I remember seeing a video on "america's funniest home videos." A mom was filming her baby playing with their family dog. The dog rolled over on its back and the baby grabbed its penis for a second. The mom SCREAMED when this happened.
I just don't see the reasoning there. Anyone know why or how this "sex is harmful to see for children" came about?
I have been thinking about this too after I saw stupid story about how kids might use their Wiis and PS3s to look at porn on the internet. The mother in the story talked about how her childrens "innocence might be destroyed if they learn something they aren't supposed to know" (I paraphrase) That sure sounds like the garden-of-eden tree-of-knowledge story.
The word innocent is often used to describe ignorance of sexuality. The opposite of innocence is guilt. From a christian standpoint people have original sin and are supposed to feel guilty about their natural desires.
I think it's sad that this artificial self-hate governs the way so many people think.
If they are made up they should be much more entertaining.
If they are real they should list their sources and specific information. Instead they read like a chain-email, "I am 14 and know this to be true" WTF!
This is an identical concept. The only difference is that it is a government entity that owns the symbol in question.
Bzzt. Looks like you got one wrong.
The first ammendment only prohibits the government from restricting speech. Government is a special case.
While this is besides the point, using the trademarked logo of a company is also specially protected as long as it is satire, it's what we call "fair use."
ok, maybe you got two wrong.
I am perfectly happy to live within the box of rights gauranteed by the constitution. You seem to think that the box is a little smaller than I do.
There is an inherent problem with your argument. The seal represents the Office of the President of the United States; therefore its use can only be done in some official capacity, unless specific permission is granted.
The seal doesn't get special status because it is "official" or because it "represents the office of president of the united states." Ooooooh I'm sooo impressed.
When you use the seal as part of speech about the government I argue that it is speech consitutionally protected by the first ammendment. The courts have pretty consistently said that speech about the government (especially that which criticizes it) has special protection. If a law says something different, that law is unconstitional.
I suppose the sheeple of the US could pass a constitutional ammendment banning this form of speech, maybe they can combine it with a flag burning ammendment. That will be the day when I become an expatriot.
By your argument, if you use it in some form of misrepresentation, even humorous satire, you are now guilty of libel, slander, or some other form of crime like that.
WHat? I think you missed my point, or maybe I am missing yours. Yeah, that would be absurd, almost as absurd as banning the use of government symbols in satire.
It's about use and abuse of official items.
In america (for now I guess) we can abuse officialdom all we want. It is not just a right, it is our NUMBER ONE right.
It doesn't matter If there is a law that bans use of official government symbols. Such a law effectively makes it illegal to parody the government and is therfore unconstitutional. There is a reason that the first ammendment is right up there at the top of the bill of rights, it trumps all other laws.
If this use of the presidential seal is illegal, why not make it illegal to parody the presidents voice or use his name in satire. These activities seem to try too fool people into believing that the satire is official.
Yes adopting a fake seal would probably be a good solution and would avoid a nasty argument, but this is america for fucks sake. People shouldn't have to moderate their speech because it makes the government feel better.
Well, all those things were designed to optimize one's survival, therefore to free up more time for sex. The chastity belt is not excluded, its goal is sex, well actually controlling sex.
Freud was on to something...
reminds me of a quote from twin peaks:
FBI Agent: "were her problems of a sexual nature?"
Psychiatrist: "all society's problems are of a sexual nature!"
That this dimwit even dares to mention 'I have been covering it for the last 4 years!' as if it was something to be proud of, instead of admitting he was in on it way too late, way after everyone else knew about it, it's embarassing.
So you read an article in a fucking magazine and now you are going to chastise this guy who actually got off his ass and participated for not being as hip as you, because you knew about it before him? I pity you...
Reading through the posts on this story, it is quite clear that the only people who have issues with how burning man is "not cool anymore" are the people that never went and never will.
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Creatures is really cool. I don't think most people realize how interesting that game is because none of it is really well documented.
Docking station, is a stripped down but compatible version of creatures 3, with added internet features and is available free (as in beer) for linux. Also I've had no problem running the original windows version of C3 under wine.
Not to mention it would be a good idea to at least read the data periodically to make sure it is still there and passes checksum.
Keeping data alive forever will require effort forever. It would be poor form indeed to toss your data into safe, just assuming that you will be able to read it X hundreds of years down the line.
There is no eternal data format or medium, but the data itself can be preserved eternally. People don't seem to "get" this.
I don't really use ebay much at all so I may have no idea what I am talkin about but...
I think that sniping is a result of widespread misunderstanding of ebay's auction procedure. Unlike a traditional auction, on ebay you are supposed to name your max price right from the start. If you bid $100 on that tivo that has an opening bid of $1, you will only pay $1 assuming no one else bids. If someone bids $50 on that same tivo you will end up paying 51$ assuming the "bid increment" is a dollar. The idea is that you don't have to constantly one-up everyone elses bid, because the system does it for you based on your decided-upon maximum price.
This wouldn't be such a big deal if the dome-dwellers were kept informed of what was going on by FEMA or whatever agency in the first place. But from what I glean from the press, the people were getting absolutely no information on what was going on.
If you do not like it, you need to elect representatives who can change the system.
Part of electing representatives is voicing your opionions. Free speech is vital to the process.
If it is about chain-of-command then someone in that chain royally fucked up and will pay the price.
The magic of electronic data delivery (vs the real world) is that physical space is of no consequence.
Charging more to be "next to the tee" while electronically witnessing a golf tourney wouldn't make any more sense with a virtual reality system than it does with TV coverage today. It's not like a finite number of people can be "next to the tee." In real life, ringside seats are very valuable precisely beacause of physical space limitations.
On TV today, everyone gets "the best seat in the house." With virtual reality that seat will be even better.
Somehow I think that cavemen running after a wooly mammoth weren't wearing briefs. I assume that humans have evolved with males not restricting natural movements of their scrotums. Stopping that may reduce the risk of some maladies, but cutting of your arms will also reduce your risk of developing carpal tunnel.
The fact that you think that printing from any kind of web-based environment is a non-trivial task is laughable.
I can think of many ways this could be achieved without using javascript or hackery that you think is necessary.
Personally, if I needed to have people print stuff at their desks from a web environment,I would find a pdf library for php and use that to create formatted documents. Coding such a solution would be a cakewalk for any half-respectable webmonkey.
Exactly, the only people(and software) who need to be worried about leap seconds are those with atomic clocks that are assumed to keep perfect time, ie you are not going to be frequntly setting them to a better clock. Software which uses less perfect clocks should assume that the reported time can change as it is often calibrated to a better clock.
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I remember seeing a video on "america's funniest home videos." A mom was filming her baby playing with their family dog. The dog rolled over on its back and the baby grabbed its penis for a second. The mom SCREAMED when this happened.
I just don't see the reasoning there. Anyone know why or how this "sex is harmful to see for children" came about?
I have been thinking about this too after I saw stupid story about how kids might use their Wiis and PS3s to look at porn on the internet. The mother in the story talked about how her childrens "innocence might be destroyed if they learn something they aren't supposed to know" (I paraphrase) That sure sounds like the garden-of-eden tree-of-knowledge story.
The word innocent is often used to describe ignorance of sexuality. The opposite of innocence is guilt. From a christian standpoint people have original sin and are supposed to feel guilty about their natural desires.
I think it's sad that this artificial self-hate governs the way so many people think.
What a great story for the new year, but it should be said that this island formed this past august.
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Someone posted these links to satellite pics on the blog page.
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA01899
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/s
If they are made up they should be much more entertaining.
If they are real they should list their sources and specific information. Instead they read like a chain-email, "I am 14 and know this to be true" WTF!
I agree, Boring and piteous indeed!
This is an identical concept. The only difference is that it is a government entity that owns the symbol in question.
Bzzt. Looks like you got one wrong.
The first ammendment only prohibits the government from restricting speech. Government is a special case.
While this is besides the point, using the trademarked logo of a company is also specially protected as long as it is satire, it's what we call "fair use."
ok, maybe you got two wrong.
I am perfectly happy to live within the box of rights gauranteed by the constitution. You seem to think that the box is a little smaller than I do.
The seal doesn't get special status because it is "official" or because it "represents the office of president of the united states." Ooooooh I'm sooo impressed.
When you use the seal as part of speech about the government I argue that it is speech consitutionally protected by the first ammendment. The courts have pretty consistently said that speech about the government (especially that which criticizes it) has special protection. If a law says something different, that law is unconstitional.
I suppose the sheeple of the US could pass a constitutional ammendment banning this form of speech, maybe they can combine it with a flag burning ammendment. That will be the day when I become an expatriot.
By your argument, if you use it in some form of misrepresentation, even humorous satire, you are now guilty of libel, slander, or some other form of crime like that.
WHat? I think you missed my point, or maybe I am missing yours. Yeah, that would be absurd, almost as absurd as banning the use of government symbols in satire.
It's about use and abuse of official items.
In america (for now I guess) we can abuse officialdom all we want. It is not just a right, it is our NUMBER ONE right.
If this use of the presidential seal is illegal, why not make it illegal to parody the presidents voice or use his name in satire. These activities seem to try too fool people into believing that the satire is official.
Yes adopting a fake seal would probably be a good solution and would avoid a nasty argument, but this is america for fucks sake. People shouldn't have to moderate their speech because it makes the government feel better.
Freud was on to something...
reminds me of a quote from twin peaks:
FBI Agent: "were her problems of a sexual nature?"
Psychiatrist: "all society's problems are of a sexual nature!"
That this dimwit even dares to mention 'I have been covering it for the last 4 years!' as if it was something to be proud of, instead of admitting he was in on it way too late, way after everyone else knew about it, it's embarassing.
So you read an article in a fucking magazine and now you are going to chastise this guy who actually got off his ass and participated for not being as hip as you, because you knew about it before him? I pity you...Reading through the posts on this story, it is quite clear that the only people who have issues with how burning man is "not cool anymore" are the people that never went and never will.
Docking station, is a stripped down but compatible version of creatures 3, with added internet features and is available free (as in beer) for linux. Also I've had no problem running the original windows version of C3 under wine.
Yeah, that one didn't pass the urban legend smell test for me either.
Keeping data alive forever will require effort forever. It would be poor form indeed to toss your data into safe, just assuming that you will be able to read it X hundreds of years down the line.
There is no eternal data format or medium, but the data itself can be preserved eternally. People don't seem to "get" this.
I think that sniping is a result of widespread misunderstanding of ebay's auction procedure. Unlike a traditional auction, on ebay you are supposed to name your max price right from the start. If you bid $100 on that tivo that has an opening bid of $1, you will only pay $1 assuming no one else bids. If someone bids $50 on that same tivo you will end up paying 51$ assuming the "bid increment" is a dollar. The idea is that you don't have to constantly one-up everyone elses bid, because the system does it for you based on your decided-upon maximum price.
This wouldn't be such a big deal if the dome-dwellers were kept informed of what was going on by FEMA or whatever agency in the first place. But from what I glean from the press, the people were getting absolutely no information on what was going on.
If you do not like it, you need to elect representatives who can change the system.
Part of electing representatives is voicing your opionions. Free speech is vital to the process.
If it is about chain-of-command then someone in that chain royally fucked up and will pay the price.
Charging more to be "next to the tee" while electronically witnessing a golf tourney wouldn't make any more sense with a virtual reality system than it does with TV coverage today. It's not like a finite number of people can be "next to the tee." In real life, ringside seats are very valuable precisely beacause of physical space limitations.
On TV today, everyone gets "the best seat in the house." With virtual reality that seat will be even better.
Somehow I think that cavemen running after a wooly mammoth weren't wearing briefs. I assume that humans have evolved with males not restricting natural movements of their scrotums. Stopping that may reduce the risk of some maladies, but cutting of your arms will also reduce your risk of developing carpal tunnel.
Yeah, but I don't have to lick or blow my hard drive to get my computer to work.
Although you might be happier just not installing it, there is an official flash player for linux.
Personally, if I needed to have people print stuff at their desks from a web environment,I would find a pdf library for php and use that to create formatted documents. Coding such a solution would be a cakewalk for any half-respectable webmonkey.
Funny how every programming shop says that ;)
I used to be a stick-it-in-the-closet kind of guy until I got a pentium 4. The fan sounds like a jet if you leave the door closed :(
Exactly, the only people(and software) who need to be worried about leap seconds are those with atomic clocks that are assumed to keep perfect time, ie you are not going to be frequntly setting them to a better clock. Software which uses less perfect clocks should assume that the reported time can change as it is often calibrated to a better clock.
these gems are just begging to be compiled into a fortune file.
whatever that means. I guess old people like robots more than cameras.
How come the AC doesn't get the full "fuck nwbvt treatment"?