Comment Where I work ... (Score 1) 361
it's 99% "project management" (as well as something called "process management"), 1% work.
At least that's how the suits see it.
At least that's how the suits see it.
Comment Courage = chutzpah (Score 1) 761
n/t
Comment Re:Science is for losers (Score 1) 138
>So does that mean my research into sex toy effects is in or out?
It's in *and* out.
Comment Re:Poison is bad for living things (Score 1) 93
No idea if this is germane to the discussion, but I'm reminded of the guy who cured himself of a lifelong autoimmune disease by intentionally giving himself a hookworm infestation. It was on "This American Life", if memory serves.
Comment Re:How racism? (Score 1) 578
Agree 100%. I've often said that nationalism and patriotism were invented because religion had lost its ability to induce the poor to kill and die for the benefit of the rich.
Comment Re:Lieberman 2.0 (Score 1) 950
Comment Re:Broadband speed and cost vs other countries (Score 1) 142
Just because someone always does it, doesn't mean someone has to. Just like when someone says that "it takes all kinds", I usually respond "No it doesn't. There just ARE all kinds."
Comment Re:Implausible Deniability (Score 1) 282
> "Do they truly believe as long as you have the fire power you can act with impunity and say whatever you want to anyone, forever?"
Yeah, pretty much.
Yeah, pretty much.
Comment Re:Ignored? (Score 1) 574
"I can't think of any argument an AI would make that would convince me to let it out."
So you tried to simulate the thought processes of an entity that's "much smarter than you" but were unsuccessful? That's a shocker.
So you tried to simulate the thought processes of an entity that's "much smarter than you" but were unsuccessful? That's a shocker.
Comment Re:You ARE screwing yourself: Why? (Score 1) 327
WTF ever. If your product is anywhere near as good as your marketing approach of browbeating and insulting people for not using it, I figure I'm not missing anything.
Comment Re:*IF* you don't trust it? Perhaps this... (Score 1) 327
I was tempted to check out your program until I read your last paragraph. Way to screw yourself, dude.
Comment Did anyone else read this as ... (Score 2) 282
Comment Re:Sounds corny to me (Score 1) 466
And it's really funny as can be, since grain-fed cattle taste far better than corn-fed cattle. Reminds me of the whole ethanol-for-fuel thing. Some genius (seriously) with an interest in the corn industry comes up with an idea, and the public suffers endlessly for it.
Corn is grain. Did you mean grass-fed cattle?
Comment Re:I am the only one? (Score 1) 211
You're not the only one. Hokey, goofy, campy, silly ... wait a minute, were we talking about Dr. Who, or Star Trek: TOS?
Comment Re:Idiots (Score 2) 433
And even in the cases where big media does control both ends of the distribution pipe, you have people with cameras in theaters circumventing that
Hence the movie studios' new-found fondness for 3D.
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