Um, "sense of well-being" isn't the same as being sick. If you expose people to the right form of infrasound, they will report ghost-sightings and physical illness, even though nothing harmful is happening to them.
The first clue that something's up is that it's available. Previous tenants doubtlessly died. Or went crazy . . . and died in a hail of gunfire. Or were taken over by the government and sent to do a mission . . . and died at the hands of Iranian intelligence.
The hows and the whats are meaningless . . . if you get that place, you are going to die.
In conclusion, you are exposed to radiation every day -- don't be a pussy.
In my time, every time I have had to deal with a judge, I've felt the actions taken and the course of events were fair and intelligent.
While the US legal system is far from perfect, it deserves credit for the effort it makes to try to become perfect. Compare that to Italy's legal system, which is only slightly less fair than trial by ordeal.
One can argue whether the Simspon verdicts are so bad. I think the Simpson verdicts illustrate the difference in the burden of proof between civil and criminal court in the US.
After the 96th paragraph about how "Major IT firm X comes knocking at my door", I realized this guy is your usual narcissistic fuck and stopped reading. The choice of phrases like "comes knocking at my door" tells me everything about this guy: he wants to clone himself so he can finally fuck someone worthy of his love.
Seriously. I did not need a thousand word sub-essay on Dvorak, Windows NT and NetWare. What a fucking retard.
In conclusion, your answer is "No, I haven't raised kids."
I wasn't asking it to be dismissive. I was asking it because it frames your understanding of my viewpoint.
My original point was "less bad is good". You said that wasn't a valid point.
People don't appreciate the fact that "less bad" is in fact a good thing until they've dealt with a complete bucket of shit. Trust me. I had the privilege of raising a nephew who was a complete soul-killing motherfucker to deal with every day. It raised my appreciation for the fact that "less bad" is a good thing when it comes to the rest of the kids.
Just felt the obligatory moment of patriotism over living in a country with a relatively non-retarded legal system. Let's face it. The rest of the world sucks. Or at least they never took the time to read and understand what de Tocqueville meant about the uniqueness of America's judicial system.
Saying that being a kid tells you everything about raising children is like saying that being a private tells you everything you needs to know about generalship.
Power counts. Especially when we're talking about how power informs and distorts our decisions.
My concern is more about big, stupid generational assumptions. Like how Generation X was supposed to be a bunch of bums, but instead spent a decade fueling the tech bubble, finance bubble and real estate bubble. Not exactly the actions of unambitious people.
Generic assumptions about any generation get over-ridden by the ground truth of the decade when they hit their 20s. You don't really know anything about a generation until the hit 30. By that point, you've discovered how they treat work, money and family. And only then do you know who they are.
I come from the generation that was told to lock the door, fear strangers and murder anyone who says "Hi" to you because all strangers want to fuck you in the ass or force you into a cult.
None of that was helpful. Strangers rock, it turns out. It's the people you know who should scare the fuck out of you.
And why were raised that way? Because my mom's generation became adults in the 60s and early 70s, and were convinced that the end of all civilization was upon us. They saw one of the highest rates of violent crime in the history of the industrialized world. I think that's why they elected Reagen and Thatcher.
My generation became adults in the age of terrorism. We've watched "the end of the world" happen so many times since the Berlin Wall fell (supposedly "The End of History" happened at that moment) that we just find the possibility the world could end a little implausible.
Point being? All the shit our parents' generation inflicted upon us was not only useless (turns out there weren't big scary negroes or any Russians fixin' to kill me) but counter productive considering that we live in a much more social world than we were told would ever exist. None of the shit they told us helped. And in fact, shit like "Make sure you invest" put a fuckin' to us.
And truth is, we can't help but do the same thing to our kids. We look at how they use the internet, and all we can see is awesome ways they're going to be raped and murdered. So, we inflict the same crap on them.
We rage against our parents, get older and then oppress our kids. Happens without fail.
What's disturbing now is that the current generation looks like kittens compared to the last three or four that came before. Truth is, they're being oppressed by adults who came from a generation of serious trouble makers.
I suspect that's where a lot of the worst of it comes from. We just assume the problem is with young people, and never stop to consider whether the problem was if our generation was maybe a little too fucked up.
If you have a nerve center that exists purely to route people to illegal content -- and that is what TPB is -- it is irrational to say the government has no right to tell ISPs to not intervene.
Think of it in the context of a Good Samaritan law. If you can do something to interdict a crime, you should.
I realized after the fact we are talking about Italy, whose legal system is never 100%. It doesn't change my argument, but I thought it was worth noting in the aftermath of my "USA! USA!" chant.
Man up. Don't pussy out and just say, "Well, the law irredeemably sucks." If that's your view, exercise your Second Amendment rights and overthrow the government already.
I've been in court on both sides. It's as fair as you can hope for under any circumstances. The American legal system is one of the things that clearly defines America as different and better than other places.
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The word for that is "fanboy".
Hmmm . . . there's a word for that . . . XKCD, can you help me?
http://www.xkcd.com/703/
I read somewhere that Barrack Obama is a Kenyan. Not very science-y, but I read it somewhere.
Um, "sense of well-being" isn't the same as being sick. If you expose people to the right form of infrasound, they will report ghost-sightings and physical illness, even though nothing harmful is happening to them.
The first clue that something's up is that it's available. Previous tenants doubtlessly died. Or went crazy . . . and died in a hail of gunfire. Or were taken over by the government and sent to do a mission . . . and died at the hands of Iranian intelligence.
The hows and the whats are meaningless . . . if you get that place, you are going to die.
In conclusion, you are exposed to radiation every day -- don't be a pussy.
Well, I mean, I'll still do it, of course . . . but for manly reasons, as opposed to just feeling like I have some power over the machine.
Call it "sampling".
No matter how much Asimov you read, there's always a gem left unturned.
Wasn't plagiarizing, but if I were, it would only befit Slashdot to steal from Asimov.
In my time, every time I have had to deal with a judge, I've felt the actions taken and the course of events were fair and intelligent.
While the US legal system is far from perfect, it deserves credit for the effort it makes to try to become perfect. Compare that to Italy's legal system, which is only slightly less fair than trial by ordeal.
One can argue whether the Simspon verdicts are so bad. I think the Simpson verdicts illustrate the difference in the burden of proof between civil and criminal court in the US.
Oh, shit. Did Simon Fuller come knocking at his door, too?
After the 96th paragraph about how "Major IT firm X comes knocking at my door", I realized this guy is your usual narcissistic fuck and stopped reading. The choice of phrases like "comes knocking at my door" tells me everything about this guy: he wants to clone himself so he can finally fuck someone worthy of his love.
Seriously. I did not need a thousand word sub-essay on Dvorak, Windows NT and NetWare. What a fucking retard.
In conclusion, your answer is "No, I haven't raised kids."
I wasn't asking it to be dismissive. I was asking it because it frames your understanding of my viewpoint.
My original point was "less bad is good". You said that wasn't a valid point.
People don't appreciate the fact that "less bad" is in fact a good thing until they've dealt with a complete bucket of shit. Trust me. I had the privilege of raising a nephew who was a complete soul-killing motherfucker to deal with every day. It raised my appreciation for the fact that "less bad" is a good thing when it comes to the rest of the kids.
Just felt the obligatory moment of patriotism over living in a country with a relatively non-retarded legal system. Let's face it. The rest of the world sucks. Or at least they never took the time to read and understand what de Tocqueville meant about the uniqueness of America's judicial system.
Answer the question. It matters.
Saying that being a kid tells you everything about raising children is like saying that being a private tells you everything you needs to know about generalship.
Power counts. Especially when we're talking about how power informs and distorts our decisions.
My concern is more about big, stupid generational assumptions. Like how Generation X was supposed to be a bunch of bums, but instead spent a decade fueling the tech bubble, finance bubble and real estate bubble. Not exactly the actions of unambitious people.
Generic assumptions about any generation get over-ridden by the ground truth of the decade when they hit their 20s. You don't really know anything about a generation until the hit 30. By that point, you've discovered how they treat work, money and family. And only then do you know who they are.
I come from the generation that was told to lock the door, fear strangers and murder anyone who says "Hi" to you because all strangers want to fuck you in the ass or force you into a cult.
None of that was helpful. Strangers rock, it turns out. It's the people you know who should scare the fuck out of you.
And why were raised that way? Because my mom's generation became adults in the 60s and early 70s, and were convinced that the end of all civilization was upon us. They saw one of the highest rates of violent crime in the history of the industrialized world. I think that's why they elected Reagen and Thatcher.
My generation became adults in the age of terrorism. We've watched "the end of the world" happen so many times since the Berlin Wall fell (supposedly "The End of History" happened at that moment) that we just find the possibility the world could end a little implausible.
Point being? All the shit our parents' generation inflicted upon us was not only useless (turns out there weren't big scary negroes or any Russians fixin' to kill me) but counter productive considering that we live in a much more social world than we were told would ever exist. None of the shit they told us helped. And in fact, shit like "Make sure you invest" put a fuckin' to us.
And truth is, we can't help but do the same thing to our kids. We look at how they use the internet, and all we can see is awesome ways they're going to be raped and murdered. So, we inflict the same crap on them.
In fact, they'll probably be worse because they'll be overcompensating for the fun they didn't get to have.
Have you raised any children?
We rage against our parents, get older and then oppress our kids. Happens without fail.
What's disturbing now is that the current generation looks like kittens compared to the last three or four that came before. Truth is, they're being oppressed by adults who came from a generation of serious trouble makers.
I suspect that's where a lot of the worst of it comes from. We just assume the problem is with young people, and never stop to consider whether the problem was if our generation was maybe a little too fucked up.
. . . then shouldn't the NHL currently own the North American sports market, based on sales of NHL 94?
Geez. Everyone knows that all signals cause cancer or enable the government to control our minds!
If you have a nerve center that exists purely to route people to illegal content -- and that is what TPB is -- it is irrational to say the government has no right to tell ISPs to not intervene.
Think of it in the context of a Good Samaritan law. If you can do something to interdict a crime, you should.
Copyright's going away tomorrow. Thank goodness you mentioned it, because we were worried there was no way out.
We will immediately begin legalizing screwing people out of their fundamental right to enjoy the fruits of their labors.
I realized after the fact we are talking about Italy, whose legal system is never 100%. It doesn't change my argument, but I thought it was worth noting in the aftermath of my "USA! USA!" chant.
Change it.
Man up. Don't pussy out and just say, "Well, the law irredeemably sucks." If that's your view, exercise your Second Amendment rights and overthrow the government already.
I've been in court on both sides. It's as fair as you can hope for under any circumstances. The American legal system is one of the things that clearly defines America as different and better than other places.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is just whining.