It seems like every other post lately has someone raving about clickbaiting and users leaving the site.
Honestly i feel like people are just looking for something to whine about. If you go back through slashdots archives you'll find plenty of light pieces like this going all the way back to the 90's.
So excess heat in waste water and a power plant built in a region prone to natural disasters but not built to withstand them means nuclear has to be given up on?
How many people have fallen off of rooves while installing solar panels? Should we abandon this clear impedament to our safety?
The section on climate change and nuclear energy in your linked to article is rediculous. It tries to discredit nuclear power's impact on climate change because its low and decreasing share of global power production means that it's current impact on climate change is small and shrinking. Obviously the problem here is that not enough plants are being built, not that there is a problem with the energy source itself. The article, however, does its best to make this seem like a negative for the power source.
The article then goes on to attribute all of the energy going into uranium enrichment and other accociated energy needs to energy produced from CO2 emitting sources when a nuclear power plant produces electricity at vastly greater scales then what is required for these things.
I'll admit though, after two completely bogus claims I stopped reading so maybe that site has something that stands up to simple reasoning somewhere in its contents.
I dont think you or that articles author understands the comparison. No one makes that comparison because of what Somalia was. They make it because of what Somalia is, a country with virtually no government.
Once again, the site is "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters" not "All Tech, All the Time". I'm sure you would like the site to be all tech but I've been reading the site since the 90's and it has never been as such
In fact, a simple search of the site for "Simpsons" yields multiple articles speculating on a Simpson movie since at least 2000 (I didn't go back farther), an announcement about Simpsons season 1 being released on DVD and many more posts about the show. This latest article is completely in keeping with what Slashdot has always done
I've spent a good deal of time in London and live right down the road from San Francisco. Don't get me wrong, San Francisco is a great city and I love spending time in it but you clearly don't know what you're talking about. London is a major economic and cultural hub, the capitol of what was a globe spanning empire dwarfing anything that has followed it in influence and significance, a current major fincial hub, the current capital of one of the most influencal and wealthy countries in Europe, home to immigrants from throughtout the commonwealth and beyond, has been the center of major artistic and musical movements and etc, etc.
San Francisco is a very dirty little city by the bay whose culture high point was hippies (note: I still love the city).
The big American comparison to London would be New York which i'd take over London any day (Of course i'm a pretty patriotic American so....). In terms of cultural significance San Francisco doesn't stand a chance versus London.
Ugh, Underworld and Resident Evil? Those movies were so bad and the protagonists more so.
Saw Fury Road, loved its minimalism in regards to dialog. I hate it when movies explain everything to me as opposed to having the audience absorb it through context. I also enjoyed the subtler take on Max George Miller took this time.
Do agree about the War Boy though. Didn't ruin the movie for me but it was a bit of a reach.
It's doing incredibly well critically with a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes and 89% on Metacritic. This is even more impressive given that it's an action movie which rarely do so well critically.
Isn't it remotely possible it's a good movie that's just not to your taste?
Of course we're a socialist country too and our socialist programs are incredibly popular.
And for the record, most socialist don't hate rich people, that's a conservative myth. Furthermore, graduated taxation is not penalizing the rich because they're rich, a wealthy person can afford 30% of their salary taxed while a poor person would be ruined. Likewise, a poor person would likely be ruined by a $300 ticket while a wealthy person wouldn't even notice the penalty. Therefore it only makes sense to penalize the affluent offender more so the penalty is equal.
"They love authority and control, it's in their culture."
Hahaha. Okay, I'll just believe this because you say so.
I suppose their parliamentary democracy was thrust upon them from outside sources as well then?
"As for militias vs regular modern armies... The Taliban defeated NATO."
The Taliban "defeated" NATO? So the Taliban now rule Afghanistan? I must have missed something in the news...
If you're referring to our lack of a clear victory in Afghanistan, that had more to do with commitment on our part which is why citing a foreign occupation is a bad example. Syria is a prime example. Libya is another good example, those people were getting butchered by artillery and air power before our air strikes began.
If civilian militias can't defeat third tear armies fighting for their survival how will they fair againts first tear? I mean, think about it. How would that play out? Would it be like the 80's movie Red Dawn where a bunch of Americans with rifles savage the Soviet Army?
Marginal issues that have no effect on most people's lives and certainly don't invalidate my "roughly on par" statement.
Don't get me wrong their libel laws suck. Plus we're probably coming close to similar laws in regards to encryption here in the US as well. Just give it some time
Of course the British now enjoy rights roughly on par with our own and without the need for wide spread gun ownership.
On top of that, good luck to anybody trying to rise up with a bunch of rifles againts a military like ours. The Syrian people are fighting a third rate military and are slowly loosing. What hope would there be available ts the US military?
Face it, unless they're armed with AA guns and anti tank weaponry, militias as a means of countering government control are a pre 20th century relic.
It's more like us invading Iraq fostered the Islamic State. Sadam's army would have crushed the IS had they tried invading Iraq with him in power rather than running away as today's Iraqi army did. Not only that but we lost a great counter weight to Iran by taking Sadam out and set off wide spread inter-ethnic / inter-faith violence in the region which has only helped the IS advance.
All Obama did was end our misguided and arrogant attempt at nation building
Yes, you're right to address the rampant award show oriented rascism present in this country. For too long this problem has been glossed over by the liberal media! White people need to stand up to this horrible oppression!
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It seems like every other post lately has someone raving about clickbaiting and users leaving the site.
Honestly i feel like people are just looking for something to whine about. If you go back through slashdots archives you'll find plenty of light pieces like this going all the way back to the 90's.
See the thing is, it's not a choice between extremes. In fact we have socialist institutions right here in the US that are incredibly popular.
So excess heat in waste water and a power plant built in a region prone to natural disasters but not built to withstand them means nuclear has to be given up on?
How many people have fallen off of rooves while installing solar panels? Should we abandon this clear impedament to our safety?
Both of the claims I list boil down to nuclear power is bad because there isn't enough nuclear power. How is that a fault with the energy source?
Issues to be concerned about to be certain but these issues amount to almost nothing when scaled against the long term problem of global warming.
And even that's still ignoring the massive health issues parts of the world are currently "enjoying" due to carbon emitting power plants.
The section on climate change and nuclear energy in your linked to article is rediculous. It tries to discredit nuclear power's impact on climate change because its low and decreasing share of global power production means that it's current impact on climate change is small and shrinking. Obviously the problem here is that not enough plants are being built, not that there is a problem with the energy source itself. The article, however, does its best to make this seem like a negative for the power source.
The article then goes on to attribute all of the energy going into uranium enrichment and other accociated energy needs to energy produced from CO2 emitting sources when a nuclear power plant produces electricity at vastly greater scales then what is required for these things.
I'll admit though, after two completely bogus claims I stopped reading so maybe that site has something that stands up to simple reasoning somewhere in its contents.
I dont think you or that articles author understands the comparison. No one makes that comparison because of what Somalia was. They make it because of what Somalia is, a country with virtually no government.
Once again, the site is "News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters" not "All Tech, All the Time". I'm sure you would like the site to be all tech but I've been reading the site since the 90's and it has never been as such
In fact, a simple search of the site for "Simpsons" yields multiple articles speculating on a Simpson movie since at least 2000 (I didn't go back farther), an announcement about Simpsons season 1 being released on DVD and many more posts about the show. This latest article is completely in keeping with what Slashdot has always done
Except this isn't exclusively a "tech" site. The old tag line, "News for Nerds, Stuff that matters" clearly defines this article as relavent.
Plus, stop whining because a specific article doesn't match your individual tastes.
I've spent a good deal of time in London and live right down the road from San Francisco. Don't get me wrong, San Francisco is a great city and I love spending time in it but you clearly don't know what you're talking about. London is a major economic and cultural hub, the capitol of what was a globe spanning empire dwarfing anything that has followed it in influence and significance, a current major fincial hub, the current capital of one of the most influencal and wealthy countries in Europe, home to immigrants from throughtout the commonwealth and beyond, has been the center of major artistic and musical movements and etc, etc.
San Francisco is a very dirty little city by the bay whose culture high point was hippies (note: I still love the city).
The big American comparison to London would be New York which i'd take over London any day (Of course i'm a pretty patriotic American so....). In terms of cultural significance San Francisco doesn't stand a chance versus London.
Ugh, Underworld and Resident Evil? Those movies were so bad and the protagonists more so.
Saw Fury Road, loved its minimalism in regards to dialog. I hate it when movies explain everything to me as opposed to having the audience absorb it through context. I also enjoyed the subtler take on Max George Miller took this time.
Do agree about the War Boy though. Didn't ruin the movie for me but it was a bit of a reach.
It's doing incredibly well critically with a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes and 89% on Metacritic. This is even more impressive given that it's an action movie which rarely do so well critically.
Isn't it remotely possible it's a good movie that's just not to your taste?
Ugh, I'm a huge Stephenson fan but I could not stand Reamde.
Hahaha, you're siting internet comments as your evidence? That's rich.
Of course we're a socialist country too and our socialist programs are incredibly popular.
And for the record, most socialist don't hate rich people, that's a conservative myth. Furthermore, graduated taxation is not penalizing the rich because they're rich, a wealthy person can afford 30% of their salary taxed while a poor person would be ruined. Likewise, a poor person would likely be ruined by a $300 ticket while a wealthy person wouldn't even notice the penalty. Therefore it only makes sense to penalize the affluent offender more so the penalty is equal.
"Which effectively makes it a "whose lawyers are better game, protecting the rich and powerful."
And that differs from the US how?
"They love authority and control, it's in their culture."
Hahaha. Okay, I'll just believe this because you say so.
I suppose their parliamentary democracy was thrust upon them from outside sources as well then?
"As for militias vs regular modern armies... The Taliban defeated NATO."
The Taliban "defeated" NATO? So the Taliban now rule Afghanistan? I must have missed something in the news...
If you're referring to our lack of a clear victory in Afghanistan, that had more to do with commitment on our part which is why citing a foreign occupation is a bad example. Syria is a prime example. Libya is another good example, those people were getting butchered by artillery and air power before our air strikes began.
If civilian militias can't defeat third tear armies fighting for their survival how will they fair againts first tear? I mean, think about it. How would that play out? Would it be like the 80's movie Red Dawn where a bunch of Americans with rifles savage the Soviet Army?
Marginal issues that have no effect on most people's lives and certainly don't invalidate my "roughly on par" statement.
Don't get me wrong their libel laws suck. Plus we're probably coming close to similar laws in regards to encryption here in the US as well. Just give it some time
Of course the British now enjoy rights roughly on par with our own and without the need for wide spread gun ownership.
On top of that, good luck to anybody trying to rise up with a bunch of rifles againts a military like ours. The Syrian people are fighting a third rate military and are slowly loosing. What hope would there be available ts the US military?
Face it, unless they're armed with AA guns and anti tank weaponry, militias as a means of countering government control are a pre 20th century relic.
Or we could figure out a better way to distribute resources. Capitalism works great when there's plenty of work to do. Not so well when there isnt.
Is there a spot for an mp3 player?
It's more like us invading Iraq fostered the Islamic State. Sadam's army would have crushed the IS had they tried invading Iraq with him in power rather than running away as today's Iraqi army did. Not only that but we lost a great counter weight to Iran by taking Sadam out and set off wide spread inter-ethnic / inter-faith violence in the region which has only helped the IS advance.
All Obama did was end our misguided and arrogant attempt at nation building
Oh look, it got modded up to 5 while you got modded to 0 and labeled troll. Accurate grading on all fronts!
Yes, you're right to address the rampant award show oriented rascism present in this country. For too long this problem has been glossed over by the liberal media! White people need to stand up to this horrible oppression!
Yes, Hitler and Stalin got their start at Christmas tree events for children.