Comment Re:what a waste of money (Score 4, Funny) 190
You obliviously know nothing about science. Until we eliminate all carbon dioxide from the earth's atmosphere, humanity will be in danger.
You obliviously know nothing about science. Until we eliminate all carbon dioxide from the earth's atmosphere, humanity will be in danger.
I suspect that Eisenhower was smart enough to know the difference between mindless, chest-thumping patriotism and the real thing.
I'm getting a little tired of the lionization of this guy too. I have to wonder if he would be as celebrated in the media if he weren't so young, charismatic, and good-looking. Hackers get busted all the time for doing much less innocuous stuff, and there are plenty of important cases out there with much more import on tech and privacy issues. But it always seems to be the good-looking young guys whose faces end up splashed all over the media as the hacker heroes.
Those of you who believe that an H-1B worker is paid less than a domestic worker don't know anything about the requirements of the program. In order to be H-1B eligible a position has to pay at least the prevailing wage for the job title in the region that the job is located.
Not if the "prevailing wage" has already been artificially lowered by the presence of so many H1-B workers. An a regular American work can also do things like quit if the job sucks and ask for raises.
There is a reason for the H-1B demand, and it is not money, it is skill.
No, there are plenty of skilled workers in the U.S. They just won't work for slave wages and can't be treated like disposable indentured servants or threatened with deportation when they ask for a raise.
I prefer to let some other guy die for our freedom, and then celebrate his memory.
I think the airline industry should concentrate on avoiding airline crashes.
Clearly Eugene Spafford must be put in charge immediately, since none of the rest of us have figured any of this out!
He's not actually trying to hide unpleasant or embarrassing aspects of his past - what he seems to want is for the article to reflect his own version of those events
What's the difference?
Maybe he should team up with Donald Sterling and form a "Selfless Jews For Just Helping out the Kids" Foundation.
It was before the Book of Mormon.
The best part is
Some people have wondered why I do not have a robust presence online. Well, unfortunately, my identity was once stolen. And when that happens, you think twice about posting anything online. I have not even created a LinkedIn profile.
I think I had a Nigerian prince write me last week with the same story.
I suspect that many scammer Kickstarters have a mass of pledges just as fake as yours--only not intended for humor, but rather "self-giving" to create buzz and give the impression of legitimacy. I doubt very seriously that most of that $500,000 they've raised on this particular campaign is real.
But this does raise a real point. Kickstarter needs some basic donor protections and means of reporting scams. Otherwise they'll just devolve in a feeding ground for con men and no one will take any project posted there seriously.
That's unpossible. Most of us don't even read Slashdot.
Getting water on Mars isn't like digging a well on Earth. It's more akin to getting gold ore by processing tons of Alaskan dirt. It would be a huge operation, requiring a shitload of equipment and power--all just to support a small outpost.
The sooner all the animals are extinct, the sooner we'll find their money. - Ed Bluestone
