No idea if this is germane to the discussion, but I'm reminded of the guy who cured himself of a lifelong autoimmune disease by intentionally giving himself a hookworm infestation. It was on "This American Life", if memory serves.
Agree 100%. I've often said that nationalism and patriotism were invented because religion had lost its ability to induce the poor to kill and die for the benefit of the rich.
WTF ever. If your product is anywhere near as good as your marketing approach of browbeating and insulting people for not using it, I figure I'm not missing anything.
And it's really funny as can be, since grain-fed cattle taste far better than corn-fed cattle. Reminds me of the whole ethanol-for-fuel thing. Some genius (seriously) with an interest in the corn industry comes up with an idea, and the public suffers endlessly for it.
Advertising is societal corrosion. It eats away at our experiences, it reshapes our thoughts, it homogenizes and neuters our culture, and it's all because people such as yourself see "not making any money" as an inherent problem with all sorts of aspects of our lives.
No mod points to bestow, but I'd like to buy you a beer.
"It's a bit of an annoyance, but most people around here simply use the native Chinese versions and don't notice anything of the outside world."
In other words, it's working exactly as intended.:-(
The Chinese are more like Americans than you expected?
Definitely a YMMV situation here. I found the effects of Salvia divinorum to be decidedly unpleasant. The best thing I can say about a salvia high is that it's over quickly.
They could not tell the fully story. Literally. They left out Tom Bombadil and Goldberry. I can understand that back story behind that, but as a child, I understood him to be literally beyond the powers of the rings themselves. That grabbed my mind and imagination.
I could forgive Peter Jackson for that, but I will never forgive him for excising "The Scouring of the Shire" from ROK. Tolkien himself stated that it wasn't an afterthought or epilogue, but an essential part of the story.
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it's 99% "project management" (as well as something called "process management"), 1% work.
At least that's how the suits see it.
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>So does that mean my research into sex toy effects is in or out?
It's in *and* out.
No idea if this is germane to the discussion, but I'm reminded of the guy who cured himself of a lifelong autoimmune disease by intentionally giving himself a hookworm infestation. It was on "This American Life", if memory serves.
Agree 100%. I've often said that nationalism and patriotism were invented because religion had lost its ability to induce the poor to kill and die for the benefit of the rich.
> "Do they truly believe as long as you have the fire power you can act with impunity and say whatever you want to anyone, forever?"
Yeah, pretty much.
"I can't think of any argument an AI would make that would convince me to let it out."
So you tried to simulate the thought processes of an entity that's "much smarter than you" but were unsuccessful? That's a shocker.
WTF ever. If your product is anywhere near as good as your marketing approach of browbeating and insulting people for not using it, I figure I'm not missing anything.
I was tempted to check out your program until I read your last paragraph. Way to screw yourself, dude.
And it's really funny as can be, since grain-fed cattle taste far better than corn-fed cattle. Reminds me of the whole ethanol-for-fuel thing. Some genius (seriously) with an interest in the corn industry comes up with an idea, and the public suffers endlessly for it.
Corn is grain. Did you mean grass-fed cattle?
You're not the only one. Hokey, goofy, campy, silly ... wait a minute, were we talking about Dr. Who, or Star Trek: TOS?
Hence the movie studios' new-found fondness for 3D.
>practice good prostate hygiene
We all know what that means, don't we?
"Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservative." ~ John Stuart Mill
Advertising is societal corrosion. It eats away at our experiences, it reshapes our thoughts, it homogenizes and neuters our culture, and it's all because people such as yourself see "not making any money" as an inherent problem with all sorts of aspects of our lives.
No mod points to bestow, but I'd like to buy you a beer.
> As far as sci fi day dreams go, I'm guessing something more like Rishathra than Bitcoin.
What about 'Whuffie' as described in Cory Doctorow's Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom?
> patriotism is pride over your arbitrary location on a single, tiny blue planet divided by imaginary lines.
Patriotism was invented because religion had lost its ability to induce people to kill and die for the benefit of the wealthy.
The Chinese are more like Americans than you expected?
Windows 8 will be nothing but a bug-fixed Windows 7, but we're going to charge you for it.
Very interesting. I don't think I've ever gotten a false positive from Gmail's spam filter.
Maybe they do know it's a symptom, but refuse to acknowledge it because there's nothing they can do about it?
Definitely a YMMV situation here. I found the effects of Salvia divinorum to be decidedly unpleasant. The best thing I can say about a salvia high is that it's over quickly.
I could forgive Peter Jackson for that, but I will never forgive him for excising "The Scouring of the Shire" from ROK. Tolkien himself stated that it wasn't an afterthought or epilogue, but an essential part of the story.