Um, no. A true liberal beleives in free speech for everyone, even those he or she disagrees with.
A true US citizen believes that as well (as I do, and I'm 'conservative'). I wasn't trying to make a blanket statement about liberals, I was cracking a joke about the rabid-liberal-ABB crowd that seems to inhabit/.
Quite frankly, while the text is mildly amusing, overall the joke is about a 5/10
I'm sorry, I should have been more specific with the "DotCom" statement. The DotComs, IMHO refer to more of the whole bubble, which Tyco, Enron, and WolrdCom were part of.
As for the tax cuts, I benefitted from them and merrily bought a new Dell laptop with my tax return. And I'm not 'rich'
To say 9/11 et al didnt effect the economy is naive, but I feel that most of the ripples are largely confined to the oil market right now.
As for job replacement, sadly, we are just moving into a global economy.
Prisonsers are employed, they do most of the work for the prison in-house. If we 'outsourced' that your 'overall' employment rate would rate would stay the same, just different people would be doing the job.
Ah, rabid anti-Bush-ism. Just bring up the name in the positive light and some people jsut start foaming at the mouth...
I'm not spouting crap, I'm merely parroting whats already been said. Big difference.
(I don't see why people think the President has that much control of the economy. I think a good sum of people have been spoiled by 'irrational exuberence'.)
Economists have predicted the economy will continue to get better despite who is elected.
The entire economy problem can be traced back to the Dot-Coms. There is no 'quick fix' after a bubble bursts. If you don't have an economics degree, don't start spouting crap.
There were hundreds of things that could go wrong. The flyer could have veered into a crowd of people. Engine could have fallen off. etc etc etc
Wright brothers launched in 190-*mumble*. FAA was established in 1946. Do you really think that no one was hurt, maimed, or killed in those 40 some odd years? I think more prople were willing to take risks then, as opposed to the cry-baby culture that we have now.
Funny you should mention that, I was going through records back in 1910 and there was a congressional speech along the same lines.I quote:
"Your(sic) insane right?
If you plan to launch a commerical airline tourism effort from theis country, of course it needs regulation. Would you prefer if any moron could claim to have a rocket and start tossing people up into the air?
Would you care when one of those morons built a airplane that came apart, killing everyone on board and raining down debris? You would certainly complain bitterly if it was one of your family on board, or if it was your house that was hit by debris.
Your local travel agencty(sic) is subject to regulation to prevent the worst of the scammers from coming into/staying into existence. Railroad travel is regulated tightly to ensure travel is safe for those who travel as well as those are near the tracks.
What made you think launching a ship of some sort into the air would be subject to less regulation? If ytou(sic) plan to launch from N. American airspace, or operate your business from N. America, expect to be regulated."
All I can say thank God it didn't happen else we'd still be traveling on trains. *phew*
I was afraid that this will happen. Sadly, now the US will no longer be the leader in the space race.
Wright brothers took off in 190-*mumble*, and for years there was innovation after innovation: rudders, flaps, airelons, better engines. Sadly, people died, but hey, thats the price of experimentation. Then the FAA came in, and sadly, development has stagnated to nothing. I mean, look at how long it's taken the private sector to go into sub-orbital launches.
Now that we've done it, the government steps in onc again for 'safety concerns' and thus ruins a fledgling new industry.
Seriously, I'm moving to Russia or something where the government doesn't care, or if it does, it can be bribed with a bottle of Vodka or something.
It's sad that the AP picks up the fact that a paper with a circulation of 425 supports Kerry. But there is not mention that the Lowell Sun, a ciculation of 100,000+ and a major newspaper in Massachusetts, Endorses Bush.
Yes, as the AC pointed out below, the quacks are loud (see freerepublic) but there are a large majority of people who are quiet. They exist on both sides of the aisle.
You can trace back most of the problems with Google down to one person. CEO Eric E. Schmidt.
Eric has had a wonderful track record of running companies into the ground and doing stupid stuff. Novell (which rebounded after he left), SUN (in which he screwed over JAVA), and Xerox PARC (how many good ideas slipped through their fingers?).
One of my professors, after Schmidt came onto Google, told us in class "Enjoy Google while it lasts, its going to start to expand into other areas and start to fail" and I am really afraid that he is going to turn out to be right.
When Froogle came out I started to be afraid, when Gmail came out, I started to worry more, if this turns out to be true, I really weep for the future.
A lot of younger people have cell phones, true. But, a lot of younger people, quite frankly, "can't be bothered" to vote. (Idiots)
I think it evens out, yes they are missing some voters, but I think that the amount they are missing is quite negligible. I'm sure they have thought of this dilemma.
When the 60+ crowd (who are the 'best' voters) get cell phones, I'll start thinking we may need a better system, but until then I think we'll be ok.
The military uses a lot of non-standard terms which not used outside of the military. Most American troops call Greenwich Mean Time "Zulu."
You mean I'm the only guy who uses these terms too? >_Lots of down-time spent compiling and installing this week in which to argue over nerdy minutiae, that's why. Thanks for the diversion. I have a dartboard. Great way to pass the time. I highly recommend it to anyone who does compiling a lot for their job (if you can get away with it).
Once again, showing you are out of step with the world. People from the PRC are called "Chinese", not "ChiComms." People from the Republic of China (Taiwan) are "Taiwanese" not "RoCians."
Talk to the military. You're wrong. Although I may be wrong about the RoCian thing, its "roc-somthing".
Makes a lot more sense this way.
We can continue to go round and round as we have been going. But, this is pointless. USian makes far more sense, and hence I am invoking the right of UID, my UID is lower then yours, therefore I am right.;p
*shrug* USian still makes far more sense to me, I'm sad you don't see it that way.
Heh, you picked the worst example, as there are two Chinas, PRC and RoC, and I refer to them accordingly as ChiComms and RoCians. Very Simple.
The whole name of the country distinguishes it, as to keep you from being confused, Republic of China, People's Republic of China, United States of America, American Somoa. The only country that can safely label itself under a continent is Australia, and even that is pushing it, as New Zealand, et. al. is sometimes classified under them.
You are probably an Engineer of some sort since you hang out here, why do you insist on using ambigous terms?
Our country is called America, therefore we are called Americans, and there is no room for debate on the point.
No, our Country is called the United States of America. Why do you think people study in School US history?
f you insist on arguing the point, walk into a bar in Quebec sometime, and with your best French, ask the meanest-looking patron there how it feels to be an "American."
Thank you for proving my point. Using the term Canadian makes as much sense as using the term USian, as we are both from America, yet some people don't wish to associate with us due to their distorted worldview.
You are NOT encompassing continents by saying American
Yes, you are. There are, not one, but two whole continents called 'America', had you paid attention in Geography, you would know this. When you are saying 'I am American' you are saying, 'I am from somewhere in the American continents.' as opposed to 'I am from the United States' which correctly identifies your origin as somwhere between Canada, Mexico, and the two oceans.
It's like your ashamed to say your country's name.
Slashdot Mirror
You mean the place that Bush went? Yes. *grin*
Oh yes, no one, NO ONE, has disproven anything about Farenheight 9/11. Is that a 'nuanced' response?
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http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-Deceit
http://www.f411.com/
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http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?cp=1&ka
http://fahrenheit_fact.bl
http://www.workingpsychology.com/fahr
Not that hard. And it's not "how the facts are portrayed" it's mostly complaints about the outright fabrications Moore does.
Um, no. A true liberal beleives in free speech for everyone, even those he or she disagrees with.
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A true US citizen believes that as well (as I do, and I'm 'conservative'). I wasn't trying to make a blanket statement about liberals, I was cracking a joke about the rabid-liberal-ABB crowd that seems to inhabit
Quite frankly, while the text is mildly amusing, overall the joke is about a 5/10
I'm sorry, I should have been more specific with the "DotCom" statement. The DotComs, IMHO refer to more of the whole bubble, which Tyco, Enron, and WolrdCom were part of.
As for the tax cuts, I benefitted from them and merrily bought a new Dell laptop with my tax return. And I'm not 'rich'
To say 9/11 et al didnt effect the economy is naive, but I feel that most of the ripples are largely confined to the oil market right now.
As for job replacement, sadly, we are just moving into a global economy.
Prisonsers are employed, they do most of the work for the prison in-house. If we 'outsourced' that your 'overall' employment rate would rate would stay the same, just different people would be doing the job.
Ah, rabid anti-Bush-ism. Just bring up the name in the positive light and some people jsut start foaming at the mouth...
I'm not spouting crap, I'm merely parroting whats already been said. Big difference.
(I don't see why people think the President has that much control of the economy. I think a good sum of people have been spoiled by 'irrational exuberence'.)
Economists have predicted the economy will continue to get better despite who is elected.
The entire economy problem can be traced back to the Dot-Coms. There is no 'quick fix' after a bubble bursts. If you don't have an economics degree, don't start spouting crap.
You can hear the liberal slashdotters' heads asplode...
"DMCA bad.... but... site... pro-Bush... ack... who should I side with... aaaah... *pop*"
To be ontopic, here are some mirrors of the parody in question:
Mirror 1
Mirror B
Third Mirror
Mirror Cuatro
There were hundreds of things that could go wrong. The flyer could have veered into a crowd of people. Engine could have fallen off. etc etc etc
Wright brothers launched in 190-*mumble*. FAA was established in 1946. Do you really think that no one was hurt, maimed, or killed in those 40 some odd years? I think more prople were willing to take risks then, as opposed to the cry-baby culture that we have now.
Funny you should mention that, I was going through records back in 1910 and there was a congressional speech along the same lines.I quote:
"Your(sic) insane right?
If you plan to launch a commerical airline tourism effort from theis country, of course it needs regulation. Would you prefer if any moron could claim to have a rocket and start tossing people up into the air?
Would you care when one of those morons built a airplane that came apart, killing everyone on board and raining down debris? You would certainly complain bitterly if it was one of your family on board, or if it was your house that was hit by debris.
Your local travel agencty(sic) is subject to regulation to prevent the worst of the scammers from coming into/staying into existence. Railroad travel is regulated tightly to ensure travel is safe for those who travel as well as those are near the tracks.
What made you think launching a ship of some sort into the air would be subject to less regulation? If ytou(sic) plan to launch from N. American airspace, or operate your business from N. America, expect to be regulated."
All I can say thank God it didn't happen else we'd still be traveling on trains. *phew*
I was afraid that this will happen. Sadly, now the US will no longer be the leader in the space race.
Wright brothers took off in 190-*mumble*, and for years there was innovation after innovation: rudders, flaps, airelons, better engines. Sadly, people died, but hey, thats the price of experimentation. Then the FAA came in, and sadly, development has stagnated to nothing. I mean, look at how long it's taken the private sector to go into sub-orbital launches.
Now that we've done it, the government steps in onc again for 'safety concerns' and thus ruins a fledgling new industry.
Seriously, I'm moving to Russia or something where the government doesn't care, or if it does, it can be bribed with a bottle of Vodka or something.
Depends on what the definition of 'passive' is.
Just monitoring beacon packets? Yes, that's legal.
Monitoring all traffic (e.g. running kismet with logging on), not legal, it's a violation of the Federal wiretapping laws.
Oh man, this is completely OT, but that is the best one liner I have heard in quite some time.
:)
Great one. I'm rippping it off from you.
It's sad that the AP picks up the fact that a paper with a circulation of 425 supports Kerry. But there is not mention that the Lowell Sun, a ciculation of 100,000+ and a major newspaper in Massachusetts, Endorses Bush.
No Bias here. Noooooosiirrreeee.
Upon hearing this, I raised my "Volcano Alert" level of my pants to "Code Brown"
Yes, as the AC pointed out below, the quacks are loud (see freerepublic) but there are a large majority of people who are quiet. They exist on both sides of the aisle.
No, the 'right' is more quiet and prefer to make our voice heard at the polls.
Ever hear of the silent majority?
Remember, "Absence of evidence is not evidence of abscence."
You can trace back most of the problems with Google down to one person. CEO Eric E. Schmidt.
Eric has had a wonderful track record of running companies into the ground and doing stupid stuff. Novell (which rebounded after he left), SUN (in which he screwed over JAVA), and Xerox PARC (how many good ideas slipped through their fingers?).
One of my professors, after Schmidt came onto Google, told us in class "Enjoy Google while it lasts, its going to start to expand into other areas and start to fail" and I am really afraid that he is going to turn out to be right.
When Froogle came out I started to be afraid, when Gmail came out, I started to worry more, if this turns out to be true, I really weep for the future.
A lot of younger people have cell phones, true.
But, a lot of younger people, quite frankly, "can't be bothered" to vote. (Idiots)
I think it evens out, yes they are missing some voters, but I think that the amount they are missing is quite negligible. I'm sure they have thought of this dilemma.
When the 60+ crowd (who are the 'best' voters) get cell phones, I'll start thinking we may need a better system, but until then I think we'll be ok.
You mean I'm the only guy who uses these terms too? >_Lots of down-time spent compiling and installing this week in which to argue over nerdy minutiae, that's why. Thanks for the diversion.
I have a dartboard. Great way to pass the time. I highly recommend it to anyone who does compiling a lot for their job (if you can get away with it).
Thanks for the diversion as well.
Talk to the military. You're wrong. Although I may be wrong about the RoCian thing, its "roc-somthing".
Makes a lot more sense this way.
We can continue to go round and round as we have been going. But, this is pointless. USian makes far more sense, and hence I am invoking the right of UID, my UID is lower then yours, therefore I am right.
*shrug* USian still makes far more sense to me, I'm sad you don't see it that way.
Heh, you picked the worst example, as there are two Chinas, PRC and RoC, and I refer to them accordingly as ChiComms and RoCians. Very Simple.
The whole name of the country distinguishes it, as to keep you from being confused, Republic of China, People's Republic of China, United States of America, American Somoa. The only country that can safely label itself under a continent is Australia, and even that is pushing it, as New Zealand, et. al. is sometimes classified under them.
You are probably an Engineer of some sort since you hang out here, why do you insist on using ambigous terms?
No, our Country is called the United States of America. Why do you think people study in School US history?
Thank you for proving my point. Using the term Canadian makes as much sense as using the term USian, as we are both from America, yet some people don't wish to associate with us due to their distorted worldview.
Yes, you are. There are, not one, but two whole continents called 'America', had you paid attention in Geography, you would know this. When you are saying 'I am American' you are saying, 'I am from somewhere in the American continents.' as opposed to 'I am from the United States' which correctly identifies your origin as somwhere between Canada, Mexico, and the two oceans.
It's like your ashamed to say your country's name.
Yes, the parent of your post is a troll, but that being said, I like the term USian.
When you say American, you are encompassing the whole of two continents, but when you say USian, you are at least narrowing it down. I like it.