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What if you accidentally microwaved your wallet? Will that land you in jail for passing off counterfeit bills?
Microwaving your wallet is not as far-fatched as it sounds. Say you have a damaged, leaky microwave - nevermind the fact that it got that way when you dropped it in an attempt to microwave your couch...
Now, every time you hover over it waiting for your popcorn to be done, you zap your wallet, and thus your bills (and gonads, but that's a separate issue).
The idea that half of San Francisco is running circles around Uranus is funny. Not "news" per se, since we've known this since the 60's, but still funny.
Just last week, my father got a bill, and a fine, from the state of Connecticut, for purchasing cigarettes online. The bill was for exactly two purchases, of maybe a total of a dozen cartons, from the same company. The fine was for not accounting for the unpaid CT Sales Tax on last years tax return. With the fine, the total bill was $400.00.
Just wait until States get the brass balls to audit Amazon.com, to get the purchasing history of State residents.
Not only is everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, going to pay fines and taxes out the ass - their purchasing histories will also likely be disclosed.
Not only is there potential to charge EVERYONE with tax evasion, there is also the same privacy concern as in monitoring people's liberary activities.
There is a difference between the calibration of the IQ tests, and the statistical analysis of the results of an IQ test when taken by some group.
IQ is a relative, age-based measure. It is DEFINED in such a way that the intellectual age of the "statistically average" person, when divided by their chronological age, results in the quantity "1". This is then multiplied by "100", to allow for an integer comparison instead of dealing with fractions of decimals.
So IQ = (100) * ( (mental age) / (years old) )
For a person who is of average mental age for their chronological age, the result is 100, by definition of the concept of the Intelligence Quotient.
At first glance, I misread that as reading "New Material for Sphincters Discovered".
The obvious comment, which I was (and obviously still am) morally compelled to make was: "Well it's about time! That manned mission to Uranus has been on the drawing board for decades!" or something to that effect.
Just because Canada has made the RIAA's pound of fless into an official tax does not make it FREE.
Would you rather have the taxes in the US rise to absorb the problem, which the RIAA still gets paid? That's extremely "out of sight, out of mind".
Freedom isn't about not having to face the individual details. It's not about having the Big Government spare you from the responsibility of having to think for yourself. On the contrary.
I would rather grapple with the RIAA single-handedly, than have the RIAA become some sort of a Federal pork barrel. That's Freedom! Having to fend for yourself. Forcing the RIAA, and others like them, to try and extort what they think is theirs from children, in plain view of everyone, instead of behind the shroud of "Gummit".
That's Freedom. The Canadian way of dealing with this problem is more Socialist than Free. That's no insult to Socialism, as it is a great system in terms of social welfare and such, but Socialist protections over business? Why, that's the core of the definition of Fascism, minus the Nationalistic chest-pounding.
I'd rather have the lawsuits and RIAA absurdity kept in plain sight, thanks.
Eventually, a really big rock will fall on our heads.
One look at the surface of the Moon should be proof of the inevitability of this fact. It may not happen as soon as 2014, but there is a slight chance that it will happen before then. The odds of it happening increase a little bit every single day, and eventually, there will undoubtedly be "an Earth-shattering KA-BOOM!"
What we don't know is there, can hurt us. What we do know is there, also can. We might be able to protect ourselves against what we know, but doing so in a panicked hurry is never the best way to do things. And there will always be a chance that it will be a surprise.
If we are all still here on Earth, when that big rock comes, our being here will end, and it will not matter that we were ever here at all. With the exception of a few chunks of metal we were brave and curious enough to throw out of our solar system, there will be nothing left of us. How sad, that we should eventually be reduced to the gold records and plaques attached to the Voyager probes.
This is home, and we must protect it. This is also our crib, and it's time we grew the hell up and moved out of our parents basement.
That's all really good, sound fiscal advice. But, because of the way it is laid out, with the numbered lists, the bold text and the tone, I kept looking for the "GET A BIGGER PENIS NOW!!!!!" paragraph.:)
Absolutely. That, the space station, the lunar base, the interplanetary spacecraft in Jupiter orbit, the incredible advances in heuristic and algorithmic AI (the odd crisis of cybernetic conscience not withstanding), and the fact that Pan Am never really went bankrupt but instead monopolized orbital travel, and that weird thing on the Moon, have all been leaked to the public years ago, and then covered up by the government as though it were all just some story intended to amuse and entertain.
The biggest problem to refining and re-enrichment is international nuclear arms policy. The technology needed to re-enrich is the same needed for making weapons grade materials. Countries that have this technology in bulk, as would be needed for commercial and industrial processing, would make their neighbors very, very nervous. Countries with ICBM tech would make EVERYONE EXTREMELY nervous.
That's not to say the US couldn't "just do it" anyway, but at a severe cost to international relations. So instead, we bomb the facq out of Iraq - because it is really the lesser evil to do.
I scanned the whole thing. I can't imagine a context in which it would *not* sound k00ky - but that's because, in the reading of it, I dropped about 50 IQ points.
It would be all too easy for one of the girls to suggest that you might have been up to something inappropriate, and there you are with the motive (assuming you're not gay) and the means.
Aha! So, if I am ever accused of rape, sexual assault, or sleeping with some other man's wife, I'll just claim to be gay and flounce away scott free. Time to brush up by watching "Queer Eye" on Bravo!
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What if you accidentally microwaved your wallet? Will that land you in jail for passing off counterfeit bills?
Microwaving your wallet is not as far-fatched as it sounds. Say you have a damaged, leaky microwave - nevermind the fact that it got that way when you dropped it in an attempt to microwave your couch...
Now, every time you hover over it waiting for your popcorn to be done, you zap your wallet, and thus your bills (and gonads, but that's a separate issue).
You can say THAT again!
The idea that half of San Francisco is running circles around Uranus is funny. Not "news" per se, since we've known this since the 60's, but still funny.
All new protocols, from Carrier Pigeons onward, need to be documented in an RFC.
This isn't as silly an idea os it might seem. IP over Morse Code, or even IP over smoke signals should also be considered.
I propose the author compose an RFC for the entire class of lowest layer communication, as IP Over Primitive Carriers.
I, in the mean time, will get busy on the IP Over Body-Language RFC.
Just last week, my father got a bill, and a fine, from the state of Connecticut, for purchasing cigarettes online. The bill was for exactly two purchases, of maybe a total of a dozen cartons, from the same company. The fine was for not accounting for the unpaid CT Sales Tax on last years tax return. With the fine, the total bill was $400.00.
Just wait until States get the brass balls to audit Amazon.com, to get the purchasing history of State residents.
Not only is everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, going to pay fines and taxes out the ass - their purchasing histories will also likely be disclosed.
Not only is there potential to charge EVERYONE with tax evasion, there is also the same privacy concern as in monitoring people's liberary activities.
I'll call mine "Old enough to bleed - old enough to breed"
There is a difference between the calibration of the IQ tests, and the statistical analysis of the results of an IQ test when taken by some group.
IQ is a relative, age-based measure. It is DEFINED in such a way that the intellectual age of the "statistically average" person, when divided by their chronological age, results in the quantity "1". This is then multiplied by "100", to allow for an integer comparison instead of dealing with fractions of decimals.
So IQ = (100) * ( (mental age) / (years old) )
For a person who is of average mental age for their chronological age, the result is 100, by definition of the concept of the Intelligence Quotient.
Given that, how credible is the rest of your post?
See, proof positive that psychohistory is real.
At first glance, I misread that as reading "New Material for Sphincters Discovered".
The obvious comment, which I was (and obviously still am) morally compelled to make was: "Well it's about time! That manned mission to Uranus has been on the drawing board for decades!" or something to that effect.
Yes, well... As you were.
Just because Canada has made the RIAA's pound of fless into an official tax does not make it FREE.
Would you rather have the taxes in the US rise to absorb the problem, which the RIAA still gets paid? That's extremely "out of sight, out of mind".
Freedom isn't about not having to face the individual details. It's not about having the Big Government spare you from the responsibility of having to think for yourself. On the contrary.
I would rather grapple with the RIAA single-handedly, than have the RIAA become some sort of a Federal pork barrel. That's Freedom! Having to fend for yourself. Forcing the RIAA, and others like them, to try and extort what they think is theirs from children, in plain view of everyone, instead of behind the shroud of "Gummit".
That's Freedom. The Canadian way of dealing with this problem is more Socialist than Free. That's no insult to Socialism, as it is a great system in terms of social welfare and such, but Socialist protections over business? Why, that's the core of the definition of Fascism, minus the Nationalistic chest-pounding.
I'd rather have the lawsuits and RIAA absurdity kept in plain sight, thanks.
Quite right. And even if it isn't "man-made", it's only a matter of time before a virus against which we can not protect ourselves evolves.
Sure, we're talking about a whole lot of time here, but still, it's just not sensible to keep all the eggs in one basket.
Pining for the Fords?
Eventually, a really big rock will fall on our heads.
One look at the surface of the Moon should be proof of the inevitability of this fact. It may not happen as soon as 2014, but there is a slight chance that it will happen before then. The odds of it happening increase a little bit every single day, and eventually, there will undoubtedly be "an Earth-shattering KA-BOOM!"
What we don't know is there, can hurt us. What we do know is there, also can. We might be able to protect ourselves against what we know, but doing so in a panicked hurry is never the best way to do things. And there will always be a chance that it will be a surprise.
If we are all still here on Earth, when that big rock comes, our being here will end, and it will not matter that we were ever here at all. With the exception of a few chunks of metal we were brave and curious enough to throw out of our solar system, there will be nothing left of us. How sad, that we should eventually be reduced to the gold records and plaques attached to the Voyager probes.
This is home, and we must protect it. This is also our crib, and it's time we grew the hell up and moved out of our parents basement.
Are you suggesting that a piece of software could actually have caused a consequence in the physical world?? That's crazy talk! Madness I tell you.
The US should look into it.
Ok, Churchill was a bad boy and all, and this bears mention, but it DOES NOT make it OK for Saddam, or anyone else to stand on precedent.
If it were, I'd be first in line to get me one of them hard-working house niggers. (I'm just driving the point home folks, relax)
That's all really good, sound fiscal advice. But, because of the way it is laid out, with the numbered lists, the bold text and the tone, I kept looking for the "GET A BIGGER PENIS NOW!!!!!" paragraph. :)
Absolutely. That, the space station, the lunar base, the interplanetary spacecraft in Jupiter orbit, the incredible advances in heuristic and algorithmic AI (the odd crisis of cybernetic conscience not withstanding), and the fact that Pan Am never really went bankrupt but instead monopolized orbital travel, and that weird thing on the Moon, have all been leaked to the public years ago, and then covered up by the government as though it were all just some story intended to amuse and entertain.
But we know better, don't we?
Quick! Someone call Larry Flynt!
Let's all set up a cash fund, to provide big servers and fast internet connections to orphans and widows in the poorest cities all over the country.
:)
We can educate them on the use of computers, and help them bridge "the digital divide", and they can, in turn, host our mp3's for us.
The biggest problem to refining and re-enrichment is international nuclear arms policy. The technology needed to re-enrich is the same needed for making weapons grade materials. Countries that have this technology in bulk, as would be needed for commercial and industrial processing, would make their neighbors very, very nervous. Countries with ICBM tech would make EVERYONE EXTREMELY nervous.
That's not to say the US couldn't "just do it" anyway, but at a severe cost to international relations. So instead, we bomb the facq out of Iraq - because it is really the lesser evil to do.
I have a nice wardrobe, keep in shape AND work with computers. I must be gay! I even have a girlfriend to cover up my shame. :)
Out of context?
I scanned the whole thing. I can't imagine a context in which it would *not* sound k00ky - but that's because, in the reading of it, I dropped about 50 IQ points.
It would be all too easy for one of the girls to suggest that you might have been up to something inappropriate, and there you are with the motive (assuming you're not gay) and the means.
Aha! So, if I am ever accused of rape, sexual assault, or sleeping with some other man's wife, I'll just claim to be gay and flounce away scott free. Time to brush up by watching "Queer Eye" on Bravo!
+1 Insightful! Why didn't *I* think of this?