Comment Re: Infinite (Score 1) 270
You don't seem to grasp the concept "infinity".
It's a mathematical concept, not a description of the real universe.
You don't seem to grasp the concept "infinity".
It's a mathematical concept, not a description of the real universe.
IS is in large part the modern incarnation of the Baath party
Except that IS has a religious rather than secular ideology.
Those atrocities they carry out? they're straight out of the Baath party's playbook from the last 40 years
Hitler, the PIRA and Pol Pot all carried out atrocities, that doesn't make them ideologically similar.
Terrorism is a tactic, not a belief system in its own right.
and after WW2 we allowed the Nazis to remain in power under a different name
Well, apart from the ones we tried and hanged.
My first thought was Dice clickbait; but on second thought, I realized that Slashdot's readership is becoming more and more hyper-political and hyper-partisan, and that's why pure science and nerd culture posts have only the title displayed on the front page, and political, religious, or other contentious posts go in the "Top of the..." list. I blame an influx of people from 4chan and Reddit.
When people say things like this it always makes me wonder whether they think there is some requirement to read every story and every post on slashdot.
No, he's one of the "career intelligence officers" who missed the memo about not admitting that one is an intelligence officer.
You're allowed to be an ex-intelligence officer, surely?
I would find it more amusing to watch them plugged full of
If you think that the Japanese or Nazis in WW2 were more honorable than Al Qaeda, you've got an interesting view of morality.
I can't envision a world where cars can be easily home built from standard parts.
I thought we'll all be 3D printing our cars and houses in five years time?
You aren't a driver
Jesus, you remind me of those people who differentiate between tourists (drunk sheeple with bad tattoos) and travellers (educated, attractive, sophisticated appreciaters of native cultures and cuisine).
The most plausible reason for the inventor to remain anonymous: it's a Ponzi scheme.
You can only get prosecuted for that if you can be identified.
It is quite literally illegal to say that on slashdot.
I used to love pounding out 18-24 hours straight driving to get somewhere
That sentence alone explains why self driving cars are a good idea.
People like you are as bad as drunk drivers.
Traffic authorities? As autonomous vehicles increase, traffic cops will decrease. Besides if we let the government collect all autonomous vehicle data, we are in for some serious trouble. If they use that power to enforce something as frivolous as traffic violations then we have really f***ed ourselves over.
Traffic violations are not frivolous, and if self-driving cars are not obeying them there is a serious problem.
For a fraction of that effort (although a lot more pain an initial expense) we could lay down rails through every suburb and have automated travel cars.
You don't have a clue how capitalism works, do you? If the market says it's more expensive to put in rail everywhere then there's a good bet that it's more effort. Capitalism has its flaws, but relatively efficient allocation of resources is not one of them.
There is no such thing as "the market" any more than "the Invisible Hand". Capitalism in no way offers a magical way of automatically selecting the optimal outcome.
Do you really think that Windows is the best OS?
With an owner-driven car, drive one place to buy clothes (put them in the car), several more miles to buy books (put them in the car), still more miles to buy a shovel and a hedge trimmer (put them in the car), then yet more to buy groceries (put them in the car and drive home). You going to do that on public transport?
If only there was a way of ordering things online and having them delivered to your house.
Your same question applies to ANY union.
(Yes, you could call me a union buster.)
Such bravery. Let me guess, you're in a seven figure salary consulting job and since you can negotiate your own pay and conditions individually direct with the CEO, why can't everyone else?
"The chain which can be yanked is not the eternal chain." -- G. Fitch
