Do you recall what primitive people do to witches?
Proper primitive folks sponsor a virgin tossing party at the local volcano to appease the Evil Spirits.
We, being civilized folks, won't let them sacrifice their virgins, but we will be more than happy to take the virgins off the hands of the primitive folks.
Give that puppy three Kerberos heads and train him in Michael Vick's Bad Newz Kennels. He should snarl, spit fire and rabidly foam at the mouth at soldiers' commands. Chainsaw saber-tooth fangs and Ginsu claws are a must.
When the local yokels see the soldiers on patrol with the Hound of the Devil, it will scare the Bejesus out of them, and they will skedaddle, like their asses were on fire.
David Blaine could ride the donkey, and perform bizarre street magic tricks that weird out the locals. The insurgents will be like totally convinced that their enemies have evil supernatural powers. Suicide bomber volunteer rates will plummet:
"I ain't dying near those goddamned evil bastards! They'll be takin' my soul right back with them straight to Hell!"
happy, productive life once they've served their time
Well, maybe a "happy, productive life" for a sex offender . . . is spent doing more sex offending . . . ?
The question is, are they really cured? Or will they just go out and pick up where they left off? I don't think any mental health experts can really give a definite answer on that. Even if they have "served their time", do we really want to let potentially dangerous folks back on the street unmonitored . . . ?
But baring them from gaming certainly is not going to do anything useful, besides making some other folks think they are safe. Oh, an a politician can say that he is tough on crime, and schtinking of the children.
Bingo! The most dangerous part of a firearm, is the idiot who has it in their hand. Too many people buy guns without having proper safety instruction. Any gun enthusiast I have ever known is more than willing to help out beginners. Just ask at a local shooting range, and a bunch of experienced folks will jump at the chance. They are like computer geeks, and love to show off their knowledge and help out. I even know of once case where the expert told the beginner, "You really shouldn't own a gun."
Of course, this is all null and void, if an individual is intent on committing a crime. Criminals and kooks will always be able to MacGyver smart guns or buy them on the black market.
German speakers are also very encouraging and helpful when you are learning their language. After I gave a presentation to some German Army officers, one of them joked with me:
"Because you have managed to learn German, you will never need to prove your courage and valor to me."
Interpretation
Worldwide, the contribution of different risk factors to disease burden has changed substantially, with a shift away from risks for communicable diseases in children towards those for non-communicable diseases in adults. These changes are related to the ageing population, decreased mortality among children younger than 5 years, changes in cause-of-death composition, and changes in risk factor exposures. New evidence has led to changes in the magnitude of key risks including unimproved water and sanitation, vitamin A and zinc deficiencies, and ambient particulate matter pollution. The extent to which the epidemiological shift has occurred and what the leading risks currently are varies greatly across regions. In much of sub-Saharan Africa, the leading risks are still those associated with poverty and those that affect children.
So we are just moving from underdeveloped causes of death, up to luxury causes of death . ..
Funding
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
I blame Windows, as a new leading cause of death . . .
Of course they are going to say that they don't have it, even if they do. They wouldn't even want to reveal methods that they were using back then. Maybe some those methods are still in use in Numbers Stations today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station
Seeing how they did it in the past, might give some clues on how they do it today. Even if the content is useless today, the process of cracking the messages would be a useful exercise for foreign spooks. The Americans and the Russians probably have piles of these messages, which they captured from the Germans.
The UK is concerned that some of their international students are illegally working.
If international student visa abuse is the problem . . . then why are they proposing to monitor the attendance of ALL students . . . ? Methinks they are planning to use this for something else in the future . . .
Perhaps the school shooter in Connecticut was a heavy consumer of something spiked with MSG such as, for example, many (although not all) varieties of potato chips.
Well, one thing is for certain, due to the demise of Hostess, if he had survived, he wouldn't have been able to use the "Twinkie Defense": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie_defense
That will be the real exciting fight to see in Congress. I propose that the Congress folks duke it out in a no-rules laser sword iron death cage rumble, to decide which state can add to their license plate, "The Death Star State!"
Lots of folks have diseases of the mind, but somehow manage to be only a minor annoyance or slight nuisance to others. Like the crazy lady who hurls cats at me.
Others seem Hell-bent on trying to make their sickness impact my personal freedom and values of liberal democracy as greatly as possible on my front lawn.
The Founding Fathers spoke of "Freedom of Religion," but they really meant "Freedom from Religion", of others, as well.
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Kid: "Mom, I want a skateboard!"
Mom: "No, you'll fall off a handrail doing a trick with it, crack your head open, and die."
Kid: "No I won't!"
Mom: "Trust me, this is the third time that I've been through this . . . "
Do you recall what primitive people do to witches?
Proper primitive folks sponsor a virgin tossing party at the local volcano to appease the Evil Spirits.
We, being civilized folks, won't let them sacrifice their virgins, but we will be more than happy to take the virgins off the hands of the primitive folks.
Give that puppy three Kerberos heads and train him in Michael Vick's Bad Newz Kennels. He should snarl, spit fire and rabidly foam at the mouth at soldiers' commands. Chainsaw saber-tooth fangs and Ginsu claws are a must.
When the local yokels see the soldiers on patrol with the Hound of the Devil, it will scare the Bejesus out of them, and they will skedaddle, like their asses were on fire.
David Blaine could ride the donkey, and perform bizarre street magic tricks that weird out the locals. The insurgents will be like totally convinced that their enemies have evil supernatural powers. Suicide bomber volunteer rates will plummet:
"I ain't dying near those goddamned evil bastards! They'll be takin' my soul right back with them straight to Hell!"
You missed the part about "potential dating pool."
Read that as "escort service."
You might as well go out with a fuck . . .
Yeah, but patent lawsuits never end. They just seem to go on, and on, and on . . .
The last day of the world is also going to be like a patent lawsuit. It's just going to keep going on, and on, and on . . .
What other food analogs are used in place of people for tech experiments?
I would have suggested scuba diving wetsuits filled with lard. Sacks of potatoes were probably cheaper.
Man, what a bitch of a long boarding time.
Overcrowding in prisons. The sex-offenders need to be cleared out to make room for more drug-offenders.
happy, productive life once they've served their time
Well, maybe a "happy, productive life" for a sex offender . . . is spent doing more sex offending . . . ?
The question is, are they really cured? Or will they just go out and pick up where they left off? I don't think any mental health experts can really give a definite answer on that. Even if they have "served their time", do we really want to let potentially dangerous folks back on the street unmonitored . . . ?
But baring them from gaming certainly is not going to do anything useful, besides making some other folks think they are safe. Oh, an a politician can say that he is tough on crime, and schtinking of the children.
Bingo! The most dangerous part of a firearm, is the idiot who has it in their hand. Too many people buy guns without having proper safety instruction. Any gun enthusiast I have ever known is more than willing to help out beginners. Just ask at a local shooting range, and a bunch of experienced folks will jump at the chance. They are like computer geeks, and love to show off their knowledge and help out. I even know of once case where the expert told the beginner, "You really shouldn't own a gun."
Of course, this is all null and void, if an individual is intent on committing a crime. Criminals and kooks will always be able to MacGyver smart guns or buy them on the black market.
'round my parts, an HP calculator was the High School graduation gift of choice for academically excellent kids.
I got a HP 34C for being accepted at MIT and Princeton.
Rich dumb kids got cars instead of calculators. Oh, well.
Beware of SAP!
Well, duh. SAP means "Scheiss auf's Privatleben!"
5. Hält länger . . . schmeckt besser.
German speakers are also very encouraging and helpful when you are learning their language. After I gave a presentation to some German Army officers, one of them joked with me:
"Because you have managed to learn German, you will never need to prove your courage and valor to me."
"Death! . . . Death, by Snoo Snoo!"
From The Lancet article:
Interpretation Worldwide, the contribution of different risk factors to disease burden has changed substantially, with a shift away from risks for communicable diseases in children towards those for non-communicable diseases in adults. These changes are related to the ageing population, decreased mortality among children younger than 5 years, changes in cause-of-death composition, and changes in risk factor exposures. New evidence has led to changes in the magnitude of key risks including unimproved water and sanitation, vitamin A and zinc deficiencies, and ambient particulate matter pollution. The extent to which the epidemiological shift has occurred and what the leading risks currently are varies greatly across regions. In much of sub-Saharan Africa, the leading risks are still those associated with poverty and those that affect children.
So we are just moving from underdeveloped causes of death, up to luxury causes of death . . .
Funding Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
I blame Windows, as a new leading cause of death . . .
. . . if they're alive.
GCHQ says they don't have
Of course they are going to say that they don't have it, even if they do. They wouldn't even want to reveal methods that they were using back then. Maybe some those methods are still in use in Numbers Stations today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station
Seeing how they did it in the past, might give some clues on how they do it today. Even if the content is useless today, the process of cracking the messages would be a useful exercise for foreign spooks. The Americans and the Russians probably have piles of these messages, which they captured from the Germans.
In the spy cryptography business, mum's the word.
The UK is concerned that some of their international students are illegally working.
If international student visa abuse is the problem . . . then why are they proposing to monitor the attendance of ALL students . . . ? Methinks they are planning to use this for something else in the future . . .
Perhaps the school shooter in Connecticut was a heavy consumer of something spiked with MSG such as, for example, many (although not all) varieties of potato chips.
Well, one thing is for certain, due to the demise of Hostess, if he had survived, he wouldn't have been able to use the "Twinkie Defense": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkie_defense
That will be the real exciting fight to see in Congress. I propose that the Congress folks duke it out in a no-rules laser sword iron death cage rumble, to decide which state can add to their license plate, "The Death Star State!"
http://www.rttnews.com/2024044/obesity-is-a-bigger-problem-globally-than-hunger.aspx?type=hnr
Strange for both these news items to pop up at the same time . . .
Lots of folks have diseases of the mind, but somehow manage to be only a minor annoyance or slight nuisance to others. Like the crazy lady who hurls cats at me.
Others seem Hell-bent on trying to make their sickness impact my personal freedom and values of liberal democracy as greatly as possible on my front lawn.
The Founding Fathers spoke of "Freedom of Religion," but they really meant "Freedom from Religion", of others, as well.
Democracy, not Theocracy.
What about all that ancient Egyptian stuff: statues, temples, pyramids, and the like? All this idolatry is also blasphemy under Islam.
So are they going to, like, dynamite the pyramids, like their Muslim brethren did to those Buddhas in Afghanistan?
I think the proper Yiddish word that you are looking for is "Shyster."
Where I live, the sender pays for text messages.
Problem solved. I don't get any spam.
I just can't fathom why anyone would sign up for a service where they would have to pay for calls received, beyond the base rate.
A 19-year-old girl I have known since she was in her mother's womb danced (read: stripped) her way through college
. . . definitely not an option for most Slashdot readers . . .
. . . well, at least, not getting paid for doing it . . .