"Name me one right--just ONE--that gay people have, or are seeking, that straight people do not enjoy."
Isn't the opposite true as well? Straight people aren't allowed to marry people of their own gender either. I realize that's not your point, but don't gay people in fact have exactly the same rights as straight people?
Where I live suicide attempts are legal. Does that mean I'm being discriminated against, because another man can attempt to kill himself and if he fails, he will not be punished, yet if I kill him I'll be thrown in jail for the rest of the life?
No, everyone has the same right: Everyone is allowed to kill himself, just like everyone is allowed to marry a person of the opposite sex.
You may go: "But I'm not like other people, I don't care about killing myself, I want to be able to kill my friend!" or "But I'm not like other people, I don't care about marrying women, I want to marry a man!"
Maybe it IS unfair, but everyone has the same rights, because your friend may not kill you either and other men may not marry each other either.
Sorry for comparing homosexuality to murder and suicide, I was just trying to show that everyone has the same rights, perhaps BadAnalogyGuy can come up with something better.
By the way, I fully support gay marriages, I feel that if that's what makes people happy, then they should have it, since they're not hurting anyone, but I don't see how gay people don't have the same rights as everyone else. I could understand it if you had to take some kind of gay test and if you were tested positive, you would no longer be allowed to drive a car. THEN gay people would not have the same rights as everyone else, but as it is, I think they have the exact same rights as me. The rights may be unfair by not allowing people to marry someone of their own sex, but they're the same rights. I'm not allowed to sleep with other men's wives either, even though THEY may, but I have the same rights as them, because they're not allowed to sleep with my wife either.
I can't see a single non-bullshit reason not to claim such a prize... if you genuinely can.
I don't believe in that stuff either, but... money isn't everything and someone who could do something like that probably feels enough like a freak already and perhaps isn't interested in the kind of attention they would get from claiming such a prize.
So, no, I don't believe in supernatural powers, but there are certainly reasons for not participating in those contests. And if I could do that kinda stuff, I would find another way to make money, that wouldn't result in the entire world chasing me for the rest of my life, because I could cure them or tell them the future or whatever.
Couldn't agree more. If you can't see the signs in time to slow down if that's required, then you are going too fast, regardless of what the last sign said.
Is this really a problem? Can't the malware just install a mouse driver and get that to send the necessary mouse click so Windows thinks it's a physical mouse button being pressed?
Unless you need to click Accept when plugging in a mouse?
In 1958, preteen children Richie Tozier, Mike Hanlon, Beverly Marsh, Bill Denbrough, Eddie Kaspbrak, Ben Hanscom, and Stan Uris each have horrifying encounters with the creature. [...] Beverly comes up with an idea that would bind them together for the possible return of It. Under the protest of her male friends, she proceeds to have sexual intercourse with each of them as a way to strengthen the bond between them. [Emphasis added]
Electors are not required to vote for the candidate who won their state -- in fact, 24 states make it a criminal offense to vote otherwise
Someone please explain that sentence to me, because to me it sounds like: "In the US, driving you car on the sidewalks is allowed -- in fact you'll go to jail in most states if you do so."
Interesting to go back and reread those comments now, see who thought the CEO was "a man who gets things done" and who thought he was "a man who can drive your company in to the ground faster than a failed Falcon 1" and "a man who is altogether too comfortable with profanity and who cares little for the problems faced by his team".
Disclaimer: I didn't post in the original discussion, but I was also curious if that attitude would work when launching rockets. I guess he proved it did.:)
And I did precisely nothing to promote that I have found a solution to that particular problem.
Well, you did blog about it on a webserver connected to the WWW, which you must know is indexed by a lot of search engines.
If I know that a Google Street View van will be driving around in my neighborhood and I paint something on the outer walls of my house so the van will photo it and people will see it online, won't you say I'm promoting it?
In other words, I don't think saying you "did precisely nothing to promote that you have found a solution" is correct at all, you actually did a lot to promote it by blogging about it.
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Correct, but you forgot to mention why we have to pay. We're paying for access to http://dr.dk/, whether we want to use it or not.
IF B$ = "N" or "n"
Last time I checked that didn't work very well. :)
It doesn't work in Internet Explorer, I just see ^H a lot.
b) it's quiet, the neighbourhood is quiet, wife is most likely asleep, it's quiet.
Perhaps, but what I really want to know is: Is it quiet? :)
"Name me one right--just ONE--that gay people have, or are seeking, that straight people do not enjoy."
Isn't the opposite true as well? Straight people aren't allowed to marry people of their own gender either. I realize that's not your point, but don't gay people in fact have exactly the same rights as straight people?
Where I live suicide attempts are legal. Does that mean I'm being discriminated against, because another man can attempt to kill himself and if he fails, he will not be punished, yet if I kill him I'll be thrown in jail for the rest of the life?
No, everyone has the same right: Everyone is allowed to kill himself, just like everyone is allowed to marry a person of the opposite sex.
You may go:
"But I'm not like other people, I don't care about killing myself, I want to be able to kill my friend!"
or
"But I'm not like other people, I don't care about marrying women, I want to marry a man!"
Maybe it IS unfair, but everyone has the same rights, because your friend may not kill you either and other men may not marry each other either.
Sorry for comparing homosexuality to murder and suicide, I was just trying to show that everyone has the same rights, perhaps BadAnalogyGuy can come up with something better.
By the way, I fully support gay marriages, I feel that if that's what makes people happy, then they should have it, since they're not hurting anyone, but I don't see how gay people don't have the same rights as everyone else. I could understand it if you had to take some kind of gay test and if you were tested positive, you would no longer be allowed to drive a car. THEN gay people would not have the same rights as everyone else, but as it is, I think they have the exact same rights as me. The rights may be unfair by not allowing people to marry someone of their own sex, but they're the same rights. I'm not allowed to sleep with other men's wives either, even though THEY may, but I have the same rights as them, because they're not allowed to sleep with my wife either.
I don't get it.
I can't see a single non-bullshit reason not to claim such a prize... if you genuinely can.
I don't believe in that stuff either, but... money isn't everything and someone who could do something like that probably feels enough like a freak already and perhaps isn't interested in the kind of attention they would get from claiming such a prize.
So, no, I don't believe in supernatural powers, but there are certainly reasons for not participating in those contests. And if I could do that kinda stuff, I would find another way to make money, that wouldn't result in the entire world chasing me for the rest of my life, because I could cure them or tell them the future or whatever.
Couldn't agree more. If you can't see the signs in time to slow down if that's required, then you are going too fast, regardless of what the last sign said.
I shocked him via a remote shock collar.
Wait, what? Is that even legal? Even if it is legal, don't you think it's wrong?
"I like blond chicks"
Did you ever heard that was a problem?
Actually that was exactly what she said and yes, it's a problem for her now. :)
Is this really a problem? Can't the malware just install a mouse driver and get that to send the necessary mouse click so Windows thinks it's a physical mouse button being pressed?
Unless you need to click Accept when plugging in a mouse?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel)
In 1958, preteen children Richie Tozier, Mike Hanlon, Beverly Marsh, Bill Denbrough, Eddie Kaspbrak, Ben Hanscom, and Stan Uris each have horrifying encounters with the creature. [...] Beverly comes up with an idea that would bind them together for the possible return of It. Under the protest of her male friends, she proceeds to have sexual intercourse with each of them as a way to strengthen the bond between them. [Emphasis added]
Now that you mention Stephen King, didn't the children in It have sex to defeat the clown?
Thank you very much. :)
Thank you for trying, but now I'm even more confused. :)
Electors are not required to vote for the candidate who won their state -- in fact, 24 states make it a criminal offense to vote otherwise
Someone please explain that sentence to me, because to me it sounds like: "In the US, driving you car on the sidewalks is allowed -- in fact you'll go to jail in most states if you do so."
The failure proves the parallel structure of the universe.
How many times does it have to break down before we have definite proof? Surely once or twice is not proof of anything.
So far though, no one has shown up that lacks consciousness.
We don't know that. I know for sure that *I* have consciousness, but I can never know for sure about anyone else.
"Optimism, pessimism, f-ck that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work."
http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=638755&cid=24508563
Interesting to go back and reread those comments now, see who thought the CEO was "a man who gets things done" and who thought he was "a man who can drive your company in to the ground faster than a failed Falcon 1" and "a man who is altogether too comfortable with profanity and who cares little for the problems faced by his team".
Disclaimer: I didn't post in the original discussion, but I was also curious if that attitude would work when launching rockets. I guess he proved it did. :)
And while we're being pedantic:
And I did precisely nothing to promote that I have found a solution to that particular problem.
Well, you did blog about it on a webserver connected to the WWW, which you must know is indexed by a lot of search engines.
If I know that a Google Street View van will be driving around in my neighborhood and I paint something on the outer walls of my house so the van will photo it and people will see it online, won't you say I'm promoting it?
Doesn't this count as promoting Target? http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/maps/roof-wanted-for-google-maps-ad-149029.php
In other words, I don't think saying you "did precisely nothing to promote that you have found a solution" is correct at all, you actually did a lot to promote it by blogging about it.
Haha, good one. :)
Or do you believe everything you read?
Only on Slashdot. :)
Informative? Well, I suppose his did tell us his birthday. My birthday is February 24th, 1980. Now mod me up!
So many funny replies to this article, but yours is by far the best. Hilarious, simply hilarious. :)
I just spent my last mod point and then someone makes the best post ever, damnit. :(