I didn't say that it was practical for this application, but in general if you want to keep materials under pressure (compressive stress) there are ways of doing it
Cold is not a thing, it is the absence of something (heat). Heat, on the other hand, exists, and enters from all directions.
Heat is not a thing. Thermal Energy, on the other hand, exists, and dissipates in all directions. (Heat is defined as the dissipation of thermal energy)
Thermal energy is not a thing. Molecules do, however, have kinetic energy which they tend to partially transfer to other molecules with less kinetic energy when they randomly collide.
As to Gentoo thrashing a drive when installing/compiling, you don't use a flash drive for that, instead use a standard HD because it offers better performance and longevity.
Unless you're short on ram, mount/var/tmp/portage as tmpfs. It doesn't get any faster than that.
If you share a file for which you have NOT received authorization to do so in the form of a license, you are in fact participating in illegal file sharing.
In some jurisdictions. Not all countries define this as illegal.
What I'm really unhappy about is the fact that our budget surplus disappeared.
Yes we had the war, but the Republicans started their spending spree before September of 2001. Their commitment to a balanced budget evaporated just as soon as they got control of two branches of government.
it's not Republicans trying to take away my money to give it to someone else
That was true at one time. But this current president has expanded entitlements to more people than any other period in history. They just call it by different words. "Tax cut" sounds a lot better to conservatives than "welfare check".
The "Earned Income Credit" allows for tax refunds in excess of the amount paid in taxes. Call it what you will, but I call a refund amount of >100% welfare.
If the republicans wanted to run on a platform of "we're going to give cash handouts to millions of people and pay for it by borrowing from the future", then they should have just come out and said that.
In this case, I think the story is perfectly reasonable.
Our bodies may shrug off a relatively big one-time dose, yet suffer from a smaller amount delivered continuously over a half century, perhaps subtly stirring allergies or nerve damage. Pregnant women, the elderly and the very ill might be more sensitive.
Half a century is a long time. The real problem is the people who would read that and start panicking.
A bunch of people refuse to use those EZ-passes though. What about them? And who will run such a system, the government or a government granted monopoly? Then what could the data collected by whoever it is be used for?
The long term psychological impact of birth-related trauma is also relevant to the issue of MGM. Recent studies have found striking connections between birth trauma and adult post traumatic stress and suicide, [93, 94, 95, 96, 75, 67, 78, 97] and adult victims of infant MGM often exhibit a spectrum of symptoms including: * a sense of personal powerlessness
* lack of trust in others and life
* a sense of vulnerability to violent attack by others
* difficulties in establishing intimate relationships
* decreased ability to communicate
* emotional numbing
* reluctance to be in relationships with women
* anger and violence toward women [98]
Neurologically speaking, the life-long sexual sensory deprivation which results from circumcision has a profound effect on the neural organization of the brain, similar to that found in any amputee: corresponding neurons associated with states of sexual and emotional ecstasy die, and adjacent neural regions grow chaotically into the dead zone. [99] Furthermore, childhood victims of traumatic abuse tend to have a variety of brain abnormalities, reflecting a generalized rewiring of the brain to adapt to a hostile environment. [100] The psychological impact of such brain damage is likely to be far reaching.
For many years the mainstream medical orthodoxy, put forth after it was no longer acceptable to torture children in the name of "moral hygiene," was that babies don't feel pain. It wasn't until 1978 that researchers even suggested using anesthetic during circumcision, and even today, most medical circumcisions are performed without anesthesia, according to the AMA. [73] This is in stark contrast to what is known about infant pain perception and its profound and lasting effects on the victim, as well as the plainly obvious reaction of the infant boy, who forcefully communicates his torment to anyone who will look and listen. Choking and breathing problems arise due to the continuous screaming. Surges in adrenaline and cortisol and large increases in heart rate, all established physiological indicators of torture, have been measured. [74] Some babies appear to go into shock. [75] Later, problems with sleep, mother-child bonding and breastfeeding, and increased sensitivity to stress and pain are all commonly seen after MGM. [76, 77, 78] To all appearances, the infant is left in a state of post-traumatic stress. Sometimes older boys have recurring flashbacks of their circumcision, a classic sign of PTS. Impaired bonding at this critical stage is well correlated with social dysfunction and even criminality later in life, [79], while breast feeding is known to have many health and psychological benefits for both the mother and the baby, [80, 81, 82, 67, 83] contrary to American medical doctrine of only a few years ago.
A few different posts in this thread link to material showing how it is detrimental. The problem is that some people consider the impairment of sexual function not to be detrimental.
and you need to go all fascist on them.
I'm all for adults doing whatever kind of mutilation they want to their own bodies. I don't believe they have the same right to alter their child's body. This meets your definition of fascist?
Male circumcision is claimed to reduce the female-to-male transmission rate. Women are just as likely to be infected by a man either way.
The inner surface of the foreskin contains Langerhans' cells with HIV receptors; these cells are likely to be the primary point of viral entry into the penis of an uncircumcised man
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I didn't say that it was practical for this application, but in general if you want to keep materials under pressure (compressive stress) there are ways of doing it
It's turtles all the way down
Sadly, what you just said is no laughing matter. All I can say is: evolution at work.
Why does everything look like Atlas Shrugged recently?
- Make a wire of the material.
- Clad material with a metal coating at high temperature.
- Wait for the cladding to contract as it cools.
It's like the old metal shop trick where you get a red-hot brass washer that barely fits on a dry-ice cold steel rod and put them together.Probably the best bet is to turn it on temporarily in a limited location.
What I'm really unhappy about is the fact that our budget surplus disappeared.
Yes we had the war, but the Republicans started their spending spree before September of 2001. Their commitment to a balanced budget evaporated just as soon as they got control of two branches of government.
The "Earned Income Credit" allows for tax refunds in excess of the amount paid in taxes. Call it what you will, but I call a refund amount of >100% welfare.
If the republicans wanted to run on a platform of "we're going to give cash handouts to millions of people and pay for it by borrowing from the future", then they should have just come out and said that.
I though that was explained in a later book. Those petunias were the reincarnation of that same entity that kept getting killed by Arthur.
That's one advantage of marrying girls from countries where circumcision is not common.
It would prevent a man-in-the-middle attack, but doesn't help with the DoS (as in this case)
I guess we need cryptographically signed routing.
You've ignored every fact that's been brought up so far.
I forgot, what is the reason we haven't implemented DNSSEC and IPSEC again?
So...
Permanently removing any body part a parent chooses from an infant is justified as long as no "double-blind controlled study" shows a harmful affect?
Children are not property. Unless there is a "double-blind controlled study" showing a benefit, removing body parts is basically ricing your child.