I thought it was an asteroid impacting near Madagascar, causing a global tsunami and also accounting for the fact that almost all cultures have flood myths, most of them speak of rain (from the water thrown up by the asteroid), and many of them speak of explosions or pillars of smoke as well (from the impact). The Mediterranean flooding the Black Sea only accounts for a few of the legends.
Why make capsules that can be proven ineffective when you can keep getting old people to donate money for your 'research' without having to produce any results at all?
Not the same at all. The guy walks like a charlatan, talks like a charlatan, is in a field dominated by charlatans, and most other researchers in that field think his theories are complete bunk.
You don't need to think to be a libertarian, you just need to memorize the party mantra, "The Free Market Will Fix It." No money for Health Care? TFMWFI. Lost your job due to outsourcing? TFMWFI. Your grandmother has gout? TFMWFI.
Hmmm. Are you sure you read what I wrote? I know you read the letter. I was complaining about the fact that someone had modded you troll for pointing out the truth.
I'm not saying he is a charlatan. It's just that I'd like to see some proof that he isn't. For instance, why does he do so much public speaking on the subject? What research does he actually do himself? How is his research funded?
What do his colleagues in the field think of him? Here is a great quote from Jason Pontin:
But what struck me is that De Grey is a troll. For all de Grey's vaulting ambitions, what Sherwin Nuland saw from the outside was pathetically circumscribed. In his waking life, de Grey is the ÂcomÂputer support to a research team; he dresses like a shabby graduate student and affects Rip Van Winkle's beard; he has no children; he has few interests outside the science of biogeronÂtology; he drinks too much beer.
He never achieved his PhD in any conventional sense. He studied computer science as an undergrad at Cambridge. His bio, the way he touts himself, makes it appear he earned a PhD in biology from Cambridge, which he did not. He is not associated with Cambridge in any way, yet he weasel words things to make it easy for people to misinterpret his association with them. There are good reasons to believe he is a charlatan.
Most people are very afraid of dying, and would spend almost any amount of money to live longer. Anyone promising to help them do so can extract nearly limitless quantities of money from people. Given that, why should we believe you aren't a complete charlatan?
I guess to some people, anything left of Reagan is left wing. I've never had the impression Slashdot was in any way left wing. Slashdot is and always has been centrist/libertarian. Try mentioning that the government should raise taxes to cover more social programs and see how fast you get modded into oblivion. Or try saying we should seize the property of the rich and nationalize it. Left wing/communist my ass.
The sites will be vetted to prove that it is secure, that not just anyone can post video "from teh US congrass." Horrors. And it mentions nothing about Nancy Pelosi.
I'm sorry, but I don't understand how they can draw those conclusions from the source they reference. And I don't see anything about Pelosi. The letter seems to say that people can post stuff on outside servers, provided there is a way of verifying it really came from who it says its from. Whoah! Scandal!
Why is Slashdot posting links to crazy right wing/libertartian conspiracy theories? This is stupid.
What are you, some kind of commie? Look, hype is all we have left. Hype is a precious natural resource and you are squandering it. If people don't get pumped up about the idea of social interactive service oriented web enabled crap, how will we get another wave of ridiculous investment? Without that wave of investment, when will we regain our Aeron chairs and foosball in the lobby?
What, do you expect us to work for a living? That's for suckers.
That's such a delusion. People you talk to online are not anything like what you think of them. You're not interacting with a person, you're interacting with your own imagination, seeded with a few select facts or fictions from someone else.
See, but my imaginary friends would never bum me out by killing my fantasy like that. They'd be all like, "OOh, no, we're totally real, spun! Now, should we go on that fantastapotomous hunt or fly to the Land of the Horny Stewardesses?"
Well, I don't want to argue the point. (WHAT?!? Spun doesn't want to argue a point!?!) I just think that it is possible to tailor a video game to hit the exact effort/reward cycle that people will find addicting.
I'm not even sure what point we might be arguing here. Are you saying that video games are in NO WAY addictive? I can say from personal experience that they are. I mean that in a "interferes with work, personal, or family life; think about it obsessively when not playing; put off normal activities to play" kind of way. That may not be you, hell, I know some people who are fine using meth or heroin once every few months in a responsible manner, too. Doesn't mean they aren't addictive.
First you need to determine the cause of the smell.
1.) Does your girlfriend have fins, gills, and scales? Then the problem is that she IS a mackerel, and there isn't much you can do about it.
2.) Does your girlfriend's vagina have a light inside it that turns on when you open it? If so, your girlfriend is a refrigerator, and you need to get a box of baking soda.
3.) Does your girlfriend have fur, claws, and whiskers? If so, your girlfriend is a cat, and you are using her backwards. Turn her around.
4.) Do you open her vagina with a metal key? If so, your girlfriend is a tin of mackerel. Eat the mackerel, wash the tin, and the problem should go away.
5.) Does your girlfriend have fins, a blowhole, and slick, hairless skin? If so, your girlfriend is a porpoise and again, you are using her backwards. Turn her around.
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Remember the story of the guy who died playing WoW? He's not the only one. You don't generally find people fucking or mountain climbing until they die of dehydration or starvation.
That's not how it actually works, though, at least not according to all the research I've read. You may want to read about the Ultimatum Game, the Dictator Game, and the Public Goods Game, among many others. See also Kohlberg's stages of Moral Development. The idea that humans are primarily motivated by rational self interest has been conclusively debunked. Most people act from a basis of fairness and reciprocity, not self interest. The only people who act entirely from fear of repercussions or desire for personal gain are sociopaths and psychopaths.
Seriously. A lot of people don't realize just how many actual ship-hijacking pirates their really are. Parts of Africa, especially near Somalia, are rife with them, as are the Straits of Malacca.
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I thought it was an asteroid impacting near Madagascar, causing a global tsunami and also accounting for the fact that almost all cultures have flood myths, most of them speak of rain (from the water thrown up by the asteroid), and many of them speak of explosions or pillars of smoke as well (from the impact). The Mediterranean flooding the Black Sea only accounts for a few of the legends.
Fair enough. I consider the questions answered to my satisfaction. Sounds like he's not a charlatan.
Why make capsules that can be proven ineffective when you can keep getting old people to donate money for your 'research' without having to produce any results at all?
Yeah, wasn't clear, sorry :)
The outcome of that debate is itself debated, the judges weren't trained in biology at all and didn't understand the counter arguments presented.
Not the same at all. The guy walks like a charlatan, talks like a charlatan, is in a field dominated by charlatans, and most other researchers in that field think his theories are complete bunk.
Why are you defending this guy?
You don't need to think to be a libertarian, you just need to memorize the party mantra, "The Free Market Will Fix It." No money for Health Care? TFMWFI. Lost your job due to outsourcing? TFMWFI. Your grandmother has gout? TFMWFI.
Hmmm. Are you sure you read what I wrote? I know you read the letter. I was complaining about the fact that someone had modded you troll for pointing out the truth.
I'm not saying he is a charlatan. It's just that I'd like to see some proof that he isn't. For instance, why does he do so much public speaking on the subject? What research does he actually do himself? How is his research funded?
What do his colleagues in the field think of him? Here is a great quote from Jason Pontin:
But what struck me is that De Grey is a troll. For all de Grey's vaulting ambitions, what Sherwin Nuland saw from the outside was pathetically circumscribed. In his waking life, de Grey is the ÂcomÂputer support to a research team; he dresses like a shabby graduate student and affects Rip Van Winkle's beard; he has no children; he has few interests outside the science of biogeronÂtology; he drinks too much beer.
He never achieved his PhD in any conventional sense. He studied computer science as an undergrad at Cambridge. His bio, the way he touts himself, makes it appear he earned a PhD in biology from Cambridge, which he did not. He is not associated with Cambridge in any way, yet he weasel words things to make it easy for people to misinterpret his association with them. There are good reasons to believe he is a charlatan.
Sorry you don't agree, but my original comment was insightful. And how is calling slashdot a "crazy left wing/communist propaganda den" not flamebait?
Just because someone or some place is left of you does not make them left wing or communist.
Most people are very afraid of dying, and would spend almost any amount of money to live longer. Anyone promising to help them do so can extract nearly limitless quantities of money from people. Given that, why should we believe you aren't a complete charlatan?
Such as? Care to name any 'crazy left wing conspiracy theories' posted on Slashdot that even come close to that level of insane misinterpretation?
I guess to some people, anything left of Reagan is left wing. I've never had the impression Slashdot was in any way left wing. Slashdot is and always has been centrist/libertarian. Try mentioning that the government should raise taxes to cover more social programs and see how fast you get modded into oblivion. Or try saying we should seize the property of the rich and nationalize it. Left wing/communist my ass.
Modding the truth as troll won't make it any less true, assholes. Read the letter.
The sites will be vetted to prove that it is secure, that not just anyone can post video "from teh US congrass." Horrors. And it mentions nothing about Nancy Pelosi.
Here is the actual letter they reference: http://gopleader.gov/UploadedFiles/Capuano_letter.PDF
I'm sorry, but I don't understand how they can draw those conclusions from the source they reference. And I don't see anything about Pelosi. The letter seems to say that people can post stuff on outside servers, provided there is a way of verifying it really came from who it says its from. Whoah! Scandal!
Why is Slashdot posting links to crazy right wing/libertartian conspiracy theories? This is stupid.
What are you, some kind of commie? Look, hype is all we have left. Hype is a precious natural resource and you are squandering it. If people don't get pumped up about the idea of social interactive service oriented web enabled crap, how will we get another wave of ridiculous investment? Without that wave of investment, when will we regain our Aeron chairs and foosball in the lobby?
What, do you expect us to work for a living? That's for suckers.
That's such a delusion. People you talk to online are not anything like what you think of them. You're not interacting with a person, you're interacting with your own imagination, seeded with a few select facts or fictions from someone else.
See, but my imaginary friends would never bum me out by killing my fantasy like that. They'd be all like, "OOh, no, we're totally real, spun! Now, should we go on that fantastapotomous hunt or fly to the Land of the Horny Stewardesses?"
Well, I don't want to argue the point. (WHAT?!? Spun doesn't want to argue a point!?!) I just think that it is possible to tailor a video game to hit the exact effort/reward cycle that people will find addicting.
I'm not even sure what point we might be arguing here. Are you saying that video games are in NO WAY addictive? I can say from personal experience that they are. I mean that in a "interferes with work, personal, or family life; think about it obsessively when not playing; put off normal activities to play" kind of way. That may not be you, hell, I know some people who are fine using meth or heroin once every few months in a responsible manner, too. Doesn't mean they aren't addictive.
First you need to determine the cause of the smell.
1.) Does your girlfriend have fins, gills, and scales? Then the problem is that she IS a mackerel, and there isn't much you can do about it.
2.) Does your girlfriend's vagina have a light inside it that turns on when you open it? If so, your girlfriend is a refrigerator, and you need to get a box of baking soda.
3.) Does your girlfriend have fur, claws, and whiskers? If so, your girlfriend is a cat, and you are using her backwards. Turn her around.
4.) Do you open her vagina with a metal key? If so, your girlfriend is a tin of mackerel. Eat the mackerel, wash the tin, and the problem should go away.
5.) Does your girlfriend have fins, a blowhole, and slick, hairless skin? If so, your girlfriend is a porpoise and again, you are using her backwards. Turn her around.
Thanks for watching today's troll, "Feminist-Mom." A classic but under appreciated troll, recognizable by the fact that she's been 49, a grandmother, c programmer, and feminist for the last five years.
On the next edition of 'This Old Troll' we'll be revisiting other classic trolls such as "Mare Sex" and "Consider Your Breathing." Thanks for watching!
Remember the story of the guy who died playing WoW? He's not the only one. You don't generally find people fucking or mountain climbing until they die of dehydration or starvation.
That's not how it actually works, though, at least not according to all the research I've read. You may want to read about the Ultimatum Game, the Dictator Game, and the Public Goods Game, among many others. See also Kohlberg's stages of Moral Development. The idea that humans are primarily motivated by rational self interest has been conclusively debunked. Most people act from a basis of fairness and reciprocity, not self interest. The only people who act entirely from fear of repercussions or desire for personal gain are sociopaths and psychopaths.
Seriously. A lot of people don't realize just how many actual ship-hijacking pirates their really are. Parts of Africa, especially near Somalia, are rife with them, as are the Straits of Malacca.