JiMM Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 QUOTE (alfa @ Sep 18 2008, 03:27 AM) Very important news:http://www.topnews.in/vatican-official-cat...-apology-267907 Boy, I bet Chuck's pissed! Every time I read this thread I can only think: "Thank God for hip waders!" Quote Link to comment
Phillip Brooks Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 QUOTE (alfa @ Sep 19 2008, 03:41 AM) the SRI is sending half naked women after me in the church… SRI? Are you referring to Serviciul Român de Informaţii? At first I thought you were referring to Stanford Research Institute. Quote Link to comment
eaolson Posted September 20, 2008 Report Share Posted September 20, 2008 QUOTE (rolfk @ Sep 19 2008, 05:14 AM) Assassinated by a georgious half naked woman? Sounds almost like the ideal way to go from this physical world! Definitly much better than dieing from cancer. Wasn't this the exact premise of a Monty Python sketch? Oh my god, alfa is really John Cleese! Quote Link to comment
Yair Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 QUOTE (Phillip Brooks @ Sep 19 2008, 05:14 PM) SRI?Are you referring to Serviciul Român de Informaţii? At first I thought you were referring to Stanford Research Institute. The SRI is the behind all the master conspiracies in the world. Its evil plot is to give you some money at the end of each year depending on how much you worked. Naturally, alfa is a big threat to them, so they have to try and kill him. Quote Link to comment
alfa Posted September 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 I’m right about the 98%: you’ll not find a wise elected president or prime minister in Occident or in the world. And if the leader is not wise… Quote Link to comment
Rolf Kalbermatter Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 QUOTE (alfa @ Sep 22 2008, 03:51 AM) I'm right about the 98%: you'll not find a wise elected president or prime minister in Occident or in the world.And if the leader is not wise… It's the opposite really Every country gets the government it deserves. It's not the government that makes the people bad. Rolf Kalbermatter Quote Link to comment
jcarmody Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 QUOTE (rolfk @ Sep 22 2008, 05:31 AM) It's the opposite really Every country gets the government it deserves. It's not the government that makes the people bad. Rolf Kalbermatter :question: What did I do to deserve this? Quote Link to comment
Rolf Kalbermatter Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 QUOTE (jcarmody @ Sep 22 2008, 05:33 AM) :question: What did I do to deserve this? You as a person quite likely nothing. The "people" as a whole however?! Democracy in theory is sort of an ideal but in praxis it's still one of the better solutions. If for nothing else than that the "people" can not say that they have absolutely no influence in who rules them Rolf Kalbermatter Quote Link to comment
LAVA 1.0 Content Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 QUOTE (alfa @ Sep 22 2008, 03:51 AM) I'm right about the 98%: you'll not find a wise elected president or prime minister in Occident or in the world.And if the leader is not wise… Once agian paraphrasing Soctrates from "Plato's Republic" "THe only person qualified to lead is a person that is smart enough to know they don't want to lead." With the system is the US, as it stands, a person has to REALLY want to be elected to get elected. Ben Quote Link to comment
jcarmody Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 QUOTE (rolfk @ Sep 22 2008, 08:30 AM) Democracy in theory is sort of an ideal but in praxis it's still one of the better solutions. If for nothing else than that the "people" can not say that they have absolutely no influence in who rules themRolf Kalbermatter I think I'd prefer a monarchy. At least then there's a possibility that the government would want to maintain a sustainable economy; he's not likely to loot it to the point that there's nothing left to pass to his oldest son. The incentive in a Democracy is to get as much loot as you can before loosing office. :thumbdown: No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session. ~ Gideon J. Tucker Jm Quote Link to comment
JiMM Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 QUOTE (rolfk @ Sep 22 2008, 08:30 AM) Democracy in theory is sort of an ideal but in praxis it's still one of the better solutions. If for nothing else than that the "people" can not say that they have absolutely no influence in who rules them From the notebooks of Lazarus Long: Democracy is based upon the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something. Autocracy is based upon the assumption that one man is wiser than a million men. Let's play that over again, too. Who decides? Quote Link to comment
Rolf Kalbermatter Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 QUOTE (JiMM @ Sep 22 2008, 11:21 AM) From the notebooks of Lazarus Long: Democracy is based upon the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something. Autocracy is based upon the assumption that one man is wiser than a million men. Let's play that over again, too. Who decides? I love Heinlein! Rolf Kalbermatter Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 QUOTE (JiMM @ Sep 22 2008, 11:21 AM) Democracy is based upon the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. Autocracy is based upon the assumption that one man is wiser than a million men. ...and that's why the USA is niether, but a combination of both (and other things) to form a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">representative democracy. Quote Link to comment
JiMM Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 QUOTE (crelf @ Sep 22 2008, 01:00 PM) ...and that's why the USA is niether, but a combination of both (and other things) to form a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_democracy' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">representative democracy. Actually we are a constitutional republic. How many of our children are taught THAT in school? Quote Link to comment
crelf Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 QUOTE (JiMM @ Sep 22 2008, 01:06 PM) Actually we are a constitutional republic. How many of our children are taught THAT in school? On paper, but the government is structured as a representative democracy as far as I cen tell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usa#Government_and_elections Maybe I'm wrong - it's been known to happen Quote Link to comment
jcarmody Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 QUOTE (JiMM @ Sep 22 2008, 01:06 PM) Actually we are a constitutional republic. How many of our children are taught THAT in school? We're supposed to be http://www.amazon.com/Republic-Not-Empire-Patrick-Buchanan/dp/089526272X' rel='nofollow' target="_blank">a republic, not an empire. My kids are taught that in school; they go to school in the room over our garage. On the curriculum this year: Lego Mindstorm robot programming. :thumbup: Quote Link to comment
alfa Posted September 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 Important conference: http://www.iands.org/ October 3-4. 2008 In Durham, North Carolina in the United States Quote Link to comment
Mellroth Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 QUOTE (alfa @ Sep 23 2008, 09:12 AM) Important conference:http://www.iands.org/ Can you please explain why you feel that LabVIEW programmers should attend a Near Death Conference? (You know you are in a LabVIEW forum, right?) I agree that I sometimes feel more dead than alive, but I cannot blame LabVIEW for this. More likely it is due to late nights and early mornings. /J PS. Do you count being hunted by half-naked women as a Near Death experience? If so, will there be any special sessions regarding this, perhaps with some demonstrations? Quote Link to comment
Val Brown Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 QUOTE (JFM @ Sep 22 2008, 11:38 PM) Can you please explain why you feel that LabVIEW programmers should attend a Near Death Conference? (You know you are in a LabVIEW forum, right?)I agree that I sometimes feel more dead than alive, but I cannot blame LabVIEW for this. More likely it is due to late nights and early mornings. /J PS. Do you count being hunted by half-naked women as a Near Death experience? If so, will there be any special sessions regarding this, perhaps with some demonstrations? I'd like to see the lvproj file, esp the build specifications. Quote Link to comment
JiMM Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 QUOTE (JFM @ Sep 23 2008, 03:38 AM) Can you please explain why you feel that LabVIEW programmers should attend a Near Death Conference? (You know you are in a LabVIEW forum, right?) Remember, we are in the lounge where the rules are: "Enter the lounge and discuss anything and everything. Nothing is off-topic and all discussions are encouraged. Please post LabVIEW related discussions in the other forums. " Quote Link to comment
Mellroth Posted September 24, 2008 Report Share Posted September 24, 2008 QUOTE (JFM @ Sep 23 2008, 09:38 AM) ...Can you please explain why you feel that LabVIEW programmers should attend a Near Death Conference? ... QUOTE (JiMM @ Sep 23 2008, 02:31 PM) ...Enter the lounge and discuss anything and everything... Yepp, and since this was an important conference, I'd like to know if it is dangerous for me to use LabVIEW /J Quote Link to comment
alfa Posted September 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 All of you will have a NDE. Because are not wise elected presidents or prime ministers this means the majority of those who elect them are at animal level. Quote Link to comment
Mellroth Posted September 25, 2008 Report Share Posted September 25, 2008 QUOTE (alfa @ Sep 24 2008, 10:04 AM) All of you will have a NDE. You don't have to attend a conference to know that Hopefully I will only have one NDE, that will take place years from now, and it will be the last thing I do... /J Quote Link to comment
alfa Posted September 26, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 People can have more than one NDE; you have to learn what to look for during a NDE, to control the NDE. Quote Link to comment
Pollux Posted September 26, 2008 Report Share Posted September 26, 2008 QUOTE (alfa @ Sep 25 2008, 02:07 PM) People can have more than one NDE; you have to learn what to look for during a NDE, to control the NDE. Can it be done using NI technology? I'm thinking of some PXI system... Quote Link to comment
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.