As an Australian and Libertarian, I would agree with Mr Sabbath that the US judicial system is becoming a parody of what it used to be. We are a little better off here, but as I (and many others see it), our judicial system has its faults, particularly with inconsistent sentencing matters. .
Well said. I really think/. should have an 'Adopt a Troll' mission. Most are underrated and deserve more than -nve moderation. Maybe/. should search the archives and firehose a few classic troll posts? An award maybe??
I have to ask... What kind of unpleasant task can a couple do naked with the curtains closed? Is this like picking up dog poop? Or balancing checkbooks?
I would never follow the morals that it teaches when it comes to women- If I take that seriously, then it is a very politically correct viewpoint. A great ethical standpoint if you mean it to apply in these matters. If you read some more about the psychology of women and look to historical sources, you'll find that the 'teaching' as you put it is not against women, but accommodates them. That is a generalization, but the principal is there. My point being that there are other factors at work here. Some of them are explained in tantric sex where the woman wants to be aggressive, then submissive and subservient. In Hindu mythology, Krsna appeared before all women who had him as they each desired. After that, they became dutiful to their families. 'Duty', aggression and submission - even subservience was looked at and even now is looked at as the choice of each individual woman in or out of a relationship. But it's the women who feel the need for a relationship much more than man. Another generalization I know, but bear with me. The physiognomy and biological purpose of Woman is to bear children. Understandably they have an innate desire to care for their children. The best way of doing that is to form a family unit with Man. Man however is not monogamous for long (another generalization). So the rules of monogamy explained in different ancient texts are principally founded on the creation, maintenance and continuance of humanity, Man and Woman having their own part based on their respective physiognomy and psychology. So the morality that you complain about has a purpose, to maintain the basic fundamental triad of Man, Woman and Child even though it may not suit Man for example. Every society has its specific rules, traditions and conventions, but they all point to the same thing: Man as the hunter, Woman as the gatherer. In times of abundance, this breaks down a little with some tribes of Australian Aborigines in certain areas, where the men hunt and eat for themselves. It's only if there is excess food that they give it to the women and children. In some cases, women also have to provide for themselves and their children. That culture has survived for many thousands of years without any biblical laws. Women aren't so subservient and for that they have to be much more responsible for themselves and their children.
Now in politically correct speak, what you say is wonderful and I agree, but never make the assumption that all women for example don't want to be submissive or subservient or that all men want to be aggressive and polygamous. There are so many women out there who are suffering from this political correctness as they now feel that they can't be submissive, or feel it inappropriate to be a homemaker or dutiful wife when what they desire is exactly that. To each his own.
80% of my class acts like freshmen high school students in a study hall. As the only mature student a while ago (doing an RPL course) I totally agree. It was so difficult to concentrate on coursework with a bunch of high-school rejects. Also it seems that even the older gals (especially) who found themselves 'back at school' after an absence of 20 years suddenly start acting like 15yr olds is not only funny and embarrassing, but I had to protect my 'virginity' for the 2nd time in my life! I've never met a bunch of hornier, desperate women! It's really difficult to concentrate on some kind of knotty problem with these women continually passing me, brushing against me, touching me inappropriately, making secretive lewd suggestions, passing me notes and hanging around my car at the end of the day! And they weren't 'bombshells' either! They seemed to have forgotten what they really looked like (some thin, some fat, some voluptuous - all around the 35 to 45 yr old), and by the end of the course they were wearing revealing clothes, lots of heavy makeup, younger style hairdos and so much perfume that the air was toxic around me! Then there came the jealousy and bitch-fighting. This was particularly bad. Can you imagine a reasonably attractive 40 year old wearing a see-through pink chiffon top with a black push-up bra, an almost mini-skirt and visible red frilly panties having a slanging and pushing match with 2 others in the cafeteria? She slipped and fell and me being chivalrous went and helped her up. That was a mistake. By the end of the course I was a total wreck. The high school rejects all failed - maybe one or 2 just passed, most of the women passed but it was 18 weeks of hell.
I admire your moral stance. Hopefully others will follow your example and perhaps we can help these poor unfortunates to improve their relationship with their spouses through meaningful and insightful advice gleaned from the collective years of experience that makes the Slashdot community what it is.
In reality, it goes like this: 1 swig of brandy 1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by 1 piece of crystallized ginger, then 1 swig of brandy 1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by 1 piece of crystallized ginger, then 1 swig of brandy 1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by 1 piece of crystallized ginger, then 1 swig of brandy 1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by 1 piece of crystallized ginger, then 1 swig of brandy 1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by 1 piece of crystallized ginger, then your mother/Jehova's Witness/charity worker/police/et.al. shows up knocking at your door. Your totally pissed with brown stains around your lips and not smelling too good. By the time they leave, you stagger back to the armchair and..... 1 swig of brandy 1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by 1 piece of crystallized ginger, then 1 swig of brandy 1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by 1 piece of crystallized ginger, then 1 swig of brandy 1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by 1 piece of crystallized ginger, then 1 swig of brandy 1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by 1 piece of crystallized ginger, then............
These heavier alcohols are collectively called fusel alcohols or fusel oils Thank you very much for clearing that up. For many many years my head was stuck in a scene from Forbidden Planet where Robbie The Robot analytically sampled the ship's cook's 'whiskey'. The robot used the term 'fusel oils'. For years I thought it was some kind of weird speech impediment or a made up sci-fi robotic term for diesel oil - i.e. 'fuel oil'. Thanks again for the clarification.
Untrue. Australia has unlimited plans, lots of them in fact. I'm on one now. It costs me $30/month. The problem is that there is no high capacity unlimited plans - or if there is, then it is horrendously expensive.
BT are in a strange half way house where they have obligations that other companies don't such as providing telecom services to remote areas yet they are expected to compete privately with other companies. I am no fan of BT, they are a monolithic organisation but their position in the industry is crazy.
Telstra (Australia) is in a very similar position. Unfortunately, it has moved from being government owned to a semi-autonomous organization thanks to a previous government (Johnny Howard? May your mobile be cursed!). The most unfortunate part is that the CEO is Sol Trujillo, (thanks Johnny Howard - May your Windows BSOD forever), whose history with telecommunications is pretty incompetent according to some sources. http://blogs.denverpost.com/lewis/2005/06/09/sol-trujillo-the-man-the-myth-the-highly-paid-legend/ and there's a lot more too. Telstra is supposed to provide the infrastructure for voice and data across thousands of miles of desert for a few farmers to get access - and at high speed. I live within 50km of a major city and I haven't got mobile reception because the carrier I'm with doesn't have a tower in my area, and the default Telstra tower doesn't have enough power to get to me. The story is the same for many people here. With Sol Trujillo not co-operating with the Australian government (are you listening Johnny?) - it is now forced into tendering for another company to provide duplicate infrastructure (WiFi everywhere). Not only that, but even if that all happens and we do get the proposed upgrade in data service, it is still a generation older than what is current. We're pretty stuffed here and there is no hope of getting speeds up for at least a decade. They are just rolling out ADSL2 with many exchanges unable to support the tech. While the rest of the world is beginning to experience streamed TV at high res, were stuck with P2P/downloads and maybe YouTube quality streaming. It's bad here. Expensive, slow and comparatively low data availability.
Yep. ISPs should use Nationwide peering to start of with. For a lot of data, there are localized copies anyway. P2P, although high bandwidth, isn't as high priority as streaming and voip. P2P packets can be identified easily enough. The same can be said for direct downloads, updates etc. They are needed but not as high priority as real time internet. With a well developed peering structure, a lot of the bandwidth issues can be ameliorated. There is also a neat commercial model, where a few percentage cents of user purchased data would go to the isp from the provider. This can easily be built into the cost and is easy to set up. For ISPs that sell their own data like Bigpond or Apple Australia, local downloads would become cheaper and they'll be more competitive. Users would go local because it's cheaper and faster than an off shore source. Looking into the future, I would rather see P2P developed so that all off shore requests could be cached locally before download. Currently that's illegal if the content is copyrighted and the last thing an ISP needs is to be sued. But there is a lot of public domain that could be cached. And while we're at it, we need more ISPs willing to provide higher upload speeds. It works both ways you know!
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As an Australian and Libertarian, I would agree with Mr Sabbath that the US judicial system is becoming a parody of what it used to be. We are a little better off here, but as I (and many others see it), our judicial system has its faults, particularly with inconsistent sentencing matters.
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Well said. I really think /. should have an 'Adopt a Troll' mission. Most are underrated and deserve more than -nve moderation. Maybe /. should search the archives and firehose a few classic troll posts? An award maybe??
I have to ask... What kind of unpleasant task can a couple do naked with the curtains closed?
Is this like picking up dog poop? Or balancing checkbooks?
I hear that Liberia is full of libertarians and lots of freedom!
I would never follow the morals that it teaches when it comes to women-
If I take that seriously, then it is a very politically correct viewpoint. A great ethical standpoint if you mean it to apply in these matters.
If you read some more about the psychology of women and look to historical sources, you'll find that the 'teaching' as you put it is not against women, but accommodates them. That is a generalization, but the principal is there.
My point being that there are other factors at work here. Some of them are explained in tantric sex where the woman wants to be aggressive, then submissive and subservient. In Hindu mythology, Krsna appeared before all women who had him as they each desired. After that, they became dutiful to their families.
'Duty', aggression and submission - even subservience was looked at and even now is looked at as the choice of each individual woman in or out of a relationship. But it's the women who feel the need for a relationship much more than man. Another generalization I know, but bear with me. The physiognomy and biological purpose of Woman is to bear children. Understandably they have an innate desire to care for their children. The best way of doing that is to form a family unit with Man. Man however is not monogamous for long (another generalization).
So the rules of monogamy explained in different ancient texts are principally founded on the creation, maintenance and continuance of humanity, Man and Woman having their own part based on their respective physiognomy and psychology.
So the morality that you complain about has a purpose, to maintain the basic fundamental triad of Man, Woman and Child even though it may not suit Man for example.
Every society has its specific rules, traditions and conventions, but they all point to the same thing: Man as the hunter, Woman as the gatherer. In times of abundance, this breaks down a little with some tribes of Australian Aborigines in certain areas, where the men hunt and eat for themselves. It's only if there is excess food that they give it to the women and children. In some cases, women also have to provide for themselves and their children. That culture has survived for many thousands of years without any biblical laws. Women aren't so subservient and for that they have to be much more responsible for themselves and their children.
Now in politically correct speak, what you say is wonderful and I agree, but never make the assumption that all women for example don't want to be submissive or subservient or that all men want to be aggressive and polygamous.
There are so many women out there who are suffering from this political correctness as they now feel that they can't be submissive, or feel it inappropriate to be a homemaker or dutiful wife when what they desire is exactly that. To each his own.
80% of my class acts like freshmen high school students in a study hall.
As the only mature student a while ago (doing an RPL course) I totally agree. It was so difficult to concentrate on coursework with a bunch of high-school rejects. Also it seems that even the older gals (especially) who found themselves 'back at school' after an absence of 20 years suddenly start acting like 15yr olds is not only funny and embarrassing, but I had to protect my 'virginity' for the 2nd time in my life! I've never met a bunch of hornier, desperate women! It's really difficult to concentrate on some kind of knotty problem with these women continually passing me, brushing against me, touching me inappropriately, making secretive lewd suggestions, passing me notes and hanging around my car at the end of the day! And they weren't 'bombshells' either! They seemed to have forgotten what they really looked like (some thin, some fat, some voluptuous - all around the 35 to 45 yr old), and by the end of the course they were wearing revealing clothes, lots of heavy makeup, younger style hairdos and so much perfume that the air was toxic around me! Then there came the jealousy and bitch-fighting. This was particularly bad. Can you imagine a reasonably attractive 40 year old wearing a see-through pink chiffon top with a black push-up bra, an almost mini-skirt and visible red frilly panties having a slanging and pushing match with 2 others in the cafeteria? She slipped and fell and me being chivalrous went and helped her up. That was a mistake.
By the end of the course I was a total wreck. The high school rejects all failed - maybe one or 2 just passed, most of the women passed but it was 18 weeks of hell.
I admire your moral stance. Hopefully others will follow your example and perhaps we can help these poor unfortunates to improve their relationship with their spouses through meaningful and insightful advice gleaned from the collective years of experience that makes the Slashdot community what it is.
Prawn takes Queen!
Discovered check!
Check Mate!
At least the Hungarian word for fish HAL is also the name of Kubric's Hal 9000 in 2001 Space Odyssey. :)
I wonder if it was a good chess player!
In reality, it goes like this:
1 swig of brandy
1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by
1 piece of crystallized ginger, then
1 swig of brandy
1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by
1 piece of crystallized ginger, then
1 swig of brandy
1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by
1 piece of crystallized ginger, then
1 swig of brandy
1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by
1 piece of crystallized ginger, then
1 swig of brandy
1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by
1 piece of crystallized ginger, then your mother/Jehova's Witness/charity worker/police/et.al. shows up knocking at your door. Your totally pissed with brown stains around your lips and not smelling too good. By the time they leave, you stagger back to the armchair and.....
1 swig of brandy
1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by
1 piece of crystallized ginger, then
1 swig of brandy
1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by
1 piece of crystallized ginger, then
1 swig of brandy
1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by
1 piece of crystallized ginger, then
1 swig of brandy
1 small piece of dark chocolate followed by
1 piece of crystallized ginger, then............
These heavier alcohols are collectively called fusel alcohols or fusel oils
Thank you very much for clearing that up. For many many years my head was stuck in a scene from Forbidden Planet where Robbie The Robot analytically sampled the ship's cook's 'whiskey'. The robot used the term 'fusel oils'. For years I thought it was some kind of weird speech impediment or a made up sci-fi robotic term for diesel oil - i.e. 'fuel oil'.
Thanks again for the clarification.
If you put in some oak chips....
And if you run out of that you could try MDF.
The best I've heard is:
If Carol has 5 oranges, and
Ted has 7 apples, and
Sue has 3 bananas, then
(wait for it)....
How many nuts does Bill have?
Not as much as using logs.
They are a bit too heavy. I use paddle pop sticks instead.
Untrue. Australia has unlimited plans, lots of them in fact. I'm on one now. It costs me $30/month. The problem is that there is no high capacity unlimited plans - or if there is, then it is horrendously expensive.
Under the Telecommunications Act providers have an obligation to provide set levels of service
I think that's set at 66% of the advertised speed.
BT are in a strange half way house where they have obligations that other companies don't such as providing telecom services to remote areas yet they are expected to compete privately with other companies. I am no fan of BT, they are a monolithic organisation but their position in the industry is crazy.
Telstra (Australia) is in a very similar position.
Unfortunately, it has moved from being government owned to a semi-autonomous organization thanks to a previous government (Johnny Howard? May your mobile be cursed!).
The most unfortunate part is that the CEO is Sol Trujillo, (thanks Johnny Howard - May your Windows BSOD forever), whose history with telecommunications is pretty incompetent according to some sources. http://blogs.denverpost.com/lewis/2005/06/09/sol-trujillo-the-man-the-myth-the-highly-paid-legend/ and there's a lot more too.
Telstra is supposed to provide the infrastructure for voice and data across thousands of miles of desert for a few farmers to get access - and at high speed.
I live within 50km of a major city and I haven't got mobile reception because the carrier I'm with doesn't have a tower in my area, and the default Telstra tower doesn't have enough power to get to me.
The story is the same for many people here.
With Sol Trujillo not co-operating with the Australian government (are you listening Johnny?) - it is now forced into tendering for another company to provide duplicate infrastructure (WiFi everywhere). Not only that, but even if that all happens and we do get the proposed upgrade in data service, it is still a generation older than what is current.
We're pretty stuffed here and there is no hope of getting speeds up for at least a decade. They are just rolling out ADSL2 with many exchanges unable to support the tech. While the rest of the world is beginning to experience streamed TV at high res, were stuck with P2P/downloads and maybe YouTube quality streaming.
It's bad here. Expensive, slow and comparatively low data availability.
Yep. ISPs should use Nationwide peering to start of with. For a lot of data, there are localized copies anyway.
P2P, although high bandwidth, isn't as high priority as streaming and voip. P2P packets can be identified easily enough. The same can be said for direct downloads, updates etc. They are needed but not as high priority as real time internet.
With a well developed peering structure, a lot of the bandwidth issues can be ameliorated.
There is also a neat commercial model, where a few percentage cents of user purchased data would go to the isp from the provider. This can easily be built into the cost and is easy to set up.
For ISPs that sell their own data like Bigpond or Apple Australia, local downloads would become cheaper and they'll be more competitive. Users would go local because it's cheaper and faster than an off shore source.
Looking into the future, I would rather see P2P developed so that all off shore requests could be cached locally before download. Currently that's illegal if the content is copyrighted and the last thing an ISP needs is to be sued. But there is a lot of public domain that could be cached.
And while we're at it, we need more ISPs willing to provide higher upload speeds. It works both ways you know!
Didn't Apple have their own version of the net sometime in the early 90's? I think they went belly up in 95 or 96.
But do you see the timeless wonder of it all?
You see, you plant the seed, you grow the seed, you eat the seed.....
THWAAAAK!
Just attach him to one of those steam catapults that are used to launch jets from carriers.
Simple and effective.
All it needs is a couple of missiles near the wing tips.
That'll show 'em!
Don't forget:
* Lots of GOTOs
* Delete those annoying REM statements
* Use weird, arcane variable names like 'ORGO' and 'FTOOMSH'
Good Luck!
Didn't Star Trek and Babylon 5 deal with this already?
"One ton tomato
I've got a one ton tomato!
One ton tomaaaatoe...
I've got a one ton tomaaaatoe...
One ton of mayo?"
I loved Elephant Parts. Great music too.