My suspicion is the latter, since you're referring to him as both a philosopher and journalist, which usually translates to a rabble rouser who represents shallow, obviously illogical concepts to sell papers.
I'm not dignifying this unfounded generality with a response.
Dude... calling it an "unfounded generality" is a response. Your sentence is most definitely a response, and the very existence of the sentence contradicts its stated meaning.
Ok but doesn't explain how they get back because you could take that same ammount of steps and go in a different direction, so they must have something else.
I'm sure there's an internal GPS in there too,,,just haven't found it yet because they are so tiny
My theory is that they play an ant form of "Marco Polo" and then they triangulate on where they hear the "polos" coming from to find their location.
How do you find out if a data has been accessed ?
Or if the disk has been bit-copied ?
Well... I imagine someone opens the file or files and says "this looks like it's been read."
Did you ever pick up your newspaper and you could just TELL that someone had read it before you. The news has that already-been-read feel to it. It's spooky.
True, you must send your children to school, but for someone like me with no kids, I don't see why I should have to pay to educate someone else's children.
Because you will have to live, in your old age, in the society that those children create and mold. Because you are part of a larger society, and it is in your best interest that everyone else around you has a good education.
If you own a business, they may be your future employees or partners. If you get sick, they may be your doctors or nurses. Get the picture? You aren't an island. Even childless people depend on an orderly and productive society to live in.
These "other people's children" are people YOU will be somewhat dependent on as you grow older. A handful of them will be your elected representatives, or even the President during your lifetime.
Don't be so short-sighted. My kids getting an education is not just in their (or my) best interest - it is in yours as well.
The enduring Interstate system showcases the last great example of a Republican who believed in the government taking public monies and using them to create great, massive public works projects that would provide for the common good and the growth of the nation despite the temporary inconveniences of its construction, in a rarely-seen exhibition of a long-view vision as opposed to a short-term ROI mentality.
So what the fuck happened?
Barry Goldwater. Republican politics hasn't been the same since. Barry's was Reagan's biggest influence... Reagan is Bush's.
Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign was a tidal shift for the GOP and Nixon's "southern strategy" in 1968 (which caused the racist dixie-crats to switch parties and join the GOP) completed the transformation from a moderate political party to a conservative, bastion-for-racists, anti-government, destroyer-of-the-American-ideal party.
don't think that sounds very accurate, I myself use perhaps 10 gallons a week on average (and part of that is account for very long road trips) - which is about 520 gallons a year. I'll bet I drink more lemonaide than that every year, it does not seem terribly excessive to me for the amount of freedom and travel I gain from using that gas.
You drink, on average, a gallon and a half of lemonade per day? Holy puckered lips! That's a lot lemons, man....
But the parent got modded as "Insightful"... unreal.
This is why the U.S. does so poorly in math and science... people actually think that a 150' turbine could have ANY impact on something as massive as ocean currents. They have no concept of the scale and just how massive the oceans are..... these are the people that think if we all drive our cars east at the same time, we can alter the earth's rotation and make the day longer.
Hell.. the 8 propellors on a single U.S. Aircraft Carrier probably have a bigger effect on ocean currents than this turbine would... heh...
Imagine a cookie crumb on your living room floor. That's the relationship that Bermuda has to the Atlantic ocean.
Now, imagine a speck of dust 1/100th the size of the cookie crumb in your living room. That's the relationship of this turbine generator to the Atlantic ocean.
This turbine generator off the coast of Bermuda will have the same effect on the Atlantic ocean currents that the above-mentioned speck of dust will have on the wind currents in your living room.
...with the "extended BASIC" cartridge... and SPRITES!
God how I loved the TI-99 sprites.
Even made $60 as a 16-year-old by inventing a computer game that I submitted to 99-er magazine. Still have the issue where my game appears in all it's GOTO-laden glory.:)
I really am not an expert but I thought that the evolutionary theory doesn't deal with the ape to man idea. I thought it dealt with common ancestry.
Exactly. The creationists continually (and intentionally, I would argue) distort this because then they can say "Show me the macroevolution from ape to man!".
Nevermind that the term "macroevolution" doesn't even exist in scientific circles and is a term invented by the creationists once the evidence for evolution became so overwhelming that they couldn't ignore it. They simply said... "well, that evolution you have shown us empirically we'll just label as 'microevolution' and say that we agree on that. But you haven't shown us the BIG changes, so we'll give a label to that part and it will allow the cognitive dissonance in our minds to subside."
Let's be perfectly clear on this: Evolution theory does not say that man descended from ape. It says that man AND ape descended from a common ancestor. Humans and apes are two separate branches from the same tree. Humans didn't evolve from apes any more than apes evolved from humans. They both have a common, ancient ancestor.
There is no "microevolution" or "macroevolution"... there is only "evolution". It is all "micro". But several million branches of "micro" changes over time results in a pretty big "macro" thousands of generations later.
I was at the game. I can guarantee you that myself, and most of the other 50,000+ members of Steeler Nation that were there are nowhere near "elite".
My wife and I cancelled our vacation cruise in May so we could go to the Super Bowl. Most of the other members of Steeler Nation did something similar.
There were a lot of "elite" there, to be sure. But the overwhelming majority of them were normal people that simply have a passion for their Steelers.
He wasn't "publicly humiliated" because of his "embarassing behavior". He was arrested for a crime, which is absolutely not the same thing.
The whole point is that he wasn't arrested! Come on, you are not this dense... you couldn't possibly be. He was held for 3 years, without being charged with ANY crime. 3+ years later, they came up with one... but it doesn't invalidate the point that they were able to hold him.. without charging him with anything for 3 years.
All because they suspected he was a terrorist.
When I become President, I'll "suspect" you of being a terrorist, and hold you indefinitely without access to your lawyer... all just because you're ugly and don't agree with my world view. Heck.. I don't need a reason... I can hold you without charging you for anything for as long as I like... just cause you're a dirty Republican.
Now, tell me, what harm results when a person's conversations are recorded in such a way that the person does not and will never know they were being recorded?
You're right... so you would have no problem with the next Democratic administration, whenever it occurs, listening in on your phone calls or reading your private correspondence?
After all.. what harm could be done?
Really... what harm was done when Nixon decided to tap the DNC headquarters to listen to their conversations?
Look.. I know you're a troll.. and exceedingly, not a very good one. As a citizen of this country, indeed, of this planet I have certain inalienable rights.
one of which, as established by the 4th amendment and reinforced by countless court precedent over the years, is my right to privacy.
The government has no right to listen to my calls, or read my mail, with probable cause.
The "harm" that is done is to the 4th amendment to the U.S. constitution and to all law-abiding citizens of this country to NOT have their privacy violated.
As I understand it, the wiretaps are only on foreign communications - although it applies to citizens and foreigners alike, it is not a tap on local domestic communications.
And how is it that you came to "understand" this? Where did you get this information?
Oh yeah.. from the administration.
The whole point of this whole f***ing maelstorm is that because the NSA bypassed the FISA court, we have no f***ing idea whether it only appied to international calls or not. They could have been tapping any calls.. because they didn't follow the oversight procedures that were put in place by the 1978 FISA law.
To turn the typical conservative's argument on its head: If they had nothing to hide, then they shouldn't have bypassed the FISA law.
Nevertheless, you were asked to provide the name of a private citizen. You provided the name of a government employee. There was a second condition you didn't meet, but I feel no need to waste time when all it takes is one to defeat your argument.
A) Government employees are private citizens. In fact, in most cases, like mine, citizenship is required.
B) Jose Padilla. Private U.S. citizen. Held for 3+ years without being charged with a crime. He may have been guilty, but his 4th and 5th amendments rights were violated.
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I'm not dignifying this unfounded generality with a response.
Dude... calling it an "unfounded generality" is a response. Your sentence is most definitely a response, and the very existence of the sentence contradicts its stated meaning.
The TV version was renamed "9 1/2 minutes"
How cool would it be to email farts to people.
I think they should've just shortened the legs on one side of their bodies and seen if the ants ended up walking in circles.
1. The ants are decades ahead of us in pedometer miniaturization.
2. They've managed to keep their advanced technology secret for years.
3. They finally revealed it only after brutal mutilation.
These three facts together should give us pause.
Obviously, this calls for government action. I say we need a "war on ants".
My theory is that they play an ant form of "Marco Polo" and then they triangulate on where they hear the "polos" coming from to find their location.
Well... I imagine someone opens the file or files and says "this looks like it's been read."
Did you ever pick up your newspaper and you could just TELL that someone had read it before you. The news has that already-been-read feel to it. It's spooky.
Because you will have to live, in your old age, in the society that those children create and mold. Because you are part of a larger society, and it is in your best interest that everyone else around you has a good education.
If you own a business, they may be your future employees or partners. If you get sick, they may be your doctors or nurses. Get the picture? You aren't an island. Even childless people depend on an orderly and productive society to live in.
These "other people's children" are people YOU will be somewhat dependent on as you grow older. A handful of them will be your elected representatives, or even the President during your lifetime.
Don't be so short-sighted. My kids getting an education is not just in their (or my) best interest - it is in yours as well.
So what the fuck happened?
Barry Goldwater. Republican politics hasn't been the same since. Barry's was Reagan's biggest influence... Reagan is Bush's.
Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign was a tidal shift for the GOP and Nixon's "southern strategy" in 1968 (which caused the racist dixie-crats to switch parties and join the GOP) completed the transformation from a moderate political party to a conservative, bastion-for-racists, anti-government, destroyer-of-the-American-ideal party.
You drink, on average, a gallon and a half of lemonade per day? Holy puckered lips! That's a lot lemons, man....
The "blind" in this little screen-play are the Bush apologists. The man has left this nation in a far more precarious position than his predecesor.
This is why the U.S. does so poorly in math and science... people actually think that a 150' turbine could have ANY impact on something as massive as ocean currents. They have no concept of the scale and just how massive the oceans are. .... these are the people that think if we all drive our cars east at the same time, we can alter the earth's rotation and make the day longer.
Hell.. the 8 propellors on a single U.S. Aircraft Carrier probably have a bigger effect on ocean currents than this turbine would... heh...
Now, imagine a speck of dust 1/100th the size of the cookie crumb in your living room. That's the relationship of this turbine generator to the Atlantic ocean.
This turbine generator off the coast of Bermuda will have the same effect on the Atlantic ocean currents that the above-mentioned speck of dust will have on the wind currents in your living room.
So small as to not even be measurable.
Bush didn't take office until January of 2001.
Sorry... got karma to burn..
...with the "extended BASIC" cartridge... and SPRITES! God how I loved the TI-99 sprites. Even made $60 as a 16-year-old by inventing a computer game that I submitted to 99-er magazine. Still have the issue where my game appears in all it's GOTO-laden glory. :)
Exactly. The creationists continually (and intentionally, I would argue) distort this because then they can say "Show me the macroevolution from ape to man!".
Nevermind that the term "macroevolution" doesn't even exist in scientific circles and is a term invented by the creationists once the evidence for evolution became so overwhelming that they couldn't ignore it. They simply said... "well, that evolution you have shown us empirically we'll just label as 'microevolution' and say that we agree on that. But you haven't shown us the BIG changes, so we'll give a label to that part and it will allow the cognitive dissonance in our minds to subside."
Let's be perfectly clear on this: Evolution theory does not say that man descended from ape. It says that man AND ape descended from a common ancestor. Humans and apes are two separate branches from the same tree. Humans didn't evolve from apes any more than apes evolved from humans. They both have a common, ancient ancestor.
There is no "microevolution" or "macroevolution"... there is only "evolution". It is all "micro". But several million branches of "micro" changes over time results in a pretty big "macro" thousands of generations later.
Watch Jaws in reverse... it then becomes a happy movie about a shark that keeps regurgitating people until they open the beach.
My wife and I cancelled our vacation cruise in May so we could go to the Super Bowl. Most of the other members of Steeler Nation did something similar.
There were a lot of "elite" there, to be sure. But the overwhelming majority of them were normal people that simply have a passion for their Steelers.
Because they were the party that had become most aligned with his world view.
The GOP of the 60s were the moderates who are now in the Democratic party.
The Dixie-crats of the 60s moved into the Republican party and set up camp there.
Abe Lincoln wouldn't recognize today's GOP... it would go against everything he believed in.
The whole point is that he wasn't arrested! Come on, you are not this dense... you couldn't possibly be. He was held for 3 years, without being charged with ANY crime. 3+ years later, they came up with one... but it doesn't invalidate the point that they were able to hold him.. without charging him with anything for 3 years.
All because they suspected he was a terrorist.
When I become President, I'll "suspect" you of being a terrorist, and hold you indefinitely without access to your lawyer... all just because you're ugly and don't agree with my world view. Heck.. I don't need a reason... I can hold you without charging you for anything for as long as I like... just cause you're a dirty Republican.
You're right... so you would have no problem with the next Democratic administration, whenever it occurs, listening in on your phone calls or reading your private correspondence?
After all.. what harm could be done?
Really... what harm was done when Nixon decided to tap the DNC headquarters to listen to their conversations?
Look.. I know you're a troll.. and exceedingly, not a very good one. As a citizen of this country, indeed, of this planet I have certain inalienable rights.
one of which, as established by the 4th amendment and reinforced by countless court precedent over the years, is my right to privacy.
The government has no right to listen to my calls, or read my mail, with probable cause.
The "harm" that is done is to the 4th amendment to the U.S. constitution and to all law-abiding citizens of this country to NOT have their privacy violated.
And how is it that you came to "understand" this? Where did you get this information?
Oh yeah.. from the administration.
The whole point of this whole f***ing maelstorm is that because the NSA bypassed the FISA court, we have no f***ing idea whether it only appied to international calls or not. They could have been tapping any calls.. because they didn't follow the oversight procedures that were put in place by the 1978 FISA law.
To turn the typical conservative's argument on its head: If they had nothing to hide, then they shouldn't have bypassed the FISA law.
A) Government employees are private citizens. In fact, in most cases, like mine, citizenship is required.
B) Jose Padilla. Private U.S. citizen. Held for 3+ years without being charged with a crime. He may have been guilty, but his 4th and 5th amendments rights were violated.