That can go either way. As long as "justice" is non-controversial, it's probably a very good system, if the judged *do* adhere to it. But it's easily subject to corruption by popular movements, and by judges whose idea of justice doesn't match yours.

OTOH, laws are difficult to change, and when a bunch of self-serving bastards control the legislature (common) extremely unjust laws get passed. Which means that judges that are willing to enforce them are a really bad idea.

On the third hand (sorry, but this *isn't* the gripping hand) remember the way justice was shackeled in the US South for nearly a century after the Civil War. That involved judges either ignoring the laws or chosing which ones to notice in an unjust way. But *they* didn't think they were being unjust. They probably thought they were fostering a proper rule of and respect for the law. So neither way is an answer when humans are making the decisions.

If you think your news is good quality enough that you don't need a moderation system, then separate it. Well moderated (i.e., suppress the trolls and flakes) news systems are superior to purely "good quality news", but they do require extra effort to maintain. And "suppress the trolls and flakes" should not be taken as a license to suppress anyone who disagrees with you. Which is were most sites get into problems (if they even attempt to be honest and fair).

OTOH, a quality news site isn't all that common. I know a couple that work in restricted areas, where most people don't have a major ax to grind, but even there, say, biology news is subject to politically inspired attacks.

So the moderated comments section could be separated from the news section, but there should be two-way links (I want to say bijective links) between them. Slashdot is one extreme, where there's almost NO news reporting, merely aggregation without concerning oneself over the quality of the original source or story. Other sites have varying degrees of requirements on how to post.

As to why do it? Sites with public commentary get more hits.

"The Italian navigator has landed in the new world. The natives are friendly."

FWIW, I don't rate day traders much higher than I do HFT traders. Both are parasites....occasionally slightly useful, but not sufficiently enough so to justify their existence.

That didn't happen until after the cartilage was first damaged. Afterwards, things are different.

OTOH, there are many ways to damage cartilage. The most common one is probably habitually sitting too long in a chair. This deforms the shape, making it too thin in a place where it should be thicker. *This* makes it easier to tear. And after that, then running CAN damage you.

Not a real problem. Since it's just an exercycle I switched the pedals to non-clip pedals, and I just don't use clips. I don't use it that hard, or that often, so that seems a good enough solution.

FWIW, several brands of shoe come in my size, and probably even larger. And I'm sure that they could be ordered larger than the store normally carries.

I was really just expressing my astonishment that pedals with clips were all too small.

OK. What I know is that exercise doesn't make me feel better or happier.

Now this was true even before I had injured myself exercising, so I don't believe that this is due to injuries or physical disabilities. And at one point I was on the track team, so I HAVE exercised sufficiently to have experienced the effect were it present. (I clearly don't do that anymore, and the injury is only one of the reasons.)

OTOH, if I remember back to when I was 8, the effect was then present. Perhaps it was social reinforcement? (I didn't experience that on the track team, as I was never speedy, merely strong. So my area was shot-put. And even there I wasn't exceptionally good. But we all trained at all the events ... except pole-vaulting. Only a couple of people trained for that.)

So they need a better moderation system. This means that they need to start with a reliable coterie of users to whom the award moderator priviledges. Better not give the priviledges too often, or they'll get boring. So you need more moderators. (Start to sound familiar?)

Slashdot actually does a very good job on this. Not perfect, but quite good. The moderation system needs some editorial supervision, and people should be warned if they are doing a poor job. And I'd prefer that there be two independent categories of moderation. One for "worthwhile" and another for "tone", where things that are overly strident get marked down, and things that are reasonable get marked up, with a moderate position in between. Then there could be a double filter, one that could be used to moderate out stupid comments, and another that could be used to allow through only a selected range of stridencies. Presumable True would rate highly on worthwhile, but would often be filtered out because it was boring.

Handles (pseudonyms) are superior to anonymity for that purpose, though. This is only true, however, as long as handles are relatively anonymous. Once handles are closely tied to names, then true anonymity is again superior.

Well, in the 1930's, I believe it was, and elevator operator got hired because of his physics papers. IIRC his name was Fremi.

Unhhhh.... I really doubt that "Anonymous Coward" is actually anonymous to anyone except the readers. It must, at least, be associated with an IP address prior to the send button being pressed, and I really doubt that the logs are purged immediately. Anyway, if the stream is being monitored at the ISP, as reported, the information will be there.

IOW, if you were in IT, and actually had that kind of fear, then you wouldn't be posting. Unless, perhaps, you are posting from a coffeehouse, and I doubt the security of that, also, though that's less certain.

I don't know whether you are ignorant or a troll, but if you are ignorant, you probably shouldn't be posting here.

Laziness is generally due to someone not seeing that working hard is in their own interest. This is why servants and slaves are always "lazy". This is why bureaucrats are often lazy. Because doing their job well doesn't benefit them.

Now, admittedly, laundry is a different problem. Perhaps it's a sign that the person with the problem has been spending the entire day at a job were they are not rewarded for perfoming well, and as the mental attitude is not consciously chosen, it also can't be consciously shucked. Or maybe they just don't see any benefit to themselves in doing th laundry. Do they also neglect to eat dinner?

In my house the exercise bike has stuff piled on it in late spring, and the stuff stays there until the rains start. Then it's pulled off, and used occasionally until the bad weather is over. But it's NEVER used regularly. Or for long at a time.

You don't need for "most exercise" to lead to injury, for "exercise over time leads to injury" to be true. Just do something wrong once, and you may never recover. I tore a kee cartilage. Nothing serious. Only problem is that knee cartilage never repairs itself. So now my knee was weaker. And this lead to another injury, which tore it a bit more. ...

So far this has happened three times, and I really don't want it to happen a fourth time, so if you don't mind, I'll use handrails to bear my weight when going up or down stairs, and I won't run, and when going downhill, I'll go very slowly. Actually, the pain causes me to limit my walking more than that cursory list indicates.

Your opinion strikes me as both ignorant and arrogant, though of course it's impossible to be sure with a limited text message.

FWIW, when I went looking for pedals with clips on them, I couldn't find any that would fit my feet. Fortunately it was only for an exercycle, but GEE, my feet aren't THAT big. I'm only size 15. Big, yes, but not really unusually big.

OTOH, the way I injured MY knee was improper yoga. Then I exacerberated it by hiking a few years later. Now.... well, I mentioned an exercycle. Yes, I have one. But I really hate using it. So instead, if the weather is at all decent, I walk for half an hour a day. Which isn't enough, but it's about all I can take over a period of time. (If I do something that I dislike very much, I won't keep doing it.)