Comment Everything will be provided (Score 1) 808
Just like in the book _Player Piano_ , most of us will be 'Reeks and Wrecks'.
Comment Climate Game Strategy (Score 2) 227
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
Comment Re:Set goals based on an individual's IQ (Score 1) 622
The less racist way would be to test children's IQ's and use the number to set a goal for achievement.
IIirc, Player Piano (Kurt Vonnegut ) uses the idea of testing/jobs based on IQ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_Piano
Comment Re:As a Canadian (Score 0) 881
I used to drive a car, and I almost died in one when it crashed! Cars are horrible things - I'm glad we still have horses!
I offered a real world example, you offered a hypothetical. Responses like that make me sad for society. Is that 'Cognitive dissonance' of which you suffer? I am sure your single payer system covers that.....after many years and many ruined lives confirmed a need to declare it a 'real' problem.
Next!
Comment Re:As a Canadian (Score 0, Flamebait) 881
As an American, I used to be part of a single payer system of the US Government; I almost died because of said system
Luckily, a hospital (outside the approved, previously mentioned system) had been built closer to our apartment; my life was saved there.
Sounds like your 'Single Payer' is the new 'Stockholm Syndrome'.
Plus here is a reporter telling how she was told to not use NHS:
http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2012/08/meredith-vieira-recaps-the-london-olympics/
Thanks for playing!
Nestle's GPS Tracking Candy Campaign 172
colinneagle writes "In a cool yet creepy marketing campaign, Nestle plans to stalk UK consumers. The company kicked off a unique promotion called 'We will find you' that involves GPS trackers embedded in chocolate bars. When a winning consumer opens the wrapper, it activates and notifies the prize team who promises to track them down within 24 hours to deliver a check for £10,000. A Nestle spokesman added that 'inside their wrappers, the GPS-enabled bars looked just like normal chocolate bars.'"
Comment Re:TLDR? Summary (Score 1) 926
Personally I had a vasectomy once I'd had two children - that's one each to replace me and my partner. Me fathering any more would be irresponsible.
Thank you for limiting other people's choices in life. Now I am forced to have a child just to replace myself. Why can't I choose not to have any kids and let some other couple who choose to love 3 kids take on that responsibility?
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M: Oh look, this isn't an argument.
A: Yes it is.
M: No it isn't. It's just contradiction.
Comment The Outer Limits (Score 1) 252
had an episode about an effective interrogation technique, maybe the FBI could just adapt it to fellow human beings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_Mercy_(The_Outer_Limits)
Comment uninstall (Score 1) 135
/me uninstalls SELinux.
Comment 2 Weeks of Pascal (Score 1) 116
I had a blast at UVA's summer enrichment program. It looks like the program has changed a bit in 25 years:
http://curry.virginia.edu/community-programs/student-enrichment/sep/summer
Comment Single system of measurement (Score 1) 2288
Se vi advocate por a single sistemo da measurement al esti
used en la mondo, fari vi ankau advocate por a single lingvo
al esti used tutmonda kiel nu?
danki vi por any information.
Comment Re:BGPMon Analysis (Score 1) 840
So are the peers physically down, or just not announcing any prefixes? If it is a matter of (un)announced prefixes, then couldn't the points to which the peering points connect (or major points on the net) just statically route the blocks that were available last week as seen in BGPlay? Just wondering
Pumpkin Pie increases Male Sex Drive 173
Dr. Alan Hirsch, Director of Chicago's Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Center, says the key to a man's heart, and other parts, is pumpkin pie. Out of the 40 odors tested in Hirsch's study, a mixture of lavender and pumpkin pie got the biggest rise out of men ages 18 to 64. That particular fragrance was found to increase penile blood flow by an average of 40%. "Maybe the odors acted to reduce anxiety. By reducing anxiety, it acted to remove inhibitions," said Hirsch.
FBI and NYPD Officers Sent On Museum Field Trip 70
In an attempt to "refresh their sense of inquiry" FBI agents, and NYPD officers are being sent to a course at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Art of Perception hopes to improve an officers' ability to accurately describe what they see during an investigation by studying art. From the article: "Amy Herman, the course leader, said: 'We're getting them off the streets and out of the precincts, and it refreshes their sense of inquiry. They're thinking, "Oh, how am I doing my job," and it forces them to think about how they communicate, and how they see the world around them.' Ms Herman, an art historian, originally developed the course for medical students, but successfully pitched it as a training course to the New York Police Academy."
Geek Squad Sends Cease-and-Desist Letter To God Squad 357
An anonymous reader writes "A Wisconsin priest has God on his car but Best Buy's lawyers on his back. Father Luke Strand at the Holy Family Parish in Fond Du Lac says he has received a cease-and-desist letter from the electronics retailer. From the article: 'At issue is Strand's black Volkswagen Beetle with door stickers bearing the name "God Squad" in a logo similar to that of Best Buy's Geek Squad, a group of electronics troubleshooters. Strand told the Fond du Lac Reporter that the car is a creative way to spur discussion and bring his faith to others. Best Buy Co. tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that it appreciates what Strand is trying to do, but it's bad precedent to let groups violate its trademarks.'"
