The europeans were not different species, but they were much better adapted (evolved) for the diseases of this planet than the american indians were. It may not be PC to say so, but that could definitely be called genetically "superior" by most metrics.
Your argument assumes technological advancement increases at a certain speed, and has no limit (or a limit far beyond our current level). You should state that so that you don't beg the question.
It is possible that we are near the limits of technological advancement. It is also possible that we are near a point of advancement beyond wich progress is extremely slow. I doubt this is the case, but I won't consider it proven as you seem to do.
Seriously, I can't be the only one here who wrote a CGI proxy server so that I can get around censorware (like BESS) while in high school. I even sold access to it to my fellow students!
Code is simple:
# fetch the url specified after the "?" # prepend the url of the proxy to all link tags # print the page out to the user
So all you have to do is run apache with this CGI from home, and you never have to worry about censorware again.
Those are good ideas but they are far from fair. It is nuts to make taxpayers fork over millions for every police mistake. It is nuts to expect police will never make mistakes (do you?). Retraining should be mandatory for cops when they do make mistakes. That's a great idea. Again, taxpayers must pay for this. So we should not go overboard with it. Also, if you ruin a judge or lawyer's career for every mistake, taxpayers will end up paying much more to retain lawyers and judges.
You can say that this guy/deserves/ hundreds of k$, but I don't deserve to have to pay him that from my pocket.
This isn't good advice in the most common cases. If you are pulled over and you know you won't get in more trouble by getting searched, you should comply completely simply because you are more likely to get off with a warning if you do so. If they ask you if you have been drinking, and you clearly have alcohol on your breath, say "not enough to affect me" or some such. Forcing an arrest when you could get off with just a warning would be a dumb move.
If you have evidence of this, you really should take it before wolrd governments and encourage them to create a sanctuary or gene bank so that we can fix the problem once its effects on humanity are eventually realized.
Specilization for a certain environment will cause an organism to be successful as long as that environment is static. But once an environment changes, specilization becomes a very bad (=extention) thing.
There have been several mass extinction in the history of Earth. In each, the majority of species went extinct. Some of the coolest, most complex creatures can be found in the fossil record, but they died out when the environment changed.
I think humans are unique in that our increasing complexity (manifested in our brains) will cause us to survive the next mass extinction while all the other complex species die out. This is speculation, of course, but it may be just us, microbes, and plants some day.
Alternatively, we may become so powerful that we will be able to stop all future mass extinctions. That's a fantastic thought, but our current carbon-regulating attempts are the first attempt at such a feat. Building something like a giant, polarized sun-shield may be required eventually, though.
I was merely pointing out the irony of the statement. It is meant to make the person saying it seem smarter than most people, but this very act points out the lack of education/intelligence of that person. That's irony.
Don't feel too bad, though. I remember chuckeling and feeling smart when encountring that very statement. But when I finally took stats in college, I realized the joke is on me.
Nobody builds their own birdhouse, either. Unless they genetically engineered the wood and chewed iron ore into the shape of nails. And started the Big Bang to create the iron ore... Your criticism is loony.
All they have to do is strike a deal with BMW or someone to install dual CD/AudioDVD players in all cars. The car company can advertise that they have the best quality sound system of all auto manufacturers, so they are happy. The other car companies will want to be able to make that claim, too, so they install the CD/AudioDVD players in new models. Without anyone noticing, everyone has the ability to play AudioDVDs.
All of a sudden there is a market for the actual discs.
No other country was started by violent revolution, no other country has overweight people, and this lame joke hasn't been overused to the point of absurdity.
AFAIK we don't have a definitive solution for the problem of microscopic lunar dust. We could just use the ionic breeze. It does not even require filters!
If "humanity as a whole" benifits from such a technology, then the person who develops the technology can turn a profit.
That's just false. How many privately built and run sewer systems are there?
When I first started to think of problems that could be solved entirely by the free market, I kept thinking of more and more examples. Then I stopped, and assumed ALL problems could be solved by the free market. As I learned more, I realized some things really won't ever get done by the market, because they require all-or-nothing agreement from huge numbers of people, and people are not all rational (among many other reasons).
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"burden of proof" is a legal, not scientific, concept. It does not apply.
The europeans were not different species, but they were much better adapted (evolved) for the diseases of this planet than the american indians were. It may not be PC to say so, but that could definitely be called genetically "superior" by most metrics.
Your argument assumes technological advancement increases at a certain speed, and has no limit (or a limit far beyond our current level). You should state that so that you don't beg the question.
It is possible that we are near the limits of technological advancement. It is also possible that we are near a point of advancement beyond wich progress is extremely slow. I doubt this is the case, but I won't consider it proven as you seem to do.
1997 called. They want their story back.
Seriously, I can't be the only one here who wrote a CGI proxy server so that I can get around censorware (like BESS) while in high school. I even sold access to it to my fellow students!
Code is simple:
# fetch the url specified after the "?"
# prepend the url of the proxy to all link tags
# print the page out to the user
So all you have to do is run apache with this CGI from home, and you never have to worry about censorware again.
Those are good ideas but they are far from fair. It is nuts to make taxpayers fork over millions for every police mistake. It is nuts to expect police will never make mistakes (do you?). Retraining should be mandatory for cops when they do make mistakes. That's a great idea. Again, taxpayers must pay for this. So we should not go overboard with it. Also, if you ruin a judge or lawyer's career for every mistake, taxpayers will end up paying much more to retain lawyers and judges.
/deserves/ hundreds of k$, but I don't deserve to have to pay him that from my pocket.
You can say that this guy
This isn't good advice in the most common cases. If you are pulled over and you know you won't get in more trouble by getting searched, you should comply completely simply because you are more likely to get off with a warning if you do so. If they ask you if you have been drinking, and you clearly have alcohol on your breath, say "not enough to affect me" or some such. Forcing an arrest when you could get off with just a warning would be a dumb move.
One day, you may look at the menu at Red Lobster and find 26 different slug dishes.
PS: Shame on you for being deliberately misleading about the "GM" stuff.
If you have evidence of this, you really should take it before wolrd governments and encourage them to create a sanctuary or gene bank so that we can fix the problem once its effects on humanity are eventually realized.
Specilization for a certain environment will cause an organism to be successful as long as that environment is static. But once an environment changes, specilization becomes a very bad (=extention) thing.
There have been several mass extinction in the history of Earth. In each, the majority of species went extinct. Some of the coolest, most complex creatures can be found in the fossil record, but they died out when the environment changed.
I think humans are unique in that our increasing complexity (manifested in our brains) will cause us to survive the next mass extinction while all the other complex species die out. This is speculation, of course, but it may be just us, microbes, and plants some day.
Alternatively, we may become so powerful that we will be able to stop all future mass extinctions. That's a fantastic thought, but our current carbon-regulating attempts are the first attempt at such a feat. Building something like a giant, polarized sun-shield may be required eventually, though.
It's good to know I am not the only person aware of the distionction between average and median.
or, you could safely say "about half"
I was merely pointing out the irony of the statement. It is meant to make the person saying it seem smarter than most people, but this very act points out the lack of education/intelligence of that person. That's irony.
Don't feel too bad, though. I remember chuckeling and feeling smart when encountring that very statement. But when I finally took stats in college, I realized the joke is on me.
Nobody builds their own birdhouse, either. Unless they genetically engineered the wood and chewed iron ore into the shape of nails. And started the Big Bang to create the iron ore... Your criticism is loony.
Think of someone of "median" understanding of statistics. Then think... half the world is dumber about statistics than that.
It's a space station!
All they have to do is strike a deal with BMW or someone to install dual CD/AudioDVD players in all cars. The car company can advertise that they have the best quality sound system of all auto manufacturers, so they are happy. The other car companies will want to be able to make that claim, too, so they install the CD/AudioDVD players in new models. Without anyone noticing, everyone has the ability to play AudioDVDs.
All of a sudden there is a market for the actual discs.
Win95 came with icons on the desktop to sign up for AOL, among other things. That IS adware. Windows has been adware for 10 years.
I'm sure MIT and the UN never thought of that! If only MIT had top minds like yours to tell them they aren't being practical...
If laptops could teach some of them how to run an economy and a government, then this is a much better option in the long run.
In countries where the entire economy and government has failed, education is a much more important charity than food or medicine.
Therefore, people who don't go to church can not live well. That's so obviously true! You win the troll award!
No other country was started by violent revolution, no other country has overweight people, and this lame joke hasn't been overused to the point of absurdity.
May the mods have mercy on your witless soul.
Ding ding! You win! Data that can be read once is better than data that can not be read.
Still seem silly to you? Try "man dd".
That's just false. How many privately built and run sewer systems are there?
When I first started to think of problems that could be solved entirely by the free market, I kept thinking of more and more examples. Then I stopped, and assumed ALL problems could be solved by the free market. As I learned more, I realized some things really won't ever get done by the market, because they require all-or-nothing agreement from huge numbers of people, and people are not all rational (among many other reasons).
Pimpin ain't easy, but it's necessary.