I think the only difference is that football is considered a real sport and is regulated, while cheerleading isn't (no insurance, no coach certifications, etc.).
I don't understand then how you came to the conclusion "Pasteurization is the process that allows farmers to subject their milk producing cattle to the poor conditions that produce poor milk...". Pathogens and/or spoilage organisms can be found in milk from any cows, not just the sick ones. You quoted it yourself: "Even under the strictest conditions, cows naturally carry certain disease-causing bacteria which may be passed to the milk that they produce..."
"You actually produce both more food per acre and more nutritious food using traditional organic farming methods." Any unbiased sources? Otherwise - bullshit.
"When you grow crops with organic methods, and harvest it by human power, virtually all of the energy comes from the sun including the fuel for the harvest." Are you naive or silly?
"men aged 18-35 have never been social movers and shakers; They're the grunts. Always have been. It's never been any different in IT than anywhere else... that age group is always used for something new and experimental because they're disposable. If young men throw away their lives in war, poor career choices, or develop work-related injuries, etc., we just give them a line about how honorable their sacrifice was and then lead them away from the public spotlight. " You're either somehow unaware of the whole history of mankind, or your notion of "social movers and shakers" and "grunts" differs from the average. I can't figure it out.
"...don't look arabic, I have European background, 3 of my grandparents are Greek and one is from Iceland and unfortunately I am whiter than snow. But my name is arabic..." Good lord, what did your parents smoke?!:D
"Sickle-cell disease(SCD). Very common in Sub-Saharan Africa, but not helpful for survival." You do know that that genetic trait offers tolerance against malaria, don't you?
"This is also problematic reasoning. There are also significant numbers of species(ants,...) where most individuals are infertile. But that sure does not mean that mass infertility would be beneficial for humans, too." This is problematic reading comprehension. The parent never said that mass homosexuality would be beneficial to humans.
..or he makes some good points, but mostly it's crap.
"the music business, which was once dominated by six large and powerful music conglomerates, MTV, Clear Channel and a handful of other companies, is now dominated by a smaller set of larger even more powerful tech conglomerates. " Why not name that "smaller set"?
"In fact it is nigh impossible for me to pursue my craft without enriching Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google. " When was it possible to keep everything for yourself? Did the record companies let you keep everything in the past? Don't like sharing with Apple, Amazon, etc., sell it yourself.
"Further the new boss through it’s surrogates like Electronic Frontier Foundation seems to be waging a cynical PR campaign that equates the unauthorized use of other people’s property (artist’s songs) with freedom." First, the guy obviously doesn't like EFF for some reason. Second, I don't see any sources that would substantiate his claim.
"Everywhere I look artists seem to be working more for less money." Sources again?
"Touring revenues up since 1999. Because more bands are touring, staying on the road longer and playing for fewer people. Surely you all can see Malthusian trajectory?" I re-read this several times and still didn't get it. I'd guess more bands touring longer meant playing for _more_ people. Hence the higher touring revenues. What is the "Malthusian trajectory"? Is he talking about the geometric progression?
"I can out geek most of you." Definitely a sign of a smart person.
"Musicians are constantly derided by the Digerati. It’s usually after someone like myself suggest that if other people are profiting from distributing an artist’s work (Kim Dotcom, Mediafire, Megavideo, Mp3tunes,) they should share some of their proceeds with the artists." Are we still talking about the "new boss"? Are the "Digerati" the "new boss"? Who are the "Digerati"?
"I can only surmise that part of their anger seems tied to the hatred of the record companies that rejected them." First, I can only surmise that their anger might be justified. No record company ever rejected good artists, right? Second, looks like the point of the article - so far - is just to let the author vent... well... whatever he needed to vent.
"Successful even marginally successful musicians are often viewed as some kind of traitors." By everyone on the web?
"Despite the tech lobby’s portrayal of musician as luddites or doddering old hippie,..." Sources again? I can't recall anything like that.“
"“The consumer wants music to be free” they shout as they pound their tiny fists on their Skovby tables." The author seems to be hallucinating. I'm pretty sure most people don't think so.
"Recording budgets are lower because artists spend dramatically less time recording. They just don’t have the money." Right, b/c all artists used to have the money before. A small number of them did. Which they had to pay back to the label later. Most of them never did.
"Sound recordings are very labor intensive. If you want to make good ones you are relying on highly skilled labor. The cost of sound recordings is largely dependent on labor costs. Technological advances have little effect on recording cost." BS. I doubt anybody needs an explanation.
"But what many of you forget is that IT IS MY CHOICE whether I choose to give away my songs or sell them. IT IS MY CHOICE how and where to distribute my songs. IT IS MY CHOICE to decide which websites get to exploit my songs." So you wrote this just to say that you don't like that somebody doesn't pay for your music?
"Trying to bully artists into giving up their rights so that companies like MegaUpload or YouTube can make money is the same thing." Umm... Excuse me? Who bullies "artists into giving up their rights so that companies like MegaUpload or YouTube"?
"The New Boss wants to take ALL of your songs, past pre
"Once consumed, emulsifiers are not fussy about what they emulsify. Your body uses the oil & the vinegar, and what is left is happy to get into your lymphatic system where it will suspend all manner of crap, keeping it there until you exercise enough or eat enough spice to "melt" it away. " Dude, seriously? How old are you? 10?:D
"that most women on birth control aren't taking it for all the DIRTY DISGUSTING SEX they want to have, but for major health issues that impede their lives?"
They say that about 65% of women are on birth control. You're saying that most of them have "major health issues that impede their lives" that can be mitigated by birth control pills. How many is 'most'? 80% of them? 70%? Are you saying that ~50% of all women have "major health issues"? You can't be serious.
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I think the only difference is that football is considered a real sport and is regulated, while cheerleading isn't (no insurance, no coach certifications, etc.).
I don't understand then how you came to the conclusion "Pasteurization is the process that allows farmers to subject their milk producing cattle to the poor conditions that produce poor milk...". Pathogens and/or spoilage organisms can be found in milk from any cows, not just the sick ones. You quoted it yourself: "Even under the strictest conditions, cows naturally carry certain disease-causing bacteria which may be passed to the milk that they produce..."
Or you google before you post to not look like an idiot. They have private for-profit healthcare in Canada which, by the way, has been booming lately.
search 'penn teller bullshit cheerleading' on youtube.
"You actually produce both more food per acre and more nutritious food using traditional organic farming methods."
Any unbiased sources? Otherwise - bullshit.
"When you grow crops with organic methods, and harvest it by human power, virtually all of the energy comes from the sun including the fuel for the harvest."
Are you naive or silly?
Go back to high school. Please.
you might want to read up on what pasteurization really is and what it's for. as long as you're at it, read up on logic too please.
Nice troll. Oh, wait, you actually believe that? Oops.
Log in so we can mod you up.
"men aged 18-35 have never been social movers and shakers; They're the grunts. Always have been. It's never been any different in IT than anywhere else... that age group is always used for something new and experimental because they're disposable. If young men throw away their lives in war, poor career choices, or develop work-related injuries, etc., we just give them a line about how honorable their sacrifice was and then lead them away from the public spotlight. "
You're either somehow unaware of the whole history of mankind, or your notion of "social movers and shakers" and "grunts" differs from the average. I can't figure it out.
This just proves that a low id doesn't always mean higher intelligence/knowledge...
"...don't look arabic, I have European background, 3 of my grandparents are Greek and one is from Iceland and unfortunately I am whiter than snow. But my name is arabic ..." :D
Good lord, what did your parents smoke?!
Just because some homosexuals are bicurious that way doesn't mean they all are. Funny, isn't it?
"Sickle-cell disease(SCD). Very common in Sub-Saharan Africa, but not helpful for survival."
You do know that that genetic trait offers tolerance against malaria, don't you?
"This is also problematic reasoning. There are also significant numbers of species(ants,...) where most individuals are infertile. But that sure does not mean that mass infertility would be beneficial for humans, too."
This is problematic reading comprehension. The parent never said that mass homosexuality would be beneficial to humans.
..or he makes some good points, but mostly it's crap.
"the music business, which was once dominated by six large and powerful music conglomerates, MTV, Clear Channel and a handful of other companies, is now dominated by a smaller set of larger even more powerful tech conglomerates. "
Why not name that "smaller set"?
"In fact it is nigh impossible for me to pursue my craft without enriching Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google. "
When was it possible to keep everything for yourself? Did the record companies let you keep everything in the past?
Don't like sharing with Apple, Amazon, etc., sell it yourself.
"Further the new boss through it’s surrogates like Electronic Frontier Foundation seems to be waging a cynical PR campaign that equates the unauthorized use of other people’s property (artist’s songs) with freedom."
First, the guy obviously doesn't like EFF for some reason. Second, I don't see any sources that would substantiate his claim.
"Everywhere I look artists seem to be working more for less money."
Sources again?
"Touring revenues up since 1999. Because more bands are touring, staying on the road longer and playing for fewer people. Surely you all can see Malthusian trajectory?"
I re-read this several times and still didn't get it. I'd guess more bands touring longer meant playing for _more_ people. Hence the higher touring revenues.
What is the "Malthusian trajectory"? Is he talking about the geometric progression?
"I can out geek most of you."
Definitely a sign of a smart person.
"Musicians are constantly derided by the Digerati. It’s usually after someone like myself suggest that if other people are profiting from distributing an artist’s work (Kim Dotcom, Mediafire, Megavideo, Mp3tunes,) they should share some of their proceeds with the artists."
Are we still talking about the "new boss"? Are the "Digerati" the "new boss"? Who are the "Digerati"?
"I can only surmise that part of their anger seems tied to the hatred of the record companies that rejected them."
First, I can only surmise that their anger might be justified. No record company ever rejected good artists, right?
Second, looks like the point of the article - so far - is just to let the author vent... well... whatever he needed to vent.
"Successful even marginally successful musicians are often viewed as some kind of traitors."
By everyone on the web?
"Despite the tech lobby’s portrayal of musician as luddites or doddering old hippie,..."
Sources again? I can't recall anything like that.“
"“The consumer wants music to be free” they shout as they pound their tiny fists on their Skovby tables."
The author seems to be hallucinating. I'm pretty sure most people don't think so.
"Recording budgets are lower because artists spend dramatically less time recording. They just don’t have the money."
Right, b/c all artists used to have the money before.
A small number of them did. Which they had to pay back to the label later. Most of them never did.
"Sound recordings are very labor intensive. If you want to make good ones you are relying on highly skilled labor. The cost of sound recordings is largely dependent on labor costs. Technological advances have little effect on recording cost."
BS. I doubt anybody needs an explanation.
"But what many of you forget is that IT IS MY CHOICE whether I choose to give away my songs or sell them. IT IS MY CHOICE how and where to distribute my songs. IT IS MY CHOICE to decide which websites get to exploit my songs."
So you wrote this just to say that you don't like that somebody doesn't pay for your music?
"Trying to bully artists into giving up their rights so that companies like MegaUpload or YouTube can make money is the same thing."
Umm... Excuse me? Who bullies "artists into giving up their rights so that companies like MegaUpload or YouTube"?
"The New Boss wants to take ALL of your songs, past pre
"Once consumed, emulsifiers are not fussy about what they emulsify. Your body uses the oil & the vinegar, and what is left is happy to get into your lymphatic system where it will suspend all manner of crap, keeping it there until you exercise enough or eat enough spice to "melt" it away. " :D
Dude, seriously? How old are you? 10?
Dude, log in. I don't mod up cowards.
Typo. 1999.
ext3fs was added to the 2.4.16 kernel in January 1993. you're welcome.
"lightning strikes ... occur INSIDE the Faraday cage"?
"Being a US citizen never stopped Obama from killing someone."
So, how many is "never"?
Don't be a moron and do some research on your own. You do know how to google, don't you?
"that most women on birth control aren't taking it for all the DIRTY DISGUSTING SEX they want to have, but for major health issues that impede their lives?"
They say that about 65% of women are on birth control. You're saying that most of them have "major health issues that impede their lives" that can be mitigated by birth control pills. How many is 'most'? 80% of them? 70%? Are you saying that ~50% of all women have "major health issues"? You can't be serious.
It's a trap!!!
"The only trick will be telling the two apart."
The statue is the less creepy one.