I know where paper comes from, thanks. I'm just admiring the leap you make from the comment that ebooks save the need to harvest trees for paper to a poor environmental choice for that land. If we didn't need to keep expanding the acreage of tree farms for pulp, then we wouldn't need to clear the old growth in the first place, would we?
I've always found this odd - my view is that the content of the book is all that matters, and smell and physical feel of pages is irrelevant. I read many more books, on a wider range of topics, both fiction, non-fiction, including history, now that I can read on a Kindle, an Android tablet, or even my phone. If I find myself stuck someplace I didn't expect to have time to kill, I just pull out my phone and read.
As for convenient, I find the ability to carry around as many books as I want, browse, sample and buy more in any location at any time, to be much more convenient than paper books.
And this from a guy who enjoyed trekking into Manhattan from Queens as a lad to go to the big bookstores, the only place I could find all the s.f. I craved in the 70's.
You're living in a fantasy world, fueled by blind hatred. Given what was actually posted about the situation, you are so far off the reservation, there's no reasoning with you. You're claiming facts not in evidence - you're not even responding to reality. But, that's your privilege. I'm done with this thread.
It's completely inappropriate to ascribe a profit motive to the doctor. Neither of us has enough information about the case, but as described, there's certainly no indication that money motivated the doctor, as he explicitly referenced his oath, and dismissed the risk of being sued.
People can disagree with you without being bad people.
What I posted was essentially, "look at what they did - they don't need excuses to crack down on their people"
What you wrote was essentially was, "oh yeah? So is the U.S.!" Neither I nor the poster I responded to were comparing the relative righteousness of China vs. the U.S.
Your post was a non sequitur, a knee jerk reaction.
You're right, number one is morality. But for most of history it's been an agreement, formally or informally, for warring nations to respect each others' people. That still applies when states are in conflict. But it's dangerous to throw that out when it comes to stateless groups - if you treat their people inhumanely, they use it for recruiting purposes. Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo are cases in point.
So if you can't keep a lid on all those young men, what do you do with them? A war might take care of the problem while giving you even more excuses to suppress civil liberties.
This is the country that ran tanks over unarmed students in a public square in the middle of their capital city. Do you really think they need to look for excuses to suppress civil liberties?
That's the precise reasoning - you cannot make an observation containing the slightest criticism of something unless you yourself participate in that activity.
That's why aficionados of basketball who don't play in the NBA scrupulously avoid any implicit criticism of players, coaches, officials, or owners when they discuss the sport.
Yes, and waterboarding a personeto death has been declared to be not torture.
The reason to not torture is to not be subject to war crimes trials, as per the Geneva convention. Of course, if you are working for the world's leading superpower, youemay consider that those laws have no force.
Uh, hold on, Ringo. Waterboarding certainly is torture, but I don't know of any deaths related to the use of it by the U.S. Do you have a citation on that? President Obama has also forbidden its use going forward.
And the main reason not to torture is not to avoid being prosecuted, but to avoid having ones own personnel tortured when they are captured.
Really? People without kids don't have perspective? I think you may have meant something more like, "people who have kids have less time to do things they want to, in addition to the things they have to."
Most of the "cannot fail" and "mission critical" and "we're betting the company on this" systems I have seen have one (1) production environment, and one (1) development environment that sort of looks like production, with light servers on each developer's system.
I recently attempted to test the implementation of a client unlike any of those we had previously hosted, and the CIO and his Development VP told me, "we don't have the resources for that, we'll test it in production". It failed in production. I'm still picking up the pieces.
Not to be too contrary, but when I recently picked a new primary physician, we were talking about my Zantac use for acid reflux. This guy went to the laptop he always keeps in the examining room to look up maximum dosage, and possible ill-effects. He found what he needed, and advised me to cut back to avoid negative effects on vitamin absorption that may occur at the dose I was using.
I agree it's important to find a qualified accountant, and that it's wise to avoid a company that outsources the work to a third party.
However, I don't agree with your sexist and ageist arguments. "Guys with white hair"?
My accountant is in her mid thirties. She's very good at what she does. I don't need an old guy - anyway, I *am* an old guy, and I know there's a limit to the benefit of experience compared to the vigor of youth.
Both the state and federal tax authorities used the same information that my tax software sent them with my return, and concluded that I had overpaid. Your claim that it's my fault is nonsensical on the face of it.
It's true; posting AC lowers your IQ by 25 points.
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I know where paper comes from, thanks. I'm just admiring the leap you make from the comment that ebooks save the need to harvest trees for paper to a poor environmental choice for that land. If we didn't need to keep expanding the acreage of tree farms for pulp, then we wouldn't need to clear the old growth in the first place, would we?
...all the land used for tree farms would likely be used for something far less environmentally friendly.
Um, what? Where in the world did you pull that from?
I've always found this odd - my view is that the content of the book is all that matters, and smell and physical feel of pages is irrelevant. I read many more books, on a wider range of topics, both fiction, non-fiction, including history, now that I can read on a Kindle, an Android tablet, or even my phone. If I find myself stuck someplace I didn't expect to have time to kill, I just pull out my phone and read.
As for convenient, I find the ability to carry around as many books as I want, browse, sample and buy more in any location at any time, to be much more convenient than paper books.
And this from a guy who enjoyed trekking into Manhattan from Queens as a lad to go to the big bookstores, the only place I could find all the s.f. I craved in the 70's.
And why would anyone listen to your opinion as a bitcoin booster, given that you have a financial stake in their hyperinflation?
You're living in a fantasy world, fueled by blind hatred. Given what was actually posted about the situation, you are so far off the reservation, there's no reasoning with you. You're claiming facts not in evidence - you're not even responding to reality. But, that's your privilege. I'm done with this thread.
Your position is nonsensical. It's clear you just decided to make the doctor the villain because of your preconceived notions and prejudice.
It's completely inappropriate to ascribe a profit motive to the doctor. Neither of us has enough information about the case, but as described, there's certainly no indication that money motivated the doctor, as he explicitly referenced his oath, and dismissed the risk of being sued.
People can disagree with you without being bad people.
The point is, torturing can only make it worse. That's pretty indisputable, isn't it?
Great thinking... post anything that even hints about that kind of activity, other than what you pulled out of your ass.
What I posted was essentially, "look at what they did - they don't need excuses to crack down on their people"
What you wrote was essentially was, "oh yeah? So is the U.S.!" Neither I nor the poster I responded to were comparing the relative righteousness of China vs. the U.S.
Your post was a non sequitur, a knee jerk reaction.
WHOOOSH!!!
WHOOOOSH!!!
You're right, number one is morality. But for most of history it's been an agreement, formally or informally, for warring nations to respect each others' people. That still applies when states are in conflict. But it's dangerous to throw that out when it comes to stateless groups - if you treat their people inhumanely, they use it for recruiting purposes. Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo are cases in point.
So if you can't keep a lid on all those young men, what do you do with them? A war might take care of the problem while giving you even more excuses to suppress civil liberties.
This is the country that ran tanks over unarmed students in a public square in the middle of their capital city. Do you really think they need to look for excuses to suppress civil liberties?
That's the precise reasoning - you cannot make an observation containing the slightest criticism of something unless you yourself participate in that activity.
That's why aficionados of basketball who don't play in the NBA scrupulously avoid any implicit criticism of players, coaches, officials, or owners when they discuss the sport.
Yes, and waterboarding a personeto death has been declared to be not torture.
The reason to not torture is to not be subject to war crimes trials, as per the Geneva convention. Of course, if you are working for the world's leading superpower, youemay consider that those laws have no force.
Uh, hold on, Ringo. Waterboarding certainly is torture, but I don't know of any deaths related to the use of it by the U.S. Do you have a citation on that? President Obama has also forbidden its use going forward.
And the main reason not to torture is not to avoid being prosecuted, but to avoid having ones own personnel tortured when they are captured.
Really? People without kids don't have perspective? I think you may have meant something more like, "people who have kids have less time to do things they want to, in addition to the things they have to."
Most of the "cannot fail" and "mission critical" and "we're betting the company on this" systems I have seen have one (1) production environment, and one (1) development environment that sort of looks like production, with light servers on each developer's system.
I recently attempted to test the implementation of a client unlike any of those we had previously hosted, and the CIO and his Development VP told me, "we don't have the resources for that, we'll test it in production". It failed in production. I'm still picking up the pieces.
Laws that criminalize certain acts do not preclude the victim from *also* suing the perpetrator.
In fact, a guilty verdict in the criminal case strengthens the civil case.
Not to be too contrary, but when I recently picked a new primary physician, we were talking about my Zantac use for acid reflux. This guy went to the laptop he always keeps in the examining room to look up maximum dosage, and possible ill-effects. He found what he needed, and advised me to cut back to avoid negative effects on vitamin absorption that may occur at the dose I was using.
He's a keeper.
Don't be too hard on him, it's a sore point.
He has a bumper sticker that reads, "Ask me about my genital mutilation"
So by your logic, if the scammer had a U.S. southern accent, that would be a good reason not to hire people from Georgia?
Did you really think about it, or did an ingrained prejudice against offshore workers just write your post?
Do I have to show my tits to get them to fire a cubesat at me?
That would be way ugly.
I agree it's important to find a qualified accountant, and that it's wise to avoid a company that outsources the work to a third party.
However, I don't agree with your sexist and ageist arguments. "Guys with white hair"?
My accountant is in her mid thirties. She's very good at what she does. I don't need an old guy - anyway, I *am* an old guy, and I know there's a limit to the benefit of experience compared to the vigor of youth.
Both the state and federal tax authorities used the same information that my tax software sent them with my return, and concluded that I had overpaid. Your claim that it's my fault is nonsensical on the face of it.
It's true; posting AC lowers your IQ by 25 points.