths. With long cables, it doesn't quite work out like that. Take a 1000 ft. bulk box, for example; I can easily beat twice that many to death with one of those.
So, how do they get the laser beam through the person's thick skull to shine on these light sensitive cells?
AWESOME! My major in trepanation will finally come in handy! Just let me warm up my drill and I'll be coasting through this recession on the cutting edge of science, baby!
Just to make it clear... the "self correct" above means hundreds of millions of people dying of famine and starvation, and hundreds of millions more perishing in the genocidal wars that follow.
And all that bloodshed will keep CNN, MSNBC, and all the other news stations in business. See? Win/win!
In a related story Ingrid Newkirk, the diabetic president of PETA who requires insulin produced by slaughtering sheep, has pledged that all PETA members (except her of course) will shove corks up their asses in an effort contain their collective human-emitted greenhouse gases.
I know you mean this as humor, but Newkirk's not diabetic. One of PETA's VPs, Mary Beth Sweetland, is.
Speaking of fishing I am just learning to fish, anyone with useful how-to links would be greatly appreciated, and yes I have used the google.
Get an e-mail address like ebay-customer-support-for-realz@hotmail.com
Send a zillion messages saying "Our records indicate your account information contains an error please click here and reenter your information."
Make a sort-of realistic looking copy of the site at your chosen URL.
Oh, wait, you meant fishing, not phishing. Sorry.
Hey, now, one step at a time! The government's got a big crisis to deal with, and the economy needs to be one of its top priorities! They're working on repealing things like the Iron Law of Wages.
Shouldn't be hard, as it was already pretty rusty when they got their hands on it.:) Though am I the only one who finds it amusing that the Wikipedia article divides the arguments against it into "Mainstream criticism", "Socialist criticism", and "Austrian criticism"?
You're seriously suggesting elementary school students use DSL?
Better DamnSmallLinux than FuckingTinyLinuxYouBitches. That one would be REALLY hard to explain at the parent/teacher meetings.
10 x=int(15*rnd(1)) 20 poke 53280,x:poke 53281,x 30 goto 10
I still remember those poke values and many others. Wow, I am lame.
I remember a lot as well. Comes in incredibly handy when I need a five-digit password for a keypad or something. Less important things get the standards like 64738 or 53281, while important things (like my ATM PINs) get numbers relevant to routines I coded myself.
So, old info like that is not so lame when correctly applied.:)
modded Troll?? I love my C64! That was a comment of endearment!
Obviously these young whippersnapper moderators never had to load a file off an audiotape before. Man, if there's one thing that can make a 1541 floppy drive look fast, it's a Commodore datasette!
I would agree with you if it wasn't for the SID player that does the same thing but for C64 music.
I bet most people don't realize that a SID player playing C64 music is actually executing the extracted music routines. People think of music files as being either sheet music with only the most rudimentary control structure (MIDI, MOD) or a recording (MP3, WMA, etc.). SID files are a fairly rare beast in that they're straight code. While enthustiasts grok it, everyone else (including the sort of people who approve or reject apps for the iPhone) will just wonder why there's no rewind button and go no futher.
I do wonder about Apple's policy there. Ostensibly, it's to stop you running an unapproved app by running it in an emulator, but they're perfectly happy to approve apps which pull down arbitrary and equally unapproved content from the web.
Is it really any different than the Hot Coffee fiasco? For every person of age X who downloaded the mod, a dozen of the same age were probably downloading hardcore zebu porn MPGs but that isn't directly tied to a game, so is business as usual.
The iPhone wins on portability, although the C-64 could drive an external display including a large TV (no HD support though).
It did have s-video though. While the plug was nothing like the current standard, a Commodore 64 monitor used the same luminance and chrominance setup. To make the slashdotting of a frontpage-linked site a tiny bit worse:
http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/Commodore_C128/C64C_Video
after the cretin suggested that RAID was some sort of substitute for a backup.
Of course RAID is a substitute for backup. If you ever delete data, accidentally reformat, lose files to a corrupt file system, get infected with a virus, or have any other disaster of the sort, it's obviously something you did or should have anticipated. Thus, data loss is a sign you're inferior and a sinner and the gods of IT are punishing you. Accept their swift and painful lesson with whatever microscopic shred of decorum exists within that rotting, unused thing you call a brain and try to rise ever so slightly above the unenlightened mire of your life so it doesn't happen again.
Besides, it was probably all porn anyway.
Signed,
The cult of BOFH, flagellation division
What's a hokey?
A hotkey that opens one's favorite porn site...?
Farenheit 451 required a visionary. But I think that Bradbury simply lost his vision. It's not about the books. It's about the minds BEHIND the books.
What to say about sites like fictionpress.net? What about webcomics with a deep story? What about Anime music videos?
You had me until you made me think about "Caramelldansen".
Oh, and by the way... by the way... I wonder what Bradbury would think of his books being available on thepiratebay.
http://thepiratebay.org/search/ray+bradbury/0/99/0
Hey, wait, if he doesn't like the internet, then he's not doing any IP monitoring of torrents to try find copyright infringers.
Just think, rather than breaking 2 million Win2k computers, they could've broken only ~20,000 before detecting the problems, if they followed this train of thought.
I'm not arguing for or against your post, I just came here to say that 'tis a sad state of affairs when breaking 20,000 systems is presented as the better option.
You've got an electric toilet? Weird, you from Japan or something?
Heaven help him if he gets a short. I imagine water, no pants and surprise electricity is a bad combination.
He's also not a "doctor" of anything.
So he's not a doctor, oh?
(Actually, "Dr Doctoro" sounds like the worst supervillain ever, a mad scientist whose weapons and powers are entirely stethoscope and tongue-depressor related or something. "Someday, Spider-Man, you shall feel the cold touch of my DETHOSCOPE!")
Dude, I wouldn't argue with anything you wrote, but I signed in just to tell you that you spelled "diluted" 3 different ways, all of them wrong.
Well, the "deluded" was pretty close, he just got the target wrong. The ingredients are diluted, the user of the ingredients is deluded.
How are there even 2% that don't consider it an invasion of privacy?
They're the trolls who loudly proclaim "if you're not doing anything wrong then you have nothing to hide" regarding every privacy issue.
Now now, such negativity is cruel. You need to give it a positive spin. I don't think of them as trolls or suckers or idiots, I think of them as an unexploited resource....
We have two working examples of fusion generation, the Hydrogen Bomb that uses a fission device to jump start it and the Sun which is hugely radioactive.
So our two working examples of fusion generation require fission.
It is with great dishonor that I present you with the "you fail physics forever" diploma. I wish you the best of luck on your new career as a Hollywood action and sci-fi movie writer.
The researchers admit darknets are attractive to bad guys, too
So is encryption. So is privacy. So are knives. So is food. So is living another day. It's not wrong just because it can be used to ill ends.
Or, to be all profound and Latin and stuff: abusus non tollit usum.