No, we did mean Impressionable and that's the whole point. TFA says they are "suscepitble to influence" and that's we meant too. Please the other comments on this thread and TFA for an explanation as to why.
No, military training is not about making people impressionable. Part of it is making people *unimpressionable*. What you are saying is that the soldiers being impressionable eases the job of the trainers. But it's ok, the trainers do a pretty good job of making even the most stubborn person a good soldier anyway. Being impressionable is a HUGE trade off (did I use the phrase correctly?).
It seems that you might not have understood the bad effects of a soldier being impressionable, so I'll try to explain. First of all, he can cheat his country. Not stealing the plans to a secret underground volcanic weapon, but something smaller. Then his opinions might get modified easily, and he might lose some of his support for the cause his country is fighting for. His mind might become fluctuated (damn, I really don't know English) by what he sees in the battlefield. And an impressionable mind often implies a weak mind, which sucks for a soldier. (Plus, the other guy who replied to me does a pretty good job of explaining too.)
RTFA. It says they are bad because "They're detached from reality and suscepitble to influence" (emphasis mine). Almost the opposite of what you say. They're bad because they are impressionable.
Why do slashdotters take everything remotely saying something other than praising "geeks" as an insult? The Israeli army is saying that *Israelis* who play D&D (probably in a way that's done only in Israel) are not very good for the army. They're not saying that slashdotters have small penises.
Oh please. You're giving too much credit to gamers. The Israeli army frowns upon them because the players are *impressionable*. Almost the opposite of what you said. The players easily adapt to the fantasy world of D&D, so their beliefs can be changed easily than others.
Software patents are for mathematical truths and thoughts. Those two should not be patented. (Most countries' laws say that mathematical truths can't be patented.) Of course software "inventions" can be better than "real" inventions, but that's not the point. Patenting a software invention is comparable to patenting x + x = 2x.
Yes, and that's exactly why WINE Is Not an Emulator. But whenever you say that on slashdot, the language nazis wake up and start giving lectures about why WINE is an emulator. FFS, the WINE developers *themselves* say that WINE is not an emulator.
Your first link doesn't say that Kashmir wants to be independent or join Pakistan. And your second link doesn't say that the Indian army has been accused of killing 50,000 people. Nice try.
And more important, the Indian military only targets (or at least tries to target) people who are actually involved in terrorism or support it. The terrorists, by definition, target civilians. Not just Hindus, but Muslims too.
[Human rights organisations just love screaming about abuses by government and established authorites rather than abuses by "militant" organisations. It gives more value to their efforts.]
Clue train: I don't fucking care what you think. I just want Bush (or whoever makes those decisions) to reconsider his strategy of supporting Musharraf so much on one hand and wailing about terrorists attacking USA (which is happening) OTOH. BTW, try going to Kashmir and getting the honest opinions of at least 100 people. You'll know what I'm talking about. AFAIK, it's people who watch FOX who are being spoon fed propaganda by Musharraf. How many interviews of Musharraf have you seen compared to interviews of an Indian Prime Minister or minister or bureaucrat? And BTW, the whole world isn't exactly like whichever country you live in. There are differences.
The results were there and it's probably not as scary and complex as TFA says it was to see the results. Maybe something as simple as modifying the URL. So when it's possible (probably very easily), who can resist from seeing it? Even if it's a bit complex to see, it's not like they had to be security experts or something. Just follow a few steps and you can see your results. This is just too much on Harvard's part.
Maybe offtopic, but one of the things that piss me off is when people use the word "alternative" to refer to FOSS even the software is better than the its proprietary counterparts. Not just Linux, even in fields where the OSS software was one of the first/the first one to arrive and is clearly superior to the proprietary "alternative"s.
By that logic, it's MS' OS and they can do whatever they want with it. If you don't like it, then use some other OS. But you pay for MS' OS, you say? Well, you pay for Google too, in the form of clicking on ads. Google is cheating.
Maybe it uses ip addresses to identify and maybe it has stopped now. RTFA. The keywords EXACTLY match the subject of the page. What are the odds of the page getting corrupted with completely relevant keywords? Not to mention, the improbability of something like this happening.
Whatever. They're giving different pages for different people and they are stuffing keywords. It's their own search engine so they know how to achieve maximum results through minimum keywords. And that's not really less, those are a lot of keywords. And yes, I get pissed by the SEOs who stuff keywords too.
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No, we did mean Impressionable and that's the whole point. TFA says they are "suscepitble to influence" and that's we meant too. Please the other comments on this thread and TFA for an explanation as to why.
Hmm, looks like anything that remotely praises Apple gets modded up on slashdot. So here we go... Steve Jobs <3 <3 <3
I'm surprised that they even thought of stopping the deal. I've always viewed USA as a country that tries very hard to support businesses.
No, military training is not about making people impressionable. Part of it is making people *unimpressionable*. What you are saying is that the soldiers being impressionable eases the job of the trainers. But it's ok, the trainers do a pretty good job of making even the most stubborn person a good soldier anyway. Being impressionable is a HUGE trade off (did I use the phrase correctly?).
It seems that you might not have understood the bad effects of a soldier being impressionable, so I'll try to explain. First of all, he can cheat his country. Not stealing the plans to a secret underground volcanic weapon, but something smaller. Then his opinions might get modified easily, and he might lose some of his support for the cause his country is fighting for. His mind might become fluctuated (damn, I really don't know English) by what he sees in the battlefield. And an impressionable mind often implies a weak mind, which sucks for a soldier. (Plus, the other guy who replied to me does a pretty good job of explaining too.)
You cannot always agree with experts.
But everyone on slashdot seems to think that you should always disagree with experts.
RTFA. It says they are bad because "They're detached from reality and suscepitble to influence" (emphasis mine). Almost the opposite of what you say. They're bad because they are impressionable.
Why do slashdotters take everything remotely saying something other than praising "geeks" as an insult? The Israeli army is saying that *Israelis* who play D&D (probably in a way that's done only in Israel) are not very good for the army. They're not saying that slashdotters have small penises.
Oh please. You're giving too much credit to gamers. The Israeli army frowns upon them because the players are *impressionable*. Almost the opposite of what you said. The players easily adapt to the fantasy world of D&D, so their beliefs can be changed easily than others.
Software patents are for mathematical truths and thoughts. Those two should not be patented. (Most countries' laws say that mathematical truths can't be patented.) Of course software "inventions" can be better than "real" inventions, but that's not the point. Patenting a software invention is comparable to patenting x + x = 2x.
5 cents? Is that a new rapper? 50 cent's midget brother?
This European software patents thing goes up and down faster than my dick.
Yes, and that's exactly why WINE Is Not an Emulator. But whenever you say that on slashdot, the language nazis wake up and start giving lectures about why WINE is an emulator. FFS, the WINE developers *themselves* say that WINE is not an emulator.
So?
Your first link doesn't say that Kashmir wants to be independent or join Pakistan. And your second link doesn't say that the Indian army has been accused of killing 50,000 people. Nice try.
And more important, the Indian military only targets (or at least tries to target) people who are actually involved in terrorism or support it. The terrorists, by definition, target civilians. Not just Hindus, but Muslims too.
[Human rights organisations just love screaming about abuses by government and established authorites rather than abuses by "militant" organisations. It gives more value to their efforts.]
Clue train: I don't fucking care what you think. I just want Bush (or whoever makes those decisions) to reconsider his strategy of supporting Musharraf so much on one hand and wailing about terrorists attacking USA (which is happening) OTOH. BTW, try going to Kashmir and getting the honest opinions of at least 100 people. You'll know what I'm talking about. AFAIK, it's people who watch FOX who are being spoon fed propaganda by Musharraf. How many interviews of Musharraf have you seen compared to interviews of an Indian Prime Minister or minister or bureaucrat? And BTW, the whole world isn't exactly like whichever country you live in. There are differences.
The results were there and it's probably not as scary and complex as TFA says it was to see the results. Maybe something as simple as modifying the URL. So when it's possible (probably very easily), who can resist from seeing it? Even if it's a bit complex to see, it's not like they had to be security experts or something. Just follow a few steps and you can see your results. This is just too much on Harvard's part.
Come on, they were just curious. This is too much. And Harvard should have been more careful.
Or maybe they're just patenting anything related to such a chip so that can make money when someone actually creats such a chip.
Maybe offtopic, but one of the things that piss me off is when people use the word "alternative" to refer to FOSS even the software is better than the its proprietary counterparts. Not just Linux, even in fields where the OSS software was one of the first/the first one to arrive and is clearly superior to the proprietary "alternative"s.
Google displays ads. That's a way of charging.
Sure thing. "It's because of people like you who don't read TFA, that the world is in this stage." <^-- Does that qualify as crucification?
By that logic, it's MS' OS and they can do whatever they want with it. If you don't like it, then use some other OS. But you pay for MS' OS, you say? Well, you pay for Google too, in the form of clicking on ads. Google is cheating.
Maybe it uses ip addresses to identify and maybe it has stopped now. RTFA. The keywords EXACTLY match the subject of the page. What are the odds of the page getting corrupted with completely relevant keywords? Not to mention, the improbability of something like this happening.
Whatever. They're giving different pages for different people and they are stuffing keywords. It's their own search engine so they know how to achieve maximum results through minimum keywords. And that's not really less, those are a lot of keywords. And yes, I get pissed by the SEOs who stuff keywords too.