Additionally with 'concealed' scanners you would be receiving and unknown and uncontrolled level of dosage. Where a paranoid nutjob that never leaves there home until they go on a killing spree will get no radiation zaps from these toys, the home team supporter may get hundreds or more in a year. Can you find any competent radiologist who would say that's acceptable? I really doubt it. Heck, I had one balk at giving me a fourth x-ray that year (it was still spring), how do you think they'd feel about someone getting zapped 5 times in one football game or court hearing? (Imagine the units were installed in stadiums, airports, bus/rail stations, malls, government buildings, schools, etc. Invisible things are place more than the same visible item because people don't raise a fuss since they don't notice them.)
Worse yet, what if someone stopped and stood in the scan location. Yes, the scan location will be unmarked. You don't employ a 'covert' scanning device and put up a big flashing sign that says "stand here to be covertly x-rayed". And yes, people will do it if it's an entryway, they'll even do it in a doorway. You want to know how many people I've seen get hit by automated doors closing because they stood in the doorway itself where the sensor couldn't see them? Let's just leave it at a lot. Think about it, how often do you see people standing in entryways and the like, not caring if they are blocking the way for others. Even though you might like the idea of a little revenge on them, is possible death and other somewhat less serious health issues an appropriate punishment for being obliviously impolite?
Not when they set it, it was a reasonable period of time to allow a creator to benefit from his invention with a mandated monopoly while still being short enough to benefit the public with it's eventual ending and spur the inventor to continue inventing because he won't be raking in the bucks for the rest, or even most of his life.
(Unlike copyright, which was initially shorter than patents, and now are up to something stupid like life + 90 years someone keeps up on the paperwork. That's a monopoly for the creators life, their kids, and probably their grandchildrens as well.)
Note that a generation (not a lifespan) is considered to be 20 years. Do you see the relevance? They gave the inventor an entire generation to try and get rich off of that one thing. You want more money, create something else, or go find a new enterprise.
Doing tech support I have encountered a strange phenomenon many times, people who store important files in the recycle bin. Yes, that's right, they have a file they can't afford to lose, so they stick it in the recycle bin because it's easy to find on the desktop.
When I explain to them that windows will automatically delete stuff in the recycle bin when it needs more space or someone runs a cleanup tool or a scheduled cleanup, they don't understand it. If I ask them do they put their important paperwork in the wastepaper basket beside their desk they get rather upset and demand to know if I think they're stupid or something. About two thirds of them still don't get it when point out to them that it's the exact same thing to put files in the recycle bin.
Personally, I would not feel bad if the recycle bin were removed, at least then you wouldn't have pretentious morons putting important stuff in it for convenience.
I've seen a lot worse (like the non-techie who deleted every file that he didn't know what it was for, he gutted his O/S completely), but those are other nightmares and nervous twitches.
Sorry, but Paypal has done a lot of questionable things, and only retracts them if they get enough bad press. Is his story true? I don't know, it could be, but then again...
Paypal should really do a little more investigation when these issues crop up, and contact the account holders to try and fix or at least clarify any issues before locking an account. It wouldn't take much more work in the short run, but it would save a lot of work in the long run, not to mention legal and public relations bills.
I always thought they changed it because what had once been a great channel for Sci-Fi (and occasional fantasy) became a venereal diseased mess absolutely riddled with SyFylis.
Many ancient civilizations had a form of birth control including Egypt and Sumeria. The effectiveness of which is questionable by todays standards, but no matter how you look at it, this has nothing to do with Geohotz needing money to fend off the evil lawyers from Sony.
Please note, not all lawyers are evil, but you never hear about them.
I for one find it commendable that he gave up such a profitable yer risky profession of robbing people at RPG-point, to become a Slashdot editor. </quote>
So what RPG do you intend to use? If it's D&D you could crush them under tons of editions and sourcebooks. Though something like Dragon Age from Green Ronin would be considered more 'cutting edge'.:)
(To those that don't get the joke, I'm playing off the use of undefined TLAs.) (Just like TLA.)
Wow, that would be some kind of miracle as he was a carpenter, the fraternal order of masons didn't exist yet, and the vast majority of the world populace was illiterate at that point. Sure, maybe he learned to read from the rabbis, but I don't remember seeing anything about that or him writing/reading in the bible.
Funny point, non-theological historians think Jesus was a character of allegory or parable, not an actual historical person. They can't find any reference to him in the various documents of the time, or any record of his world shattering miracles. And that would definitely have been news and should have totally been written up in that stuff. Although some of the people mentioned in the bible from that time do show up, like the rulers and governors, amongst others.
Was Jesus a real person? I don't know, and really I don't care. Does it make the parables less important if they aren't history? No, not to a Christian.
Literary works of religion aren't the same as Historical Texts, no matter what they claim. Doesn't matter if you're talking about Christian, Hebrew, Buddhist, Martian, Scientologist, or what have you. Now they may contain actual historical information, but it tends to have been distorted over the centuries (or rewrites in some cases), so it's place is Theology, not History. The important bits were never who lived where and shacked up with who, but rather the stuff about treating others fairly and with compassion. If you can't learn that lesson, you should have been fodder in the countless holy wars of the past.
Of course we've all gotten off the point here, and that is about Glenn Beck being a nutter, plain and simple. My guess is he's hoping that if he can keep people off the premier search engine, he might be able to direct them to something where his f.u.d. can say them, or at least keep them ignorant. Can you believe at one time he seemed rational but with a viewpoint I rarely agreed with. Now he's just gone total loco bonkers with bananas in his ears and googly eyes on springs. Hmmm, wonder if I can photoshop that image, it would be rather funny I suspect.
Mormons are just another sect of Christianity. Just like Catholics, Protestants, Methodists, etc. They may argue about the details and rituals, but they worship the same god and call Jesus Christ the messiah and son of god.
I don't remember anywhere in the Book of Mormon that it says they are to worship more than one god. Yes, I also read the Bible, three different versions. Their differences were glaring, and I have no idea what version the Televangelists were using, because it didn't match any of the 3 I had.
And before you trolls start trying to flame, no, I'm not Mormon, nor any of the other sects I've mentioned. You want to guess what my religion is? Have fun.
One place I worked had a new manager that wasn't very bright. Then one day he started spouting off really moronic and imbecilic one liners. Our opinion of him fell even more, and almost everyone wanted to tell him to just shut up. After a couple months of this stupidity we found out he was quoting "Dianetics", and most of us vowed we wouldn't read anything so inane if there was any way to avoid it. It wasn't until years later I even heard of Scientology, much less it's connection to Dianetics. Let's just say that was a bad start for them, and they've only fallen down the scale ever since.
Yes, he may be a victim, even if he was willing before. There's a funny way humans act when they get sucked into certain types of social situations like cults. They turn a blind eye to the negative aspects and try to only acknowledge the positive ones. Does it mean he's innocent? No. Does it mean that he was blatantly lying before? Maybe, but then again he might have believed what he said despite all the evidence to the contrary, that's often called faith. Will he be attacked by Scientology for leaving and what he's said since that point? If they follow their apparent S.O.P. then yes, expect a scandal or 'accident' within 5 years. Will it be provably linked to Scientology? Probably not, especially if the investigation has to go through someone/something they control or have people in. Dose this sound like a conspiracy story? Maybe, but it does match previous accusations, and we are talking about a Hollywood big wig, so anything movie style is a go.
I'd say my chemistry teacher was lucky to survive us students.
Just two of the incidents that occurred:
One of them had us splitting water to release hydrogen. I'd done this before and knew I was doing it right, but the stupid punks wouldn't ignite the hydrogen. After a half hour of frustration, I turned the beaker over the bunsen burner and got a nice little explosion. As the teacher went to yell at me, the rest of the class, also very frustrated by this time, followed suit. It sounded like a battlefield with all the explosions. After that he dismissed class and went to the teachers lounge.
A second incident he was demonstrating the volatility of manganese in water. (Or was it magnesium, I always get those names mixed up.) He was having each of us take a tiny piece off of this huge chunk he had, and tossing it in the fish tank to watch it skitter around on top. Right after I did it, my friend came up. He didn't take a small piece, he tossed in the entire chunk before the teacher could stop him. The teacher only had time to yell "oh shit, duck!" just before the fish tank blew. This was yet another day he dismissed class and went to the teachers lounge.
There were several other things that happened there that year, all were the fault of us students. That poor chemistry/science teacher probably lost his hair and sanity very early because of us.
No, they aren't the same, but they are all politicians, and everything they do, or try to do, is filtered through the ideals, and petty rivalries of both of the primary parties. (Democrats and Republicans. There are other parties, but they are so ineffectual that they can be virtually ignored in almost all calculations.)
Also, after over a century of B.S. campaign speeches, you'd think that most people would have figured out they are total fabrications by now. I guess that's where the hope comes in, they hope they'll get someone in office that wants to help the people, and can actually do something about it.
What about banning people that can afford your offerings, but they can't afford designer clothes? How about banning people that aren't wearing your gang colors? People with digital wristwatches? People who smoke? (Actually that one actually affects other people, so it's not really in the same category.)
Of course, they aren't refusing service, they are telling customers what they can and can't do (outside of legal restrictions) in the cafe. Unfortunately what they are banning is one of the 3 things cafes are known for, a light culinary experience, casual conversation, and reading. Or perhaps you can say they are trying to control how you do that exact activity, even though it has no effect on anyone else. Next thing you know, they'll be demanding you wear proper 18th century English or Parisian attire while in their establishment to ensure the correct atmosphere.
Do you think that is acceptable? Will that kind of attitude cause you to reduce/avoid or increase your patronage of those cafes? If so, why? If not, again, why?
If this is based on the research I suspect it is, it will remain useful for an extremely long time. The reason why regular vaccines rapidly become useless is because the flu mutates certain parts of itself that immune system targets at an incredible rate so it can avoid your immune system. This new vaccine instead targets those parts of the virus that don't constantly mutate.
Can the virus mutate to get around this, well, yes, but not easily, it'll most likely be no more effective at negating this vaccine than small pox was against the small pox vaccine. You have to remember, the influenza virus is like a James Bond Aston Martin spy car that changes color and license plates rather than one that can transform into a boat, sub, plane, and giant robot at will. If they've got this vaccine working effectively, the flu will become nothing more than a footnote in 1st world nations. (3rd world nations never seems to get the vaccines they need, and who the heck knows what a 2nd world nation is.)
That was something recent they stated last year I believe. I don't think it applied to game play, just the actual rules. Also, I keep thinking it was with regards to Hasbro, even though that wouldn't narrow it up much. Sorry, but it's 2:30 am here, I'm very tired, and too lazy to try and do the searches to find the citations the A.C. wanted, what's his excuse...
It's because there is a huge tendency in third world nations to have more children when mortality rates increase. It's a often counterproductive attempt at trying to ensure that a few survive by having even more kids.
In times of drought or famine, among others, it only increases the strain on the already insufficient resource in a vain attempt to ensure a new generation. On the other hand, when conditions and survival rates are good, birth rates naturally go down as there is less instinctive drive have more children. This is well documented in humans, feel free to go look up any of the numerous studies, papers, articles, or what have you on this subject.
Only someone who is unfamiliar with this principle of human nature would have mistaken that statement as something sinister. Since you say that nobody in the audience at that speech reacted, I would have to surmise that they were already familiar with it, or had completely spaced out and weren't listening in the first place.
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Additionally with 'concealed' scanners you would be receiving and unknown and uncontrolled level of dosage. Where a paranoid nutjob that never leaves there home until they go on a killing spree will get no radiation zaps from these toys, the home team supporter may get hundreds or more in a year. Can you find any competent radiologist who would say that's acceptable? I really doubt it. Heck, I had one balk at giving me a fourth x-ray that year (it was still spring), how do you think they'd feel about someone getting zapped 5 times in one football game or court hearing? (Imagine the units were installed in stadiums, airports, bus/rail stations, malls, government buildings, schools, etc. Invisible things are place more than the same visible item because people don't raise a fuss since they don't notice them.)
Worse yet, what if someone stopped and stood in the scan location. Yes, the scan location will be unmarked. You don't employ a 'covert' scanning device and put up a big flashing sign that says "stand here to be covertly x-rayed". And yes, people will do it if it's an entryway, they'll even do it in a doorway. You want to know how many people I've seen get hit by automated doors closing because they stood in the doorway itself where the sensor couldn't see them? Let's just leave it at a lot. Think about it, how often do you see people standing in entryways and the like, not caring if they are blocking the way for others. Even though you might like the idea of a little revenge on them, is possible death and other somewhat less serious health issues an appropriate punishment for being obliviously impolite?
Not when they set it, it was a reasonable period of time to allow a creator to benefit from his invention with a mandated monopoly while still being short enough to benefit the public with it's eventual ending and spur the inventor to continue inventing because he won't be raking in the bucks for the rest, or even most of his life.
(Unlike copyright, which was initially shorter than patents, and now are up to something stupid like life + 90 years someone keeps up on the paperwork. That's a monopoly for the creators life, their kids, and probably their grandchildrens as well.)
Note that a generation (not a lifespan) is considered to be 20 years. Do you see the relevance? They gave the inventor an entire generation to try and get rich off of that one thing. You want more money, create something else, or go find a new enterprise.
And 90% of the Texans...
The correct name is Yuggoth, not some Disney character name. (Dog or God, take your pick.)
Really? Worthy of some kind of priority piracy watchlist? Canada? I guess the Carebears are on a priority terrorism watchlist.
Doing tech support I have encountered a strange phenomenon many times, people who store important files in the recycle bin.
Yes, that's right, they have a file they can't afford to lose, so they stick it in the recycle bin because it's easy to find on the desktop.
When I explain to them that windows will automatically delete stuff in the recycle bin when it needs more space or someone runs a cleanup tool or a scheduled cleanup, they don't understand it. If I ask them do they put their important paperwork in the wastepaper basket beside their desk they get rather upset and demand to know if I think they're stupid or something. About two thirds of them still don't get it when point out to them that it's the exact same thing to put files in the recycle bin.
Personally, I would not feel bad if the recycle bin were removed, at least then you wouldn't have pretentious morons putting important stuff in it for convenience.
I've seen a lot worse (like the non-techie who deleted every file that he didn't know what it was for, he gutted his O/S completely), but those are other nightmares and nervous twitches.
Sorry, but Paypal has done a lot of questionable things, and only retracts them if they get enough bad press.
Is his story true? I don't know, it could be, but then again...
Paypal should really do a little more investigation when these issues crop up, and contact the account holders to try and fix or at least clarify any issues before locking an account. It wouldn't take much more work in the short run, but it would save a lot of work in the long run, not to mention legal and public relations bills.
I always thought they changed it because what had once been a great channel for Sci-Fi (and occasional fantasy) became a venereal diseased mess absolutely riddled with SyFylis.
Now they can unconscionably drastically increase your radiation exposure without any valid medical reasons.
The planet isn't alive, the biosphere is, humans are part of the biosphere.
Many ancient civilizations had a form of birth control including Egypt and Sumeria. The effectiveness of which is questionable by todays standards, but no matter how you look at it, this has nothing to do with Geohotz needing money to fend off the evil lawyers from Sony.
Please note, not all lawyers are evil, but you never hear about them.
I for one find it commendable that he gave up such a profitable yer risky profession of robbing people at RPG-point, to become a Slashdot editor.
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So what RPG do you intend to use? If it's D&D you could crush them under tons of editions and sourcebooks. Though something like Dragon Age from Green Ronin would be considered more 'cutting edge'.
(To those that don't get the joke, I'm playing off the use of undefined TLAs.) (Just like TLA.)
Wow, that would be some kind of miracle as he was a carpenter, the fraternal order of masons didn't exist yet, and the vast majority of the world populace was illiterate at that point. Sure, maybe he learned to read from the rabbis, but I don't remember seeing anything about that or him writing/reading in the bible.
Funny point, non-theological historians think Jesus was a character of allegory or parable, not an actual historical person. They can't find any reference to him in the various documents of the time, or any record of his world shattering miracles. And that would definitely have been news and should have totally been written up in that stuff. Although some of the people mentioned in the bible from that time do show up, like the rulers and governors, amongst others.
Was Jesus a real person? I don't know, and really I don't care. Does it make the parables less important if they aren't history? No, not to a Christian.
Literary works of religion aren't the same as Historical Texts, no matter what they claim. Doesn't matter if you're talking about Christian, Hebrew, Buddhist, Martian, Scientologist, or what have you. Now they may contain actual historical information, but it tends to have been distorted over the centuries (or rewrites in some cases), so it's place is Theology, not History. The important bits were never who lived where and shacked up with who, but rather the stuff about treating others fairly and with compassion. If you can't learn that lesson, you should have been fodder in the countless holy wars of the past.
Of course we've all gotten off the point here, and that is about Glenn Beck being a nutter, plain and simple. My guess is he's hoping that if he can keep people off the premier search engine, he might be able to direct them to something where his f.u.d. can say them, or at least keep them ignorant.
Can you believe at one time he seemed rational but with a viewpoint I rarely agreed with. Now he's just gone total loco bonkers with bananas in his ears and googly eyes on springs. Hmmm, wonder if I can photoshop that image, it would be rather funny I suspect.
Mormons are just another sect of Christianity. Just like Catholics, Protestants, Methodists, etc. They may argue about the details and rituals, but they worship the same god and call Jesus Christ the messiah and son of god.
I don't remember anywhere in the Book of Mormon that it says they are to worship more than one god. Yes, I also read the Bible, three different versions. Their differences were glaring, and I have no idea what version the Televangelists were using, because it didn't match any of the 3 I had.
And before you trolls start trying to flame, no, I'm not Mormon, nor any of the other sects I've mentioned. You want to guess what my religion is? Have fun.
One place I worked had a new manager that wasn't very bright. Then one day he started spouting off really moronic and imbecilic one liners. Our opinion of him fell even more, and almost everyone wanted to tell him to just shut up. After a couple months of this stupidity we found out he was quoting "Dianetics", and most of us vowed we wouldn't read anything so inane if there was any way to avoid it. It wasn't until years later I even heard of Scientology, much less it's connection to Dianetics. Let's just say that was a bad start for them, and they've only fallen down the scale ever since.
Yes, he may be a victim, even if he was willing before. There's a funny way humans act when they get sucked into certain types of social situations like cults. They turn a blind eye to the negative aspects and try to only acknowledge the positive ones. Does it mean he's innocent? No. Does it mean that he was blatantly lying before? Maybe, but then again he might have believed what he said despite all the evidence to the contrary, that's often called faith. Will he be attacked by Scientology for leaving and what he's said since that point? If they follow their apparent S.O.P. then yes, expect a scandal or 'accident' within 5 years. Will it be provably linked to Scientology? Probably not, especially if the investigation has to go through someone/something they control or have people in. Dose this sound like a conspiracy story? Maybe, but it does match previous accusations, and we are talking about a Hollywood big wig, so anything movie style is a go.
I'd say my chemistry teacher was lucky to survive us students.
Just two of the incidents that occurred:
One of them had us splitting water to release hydrogen. I'd done this before and knew I was doing it right, but the stupid punks wouldn't ignite the hydrogen. After a half hour of frustration, I turned the beaker over the bunsen burner and got a nice little explosion. As the teacher went to yell at me, the rest of the class, also very frustrated by this time, followed suit. It sounded like a battlefield with all the explosions. After that he dismissed class and went to the teachers lounge.
A second incident he was demonstrating the volatility of manganese in water. (Or was it magnesium, I always get those names mixed up.) He was having each of us take a tiny piece off of this huge chunk he had, and tossing it in the fish tank to watch it skitter around on top. Right after I did it, my friend came up. He didn't take a small piece, he tossed in the entire chunk before the teacher could stop him. The teacher only had time to yell "oh shit, duck!" just before the fish tank blew. This was yet another day he dismissed class and went to the teachers lounge.
There were several other things that happened there that year, all were the fault of us students. That poor chemistry/science teacher probably lost his hair and sanity very early because of us.
No, they aren't the same, but they are all politicians, and everything they do, or try to do, is filtered through the ideals, and petty rivalries of both of the primary parties. (Democrats and Republicans. There are other parties, but they are so ineffectual that they can be virtually ignored in almost all calculations.)
Also, after over a century of B.S. campaign speeches, you'd think that most people would have figured out they are total fabrications by now. I guess that's where the hope comes in, they hope they'll get someone in office that wants to help the people, and can actually do something about it.
What about banning people that can afford your offerings, but they can't afford designer clothes?
How about banning people that aren't wearing your gang colors?
People with digital wristwatches?
People who smoke? (Actually that one actually affects other people, so it's not really in the same category.)
Of course, they aren't refusing service, they are telling customers what they can and can't do (outside of legal restrictions) in the cafe. Unfortunately what they are banning is one of the 3 things cafes are known for, a light culinary experience, casual conversation, and reading. Or perhaps you can say they are trying to control how you do that exact activity, even though it has no effect on anyone else. Next thing you know, they'll be demanding you wear proper 18th century English or Parisian attire while in their establishment to ensure the correct atmosphere.
Do you think that is acceptable? Will that kind of attitude cause you to reduce/avoid or increase your patronage of those cafes? If so, why? If not, again, why?
You'd be amazed at what data a really skilled data recovery tech with the right gear can pull even in that kind of situation. But it's not cheap.
I guess that means a couple dozen republicans were just scratching in their sleep and accidentally got counted as voting...
you mean that guy that isn't a doctor anymore?
If this is based on the research I suspect it is, it will remain useful for an extremely long time.
The reason why regular vaccines rapidly become useless is because the flu mutates certain parts of itself that immune system targets at an incredible rate so it can avoid your immune system. This new vaccine instead targets those parts of the virus that don't constantly mutate.
Can the virus mutate to get around this, well, yes, but not easily, it'll most likely be no more effective at negating this vaccine than small pox was against the small pox vaccine. You have to remember, the influenza virus is like a James Bond Aston Martin spy car that changes color and license plates rather than one that can transform into a boat, sub, plane, and giant robot at will. If they've got this vaccine working effectively, the flu will become nothing more than a footnote in 1st world nations. (3rd world nations never seems to get the vaccines they need, and who the heck knows what a 2nd world nation is.)
That was something recent they stated last year I believe.
I don't think it applied to game play, just the actual rules.
Also, I keep thinking it was with regards to Hasbro, even though that wouldn't narrow it up much.
Sorry, but it's 2:30 am here, I'm very tired, and too lazy to try and do the searches to find the citations the A.C. wanted, what's his excuse...
Why would anyone do that, my cat likes being plugged into the router...
It's because there is a huge tendency in third world nations to have more children when mortality rates increase. It's a often counterproductive attempt at trying to ensure that a few survive by having even more kids.
In times of drought or famine, among others, it only increases the strain on the already insufficient resource in a vain attempt to ensure a new generation. On the other hand, when conditions and survival rates are good, birth rates naturally go down as there is less instinctive drive have more children. This is well documented in humans, feel free to go look up any of the numerous studies, papers, articles, or what have you on this subject.
Only someone who is unfamiliar with this principle of human nature would have mistaken that statement as something sinister. Since you say that nobody in the audience at that speech reacted, I would have to surmise that they were already familiar with it, or had completely spaced out and weren't listening in the first place.