The headline is somewhat misleading. The memory is not erased. Rather, the emotions associated it are dampened. As in, "I saw my mother hacked to pieces with a chainsaw. Meh."
Which means this drug would severely decrease the chances of a real-life Dexter! Ban it!
There is that outlying group, however, who (despite honest effort and therapy) seem to have an overactive emotional memory system which prevents them from ever coming to terms with what happened.
Some callous bastards would suggest that that is what we'd call natural selection...or at least it would be so called when it was shown that their inability to handle their trauma either prevents them from reproducing or decreases their parenting/nurturing abilities.
To illustrate what I'm trying to say, let's think of the following purely hypothetical example:
Person A: "Cool, I got the phone number of that new girl in sales."
Person B: "You shouldn't cry over spilled milk."
Person A: "Huh? That makes no sense."
Person B: "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
What's the wrongest with it...
Actually, I find that what's wrongest with it also makes it hilarious, in a we're-laughing-at-you-not-with-you way. Just like laughing at the character of Ron Burgundy for his ignorant (yet arrogant) persistence misuse of proverbs/colloquialisms. I would have a hard time not ROFLMAO if I heard the hypothetical exchange you just presented.
Underling: Sir, here's the latest report on Vista Ultimate sales... it's pretty dismal. Ballmer: Hmmm...I see. Alright, here's the plan: Revise the current Windows 7 Upgrade Program to allow OEMs to upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista Ultimate - for FREE! And leak this to the tech community right away!! Underling: Uh...sir, pardon me saying so, but won't that appear as an obvious ploy to sell more of our most overrated - and least worthwhile - product? Ballmer: Yes...you may be right. Those basement dwellers can be pretty sharp...hmmm...I know! Add that free option for Vista Home Premium and Vista Business! We should make up, in additional sales of those, what "loss" we incur with the free upgrades. We should be able to minimize that by frightening the OEMs with scary "Program Compliance" requirements. We can also limit large business deployments by restricting the number of upgrades per mailing address. Finally, send a memo to the developers: Remove all the previously most-desired-by-the-tech-community features planned for Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional, so that these features ONLY exist in Windows 7 Ultimate... Underling: Right away, sir! ... (Ballmer throws a chair at the back of exiting Underling) Underling: Ou--I mean, thank you, sir! May I have another? Ballmer: You'll go far here, son...
How is she gonna know you followed a video tutorial?! Of course, with how tech-knowledgeable most girlfriends are, how is she even gonna know you made it yourself, instead of buying it on Thinkgeek/One-of-your-other-geek-sites. What?! She's gonna take your word for it?!? She knows you, right?!
Him: Yeah, babe, and now you can tell your friends that your Valentine's Day card runs at 14 MHz. Her: Really?! 14? How many songs does that mean it can hold?
or
Him: Yeah, babe, and now you can tell your friends that your Valentine's Day card runs at 14 MHz. Her:...uh, yeah... I'll be doing that right away...
or
Him: Yeah, babe, and now you can tell your friends that your Valentine's Day card runs at 14 MHz. Her:...
(She remains as silent as all other RealDolls)
Step 1: They pass this law. Perhaps they "forget" to destroy the DNA samples. Perhaps they do destroy it.
Step 2: They complain about the "destruction" requirement impeding law enforcement. A high profile case is brought up where keeping the DNA evidence would have helped solve the case quicker. (Bonus points if they can claim a life would have been saved.)
Step 3: The law will be amended to allow police to keep the samples for as long as they deem it needed.
It seems to be a popular method of getting 1984-style laws passed. Pass an innocuous sounding law backed by a rallying cry ("Think of the Children!" "Protect against Terrorism!"). Now, expand that law as quietly as possible until it matches your original intent.
Dude, you're getting a Toshiba!!1! Or maybe an Acer!11!. Seriously, there's always at least some deal going on for a low-end laptop going for about $500. Try here or here, if you decide to pass on the previous two offers.
Good job with the math. Now for some perspective:
Average adult male should be able to comfortably carry at least 15kg on their person while riding a bike (much more if just walking).
The extra 0.5kg for the larger screen, better performance, and close to double the battery life costs them about 3.3% of their load capacity. Less than an extra can of Rockstar would.
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At least they're not nouning their adjectives. That'd really be a frightening.
The headline is somewhat misleading. The memory is not erased. Rather, the emotions associated it are dampened. As in, "I saw my mother hacked to pieces with a chainsaw. Meh."
Which means this drug would severely decrease the chances of a real-life Dexter! Ban it!
There is that outlying group, however, who (despite honest effort and therapy) seem to have an overactive emotional memory system which prevents them from ever coming to terms with what happened.
Some callous bastards would suggest that that is what we'd call natural selection...or at least it would be so called when it was shown that their inability to handle their trauma either prevents them from reproducing or decreases their parenting/nurturing abilities.
Yes, you can do that when you've got a digit on the new kids.
Dammit, I'm gonna have to wait forever. Actually, only another 50 years or so, assuming arithmetic (I can dream can't I) growth...
By then then the only lawn I'll me able to yell at the kids to get off of will be covering my grave...*sigh*...well, at least it's something.
...I used to play a lot of roll-playing fantasy-type games...
And minus -10 geek cred points for the article writer...
To illustrate what I'm trying to say, let's think of the following purely hypothetical example:
Person A: "Cool, I got the phone number of that new girl in sales." Person B: "You shouldn't cry over spilled milk." Person A: "Huh? That makes no sense." Person B: "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
What's the wrongest with it...
Actually, I find that what's wrongest with it also makes it hilarious, in a we're-laughing-at-you-not-with-you way. Just like laughing at the character of Ron Burgundy for his ignorant (yet arrogant) persistence misuse of proverbs/colloquialisms. I would have a hard time not ROFLMAO if I heard the hypothetical exchange you just presented.
All you needed to do was to mediate to regain your mana.
Unfortunately no one was arguing around him at the time.
--it always comes back.
What you say!!
...keeping rats out of my barn/hay...
I think we're dealing with a farmer here. And a lady. A no-nonsense-lady-farmer-techie...I think I'm in love...
...I can't believe that kind of crap they make people believe
You mean like the incredible, once-in-a-lifetime, don't-pass-on-your-dreams job opportunity they offered you?
Something smells rotten in Denma--I mean, Finland.
Maybe he meant 20.
Or he could be counting:
1) Windows 2.0
2) 95
3) Bob
4) 98
5) ME
6) XP Home
7-12) Vista
i doubt they could have done anything better.
Maybe offer a free downgrade to XP for all OEM Vista users that couldn't get the downgrade from the manufacturer?
Underling: Sir, here's the latest report on Vista Ultimate sales... it's pretty dismal.
...
Ballmer: Hmmm...I see. Alright, here's the plan: Revise the current Windows 7 Upgrade Program to allow OEMs to upgrade to Windows 7 from Vista Ultimate - for FREE! And leak this to the tech community right away!!
Underling: Uh...sir, pardon me saying so, but won't that appear as an obvious ploy to sell more of our most overrated - and least worthwhile - product?
Ballmer: Yes...you may be right. Those basement dwellers can be pretty sharp...hmmm...I know! Add that free option for Vista Home Premium and Vista Business! We should make up, in additional sales of those, what "loss" we incur with the free upgrades. We should be able to minimize that by frightening the OEMs with scary "Program Compliance" requirements. We can also limit large business deployments by restricting the number of upgrades per mailing address. Finally, send a memo to the developers: Remove all the previously most-desired-by-the-tech-community features planned for Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional, so that these features ONLY exist in Windows 7 Ultimate...
Underling: Right away, sir!
(Ballmer throws a chair at the back of exiting Underling)
Underling: Ou--I mean, thank you, sir! May I have another?
Ballmer: You'll go far here, son...
And since so many corporations are less than 12 years old, they're really thinking of the children.
My spin services are available for a modest fee, with a possible youth discount.
I've always wondered how often I can get modded informative for repeating a statement in the summary...maybe it's time for a broad experiment...
1. Post a re-iteration of something in the summary
2. Piss people off by getting modded "Informative"
3. ???
4. Profit!!
And that's why it's currently +5 funny. I know my audience.
How is she gonna know you followed a video tutorial?! Of course, with how tech-knowledgeable most girlfriends are, how is she even gonna know you made it yourself, instead of buying it on Thinkgeek/One-of-your-other-geek-sites. What?! She's gonna take your word for it?!? She knows you, right?!
I don't know about you, but I'm suing for punitive damages. Do you have any idea much pain and suffering the work I did in that time caused me?!
And "access from the home office" would allow them to do what exactly?!?
Him: Yeah, babe, and now you can tell your friends that your Valentine's Day card runs at 14 MHz.
...uh, yeah... I'll be doing that right away...
...
Her: Really?! 14? How many songs does that mean it can hold?
or
Him: Yeah, babe, and now you can tell your friends that your Valentine's Day card runs at 14 MHz.
Her:
or
Him: Yeah, babe, and now you can tell your friends that your Valentine's Day card runs at 14 MHz.
Her:
(She remains as silent as all other RealDolls)
...as opposed to some societies which still publicly rape and stone to death
What society, besides the Amazonians (of Amazonia, not the Amazon, of course) is known for raping people to death?!
Here's how I see it playing out:
Step 1: They pass this law. Perhaps they "forget" to destroy the DNA samples. Perhaps they do destroy it. Step 2: They complain about the "destruction" requirement impeding law enforcement. A high profile case is brought up where keeping the DNA evidence would have helped solve the case quicker. (Bonus points if they can claim a life would have been saved.) Step 3: The law will be amended to allow police to keep the samples for as long as they deem it needed.
It seems to be a popular method of getting 1984-style laws passed. Pass an innocuous sounding law backed by a rallying cry ("Think of the Children!" "Protect against Terrorism!"). Now, expand that law as quietly as possible until it matches your original intent.
Step 4: ????
Step 5: Society Profits!!
Dude, you're getting a Toshiba !!1! Or maybe an Acer!11!. Seriously, there's always at least some deal going on for a low-end laptop going for about $500. Try here or here, if you decide to pass on the previous two offers.
Good job with the math. Now for some perspective:
Average adult male should be able to comfortably carry at least 15kg on their person while riding a bike (much more if just walking).
The extra 0.5kg for the larger screen, better performance, and close to double the battery life costs them about 3.3% of their load capacity. Less than an extra can of Rockstar would.