I've never understood why the US insists on these Rube Goldberg methods of voting, using electronic devices that can be so easily rigged or otherwise circumvented. Paper ballots do the trick for the rest of the planet, with nary a hanging chad in sight.
I take note that Rube Goldberg methods of execution seem prevalent in the States as well.
All these replies just serve to show how clueless most people, including most medical people, really are about what this is about. You may or may not be transphobic, but you all really have NO IDEA about what I'm thinking and feeling, and how I'm dealing with the only acceptable process available to me.
If doctors could change my mind, I would no longer be the same person. Call it brainwashing if you like. They cannot change the one, so they must change the other. Transition has a better than 95% success rate, unequaled anywhere else in medicine. This compares with a 70% death rate (suicide or violence) if left untreated. Is this acceptable enough for you?
My mind is anything but ill, and the discomfort caused by my GID offers me the choice of transition or death. You cannot possibly understand without being there. If you think I should go out and kill myself, it would show just how much of a callous, ignorant little bastard you really are!
My emotional and cognitive states are just fine, thank you. Therefore am not suffering any form of mental illness...simple as that. It's my body that doesn't fit.
In my experience as a transwoman, I have observed only three types of person that have a problem with what I am faced with: those too stupid or ignorant to understand, those of a religious bent, (now THERE'S a mental illness for you!), or those with gender issues themselves. Which are you? Maybe you work at the Clarke! Maybe you happen to be the crackpots that are Ray Blanchard, Anne Lawrence or J. Michael Bailey!
If you're the first or the third, I suggest getting educated. Lynn Conway's (www.lynnconway.com), Jennifer Reitz' (www.transsexual.org) or Andrea James' (www.tsroadmap.com) websites are excellent places to start. If you're the second, get professional help for your own brainwashed mind.
As for being ruled out as a possible mate, no problems here! One HUGE misconception about being trans is that it is closely tied in with homosexuality. In fact, the two are not related in the least. I have always liked girls, and I will continue to like girls once I have transitioned. That this would make me a lesbian by default is your label, not mine. But, outside of being natural allies for political and activist purposes, trans-people don't typically fall in with the GLB community.
The fscked up way that the DSM is reviewed and updated is most definitely ON topic! The psychiatric profession has been telling statistics about the prevalence of SRS, (that's "sex reassignment surgery" for you cis-gendered types) for decades now, with no real or valid reason for doing so. p revalence.html> What makes anybody think they would resort to similar shit involving the prevalence of caffeine abuse?
Because they're talking about ading something like this to the DSM, while keeping something like GID in that should not be there at all!
If GID is a mental illness, why am I jumping through hoops to change my body to fit my mind, not the other way around? Because gender reassignment is about a birth defect, not a mental illness!
Now, if you're all going to start lampooning me and making fun of me, keep in mind that I have dealt with far worse than/. could ever dredge up just by living my daily life! Think it's funny? Care to swap places? Didn't think so...
I am quite aware of Lynn's background and her contribution to technology. She transitioned in 1968, lived stealth until '99, and has been married to her partner of many years for quite a while now. There can be no doubt as to her contributions as a woman. As a trans-female she is no different from a bio female that has undergone a hysterectomy. If you want a fascinating journey, have a look at her website, www.lynnconway.com
There's that one that hung around Charlie Babbage, and the one that found the first "bug", a moth in this case, inside the ENIAC, and that one that seems to follow Billy Gates wherever he goes.
I can't help but think of a story I read as a child, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
Anybody familiar with writer Roald Dahl knows that two of his books deal with Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka. In the second book, he takes Charlie out into space inside the Great Glass Elevator and inside NASA's spanking new Space Hotel for an unauthorized tour. They are forced to evacuate the place when the dangerous Vermicious Knids appear in the elevators of the Space Hotel, then have to rescue the three NASA astronauts on their way there, who have become trapped in the Knids' grip! They are forgiven for entering the hotel when the rescue succeeds.
It was a wonderful story, one that I'm surprised never got made into a movie, especially as the sequel to the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Keep in mind, though, Formula one is cutting edge in other ways.
Just look at the drivers listings.
CART is full of:
a) people on their way to F1 b) people retired from F1 (Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi) c) people who couldn't make it in F1 (Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi)
If I remember correctly, the year that Andretti Jr. and then-F1 champ Nigel Mansell switched places, Andretti couldn't make it more than five laps in his first three races combined, and came home with his tail between his legs halfway through the season. Nigel Mansel cleaned everybody's clocks!
So it's more than just technology. Americans can't get past the drive-fast-turn-left NASCAR mentality!
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I think, given the first post to this story, he should be entitled to it.
You'd have to ask John Young about that.
What fucking idiot politician thought this up?
I still have an installable copy of RoboFX.
...just like the rest of the world uses?
I've never understood why the US insists on these Rube Goldberg methods of voting, using electronic devices that can be so easily rigged or otherwise circumvented. Paper ballots do the trick for the rest of the planet, with nary a hanging chad in sight.
I take note that Rube Goldberg methods of execution seem prevalent in the States as well.
With any luck a major space storm will wipe out any and all technology on earth. Maybe this would be the kick in the pants our species needs.
...to know that I wanted to play drums!
That sounds along the same lines as Practical Herpes!
Is this old news? Amazon has certainly been CENSORING book reviews on its website for a while now.
All these replies just serve to show how clueless most people, including most medical people, really are about what this is about. You may or may not be transphobic, but you all really have NO IDEA about what I'm thinking and feeling, and how I'm dealing with the only acceptable process available to me.
If doctors could change my mind, I would no longer be the same person. Call it brainwashing if you like. They cannot change the one, so they must change the other. Transition has a better than 95% success rate, unequaled anywhere else in medicine. This compares with a 70% death rate (suicide or violence) if left untreated. Is this acceptable enough for you?
My mind is anything but ill, and the discomfort caused by my GID offers me the choice of transition or death. You cannot possibly understand without being there. If you think I should go out and kill myself, it would show just how much of a callous, ignorant little bastard you really are!
My emotional and cognitive states are just fine, thank you. Therefore am not suffering any form of mental illness...simple as that. It's my body that doesn't fit.
In my experience as a transwoman, I have observed only three types of person that have a problem with what I am faced with: those too stupid or ignorant to understand, those of a religious bent, (now THERE'S a mental illness for you!), or those with gender issues themselves. Which are you? Maybe you work at the Clarke! Maybe you happen to be the crackpots that are Ray Blanchard, Anne Lawrence or J. Michael Bailey!
If you're the first or the third, I suggest getting educated. Lynn Conway's (www.lynnconway.com), Jennifer Reitz' (www.transsexual.org) or Andrea James' (www.tsroadmap.com) websites are excellent places to start. If you're the second, get professional help for your own brainwashed mind.
As for being ruled out as a possible mate, no problems here! One HUGE misconception about being trans is that it is closely tied in with homosexuality. In fact, the two are not related in the least. I have always liked girls, and I will continue to like girls once I have transitioned. That this would make me a lesbian by default is your label, not mine. But, outside of being natural allies for political and activist purposes, trans-people don't typically fall in with the GLB community.
The fscked up way that the DSM is reviewed and updated is most definitely ON topic! The psychiatric profession has been telling statistics about the prevalence of SRS, (that's "sex reassignment surgery" for you cis-gendered types) for decades now, with no real or valid reason for doing so. p revalence.html> What makes anybody think they would resort to similar shit involving the prevalence of caffeine abuse?
Because they're talking about ading something like this to the DSM, while keeping something like GID in that should not be there at all!
/. could ever dredge up just by living my daily life! Think it's funny? Care to swap places? Didn't think so...
If GID is a mental illness, why am I jumping through hoops to change my body to fit my mind, not the other way around? Because gender reassignment is about a birth defect, not a mental illness!
Now, if you're all going to start lampooning me and making fun of me, keep in mind that I have dealt with far worse than
This is a medical CONDITION, not a mental illness, and should be treated as such.
I am quite aware of Lynn's background and her contribution to technology. She transitioned in 1968, lived stealth until '99, and has been married to her partner of many years for quite a while now. There can be no doubt as to her contributions as a woman. As a trans-female she is no different from a bio female that has undergone a hysterectomy. If you want a fascinating journey, have a look at her website, www.lynnconway.com
There's that one that hung around Charlie Babbage, and the one that found the first "bug", a moth in this case, inside the ENIAC, and that one that seems to follow Billy Gates wherever he goes.
Then there's Lynn Conway.
I guess it's all a question of knowing which buttons to puch! :-)
...mandatory Simpsons reference?
"Weaseling out of things is important to learn! It's what separates us from the animals! 'Cept the weasel." --Homer
I guess I'll be wearing mine from now on.
I can't help but think of a story I read as a child, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
Anybody familiar with writer Roald Dahl knows that two of his books deal with Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka. In the second book, he takes Charlie out into space inside the Great Glass Elevator and inside NASA's spanking new Space Hotel for an unauthorized tour. They are forced to evacuate the place when the dangerous Vermicious Knids appear in the elevators of the Space Hotel, then have to rescue the three NASA astronauts on their way there, who have become trapped in the Knids' grip! They are forgiven for entering the hotel when the rescue succeeds.
It was a wonderful story, one that I'm surprised never got made into a movie, especially as the sequel to the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Has anybody figured out a way to download smells?
Almost.
It would be R=E/I
where
(R)esistance is expressed in Ohms
(E)lectrical Potential is expressed in Volts
(I)Current is expressed in Amperes
Don't apply the units until you actually make the calculation.
At least, that's what they taught me in my military electronics training, way back when.
Keep in mind, though, Formula one is cutting edge in other ways.
Just look at the drivers listings.
CART is full of:
a) people on their way to F1
b) people retired from F1 (Mario Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi)
c) people who couldn't make it in F1 (Michael Andretti, Alex Zanardi)
If I remember correctly, the year that Andretti Jr. and then-F1 champ Nigel Mansell switched places, Andretti couldn't make it more than five laps in his first three races combined, and came home with his tail between his legs halfway through the season. Nigel Mansel cleaned everybody's clocks!
So it's more than just technology. Americans can't get past the drive-fast-turn-left NASCAR mentality!
I hope they brought a shovel, road salt and a jug of windshield washer fluid!
Oh, and tow chains.
The name of that prefab sixties' band was the Monkees, not Monkeys.