Yet another badly titled slashdot article... would be more accurately titled: 85% of Chines Rikes Censorship.
Yes, sadly, mod down for me being a retard.:)
The USDA doesn't have a clear candidate. What makes you think you know more than the USDA? I find it interesting that you blame people for making up reasons for things happening, yet you're very quick to jump to unproven conclusions as well. I smell confirmation bias.
Besides, whats the fear? Its not like this planet cannot support double that if not more. Do people realize just how much arable land is not in use? Hell on my recent 1600 mile trip to and from Ohio I can tell you this, this country is empty in many spots and I am sure it is in others. Hell I know there are substantial areas of Europe that are essentially empty.
The problem from my point of view is not the amount of arable land available, but the amount of water necessary to cultivate that land. Aquifers in several parts of the country are being depleted faster than they can be naturally replenished. Eventually this may be a problem.
And besides, not eating meat doesn't solve all that much of the problem. Cows don't eat crop. They eat grass. That's the stuff we usually don't eat. That's the stuff that grows even where wheat doesn't. Sheep eat... well, damn, everything! They can produce food digestable by humans through stuff that isn't digestable. Humans call it processing, nature does it since forever and a day.
Aside from cows in the US eating crops which humans do eat (corn, soy), the amount of water needed to raise a cow to the point where it is a food option far exceeds the amount needed for an equal number of non-meat calories for a meal. Or, to write a little more clearly, calorie for calorie, meat requires far more water than vegetables. I personally prefer to eat meat, but I can live without it, sometimes. If the limiting factor is water and not arable land (since I'm not citing anything, this becomes my opinion), pray for rain I guess.
My guess is that they will power the spacecraft by including gills in the design. These gills will sift through all those random Thetans floating throughout the universe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Thetan/.
That is a valid question as well, but a candidate's "belief" in evolution can serve as an important test as to whether that candidate can also believe in other seemingly incontrovertable stacks of evidence on such important issues as intelligence reports, foriegn policy, etc. If a candidate can blithely pass off the information showing evolution to be merely an explanation or a theory, rather than as established and proven fact, then that same candidate may do the same on a subject that can do real, and lasting harm.
Not discounting the educational side of the issue at all, but this maybe is another take on it.
In that case, can't wait for Jem!/gags. The studio tie-in with the spice girl of the moment will be too much to pass up. Synergy, baby, Hollywood style!/continued gagging until the end of time.
Did he not also say something to the effect of 'Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others'?
Yes, which leads us directly to the obvious solution: no government at all. No government at all will lead, inevitably, to tyranny and dictatorship. No government is simply impossible: without a set of agreed upon accords amongst a community (the preferable method of governance) you will end up with rule by the strongest or most aggressive. This eliminates personal security, because what you have can be taken from you by force at the whim of an aggressor.
This aggressor will eventually seek to consolidate rule by banding together with like-minded subordinates, or else risk losing his position as the baddest mofo on the block and being subject to someone else. The bottom line is that it will all trickle down to collective action of one sort or another: either there is a government that has been chosen by the masses, or what that has been imposed upon them by an individual or group with the means to do so. No government at all is an obvious impossibility.
I can give credit to Microsoft for making a decent console (when it doesn't "red ring of death" on people - is that the equivalent of a blue screen of death?), but it seems like they're fighting for a Pyhrric victory.
Similarly, does this prove that Bush was right all along? If we ignore a problem long enough, it will simply cease to exist! Let's give credit where it is due.
The study shows that as underage customers are less likely to purchase M rated games, they are more likely to visit the titty bar. I'm *sure* I read that in there somewhere.
I don't even have a handheld and this was my first thought, that Starcraft would be awesome. It would make taking a dump an enjoyable experience if I could do a zergling rush on the toilet at the same time as an opponent.:)
I'd like to play the new games early, but I don't think I'd want to pay $50 for the honor, especially with so many demos available through download services. IMO they should let the gamers in for free.
Calm down there buddy. The point of my post was not to paint you as one of the mindless consumers that grabs the box with the shiniest colors. The fact that you actively post on a website like this seperates you from the pack. Sheep typically don't make the effort.
I should have been more precise. My problem is with the mindless masses accepting without examination that Coke Zero is superior in terms of health benefit to regular Coke. Without delving into the Aspertame v. Sugar debate again, the overarching issue was of more importance to me.
And, while I did read your post (twice), I am not a hysterical nitwit, though your approbation does not concern me. I am, however, genuinely disgusted my the degree to which people are now affected by groupthink, and the related suceptibility to advertising. If we see it, we believe it. Perhaps not you, perhaps not me, but collectively, we as a nation.
I think describing my post as a diatribe is a little harsh. Keep in mind that posts aren't usually aimed at the parent, but at the issue.
one-third (34 percent) of college graduates say they accept the Biblical account of creation as fact.
If that is true then what happened to all of those God-hating effete liberal carpet-munching college profs? Surely this 34% would have never made it through four or more years of constant haranguing by the Godless elites.
In a related note, perhaps this is an indictment against some diploma mill universities not stressing analytical thinking, much less science?
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Yet another badly titled slashdot article... would be more accurately titled: 85% of Chines Rikes Censorship. Yes, sadly, mod down for me being a retard. :)
If it's unique, why are there two?
My guess is that they will power the spacecraft by including gills in the design. These gills will sift through all those random Thetans floating throughout the universe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Thetan/.
That is a valid question as well, but a candidate's "belief" in evolution can serve as an important test as to whether that candidate can also believe in other seemingly incontrovertable stacks of evidence on such important issues as intelligence reports, foriegn policy, etc. If a candidate can blithely pass off the information showing evolution to be merely an explanation or a theory, rather than as established and proven fact, then that same candidate may do the same on a subject that can do real, and lasting harm. Not discounting the educational side of the issue at all, but this maybe is another take on it.
In that case, can't wait for Jem! /gags. The studio tie-in with the spice girl of the moment will be too much to pass up. Synergy, baby, Hollywood style! /continued gagging until the end of time.
Did he not also say something to the effect of 'Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others'?
So, I think I speak for everyone, yet again, when I say Fuck these guys?
I had M$ when I came up with my name.
Similarly, does this prove that Bush was right all along? If we ignore a problem long enough, it will simply cease to exist! Let's give credit where it is due.
My question is if the shields will be more effective after the user has stepped over a chair or played a trombone in space.
The study shows that as underage customers are less likely to purchase M rated games, they are more likely to visit the titty bar. I'm *sure* I read that in there somewhere.
Just like elections.
Mod parent up. Mod strawman down.
I don't even have a handheld and this was my first thought, that Starcraft would be awesome. It would make taking a dump an enjoyable experience if I could do a zergling rush on the toilet at the same time as an opponent. :)
Yep. A similar circumstance is what led to the hole in my wall. Or, the ever-popular warrior triumphs over infantry/ mech infantry.
...collective "No Shit" on this one? How many times have we seen this same claim? Enough already.
In GTA4, that meeting will include some extra sweet cigars along with that hot coffee.
I'd like to play the new games early, but I don't think I'd want to pay $50 for the honor, especially with so many demos available through download services. IMO they should let the gamers in for free.
Does a pink pony degrade over time, or does it just become less and less funny?
Calm down there buddy. The point of my post was not to paint you as one of the mindless consumers that grabs the box with the shiniest colors. The fact that you actively post on a website like this seperates you from the pack. Sheep typically don't make the effort.
I should have been more precise. My problem is with the mindless masses accepting without examination that Coke Zero is superior in terms of health benefit to regular Coke. Without delving into the Aspertame v. Sugar debate again, the overarching issue was of more importance to me.
And, while I did read your post (twice), I am not a hysterical nitwit, though your approbation does not concern me. I am, however, genuinely disgusted my the degree to which people are now affected by groupthink, and the related suceptibility to advertising. If we see it, we believe it. Perhaps not you, perhaps not me, but collectively, we as a nation.
I think describing my post as a diatribe is a little harsh. Keep in mind that posts aren't usually aimed at the parent, but at the issue.
If that is true then what happened to all of those God-hating effete liberal carpet-munching college profs? Surely this 34% would have never made it through four or more years of constant haranguing by the Godless elites.
In a related note, perhaps this is an indictment against some diploma mill universities not stressing analytical thinking, much less science?
That's because it *is* cheating. The hole in my wall next to my computer can attest to this well established fact. :)