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ahhh...the irony of it all...

Dan8267 says

Feel free to prove me wrong about you being an asshole by being nicer.

Dan8267 says

SoftShell says

I was coping free titty feels playing missile command on my atari 800 with my gf....my hand would 'accidentally' slip off the joystick while laying down a right to left screenwide defensive burst protecting the eastern seaboard from russian sub nukes...

And I'm sure your sister appreciated that.

Dan8267 says

bob2356 says

I'm guessing your massive inferiority complex and major defensive attitude was the result of being a very picked on nerd in the past.

I'm guessing that you're projecting your envy of more intelligent people.

Yes, I did read the same article as you, but I have a vastly different world view than you. I'd explain it to you, but seem like you prefer being an asshole, so I have little motivation to open up to you. Feel free to prove me wrong about you being an asshole by being nicer.

Says the nice guy who said your sister enjoyed that. Even if you were more intelligent I wouldn't have any envy whatsoever of someone so defensive and egotistical. I don't really give a rats ass about someone so self important that he considers 90% of coders unworthy of his standards opening up to me. You're a legend in your own mind.

SoftShell says

ahhh...the irony of it all...

bob2356 says

Says the nice guy who said your sister enjoyed that.

SoftShell, aka Mars Attacks, aka Shrek has long ago established himself as a troll. I was giving you, bob, the benefit of the doubt, but you're rapidly classifying yourself as a troll. And no, trolls don't get nice treatment.

I'm going to have to give Dan his props here. He's among the few ppl on this forum, who cares about science and engineering work in America.

And like him, I'm also aware that it'll come to an end, during our lifetime, as corporate America has abandoned R&D. It'll find a new home overseas.

Rin says

corporate America has abandoned R&D

Of interest to you and Dan, David Graeber on the apparent halt of groundbreaking new technologies and exploiting existing ones.
http://www.thebaffler.com/salvos/of-flying-cars-and-the-declining-rate-of-profit

A bit to whet your whistles:

Some of those science fiction fantasies (at this point we can’t know which ones) could have been brought into being. For earlier generations, many science fiction fantasies had been brought into being. Those who grew up at the turn of the century reading Jules Verne or H.G. Wells imagined the world of, say, 1960 with flying machines, rocket ships, submarines, radio, and television—and that was pretty much what they got. If it wasn’t unrealistic in 1900 to dream of men traveling to the moon, then why was it unrealistic in the sixties to dream of jet-packs and robot laundry-maids?

Not to mention permanent bases in space and commercial space travel - which wasn't considered fantastic but highly likely in 1968, but is considered "dreaming" today.

While many of the historical trends Toffler describes are accurate, the book appeared when most of these exponential trends halted. It was right around 1970 when the increase in the number of scientific papers published in the world—a figure that had doubled every fifteen years since, roughly, 1685—began leveling off. The same was true of books and patents.

Toffler’s use of acceleration was particularly unfortunate. For most of human history, the top speed at which human beings could travel had been around 25 miles per hour. By 1900 it had increased to 100 miles per hour, and for the next seventy years it did seem to be increasing exponentially. By the time Toffler was writing, in 1970, the record for the fastest speed at which any human had traveled stood at roughly 25,000 mph, achieved by the crew of Apollo 10 in 1969, just one year before. At such an exponential rate, it must have seemed reasonable to assume that within a matter of decades, humanity would be exploring other solar systems.

Since 1970, no further increase has occurred. The record for the fastest a human has ever traveled remains with the crew of Apollo 10. True, the commercial airliner Concorde, which first flew in 1969, reached a maximum speed of 1,400 mph. And the Soviet Tupolev Tu-144, which flew first, reached an even faster speed of 1,553 mph. But those speeds not only have failed to increase; they have decreased since the Tupolev Tu-144 was cancelled and the Concorde was abandoned.

Call it Crazy says

which

I get it. You're a troll. You have no life. The only way to make yourself feel better about yourself is to make the same lame joke over and over again. You lack the creativity and originality to come up with new material like the rest of us can. It's really sad. Perhaps you're also jealous of the vast number of sexual partners single, financially successful men over 30 enjoy in contrast to the one ugly bitch you're stuck with for life. Well, you have only yourself to blame. I didn't tell you to get marry.

Call it Crazy says

That's funny, coming from the fat nerd that sits all alone in his apartment with no girlfriend, wife, family, kids, pets, etc. in Boca Raton and spends the bulk of his time on Youtube...

1. 155 lbs at 5'11" is not fat.
2. I live in a house, not an apartment.
3. I've had far more sexual partners than you, not to mention way better.
4. Getting a crappy, fat American wife and pooping out kids is not an accomplishment.
5. Boca Raton, FL is a hell of lot nicer than whatever backwater creek you live in. Hmmm, maybe CIC lives in Tickle Creek? Would explain a lot.
6. Just because I know how to use the search feature in YouTube doesn't mean I spend the bulk of my time there. I suppose to a technologically illiterate luddite like you it must seem like it takes countless decades to master a search textbox.

Dan8267 says

4. Getting a crappy, fat American wife and pooping out kids is not an accomplishment.

Ouch!

thunderlips11 says

Of interest to you and Dan, David Graeber on the apparent halt of groundbreaking new technologies and exploiting existing ones.

http://www.thebaffler.com/salvos/of-flying-cars-and-the-declining-rate-of-profit

A bit to whet your whistles:

Excellent commentary on the demise of true science and engineering R&D. The corporatization of both, the academy and private R&D, is the downfall of science.

So in Honey's world, "nice guys" have a free pass to abdicate their "niceness" and reveal their true identity, a harsh son of a bitch, whenever a troll makes an innocent statement.
hmmm..maybe Honey's "nice guys" arn't so nice after all...

And while I concede, and on occasion, trumpet my stunningly hybrid trollism, you've yet to provide any evidence that softshell = mars attacks = shrek.
But hey...thanks for the laugh!

Dan8267 says

bob2356 says

Says the nice guy who said your sister enjoyed that.

SoftShell, aka Mars Attacks, aka Shrek has long ago established himself as a troll.

Dan8267 says

ahhh...the irony of it all...

bob2356 says

Says the nice guy who said your sister enjoyed that.

SoftShell, aka Mars Attacks, aka Shrek has long ago established himself as a troll.

That excuses it. I think not.

Dan8267 says

I was giving you, bob, the benefit of the doubt, but you're rapidly classifying yourself as a troll. And no, trolls don't get nice treatment.

After dinner I'll faint.

Funny someone so intelligent doesn't grasp the meaning of the word troll. I'm not posting inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages. I posted a very specific response to your "what we 'nerds' did during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s" nerds are now trendsetters bullshit.

Ah, I love the smell of pissed off trolls in the morning. It smells like victory.

Except that I live in a house. If you can't accept such a simple and indisputable fact, it's no wonder you're delusional.

I can only guess that, despite the fact that the vast majority of people my age in South Florida live in houses, you must think that's implausible because you live in a run down trailer in Tickle Creek.

Great Article about STEM Obsession:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/why-stem-wont-make-us-successful/2015/03/26/5f4604f2-d2a5-11e4-ab77-9646eea6a4c7_story.html?tid=trending_strip_5

TL;DR: Sweden and Israel suck at Math, worse than the USA, but have ridiculously high levels of entrepreneurship and inventiveness. SK and Japan with high math scores doesn't.

Call it Crazy says

Are you having a tough time separating reality and Youtube videos?

Video evidence is video evidence whether the video is hosted on YouTube.com or a government site or an associated press site. The hosting company does not affect the content. The fact that you cannot get this through you puny head simply demonstrates how stupid you are.

Call it Crazy says

The problem is, we can't separate your lies from the truth

It's easy. I've never lied on this site. You're confusing me with you.

I have no incentive to lie as its the reasons for my positions that matter to me. I believe entirely in transparency and verifiability. Lying, even to support a position, would be counterproductive in my world view. It is worse to be right for the wrong reasons than to be wrong but logical based on available information. Of course, a lying sack of shit like you couldn't possibly comprehend that.

Call it Crazy says

Dan8267 says

155 lbs at 5'11" is not fat.

Anybody can make up untrue numbers.

In fairness, why would you make up those numbers? 5'11" and 155 Ibs - that's fucking malnourished for someone in his 30s.

Bigsby says

In fairness, why would you make up those numbers? 5'11" and 155 Ibs - that's fucking malnourished for someone in his 30s.

Well, it's true that if I were to make up numbers I'd make myself 6'2", the ideal male height according to Western women. However, the real figures given above hardly makes me malnourished. At least I don't look malnourished. I've been this weight and height since college, maybe senior year of high school. I wouldn't mind weighing more if it were muscle, but not fat. I knew this guy who was 5"5' and over 200 lbs, but he was all muscle. I mean, he didn't have an ounce of fat on him. He ate like crazy and never gained weight. Of course, he worked out like crazy as well. I'm not that committed to the gym. But it does go to show you that you really can't tell body type from weight and height alone. Plus, simply having lots of muscle burns calories even when you aren't using the muscles.

Call it Crazy says

In a narcissist's mind, they believe everything they spew out...

Yes, you demonstrate this with every post.

Hardly, just pointing out your hypocrisy. Ironically, you use the same retort that has been accurately applied to you.

Rin says

You see, the problem is that we have an overly credentialed society.

The WTF does China have with many times the degrees?

Makes me wonder if the entire edjucamation system is, like everything else in this society, FUBAR?

Something to ponder the same technology that existed at the end of the Roman Empire was available during the Dark Ages, yet was not utilized, why not?