Oh, cheer up. Christmas is close. Final Fantasy 12 is out.
Incorrectly working ballot machine are very important, and should be brought to the for front of any news orginization, even slashdot.
Oh, my! You mean the wrong candidate might get in? Oh, wait... they're *ALL* the wrong candidate.
The is stuff that matters.
No it's the not. The politicians don't need to rig the voting machines. The whole idea is silly. The risk/return doesn't work out. They're gerrymandered and moneyed in. The story was overblown.
I agree, but you can still buy the basic pieces. In fact, I found a web page (sorry, don't have it handy) where you can buy the little bastards in bulk for those big projects.
I always lay the final blame on the virus writers. If I were in charge, they'd be hunted mercilessly by Special Forces units paid for by a small tax on business that would cost less than dealing with all the virus BS.
But we live in a culture that incresingly tolerates bad behavior, and blaming the victim has always been popular. Look at rape trial defense arguments back in the "good old days".
I had expected the player to be fairly heavy, but after holding the Zune in my hand it was clear that I was wrong.
I could sense it somehow, as if the pully-downey force that makes things fall and me very tired was not affecting the Zune as not much as I expected it not too.
It is not as light as the latest video iPod, but compared to my fourth-generation iPod, the Zune was lighter.
Ah ha, thought I. As I go back generations of media player, things get heavier. It was also a tad lighter than a 1952 Bendix steam powered black and white television console, thus adding weight (pun intended!!) to my theory. I plan to compare the Zune to a four ton heiroglyphic slab in Luxor, Egypt when I get the chance.
The top of the Zune had a clear glass layer while the exterior had a tactile feel to it,
Tactile. Definition: Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible. So, yes, the Zune did in fact exist as far as my sensory apparatty and perceptualtudeness could determine.
The 'skin' of the Zune was a 'rubberized' material that had a smooth seductive feel to it. I found myself unable to stop stroking the device, so much that the demo assistant asked me to put it down."
He then called the police who took me downtown to a jail cell, and that's where I'm writing thie review now.
Heh heh. You're actually not that far from the truth. It takes a long time for tech to become space qualified. I think, for example, FPGAs are just getting to the rad hardness specs required for reliable on orbit operation.
Make sure you are browsing at -1, *those* people are the real experts;)
You may joke, but these days anyone who questions the current pseudoscience-dogma-of-the-month tends to get modded -1 when they interject facts into the discussion, so you're not that far off.
One wonders when someone will come up with a truly effective formula for measuring human intelligence
It won't happen, not because it's not possible, but because some group or another will have a lower mean score, and the cries of racism, sexism, ageism, redbluestateism, culturalism, OSism, haircolorism, footsizeism, dicksizeism, or whateverism will drown out the truth.
I was going to write up a witty retort to all of this, but I think its far simpler just to call these people fucking idiots and get back to work.
I hope you aren't calling the school officials idiots. It's the parents and lawyers. The school is just giving up in an impossible situation, and innoculating against a vector for an injury lawsuit. There's nothing else you can do in a culture run by and for lawyers.
Here in California we have clear cut cases of lawyers abusing the law and making millions from nusiance lawsuits, and everyone knows about it, but it's going to take an armed insurrection to put a stop to it because the Trail Lawyers pay off the politicians to kill any mitigating legislation.
"The average person in government is not of the age of people who are using all this stuff,"
Wow. Stereotype much?
The problem isn't that gummint folks don't know about these things, the problem is that they DON'T CARE.
It's all about power and control and PRETENDING to care.
It's like the old Jay Leno routine about soft cookies sold in bags.
CEO: Everyone has the soft cookies. We need one, too. Any ideas?
Underling: Well, boss, why don't we bake the cookies fresh every day and deliver them just in time to be soft and fresh.
CEO:Are you out of your mind?! Get out of here! Bob, call Dow Chemical. See if they have a softening agent we can use. Bill, call the Metamucil people and find out what they use.
So what I guess I'm saying is that while the Internet may be the best thing since soft, warm cookies, all the politicians care about is feeding us chemicals. I think. Or something.
I dunno... I's totally pro-cloning, but even I have no trouble with labeling. I encourage it, in fact. It's up to the manufacturers to sell the idea to the general public. Cloned meat may spend a long time as a niche meat, like the "select" brands you see at the market, but eventually people will learn.
Slashdot Mirror
I think I'd prefer a Master Chef helmet. I'm hungry.
F you, pal
Oh, cheer up. Christmas is close. Final Fantasy 12 is out.
Incorrectly working ballot machine are very important, and should be brought to the for front of any news orginization, even slashdot.
Oh, my! You mean the wrong candidate might get in? Oh, wait... they're *ALL* the wrong candidate.
The is stuff that matters.
No it's the not. The politicians don't need to rig the voting machines. The whole idea is silly. The risk/return doesn't work out. They're gerrymandered and moneyed in. The story was overblown.
The Repubwicans are coming! Theys going to eats my cat and send my grandma to Iraq!
Ah, Slashdot. My daily dose of Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt.
He created one of the hottest pieces of superheroine ass in history. What else is needed? Props are due, dogs.
I think Africa has bigger fish to fry...
Or *wish* they did.
Yeah, insensitive. I know. :-\
I agree, but you can still buy the basic pieces. In fact, I found a web page (sorry, don't have it handy) where you can buy the little bastards in bulk for those big projects.
I bet Nintendo will release this in Nintendo and Europe as well
Maybe, but you won't get many takers for your prediction that Nintendo will take over the United States and rename it Nintendo.
I doubt politicians could even close their italics tags! :-) Hey! I'm teasing! It's Friday!
who would mistake Barbara Streisand for Shrek
I do that all the time.
What did we ever do to you?
I always lay the final blame on the virus writers. If I were in charge, they'd be hunted mercilessly by Special Forces units paid for by a small tax on business that would cost less than dealing with all the virus BS.
But we live in a culture that incresingly tolerates bad behavior, and blaming the victim has always been popular. Look at rape trial defense arguments back in the "good old days".
I had expected the player to be fairly heavy, but after holding the Zune in my hand it was clear that I was wrong.
I could sense it somehow, as if the pully-downey force that makes things fall and me very tired was not affecting the Zune as not much as I expected it not too.
It is not as light as the latest video iPod, but compared to my fourth-generation iPod, the Zune was lighter.
Ah ha, thought I. As I go back generations of media player, things get heavier. It was also a tad lighter than a 1952 Bendix steam powered black and white television console, thus adding weight (pun intended!!) to my theory. I plan to compare the Zune to a four ton heiroglyphic slab in Luxor, Egypt when I get the chance.
The top of the Zune had a clear glass layer while the exterior had a tactile feel to it,
Tactile. Definition: Perceptible to the sense of touch; tangible. So, yes, the Zune did in fact exist as far as my sensory apparatty and perceptualtudeness could determine.
The 'skin' of the Zune was a 'rubberized' material that had a smooth seductive feel to it. I found myself unable to stop stroking the device, so much that the demo assistant asked me to put it down."
He then called the police who took me downtown to a jail cell, and that's where I'm writing thie review now.
Heh heh. You're actually not that far from the truth. It takes a long time for tech to become space qualified. I think, for example, FPGAs are just getting to the rad hardness specs required for reliable on orbit operation.
Jesse Tortora
who?
Lemme help design the battlestars. Pleeeeeeaaaaase?
But we're still the dominant power there.
[johnwayne] And we aims to keep it that way, pilgrim! [/johnwayne]
Make sure you are browsing at -1, *those* people are the real experts ;)
You may joke, but these days anyone who questions the current pseudoscience-dogma-of-the-month tends to get modded -1 when they interject facts into the discussion, so you're not that far off.
One wonders when someone will come up with a truly effective formula for measuring human intelligence
It won't happen, not because it's not possible, but because some group or another will have a lower mean score, and the cries of racism, sexism, ageism, redbluestateism, culturalism, OSism, haircolorism, footsizeism, dicksizeism, or whateverism will drown out the truth.
You know... the way it is right now.
I was going to write up a witty retort to all of this, but I think its far simpler just to call these people fucking idiots and get back to work.
I hope you aren't calling the school officials idiots. It's the parents and lawyers. The school is just giving up in an impossible situation, and innoculating against a vector for an injury lawsuit. There's nothing else you can do in a culture run by and for lawyers.
Here in California we have clear cut cases of lawyers abusing the law and making millions from nusiance lawsuits, and everyone knows about it, but it's going to take an armed insurrection to put a stop to it because the Trail Lawyers pay off the politicians to kill any mitigating legislation.
At least in the US, we can RUN to BECOME the government. ...most techies won't drop to a politicians level.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha! That's a good one. :-)
Oh, wait, you were serious.
(blank stare)
HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAA! :-D
"The average person in government is not of the age of people who are using all this stuff,"
Wow. Stereotype much?
The problem isn't that gummint folks don't know about these things, the problem is that they DON'T CARE.
It's all about power and control and PRETENDING to care.
It's like the old Jay Leno routine about soft cookies sold in bags.
CEO: Everyone has the soft cookies. We need one, too. Any ideas?
Underling: Well, boss, why don't we bake the cookies fresh every day and deliver them just in time to be soft and fresh.
CEO:Are you out of your mind?! Get out of here! Bob, call Dow Chemical. See if they have a softening agent we can use. Bill, call the Metamucil people and find out what they use.
So what I guess I'm saying is that while the Internet may be the best thing since soft, warm cookies, all the politicians care about is feeding us chemicals. I think. Or something.
I'm certain that advertising and the media is at the core of this -
What was the attacker getting out of this? Here's the real reasons:
o Lack of proportional punishment.
o Incresingly institutionalized perception that people are not responsible for their actions for psychological/environmental/genetic/whatever reasons.
o Criminal apologists.
o Society's abdication of the concept of shame.
I dunno... I's totally pro-cloning, but even I have no trouble with labeling. I encourage it, in fact. It's up to the manufacturers to sell the idea to the general public. Cloned meat may spend a long time as a niche meat, like the "select" brands you see at the market, but eventually people will learn.
Heh heh heh... niche meat...
Broccoli is bad for you. It's depressing.
solve these just by reducing the population.
1. Religious difference.
Kill all the infidels. Problem solved. :-)
2. Resource difference (from your land is more fertile, has more shiny rocks, is upwind, you name it)
Kill all the infidels with the cool resources. Problem solved. :-)
3. Global Warming (as if its population based, we would just blame it on something else, lets see, the previous conditions work)
Kill all the infidels who dare disagree with our holy global models. Problem solved. :-)
And in case you think I'm *really* joking on that third one: http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2006/9/19/11408/1 106
The saying is "There's a sucker born every minute." It is often credited to P.T. Barnum, but that is disputed.
If you're going to be a anonymous coward bigot, at least do us the courtesy of using correct quotes.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_is_a_sucker_bor n_every_minute