I'm not exactly right-wing; more of a centrist. I've always got the far-right calling me a "libtard", and the far-left calling me a "fascist". It's always a fun time!
But look at the scoring on these comments. I get a -1 troll for pointing out that this woman doesn't understand the science behind the technology, and had to be either a complete idiot who doesn't follow any type of news, or an ass looking to intentionally cause a scene. Meanwhile he gets a +3 insightful for calling me a "gun crazed right wing sycophant".
I swear the next time someone says slashdot has a right-wing bias, I'm gonna find out where they live just to I can drive over there and headbutt them.
5TB does seem a bit excessive, but perhaps it handles a little bit more then just GPS. Or maybe they figured if they're running wires they might as well put room for growth?
The latter. Only 20 Gb/s is actually used - the rest is dark. But when you're running a 1300km stretch of cable, you may as well throw some extra in there. Far more cost effective than having to do it again in a few years.
I had more sex and was way more skinnier when I did work the night shift.
Me too. I used to do 12 hour shifts, which worked out to 15 work days in a month as opposed to the usual 20. On the days when I was working, I'd have so little time to do anything that I got in the habit of just going to the gym for a couple hours and then hitting the sack, while my extra days-off left me plenty of time for women. I liked that far more than the ol' 9-5 grind.
Maybe you missed his point when you were watching Fox news?
Awww, it's so cute when you pretend to know me:)
If we (the USA) would get the heck out of these Muslim countries and leave them alone then they would leave us alone.
Adorable:)
Militant Islam was a minor annoyance before we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq
Yeah, that whole September 11th thing was just a minor annoyance. Most Americans didn't even notice, and the rest just shrugged and said "meh". But that damn Chimpy McBushitler wanted his wars, and he completely ignored everyone else! The bastard.
Really, that comment makes it obvious that you're American - you don't know shit about the rest of the world. You might want to talk to people in the Balkans and Russia about Islamic expansionism, and what a "minor annoyance" it is. Or have a chat with someone from India. I'd suggest Israel, too, but I'm sure they'll start you on some long-winded diatribe about how the jews control the media, so you can just pretend I didn't mention them. Instead, try talking to the teeny number of Jews and Christians still living in the Muslim nations of the middle east, and see what they think about these "minor annoyances". Islam has historically spread at the point of a sword, and you're a fool if you think that's changed in the last century.
Oh, I'm quite familiar with the arguments being made by the ignorant, the lunatics, and the perpetually paranoid; I laugh because of your beliefs, not in ignorance of them. Feel free to educate yourself.
Sorry, but the one with shitty understanding of science is *you*. Backscatter x-ray is completely different from a dental x-ray... it penetrates beyond the layer of dead skin cells...
Right, because a dental X-ray doesn't penetrate dead skin cells:D
What do you call the body scanners that were recently admitted to being able to penetrate bones, and the pat downs that came loaded with the horror stories of 2009-2010+?
A non-sequitur? Or, that's what I'd call the first half - the second half I'd call irresponsible journalism and mass hysteria.
... we can't believe you let yourselves be driven to a point where you have to be strip-searched, molested and interrogated before they let you on a plane - and all that while maintaining an attitude of utter submission to your TSA masters.
Well it's a good thing that you can't believe it because, apparently, this whole fucking place is full of people who actually believe that's what's going on. Nice to see another reasonable person on slashdot!
This woman should be applauded for having a shitty understanding of science, and deciding to make a scene at the airport instead of planning ahead and making alternate travel arrangements.
The whole problem is, it's ridiculously easy to find those "most sociopathic" people you're talking about, and almost impossible to find people who will put themselves at risk to interfere with them.
It depends on the amount of risk, now doesn't it? A cop reporting on his coworkers risks stigmatization and a dead-end for his career, but there are still cops going to jail. A soldier reporting on one of his buddies risks pretty much the same, but we still have soldiers going up on murder charges for violating ROEs. The thing is, you need a system in which that kind of behavior is encouraged. You'll never see an Afghani cop or soldier turn in one of his superiors, because:
1. They're mostly corrupt, and it's more lucrative to just blackmail him. 2. The system encourages abuse of power. 3. Speaking out is very unsafe.
They've changed somewhat over the last 10 years, but these are still problems that plague them. That is the kind of society that humans naturally build - "liberal democracy" is an anomaly. So why would anyone be surprised by the Milgram experiment? In the absence of the type of social and legal order that our society imposes, people will fall back on their natural behavior, and those who are aggressive and violent will tend to take the lead.
Not to nitpick here, but there's usually more than one crewmember in the cockpit. If one of them goes all Allahu-Ackbar, the others at least have a small chance of subduing him. If he's got a weapon, the chances go down. If he's got a bomb, there's no chance at all.
Of course, I agree it's ridiculous to be scanning the pilots... but it's not true that "there's no point". There is a point, but you're running up against diminishing returns. You might save one aircraft over the next 100 years - not really worth the extra bullshit.
Anyone who claims it is "radical islam" and the differences in religion that causes all this are out of their heads. There are other world nations who haven't the slightest problems like these and those nations are "neutral" and still have healthy economies.
I like how you put the word "neutral" in quotes. You're right, a nation which sticks it's collective head in the sand and pretends that militant islam isn't a global problem will NOT have these kinds of issues. For now.
If I could find a single clear, rational question in your entire rant, I'd try to answer. I'd probably be wasting my time, but I'd give it a shot. However, much like your idol, you seem to be mixing together dozens of incidents and topics as if they were part or some grand conspiracy, and then spewing it out in one giant heap of vitriol.
I like Hicks, I like Carlin, and I don't particularly like Obama, but I can honestly say that you, my friend, are nuttier than squirrel shit. Try taking your medication, thinking for a while about what it is you want to ask or say, and then writing a clear and concise comment which can be parsed without first needing to smoke a half-dozen joints. If you manage that, I'll do my best to respond. Otherwise, don't expect to be taken seriously.
People who criticize Zimbardo's experiment on the grounds that it was 'unscientific' or 'unethical' are missing the whole point. It may have been both unscientific and unethical, but it damned sure wasn't irreproducible.
Oh, of course it's reproducible. All you have to do is find the most sociopathic people you have at hand, brief them in such a way as to encourage abusive behavior, and lock them in a facility together with no access to the external world. Real easy. The criticism of his experiment isn't that it's not reproducible - the criticism is that he intentionally set up the experiment in order to achieve this result. The more important criticism is of people who point to his experiment as evidence that any particular prison facility which they're opposed to is destined to degenerate into the same kind of abuse. His experiment is legitimate, as long as the results are looked at in context; the conclusions which 90% of people will draw from his experiment, on the other hand, is complete bullshit.
I mean this administration actually has the gall to claim the president has the right to assassinate Americans on American soil with NO oversight or trial, and this is irrevocable under "war powers".
You should have studied history, or at least watched some Westerns as a kid. The "Wanted: Dead or Alive" offers have existed for centuries. Claiming that this somehow violates the constitution - or that it's a form of "assassination" unique to the Obama administration - is ignorant beyond belief.
Sadly my friend the late great Bill Hicks nailed it more than 20 years ago "Well I believe the puppet on the left shares MY beliefs, well i think the puppet on the right has my interests at heart...hey wait a minute there is one guy controlling both puppets!".
Great, another Alex Jones fanboy. You know that you guys have your own forums, right? You don't need to pollute Slashdot with this bullshit.
You're excluding the possibility of multiple flights in one day, which is quite likely, especially if he has to transfer aircraft. I once took 6 flights, covering 6,600 miles, in a 4 day period, and only 2 of those days were actually spent in the air.
If he's traveling for business, it's quite possible to get on a plane in the morning, fly 1,500 miles, go to a 2 hour meeting, fly 1,500 miles to get back home, then do it again the next day. Not practical or cost-effective for most people, but there are always exceptions.
Ah, I see, I was talking to a different guy, and you decided to jump in on a conversation without having a clue what was being discussed. My fault for assuming it was still the same guy. Although it would be nice if, in the future, you would either read the whole threat or stay the fuck out of the conversation.
You made an idiotic statement about fans and processors
I never mentioned fans until the end there, and then only because you brought them up. Nice try though.
I never said anything about spinning heatsinks
Given that the guy you were responding to was talking about a "heat-sink crash", there are only two possibilities:
1. You're a dimwit who completely misunderstood the topic of discussion. 2. You're lying.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, and assume you're simply a dimwit. I'd suggest working on your reading-comprehension skills, since you apparently think both I and the original commenter were talking about fans. Let me know if I can help.
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Yes, hilarious. A man's life ruined based on lies of a greedy reporter. ROFLMAO ... NOT!
You mean kinda like the lies that Manning told when he swore to obey the orders of the President, and the officers appointed over him?
Yeah.
Fuck 'im. His life is ruined because of his own actions - blaming a reporter is ludicrous.
Besides, the information wanted to be free! The public had a right to know! Etc. etc. <insert more platitudes here>
I'm not exactly right-wing; more of a centrist. I've always got the far-right calling me a "libtard", and the far-left calling me a "fascist". It's always a fun time!
But look at the scoring on these comments. I get a -1 troll for pointing out that this woman doesn't understand the science behind the technology, and had to be either a complete idiot who doesn't follow any type of news, or an ass looking to intentionally cause a scene. Meanwhile he gets a +3 insightful for calling me a "gun crazed right wing sycophant".
I swear the next time someone says slashdot has a right-wing bias, I'm gonna find out where they live just to I can drive over there and headbutt them.
5TB does seem a bit excessive, but perhaps it handles a little bit more then just GPS. Or maybe they figured if they're running wires they might as well put room for growth?
The latter. Only 20 Gb/s is actually used - the rest is dark. But when you're running a 1300km stretch of cable, you may as well throw some extra in there. Far more cost effective than having to do it again in a few years.
I had more sex and was way more skinnier when I did work the night shift.
Me too. I used to do 12 hour shifts, which worked out to 15 work days in a month as opposed to the usual 20. On the days when I was working, I'd have so little time to do anything that I got in the habit of just going to the gym for a couple hours and then hitting the sack, while my extra days-off left me plenty of time for women. I liked that far more than the ol' 9-5 grind.
Maybe you missed his point when you were watching Fox news?
Awww, it's so cute when you pretend to know me :)
If we (the USA) would get the heck out of these Muslim countries and leave them alone then they would leave us alone.
Adorable :)
Militant Islam was a minor annoyance before we invaded Afghanistan and Iraq
Yeah, that whole September 11th thing was just a minor annoyance. Most Americans didn't even notice, and the rest just shrugged and said "meh". But that damn Chimpy McBushitler wanted his wars, and he completely ignored everyone else! The bastard.
Really, that comment makes it obvious that you're American - you don't know shit about the rest of the world. You might want to talk to people in the Balkans and Russia about Islamic expansionism, and what a "minor annoyance" it is. Or have a chat with someone from India. I'd suggest Israel, too, but I'm sure they'll start you on some long-winded diatribe about how the jews control the media, so you can just pretend I didn't mention them. Instead, try talking to the teeny number of Jews and Christians still living in the Muslim nations of the middle east, and see what they think about these "minor annoyances". Islam has historically spread at the point of a sword, and you're a fool if you think that's changed in the last century.
No, actually, liberal democracy depends on dead kittens. Lots and lots of dead kittens. Plato recognized it as an inherent flaw.
Oh, I'm quite familiar with the arguments being made by the ignorant, the lunatics, and the perpetually paranoid; I laugh because of your beliefs, not in ignorance of them. Feel free to educate yourself.
Hilarious :) What would you call someone opposed to allowing assault-weapons in a courtroom? A "far-right christian child-raping nazi"?
Thanks for the laughs :)
Sorry, but the one with shitty understanding of science is *you*. Backscatter x-ray is completely different from a dental x-ray ... it penetrates beyond the layer of dead skin cells ...
Right, because a dental X-ray doesn't penetrate dead skin cells :D
You're awesome, bro :) Keep up the good work!
What do you call the body scanners that were recently admitted to being able to penetrate bones, and the pat downs that came loaded with the horror stories of 2009-2010+?
A non-sequitur? Or, that's what I'd call the first half - the second half I'd call irresponsible journalism and mass hysteria.
OMG TEH PEDOFILES ARE EVRIWERE!!!!
Does it hurt, being that stupid? Or is it more of a pleasant numbness?
... we can't believe you let yourselves be driven to a point where you have to be strip-searched, molested and interrogated before they let you on a plane - and all that while maintaining an attitude of utter submission to your TSA masters.
Well it's a good thing that you can't believe it because, apparently, this whole fucking place is full of people who actually believe that's what's going on. Nice to see another reasonable person on slashdot!
Let me fix that for you:
This woman should be applauded for having a shitty understanding of science, and deciding to make a scene at the airport instead of planning ahead and making alternate travel arrangements.
You're welcome.
So what's your take on Milgram?
I thought I just gave it to you :p
The whole problem is, it's ridiculously easy to find those "most sociopathic" people you're talking about, and almost impossible to find people who will put themselves at risk to interfere with them.
It depends on the amount of risk, now doesn't it? A cop reporting on his coworkers risks stigmatization and a dead-end for his career, but there are still cops going to jail. A soldier reporting on one of his buddies risks pretty much the same, but we still have soldiers going up on murder charges for violating ROEs. The thing is, you need a system in which that kind of behavior is encouraged. You'll never see an Afghani cop or soldier turn in one of his superiors, because:
1. They're mostly corrupt, and it's more lucrative to just blackmail him.
2. The system encourages abuse of power.
3. Speaking out is very unsafe.
They've changed somewhat over the last 10 years, but these are still problems that plague them. That is the kind of society that humans naturally build - "liberal democracy" is an anomaly. So why would anyone be surprised by the Milgram experiment? In the absence of the type of social and legal order that our society imposes, people will fall back on their natural behavior, and those who are aggressive and violent will tend to take the lead.
Not to nitpick here, but there's usually more than one crewmember in the cockpit. If one of them goes all Allahu-Ackbar, the others at least have a small chance of subduing him. If he's got a weapon, the chances go down. If he's got a bomb, there's no chance at all.
Of course, I agree it's ridiculous to be scanning the pilots ... but it's not true that "there's no point". There is a point, but you're running up against diminishing returns. You might save one aircraft over the next 100 years - not really worth the extra bullshit.
Anyone who claims it is "radical islam" and the differences in religion that causes all this are out of their heads. There are other world nations who haven't the slightest problems like these and those nations are "neutral" and still have healthy economies.
I like how you put the word "neutral" in quotes. You're right, a nation which sticks it's collective head in the sand and pretends that militant islam isn't a global problem will NOT have these kinds of issues. For now.
Is unrelated?
Yea, I didn't actually expect you to take me up on a perfectly reasonable offer. Thanks for the confirmation. Take care.
Oh boy. The woo is strong with this one.
If I could find a single clear, rational question in your entire rant, I'd try to answer. I'd probably be wasting my time, but I'd give it a shot. However, much like your idol, you seem to be mixing together dozens of incidents and topics as if they were part or some grand conspiracy, and then spewing it out in one giant heap of vitriol.
I like Hicks, I like Carlin, and I don't particularly like Obama, but I can honestly say that you, my friend, are nuttier than squirrel shit. Try taking your medication, thinking for a while about what it is you want to ask or say, and then writing a clear and concise comment which can be parsed without first needing to smoke a half-dozen joints. If you manage that, I'll do my best to respond. Otherwise, don't expect to be taken seriously.
People who criticize Zimbardo's experiment on the grounds that it was 'unscientific' or 'unethical' are missing the whole point. It may have been both unscientific and unethical, but it damned sure wasn't irreproducible.
Oh, of course it's reproducible. All you have to do is find the most sociopathic people you have at hand, brief them in such a way as to encourage abusive behavior, and lock them in a facility together with no access to the external world. Real easy. The criticism of his experiment isn't that it's not reproducible - the criticism is that he intentionally set up the experiment in order to achieve this result. The more important criticism is of people who point to his experiment as evidence that any particular prison facility which they're opposed to is destined to degenerate into the same kind of abuse. His experiment is legitimate, as long as the results are looked at in context; the conclusions which 90% of people will draw from his experiment, on the other hand, is complete bullshit.
Don't have to imagine it - happens in North Korea every day. Not sure I get your point, though.
I mean this administration actually has the gall to claim the president has the right to assassinate Americans on American soil with NO oversight or trial, and this is irrevocable under "war powers".
You should have studied history, or at least watched some Westerns as a kid. The "Wanted: Dead or Alive" offers have existed for centuries. Claiming that this somehow violates the constitution - or that it's a form of "assassination" unique to the Obama administration - is ignorant beyond belief.
Sadly my friend the late great Bill Hicks nailed it more than 20 years ago "Well I believe the puppet on the left shares MY beliefs, well i think the puppet on the right has my interests at heart...hey wait a minute there is one guy controlling both puppets!".
Great, another Alex Jones fanboy. You know that you guys have your own forums, right? You don't need to pollute Slashdot with this bullshit.
You're excluding the possibility of multiple flights in one day, which is quite likely, especially if he has to transfer aircraft. I once took 6 flights, covering 6,600 miles, in a 4 day period, and only 2 of those days were actually spent in the air.
If he's traveling for business, it's quite possible to get on a plane in the morning, fly 1,500 miles, go to a 2 hour meeting, fly 1,500 miles to get back home, then do it again the next day. Not practical or cost-effective for most people, but there are always exceptions.
Ah, I see, I was talking to a different guy, and you decided to jump in on a conversation without having a clue what was being discussed. My fault for assuming it was still the same guy. Although it would be nice if, in the future, you would either read the whole threat or stay the fuck out of the conversation.
You made an idiotic statement about fans and processors
I never mentioned fans until the end there, and then only because you brought them up. Nice try though.
I never said anything about spinning heatsinks
Given that the guy you were responding to was talking about a "heat-sink crash", there are only two possibilities:
1. You're a dimwit who completely misunderstood the topic of discussion.
2. You're lying.
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, and assume you're simply a dimwit. I'd suggest working on your reading-comprehension skills, since you apparently think both I and the original commenter were talking about fans. Let me know if I can help.
Cheers!