Mother Teresa, you say? that 'piece of work' that gets respect and does not deserve it? the one that like it when others suffer, insists, in fact, that others suffer?
that one?
yeah, what a fucking stupid bitch that one is. belief that others MUST SUFFER to get 'grace from god' is bullshit! I'd have spat in her face if I had the chance. what a horrible person, to shield themselves with 'words of god' and yet to hold back unless you convert to her version of religion.
do the research on her before you idolize her. get both sides. there is a dark side that the extreme right wants to deny.
I believe there was a 'tl;dr' version from penn/teller that is also eye-opening about her.
Chris Hitchens's "The Missionary Position" could be the one you're thinking of. He made the point a lot more cogently and with less profanities that you (and with a few more capital letters). But yes, she was a nasty piece of work. Totally agree with your message.
1. Make (high quality) beer for $15 per litre.
2. Add 20 litres of water per litre of beer.
3. Sell beer for $1 per litre.
4. Claim beer is cheapest in the world.
I find the free MS product excellent, unobtrusive and very very effective. I have way less issues then anyone I know with norton....
Norton installed crap on my NIC driver once. Took me two days to spot it - thought I had a mobo failure. I uninstalled Norton immediately I spotted it, and haven't bought one of their products since.
Yes, but that would cost money, and while I could probably get damages It would be practically impossible to collect on them.
Just let it go.
Yep. Imitation is a form of flattery. Nice work putting together the original video though - get some joy out of the fact that some folks (and now us on/.) know about it and appreciate the time.
I've attended a couple of Tech conferences where the presenters seem to assume that
- everyone is, or will be on Facebook
- everyone has, or will have an Apple device (iphone or ipad)
All rather short-sighted. In the past we've seen new ideas come along and be embraced by society and then abandoned. Skateboard parks, CB radios, kung fu...
Not to say that Apple doesn't have a large customer base now - but it won't always. Is it really that worthwhile to introduce special handling for people with a special type of device?
For that, Roosevelt waited until Churchill had no other option but to beg.
There was a lot more to follow, but I'm sure you, with your patriotic sense of truth, can dig em out easily. It isn't like anybody's hiding those.
I've read Churchill's 'History of the Second World War". The Brits also liquidated all their assets in the States at whatever they could get, to fight the war. Churchill was miffed when Roosevelt sold them on at a handsome profit - but Churchill did it to get the US to understand that the war was theirs too, not a European one.
Be interesting to see what happens to the balance of power when the cases go back to the UK, at the end of the 99-year-lease (in 2039, or so...)
That's another title we see here once every [n] months. I still work on what I used to call a mainframe ("Enterprise Server", or "Big iron", or "my baby") and I expect to still be using a PC for many years.
Slow news day at Slashdot HQ? I bet we see the "can anyone be a programmer or does it take special skills" one soon. (Oh, wait...)
I took a course decades ago that mentioned 'Hygeine needs' - google that. From that sort of thing...
Herzberg asked people about times when they had felt good about their work. He discovered that the key determinants of job satisfaction were Achievement, Recognition, Work itself, Responsibility and Advancement.
He also found that key dissatisfiers were Company policy and administration, Supervision, Salary, Interpersonal relationships and Working conditions.
So - more salary isn't as important a thing as other stuff. If you're underpaid (or think you are), you're unhappy. If you are paid enough you're happy. More than enough isn't a great lift.
I tend to agree - I could earn a helluva lot more in the US or Europe - meantime I'm enjoying low-stress NZ while we raise the kid and walk beaches with the dog. And I earn enough.
Poorly written and full of absurd sweeping generalizations.
Agreed. I've found most Slashdot articles (well, over 98% of them) have absurd sweeping generalizations. And some of them use odd-sounding comparisons for no reason at all, which is like putting pants on a dog.
why moron? it's not that far-fetched to postulate that some creatures here may have come from elsewhere..
Actually it is. I'm not a biologist (INAB?) but I think all species down here on Terra all interrelate in some way. We all have RNA/DNA, etc etc. No, I don't know enough to know what I'm talking about with authority, but our species are all adapted to our planet.
It's not impossible that
a) an outer-space species could exist
b) it would get here
c) it could live and thrive here
- but it is far-fetched.
Possibly called the "Feeling of power". Wasn't there one where a soldier learnt to do computation in his head (multiplication, etc) rather than use a computer. Seniors couldn't believe it, checked his answers against a computer and they were right. When they started making plans to use human pilots to replace computers in missiles/bombs (a pre-runner of these pilotless drones, I just realized) the original soldier killed himself.
Incidentally, the word "Republic" comes from a Latin term meaning "the public thing".
Tut. "Republic" comes from "Res Publica" - 'public matters' (matters as in, concerns) in Greek. I'm fairly sure of that source language as Plato (Greek) wrote a book (well, sorta) called 'The Republic'.
Maybe BO has figured out a way to bring down space fares to a new low,...
Sort of an unfortunate acronym, really. Though I imagine things get pretty high in a confined space where several people sit for a few days, under stress and can't open a window...
For $300 you buy a shitload of books, especially if you go to the used book store.
Damn right. Get him to share your PC, and buy him a set of Harry Potter/Tarzan/. Computer nerds are a dime-a-dozen. People who can use both language and a computer sensibly are harder to find.
However, this is/. - no doubt someone will soon suggest that you give the kid a block of metal and a smelter and get him to make his own PC the hard way, the way they did it.
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Mother Teresa, you say? that 'piece of work' that gets respect and does not deserve it? the one that like it when others suffer, insists, in fact, that others suffer?
that one?
yeah, what a fucking stupid bitch that one is. belief that others MUST SUFFER to get 'grace from god' is bullshit! I'd have spat in her face if I had the chance. what a horrible person, to shield themselves with 'words of god' and yet to hold back unless you convert to her version of religion.
do the research on her before you idolize her. get both sides. there is a dark side that the extreme right wants to deny.
I believe there was a 'tl;dr' version from penn/teller that is also eye-opening about her.
Chris Hitchens's "The Missionary Position" could be the one you're thinking of. He made the point a lot more cogently and with less profanities that you (and with a few more capital letters). But yes, she was a nasty piece of work. Totally agree with your message.
Damn, misread the subject. Thought you said "Goldie Hawn".
Take it away, Goldie...
1. Make (high quality) beer for $15 per litre.
2. Add 20 litres of water per litre of beer.
3. Sell beer for $1 per litre.
4. Claim beer is cheapest in the world.
You missed
5: Profit!!
Excellent summary - thanks for taking the time.
I find the free MS product excellent, unobtrusive and very very effective. I have way less issues then anyone I know with norton....
Norton installed crap on my NIC driver once. Took me two days to spot it - thought I had a mobo failure. I uninstalled Norton immediately I spotted it, and haven't bought one of their products since.
Yes, but that would cost money, and while I could probably get damages It would be practically impossible to collect on them.
Just let it go.
Yep. Imitation is a form of flattery. Nice work putting together the original video though - get some joy out of the fact that some folks (and now us on /.) know about it and appreciate the time.
...Who cares?
As for the other crowd
I've attended a couple of Tech conferences where the presenters seem to assume that
...
- everyone is, or will be on Facebook
- everyone has, or will have an Apple device (iphone or ipad)
All rather short-sighted. In the past we've seen new ideas come along and be embraced by society and then abandoned. Skateboard parks, CB radios, kung fu
Not to say that Apple doesn't have a large customer base now - but it won't always. Is it really that worthwhile to introduce special handling for people with a special type of device?
Good luck finding my submarine.
Ok. A-2....
I used to live in the Isle of Wight, you inconsiderate clod!
At the least, it got all of the UK's key naval bases in exchange for several old boats, transforming itself into the world's biggest naval power overnight. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyers_for_Bases_Agreement
For that, Roosevelt waited until Churchill had no other option but to beg.
There was a lot more to follow, but I'm sure you, with your patriotic sense of truth, can dig em out easily. It isn't like anybody's hiding those.
I've read Churchill's 'History of the Second World War". The Brits also liquidated all their assets in the States at whatever they could get, to fight the war. Churchill was miffed when Roosevelt sold them on at a handsome profit - but Churchill did it to get the US to understand that the war was theirs too, not a European one.
Be interesting to see what happens to the balance of power when the cases go back to the UK, at the end of the 99-year-lease (in 2039, or so...)
For all the "eggs in one basket" people I'm reminded of the expression: The first rats off a sinking ship are the best swimmers.
I'm not sure if I can understand this metaphor. Any chance you could put it into a car analogy?
That's another title we see here once every [n] months. I still work on what I used to call a mainframe ("Enterprise Server", or "Big iron", or "my baby") and I expect to still be using a PC for many years.
Slow news day at Slashdot HQ? I bet we see the "can anyone be a programmer or does it take special skills" one soon. (Oh, wait...)
I took a course decades ago that mentioned 'Hygeine needs' - google that. From that sort of thing...
Herzberg asked people about times when they had felt good about their work. He discovered that the key determinants of job satisfaction were Achievement, Recognition, Work itself, Responsibility and Advancement.
He also found that key dissatisfiers were Company policy and administration, Supervision, Salary, Interpersonal relationships and Working conditions.
So - more salary isn't as important a thing as other stuff. If you're underpaid (or think you are), you're unhappy. If you are paid enough you're happy. More than enough isn't a great lift.
I tend to agree - I could earn a helluva lot more in the US or Europe - meantime I'm enjoying low-stress NZ while we raise the kid and walk beaches with the dog. And I earn enough.
Poorly written and full of absurd sweeping generalizations.
Agreed. I've found most Slashdot articles (well, over 98% of them) have absurd sweeping generalizations. And some of them use odd-sounding comparisons for no reason at all, which is like putting pants on a dog.
why moron? it's not that far-fetched to postulate that some creatures here may have come from elsewhere..
Actually it is. I'm not a biologist (INAB?) but I think all species down here on Terra all interrelate in some way. We all have RNA/DNA, etc etc. No, I don't know enough to know what I'm talking about with authority, but our species are all adapted to our planet.
It's not impossible that
a) an outer-space species could exist
b) it would get here
c) it could live and thrive here
- but it is far-fetched.
You should have seen the reaction when I added 'Carl' to 'Harpo', 'Cheeco', 'Groucho' and 'Zeppo'.
Just because nobody got the joke and millions died. You don't think he was serious did you?
Should have been Gummo.
However every noob knows 2005 is more recent than 2000.
Unless it's 65 million B.C. "Why do the numbers keep getting smaller and smaller? I mean, what are we counting down for? What are we waiting for?"
[Oblig ID4 reference] Checkmate [/Oblig ID4 reference]
I'm here for you. (Curses - no modpoints)
A site about proctologists???
Oh very droll. Mod parent up.
Asimov (again) said that the Solar System consisted of Jupiter and assorted rubble.
Possibly called the "Feeling of power". Wasn't there one where a soldier learnt to do computation in his head (multiplication, etc) rather than use a computer. Seniors couldn't believe it, checked his answers against a computer and they were right. When they started making plans to use human pilots to replace computers in missiles/bombs (a pre-runner of these pilotless drones, I just realized) the original soldier killed himself.
Incidentally, the word "Republic" comes from a Latin term meaning "the public thing".
Tut. "Republic" comes from "Res Publica" - 'public matters' (matters as in, concerns) in Greek. I'm fairly sure of that source language as Plato (Greek) wrote a book (well, sorta) called 'The Republic'.
Sorry to be such a pedant.
Maybe BO has figured out a way to bring down space fares to a new low, ...
Sort of an unfortunate acronym, really. Though I imagine things get pretty high in a confined space where several people sit for a few days, under stress and can't open a window...
Or a better idea..
For $300 you buy a shitload of books, especially if you go to the used book store.
Damn right. Get him to share your PC, and buy him a set of Harry Potter/Tarzan/. Computer nerds are a dime-a-dozen. People who can use both language and a computer sensibly are harder to find.
/. - no doubt someone will soon suggest that you give the kid a block of metal and a smelter and get him to make his own PC the hard way, the way they did it.
However, this is
No, it cuts both ways. When I wrote and researched my book, The Dictator's Handbook, it was clear governments are able to make easy use of this data.
An updated version of Machiavelli's 'The Prince'? Goodness me.