That was my point, how do the good ones manage to get elected? The last election I remember Durbin losing was back when he ran for Mayor of Springfield. He still lives in Springfield, I know a guy who lives down the street from him. That shocked me; I expected him to live on the west side where the rich people's mansions are, but he's walking distance from my house. The houses in his neighborhood are pretty much like the ones in mine.
My thoughts on this is that GPS is almost always completely worthless to me. I almost never go anywhere that I don't know where it is. I don't travel much any more, except locally, and when I do travel a two dollar map (or a free one from Google) tells me where to go.
My kids are grown, so I have no use for in-car movies and games, even if I did do a lot of travelling.
My car is an '02, and it has primitive computers that tell me things like my gas mileage, etc.
But some of the things Microsoft is advertising for cars, like changing the radio station or choosing an MP3 by voice, would interest me if anybody but Microsoft was building them. The other drivers are annoying enough, I don't need Microsoft's bass-ackwards inyerfaces pissing me off even more.
Okay, it was a Game Gear, but that's not a big difference. Now get off my lawn!
Damn, dude, thanks for making me feel so old. My youngest daughter was two when the Game Gear came out! I used a slide rule in high school. Pocket calculators cost millions of dollars and took whole buildings to house when I was a kid.
It's simply Anthropomorphism. I talk to my car when it runs bad. I don't expect it to hear me or comprehend, but I do anyway. I talk to the computer, too.
When I talk to machines, for some reason it's always cursing, as in "GOD DAMNED PIECE OF SHIT..."
Actually yes, they do. At least one of my Senators (Durbin) usually votes the way I would and did so on this bill. He's one of the few politicians I vote for rather than choosing the lesser of two evils (or third party when possible), and its amazing that he can keep getting elected.
irony -noun, plural -nies. 1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, "How nice!" when I said I had to work all weekend. 2. Literature.
a. a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
b. (esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
3. Socratic irony. 4. dramatic irony. 5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected. 6. the incongruity of this. 7. an objectively sardonic style of speech or writing. 8. an objectively or humorously sardonic utterance, disposition, quality, etc.
hypocrisy -noun, plural -sies. 1. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess. 2. a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude. 3. an act or instance of hypocrisy.
[Origin: 1175-1225; ME ipocrisie OF LL hypocrisis Gk hypókrisis play acting, equiv. to hypokr(nesthai) to play a part, explain (hypo- hypo- + krnein to distinguish, separate) + -sis -sis; h- (reintroduced in 16th century) L and Gk
The sponsor is a Democrat, the cosponsors are Republicans. Both wings of the Corporate Party are behind this dastardly abomination.
This Presidential election, vote Barr, McKinney, or Baldwin. Unless, of course, you want your corporate overlords to keep taking your rights and ecology away.
the legislative issue on wiretapping was only whether or not a bunch of greedy lawyers want another set of deep pockets to go plundering
When Evil-X left me and my two teenaged daughters for another man (have you any idea what that did to the kids?) I was damned glad to have one of the "greedy lawyers" you hate so much. Likewise when I was forced into bankrupcy because the bitch had run my finances into the ground, I was damned glad I had a "greedy lawyer".
When I got a detached retina this year I was damned glad I had a "greedy surgeon", who charged a lot more than the lawyers. You, sir, have a jealousy problem. And no, IANAL. I do databases at work for a whole lot less maney than the doctors and lawyers I have been GLAD to pay.
Left wing leaders don't care about the spying. They just want another set of excuses to try and destroy the American economy
Odd, when the Republicans were in power everybody I knew was hurting financially, but then again I don't know many rich people.
even more than all their environmental regulation already has
I'm 56. When I was a kid, few had air conditionaing in their cars. But even when it was ninety five degrees farenheight you rolled the windows up driving through Sauget where Monsanto had their plant. Anybody who curses Nixon for signing the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act is either a polluter or an idiot, or too young to remember what it was like before environmental regulation.
Now I guess I need to go to the Biters Anonymous meetings again, because IHBT.
Thank you for that! Here's the list of both Democrats AND Republicans who voted for or against it, from the link you provided. I don't know where the GP got off just listing Democrats, both mainstream parties are firmly pro-corporation and anti-people.
It looks like my Senators (bolded) cancelled each other out. The Republican candidate for President didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
Actually my employer has been brain-dead stupid at times, has but never done anything evil, immoral, or dishonest that I know of. And if he had, that would be his dishonesty, not mine. If he asked me to do something dishonest I would refuse.
And you're right; you can't make anyone else behave like they're not sociopaths. All you can do is refuse to do anything immoral or unethical yourself.
Unfortunately the world has special places for sleazebags. The power-hungry go into politics and law enforcemnet, the ethically challenged go into marketing, etc. We're not going to change these people, we can only avoid being like them ourselves.
You don't 'turn them down' any more than you can refuse a patron at your McDonald's job just because he's wearing a "Klingon's Suck" t-shirt.
I see signs in a lot of establishments saying "we reservr the right to refuse service to anyone." These are illegal? I thought there were only a few things you couldn't refuse service form such as race or religion.
If you are a Vegan, then by all means, don't work at Fudruckers
My point entirely. Nobody' forcing you to work for your employer.
If the law says he can't turn a client down (and I don't know the law) he's between a legal rock and a moral hard place. If he can, indeed, turn a client down and he thinks the client is a scuzzball, she should turn him down.
Promoting what someone else believes is one thing, but promoting what you don't believe is cowardly and dishonest. It's amazing that there are so many Ferengi at slashdot, and so few Klingons.
IANAL either, but I think the ACTUAL damages are to "make me whole". For instance, if someone runs a red light in Illinois you are entitled to three times the doctor's bills; this pays the doctor, your lawyer, and your third is for "pain and suffering." These are "actual damages". However, if there are other factors, like the other driver has no license or is drunk, etc, you can collect punitive damages as well as a deterrent to hum driving drunk without a license.
Indeed. Caffeine is not only a drug, but an addictive one. I can't get through the day without my coffee. Or aspirin? Lots of days I would have to call in sick without it.
OTOH some drugs are indeed hell. Like tobacco - I'll probably die from lung cancer, even though I haven't had a cigarette since 1999. Or alcohol; the two girlfriends I've had since my divorce are both dying of cirhossis. BUt we saw how much of a success alcohol prohibition caused; the prohibition against alcohol caused far more damage than the drug itself.
Your point about pot (link may be NSFW) is a good one. I've been smoking it since before most of the anti-drug crowd was even born. I'm eligible to retire in three years.
But you CAN see why it was modded "troll?" If not, I don't see what you can do. If it was a joke it was a poor one. Out of all the Wikipedia articles on NAS you chose the single one that would serve to garner you a "troll" mod. In fact, there are several that would not only have been a bad pun, but would have actually gotten you a +5 funny mod (New American Standard Bible, Norwich Anarchist Students, National Autistic Society, or my favorite, the Non Access Stratum. The last would have been funny AND ironic AND on topic AND deliciously geeky.
I just clicked the first of the links in the above comment, and no, it isn't a troll. If I get that comment metamoderating, I will mark the "troll" mod as unfair and somebody will lose karma AND most likely not get mod points again.
Like I said, evrybody gets unfair moderations. I get modded "troll" and "flamebait" too, but I still have excellent karma (which is why they let me metamoderate). That's what metamoderation is for. But if you want good karma, know that pissing people off deliberately is not the way to do it. Getting stories posted and +5 comments (except funny; funny doesn't count) is the way to do it.
Your new sig as a good one. I hope I've helped. HAND.
What worries me is the case where the EFF guy took the Bono Act to the Supreme Court, who judged that "limited time" means whatever Congress says it means. Logic and reason would dictate that if that was the case, the entire Constitution has no real meaning.
They have ruled that the "interstate commerce" clause prevents Californians from growing medical marijuana that is not intended for use outside California. I rule "WTF???"
Maybe it's Monday and I'm not communicating well, or maybe it's Monday and everyone else's reading comprehension isn't what it usually is, I don't know. But as I said, if the marketing guy believes in his product, he is honest. If he hates Tide detergent but touts it is the best soap ever, he's not honest.
The fact that the 'marketing' men might not believe in it doesn't mean the actors, director, producer don't,
I never said the people who made the movie were thieves. From what I heard it was a well made movie that was worth every penny of the ticket price. But like I said, if the marketer thinks it's crap and markets it anyway, he's dishonest. Even if it is crap, if the people who made it did their best to make a good movie, they aren't being dishonest either.
So apparently you have some device that can determine the true intent of a human from afar?
No, I don't. But I know my intent and you know yours and a thief knows his own. Sometimes his intent is obvious; no device needed. I only wish I did have such a device, I would make an honest killing with it and a lot of people would cease to be scammed.
How is this even relevant?!? Shoplifting is illegal
What does "illegal" have to do with right and wrong? Adultery is legal, prostitution is not. Why is it legal for me to fuck your wife so long as I don't pay her for it? Anyone who equates "legal" with "moral" has no clue about morality or ethics.
Show me on the ticket where everyone who buys a ticket is guaranteed to be entertained.
You not only miss my point, you run from it screaming in terror.
If you were STUPID enough to make a judgment about a 1:45 hour movie based on seeing 60 second OR LESS of it, then you deserve what you get.
Your straw man is on fire. And I have no "at-will contract", it is a written, signed document. Is jumping to conclusions and dodging reponsibility your only exersize?
Do you have a reading or comprehension problem? If you believe you are selling crap (even if it is a good product) you are a thief. If you believe your product is good, even if it is crap, you are not a thief.
How is this so hard to comprehend?
How much effort have you ever made to entertain anyone?
My major was in art and design. Have a look at some of the comments in my slashdot journals. Some people here seem to think (and have commented thusly; I wish I could be more modest here) those journals are very entertaining. "You really know how to turn a phrase", etc. Warning - most of them may be NSFW (the latest most definately is).
You are confusing businesspeople with Ferengi. I have friends who are not only businesspeople, but honest and sucessful as well. If you have to sell your mother you are a loser indeed.
BTW, how much do you want for your mother? Is she hot?
Moderation is always retroactive. But I clicked your link, looked at the comments marked "troll", and I hate to break it to you, son, but all the comments marked "troll" are, indeed, trolls. Look up "internet troll" on wikipedia and you'll see that a "troll" is an offtopic comment designed to generate an emotional response.
An example of one of your trolls is a link to a wikipedia article about an album with a disparaging word about a particular race as its name, and your comment was "what does the the slashdot community think about this?" It had nothing to do with the article, summary, or comment it responded to. I am not a member of the race you seem to hate, but that doesn't make what you did any less a troll.
The comment I'm responding to isn't a troll and it won't be modded "troll". But all the comments I looked at in your comment history that were marked "troll" were indeed trolls, and if I'm asked to metamoderate the moderations (I usually metamoderate at least daily) I will mod the mods as "fair". I don't think anyone who modded your comments has anything to fear from other metamoderators, either.
If you want to troll, show some balls and do your trolling in meatspace.
You really should change your sig and stop trolling. Stop trolling and you'll mostly stop being modded "troll" (even though everybody gets downmodded from time to time). Mods, I'm checking "no karma bonus" but please feel free to mod this down farther (offtopic) if you wish.
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there are actually a few good ones out there
That was my point, how do the good ones manage to get elected? The last election I remember Durbin losing was back when he ran for Mayor of Springfield. He still lives in Springfield, I know a guy who lives down the street from him. That shocked me; I expected him to live on the west side where the rich people's mansions are, but he's walking distance from my house. The houses in his neighborhood are pretty much like the ones in mine.
My thoughts on this is that GPS is almost always completely worthless to me. I almost never go anywhere that I don't know where it is. I don't travel much any more, except locally, and when I do travel a two dollar map (or a free one from Google) tells me where to go.
My kids are grown, so I have no use for in-car movies and games, even if I did do a lot of travelling.
My car is an '02, and it has primitive computers that tell me things like my gas mileage, etc.
But some of the things Microsoft is advertising for cars, like changing the radio station or choosing an MP3 by voice, would interest me if anybody but Microsoft was building them. The other drivers are annoying enough, I don't need Microsoft's bass-ackwards inyerfaces pissing me off even more.
Okay, it was a Game Gear, but that's not a big difference. Now get off my lawn!
Damn, dude, thanks for making me feel so old. My youngest daughter was two when the Game Gear came out! I used a slide rule in high school. Pocket calculators cost millions of dollars and took whole buildings to house when I was a kid.
It's simply Anthropomorphism. I talk to my car when it runs bad. I don't expect it to hear me or comprehend, but I do anyway. I talk to the computer, too.
When I talk to machines, for some reason it's always cursing, as in "GOD DAMNED PIECE OF SHIT..."
Actually yes, they do. At least one of my Senators (Durbin) usually votes the way I would and did so on this bill. He's one of the few politicians I vote for rather than choosing the lesser of two evils (or third party when possible), and its amazing that he can keep getting elected.
No need to argue.
irony
-noun, plural -nies.
1. the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, "How nice!" when I said I had to work all weekend.
2. Literature.
a. a technique of indicating, as through character or plot development, an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated.
b. (esp. in contemporary writing) a manner of organizing a work so as to give full expression to contradictory or complementary impulses, attitudes, etc., esp. as a means of indicating detachment from a subject, theme, or emotion.
3. Socratic irony.
4. dramatic irony.
5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected.
6. the incongruity of this.
7. an objectively sardonic style of speech or writing.
8. an objectively or humorously sardonic utterance, disposition, quality, etc.
hypocrisy
-noun, plural -sies.
1. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
2. a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude.
3. an act or instance of hypocrisy.
[Origin: 1175-1225; ME ipocrisie OF LL hypocrisis Gk hypókrisis play acting, equiv. to hypokr(nesthai) to play a part, explain (hypo- hypo- + krnein to distinguish, separate) + -sis -sis; h- (reintroduced in 16th century) L and Gk
Sponsor: Rep Reyes, Silvestre [TX-16] Democrat Cosponsors Rep Hoekstra, Peter [MI-2] Republican Rep Smith, Lamar Republican
The sponsor is a Democrat, the cosponsors are Republicans. Both wings of the Corporate Party are behind this dastardly abomination.
This Presidential election, vote Barr, McKinney, or Baldwin. Unless, of course, you want your corporate overlords to keep taking your rights and ecology away.
Ok, I'll bite.
the legislative issue on wiretapping was only whether or not a bunch of greedy lawyers want another set of deep pockets to go plundering
When Evil-X left me and my two teenaged daughters for another man (have you any idea what that did to the kids?) I was damned glad to have one of the "greedy lawyers" you hate so much. Likewise when I was forced into bankrupcy because the bitch had run my finances into the ground, I was damned glad I had a "greedy lawyer".
When I got a detached retina this year I was damned glad I had a "greedy surgeon", who charged a lot more than the lawyers. You, sir, have a jealousy problem. And no, IANAL. I do databases at work for a whole lot less maney than the doctors and lawyers I have been GLAD to pay.
Left wing leaders don't care about the spying. They just want another set of excuses to try and destroy the American economy
Odd, when the Republicans were in power everybody I knew was hurting financially, but then again I don't know many rich people.
even more than all their environmental regulation already has
I'm 56. When I was a kid, few had air conditionaing in their cars. But even when it was ninety five degrees farenheight you rolled the windows up driving through Sauget where Monsanto had their plant. Anybody who curses Nixon for signing the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act is either a polluter or an idiot, or too young to remember what it was like before environmental regulation.
Now I guess I need to go to the Biters Anonymous meetings again, because IHBT.
Thank you for that! Here's the list of both Democrats AND Republicans who voted for or against it, from the link you provided. I don't know where the GP got off just listing Democrats, both mainstream parties are firmly pro-corporation and anti-people.
It looks like my Senators (bolded) cancelled each other out. The Republican candidate for President didn't even bother to show up for the vote.
Akaka (D-HI), Nay Alexander (R-TN), Yea Allard (R-CO), Yea Barrasso (R-WY), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bayh (D-IN), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Yea Biden (D-DE), Nay Bingaman (D-NM), Nay Bond (R-MO), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Nay Brown (D-OH), Nay Brownback (R-KS), Yea Bunning (R-KY), Yea Burr (R-NC), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Nay Cantwell (D-WA), Nay Cardin (D-MD), Nay Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Clinton (D-NY), Nay Coburn (R-OK), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Coleman (R-MN), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Yea Corker (R-TN), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Craig (R-ID), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea DeMint (R-SC), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Nay Dole (R-NC), Yea Domenici (R-NM), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Nay Durbin (D-IL), Nay Ensign (R-NV), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feingold (D-WI), Nay Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagel (R-NE), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Nay Hatch (R-UT), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Johnson (D-SD), Yea Kennedy (D-MA), Not Voting Kerry (D-MA), Nay Klobuchar (D-MN), Nay
Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Nay Leahy (D-VT), Nay Levin (D-MI), Nay Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Martinez (R-FL), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Not Voting McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Nay Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Yea Murray (D-WA), Nay
Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea Obama (D-IL), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Nay Reid (D-NV), Nay Roberts (R-KS), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Salazar (D-CO), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Nay Schumer (D-NY), Nay Sessions (R-AL), Not Voting Shelby (R-AL), Yea Smith (R-OR), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (R-PA), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Nay Stevens (R-AK), Yea
Sununu (R-NH), Yea Tester (D-MT), Nay Thune (R-SD), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (R-VA), Yea Webb (D-VA), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Your comment has too few characters per line (currently 18.4) so you must make your coherent comment incoherent.
Sorry guys, slashdot won't allow lists.
I think it would be a supreme irony for a pro-privacy group to abuse their members in such a manner.
Not "ironic", just hypocritical.
Actually my employer has been brain-dead stupid at times, has but never done anything evil, immoral, or dishonest that I know of. And if he had, that would be his dishonesty, not mine. If he asked me to do something dishonest I would refuse.
And you're right; you can't make anyone else behave like they're not sociopaths. All you can do is refuse to do anything immoral or unethical yourself.
Unfortunately the world has special places for sleazebags. The power-hungry go into politics and law enforcemnet, the ethically challenged go into marketing, etc. We're not going to change these people, we can only avoid being like them ourselves.
Wow, dude, you got modded "funny". You can't catch a break, can you?
You don't 'turn them down' any more than you can refuse a patron at your McDonald's job just because he's wearing a "Klingon's Suck" t-shirt.
I see signs in a lot of establishments saying "we reservr the right to refuse service to anyone." These are illegal? I thought there were only a few things you couldn't refuse service form such as race or religion.
If you are a Vegan, then by all means, don't work at Fudruckers
My point entirely. Nobody' forcing you to work for your employer.
If the law says he can't turn a client down (and I don't know the law) he's between a legal rock and a moral hard place. If he can, indeed, turn a client down and he thinks the client is a scuzzball, she should turn him down.
Promoting what someone else believes is one thing, but promoting what you don't believe is cowardly and dishonest. It's amazing that there are so many Ferengi at slashdot, and so few Klingons.
IANAL either, but I think the ACTUAL damages are to "make me whole". For instance, if someone runs a red light in Illinois you are entitled to three times the doctor's bills; this pays the doctor, your lawyer, and your third is for "pain and suffering." These are "actual damages". However, if there are other factors, like the other driver has no license or is drunk, etc, you can collect punitive damages as well as a deterrent to hum driving drunk without a license.
Indeed. Caffeine is not only a drug, but an addictive one. I can't get through the day without my coffee. Or aspirin? Lots of days I would have to call in sick without it.
OTOH some drugs are indeed hell. Like tobacco - I'll probably die from lung cancer, even though I haven't had a cigarette since 1999. Or alcohol; the two girlfriends I've had since my divorce are both dying of cirhossis. BUt we saw how much of a success alcohol prohibition caused; the prohibition against alcohol caused far more damage than the drug itself.
Your point about pot (link may be NSFW) is a good one. I've been smoking it since before most of the anti-drug crowd was even born. I'm eligible to retire in three years.
There is - it's "overrated". If you have mod points feel free to use them. I was merely trying to help the poor guy.
NKB checked; I'm modding myself down.
But you CAN see why it was modded "troll?" If not, I don't see what you can do. If it was a joke it was a poor one. Out of all the Wikipedia articles on NAS you chose the single one that would serve to garner you a "troll" mod. In fact, there are several that would not only have been a bad pun, but would have actually gotten you a +5 funny mod (New American Standard Bible, Norwich Anarchist Students, National Autistic Society, or my favorite, the Non Access Stratum. The last would have been funny AND ironic AND on topic AND deliciously geeky.
I just clicked the first of the links in the above comment, and no, it isn't a troll. If I get that comment metamoderating, I will mark the "troll" mod as unfair and somebody will lose karma AND most likely not get mod points again.
Like I said, evrybody gets unfair moderations. I get modded "troll" and "flamebait" too, but I still have excellent karma (which is why they let me metamoderate). That's what metamoderation is for. But if you want good karma, know that pissing people off deliberately is not the way to do it. Getting stories posted and +5 comments (except funny; funny doesn't count) is the way to do it.
Your new sig as a good one. I hope I've helped. HAND.
What worries me is the case where the EFF guy took the Bono Act to the Supreme Court, who judged that "limited time" means whatever Congress says it means. Logic and reason would dictate that if that was the case, the entire Constitution has no real meaning.
They have ruled that the "interstate commerce" clause prevents Californians from growing medical marijuana that is not intended for use outside California. I rule "WTF???"
I'm hopeful, but...
Maybe it's Monday and I'm not communicating well, or maybe it's Monday and everyone else's reading comprehension isn't what it usually is, I don't know. But as I said, if the marketing guy believes in his product, he is honest. If he hates Tide detergent but touts it is the best soap ever, he's not honest.
The fact that the 'marketing' men might not believe in it doesn't mean the actors, director, producer don't,
I never said the people who made the movie were thieves. From what I heard it was a well made movie that was worth every penny of the ticket price. But like I said, if the marketer thinks it's crap and markets it anyway, he's dishonest. Even if it is crap, if the people who made it did their best to make a good movie, they aren't being dishonest either.
The $150,000 the law says they could get would be 150,000 downloads per upload. I don't see that happening at all.
So apparently you have some device that can determine the true intent of a human from afar?
No, I don't. But I know my intent and you know yours and a thief knows his own. Sometimes his intent is obvious; no device needed. I only wish I did have such a device, I would make an honest killing with it and a lot of people would cease to be scammed.
How is this even relevant?!? Shoplifting is illegal
What does "illegal" have to do with right and wrong? Adultery is legal, prostitution is not. Why is it legal for me to fuck your wife so long as I don't pay her for it? Anyone who equates "legal" with "moral" has no clue about morality or ethics.
Show me on the ticket where everyone who buys a ticket is guaranteed to be entertained.
You not only miss my point, you run from it screaming in terror.
If you were STUPID enough to make a judgment about a 1:45 hour movie based on seeing 60 second OR LESS of it, then you deserve what you get.
Your straw man is on fire. And I have no "at-will contract", it is a written, signed document. Is jumping to conclusions and dodging reponsibility your only exersize?
IHBT.
Do you have a reading or comprehension problem? If you believe you are selling crap (even if it is a good product) you are a thief. If you believe your product is good, even if it is crap, you are not a thief.
How is this so hard to comprehend?
How much effort have you ever made to entertain anyone?
My major was in art and design. Have a look at some of the comments in my slashdot journals. Some people here seem to think (and have commented thusly; I wish I could be more modest here) those journals are very entertaining. "You really know how to turn a phrase", etc. Warning - most of them may be NSFW (the latest most definately is).
And they're free. As in speech, and as in beer.
You are confusing businesspeople with Ferengi. I have friends who are not only businesspeople, but honest and sucessful as well. If you have to sell your mother you are a loser indeed.
BTW, how much do you want for your mother? Is she hot?
Moderation is always retroactive. But I clicked your link, looked at the comments marked "troll", and I hate to break it to you, son, but all the comments marked "troll" are, indeed, trolls. Look up "internet troll" on wikipedia and you'll see that a "troll" is an offtopic comment designed to generate an emotional response.
An example of one of your trolls is a link to a wikipedia article about an album with a disparaging word about a particular race as its name, and your comment was "what does the the slashdot community think about this?" It had nothing to do with the article, summary, or comment it responded to. I am not a member of the race you seem to hate, but that doesn't make what you did any less a troll.
The comment I'm responding to isn't a troll and it won't be modded "troll". But all the comments I looked at in your comment history that were marked "troll" were indeed trolls, and if I'm asked to metamoderate the moderations (I usually metamoderate at least daily) I will mod the mods as "fair". I don't think anyone who modded your comments has anything to fear from other metamoderators, either.
If you want to troll, show some balls and do your trolling in meatspace.
You really should change your sig and stop trolling. Stop trolling and you'll mostly stop being modded "troll" (even though everybody gets downmodded from time to time). Mods, I'm checking "no karma bonus" but please feel free to mod this down farther (offtopic) if you wish.