The way I have always seen it is that if someone is prone to violence or drunkeness, then this should be an additional insentive to remove this persone from sociaty.
I might agree with you, depending on how you define "remove this persone from sociaty".
If you mean placing this person in an environment where he get a chance to learn how to handle his problems, then I'm with you.
Just looking someone up in a prison, or drugging them down in some institution is of course not acceptable.
Sure, it would seem that the "problem" dissapears, but think on what great potential you just throws away.
I don't think "weak" people should be punished, they should be helped, and somehow be given a chance to deal with their problems.
It's important to understand that all peaple are weak, however everyone doesn't do things that take us to prison. This doesn't mean that the people that goes to prison are "weaker" than the rest of us, just that their "weakness" manifests itself in another way. Maybe the rest of us hurt people around us at least as much as a violent criminal, but we do it in a more subtile, indirect, way
Really... The greatest problem is not the dangerous actions of "weak" persons. That's just the symptom, the real problem is the weakness itself, and it's that that must be dealt with.
I'm sory for the use of the word "weak" throughout this message, it might not be the most appropriate word, but it's the best I can come up with.
At least, that certainly seems to be the case, and people embrace that thought because it is a wonderful thought that no matter what you do, no matter how misbehaved you are, you are not responsible for your own actions. You are a victim.
Well, I think that's a missunderstanding of those theories.
Of course everyone is responsible for their actions, but sometimes (very often...) the individual are to "weak" to behave better. Or maybe he doesn't have the proper understanding of how and why he should behave in a certain way.
Everyone has done bad things, that in a "perfect world" probably could have been avoided, and of course we must take responsibility for these actions, but because we doesn't live in this perfect world we didn't manage to avoid them.
Ok. This might be *slightly* off topic, but If it's a great VR experience you are after you shuld try lucid dreaming (basicly beeing aware that you are dreaming, when you are dreaming, and then do whatever you like in the dream).
No problem with walking, eating, flying, doing magic etc...
Well it can be a bit hard to learn of course, but it's well worth it
Sure, of course "There is a chance the work of unification will be completed by 2050.". There is also a chance that some smart guy will complete it tommorrow, or in 200 years.
I think this is a intressting subject, but I find it more than a little silly to specify a date, when it might, possibly, perhaps, maybe, with a little luck, be finished.
Sure, I suppose it's evolution, but if we are going to affect it in this way (cloning dead creatures) I think we should make sure that we change it to the better. And to do that we have to know much more about what we are fooling around with.
And for the record: I'm not a christian, and definitly not a creationist
Obviously it'll have some effect if we repopulate northern europe with mammoths - but then that would have happened anyway if the mommoths weren't killed off
No, that wouldn't have happened. Nature tend to regulate itself, you know...
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I might agree with you, depending on how you define "remove this persone from sociaty".
If you mean placing this person in an environment where he get a chance to learn how to handle his problems, then I'm with you.
Just looking someone up in a prison, or drugging them down in some institution is of course not acceptable.
Sure, it would seem that the "problem" dissapears, but think on what great potential you just throws away.
I don't think "weak" people should be punished, they should be helped, and somehow be given a chance to deal with their problems.
It's important to understand that all peaple are weak, however everyone doesn't do things that take us to prison. This doesn't mean that the people that goes to prison are "weaker" than the rest of us, just that their "weakness" manifests itself in another way. Maybe the rest of us hurt people around us at least as much as a violent criminal, but we do it in a more subtile, indirect, way
Really... The greatest problem is not the dangerous actions of "weak" persons. That's just the symptom, the real problem is the weakness itself, and it's that that must be dealt with.
I'm sory for the use of the word "weak" throughout this message, it might not be the most appropriate word, but it's the best I can come up with.
Well, I think that's a missunderstanding of those theories.
Of course everyone is responsible for their actions, but sometimes (very often...) the individual are to "weak" to behave better. Or maybe he doesn't have the proper understanding of how and why he should behave in a certain way.
Everyone has done bad things, that in a "perfect world" probably could have been avoided, and of course we must take responsibility for these actions, but because we doesn't live in this perfect world we didn't manage to avoid them.
I had the same problem, but I just increased the resoulution in XF86Config. That fixed it. My mouse works really nice now.
You've certainly got a point there.
The lucidity institute" have a FAQ about lucid dreaming. Give it a try.
Good luck!
/Ripat
He... That's the dangerous one I admit... :-)
Ok. This might be *slightly* off topic, but If it's a great VR experience you are after you shuld try lucid dreaming (basicly beeing aware that you are dreaming, when you are dreaming, and then do whatever you like in the dream).
No problem with walking, eating, flying, doing magic etc...
Well it can be a bit hard to learn of course, but it's well worth it
Of course it's a joke. Very funny too...
Sure, of course "There is a chance the work of unification will be completed by 2050.". There is also a chance that some smart guy will complete it tommorrow, or in 200 years.
I think this is a intressting subject, but I find it more than a little silly to specify a date, when it might, possibly, perhaps, maybe, with a little luck, be finished.
Well actually, you should usa a XT or AT. Everything faster is to fast to be good.
This game is one of my favourite games! Me and a friend of mine, spent a *lot* of time playing it on his fathers AT...
So... what's so very special about this page? It's not as if this is the first homepage on Internet.
I don't see the point of it...
yes I agree, but that part was the *purpose* of the OS.
They defined the OS itself as the first lines i quoted.
Operating system concepts (dinosaur book...) by Silberschatz Galvin says:
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Sure, I suppose it's evolution, but if we are going to affect it in this way (cloning dead creatures) I think we should make sure that we change it to the better. And to do that we have to know much more about what we are fooling around with.
And for the record: I'm not a christian, and definitly not a creationist
No, that wouldn't have happened. Nature tend to regulate itself, you know...
I'm not talking about religion here... Just my personal belief that it's stupid to mess with stuff that you really doesn't understand.
For the record: I'm not a christian.
Consider what would happen if you put a big, really huge, over sized, canon in a small rowboat. What happens if you fire it? The boat sinks...
I think that it's pretty much the same thing as if we are trying to play with the foundations of life, without first knowing all the rules.
I don't think it's possible to know what the longterm effects, of the introduction of geneticly modified creatures, on our environment will be.
nah... I dont think I want one...
Read the article first!
Well spoken!
Some of the things happening in the US really scares me... I'm glad I'm not living there...
I had one of those too! The Amstrad 1640 with EGA. :-(
It's still alive to, but the harddrive is dead...
Very nice Caldera! I like you!