No, I mean without the intervention into the civil war, without Hitler invading, without Curtis LeMay constantly trying to get a permission to start the bombing, without U2 spying in the skies, without sabotage by Western intelligence agencies, without being surrounded by nuclear missiles.
Could have been a whole different country and Stalin probably would have been just some middle management functionary.
Deciding differently after being presented more data is not flip-flopping, it is reasonable. On the other hand, stubbornly holding on an opinion, no matter what the facts are, is stupid.
Flip-flopping is changing the opinion based on polls, aka being a weathervane - which is an inherently opportunistic behavior.
We'll talk when you get older and assaulted and robbed by the very same low-life kids you've insisted only they parents should raise, not the society as well. If children are abandoned, they grow up criminals.
Unfortunately the entry barrier to parenthood is very low (and in fact, even lower for the stupid) and there are no technical solutions to bad parents so either we only allow intelligent and responsible people to breed or, as a society, we'll have to accept a part of this burden.
In fact, most normal bicycles are designed for a maximum weight of around 120 kg with some safety margin, so they manage to hold their own against somewhat higher weights.
Cracking the frame - yep, that can happen. But it takes time, so it is maybe a new frame every one or two years. Modern aluminium frames are inexpensive so it is not a big deal. A chromoly steel frame is much more difficult to crack. But bending the sprockets wouldn't happen. Professional cyclists exert much higher forces on the sprockets than an overweight amateur would ever manage. So long you don't by the cheapest ones that are seemingly made of plasticine, you'll have no problems there.
You have succumbed to the very protestant "rich people are better people" fallacy.
The millionaire with the gold Rolex Mariner is not concerned how I feel about it, but he is very concerned about how his peers do. It is basic human nature, really.
Just as it is basic human nature that you are desperately trying to impress fellow slashdotters with you have been rubbing elbows with very rich people.
Admitting that a mistake was made and apologizing for it would be a reasonably good comment, but, alas, that never happened in any of civilian airplane shoot downs. The only time I can think of that came closest to that was the El Al flight shoot down over Bulgaria many decades ago - they have at least apologized after a while.
Don't you ever grow tired posting this stupid shit in every topic that has anything to do with Russia?
Besides, Georgians had it coming since 1991. Tried some ethnic cleansing back then, but failed. If you root for them then you are just as a stupid racist bastard arsehole as they have been the whole time.
Well, Ukraine has shot down a civilian airliner once already, due to gross incompetence of their armed forces, and their president commented that with "shit happens, there are worse tragedies than that" back then.
Not really. Try to use old activated reactor walls as fuel. They are dangerous alright, but not useful at all. It is waste, but still dangerous. RTGs require very specific isotopes.
Reprocessing in breeder reactors, that one is especially funny. How many actually working breeding reactors can you name?
Nuclear power is only economic if you ignore the waste problem, and even then it is very expensive.
I have no idea. According to the German basic law, federal laws preempt state laws.
For example, the constitution of Hesse (where I live) allows death penalty in certain cases, but death penalty is not allowed in the German basic law. This, unfortunately, goes both ways - a lockout is forbidden by the Hesse constitution, but allowed on the federal level.
I don't know what happens when federal and state laws are in conflict in the USA.
Nope, basic law is the constitution of Germany. It was supposed to be a temporary constitution before the reunification, but was adopted as a permanent one in a constitutional reform act of 1994. Furthermore, every federal state in Germany has their own constitution, although the basic law supersedes it, making them mostly worthless.
Yep. And this is my point - in the USA people apparently tend to live in the permanent state of fear and thus escalate trifles to deadly force. It is not how the things are supposed to be.
Some people are armed here, but not that many. I actually used to do target shooting and to own a rifle, but not anymore - shooting became boring with years.
Slashdot Mirror
No, I mean without the intervention into the civil war, without Hitler invading, without Curtis LeMay constantly trying to get a permission to start the bombing, without U2 spying in the skies, without sabotage by Western intelligence agencies, without being surrounded by nuclear missiles.
Could have been a whole different country and Stalin probably would have been just some middle management functionary.
What are you talking about? Soviet Union never had a basic income in first place.
Besides, who knows what might have happened if nobody had tried to destroy it for the whole time of its existence.
So you'd be okay with me hitting you over and over again with something heavy to motivate you to shut up and sod off?
Deciding differently after being presented more data is not flip-flopping, it is reasonable.
On the other hand, stubbornly holding on an opinion, no matter what the facts are, is stupid.
Flip-flopping is changing the opinion based on polls, aka being a weathervane - which is an inherently opportunistic behavior.
The Chinese are avid smokers anyway, so not a big deal.
We'll talk when you get older and assaulted and robbed by the very same low-life kids you've insisted only they parents should raise, not the society as well.
If children are abandoned, they grow up criminals.
Then again a F-16 with choke full internal tanks weighs the same as a F-35 empty.
First the volcano erupts, next thing you know the Argonians invade.
To be fair, so are the drivers. Seems to be something wrong with the general population.
Unfortunately the entry barrier to parenthood is very low (and in fact, even lower for the stupid) and there are no technical solutions to bad parents so either we only allow intelligent and responsible people to breed or, as a society, we'll have to accept a part of this burden.
In fact, most normal bicycles are designed for a maximum weight of around 120 kg with some safety margin, so they manage to hold their own against somewhat higher weights.
Cracking the frame - yep, that can happen. But it takes time, so it is maybe a new frame every one or two years. Modern aluminium frames are inexpensive so it is not a big deal. A chromoly steel frame is much more difficult to crack. But bending the sprockets wouldn't happen. Professional cyclists exert much higher forces on the sprockets than an overweight amateur would ever manage. So long you don't by the cheapest ones that are seemingly made of plasticine, you'll have no problems there.
My mother (a MD) is pretty happy with her EUR 20 Rappaport type stethoscope.
My point is, you want "them to stop protecting you" because you are an adult. But how else they know that than by asking for an ID?
Do you really want the hassle of ID access for many websites?
You have succumbed to the very protestant "rich people are better people" fallacy.
The millionaire with the gold Rolex Mariner is not concerned how I feel about it, but he is very concerned about how his peers do.
It is basic human nature, really.
Just as it is basic human nature that you are desperately trying to impress fellow slashdotters with you have been rubbing elbows with very rich people.
Admitting that a mistake was made and apologizing for it would be a reasonably good comment, but, alas, that never happened in any of civilian airplane shoot downs. The only time I can think of that came closest to that was the El Al flight shoot down over Bulgaria many decades ago - they have at least apologized after a while.
Don't you ever grow tired posting this stupid shit in every topic that has anything to do with Russia?
Besides, Georgians had it coming since 1991. Tried some ethnic cleansing back then, but failed. If you root for them then you are just as a stupid racist bastard arsehole as they have been the whole time.
Well, Ukraine has shot down a civilian airliner once already, due to gross incompetence of their armed forces, and their president commented that with "shit happens, there are worse tragedies than that" back then.
Not really. Try to use old activated reactor walls as fuel. They are dangerous alright, but not useful at all. It is waste, but still dangerous. RTGs require very specific isotopes.
Reprocessing in breeder reactors, that one is especially funny. How many actually working breeding reactors can you name?
Nuclear power is only economic if you ignore the waste problem, and even then it is very expensive.
Your impeccable logic has convinced me. Henceforth you must call it "yumi".
Iron Sky?
I have no idea. According to the German basic law, federal laws preempt state laws.
For example, the constitution of Hesse (where I live) allows death penalty in certain cases, but death penalty is not allowed in the German basic law. This, unfortunately, goes both ways - a lockout is forbidden by the Hesse constitution, but allowed on the federal level.
I don't know what happens when federal and state laws are in conflict in the USA.
Nope, basic law is the constitution of Germany. It was supposed to be a temporary constitution before the reunification, but was adopted as a permanent one in a constitutional reform act of 1994. Furthermore, every federal state in Germany has their own constitution, although the basic law supersedes it, making them mostly worthless.
Yep. And this is my point - in the USA people apparently tend to live in the permanent state of fear and thus escalate trifles to deadly force. It is not how the things are supposed to be.
Some people are armed here, but not that many. I actually used to do target shooting and to own a rifle, but not anymore - shooting became boring with years.
Why not? Okay, the takeoff might be somewhat unpleasant, but other than that...