Right. Because what the world needs more than anything else is more reproducing people, right?
The post you are replying to appears to have been attempting to say that that homosexuality is not natural because there is no evolutionary advantage to a lifestyle that precludes procreating. I'm no biologist, but I can certainly see an advantage to the larger community in behavior that reduces the birth rate when population density is high. Also, maybe having a gay aunt or uncle increased the reproductive chances of the nieces or nephews. Just because the GP couldn't think of an evolutionary benefit, doesn't mean there isn't/wasn't one.
Besides, who cares if its 'natural' or not. You know what else isn't natural: computers, refrigeration, espresso, etc. Lets not use 'its unnatural' as a criteria for whether something is acceptable or not.
The first thing I thought while reading this was "That question mark is going to cause problems with that command. He/she should have put that in quotes.". I'm guessing this says more about me than about your comment though.
Agreed. Are they going to have rural people subsidize my higher housing costs in the city? What about my higher car insurance rates?
There is already "Universal Access" via satellite. It may be comparatively slow and expensive -- too bad. If you want a lovely night sky and lots of trees - go live in the country. If you want fast internet and Thai food delivered to your front door - live in the city.
Live where you want to live - but don't make me pay for its shortfalls.
2) How far away is that galaxy right now ("proper distance"). I.e., if each galaxy had a clock that counted seconds since the Big Bang and could instantaneously extend a long ruler to the other galaxy and the ruler was sent and received at the same time has measured by those clocks, how long would that ruler be? 32 billion light years
So, if there was no such thing as Relativity then. Didn't you just prove his point?
If we are just talking about photos, there are even more options. A Flickr Pro subscription allows unlimited photos for $25/yr with (optional) sharing of photos.
There are 3rd party services that will send you a backup of all of your Flickr photos for $20/DVD.
Personally, I keep my own backup, but upload nearly all my photos (except those of Ray William Johnson's mom) to Flickr just in case (and to share with friends and family).
Flaw #1 that seems to be the focus so far is that you can capture the screen image an make an unencrypted copy. This will only prevent copying by unsophisticated users. (But isn't that exactly who it is for?)
Flaw #2 concerns me more. It is (one of) the same problem(s) as with most DRM - what happens when this key server goes poof? Now all your images are unreadable.
In fairness to religion: In general, people are stupid and afraid of anything new or different. People like to attack any group they see as 'them' and to control the people they see as 'us'. Religion is a tool in doing that - not its cause.
I read "He left behind his pregnant wife" and my first thoughts were - "Damn that's heartless of him" and "WTF was she doing climbing Everest if she was pregnant anyway?"
Well, then it's a good thing the we don't have a bunch of Senators that are willing to do whatever the.*AA tell them to. Oh yeah -- damn, we're still screwed.
Besides - I'm pretty sure you have to agree not to use your device for anything involving terrorism or nuclear or biological weapons when you sign up for your iTunes account. So terrorists couldn't use it anyway.
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Well, I'm going to Pi. http://www.restaurantpi.com/
Right. Because what the world needs more than anything else is more reproducing people, right?
The post you are replying to appears to have been attempting to say that that homosexuality is not natural because there is no evolutionary advantage to a lifestyle that precludes procreating. I'm no biologist, but I can certainly see an advantage to the larger community in behavior that reduces the birth rate when population density is high. Also, maybe having a gay aunt or uncle increased the reproductive chances of the nieces or nephews. Just because the GP couldn't think of an evolutionary benefit, doesn't mean there isn't/wasn't one.
Besides, who cares if its 'natural' or not. You know what else isn't natural: computers, refrigeration, espresso, etc. Lets not use 'its unnatural' as a criteria for whether something is acceptable or not.
You do realize that the USPS gets exactly $0.00 from your taxes right? Not even a penny.
No, they get their money from the originators of the piles of spam deposited in my mailbox several times a week, right?
And tomorrow shares of the company that makes Solarcaine will be up 25% after thousands of gingers are exposed to direct sunlight for the first time.
or just run your jammer at 100 watts
The FCC will appreciate that I'm sure.
Considering this discussion was about jamming GPS on an incoming missile. I think I'll cope with whatever fine the FCC decides to charge.
The first thing I thought while reading this was "That question mark is going to cause problems with that command. He/she should have put that in quotes.". I'm guessing this says more about me than about your comment though.
Well, at least the sign at the Missouri-Arkansas border that said 'If this state's a rockin' don't come a knockin' " makes more sense now.
I don't use BCC because other people are stupid. (I summarized it for you)
I agree completely. The only use I have for BCC is to copy myself in on something. (BCC my personal account from my work account on occasion).
Yo momma so old, that she thinks "additional bandwidth" means Glenn Miller hired a fat guy on trombone.
Last time I tested my brick of silver could not connect to the 802.11 network that we have here...
Sure it can. Once. If you throw it hard enough.
Agreed. Are they going to have rural people subsidize my higher housing costs in the city? What about my higher car insurance rates?
There is already "Universal Access" via satellite. It may be comparatively slow and expensive -- too bad. If you want a lovely night sky and lots of trees - go live in the country. If you want fast internet and Thai food delivered to your front door - live in the city.
Live where you want to live - but don't make me pay for its shortfalls.
2) How far away is that galaxy right now ("proper distance"). I.e., if each galaxy had a clock that counted seconds since the Big Bang and could instantaneously extend a long ruler to the other galaxy and the ruler was sent and received at the same time has measured by those clocks, how long would that ruler be? 32 billion light years
So, if there was no such thing as Relativity then. Didn't you just prove his point?
This where some unicode characters would be:
They aren't there in preview. But they are there when I edit again. Good thing everyone everywhere speaks English like me.
I definitely wouldn't rule online backup out.
If we are just talking about photos, there are even more options. A Flickr Pro subscription allows unlimited photos for $25/yr with (optional) sharing of photos.
There are 3rd party services that will send you a backup of all of your Flickr photos for $20/DVD.
Personally, I keep my own backup, but upload nearly all my photos (except those of Ray William Johnson's mom) to Flickr just in case (and to share with friends and family).
Flaw #1 that seems to be the focus so far is that you can capture the screen image an make an unencrypted copy. This will only prevent copying by unsophisticated users. (But isn't that exactly who it is for?)
Flaw #2 concerns me more. It is (one of) the same problem(s) as with most DRM - what happens when this key server goes poof? Now all your images are unreadable.
In fairness to religion: In general, people are stupid and afraid of anything new or different. People like to attack any group they see as 'them' and to control the people they see as 'us'. Religion is a tool in doing that - not its cause.
[The Congress shall have the power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, among the several States, and with the Indian tribes
Article I, Section 8.
The interstate commerce clause is frequently misused - but telecom and the Internet seems to clearly be interstate commerce.
To be fair, there's no evidence at all that evolution has ever occurred in Kentucky.
Well, all the inbreeding probably slows down the process.
The solution: Don't use Windows.
FTFY
Last I heard, nobody had come up with a way to define mass without referring to an artifact. It seems easy but they all turn out to be circular.
kilogram: the amount of mass required to deflect a proton by X degrees at a distance of Y meters.
I'm guessing X and/or Y would have to be quite small.
I read "He left behind his pregnant wife" and my first thoughts were - "Damn that's heartless of him" and "WTF was she doing climbing Everest if she was pregnant anyway?"
...have to be ratified by the Senate.
Well, then it's a good thing the we don't have a bunch of Senators that are willing to do whatever the .*AA tell them to. Oh yeah -- damn, we're still screwed.
I even played the Journey arcade game. I guess that makes me really old.... now get off my lawn.
Clicking an ad turns you gay.
I don't think that's what it means when they say malware "installs a backdoor into your system".
Besides - I'm pretty sure you have to agree not to use your device for anything involving terrorism or nuclear or biological weapons when you sign up for your iTunes account. So terrorists couldn't use it anyway.