As I write you've been modded +3 Insightful. Most of us Americans on Slashdot actually agree with you.
I once went into a Wal-Mart hoping to find a cheap pair of slacks to use as part of a Halloween costume. I couldn't, because every single pair of pants in the men's section of the store had a waist length greater than or equal to the leg length. I couldn't find pants for someone like me whose waist circumference is 4 inches shorter than his leg measurement.
You know, the Dean of my uni's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and former head of our CS department got his undergraduate degree at a liberal-arts school.
With Government as screwed up as it is do I want to vote for the candidate that as a solution says Government needs to control and do more?
If the Federal Government can't even manage a war(And Defense is their main responsibility) then why should I trust them to manage parts of Government they have never managed before?
Do I want the same Government that screwed up in New Orleans to tell my doctor what procedures he can and cannot do if he wants the Government to pay up?
Yes, obviously a hypothetical Obama Administration would contain exactly the same people and ideas, down to a single man, and take exactly the same actions and inactions as the Bush Administration. After all, it's The Government (In Capitals); who actually runs the thing doesn't matter as much as its simple existence, no?
Thanks for falling for George Bush's greatest trick ever: attempting to convince people that just because his government intentionally fucked up everything it could, any and all governments will do the same.
Well of course: because most Americans are too selfish and callous to help others with nationwide social programs instead of hoarding all the money into their own pockets.
I don't have kids yet. In fact, the text I quoted was given as the attitude of children rather than of their parents; it said that the kids were told not to take responsibility for things they had no control over, and I see nowhere where the OP even insinuated that parents had no control or responsibility for their own children at any time.
IMHO, most of what you're seeing is various Slashbots who could never get a date (let alone a conduct a mature, marital relationship) rationalizing their way out of ever wanting a family.
Don't take the blame for what isn't in your power to control.
Don't see why I should take the blame for something I had no control over. Can you explain my responsibility for things I had absolutely no power or control over?
To combine the two topics, I can actually use religion to argue against the anthropic principle.
Suppose that we didn't evolve, and no Big Bang occurred. Instead, God created the Earth quite as described quite literally to His prophet Moshe (Moses) in the Sefer Breishit (Book of Genesis) at Mount Sinai.
We still turned out the same way today as if a Big Bang occurred and lots of physical constants were precisely right and we evolved.
In other words, my argument is this: the anthropic principle claims that we see the universe the way we see it because, if it were any different, we would not be here to see it. Let's turn this into a proper logical proposition:
NOT(physics and constants as we know them) -> NOT(human life as we know it)
The problem with the anthropic principle is that it simply never proves this implication. There is no proof that human life as we know it (or some other kind of sentient life that might hallucinate itself living our human lives) couldn't have come out of a universe with a totally different set of rules or constants. So the anthropic principle never actually explains anything, it just makes an unjustified assumption and proceeds to claim that the assumption explains our observations of the universe.
In summary, just because we observe a universe of nature X doesn't mean our existence depends on X.
Read this. I did say second most vital democracy in the Middle East, and it's a pretty damn far second. Israel, of course, takes first prize, but everyone knows that.
And I do know what the word means. The Supreme Leader of Iran is chosen by the Assembly of Experts, who are themselves elected by the people. Iran's government is a theocratic democracy/republic. There is nothing inherent in democracy/republicanism to make secularism necessary to democracy, it just happens that those cultures which value democracy highly also tend to value secularism highly, ie: our culture here in the West.
I laughed at the weak who considered themselves good because they lacked claws.
Except that somehow nobody in computing ever gets wise and fights back, they just suffer a marvelous revelation that their shit pay and awful working hours are the Will Of the Free Market and accept it based on that.
I wrote a journal on this. Some of the largest H1B employers actually bring highly-trained, smart employees to fill jobs Americans can't, but the vast majority of H1B visas go to Indian outsourcing firms.
Dude, we train too many scientists and engineers. This very year the United States graduated record numbers of science/engineering majors at every level: BS/BE, MS/ME, and PhD.
Iran is the second most vibrant democracy in the Middle East, and the USA's invasion of Iraq has allowed Iran to make a shot at becoming a regional power. How do you plan to broker friendship between Iran, the USA, and Israel?
I thought they stopped making those things! I had one that was my favorite MP3-player ever, but I grew to hate the company when it broke and they refused to replace it.
Did they finally come out with the flashmem version, too?
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As I write you've been modded +3 Insightful. Most of us Americans on Slashdot actually agree with you.
I once went into a Wal-Mart hoping to find a cheap pair of slacks to use as part of a Halloween costume. I couldn't, because every single pair of pants in the men's section of the store had a waist length greater than or equal to the leg length. I couldn't find pants for someone like me whose waist circumference is 4 inches shorter than his leg measurement.
WTF, mate?
You know, the Dean of my uni's College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and former head of our CS department got his undergraduate degree at a liberal-arts school.
Is it any wonder why few children see a need to rise above their peers and become someone exceptional?
Try being exceptional and then say to my face that we should encourage more of such despite how the exceptional are treated.
Really? Because where I go, yes, we have plenty of fat, smug nerds. We also have three sports/games almost entirely dominated by geeks.
Try living here. Or do you?
With Government as screwed up as it is do I want to vote for the candidate that as a solution says Government needs to control and do more?
If the Federal Government can't even manage a war(And Defense is their main responsibility) then why should I trust them to manage parts of Government they have never managed before?
Do I want the same Government that screwed up in New Orleans to tell my doctor what procedures he can and cannot do if he wants the Government to pay up?
Yes, obviously a hypothetical Obama Administration would contain exactly the same people and ideas, down to a single man, and take exactly the same actions and inactions as the Bush Administration. After all, it's The Government (In Capitals); who actually runs the thing doesn't matter as much as its simple existence, no?
Thanks for falling for George Bush's greatest trick ever: attempting to convince people that just because his government intentionally fucked up everything it could, any and all governments will do the same.
Well of course: because most Americans are too selfish and callous to help others with nationwide social programs instead of hoarding all the money into their own pockets.
Dear Anonymous Fuckwit,
I don't have kids yet. In fact, the text I quoted was given as the attitude of children rather than of their parents; it said that the kids were told not to take responsibility for things they had no control over, and I see nowhere where the OP even insinuated that parents had no control or responsibility for their own children at any time.
Perhaps, but Torchwood will still blow chunks.
IMHO, most of what you're seeing is various Slashbots who could never get a date (let alone a conduct a mature, marital relationship) rationalizing their way out of ever wanting a family.
Don't take the blame for what isn't in your power to control.
Don't see why I should take the blame for something I had no control over. Can you explain my responsibility for things I had absolutely no power or control over?
IA-IA! Shub-Niggurath!
That would be me. Can you make the debate Wednesday afternoon?
And their favorite film is Donnie Darko, about a human with powers over time?
Crap. We've got a couple of Fremen-in-training here. Arrest them before they can cut off the flow of spice!
Obviously the only man capable of such a cogent explanation of such difficult matters would, of course, be The Doctor.
To combine the two topics, I can actually use religion to argue against the anthropic principle.
Suppose that we didn't evolve, and no Big Bang occurred. Instead, God created the Earth quite as described quite literally to His prophet Moshe (Moses) in the Sefer Breishit (Book of Genesis) at Mount Sinai.
We still turned out the same way today as if a Big Bang occurred and lots of physical constants were precisely right and we evolved.
In other words, my argument is this: the anthropic principle claims that we see the universe the way we see it because, if it were any different, we would not be here to see it. Let's turn this into a proper logical proposition:
NOT(physics and constants as we know them) -> NOT(human life as we know it)
The problem with the anthropic principle is that it simply never proves this implication. There is no proof that human life as we know it (or some other kind of sentient life that might hallucinate itself living our human lives) couldn't have come out of a universe with a totally different set of rules or constants. So the anthropic principle never actually explains anything, it just makes an unjustified assumption and proceeds to claim that the assumption explains our observations of the universe.
In summary, just because we observe a universe of nature X doesn't mean our existence depends on X.
Personally I'm just hoping that when M$ says they're making a cloud OS it means they bought Plan 9 and have put a pretty face on it.
Web 2.0! Cloud computing! Thin clients! The network is the computer! Software as a service! Utility computing! WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO TODAY!?
I really hate cats.
So tell me, where can I go to vote Dennis Kucinich for President of the United States?
Read this. I did say second most vital democracy in the Middle East, and it's a pretty damn far second. Israel, of course, takes first prize, but everyone knows that.
And I do know what the word means. The Supreme Leader of Iran is chosen by the Assembly of Experts, who are themselves elected by the people. Iran's government is a theocratic democracy/republic. There is nothing inherent in democracy/republicanism to make secularism necessary to democracy, it just happens that those cultures which value democracy highly also tend to value secularism highly, ie: our culture here in the West.
I laughed at the weak who considered themselves good because they lacked claws.
Love the signature. Sod the hippies.
Except that somehow nobody in computing ever gets wise and fights back, they just suffer a marvelous revelation that their shit pay and awful working hours are the Will Of the Free Market and accept it based on that.
I wrote a journal on this. Some of the largest H1B employers actually bring highly-trained, smart employees to fill jobs Americans can't, but the vast majority of H1B visas go to Indian outsourcing firms.
Dude, we train too many scientists and engineers. This very year the United States graduated record numbers of science/engineering majors at every level: BS/BE, MS/ME, and PhD.
We need more car fixers.
Iran is the second most vibrant democracy in the Middle East, and the USA's invasion of Iraq has allowed Iran to make a shot at becoming a regional power. How do you plan to broker friendship between Iran, the USA, and Israel?
I thought they stopped making those things! I had one that was my favorite MP3-player ever, but I grew to hate the company when it broke and they refused to replace it.
Did they finally come out with the flashmem version, too?