I'm a pedestrian mass transit user, and I can verify without a doubt that the moment someone gets on a bike they take on the same "I own the road" mentality that car drivers have.
I wholeheartedly support same-sex liasons in any games, because why not? Read the history of ancient and medieval militaries(Romans, Ottomans, etc) for details on that topic. EA et al have to appeal to all their customers, and they know the ultra-right nuts ain't gonna play their games anyway...
But, I don't want to see any screenshots of Shephard and Thane Kreos doing the interstellar tango.
The guitar player in my band just got this:
http://www.prsguitars.com/se50/
A 50 watt PRS amp that is amazing. He had played Marshalls and Mesas for years, but this PRS is incredible.
Yes, and that mindset is a well crafted and brilliant result of years of careful planning and execution. As long as unemployment doesn't get above 15% nationally(or some number around there), and distractions such as Video Games, FB, Cable TV(Sports), Alcohol, Weed, Convenience Stores, etc; etc; aren't impacted, nothing is going to change, and yes, if it doesn't affect "YOU" then no "real action" will take place.
These distractions, and the careful management of the destruction of the American middle class are no accident. The 1% or whatever you want to call them are VERY INVESTED in not seeing anything like popular movements(such as a European style Union or 1960's Anti-War movement) getting a strong foothold in the U.S. that could impact their hegemony.
We all know the "reason" for this... Religion. Lets just call it like it is. The Judaeo-Christian worldview is by-and-large anti-science. I don't think it set out to be that way though, but more as a reflection of 1st millennium B.C. thinking. Nothing unusual in the stories from the Old Testament, when taken in the context of their times. However, Mankind(and Man) has learned and experienced quite a lot since 1000 B.C. The interesting thing, in a terrifying way(Al Qaida, Iran, Evangelical Christians, etc;) is that even with the benefits of science staring them in the face, people still take these Iron Age myths as The Truth.
Your typical liberal has more of a "critical thinking" worldview, maybe not much more, but enough to tip the balance away from "Doctrines and Covenants" that require a suspension of dis-belief, require blind faith.
So the question is, why are conservatives NOW so anti-science, when even a generation or two ago it wasn't like that? Well, we all know the answer to that as well, which is a combination of Right-Wing Media, the ease of dis-information via The Internet, and a Republican party that has poly morphed into something very different from the Republican party of even the 1980's.
Another key ingredient is that conservatives in general have a "good old days" mentality. They seek to attempt to go back to how things used to be, when things "appeared" simpler, when there was "order" in the world, etc;. We all know that is utter bullshit, and there is no "going home" as it were. Liberals are more apt to embrace change and understand we had to adapt to the changing world, not get the world to adapt to us.
Boss: Son, what are those icons in your browser?
Employee: Thats ScriptBlock, Adblock Plus and Ghostery, sir.
Boss: Where'd you get them?
Employee: From Mozilla, sir.
Boss: What is that you've got written on wallpaper?
Employee: "Information Wants to be Free", sir.
Boss: You have "Information Wants to be Free" on your desktop wallpaper and you have ScriptBlock, Adblock Plus and Ghostery running in your browser. What's that supposed to be, some kind of sick joke?
Employee: No, sir.
Boss: You'd better get your head and your ass wired together, or HR will take a giant shit on you.
Employee: Yes, sir.
Boss: Now answer my question or you'll be standing tall before the man.
Employee: I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of privacy, sir.
Boss: The what?
Employee: The duality of privacy. The Moglen thing, sir.
Boss: Whose side are you on, son?
Employee: Our side, sir.
Boss: Don't you love your company?
Employee: Yes, sir.
Boss: Then how about getting with the program? Why don't you jump on the team and come on in for the big win?
Employee: Yes, sir.
Boss: Son, all I've ever asked of my employees is that they obey my orders as they would the word of God. We are here to help the users, because inside every user there is a Facebook account trying to get out. It's a hardball world, son. We've gotta keep our heads until this privacy craze blows over.
Employee: Aye-aye, sir.
Holy shit that is funny! Someone needs to spoof this concept to film ala "Anchorman, the legend of Ron Burgundy" and have a street fight/hacking fight scene involving Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Apple.
This reminds me of the lyrics from "Witch Hunt":
"They say there are strangers who threaten us
In our immigrants and infidels
They say there is strangeness too dangerous
In our theaters and bookstore shelves
That those who know what's best for us
Must rise and save us from ourselves"
To me these lyrics are a warning against this sort of paranoid "book burning", "think of the children"/right-wing Fascist mentality. However, I've ran into Rush fans, both IRL and online who took these lyrics to mean that "someone" needs to rise up and protect "us" from "Dangerous Human Elements"...
Exactly. To think, that a media outlet would have the balls to admit they were wrong, then explain how they made the mistake. That is rare these days...
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I would say that Windows users, especially with Windows 7, are running less and less under an account with Administrative permissions.
I'm a pedestrian mass transit user, and I can verify without a doubt that the moment someone gets on a bike they take on the same "I own the road" mentality that car drivers have.
Is this 1998?
I wholeheartedly support same-sex liasons in any games, because why not? Read the history of ancient and medieval militaries(Romans, Ottomans, etc) for details on that topic. EA et al have to appeal to all their customers, and they know the ultra-right nuts ain't gonna play their games anyway...
But, I don't want to see any screenshots of Shephard and Thane Kreos doing the interstellar tango.
Thats Gold, Jerry! Gold!
I'll give you my D&D manuals when you pry them from my cold, dead hands!
Well, actually they're all PDF's on my laptop, but the sentiments the same.
The guitar player in my band just got this:
http://www.prsguitars.com/se50/
A 50 watt PRS amp that is amazing. He had played Marshalls and Mesas for years, but this PRS is incredible.
Mod waaaaay up!
Yes, and that mindset is a well crafted and brilliant result of years of careful planning and execution. As long as unemployment doesn't get above 15% nationally(or some number around there), and distractions such as Video Games, FB, Cable TV(Sports), Alcohol, Weed, Convenience Stores, etc; etc; aren't impacted, nothing is going to change, and yes, if it doesn't affect "YOU" then no "real action" will take place.
These distractions, and the careful management of the destruction of the American middle class are no accident. The 1% or whatever you want to call them are VERY INVESTED in not seeing anything like popular movements(such as a European style Union or 1960's Anti-War movement) getting a strong foothold in the U.S. that could impact their hegemony.
We are dying a death by a thousand cuts...
Agreed. The Jesuits were responsible for many of Sciences discoveries.
Exactly. It's a real interesting phenomena that most Americans have no clue how far to the right the Democratic party has moved.
And we all know what that "better word" is.
We all know the "reason" for this... Religion. Lets just call it like it is. The Judaeo-Christian worldview is by-and-large anti-science. I don't think it set out to be that way though, but more as a reflection of 1st millennium B.C. thinking. Nothing unusual in the stories from the Old Testament, when taken in the context of their times. However, Mankind(and Man) has learned and experienced quite a lot since 1000 B.C. The interesting thing, in a terrifying way(Al Qaida, Iran, Evangelical Christians, etc;) is that even with the benefits of science staring them in the face, people still take these Iron Age myths as The Truth.
Your typical liberal has more of a "critical thinking" worldview, maybe not much more, but enough to tip the balance away from "Doctrines and Covenants" that require a suspension of dis-belief, require blind faith.
So the question is, why are conservatives NOW so anti-science, when even a generation or two ago it wasn't like that? Well, we all know the answer to that as well, which is a combination of Right-Wing Media, the ease of dis-information via The Internet, and a Republican party that has poly morphed into something very different from the Republican party of even the 1980's.
Another key ingredient is that conservatives in general have a "good old days" mentality. They seek to attempt to go back to how things used to be, when things "appeared" simpler, when there was "order" in the world, etc;. We all know that is utter bullshit, and there is no "going home" as it were. Liberals are more apt to embrace change and understand we had to adapt to the changing world, not get the world to adapt to us.
These "we've always been at war with" posts should only be moddable when they are a direct reference to 1984.
Boss: Son, what are those icons in your browser?
Employee: Thats ScriptBlock, Adblock Plus and Ghostery, sir.
Boss: Where'd you get them?
Employee: From Mozilla, sir.
Boss: What is that you've got written on wallpaper?
Employee: "Information Wants to be Free", sir.
Boss: You have "Information Wants to be Free" on your desktop wallpaper and you have ScriptBlock, Adblock Plus and Ghostery running in your browser. What's that supposed to be, some kind of sick joke?
Employee: No, sir.
Boss: You'd better get your head and your ass wired together, or HR will take a giant shit on you.
Employee: Yes, sir.
Boss: Now answer my question or you'll be standing tall before the man.
Employee: I think I was trying to suggest something about the duality of privacy, sir.
Boss: The what?
Employee: The duality of privacy. The Moglen thing, sir.
Boss: Whose side are you on, son?
Employee: Our side, sir.
Boss: Don't you love your company?
Employee: Yes, sir.
Boss: Then how about getting with the program? Why don't you jump on the team and come on in for the big win?
Employee: Yes, sir.
Boss: Son, all I've ever asked of my employees is that they obey my orders as they would the word of God. We are here to help the users, because inside every user there is a Facebook account trying to get out. It's a hardball world, son. We've gotta keep our heads until this privacy craze blows over.
Employee: Aye-aye, sir.
They'll find your FB account when they realize you tried to be clever by misspelling your last name.
Holy shit that is funny! Someone needs to spoof this concept to film ala "Anchorman, the legend of Ron Burgundy" and have a street fight/hacking fight scene involving Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Apple.
You misquoted Santorum, he actually said: "Strength through Unity. Unity through Faith"
Yea, but he performs a helluva Hannukah song!
Until you've experienced the full-throttled self-aggrandizement West Coasters(I used to live there...) swear by, you won't understand their puffery.
It appears the only way to create a Spotify account is by logging into an existing FB account... Hmmm, the noose is tightening.
This reminds me of the lyrics from "Witch Hunt": "They say there are strangers who threaten us In our immigrants and infidels They say there is strangeness too dangerous In our theaters and bookstore shelves That those who know what's best for us Must rise and save us from ourselves" To me these lyrics are a warning against this sort of paranoid "book burning", "think of the children"/right-wing Fascist mentality. However, I've ran into Rush fans, both IRL and online who took these lyrics to mean that "someone" needs to rise up and protect "us" from "Dangerous Human Elements"...
Why do you think they built it in Utah?
Exactly. To think, that a media outlet would have the balls to admit they were wrong, then explain how they made the mistake. That is rare these days...
You know it's Slashdot when a topic about STEM careers devolves into an analysis on pussy.