Why does every Slashdot story have to end with a question?
It's actually quite useful. Typically, one would expect to want to read the article before reading the comments, in order to understand what's being discussed. However, if the article is totally off the mark, then either you can read it with a grain of salt, or you can skip straight to the comments to find out why it's wrong.
The tags are useful at giving a one-word summary (fud/notfud/slashvertisement/pigpile) of whether the article has merit or not. Asking a yes/no/maybe question helps add an opportunity for more of this succinct information.
In short: it saves time for lazy^W efficient bums like me.
I haven't RTFA, or even TFAS, but this reminds me of why waste is important.
For example, the article presumably says that prizes are good. The concentration of money into one person's (or one body's) bank account so that it could be spent on stuff like this, could be considered "waste" (particularly when it's spent on really stupid shit).
Another example is how governments keep trying to reduce "inefficiencies" and programs that don't have proven results. The problem is, if you want to get one successful program, you probably had to go through two or three which weren't successful (and therefore are "wasteful"). Any entrepreneur knows that this is really "risk", and not "waste", but conservative governments these days...
In my view, choice is never bad. Competition is good.
There are times* when too much choice can be bad; however, this is not that type of case.
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It relates to the fear of making the wrong choice, when the differences are so miniscule. For example, my pet peeve is trying to buy yogourt: by the time I've spent ten minutes to track down the variety that isn't fat-free, or creamy, or chunky, I find that my preferred flavour is sold out.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Yes, and the resulting Civil War that you guys suffered taught Canada's Fathers of Confederation that the balance of power--as well as any unforeseen powers (like petroleum)--should go to the Federal government.
McDonalds tries to produce the burgers using the cheapest available inputs... Much of the time, this means locally produced inputs.
In theory, sure, but transport is just so rediculously cheap.
For example, here in Ottawa, Canada, it's cheaper for me at the supermarket to buy apples from South Africa and Costa Rica than from just 100 km away.
A lot of rainforests have been cut down and inhabitants displaced in Brasil/Costa Rica, etc. to farm "cheap" meat for export. Cheap for us at least--the farmers who are hired to work the land are not paid enough to be able to afford it.
This was pointed out in John Robbins' book "The Food Revolution". I'm not sure whether you have any empirical support for your hypothesis.
Less walking opportunities = less energy expenditure = more stored energy
That's a pretty silly hypothesis, if you ask me.
Fat people are lazy. In order to not take flak from vegetarian hippie neighbours, they live in areas where any neighbours, be they granola or granulated, are further away and less able to judge.
"Nazi" is an abbreviation of the word "nationalist". I personally don't consider the term to be restricted to German nationalists in the 1940's and 50's, but to apply to all nationalists in all times and places.
From Wikipedia: "Nazism or Naziism, officially called National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers Party, or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler."
I personally don't consider the term "ignoramus" to be restricted to members of the Bush administration, but all people who blindly paint a wide variety of people with a label that they don't know the definition of.
It amazes me that Clinton got impeached for telling some lies about a few off-side blowjobs and for getting a few laundry bills.
A few years later, a different president tells lies about so-called weapons of mass destruction, fabricates connections between Saddam and terror groups, and uses those lies as a means to justify a war that get tens of thousands of people killed. But y'all cool with that?
The nano-worker can now carry two CO2 molecules. And like yourself when you carry two heavy bags, this nano-worker is slower when it carries other molecules.
Interesting... how does the speed compare to mailing DVDs from LA to New York?
It seems that as soon as I upgraded to 1.0.5, 1.0.6 was out. The 1.0.7 installation files are still sitting on my desktop waiting to be extracted, and all of a sudden 1.1 comes out.
Am I just lagging behind, or do new releases of SeaMonkey come out more frequently than other common OSS (FF/OOo/etc.)? (Or am I just taking longer to install it because it's a bigger hassle to upgrade than FF?)
At any given time, I could be at home, at one of three offices, or at a random public terminal. (My laptop's broken screen means it's stuck at home:( )
If I need to update one of my tracking spreadsheets, I don't need to worry about whether the computer has a USB outlet (and remember to take it out!), which SD card my file is on, which version of the file is most recent, or whether that computer has the right software to read my file. (Not to mention that office suites tend to take a while to load up)
Every computer that I use has an internet connection and firefox, and I can quickly and reliably log on to Google Spreadsheets to update my spreadsheets.
Now that Google spreadsheets also has a "history" function, I also don't have to worry about constantly saving local backups, either (although my spreadsheets tend to be too big for it to be of much use).
Even if this study is statistically accurate, would it matter? How is this information useful/applicable?
It's not like someone who's got a couple months to live will magically survive for two years longer by receiving the Nobel prize.
Next thing you know, they'll be reporting that millionaires who win the lottery end up being richer than those millionaires who don't win the lottery. At the end of the day, neither finding can be used to fix any social problems.
Yes, this is a blow, but in the end, electronic voting will overcome the shortcomings and the missteps and become they way to cast one's ballot. While there are presently insecurites and faults in the machines those will eventually be minimized so that they become more reliable and less fallible than traditional voting methods (which of course are less than infallible --but many don't want to acknowlewdge that.)
Yeah, sure. And in the end, Microsoft Office will overcome the shortcomings and the missteps and become the way to save our files. While presently older versions of MSO files are corrupted by newer versions, eventually these problems will be minimized so that Microsoft's indefinite licensing agreements will become more reliable and less fallible than traditional document distribution methods....
We are Slashdot. Lower your firewalls and prepare for decimation. Your biological and technological distinctiveness is already similar to our own. Resistance is futile.
You obviously are just a hologram. The *real* slashdot would have said that twice.
Slashdot Mirror
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The tags are useful at giving a one-word summary (fud/notfud/slashvertisement/pigpile) of whether the article has merit or not. Asking a yes/no/maybe question helps add an opportunity for more of this succinct information.
In short: it saves time for lazy^W efficient bums like me.
- RG>
I haven't RTFA, or even TFAS, but this reminds me of why waste is important.
For example, the article presumably says that prizes are good. The concentration of money into one person's (or one body's) bank account so that it could be spent on stuff like this, could be considered "waste" (particularly when it's spent on really stupid shit).
Another example is how governments keep trying to reduce "inefficiencies" and programs that don't have proven results. The problem is, if you want to get one successful program, you probably had to go through two or three which weren't successful (and therefore are "wasteful"). Any entrepreneur knows that this is really "risk", and not "waste", but conservative governments these days...
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It relates to the fear of making the wrong choice, when the differences are so miniscule. For example, my pet peeve is trying to buy yogourt: by the time I've spent ten minutes to track down the variety that isn't fat-free, or creamy, or chunky, I find that my preferred flavour is sold out.
The provinces have been whining ever since.
- RG>
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In theory, sure, but transport is just so rediculously cheap.
For example, here in Ottawa, Canada, it's cheaper for me at the supermarket to buy apples from South Africa and Costa Rica than from just 100 km away.
A lot of rainforests have been cut down and inhabitants displaced in Brasil/Costa Rica, etc. to farm "cheap" meat for export. Cheap for us at least--the farmers who are hired to work the land are not paid enough to be able to afford it.
This was pointed out in John Robbins' book "The Food Revolution". I'm not sure whether you have any empirical support for your hypothesis.
- RG>
Or getting an unwelcome encounter:
(From the book "Divorce Your Car!" by Katie Alvord, p.53)
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That's a pretty silly hypothesis, if you ask me.
Fat people are lazy. In order to not take flak from vegetarian hippie neighbours, they live in areas where any neighbours, be they granola or granulated, are further away and less able to judge.
Therefore laziness -> fatness -> sprawl. Duh!
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From Wikipedia: "Nazism or Naziism, officially called National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers Party, or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler."
I personally don't consider the term "ignoramus" to be restricted to members of the Bush administration, but all people who blindly paint a wide variety of people with a label that they don't know the definition of.
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This gets modded +5 insightful? I thought it was common knowledge!
Boy am I out of touch.
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Sounds like you've heard the song.
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Oh, you think you're so smart? You keep stubbornly insisting that Bush is holding up four fingers, when we keep telling you he's holding up five.
Now go watch football.
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Interesting... how does the speed compare to mailing DVDs from LA to New York?
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Kama Sutra: Come for the pictures, stay for the words...
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911: Nine-one-one. What is the nature of your emergency?
Caller: Help! I've been abducted! Someone stuck me in their car trunk and is driving away!
911: Okay, sir. Where are you right now?
C: Where am I? I'm in the trunk. Hold on...
911: What kind of car is it? What color is it? Did you get the license plate number?
C: [rustling sounds]
911: Sir, are you still there? Did you get a good look at the abductor(s)? What do they look like?
C: Wait a sec... [more rustling, then keypad tones]
911: What the hell is this?
C: There. I just used my cameraphone to send you a photo of the inside of the trunk. Now how long will it take for you guys to rescue me?
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Isn't this just a dupe of this "article"?
- RG>
I know that the OP was kidding, but I can't tell whether or not you are...
- RG>
We already are, it's just that our ignorance of it keeps us from getting bothered by it.
(One example is TV: we are the product; advertisers are the consumers.)
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It seems that as soon as I upgraded to 1.0.5, 1.0.6 was out. The 1.0.7 installation files are still sitting on my desktop waiting to be extracted, and all of a sudden 1.1 comes out.
Am I just lagging behind, or do new releases of SeaMonkey come out more frequently than other common OSS (FF/OOo/etc.)? (Or am I just taking longer to install it because it's a bigger hassle to upgrade than FF?)
Anyone else find this?
- RG>
Umm...maybe then you should be using the "last stable version" instead of the nightly builds?!?
- RG>
At any given time, I could be at home, at one of three offices, or at a random public terminal. (My laptop's broken screen means it's stuck at home :( )
If I need to update one of my tracking spreadsheets, I don't need to worry about whether the computer has a USB outlet (and remember to take it out!), which SD card my file is on, which version of the file is most recent, or whether that computer has the right software to read my file. (Not to mention that office suites tend to take a while to load up)
Every computer that I use has an internet connection and firefox, and I can quickly and reliably log on to Google Spreadsheets to update my spreadsheets.
Now that Google spreadsheets also has a "history" function, I also don't have to worry about constantly saving local backups, either (although my spreadsheets tend to be too big for it to be of much use).
- RG>
Even if this study is statistically accurate, would it matter? How is this information useful/applicable?
It's not like someone who's got a couple months to live will magically survive for two years longer by receiving the Nobel prize.
Next thing you know, they'll be reporting that millionaires who win the lottery end up being richer than those millionaires who don't win the lottery. At the end of the day, neither finding can be used to fix any social problems.
- RG>
Yeah, sure. And in the end, Microsoft Office will overcome the shortcomings and the missteps and become the way to save our files. While presently older versions of MSO files are corrupted by newer versions, eventually these problems will be minimized so that Microsoft's indefinite licensing agreements will become more reliable and less fallible than traditional document distribution methods....
- RG>
You obviously are just a hologram. The *real* slashdot would have said that twice.
- RG>