Assuming humans were to make contact with intelligent multicellular organisms whose DNA was arsenic-based and not phosphorous-based, would human food be poisonous to them? Would their food be poisonous to us?
You are guilty of reification. Information does not want to be free. Information does not want anything, because information is not a conscious entity capable of thought, desire, or volition. Treating abstract concepts as though they had thoughts, needs, or desires is faulty logic.
I don't have a beef with drug dealers unless they've decided that doing business with consenting adults isn't sufficiently profitable. Fuck Prohibition.
After all, there's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government actually has is the power to crack down on criminals. But if everybody is a criminal, what can the government do? If the government tries to cash in on guilt, what will it do if the "criminals" feel no guilt over bullshit crimes?
When I get called for jury duty, I pretend I've never heard of nullification. Then, if I get stuck with a drug possession case, I strike a blow against Prohibition by persuading the other jurors to acquit.
As far as I'm concerned, anybody guilty of the criminal stupidity displayed the the prosecution in this case deserves not only to be chewed out by the judge, but to be thrown in jail for contempt. However, I myself am not a judge; I'm just Lilith's heart-shaped ass.
How do we know that some reasonably intelligent marketing pusbag won't find a way to use the FTC's "Do Not Track" list in a manner contrary to its stated intent?
Look: I play video games because watching TV bores me to the point of violence. I do not want to watch TV on my console; I want to play games on my console.
If spammers are such a problem, then we just need a distributed final solution to the spammer question. I recommend the new German microwave ovens; they seat five thousand.
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Assuming humans were to make contact with intelligent multicellular organisms whose DNA was arsenic-based and not phosphorous-based, would human food be poisonous to them? Would their food be poisonous to us?
You are guilty of reification. Information does not want to be free. Information does not want anything, because information is not a conscious entity capable of thought, desire, or volition. Treating abstract concepts as though they had thoughts, needs, or desires is faulty logic.
I don't have a beef with drug dealers unless they've decided that doing business with consenting adults isn't sufficiently profitable. Fuck Prohibition.
The leprechauns saw this coming and decided to make like Atlas and shrug.
Just taking Mao's Law to its logical conclusion: all political power comes from the barrel of a gun.
You're not free unless you're willing and able to kill anybody stupid enough to try to command you.
After all, there's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government actually has is the power to crack down on criminals. But if everybody is a criminal, what can the government do? If the government tries to cash in on guilt, what will it do if the "criminals" feel no guilt over bullshit crimes?
When I get called for jury duty, I pretend I've never heard of nullification. Then, if I get stuck with a drug possession case, I strike a blow against Prohibition by persuading the other jurors to acquit.
As far as I'm concerned, anybody guilty of the criminal stupidity displayed the the prosecution in this case deserves not only to be chewed out by the judge, but to be thrown in jail for contempt. However, I myself am not a judge; I'm just Lilith's heart-shaped ass.
Actually, they called it "moonshine".
How do we know that some reasonably intelligent marketing pusbag won't find a way to use the FTC's "Do Not Track" list in a manner contrary to its stated intent?
I don't buy liberty or privacy. I take it as my rightful due by virtue of my human nature. If necessary, I claim my rightful due at gunpoint.
I ate a box of Ex-Lax, but I can't bring myself to give a shit.
I was thinking 40mm high explosive. :)
Or does that not apply?
I agree. She's barely qualified to care for children with Down's Syndrome.
Is that supposed to break my little basaltic heart?
Go eat shit.
I left the United States so that I could stop eating shit and start eating decent food.
I wouldn't fuck them with your dick.
We the people lost when the SCOTUS decided that corporations were people and thus entitled to Fourteenth Amendment protection.
The American people are getting the government they deserve, and I hope they fucking choke on it.
Look: I play video games because watching TV bores me to the point of violence. I do not want to watch TV on my console; I want to play games on my console.
If spammers are such a problem, then we just need a distributed final solution to the spammer question. I recommend the new German microwave ovens; they seat five thousand.
How do you know I'm not posting from Rapture? :)