Comment Re:Socialism! (Score 1) 482
Give me a single example of socialism without rampant cronyism, and maybe I'll believe YOU.
Sweden.
Give me a single example of socialism without rampant cronyism, and maybe I'll believe YOU.
Sweden.
But it's fine for the 0.01% to rewrite the laws to allow themselves to seize an ever-greater portion of the national profits?
So basically, what you're saying is "The rich and powerful are corrupting the government. The only solution is more government!"
No, but nice try to sneak in that tired meme yet again.
Pay attention now. What we are saying is that the solution is a government that is more responsive to it's citizens and less of a grinning lackey for big business and the 1%. If you were at all familiar with the history of of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, you'd understand what a disastrous path we are on right now.
It's very easy for an arrogant scientist to say that it was stupid, but what was a better option? In our more enlightened era, we don't dispose of them at all, instead we keep shuttling them around. I'd argue that the waste is much better disposed of there than it isn't now.
Making an observation of an incontrovertible fact is not, in any way, "arrogant". And to suggest that no one had any idea that just sinking a shipload of incredibly toxic shit was a bad idea at the time is also "stupid". "They" knew. Most of those impacted did not, so "they" knew that they'd get away with it.
This type of monitoring makes me nervous.
Those who are not guilty of something have nothing to fear. Right? The rest of us can sleep easier knowing that someone is watching.
Considered what happened to Aaron Swartz, this prosecutor should lose the case.
Huh? I mean, Swartz got fucked, no question about it, but what the hell are you talking about here?
For democrats, it mainly comes down to the belief that their guy will give them free stuff...
[citation needed]
How come proven liars such as Pelosi and Feinstein, and Boehner and McConnel keep on getting re-elected despite all the goddamn things that they have done?
Are the USian voters so damn stupid?
TFTFY
And yes, they are. They have voted against their own self interest more times than not in national elections for the last 40 years.
Which, at today's rates for experienced Software Engineers, is around $100 (considering taxation).
So you work all the time? Sucks to be you.
No, but I value my free time similarly to how my employer values my work time. That's the point. I'd rather not spend it schlepping that box of Tide that I need.
And yes, it does suck to be me, but not for the reasons you think.
Yeah an April Fool's Joke is supposed to be subtle. Not that Slashdot has ever posted anything funny previously but this is seriously lame.
Apparently, double entendre is just too subtle for some people to grasp.
"After all, wealthier people have been shown to drive more recklessly than those who make less money. For example Steve Jobs was known to park in handicapped spots and drive around without license plates." Let me explain this to you. Reckless means an action that puts people in danger.
OK, let me make it more clear, you know, so that you can't take some disingenuous smart-ass dodge like the above...
"...wealthier people have been shown to drive more recklessly and to otherwise act like self-centered pricks more often then poor people." Seriously. Take a look sometime and see which group gives more, as a percentage of income, to charity. According to the account, Jobs was a self-centered prick and should have had to pay for it, at the same effective rate as the janitor who cleaned his toilet. The fines are indeed intended to change behavior. If it doesn't hurt, it won't.
Understanding is always the understanding of a smaller problem in relation to a bigger problem. -- P.D. Ouspensky
