It's funny how they can get 50+ million people to vote for American Idol and probably less than half of those will vote in the presidential elections
So tell me again, is it McCain, Obama, or Clinton who want to legalise pot, outlaw contribution bribery to more than one candidate in any given race, and outlaw contributions to a candidate one isn't eligible to vote for? That's the candidate who will get my vote. Oh none of the above you say?
It's a sad fact that an American Idol vote is more meaningful than a vote for tweddle dumb, tweedle dumber, or tweedle dumbest. None of them give two shits about me or my interests, all three pander to the corporations and as far as they're concerned, I can go to hell.
I vote "third party" but those smarter than me just stay home.
everyone always adopts the attitude of "I could do this, but I'm just one person and it won't make a difference anyway, so I won't bother
That's not being complacent or apathetic, it's being realistic. Face it, when Sony can write a check for ten million to the Democrat candidate and a ten million dollar check to the Republican candidate and ten million for media advertising, the media doesn't cover the Greens or Libertarians except to tell you that a vote for them is a wasted vote, and no matter which candidate loses, Sony wins, the American people lose, and there isn't a damned thing you or I can do about it except "waste our vote" on a "third party" candidate.
Slashdot Republicans all accuse me of being a liberal and slashdot Democrats all accuse me of being a neocon, and I accuse both camps of being fools and stooges for the corporations that run both major parties. And in the end it doesn't matter at all because your vote is pretty much meaningless.
But fool that I am, I still go to the polls and vote against the Demoicrats and Republicans.
Well, applying Asimov's laws to a battlefield robot wouldn't make much sense, now would it? I was talking about robots in general, and there will always be exceptions to any rule. If you're talking about automotive robots, caretaker robots, and the like they would be awful handy to design; or at least, TRY to design.
If nobody has criticised it yet, that means its every/.ers responsibility to, regardless of thier actually knowledge of the facts or math.
Or spelling or grammar.
But to bring it all together in a car analogy for the fellow/.ers... How does a.22 bullet deflect an oncoming semitruck forcing into the little old lady on the sidewalk?
Heh, there's a cartoon about a guy jealous of his dog;)
But I had a vitrectomy and had a gas bubble in my left eye, had to keep my head down 50 minutes out of every hour. Literal pain in the neck! And back as well.
Ah, but all you have to do is cover the coat hanger with electrical tape, cover the electrical tape with tinfoil, and ground the tinfoil.
That's a lot of work to save two bucks, but if you need to splice a shielded cable just tape the splice well, cover it with foil making sure it connects to and covers the shields on both sides, then tape that up.
Works like a charm, no interference or hum at all.
My favorite quote from the easy to copy yet not worth the bother (asshats) is at the very beginning: "Re: Your letter, recieved April Fool's day Dear Monster Lawyers"
In the original subject, IRTFA and came to some stupid conclusions. Blame having a bubble in my eye and being stoned on endorphins from the pain in my neck and back from holding my head down.
Anyway, I didn't say that we're safe because the black hole is fifty thousand light years away and if it started spewing radiation, whatever was left of humanity (whether already wiped out, anything like ourselves, or what we may have evolved into would see the result.
However, the thing could have exploded fifty thousand years ago, and there's no way anybody could tell. Its radiation could reach us tomorrow.
However, I'm still more scared of being squished by an SUV than from the black hole. Hell, an asteroid strike is probably more likely.
If a civilian in the US were to attack our government troops it would be an illegal act.
Kind of like when civilians fired on British troops during the US Revolution? The winning side's "freedom fighters" are the losing side's "terrorists".
If you target civilians for political purposes it's terrorism. Calling anything else "terrorism" is propaganda, and a lie to boot.
And IMO that's good news. I'd rather have armed robots in Iraq than have one of my daughters there, especially since Iraq posed no threat to US security and never did. How do you spell "clusterfuck"?
Yeah, go ahead and mod me down. The truth hurts, doesn't it?
Rembmer, Asimov's laws of robotics are science fiction. They are relevant in same way as the laws of the old testament: both are prominent literary works...of fiction.
If the writer believes what he's writing, it isn't fiction, and there's no evidence whatever that the writers DIDN'T believ what they were writing. It may be incorrect, but it isn't fiction.
As to Asimov's laws, they sound like good solid engineering principles that we should try to impliment, even though they are, in fact, fiction, and would, in fact, be very difficult to pull off.
Who gives a shit whether an insurance company has to pay, except of course their stockholders? If I am in an accident with you and I am at fault, my premiums will rise. If you are at fault, your premiums will rise and mine won't.
Slashdot Mirror
Does anyone really believe that spying on your own people is Patriotic?
Hitler, Stalin, Bush, Obama, Clinton, McCain, a hundred Senators and over 400 congresscritters do or did.
It's funny how they can get 50+ million people to vote for American Idol and probably less than half of those will vote in the presidential elections
So tell me again, is it McCain, Obama, or Clinton who want to legalise pot, outlaw contribution bribery to more than one candidate in any given race, and outlaw contributions to a candidate one isn't eligible to vote for? That's the candidate who will get my vote. Oh none of the above you say?
It's a sad fact that an American Idol vote is more meaningful than a vote for tweddle dumb, tweedle dumber, or tweedle dumbest. None of them give two shits about me or my interests, all three pander to the corporations and as far as they're concerned, I can go to hell.
I vote "third party" but those smarter than me just stay home.
everyone always adopts the attitude of "I could do this, but I'm just one person and it won't make a difference anyway, so I won't bother
That's not being complacent or apathetic, it's being realistic. Face it, when Sony can write a check for ten million to the Democrat candidate and a ten million dollar check to the Republican candidate and ten million for media advertising, the media doesn't cover the Greens or Libertarians except to tell you that a vote for them is a wasted vote, and no matter which candidate loses, Sony wins, the American people lose, and there isn't a damned thing you or I can do about it except "waste our vote" on a "third party" candidate.
Slashdot Republicans all accuse me of being a liberal and slashdot Democrats all accuse me of being a neocon, and I accuse both camps of being fools and stooges for the corporations that run both major parties. And in the end it doesn't matter at all because your vote is pretty much meaningless.
But fool that I am, I still go to the polls and vote against the Demoicrats and Republicans.
Well, applying Asimov's laws to a battlefield robot wouldn't make much sense, now would it? I was talking about robots in general, and there will always be exceptions to any rule. If you're talking about automotive robots, caretaker robots, and the like they would be awful handy to design; or at least, TRY to design.
Yes, and he's using the Imperial probability system, not the metric probability system
Both of which are governed by phone numbers.
If nobody has criticised it yet, that means its every /.ers responsibility to, regardless of thier actually knowledge of the facts or math.
/.ers... How does a .22 bullet deflect an oncoming semitruck forcing into the little old lady on the sidewalk?
Or spelling or grammar.
But to bring it all together in a car analogy for the fellow
By killing the driver!
Dilbert on the "Millineum generation"
Now get off my lawn! Damned kids! And take your calculators with you! (grumble mumble where'd I put my lawnmower?)
Heh, there's a cartoon about a guy jealous of his dog ;)
But I had a vitrectomy and had a gas bubble in my left eye, had to keep my head down 50 minutes out of every hour. Literal pain in the neck! And back as well.
Sorry, I've been in physical pain. It's affected my reading comprehension :(
I believe the proper iSlang is PWNED!
You'll be hearing from Apple's lawyers shortly.
Ah, but all you have to do is cover the coat hanger with electrical tape, cover the electrical tape with tinfoil, and ground the tinfoil.
That's a lot of work to save two bucks, but if you need to splice a shielded cable just tape the splice well, cover it with foil making sure it connects to and covers the shields on both sides, then tape that up.
Works like a charm, no interference or hum at all.
My favorite quote from the easy to copy yet not worth the bother (asshats) is at the very beginning: "Re: Your letter, recieved April Fool's day
Dear Monster Lawyers"
Priceless!
Sadly it extends way beyond just physics
Pogo said it best: Nuclear physics ain't so new, and it ain't so clear.
In the original subject, IRTFA and came to some stupid conclusions. Blame having a bubble in my eye and being stoned on endorphins from the pain in my neck and back from holding my head down.
Anyway, I didn't say that we're safe because the black hole is fifty thousand light years away and if it started spewing radiation, whatever was left of humanity (whether already wiped out, anything like ourselves, or what we may have evolved into would see the result.
However, the thing could have exploded fifty thousand years ago, and there's no way anybody could tell. Its radiation could reach us tomorrow.
However, I'm still more scared of being squished by an SUV than from the black hole. Hell, an asteroid strike is probably more likely.
-mcgrew
"So, now there is now redundant wiring on every circuit."
Sounds just like slashdot!
If a civilian in the US were to attack our government troops it would be an illegal act.
Kind of like when civilians fired on British troops during the US Revolution? The winning side's "freedom fighters" are the losing side's "terrorists".
If you target civilians for political purposes it's terrorism. Calling anything else "terrorism" is propaganda, and a lie to boot.
Singling out Bush by name is misleading, his usage of the word is hardly any different than administrations before him
True, IIRC the Beruit bombings were called "terrorism" by the Clinton administration. I'm just as down on the Democrats as I am the Republicans.
some attacks on soldiers demonstrate no consideration for civilian casualties
When we kill civilians it's called "collateral damage".
Given his track record for pointing guns in the wrong direction, perhaps we should start calling the little darlings, "Cheneys".
If Bush went duck hunting with Cheney (and his heart troubles) we might have a woman president.
Why should I care about their stockholders?
Gun-shooting robots are inevitable
And IMO that's good news. I'd rather have armed robots in Iraq than have one of my daughters there, especially since Iraq posed no threat to US security and never did. How do you spell "clusterfuck"?
Yeah, go ahead and mod me down. The truth hurts, doesn't it?
Rembmer, Asimov's laws of robotics are science fiction. They are relevant in same way as the laws of the old testament: both are prominent literary works...of fiction.
If the writer believes what he's writing, it isn't fiction, and there's no evidence whatever that the writers DIDN'T believ what they were writing. It may be incorrect, but it isn't fiction.
As to Asimov's laws, they sound like good solid engineering principles that we should try to impliment, even though they are, in fact, fiction, and would, in fact, be very difficult to pull off.
Short circut.
Thare, happy now?
Um, the guy it's aimed at?
Is this a trick question?
Who gives a shit whether an insurance company has to pay, except of course their stockholders? If I am in an accident with you and I am at fault, my premiums will rise. If you are at fault, your premiums will rise and mine won't.
Infinity: the number of times the word "infinity" can be said.
"Black holes are where I decided to divide by zero"
-God (taken from the Uncyclopedia, so don't blame me!)