Jack's afterlife vs everyone's
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If this was where everyone meets up to go to heaven, why isn't Nadia there for Sayid? Why aren't Boone's parents there? Okay, so if it's just Jack's party, and everyone else was already in heaven or whatever and just "came back" for Jack's party, then why are there many scenes of them remembering each other, apart from anything Jack (in that reality) witnessed or experienced? Why isn't Jack's MOTHER there?!
Why would a "waiting area" have Jin and Sun not married and being assassinated? What kind of test or journey is that?
Such a bad ending, even if they did a fair job of stringing together the altiverse in the last season. But to find out what it was and what it meant is annoying.
Why would a DNA profile be needed for the dieting tips an average college-aged person would find useful or informative? Is there some sub-set of the population for whom broccoli is a deadly poison and deep-fried cheese is the key to eternal youth?
And yes, they might be able to tell you that you have a genetic predisposition to certain kinds of cancers or heart disease. But the risk these factors actually pose often pale in comparison to good advice about food and exercise that apply to everyone.
Well, one possibility I see is it generating millions in revenue. Its a violation in Germany to operate an unsecured wi-fi, and carries a small fine. But if you can catch the entire country doing it all at once. Cha-ching.
And yet, if I drive through your neighborhood and write down the time of day everyone leaves and gets home, how many kids they have, you can bet I'd be getting a visit from the police.
On a side note, for a long time cordless phones were completely unsecured, and anyone with a scanner could listen to conversations. The law was very clear - you could listen but never discuss what was being said.
Would a similar law for wireless traffic work? I don't think seeing a wireless network or even using it should be a crime, but recording IP addresses, tracking what ports are open, how many computers are connected, and most importantly, keeping a database of it, could be illegal.
I wish people would stop blaming greed. The truth is you and I are as greedy as anyone else who has ever existed. Greed is okay. The check is supposed to be a government that doesn't allow the greed of one person or entity to ruin things for everyone else.
At least with the government, its something you can change, which is not true of human nature.
Nah, I want things to get WORSE. Right now too many people are still living the fantasy that this is the best country on Earth and it keeps getting better. Can't blame them, we haven't seen real poverty since the 30s and most of our basic freedoms are intact. I mean, you may CARE about small power grabs by the government, but your representatives don't care. The ones you'll replace them with don't care either. They can't afford to rock the boat or their party will disavow them and they won't have the money to get re-elected. Notice how Clinton only said that pot should be legal AFTER he wasn't president anymore? You can't rock the boat.
You're actually right. Any rapist should go away for life.
I am in total agreement that a rapist is just about the worst kind of person. At least with murder - there are some legitimate reasons to kill another person.
However, I think the main reason rape doesn't get you life is because it incentivizes the rapist to murder the only eye witness. This would be just as true if it were a child victim as well. It's horrible to be raped, but not as bad as being raped then killed.
For one, illegal or not the RIAA sues people using tracked downloads as evidence of filesharing. It will either cost you 10k to settle, or at least 10k in legal fees. In practical terms then, there definitely is something wrong in downloading a file to check it out, and it will be viable evidence against you in a court of law.
I don't like this argument one bit. You're basically saying that because party A can use legal bullying to get party B to comply, then that is evidence that party B is doing something wrong.
Also, all the cases I've seen by the RIAA against individuals have actually been about uploading, or "making available", hence the rather large fees asked, since many people can copy that file.
Having no military power makes about as much sense as having enough to obliterate the entire planet.
Is there still some people who believe nations live in peace because people are naturally kind and caring?
You know how much a militia costs to maintain? Nothing. Who's the militia? All able-bodied adults. This is why we have guns. Even with NO standing military, any army would have to be out of their mind to invade the U.S. So all that leaves for our military to do is run all over the world fixing problems that aren't ours, planting dictators where we think they'll help us economically, and the one thing they actually ARE good for, ensuring the safety of Americans abroad. But we can accomplish that last thing with a very small army. We can even go look for Al-Queda with a very small military. We don't need troops in 144 nations to "live in peace".
The military is NOT the "largest entitlement program in the country." It's not even fucking CLOSE.
Maybe you should take your ignorant self over to http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=1258 and read the very simple article that breaks out the spending. The U.S. Military budget is about 20%
Except those numbers are a bit misleading. Why are benefits paid to veterans NOT included in the defense spending part of that chart? That money is certainly part of what we spend on defense. It's just a game to make it sound like less than it really is.
If you owned a video game studio, who would you publish? Some guy who sat on his ass and got a degree in "video game design" from some no-name school? Or some guy that programmed and released for free an innovative game over the internet? I'd take the guy that has results.
Uh, perhaps the time spent in the course gives you some skills to make your own video game which you can use to impress people. It's not like you're just paying for a note from your teacher after 4 years of doing nothing.
Operation security means denying the enemy information.
Much like companies that have non-disclosure agreements and stand to lose billions if they are broken, I'm sure the military can come up with some guidelines about what you can and can't say on social media sites. It's not like soldiers can't or don't use the telephone, so there's already a way for them to spread information inappropriately.
The best solution would be visible timers instead of a simple light. No more guessing. We have some where I live and you can tell 2 blocks away if you're going to make it or not.
It's not just the view angle, which can be changed and enhanced with multiple screens. But you can't replicate the feel of accelerating. It would take essentially anti-gravity technology.
Corporations may not have it tough, but if you remove the double tax maybe some of them will set up shop in the U.S. rather than in Korea. Which would be a net gain for the U.S. economy (I would guess).
As much as I want to see guilty people get punished
I agree and all, and I know I'll get flamed for this, but the guy was found guilty of trying to meet a 13 year old for consensual sex. I realize 13 is young, but he's not an inherent danger to society like say, someone who committed a few armed robberies. Seriously... if he succeeded with an actual 13 year old, it would hardly be some kind of shocking tragedy. And even though I agree with the law and that 13 is too young, the "punishment" for these kinds of crimes could be some counseling.
The idea that we've got federal agents working to find these people and expose them is kind of pathetic. Who is safer? If your 13 year old is open to the possibility of sex, they will probably find a way to do it, and someone to do it with.
Standard disclaimer: I agree that what the guy did was wrong, I just consider him as much of a danger to society as someone who litters.
Years ago working in a lab, after doing an experiment involving radioisotopes, I was doing a routine scan of my work area. My co-worker's hand was coming up hot. She took off her gloves and scanned again, still hot. Not just barely either, this was tipping our counter way past its max sensitivity. She scrubber her hands and it wouldn't go away. It took us a few minutes to realize... it was her watch. Apparently the glow on the hands is some kind of uranium or something.
What's interesting is that the amount being emitted into her wrist every day was probably more than the amount of job-related radioactivity we were allowed to be exposed to in a month.
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If this was where everyone meets up to go to heaven, why isn't Nadia there for Sayid? Why aren't Boone's parents there? Okay, so if it's just Jack's party, and everyone else was already in heaven or whatever and just "came back" for Jack's party, then why are there many scenes of them remembering each other, apart from anything Jack (in that reality) witnessed or experienced? Why isn't Jack's MOTHER there?!
Why would a "waiting area" have Jin and Sun not married and being assassinated? What kind of test or journey is that?
Such a bad ending, even if they did a fair job of stringing together the altiverse in the last season. But to find out what it was and what it meant is annoying.
Why would a DNA profile be needed for the dieting tips an average college-aged person would find useful or informative? Is there some sub-set of the population for whom broccoli is a deadly poison and deep-fried cheese is the key to eternal youth?
And yes, they might be able to tell you that you have a genetic predisposition to certain kinds of cancers or heart disease. But the risk these factors actually pose often pale in comparison to good advice about food and exercise that apply to everyone.
Well, one possibility I see is it generating millions in revenue. Its a violation in Germany to operate an unsecured wi-fi, and carries a small fine. But if you can catch the entire country doing it all at once. Cha-ching.
And yet, if I drive through your neighborhood and write down the time of day everyone leaves and gets home, how many kids they have, you can bet I'd be getting a visit from the police.
On a side note, for a long time cordless phones were completely unsecured, and anyone with a scanner could listen to conversations. The law was very clear - you could listen but never discuss what was being said.
Would a similar law for wireless traffic work? I don't think seeing a wireless network or even using it should be a crime, but recording IP addresses, tracking what ports are open, how many computers are connected, and most importantly, keeping a database of it, could be illegal.
I wish people would stop blaming greed. The truth is you and I are as greedy as anyone else who has ever existed. Greed is okay. The check is supposed to be a government that doesn't allow the greed of one person or entity to ruin things for everyone else.
At least with the government, its something you can change, which is not true of human nature.
If you aren't scared, you should be. Very scared.
Nah, I want things to get WORSE. Right now too many people are still living the fantasy that this is the best country on Earth and it keeps getting better. Can't blame them, we haven't seen real poverty since the 30s and most of our basic freedoms are intact. I mean, you may CARE about small power grabs by the government, but your representatives don't care. The ones you'll replace them with don't care either. They can't afford to rock the boat or their party will disavow them and they won't have the money to get re-elected. Notice how Clinton only said that pot should be legal AFTER he wasn't president anymore? You can't rock the boat.
You're actually right. Any rapist should go away for life.
I am in total agreement that a rapist is just about the worst kind of person. At least with murder - there are some legitimate reasons to kill another person.
However, I think the main reason rape doesn't get you life is because it incentivizes the rapist to murder the only eye witness. This would be just as true if it were a child victim as well. It's horrible to be raped, but not as bad as being raped then killed.
IANAL, but that position is pretty thin.
For one, illegal or not the RIAA sues people using tracked downloads as evidence of filesharing. It will either cost you 10k to settle, or at least 10k in legal fees. In practical terms then, there definitely is something wrong in downloading a file to check it out, and it will be viable evidence against you in a court of law.
I don't like this argument one bit. You're basically saying that because party A can use legal bullying to get party B to comply, then that is evidence that party B is doing something wrong.
Also, all the cases I've seen by the RIAA against individuals have actually been about uploading, or "making available", hence the rather large fees asked, since many people can copy that file.
Having no military power makes about as much sense as having enough to obliterate the entire planet.
Is there still some people who believe nations live in peace because people are naturally kind and caring?
You know how much a militia costs to maintain? Nothing. Who's the militia? All able-bodied adults. This is why we have guns. Even with NO standing military, any army would have to be out of their mind to invade the U.S. So all that leaves for our military to do is run all over the world fixing problems that aren't ours, planting dictators where we think they'll help us economically, and the one thing they actually ARE good for, ensuring the safety of Americans abroad. But we can accomplish that last thing with a very small army. We can even go look for Al-Queda with a very small military. We don't need troops in 144 nations to "live in peace".
The military is NOT the "largest entitlement program in the country." It's not even fucking CLOSE.
Maybe you should take your ignorant self over to http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=1258 and read the very simple article that breaks out the spending. The U.S. Military budget is about 20%
Except those numbers are a bit misleading. Why are benefits paid to veterans NOT included in the defense spending part of that chart? That money is certainly part of what we spend on defense. It's just a game to make it sound like less than it really is.
Hey! If I want to play with Korean teenagers, I'll unlock the basement.
If you owned a video game studio, who would you publish? Some guy who sat on his ass and got a degree in "video game design" from some no-name school? Or some guy that programmed and released for free an innovative game over the internet? I'd take the guy that has results.
Uh, perhaps the time spent in the course gives you some skills to make your own video game which you can use to impress people. It's not like you're just paying for a note from your teacher after 4 years of doing nothing.
Operation security means denying the enemy information.
Much like companies that have non-disclosure agreements and stand to lose billions if they are broken, I'm sure the military can come up with some guidelines about what you can and can't say on social media sites. It's not like soldiers can't or don't use the telephone, so there's already a way for them to spread information inappropriately.
I don't think Obama is a bad person. Just not a saavy leader. Also tends to break his promises. A lot.
When you make promises to your financial supporters and promises to the electorate, and you can't keep both, guess which ones help you get re-elected.
Which says something about the electorate, and what they expect, and what they care about.
They already had depicted him before in season 10 "Cartoon Wars Part II":
Yeah but it was totally unrealistic. I mean, where's his 9 year old sex slave? Oops, I mean wife.
The best solution would be visible timers instead of a simple light. No more guessing. We have some where I live and you can tell 2 blocks away if you're going to make it or not.
How does gravity affect light?
The same way it affects everything else - except since photons have essentially no mass, the attraction is very weak.
It's not just the view angle, which can be changed and enhanced with multiple screens. But you can't replicate the feel of accelerating. It would take essentially anti-gravity technology.
Balonium.
Stop using that Oscar Meyer promotional periodic table.
It's okay, she doesn't want you reading it anyway.
It is the duty of corporate officers to (legally) minimise tax burden.
It is the duty of governments to ensure equitable distribution of wealth, without discouraging wealth creation.
Guess who's doing a better job...
That's because corporations hire the best accountants, while government is run by the best liars.
Corporations may not have it tough, but if you remove the double tax maybe some of them will set up shop in the U.S. rather than in Korea. Which would be a net gain for the U.S. economy (I would guess).
As much as I want to see guilty people get punished
I agree and all, and I know I'll get flamed for this, but the guy was found guilty of trying to meet a 13 year old for consensual sex. I realize 13 is young, but he's not an inherent danger to society like say, someone who committed a few armed robberies. Seriously... if he succeeded with an actual 13 year old, it would hardly be some kind of shocking tragedy. And even though I agree with the law and that 13 is too young, the "punishment" for these kinds of crimes could be some counseling.
The idea that we've got federal agents working to find these people and expose them is kind of pathetic. Who is safer? If your 13 year old is open to the possibility of sex, they will probably find a way to do it, and someone to do it with.
Standard disclaimer: I agree that what the guy did was wrong, I just consider him as much of a danger to society as someone who litters.
This one was a little funnier I thought. Although it pokes fun at WoW culture rather than generic game culture.
GPS's, Cell Phones, Watches
Years ago working in a lab, after doing an experiment involving radioisotopes, I was doing a routine scan of my work area. My co-worker's hand was coming up hot. She took off her gloves and scanned again, still hot. Not just barely either, this was tipping our counter way past its max sensitivity. She scrubber her hands and it wouldn't go away. It took us a few minutes to realize... it was her watch. Apparently the glow on the hands is some kind of uranium or something.
What's interesting is that the amount being emitted into her wrist every day was probably more than the amount of job-related radioactivity we were allowed to be exposed to in a month.