No, his reasoning was just fine. Your logic and lack of evidence of his 'being mean' on the other hand smacks of intellectual dwarfism. If you plan on arguing with your betters, you might want to get a book on the art of written persuasion.
Then again someone who wastes the space in their signature encouraging people to sign an online petition with the fantasy that it will have any effect really would not have the brains to spend on some as intellectual as 'reading'. Try going somewhere else to get all up in arms about something you don’t understand and can't discuss rationally. I know you need such things to validate your pathetic existence, but the rest of the world doesn't need to hear it.....now THAT was being mean. I'm wondering, did it elicit an emotional response? If you were bombarded by it constantly 24/7/365 through every communications channel you had, while at the same time in an emotionally sensitive state (new town, new country, new culture, the emotional and physical turmoil of teen life, no adult response to the problem for months), do you think that might be tough to handle?
Sorry for the trolling, just trying to make a point.
More like spineless principal and above. Teachers can't even get a student kicked out of school let alone their classroom when the student HITS them. Parents are allowed to disrupt their classes and yell at the teachers. Teachers are not even allowed to fail students anymore, let alone kick them out.
This is a huge sticking point between Washington and China. They manually control the exchange rate to delfate the actual value. Which benifits them tremendously.
Can they do this without permission from the governer though. Unless I miread the article (Im new here) they are 'concerned' that a govener may not give them such permission.
The thinking that came out of this was creepy. giving the feds the ability to shut down cell phone network autonomously? Giving them the right to nationalize the national gaurd? I dont think so.
They cant be serious.
The only decent quesitons in the article was
1) How do you respond if the servers are foreign soil. 2) How likely is it to happen
the big one they failed to ask is
1) How the hell does a piece of malware jump from cell phones to cell NETWORK hardware to the internet?
Lets see they were using tech from 1948 in 1969 so that means.....yup 1978 sounds about right. Pretty soon they are going to put a microwave in the shuttle too. {insert microwave space joke here}
your the 1st person I have EVER heard complain about going away from notes. Im not going to get into an Exchange vs Sendmail or other web based email arguement, its besides the point.
But NOTES?
Run a damn windows VM for your email/Office and call it a day. Notes is by far the worst mail client ever invented. CC:Mail is better than Notes. MS Mail is better than Notes. PINE is better than notes. It handles attachments better too.
ok the translatin is a bit hard to read, but I think there are 2 main points of interest
1) There does appear to be a white list on the way, although it is confusing what they mean by this. It does appear that it is external only and that it will be enforced at the DNS level. If this means they are going to a white list only solution for non chinese TLD's as the default for Chinese DNS, then China really will be isolating themselves from the rest of thew world in regards to the Internet. In fact I would argue that this would be the tipping point where china is not really on the Internet any more, but hosting an internal internet (with a small i) with some proxy'd connecitons to the Internet at large.
2) the.CN TLD will be refocused primarily for business use. This is not uncommon.com.au has similar resrictions as do other CCTLD's.
One note of commentary on China: The more I read and hear regarding modern Chinese culture (beyond classes in school on east asian history) the more I think that there is a fundemental disconnect between China and western culture which will not be bridged in our lifetime, if ever. I think a similar cultural divide exists between the west and Islamic cultures (for different reasons). If thats the case, our best bet is, in my opinion, to simply let them be and focus on making our culture better. By that I mean do our best to make our values (individual freedom, education, freedom of discouse, etc etc) appealing so that it slowly seeps into their culture rather than the other way around.
To mutilate a phrase, the best offense is a good defense.
animal rights boils down to a simple statement. Is a (non-human) animals life worth less than a humans. If you say yes, then animal testing is a no brainer. If you say no, then its not. Of course you have sub-issues like behaving in a humane manner, but that is really not the root of the issue.
This same simplicity can also be put to things like abortion, guns, and even healthcare***. The problem in our country is that we dont actually try to answer the question at the root of the issue, we nip at the corners, trying to get what we want from laws without making folks actually think or choose. We end up with crappy laws with all kinds of exceptions. Its a very bad way to manage a country IMHO.
*** Note: Im saying the question is simple, the answer may not be.
VD does, you arre correct. So do LOTS of thing. But we dont require people to legally disclose that to partners.
If they dont and the partner gets it, there is recourse in the courts, at least in the US.
Using your logic, it would be fine to list everyone who has ever gone bankrupt because any potential partner in marriage has a right to know what they are getting into by exposing their credit to the harm of marrying someone with bad credit
Or how about virginity. We should be posting every woman or man who has lost ther virginity so that any potential mate will know they are not marrying an impure partner.
And if you dont think some people feel being a non virgin is equal to having an STD, take a stroll through the middle east and south asia some time.
My point is this. Yes its serious. But you cannot legislate ethical behavior (and it IS ethics we are talking here, not morality, so your little jab was off mark).
Noone seems to realize the other issues this might cause. Tendons and bones are not designed for muscles that are that strong. For instance NFL players alreasy have many issues because of their muscles.
Not to mention spots injuries like broken bones and concussions.
Any medical condition is private by definition per HIPPA. Whether you have a moral obligation to tell a potential partner is something entirely different. And if you start down that road, you probably have a moral obligation to expose every potentially bad deed you have ever done (lie to your mom? Steal a pack of bubblegum from the 7-11 as a kid? How about cheating on a test in highschool?
Using your logic you would have to expose EVERYTHIG that could possibly be relevant.
1) The key word you used there is culture. Our culture values balance highly. Other cultures value it less.
2) Whether someone regrets an aciton has nothing to do with anything. That is simply that person having no ability to evaluate what really makes them happy.
Your assumption that everyone is like you, or that everyone fits into the mold of a 'typical' person who gains more benifit from a balanced life ignores the fact that there are many people who are only really happy when they are uber-focused.
If someone wishes to live ttheir life that way and they really are happy, more power to them.
Now, as to whether some people bury themselves in activities to compensate for unhappiness elsewhere in their life, thats a different subject.
But your blanket assumption of what makes EVEYRONE happy is foolosh and shortsighted.
ahh but ther point you make assume I place the same value on those things as everyone else. If I choose to place value on other things, then your opinion is not valid in MY eyes.
Ships in a bottle are a waste of time, get a life Sports are a waste of time, get a life. Making money is a waste of time, get a life. Going to bars to meet girls is a waste of time, get a life Sex is a waste of time, get a life.
All of these are transient, as are all things. You can argue some have more value than others but that value is relative to the people involved. It is primarily a cultural and societal construct.
We can argue that pursuits which return goods or money may have more value for basic every day needs (food, water, shelter, etc) but that is not really what we are talking about here. You can also argue that even those have no real value in the long run. Same with sciene or art. In 20,000 years the Beatles wont matter.
How is an olympian served by the dogged pursuit of a gold mdeal in cross country skiing. Longer life...MAYBE. But in reality moderate excersise along with using the extra time to make $$ for your health care and housing in the future is probably better in that regard.
Simply put, do what YOU love, fuck the rest of the world. Most people are idiots anyways.
Legal?: I cant speak to international law, but seeing as there is effectively no government at least in that area of Somalia, I think you would have a goodd defense.
Moral?: Actuially this seems pretty easy to me. You have people fostering attacks on your shipping assets through an intentional money gathering scheme. They are not even trying to pretend that is not what they are doing. attacking the root of their ability to do their job would be very moral in my mind.
Ethical?: The idea of ethics in war are confusing to me as a general rule, so I wont comment.
Its not a black people thing, its a lack of national security thing. If the US doesn't need something from the country involved, it does not get attention. If the government doesnt give it attention, neither does the press.
And frankly people are too stupid, and too busy worrying about Tiger Woods' car wreck to think about something more important.
The best example I can give is Serbia in the 90's. The cleansing there was publisized not because they were white, but because that entire reigon was a hot spot in regards to US policy.
I was in the armed forces during Persian Gulf I, and while I was not put in harms way, i was ready to do so if called. And yes, I agree with the GP. I have a comfortable life now because I was willing to serve then.
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No, his reasoning was just fine. Your logic and lack of evidence of his 'being mean' on the other hand smacks of intellectual dwarfism. If you plan on arguing with your betters, you might want to get a book on the art of written persuasion.
Then again someone who wastes the space in their signature encouraging people to sign an online petition with the fantasy that it will have any effect really would not have the brains to spend on some as intellectual as 'reading'. Try going somewhere else to get all up in arms about something you don’t understand and can't discuss rationally. I know you need such things to validate your pathetic existence, but the rest of the world doesn't need to hear it.....now THAT was being mean. I'm wondering, did it elicit an emotional response? If you were bombarded by it constantly 24/7/365 through every communications channel you had, while at the same time in an emotionally sensitive state (new town, new country, new culture, the emotional and physical turmoil of teen life, no adult response to the problem for months), do you think that might be tough to handle?
Sorry for the trolling, just trying to make a point.
More like spineless principal and above. Teachers can't even get a student kicked out of school let alone their classroom when the student HITS them. Parents are allowed to disrupt their classes and yell at the teachers. Teachers are not even allowed to fail students anymore, let alone kick them out.
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Source or I call BS.
In the US it is. Haven't you seen their media? Violence is glorified while sex and nudity is vile and offensive.
God I hope this is a joke. Judging Americans by our media is like judging the French for liking mimes.
This is a huge sticking point between Washington and China. They manually control the exchange rate to delfate the actual value. Which benifits them tremendously.
Can they do this without permission from the governer though. Unless I miread the article (Im new here) they are 'concerned' that a govener may not give them such permission.
The thinking that came out of this was creepy. giving the feds the ability to shut down cell phone network autonomously? Giving them the right to nationalize the national gaurd? I dont think so.
They cant be serious.
The only decent quesitons in the article was
1) How do you respond if the servers are foreign soil.
2) How likely is it to happen
the big one they failed to ask is
1) How the hell does a piece of malware jump from cell phones to cell NETWORK hardware to the internet?
Paid for by the companies that profit from this law (Fixed)
Except they initially misappropriated money from the 9/11 donations
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/rc_blinks.html
Try the clinton foundation. Bill is a sscumbag...err I mean politician, but I honeslty believe he cares about Haiti
Lets see they were using tech from 1948 in 1969 so that means.....yup 1978 sounds about right. Pretty soon they are going to put a microwave in the shuttle too. {insert microwave space joke here}
your the 1st person I have EVER heard complain about going away from notes. Im not going to get into an Exchange vs Sendmail or other web based email arguement, its besides the point.
But NOTES?
Run a damn windows VM for your email/Office and call it a day. Notes is by far the worst mail client ever invented. CC:Mail is better than Notes. MS Mail is better than Notes. PINE is better than notes. It handles attachments better too.
ok the translatin is a bit hard to read, but I think there are 2 main points of interest
1) There does appear to be a white list on the way, although it is confusing what they mean by this. It does appear that it is external only and that it will be enforced at the DNS level. If this means they are going to a white list only solution for non chinese TLD's as the default for Chinese DNS, then China really will be isolating themselves from the rest of thew world in regards to the Internet. In fact I would argue that this would be the tipping point where china is not really on the Internet any more, but hosting an internal internet (with a small i) with some proxy'd connecitons to the Internet at large.
2) the .CN TLD will be refocused primarily for business use. This is not uncommon .com.au has similar resrictions as do other CCTLD's.
One note of commentary on China: The more I read and hear regarding modern Chinese culture (beyond classes in school on east asian history) the more I think that there is a fundemental disconnect between China and western culture which will not be bridged in our lifetime, if ever. I think a similar cultural divide exists between the west and Islamic cultures (for different reasons). If thats the case, our best bet is, in my opinion, to simply let them be and focus on making our culture better. By that I mean do our best to make our values (individual freedom, education, freedom of discouse, etc etc) appealing so that it slowly seeps into their culture rather than the other way around.
To mutilate a phrase, the best offense is a good defense.
you missed my point.
you answered the basic question (should we), which means the only remmaining argument is where the 'proper' way to do it.
That an important discussion, but we have not decided the 1st question as a country. Not in any definative manner.
animal rights boils down to a simple statement. Is a (non-human) animals life worth less than a humans. If you say yes, then animal testing is a no brainer. If you say no, then its not. Of course you have sub-issues like behaving in a humane manner, but that is really not the root of the issue.
This same simplicity can also be put to things like abortion, guns, and even healthcare***. The problem in our country is that we dont actually try to answer the question at the root of the issue, we nip at the corners, trying to get what we want from laws without making folks actually think or choose. We end up with crappy laws with all kinds of exceptions. Its a very bad way to manage a country IMHO.
*** Note: Im saying the question is simple, the answer may not be.
the fault in your statement is that you assume that people in OK want science in their state to begin with...
http://scienceblogs.com/tfk/2009/03/oklahoma_hates_richard_dawkins.php
Just as it is better that ten guilty men go free than one innocent man suffer
It's really not better to let ten guilty men go free, though. That's the thing.
Wow, you are either trolling or you really really must be new here...
VD does, you arre correct. So do LOTS of thing. But we dont require people to legally disclose that to partners.
If they dont and the partner gets it, there is recourse in the courts, at least in the US.
Using your logic, it would be fine to list everyone who has ever gone bankrupt because any potential partner in marriage has a right to know what they are getting into by exposing their credit to the harm of marrying someone with bad credit
Or how about virginity. We should be posting every woman or man who has lost ther virginity so that any potential mate will know they are not marrying an impure partner.
And if you dont think some people feel being a non virgin is equal to having an STD, take a stroll through the middle east and south asia some time.
My point is this. Yes its serious. But you cannot legislate ethical behavior (and it IS ethics we are talking here, not morality, so your little jab was off mark).
Noone seems to realize the other issues this might cause. Tendons and bones are not designed for muscles that are that strong. For instance NFL players alreasy have many issues because of their muscles.
Not to mention spots injuries like broken bones and concussions.
obviously you have never seen voting in chicago...
wrong.
Any medical condition is private by definition per HIPPA. Whether you have a moral obligation to tell a potential partner is something entirely different. And if you start down that road, you probably have a moral obligation to expose every potentially bad deed you have ever done (lie to your mom? Steal a pack of bubblegum from the 7-11 as a kid? How about cheating on a test in highschool?
Using your logic you would have to expose EVERYTHIG that could possibly be relevant.
take the promotion and start looking elsewhere. Any manager who does not ASK you if you want to do a job is bad, and things will only get worse.
1) The key word you used there is culture. Our culture values balance highly. Other cultures value it less.
2) Whether someone regrets an aciton has nothing to do with anything. That is simply that person having no ability to evaluate what really makes them happy.
Your assumption that everyone is like you, or that everyone fits into the mold of a 'typical' person who gains more benifit from a balanced life ignores the fact that there are many people who are only really happy when they are uber-focused.
If someone wishes to live ttheir life that way and they really are happy, more power to them.
Now, as to whether some people bury themselves in activities to compensate for unhappiness elsewhere in their life, thats a different subject.
But your blanket assumption of what makes EVEYRONE happy is foolosh and shortsighted.
ahh but ther point you make assume I place the same value on those things as everyone else. If I choose to place value on other things, then your opinion is not valid in MY eyes.
Ships in a bottle are a waste of time, get a life
Sports are a waste of time, get a life.
Making money is a waste of time, get a life.
Going to bars to meet girls is a waste of time, get a life
Sex is a waste of time, get a life.
All of these are transient, as are all things. You can argue some have more value than others but that value is relative to the people involved. It is primarily a cultural and societal construct.
We can argue that pursuits which return goods or money may have more value for basic every day needs (food, water, shelter, etc) but that is not really what we are talking about here. You can also argue that even those have no real value in the long run. Same with sciene or art. In 20,000 years the Beatles wont matter.
How is an olympian served by the dogged pursuit of a gold mdeal in cross country skiing. Longer life...MAYBE. But in reality moderate excersise along with using the extra time to make $$ for your health care and housing in the future is probably better in that regard.
Simply put, do what YOU love, fuck the rest of the world. Most people are idiots anyways.
Legal?: I cant speak to international law, but seeing as there is effectively no government at least in that area of Somalia, I think you would have a goodd defense.
Moral?: Actuially this seems pretty easy to me. You have people fostering attacks on your shipping assets through an intentional money gathering scheme. They are not even trying to pretend that is not what they are doing. attacking the root of their ability to do their job would be very moral in my mind.
Ethical?: The idea of ethics in war are confusing to me as a general rule, so I wont comment.
Its not a black people thing, its a lack of national security thing. If the US doesn't need something from the country involved, it does not get attention. If the government doesnt give it attention, neither does the press.
And frankly people are too stupid, and too busy worrying about Tiger Woods' car wreck to think about something more important.
The best example I can give is Serbia in the 90's. The cleansing there was publisized not because they were white, but because that entire reigon was a hot spot in regards to US policy.
I was in the armed forces during Persian Gulf I, and while I was not put in harms way, i was ready to do so if called. And yes, I agree with the GP. I have a comfortable life now because I was willing to serve then.