Sorry for the word play. But sex robots will pull some attention away from porn. That should make them happy by both reducing consumption of porn as well as reducing acting out of it.
Both sides of this argument are worth entertaining, I think. Yes, it's short-sighted to say it's always black and white. But it describes an underlying rationale that there is a benefit to society when the lines are clearly defined. Hopefully I'm not downvoted for trying to rationally play devil's advocate, but I guess I'll take the risk.
Individual freedom is constantly playing tug of war with what is good for society. Sometimes what is good for society trumps individual choice. But I think it's still important to understand why. Guns and sex are two obvious issues. Society can determine that two consenting adults can't legally have sex because it's not good for society, or that they can't arm themselves. Society has also had an unwritten contract for a while that, I think, is based on natural instincts. You see animals look a certain way to communicate with the rest of the species, and that's one reason why we also dress the way we do (obvious exceptions occur). Most people like to see something and know what it is and I think that seeing a man or a woman as such was just a way to make society easier. It's a form of communication, whether intentional or not.
The issue is when this trumps the personal freedom of how one dresses or prefers to appear to society. Those claiming this is black and white are being short sighted I think. Is it better for society that every man wears the same suit and every woman wears the same dress? We've decided not, individual freedom is more important. BUT not important enough to be nude in public. We're redrawing the line to protect a certain group of people, we should be more understanding of both sides (society versus individual freedom), even if some people are just being discriminatory (which again society likes sometimes).
...even though NASA could have simply purchased already available software that other launch companies were using successfully, the agency decided to write its own."
Yeah, other, incorrect words. "...when it was made a decade ago that was exactly the time that SpaceX was beginning to build its rocket." Because when a commercial rocket is being built is the time to decide it's software is ironclad? And that the software you have available from NASA that was tried and true was definitely defunct? NASA has a lot of process to go through, including COTS and acquisition, so I'm not sure what you're proposing here was a better alternative without hindsight.
Do ya think Hillary cares about anything other than getting that vote? Many Americans think it's one or the other and unfortunately are afraid to back Bernie.
To be fair, lots of news organizations are resorting to libel, ignoring facts even during their own stories. The news runs free of any recourse for malicious reporting these days, and they need to be reined in as much as Trump does.
I find one of the most dangerous things about this situation (as I realized from reading another poster) is the fight against assimilation. This creates a divide (e.g. home preservation by one side and championed rights by the other! it's tempting to use ad hominem attacks here like 'racist'). The stronger a divide, the less likely peace is.
It all comes down to peace or pride. And pride is winning these days although it goes by many other words...
Careful not to confuse the citizen's desire of a right to arms with the law enforcements desire to disarm the citizenry. It's not like the government WANTS us armed. Luckily, at least for now, the citizens sometimes get what they want.
Facebook is social media and their customers are advertisers, we are their product. So really, it's more like if an advertiser starts badmouthing facebook, and yes I'd expect them to stop doing business with that advertiser.
They suggest movement of matter through quantum entanglement. Which ignores all current understandings of how quantum entanglement works. It's like suggesting that since we can fire rockets we can travel faster than light.
I actually am starting to believe he represents the pinnacle of what the Republican Party is in the eyes of the Democrats. There is something afoul here...
Or you can have the opinion that the school reacted appropriately. If you ignore the color of his skin, people would instead assume the kid was going for a bomb scare (which is what the school did). The school was in a corner IMO.
An engineer who assembles something resembling a gun should still get in trouble if they brought it to school without warning.
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Good for them
Er, reduce acting on it, not out of it as we all know there's not much acting to reduce.
Sorry for the word play. But sex robots will pull some attention away from porn. That should make them happy by both reducing consumption of porn as well as reducing acting out of it.
I'm sure they'd have no argument there.
horses champ
To be fair, bombing is the first step to building schools
...what is the cause of human caused global warming?
Both sides of this argument are worth entertaining, I think. Yes, it's short-sighted to say it's always black and white. But it describes an underlying rationale that there is a benefit to society when the lines are clearly defined. Hopefully I'm not downvoted for trying to rationally play devil's advocate, but I guess I'll take the risk.
Individual freedom is constantly playing tug of war with what is good for society. Sometimes what is good for society trumps individual choice. But I think it's still important to understand why. Guns and sex are two obvious issues. Society can determine that two consenting adults can't legally have sex because it's not good for society, or that they can't arm themselves. Society has also had an unwritten contract for a while that, I think, is based on natural instincts. You see animals look a certain way to communicate with the rest of the species, and that's one reason why we also dress the way we do (obvious exceptions occur). Most people like to see something and know what it is and I think that seeing a man or a woman as such was just a way to make society easier. It's a form of communication, whether intentional or not.
The issue is when this trumps the personal freedom of how one dresses or prefers to appear to society. Those claiming this is black and white are being short sighted I think. Is it better for society that every man wears the same suit and every woman wears the same dress? We've decided not, individual freedom is more important. BUT not important enough to be nude in public. We're redrawing the line to protect a certain group of people, we should be more understanding of both sides (society versus individual freedom), even if some people are just being discriminatory (which again society likes sometimes).
The Fermi might still apply. Assuming that just because they can observe doesn't mean they can visit or communicate. And if not, ask why not?
Of course, captain hindsight would have been correct about this project, and I just now realized that after making my post. Thanks captain hindsight!
...even though NASA could have simply purchased already available software that other launch companies were using successfully, the agency decided to write its own."
Yeah, other, incorrect words. "...when it was made a decade ago that was exactly the time that SpaceX was beginning to build its rocket." Because when a commercial rocket is being built is the time to decide it's software is ironclad? And that the software you have available from NASA that was tried and true was definitely defunct? NASA has a lot of process to go through, including COTS and acquisition, so I'm not sure what you're proposing here was a better alternative without hindsight.
You sir, have been reading a very different Slashdot than I have.
This. I guess it's all about perspective/what they want to see.
Do ya think Hillary cares about anything other than getting that vote? Many Americans think it's one or the other and unfortunately are afraid to back Bernie.
To be fair, lots of news organizations are resorting to libel, ignoring facts even during their own stories. The news runs free of any recourse for malicious reporting these days, and they need to be reined in as much as Trump does.
I find one of the most dangerous things about this situation (as I realized from reading another poster) is the fight against assimilation. This creates a divide (e.g. home preservation by one side and championed rights by the other! it's tempting to use ad hominem attacks here like 'racist'). The stronger a divide, the less likely peace is.
It all comes down to peace or pride. And pride is winning these days although it goes by many other words...
Careful not to confuse the citizen's desire of a right to arms with the law enforcements desire to disarm the citizenry. It's not like the government WANTS us armed. Luckily, at least for now, the citizens sometimes get what they want.
I only read the first and last few sentences of your post, so no need to thank me. I do, however, appear to agree with you.
Look at the budget for NASA. It's one thing to say "This is our plan sometime" and another thing to invest in it
Facebook is social media and their customers are advertisers, we are their product. So really, it's more like if an advertiser starts badmouthing facebook, and yes I'd expect them to stop doing business with that advertiser.
The Department of Homeland Security should be outlawed
They suggest movement of matter through quantum entanglement. Which ignores all current understandings of how quantum entanglement works. It's like suggesting that since we can fire rockets we can travel faster than light.
Don't be so sure, at least on Amazon people review the comments
I actually am starting to believe he represents the pinnacle of what the Republican Party is in the eyes of the Democrats. There is something afoul here...
At Obama's speech last night, he called for both "increased gun control" and "arming the Syrian rebels to fight ISIL".
An interesting position to take guns away from Americans and give them to fighters for hire in Syria, just sayin'...
People just keep assuming that because I'm Irish that I'm a drunk. They should have to wait to find that out just like everyone else
Or you can have the opinion that the school reacted appropriately. If you ignore the color of his skin, people would instead assume the kid was going for a bomb scare (which is what the school did). The school was in a corner IMO.
An engineer who assembles something resembling a gun should still get in trouble if they brought it to school without warning.