Your behavior aligns with the behavior of the type of person I want to associate with, new Friend (mentioned because Slashdot doesn't let you know when/why I friended you).
We are all Nth cousins, Y times removed from each other after all.
I'm not so certain about that. Is it completely impossible that multiple humans evolved from multiple "previous" beings? The fossil record is so woefully inadequate, I remember from reading A Short History of Nearly Everything that we see something less than 1% of all species that have ever existed.
The season finale of Terra Nova had a (short) treatment on this, where a higher-up newly transported back in time said something like "I can't even describe the thing that bit me, it was like a winged, spider-snake. It growled at me; bugs aren't supposed to growl!" That was likely a made-up creature, but who can say that it hadn't existed?
(Note that I'm not determining science from science fiction, to head off any protestations; I'm merely saying that art imitates life. Going in the other direction (i.e., being OT), "aren't we all mother-fuckers, due to Cain and Eve?")
Since a mammal's fetus is genetically different from its mother, why doesn't the mother's immune system recognize it as a "foreign" parasite and kill it?
A relative was discussing this over the excellent family gathering we had recently. She said that some females have a gene (I think she said it was recessive; I haven't researched it) which causes them to build up antibodies to their first child. The antibodies develop after the child has been born, so they do not affect it. However, the second and all further children are attacked/aborted, thus effectively making her a (current) Chinese mother (current because their mono-offspring law may change, perhaps soon, as India overtakes them).
There are two kind of criminals. The ones that are in it because they are lazy.
I actually mis-read this, and want to point it out: "The ones that are in IT because they are lazy." I've worked with many of them. (Agreed that the bankers are the scourge; what best to do about it, though?)
Friended for this post (I like callbacks; they demonstrate a matter of intelligence). Stating this because Slashdot doesn't let you know when or why someone friended you.
Um, Christmas is far more a fantasy day than Thanksgiving. You are correct that Thanksgiving was about the subjugation of a native people; the fantasy day is about some celestial being whose arrival is timed to the day which gets longer, after three days being the shortest days of the year. It is fictional, and is wish-fulfillment that the day doesn't keep getting shorter, ending us. Colonization was not fictional. And, with your last clause, you're still projecting.
My strategy has changed over time. Used to be, I liked my ability to track my purchases, using e.g. Quicken, so I'd use trackable purchases always. These days, I dislike my ability to be tracked by others, so I tend towards cash mostly. (Somewhat aligns with the old, "If you aren't socialist (or democrat) when you're young, you don't have a heart; if you aren't capitalist (or republican) when you're old, you don't have a brain" -- although this is not meant as an insult, I am only looking inwards. Also I tend to use vending machine less these days; I find fresh fruit to be much more enjoyable, which they serve in the cafe. If only I had a lawn...)
Michael Moorcock, for example, has written about how he could write a novel in a few days when he was younger; in some cases that showed [...]
Very interesting to read about! I read those Elric books, and I recall a character who had I believe a fake hand. In one of those books, the fake hand switched places in one passage! Later it switched back. I remember my teenage brain thinking "this breaks my suspension of disbelief". Glad to hear that there's a reason for it (although the editor should have done his job thoroughly...).
Hey, I didn't create the fantasy day, and I do not intend to operate under its rules. I just returned from an excellent family gathering, at which we exchanged good words, good gifts, and good times. We do not need to deceive ourselves, in order to benefit each other.
Yes; yes and no. Teaching the defenseless little expenses that the two people who are tasked with keeping them alive and caring the most about them will lie to them about the basic nature of reality teaches them a good lesson: question authority. Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, God is the progression; most people only make it past the first three. And the kicker is, there might be a Protector, but it's not the way that God is described in the holy books. It's more a construct of science. And we can do experiments with it, once we determine the science.
You're hilarious. "You goddamned physicists can't let us discuss pink unicorns for ONE FUCKING DAY?" Yeah, sure, you can discuss them all you want. Go to your religious site to discuss religious shite. Come here to discuss physics.
Hey, at least the religibot is not attempting to murder the poster and his associates. Christianity is better than Muslim, at least for that response. Oh, and I just thought of a picture of Mohammed. And Jesus. Sucking each other off. Big fucking deal.
So anyone that joins the military can no longer control their own money?
They can control their own money. In fact, they better; if they invest in something that has a conflict of interest, they should lose 100% of their investment and go to jail. This is a good deterrent to entering a profession in which you kill other humans.
FYI (since Slashdot doesn't inform), this was the post that made you my friend. Furthermore, Slashdot gave a 503 after I had clicked the "pills" and then clicked Friend and Submit. But then I came back and saw that the friending took. I'm not complaining, just informing.
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Males can go to 2 MB; 8 if you count the other dangling participles (as if).
The (American) Imperial March is now in my head, thanks. :)
Your behavior aligns with the behavior of the type of person I want to associate with, new Friend (mentioned because Slashdot doesn't let you know when/why I friended you).
We are all Nth cousins, Y times removed from each other after all.
I'm not so certain about that. Is it completely impossible that multiple humans evolved from multiple "previous" beings? The fossil record is so woefully inadequate, I remember from reading A Short History of Nearly Everything that we see something less than 1% of all species that have ever existed.
The season finale of Terra Nova had a (short) treatment on this, where a higher-up newly transported back in time said something like "I can't even describe the thing that bit me, it was like a winged, spider-snake. It growled at me; bugs aren't supposed to growl!" That was likely a made-up creature, but who can say that it hadn't existed?
(Note that I'm not determining science from science fiction, to head off any protestations; I'm merely saying that art imitates life. Going in the other direction (i.e., being OT), "aren't we all mother-fuckers, due to Cain and Eve?")
Since a mammal's fetus is genetically different from its mother, why doesn't the mother's immune system recognize it as a "foreign" parasite and kill it?
A relative was discussing this over the excellent family gathering we had recently. She said that some females have a gene (I think she said it was recessive; I haven't researched it) which causes them to build up antibodies to their first child. The antibodies develop after the child has been born, so they do not affect it. However, the second and all further children are attacked/aborted, thus effectively making her a (current) Chinese mother (current because their mono-offspring law may change, perhaps soon, as India overtakes them).
[...] even though they consider the writings of their religions to be mix entertaining stories and also to contain some philosophy on how to live.
New religion: DailyShowism.
or... hey did I miss anyone else?
Yeah, apparently H through Z, minus W?
There are two kind of criminals. The ones that are in it because they are lazy.
I actually mis-read this, and want to point it out: "The ones that are in IT because they are lazy." I've worked with many of them. (Agreed that the bankers are the scourge; what best to do about it, though?)
Electrified bird spike? Shouldn't be too expensive until the current arcs, right? (Which should happen less often as time goes on.)
Friended for this post (I like callbacks; they demonstrate a matter of intelligence). Stating this because Slashdot doesn't let you know when or why someone friended you.
Um, Christmas is far more a fantasy day than Thanksgiving. You are correct that Thanksgiving was about the subjugation of a native people; the fantasy day is about some celestial being whose arrival is timed to the day which gets longer, after three days being the shortest days of the year. It is fictional, and is wish-fulfillment that the day doesn't keep getting shorter, ending us. Colonization was not fictional. And, with your last clause, you're still projecting.
My strategy has changed over time. Used to be, I liked my ability to track my purchases, using e.g. Quicken, so I'd use trackable purchases always. These days, I dislike my ability to be tracked by others, so I tend towards cash mostly. (Somewhat aligns with the old, "If you aren't socialist (or democrat) when you're young, you don't have a heart; if you aren't capitalist (or republican) when you're old, you don't have a brain" -- although this is not meant as an insult, I am only looking inwards. Also I tend to use vending machine less these days; I find fresh fruit to be much more enjoyable, which they serve in the cafe. If only I had a lawn...)
Michael Moorcock, for example, has written about how he could write a novel in a few days when he was younger; in some cases that showed [...]
Very interesting to read about! I read those Elric books, and I recall a character who had I believe a fake hand. In one of those books, the fake hand switched places in one passage! Later it switched back. I remember my teenage brain thinking "this breaks my suspension of disbelief". Glad to hear that there's a reason for it (although the editor should have done his job thoroughly...).
Advanced Currency.
Many illegal establishments take gold as payment.
Hey, I didn't create the fantasy day, and I do not intend to operate under its rules. I just returned from an excellent family gathering, at which we exchanged good words, good gifts, and good times. We do not need to deceive ourselves, in order to benefit each other.
Fairy tales rot their little minds.
Yes; yes and no. Teaching the defenseless little expenses that the two people who are tasked with keeping them alive and caring the most about them will lie to them about the basic nature of reality teaches them a good lesson: question authority. Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, God is the progression; most people only make it past the first three. And the kicker is, there might be a Protector, but it's not the way that God is described in the holy books. It's more a construct of science. And we can do experiments with it, once we determine the science.
You're hilarious. "You goddamned physicists can't let us discuss pink unicorns for ONE FUCKING DAY?" Yeah, sure, you can discuss them all you want. Go to your religious site to discuss religious shite. Come here to discuss physics.
Hey, at least the religibot is not attempting to murder the poster and his associates. Christianity is better than Muslim, at least for that response. Oh, and I just thought of a picture of Mohammed. And Jesus. Sucking each other off. Big fucking deal.
So anyone that joins the military can no longer control their own money?
They can control their own money. In fact, they better; if they invest in something that has a conflict of interest, they should lose 100% of their investment and go to jail. This is a good deterrent to entering a profession in which you kill other humans.
Yes, it was a donation to the financial industry [...]
I long for the days when the government made donations to the technology industry...
True, but I prefer actionable ideas to nebulous ones. "Hope and change" is very vague; "eliminate unconstitutional bureaucracies" is not.
Wiki = What I Know Is.
Yeah I'm not going to add in the references, this is from this page.
"Wiki" (pronounced [Ëwiti] or [Ëviti]) is a Hawaiian word meaning "fast" or "quick".[5]
Python may be generally preferable, but Forth can fit in a really tiny and minimalist environment.
Yeah, but shouldn't it have been called Backth? I mean, it's using reverse polish notation...
FYI (since Slashdot doesn't inform), this was the post that made you my friend. Furthermore, Slashdot gave a 503 after I had clicked the "pills" and then clicked Friend and Submit. But then I came back and saw that the friending took. I'm not complaining, just informing.