I agree. As far as parties go, from my experience, "themed" parties and the like are generally pretty lame, you can't try too hard or your guests are turned off. Just have booze, a deck of cards out, board games in sight and music on. You don't need to make your guests jump through hoops.
It's a nonsensical question, all you are doing is arguing semantics.
For example consider how Socrates and his buddies argued about "good". There is no such thing as good existing outside of a "good meal", "good deed", or "good idea". It just modifies the word that follows.
The ONLY thing this argument is about is the difference between the words "invented" and "discovered". Can you REALLY invent something, or do you just put together previous "discoveries" in a novel way?
When I was young, about 13 or 14, my neighbor had a pinball machine that he couldn't quite get to work properly. At that time I was really getting the hang of building simple circuits, radios, etc. and he let me take a look at it. We never fixed it completely, but did make quite a bit of progress over a month or two poking around in it.
Was a fascinating experience, a truly beautiful combination of electronics and kinetics, comparatively commonsense compared to a PC for example. Would be a great study for a high school engineering class.
When I quote relevant Shakespeare, people often have no idea what I'm talking about. Does this mean I should abandon my referencing Shakespeare, especially when it is poignant to illustrate that some political dilemma, moral quandary or even humorous device had been broached over 300 years ago? Yes. Communication is useless if your audience can't understand you. Plus, the people who do get it think you're an ass for quoting Shakespeare in the first place.
Search and siezure with NO EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY??
How is this even remotely legal?
Can this possibly set a precedent for searching other items?
Why are computers treated any differently than anything else?
What threat does data on a computer pose to an airplane?
I would think a backpack or suitcase would be able to do more damage.
I saw a program on the Mandelbrot set and Lorenz attractor on PBS in the late 80's. Completely changed the way I thought about the world. Also where I discovered Fractint.
I was hesitant to post, but seeing yours, I believe we do. Not a lawyer, forgot where I heard it and can't seem to find a source, so take it as you will.
Haha! A truly good reason to support this. As soon as this comes out I'm gonna seed the hell out it, on all my computers, non-stop. I'd love them to take me to court for it.
* Waste that is toxic for hundreds of thousands of years So what? It's stored very safely.
* The profit motive leading to corners being cut and safety being a casualty How many accidents have we had so far? 1? The space shuttle goes to the lowest bidder too. And everything else for that matter.
* NIMBY (not in my back yard) Ok, we just wont tell you then.
* Security - these plants are prime targets for terrorism BS. How many have been attacked in the world ever? ZERO. Quit thinking the boogieman is out to get you.
They should continue, "unfortunately, there are a fair amount of countries that don't have access to the sun. " Damn you're dense, it was a fucking joke!
Alternatively, you could think of the Chinese Room Puzzle. This is one invented to disprove artificial intelligence, but can also be used to disprove the need of a true conciousness or a free will. Never seen that before. Unless you can prove humans are doing something other than shuffling symbols (language) then this is a point for the human supercomputer idea.
Out of curiosity, who would be horrified at the idea that we don't have free thought? I'm not, it's what I believe actually, we are just amazingly advanced computers.
Who would stop making decisions as a result? Not me.
Who would be left afterward? Still here:D
Darwin's law wins?
In other words, the electrons required for an arbitrary task on average have to travel 3-4 inches to properly flip the right switches? That's kinda neat to think about. I wonder how "long" my Ubuntu install was.
[quote]You do realise that the world used to work just fine when youngsters learnt the trades from their parents rather than from the school system?[/quote]
Yep, burning witches, dragons, flat earth, center of the universe, crusades, if only we hadn't developed science and education...
Not going to argue, this is silly. There is nothing wrong with generalizing. Must be the mac in your name. I do see an issue because 11 year olds need to learn their states and how to multiply before they get "real world experience" in network administration, this is borderline exploitation.
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That and I've had a bootdisk that will give the admin password for any computer running XP. Had it for years.
I agree. As far as parties go, from my experience, "themed" parties and the like are generally pretty lame, you can't try too hard or your guests are turned off. Just have booze, a deck of cards out, board games in sight and music on. You don't need to make your guests jump through hoops.
Metallica has(oooah) sucked for around(aaah) 20 years now(oooah).
It's a nonsensical question, all you are doing is arguing semantics.
For example consider how Socrates and his buddies argued about "good". There is no such thing as good existing outside of a "good meal", "good deed", or "good idea". It just modifies the word that follows.
The ONLY thing this argument is about is the difference between the words "invented" and "discovered". Can you REALLY invent something, or do you just put together previous "discoveries" in a novel way?
Math is math, good is good.
When I was young, about 13 or 14, my neighbor had a pinball machine that he couldn't quite get to work properly. At that time I was really getting the hang of building simple circuits, radios, etc. and he let me take a look at it.
We never fixed it completely, but did make quite a bit of progress over a month or two poking around in it.
Was a fascinating experience, a truly beautiful combination of electronics and kinetics, comparatively commonsense compared to a PC for example. Would be a great study for a high school engineering class.
...and eat corn on the cob vertically...
Search and siezure with NO EVIDENCE OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY??
How is this even remotely legal?
Can this possibly set a precedent for searching other items?
Why are computers treated any differently than anything else?
What threat does data on a computer pose to an airplane?
I would think a backpack or suitcase would be able to do more damage.
I feel lightheaded...
Ha! I remember ET! It was absolutely terrible! I couldn't figure it out for the life of me either.
Doesn't semi-hermetic = non-hermetic? It's either airtight or it's not.
That applies to agents and agencies of the government, not airlines, or bars. Don't like their policies? Don't support them with your money!
I saw a program on the Mandelbrot set and Lorenz attractor on PBS in the late 80's. Completely changed the way I thought about the world. Also where I discovered Fractint.
http://www.fractint.org/
How is this flamebait?? 3g is impressive??
How is this news? Oooo a 3g harddrive!! Cutting edge technologies!!! Like the original iPhone couldn't have had a 3g hd. I am not impressed.
I was hesitant to post, but seeing yours, I believe we do. Not a lawyer, forgot where I heard it and can't seem to find a source, so take it as you will.
Haha! A truly good reason to support this. As soon as this comes out I'm gonna seed the hell out it, on all my computers, non-stop. I'd love them to take me to court for it.
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And for that reason they won't
If you choose not to decide you still have made a choice.
In other words, the electrons required for an arbitrary task on average have to travel 3-4 inches to properly flip the right switches? That's kinda neat to think about. I wonder how "long" my Ubuntu install was.
[quote]You do realise that the world used to work just fine when youngsters learnt the trades from their parents rather than from the school system?[/quote] Yep, burning witches, dragons, flat earth, center of the universe, crusades, if only we hadn't developed science and education...
Not going to argue, this is silly. There is nothing wrong with generalizing. Must be the mac in your name. I do see an issue because 11 year olds need to learn their states and how to multiply before they get "real world experience" in network administration, this is borderline exploitation.