Hold on. That seems pretty inconsistent. I can see claiming tobacco is not natural because it has been bred to have a much stronger nicotine count than what would have existed had man not intervened, but to turn around and say a vitamin is natural, despite the fact that it is a hell of a lot more concentrated and manipulated than tobacco, is inconsistent.
Personally, I see the whole "all natural" thing as an example of the naturalistic fallacy. The fact that humans evolved in an environment containing certain items only proves that it is possible to do so. Remember, many life forms evolve defenses to prevent their consumption.
Don't forget shrooms, marijuana, and cocaine (if you chew the leaves)...
I always find it hilarious when a jar full of pills says "All natural". I imagine a bunch of farmers in Vietnamese-style hats, shoveling dirt into a sieve and shaking it until only their precious fen-fen pills remain.
By your logic, shooting someone at point-blank range would be significantly more difficult than shooting them from 200 yards away, which would be more difficult than shooting them with battlfield artilary from 1 mile away, which would be more difficult than launching a missile from tens of miles away, which would be more difficult than pressing the button to launch an ICBM.
Isn't it? When the blood splatters on your shoe, it is worse than when you see a small figure fall in the distance. And it is much worse when US troops die, then when a robot gets destroyed.
You just submit the hash of your answer as the real answer? This would outwit a sizeable proportion of attacks by people who know you, as they might be unlikely to guess that you'd do this, and even if they do, they'd still have to guess the hash type.
Then again, if they truly know you, then maybe they'd guess you'd be this paranoid:P
It's easier to just act like an idiot:
"What's your mother's maiden name"
Turnip-eating cocksucker!
That is correct. So what will you be needing today?
This steel car safety issue seems like the most self-serving argument I have every heard. It's like arguing that we should all have rocket launchers to blow up the other car before it has a chance to hurt you, as a safety feature.
Who cares if you are endangering others for your own "safety" or if the danger would be severely reduced if our little safety arms race didn't cause us to buy cars designed to escape the thunder dome? All that really matters is that, I run over you, so that you cannot run over me.
But if this works for him to convince himself that he truly loves his wife, I'm not going to argue with him.
I think it's more about convincing his wife. He was probably looking at the Jolie pics and thinking "rue mcclanahan, rue mcclanahan, rue mcclanahan..."
I think I would be more interested in a list of technologies that were expected to take off, and really did.
Granted, I'm sure there would be a few things like "cure for polio", "Increased food production", "faster computers", but I'm referring to things a little less obvious. What is the track record on technology predictions?
How about "d." he is a god, from a race of supergods, but is in hiding, because he saw a member of the god mafia "cap" Buddha, and then he snitched. So, the diety protection program sent him to Utah, where he must keep a low profile, while trying to maintain his follower base. Thus, the mind games...
d) He gives you the choice, doesn't force you to believe, and respects your decision. Same way your parents can't force you to love them.
But is it a choice if you have no way of knowing what you're choosing? For example, I can choose to play the lottery, but I cannot choose to win the lottery. The same goes with a diety. I can choose to believe some guy, or some book, but I cannot choose to believe in a god that exists, because there is no way of discerning a "true" belief from a made-up one.
To reiterate, I can choose to gamble, but I cannot choose to win.
We are aware of the incident at our Seattle store in which an individual was removed by Seattle Police. [blah blah blah] but feel our team acted appropriately under the circumstances [blah blah blah].
We deny all responsibilities; it's not our fault, and we're prepared to defend ourselves against any legal actions.
We didn't breed the sharks, nor did we strap lasers to their heads. We only asked that they be in our store.
As someone who got a Masters before going into the field, I can say one disadvantage.
My school focused heavily on software engineering, and every step of the way, you would hear "it works nothing like that in the real world". After getting out of school, I can say that software engineering is like a cluttered toolbox. 75% of it is stuff that you do not need for what you're trying to do right now, and some of it you will never need again.
The problem is, that you may find yourself swapping out parts, as you move from project to project. I personally feel that, had I walked into those higher classes with a foundation of education combined with experience, that I would have paid more attention in some areas, and would have seen some of the lessons not just as a bulleted list to memorize by 5pm, but as tools that can be applied in a practical way.
So, my suggestion is to work, if you can find a job, and wait on grad school.
It doesn't really sound like they're copping out. It just sounds more like 150,000 projects is a whole lot more than they expected to get. They didn't plan on dedicating the resources necessary to get through that many submissions in a reasonable amount of time.
If only they had some way of searching and sorting through large amounts of data...
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The problem is probably comprised of two main factors: caffeine intoxication and fructose-related diarrhea.
Hold on! houldn't the headline read "Caffeine Intoxicates. Fructose Causes Diarrhea"...In fact, leave off the fructose part. Nobody cares about that.
Hold on. That seems pretty inconsistent. I can see claiming tobacco is not natural because it has been bred to have a much stronger nicotine count than what would have existed had man not intervened, but to turn around and say a vitamin is natural, despite the fact that it is a hell of a lot more concentrated and manipulated than tobacco, is inconsistent.
Personally, I see the whole "all natural" thing as an example of the naturalistic fallacy. The fact that humans evolved in an environment containing certain items only proves that it is possible to do so. Remember, many life forms evolve defenses to prevent their consumption.
Don't forget shrooms, marijuana, and cocaine (if you chew the leaves)...
I always find it hilarious when a jar full of pills says "All natural". I imagine a bunch of farmers in Vietnamese-style hats, shoveling dirt into a sieve and shaking it until only their precious fen-fen pills remain.
By your logic, shooting someone at point-blank range would be significantly more difficult than shooting them from 200 yards away, which would be more difficult than shooting them with battlfield artilary from 1 mile away, which would be more difficult than launching a missile from tens of miles away, which would be more difficult than pressing the button to launch an ICBM.
Isn't it? When the blood splatters on your shoe, it is worse than when you see a small figure fall in the distance. And it is much worse when US troops die, then when a robot gets destroyed.
Who would we blame for taking our jobs? Who would we blame for the drug trade?
Belize?
Ok. That was a good answer. I was expecting "wolverine", "superman" or "spiderman", but I have to concede to that.
So does this mean Microsoft is now the only company allowed to do this?
Tony Stark was not an interesting character? Can you name one comic book movie that had more interesting characters?
You just submit the hash of your answer as the real answer? This would outwit a sizeable proportion of attacks by people who know you, as they might be unlikely to guess that you'd do this, and even if they do, they'd still have to guess the hash type.
Then again, if they truly know you, then maybe they'd guess you'd be this paranoid :P
It's easier to just act like an idiot:
"What's your mother's maiden name"
Turnip-eating cocksucker!
That is correct. So what will you be needing today?
This steel car safety issue seems like the most self-serving argument I have every heard. It's like arguing that we should all have rocket launchers to blow up the other car before it has a chance to hurt you, as a safety feature.
Who cares if you are endangering others for your own "safety" or if the danger would be severely reduced if our little safety arms race didn't cause us to buy cars designed to escape the thunder dome? All that really matters is that, I run over you, so that you cannot run over me.
quality!=popularity.
By your logic, McDonalds is the highest quality food in the world, and nothing beats that quality of cheaply made sweatshop crap.
christians practice ritualistic cannibalism every sunday, body of christ, blood of christ, etc.
Yeah, but pretend cannibalism doesn't count </ducks>
He's not going to "Love" Angela Jolie more because he doesn't know her to have that bond.
That doesn't mean he wouldn't rather shag her though!
So the headline would be accurate if we replaced the word "loves" with "shags". Unfortunately, it wouldn't be saying much. :)
But if this works for him to convince himself that he truly loves his wife, I'm not going to argue with him.
I think it's more about convincing his wife. He was probably looking at the Jolie pics and thinking "rue mcclanahan, rue mcclanahan, rue mcclanahan..."
I sometimes wonder if it didn't get its start back in the 80's when "My hard drive crashed" referred to permanent disk failure.
Now, people are more likely to use it to mean BSOD.
I think I would be more interested in a list of technologies that were expected to take off, and really did.
Granted, I'm sure there would be a few things like "cure for polio", "Increased food production", "faster computers", but I'm referring to things a little less obvious. What is the track record on technology predictions?
Or a a couple of other ways of putting it:
Mediocrity:
The ability to do your best work, all the time.
Mediocrity:
When your best work is no better than your worst.
The OP covered all possible possibilities.
How about "d." he is a god, from a race of supergods, but is in hiding, because he saw a member of the god mafia "cap" Buddha, and then he snitched. So, the diety protection program sent him to Utah, where he must keep a low profile, while trying to maintain his follower base. Thus, the mind games...
d) He gives you the choice, doesn't force you to believe, and respects your decision. Same way your parents can't force you to love them.
But is it a choice if you have no way of knowing what you're choosing? For example, I can choose to play the lottery, but I cannot choose to win the lottery. The same goes with a diety. I can choose to believe some guy, or some book, but I cannot choose to believe in a god that exists, because there is no way of discerning a "true" belief from a made-up one.
To reiterate, I can choose to gamble, but I cannot choose to win.
We deny all responsibilities; it's not our fault, and we're prepared to defend ourselves against any legal actions.
We didn't breed the sharks, nor did we strap lasers to their heads. We only asked that they be in our store.
And they employ sock puppets to promote their company on slashdot, too!
Food, wi-fi, AND a puppet show? Man, I am never leaving this place!
As someone who got a Masters before going into the field, I can say one disadvantage.
My school focused heavily on software engineering, and every step of the way, you would hear "it works nothing like that in the real world". After getting out of school, I can say that software engineering is like a cluttered toolbox. 75% of it is stuff that you do not need for what you're trying to do right now, and some of it you will never need again.
The problem is, that you may find yourself swapping out parts, as you move from project to project. I personally feel that, had I walked into those higher classes with a foundation of education combined with experience, that I would have paid more attention in some areas, and would have seen some of the lessons not just as a bulleted list to memorize by 5pm, but as tools that can be applied in a practical way.
So, my suggestion is to work, if you can find a job, and wait on grad school.
Bloggers actually check their facts
[citation needed]
"Oh, OK, then. On you go."
Oh, the memories that phrase brings back. In terms of romance, it's somewhere between "All aboard!" and "Clean your pecker first"
It doesn't really sound like they're copping out. It just sounds more like 150,000 projects is a whole lot more than they expected to get. They didn't plan on dedicating the resources necessary to get through that many submissions in a reasonable amount of time.
If only they had some way of searching and sorting through large amounts of data...