That's probably because those without access to medical care live in countries with poor hygiene and nutritional standards, and such, something as complicated as pregnancy ends up resulting in more miscarriages, stillborns, deformed (mentally and/or physically), and lowered immune response in the newly born child.
His wife was probably fairly healthy and fit, and thus a generalized birth was much more possible with basic internet research. A doctor or an actual midwife would be much more useful if there were more complications.
Then again, I didn't read the article, but I'm fairly certain I'm right, anyways, because most things are less complicated than they seem at first glance other than the minute troubles that can happen that nobody expects, except those with experience.
The science articles are usually safe on wikipedia, because it is hard to politicize the properties and observations of, say, uh, VY Canis Majoris. People on wikipedia are usually very good about these sorts of articles.
Cultural or political articles are the worst, however: everyone with their "unique" point of view comes on wikipedia to pound their drum. A person of A ideology makes X citation here, while a person of B ideology makes Y citation here arguing against X but never decisively, and it simply becomes a clusterfuck of whiny voices trying to outdo everyone else. Not balanced perspectives.
Don't believe me? Try being a wikipedia editor sometime: it becomes a game of reverting opposing edits and navigating the role-playing bureaucracy of the site. And while it is theoretically a good thing that can happen, some idiot will come around eventually and do the same to you, and eventually you will get into some utterly moronic "arbitration" game that requires no social life or hobbies whatsoever.
And then there is the scandal of essjay, one of the most abusive admins of wikipedia history, only to end up to be revealed as a fraud who used fake credentials under anonymity to abuse other users into accepting his dogma.
Then there are more contentious points that could never get resolved because of the "mainstream" versus "esoteric" knowledge(s) on various subjects. Take Metallica, for instance: they're listed as a highly influential metal band, though it is debatable of how unique their contributions actually are/were. Perhaps they popularized certain stylistic characteristics, but were they really the ones influencing others if they were primarily influenced by others, for the most part? Sorry if that is vague, I can't think of a better example that is more obvious. But the problem is that wikipedia will never actually accept what *actually* is, but on what is group consensus, because no original research is allowed; thus, what most people believe is true is true in wikipedia's eyes.
It is fine if you disagree with my example, but the concept of what I'm saying is still valid.
And to end on a positive note: "deletionists" are some of the most worthless people that one can find on the internet. They get their jollies off of deleting as much as they can, despite the site being more useful if it contains as much truthful information as possible.
The world is devoid of common sense -- people are clueless and and these worthless, scum-sucking paper pushers probably get an emotional high from "properly" following "procedure" despite all evidence pointing to "procedure" being idiotic and too encompassing to actually catch real predators but hapless peer-to-peer downloaders accidentally downloading the wrong file. The same mentality occurs in management where your supervisor flips out because you harmlessly put something in the wrong place even though nobody with a clue cares, for example. I'm sure people here know what I'm trying to say.
I'm going to assume the FBI was sharing CP files and collected the IPs of everyone who downloaded from them. It makes you wonder just how many of the files they are sharing have misleading file names. They know downloading "grannie_goes_wild.avi" would get someone convicted even if it was bona-fide child pornography. They don't care, it was illegal, so in their eyes, they have to go and unleash the mangy, distempered legal dogs.
Even if this particular instance the victim of the law was actually guilty, you can bet something like this has happened before, elsewhere. So it is best just to assume he is innocent, anyways, because somewhere down the line somebody has gotten screwed off this.
I laughed at this: "'The FBI could not comment on this specific case, but said if child pornography is ever downloaded accidentally, the user needs to call authorities immediately. They may confiscate your computer, but it's better than the alternative."
Okay, I didn't laugh, more like made a depressed sigh, because the only reason the FBI would confiscate a computer would be to ACTIVELY TRY TO BUILD A CASE AGAINST YOU. What is the alternative they are talking about? Thats egregious double-speak. They're not going to confiscate your computer to show your neighbors that you're a good, law-abiding citizen.
You want to know how I learned Haskell? By doing project euler problems... DRUNK. See, this guy is all hoity-toity about going to the bar on weekends.... I bring the bar to ME, then I go out into the trenches, a little bit of beer, and solve those project euler problems after 5 beers minimum.
Nothing like a 12 pack and a functional, correctly solved project euler problem to separate the men from the boys.
If something has more mass and that extra mass is digestable, it would follow that there's more sustenance of some sort in there.
But the economical value of growing food in such an environment and importing it back to earth, to be redistributed to the hungry in poor countries, is laughably poor.
I just want to give a heartfelt congratulations to humanity for being the cosmic equivalent of a giant canister of whipped cream. Excellent job! *claps*
I guess I was being a little flamebait in my post, but when I was in Krakow I did see at least one black person. I'm sure they were a tourist though, as it was in line for the Weisomethingorother salt mines.
But to an extent there was some technological backwardsness: while spending the night in my relative's apartment in Katowice, there was not one single wireless network in the entire apartment complex.
I heard a story from my mother where, when my grandmother from Poland first visited the United States, she saw a black guy and asked if he took his shirt off if there would be residue under his shirt.
I'm just guessing that since Poland is mostly just poor farmers and just poor people in general, they don't really have as many immigrants coming in compared to Western Europe. But I suppose it could be due to racism as well, since most of the people going to Microsoft's website are going to be Polish businessmen, anyways.
That's likely. But I think it fits in more with the serial killer MO to actually have a message encoded, just one that other people are "too stupid" to read. A form of power over others, as SKs are apt to be like, that wouldn't be gained by gibberish.
Plus the alignment is too methodical for a somewhat sloppy SK like zodiac.
The elusive Zodiac Killer's 360 character cipher was never cracked, either, and it's been decades since he mailed it to newspapers. That cipher also seems a bit grid-like, with spacing made deliberately in rows. I wonder if this method would help, at least in part, in cracking it?
If anything, would be nice to see something come up to ascertain his identity, and if alive, put him behind bars.
As someone who is kind of militantly for less government and taxation (libertarian???), I agree with your post. I think a lot of these people just think the US is worse than it is just because they haven't been elsewhere.
#2 is right... but in a bad way. Both parties are no different in the scheme of things and continue to run their scams alongside of their owners/lobbyists.
I will add two more points:
#6: The US is huge and has a lot of fertile, sparsely populated land. If worse comes to worse, if you can't find freedom from government, you could theoretically get freedom away from it. Theoretically, though.
#7: Chicks love guys with accents, and that's no secret. You can be the mysterious British gent and you can take any girl you want home who will think you're James Bond.
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That's probably because those without access to medical care live in countries with poor hygiene and nutritional standards, and such, something as complicated as pregnancy ends up resulting in more miscarriages, stillborns, deformed (mentally and/or physically), and lowered immune response in the newly born child.
His wife was probably fairly healthy and fit, and thus a generalized birth was much more possible with basic internet research. A doctor or an actual midwife would be much more useful if there were more complications.
Then again, I didn't read the article, but I'm fairly certain I'm right, anyways, because most things are less complicated than they seem at first glance other than the minute troubles that can happen that nobody expects, except those with experience.
The science articles are usually safe on wikipedia, because it is hard to politicize the properties and observations of, say, uh, VY Canis Majoris. People on wikipedia are usually very good about these sorts of articles.
Cultural or political articles are the worst, however: everyone with their "unique" point of view comes on wikipedia to pound their drum. A person of A ideology makes X citation here, while a person of B ideology makes Y citation here arguing against X but never decisively, and it simply becomes a clusterfuck of whiny voices trying to outdo everyone else. Not balanced perspectives.
Don't believe me? Try being a wikipedia editor sometime: it becomes a game of reverting opposing edits and navigating the role-playing bureaucracy of the site. And while it is theoretically a good thing that can happen, some idiot will come around eventually and do the same to you, and eventually you will get into some utterly moronic "arbitration" game that requires no social life or hobbies whatsoever.
And then there is the scandal of essjay, one of the most abusive admins of wikipedia history, only to end up to be revealed as a fraud who used fake credentials under anonymity to abuse other users into accepting his dogma.
Then there are more contentious points that could never get resolved because of the "mainstream" versus "esoteric" knowledge(s) on various subjects. Take Metallica, for instance: they're listed as a highly influential metal band, though it is debatable of how unique their contributions actually are/were. Perhaps they popularized certain stylistic characteristics, but were they really the ones influencing others if they were primarily influenced by others, for the most part? Sorry if that is vague, I can't think of a better example that is more obvious. But the problem is that wikipedia will never actually accept what *actually* is, but on what is group consensus, because no original research is allowed; thus, what most people believe is true is true in wikipedia's eyes.
It is fine if you disagree with my example, but the concept of what I'm saying is still valid.
And to end on a positive note: "deletionists" are some of the most worthless people that one can find on the internet. They get their jollies off of deleting as much as they can, despite the site being more useful if it contains as much truthful information as possible.
Time to stock up on molotovs and pills for my safe room.
The world is devoid of common sense -- people are clueless and and these worthless, scum-sucking paper pushers probably get an emotional high from "properly" following "procedure" despite all evidence pointing to "procedure" being idiotic and too encompassing to actually catch real predators but hapless peer-to-peer downloaders accidentally downloading the wrong file. The same mentality occurs in management where your supervisor flips out because you harmlessly put something in the wrong place even though nobody with a clue cares, for example. I'm sure people here know what I'm trying to say.
I'm going to assume the FBI was sharing CP files and collected the IPs of everyone who downloaded from them. It makes you wonder just how many of the files they are sharing have misleading file names. They know downloading "grannie_goes_wild.avi" would get someone convicted even if it was bona-fide child pornography. They don't care, it was illegal, so in their eyes, they have to go and unleash the mangy, distempered legal dogs.
Even if this particular instance the victim of the law was actually guilty, you can bet something like this has happened before, elsewhere. So it is best just to assume he is innocent, anyways, because somewhere down the line somebody has gotten screwed off this.
I laughed at this: "'The FBI could not comment on this specific case, but said if child pornography is ever downloaded accidentally, the user needs to call authorities immediately. They may confiscate your computer, but it's better than the alternative."
Okay, I didn't laugh, more like made a depressed sigh, because the only reason the FBI would confiscate a computer would be to ACTIVELY TRY TO BUILD A CASE AGAINST YOU. What is the alternative they are talking about? Thats egregious double-speak. They're not going to confiscate your computer to show your neighbors that you're a good, law-abiding citizen.
Because at least Apple fans are no strangers to love. Microsoft just knows the game and they're gonna play it.
You want to know how I learned Haskell? By doing project euler problems... DRUNK. See, this guy is all hoity-toity about going to the bar on weekends.... I bring the bar to ME, then I go out into the trenches, a little bit of beer, and solve those project euler problems after 5 beers minimum.
Nothing like a 12 pack and a functional, correctly solved project euler problem to separate the men from the boys.
If something has more mass and that extra mass is digestable, it would follow that there's more sustenance of some sort in there.
But the economical value of growing food in such an environment and importing it back to earth, to be redistributed to the hungry in poor countries, is laughably poor.
Looks like somebody high up in Austrialia is a wee-bit angry about not having any of the promised downloadable content of l4d...
That would hurt, though.
It's just a slow news day. We're not sending anyone to Mars for a long time, and certainly not for one-way voyages.
We haven't sent anyone to the moon in decades, because nobody wants to fund NASA for it. They're not going to fund NASA for Mars, either.
I wouldn't HAVE to be a one-way trip, if they'd learn from history and pack a BFG 9000 along with the astronauts.
But I can't figure out how to get a nes game. I did pay for the Opera browser, so I'm a bit confused here. Anyone know how?
I want mega man 3, for those who wanted to know.
I just want to give a heartfelt congratulations to humanity for being the cosmic equivalent of a giant canister of whipped cream. Excellent job! *claps*
I absolutely thank you for that laugh, I needed it. One of the best humor posts I've seen on slashdot.
You beat me to the A New Hope reference. If I had mod points I'd mod you up for that.
The Joker did it, obviously. It was all just a part of a magic trick.
I guess I was being a little flamebait in my post, but when I was in Krakow I did see at least one black person. I'm sure they were a tourist though, as it was in line for the Weisomethingorother salt mines.
But to an extent there was some technological backwardsness: while spending the night in my relative's apartment in Katowice, there was not one single wireless network in the entire apartment complex.
Though you were right about the phones and DSL.
I heard a story from my mother where, when my grandmother from Poland first visited the United States, she saw a black guy and asked if he took his shirt off if there would be residue under his shirt.
I'm just guessing that since Poland is mostly just poor farmers and just poor people in general, they don't really have as many immigrants coming in compared to Western Europe. But I suppose it could be due to racism as well, since most of the people going to Microsoft's website are going to be Polish businessmen, anyways.
That's likely. But I think it fits in more with the serial killer MO to actually have a message encoded, just one that other people are "too stupid" to read. A form of power over others, as SKs are apt to be like, that wouldn't be gained by gibberish.
Plus the alignment is too methodical for a somewhat sloppy SK like zodiac.
The elusive Zodiac Killer's 360 character cipher was never cracked, either, and it's been decades since he mailed it to newspapers. That cipher also seems a bit grid-like, with spacing made deliberately in rows. I wonder if this method would help, at least in part, in cracking it?
If anything, would be nice to see something come up to ascertain his identity, and if alive, put him behind bars.
Fixed for you, after I considered the 2008 presidential debates.
Because it's just so logical to keep defending yourself from government until you're all out of bubblegum...
As someone who is kind of militantly for less government and taxation (libertarian???), I agree with your post. I think a lot of these people just think the US is worse than it is just because they haven't been elsewhere.
#2 is right... but in a bad way. Both parties are no different in the scheme of things and continue to run their scams alongside of their owners/lobbyists.
I will add two more points:
#6: The US is huge and has a lot of fertile, sparsely populated land. If worse comes to worse, if you can't find freedom from government, you could theoretically get freedom away from it. Theoretically, though.
#7: Chicks love guys with accents, and that's no secret. You can be the mysterious British gent and you can take any girl you want home who will think you're James Bond.
Never take the advice of someone telling you to live somewhere else when they haven't even been there themselves.
I just did. Now what?