"Urine is sterile when it comes out of a healthy body."... etc.
So this Harvard guy and a Yale guy are in the restroom at the football game taking a pee. The Harvard guy finishes up, goes and washes his hands. The Yale guy finishes up and heads right out of the bathroom. The Harvard guy says "you know, at Harvard they teach us to wash our hands after going to the bathroom". The Yale guy says...
My point wasn't to dissuade parents from having their kids vaccinated, merely to point out the relatively low rate of complications from the MMR diseases plus Chicken Pox. Though (even partial) deafness surely sucks, and shingles can be excruciating, they are not civilization-threatening. Things like smallpox, diptheria, and pertussis used to carry away large numbers...
I was born in 1955. Back then, we had a DTP vaccine, and a polio thing we took on sugar cubes at school. However, I contracted all the other "childhood diseases" in due course: measles, german measles (rubella), mumps, and chicken pox. My mother actually sent me to play with my best friend who had chicken pox so I would get it over with. I was lucky - I had no complications from any of these. But then again, I don't know anyone in my cohort who had any complications, either.
BTW, I have no allergies, no asthma, no autism, no ADD, etc. But like I said, it's all anecdotal.
Garlic is good, but there's the obvious little matter of driving a f***ing stake through its heart. And toss a silver cross in there while you're at it. SCO has caused more frivolous waste of time, money, and attention than should be allowed. They need to be made an example of. Not sure the best way to do that. Tar and feathering "Darl"? That would work for me.
"The world has been in far worse situations than it's in now."
Maybe, maybe not.
I don't care what anyone wants to investigate. Just saying that we have some rather larger fish to fry at the moment, and this seems sort of peripheral.
I can't believe I got moderated as a troll. Oh well.
I'm getting too old for this slashdot shit, I guess.
Neither, Mr. AC, I'm simply a rational human being, a long-time member of the reality-based community. I have no 401(k). And it's way too late to panic about the environment - we will surely eat the planet before we face the facts.
... as the world goes down the toilet. Let us ponder how many ways there are to tie our shoes. When we're done with that, we can contemplate how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Indeed, after that, we can explore even weightier questions. E.g., does a bear shit in the woods? What is the sound of one hand clapping? If a tree falls... oh never mind.
... Wordstar documents and old BBS transcripts created on my 8-bit CP/M-based Osborne 1 in 1982. The Osborne is long since dead, but the same files reside on the new computer I just got this summer. Over the years since, I've generated zillions of files in WordPerfect and MS Word format, and now OO. I can read the WS docs with WordPerfect, and everything else with OO. This whole collection of docs and pics has traveled down the years with me, and have passed through 5 computers and several operating systems since then. Miraculously, nothing has been lost. I wonder how long I can keep it going... guess I ought to burn some DVD's.
... that the world is consumed by a black hole tomorrow. I just don't see how I can pay my bills this month, and the End Of The World would be quite welcome.
The highly-advanced future human race finally creates a sentient device after years of research and development. They ask it one question to test its super-intelligence: "What is the meaning of the Universe?"
The computer 'thought' for a while and replied: "Say, that reminds me of a story."
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"Urine is sterile when it comes out of a healthy body."... etc.
So this Harvard guy and a Yale guy are in the restroom at the football game taking a pee. The Harvard guy finishes up, goes and washes his hands. The Yale guy finishes up and heads right out of the bathroom. The Harvard guy says "you know, at Harvard they teach us to wash our hands after going to the bathroom". The Yale guy says...
"At Yale, they teach us not to pee on our hands."
Badda-boom.
It gets worse... virtually everyone who gets cancer also drinks water. Coincidence? And yet, you never hear about it. Hmmm...
No, Mr. Pants,
I meant links to this offer of $10K to medical people.
"One of the leading anti-vax proponents has a standing offer to ANY medical professional ..."
Got links?
My point wasn't to dissuade parents from having their kids vaccinated, merely to point out the relatively low rate of complications from the MMR diseases plus Chicken Pox. Though (even partial) deafness surely sucks, and shingles can be excruciating, they are not civilization-threatening. Things like smallpox, diptheria, and pertussis used to carry away large numbers...
I was born in 1955. Back then, we had a DTP vaccine, and a polio thing we took on sugar cubes at school. However, I contracted all the other "childhood diseases" in due course: measles, german measles (rubella), mumps, and chicken pox. My mother actually sent me to play with my best friend who had chicken pox so I would get it over with. I was lucky - I had no complications from any of these. But then again, I don't know anyone in my cohort who had any complications, either.
BTW, I have no allergies, no asthma, no autism, no ADD, etc. But like I said, it's all anecdotal.
I had a bad case of giardia - atabrine (aka quiniprine) took care of it quickly and permanently.
Garlic is good, but there's the obvious little matter of driving a f***ing stake through its heart. And toss a silver cross in there while you're at it. SCO has caused more frivolous waste of time, money, and attention than should be allowed. They need to be made an example of. Not sure the best way to do that. Tar and feathering "Darl"? That would work for me.
My original post was actually meant to be funny, but... whoosh!
Without x, we would not have y, therefore it's all good.
It was not whiny in any way.
It was not irrelevant in any way.
It did not dismiss the role of research.
I am not scare mongering.
I am not trolling.
A mere comment about priorities, relative importance of issues, and so forth. In any case, I was not the only one to make such a comment.
It is just incredible to me what people here have read into my comment that just isn't there.
You'd think I farted in church or something.
What's your point? Did I ever say that anyone needed my permission for anything? Holy shit, people are damned brittle on slashdot this afternoon.
"The world has been in far worse situations than it's in now."
Maybe, maybe not.
I don't care what anyone wants to investigate. Just saying that we have some rather larger fish to fry at the moment, and this seems sort of peripheral.
I can't believe I got moderated as a troll. Oh well.
I'm getting too old for this slashdot shit, I guess.
My post was not meant as a troll.
Your reply was word salad.
My documents are of no importance to anyone but me, as are yours.
You seem to be rather full of yourself.
Suppose you tell us all how solving this knotty problem will help anyone or anything.
Neither, Mr. AC, I'm simply a rational human being, a long-time member of the reality-based community. I have no 401(k). And it's way too late to panic about the environment - we will surely eat the planet before we face the facts.
Let me guess - you're a Republican.
... as the world goes down the toilet. Let us ponder how many ways there are to tie our shoes. When we're done with that, we can contemplate how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. Indeed, after that, we can explore even weightier questions. E.g., does a bear shit in the woods? What is the sound of one hand clapping? If a tree falls... oh never mind.
... Wordstar documents and old BBS transcripts created on my 8-bit CP/M-based Osborne 1 in 1982. The Osborne is long since dead, but the same files reside on the new computer I just got this summer. Over the years since, I've generated zillions of files in WordPerfect and MS Word format, and now OO. I can read the WS docs with WordPerfect, and everything else with OO. This whole collection of docs and pics has traveled down the years with me, and have passed through 5 computers and several operating systems since then. Miraculously, nothing has been lost. I wonder how long I can keep it going... guess I ought to burn some DVD's.
Everyone who has cancer drinks water.
Clearly, water causes cancer.
Sheesh.
Two words:
Butlerian Jihad.
PS - paper towels, my boy, paper towels
... that the world is consumed by a black hole tomorrow. I just don't see how I can pay my bills this month, and the End Of The World would be quite welcome.
Oh, sorry to all the rest of you. :-)
And he played a number of hilarious roles throughout the Black Adder series - funnier than hell.
Like all other technologies.
It'll go something like this:
The highly-advanced future human race finally creates a sentient device after years of research and development. They ask it one question to test its super-intelligence: "What is the meaning of the Universe?"
The computer 'thought' for a while and replied: "Say, that reminds me of a story."
They didn't just "miss the target", they made a ballistic reentry. The "crew changed their landing plan" sounds a bit revisionist to me.
What's lacking is the unobtainium.
Your post is a statement of religious belief. This WILL happen, and that WILL happen. Why? Because you say so?