I think the attitude you have is rather disgraceful. Rape is rape, and both are rape. I hope the weather is nice in whatever fantasy world you are living in.
Another perfect example of the kind of political correctness I despise so much. According to you, someone who hides in an alley and rapes an unlucky passer-by should get the same punishment as a boyfriend who keeps going when his girfriend tells him to stop in the middle of intercourse? Both are equally bad? Both women will be equally traumatised? Get real.
I'm not saying it's OK for a guy to disregard his girlfriend's wishes in such a way. I'm just saying there's a difference in severity. If I had the choice, I would much rather be forced to have sex with my partner than with some perfect stranger or someone I know but don't have feelings for. It still would not be a nice experience, but I wouldn't need therapy or anything like that. The sexual bit would not be such a big factor anymore. You were ALREADY having sex. Why is it so hard to see that this makes a difference?
That's quite incredible. I agree that, if a girl asks you to stop, even if you're five seconds from orgasm, you should stop, and you are an asshole if you continue anyway. However, equating this situation (you are already having consensual sex, and you just keep going a bit longer than she wants) to an actual rape (she really never wanted to have sex with you at all) is pushing politcal correctness a bit too far.
When a girl is actually raped (forced to have sex with someone she never wanted to have sex with in the first place), this can be an extremely traumatizing experience. Merely being forced to continue a sexual act you have already engaged in, is more on the level of "being forced to do something you do not want to do" without all the "oh my god he's touching my vagina" feelings associated with a real rape.
Both are bad, but I think it's quite obvious that a real rape is orders of magnitude more serious, and punishment should be adjusted accordingly.
You could occasionally give them a box like "Do you want to allow the following program etc...", program name "wipeharddisk.exe", File origin "compromised internet site" and then give them a big red box with "You stupid idiot!" if they click "Yes" anyway. At least one out of every three boxes should be of this kind, and of course various program names, publishers and origins should be used.
After three of those "idiot" boxes, next time show them a progress bar with "wiping hard disk...".
Before you call somebody clueless, it's usually a good idea to do a quick search to make sure you're not the clueless one yourself.
Maybe you could read the wikipedia article about "swastika" and learn about how many religions use both left and right handed versions. The page has pictures of religious swastikas that look exactly like the nazi ones.
Even the nazis sometimes used both (for example on their ensigns), although they normally prefered the right handed one.
I would say the black hole is "fully formed" when the event horizon appears. But that never happens in our reference frame. The last bit of matter required for an event horizon, will take forever to fall in. Time around the black hole, as observed from our reference frame, appears to come to a standstill (asymptotically)
The net evaporation of the black hole will only start when Hawking evaporation is more than the amount of matter falling in. In local time at the black hole, this will happen as soon as the hole has cleaned up its surroundings and sucked in all there is to suck. But in our reference frame, it will take an infinite amount of time before this happens.
They're probably aware of it, but that does not keep them from continuing to use it like they did before, without even remotely thinking about nazis.
Are you aware that the Clu Clux Clan uses the Christian cross as a symbol? As an educated person, I suppose you must be. But do you think about the Clan every time you see a church?
I wonder what would have happened if the article had been about a muslim symbol. There would probably be a couple of embassies on fire by now.
'No educated person on the planet looks at the swastika symbol (...) and says "oh, that symbol has nothing at all in any way to do with global genocide of an entire race"'.
Well, no educated person except a couple of billion buddhists and hinduists. But I suppose they're not educated, since they don't believe in our God.
When you get a city map in Japan, it's often littered with swastikas for all the buddhist temples. I'm pretty sure those have nothing at all in any way to do with global genocide of an entire race.
He could have made his point with a little more respect. I can understand you don't want swastikas on an online video game service that's used by a lot of people from western societies, but he's pushing it a little bit too far when he's talking about contrarians arguing about some innate facts.
My dad actually used to race snails when he was little. His mother kept wondering what was causing all those slimy trails on the wall, until she found the snails one day.
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They can call it the GM Mono!
I think the attitude you have is rather disgraceful. Rape is rape, and both are rape. I hope the weather is nice in whatever fantasy world you are living in.
Another perfect example of the kind of political correctness I despise so much. According to you, someone who hides in an alley and rapes an unlucky passer-by should get the same punishment as a boyfriend who keeps going when his girfriend tells him to stop in the middle of intercourse? Both are equally bad? Both women will be equally traumatised? Get real.
I'm not saying it's OK for a guy to disregard his girlfriend's wishes in such a way. I'm just saying there's a difference in severity. If I had the choice, I would much rather be forced to have sex with my partner than with some perfect stranger or someone I know but don't have feelings for. It still would not be a nice experience, but I wouldn't need therapy or anything like that. The sexual bit would not be such a big factor anymore. You were ALREADY having sex. Why is it so hard to see that this makes a difference?
That's quite incredible. I agree that, if a girl asks you to stop, even if you're five seconds from orgasm, you should stop, and you are an asshole if you continue anyway. However, equating this situation (you are already having consensual sex, and you just keep going a bit longer than she wants) to an actual rape (she really never wanted to have sex with you at all) is pushing politcal correctness a bit too far.
When a girl is actually raped (forced to have sex with someone she never wanted to have sex with in the first place), this can be an extremely traumatizing experience. Merely being forced to continue a sexual act you have already engaged in, is more on the level of "being forced to do something you do not want to do" without all the "oh my god he's touching my vagina" feelings associated with a real rape.
Both are bad, but I think it's quite obvious that a real rape is orders of magnitude more serious, and punishment should be adjusted accordingly.
slashdotters are googling themselves right now.
I guess those rhino's are of military importance after all...
No, that's his little nephew who merely deleted student tables (full name Robert');DROP TABLE Students;--)
Wow, indeed, I hope they're properly sanitizing their strings, this could produce the mother of all code injection attacks!
I would like to back up this file with pictures of our little son, Bobby Killhost...
If that bacteria mutates and starts spreading through human hosts, EVERYONE will have your data!
You could occasionally give them a box like "Do you want to allow the following program etc...", program name "wipeharddisk.exe", File origin "compromised internet site" and then give them a big red box with "You stupid idiot!" if they click "Yes" anyway. At least one out of every three boxes should be of this kind, and of course various program names, publishers and origins should be used. After three of those "idiot" boxes, next time show them a progress bar with "wiping hard disk...".
At least he immediately associates "somebody sharp" with Linux.
Of course, they've always been way ahead of their time :-)
You mean patent examiners actually examine patents? Wow, that's news to me! Maybe they just pick a few and auto-approve the rest?
And since an average litter is about 6 pups...
And here's a link:
http://indianapublicmedia.org/amomentofscience/barcoding-wild-salmon
Just take the baby off the shelf, scan the bar code, enter your credit card, and all the paperwork takes care of itself!
Before you call somebody clueless, it's usually a good idea to do a quick search to make sure you're not the clueless one yourself. Maybe you could read the wikipedia article about "swastika" and learn about how many religions use both left and right handed versions. The page has pictures of religious swastikas that look exactly like the nazi ones. Even the nazis sometimes used both (for example on their ensigns), although they normally prefered the right handed one.
I would say the black hole is "fully formed" when the event horizon appears. But that never happens in our reference frame. The last bit of matter required for an event horizon, will take forever to fall in. Time around the black hole, as observed from our reference frame, appears to come to a standstill (asymptotically)
The net evaporation of the black hole will only start when Hawking evaporation is more than the amount of matter falling in. In local time at the black hole, this will happen as soon as the hole has cleaned up its surroundings and sucked in all there is to suck. But in our reference frame, it will take an infinite amount of time before this happens.
They're probably aware of it, but that does not keep them from continuing to use it like they did before, without even remotely thinking about nazis.
Are you aware that the Clu Clux Clan uses the Christian cross as a symbol? As an educated person, I suppose you must be. But do you think about the Clan every time you see a church?
I wonder what would have happened if the article had been about a muslim symbol. There would probably be a couple of embassies on fire by now.
'No educated person on the planet looks at the swastika symbol (...) and says "oh, that symbol has nothing at all in any way to do with global genocide of an entire race"'.
Well, no educated person except a couple of billion buddhists and hinduists. But I suppose they're not educated, since they don't believe in our God.
When you get a city map in Japan, it's often littered with swastikas for all the buddhist temples. I'm pretty sure those have nothing at all in any way to do with global genocide of an entire race.
He could have made his point with a little more respect. I can understand you don't want swastikas on an online video game service that's used by a lot of people from western societies, but he's pushing it a little bit too far when he's talking about contrarians arguing about some innate facts.
What about peak uranium?
Where do I apply?
Just reply with a resume saying you have 15 years of C# experience. Chances are, you'll get hired.
Using a DSLR camera while standing in the middle of the street, is just unsafe.
My dad actually used to race snails when he was little. His mother kept wondering what was causing all those slimy trails on the wall, until she found the snails one day.
Do you do everything you are told, or do you have your own opinion? Which is smarter?