TFA says they were looking for "prescription-strength drugs", but in fact they were looking for ibuprofen, a relatively safe, over-the-counter analgesic. Basically they strip searched her on suspection of carrying aspirin. And she didn't even have the drug in her possession!
Bah, I didn't like those movies at all. If I was in Iran, I'd probably be so pissed off that they're showing me such garbage that I'd take to the streets and wreck at least a couple of cars.
Farming is a noble occupation, but if you have to spend time tending a biological system when a chemical system will work flawlessly without any monitoring, well, that's why we make chemical systems instead of just using biological ones.
Don't all systems require monitoring? Besides, biology is just applied chemistry. There are applications where chemical processes are just too complex for us to manage, so we have cells managing it for us, like in composting.
Like with all drugs that activate the nucleus accumbens, you'd develop tolerance. Soon even the largest laser doses wouldn't suffice, and you'd become a laser addict, roaming the streets, rummaging through trash containers, trying to find old CD drives to get your laser fix. Is that really the kind of life you want for yourself?
People who claim that Obama or the American Democratic party for that matter is socialist needs to take a trip around the globe. In many European countries the Democrats would be considered a right wing party.
Will burp-free cows be as tasty? Produce as much milk?
Yeah, I was thinking about this... If they select only the burp-less cows to be bred, what if that means they select the ones that also produce less meat or milk? Then they'd have to raise more cows to meet the demands and the advantage of having cows that burp less is lost.
Optimally they'd let anyone see the camera feeds, but at least it's not the government... I don't see this as being any different from other neighborhood watch kinds of effort, where a community comes together a little closer to make everyone a little safer by simply knowing what is normal and not just passing by if something funny is going on.
Why is it okay for "normal" people to impose surveillance on others, but not for the government? The government is people, too, isn't it? If you think about it (and I'm playing the devil's advocate here), it would be worse if some militant, over-zealous neighbourhood watch type sat in front of a monitor array eighteen hours a day hoping for someone to commit a petty crime, than if trained government employees with a clear and lax code of reporting did it.
Of course, ideally no-one would surveil no-one, but that doesn't really seem to be the case in this world.
I also firmly believe that whenever a politician advocates the installation of monitoring cameras, the first camera installed should be aimed at their bedroom window and the video made freely available to everyone. If they don't have a problem with being treated that way themselves, then nobody else should either.
I dunno. I know some people like having people watching them with cameras in their bedrooms. That doesn't mean I would, though.
Buy it once, use the pirated copy thereafter. After all you're purchasing a "license" and a "service" not a product, so all that matters is the license.
I don't understand why you would pay for DRM-infested products, if you don't even intend to use them after purchase. What you are effectively doing there is rewarding the company for making user-unfriendly products. It might seem the "moral" thing to do, but it really just enables the company to remain "immoral" and continue with their anti-consumer policies.
Does anyone know of a way to directly impact these bands?
Stop buying music. As simple as that. If the artists don't bother being vocal about opposing tyrannical organizations such as the RIAA, then they tacitly approve of their actions. If the occasional band/artist does voice their objection to the RIAA, then by all means support them. But if they don't then we just have to consider them part of the RIAA gang.
Think of the game as a gallery -- no artistic value, but it puts on display things of [subjective] beauty and wonder.
Can't the Louvre or the Uffizi be thought of as works of art in themselves? I agree that games are mostly thought to be mere entertainment, but I think it's not unreasonable to say that sometimes (if seldom) games are art.
Hollywood made a lot of great movies in the Hayes Code era, thus demonstrating that it is possible to create Great Art while refraining from constantly spewing foul language, women hanging out their breasts, constantly showing blood and gore, or hopping into someone else's bed every other moment.
Yeah, maybe art needs some guidelines. I'm not saying art should be controlled and stifled, but if it can't take the easy "tits n' blood" way out, maybe it forces the artists to be more creative.
Homoeopathic medication consists of almost only inactive ingredients.
Well the active ingredients can actually have pharmacological effects, whether beneficial or adverse, but like you said the point is that they are often diluted so much that there is not a single molecule of the active ingredient left in the solution. However, there are different dilution ratios used, and some products actually aren't diluted enough for the effects to disappear, which can be dangerous as apparently was the case with this particular "medicine".
Why don't share your insight with us - how is an average citizen to "start firing congressmen and senators"? The ability of a common person to influence governmental matters is, as it always has been, very limited.
I don't think it's an example of electoral interference. That would be if the US tried to influence the outcome of the election. In this case they're trying to enable Iranians to communicate with each other, regardless of what that communication includes. I may not agree with a lot of things the US government does, but this is a good thing.
I don't think your tin foil hat will help. Then again with a bug that can be brought back to life after 120000 years and slide through a 2 micron filter. Not much would help if it were to turned out to be dangerous.
Pathogenity requires extensive adaptive mechanisms from a microbe, otherwise it isn't able to live in an organism with an immune system. Microbes that cause human illnesses have through countless generations developed traits that enable them to grip molecules on human cells, thrive in tissues, and resist the immune cells' attempts to destroy them. The odds of a 120,000-year-old bacteria turning out to be dangerous are minuscule.
Fever can be caused by lots of things. H1N1 isn't the only possible fever-inducing pathogen, and you can even have fever without having an infection. Preventing people with fever from travelling seems kind of an overkill.
Except that "the State" is merely an abstract concept for certain actions of individuals, not some concrete thing that exists independently of any individuals.
Those individuals that comprise "the state" should also have the right to privacy, but not in their profession as public servants. Whatever they do in their jobs should be open for anyone to observe, even if their private lives shouldn't.
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Just stick a human brain in a bucket. It's small, quiet, cool and just feed it a Cheeto every once in a while to keep it running.
And since the human brain has a computational power of 100 petaflops at 20 watts, it'd well exceed DARPA's requirements.
TFA says they were looking for "prescription-strength drugs", but in fact they were looking for ibuprofen, a relatively safe, over-the-counter analgesic. Basically they strip searched her on suspection of carrying aspirin. And she didn't even have the drug in her possession!
Bah, I didn't like those movies at all. If I was in Iran, I'd probably be so pissed off that they're showing me such garbage that I'd take to the streets and wreck at least a couple of cars.
Farming is a noble occupation, but if you have to spend time tending a biological system when a chemical system will work flawlessly without any monitoring, well, that's why we make chemical systems instead of just using biological ones.
Don't all systems require monitoring? Besides, biology is just applied chemistry. There are applications where chemical processes are just too complex for us to manage, so we have cells managing it for us, like in composting.
Like with all drugs that activate the nucleus accumbens, you'd develop tolerance. Soon even the largest laser doses wouldn't suffice, and you'd become a laser addict, roaming the streets, rummaging through trash containers, trying to find old CD drives to get your laser fix. Is that really the kind of life you want for yourself?
Obama socialist?
People who claim that Obama or the American Democratic party for that matter is socialist needs to take a trip around the globe. In many European countries the Democrats would be considered a right wing party.
Will burp-free cows be as tasty? Produce as much milk?
Yeah, I was thinking about this... If they select only the burp-less cows to be bred, what if that means they select the ones that also produce less meat or milk? Then they'd have to raise more cows to meet the demands and the advantage of having cows that burp less is lost.
1 foot = 0.3048 meters
There you go, NASA. That one's for free.
Optimally they'd let anyone see the camera feeds, but at least it's not the government ... I don't see this as being any different from other neighborhood watch kinds of effort, where a community comes together a little closer to make everyone a little safer by simply knowing what is normal and not just passing by if something funny is going on.
Why is it okay for "normal" people to impose surveillance on others, but not for the government? The government is people, too, isn't it? If you think about it (and I'm playing the devil's advocate here), it would be worse if some militant, over-zealous neighbourhood watch type sat in front of a monitor array eighteen hours a day hoping for someone to commit a petty crime, than if trained government employees with a clear and lax code of reporting did it.
Of course, ideally no-one would surveil no-one, but that doesn't really seem to be the case in this world.
I also firmly believe that whenever a politician advocates the installation of monitoring cameras, the first camera installed should be aimed at their bedroom window and the video made freely available to everyone. If they don't have a problem with being treated that way themselves, then nobody else should either.
I dunno. I know some people like having people watching them with cameras in their bedrooms. That doesn't mean I would, though.
Memo to self: do not post plans to steal electronic equipment on /. without ticking the "Post Anonymously" box
Buy it once, use the pirated copy thereafter. After all you're purchasing a "license" and a "service" not a product, so all that matters is the license.
I don't understand why you would pay for DRM-infested products, if you don't even intend to use them after purchase. What you are effectively doing there is rewarding the company for making user-unfriendly products. It might seem the "moral" thing to do, but it really just enables the company to remain "immoral" and continue with their anti-consumer policies.
Nowhere in that quote does it say he's a Republican. He was just upset that Moore didn't talk with him about appropriating the title of his book.
Not that I much care what the demented old geezer thinks.
Does anyone know of a way to directly impact these bands?
Stop buying music. As simple as that. If the artists don't bother being vocal about opposing tyrannical organizations such as the RIAA, then they tacitly approve of their actions. If the occasional band/artist does voice their objection to the RIAA, then by all means support them. But if they don't then we just have to consider them part of the RIAA gang.
Think of the game as a gallery -- no artistic value, but it puts on display things of [subjective] beauty and wonder.
Can't the Louvre or the Uffizi be thought of as works of art in themselves? I agree that games are mostly thought to be mere entertainment, but I think it's not unreasonable to say that sometimes (if seldom) games are art.
Hollywood made a lot of great movies in the Hayes Code era, thus demonstrating that it is possible to create Great Art while refraining from constantly spewing foul language, women hanging out their breasts, constantly showing blood and gore, or hopping into someone else's bed every other moment.
Yeah, maybe art needs some guidelines. I'm not saying art should be controlled and stifled, but if it can't take the easy "tits n' blood" way out, maybe it forces the artists to be more creative.
Homoeopathic medication consists of almost only inactive ingredients.
Well the active ingredients can actually have pharmacological effects, whether beneficial or adverse, but like you said the point is that they are often diluted so much that there is not a single molecule of the active ingredient left in the solution. However, there are different dilution ratios used, and some products actually aren't diluted enough for the effects to disappear, which can be dangerous as apparently was the case with this particular "medicine".
You're not friends to the people of Iran, and speaking up with your opinion is something they don't want to hear.
We don't need to speak our opinions, we just have to help the Iranian people voice theirs.
Why don't share your insight with us - how is an average citizen to "start firing congressmen and senators"? The ability of a common person to influence governmental matters is, as it always has been, very limited.
I don't think it's an example of electoral interference. That would be if the US tried to influence the outcome of the election. In this case they're trying to enable Iranians to communicate with each other, regardless of what that communication includes. I may not agree with a lot of things the US government does, but this is a good thing.
I don't think your tin foil hat will help. Then again with a bug that can be brought back to life after 120000 years and slide through a 2 micron filter. Not much would help if it were to turned out to be dangerous.
Pathogenity requires extensive adaptive mechanisms from a microbe, otherwise it isn't able to live in an organism with an immune system. Microbes that cause human illnesses have through countless generations developed traits that enable them to grip molecules on human cells, thrive in tissues, and resist the immune cells' attempts to destroy them. The odds of a 120,000-year-old bacteria turning out to be dangerous are minuscule.
...can someone lend me that cool (but useless) thermal scanner so I can watch that hot girl that lives next door? That would be definitely useful.
Why? So you can look at her delicious kind-of-reddish-coloured breast outlines and those sexy blueish-green thighs?
Fever can be caused by lots of things. H1N1 isn't the only possible fever-inducing pathogen, and you can even have fever without having an infection. Preventing people with fever from travelling seems kind of an overkill.
How about we figure out how to warp time first and then figure out a ship to utilize that science for the sake of travel?
Where's the fun in that?!
Except that "the State" is merely an abstract concept for certain actions of individuals, not some concrete thing that exists independently of any individuals.
Those individuals that comprise "the state" should also have the right to privacy, but not in their profession as public servants. Whatever they do in their jobs should be open for anyone to observe, even if their private lives shouldn't.