God, speaking to one of his underlings after the creation of the earth is pointing at some of its wonders. God says, "oh, and this is Canada, it will have a democratic and peacefull native people, it will have unequalled natural beauty, Mountains, seashore, Wild places like nowhere else... later, a great nation will be formed there. One of peace, tolerance, dialogue and understanding. They will not make wars with their enemies, they will appeal to man's good nature. They will care and respect one another. These Canadians will have the respect of other great peoples, but be humble and honest -- respectfull and mindfull of the virtue of others.
to which, God's pion replies "Well, I wonder God, Is it wise bestowing all these great gifts on a single place -- on a single people?"
God replies "well, its not as simple as it looks, wait until the you see the Assholes I put next to them.
Current karma:
5+5+3+5+1+5+1+1+2+1+2+1+1+5+5+1+5+3+5+0+2+1+2+5+0+2= 69.
Talk about irony, eh?
I always believe that a good sig can make someones day, so I'm gonna store the better ones I find here for use. I may even grant fair-use
--- The believer is happy; the doubter is wise
--- The world is run by idiots because they're more efficient than hamsters.
--- How come we choose from just two people to run for president and fifty for Miss America?
--- I wish I could hear the soundtrack to my life. That way I'd know when to duck.
-- "Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing section in a pool." Think about it.
--- If I knew the wedgies I gave you back in 6th grade would have resulted in this . . . I might have taken a moments pause.
--- Is your freedom worth your life?
New as of Nov 6:
Don't you miss the good ol' days when it was the FCC's modem bandwidth regulations rather than the FBI's guns that controlled how fast we browsed?
I wanna be just like Linus when I grow up... No, the one with the blanket
"You can't have everything. Where would you keep it?" -- Steven Wright
Would you cut off your right hand to become left-handed?
"Here's this box, it's FREE!
It may contain candy.
It might contain scorpions."
How can you tell?
When in doubt, f*ck it. When not in doubt, get in doubt!
"The function of freedom is to free someone else." -Toni Morrison
"If imprisonment worked, the United States would be the safest country in the world." --Dr. Kelly Hannah-Moffat
-- We live in a world where lemonade is artificial and soap has real lemon.
It's going to be like the War on Drugs, except it'll take away the rights of white people too.
I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them." -- George H. W. Bush
I wonder where our government will put the concentration camps.
"To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists."
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0237/solomon.php
laugh while you still have the right..
http://www.gluemeat.com/comics/20020705.html
I was very involved in my high school politics... I assasinated 3 class presidents.
Earlier this week I complained about how it's become popular to throw a political spin on every Slashdot article, no matter how irrelevant the connection. This article illustrates that point perfectly. They took what could be a perfectly good story, and subsequent discussion, about a new audio format and turned it into a free-for-all on the evils of watermarking and how Sony is an enemy of fair use.
(Since when does Fair Use entitle you to a perfect digital copy of the source material, anyway? You can exercise your right of fair use by hooking right up to the analogue audio outputs on your CD player.)
I don't want to write another rant about how Slashdot is depressingly political. I just wanted to point out an example of exactly what's pissing me off this week.
I've about had it with Slashdot's political bent. In the past year. Slashdot has gone from an site full of links to interesting and fun things to a mess of misinformation about the DMCA, DRM technology, patents, copyrights, and other issues that-- for reasons that escape me-- are fundamentally offensive to a good chunk of the Slashdot audience.
I believe that reasoned political debate is a wonderful thing. I love talking politics with my friends, whether we agree or disagree. Those sorts of conversations always leave be with the sense that I've learned something new, or heard an opinion that I haven't heard before.
But Slashdot is not the place for reasoned political debate. More often than not, the people who post to Slashdot seem to lack even the most basic information about the topic at hand. Instead of reading and listening and learning about significant issues, the Slashdot readership prefers instead to just repeat the same old litanies: DMCA bad, RIAA bad, MPAA bad, DRM bad, MS bad, Linux good, EFF good, RMS good, capitalism = greed, government = corruption, et cetera, et cetera.
A year ago, the solution was easy: I just chose not to see any articles from the "Your Rights Online" section on the front page. Poof. Done.
Now, half the articles, more or less, make reference to one of the collection of alphabet soup I listed above.
I'm tired of this. I've been an active participant on Slashdot for a long time-- I don't remember precisely how long, but I've posted some 1,200 comments, and I maxed out my karma a long time ago-- but I'm just about ready to give it up. I'm just not finding that much on Slashdot that's worth reading any more.
The major difference between bonds and bond traders is that the bonds will eventually mature.