Please investigate a little bit further. These people might have been non-believers but they used the same tricks as religion does. Miracles, a local deity (or representative), Dogma and Force (albeit much more physical opposed to the more enlightened religions of today)
How are you any different? You are quoting dogma and painting all faiths with the same brush even when some acts committed by Muslims are considered a "sin" by Jesus and his followers. It is a "sin" to go around killing people. It is a sin to lie. It is a sin to commit suicide. Jesus stopped the stoning of a prostitute but not because he wanted her to continue with her existing lifestyle but rather to give her a second chance for a better way to live.
Citation needed. The 'Jesus.. stoning" thing is just a story. And from what I heard recently, it was added a long time after the original stuff written.
Of course if we're allowed to quote behaviour examples from people who may or may not have existed, I can cite behaviour by Odysseus, Robin Hood and Edward Fairfax Rochester.
Sad but true. I wanted to be an astronomer years ago (rather than a fireman, or a doctor, etc...) but ended up in IT. About 15 years ago I saw an ad for an astronomical job that I could have actually applied for (needed some IT skills and an interest in Astronomy). It was paying a third of what I was then earning.
I didn't apply. Sometimes dreams are best left as dreams.
Now there's a thought. Get all students to bring their passports to school. Check them in, check them out. This way the US can solve the illegal immigrant situation and also stress the "land of knowledge" meme.
I remember when Olly Stone released this - some folks mentioned that if the version of history is seen, it tends to remembered as real, rather than what really happened. (Not saying that JFK was/wasn't killed by a conspiracy - that's all besides the point).
Moon landing hoax believers probably jumped in number after "Capricorn One".
Do something useful in her name. Help someone overseas (or local - but someone not as lucky as you) get started with a cheap loan. http://www.kiva.org/start
This is one of the most artful academic smackdowns I've read:
But the issue is controversial and his opinions and standing are questioned by Dorothy Bishop, professor of developmental neuropsychology at Oxford University who says that although this is an important topic, Sigman's paper is not "an impartial expert review of evidence for effects on health and child development". "Aric Sigman does not appear to have any academic or clinical position, or to have done any original research on this topic," she said. "His comments about impact of screen time on brain development and empathy seem speculative in my opinion, and the arguments that he makes could equally well be used to conclude that children should not read books."
Read this as "Clinicians have no idea how to do meta-analysis. He's making this shit up".
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2010's Mainframes are limited to a few Old Legacy Stuff (too expensive to move off) or some very detailed performance related stuff (Modern Mainframes) Mobile devices get more ingrained into the business and every day use....
Now I see the PC moving away from the personal computer and to more of a high performance workstation usage. This will used mainly by software developers, and engineers for CAD and other high performance work. while the Mobile stuff will dominate every man Computing. As for the mainframe more old legacy systems will go away but still have a market for the really high performance needs.
I make my living off Mainframes, you insensitive clod!
I'd like to cure cancer, bring peace to the middle east, end child poverty and provide free, clean power to all and sundry. All I need now is a start-up. (Or a political party).
Nope, he went to jail. Same day, a guy in a car who yelled "you fucking black c***" at a woman in another car got fined 100 pounds.
Quite seriously, the driver may have been find for "driving without due care and attention". If the police can't charge him for a 'free-speech' type-of-offence, they'll come up with something else that will stick.
Nice strawman. Murder or attempted murder requires mens rea. Most people who do this are not trying to kill anyone. They're just being idiots.
Like dropping bricks off a freeway overpass.
I bet there are at least 20 years worth of "reckless endangerment" and "interfering with air traffic" and other crimes. Is there such a thing as "attempted manslaughter"?
"Just being an idiot" is not an excuse for putting peoples' lives at risk. Dude needs to look at losing one or two decades. It has to be enough time to deter.
[Quote] 'It is not the severity of punishment that deters crime, but the certainty of it" [/unquote] Sir Robert Peel, I think. There's all sorts of lengthy prison terms out there now for all sorts of crimes and people still do the crime - and some get caught. But the length of time inside when caught doesn't prevent the crimes happening.
Just make sure we catch the idiots every time, bill them a thousand dollars every time. They'll stop immediately.
Seriously? 900 bucks for a 13 inch dell ultrabook? I got a 15.6 inch 2.5ghz i5 with twice the ram and a TB hard drive for 499$ at the dell refurb outlet for my mediocre work computer, and it has one scratch across the windows sticker on the bottom.
Check that scratch carefully - it doesn't say 'Void' does it?:)
Why in the name of Oppenheimer did they fire the one guy who actually did his job, when everyone above and around him appeared to fail pretty seriously at theirs?
Young grasshopper, when you have learned why managers punish people for bringing mistakes to the attention of their supervisors, it will be time for you to join the workforce. I've been fired several times for bringing security faults through appropriate channels -- in truth, management doesn't want to know about security problems and punish those who point them out, because once pointed out, plausible deniability goes out the window. You're making it their problem, and if there's no budget for said problem your paycheck becomes the budget for solving it. It makes them look bad and holds back their promotion opportunities -- and so while you may do the right thing, it's almost always a bad career move.
Politics. It'll fuck you every time.
True - I one time took over minding the evening batchwork at a client site. Problems most nights, which I slowly ironed out. Management asked why all these problems since [kittenman] took over the batch. Turns out the previous guy had been fixing them on the fly and not reporting the issues.
"...in every country where helmets are mandatory, cycling isn't very popular." -- > what a ridiculous generalization! Here in NZ. biking is very popular and one hardly sees a rider without a helmet and other safety / visibility aids. Helmets make good sense. If _you_ can be dissuaded from riding a bike by the fact that helmets are mandatory, please stay the fuck off, I don't want to have to swerve to miss your unconscious corpse because of your fashion hangups.
Nope - I'm in NZ, used to cycle, don't now. Partly 'cause I can't be bothered to track down my helmet. Not fashion - if you saw my closet you'd never question that issue: I just can't be bothered with the hassle.
NZ medical & media were saying that deaths on a bike were way down since the compulsory helmet laws came in. You bet they did. Not so many people are cycling.
And as a pedestrian and driver, I hate cyclists. Had too many close calls walking by bikers running the lights. And as a driver, cyclists are unpredictable. Go off-road (and watch out for walkers, dogs, etc). Tarmac = cars.
It always seemed odd to me how much money politicians make
You gotta be kidding. In what sense do they make too much money? Almost any politician would make far more in the private sector.
I happen to know a cadre of senior pundits with high end connections around here and all of them would have to take a pay cut if they were to become members of cabinet.
If you pay low salaries to politicians you are assured to get one of four things:
- Mediocre people
- Power hungry egomaniacs
- Corrupt people
- Millionaires
and to be fair, far behind the four above you get a fifth option, which happens ever so rarely:
- people who care
Tut. Ancient Greece used to not pay people in public office at all. I don't think the ancient Romans did either (though there were other benefits...). The Greeks used to do it as part of their civic duty.
Actually that's an idea - pay public servants the same rate as us plebs get paid for jury service...
Regardless of that, every time I go through security I have my video cameras ready along with the printouts from TSA site authorizing the use of video equipment:.
Ha. Whenever I fly to the States I always take along nude photos of my body to save them scanning me or patting me down. Saves me no end of troubles of that kind.
Bear in mind the TFA is from a Political Scientist. That's just below an economist in my book. I'm sure we'd all welcome comments from maths teachers about Political Science (btw, why the hell is Political Science a science?)
Mod parent up. Thanks for posting. As a westerner I always feel that we owe the Greeks a huge debt for the society that your ancestors bequeathed to us. If there was a "save Greece" bailout fund on-line, I'll kick in more than my share of cash. (BTW, is there one?)
Hopefully Greece's time in the sun will come again.
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Please investigate a little bit further. These people might have been non-believers but they used the same tricks as religion does. Miracles, a local deity (or representative), Dogma and Force (albeit much more physical opposed to the more enlightened religions of today)
How are you any different? You are quoting dogma and painting all faiths with the same brush even when some acts committed by Muslims are considered a "sin" by Jesus and his followers. It is a "sin" to go around killing people. It is a sin to lie. It is a sin to commit suicide. Jesus stopped the stoning of a prostitute but not because he wanted her to continue with her existing lifestyle but rather to give her a second chance for a better way to live.
Citation needed. The 'Jesus .. stoning" thing is just a story. And from what I heard recently, it was added a long time after the original stuff written.
Of course if we're allowed to quote behaviour examples from people who may or may not have existed, I can cite behaviour by Odysseus, Robin Hood and Edward Fairfax Rochester.
Sad but true. I wanted to be an astronomer years ago (rather than a fireman, or a doctor, etc...) but ended up in IT. About 15 years ago I saw an ad for an astronomical job that I could have actually applied for (needed some IT skills and an interest in Astronomy). It was paying a third of what I was then earning.
I didn't apply. Sometimes dreams are best left as dreams.
Now there's a thought. Get all students to bring their passports to school. Check them in, check them out. This way the US can solve the illegal immigrant situation and also stress the "land of knowledge" meme.
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Yes, I'm joking.
But
There's a Robot hell, if that's a clue.
"The only winning move is not to play"
Wargames? I'm here for you....
I am getting tired of people seemingly surprised when facebook does something not in their best interest - especially privacy wise... .
Totally agree. Facebook is to privacy what Attila the Hun is to ... [insert suitable noun here].
Having said that, my heart bleeds for the girl caught - but telling Facebook anything personal is like telling a gossiping friend.
I remember when Olly Stone released this - some folks mentioned that if the version of history is seen, it tends to remembered as real, rather than what really happened. (Not saying that JFK was/wasn't killed by a conspiracy - that's all besides the point).
Moon landing hoax believers probably jumped in number after "Capricorn One".
Do something useful in her name. Help someone overseas (or local - but someone not as lucky as you) get started with a cheap loan. http://www.kiva.org/start
Also there's Vista, named after Steve Ballmer's daughter, Vista Ballmer.
Vista is Expee's sister, then?
Strange - I thought I had that ticked, but I can still see this story.
This is one of the most artful academic smackdowns I've read:
Read this as "Clinicians have no idea how to do meta-analysis. He's making this shit up".
Nicely put. And I mean really.
Reminds me - in Capitalism, Man exploits man. In Communism, it's the other way 'round.
Now I see the PC moving away from the personal computer and to more of a high performance workstation usage. This will used mainly by software developers, and engineers for CAD and other high performance work. while the Mobile stuff will dominate every man Computing. As for the mainframe more old legacy systems will go away but still have a market for the really high performance needs.
I make my living off Mainframes, you insensitive clod!
I'd like to cure cancer, bring peace to the middle east, end child poverty and provide free, clean power to all and sundry. All I need now is a start-up. (Or a political party).
Nope, he went to jail. Same day, a guy in a car who yelled "you fucking black c***" at a woman in another car got fined 100 pounds.
Quite seriously, the driver may have been find for "driving without due care and attention". If the police can't charge him for a 'free-speech' type-of-offence, they'll come up with something else that will stick.
Like dropping bricks off a freeway overpass.
I bet there are at least 20 years worth of "reckless endangerment" and "interfering with air traffic" and other crimes. Is there such a thing as "attempted manslaughter"?
"Just being an idiot" is not an excuse for putting peoples' lives at risk. Dude needs to look at losing one or two decades. It has to be enough time to deter.
[Quote] 'It is not the severity of punishment that deters crime, but the certainty of it" [/unquote] Sir Robert Peel, I think. There's all sorts of lengthy prison terms out there now for all sorts of crimes and people still do the crime - and some get caught. But the length of time inside when caught doesn't prevent the crimes happening.
Just make sure we catch the idiots every time, bill them a thousand dollars every time. They'll stop immediately.
Seriously? 900 bucks for a 13 inch dell ultrabook? I got a 15.6 inch 2.5ghz i5 with twice the ram and a TB hard drive for 499$ at the dell refurb outlet for my mediocre work computer, and it has one scratch across the windows sticker on the bottom.
Check that scratch carefully - it doesn't say 'Void' does it? :)
Why in the name of Oppenheimer did they fire the one guy who actually did his job, when everyone above and around him appeared to fail pretty seriously at theirs?
Young grasshopper, when you have learned why managers punish people for bringing mistakes to the attention of their supervisors, it will be time for you to join the workforce. I've been fired several times for bringing security faults through appropriate channels -- in truth, management doesn't want to know about security problems and punish those who point them out, because once pointed out, plausible deniability goes out the window. You're making it their problem, and if there's no budget for said problem your paycheck becomes the budget for solving it. It makes them look bad and holds back their promotion opportunities -- and so while you may do the right thing, it's almost always a bad career move.
Politics. It'll fuck you every time.
True - I one time took over minding the evening batchwork at a client site. Problems most nights, which I slowly ironed out. Management asked why all these problems since [kittenman] took over the batch. Turns out the previous guy had been fixing them on the fly and not reporting the issues.
My contract wasn't renewed.
"...in every country where helmets are mandatory, cycling isn't very popular." -- > what a ridiculous generalization! Here in NZ. biking is very popular and one hardly sees a rider without a helmet and other safety / visibility aids. Helmets make good sense. If _you_ can be dissuaded from riding a bike by the fact that helmets are mandatory, please stay the fuck off, I don't want to have to swerve to miss your unconscious corpse because of your fashion hangups.
Nope - I'm in NZ, used to cycle, don't now. Partly 'cause I can't be bothered to track down my helmet. Not fashion - if you saw my closet you'd never question that issue: I just can't be bothered with the hassle.
NZ medical & media were saying that deaths on a bike were way down since the compulsory helmet laws came in. You bet they did. Not so many people are cycling.
And as a pedestrian and driver, I hate cyclists. Had too many close calls walking by bikers running the lights. And as a driver, cyclists are unpredictable. Go off-road (and watch out for walkers, dogs, etc). Tarmac = cars.
Wonderful! First our video games are on rails. Now our guns are.
Just as long as it's not Ruby...
It always seemed odd to me how much money politicians make
You gotta be kidding. In what sense do they make too much money? Almost any politician would make far more in the private sector.
I happen to know a cadre of senior pundits with high end connections around here and all of them would have to take a pay cut if they were to become members of cabinet.
If you pay low salaries to politicians you are assured to get one of four things:
- Mediocre people - Power hungry egomaniacs - Corrupt people - Millionaires
and to be fair, far behind the four above you get a fifth option, which happens ever so rarely:
- people who care
Tut. Ancient Greece used to not pay people in public office at all. I don't think the ancient Romans did either (though there were other benefits...). The Greeks used to do it as part of their civic duty.
Actually that's an idea - pay public servants the same rate as us plebs get paid for jury service...
Regardless of that, every time I go through security I have my video cameras ready along with the printouts from TSA site authorizing the use of video equipment: .
Ha. Whenever I fly to the States I always take along nude photos of my body to save them scanning me or patting me down. Saves me no end of troubles of that kind.
Bear in mind the TFA is from a Political Scientist. That's just below an economist in my book. I'm sure we'd all welcome comments from maths teachers about Political Science (btw, why the hell is Political Science a science?)
Agreed. General rule for life - it's always easier to apologize afterwards than ask permission beforehand.
Mod parent up. Thanks for posting. As a westerner I always feel that we owe the Greeks a huge debt for the society that your ancestors bequeathed to us. If there was a "save Greece" bailout fund on-line, I'll kick in more than my share of cash. (BTW, is there one?)
Hopefully Greece's time in the sun will come again.