While surfing the net, I found this clever && interesting picture.
While surfing the net, I found this clever && interesting picture.
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It’s 2014 and I still use printf() for debugging.
"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. " —Harold Abelson
I wish I could like your post twice
Not very clever for several reasons, but also because
a) the author of that nonsense uses the same location for Afghanistan and Pakistan
b) Doesn't know the 1999 (to which that picture belongs) NATO bombing campaigns in Yugoslavia, were a 14 country joint operation after the UN security council authorized the use of force in the conflict. All Security Council countries voted for it, with only China abstaining.
c) There's North Korea and South Korea. South are USA allies, everyone fears North Korea and they constant threats of a nuclear attack.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Yarin, I know what you mean.
Mario, try to get the point.
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It’s 2014 and I still use printf() for debugging.
"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. " —Harold Abelson
I don't feel like validating the point that while USA must be directly responsible for the attacks on the WTC, none of the other countries are directly responsible for USA attacks on them. Seems like euro trash talk.Originally Posted by std10093
Mario, try to get the point.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Say this to all the people who were killed (armed or unarmed) for the profit of the big players... Tell this to there families..
Code - functions and small libraries I use
It’s 2014 and I still use printf() for debugging.
"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. " —Harold Abelson
Tumblr and facebook are pretty interesting on the first day, I will admit.
While I detest many actions of the US government, I prefer criticisms that are thought out and well written, as opposed to over-simplified pictures that lack any coherent information. To me, the picture you posted is more propaganda than a reasonable argument. While this "cutesy" method of presenting information might be alright for certain things, it is sorely inadequate for making serious criticisms of global importance.
If this was posted "in fun", it wouldn't be so bad. But to use this picture as a political statement reeks of intellectual laziness.
I am an American. I am not offended by the picture. I am not offended by the statements implied by the picture. What bothers me is the lack of seriousness in which your "arguments" are presented. When making statements of great importance about global atrocities, there should be coherent points discussed and, whenever possible, evidence cited. That is how you make a serious argument.
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Agreed, that is a lazy (dishonest?) thing to do.
I don't think that nullifies it's use in the picture, but you make a very good point nonetheless.
There is no threat of nuclear attack from North Korea, as much as world will try to make you believe so. They aren't that stupid.
In modern times, nukes aren't desired for use against nations, but rather for a 'graduation card' of sorts for that country.
I expected this to be the larger point of controversy. But alas, the facts support this picture's suggestion.
Maybe. But as an American, I find this to be pretty accurate.
An ironic way to assess the picture, considering the "what I think I do" part very cleanly expresses the problem of American propaganda.
You assume that this is joke. While the "thinks I do" format definitely originated in humor, there is no rule that says it can't be used to deliver serious messages.
Hardly ironic, especially if the picture arguably uses propaganda to accuse propaganda.An ironic way to assess the picture, considering the "what I think I do" part very cleanly expresses the problem of American propaganda.
This is an issue I have with pictures like this on social media sites. When someone uses a simple picture or brief statement to make a criticism on an important issue, it shows (in my opinion) an over-simplification of both argument and understanding. Pictures like this and "bumper sticker" slogans lack attention to the important nuances of any complicated issue. It's more about using emotion to sway people to one way of thinking, as opposed to providing real and thorough information to allow people to come to a rational and informed understanding themselves.You assume that this is joke. While the "thinks I do" format definitely originated in humor, there is no rule that says it can't be used to deliver serious messages.
The idea here is not whether USA is directly responsible for the WTC attacks. But if, where we to agree with that, wouldn't this, by the same reasoning, mean USA intervention in these countries wasn't it too the direct responsibility of those countries prior actions?
This picture assumption is that USA actions lead to 9/12. But when accepting it, we will fall into a fallacy if we do not treat with the same reasoning those other countries. It's circular reasoning and one of the reasons why I find so abhorrent the discussion of whether America is responsible for 9/12.
Also of interest, and a consequence of the above, the fact that if one ends up agreeing America is responsible for the attacks on their own soil then one must by extension agree or be a non critic of American military interventions since they aren't American responsibility. Oops?
Last edited by Mario F.; 08-25-2013 at 01:39 PM.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
THE IDEA IS SIMPLE: AMERICA KILLS PEOPLE FOR HER OWN PROFIT!
And the bad thing is that America is the one who kills people for her own profit today. Yesterday, it was another big "player". In the ancient times, Greece was the one, then Egypt, then Italy and so on.
And what if we remove completely America? Nothing, because there will be another mega-force, that will replace her and do the same again.
The problem is of humanity and not of just America. America is just the player now.
Code - functions and small libraries I use
It’s 2014 and I still use printf() for debugging.
"Programs must be written for people to read, and only incidentally for machines to execute. " —Harold Abelson
Any political message that disagrees with someone somewhere will be called propaganda. It's futile to argue in any direction with it.
I acknowledge heavy shortcomings of over simplifications, but it's often the only effective way of Saying What Can Be Heard.
Again, the you're the one taking an emotion assessment of the picture, when it only makes assertions.
Well... really this depends on exactly how responsible you America is for the attacks.
I wonder if you can be banned for this?
