Agreed, wholeheartedly. First thing in the morning is when a woman truly looks her best.:) A little subtle makeup can be OK for 'going out' or special occasions but how could you fall in love with a mask?
Well, for starters, a ring is a great way to signal to others that you're taken, permanently. My gf is attractive (imo, and no, you in the back, there will be no pix!:P ) and since she's a friendly person and will generally answer 'good morning' with another 'good morning' instead of a 'fuck off creep' like most girls, she constantly has guys hitting on her, even after she's mentioned me pointedly three times in one sentence. At one stage (before we met) she took to wearing a fake wedding ring just so she could get some peace.
Also, there's something satisfying about announcing to the world that you've finally found your match. It's a gesture that demonstrates the strength of your mutual commitment. In geek terms, your first few dates are the alpha test, when you move in together it's a beta test, and when you actually swap rings, you've gone gold.;)
Fair enough. And good call on the pathogens front, I always wondered if lonely researchers had something to do with how HIV crossed over from green monkeys... >.>
I'm also vegetarian, btw - I just used the how-is-eating-them-not-worse-than-rooting-them line because it's so rare (in my part of the world) to find someone who'll argue that eating animals is wrong.:P As for abuse, only if it's non-consensual, I'd guess if the animal isn't constrained and it sticks around then it probably doesn't mind... OK, this discussion may be going too far now.:P
Why would you not accept zoophilia, unless you were terrified of your own inclinations towards barnyard fun? I dunno, why wouldn't you?
I'm serious. Are there any real, valid objections beyond "eew that's yicky"? In any case how is it worse than killing and eating the animal, as is a universally recognized activity?
The liquid on your skin would boil away, but it would boil at a very low temperature because of the low pressure. It's possible to have a pot of water boil at 33 degrees... (and probably much lower - look up a phase change diagram) Anyways, since the water on your skin would already be 'hot' enough to boil, I don't believe it would draw any heat from you. It wouldn't draw any heat from you to change temperature, since it wouldn't. It would, however, draw at least some of the latent heat of vaporisation from you. This is the same reason that blowing on wet skin feels much cooler than blowing on dry skin (boiling is just vigorous evaporation).
Solar radiation coming in would be somewhat more, to a naked person in Earth's orbit, than they'd get on the surface, because it's not attenuated by atmosphere. I'd guess after everything dried out, heating would become a problem, but not before lack of oxygen.:P
I remember reading a sci-fi story that discussed this exact possibility - a space ship with some large number of crew is irreparably damaged, and only has three space suits aboard. They eventually have the entire crew do a naked space walk to a rescue vessel, with no losses and negligible casualties. I can't remember whether it was Heinlein or Asimov (don't think it was Clarke but I could be wrong.:P ).
you just confusing the issue, criminals don't go into an "arms race" the sheer notion is flawed. This is true. If the level of armament of the general population is an "arms race", any serious criminal has already taken a taxi to the finish line. "If I get a gun then the thug will get a bigger gun" is a bad theory because they already HAVE the bigger gun.
The argument for gun control (or at least the one that makes sense) is that there's a (presumed large) middle ground of people who are unstable enough to shoot someone if armed and then pushed far enough, but who aren't dedicated enough to actually jump through the hoops to get a sidearm. The argument goes that the injury and death that would be caused by this middle group if they were armed is larger than the current injury caused by Bad Guys(TM) with illegal weapons shooting unarmed Good Guys(TM). As to whether that's true or not, I've never seen numbers. Numbers would be good.
My sig is a rip on the 'correlation implies/doesn't imply causation' crowd that appear every time any post containing statistics or research appears.:P Causation, in fact, correlates with correlation, as you say.;)
yeah, but i can sit on my front porch and do the same thing legally. i guess people only have a problem when it's law enforcement that can do the same things i can legally do. We're not talking about you trainspotting the cars that drive up and down your street. We're talking about you and thousands of your friends doing that, then comparing notes and cross-referencing your data until you know everything about who your partner talks to while they're down at the shops, or that hot young cashier who (you now know thanks to surveillance) drinks alone at home on a Thursday night, or old Mrs Johnston who draws her pension on Friday and walks home past the park.
Coming or not, I can't really look forward to this prospect. Knowledge is power, the more knowledge there is about you the more power can be held over you. Of course, if there were no potential for that power to be misused, it wouldn't matter...
What did you want to use it for? It's done everything I've asked of it (internet browsing, playing media, WoW via Wine, editing documents). What further use do you want it to be? (honest, curious question)
I don't know about their other consumer stuff, but I really like my WRT54G wireless router. Especially since they provided the GPL'd software, and there are so many after-market features added through the magic of open source. I had one of those, and, well, my mileage varied. The first one I had brickified itself (I'd just updated to the firmware version that supported Telstra's braindead heartbeat system, it worked fine for a week or two then refused to load the firmware even after a full reset, which should have kicked it back to factory condition). I took it back to the warehouse under warranty, three months later they were still waiting to hear back from Linksys so they gave me a new one. That one worked, kinda - it would be fine for a few days, then just stop routing anything to the outside world until I power cycled it. Currently got a neat little Netgear unit that does the same job plus has a built in DSL modem, and has been restarted once in about 4 months (when I mistakenly blamed it for poor network performance, turns out it was an upstream infrastructure thing). The Linksys products I've encountered have always seemed just a little unpolished, with variable QC... then again I got it for fifty bucks, so I can't really complain.:P
The US occupation of highways, industrial workplaces, Iraq, beaches, hell even five-star resorts is higher priced in terms of human lives than the US occupation of space. 10 out of 10 for sensationalism, but more people are killed each year by bees than by the space program.
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I read a definition of 'wealth' (in Rich Dad, Poor Dad, actually *) that was along the lines of 'the number of days you could live at your current comfort level without going broke, if you quit your job'. For most of us, that's a negative number, since so many people are in debt. He made the distinction between being rich (having lots of money), and being wealthy (having assets which, passively or actively, increase your net worth over time).
* This book was great up to the point where the author reveals how he actually got rich in the first place, going to mortgage foreclosure auctions and ripping off unfortunate families, to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. The guys a vulture. If that's what it takes to turn a quick buck, I'm all for staying poor.
But if there's a correlation, there's certainly a strong possibility of causation Indeed. In fact I think I'm going to make that my new sig. In other news, Slashdot is like Jesus. I went and edited my profile and at the bottom there was a button saying "Save User".
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...if you have a Family Directed Graph. Hopefully it's acyclic. :P
Agreed, wholeheartedly. First thing in the morning is when a woman truly looks her best. :) A little subtle makeup can be OK for 'going out' or special occasions but how could you fall in love with a mask?
To many of those present, definitely! They're missing half the hardware requirements... :P
Well, for starters, a ring is a great way to signal to others that you're taken, permanently. My gf is attractive (imo, and no, you in the back, there will be no pix! :P ) and since she's a friendly person and will generally answer 'good morning' with another 'good morning' instead of a 'fuck off creep' like most girls, she constantly has guys hitting on her, even after she's mentioned me pointedly three times in one sentence. At one stage (before we met) she took to wearing a fake wedding ring just so she could get some peace.
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Also, there's something satisfying about announcing to the world that you've finally found your match. It's a gesture that demonstrates the strength of your mutual commitment. In geek terms, your first few dates are the alpha test, when you move in together it's a beta test, and when you actually swap rings, you've gone gold.
I can't believe you left out the most obvious and relevant, the rat race!
Fair enough. And good call on the pathogens front, I always wondered if lonely researchers had something to do with how HIV crossed over from green monkeys... >.>
:P As for abuse, only if it's non-consensual, I'd guess if the animal isn't constrained and it sticks around then it probably doesn't mind... OK, this discussion may be going too far now. :P
I'm also vegetarian, btw - I just used the how-is-eating-them-not-worse-than-rooting-them line because it's so rare (in my part of the world) to find someone who'll argue that eating animals is wrong.
Well at least now we won't have any more trouble with those pesky Martians.
I'm serious. Are there any real, valid objections beyond "eew that's yicky"? In any case how is it worse than killing and eating the animal, as is a universally recognized activity?
Solar radiation coming in would be somewhat more, to a naked person in Earth's orbit, than they'd get on the surface, because it's not attenuated by atmosphere. I'd guess after everything dried out, heating would become a problem, but not before lack of oxygen.
I remember reading a sci-fi story that discussed this exact possibility - a space ship with some large number of crew is irreparably damaged, and only has three space suits aboard. They eventually have the entire crew do a naked space walk to a rescue vessel, with no losses and negligible casualties. I can't remember whether it was Heinlein or Asimov (don't think it was Clarke but I could be wrong.
Vietnam vs USA
Afghanistan vs USA
Iraq vs USA
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Hell, who knows, maybe due to some enormous improbability, Earth has some of the galaxy's most conveniently mined iron.
Are you saying that most likely God exists, but thinks the Earth is a hole, and has better places to hang out?
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...nvm, that actually sounds familiar.
I was really hoping someone'd link that car! :)
As for burning water, it's easy... just add sodium metal and voila, flame!
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Oh, you're so oldskool.
The argument for gun control (or at least the one that makes sense) is that there's a (presumed large) middle ground of people who are unstable enough to shoot someone if armed and then pushed far enough, but who aren't dedicated enough to actually jump through the hoops to get a sidearm. The argument goes that the injury and death that would be caused by this middle group if they were armed is larger than the current injury caused by Bad Guys(TM) with illegal weapons shooting unarmed Good Guys(TM). As to whether that's true or not, I've never seen numbers. Numbers would be good.
My sig is a rip on the 'correlation implies/doesn't imply causation' crowd that appear every time any post containing statistics or research appears. :P Causation, in fact, correlates with correlation, as you say. ;)
Coming or not, I can't really look forward to this prospect. Knowledge is power, the more knowledge there is about you the more power can be held over you. Of course, if there were no potential for that power to be misused, it wouldn't matter...
Over-optimise unrelevant parts of code? Unpossible!
What did you want to use it for? It's done everything I've asked of it (internet browsing, playing media, WoW via Wine, editing documents). What further use do you want it to be? (honest, curious question)
The US occupation of highways, industrial workplaces, Iraq, beaches, hell even five-star resorts is higher priced in terms of human lives than the US occupation of space. 10 out of 10 for sensationalism, but more people are killed each year by bees than by the space program.
I read a definition of 'wealth' (in Rich Dad, Poor Dad, actually *) that was along the lines of 'the number of days you could live at your current comfort level without going broke, if you quit your job'. For most of us, that's a negative number, since so many people are in debt. He made the distinction between being rich (having lots of money), and being wealthy (having assets which, passively or actively, increase your net worth over time).
* This book was great up to the point where the author reveals how he actually got rich in the first place, going to mortgage foreclosure auctions and ripping off unfortunate families, to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. The guys a vulture. If that's what it takes to turn a quick buck, I'm all for staying poor.
Lisa, I want to buy your rock! ...and another favorite of mine:
Homer: Just what are you inferring?
Lisa: I imply. YOU infer.