Who carves steps into the inside of an active volcano? All active volcanoes? Really? I mean I didn't specify one, I just said your nearest active volcano. I tried to make it as obvious as possible. That shouldn't have even passed the sniff test. I go for Funny and the guy takes me seriously.
Sometimes, people are idiots. Someone who wants everything handed to them on a platter and can't be bothered to think for themselves in the slightest isn't earning any sympathy points from me.
Whoosh. You fail life. You're clearly not competent to even discern between someone BSing you and real arguments. If you'd known what a retroencabulator was, you would realize I was BSing you. Second, you replied and didn't even search for it. So you're not competent to seek out information to correct your ignorance.
Want to fix it? First, Google retroencabulator. You've been had. That was all made up BS.
It's easy. First, assuming you're in the northern hemisphere, go visit your nearest local active volcano. There's usually a set of steps carved just inside the rim. Go down and you'll notice the lava spitting out and spinning around in one direction as it cools past the curie point. For bonus points, bring a magnetometer with a retroencabulated calibration unit. Next, go to the southern hemisphere. Same deal, except the steps will be carved in the opposite direction, and you'll note that the lava is spitting out in the opposite direction. Again, use your magnetometer (the retroencabulated calibration unit is critical to proper operation at these levels of flux) for extra confirmation. Pretty simple.
I figured that part was obvious from where I complained about "people using the word troll as a synonym for disagreeing (where the person accused of trolling legitimately believes their position/statements)".
Guess I'm putting too much faith in humanity these days.
Okay, I think the problem here is that you and I are using different notions of the word, 'fooled'. For me, I believe that in order to be fooled, you have to have, at some point, accepted it as true. Seeing something and believing it to be a trick/incorrect and refusing to accept it until all the evidence is in does not constitute being fooled (in my opinion). When I look at an oscilloscope and it shows me noise all over my waveform, I don't believe it to be a true representation of my signal without further corroborating evidence. When my compiler complains, and I've spent hours looking for the bug and can't find it, I don't assume it's a compiler bug. I took a brief look at a thesaurus and an antonym for 'fooled' listed was 'cognizant', as in "cognizant that something isn't correct". That's how I'm looking at it.
Seems like a simple enough misunderstanding, with both of us talking past each other. I'm sorry if you feel that I misrepresented your viewpoint.
In Massachusetts, there's laws on the books against wiretapping, which are used to punish audio recording of interactions (even of police!). Video recording (even secretly) of public employees acting in the performance of their duties has been ruled to be legal by the state Supreme Court--but FSM help you if you record audio secretly. However, to get around that, you need merely notify the other party that they're being recorded and having a recording device in plain view is sufficient, though, obviously, making a statement to the effect that is superior in terms of ease of defending it in court.
Jane was right. If you read the post, you'll see that nowhere in there does he say men don't do the same thing. You inferred it because that's what you wanted to see.
First, I agree completely with you and I suspect that this is a real troll. I'm going to go a bit offtopic now.
I've noticed a trend of people using the word troll as a synonym for disagreeing (where the person accused of trolling legitimately believes their position/statements). They then complain that they get accused of trolling and it's ruining the Internet and everything needs to be censored/harmonized. I've got good friends of mine who suffer from this very same desire to censor speech they disagree with (while calling it a troll), and yet still complain that they get called trolls when they voice unpopular opinions. Perhaps if people recalled the definition of trolling, which is making a provocative statement with the primary (and only) goal of eliciting a response, instead of calling disagreeable viewpoints trolling, we wouldn't have this issue.
The word 'troll' has been hijacked. The real trolls are outnumbered by idiots who don't even know what a troll is and are too stupid to recognize one. For the record, this post is not a troll. I'm being entirely serious. The sad part is that it's driving censorship, where a well-executed troll is closer to satire: it should enrage and enlighten simultaneously for maximum effect.
Okay, I'm done. Mods, you can go ahead with the -1, Offtopic now. But if you want to keep your ability to voice dissenting views, lay off the Troll mod except for real trolls. Overrated is a better mod if you disagree. </karma_burn>
No, a strawman would be setting up an argument just to knock it down. What the heck are you referring to? You claimed the CERN researchers fooled themselves. I said they didn't and provided citations. That's no strawman.
Heck, the physicists at CERN fooled themselves for quite a while when their experiments demonstrated that they had succeeded in sending information at greater than the speed of light.
No, they didn't fool themselves. The differece between this and that is that Rossi is claiming it works--and the CERN folks were saying "we got this result but we DON'T believe it was correct; please help us locate the error." That's the tack that Rossi should be taking if he were legitimate.
The media sensationalized the scientists at CERN because it made a better story. However, your version of reality does not match reality itself.
Except the analogy is flawed. A better analogy would be that, instead of yelling "hey, leave some for the rest of us" (which is what SHOULD be done), this michaelcole has chosen to beat the guy to death with a crowbar. That lands you in prison.
The problem is that I have packages with PulseAudio as a dependency now. Previously, I had it pinned to oblivion. Same for systemd. Until my shutdown option disappeared from my System menu (in MATE), it was also pinned to oblivion.
It's pretty simple. There's supposed to be a 2 second gap in good conditions. It's written into the handbook here in MA for driver's ed, although I believe it's been raised to 3-6-12 instead of 2-4-10.
Although the estimated number of General Lees used varies from different sources, according to Ben Jones ("Cooter" in the show), as well as builders involved with the show, 256 General Lees were used to film the series. Others claim about 321 were used in the series. Approximately 17 still exist in various states of repair. On average, more than one General Lee was used up per show. When filming a jump, anywhere from 500 to 1,000 pounds (230 to 450 kg) of sand bags or concrete ballast was placed in the trunk to prevent the car from nosing over. Later in the series the mechanics would raise the front end of the car to keep it from scraping against the ramp causing it to lose speed, thereby providing a cushion for the driver upon landing. Stunt drivers report enjoying the flights but hating the landings. Despite the ballast, the landing attitude of the car was somewhat unpredictable, resulting in moderate to extremely violent forces, depending on how it landed. On many of the jumps the cars bent upon impact. All cars used in large jumps were immediately retired due to structural damage.
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Who carves steps into the inside of an active volcano? All active volcanoes? Really? I mean I didn't specify one, I just said your nearest active volcano. I tried to make it as obvious as possible. That shouldn't have even passed the sniff test. I go for Funny and the guy takes me seriously.
Sometimes, people are idiots. Someone who wants everything handed to them on a platter and can't be bothered to think for themselves in the slightest isn't earning any sympathy points from me.
100 pounds of fuel. ;)
Whoosh. You fail life. You're clearly not competent to even discern between someone BSing you and real arguments. If you'd known what a retroencabulator was, you would realize I was BSing you. Second, you replied and didn't even search for it. So you're not competent to seek out information to correct your ignorance.
Want to fix it? First, Google retroencabulator. You've been had. That was all made up BS.
It's easy. First, assuming you're in the northern hemisphere, go visit your nearest local active volcano. There's usually a set of steps carved just inside the rim. Go down and you'll notice the lava spitting out and spinning around in one direction as it cools past the curie point. For bonus points, bring a magnetometer with a retroencabulated calibration unit. Next, go to the southern hemisphere. Same deal, except the steps will be carved in the opposite direction, and you'll note that the lava is spitting out in the opposite direction. Again, use your magnetometer (the retroencabulated calibration unit is critical to proper operation at these levels of flux) for extra confirmation. Pretty simple.
Yep. Both systems work just fine. Conversions aren't hard. I also enjoy the FFF system of units (furlong/firkin/fortnight).
Good excuse to play with your soldering iron. The manufacturers just want to promote technical competency. It's part of the STEAM agenda.
I figured that part was obvious from where I complained about "people using the word troll as a synonym for disagreeing (where the person accused of trolling legitimately believes their position/statements)".
Guess I'm putting too much faith in humanity these days.
Or you could just act like small child. Grow up already.
We had a total combined cash pile of $14.00.
We both are really into our religion
Does it involve flying piles of pasta and meatballs?
if you or your spouse has a lot of wealth invested [...] in the ceremony [...] you are less likely to "split" away and lose wealth
The more you spend on your wedding, the more likely you'll end up divorced.
How did you get that out of the summary?
Okay, I think the problem here is that you and I are using different notions of the word, 'fooled'. For me, I believe that in order to be fooled, you have to have, at some point, accepted it as true. Seeing something and believing it to be a trick/incorrect and refusing to accept it until all the evidence is in does not constitute being fooled (in my opinion). When I look at an oscilloscope and it shows me noise all over my waveform, I don't believe it to be a true representation of my signal without further corroborating evidence. When my compiler complains, and I've spent hours looking for the bug and can't find it, I don't assume it's a compiler bug. I took a brief look at a thesaurus and an antonym for 'fooled' listed was 'cognizant', as in "cognizant that something isn't correct". That's how I'm looking at it.
Seems like a simple enough misunderstanding, with both of us talking past each other. I'm sorry if you feel that I misrepresented your viewpoint.
In Massachusetts, there's laws on the books against wiretapping, which are used to punish audio recording of interactions (even of police!). Video recording (even secretly) of public employees acting in the performance of their duties has been ruled to be legal by the state Supreme Court--but FSM help you if you record audio secretly. However, to get around that, you need merely notify the other party that they're being recorded and having a recording device in plain view is sufficient, though, obviously, making a statement to the effect that is superior in terms of ease of defending it in court.
Most accurate description I've seen of Slashdot's seedier side in a while.
Jane was right. If you read the post, you'll see that nowhere in there does he say men don't do the same thing. You inferred it because that's what you wanted to see.
First, I agree completely with you and I suspect that this is a real troll. I'm going to go a bit offtopic now.
I've noticed a trend of people using the word troll as a synonym for disagreeing (where the person accused of trolling legitimately believes their position/statements). They then complain that they get accused of trolling and it's ruining the Internet and everything needs to be censored/harmonized. I've got good friends of mine who suffer from this very same desire to censor speech they disagree with (while calling it a troll), and yet still complain that they get called trolls when they voice unpopular opinions. Perhaps if people recalled the definition of trolling, which is making a provocative statement with the primary (and only) goal of eliciting a response, instead of calling disagreeable viewpoints trolling, we wouldn't have this issue.
The word 'troll' has been hijacked. The real trolls are outnumbered by idiots who don't even know what a troll is and are too stupid to recognize one. For the record, this post is not a troll. I'm being entirely serious. The sad part is that it's driving censorship, where a well-executed troll is closer to satire: it should enrage and enlighten simultaneously for maximum effect.
Okay, I'm done. Mods, you can go ahead with the -1, Offtopic now. But if you want to keep your ability to voice dissenting views, lay off the Troll mod except for real trolls. Overrated is a better mod if you disagree. </karma_burn>
No, a strawman would be setting up an argument just to knock it down. What the heck are you referring to? You claimed the CERN researchers fooled themselves. I said they didn't and provided citations. That's no strawman.
Heck, the physicists at CERN fooled themselves for quite a while when their experiments demonstrated that they had succeeded in sending information at greater than the speed of light.
No, they didn't fool themselves. The differece between this and that is that Rossi is claiming it works--and the CERN folks were saying "we got this result but we DON'T believe it was correct; please help us locate the error." That's the tack that Rossi should be taking if he were legitimate.
The media sensationalized the scientists at CERN because it made a better story. However, your version of reality does not match reality itself.
You must be new here. This is an average day on Slashdot. Possibly even more civil than usual. You ought to try browsing at -1 all the time.
Except the analogy is flawed. A better analogy would be that, instead of yelling "hey, leave some for the rest of us" (which is what SHOULD be done), this michaelcole has chosen to beat the guy to death with a crowbar. That lands you in prison.
The cure is worse than the disease. (YMMV, to each their own, etc.)
The problem is that I have packages with PulseAudio as a dependency now. Previously, I had it pinned to oblivion. Same for systemd. Until my shutdown option disappeared from my System menu (in MATE), it was also pinned to oblivion.
Fscking creeping dependencies.
It's pretty simple. There's supposed to be a 2 second gap in good conditions. It's written into the handbook here in MA for driver's ed, although I believe it's been raised to 3-6-12 instead of 2-4-10.
Flying cars. From Wiki:
Although the estimated number of General Lees used varies from different sources, according to Ben Jones ("Cooter" in the show), as well as builders involved with the show, 256 General Lees were used to film the series. Others claim about 321 were used in the series. Approximately 17 still exist in various states of repair. On average, more than one General Lee was used up per show. When filming a jump, anywhere from 500 to 1,000 pounds (230 to 450 kg) of sand bags or concrete ballast was placed in the trunk to prevent the car from nosing over. Later in the series the mechanics would raise the front end of the car to keep it from scraping against the ramp causing it to lose speed, thereby providing a cushion for the driver upon landing. Stunt drivers report enjoying the flights but hating the landings. Despite the ballast, the landing attitude of the car was somewhat unpredictable, resulting in moderate to extremely violent forces, depending on how it landed. On many of the jumps the cars bent upon impact. All cars used in large jumps were immediately retired due to structural damage.
That's not a solution, that's a hacked up workaround.
That's pretty awesome, but the website is incredibly sparse on pictures. Like a souped-up quadcopter for humans. With an exercise ball for a seat.