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there is like 40% of the population that seem to be beyond any hope of carrying on a rational conversation

They are the ones waiting patiently for a rational conversation to start, instead of this.

How can you have a rational conversation with someone willing to lie, cheat and steal whenever necessary to advance personal agendas? And here i do not speak of Hilary alone, but of the Democratic party in general - as Sanders well knows...

Why would you back an crazed egotistical warmonger like Hillary? There's the real missing rationality we need to be looking for. What kind of mass delusion led to her even coming close to being nominated, even with obvious DNC rigging factored in? She was literally the only candidate on the planet that could have lost to Trump, yet she was pre-ordained... THAT is insane.

The really funny thing is, the same game continues with you and others in full support. Yet you call people who did not like Hillary irrational... The rest of use, libertarian and conservative and frankly even a lot of liberals look on in astonishment as even now you double down on crazy being your winning horse. All I can say is, enjoy Trump's second term as best you can...

there is like 40% of the population that seem to be beyond any hope of carrying on a rational conversation

They are the ones waiting patiently for a rational conversation to start, instead of this.

How can you have a rational conversation with someone willing to lie, cheat and steal whenever necessary to advance personal agendas? And here i do not speak of Hilary alone, but of the Democratic party in general - as Sanders well knows...

Why would you back an crazed egotistical warmonger like Hillary? There's the real missing rationality we need to be looking for. What kind of mass delusion led to her even coming close to being nominated, even with obvious DNC rigging factored in? She was literally the only candidate on the planet that could have lost to Trump, yet she was pre-ordained... THAT is insane.

The really funny thing is, the same game continues with you and others in full support. Yet you call people who did not like Hillary irrational... The rest of use, libertarian and conservative and frankly even a lot of liberals look on in astonishment as even now you double down on crazy being your winning horse. All I can say is, enjoy Trump's second term as best you can...

Technically, it is a play about a Roman Emperor (Cesar) with a re-imagination into modern times/politics.

Oh noes, the horrors! They practically ripped off Shakespeare!

The "Trump" character isn't actually "Trump", but is a thinly veiled facsimile.

Oh wait, I saw that almost 30 years ago

It is "art", while everyone knows who it is supposed to be, there is plausible deniability. That being said, taking the play the way they did IMHO voids whatever license they had creatively.

Oh, I didn't know that the right to free speech had a voidable license. Exactly where is this written? Be precise. Let's know what the terms and conditions are.

And imagine the outcry had that been Obama. The hypocritical double standard is illuminating

Yes, you'd be saying that it was entirely appropriate and a sound creative decision, which you supported their right to make, completely and utterly, without question or criticism.

But make fun of Der Grumpenfumer, and you're suddenly aghast.

You could even say the same thing about Kathy Griffins severed head (Creative License). Again, had this been a Conservative and Obama, I'm sure there would be actual Jail time involved.

Yep, you were sure upset over the Games of Thrones head thing, even though the actual character was one of the good-guys, if not much beloved, being a stern disciplinarian type. You raged and demanded its removal, and claimed it would be unacceptable if it was Obama at the time. I remember.

Of course, the fact that if it HAD been a Summer Islander, it'd have been inappropriate, since last I checked, Jalabhar Xho was still alive. They did, however, make Xaro Xhoan Daxos into a black guy, and kill him, so I suppose you should be happy.

The biggest problem is, we have a legal system that is basically sitting there waiting for something bad to happen (like shooting a bunch of Republicans playing softball) and people excusing the huge uptick in uncivilized "Because the republicans did it too".

Well, not only are you implicitly suggesting people be punished BEFORE they actually do anything illegal, you are failing to realize that the problem is you need to clear out the log in your own eyes.

But I forget, you can't even admit to being a Republican stalwart, but have to pretend to be an independent. Who is utterly incapable of criticizing a Republican at all.

The whole "Two Wrongs makes it right" crap needs to just stop.

Lots of crap needs to stop. Will you stop your own share? Just a little?

First study is bursting with methodology flaws. I doubt that it was even published.
Aaaaand I was right. It was heavily edited before publishing.
He dropped the prostitute scenario in the first experiment (the one actually showing more "empathy" for the placebo group).

In the video scenario... well...
Apparently it's not acetaminophen but watching David Lynch that's causing the effect.
Cause while the control group, which watches only cartoons, has minimal effects, well covered by error bars for both placebo and acetaminophen - those in David Lynch watching group want to punish people more for vandalism after a sports game.
BUT... those on acetaminophen in Lynch group have IDENTICAL results as those in the cartoon group - taking placebo.
Which, again, is barely different from those in cartoon group - taking acetaminophen.

In short... all he's "proven" is that watching David Lynch's Rabbits makes you want to punch people.

The other linked study has laughable effects and tiny groups - 30 and 32 participants in first experiment, 10 and 15 in the second.
That's not a study. That's pretend work.
Plus their methodology was also flawed, up and down the wazoo.

Giving people something which reduces pain and inflammation, thus reducing stress levels... that's NOT lower emotional pain. That's measuring lower irritation over time.

And even that is by an NEGLIGIBLE AMOUNT.
Differences between groups increasing from -0.14 to -0.38. On average. Over 21 days. FOR THE acetaminophen group.
Which also started off with a lower "hurt feelings" score than the placebo group.

WHILE the placebo group (though study also claims no change - in the slope) kept getting more "hurt feelings".
TOUGH there was no standardized stimuli to cause the daily "hurt feelings". For either group.
Both groups just "took acetaminophen or placebo in pill form each day for 3 weeks and reported their hurt feelings daily".
Still... placebo crowd kept getting more "hurt feelings".

And it's even worse when you look at actual numbers.
Cause acetaminophen group went from 2.35 average daily "hurt feelings" to about 2.17 - while placebo group, went from about 2.45something to about 2.55, average daily "hurt feelings".
Their reported slopes were 0.0035 and -0.0081 for placebo and acetaminophen groups, respectively.
For 30 people.
Over 21 days.
Reporting completely subjectively determined changes in their "hurt feelings" - in values measured in percentiles of percentiles.
On a scale that goes from at least 2 to at least 3 (as shown on the graph). We are not shown or told actual scale which participants used to measure their "hurt feelings".
There's no scale which starts at 2. Particularly not one which measures negative values as well.
Still... Everyone started around 2.5... and ended around 2.5.

That's a faulty study. Fraudulent even.

TLDR:

Tylenol has been indicated to reduce emotional pain as well as physical pain,

Nope.

You sound like this bitch

And learn to dance, the ladies love it when you can get up and dance with them.

Another useful skill. The first time I learned how to dance was when my date taught me the moves to "YMCA" by the Village People.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QINoUyrP0BI

Yeah, yesterday's satires are today's dystopias and tomorrow's reality.

All the credit can't go to the aforementioned researches. There was a certain someone who lived in a pineapple under the sea who had a patently similar idea. Eels and Escalators!

If its Robocop universe, then I say just install the MAGNAVOLT security system into each and every doll... Activated AUTOMATICALLY on first use! :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Go school!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taJ4MFCxiuo

... a cannon?

I present to you the wonderful animated series "Cat Sh*t One". Admittedly the rabbits are lovable Special Operations trained killers (and the evil camels are their foe) .. but they do a great job of handling weapons, binoculars, hand grenades and the like.

https://www.facebook.com/CatSh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

And from an earlier war:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

I present to you the wonderful animated series "Cat Sh*t One". Admittedly the rabbits are lovable Special Operations trained killers (and the evil camels are their foe) .. but they do a great job of handling weapons, binoculars, hand grenades and the like.

https://www.facebook.com/CatSh...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

And from an earlier war:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Damn I love balance in nature - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Numberphile had an interesting video around math vs maths - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Time For Guillotines.

I can't really tell whether he's joking, but the people in the comments kinda seem to mean it...

Real cars have no problem refueling while the engine runs. Unlike piece of shit electrics where it takes to fucking long to refuel.

Real cars have no problem refueling while the engine runs. Unlike piece of shit electrics where it takes to fucking long to refuel.

Every single one of your points is just flat out wrong. You seem to have no real idea how judicial,executive and legislative branches fit together. It's not suppose to work like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?... , even Liberal SNL called it out, but all leftist forget. 1) Factually incorrect, the EPA is an executive branch which follows a chain of command. The declaration of methane being a pollutant is not a law, just like the previous administration "declared" it as a pollutant, the new administration can delay or even un-declare it as a pollutant. 2)It's not law idiot, there is nothing compelling them do anything. 3)The executive branch doesn't tell the legislative branch what to do. If Congress really wanted to , they could disband and defund the entire EPA. 4) AGAIN IT IS NOT LAW idiot. 5)So you are for executive directorships basically. Obama tried that , hence the reasons basically all of his "accomplishments" are coming un-done, because the majority are not laws.

...an electric circus?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

I believe it's the Apple Pie you refer to.

Here's the theme song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYodWEKCuGg

Bob Newhart's sketch from 1960:
The Grace L. Ferguson Airline (And Storm Door Company)

"We do away with frills and extras. Like seats."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Been there, done that.

May I suggest instead of removing the seats instead the interim solution of stacking paying customers. The first class customers get seats, and the second class customers are stacked on the first class customers, 69 position!

Third class customers get the cargo hold. Either throw in a few SCUBA tanks to pass around or silicone the hold doors shut.

I do coke.
So I can work longer.
So I can make more!
So I can do more coke.

Actually a properly executed barrel roll would not even be felt by the passengers, standing or sitting. It's a constant G maneuver. Back in the day, a test pilot rolled a 707 airliner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... He was reprimanded, even though it was a completely safe maneuver, as the spectators and potential customers were a bit rattled (they were on the ground watching) by the event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?... shows Bob Hoover rolling an ordinary twin-engine prop plane while pouring a glass of iced tea.

Actually a properly executed barrel roll would not even be felt by the passengers, standing or sitting. It's a constant G maneuver. Back in the day, a test pilot rolled a 707 airliner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?... He was reprimanded, even though it was a completely safe maneuver, as the spectators and potential customers were a bit rattled (they were on the ground watching) by the event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?... shows Bob Hoover rolling an ordinary twin-engine prop plane while pouring a glass of iced tea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

You waited too long!

DO A BARREL ROLL!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Now we've got in-flight entertainment!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?... The truth like what it's is

Also most computer users don't give a shit about philosophy[1]

May those people remain far away from us.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

You must be thinking of rc quadcopters carrying pistols. Try autonomous high-performance fragmentation bombs with facial recognition. Like one of these , but exploding like a grenade when in close proximity to any valid target.

That was under MS Windows 3.0, 3.1, 3.11 and higher, where you would start multiple MS-DOS shell

The summary (and grandparent poster) was talking about Windows, not DOS. Weeboo0104 was actually right; you can control Windows 3.x entirely without a mouse with a few obvious exceptions like the paint program. But you could use the keyboard to operate the menus, move windows, click buttons etc. Each version of Windows since then has removed keyboard control until we have patheticness of Windows 10. Actually, that's a bit unfair because I think they improved things slightly between Windows 8.1 to 10.

Original MS-DOS 5.0 to 6.23 didn't have any ALT-TAB without Windows 3.x installed.

MS-DOS 4.00 to 6.22 did have the ability to ALT-TAB between programs using DOSSHELL.EXE. It was more limited that doing it in Windows in that all the programs had to share conventional memory (in the 640KB area). Here is a video showing how this works. Once you launch the programs from DOSSHELL, you can ALT-TAB between them.

I hope this helps you for your choice of the next operating system to use!

That's a bit like plot in this parable I created seven years ago:
"The Richest Man in The World"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
"A parable about robotics, abundance, technological change, unemployment, happiness, and a basic income."

The richest man in the world uses monopolies and robotics to expand to more monopolies (including owning the food supply as well as the government which compliantly expands his monopolies further) until all the wealth in the world is owned by just one person (and his robots). As both in the USA recently and in the story, many people argued the solution to widespread unemployment was cut social benefits along with lowering taxes to promote investment -- but the robots still got all the jobs.

The East is Red

... no?

If the government wants to see the source code of a product, they can choose an open source one like the rest of us.

Thanks but the GREAT band Journey says it better than I can (way over 1/2 century here now) "Onlly the Young" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jifOSQAI0G8

* :)

(What I said was told to ME by my seniors, LONG ago... I am merely "paying it forward" is all - & yes, it works!)

APK

P.S.=> Good luck... apk

And physical reality is utterly merciless.

3rd Rock from the Sun - https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

The laws of science be a harsh mistress.

See subject: "I'm back on the ROAD again" (bye, bye, baby...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1kuqMath3g/ - the RIGHT road & my personal results bear it out, right for me...

* Thus, per the tune? "It's time I leave you now..."

APK

P.S.=> Having TOO good of a day tipping a few w/ pals & "tuning in" to a LONG lost love of mine - music (I let it go, w/ women & partying, TV (lots more) decades ago in pursuit of my present, now - rediscovering it again! Why? I've had the GRACE of GOD shed on me I feel (that I don't deserve in some capacities imo) & got lucky enough to ENJOY life again, essentially retiring a decade++ ago (w/ help of great people around me & God too)).

So, in the spirit of our nation's MAIN holiday imo (the 4th, about FREEDOM & acquiring it as much as you can)?

Hey - I wish you the same, despite your trolling - it's ALL about "getting wise" & it takes time (for some of us, MYSELF included (took too f'ing long - most of my pals are heads of MAJOR corporations etc. but this is good enough for me))... apk

Books? no
Paper? yes
MythBusters - Paper Armor? Really?

Casey Neistat has a video that defined success as people wanting to be like you. I'm not surprise that someone keeps posting as me on Slashdot. It's not like they have anything better to do with their life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iQ8BGw13So

Gee. I don't know

Lynx zwo lynx zwo lynx zwo drei vier, Lynx!

You might want to watch this. Perhaps that will change your perspective on the things bound to happen in the near future.

You're welcome.

It's not sad, it's hilarious ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

God made it.

Also, too, and neither, by not so old white, pole smokers.