I don't think you missed anything at all. His only point was to say something, anything at all, even if it meant saying essentially nothing, in order to get first post. Why it got modded informative is a mystery.
"She is what you hired her for, nothing more, nothing less."
That's one way to look at it, but not the only way, and depending on how deeply a person identifies with/is identified with his/her occupation(s), maybe not the best way. If I were to hire Paul Krugman to do my taxes, and a reporter then writes "Some guy in Oregon hires Nobel-prize winner in Economics/NY Times columnist Paul Krugman to do his taxes" you're not going to correct him and say "That's not what he is. He is a tax preparer who just happens to write books and NY Times columns and has a Nobel prize in Economics."
Actually I didn't have any mod points at that time, and I know what you're saying but I was mainly commenting on how much I liked the post. And now that I have mod points again, I can't do it, since I've commented. Ugh.
Sometimes people give funny posts an insightful mod since insightful points up your karma whereas funny mod points don't. That, and sarcastically saying the opposite of a truth is like saying the truth. It is funny, and it reminds me of an ad for Lipitor (IIRC) that says, "Eighty percent of people who had heart attacks had elevated cholesterol" which is one of the stupider claims I've heard in an ad. I mean what if 90% of people who DIDN'T have heart attacks had high cholesterol? How about "95% of people who had heart attacks slept more than four hours the night before." Uh oh, better make sure to get less than four hours of sleep!
Dang, AC. You should have logged in for that post. I would have crammed your account chock-full of sweet, high-density, nutrient-packed, organic mod points!
Actually, there is a thing called aleatory music but one would use 'sound', not 'noise' to talk about it. (Noise:Sound::Weed:Plant) I do know of one piece of 'music' that could properly be described as random noise: John Cage's 4'33". I use the scare quotes there quite purposefully.
I would expect that obtaining a PhD in Astronomy requires enough exposure to math and computers to grant you more than enough geek cred. Welcome to Slashdot. Try posting an obligatory xkcd link. Maybe that one about the gravity wells in the solar system. Extra credit for scientifically critiquing it.;-)
Of course there have been English broadcasts on VOA. There certainly were back when I would occasionally listen to them on shortwave (late 70s early 80s). They also had "simplified English" broadcasts to help people learn English.
You just have a different opinion what is useful than many people. Most people have no need to rename a thousand files at once. They need to create a few new ones, find a few old ones, send one here or there, and be done with it.
Let's just say that many other Congresspersons have a higher subjective probability of being elected to POTUS than this particular one, due to his stated beliefs.
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I don't think you missed anything at all. His only point was to say something, anything at all, even if it meant saying essentially nothing, in order to get first post. Why it got modded informative is a mystery.
"She is what you hired her for, nothing more, nothing less."
That's one way to look at it, but not the only way, and depending on how deeply a person identifies with/is identified with his/her occupation(s), maybe not the best way.
If I were to hire Paul Krugman to do my taxes, and a reporter then writes "Some guy in Oregon hires Nobel-prize winner in Economics/NY Times columnist Paul Krugman to do his taxes" you're not going to correct him and say "That's not what he is. He is a tax preparer who just happens to write books and NY Times columns and has a Nobel prize in Economics."
Actually I didn't have any mod points at that time, and I know what you're saying but I was mainly commenting on how much I liked the post.
And now that I have mod points again, I can't do it, since I've commented. Ugh.
Esp. if it's Wall Street!
You joke, but "they" do write laws that effectively do that.
Yeah, you at least have to pencil it in on your calendar.
Not exactly. Hiring a hooker to do your taxes is not a crime. Not very smart, but not a crime.
Sometimes people give funny posts an insightful mod since insightful points up your karma whereas funny mod points don't. That, and sarcastically saying the opposite of a truth is like saying the truth.
It is funny, and it reminds me of an ad for Lipitor (IIRC) that says, "Eighty percent of people who had heart attacks had elevated cholesterol" which is one of the stupider claims I've heard in an ad. I mean what if 90% of people who DIDN'T have heart attacks had high cholesterol? How about "95% of people who had heart attacks slept more than four hours the night before." Uh oh, better make sure to get less than four hours of sleep!
Dang, AC. You should have logged in for that post. I would have crammed your account chock-full of sweet, high-density, nutrient-packed, organic mod points!
Actually, there is a thing called aleatory music but one would use 'sound', not 'noise' to talk about it. (Noise:Sound::Weed:Plant)
I do know of one piece of 'music' that could properly be described as random noise: John Cage's 4'33".
I use the scare quotes there quite purposefully.
I would expect that obtaining a PhD in Astronomy requires enough exposure to math and computers to grant you more than enough geek cred. Welcome to Slashdot. ;-)
Try posting an obligatory xkcd link. Maybe that one about the gravity wells in the solar system. Extra credit for scientifically critiquing it.
The 90s just called. They want their 'X just called and wants its Y back' jokes back.
"I'm one of those revolting colonists"
Up with colons!!
Of course there have been English broadcasts on VOA. There certainly were back when I would occasionally listen to them on shortwave (late 70s early 80s). They also had "simplified English" broadcasts to help people learn English.
Saying "you've got some kind of agenda" makes it look like you think that having an agenda is bad.
I'd have gone with Robert Goddard, not von Braun, if you want to talk about underknown (is that a word? it should be) American space pioneers.
As opposed to the other kind? /.ers, but I don't think non-breathing virgins are a significant demographic.
I'm sure there are some weird
You just have a different opinion what is useful than many people. Most people have no need to rename a thousand files at once. They need to create a few new ones, find a few old ones, send one here or there, and be done with it.
Yes, it is a perfectly cromulent word, etc. etc.
Let's just say that many other Congresspersons have a higher subjective probability of being elected to POTUS than this particular one, due to his stated beliefs.
I'd say that it is "normal" nowadays to get free wi-fi access so one could truthfully answer "no".
Like smart is a qualification to be a juror. Ha.
"... I'd sleep with no shirt on with blankets around my waist and be perfectly warm.
My grandma did it till the day she died at 90."
Thanks, but I don't want to try to picture that.
It's not *obligatory* when only one person would ever consider writing it.
...and openly having no chance in hell of being elected president.