I don't agree. For all that I've no use for people who don't realize that, unlike many recent ventures, the US fought WWII for very good reasons, and probably saved millions of lives by doing so
Since you seem a bit confused about the reason the United States of America joined the war effort let me educate you. The USA practised an isolationist policy and refused to join World War II to defeat Germany and its allies until Japan carried out an attack on Pearl Harbor. The entire attack would not have happened except for a delay by some US political figure whose name I forget at the moment to see the Japanese Ambassador. When the Japanese Ambassador and his aid heard of the attack from the person they were meeting they were gravely disappointed. There is a fact-based movie about the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor; not the crap movie made of recent vintage. You really ought to read a few non-fiction books about World War II before posting on the subject.
See the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! It portrays the Americans as being dumb beyond reason, but shows that the talks with the Japanese Ambassador were a sham.
I've heard that the attack on Pearl Harbor was to buy Japan more time to invade the Philippines before the US got involved.
I probably should have mentioned that since my wife is Brazilian (and recent recipient of a green card), we have been following the whole situation quite closely.
the article details some very basic surveillance of foreign personnel in the country. if brazil's intelligence service *wasn't* doing this, it would be a scandal.
I agree, but the article is apropos due to the fact that Brazil feigned shock and horror at the US spying on them recently. Pot, meet kettle.
Unicode has several combining characters (such as a combining acute accent). There are also lots of single characters which already include an accent (U0225 is an 'a' with acute accent). Will the DNS standard dictate that all be normalized (either all decomposed or all composed; and put in a canonical order), or will U0225 be treated differently than 'a' followed by a combining acute accent?
Of course I am also one of those who hold the remarkably unpopular opinion that Man of Steel was a silly abomination directed by someone who is apparently incapable of comprehending what the Superman archetype is even supposed to represent, and that the new Star Trek films are dramatic but hollow imitations of things that already exist, but again I digress. Oh, look, explosions and lens flares 'n stuff!
I'm conflicted on Man of Steel. I walked out of the theater thinking it was a Nolan film which happened to include Superman. OTOH, I liked showing more of Krypton. OTOH, sending a ray to add mass wouldn't create localized increased gravitation. And I can't swallow that Louis discovered Superman's identity while the entire US government was stumped. And the classic Superman would have led Zod and gang to a place where they could fight without putting so many people in harm's way.
So most Slashdotters can fly a plane, know unix, can code a language or two, and have girlfriends!?
Riiiight.
I had controls of a Piper for 10 minutes over the desert (my boss has a pilot's license and was taking us to lunch). I've used *nix since 1995. My CV lists C, C++, Perl, PHP, and Java. AND I am happily married (as is my wife).
Yeah, I know, steering the Piper doesn't count as being a certified pilot, plus I would never attempt take off or landing without proper training.
I just never understoond the point of making public wi fi hotspots available for free. In 2006? Maybe. In 2013? Who uses that? 3G and 4G services have the potential to provide a much better service than a half-assed wi-fi.
Most Americans have data-caps on their wireless plans. Our connections get faster and faster, while our quotas shrink.
He was later granted a visa, however. So your point fails.
Actually, if you followed the link, you would see that it wasn't originally my point - I just pointed to a comment in the original story showing why his denial into the US wasn't based on his political views. Also note that the comment I cite says that because of his previously denied visa, he was no longer qualified for the visa waiver program. That just means it wasn't an automatic approval.
Thanks. I guess I was part of the majority who thought they were no longer minted. I must say, though, that the newest $2 bill I've seen was from 1976.
Maybe you missed the article a few days ago about how the US is barring critics/dissidents from entering the country?
Odd, I check/. every day, and I do not recall such an article. But I have noticed on occasion that "new" articles will show up in between two articles that I already checked, so I guess I may have missed it.
Care to link it? My google-fu is rather weak.
... the story only shows that German media outlets are not familiar with US entry regulations. He says that he was denied a visa last year, which automatically disqualifies him from the visa waiver program. This is just a garden-variety ESTA issue, and most likely has nothing to do with his stance of the NSA surveillance.
I get mailers and ads on local TV/radio stations for any number of services, restaurants, retailers, etc that aren't even in my city... or any neighboring city for over 100 miles. It's not just Verizon.
In Hawaii, we get many mailers and ads on tv / radio which state the offer is not valid in Alaska or Hawaii. Is it cheaper to spam everyone than to filter out states?
Yes, servers often earn more in tips than actual wage. That doesn't change the fact that servers used to be paid more in past generations. My brother earned minimum wage + tips in the 1980s, but his daughter currently earns $2.75 / hour + tips.
Quoting from Wikipedia:
The Fair Labor Standards Act defines tippable employees as individuals who customarily and regularly receive tips of $30 or more per month. Employers may not allocate tips to themselves. Federal law permits employers to include tip wage towards satisfying the difference between employees' hourly wage and minimum wage.
Because the social norm is 15-20%, employers can pay servers a lower wage and still not run amok of minimum wage laws.
It used to be that a gratuity was meant as a bonus to the server. Nowadays, servers earn less than $3 / hour with the justification that tips will bring them above minimum wage. Since many of my relatives paid for college as servers I generally tip well.
rationally debate with a homophobe (or any bigot for that matter). their fear gets in the way of any rational thoughts.
So, just because someone disagrees with you they either: have a phobia, are bigoted, or are incapable of rational thought? Who's judging whom?
I believe homosexual acts are morally wrong (as is heterosexual acts outside of marriage). I am not scared of homosexuals nor homosexuality. I will fight for my right to teach my children that homosexuality is sinful while I fight to end hate-crimes against homosexuals.
A bakery should have the right to refuse to make a gay wedding cake; there are other bakeries. A pharmacy should have the right to stock contraceptives; there are other pharmacies. In each of these cases, it is a private company making a moral decision.
So because you can imagine risks involving people making specific choices, anything that can lead up to those choices is fair game? No I don't accept that at all. Just because you can hallucinate a risk doesn't mean anyone else should be restricted by it.
Re-read my comment, this time leaving your agenda at the door. Your agenda is tainting your understanding of my words. If an action can reasonably be expected to put others at undue risk, it deserves to be considered. It's all about weighing the risk of others against the benefit of the one. No knee-jerk reactions. Smoking tobacco is still legal - but it's regulated by an age limit and many states prohibit smoking in public spaces because of the adverse effects of second-hand smoke. E-cigarettes still provide the nicotine but don't output the fumes. Public intoxication (whether from alcohol or other drugs) should be illegal. Cooking meth in a residential area should continue to be illegal. Smoking pot in your own home where others won't be forced to inhale the fumes, that's harder to justify government involvement.
And beyond all that.... my body my choice. Fuck you for even having an opinion about what I, or anyone else, might or might choose to use.
I tend to agree up to a point. If use of a substance affects others, then it should be regulated (or outright banned). Alcohol, in moderation, rarely affects others. However, once an intoxicated individual gets behind the wheel of a car the public is at risk. Smoking tobacco creates second-hand smoke, so it is regulated. Drugs which cause hallucinations put others at risk. Your rights end where they infringe on my rights, my safety, or those I care for.
I wonder what the fuss is about. When you're agreeing on a cell phone + contract, the contract has a subsidy in it. So, Obama is actually forcing a seperation of both parts. I still think companies should be able to lock the phone for the initial 2-year duration of the contract. If you don't want that, buy your phone somewhere else and get a bare contract, like I've been doing for years, or PAYG.
My wife is from out of country. When we visit her family, I would like to use my phone with a local pre-paid SIM instead of the $3 / minute international roaming my carrier charges.
A month ago, one of my clients (I'm self-employed) told me he'd pay me to take the 19th off. I live in a smallish city, so I'll be in line by 8:30 PM, possibly in costume.
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I don't agree. For all that I've no use for people who don't realize that, unlike many recent ventures, the US fought WWII for very good reasons, and probably saved millions of lives by doing so
Since you seem a bit confused about the reason the United States of America joined the war effort let me educate you. The USA practised an isolationist policy and refused to join World War II to defeat Germany and its allies until Japan carried out an attack on Pearl Harbor. The entire attack would not have happened except for a delay by some US political figure whose name I forget at the moment to see the Japanese Ambassador. When the Japanese Ambassador and his aid heard of the attack from the person they were meeting they were gravely disappointed. There is a fact-based movie about the events leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor; not the crap movie made of recent vintage. You really ought to read a few non-fiction books about World War II before posting on the subject.
See the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! It portrays the Americans as being dumb beyond reason, but shows that the talks with the Japanese Ambassador were a sham. I've heard that the attack on Pearl Harbor was to buy Japan more time to invade the Philippines before the US got involved.
The correct spelling is Floridiots.
I normally discourage such generalizations, but I am reminded of the whole hanging chad incident.
I CAN SINNNNNNNNNG
Totally funny. Don't know why you got rated as off-topic.
I probably should have mentioned that since my wife is Brazilian (and recent recipient of a green card), we have been following the whole situation quite closely.
Sauce for the goose? Or is it crow? I wonder how they prepare crow in Brazil?
Crow is rare in Brazil, but they'd probably try it churrasco or rodizio style. Slather it with sal grosso, spit it, and cook it over flames. gostoso!
the article details some very basic surveillance of foreign personnel in the country. if brazil's intelligence service *wasn't* doing this, it would be a scandal.
I agree, but the article is apropos due to the fact that Brazil feigned shock and horror at the US spying on them recently. Pot, meet kettle.
Unicode has several combining characters (such as a combining acute accent). There are also lots of single characters which already include an accent (U0225 is an 'a' with acute accent). Will the DNS standard dictate that all be normalized (either all decomposed or all composed; and put in a canonical order), or will U0225 be treated differently than 'a' followed by a combining acute accent?
Why does Russia seem to get more than it's fair share of rocks falling on it?
Could have something to do with its land area.
Of course I am also one of those who hold the remarkably unpopular opinion that Man of Steel was a silly abomination directed by someone who is apparently incapable of comprehending what the Superman archetype is even supposed to represent, and that the new Star Trek films are dramatic but hollow imitations of things that already exist, but again I digress. Oh, look, explosions and lens flares 'n stuff!
I'm conflicted on Man of Steel. I walked out of the theater thinking it was a Nolan film which happened to include Superman. OTOH, I liked showing more of Krypton. OTOH, sending a ray to add mass wouldn't create localized increased gravitation. And I can't swallow that Louis discovered Superman's identity while the entire US government was stumped. And the classic Superman would have led Zod and gang to a place where they could fight without putting so many people in harm's way.
So most Slashdotters can fly a plane, know unix, can code a language or two, and have girlfriends!? Riiiight.
I had controls of a Piper for 10 minutes over the desert (my boss has a pilot's license and was taking us to lunch). I've used *nix since 1995. My CV lists C, C++, Perl, PHP, and Java. AND I am happily married (as is my wife). Yeah, I know, steering the Piper doesn't count as being a certified pilot, plus I would never attempt take off or landing without proper training.
I just never understoond the point of making public wi fi hotspots available for free. In 2006? Maybe. In 2013? Who uses that? 3G and 4G services have the potential to provide a much better service than a half-assed wi-fi.
Most Americans have data-caps on their wireless plans. Our connections get faster and faster, while our quotas shrink.
He was later granted a visa, however. So your point fails.
Actually, if you followed the link, you would see that it wasn't originally my point - I just pointed to a comment in the original story showing why his denial into the US wasn't based on his political views. Also note that the comment I cite says that because of his previously denied visa, he was no longer qualified for the visa waiver program. That just means it wasn't an automatic approval.
They've been printed as recent as 2012: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_two-dollar_bill#1976.E2.80.93Present
Thanks. I guess I was part of the majority who thought they were no longer minted. I must say, though, that the newest $2 bill I've seen was from 1976.
are 2 dollar bills in circulation? just asking because I haven't seen any.
IIRC, 1976 was the last year fresh $2 bills were minted. Some banks still have a few in stock. They are still worth two bucks.
Maybe you missed the article a few days ago about how the US is barring critics/dissidents from entering the country?
Odd, I check /. every day, and I do not recall such an article. But I have noticed on occasion that "new" articles will show up in between two articles that I already checked, so I guess I may have missed it.
Care to link it? My google-fu is rather weak.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/10/02/1339247/german-nsa-critic-denied-entry-to-the-us
HOWEVER,
... the story only shows that German media outlets are not familiar with US entry regulations. He says that he was denied a visa last year, which automatically disqualifies him from the visa waiver program. This is just a garden-variety ESTA issue, and most likely has nothing to do with his stance of the NSA surveillance.
I get mailers and ads on local TV/radio stations for any number of services, restaurants, retailers, etc that aren't even in my city... or any neighboring city for over 100 miles. It's not just Verizon.
In Hawaii, we get many mailers and ads on tv / radio which state the offer is not valid in Alaska or Hawaii. Is it cheaper to spam everyone than to filter out states?
The Fair Labor Standards Act defines tippable employees as individuals who customarily and regularly receive tips of $30 or more per month. Employers may not allocate tips to themselves. Federal law permits employers to include tip wage towards satisfying the difference between employees' hourly wage and minimum wage.
Because the social norm is 15-20%, employers can pay servers a lower wage and still not run amok of minimum wage laws.
When did the customary 15% become 20%?
It used to be that a gratuity was meant as a bonus to the server. Nowadays, servers earn less than $3 / hour with the justification that tips will bring them above minimum wage. Since many of my relatives paid for college as servers I generally tip well.
Do they do ANYTHING for the actual good of the country?
As they are shut down, they can't mess things up any worse!
rationally debate with a homophobe (or any bigot for that matter). their fear gets in the way of any rational thoughts.
So, just because someone disagrees with you they either: have a phobia, are bigoted, or are incapable of rational thought? Who's judging whom? I believe homosexual acts are morally wrong (as is heterosexual acts outside of marriage). I am not scared of homosexuals nor homosexuality. I will fight for my right to teach my children that homosexuality is sinful while I fight to end hate-crimes against homosexuals. A bakery should have the right to refuse to make a gay wedding cake; there are other bakeries. A pharmacy should have the right to stock contraceptives; there are other pharmacies. In each of these cases, it is a private company making a moral decision.
So because you can imagine risks involving people making specific choices, anything that can lead up to those choices is fair game? No I don't accept that at all. Just because you can hallucinate a risk doesn't mean anyone else should be restricted by it.
Re-read my comment, this time leaving your agenda at the door. Your agenda is tainting your understanding of my words. If an action can reasonably be expected to put others at undue risk, it deserves to be considered. It's all about weighing the risk of others against the benefit of the one. No knee-jerk reactions. Smoking tobacco is still legal - but it's regulated by an age limit and many states prohibit smoking in public spaces because of the adverse effects of second-hand smoke. E-cigarettes still provide the nicotine but don't output the fumes. Public intoxication (whether from alcohol or other drugs) should be illegal. Cooking meth in a residential area should continue to be illegal. Smoking pot in your own home where others won't be forced to inhale the fumes, that's harder to justify government involvement.
And beyond all that.... my body my choice. Fuck you for even having an opinion about what I, or anyone else, might or might choose to use.
I tend to agree up to a point. If use of a substance affects others, then it should be regulated (or outright banned). Alcohol, in moderation, rarely affects others. However, once an intoxicated individual gets behind the wheel of a car the public is at risk. Smoking tobacco creates second-hand smoke, so it is regulated. Drugs which cause hallucinations put others at risk. Your rights end where they infringe on my rights, my safety, or those I care for.
I wonder what the fuss is about. When you're agreeing on a cell phone + contract, the contract has a subsidy in it. So, Obama is actually forcing a seperation of both parts. I still think companies should be able to lock the phone for the initial 2-year duration of the contract. If you don't want that, buy your phone somewhere else and get a bare contract, like I've been doing for years, or PAYG.
My wife is from out of country. When we visit her family, I would like to use my phone with a local pre-paid SIM instead of the $3 / minute international roaming my carrier charges.
A month ago, one of my clients (I'm self-employed) told me he'd pay me to take the 19th off. I live in a smallish city, so I'll be in line by 8:30 PM, possibly in costume.