But we've had Christianity the whole time. And frankly some of the things that the Bible approves of are downright appalling. Certainly religion seems to have some calming effect on stupid people, but it can also have the reverse effect. Afghanistan for example. The Crusades. I don't think it's necessarily religion that makes a society peaceful. It CAN be a factor certainly, but it's more complex than that.
But now I see how society has turned out a few decades later as Christianity is withering and on the defensive, and I certainly question my former attitude. It seems that there is more evil these days
Then you are ignorant. Please go back and review your history. The first world nations enjoy the safest most comfortable life style that has ever existed. We live like the kings. The crime here is paltry compared to the normal legal behaviors of people in the past. Please get some perspective.
The yield is lower, but was energy input taken into account?
No, organic loose even then.
Would it? Producing those pesticides and fertilizers required oil. Transporting and applying them required oil. Pumping and transporting the oil required oil. Is all that oil taken into consideration?
These guys aren't even making excuses, they're throwing money down a hole for the lulz.
The money put forth into space endeavors is NOT packaged up and shot into space. It's spent right here on earth. It employs people here on earth. It uses infrastructure and resources here on earth. It's not being thrown down a hole. Even if they are doing it for lulz, it employs people.
It's also a survival instinct to move on to new territory when your tribe has grown too large and you cannot distinguish yourself from the other males as a suitable mating partner.
It depends how he's portrayed in the news media. When the headline says: Man protests TSA by stripping naked. That doesn't sounds like he's a nutjob. And judging by what I'm reading on the MSNBC forums, it sounds like people are defending him there just as they are here. So yes, it is raising awareness.
For example, in most states, it[indecent exposure] is a criminal offense punishable by fines and/or imprisonment, and/or registered sex offender requirements and restrictions.
Human thought and emotion, by definition, is outside the realm of scientific inquiry.
The term used here is is testable. You can survey people to ask them if something is pretty. Prettiness has no definition beyond human thought, so it's implied that this is the only way to test it.
Desensitization to what? Why would a real bomber warn anyone? I'm wondering... in the whole country, how many bomb threats actually turned out to be real? Have there even been any real ones? At some point we just have to say this is ridiculous and ignore them.
They make these great things called mirrors, you might want to look into that.
Yeah. Just hasn't been that big of a problem yet. I still think the mini-beeper is a good idea though. I just wanted a written record of it here on/. so that in 40 years when every car has one, I can prove to my grandkids that it was my idea...and I wasn't always a stupid old curmudgeon afraid of cranial implants and household robots.
As a bicyclist, I sometimes get the shit scared out of me when I'm riding on the road and a really quiet car passes. I can get so startled that I swerve. Maybe cars could have two horns. The regular one that busts people's ear drums, and a small beeper type horn that you could use to alert pedestrians and cyclists to your presence.
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But we've had Christianity the whole time. And frankly some of the things that the Bible approves of are downright appalling. Certainly religion seems to have some calming effect on stupid people, but it can also have the reverse effect. Afghanistan for example. The Crusades. I don't think it's necessarily religion that makes a society peaceful. It CAN be a factor certainly, but it's more complex than that.
Better yet...go back and read your own holy text.
But now I see how society has turned out a few decades later as Christianity is withering and on the defensive, and I certainly question my former attitude. It seems that there is more evil these days
Then you are ignorant. Please go back and review your history. The first world nations enjoy the safest most comfortable life style that has ever existed. We live like the kings. The crime here is paltry compared to the normal legal behaviors of people in the past. Please get some perspective.
The yield is lower, but was energy input taken into account?
No, organic loose even then.
Would it? Producing those pesticides and fertilizers required oil. Transporting and applying them required oil. Pumping and transporting the oil required oil. Is all that oil taken into consideration?
And this would be based on what exactly?
These guys aren't even making excuses, they're throwing money down a hole for the lulz.
The money put forth into space endeavors is NOT packaged up and shot into space. It's spent right here on earth. It employs people here on earth. It uses infrastructure and resources here on earth. It's not being thrown down a hole. Even if they are doing it for lulz, it employs people.
Well I once heard that to have a real simulation of the universe, you would need to have a computer the size of the universe
Not if we use winzip to compress it.
Want to terraform Mars? First start here and learn to terraform EARTH.
Why can't we do both?
Large, impractical, grandiose, ridiculously expensive symbolic gestures?
It's a better idea than invading other countries for resources. Probably less expensive too.
We fear change. It's a survival characteristic.
It's also a survival instinct to move on to new territory when your tribe has grown too large and you cannot distinguish yourself from the other males as a suitable mating partner.
Why wouldn't there be a vein of iron ore on the Moon? There are veins of it on the Earth.
You have to find them first. If you're sitting on a giant nickel iron rock then no hunting is necessary.
But is this really going to raise awareness?
It depends how he's portrayed in the news media. When the headline says: Man protests TSA by stripping naked. That doesn't sounds like he's a nutjob. And judging by what I'm reading on the MSNBC forums, it sounds like people are defending him there just as they are here. So yes, it is raising awareness.
because, really, what sane or stable person does that?
One making a political statement.
To affect change we need to work to change the laws and regulations.
And to raise awareness of the problem so that laws and regulations are changed, we need guys like this. Otherwise, politicians just don't care.
For example, in most states, it[indecent exposure] is a criminal offense punishable by fines and/or imprisonment, and/or registered sex offender requirements and restrictions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indecent_exposure_in_the_United_States
Human thought and emotion, by definition, is outside the realm of scientific inquiry.
The term used here is is testable. You can survey people to ask them if something is pretty. Prettiness has no definition beyond human thought, so it's implied that this is the only way to test it.
finding out what data are they monitoring, and why
Well, all the porn websites seem to know that I prefer brunettes over blonds.
Because if you were caught they cut your hand off. And they only had to cut off about 8 hands per year, because everyone else got the message.
Perhaps we should consider doing this with some crooked bankers.
I think there would more demand for a third horn that screams insults at bad drivers.
You want to know how to destroy a school - stop responding to any threats, credible or not. If a real bomb does go off, the school will never survive.
The real threat seems to be the lawyers.
Desensitization to what? Why would a real bomber warn anyone? I'm wondering... in the whole country, how many bomb threats actually turned out to be real? Have there even been any real ones? At some point we just have to say this is ridiculous and ignore them.
Defense=stop taking every bomb threat as a credible threat.
They make these great things called mirrors, you might want to look into that.
Yeah. Just hasn't been that big of a problem yet. I still think the mini-beeper is a good idea though. I just wanted a written record of it here on /. so that in 40 years when every car has one, I can prove to my grandkids that it was my idea...and I wasn't always a stupid old curmudgeon afraid of cranial implants and household robots.
As a bicyclist, I sometimes get the shit scared out of me when I'm riding on the road and a really quiet car passes. I can get so startled that I swerve. Maybe cars could have two horns. The regular one that busts people's ear drums, and a small beeper type horn that you could use to alert pedestrians and cyclists to your presence.
You mean a blaring voice that says: Danger! Danger! Vehicle Approaching! Stand Aside Citizen!