You know, it's the ones selling the implants that should provide evidence that there are no significant side effects. So why don't you get off your privileged high horse when someone in the target group says that there are perceived downsides?
I actually like chips the English way. But that was because I took the trouble to try it when I was visiting the UK. If I say that out loud over here in the Netherlands, people look upon me as if I were a madman.
What fits well together is largely a cultural thing. Consider this: in England eating vinegar sprinkled over deep fried potatoes is considered de rigueur. On the continent this draws looks of horror, here we eat our chips the Belgian way: with mayonnaise.
Now, there's some physical aspects of how tastes go together. Some tastes will overpower others, so combining them is not a good idea. But the individual reaction as to how well two things fit together? I think looking for a physical explanation for that is useless.
No such thing as a 'libertarian socialist'. It's contradictory.
Thank you for proving that I don't have to seriously enter into a discussion with you. You would do well to read up on a little more history before knee-jerking your way into ridiculousness.
Like your fence example. It proves the point actually: the mental shortcut anyone will use first is to just divide the length by the distance between posts.
And as the concept of 'fencepost error' in programming attests to, this is a common error.
I find myself overthinking every situation where I use division: "Is this actually division, or counting?", because I know I have a habit of messing these up.
It depends a lot. Some expensive swords are meant for display, but there are also plenty of accurate replicas meant to be used in one of the historical schools.
My instructor brought a few EUR500 swords along, and these were beautifully balanced. I also own a cheap 14th-century replica made by Darksword Armory, which is very well balanced for a cheap piece, even if it is blade-heavy (which fits with the historical original it was based on).
The only thing I can say is, hang around a good HEMA group, they'll be able to tell you the good from the bad. The Liechtenauer mentioned above is a good example. It goes for around EUR 450 from Albion Europe, but it's worth it.
In fact, entire papers have been written on how bad quality can remain in the marketplace.
I'd suggest googling for 'market for lemons' and 'race to the bottom' to you, if I didn't know that you would ignore it because it flies in the face of your libertard fantasies. I merely offer up the terms for the rest of the audience.
What I miss in both the summary and the linked articles are two things:
The actual text of the proposals that are to be submitted at the ITU conference in question.
The support that these proposals, if they exist, can expect to get from the rest of the ITU members present.
Frankly, all I see right now is the usual anti-UN hit piece written by a lazy American journalist, and a Slashdot audience of complete chumps who fall for it.
It's your choice to set cookies without my consent. All the law requires is that you get my consent, and guess what? Once you do, you can track me all you want; I consented to it, after all.
And you're talking bullshit. There is no technical reason that a website requires analytics.
So why don't you just take your privacy-raping business model and sod right the hell off?
That's orthogonal to the body that controls the standards. After all, the fact that repressive regimes have a say in the ITU does not mean that they can arbitrarily tap your phone if you don't live in their country, now does it?
This is in true of all fruit, in fact all foods. The microorganisms that cause decay cannot stand cold, they work a lot slower in a refrigerator.
Why Chiquita would advertise not refrigerating bananas is a mystery to me. They could do it to increase sales of course, but it's so transparently untrue that this is good for the bananas, that I wonder if that is the real reason. Maybe Chiquita made a habit of selling underripe bananas, and advocates keeping them out of the fridge to mask that fact?
Taubes (and Atkins for that matter) is right to point at carbs as a major problem; however the problem is not so much that carbs are inherently more fattening, as that they are more insidious.
People routinely underestimate the caloric values of food taken in. Ask people what's more fattening: two wheat buns of 100g total, or 250 grams of steak. I bet a statistically significant number will point at the meat. I've done some careful calorie counting, and I found out to my horror that the major source of calories in my diet was bread.
This is the double whammy: the carbohydrates in grain products produce an insulin response, as Mr. Taubes rightly points out, and we routinely underestimate the amount of calories we take in from grain products. The result is obvious.
These days, I eat half the amount of bread, with the same amount of toppings. People see a thick layer of sandwich spread, or a thick layer of cheese, and they ask "Isn't that bad for your weight?". And then they act surprised when I pull up the stats and show them that spreading a lesser amount of toppings over more bread is in fact worse.
And yes, a program of dedicated calorie counting, keeping me at just the DV for my sedentary lifestyle, and starting martial arts, did drop 10kg off my total weight; but I did do that over a period of almost a year.
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You know, it's the ones selling the implants that should provide evidence that there are no significant side effects. So why don't you get off your privileged high horse when someone in the target group says that there are perceived downsides?
I actually like chips the English way. But that was because I took the trouble to try it when I was visiting the UK. If I say that out loud over here in the Netherlands, people look upon me as if I were a madman.
Precisely.
What fits well together is largely a cultural thing. Consider this: in England eating vinegar sprinkled over deep fried potatoes is considered de rigueur. On the continent this draws looks of horror, here we eat our chips the Belgian way: with mayonnaise.
Now, there's some physical aspects of how tastes go together. Some tastes will overpower others, so combining them is not a good idea. But the individual reaction as to how well two things fit together? I think looking for a physical explanation for that is useless.
Thank you for proving that I don't have to seriously enter into a discussion with you. You would do well to read up on a little more history before knee-jerking your way into ridiculousness.
Mart
Like your fence example. It proves the point actually: the mental shortcut anyone will use first is to just divide the length by the distance between posts.
And as the concept of 'fencepost error' in programming attests to, this is a common error.
I find myself overthinking every situation where I use division: "Is this actually division, or counting?", because I know I have a habit of messing these up.
You just proved the point. No-one who has read Chomsky or listened to him and judged his work factually would call him a commie.
Chomsky is at worst a liberatarian Socialist, but he's closer to an all-out Anarchist.
Mart
Modern computers still do that. What do you think the instruction pointer in a modern CPU is?
Mart
Yes, and I could become a millionaire overnight by winning the lottery.
Note that I specified viable threat. I don't think the Russians quite qualify as that in their current state.
Mart
Wait, what?
What security does Canada need? The only viable threat to their territory is the United States.
So are you seriously asserting that the US spends millions, if not the best part of a billion, to protect Canada from itself?
Are you crazy?
It depends a lot. Some expensive swords are meant for display, but there are also plenty of accurate replicas meant to be used in one of the historical schools.
My instructor brought a few EUR500 swords along, and these were beautifully balanced. I also own a cheap 14th-century replica made by Darksword Armory, which is very well balanced for a cheap piece, even if it is blade-heavy (which fits with the historical original it was based on).
The only thing I can say is, hang around a good HEMA group, they'll be able to tell you the good from the bad. The Liechtenauer mentioned above is a good example. It goes for around EUR 450 from Albion Europe, but it's worth it.
To prove once again how many misogynistic bastards inhabit the Slashdot audience?
What fails 'Pitch Black' in the Hard SF category for me is the ecology of the aliens; as in: there is none.
Otherwise, it's fairly far on the Hard scale. Especially considering that orbital dynamics is a major plot point.
Mart
That's because it's SETI they're talking about; and SETI is just another faith with aliens as its pantheon instead of gods.
Mart
I would think being born as a creature that is part of the environment would make that self-evident.
But please, do not let that stop your knee-jerking
Mart
In fact, entire papers have been written on how bad quality can remain in the marketplace.
I'd suggest googling for 'market for lemons' and 'race to the bottom' to you, if I didn't know that you would ignore it because it flies in the face of your libertard fantasies. I merely offer up the terms for the rest of the audience.
What I miss in both the summary and the linked articles are two things:
Frankly, all I see right now is the usual anti-UN hit piece written by a lazy American journalist, and a Slashdot audience of complete chumps who fall for it.
So it's not just pay M$ and be done. It's: pay M$ and hope for M$' goodwill.
Yes, that is an issue.
(They've never earned that M$ moniker like they have done now)
Mart
And God forbid you should actually read the EU directive and the UK law and think instead of jerking your knee.
'Banned' cookies means they are banned if you place them without prior consent.
Mart
It's your choice to set cookies without my consent. All the law requires is that you get my consent, and guess what? Once you do, you can track me all you want; I consented to it, after all.
And you're talking bullshit. There is no technical reason that a website requires analytics.
So why don't you just take your privacy-raping business model and sod right the hell off?
If your livelihood is based on spying on me and tracking my browsing habits without my consent, you can starve in the streets for all I care.
That's orthogonal to the body that controls the standards. After all, the fact that repressive regimes have a say in the ITU does not mean that they can arbitrarily tap your phone if you don't live in their country, now does it?
Mart
So she was just holding the phone wrong?
This is in true of all fruit, in fact all foods. The microorganisms that cause decay cannot stand cold, they work a lot slower in a refrigerator.
Why Chiquita would advertise not refrigerating bananas is a mystery to me. They could do it to increase sales of course, but it's so transparently untrue that this is good for the bananas, that I wonder if that is the real reason. Maybe Chiquita made a habit of selling underripe bananas, and advocates keeping them out of the fridge to mask that fact?
Taubes (and Atkins for that matter) is right to point at carbs as a major problem; however the problem is not so much that carbs are inherently more fattening, as that they are more insidious.
People routinely underestimate the caloric values of food taken in. Ask people what's more fattening: two wheat buns of 100g total, or 250 grams of steak. I bet a statistically significant number will point at the meat. I've done some careful calorie counting, and I found out to my horror that the major source of calories in my diet was bread.
This is the double whammy: the carbohydrates in grain products produce an insulin response, as Mr. Taubes rightly points out, and we routinely underestimate the amount of calories we take in from grain products. The result is obvious.
These days, I eat half the amount of bread, with the same amount of toppings. People see a thick layer of sandwich spread, or a thick layer of cheese, and they ask "Isn't that bad for your weight?". And then they act surprised when I pull up the stats and show them that spreading a lesser amount of toppings over more bread is in fact worse.
And yes, a program of dedicated calorie counting, keeping me at just the DV for my sedentary lifestyle, and starting martial arts, did drop 10kg off my total weight; but I did do that over a period of almost a year.
Which is effectively nullifying those marriages already performed. Do you even think beyond your bigoted little world in your mom's basement?