Thanks, that was a pretty good article. I found the comments especially interesting (which I guess must be moderated because they all contributed to the discussion).
Human beings are terrible at admitting and taking responsibility for their own mistakes, especially when that admission could see your arse fired and your family on welfare.
100% spot-on. Very few people seem to have the maturity to do so.
OT: This is most evident when driving; where I live there's an increasing tendency for people to run red lights, even quite a few seconds after the lights have changed. Drivers that (understandably) start moving when their light goes green are screamed at and flipped off by the person running the red.
Perhaps this is a flaw in our collective character that manifests on the road. Our behaviour puts people in danger for absolutely no good reason and is the main reason I'm keen on seeing us move to autonomous vehicles and look forward to less and less humans behind the wheel. Although I love driving (I just squandered my house deposit on a 745i), the roads are a meat grinder and I'll gladly sacrifice my enjoyment if it makes things safer for everyone overall.
Some STD's are so common they don't even routinely test for them anymore (HSV)
Pardon my ignorance, but is that the one that causes otherwise normal middle-aged men to purchase an overpriced, obnoxiously loud and childishly-bodykitted Australian 'sports car' built from an uninspired four-door family sedan?
Well, it's not that far either. Quite modest and honest report actually. I doubt it would be easy for you to run North Korea either, while rest of the world is breathing on your back.
You are a truly sad little cockroach who's spent so long breathing shit you'd never recognise the truth if it presented itself to you.
Oh, thank god we have you apk! A good thing you posted such specific detail because there's nobody on Slashdot with enough technical nouse to understand the incredible hidden power of their hosts file without your prompting.
One of my friends is a monitor toucher. I called him out on it one day and he claimed he didn't do it. I stopped him in the act and pointed it out. He apparently never realized he did it. I got so sick of cleaning the screen of my laptop I keep by the couch.
I have a bit of a pet peeve about that one myself.
If only there was some way to spread the word that you can safely touch the screen to your heart's content, simply by reversing the hand doing the touching so only the fingernail contacts the screen.
Looks the same to the observer, creates a satisfying and tactile tap to emphasise the object being pointed at.. yet doesn't leave any fingies to eat through the panel into the electronics and burn down your home.
Your troll-fu is weak today. I think you have some good points but missed an opportunity for their discussion by delivering your comments in a pithy and slightly antagonistic manner.
You're right that we will always defend our young and will view any corrupting influence as a threat. It's a hot-button issue for us and yet despite knowing this we continue to debate the problem with a high level of emotion. I suggest we all need to grow up about this subject if we want anything to really change.
We have collectively created a witch-hunt and a feral mob mentality (as demonstrated by posts above this one) that serves only to drive the perpetrators underground and does nothing to remedy the issue.
Only when the outraged shrieking that follows any conversation on the topic dies down are we finally going to get something done about paeodphilia. It's obviously not going away and it's equally obvious we're not doing a good job of managing the problem as it stands. What's more, there may be some suspicion that the cases we see on the news are merely the tip of the iceberg - the ones that got themselves caught.
I propose that with a shift in our attitude will come an opportunity to lance this boil and start healing our civilisation from this (admittedly highly offensive) sickness. When we mature to the point where we see these people as ill rather than evil we'll have the chance to interact with them and get them some sort of help. They know they need help!
However right now if they admit they need help, we give them Hell and there's no redemption for one so accused whether rightly or wrongly.
This is madness and will only perpetuate the problem, leaving us fearful of ever letting our kids get out of sight in a tense climate of paranoia.. kinda like we have now.
Oh I agree cost does sound to be something to think of, but he did ask what we have for setups:-), On a completely pointless rating my system is a 7.6 on Windows Experience.
Wow, your ePeen is without a doubt considerably larger than mine, bravo sir.
Well done, you missed the point at the speed of light. Don't bother to read any comments before posting your numbskull commentary now!
You got some special kind of stupid going there buddy. Still, I have to admit, you *did* manage to crank out a comprehensible sentence this time which is something of an achievement for you. Well done!
Haven't you figured it out yet? Nobody cares about your fucking hosts file bullshit.
We especially don't care if it works or not, because this is fucking Slashdot and if we thought a hosts-file-based solution was the right choice WE'D HAVE FUCKING DONE IT OURSELVES ALREADY.
Oh, what a surprise, someone mentioned the hosts file and look.. not half a day later and a fat, mindless maggot called APK pops up like an ugly little prairie dog.
I reject your invitation as I prefer to make a counter-offer: *I* invite *YOU* to die slowly in a fire.
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That's a pretty well known delusion among parents.
Thanks, that was a pretty good article. I found the comments especially interesting (which I guess must be moderated because they all contributed to the discussion).
Human beings are terrible at admitting and taking responsibility for their own mistakes, especially when that admission could see your arse fired and your family on welfare.
100% spot-on. Very few people seem to have the maturity to do so.
OT: This is most evident when driving; where I live there's an increasing tendency for people to run red lights, even quite a few seconds after the lights have changed. Drivers that (understandably) start moving when their light goes green are screamed at and flipped off by the person running the red.
Perhaps this is a flaw in our collective character that manifests on the road. Our behaviour puts people in danger for absolutely no good reason and is the main reason I'm keen on seeing us move to autonomous vehicles and look forward to less and less humans behind the wheel. Although I love driving (I just squandered my house deposit on a 745i), the roads are a meat grinder and I'll gladly sacrifice my enjoyment if it makes things safer for everyone overall.
I would.
Good for you and good for the rest of us too. :)
I agree with tgetzoya; you are a much better man than I.
Some STD's are so common they don't even routinely test for them anymore (HSV)
Pardon my ignorance, but is that the one that causes otherwise normal middle-aged men to purchase an overpriced, obnoxiously loud and childishly-bodykitted Australian 'sports car' built from an uninspired four-door family sedan?
Well, it's not that far either. Quite modest and honest report actually. I doubt it would be easy for you to run North Korea either, while rest of the world is breathing on your back.
You are a truly sad little cockroach who's spent so long breathing shit you'd never recognise the truth if it presented itself to you.
Not everyone deserves to state their views because frankly, they are just too stupid or uneducated for that privilege.
Well then, it's a good thing you are here to decide who is worthy of enjoying this privilege.
Oh fuck off, fuck off FUCK OFF ALREADY!!
You are so far beyond pathetic I think we'll need a new branch of science to accurately define your lameness.
Or rather, we would, if anyone cared.
No - we laugh @ you! How can someone be so hopelessly deluded? Only apk knows for sure!
Oh, thank god we have you apk! A good thing you posted such specific detail because there's nobody on Slashdot with enough technical nouse to understand the incredible hidden power of their hosts file without your prompting.
Once again apk saves the day!
Fuck off you predictable, useless waste of space.
You know, I don't think you are wrong at all. I think you've summarised the situation quite nicely.
But, who's going to bankroll another US military operation abroad?
LOL I can see it now - Achmed Dinnerjacket flying gleefully in circles shouting "I'm alive! I'm alive!" :)
One of my friends is a monitor toucher. I called him out on it one day and he claimed he didn't do it. I stopped him in the act and pointed it out. He apparently never realized he did it. I got so sick of cleaning the screen of my laptop I keep by the couch.
I have a bit of a pet peeve about that one myself.
If only there was some way to spread the word that you can safely touch the screen to your heart's content, simply by reversing the hand doing the touching so only the fingernail contacts the screen.
Looks the same to the observer, creates a satisfying and tactile tap to emphasise the object being pointed at.. yet doesn't leave any fingies to eat through the panel into the electronics and burn down your home.
Your troll-fu is weak today. I think you have some good points but missed an opportunity for their discussion by delivering your comments in a pithy and slightly antagonistic manner.
You're right that we will always defend our young and will view any corrupting influence as a threat. It's a hot-button issue for us and yet despite knowing this we continue to debate the problem with a high level of emotion. I suggest we all need to grow up about this subject if we want anything to really change.
We have collectively created a witch-hunt and a feral mob mentality (as demonstrated by posts above this one) that serves only to drive the perpetrators underground and does nothing to remedy the issue.
Only when the outraged shrieking that follows any conversation on the topic dies down are we finally going to get something done about paeodphilia. It's obviously not going away and it's equally obvious we're not doing a good job of managing the problem as it stands. What's more, there may be some suspicion that the cases we see on the news are merely the tip of the iceberg - the ones that got themselves caught.
I propose that with a shift in our attitude will come an opportunity to lance this boil and start healing our civilisation from this (admittedly highly offensive) sickness. When we mature to the point where we see these people as ill rather than evil we'll have the chance to interact with them and get them some sort of help. They know they need help!
However right now if they admit they need help, we give them Hell and there's no redemption for one so accused whether rightly or wrongly.
This is madness and will only perpetuate the problem, leaving us fearful of ever letting our kids get out of sight in a tense climate of paranoia.. kinda like we have now.
But then, that does seem to be in vogue just now.
Oh I agree cost does sound to be something to think of, but he did ask what we have for setups :-), On a completely pointless rating my system is a 7.6 on Windows Experience.
Wow, your ePeen is without a doubt considerably larger than mine, bravo sir.
How nice for you. Your religion has 1 follower. The other has over 2,000,000,000...
A whole lotta people drink Coke, too. Say, that must mean that Coke is good for you, right?
Oh, that's rich. Spelling/grammar advice from you.
Stellar levels of hypocrisy like this is surely deserving of some kind of award.
Ain't that the truth.
The Internet: for sharing things which cannot be UnSeen..
Isn't he attacking the unprofessional culture of his local cops with his comment, rather than their occupation in general?
is the new super expensive now?
Wow, I must be super rich!
Well done, you missed the point at the speed of light. Don't bother to read any comments before posting your numbskull commentary now!
You got some special kind of stupid going there buddy. Still, I have to admit, you *did* manage to crank out a comprehensible sentence this time which is something of an achievement for you. Well done!
lol, you sound like someone from the TSA
Thank you, AC, that was the joke..
Thank you. That was the first time I've ever read anything of any value from you on this site.
I don't agree with you in the slightest but I'm encouraged that you managed to post something without schoolyard stupidity and infantile insults.
Maybe there's hope for you yet?
Haven't you figured it out yet? Nobody cares about your fucking hosts file bullshit.
We especially don't care if it works or not, because this is fucking Slashdot and if we thought a hosts-file-based solution was the right choice WE'D HAVE FUCKING DONE IT OURSELVES ALREADY.
You are truly some special kind of stupid.
Oh, what a surprise, someone mentioned the hosts file and look.. not half a day later and a fat, mindless maggot called APK pops up like an ugly little prairie dog.
I reject your invitation as I prefer to make a counter-offer: *I* invite *YOU* to die slowly in a fire.
P.S. => Please tell me you haven't spawned.