OK, so we know there's gonna be a mac version... but... there's still one very important question. WILL I BE ABLE TO PLAY IT ON MY MACBOOK PRO? (cause if not... I'm gonna cry for weeks)
I have a son who was born with birth defects that affected his brain in early development. I love my son dearly, and would gladly give my life to be able to go back and fix his problems so he doesn't have to go through life like that. The poor kids only 8 years old, but has been receiving 30 hours of special ed assistance for 5 years now and barely graduated 2nd grade. I would not wish that upon the most vile scum of the planet. Death would have been kinder.
Hence the point of the example: we're discussing whether it's appropriate for government to become involved in such matters, and in the case of sex-selection, it's mostly clear that the answer is "yes."
No, its clearly "no". No society needs its government to decide (and enforce) what is morally acceptable. The government's job is to interpret what is morally acceptable and make laws that represent the will of their people.
... or maybe it's for accounting: you own the copyright for a 2000 titles nobody bought for 50 years, but you can write them as being worth 2,000,000$ each, and then claim, in front of your shareholders, that the company is worth at least 4,000,000,000$.
Then why not make those people/companies pay imaginary property tax on those imaginary properties?
How the hell did you get modded interesting? You cite no proof. No links. No sources. Nothing. Just your own damned worthless opinion. If I had mod points, your post would burn in hell.
Maybe because people considered my opinion interesting? You know, they didn't necessarily have to agree with it to think it was interesting.
Right... so what happens if being born female happens to be treated like a genetic defect in your country?
Then the population will shift madly, an entire generation will have to share wives or have half the population unwed, birthrates will drop like mad, and the countries ability to sustain itself will go to hell. And then the population will realize they really do need to have a balance between male and female and it will become a self-correcting problem. On a positive note: Once there's only 1 female for every 3 males, the males will actually have to start competing to get laid.
Actually, that should be GATTACA. And the reference is stupid anyways, as that make believe world is not even remotely visionary. Not one aspect of their civilization is actually sustainable. Sure, they have genetic screening and.. enhancement. But that's the only part of the movie that actually might make it to reality.
The only reason Gov't thinks it should be involved is because gov't has too much damn religion in it. Only religious people would ever think that the gov't should interfere in this process.
This was a release group, and altho they were releasing onto p2p, this is NOT the same thing as all those other cases where the **AA is demanding 3000$ tributes to ignore wrongdoings.
Bill Gates has been bullied around by Steve Ballmer ever since Windows 1.0. The reason Gates' work is never realized is because he's never been in charge. He has done precisely what Steve has told him for years. And Steve ruined his entire image and turned Microsoft from a beloved entity into a corrupted and one of the most hated companies.
I would LOVE to see Ballmer on the way out instead of Bill. Most of what people really dislike about Microsoft is Ballmer's doing, Gates just didn't have the spine to stand up to him and reel him in.
I call bullshit on this. You mean to tell me that Amazon.com and iTunes Store would be more successful if they only carried the most popular 1% of their stock? How about *ANY* bookstore, not even just the online ones.
Do you really think that Bill Gates is as spineless of a coward as most of the livestock at cube farms are?
Yes, I do. Haven't you noticed that Bill Gates has been bullied around by Steve Ballmer ever since Windows 1.0. The reason Gates' work is never realized is because he's never been in charge. He has done precisely what Steve has told him for years. And Steve ruined his entire image and turned Mircosoft from a beloved entity into a corrupted and one of the most hated companies. So ya, I do think Bill Gates is spineless.
Honest men are kept honest by fear of repercussions from not being honest. What's the repercussions for these lawmakers for corrupting their office? Additional campaign contributions?
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6 billion years didn't seem like a week either.
OK, so we know there's gonna be a mac version... but... there's still one very important question. WILL I BE ABLE TO PLAY IT ON MY MACBOOK PRO? (cause if not... I'm gonna cry for weeks)
How dare you quote scripture to me, stupid ignoramus.
Just... No thanks. Period.
I have a son who was born with birth defects that affected his brain in early development. I love my son dearly, and would gladly give my life to be able to go back and fix his problems so he doesn't have to go through life like that. The poor kids only 8 years old, but has been receiving 30 hours of special ed assistance for 5 years now and barely graduated 2nd grade. I would not wish that upon the most vile scum of the planet. Death would have been kinder.
Hence the point of the example: we're discussing whether it's appropriate for government to become involved in such matters, and in the case of sex-selection, it's mostly clear that the answer is "yes."
No, its clearly "no". No society needs its government to decide (and enforce) what is morally acceptable. The government's job is to interpret what is morally acceptable and make laws that represent the will of their people.
Then why not make those people/companies pay imaginary property tax on those imaginary properties?
How the hell did you get modded interesting? You cite no proof. No links. No sources. Nothing. Just your own damned worthless opinion. If I had mod points, your post would burn in hell.
Maybe because people considered my opinion interesting? You know, they didn't necessarily have to agree with it to think it was interesting.
Right... so what happens if being born female happens to be treated like a genetic defect in your country?
Then the population will shift madly, an entire generation will have to share wives or have half the population unwed, birthrates will drop like mad, and the countries ability to sustain itself will go to hell. And then the population will realize they really do need to have a balance between male and female and it will become a self-correcting problem. On a positive note: Once there's only 1 female for every 3 males, the males will actually have to start competing to get laid.
Correction: http://images.google.com/images?q=alfresco+porn
No kid of mine would use code font for paragraph text.
Gattaca
Actually, that should be GATTACA. And the reference is stupid anyways, as that make believe world is not even remotely visionary. Not one aspect of their civilization is actually sustainable. Sure, they have genetic screening and.. enhancement. But that's the only part of the movie that actually might make it to reality.
The only reason Gov't thinks it should be involved is because gov't has too much damn religion in it. Only religious people would ever think that the gov't should interfere in this process.
That was all Ballmer... He joined Microsoft in 1980, that's 28 years ago. His last job before that was some type of assistant to the CEO of GE.
This was a release group, and altho they were releasing onto p2p, this is NOT the same thing as all those other cases where the **AA is demanding 3000$ tributes to ignore wrongdoings.
I would LOVE to see Ballmer on the way out instead of Bill. Most of what people really dislike about Microsoft is Ballmer's doing, Gates just didn't have the spine to stand up to him and reel him in.
Ballmer joined in 1980. That video of him pitching windows 1.0 on youtube is not fictional.
I would think people on /. of all people would know that just because the majority believes or does something does not make it right.
I would think people on /. of all people would know that what the majority believes and does precisely defines morally right and wrong.
There, fixed that for you.
I call bullshit on this. You mean to tell me that Amazon.com and iTunes Store would be more successful if they only carried the most popular 1% of their stock? How about *ANY* bookstore, not even just the online ones.
Do you really think that Bill Gates is as spineless of a coward as most of the livestock at cube farms are?
Yes, I do. Haven't you noticed that Bill Gates has been bullied around by Steve Ballmer ever since Windows 1.0. The reason Gates' work is never realized is because he's never been in charge. He has done precisely what Steve has told him for years. And Steve ruined his entire image and turned Mircosoft from a beloved entity into a corrupted and one of the most hated companies. So ya, I do think Bill Gates is spineless.
Can you imagine every transaction paying sales tax to 8 states? Just because they have a distribution point?
Those are not mutually exclusive definitions.
Honest men are kept honest by fear of repercussions from not being honest. What's the repercussions for these lawmakers for corrupting their office? Additional campaign contributions?
Natural selection ended the day we started social welfare programs.
POS = Piece Of Shit