Amen to GPUs being damn hot. I once made the mistake of doubting the stick-on thermometer I applied to my highly overclocked ATI 9600XT, and I got a nasty, nasty burn for my trouble.
On the other hand, having the ATI logo branded into your right index finger is a social accomplishment at certain parties.
Back when I studied Latin, I could converse in it. My vocabulary was never large, about 10k words, but that's pretty much the core of a language that you need to be able to talk to someone else in it.
I maintained this ability for about the 3 years I actively studied it. Now, about 8 years later, I can no longer converse in Latin, and it takes me a few moments to be able to say anything in it, and my 'on demand' vocabulary has dropped to maybe three or four hundred words, tops. I can still translate from Latin to English, as I recongise most of the words I used to know, however, the ability does go away without use.
I would just like to point out, for one who is in a love and hate (mostly hate) relationship with the Matrix movies, that ShadowRun had the matrix thing down pat nearly two decades ago.
I see you're as anti-sarcasm as I am anti-christianity. And I am not Anti-Christianity. I have no problem with the religion. Just with many of its adherants.
And I do agree. The game blew me away. An engrossing story and, what for me, atleast, was an entirely new form of play. Not to mention the fact that the game would screw with your head.
Please, for the love of the Elder Gods, do not drag such a masterpiece of a game as Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, which obviously borrowed so much from the Cthulhu mythos, down into the realm of 'Christianity.'
You know the truth about the Second Coming? Jesus has to come back so Cthulhu can devour him along with all that lives.
What is this 'daytime' of which you speak? I know it not, in this, our Frozen Land of the North. Perchance is it related to the dreaded 'Daystar,' of which some speak in hushed tones, a scorching ball of fire hell-sent to roast our pale nerd flesh?
Testify. I hate nothing more (well, maybe a few things more) than this God Damned John Locke 'Tabula Rasa' crap that's so prevalent these days.
If we were all blank slates when we were born then there should be Human Cultures without Love, without War, without Senses of Humor, etc.
You are a unique amalgam of your genes expressing in response to your enviroment. For example, if I have gene groups that code for huge frickin' wisdom teeth, and person B has gene groups that code for normal sized wisdom teeth, person B can still have larger Wisdom teeth than me if I recieve too little Calcium and other nutrients required for tooth development and/or he recieves a great deal above what is required.
Same for mental traits. We are all predisposed to certain emotions: Love, Hate, Anger, Jealosy, etc. However, our cultural conditioning tells us what we do with those emotions, how we direct them. Some people are directed to throw hissy fits when angry. Others are directed to maintain calm and see why exactly they are angry.
Gravity is more than just a theory. We can perform an experiment and prove it. Gravity can be observed. Evolution is different. We have not observed it happening and have not been able to perform an experiment to prove it. Gravity and Evolution are not comparable in the way you suggest.
The hell they aren't. Bacteria evolve in a course of mere days and weeks in petri dishes in labs.
And Gravity is nothing more than a theory: Like everything else, the theory of gravity was designed to explain why something happened.
The theory of evolution was designed to explain why something happened (namely, speciation.)
Please, do some damn research next time before bashing a theory.
Silly westerners, it's a suprise they've lasted so long. Though they should start exploding any time soon as their intestines get more impacted with dead stuff:)
Yes, the nice thing about the Improbability Drive is that the ship occupies all points in space at the same time, and then appears in the place you want to be.
Generally speaking, that is.
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Note: Under the old system (used in the Original Series,) devised by Zephram Cochrane, the speed at any warp factor was given as: Ship's Velocity diveded by C is equal to the Warp Factor Cubed.
Therefore, in the Original Series, a Warp Factor of 3 was 27 times the speed of light, while a Warp Factor of 14 ws 2744 times the speed of light, or between Warp 9.6 and 9.9. I do not have the forumala for determining Warp Factors for the system, nor for the new system above 9. (They are the same formula, though above 9 factors which do not vary enough at lower speeds to affect the calculation are actually important.
Also, the new Warp Factor system used in Next Generation Onward does not indicate an Absolute Speed -- it actually indicates the ammount of stress given on a ship in any given situation. The speeds in the parent post are in a 'normal' area of empty space. However, inside certain anomalous areas, (Such as the Briar Patch, from the Ninth Movie) the speed at any given Warp Factor is different (roughly half for the Briar Patch.)
Whoever modded this as troll was a bit lacking in basic biology.
Pretty much every mammal is lactose intolerant, and is only able to stomach the stuff during infancy. They lose lactose tolerance shortly after infancy. Some infants are lactose intolerant, and this used to be a big problem with finding some other source of food for baby.
The fact that most Europeans have lactose tolerance is a selected trait. Most other humans are not tolerant to lactose. And even those of us who are tolerant to lactose are only so up to a point. Your body can only produce so much lactase to break down lactose before it gets overwhelmed and has to let it all through, as many people who have drunk an entire gallon of milk in about 10 to 20 minutes without taking a lactase enzyme suppliment can tell you.
I am not happy to have a government making laws. But I will bear it, since I will ignore laws that I do not agree with.
I do not accept that government needs to regulate society. However, I accept that some of the regulations put forth by the government have some good idea behind them. (Such as vehicle emission standards, and safety inspections. However, saftey should not require a government mandate. It should come naturally.)
If a company does something wrong, don't use them. No matter what. Also, if you really don't need it, do without it. For example, I really don't buy much besides food and the occasional book. I don't require much more (aside from housing and clothing, which I don't buy often either. Once a month for housing (rent), and clothing maybe twice a year when the old wears out and can't be fixed.)
It's more than not liking a law. I can not like something and still concede that it has some merit to it. Such as a minimum driving age. While it's a stupid regulation (much as my Grandpa thought, when he taught me to drive an automatic when I was 7,) most people (read: parents and their children) are too stupid to be allowed to make the decision for themselves. Actually, most parents are too stupid to be allowed to have children.
Rational Anarchy comes down to a few basic points, which I will try to clarify, and I hope someone will correct me if I get them wrong. Perhaps Mycroft will see this.
It's about completely personal responsibility. For example, "The Game Made Me Do It" doesn't fly. You are entirely responsible for all of your actions, including actions that lead up to another action. Some people claim that 'They are not responsible for what they do while drunk,' i.e., things said and done. However, they are responsible for choosing to drink, and responsible for not stopping before they became inebriated. Therefore, since they caused their situation, they are responsible for what they do in said situation.
It's also about minding your own business. What a consenting adult (to use the language of these days) does to themself, with themself, or by themself (or with another 'consenting adult,) is none of my or your business. It's about personal choice and freedom of choice, the most sacred things there are.
However, if someone chooses to punch me in the face, I can choose to punch them right back. That's called being 'rational.' It's about accepting responsiblity for your actions in a rational way. Such as, if you topple a government and then install a dictator, who is then toppled, and the people there now hate you and try to destroy your country, don't act suprised.
'Government' does not exist, save for as exemplified in the actions of individuals. The 'government' never does anything. Individuals do. A judge sentances a man to death. Not a government. However, who is responsible for that man's death? The police, who arrested him, the jury, who convicts him, the judge, who sentances him, or the man who actually throws the switch?
I'll give you a hint: The man who throws the switch.
Similar example: If the current President Bush chose to drop an H-Bomb on, say, Iran, who is responsible for said bomb, if it is indeed dropped? As much as I dislike Bush, not him. It would be the person in the plane (or in the silo) who pushed the 'launch' or 'release payload' button. No one else.
Rational Anarchy is about trying to live by this code of personal responsiblity, while acknowledging that others may or may not, and realising that, being an imperfect human, it is impossible to do so, but not giving up because of it.
Rational Anarchism is highly connected to the 'Thou Art God' 'religion' from Stranger in a Strange Land. Valentine Michael and all his 'Water Brethren' are Rational Anarchists. If nothing else, knowing that Mike kills people who are in jail who are too dangerous to be released instead of leaving them there, while he frees the rest, would be a sign of that. After all, since Ration
These same bands I hold to be false. Most people cannot stomach, nor are they cut out for, true anarchy.
Bands like 'Rage Against the Machine,' while not 'hardcore,' are living a double life. The very machine they rage against is the machine that they themselves are a part of.
And just because one is an Anarchist does not mean that one disobeys all laws. To do so is a strictly contrarian mindset. Vehicle Registration and Inspection both serve good purposes. If my vehicle is registered with the State (which it is,) it is far easier to track down if it is stolen. And it is inspected for safety reasons. I am not a Mechanic, and I do not know near enough about every facet of my vehicle's systems to ensure that it can function in a proper and safe manner.
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Amen to GPUs being damn hot. I once made the mistake of doubting the stick-on thermometer I applied to my highly overclocked ATI 9600XT, and I got a nasty, nasty burn for my trouble.
On the other hand, having the ATI logo branded into your right index finger is a social accomplishment at certain parties.
Back when I studied Latin, I could converse in it. My vocabulary was never large, about 10k words, but that's pretty much the core of a language that you need to be able to talk to someone else in it.
I maintained this ability for about the 3 years I actively studied it. Now, about 8 years later, I can no longer converse in Latin, and it takes me a few moments to be able to say anything in it, and my 'on demand' vocabulary has dropped to maybe three or four hundred words, tops. I can still translate from Latin to English, as I recongise most of the words I used to know, however, the ability does go away without use.
It's quite okay. I am not one of them. I'm a discordian.
I would just like to point out, for one who is in a love and hate (mostly hate) relationship with the Matrix movies, that ShadowRun had the matrix thing down pat nearly two decades ago.
I see you're as anti-sarcasm as I am anti-christianity. And I am not Anti-Christianity. I have no problem with the religion. Just with many of its adherants.
And I do agree. The game blew me away. An engrossing story and, what for me, atleast, was an entirely new form of play. Not to mention the fact that the game would screw with your head.
Please, for the love of the Elder Gods, do not drag such a masterpiece of a game as Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, which obviously borrowed so much from the Cthulhu mythos, down into the realm of 'Christianity.'
You know the truth about the Second Coming?
Jesus has to come back so Cthulhu can devour him along with all that lives.
IA! IA! CTHULHU FTHAGN!
They're beheading people retroactively now?
Astounding.
What is this 'daytime' of which you speak? I know it not, in this, our Frozen Land of the North. Perchance is it related to the dreaded 'Daystar,' of which some speak in hushed tones, a scorching ball of fire hell-sent to roast our pale nerd flesh?
Testify. I hate nothing more (well, maybe a few things more) than this God Damned John Locke 'Tabula Rasa' crap that's so prevalent these days.
If we were all blank slates when we were born then there should be Human Cultures without Love, without War, without Senses of Humor, etc.
You are a unique amalgam of your genes expressing in response to your enviroment. For example, if I have gene groups that code for huge frickin' wisdom teeth, and person B has gene groups that code for normal sized wisdom teeth, person B can still have larger Wisdom teeth than me if I recieve too little Calcium and other nutrients required for tooth development and/or he recieves a great deal above what is required.
Same for mental traits. We are all predisposed to certain emotions: Love, Hate, Anger, Jealosy, etc. However, our cultural conditioning tells us what we do with those emotions, how we direct them. Some people are directed to throw hissy fits when angry. Others are directed to maintain calm and see why exactly they are angry.
Gravity is more than just a theory. We can perform an experiment and prove it. Gravity can be observed. Evolution is different. We have not observed it happening and have not been able to perform an experiment to prove it. Gravity and Evolution are not comparable in the way you suggest.
The hell they aren't. Bacteria evolve in a course of mere days and weeks in petri dishes in labs.
And Gravity is nothing more than a theory: Like everything else, the theory of gravity was designed to explain why something happened.
The theory of evolution was designed to explain why something happened (namely, speciation.)
Please, do some damn research next time before bashing a theory.
I have no idea. What do I look like, a Biomolecular Chemist?
Clearly, I'm a Xenoarcheologist specialising in Intelligent Life. Why I'm still on Earth is entirely due to lack of transportation off planet.
Silly westerners, it's a suprise they've lasted so long. Though they should start exploding any time soon as their intestines get more impacted with dead stuff :)
Whew. Thank Eris I converted to Japan.
Yes, the nice thing about the Improbability Drive is that the ship occupies all points in space at the same time, and then appears in the place you want to be.
Generally speaking, that is.
...in 3 to 5 more years.
Zing!
Fermentation is a process for converting sugars into alcohols.
Lactose is a sugar.
Try a little bit harder next time. I mean, reading that post of yours, one would be lead to thi-
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You don't even drink, do you?
I was never angry at you. You're a pretty hoopy frood, knowing about the Greatest War that virtually No One In Known Space Knows About.
Now, for something really cool, one day I will have someone video tape me when I'm drunk. I talk Loonie when I'm drunk.
And damn well.
Did you miss the parts about, "knowing that one is imperfect and will never be able to meet this ideal, yet not giving up?"
That's what I was addressing. Europeans are in this case an abberant form of Homo Sapiens in this regard.
I don't know why so many people use European Stock as an example of what is proper and good for humanity.
Note: Under the old system (used in the Original Series,) devised by Zephram Cochrane, the speed at any warp factor was given as: Ship's Velocity diveded by C is equal to the Warp Factor Cubed.
Therefore, in the Original Series, a Warp Factor of 3 was 27 times the speed of light, while a Warp Factor of 14 ws 2744 times the speed of light, or between Warp 9.6 and 9.9. I do not have the forumala for determining Warp Factors for the system, nor for the new system above 9. (They are the same formula, though above 9 factors which do not vary enough at lower speeds to affect the calculation are actually important.
Also, the new Warp Factor system used in Next Generation Onward does not indicate an Absolute Speed -- it actually indicates the ammount of stress given on a ship in any given situation. The speeds in the parent post are in a 'normal' area of empty space. However, inside certain anomalous areas, (Such as the Briar Patch, from the Ninth Movie) the speed at any given Warp Factor is different (roughly half for the Briar Patch.)
From the Star Trek Encyclopedia:
Note: New Cruising Speed
Note: Old Cruising Speed
Note: Old Normal Maximum Speed
Maximum rated Speed, can be maintained for 12 hours
Auto-shutdown of engines after 10 minutes
Nearly infinite power required
Maximum subspace radio speed (with booster relays)
Warp 10 cannot be reached.
Your Mileage may vary.
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Picking and choosing your battles would be being rational. I see no conflict.
Whoever modded this as troll was a bit lacking in basic biology.
Pretty much every mammal is lactose intolerant, and is only able to stomach the stuff during infancy. They lose lactose tolerance shortly after infancy. Some infants are lactose intolerant, and this used to be a big problem with finding some other source of food for baby.
The fact that most Europeans have lactose tolerance is a selected trait. Most other humans are not tolerant to lactose. And even those of us who are tolerant to lactose are only so up to a point. Your body can only produce so much lactase to break down lactose before it gets overwhelmed and has to let it all through, as many people who have drunk an entire gallon of milk in about 10 to 20 minutes without taking a lactase enzyme suppliment can tell you.
Yes, it's sad people like you won't live to see it.
I am not happy to have a government making laws. But I will bear it, since I will ignore laws that I do not agree with.
I do not accept that government needs to regulate society. However, I accept that some of the regulations put forth by the government have some good idea behind them. (Such as vehicle emission standards, and safety inspections. However, saftey should not require a government mandate. It should come naturally.)
If a company does something wrong, don't use them. No matter what. Also, if you really don't need it, do without it. For example, I really don't buy much besides food and the occasional book. I don't require much more (aside from housing and clothing, which I don't buy often either. Once a month for housing (rent), and clothing maybe twice a year when the old wears out and can't be fixed.)
It's more than not liking a law. I can not like something and still concede that it has some merit to it. Such as a minimum driving age. While it's a stupid regulation (much as my Grandpa thought, when he taught me to drive an automatic when I was 7,) most people (read: parents and their children) are too stupid to be allowed to make the decision for themselves. Actually, most parents are too stupid to be allowed to have children.
Rational Anarchy comes down to a few basic points, which I will try to clarify, and I hope someone will correct me if I get them wrong. Perhaps Mycroft will see this.
It's about completely personal responsibility. For example, "The Game Made Me Do It" doesn't fly. You are entirely responsible for all of your actions, including actions that lead up to another action. Some people claim that 'They are not responsible for what they do while drunk,' i.e., things said and done. However, they are responsible for choosing to drink, and responsible for not stopping before they became inebriated. Therefore, since they caused their situation, they are responsible for what they do in said situation.
It's also about minding your own business. What a consenting adult (to use the language of these days) does to themself, with themself, or by themself (or with another 'consenting adult,) is none of my or your business. It's about personal choice and freedom of choice, the most sacred things there are.
However, if someone chooses to punch me in the face, I can choose to punch them right back. That's called being 'rational.' It's about accepting responsiblity for your actions in a rational way. Such as, if you topple a government and then install a dictator, who is then toppled, and the people there now hate you and try to destroy your country, don't act suprised.
'Government' does not exist, save for as exemplified in the actions of individuals. The 'government' never does anything. Individuals do. A judge sentances a man to death. Not a government. However, who is responsible for that man's death? The police, who arrested him, the jury, who convicts him, the judge, who sentances him, or the man who actually throws the switch?
I'll give you a hint: The man who throws the switch.
Similar example: If the current President Bush chose to drop an H-Bomb on, say, Iran, who is responsible for said bomb, if it is indeed dropped? As much as I dislike Bush, not him. It would be the person in the plane (or in the silo) who pushed the 'launch' or 'release payload' button. No one else.
Rational Anarchy is about trying to live by this code of personal responsiblity, while acknowledging that others may or may not, and realising that, being an imperfect human, it is impossible to do so, but not giving up because of it.
Rational Anarchism is highly connected to the 'Thou Art God' 'religion' from Stranger in a Strange Land. Valentine Michael and all his 'Water Brethren' are Rational Anarchists. If nothing else, knowing that Mike kills people who are in jail who are too dangerous to be released instead of leaving them there, while he frees the rest, would be a sign of that. After all, since Ration
These same bands I hold to be false. Most people cannot stomach, nor are they cut out for, true anarchy.
Bands like 'Rage Against the Machine,' while not 'hardcore,' are living a double life. The very machine they rage against is the machine that they themselves are a part of.
And just because one is an Anarchist does not mean that one disobeys all laws. To do so is a strictly contrarian mindset. Vehicle Registration and Inspection both serve good purposes. If my vehicle is registered with the State (which it is,) it is far easier to track down if it is stolen. And it is inspected for safety reasons. I am not a Mechanic, and I do not know near enough about every facet of my vehicle's systems to ensure that it can function in a proper and safe manner.
And insurance is just a good idea.
I think you failed to see my point.