My son is 8 years old. I'd love to get him interested in science-fiction, but most of the books I can think of seem to be targeted to older kids/adults
Huh. Shame there's not some vast repository of information where you could search for this.
I keep telling people these "dumb" politicians are the alpha sociopaths, but people keep choosing to believe they are so much smarter.
Hey, they know how to install a Linix distro and write program in C++! Let's see some idiot politician do that, huh? Amirite? Yeah! Stupid politicians! Bunch of old dudes who can barely work a phone! Ha!
Meanwhile, the politicians are laughing their asses off at the "useful idiots", raking in the power and the money, and partying it up like there's no tomorrow.
It makes me wonder if this is in the real interest of creating a better experience and art, or if it is a ploy by the media manufacturers to sell more expensive equipment and drive ticket prices up.
o Two companies have legal dispute over some speech thing. o Apple is asked to pull app until legal dispute is settled. o Apple: (shrug) OK. (pulls app) (App remains on iPads that downloaded it) o Media: "ZOMFG!!1! APPLE DESTROYS THE ***LIFE*** OF CHILD WITH HANDICAP AND DRIVES MOTHER TO MISERY AND MADE FLUTTERSHY CRY!!!11!2657682365879!!" o Slashdot AppleHateSquad: "LOVE ITSELF HAS BEEN OBLITERATED FROM THE ENTIRETY OF THE PAN DIMENSIONAL MULTIVERSE!!!!!"
Honestly, I don't see how "results" from a very noisy system with lots of feedbacks, poorly understood interactions, and not very amenable to controlled experimentation is any better.
If you just assume our fearless "leaders" are the alpha sociopaths of society, and are dedicated to complete self interest, you at least have a somewhat predictable model there, and you can find a little truth even if it's just gleaned via shadows cast by the light you shine on them.
Why is it considered perfectly acceptable to charge one side of the equation with racial intolerance but totally unacceptable to even *consider* looking at the other side for similar -- perhaps even more egregious -- motivations?
The alpha sociopaths in office get more mileage playing that side of the equation. Also: tradition.
Maybe they could get some powerjuice by playing with the other side, but they tend to go with known algorithms.
Typical AC moron. Didn't get the joke, and took it way too seriously in a complete non sequitur direction. Sleep well, idiot. Maybe the brain cell fairy will visit you and leave a clue under your pillow.
It was the transit of Venus! It was jealous that Ray gave Mars all his love, and pulled some sneaky, underhanded gravitational alignment whatsis! Damn you, Venus! Damn yoooooou!
Get moving on thorium based reactor tech? I would have expected more out of the box thinking from Japan. They were the only ones doing any serious research into extracting uranium from seawater, for example.
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My son is 8 years old. I'd love to get him interested in science-fiction, but most of the books I can think of seem to be targeted to older kids/adults
Huh. Shame there's not some vast repository of information where you could search for this.
http://www.google.com/search?q=science+fiction+novels+kids
I keep telling people these "dumb" politicians are the alpha sociopaths, but people keep choosing to believe they are so much smarter.
Hey, they know how to install a Linix distro and write program in C++! Let's see some idiot politician do that, huh? Amirite? Yeah! Stupid politicians! Bunch of old dudes who can barely work a phone! Ha!
Meanwhile, the politicians are laughing their asses off at the "useful idiots", raking in the power and the money, and partying it up like there's no tomorrow.
Eh, the 70s said yes to everything....
At what point is parody indistinguishable from self-aggrandizement?
Elections.
It makes me wonder if this is in the real interest of creating a better experience and art, or if it is a ploy by the media manufacturers to sell more expensive equipment and drive ticket prices up.
Can't it be both? :)
In the 70s/80s we had ice cream bars, those push up things and the ice cream cups available here in California schools.
Raisins *are* a bit "meh" alone, but great mixed with peanuts. ProTip: Use unsalted peanuts. SuperProTip: Add some chocolate chips.
Kill the meme, kill it with fire!
Are they single?
Maybe. *shrug* Didn't see as much of that, so I didn't choose to skewer it. When it's satire time, I'm agnostic and there are no good guys.
Can I pick a side without the false dichotomy?
Fluttershy's still cryin', man. Can't you dig that? No one thinks of the kiddies anymore. All the love done drained from the 'verse.
...with the black helicopters.
Slashdot is turning into AM Coast To Coast.
o Two companies have legal dispute over some speech thing.
o Apple is asked to pull app until legal dispute is settled.
o Apple: (shrug) OK. (pulls app) (App remains on iPads that downloaded it)
o Media: "ZOMFG!!1! APPLE DESTROYS THE ***LIFE*** OF CHILD WITH HANDICAP AND DRIVES MOTHER TO MISERY AND MADE FLUTTERSHY CRY!!!11!2657682365879!!"
o Slashdot AppleHateSquad: "LOVE ITSELF HAS BEEN OBLITERATED FROM THE ENTIRETY OF THE PAN DIMENSIONAL MULTIVERSE!!!!!"
I suppose. I'll stick with the alpha sociopath methodology for now. :)
Honestly, I don't see how "results" from a very noisy system with lots of feedbacks, poorly understood interactions, and not very amenable to controlled experimentation is any better.
If you just assume our fearless "leaders" are the alpha sociopaths of society, and are dedicated to complete self interest, you at least have a somewhat predictable model there, and you can find a little truth even if it's just gleaned via shadows cast by the light you shine on them.
Why is it considered perfectly acceptable to charge one side of the equation with racial intolerance but totally unacceptable to even *consider* looking at the other side for similar -- perhaps even more egregious -- motivations?
The alpha sociopaths in office get more mileage playing that side of the equation. Also: tradition.
Maybe they could get some powerjuice by playing with the other side, but they tend to go with known algorithms.
I knew this would go memetic. We're doomed.
WWDC starts soon. Maybe you'll get your wish.
Typical AC moron. Didn't get the joke, and took it way too seriously in a complete non sequitur direction. Sleep well, idiot. Maybe the brain cell fairy will visit you and leave a clue under your pillow.
And those killer tomatoes. Saw a documentary on them back in the 1970s. People *died*, man!
Who knew aphids had such rabid fans?
I already have this service, although it's not the government.
It was the transit of Venus! It was jealous that Ray gave Mars all his love, and pulled some sneaky, underhanded gravitational alignment whatsis! Damn you, Venus! Damn yoooooou!
Get moving on thorium based reactor tech? I would have expected more out of the box thinking from Japan. They were the only ones doing any serious research into extracting uranium from seawater, for example.
OK.
@Nintendo: There's a lot of DVDs and BluRay out there. Be silly to not play them.