it is mostly that the problems are supressed or ignored until it becomes very dangerous. If you look in the media there, there is alot of disturbing stuff that doesn't seem to reflect daily life at all, until it shows up in the news. I saw a post on/. recently about American neoslaves working themselves to death while Europeans enjoyed vacations twice as longs as ours, but what about the three months of rioting in France about the lack of jobs for the youth? Despite the incredible flamewars during the 2000 and 2004 elections, there was no violence. In the US, the media and popular culture often exaggerate minute aspects of life and make them seem like a crisis, which then the public focuses on like sheep (there's a reason what you watch on TV is called "programming"). The same thing happens with all this Newage (rhymes with sewage) crap going on here. Take terrorism for example:
US population: 295,734,134
9/11 deaths: 2,986 Number killed in Iraq (DoD confirmed as of Jan. 5, 2006): 2,182 total deaths Number killed in Afghanistan: 259 Number of people killed by anthrax attacks: 5 TOTAL TERROR RELATED DEATHS IN USA: 5,432
Number of murders in the US in 2003: 16,528
- Americans are three times better at killing Americans than people who are suicidally deperate to kill Americans.
Number killed in motor vehicle accidents in 2001: 42,443
- Cars are eight times more deadly than terrorists.
Vietnam War deaths: 58,226 American deaths in WWII: 400,000
% of Americans killed by terrorism: 0.0018367849279109593754233320932781%
Osama is a pussy. How about a War on Cars, or a more efficient use of the hundreds of billions of defense dollars? Let's target the real threats, like leaky dams and cars.
No, but I learned Korean playing in the StarCraft big leagues. And Japanese from H-games. And German from Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, etc. And Chinese from Firefly! And gibberish from Call of Cthulhu! Ia! Ia! Cthulhu ftaghn!
Okay, maybe just the curse words, but hey, that 2/3s of the sork right there. Right?
The plot in The Terminator and The Matrix is only going a little further than what reality is probably already producing.
I think I get what you mean, but in the interest of humor: when was the last time a porno site popup killed you? For a more realistic bridge between far out sf and reality, read Peter Watts. The first two books in his Rifters trilogy are scheduled for reprint in 2007, and until then , he has made them available for download in PDF format on his website under the CC licencse http://rifters.com/real/shorts.htm
They're really good and very well researched. The part about viral software and malware is in the second book.
For all people interested in society's new love of behaviour drugs, look up Thomas Sasz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Szasz. Basically he says if it can't be scientifically verified, like cancer, then it should be unlawful to force treatment on something so subjective, and instead be left as a private matter between the individual and the doctor.
Three quotes I like that apply to this subject are Roosevelt's "Talk softly and carry a big stick" and Malcolm X's "Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery." and "Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power." Kids should be taught to fight back if they have to, preferably before it becomes a problem. I also, for many more reasons than I care to list here, am in favor of keeping gun laws that let me have a gun (training is essential for anyone, and I don't have kids).
The only way martial arts classes are to a kid's advantage are if it has actual fighting, even limited by rules and pads. I took Olympic-style competition Taekwondo (similar to kickboxing) as a kid and competed regularly. Basically, one learns to dodge, block, take a hit, and counterattack best when under the pressure of neccessity. Better that be in a ring with refs, judges, and spectators than out in the parking lot after school. Once I picked a fight with two guys bullying some kids, and I was able to kick their asses mostly because I knew that they weren't intent on crippling or killing me and I wasn't afraid of anything less than that. Next week in school they jumped me, and once again I knew I wasn't in any real danger so I didn't fight back. Only they were in trouble for fighting on school grounds, which was a mandatory suspension (a stupid rule - how can one defend themself?).
There's a difference between being unsocial and antisocial. Someone who is unsocial, in my opinion, is someone who would rather be alone or with a small group of real friends doing something that is actually fun, cool, and intellectually stimulating (i.e. not watching football, 'dancing' which is really sex with clothes on, drinking, gossiping, or talking about nothing, or doing drungs - unless you call drungs mentally stimulating). Antisocial people feel no emotions toward others, essentially treating people like objects or machines.
Lastly, I disagree with Pelt. I hate humanity, but can stand some people.
I agree with you about it being treated as a legal matter, although there's a problem.
What if it isn't assault? What if it is a mix of verbal abuse, stealing their belongings to tease them with, stuffing them in lockers, tripping them in the hallway, and other stuff short of actually attacking? If you 'fight back' to this, it'll just get worse, or if you try to end it, you are the assaulter.
Belligerent bullies are the easiest, because you can goad them into a fight, kick the shit out of them once or twice, and then be left alone. But what about the less violent bullies?
What if it's not a mob out to get you? What if you just don't find them nice or interesting or fun or don't have anything in common with them? You can't really 'stand up' to just not really liking them especially.
It is possible to be withdrawn without being severing all human contact. For example, someone who shows up to work on time and works well, but doesn't make small talk with anyone and just leaves at the end of the day. The social aspect of human existance more than just a pack of wolves that hunt together because it's easier - we can survive on our own, but the company of other people is the real reason we stick together.
It's the damn pirates! Everyone is using that evil Bittorrent or Limewire or Kazaa and such. Damn thieves! Do you know how hard it is to succeed in this business? Of course not, you've never worked a day in your lives. Communists! How could someone be heartless enough to not recognize the suffering that Britney Spears must endure? Have you no souls?
I am afraid this will become the new requirement for many games. Why is Vista better for games anyway? Can we get warez Vista with built-in Halo 2? Do I care?
They aren't bashing Islam or other religions, they are bashing the stereoypes that their practicioners reinforce. Mostly they are criticizing the culture of the area. And the suckiness of people in general. Maybe you should be slower to judge that people are too quick to judge and read their comments more carefully. To quote someone: "It's not God I hate it's his fanclub I can't stand."
This applies to Americans and French and everyone else just as much. Morality is affected by a mob in the same way that intelligence is.
But I'm not going to stop making jokes about anyone.
Although many Muslims are upset about these cartoons for depicting Mohammed and for criticizing Islam, the reason they are so angry is becuase most countries in the area have state news agencies and so to many the cartoons are seen as an 'official' or majority opinion. The idea of a free press where an individuals's opinion is heard, especially a unique one, is unheard of. It is seen as an attack by all of the West, not just that cartoonist.
In the US and Europe, a cartoonist that does something offensive, say in this case South Park using Jesus in an 'offensive' way, results in comlaints to the network and/or the creators.
In the most of the Middle East, a cartoon (which seems to me to be criticizing Islam for being violent, ironically), is met with smoldering generic rage against not just the cartoonists, or the newspapers, or the country, but all western nations.
I am dissapointed in the crackers though. I would have thought that repressed people that had internet access would be a little more aware and less sheep-like than the unwashed masses that are usually manipulated by their rulers.
My favorite quote from a bbc article yesterday went something like this: "This is a test by western nations to see if Muslims are radical or not. Death to them and their newspapers." I wonder why they think we think they might be dangerous...
Oman is a perfect example of what a determined, hard-working people behind a good ruler can do. Very inspirational, if only the rest of the Mid-East could follow this example. It's one of the nicest countries anywhere, and I have been all over the US, Europe, and Asia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Qaboos
It's because in noticing girls, you've done some very bad things. Things kittens will die for. God hates you because you touch yourself at night. Oh, if only you hadn't been corrupted by that damned Hot Coffee or interweb thingy. An eternity in hell, on both Earth and Hell, all for a few bikini pics? I hope you are happy, don't say I didn't warn you. May FSM have mercy on your geeky soul. Damn kids.
better than Internet Explorer somehow makes Firefox a superior browser?
I believe that "foobar is better than foobar" is the dictionary definition of superior.
Other than your wording, your argument about the code quality is valid, but the two are worlds apart in performance and features (in quality, not numbers), which is all that matters to 99% of users, the people that don't edit it. If you don't have the time to edit the code yourself, shoot and email to the dev team with some suggestions. I don't have the coding skills necessary to aid in that way, so I must entrust the safety of OSS with you, the leet haxor code-bearer.
Hahahaha yeah sure, whatever lets you justify wearing those tights and calling yourself FoxyLady523 while cybering on IRC early in the morning in your mom's basement. Yeah, a girl on/., real original, come on try a different joke, pretend to be Gates or someone more plausible. Look at me! I'm an NSA officer monitoring this site! Whoo!
I agree with the rest of your statement though.
P.S. Maybe if you said you were Natalie Portman, naked and petrified, covered in hots grits... we'd be too distracted by the idea to care about the plausibility. Just a thoug- ooh... grits... mmmm...
Ow. Man, if the older kids weren't enough, even nature's against you.
Seriously though, this is llllllllaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeee. Not tech, not interesting, obvious to anyone who gives it a moment's though, not conclusive or precise, and pointless money grabbing "research" by staticians instead of docs or shrinks specializing in child development. This is/., not a tabloid. We have standards and expectations of our staff of expert editors - not administators, heavens no, this is a very fine and respected company with a reputation of outstanding journalism.
Okay, that was sarcastic, if I didn't love/. I'd have a life. That doesn't mean I don't think it could improve either.
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it is mostly that the problems are supressed or ignored until it becomes very dangerous. If you look in the media there, there is alot of disturbing stuff that doesn't seem to reflect daily life at all, until it shows up in the news. I saw a post on /. recently about American neoslaves working themselves to death while Europeans enjoyed vacations twice as longs as ours, but what about the three months of rioting in France about the lack of jobs for the youth? Despite the incredible flamewars during the 2000 and 2004 elections, there was no violence. In the US, the media and popular culture often exaggerate minute aspects of life and make them seem like a crisis, which then the public focuses on like sheep (there's a reason what you watch on TV is called "programming"). The same thing happens with all this Newage (rhymes with sewage) crap going on here. Take terrorism for example:
US population: 295,734,134
9/11 deaths: 2,986
Number killed in Iraq (DoD confirmed as of Jan. 5, 2006): 2,182 total deaths
Number killed in Afghanistan: 259
Number of people killed by anthrax attacks: 5
TOTAL TERROR RELATED DEATHS IN USA: 5,432
Number of murders in the US in 2003: 16,528
- Americans are three times better at killing Americans than people
who are suicidally deperate to kill Americans.
Number killed in motor vehicle accidents in 2001: 42,443
- Cars are eight times more deadly than terrorists.
Vietnam War deaths: 58,226
American deaths in WWII: 400,000
% of Americans killed by terrorism: 0.0018367849279109593754233320932781%
Osama is a pussy. How about a War on Cars, or a more efficient use of the hundreds of billions of defense dollars? Let's target the real threats, like leaky dams and cars.
We have Lost and Firefly, and possibly a few others I dont know about. Most of us just have poor taste in TV.
No, but I learned Korean playing in the StarCraft big leagues. And Japanese from H-games. And German from Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, etc. And Chinese from Firefly! And gibberish from Call of Cthulhu! Ia! Ia! Cthulhu ftaghn! Okay, maybe just the curse words, but hey, that 2/3s of the sork right there. Right?
'nuff said.
The plot in The Terminator and The Matrix is only going a little further than what reality is probably already producing.
I think I get what you mean, but in the interest of humor: when was the last time a porno site popup killed you? For a more realistic bridge between far out sf and reality, read Peter Watts. The first two books in his Rifters trilogy are scheduled for reprint in 2007, and until then , he has made them available for download in PDF format on his website under the CC licencse http://rifters.com/real/shorts.htm
They're really good and very well researched. The part about viral software and malware is in the second book.
For all people interested in society's new love of behaviour drugs, look up Thomas Sasz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Szasz. Basically he says if it can't be scientifically verified, like cancer, then it should be unlawful to force treatment on something so subjective, and instead be left as a private matter between the individual and the doctor.
Three quotes I like that apply to this subject are Roosevelt's "Talk softly and carry a big stick" and Malcolm X's "Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery." and "Power never takes a back step - only in the face of more power." Kids should be taught to fight back if they have to, preferably before it becomes a problem. I also, for many more reasons than I care to list here, am in favor of keeping gun laws that let me have a gun (training is essential for anyone, and I don't have kids).
The only way martial arts classes are to a kid's advantage are if it has actual fighting, even limited by rules and pads. I took Olympic-style competition Taekwondo (similar to kickboxing) as a kid and competed regularly. Basically, one learns to dodge, block, take a hit, and counterattack best when under the pressure of neccessity. Better that be in a ring with refs, judges, and spectators than out in the parking lot after school. Once I picked a fight with two guys bullying some kids, and I was able to kick their asses mostly because I knew that they weren't intent on crippling or killing me and I wasn't afraid of anything less than that. Next week in school they jumped me, and once again I knew I wasn't in any real danger so I didn't fight back. Only they were in trouble for fighting on school grounds, which was a mandatory suspension (a stupid rule - how can one defend themself?).
There's a difference between being unsocial and antisocial. Someone who is unsocial, in my opinion, is someone who would rather be alone or with a small group of real friends doing something that is actually fun, cool, and intellectually stimulating (i.e. not watching football, 'dancing' which is really sex with clothes on, drinking, gossiping, or talking about nothing, or doing drungs - unless you call drungs mentally stimulating). Antisocial people feel no emotions toward others, essentially treating people like objects or machines.
Lastly, I disagree with Pelt. I hate humanity, but can stand some people.
I agree with you about it being treated as a legal matter, although there's a problem.
What if it isn't assault? What if it is a mix of verbal abuse, stealing their belongings to tease them with, stuffing them in lockers, tripping them in the hallway, and other stuff short of actually attacking?
If you 'fight back' to this, it'll just get worse, or if you try to end it, you are the assaulter.
Belligerent bullies are the easiest, because you can goad them into a fight, kick the shit out of them once or twice, and then be left alone. But what about the less violent bullies?
What if it's not a mob out to get you? What if you just don't find them nice or interesting or fun or don't have anything in common with them? You can't really 'stand up' to just not really liking them especially.
It is possible to be withdrawn without being severing all human contact. For example, someone who shows up to work on time and works well, but doesn't make small talk with anyone and just leaves at the end of the day. The social aspect of human existance more than just a pack of wolves that hunt together because it's easier - we can survive on our own, but the company of other people is the real reason we stick together.
It's the damn pirates! Everyone is using that evil Bittorrent or Limewire or Kazaa and such. Damn thieves! Do you know how hard it is to succeed in this business? Of course not, you've never worked a day in your lives. Communists! How could someone be heartless enough to not recognize the suffering that Britney Spears must endure? Have you no souls?
Sincerely,
A RIAA exec.
I'll get a hard-on while ATI and nVidia executives slit their wrists.
I do NOT want to see your browser history and cash. Pervert. Freak. Sicko. I need to wash myself now...
I am afraid this will become the new requirement for many games. Why is Vista better for games anyway? Can we get warez Vista with built-in Halo 2? Do I care?
They aren't bashing Islam or other religions, they are bashing the stereoypes that their practicioners reinforce. Mostly they are criticizing the culture of the area. And the suckiness of people in general. Maybe you should be slower to judge that people are too quick to judge and read their comments more carefully. To quote someone: "It's not God I hate it's his fanclub I can't stand."
This applies to Americans and French and everyone else just as much. Morality is affected by a mob in the same way that intelligence is. But I'm not going to stop making jokes about anyone.
Although many Muslims are upset about these cartoons for depicting Mohammed and for criticizing Islam, the reason they are so angry is becuase most countries in the area have state news agencies and so to many the cartoons are seen as an 'official' or majority opinion. The idea of a free press where an individuals's opinion is heard, especially a unique one, is unheard of. It is seen as an attack by all of the West, not just that cartoonist.
In the US and Europe, a cartoonist that does something offensive, say in this case South Park using Jesus in an 'offensive' way, results in comlaints to the network and/or the creators.
In the most of the Middle East, a cartoon (which seems to me to be criticizing Islam for being violent, ironically), is met with smoldering generic rage against not just the cartoonists, or the newspapers, or the country, but all western nations.
I am dissapointed in the crackers though. I would have thought that repressed people that had internet access would be a little more aware and less sheep-like than the unwashed masses that are usually manipulated by their rulers.
My favorite quote from a bbc article yesterday went something like this: "This is a test by western nations to see if Muslims are radical or not. Death to them and their newspapers." I wonder why they think we think they might be dangerous...
Oman is a perfect example of what a determined, hard-working people behind a good ruler can do. Very inspirational, if only the rest of the Mid-East could follow this example. It's one of the nicest countries anywhere, and I have been all over the US, Europe, and Asia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Qaboos
Oman and the UAE. I lived in Oman a while, it's one of the nicest countires anywhere (and I've been all over Europe, the US, and Asia).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Qaboos
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates
Bah, France along with Germany and Russia opposed the war because it would interrupt their nice oil deals with Iraq.
Wouldn't you need to downloading iPron then?
I for one welcome our psychic laser-wielding shark overlords.
Mine bacteria say hello back. They keep the rats away too.
https://beijing999.com/ - spread the joy.
It's because in noticing girls, you've done some very bad things. Things kittens will die for. God hates you because you touch yourself at night. Oh, if only you hadn't been corrupted by that damned Hot Coffee or interweb thingy. An eternity in hell, on both Earth and Hell, all for a few bikini pics? I hope you are happy, don't say I didn't warn you. May FSM have mercy on your geeky soul. Damn kids.
better than Internet Explorer somehow makes Firefox a superior browser?
I believe that "foobar is better than foobar" is the dictionary definition of superior.
Other than your wording, your argument about the code quality is valid, but the two are worlds apart in performance and features (in quality, not numbers), which is all that matters to 99% of users, the people that don't edit it. If you don't have the time to edit the code yourself, shoot and email to the dev team with some suggestions. I don't have the coding skills necessary to aid in that way, so I must entrust the safety of OSS with you, the leet haxor code-bearer.
I know, I am a girl, I went through it all.
/., real original, come on try a different joke, pretend to be Gates or someone more plausible. Look at me! I'm an NSA officer monitoring this site! Whoo!
Hahahaha yeah sure, whatever lets you justify wearing those tights and calling yourself FoxyLady523 while cybering on IRC early in the morning in your mom's basement. Yeah, a girl on
I agree with the rest of your statement though.
P.S. Maybe if you said you were Natalie Portman, naked and petrified, covered in hots grits... we'd be too distracted by the idea to care about the plausibility. Just a thoug- ooh... grits... mmmm...
In Soviet Russia, pubery hits you!
/., not a tabloid. We have standards and expectations of our staff of expert editors - not administators, heavens no, this is a very fine and respected company with a reputation of outstanding journalism.
/. I'd have a life. That doesn't mean I don't think it could improve either.
Ow. Man, if the older kids weren't enough, even nature's against you.
Seriously though, this is llllllllaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeee. Not tech, not interesting, obvious to anyone who gives it a moment's though, not conclusive or precise, and pointless money grabbing "research" by staticians instead of docs or shrinks specializing in child development. This is
Okay, that was sarcastic, if I didn't love