I would suggest you read about defectors and refugees from North Korea that actually make it out of the country. When interviewed, these people state beliefs in the most outlandish and bizarre pieces of propaganda. Situations like women absolutely convinced that if they touch dropped pamphlets from the South (through air campaigns to spread information to the people) that their hands will rot off . When asked, if they really felt it was true, they state that they really believed it. That's just one example.
Why should I take the time to read it when you just watched it on the Daily Show?
It's statistics.
Point #1: Even in those those areas you're wary of, the vast majority of the people are normal decent folks. Are there scumbags there? Yes, just like there are in your neighborhood. Irrational fear of the unknown doesn't help you with the issue at hand.
Point #2: Most thieves are cowards, just like most of everyone else. The logic in "he picked up a phone that had been left on a table when no one was looking, thus he could be a recently paroled dangerous thug" just doesn't ring true for me. Possible, yes. Likely, no.
Is there a chance you'd get the beat down (or brutally killed) for trying to retrieve your phone? Sure!
Is there a chance you'll get t-boned on your way home from work tonight and have your guts splashed across an intersection? Of course.
Why don't you crawl under your desk and go to sleep at the office tonight instead of driving home-- I mean, come on...is it really worth the risk?? Sounds dangerous and stupid to me. It's clearly more safe to be a perpetual victim of what might happen, likely or not.
I guess you're assuming they don't get to choose which ones to scan...and that they aren't actually the deeply and utterly disturbed shells of humanity they appear to be from my side of the line.
I would expect their mental health claims to go down right along with their porn bills.
(Side note, I'll bet the 1mm scan smooths those wrinkles right out, and that most TSA agents spend their whole careers waiting to get their fat sweaty hands on a tranny.)
MOD PARENT UP! Slashdotters need to make this happen for the American public. Even if I can't trust the Colbert-Black juggernaut, at least I'll ENJOY not trusting them...
>>There are a few caveats, however. The result is only partial evidence of superconductivity and the work has yet to be peer-reviewed. But its mere publication will set >>scientists scrambling to confirm
If slashdot has taught me anything lately, it's that "partial evidence" and "yet to be peer-reviewed" = bullshit. Without getting overly trollish about it, the coolest news of the moment that isn't true and isn't news....isn't all that cool...? There's still some great content, and I'll keep coming back as long as the +5 comments keep cracking me up...but the vapor seems a little thick these days.
Riiight. While people like Hilary voted us into that war...and actually maintain a credible reputation running an antiwar campaign.
I'm no ditto, but I'll take the cheering over the voting any day...
One more vote for making your own
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I like my laptop to rest of the chair, not my lap, so I vote you make your own to fit the chair.
You can knock one out of $4 piece of 2'x4' 3/8" hardboard from the Depot with a jigsaw in less than 10 minutes. I like a general "arc" shape, so that the sides of the desk curve in under my forarms for comfortable typing better than a square tv-tray style, and find it easier to move around if you add 1"x4" slots to each side for your fingers to lock into.
If you're made of money and want to get fancy, you could add some rubberized drawer liner too keep your beer from ending up in your keyboard, and I'd probably superglue on a few rubber feet from something I neglected to add them to since the hardboard lays pretty flat in you're not adding a pad to the bottom...and who needs a pad for a 4lb laptop?
Of course, it could also be that you're using the wrong chair?
So I'm shopping for a laptop bag, and figure I'll browse over to/. and see how recently the topic had been posted...and it's the FIRST POST AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. Freaking scary.
Anyway, my problem is this. I recently picked up a Dell E1705(9400), and although most decently large backpacks fit it, most don't fit it well. On top of this, as a network admin and do-it-all tech, I typically need quite a bit of gear to feel like I can provide catch-all solutions on-site. (cables, cd's, drives, docs, tools, etc...)
NOTHING fits what I want to carry, yet again fits it well (enough pockets, nets, straps or whatever). Any hints? Although I've spent most of my work life under desks or in drop ceilings, I've just started a new gig and have been sporting a coat and tie...so a little style probably wouldn't hurt...
Cliff
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Only if it doesn't require me to stop eating this fast-food slop or get out of my chair...?
I would suggest you read about defectors and refugees from North Korea that actually make it out of the country. When interviewed, these people state beliefs in the most outlandish and bizarre pieces of propaganda. Situations like women absolutely convinced that if they touch dropped pamphlets from the South (through air campaigns to spread information to the people) that their hands will rot off . When asked, if they really felt it was true, they state that they really believed it. That's just one example.
Why should I take the time to read it when you just watched it on the Daily Show?
Linky
That's for sure. A group of zero is definitely not the majority... IE- "if there's only three". Is three? How about "are three"?
It's statistics. Point #1: Even in those those areas you're wary of, the vast majority of the people are normal decent folks. Are there scumbags there? Yes, just like there are in your neighborhood. Irrational fear of the unknown doesn't help you with the issue at hand. Point #2: Most thieves are cowards, just like most of everyone else. The logic in "he picked up a phone that had been left on a table when no one was looking, thus he could be a recently paroled dangerous thug" just doesn't ring true for me. Possible, yes. Likely, no. Is there a chance you'd get the beat down (or brutally killed) for trying to retrieve your phone? Sure! Is there a chance you'll get t-boned on your way home from work tonight and have your guts splashed across an intersection? Of course. Why don't you crawl under your desk and go to sleep at the office tonight instead of driving home-- I mean, come on...is it really worth the risk?? Sounds dangerous and stupid to me. It's clearly more safe to be a perpetual victim of what might happen, likely or not.
That's the same sound I make every time I come to a conclusion... This may be the search engine for me!
a non-populist, meditative, complex piece of television
vs.
was John actually having sex with a robot?
Enough Said.
I guess you're assuming they don't get to choose which ones to scan...and that they aren't actually the deeply and utterly disturbed shells of humanity they appear to be from my side of the line.
I would expect their mental health claims to go down right along with their porn bills.
(Side note, I'll bet the 1mm scan smooths those wrinkles right out, and that most TSA agents spend their whole careers waiting to get their fat sweaty hands on a tranny.)
MOD PARENT UP! Slashdotters need to make this happen for the American public. Even if I can't trust the Colbert-Black juggernaut, at least I'll ENJOY not trusting them...
Of course, because the best way to avoid organized crime is to form a union...
>>There are a few caveats, however. The result is only partial evidence of superconductivity and the work has yet to be peer-reviewed. But its mere publication will set >>scientists scrambling to confirm If slashdot has taught me anything lately, it's that "partial evidence" and "yet to be peer-reviewed" = bullshit. Without getting overly trollish about it, the coolest news of the moment that isn't true and isn't news....isn't all that cool...? There's still some great content, and I'll keep coming back as long as the +5 comments keep cracking me up...but the vapor seems a little thick these days.
Riiight. While people like Hilary voted us into that war...and actually maintain a credible reputation running an antiwar campaign. I'm no ditto, but I'll take the cheering over the voting any day...
You can knock one out of $4 piece of 2'x4' 3/8" hardboard from the Depot with a jigsaw in less than 10 minutes. I like a general "arc" shape, so that the sides of the desk curve in under my forarms for comfortable typing better than a square tv-tray style, and find it easier to move around if you add 1"x4" slots to each side for your fingers to lock into.
If you're made of money and want to get fancy, you could add some rubberized drawer liner too keep your beer from ending up in your keyboard, and I'd probably superglue on a few rubber feet from something I neglected to add them to since the hardboard lays pretty flat in you're not adding a pad to the bottom...and who needs a pad for a 4lb laptop?
Of course, it could also be that you're using the wrong chair?
So I'm shopping for a laptop bag, and figure I'll browse over to /. and see how recently the topic had been posted...and it's the FIRST POST AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. Freaking scary.
Anyway, my problem is this. I recently picked up a Dell E1705(9400), and although most decently large backpacks fit it, most don't fit it well. On top of this, as a network admin and do-it-all tech, I typically need quite a bit of gear to feel like I can provide catch-all solutions on-site. (cables, cd's, drives, docs, tools, etc...)
NOTHING fits what I want to carry, yet again fits it well (enough pockets, nets, straps or whatever). Any hints? Although I've spent most of my work life under desks or in drop ceilings, I've just started a new gig and have been sporting a coat and tie...so a little style probably wouldn't hurt...
Cliff