Neither is John Glenn, who was mentioned earlier in the thread, and who's a fairly amazing person. I'd forgot that he went into space again at age 77 until reminded by that post, went to Wikipedia to verify this, and ended up reading the entire article about him.
Discussions of both Uber and FSM have been pretty common round here, and amongst nerds/techies in general, for quite a long time. The bomb threat story might be covered under "Stuff That Matters". I don't see the problem.
Ssince you're not big on reading the instructions, there's something you might not know about this newfangled Internet thingy: There are many, many other web sites for you to visit and complain about. You're absolutely free to do so.
Or you can keep trolling, and I can keep pretending that I can't figure out that you bear some sort of grudge against me. Up to you, of course. HAND.
It's not a +2, it's a +1. An AC posts at 0. A logged-in Slashdot user with average karma posts at 1. I get a +1 bonus because I have excellent karma, which means I post at 2 by default. Don't like something I post? Then log in, wait until you get mod points, and then mod it down.
I don't agree with censorship. But the threat to open society in Bangladesh (and other countries) is quite real, and the reactions of the government should be understood properly, in context, and not dismissed with hand-waving as done in the post to which I was responding.
For mine, the fundamental issue here is that there are folks who think it's perfectly okay--and perhaps even *required*--to kill those who don't agree with you, simply because they don't agree with you.
That's for individuals relocating to Turkey and wanting to bring their vehicles along with them. "One car per family" isn't applicable to importers/dealers.
I wouldn't be surprised if many of the people involved were shady and a government with a brain would follow the paper trail of this specific truck and figure out who should go to jail.
How is selling cars for export to Turkey illegal? Or selling used cars in Turkey for that matter? I'm pretty sure selling cars directly to dealers in Syria isn't illegal.
Because the Government of Turkey supports and gives aid and comfort to terrorists.
Because the US government has placed a trade embargo against against Turkey.
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I patriotically assumed you were located in the Americas. If that's not the case, then s/Europe/America/.
And what do their offspring have to show for it today?
The pride that comes with knowing one of your ancestors was someone who made a real difference for the good.
Neither is John Glenn, who was mentioned earlier in the thread, and who's a fairly amazing person. I'd forgot that he went into space again at age 77 until reminded by that post, went to Wikipedia to verify this, and ended up reading the entire article about him.
Don't try to travel to Europe. You'll fall off the edge.
This is probably the same AC who complains every time a story mentions any developments relating to ISIS that it's not "news for nerds".
Discussions of both Uber and FSM have been pretty common round here, and amongst nerds/techies in general, for quite a long time. The bomb threat story might be covered under "Stuff That Matters". I don't see the problem.
Either this is APK, or someone really needs to find a different role model.
Ssince you're not big on reading the instructions, there's something you might not know about this newfangled Internet thingy: There are many, many other web sites for you to visit and complain about. You're absolutely free to do so.
Or you can keep trolling, and I can keep pretending that I can't figure out that you bear some sort of grudge against me. Up to you, of course. HAND.
It's not a +2, it's a +1. An AC posts at 0. A logged-in Slashdot user with average karma posts at 1. I get a +1 bonus because I have excellent karma, which means I post at 2 by default. Don't like something I post? Then log in, wait until you get mod points, and then mod it down.
You might also want to read the FAQ.
+1, THIS is why I still come to Slashdot.
I don't agree with censorship. But the threat to open society in Bangladesh (and other countries) is quite real, and the reactions of the government should be understood properly, in context, and not dismissed with hand-waving as done in the post to which I was responding.
For mine, the fundamental issue here is that there are folks who think it's perfectly okay--and perhaps even *required*--to kill those who don't agree with you, simply because they don't agree with you.
And this lessens the insightfulness of his comment exactly how?
That's for individuals relocating to Turkey and wanting to bring their vehicles along with them. "One car per family" isn't applicable to importers/dealers.
I wouldn't be surprised if many of the people involved were shady and a government with a brain would follow the paper trail of this specific truck and figure out who should go to jail.
How is selling cars for export to Turkey illegal? Or selling used cars in Turkey for that matter? I'm pretty sure selling cars directly to dealers in Syria isn't illegal.
Because the Government of Turkey supports and gives aid and comfort to terrorists.
Because the US government has placed a trade embargo against against Turkey.
Except it hasn't.
What about "Let's make it a bit more challenging for hard-core religious nutjobs to form ad-hoc mobs for the purpose of hacking up secularists in the streets"?
That's "hack" as in "machetes", BTW.
Suddenly doesn't sound quite so bad, now, does it?
Slashdot's started playing Christmas music?
Already has been--just read the rest of the thread.
You mean they're not going to give free weed to Syrian refugees? Darn.
(Serves me right for not looking at their front page.)
Well, my IP address is 192.168.0.1, so it couldn't possibly have been me.
Could you give more details about that?
Here ya go.
...is complete balderdash sponsored by none other than Halliburton.
Who the hell modded this nonsense Insightful? You should be bloody ashamed of yourselves, both of you.
Don't forget that just 3 years ago North Carolina effectively banned climate change science in order to appease coastal real estate developers.
(Do a search on "North Carolina climate change law" if you don't like ABC News. Plenty of other outlets reported the story as well.)
Aren't most if not all of the Rockefellers Protestant Christians?
They're smart enough to get themselves into positions of power.