So, with the continued attitude that anyone who changes a parameter from the default setting is suddenly a "terrorist", I can only assume that the push for more CS in schools today is nothing more than a lobbyist-driven push to fill privatized prisons.
It might as well be, with felony threats against a 14-year old. Don't be surprised when you can't get any gender to fill a CS classroom with idiotic law enforcement reactions like this.
The problem is that a lot of people buy the whole "I have nothing to hide" line of crap. "Oh, I don't care if they read my email, I have nothing to hide."...
These people allegedly exist, and yet I can ask any one of them for a copy of their internet browsing history, and every one of them of them will find that breach of privacy absolutely appalling and refuse to disclose.
Nothing to hide my ass. I've yet to find someone who's more than willing when it comes to even that information.
I think the "dick pics" line actually really works well. If you think about it from the perspective of the average person, a lot of people buy the NSA's statements that they don't care about the communications of most Americans and that PRISM is necessary to maintain security. After all, a lot of people post everything they do on Facebook or Twitter where anyone can see it.
One of the articles I read on this mentioned that even people who support or don't care about the NSA suddenly cared when they realized that the NSA can see the things they don't post on Facebook (nude pics, sexting, etc).
If framing the NSA's data collection programs as "dick pics" makes more people understand, then I'm all for it.
Do not confuse apathy with stupidity.
The government is monitoring every single path that innocent civilians are taking to communicate these days, under the guise of national security, which is not only unethical, but also illegal under our Constitution.
Do I really need to re-word that simple shit to the point where the pre-school kid gets it? Anyone with a 4th grade education understands.
Just put two reasonably competent people in the cockpit at all times and stop trying to f**k an extra penny out of every dime, you cheap chiselling b*st*rds.
I'm curious which budget do you accuse them of being "cheap" with in this instance...
...the salary budget to pay for reasonably competent pilots, or the medical/psych budget to screen reasonably competent pilots at regular intervals?
It would have perhaps helped if they did not completely ignore the warning signs of depression with this particular pilot. Yet again, likely budget constraints, but perhaps not the ones most obvious.
I kind of agree on the monitoring, but then again it is actually exceedingly rare that planes "disappear", and even in those exceedingly rare cases, monitoring alone wouldn't have changed the fate of the flights in question, so there is bound to be some question about the cost/benefit of such a system.
You're right. It may not change the outcome or prevent an accident, but determining exactly where an accident occurred helps immensely when trying to unearth other clues provided by black boxes and other relevant hardware. We certainly struggled with that last year, but with the appropriate technology planes would not stay missing.
...'If we can stop one missile from destroying one American city,'
Damn, is that all it takes to get a multi-billion dollar defense program justified?
The only thing stronger than the FUD being slung here is the stench of the bullshit coming from it.
No wonder I still have to take my damn shoes off at the airport. Stupid Americans will believe anything under the guise of national security.
Since we've now devolved the divorce down to a damn Facebook message, I'm curious..when will IT SysAdmins start officiating marriages?
Why the hell not? Seems that whole ordained minister thing is pretty much overkill.
Fuck everything, we're doing five blades.
Yeah!
And don't give me any of this "visible to the naked eye" or "only a dog could hear that" bullshit either. Marketing doesn't want to hear that! There will be ZERO excuses as to why we don't develop "high-end" headphones that go to 100,000Hz and 32K screens. Why? Because stupid people will buy anything when advertised as the "best".
No wonder I shave with a DE razor.
If I were to advertise myself as a doctor and walk into a medical convention and start spouting off that we should start using voodoo dolls and leeches to heal people, I would probably never work again.
Why is it that ANYONE puts up with this level of sheer incompetence. And yes, this is incompetence. We you fail to grasp this level of basic understanding of how information is shared across the internet, you fail to qualify for a job to control said information.
She's just not "old-fashioned" or "out of touch". She's an incompetent moron, for not even having the sense to be advised before opening her mouth on something like this.
I believe you think my comment was an endorsement of facebook, when it was actually an assessment on the stupidity of scientology. As for the election of people unworthy to be in office, that's a given. You have state representatives who don't have a basic understanding of the female anatomy trying to regulate women's medical treatments: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... You have had others running for office that think women can magically turn off their bodies ability to become pregnant: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/... There is a resurgence of the anti-intellectualism culture in this country, and it's being elected into positions where it can do unimaginable damage to our country. Stupid people make stupid decisions, and when those stupid people are in public office, they make stupid decisions that fuck up everyone's life. In all honesty, the Kardashian's you speak of would be less stupid than some of those who are in now (and no, that's not an endorsement of the Kardashians).
Agreed and thanks for the clarification on the scientology part. That kind of had me chuckling over my confusion, since I agree with you on every translation.
I don't get why you were modded funny. Your comment deserved to be modded up, but I didn't really find it that funny.
Dunno. Neither did I.
Kinda like... but makes a bit more sense.
Buying twitter followers by the thousands and YouTube narcissists making six figures?
Oh yeah, makes total sense. Just as a Kardashian. You might as well get to know them, one of them is going to be our next US President at this rate of social media worship.
Four digit codger here, I rm'd my facebook profile over a couple of years ago and haven't looked back. It's refreshing. As an uber tek nerd, mmo fiend, etc. now "old codger", take it from me... rm facebook, rm your mmo, limit Steam to a few hours a week, and go outside. Hike, Fish, buy a cheap sailboat and goto the Bahamas or the Keys. Stop searching online for that cool landscape wallpaper for the latest greatest distro you installed, and go outside and see that beautiful landscape in person.
Yeah right.
See that was the marketing genius behind social media. Make it a part of real life and it never needs to be removed from your life. Then you eventually become that addict who feels social media is life, which is why that person you told to "go outside" and enjoy the real world is now standing outside feeding their instagram roll.
No doubt. Buy local, fsck Amazon!
Yes, because your local Wal-Mart is so supportive of local business. I'm sure the dozen or two they shut down when they moved into town hardly felt the financial impact.
Seriously, where the hell do you think people are going to go to find the next best deal on price..
or, you can just run into target and whatever non-walmart grocery chain you have once every week or do. an hour of time.. i mean, come on.. how the hell did we manage before the internets? we managed just fine.
technology and smart phones have made people so fucking lazy.
Yes, you're right. We managed just fine, and we are able to handle it.
Now look to your left. And then to your right.
We don't matter anymore. It's catering to the narcissist generation of humans who demand nothing less than instant gratification. Don't worry though. Reducing the population in the future will be a matter of an extended power outage, as most won't survive offline.
What the gods would destroy they first submit to an IEEE standards committee.
