Regulation doesn't work so well when the people at the top are actively opposed to effective regulation. You don't think all that "drown the government in a bathtub" talk was just for show, do you? This is the "ad absurdem" part of the small government movement.
Screw that. I've told anyone who will listen that we need to get off oil and tried to do so myself. I resent being lumped in with all the "drill baby drill" yahoos as part of the problem. Some of us are at least trying to be part of the solution.
These days you just can't count on wifi to be open. I don't care if a nearby home or hotel has wifi if it's encrypted. These days it seems you have to be inside an establishment that offers wifi to have access to it - that leaves about 99% of the city where I'm stuck with cell coverage.
The actual quote refers to the fact that a character like the Cardinal can twist whatever someone says to make them appear guilty. Likewise with enough soundbites you can make it seem like anyone is religious if that's your agenda (as seems to be the case so often).
Tell that to the aquifers that are getting depleted. Once we can't draw up water from wells out in the midwest, how do you propose to irrigate the fields? Inquiring minds want to know.
It's a whole cultural phenomenon, a way for people to pass knowledge about who they are and how they should act from one generation to the next.
In what way is that a good thing? Telling people how they should act (and with the certainty of religion to warrant backing it up with force) has been the cause of untold misery and general bullshit for as long as religion has been around. If acting a certain way is good, it will most likely propagate (by example and natural selection). Religion just propagates whatever people did before, good or bad. How is that better?
I used to find Dilbert hilarious as a kid, but now that I work in an office I die a little inside every time something reminds me of it. They're about to move us to the basement...
What, are you questioning the quality of the instruments? Do you think they're all being misread? I'm guessing that you're not questioning the integrity of the instruments, but the integrity of the scientists.
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The Republicans will see a bulge when they notice the large stylish brogue under the wall of the stall.
Regulation doesn't work so well when the people at the top are actively opposed to effective regulation. You don't think all that "drown the government in a bathtub" talk was just for show, do you? This is the "ad absurdem" part of the small government movement.
Screw that. I've told anyone who will listen that we need to get off oil and tried to do so myself. I resent being lumped in with all the "drill baby drill" yahoos as part of the problem. Some of us are at least trying to be part of the solution.
No no, he meant "sum" of my parents, i.e. himself. He was the one trying to see the country for wark.
These days you just can't count on wifi to be open. I don't care if a nearby home or hotel has wifi if it's encrypted. These days it seems you have to be inside an establishment that offers wifi to have access to it - that leaves about 99% of the city where I'm stuck with cell coverage.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood_debate
The second god damn paragraph as of this posting, with several citations. Seriously, do a quick Google search or shut the fuck up.
If your company is really that undervalued tell me which it is - I want to buy in. PM if necessary.
Incidentally, our grid can handle 75% of the auto population of the US already, if they do overnight charging.
That was (like zx-15 said) Jeremy Clarkson, and it was a lie. The car never even ran out of juice. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/24/jeremy-clarkson-top-gear-tesla-electric-car
Pretty sure I saw that second one on /. I think the main problem is the Slashdot search feature sucks funky monkey balls.
The actual quote refers to the fact that a character like the Cardinal can twist whatever someone says to make them appear guilty. Likewise with enough soundbites you can make it seem like anyone is religious if that's your agenda (as seems to be the case so often).
My take on this story: Give me six lines by the hand of any honest man and I'll show that he's religious.
Tell that to the aquifers that are getting depleted. Once we can't draw up water from wells out in the midwest, how do you propose to irrigate the fields? Inquiring minds want to know.
It's a whole cultural phenomenon, a way for people to pass knowledge about who they are and how they should act from one generation to the next.
In what way is that a good thing? Telling people how they should act (and with the certainty of religion to warrant backing it up with force) has been the cause of untold misery and general bullshit for as long as religion has been around. If acting a certain way is good, it will most likely propagate (by example and natural selection). Religion just propagates whatever people did before, good or bad. How is that better?
I used to find Dilbert hilarious as a kid, but now that I work in an office I die a little inside every time something reminds me of it. They're about to move us to the basement...
You're doing the same thing the "idiots" are. You're being imprecise in your language. Why don't you find the proper word to express what they are?
That's not true. I created that page when I was drunk. How can you accuse me of taking myself too seriously?
No stronger aphrodisiac than a pile or rotting corpses, eh?
Hey, that was my 8th grade science project!
"technology changes law. technology does not fit into the confines as defined by law, law adjusts and accommodates to new technology"
This quote came from an insightful post I read recently. Perhaps you should think about it in regard to this thread?
It's the PUBLIC's show. We're just letting them have a monopoly for a while.
What, are you questioning the quality of the instruments? Do you think they're all being misread? I'm guessing that you're not questioning the integrity of the instruments, but the integrity of the scientists.
Next they'll be using conservation of mass as the foundational theory of chemistry! Oh noes!
Dyson doesn't deny the science - he disagrees with the severity and importance of the consequences. I think he's wrong, but he's no denier.
This.