It's just that much easier to make jokes about so-called "Conservatives."
Seriously, the jokes they tell about Democrats are just as funny. One I remember is back when the government completely flopped on the Katrina cleanup, Jon Stewart said something along the lines of "I don't know how the Democrats could possibly pass up the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, but you know they're going to."
My guess is if you implemented something like that, it would point to the memo saying "(Insert name of terrorist leader here) DETERMINED TO STRIKE IN (Insert two-letter abbreviation for your country here)."
then it would say "Get your ass out of your ears and listen to the people who work for you who are telling you who is going to strike, and work with them to save lives instead of working with your cronies to exploit catastrophes for profit and power."
And when you tried to give it a turing test, it would say "fuck you, asshole. I want some damn coffee." in response to every question.
Whaddaya know, I just described the most convincing AI the world will ever see.
as berzerk as his supporters are, do you think they WOULN'T find a way to nominate him?
Hell they probably also got a nomination write-in for Osama Bin Laden, who just wants world peace in the form of forcing every government in the world to convert to his form of Islam, and then exterminate all the non-muslims, and then all the "different" muslims.
Is it strange that I keep seeing that game being plugged everywhere?
I mean it's cool and all, and yes, I've seen the movie "Wargames" and I've expected a game like this to ventually be made...
But I'm seeing it everywhere on the sites I normally frequent, and in casual talk, and I expect it'll be in the news for a bit, and I'm wondering if we're unwittingly participating in some sort of "Snakes on a Plane" type of marketing scheme.
Oh please, you're just being stupid now. Suddenly those janitors are worth more then thousands of people? Since when is it "just as bad" to kill only one or two as it is to kill thousands?
"well, we've already killed one of them, might as well exterminate the lot of them."
The good of the many outweigh the good of the few, and if you don't believe that, then you're truly "republican."
I say that in quotes because our current president is more liberal than any of the candidates he's bashed before, and still uses the word liberal as a four-letter-word.
Funny how at the time, republicans were accusing Clinton of exploiting the situation to detract attention away from Monicagate.
He didn't have the ability to strike Osama Bin Laden because it would damn him and his party in the eyes of the American people, and his party would have ensured that he be not only impeached, but removed from office.
The Single Subject thing would be horribly exploitable in Congress though.
What if you want to increase funding for schools and cut a few programs, and lessen penalties for misdemeanors so that they can't exceed a certain fine or jail time anywhere in the union?
All of these things TECHNICALLY would result in a better education system, since the kids would be (on average) spending less time in jail hanging out with the wrong crowd, they'd have more teachers and smaller class sizes, better schools and books and all that jazz, and well, basically, you get the picture that while these things aren't really related, they contribute to the same goal.
If a bill were confined to a single subject, this bill would be THREE bills, and typically in that situation Congress would reach a "COMPROMISE" and only pass one or two of them. or even worse, they'd pass one bill, and then pass something which negated the effectiveness of it, and then they'd hold a vote for the other two, and the "promised" votes wouldn't be there.
Don't get me wrong, it's a nice idea, but it wouldn't work because, well, Congress is filled with shit.
It is when you ignore what that bill was tied in with. Many pieces of legislature have been presented that do "nice things" for the country but also have nasty nasty attachments.
Compare it to this: you can read your emails, but only if you open up the attachments along with it. If someone sent you a virus, you either don't read the email, or get infected.
I think that the article is referencing more current events, where the Machines that were used in the last few elections can be linked to the republican party in a "Kevin Bacon" style game, except instead of "doing it in 5" you can link the machines to republicans with just 1, maybe 2 links.
That, and it's not like paper ballots haven't been exploited by both parties.
Truthfully I think this is more of a unified Democratic + Republican effort. Both parties are trying desperately (and succeeding) to make it look like a "us versus them" style battle, when the truth is it's all of politics versus the voters. You lose whether you vote or not.
Sounds like he's just covering his ass. It makes sense for a politician from either side to call in question the legitimacy of the ballots when you know you're going to lose in the end.
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The show doesn't have a liberal slant.
It's just that much easier to make jokes about so-called "Conservatives."
Seriously, the jokes they tell about Democrats are just as funny. One I remember is back when the government completely flopped on the Katrina cleanup, Jon Stewart said something along the lines of "I don't know how the Democrats could possibly pass up the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, but you know they're going to."
I don't think so, Tim.
My guess is if you implemented something like that, it would point to the memo saying "(Insert name of terrorist leader here) DETERMINED TO STRIKE IN (Insert two-letter abbreviation for your country here)."
then it would say "Get your ass out of your ears and listen to the people who work for you who are telling you who is going to strike, and work with them to save lives instead of working with your cronies to exploit catastrophes for profit and power."
And when you tried to give it a turing test, it would say "fuck you, asshole. I want some damn coffee." in response to every question.
Whaddaya know, I just described the most convincing AI the world will ever see.
Dude, there's a big difference between condoms and hard drives.
Yes it was tough keeping a straight face while typing that.
Let's hope it didn't contain the malicious code. You know someone thought of it.
as berzerk as his supporters are, do you think they WOULN'T find a way to nominate him?
Hell they probably also got a nomination write-in for Osama Bin Laden, who just wants world peace in the form of forcing every government in the world to convert to his form of Islam, and then exterminate all the non-muslims, and then all the "different" muslims.
Is it strange that I keep seeing that game being plugged everywhere?
I mean it's cool and all, and yes, I've seen the movie "Wargames" and I've expected a game like this to ventually be made...
But I'm seeing it everywhere on the sites I normally frequent, and in casual talk, and I expect it'll be in the news for a bit, and I'm wondering if we're unwittingly participating in some sort of "Snakes on a Plane" type of marketing scheme.
It's a palinder... a palindah...
a puh... puhh...
pff, they spelled it backwards.
So where the hell do I download it?
Nowhere in any of those articles does it say it's not finished yet...
Oh please, you're just being stupid now. Suddenly those janitors are worth more then thousands of people? Since when is it "just as bad" to kill only one or two as it is to kill thousands?
"well, we've already killed one of them, might as well exterminate the lot of them."
The good of the many outweigh the good of the few, and if you don't believe that, then you're truly "republican."
I say that in quotes because our current president is more liberal than any of the candidates he's bashed before, and still uses the word liberal as a four-letter-word.
Funny how at the time, republicans were accusing Clinton of exploiting the situation to detract attention away from Monicagate.
He didn't have the ability to strike Osama Bin Laden because it would damn him and his party in the eyes of the American people, and his party would have ensured that he be not only impeached, but removed from office.
I don't know about you but if someone exploited my squiggleslash, I'd be pretty angry.
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/31/
for anyone curious.
Ask George Lucas how that'll turn out.
The Single Subject thing would be horribly exploitable in Congress though.
What if you want to increase funding for schools and cut a few programs, and lessen penalties for misdemeanors so that they can't exceed a certain fine or jail time anywhere in the union?
All of these things TECHNICALLY would result in a better education system, since the kids would be (on average) spending less time in jail hanging out with the wrong crowd, they'd have more teachers and smaller class sizes, better schools and books and all that jazz, and well, basically, you get the picture that while these things aren't really related, they contribute to the same goal.
If a bill were confined to a single subject, this bill would be THREE bills, and typically in that situation Congress would reach a "COMPROMISE" and only pass one or two of them. or even worse, they'd pass one bill, and then pass something which negated the effectiveness of it, and then they'd hold a vote for the other two, and the "promised" votes wouldn't be there.
Don't get me wrong, it's a nice idea, but it wouldn't work because, well, Congress is filled with shit.
Guns don't kill people, OWNING guns kills people. I understand it completely now.
Am I the only person who read the headline and expected some quotes from the movie "The Sandlot"?
That's like saying you can be addicted to water. You need it to survive and it makes up 60% of your body. well, sorta.
Okay, mybe I am addicted. Is there a patch I can down- DANGIT!
psst! ...what did you put for "name"?
It is when you ignore what that bill was tied in with. Many pieces of legislature have been presented that do "nice things" for the country but also have nasty nasty attachments.
Compare it to this: you can read your emails, but only if you open up the attachments along with it. If someone sent you a virus, you either don't read the email, or get infected.
I think that the article is referencing more current events, where the Machines that were used in the last few elections can be linked to the republican party in a "Kevin Bacon" style game, except instead of "doing it in 5" you can link the machines to republicans with just 1, maybe 2 links.
That, and it's not like paper ballots haven't been exploited by both parties.
Truthfully I think this is more of a unified Democratic + Republican effort. Both parties are trying desperately (and succeeding) to make it look like a "us versus them" style battle, when the truth is it's all of politics versus the voters. You lose whether you vote or not.
He was being sarcastic.
duh.
Sounds like he's just covering his ass. It makes sense for a politician from either side to call in question the legitimacy of the ballots when you know you're going to lose in the end.
Only on slashdot would this be modded Insightful.
I look around me now, and I am scared.
You have some pretty lofty views of your politicians, sir.