Perhaps ideas like a Universal Basic Income become relevant in a future society devoid of meaningful work.

The world will *always* need ditch diggers....

I felt that way until my child's teacher decided FB was the right way to disseminate information about classroom activities

Wouldn't that discriminate against families, maybe poor ones that don't have an internet connection...maybe not even a computer in the house.

It isn't like the internet/FB is a right....

We could also redirect some of that 85 billion a month going to Wall Street right now.

Are you talking about $$ from private investors into private/public businesses?

Who is it to decide to take money from private individuals and companies in the US???

I don't mind the govt giving money...but I don't see it in the US constitution for the govt to start taking money from its citizens to do this type thing??

actually I have to disagree. It is so much easier to stay connected to friends that have long moved away and to reconnect with friends that move back. Of course I am older than most people on Slashdot so yes I have friends that moved away 15 years ago and then move back to town that I want to reconnect with. It is makes me feel more connected with my brother that lives 3 hours away to see his posts daily on facebook. I do call and talk with him a couple of times a month but with facebook it is daily. Of course I used to do the same thing with email but email is less popular than it once was.

See...I pretty much email, text, phone daily with my friends around the country...the ones that live near me, I do same and see them personally as much as I want to....and I don't have FB snooping on me and my activities and relationships.

I know I can be tracked with my other methods, but at least I'm not making easy for the corps and govt. to do so.

I've never been on one (don't really consider /. to be one), am not missing anything. I still interact with my many friends in meatspace, or the occasional phone call, text or email.

So what you're saying then is that it's fine to break the law, and put other people's lives at risk by speeding through a junction as the lights change, as long as your car is powerful?

Yep!!

It's one thing to be insulted online. It's another altogether to be stalked online.

My original post:

Geez, grow a pair, eh? I mean, it is just words. If some online troll's comments are gonna ruin your day, get ready for the real world in a few years, where no one gives a damn about your self esteem, and you have to grow up, grow a bit thicker skin and get on with your life and fight to succeed.

I'm not talking about real threats of death or harm, but just someone spewing off online or even in person. Life is not all "touchy-feely", unicorns and kittens. Growing up, you learn to deal with idiots, asshole and those who don't like you (Yes, there always will be some that do not like you and are not your friend)....you learn to ignore that, shake it off and stick with the people that do love and care for you and move on through your life.

Seriously, thicken that skin and get on with your life and don't worry what the idiots say. You shouldn't have time for them.

You can see I said I wasn't talking about people actually threatening your life in meatspace from online....

But that brings up another question due to your answer. What exactly is ONLINE stalking? I know what it is in meatspace, someone physically following you, etc. But online? Who gives a shit? That stuff isn't real. If your whole world online is your *real* world, then you have more problems that just some troll giving you a hard time on FB or forums.

If someone is threatening your life in meatspace, from any medium, there are already laws on the books about that.

But for just to your panties in a wad over what an internet troll does or says about you, shows you really need to have a bit thicker skin.

Internet is not real life.

I mean, it is just words. If some online troll's comments are gonna ruin your day, get ready for the real world in a few years, where no one gives a damn about your self esteem, and you have to grow up, grow a bit thicker skin and get on with your life and fight to succeed.

I'm not talking about real threats of death or harm, but just someone spewing off online or even in person.

Life is not all "touchy-feely", unicorns and kittens. Growing up, you learn to deal with idiots, asshole and those who don't like you (Yes, there always will be some that do not like you and are not your friend)....you learn to ignore that, shake it off and stick with the people that do love and care for you and move on through your life.

Seriously, thicken that skin and get on with your life and don't worry what the idiots say. You shouldn't have time for them.

Anyway, I have better uses of my time than to waste another minute with you.

We knew what was going on when you ran your anti-IBM campaign, sometimes even positioning yourself as arguing on behalf of our community. It was a way to lend credence to IBM and MS arguments during the SCO issue. To state otherwise is deceptive, perhaps even self-deceptive.

Florian, you would not be devoting all of this text to explaining yourself if you didn't feel the need to paint your actions in a positive light. That comes from guilt, whether you admit it to yourself or not.

Go write your app, and if you actually get to make any money with it you can give thanks, because it will happen despite what you worked for previously. Keep a low profile otherwise because your credibility is well and truly blown and you can only make things worse. And maybe someday you can really move past this part of your life. But I am not holding out much hope.

I don't get this.

When I'm watching something I enjoy, either via OTA HD or Netflix, the last thing I'm going to do is "quick! switch to another device!"

Watching a film, documentary or "episode" is much more enjoyable watched in one sitting. If I have to switch to another device I will watch at a later time when my attention isn't split.

Hm....you never watch a movie and have to go to the can?

:)

If anyone thinks that it is a small number of people that drink and drive, take a look at most any parking lot outside any bar in the US>

Do you actually think all those cars are driven by the designated driver? That all those people have only 1 or less drinks?

Those empty lots mean most everyone is driving at some level of impairment. It happens and most people don't get in trouble for it, nor are they serious danger to anyone else on the road.

People naturally drive and meet at bars, they have drinks, they have to get home and they do.

You rarely see a bar parking lot very full after closing time do you?

So you violated the speeding law, based on an assumption about a yellow light time(which varies both per light and electrical fluctuation), thus jeopardizing others. You need to have you drivers license taking away....

By doing what I suggested I do, I actually AM driving with the general road conditions in this area...if you stop at a light that turns yellow, you will be rear ended by at least 2 cars.

The smart thing to do around here is to get your ass through the intersection in the yellow light.

But in general, no...I don't bother looking at the posted speed anywhere unless my radar detector goes off.

I find myself generally going about the same speed as everyone else on the road, perhaps a little faster than some.