Anyone serious about leaving should boycott the site from 10th to 17th of Feb. That should give Dice a good indication of what will happen if they force this shit on us.
That’s a totally dubious opinion misstated as fact.
Without American materiel (lend/lease ships, tanks, bomber aircraft) and manpower (D-Day landings, continental fighting, naval convoys) the war effort would have been almost inevitably lost.
Didn't the Americans manage to sink all the tanks we loaned them on D-Day by launching them too far out at sea? My history book says the British were the only ones who managed to get them ashore (along with the materials to build a prefabricated port so they could dock ships there and get the heavy gear on land).
I also thought the beginning of the end of the war was down to the Russians in Stalingrad. The capture of Berlin was termed a 'race' between the Allies and the Russians (because they both wanted to be the first grab the German tech). The allies won by a matter of hours but it was the Russians who broke through the German lines first.
What I like about the "old" Slashdot is not only that it's faster. That's an additional goodie. But first of all, the pictures are smaller and the text gets more real estate on the page. Yes, I like it that way. If I wanted a picture book, I'd turn to the son of a friend of mine, he's 3 and he has plenty of them.
"Pictures"???
My window is showing edge-to-edge text, I don't recall ever seeing "pictures" on slashdot apart from an icon next to the summary (eg. a blue padlock for this story).
Reading this thread I feel like I'm seeing a completely different web site than everybody else.
When I looked at slashdot this morning it said something like "You won't be able to see 'slashdot classic' for much longer". There must be some sort of redesign that I didn't see yet.
You can store the excess output from those inflexible nuclear power plants in a way that it can be released quickly to smooth out spikes in demand.
We do that by (eg.) pumping water uphill to reservoirs then letting it flow downhill through turbines when the adverts come on TV and everybody goes and makes a cup of tea... (or grabs a beer from the fridge, or whatever else they do in the uncivilized world).
The real problems come on cloudy days when there's no wind. On those days you need enough capacity in you nuclear plants to make up the deficit.
In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases.[2][3][4] No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view,[5]
And on the other side we have a massive political campaign to deny climate change:
All I'm saying is that critical thinking, knowing the difference between "opinion" and "evidence-based facts", should be compulsory for everybody. By law. Two weeks per year.
Everything else will sort itself out. Republicans vs. Democrats, Prius vs. Gas Guzzler, whatever.
PS: Do you believe in the personal right to dump toxic crap in rivers, even if they're on your property? How about dumping trash? Should there be laws against that? Doesn't that infringe your "freedom"?
Do you think they should have taken the lead out of gasoline? What are your feelings on catalytic converters? Are they "telling you what sort of car to drive"?
This is the elephant in the room. Creationists want to "teach the controversy", but only their controversy. There'll be outrage if we advocate teaching Islam in schools alongside Creationism and Evolution.
There ARE significant problems with evolution as a scientific explanation of the origin of the diversity of life on earth. The primary problem for evolution is that it too cannot be proven though experiments in the lab nor has it been observed in place.
You're probably trolling, but...
NO scientific theory can be proven, we go with the one that best fits the evidence. This is the basis of endless childish word games by creationists.
Evolution is at least as "proven" as gravity since the advent of gene sequencing. I don't see many creationists floating off into space, do you?
The fear? Yes. The unreasonable, knee-jerk hypocrisy, less so. I'm all for keeping dumb people out of power, regardless of their religious affiliation, but I'm not about to say that I should be the one to decide what they can and cannot teach their own offspring. Mainly, because I wouldn't want someone else dictating what I can teach my kids.
Right.
But the only way to keep dumb people out of power is to educate the voters. That mostly involves teaching them critical thinking when they're young. The rest will sort itself out.
If you aren't teaching your kids critical thinking then you're part the problem and somebody else needs to step in.
Either that or you have to pass a "voters exam" full of basic science questions before you get to vote on anything important.
Consequence of freedom. And, presuming that's a video of G.W. Bush (I don't bother with video links), I doubt you'd be hard pressed to find evidence of Democratic Presidents doing/saying stupid shit - Obama's almost as bad as Gee-Dub when it comes to "open-mouth-insert-foot" moments.
Nope. Sarah Palin talking at a religious university, telling the kids how the founding fathers were Christians and a long list of other stuff that's completely wrong. Even Obama and Gee Dub can't hold a candle to her.
PS: When did this become "Democrats vs. Republicans"? My problem is that an Atheist president is unthinkable in the USA. It simply couldn't happen. Nuh-uh.
Riiiiight, because kids raised by "progressive" parents definitely don't think they have a right to dictate what kind of cars others can drive, or what weapons they can own, or what they can do with their own property...
Where did any of that come into it? This is about religion.
Slashdot Mirror
I have those plus "slashdot.org".
Anyone serious about leaving should boycott the site from 10th to 17th of Feb. That should give Dice a good indication of what will happen if they force this shit on us.
OK, done! Starting next Monday.
Post this in all stories until then.
Pre-empting what, exactly?
That’s a totally dubious opinion misstated as fact.
Without American materiel (lend/lease ships, tanks, bomber aircraft) and manpower (D-Day landings, continental fighting, naval convoys) the war effort would have been almost inevitably lost.
Didn't the Americans manage to sink all the tanks we loaned them on D-Day by launching them too far out at sea? My history book says the British were the only ones who managed to get them ashore (along with the materials to build a prefabricated port so they could dock ships there and get the heavy gear on land).
I also thought the beginning of the end of the war was down to the Russians in Stalingrad. The capture of Berlin was termed a 'race' between the Allies and the Russians (because they both wanted to be the first grab the German tech). The allies won by a matter of hours but it was the Russians who broke through the German lines first.
I tried that in Internet Explorer, just to make sure I had the full experience.
Ew!
Was I supposed to be viewing it on a touch screen tablet or something?
What I like about the "old" Slashdot is not only that it's faster. That's an additional goodie. But first of all, the pictures are smaller and the text gets more real estate on the page. Yes, I like it that way. If I wanted a picture book, I'd turn to the son of a friend of mine, he's 3 and he has plenty of them.
"Pictures"???
My window is showing edge-to-edge text, I don't recall ever seeing "pictures" on slashdot apart from an icon next to the summary (eg. a blue padlock for this story).
Reading this thread I feel like I'm seeing a completely different web site than everybody else.
if you use classic mode from prefs then you're not on beta. but every fucking reply takes you to a new page
probably less annoying than the beta look though.
Ummm....no. When I hit 'reply' a box appears below the original message and I can type there.
Check your noscript settings or something if it doesn't.
The more people are vocal the more they'll feel pressure.
You believe the bean counters read the comments instead of looking at the advertising stats?
If it's as bad as you say (I haven't seen it yet) then there's a simple answer. Boycott the site for a week. Everybody.
You can bet that classic will be back up and running if you do that.
Can't live a week without slashdot? You're part of the problem.
Oh, that's what that message was....(!)
When I looked at slashdot this morning it said something like "You won't be able to see 'slashdot classic' for much longer". There must be some sort of redesign that I didn't see yet.
What's Slashbeta ?
There should be a law that says "Assume guilt, apply maximum penalty, put people in jail" when stuff like this happens.
Same for Arthur Anderson and their shredding parties, etc.
Maybe I'm loosing my nerdiness...
You're unleashing your nerdiness? Watch out, world!
5% per minute is pretty good...
The GP is presenting a false dichotomy.
You can store the excess output from those inflexible nuclear power plants in a way that it can be released quickly to smooth out spikes in demand.
We do that by (eg.) pumping water uphill to reservoirs then letting it flow downhill through turbines when the adverts come on TV and everybody goes and makes a cup of tea... (or grabs a beer from the fridge, or whatever else they do in the uncivilized world).
The real problems come on cloudy days when there's no wind. On those days you need enough capacity in you nuclear plants to make up the deficit.
In the scientific literature, there is a strong consensus that global surface temperatures have increased in recent decades and that the trend is caused primarily by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases.[2][3][4] No scientific body of national or international standing disagrees with this view,[5]
And on the other side we have a massive political campaign to deny climate change:
https://www.google.com/search?...
http://www.scientificamerican....
And those who use the word "Denier" are more credible?
Well.... I never saw a "Denier" who could post credible data (usually they don't post any at all).
All I'm saying is that critical thinking, knowing the difference between "opinion" and "evidence-based facts", should be compulsory for everybody. By law. Two weeks per year.
Everything else will sort itself out. Republicans vs. Democrats, Prius vs. Gas Guzzler, whatever.
PS: Do you believe in the personal right to dump toxic crap in rivers, even if they're on your property? How about dumping trash? Should there be laws against that? Doesn't that infringe your "freedom"?
Do you think they should have taken the lead out of gasoline? What are your feelings on catalytic converters? Are they "telling you what sort of car to drive"?
This is the elephant in the room. Creationists want to "teach the controversy", but only their controversy. There'll be outrage if we advocate teaching Islam in schools alongside Creationism and Evolution.
Both participants have had practice/coaching.
Both arguments will be worded to sound utterly convincing to their intended audiences.
Nobody will be swayed either way
(it doesn't matter that only one of the arguments will stand up to rigorous logical analysis afterwards)
There ARE significant problems with evolution as a scientific explanation of the origin of the diversity of life on earth. The primary problem for evolution is that it too cannot be proven though experiments in the lab nor has it been observed in place.
You're probably trolling, but...
NO scientific theory can be proven, we go with the one that best fits the evidence. This is the basis of endless childish word games by creationists.
Evolution is at least as "proven" as gravity since the advent of gene sequencing. I don't see many creationists floating off into space, do you?
Is Nye?
Sure, why not? I know I would.
(Assuming Mr. Ham can pull out a new argument with supporting evidence...)
One of the first things you find out when you debate fundies is that they haven't even read The Bible.
How depressing is that?
The fear? Yes. The unreasonable, knee-jerk hypocrisy, less so. I'm all for keeping dumb people out of power, regardless of their religious affiliation, but I'm not about to say that I should be the one to decide what they can and cannot teach their own offspring. Mainly, because I wouldn't want someone else dictating what I can teach my kids.
Right.
But the only way to keep dumb people out of power is to educate the voters. That mostly involves teaching them critical thinking when they're young. The rest will sort itself out.
If you aren't teaching your kids critical thinking then you're part the problem and somebody else needs to step in.
Either that or you have to pass a "voters exam" full of basic science questions before you get to vote on anything important.
Consequence of freedom. And, presuming that's a video of G.W. Bush (I don't bother with video links), I doubt you'd be hard pressed to find evidence of Democratic Presidents doing/saying stupid shit - Obama's almost as bad as Gee-Dub when it comes to "open-mouth-insert-foot" moments.
Nope. Sarah Palin talking at a religious university, telling the kids how the founding fathers were Christians and a long list of other stuff that's completely wrong. Even Obama and Gee Dub can't hold a candle to her.
PS: When did this become "Democrats vs. Republicans"? My problem is that an Atheist president is unthinkable in the USA. It simply couldn't happen. Nuh-uh.
Riiiiight, because kids raised by "progressive" parents definitely don't think they have a right to dictate what kind of cars others can drive, or what weapons they can own, or what they can do with their own property...
Where did any of that come into it? This is about religion.