Dean wrote: "We"?

I guess this form of speaking doesn't exist in the English language. I'm not literally meaning "we" including I or anything related to me. I will attribute this to my poor adaptation of expression of my native tongue to yours. 

Paul Krugman: "The French are revolting. The Greeks, too. And it’s about time."

^ I came here to post that snide remark as well.

horsewithteeth11 wrote: CPicard wrote: So, in a nutshell, what I learned from this page is that: 1) the French Socialist Party is a right-wing party, supported by fascists; 2) Anarchists are a bunch of middle class hooligans trying to destroy the working class; 3) Florida is part of the European Union. Interesting news. Apparently you've never heard of anarcho-capitalism either.

Is it really the sole thing in my post which disturbs you?

Dean wrote: Vibrationbaby wrote: I just want to know where you guys get the time to type out all these links man. I mean there was a cool story about a starving black hole eating up a star last week that I would have posted but it would have taken me forever to type in the bloody link. I dunno. I think thse freaking computers are going to eventually spell our demise. I no longer have one at home. Got rid of it. I put it out on the streeet with a sign saying free computer be my guest. I just keep the one in my office because unfortunately I need the stupid thing  for my business and to come here and a couple of other sites.  Do you mean this black hole? Of course, that event wasn't quite last week - when it happened the Moon was still being formed from loose asteroids that were also bombarding the Earth and the primordial soup from which life blossomed had yet to be created.

Well yeah I know it wasn't quite last week. Actually a couple of billion years ago but there was a story about it in the LA Times last week and the guy's writing style was rather amusing in the way he was refering to the black hole as gobbling up a meal. Nonetheless I'm gradually weaning myself off computers vowing to only use the blasted thing for necessities. It's turning peoples minds into vegetable soup. I have a friend who has a goddam cell phone that can identify bird calls amongst other stupid things. When will the madness end?

It's turning peoples minds into vegetable soup

I like computers. Especially when you can google things.

Do you understand the process of logical inference? No I don't believe everything I read. Any source of information contains fraud regardless of the particular medium. Peer reviewed journals, magazines, published books, interviews, college classes, radio broadcasts, television broadcasts, movies, websites, things written on bathroom stalls, etc. all contain misinformation. Hidden in all of them is also good, sound information. The very ability to disseminate valid information brings with it the counter and inevitable process of spreading tainted information. One cannot exist without the other, but this does not suggest a weakness. The fact that so much wrong information can be found via the internet expresses the strength of it. The reciprocal action is all of the factual information available, in quantities before unimaginable, at speeds unthinkable, and through a deregulated body which cannot be effectively censored. Few inventions in the history of mankind can compare to it. It's the greatest educational tool ever developed. Even things such as banal tweets give loads of sociological data which has yet to be tapped into, but it will one day change the very face of the social sciences once this warehouse of information can be effectively mined. You're being incredibly ignorant to the wondrous thing which you have taken for granted to the point of actually feeling contempt.

Join a bird watching group? Why? Some people don't like other people. Some people can't afford it. Some people don't live in an area with a bird watching group. Some people don't have a birdwatching group available when they go camping or are away on a business trip. I can list reasons all day for how this technology enhances the bird watching profession and expands it to people who would have been either uninterested or unable to pursue that interest. If you can't see how a program which identifies a bird from its call can be extrapolated to identifying the physical bird itself from another one, then I really don't know what to say to you.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/08/erozone-crisis-greek-bailout-deal

Me and you should get drunk and watch birds next time I'm in Washington.

Equality 7-2521 wrote: Do you understand the process of logical inference? No I don't believe everything I read. Any source of information contains fraud regardless of the particular medium. Peer reviewed journals, magazines, published books, interviews, college classes, radio broadcasts, television broadcasts, movies, websites, things written on bathroom stalls, etc. all contain misinformation. Hidden in all of them is also good, sound information. The very ability to disseminate valid information brings with it the counter and inevitable process of spreading tainted information. One cannot exist without the other, but this does not suggest a weakness. The fact that so much wrong information can be found via the internet expresses the strength of it. The reciprocal action is all of the factual information available, in quantities before unimaginable, at speeds unthinkable, and through a deregulated body which cannot be effectively censored. Few inventions in the history of mankind can compare to it. It's the greatest educational tool ever developed. Even things such as banal tweets give loads of sociological data which has yet to be tapped into, but it will one day change the very face of the social sciences once this warehouse of information can be effectively mined. You're being incredibly ignorant to the wondrous thing which you have taken for granted to the point of actually feeling contempt. Join a bird watching group? Why? Some people don't like other people. Some people can't afford it. Some people don't live in an area with a bird watching group. Some people don't have a birdwatching group available when they go camping or are away on a business trip. I can list reasons all day for how this technology enhances the bird watching profession and expands it to people who would have been either uninterested or unable to pursue that interest. If you can't see how a program which identifies a bird from its call can be extrapolated to identifying the physical bird itself from another one, then I really don't know what to say to you.

I don't care for your young banter. i lost acouple of very good friennds because of computer errors. I flew for both the Canadian an Australian Air forces and if you have never experienced a first hand computer f**k ups I would suggest you keep your rhetoric to yourself and try and grow up in the meantime.


Edited by Vibrationbaby - May 09 2012 at 12:20