Comment: The difference between doctors and god (Score 4, Funny) 659
God doesn't think he's a doctor.
Comment: False dichotomy (Score 2) 758
Left and right are not the only options.
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz
Comment: Hmm, what's the appropriate response? (Score 1) 597
Oh yeah, I know: Fuck you DHS. "Terrorism" is not the root password to the constitution.
Comment: The Resurgence of Lisp Is At Hand (Score 4, Funny) 193
We already have Lisp. All other languages are unnecessary.
Comment: Re:Free the data (Score 1) 246
Rudely replying to my own post.
We don't even need to rely on the government database. Web cams in private cars feeding data to REST service at an aggregating website, maybe with a Raspberry Pi onboard to do some preprocessing....
Excuse me, I have some hacking to do.
Comment: Free the data (Score 1) 246
If the government is using our money to build these systems, they should make the data available publicly, in real time. While I'd much rather they didn't collect it at all, knowing where the police cruisers are at all times would be some small compensation.
Comment: There is only one top priority (Score 1) 304
Keep your list of projects and tasks within projects in priority order. If management wants to increase the priority of something, they need to see that means lowering the priority of something else.
Comment: Don't be evil (Score 1) 250
Looks like Google needs a new slogan.
Comment: Re:Hunchentoot (Score 1) 519
Same thing for me, except with CLozure CL instead of SBCL. Works beautifully and the expressiveness of Lisp means that you get more functionality with less code.
Comment: Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice (Score 1) 249
"Centrist" isn't automatically correct. This country was founded by extremists who created a constitution based on individual liberty and very limited government. That's what we need, not more mealy mouthed compromise.
Comment: Re:Eliminate districts (Score 5, Insightful) 102
Perhaps you should spend some time looking into alternative voting systems before flaming on Slashdot.
In an at large system with N representatives for M people, any candidate getting M/N votes will get a seat. That increases the chances of a minority view being heard.
In a gerrymandered system, the incumbent parties can ensure that the minority view is spread out over every district, diluting it to insignificance.
Comment: Eliminate districts (Score 4, Insightful) 102
Districting only serves to virtually guarantee safe seats for the incumbent parties. We need at large elections to increase the representation of minority views and weaken the established players.
Comment: Re:Anyone still feeling generous? (Score 1) 1223
Got three, thanks! Will be sending out others shortly.
Comment: Anyone still feeling generous? (Score 1) 1223
patrick(at)softwarematters.org, please.
Thanks!
+ - DN4ever publisher fires PR firm over threats->
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mcgrew writes "From PC Mag:
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"On Tuesday, "Duke Nukem Forever" publisher 2K Games fired its PR agency for threatening to blacklist journalists who gave the game a negative review. "2K Games does not endorse the comments made by Jim Redner and we can confirm that The Redner Group no longer represents our products," 2K Games spokesman Charlie Sinhaseni said in an email. "We have always maintained a mutually respectful working relationship with the press and do not condone his actions in any way."
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