The 'net is now neutered - FCC adopts new regs today

[Marine3%er]

Because Windows 8 works sooo great right . It sucks but we all know you know so much more that all of us on everything .

[solyanik]

So - dear Internet skeptics, climate skeptics, evolution skeptics - can you please be skeptical about something you actually UNDERSTAND instead? Or maybe spend 10-20 years understanding it, and THEN be skeptical about it, how does this sound? I know it's going to be a lot less fun - but trust me, you will look a lot less insane.

You left out history skeptics. There are people who still believe the Confederate side of things, think Woodrow Wilson was fascist and that Russia only played a supporting roll in winning WWII.

We all know that America won WWII when Inglorious Basterds killed Hitler.

[solyanik]

Because Windows 8 works sooo great right . It sucks but we all know you know so much more that all of us on everything .

Dude, how old are you - 7? This shit stopped working in pre-K for vast majority of us...

[kf7mjf]

Because Windows 8 works sooo great right . It sucks but we all know you know so much more that all of us on everything .

You use Windows?

Can I send you a Linux boot drive?

[kf7mjf]

So - dear Internet skeptics, climate skeptics, evolution skeptics - can you please be skeptical about something you actually UNDERSTAND instead? Or maybe spend 10-20 years understanding it, and THEN be skeptical about it, how does this sound? I know it's going to be a lot less fun - but trust me, you will look a lot less insane.

You left out history skeptics. There are people who still believe the Confederate side of things, think Woodrow Wilson was fascist and that Russia only played a supporting roll in winning WWII.

We all know that America won WWII when Inglorious Basterds killed Hitler.

I thought it was when Teddy Roosevelt nuked Berlin from a Zeppelin?

EDIT:
That may be one of the most awesome things I've written lately.

[MadPick]

*role

[Marine3%er]

Because Windows 8 works sooo great right . It sucks but we all know you know so much more that all of us on everything .

Dude, how old are you - 7? This shit stopped working in pre-K for vast majority of us...

No just tired of you being a expert on everything no matter what the subject and if anyone disagrees with you they are stupid and must watch Fox news .

[solyanik]

Nope - Inglorious Basterds. TV can't lie!

[kf7mjf]

*role

Goddamnit, I think I've fucked that one up enough where I just do it without even thinking...

[kf7mjf]

Nope - Inglorious Basterds. TV can't lie!

But Enemy at the Gates was a perfectly correct example of the oppressive Soviets right?

[solyanik]

Because Windows 8 works sooo great right . It sucks but we all know you know so much more that all of us on everything .

Dude, how old are you - 7? This shit stopped working in pre-K for vast majority of us...

No just tired of you being a expert on everything no matter what the subject and if anyone disagrees with you they are stupid and must watch Fox news .

No-no. People disagree with me all the time. In fact, that's about 70% of my work - disagreeing with people so we could balance different opinions to chart the best course of action. That's fine.

One is only stupid when he or she is using pre-K level arguments when doing so, while being well beyond pre-K age.

[PMB]

Funny thing... Some things are worthy of debate. These things are called "Opinions."

There are some things that are simply not open to debate. These things are called "Facts."

The second category can be twisted to support the first category... But twisting is usually fairly visible if you don't have a rooster in the ring or it's done by your opponent.

And here's the most startling thing... It's ok to review your opinion in a debate, and decide that if the facts don't fully support your position that you can change, and/or accept new facts as they are presented.

The ability/desire of some folks to stake a position out and then fight to the death to defend it without considering the merit of the opponent's argument is shameful and wasteful. Even worse it is, to debate facts. Facts are.

Anyway, that's my opinion.

[solyanik]

Nope - Inglorious Basterds. TV can't lie!

But Enemy at the Gates was a perfectly correct example of the oppressive Soviets right?

Actually I thought Enemy at the Gates was a pretty correct movie, in terms of attitudes and approaches during WWII. At least from the Soviet side - I know very little about German one.

[solyanik]

Because Windows 8 works sooo great right . It sucks but we all know you know so much more that all of us on everything .

You use Windows?

Can I send you a Linux boot drive?

When you are installing Linux, you are installing Communism!

[kf7mjf]

Nope - Inglorious Basterds. TV can't lie!

But Enemy at the Gates was a perfectly correct example of the oppressive Soviets right?

Actually I thought Enemy at the Gates was a pretty correct movie, in terms of attitudes and approaches during WWII. At least from the Soviet side - I know very little about German one.

It's been a while, but I thought some of the stuff was a bit over the top for the benefit of the American market/perception of the USSR. I believe the "one man gets a loaded rifle, another man gets a clip of ammo" was drawn from events that happened in WWI though, not WWII?