I've been a frequent Slashdot contributer for 10 years and for some fucking reason not only can I not moderate, I cannot add tags.
I'm not sure what you're talking about. I didn't look through them all to see if any are more recent, but you tagged something as recently as Monday. Glancing through your tags, I have actually seen some of your tags up there; so it doesn't seem to be a matter of the tags not showing up. Is it that it just doesn't work sometimes? I've had that happen.
Right or wrong, with tags like "who cares", "thievingcunts", and "slownewsdaymeansdumbasfuck", it wouldn't surprise me if your 'tag karma' (or an arbitrary decision on the part of an editor) prevented you from tagging articles or from those tags showing up.
As for moderating, I'm with you. Excellent karma, frequent meta-moderation, and regular posting (in the past anyway) seemed to be a fast track to never having moderator points again for me.
why think about a subject when you can kneejerk your idiotic stereotypes and live on in blind propaganda
Indeed.
but with your jibe at "libertarian" one assumes you are the usual privacy absolutist who simply doesn't understand the government has no interest in you. it inflates your ego to think anyone in society or the government actually feels threatened by you
i know that's a really radical wacky concept i just put forth there and it clashes with your mythology about government oppressing you just for the hell of it, but you can safely ignore me. i'm obviously a brainwashed sheeple or an advance unit of the illuminati
Some people just need hysterical melodrama to make their lives feel meaningful, I guess. Thank you for giving me my fill for the day.
The problem with DBAN is that the drive has to be functional. Great for when you're selling hardware, but not so great when you're trying to destroy data on an otherwise worthless drive.
Sledgehammers are fun, but I prefer taking a grinder to the platters.
...it is still a theory unless and until cold, hard proof can be found.
No, you're just perpetuating the ignorance.
A theory can be well-supported by evidence or not. It can be proven false by any example which shows it is incorrect. It cannot be proven true, though, because we could discover something in the future for which the theory cannot account.
Creationists essentially argue that since science cannot prove evolution it is a belief system. They promote evolution as 'scientific dogma', intentionally ignoring the fact that science adapts with new theories to explain new phenomena (i.e. science admits when it is wrong). They do this (specifically using ignorance of science's use of the word 'theory' - as you note) to argue that since the theory of evolution is taught, all 'equal' theories (which neither creationism nor ID really are) must be taught as well.
You're not funding 'public schools'. You're funding the education of children. Vouchers do not give parents all their education tax dollars back. They give parents choice where some of those dollars are spent: specifically, the dollars that would be spent on their children.
Yes, public schools lose out to some degree on economies of scale when children go to private schools, but vouchers do not 'take funds away from public schools' in a literal sense. They keep the funds with the student - where they belong.
In all fairness 512meg is a reasonable about for XP, 1gig however is better. I don't see your average joe 6-pack user benefiting from more than 2gigs.
After all the auto-updating software for their printer, mouse, keyboard, webcam, etc.; all the spyware, adware, trojans; and all the extra applications like AIM, anti-virus, anti-malware, non-driver device software (syncing, calling home, etc.), and media software playing music in the background, I can see joe 6-pack user making use of more than 2 gigs if he actually wants to do something with his computer.:)
Roscheisen said the manufacturing process the company has developed will enable (the company) to eventually deliver solar electricity for less than a dollar per watt
It sounds like the technology is already in place. My guess is that they need to pay for development and/or wait for economies of scale.
I use a Palm TX, too. It's great, but when reading in the dark (so as not to disturb the sleeping wife) the display just can't be made dim enough for my taste, even with a black background.
I was disappointed by Super Mario Galaxy. Other than the cool physics and the Wiimote, there was nothing really that great about it. Don't get me wrong: I like the game. It's just not as good as Super Mario Sunshine was (and is).
Compared to Super Mario Sunshine, SMG is very linear. Yes, you can do the galaxies in pretty much whatever order you want, but they chose to have more galaxies in favor of more options in the individual levels. There was no searching for stars in the main area - they just dropped a hungry luma in your lap when you achieve a certain goal. There is absolutely no need to challenge yourself to get coins. They replaced the red coins in SMS with purple coins and saved all those levels for the end. The levels themselves were very linear and didn't provide for any exploring. All in all the game was much less challenging.
The resources of our solar system are up for grabs. Our fledgling civilization which has not yet reached the moon can already detect water on planets around other stars. It seems likely that any civilization capable of interstellar travel is much more skilled at detecting resources across these distances. They will need this information to figure out where to go and what to expect when they get there. If they want our resources, they are coming here regardless of whether we send out a signal.
My favorites are the $10 educational games I buy for my daughter. Their target audience is four or five years old and they want the CD in the drive. As if it is not enough of a challenge to get the POS installed and running and then explain to a four-year how to start and operate the game. You also have to make sure the four-year-old can identify the correct CD for the game she wants to play (which oh so conveniently look almost identical to each other) and make sure she does not destroy either CD or drive./rant
Fine. Would you rather have your broken bone set by one well-qualified surgeon on his own or twelve random guys off the street who are given advice by a surgeon?
You prefer one guy who knows something about the law. Even though that guy has almost certainly lost cases as a lawyer, had decisions overturned, or otherwise been "wrong" before. Even though that one guy might hate your race, religion, or the way you look. Even though that guy might be on the take with the guys framing you. Even though that guy might have a daughter who he doesn't want raped and murdered by the defendants associates. Even though that guy represents the government (the same government that is represented by the prosecutor...) rather than your neighbors.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe you just prefer that the twelve people deciding your fate are so ignorant of the law that they do not even understand the concept of jury nullification. So, maybe you don't want one guy. Maybe you want twelve random guys off the street who have been given advice by a surgeon, but otherwise can't even tie their shoes.
ST:DS9 didn't start ramping up until seasons 3 and 4. Killing it at season 4 would have meant cutting out its three best seasons. I agree a plan is needed though.
The problem is with faith in franchises. Networks don't want to give up money makers, so they'll run a franchise to death. I'd rather see them put their faith in the writers/producers. Rather than BSG Season 10, give people the next Ron Moore project. I mean, Stephen King didn't sign up to write It 2. He signed up to writer another Stephen King book. Do the same for TV.
I'd like to see pitches for shows go from "We have this show about this cool idea" become "We have this show, the main story is this, this is the end, we can do it in X seasons."
If the show sucks, cancel it. If not, it has a pre-defined end point agreed upon by both parties which forces the writers to get it done rather than forcing them to make up stupid crap for the characters to say each week.
I liked I, Robot. I just pretend it has nothing to do with all that Asimov I've read and treat it as a flashy action flick. I'm pretty sure that's what the movie studio did, too.
Ultimately it boils down to the question: do you trust the government not to screw you over and to protect you from corporate interests? My own answers are perhaps and probably. Right now there are some worrying ideas being floated by the politicians about wiretapping and Internet traffic sniffing so my first answer might change.
Close. I think you've actually got it, but I think the question is just a bit more general. Ultimately, it boils down to:
Do you trust the government and any government thereafter to protect you from corporate interests, identity theft, corruption in government (and elsewhere), and the government itself? The answer is almost certainly no, right?
I'm all for a government issued standard ID (even a global standard) if:
-It is opt-in. I mean completely opt-in. You can not get one and your life will just be a little less convenient (like having a university give you an ID number rather than using your social). You can get one, but pick and choose where you use it. -Some kind of guarantee that the ID will not suffice as the sole evidence of guilt. (E.g. the fact that your ID was used to access an ATM should not, per se, be evidence that you robbed it.) -Privacy laws are updated such that only first parties have access to any information they gather on you. (Except for law enforcement who _must_ get a warrant.)
Since all of these are probably barring radical social/political change, I say "no thanks" to the convenience offered.
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Lemonade Stand, The Dark Crystal, Oregon Trail, Taipan, Karateka, even Wasteland. Those were the days.
I've been a frequent Slashdot contributer for 10 years and for some fucking reason not only can I not moderate, I cannot add tags.
I'm not sure what you're talking about. I didn't look through them all to see if any are more recent, but you tagged something as recently as Monday. Glancing through your tags, I have actually seen some of your tags up there; so it doesn't seem to be a matter of the tags not showing up. Is it that it just doesn't work sometimes? I've had that happen.
Right or wrong, with tags like "who cares", "thievingcunts", and "slownewsdaymeansdumbasfuck", it wouldn't surprise me if your 'tag karma' (or an arbitrary decision on the part of an editor) prevented you from tagging articles or from those tags showing up.
As for moderating, I'm with you. Excellent karma, frequent meta-moderation, and regular posting (in the past anyway) seemed to be a fast track to never having moderator points again for me.
Indeed.
Some people just need hysterical melodrama to make their lives feel meaningful, I guess. Thank you for giving me my fill for the day.
No, I win arguments by using ironic ad hominem arguments.
Nazi Germany 1933-1945. Thanks for playing!
Also agreed. Then I'd severely cripple or remove unrepresentative 'rule-making' bodies under the authority of the executive.
The problem with DBAN is that the drive has to be functional. Great for when you're selling hardware, but not so great when you're trying to destroy data on an otherwise worthless drive.
Sledgehammers are fun, but I prefer taking a grinder to the platters.
...it is still a theory unless and until cold, hard proof can be found.
No, you're just perpetuating the ignorance.
A theory can be well-supported by evidence or not. It can be proven false by any example which shows it is incorrect. It cannot be proven true, though, because we could discover something in the future for which the theory cannot account.
Creationists essentially argue that since science cannot prove evolution it is a belief system. They promote evolution as 'scientific dogma', intentionally ignoring the fact that science adapts with new theories to explain new phenomena (i.e. science admits when it is wrong). They do this (specifically using ignorance of science's use of the word 'theory' - as you note) to argue that since the theory of evolution is taught, all 'equal' theories (which neither creationism nor ID really are) must be taught as well.
You're not funding 'public schools'. You're funding the education of children. Vouchers do not give parents all their education tax dollars back. They give parents choice where some of those dollars are spent: specifically, the dollars that would be spent on their children.
Yes, public schools lose out to some degree on economies of scale when children go to private schools, but vouchers do not 'take funds away from public schools' in a literal sense. They keep the funds with the student - where they belong.
Dad, you're drunk again!
In all fairness 512meg is a reasonable about for XP, 1gig however is better. I don't see your average joe 6-pack user benefiting from more than 2gigs.
:)
After all the auto-updating software for their printer, mouse, keyboard, webcam, etc.; all the spyware, adware, trojans; and all the extra applications like AIM, anti-virus, anti-malware, non-driver device software (syncing, calling home, etc.), and media software playing music in the background, I can see joe 6-pack user making use of more than 2 gigs if he actually wants to do something with his computer.
I'm not sure you emphasized the correct word:
Roscheisen said the manufacturing process the company has developed will enable (the company) to eventually deliver solar electricity for less than a dollar per watt
It sounds like the technology is already in place. My guess is that they need to pay for development and/or wait for economies of scale.
I use a Palm TX, too. It's great, but when reading in the dark (so as not to disturb the sleeping wife) the display just can't be made dim enough for my taste, even with a black background.
I was disappointed by Super Mario Galaxy. Other than the cool physics and the Wiimote, there was nothing really that great about it. Don't get me wrong: I like the game. It's just not as good as Super Mario Sunshine was (and is).
Compared to Super Mario Sunshine, SMG is very linear. Yes, you can do the galaxies in pretty much whatever order you want, but they chose to have more galaxies in favor of more options in the individual levels. There was no searching for stars in the main area - they just dropped a hungry luma in your lap when you achieve a certain goal. There is absolutely no need to challenge yourself to get coins. They replaced the red coins in SMS with purple coins and saved all those levels for the end. The levels themselves were very linear and didn't provide for any exploring. All in all the game was much less challenging.
In my next incarnation, I want six digits on both hands, a tail, and four nipples. So just grin and bear it, people!
The resources of our solar system are up for grabs. Our fledgling civilization which has not yet reached the moon can already detect water on planets around other stars. It seems likely that any civilization capable of interstellar travel is much more skilled at detecting resources across these distances. They will need this information to figure out where to go and what to expect when they get there. If they want our resources, they are coming here regardless of whether we send out a signal.
The problem with people is that they never ask themselves, "What the fuck is my problem?"
My favorites are the $10 educational games I buy for my daughter. Their target audience is four or five years old and they want the CD in the drive. As if it is not enough of a challenge to get the POS installed and running and then explain to a four-year how to start and operate the game. You also have to make sure the four-year-old can identify the correct CD for the game she wants to play (which oh so conveniently look almost identical to each other) and make sure she does not destroy either CD or drive. /rant
You prefer one guy who knows something about the law. Even though that guy has almost certainly lost cases as a lawyer, had decisions overturned, or otherwise been "wrong" before. Even though that one guy might hate your race, religion, or the way you look. Even though that guy might be on the take with the guys framing you. Even though that guy might have a daughter who he doesn't want raped and murdered by the defendants associates. Even though that guy represents the government (the same government that is represented by the prosecutor...) rather than your neighbors.
Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe you just prefer that the twelve people deciding your fate are so ignorant of the law that they do not even understand the concept of jury nullification. So, maybe you don't want one guy. Maybe you want twelve random guys off the street who have been given advice by a surgeon, but otherwise can't even tie their shoes.
The joke only requires that neither he nor his wife is black.
ST:DS9 didn't start ramping up until seasons 3 and 4. Killing it at season 4 would have meant cutting out its three best seasons. I agree a plan is needed though.
The problem is with faith in franchises. Networks don't want to give up money makers, so they'll run a franchise to death. I'd rather see them put their faith in the writers/producers. Rather than BSG Season 10, give people the next Ron Moore project. I mean, Stephen King didn't sign up to write It 2. He signed up to writer another Stephen King book. Do the same for TV.
I'd like to see pitches for shows go from "We have this show about this cool idea" become "We have this show, the main story is this, this is the end, we can do it in X seasons."
If the show sucks, cancel it. If not, it has a pre-defined end point agreed upon by both parties which forces the writers to get it done rather than forcing them to make up stupid crap for the characters to say each week.
I liked I, Robot. I just pretend it has nothing to do with all that Asimov I've read and treat it as a flashy action flick. I'm pretty sure that's what the movie studio did, too.
Close. I think you've actually got it, but I think the question is just a bit more general. Ultimately, it boils down to:
Do you trust the government and any government thereafter to protect you from corporate interests, identity theft, corruption in government (and elsewhere), and the government itself? The answer is almost certainly no, right?
I'm all for a government issued standard ID (even a global standard) if:
-It is opt-in. I mean completely opt-in. You can not get one and your life will just be a little less convenient (like having a university give you an ID number rather than using your social). You can get one, but pick and choose where you use it.
-Some kind of guarantee that the ID will not suffice as the sole evidence of guilt. (E.g. the fact that your ID was used to access an ATM should not, per se, be evidence that you robbed it.)
-Privacy laws are updated such that only first parties have access to any information they gather on you. (Except for law enforcement who _must_ get a warrant.)
Since all of these are probably barring radical social/political change, I say "no thanks" to the convenience offered.
The suit apparently goes further: So it also sounds like they're claiming Nintendo was lying about the capabilities of the strap and want the manual/box/whatever changed.
As long as he's not watching My Little Pony or The Care Bears, I think he's alright.