Most Koreans I know don't take it seriously, though they still talk about it. Chinese have a similar thing with birth dates down to the time of day...similarly most don't take it very seriously but they still talk about it.
How is posting to slashdot a "clear misuse of school property". While many employers frown on abuse of such liberties, most allow some level of personal use of their computer systems.
There is a difference.
That said, the whole thing is stupid on so many levels, I can't believe people haven't just written it off already.
Wrong. The business is supplying the bandwidth, the electricity, the equipment, and the space it's in, they most definitely have a right to say what is acceptable use and what isn't. Can they say he can't post vulgarities? No, but they can say he can't post vulgarities using their resources.
Yes, I'm trying to understand why and what. I don't know anything about it and that was the point of my question. If the body could be reanimated then there would have been some advances in whatever is happening to the DNA but that's the part I don't understand... what is happening to the DNA? Does freezing just break the chain, rearrange the code, what?
"Turning the cells to mush" simply isn't accurate though. I think I read somewhere that DNA has been pulled from mammoths, people, and other things that have been recovered from glaciers, so how is that different? Does the pressure make the freezing process not destroy that DNA?
I'm actually trying to learn something from/. which is of course silly, but at least it's better than my work for today.
Perhaps... I was not actually referring to anything religious, however. Just that death happens and "cheating death" is a never ending pursuit that just takes the joy out of what life we do understand. Obviously that wasn't clear as the AC below seems to think that anyone who believes in a soul is an idiot. I'll leave that for other idiots to argue because I don't think it really is worth the effort.
Even if micro biology advances it will not be possible because freezing tissue destroys all the cells and turns everything into mush.
This is an honest question... why do people keep saying this? Frozen meat is still meat when it's thawed, it hasn't lost anything except "life" as we understand it. It still has the same texture, it still has the same consistency, and, if you pass a current through it, the muscle will still contract in some cases.
Please explain what it means to "turn everything into mush" because I seem to be missing something.
I don't think cryogenics will work, even if we get to a point where we could "bring back the dead" because I believe it will simply be a case of zombieland at that point, but that's a whole different subject matter.
What the problem is, is the beneficiary has to be some legal entity. Obviously the easy way around that is to incorporate yourself and then leave your life insurance to the corporation, but someone must be around to help pay taxes and the like, because otherwise all the money is eventually forfeited to the government.
The easier solution is to do like most sane people; live a good life, marry, have real heirs and leave your wealth to them so that they in turn can do it with their children. Immortality happens in another realm than this one, and there's no point in trying to "cheat death".
There will always be meaning for money, though it changes over the generations. People like having a way to distinguish themselves and money is the easiest of these to flash around. Money will always have a place in society, even if we get to some highly enlightened place as a species (which is unlikely in the next few millennia.) We are a caste based species, whether we want to admit it or not, and money is the "new" deciding factor. It won't go away any time soon.
Installing specifically after a user says "no" is definitely not in a gray area... it's clearly "hacking" a system for your own use, which is definitely against the law, at least here in the USA.
As for "not thinking about consequences" isn't that what the women did as well? It seems they are just as guilty, else they'd not be pregnant
Yes, but that doesn't make for good sensationalistic journalism. Recognizing that there are also plenty of women (or at least 12 apparently) using facebook to get laid makes it less about the "predator" and more about the fact that people want/need sex and will do whatever it takes to get it...both men and women. Either the women were stupid (and not paying attention to the things he said/did) or they were looking for the same thing he was and now feel stupid because they're pregnant. Big deal.
There's nothing wrong with women or men wanting sex and using facebook to get it. Lying about things in order to get sex is fairly standard practice, as despicable as it is, in real life and on the the internet... this isn't news, or at least it shouldn't be.
Hey, maybe Hollywood is finally starting to get it? We'll see how badly they try to screw the customers in the long term, but this is at least a step in the right direction.
Actually, bullet points are the correct way to use any sort of slide medium... it's just a reference for what is to be discussed. Using it strictly for graphics works, but isn't always the best solution.
The real problem with any of these tools is people don't actually tailor the tool for the intended audience. They think every presentation should look exactly the same for every audience and subject matter.
Hell you don't even need a good background in research... just the right degrees to mount on your wall and the willingness to put up with college students.
In certain contexts -- actual ESL classes being an obvious one -- what you say makes sense. But in the broader context of this discussion (IT/science classes and anything similar), I disagree; if a student's going to study at a university that teaches in English, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect them to be able to follow a presentation, even if said presentation is simply a talk around a set of blackboard examples and doesn't feature notes at all.
No it's not unreasonable to expect students to be able to keep up, but that doesn't make the point any less valid. As someone who's taken classes not in my native tongue, I can tell you it definitely makes a huge difference, especially with technical subjects or new subject matter, to have written (clearly--some people just don't have good handwriting) materials.
The only benefit I ever found from this was the fact that all the professors who used powerpoint or something similar made all their class slides available for download either before or directly after the lecture. I stopped taking notes and just followed along...
So you suggest they cancel service with Verizon. Ok. AT&T and T-Mobile pull the same bullshit. Ok, avoid them too. No cell service for you, time to get a landline. Wait, the only landline providers in your area are Verizon and AT&T.
No, I suggest they not use a phone as an all-in-one device that keeps them plugged in all the time. Very few people (arguably none) need such a capability and the ever constant drive toward being more and more plugged in is driving a sense of false importance.
Furthermore, even if people actually do need this service, they should do just as you suggest and tell the phone companies that they're not willing to pay premiums to purchase a crippled phone and then pay extra premiums to recover the crippled capabilities.
But, I'm one of those people that thinks a phone should be a phone, not a camera or a media player, so maybe I'm just biased.
Seriously? A study that doesn't recognize the difference between muscle mass and fat? Or doesn't consider that not gaining more weight is the same benefit as losing weight? I say their study sucks.
Obese people who start exercising have to first burn enough calories to change their metabolism. That generally takes far longer than 12 weeks but if you're trying to lose weight without changing your diet, you might as well give up. Exercise alone won't fix things because you end up being "hungrier" and eat more, though you think you're still eating the same amount.
Since when is it "not allowed" that I record media I paid for so I can watch/listen/use it at my own convenience? As far as I know, there is nothing wrong with recording the content as long as I'm not trying to rebroadcast it for a profit (or for public consumption even without profit.) This has been the case since the late '70s.
And people will still pay this extortionist price because they absolutely must have the latest electronic crack pipe available. Suckers. People will never learn, at least here in the USA that the only way to force companies not to do this shit is to stop paying them to do it.
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I still don't understand how proving something like this would "shake science to its core". It just gives more room for understanding things we don't currently understand. We used to believe there was nothing like an atom. Then we believed there was nothing smaller than an atom. Then we believed there was nothing smaller than a nucleus, all because we couldn't see these things. Now we understand more.
If, somehow, you determined that there was more than hocus pocus going on with this, it could be tested, scientifically, and potentially break open whole new realms of understanding. Why is that bad?
Islam's idea of freedom of religion is that non-Muslims get to bow down to their Muslim rulers. Spoken like a true, uneducated, bigot. Islam doesn't teach hatred any more than Christianity does. Of course, the Crusades were clear proof that Chrisitianity isn't all roses and rainbows either so...
That said, Saddam was a nut-case but he had a handle on how to rule in the environment he was in. Bush/Cheney, et al, simply didn't understand the situation they were provoking and didn't listen to the educated people who did understand the region and what was about to happen.
Diplomacy does work, it's jut not a short term or quick solution. It takes generations, not months. Realistic or unrealistic is only a matter of perspective and how long you're willing to take to achieve peace. As far as I'm concerned, achieving peace she be the pre-eminent goal of any government, because it is the best thing for the citizens, and as such, it should be achieved at any rate that works.
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Most Koreans I know don't take it seriously, though they still talk about it. Chinese have a similar thing with birth dates down to the time of day...similarly most don't take it very seriously but they still talk about it.
*I'm not a vegetarian or anything, but this cat was neither bread for food nor a pest.
Of course it wasn't bread for food, it was cat for food. Silly rabbit...(those are good too.)
How is posting to slashdot a "clear misuse of school property". While many employers frown on abuse of such liberties, most allow some level of personal use of their computer systems.
There is a difference.
That said, the whole thing is stupid on so many levels, I can't believe people haven't just written it off already.
Wrong. The business is supplying the bandwidth, the electricity, the equipment, and the space it's in, they most definitely have a right to say what is acceptable use and what isn't. Can they say he can't post vulgarities? No, but they can say he can't post vulgarities using their resources.
Sounds great! Now they just have to figure out how to make all shrapnel blunt and this stuff will actually be worth the money put into it.
Disregard my question about the DNA from glacier subjects... it seems it was pulled from hair.
Yes, I'm trying to understand why and what. I don't know anything about it and that was the point of my question. If the body could be reanimated then there would have been some advances in whatever is happening to the DNA but that's the part I don't understand... what is happening to the DNA? Does freezing just break the chain, rearrange the code, what?
"Turning the cells to mush" simply isn't accurate though. I think I read somewhere that DNA has been pulled from mammoths, people, and other things that have been recovered from glaciers, so how is that different? Does the pressure make the freezing process not destroy that DNA?
I'm actually trying to learn something from /. which is of course silly, but at least it's better than my work for today.
Perhaps... I was not actually referring to anything religious, however. Just that death happens and "cheating death" is a never ending pursuit that just takes the joy out of what life we do understand. Obviously that wasn't clear as the AC below seems to think that anyone who believes in a soul is an idiot. I'll leave that for other idiots to argue because I don't think it really is worth the effort.
Even if micro biology advances it will not be possible because freezing tissue destroys all the cells and turns everything into mush.
This is an honest question... why do people keep saying this? Frozen meat is still meat when it's thawed, it hasn't lost anything except "life" as we understand it. It still has the same texture, it still has the same consistency, and, if you pass a current through it, the muscle will still contract in some cases.
Please explain what it means to "turn everything into mush" because I seem to be missing something.
I don't think cryogenics will work, even if we get to a point where we could "bring back the dead" because I believe it will simply be a case of zombieland at that point, but that's a whole different subject matter.
What the problem is, is the beneficiary has to be some legal entity. Obviously the easy way around that is to incorporate yourself and then leave your life insurance to the corporation, but someone must be around to help pay taxes and the like, because otherwise all the money is eventually forfeited to the government.
The easier solution is to do like most sane people; live a good life, marry, have real heirs and leave your wealth to them so that they in turn can do it with their children. Immortality happens in another realm than this one, and there's no point in trying to "cheat death".
There will always be meaning for money, though it changes over the generations. People like having a way to distinguish themselves and money is the easiest of these to flash around. Money will always have a place in society, even if we get to some highly enlightened place as a species (which is unlikely in the next few millennia.) We are a caste based species, whether we want to admit it or not, and money is the "new" deciding factor. It won't go away any time soon.
Installing specifically after a user says "no" is definitely not in a gray area... it's clearly "hacking" a system for your own use, which is definitely against the law, at least here in the USA.
As for "not thinking about consequences" isn't that what the women did as well? It seems they are just as guilty, else they'd not be pregnant
Yes, but that doesn't make for good sensationalistic journalism. Recognizing that there are also plenty of women (or at least 12 apparently) using facebook to get laid makes it less about the "predator" and more about the fact that people want/need sex and will do whatever it takes to get it...both men and women. Either the women were stupid (and not paying attention to the things he said/did) or they were looking for the same thing he was and now feel stupid because they're pregnant. Big deal.
There's nothing wrong with women or men wanting sex and using facebook to get it. Lying about things in order to get sex is fairly standard practice, as despicable as it is, in real life and on the the internet... this isn't news, or at least it shouldn't be.
Hey, maybe Hollywood is finally starting to get it? We'll see how badly they try to screw the customers in the long term, but this is at least a step in the right direction.
Actually, bullet points are the correct way to use any sort of slide medium... it's just a reference for what is to be discussed. Using it strictly for graphics works, but isn't always the best solution.
The real problem with any of these tools is people don't actually tailor the tool for the intended audience. They think every presentation should look exactly the same for every audience and subject matter.
Hell you don't even need a good background in research... just the right degrees to mount on your wall and the willingness to put up with college students.
In certain contexts -- actual ESL classes being an obvious one -- what you say makes sense. But in the broader context of this discussion (IT/science classes and anything similar), I disagree; if a student's going to study at a university that teaches in English, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect them to be able to follow a presentation, even if said presentation is simply a talk around a set of blackboard examples and doesn't feature notes at all.
No it's not unreasonable to expect students to be able to keep up, but that doesn't make the point any less valid. As someone who's taken classes not in my native tongue, I can tell you it definitely makes a huge difference, especially with technical subjects or new subject matter, to have written (clearly--some people just don't have good handwriting) materials.
The only benefit I ever found from this was the fact that all the professors who used powerpoint or something similar made all their class slides available for download either before or directly after the lecture. I stopped taking notes and just followed along ...
So you suggest they cancel service with Verizon. Ok. AT&T and T-Mobile pull the same bullshit. Ok, avoid them too. No cell service for you, time to get a landline. Wait, the only landline providers in your area are Verizon and AT&T.
No, I suggest they not use a phone as an all-in-one device that keeps them plugged in all the time. Very few people (arguably none) need such a capability and the ever constant drive toward being more and more plugged in is driving a sense of false importance.
Furthermore, even if people actually do need this service, they should do just as you suggest and tell the phone companies that they're not willing to pay premiums to purchase a crippled phone and then pay extra premiums to recover the crippled capabilities.
But, I'm one of those people that thinks a phone should be a phone, not a camera or a media player, so maybe I'm just biased.
Seriously? A study that doesn't recognize the difference between muscle mass and fat? Or doesn't consider that not gaining more weight is the same benefit as losing weight? I say their study sucks.
Obese people who start exercising have to first burn enough calories to change their metabolism. That generally takes far longer than 12 weeks but if you're trying to lose weight without changing your diet, you might as well give up. Exercise alone won't fix things because you end up being "hungrier" and eat more, though you think you're still eating the same amount.
Since when is it "not allowed" that I record media I paid for so I can watch/listen/use it at my own convenience? As far as I know, there is nothing wrong with recording the content as long as I'm not trying to rebroadcast it for a profit (or for public consumption even without profit.) This has been the case since the late '70s.
And people will still pay this extortionist price because they absolutely must have the latest electronic crack pipe available. Suckers. People will never learn, at least here in the USA that the only way to force companies not to do this shit is to stop paying them to do it.
42 wishful thinking lane, Alexandria, VA, USA, 22301.
I accept paypal, cash, personal checks, and cashier's checks. I've been waiting for investors as bold as you for a long time. Thank you so very much for your support.
I still don't understand how proving something like this would "shake science to its core". It just gives more room for understanding things we don't currently understand. We used to believe there was nothing like an atom. Then we believed there was nothing smaller than an atom. Then we believed there was nothing smaller than a nucleus, all because we couldn't see these things. Now we understand more.
If, somehow, you determined that there was more than hocus pocus going on with this, it could be tested, scientifically, and potentially break open whole new realms of understanding. Why is that bad?
Islam's idea of freedom of religion is that non-Muslims get to bow down to their Muslim rulers.
Spoken like a true, uneducated, bigot. Islam doesn't teach hatred any more than Christianity does. Of course, the Crusades were clear proof that Chrisitianity isn't all roses and rainbows either so...
That said, Saddam was a nut-case but he had a handle on how to rule in the environment he was in. Bush/Cheney, et al, simply didn't understand the situation they were provoking and didn't listen to the educated people who did understand the region and what was about to happen.
Diplomacy does work, it's jut not a short term or quick solution. It takes generations, not months. Realistic or unrealistic is only a matter of perspective and how long you're willing to take to achieve peace. As far as I'm concerned, achieving peace she be the pre-eminent goal of any government, because it is the best thing for the citizens, and as such, it should be achieved at any rate that works.