life will find a way, and life is incredibly bitchy about it sometimes
why exist in the great big blah, when you can exist within a bigger creature that's more intimidating you are, that's thus better capable of existing in the great big blah?
and once you've infiltrated the bigger cell, it's a short leap to not killing your host, and then contributing to the big guy's health.
pretty soon you've got chloroplasts and mitochondria
most terrorists don't call in bomb threats in order to give their target time to evacuate the building.
the british authorities' official position was that nobody with any capacity to do anything had received a warning. They did not deny that a warning had been sent.
irgun says 25 minutes, later analysis said 15 minutes prior to.
I think any objective observer would say, the outcome that they were going for was nobody dead and less a hotel.
i see that as just a permutation of the anthropic principle.
it might be equally true that intelligence is nigh inevitable a product of the evolutionary arms race, and is such a leap forward in that regards that practically speaking, there's only ever one species per planet.
With intelligence, the pace of progress and change is not measured in geologic time.
Even on earth, people feel bad about hurting things like pigs, dolphins, whales, chimps, crows, they are surprisingly intelligent. Give them another half billion years and one of those groups probably would have developed intelligence. We just hit the "i win" button first.
sometimes you don't need them to stop, just stay for a bit.
ever hit those points in your commute, where you're through it, and you're like, wtf was that? why the hell did everybody just slow down to 10 mph for half a mile?
now imagine that, but because some teenager got bored one day and just decided to waste everybody's time for 30 minutes to see if he could.
now imagine it's election day during a tight race, and people can't get to the polls in heavily (insert your party color here) (red, blue, green, etc.) districts. And hey, it's untraceable, and hey, nobody lost anything, but a bit of time, and maybe some votes.
to be fair, this doesn't seem like a make or break engineering challenge either.
simple, just yield right of way to non-autonomous vehicles if it's a tie break, go if you stopped first, and if 4 autonomous vehicles stop at a 4 way stop. RNG FTW. they've got some rudimentary communication with each other, hopefully. they'd have even less wait time than drivers hopefully, one should just roll through while the unlucky ones get to wait their turn.
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life will find a way, and life is incredibly bitchy about it sometimes
why exist in the great big blah, when you can exist within a bigger creature that's more intimidating you are, that's thus better capable of existing in the great big blah?
and once you've infiltrated the bigger cell, it's a short leap to not killing your host, and then contributing to the big guy's health.
pretty soon you've got chloroplasts and mitochondria
well, they haven't successfully banned birds from airports... doesn't mean they wouldn't love to.
i'd say you're obfuscating the matter.
commercial passenger planes log a lot more miles than your average cesna enthusiast.
the fundamental difference is.
you're saying they cared about public opinion, so they threw out these "whoopsies" to cover their ass.
terrorists don't care about that. they DON'T FUCKING CARE about civilian lives or civilian perceptions.
ted bundy didn't care, the school shooters don't care, the bombers of both intifadas didn't care.
you're saying the warning wasn't good enough, i'm saying that there was a warning at all, regardless of motive or efficacy, is critical and telling.
yes, the memory of the tax monies will sustain them.
cosmetic stuff actually has incidental benefit to dental health.
you're effectively minimizing overlap, and overlap bad. it's easier for plaque to hide in those in between places.
FALSE, if it's detectable, it's still far too concentrated for homeopathy.
you used lightyears incorrectly
who do you have your eye on.
the republican primary is all the options you're going to get.
i think in every single one of those situations, including the one with the islamist.
we'd both take a look at the axe. take a look at the door and say. fuck this, let's get out of here first, cuz right now, we got a lot in common.
some fucker locked us in a room with an axe, they clearly want us to kill each other. lets kill them instead.
gaza gets bombed every decade or so.
the west bank is already subject to the whims of israel.
international pressure isn't going to do it. arafat walked away from the best deal palestinians are ever going to see again.
you drive the jews into the sea, and the last thing they'll do is make sure you can't use the land.
hostile colonial relationship is what they have now, benign is a significant upgrade, and hey, maybe they can visit their family again.
most terrorists don't call in bomb threats in order to give their target time to evacuate the building.
the british authorities' official position was that nobody with any capacity to do anything had received a warning. They did not deny that a warning had been sent.
irgun says 25 minutes, later analysis said 15 minutes prior to.
I think any objective observer would say, the outcome that they were going for was nobody dead and less a hotel.
gaza shares a border with egypt.
i think they were pretty much ignoring a couple thousand rockets being fired at them for a good amount of time.
until they figured out hamas was tunneling under the border, then it became a whole other thing.
mutually assured destruction. because most of the middle east isn't that fucking crazy.
except Iran. they are exactly that fucking crazy.
i see that as just a permutation of the anthropic principle.
it might be equally true that intelligence is nigh inevitable a product of the evolutionary arms race, and is such a leap forward in that regards that practically speaking, there's only ever one species per planet.
With intelligence, the pace of progress and change is not measured in geologic time.
Even on earth, people feel bad about hurting things like pigs, dolphins, whales, chimps, crows, they are surprisingly intelligent. Give them another half billion years and one of those groups probably would have developed intelligence. We just hit the "i win" button first.
i'm all for nuking mars.
wasn't aware there might be an upside until now, but really, who doesn't think nuking mars is an awesome idea?
i think that gp was suggesting that she lost so hard, the case was of such little merit, that she had to cover the other party's legal fees.
from this thread i think i speak irish
"where is my fguinness you f!@#ing c$!@? I work my f!@#ing c!@# off, for some f!@#ing fguinness you c!@#"
did i do good boss?
sometimes you don't need them to stop, just stay for a bit.
ever hit those points in your commute, where you're through it, and you're like, wtf was that? why the hell did everybody just slow down to 10 mph for half a mile?
now imagine that, but because some teenager got bored one day and just decided to waste everybody's time for 30 minutes to see if he could.
now imagine it's election day during a tight race, and people can't get to the polls in heavily (insert your party color here) (red, blue, green, etc.) districts. And hey, it's untraceable, and hey, nobody lost anything, but a bit of time, and maybe some votes.
sir.
you win one internet.
have a good day.
i disagree with more than half the things you say in your posts that i've noticed...
but in this instance, about the aztec. you are correct. Looked it up... and had a visceral reaction.
it causes me physical discomfort to appreciate the proportions, the sheen, the shape... god the proportions, the finish, oh god the proportions...
dear lord,
this was too deliberate not to be intentional... some designer out there hates people with eyes.
fuck it, it won't do as much work at a relative speed of 140 mph, lets all go home.
who's idea was it to develop this piece of shit?
have him taken out back and shot.
:)
sleeping on your morning commute is pretty awesome.
or you know, slashdotting.
to be fair, this doesn't seem like a make or break engineering challenge either.
simple, just yield right of way to non-autonomous vehicles if it's a tie break, go if you stopped first, and if 4 autonomous vehicles stop at a 4 way stop. RNG FTW. they've got some rudimentary communication with each other, hopefully. they'd have even less wait time than drivers hopefully, one should just roll through while the unlucky ones get to wait their turn.