I could make the "survivial of the fittest" argument, but my heart wouldn't be in it - No, I don't feel that Mr. Wilson deserves to be in such a situation, nor really does anyone. I would like to see the money raised to at least put him in a comfortable way until his departure. All humans - regardless of their contributions to the culture - deserve the chance to die with a bit of dignity.
Well, not to be an ass - but you could step through a pile of starving babies while eating a Big Mac and not have a moral obligation to do anything other than try not to get any of it on your shoes... Morality being subjective as it is.
Personaly I don't feel that the author of the parent needs to defend himself anymore, he's stated what he believes - had decent (if not perfect) research to back that statement up and has caught nothing but flak for it. Now if this were an argument over the viability of installing time traveling equiptment into a Delorian - then I'd say everyone fight it out. But this is a morality play - give it a rest.
If you accept (as I think most people do) the utility of the internet, then a design by committee approach makes sense. You wouldn't want the lanes to alternate traffic directions from country to county simply because every nitwit has a different idea of which way 'works best'. We develop and agree upon standards so that everyone is able to get the most out of their experience. If I use a standards compliant browser, and I visit only sites that are written in compliance with those standards - then I get the experience that the page developer intended every time. The lack of standards compliance (on the client and server side of things) means that every site I visit has to grapple with what technology I can handle, and either tailor the viewing experience to my limitations or just cease to function in some way or another.
Paperclip + Time = House
Seems like a pretty rad setup to me.
And to argue the barter system is dead is to misunderstand the reality of money, money is a medium of barter and represents the one thing all humanity has in limited supply - time. We are, with money as a medium, barting our time away for things.
Will we see a rise in the 'combo' rebate structure then? Perhaps, and I'm not terribly bothered by it as long as Y is something generaly relevent and useful.
I hope they include some sort of hidden level, maybe i you just stare at the canvas for ten minutes without moving you will start to hear that 'rat-a-tat-tat' of the Victor-Charlie gunning down your position, and you will lob a tube of titanium white at the cameraman before trying to dive for cover behind one of the "happy little bushes" you've painted.
(seriously though, as lame as this Could be - there's a part of me that has to see it in real life)
I only hope that when I'm 72 and sitting down to play a little Mario Cart or Half-Life, my little brat grandkids won't bug me all the time with questions. "how do you play this game without stereo-glasses grandad?" "Is that supposed to be an alien?"
Goddamn kids.
As much as a counter that sanitizes itself (which is what this product does) is perfect for hospital and other biologically hazardous places - I'd so much rather have table that used concentrated bursts of plasma to eliminate ALL on it's surface.
Or perhaps someone can invent an oatmeal that doesn't dry rock hard on the bowl when I'm doing dishes.
the lessons of history are only effective when we take the time to make ourselves aware of the truth of a historical situation. Yes, perhaps a video-game is not classiest of ways to perform this much needed service but it seems these days that it's the only media truly willing to be frank about the subject.
Legislating blinders on the youth of this country isn't going to lead to a more tolerant country, it's going to lead to a country less able to react and deal maturely with intolerance.
That said, Gun was too damn short and McGrudder was one of the most annoying bosses I've encountered in a long time.
I think that the idea of charging for wi-fi access is rather unfortunate, not because of the cost to consumer but because of the cost to do business in this way, infrastructure and maintainance are not the average barista's forte... and, sexist though it might be, I'd much rather have a cute girl serving me my coffee than a ragtag collection of guys in "got root?" t-shirts.
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I could make the "survivial of the fittest" argument, but my heart wouldn't be in it - No, I don't feel that Mr. Wilson deserves to be in such a situation, nor really does anyone. I would like to see the money raised to at least put him in a comfortable way until his departure. All humans - regardless of their contributions to the culture - deserve the chance to die with a bit of dignity.
Well, not to be an ass - but you could step through a pile of starving babies while eating a Big Mac and not have a moral obligation to do anything other than try not to get any of it on your shoes... Morality being subjective as it is. Personaly I don't feel that the author of the parent needs to defend himself anymore, he's stated what he believes - had decent (if not perfect) research to back that statement up and has caught nothing but flak for it. Now if this were an argument over the viability of installing time traveling equiptment into a Delorian - then I'd say everyone fight it out. But this is a morality play - give it a rest.
If you accept (as I think most people do) the utility of the internet, then a design by committee approach makes sense. You wouldn't want the lanes to alternate traffic directions from country to county simply because every nitwit has a different idea of which way 'works best'. We develop and agree upon standards so that everyone is able to get the most out of their experience. If I use a standards compliant browser, and I visit only sites that are written in compliance with those standards - then I get the experience that the page developer intended every time. The lack of standards compliance (on the client and server side of things) means that every site I visit has to grapple with what technology I can handle, and either tailor the viewing experience to my limitations or just cease to function in some way or another.
Paperclip + Time = House Seems like a pretty rad setup to me. And to argue the barter system is dead is to misunderstand the reality of money, money is a medium of barter and represents the one thing all humanity has in limited supply - time. We are, with money as a medium, barting our time away for things.
Will we see a rise in the 'combo' rebate structure then? Perhaps, and I'm not terribly bothered by it as long as Y is something generaly relevent and useful.
I hope they include some sort of hidden level, maybe i you just stare at the canvas for ten minutes without moving you will start to hear that 'rat-a-tat-tat' of the Victor-Charlie gunning down your position, and you will lob a tube of titanium white at the cameraman before trying to dive for cover behind one of the "happy little bushes" you've painted. (seriously though, as lame as this Could be - there's a part of me that has to see it in real life)
I only hope that when I'm 72 and sitting down to play a little Mario Cart or Half-Life, my little brat grandkids won't bug me all the time with questions. "how do you play this game without stereo-glasses grandad?" "Is that supposed to be an alien?" Goddamn kids.
As much as a counter that sanitizes itself (which is what this product does) is perfect for hospital and other biologically hazardous places - I'd so much rather have table that used concentrated bursts of plasma to eliminate ALL on it's surface. Or perhaps someone can invent an oatmeal that doesn't dry rock hard on the bowl when I'm doing dishes.
the lessons of history are only effective when we take the time to make ourselves aware of the truth of a historical situation. Yes, perhaps a video-game is not classiest of ways to perform this much needed service but it seems these days that it's the only media truly willing to be frank about the subject. Legislating blinders on the youth of this country isn't going to lead to a more tolerant country, it's going to lead to a country less able to react and deal maturely with intolerance. That said, Gun was too damn short and McGrudder was one of the most annoying bosses I've encountered in a long time.
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I think that the idea of charging for wi-fi access is rather unfortunate, not because of the cost to consumer but because of the cost to do business in this way, infrastructure and maintainance are not the average barista's forte... and, sexist though it might be, I'd much rather have a cute girl serving me my coffee than a ragtag collection of guys in "got root?" t-shirts.