I confess, I had to look that up. My comment was probably more incendiary than necessary, largely because of my irritation with the presumption of the phrase "If you'll just stop and think for a moment." Nonetheless, I find the web hosting plug in the sig spammy. Does this mean we aren't friends anymore?
If you'll just stop and think for a moment, you'll realize that people aren't smashing down 44oz of sugar. They're drinking 44 fluid ounces of a soft drink, sweetened with sugar and/or high-fructose corn syrup. I agree with your basic idea that the US shouldn't try to be a nanny state, but I think that your point comes across better without the mistake.
I've stopped and thought. I realized I am not interested in this subject, and that your correction of exomondo's post is little more than an excuse to post something. How's that web hosting business you're spamming your sig line coming?
Think about it... A good algorithm should be smart enough to filter out unwanted content such as ads
I'm thinking about it. Does it filter out product placement? Does Rocky still buy the chicken?
Scintillate, Scintillate, Diminutive Stellar Orb,
How inexplicable to me it seems the stupendous problem of your existence.
Elevated at such an immeasurable distance in an apparently perpendicular direction from this terrestrial planet which we occupy,
Resembling in thy dazzling and unapproachable effulgence, a gem of purest carbon set solitaire in a university of space.
Ultra64, are you expecting us to believe that you genuinely don't understand the fears of those in this forum who oppose your optimistic view of the way data collected on customers of these services will be used? Or are you just baiting and enjoying the argument? If the former, you are one interesting character, and the conversation should proceed. If the latter, you're a troll, and fun as it may be, we should all stop feeding you.
called "Google Private", where they take a subscription fee from you for services and in return, they send noise data to their marketing customers about you while providing you with a list of all entities that make user-specific queries about you.
>It's a laptop that happens to have a detachable keyboard.
Well, duh. Every Windows tablet is a laptop with a detachable keyboard.
Well, duh! Every observation is obvious when you're repeating it with the words "Well, duh!" in front of it. Let's face it, everybody knows that. Aren't you glad you contributed to the thread?
That novel was nothing but a gimmick, with the stupid writing style changing as he got smarter. The plot was lame and predictable. Glad to see he won't be producing anymore shitty novels in this world.
Hello, flamebait. When you die, your comments will not be missed. This reply is the most use your life has ever served. Give to the poor now while you still can.
Don't worry. No one will post on Slashdot when YOU die.
Wow. I mean...wow. What makes something science fiction, antdude?
:) That is funny. The reason I was calling your take on Mi's post "creepy" is because I think the notion of an ordained state-run party of scientists and their opinions is scary, even if they are large enough to make up a "vast majority". It sounds like some kind of whitecoat Spanish Inquisition.
Crazy? For realsies? I have both versions. Now I must know!
I know he's kidding, he was using hyperbole to suggest that this is government overreach. I don't think it is.
Even creepier. Also, I consulted every site on the Internet and a consortium of literature professors, and they told me you don't know what "hyperbole" means. You may have been looking for "satire".
No. There are way more of us than you, and we have more Internet than you. You got Americans to watch your glossy, soapy, US-television-imitating Doctor Who remake. Isn't that enough? Now go back to your beans on toast, and stop making unreasonable requests.
He was kidding, Amicus. You're creeping me out.
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulders of giants. -- Isaac Newton
