"hypertension" includes things like heart rhythm and blood pressure.
Oh, I see. Psychosomatic illnesses can’t cause physical symptoms, except when they cause physical symptoms. Such as high blood pressure, which can potentially result in a heart attack, which can possibly result in death. But no, psychosomatic illnesses can’t cause physical symptoms except for the ones that you don’t count. Like death.
That’s rather misleading. In fact, I’d say it’s false.
In today's world IP links are removed all the time, but anonymity allows the illegal poster to just reupload
When Rapidshare takes down a file due to illegal content or copyright violation, it blacklists the file. No-one can upload that file again. Granted it’s not difficult to get around this (re-compress the RAR with a slightly different part size, or an archive comment, for instance). But it is, at least, the best Rapidshare can be expected to do to avoid this.
and since that part is free, and RS makes money from downloaders, they rarely go after repeat re-uploaders because without those uploaders, they would have no content to host, and without that content, no eyeballs and potential cash.
Rapidshare does have “premium” accounts, which cost money, but it’s entirely possible to download from Rapidshare as a free user (and automation tools exist that make it really easy, too, such as SkipScreen or jDownloader). So they are not necessarily making money from downloads.
Plus the files could be named anything and RAR archives can be password protected, so it’s really not terribly easy for them to discover when someone is really re-uploading the same content. And simply banning any user who uploaded X number of files which were reported wouldn’t work, either, because then it would be easy to maliciously get someone banned by reporting all their files.
Get on FrostWire, click the “Video” category, and search for absolutely anything you want. Then tell me if you can’t tell that the vast majority of the results are fake, ads, and/or viruses.
That’s always been a part of it, until now. And just about anyone you asked would probably have assumed that they only did work because the patient didn’t know they were inert – but apparently that’s not so. Even if they know the pill does nothing, they still get some sort of measurable placebo effect from taking it.
A placebo is just an inert pill. Whether or not the patient knows this is irrelevant to the fact that it’s a placebo, and apparently the placebo effect persists even if you do tell them it’s inert.
Studies have shown in recent years that the placebo effect has actually been getting stronger. Researchers are trying to figure out why, but nobody knows for sure.
Could it be because the body is naturally pretty good at healing itself, and all the chemicals we dump in it to try to hide our symptoms might actually be interfering with the healing process?
Nah, that’s crazy talk.
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But what kind of remote code do they execute, is it some kind of program already installed ? Do they make you download some program and execute it silently?
The latter. A remote code execution exploit is one that can download some program and execute it without your knowledge or permission.
Does all these only works when victim has (good)firewall installed?
A good antivirus should prevent most stuff like this from getting its claws dug in. A firewall... maybe, maybe not.
The same placebo can cause two exactly opposite effects on heart rhythm and blood pressure – both measurable, real things – depending on what sort of drug the person thought the placebo was.
Placebo's [only] work when the symptons are Psychosomatic.
Not true.
Psychosomatic illnesses can cause real (and measurably so) physical symptoms, and psychosomatic treatments can cause real (and measurably so) physical improvement.
I'm disinclined to believe that something you aren't aware of can lead to a psychosomatic response.
The response might not be psychosomatic. However, the reason the body didn’t make enough of the right enzymes or whatever that should have taken care of that dairy... who really knows?
Yeah, I was thinking along the same lines. It’d be interesting to have a third group who were given the placebo pills and instructed to not take them, but instead to open up their medicine cabinet twice a day, look at their bottle of placebo pills, and think about all the people who had taken them and got imaginary benefits from them. I.e. don’t take the placebo pills – they don’t work – but think about it, since it appears to be the thought that counts. Literally.
The power of positive thinking isn't going to heal a tumor, a scorching case of chlamydia, or schizophrenia. In other words, there is a huge and very meaningful difference between thinking you're feeling better and actually having treated the cause of the pain.
Don’t underestimate the human body’s capacity to heal itself.
Sure, we assume that it all happens unconsciously... you don’t have to think about it to make a clot form when you’re cut, or for the white blood cells to start attacking foreign cells that got in, or for the cut to start healing itself under the scab. But do we actually know that our mental health doesn’t affect the process in any way? No, we don’t know that.
The fact that the symptoms are real doesn’t rule out the possibility that their cause is completely mental. And that applies even if the symptoms are clearly exacerbated by real physical stimuli (such as milk).
No, you can always cancel the order and leave. Plenty of people do... “stop... how much is the total? ok, that’s too much... take this and this and this off... now how much...”
I could do it electronically – but getting their bank’s routing number and account number is unwieldy, and PayPal is still not terribly convenient since I’d have to sit down at my computer and they might not want to be paid with PayPal anyway.
That goes both ways. Some businesses take plastic but not cash. Almost no businesses take pennies for anything more than a dollar transaction, if that.
Pedantry aside, I’ve never had a problem managing to pay for something in cash, apart from the odd vending machine that wouldn’t take my dollar bills or the payments which were too large for me to comfortably carry that much cash (in which case I used a cashier’s check, which is equivalent to cash anyway).
And I use my credit card for purchases of a few dollars and cents, too, so I’m well aware of the conveniences of plastic. But don’t act like the only reason anyone would need to carry paper money is for illegal purposes. That’s just plain retarded.
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"hypertension" includes things like heart rhythm and blood pressure.
Oh, I see. Psychosomatic illnesses can’t cause physical symptoms, except when they cause physical symptoms. Such as high blood pressure, which can potentially result in a heart attack, which can possibly result in death. But no, psychosomatic illnesses can’t cause physical symptoms except for the ones that you don’t count. Like death.
That’s rather misleading. In fact, I’d say it’s false.
In today's world IP links are removed all the time, but anonymity allows the illegal poster to just reupload
When Rapidshare takes down a file due to illegal content or copyright violation, it blacklists the file. No-one can upload that file again. Granted it’s not difficult to get around this (re-compress the RAR with a slightly different part size, or an archive comment, for instance). But it is, at least, the best Rapidshare can be expected to do to avoid this.
and since that part is free, and RS makes money from downloaders, they rarely go after repeat re-uploaders because without those uploaders, they would have no content to host, and without that content, no eyeballs and potential cash.
Rapidshare does have “premium” accounts, which cost money, but it’s entirely possible to download from Rapidshare as a free user (and automation tools exist that make it really easy, too, such as SkipScreen or jDownloader). So they are not necessarily making money from downloads.
Plus the files could be named anything and RAR archives can be password protected, so it’s really not terribly easy for them to discover when someone is really re-uploading the same content. And simply banning any user who uploaded X number of files which were reported wouldn’t work, either, because then it would be easy to maliciously get someone banned by reporting all their files.
Get on FrostWire, click the “Video” category, and search for absolutely anything you want. Then tell me if you can’t tell that the vast majority of the results are fake, ads, and/or viruses.
Same concept.
That’s always been a part of it, until now. And just about anyone you asked would probably have assumed that they only did work because the patient didn’t know they were inert – but apparently that’s not so. Even if they know the pill does nothing, they still get some sort of measurable placebo effect from taking it.
A placebo is just an inert pill. Whether or not the patient knows this is irrelevant to the fact that it’s a placebo, and apparently the placebo effect persists even if you do tell them it’s inert.
If they have this knowledge, in what sense is it a "placebo"?
In the sense that it’s still apparently working...
Yeah, did they also register *bl0ws? *blo.ws? *sux.ck?
Studies have shown in recent years that the placebo effect has actually been getting stronger. Researchers are trying to figure out why, but nobody knows for sure.
Could it be because the body is naturally pretty good at healing itself, and all the chemicals we dump in it to try to hide our symptoms might actually be interfering with the healing process?
Nah, that’s crazy talk.
But what kind of remote code do they execute, is it some kind of program already installed ?
Do they make you download some program and execute it silently?
The latter. A remote code execution exploit is one that can download some program and execute it without your knowledge or permission.
Does all these only works when victim has (good)firewall installed?
A good antivirus should prevent most stuff like this from getting its claws dug in. A firewall... maybe, maybe not.
Well, if gold and silver bullion were banned, you could always try making it out of stones...
No. You’re wrong. Just stop.
For example:
The same placebo can cause two exactly opposite effects on heart rhythm and blood pressure – both measurable, real things – depending on what sort of drug the person thought the placebo was.
Placebo's [only] work when the symptons are Psychosomatic.
Not true.
Psychosomatic illnesses can cause real (and measurably so) physical symptoms, and psychosomatic treatments can cause real (and measurably so) physical improvement.
I'm disinclined to believe that something you aren't aware of can lead to a psychosomatic response.
The response might not be psychosomatic. However, the reason the body didn’t make enough of the right enzymes or whatever that should have taken care of that dairy... who really knows?
Because office visits aren’t typically billed by the number of hours it takes the doctor to see you.
Yeah, I was thinking along the same lines. It’d be interesting to have a third group who were given the placebo pills and instructed to not take them, but instead to open up their medicine cabinet twice a day, look at their bottle of placebo pills, and think about all the people who had taken them and got imaginary benefits from them. I.e. don’t take the placebo pills – they don’t work – but think about it, since it appears to be the thought that counts. Literally.
The power of positive thinking isn't going to heal a tumor, a scorching case of chlamydia, or schizophrenia. In other words, there is a huge and very meaningful difference between thinking you're feeling better and actually having treated the cause of the pain.
Don’t underestimate the human body’s capacity to heal itself.
Sure, we assume that it all happens unconsciously... you don’t have to think about it to make a clot form when you’re cut, or for the white blood cells to start attacking foreign cells that got in, or for the cut to start healing itself under the scab. But do we actually know that our mental health doesn’t affect the process in any way? No, we don’t know that.
The fact that the symptoms are real doesn’t rule out the possibility that their cause is completely mental. And that applies even if the symptoms are clearly exacerbated by real physical stimuli (such as milk).
Empty gel caps...
Basically, yes.
Doing something makes people feel better... even when what they’re doing is completely useless... and even when they know it.
And when it’s something that even the laziest person can do (popping a pill), it’s an all-around win.
No, you can always cancel the order and leave. Plenty of people do... “stop... how much is the total? ok, that’s too much... take this and this and this off... now how much...”
Until you have paid, the item isn’t yours.
No they aren't. Not generally. That legend on the money is a confidence booster, it doesn't confer any special rights on either party.
Wrong. Just plain wrong.
Any creditor, BY LAW, must accept ANY legal tender as payment for ANY debt. BY LAW.
Plenty of situations could be imagined that involve no debt, but “you owe me rent” is clearly a situation that involves debt.
I could do it electronically – but getting their bank’s routing number and account number is unwieldy, and PayPal is still not terribly convenient since I’d have to sit down at my computer and they might not want to be paid with PayPal anyway.
Unless your purpose is illegal, you really have no economically realistic excuse for keeping cash around.
Here’s a nickel, kid. Go buy yourself a clue.
Oh wait, that’s cash. It’d probably be illegal.
That goes both ways. Some businesses take plastic but not cash. Almost no businesses take pennies for anything more than a dollar transaction, if that.
Pedantry aside, I’ve never had a problem managing to pay for something in cash, apart from the odd vending machine that wouldn’t take my dollar bills or the payments which were too large for me to comfortably carry that much cash (in which case I used a cashier’s check, which is equivalent to cash anyway).
And I use my credit card for purchases of a few dollars and cents, too, so I’m well aware of the conveniences of plastic. But don’t act like the only reason anyone would need to carry paper money is for illegal purposes. That’s just plain retarded.