Good post. You've thrown all kinds of contradictions into the issue.
As you'll see very soon, a newborn baby is no different than a near term fetus. No difference at all. In fact, the only reason they pop out at ~40 weeks is because they don't fit anymore, not that they're done developing. For at least the first three months, your baby will be an eating pooping blob. Books even call that time the "fourth trimester" of pregnancy. So by the logic of no-difference-between-blastocyst-and-baby, abortion should be legal up to 3 months old. And it should still be called "abortion". So if the outside-the-womb-fetus cries too much and you change your mind about being a parent, just carry it down to the clinic and have it aborted.
I once proposed here that not having sex is a pretty good way to stay clear of HIV and was immediately bashed as a religious zealot. Atheists seem to be very, very angry at everything even remotely related to a religion (I've also been personally blamed for the crusades and the dark ages, but that's another story).
"Don't kill people". That's a good one right there. I held my son for the first time a few months ago, and I can tell you now first hand that the only difference between a fetus and a baby is which end of the vagina you're looking at. If I even suggest that it shouldn't be legal in a society to reach through that vagina with a knife and a hose to suck out his brain, again, I'm labelled a religious fanatic.
I work in a technical capacity, have 2 big nerdy flatscreens, and my favorite keyboard and mouse. But it's not a desktop PC. It's a laptop in a docking station. That's how it's done in every gig I've had in recent years. I have identical setups in cubicles in two different cities and my home and only the laptop and I have to move between them.
The #1 problem with the arrangement is the requirement for whole disk encryption on the company laptop. It really slows it down. Performance is always worse on a laptop but it's dismal with disk encryption.
I mean, look at all the gold up there, we can balance our national debt, hell we can buy the world! Everyone will be rich, no one won't have gold so how can people be poor if they have gold? (/sarcasm)
Who needs a planet full of gold when we have the Federal Reserve?
I used a 2000 Corvette as a commuter car for years and 28mpg was average, 30 if it was all open road. So fuel economy is pretty good. Unfortunately depreciation and tires more than cancelled that out.
Why did you get an SUV? They aren't for cargo. They're for off-roading. What to haul stuff, get a mini-van. Sure people mocked you, but for the wrong reasons it seems.
Because I off road. And it snows. And I don't want to drive a fucking minivan.
I am worried about the day when fuel efficiency is mandated such that larger vehicles are essentially no longer produced.
The station wagon was legislated away and the SUV took its place. I figure once they mandate away SUVs, we'll start seeing commercial vehicles converted for passenger use. I look forward to my future Mack or Kenworth 18 wheeled family car.
Seriously, though, I bought a Ford Escape Hybrid for my wife and baby. The rear cargo area holds exactly one stroller, one pack'n'play, and one duffel bag. Nothing more. I posted about this once before and the slashdot community accused my wife and I of being too obese to fit in the car, which is absolutely not the case. It's just not that big. Of course, around here, they think you should let your offspring cling to your neckbeard as you go vacation in the park next to your highrise city apartment.
cars suitable for average daily use by more than half the people with that kind of fuel efficiency have been available for decades.
They were, but now they're not. Here's a good explanation of why cars have grown so large in recent years and why I'll never get the compact diesel pickup that I really want. Hint: It's has nothing to do with my self important attitude or my caloric intake. The government has weighed the MPG game against smaller cars so much that they can't be made anymore.
I get annoyed with the "Mod parent up!" posts, but damn, that's insightful. Parent of a 12 week old here. I'll remember that.
As a very young kid, I remember Mom taking me to McDonalds on the way to pick up my older brother from school. It was only for the playground. She never bought me any food there. And I always wanted fruits instead of candy at the grocery store. Guess she was onto something.
If you're going to lock me out of the production environment (which I prefer, thank you), don't call me on the weekend if something isn't working! On the other hand, if you need me to install, get out of my way and let me work. I'll just build a tool that does the job so I can go home. It should be a repeatable process, anyways.
f the button offends you, don't push it - there must be another way to 'clock out' from your desk
When I worked phone tech support, as soon as you hang up a call, it immediately rings with the next call from the queue. Non stop. There was a "Make Busy" button on the phone to keep it from ringing and it's use was logged to the second. Data entry, bathroom breaks, and the two 10 minute personal breaks per day all counted against that time. So to take bathroom breaks without getting yelled at, just skip your personal breaks.
It gets worse from there. Internet Phone Tech Support was the most awful job I've ever had. And I've had some pretty bad ones.
I'm still surprised how many people in the US seem to buy their phones from their carriers really.
Faced with the choice of a $700 phone and $50/month service, or a $99 phone and $89/month + 2-year service contract, most people will choose the subsidized option. Most, as in just about everybody. And if I bring my own phone to a provider, they're still going to charge me the higher price, so I might as well get the subsidized phone.
You're onto something about PCs from ISPs. Notice all the netbooks for sale at cell phone stores? I think that's the future business model for computers, especially with today's cheap throwaway computers. Pretty soon it will be $99 for a computer, with a $89/month 2 year service contract. And a bandwidth cap.
2001 A Space Odyssey: The "Newspad", in 1968. Heywood Floyd used one to download from major news media over the "ether" while on his way to the space station. In the movie, there are two of them on the Discovery and they look very similar to iPads.
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Good post. You've thrown all kinds of contradictions into the issue.
As you'll see very soon, a newborn baby is no different than a near term fetus. No difference at all. In fact, the only reason they pop out at ~40 weeks is because they don't fit anymore, not that they're done developing. For at least the first three months, your baby will be an eating pooping blob. Books even call that time the "fourth trimester" of pregnancy. So by the logic of no-difference-between-blastocyst-and-baby, abortion should be legal up to 3 months old. And it should still be called "abortion". So if the outside-the-womb-fetus cries too much and you change your mind about being a parent, just carry it down to the clinic and have it aborted.
I once proposed here that not having sex is a pretty good way to stay clear of HIV and was immediately bashed as a religious zealot. Atheists seem to be very, very angry at everything even remotely related to a religion (I've also been personally blamed for the crusades and the dark ages, but that's another story).
"Don't kill people". That's a good one right there. I held my son for the first time a few months ago, and I can tell you now first hand that the only difference between a fetus and a baby is which end of the vagina you're looking at. If I even suggest that it shouldn't be legal in a society to reach through that vagina with a knife and a hose to suck out his brain, again, I'm labelled a religious fanatic.
I would have fought this authority as a teenager. Now I'm sitting in a cubicle with an RFID tag around my neck.
If you don't pay taxes you shouldn't get anything.
I'm surprised to see that modded up considering most here don't seem to grasp that "free" healthcare still has to be paid for by somebody.
Here's a video of a counterfeit airbag in action. The first one just didn't work. The second one grenaded in the dummy's face. Both defective and dangerous.
I work in a technical capacity, have 2 big nerdy flatscreens, and my favorite keyboard and mouse. But it's not a desktop PC. It's a laptop in a docking station. That's how it's done in every gig I've had in recent years. I have identical setups in cubicles in two different cities and my home and only the laptop and I have to move between them.
The #1 problem with the arrangement is the requirement for whole disk encryption on the company laptop. It really slows it down. Performance is always worse on a laptop but it's dismal with disk encryption.
I mean, look at all the gold up there, we can balance our national debt, hell we can buy the world! Everyone will be rich, no one won't have gold so how can people be poor if they have gold? (/sarcasm)
Who needs a planet full of gold when we have the Federal Reserve?
I used a 2000 Corvette as a commuter car for years and 28mpg was average, 30 if it was all open road. So fuel economy is pretty good. Unfortunately depreciation and tires more than cancelled that out.
That's what this entire article is about.
Why did you get an SUV? They aren't for cargo. They're for off-roading. What to haul stuff, get a mini-van. Sure people mocked you, but for the wrong reasons it seems.
Because I off road. And it snows. And I don't want to drive a fucking minivan.
Oh, and the minivan will use twice as much fuel.
I am worried about the day when fuel efficiency is mandated such that larger vehicles are essentially no longer produced.
The station wagon was legislated away and the SUV took its place. I figure once they mandate away SUVs, we'll start seeing commercial vehicles converted for passenger use. I look forward to my future Mack or Kenworth 18 wheeled family car.
Seriously, though, I bought a Ford Escape Hybrid for my wife and baby. The rear cargo area holds exactly one stroller, one pack'n'play, and one duffel bag. Nothing more. I posted about this once before and the slashdot community accused my wife and I of being too obese to fit in the car, which is absolutely not the case. It's just not that big. Of course, around here, they think you should let your offspring cling to your neckbeard as you go vacation in the park next to your highrise city apartment.
A Road and Track magazine a couple years ago had a test of a Miata and a Corvette in the same issue. The 430HP V8 Corvette had better fuel economy.
cars suitable for average daily use by more than half the people with that kind of fuel efficiency have been available for decades.
They were, but now they're not. Here's a good explanation of why cars have grown so large in recent years and why I'll never get the compact diesel pickup that I really want. Hint: It's has nothing to do with my self important attitude or my caloric intake. The government has weighed the MPG game against smaller cars so much that they can't be made anymore.
However, the long term consequences of the decision wouldn’t be clear for years.
Consequences like the MTV "Jersey Shore" banner ad on this article.
The world will not be a better place when everyone and their dog can download and print their own guns.
The availability of steel pipe at the hardware store must make you very nervous.
Troll.
And you frist posted it, so 75% of the discussion will be about this bullshit.
Here, buy my patented tiger-repellant rock. $50.
Your $50 rock will cost $100,000 after CMMI and all the government certification processes.
And don't forget overhead.
You're supposed to know how to hack your xconfig with vi. Setting up two displays is supposed to hurt.
I get annoyed with the "Mod parent up!" posts, but damn, that's insightful. Parent of a 12 week old here. I'll remember that.
As a very young kid, I remember Mom taking me to McDonalds on the way to pick up my older brother from school. It was only for the playground. She never bought me any food there. And I always wanted fruits instead of candy at the grocery store. Guess she was onto something.
Tell that to the grass under the solar panel you just installed.
Exactly. The grass would have been much happier consuming the CO2 belched out by my SUV.
If you're going to lock me out of the production environment (which I prefer, thank you), don't call me on the weekend if something isn't working! On the other hand, if you need me to install, get out of my way and let me work. I'll just build a tool that does the job so I can go home. It should be a repeatable process, anyways.
Virginia, too, where every third car on the road is a cop. Why smile on the license photo? I'd rather be giving the finger.
f the button offends you, don't push it - there must be another way to 'clock out' from your desk
When I worked phone tech support, as soon as you hang up a call, it immediately rings with the next call from the queue. Non stop. There was a "Make Busy" button on the phone to keep it from ringing and it's use was logged to the second. Data entry, bathroom breaks, and the two 10 minute personal breaks per day all counted against that time. So to take bathroom breaks without getting yelled at, just skip your personal breaks.
It gets worse from there. Internet Phone Tech Support was the most awful job I've ever had. And I've had some pretty bad ones.
I'm still surprised how many people in the US seem to buy their phones from their carriers really.
Faced with the choice of a $700 phone and $50/month service, or a $99 phone and $89/month + 2-year service contract, most people will choose the subsidized option. Most, as in just about everybody. And if I bring my own phone to a provider, they're still going to charge me the higher price, so I might as well get the subsidized phone.
You're onto something about PCs from ISPs. Notice all the netbooks for sale at cell phone stores? I think that's the future business model for computers, especially with today's cheap throwaway computers. Pretty soon it will be $99 for a computer, with a $89/month 2 year service contract. And a bandwidth cap.
Look, until we can whip matter up to our exact specifications, we can't rightly say anything we're doing is remotely similar to a "holodeck".
A RealDoll and a 65" flatpanel? Close enough.
2001 A Space Odyssey: The "Newspad", in 1968. Heywood Floyd used one to download from major news media over the "ether" while on his way to the space station. In the movie, there are two of them on the Discovery and they look very similar to iPads.