what you are saying makes no sense whatsoever. The uncertaintity principle means that the electrons you use to view a microscopic item, change its location SIGNIFICANTLY simply by striking it. An radar gun does not change your position, as neither does measuring rain fall or using radar/doppler change the weather.....
of course you were p r o b a b l y just being silly right?
1) "as an experiment on terminally ill heart patients who aren't candidates for transplants because they are so sick." Um, if they are too sick to go through regular heart surgery why wouldn't they be too sick for this. Its not like OKT3 and cyclosporin and coumadin are easy on the body either.
2)I suppose i'd rather take coumadin the rest of my life (blood thinner to prevent thrombus formation on the valves in the artificial heart) than cyclosporing / OKT3 (anti rejection drugs). But your exercise tolerance and managability defintely wouldn't be as good as the transplanted heart because it wouldn't be able to respond to inotropes/beta blockers/ace inhibitors/calcium channel blockers.
Their acts demonstracte utilitarian thinking. Remember, Utilitarian=ends justify the means. So in their world view, it is justifiable to cause hardship, property damage, and even personal injury if it results in their goal (such as decreased SUV consumption).
Kant would argue that it not right do these things BECAUSE of the implicit wrongness of those actions.
Ethics class was one of those classes in college that those of us that loved to argue actually looked forward to in the day.
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Far from getting people to agree with them, drive people away by these kind of tactics. Destruction of property is in no way justified unless you are one of those Utilitarian wackos instead of one us good Kantian folks .
The environmental damage from the burning of the dealership is just the thing they are trying to prevent. Funny that they don't seem to recognize that.
With no medical sense whatsoever if you claim that cocaine and marijeeeeewwaaanaa and not physiologically addicting/debilitating.
Cocaine IS addicting. PERIOD. Even presenting arguments against this is like arguing against someone saying the sun doesn't produce heat.
cocaine is debilitating. People become addicted to it, take increasing doses, their work/school/family/finances/emotions suffers.
Marijuana does physically change you. do any quick searches of the net will turn of hundreds of articles on how there is decreased brain function after repeated heavy use.
Ummmm, excuse me, but when we got our 2nd computer (386 20mhz DX (not sx mind you but dx) 65mb HD) when i was 12 i knew how to use pctools to delete files/format drives with DOD standards (F8 written to every sector).
[Note to moderators: Don't moderate this down as offtopic unless you also choose to moderate down the parent down also for spreading myths.]
Myth: Global warming=myth. There has been no SCIENTIFIC REPEATABLE study or data that supports that eroneous conclusion that the planet Earth is gradually or rapidly warming any more than it has done so in the past millenium. Unfortunately, even though computer science major's have the name science in their major, they fail to have any education regarding the actual practice of science and what it takes to make a study/data that is believable.
1)we have only had extremely accurate temperature measurements (and i say extremely accurate since the "global warming" that is supposedly occuring is in fractions of degrees celcius) for the last 100 some years. Can you make a projection of future temperatures that show the average temperature has moved up some in the last 100 years? Not hardly when you consider that the Earth ecological cycles have been demonstrated to move in patterns of decades, centuries and even milliniums.
2)Man's contribuition to environmental warming is miniscule when compared to the amount that happens NATURALLY. When lightning strikes, and you smell ozone, well guess what, thats the stuff they say we are destroying. Guess what also, jets produce ozone as they fly. Some will argue that oH that ozone is trapped to low to be useful which is complete BS (barbara streisand:) ) and this argument has been proved false many times. One volcanic eruption sends out enough polutants in the air that destroy more ozone than the WHOLE world wide man-destroyed amounts of ozone in more than one year! (Liberal activists will be quick to claim that this isn't true and I'm only saying it because Rush limbaugh had said it. They will fail though when asked to refute it factually.
To summarize: there are no accurate records of temperature far enough back, 2)existing studies have not been corroborated or have significant flaws in the study so as to discredit them. 3)the major methods of ozone destruction currently and throughout history dwarf man's contribuition so as to throw their whole theories into a bad light.
Through endless commercials 'cause we can't record,
Or to undertake a propendous thing--go to the kitchen.
And by eating stop them? To eat: to starve;
No more; and by a lunch to say we end
The tryanny of the thousand terrible shows,
That we are subject to, 'tis consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To eat, to glut;
To gorge: perchance to hope: ay, and what blessed hope;
For in that blissful hope, that Elisabeth will return to Survivor.
**************
To be, or not to be: that is the question:.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
****************
I take that back, this is a game for geeks i suppose, heh =).
Before they develop supercavitation too much, i really think they need to work on being able to get DEEPER because we have yet to explore a large portion of the earth simply because its too deep.
Myth #1: you can damage your eyes or make them go bad quicker by setting too close to the t.v. or CRT. Fact: you cannot alter you vision by wearing wrong glasses, reading in dim light or sitting too close to the TV.
Myth #2: Asthma is caused by your surroundings. Fact: Asthma may be TRIGGERED by your surroundings only if you have a predisposition to it based on genetic factors.
Myth #3 Inserting Mitrochondria into an egg is Genetic modification. FACT: BS (barbra streisand). It is no more genetic modification that transplanting a kidney. Understand this: Mitochrondria ARE NOT CODED FOR IN OUR GENOME! They are passed on FROM THE MOTHER AND NOT FROM THE FATHER AT ALL!!!!!
PGP (pretty good privacy) combined with the common expression "Good enough for government work" brings the humor level of this thing to the boiling point very quickly.
plasmids are CIRCULAR DNA rings that are commonly found in bacteria. Upon injecting small plasmids into bacteria, they are readily taken up into the host dna and replicated.
all you then have to do is extract the result and you have a serum of the resulting DNA/Protein synthesized. But, yes, it is still impractical do most genetherapies at this point.
Infact i remember doing a Cell biology paper way back in 1995 and summarizing several articles on Programmed cell death (apoptosis). And it is NOT usefull for cancer. Cancer cells in general are cells that are divind more rapidly (except for a few slow growing tumors such as small cell carcinoma of the lung etc) and DO NOT respond to the bodies commands/attempts to regulate them. In most cases they do not respond to signals to begin apoptosis.
Just wait till you get sued by the RIAA et all for having a program in your bodily fluids that extracts and decrypts DVDs....
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Court: You are hereby ordered to cease and desist any and all Semen production. Failure to do so will result...
after that slightly OT comment...
I really don't understand why there is such a facination with creating life.... thats not impressive at all
What is impressive is self awareness. Big deal if you can create some program that fits some vague system of what is life (see thermostat post)... make it self aware and funtion at that level at that is something to talk about.
You can't just program something to check and see if something is attacking it/trying to change it and then make it protect it self. You have to program the program so that it notices something attacking and defends or protects itself BECAUSE it is self-aware and not because its a principle programmed into it.
1)The 'characters' of the original characters were what initially got the series off the ground and not the space notion behind them. The space notion and associated circumstances helped extend the series into a full-fledged production for years, but it was the characters which helped hold audiences at first.
2)Too many times recently, computer FX are leaned on too heavily without adequate character development/story development/motivation.
Just saw that preview for those computer nerds from x-files looks like some good stuff. Lone gunman may get my viewing time!
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of course you were p r o b a b l y just being silly right?
2)I suppose i'd rather take coumadin the rest of my life (blood thinner to prevent thrombus formation on the valves in the artificial heart) than cyclosporing / OKT3 (anti rejection drugs). But your exercise tolerance and managability defintely wouldn't be as good as the transplanted heart because it wouldn't be able to respond to inotropes/beta blockers/ace inhibitors/calcium channel blockers.
"Get lost geek"
Geek turns to second geek.
"Did marvin at leask get an upskirt shot?"
"Ya..... heheh.... coool"
But,wouldn't this fall under previous use?
Kant would argue that it not right do these things BECAUSE of the implicit wrongness of those actions.
Ethics class was one of those classes in college that those of us that loved to argue actually looked forward to in the day.
The environmental damage from the burning of the dealership is just the thing they are trying to prevent. Funny that they don't seem to recognize that.
sorry to rain on your parade but the original cheat code was spispopd
Cocaine IS addicting. PERIOD. Even presenting arguments against this is like arguing against someone saying the sun doesn't produce heat.
cocaine is debilitating. People become addicted to it, take increasing doses, their work/school/family/finances/emotions suffers.
Marijuana does physically change you. do any quick searches of the net will turn of hundreds of articles on how there is decreased brain function after repeated heavy use.
Ummmm, excuse me, but when we got our 2nd computer (386 20mhz DX (not sx mind you but dx) 65mb HD) when i was 12 i knew how to use pctools to delete files/format drives with DOD standards (F8 written to every sector).
Myth: Global warming=myth. There has been no SCIENTIFIC REPEATABLE study or data that supports that eroneous conclusion that the planet Earth is gradually or rapidly warming any more than it has done so in the past millenium. Unfortunately, even though computer science major's have the name science in their major, they fail to have any education regarding the actual practice of science and what it takes to make a study/data that is believable.
1)we have only had extremely accurate temperature measurements (and i say extremely accurate since the "global warming" that is supposedly occuring is in fractions of degrees celcius) for the last 100 some years. Can you make a projection of future temperatures that show the average temperature has moved up some in the last 100 years? Not hardly when you consider that the Earth ecological cycles have been demonstrated to move in patterns of decades, centuries and even milliniums.
2)Man's contribuition to environmental warming is miniscule when compared to the amount that happens NATURALLY. When lightning strikes, and you smell ozone, well guess what, thats the stuff they say we are destroying. Guess what also, jets produce ozone as they fly. Some will argue that oH that ozone is trapped to low to be useful which is complete BS (barbara streisand :) ) and this argument has been proved false many times. One volcanic eruption sends out enough polutants in the air that destroy more ozone than the WHOLE world wide man-destroyed amounts of ozone in more than one year! (Liberal activists will be quick to claim that this isn't true and I'm only saying it because Rush limbaugh had said it. They will fail though when asked to refute it factually.
To summarize: there are no accurate records of temperature far enough back, 2)existing studies have not been corroborated or have significant flaws in the study so as to discredit them. 3)the major methods of ozone destruction currently and throughout history dwarf man's contribuition so as to throw their whole theories into a bad light.
1) story with about new technology item
2) PrOn statements like
a)the only way this will work is if the pr0n industry adopts it.
b)ewww how do we clean it?
c)Does it provide tactile feed back?
3)Been there done that
a)See this link and that link and whatever link, see??? it's been done before
b)This is so old news, slashdot ran an article on this 3 months, 2 days, 7 mins ago
Whether 'tis nobler to suffer on one's couch
Through endless commercials 'cause we can't record,
Or to undertake a propendous thing--go to the kitchen.
And by eating stop them? To eat: to starve;
No more; and by a lunch to say we end
The tryanny of the thousand terrible shows,
That we are subject to, 'tis consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To eat, to glut;
To gorge: perchance to hope: ay, and what blessed hope;
For in that blissful hope, that Elisabeth will return to Survivor.
************** To be, or not to be: that is the question:.
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep; No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come ****************
Deepangel and Supercavitation
I take that back, this is a game for geeks i suppose, heh =).
Before they develop supercavitation too much, i really think they need to work on being able to get DEEPER because we have yet to explore a large portion of the earth simply because its too deep.
Myth # 1 Sperm Mitochondria are passed on. FACT: the Egg executes any Mitochondria found in the sperm. Mom's Sperm Executes Dad's MITOCHONDRIA!
Myth #2: Asthma is caused by your surroundings. Fact: Asthma may be TRIGGERED by your surroundings only if you have a predisposition to it based on genetic factors.
Myth #3 Inserting Mitrochondria into an egg is Genetic modification. FACT: BS (barbra streisand). It is no more genetic modification that transplanting a kidney. Understand this: Mitochrondria ARE NOT CODED FOR IN OUR GENOME! They are passed on FROM THE MOTHER AND NOT FROM THE FATHER AT ALL!!!!!
Myth # 4 Sperm Mitochondria are passed on. FACT: the Egg executes any Mitochondria found in the sperm. Mom's Sperm Executes Dad's MITOCHONDRIA!
Eli lilly is a pharmaceutical company, prozac etc.
PGP (pretty good privacy) combined with the common expression "Good enough for government work" brings the humor level of this thing to the boiling point very quickly.
plasmids
plasmids are CIRCULAR DNA rings that are commonly found in bacteria. Upon injecting small plasmids into bacteria, they are readily taken up into the host dna and replicated.
all you then have to do is extract the result and you have a serum of the resulting DNA/Protein synthesized. But, yes, it is still impractical do most genetherapies at this point.
link 3
stupid me, these 2 links now work
link 2
link 3
link 4
Infact i remember doing a Cell biology paper way back in 1995 and summarizing several articles on Programmed cell death (apoptosis). And it is NOT usefull for cancer. Cancer cells in general are cells that are divind more rapidly (except for a few slow growing tumors such as small cell carcinoma of the lung etc) and DO NOT respond to the bodies commands/attempts to regulate them. In most cases they do not respond to signals to begin apoptosis.
email me and let me know... so i can forward the info to the SPA.
Just wait till you get sued by the RIAA et all for having a program in your bodily fluids that extracts and decrypts DVDs ....
****
Court: You are hereby ordered to cease and desist any and all Semen production. Failure to do so will result ...
What is impressive is self awareness. Big deal if you can create some program that fits some vague system of what is life (see thermostat post)... make it self aware and funtion at that level at that is something to talk about.
You can't just program something to check and see if something is attacking it/trying to change it and then make it protect it self. You have to program the program so that it notices something attacking and defends or protects itself BECAUSE it is self-aware and not because its a principle programmed into it.
1)The 'characters' of the original characters were what initially got the series off the ground and not the space notion behind them. The space notion and associated circumstances helped extend the series into a full-fledged production for years, but it was the characters which helped hold audiences at first. 2)Too many times recently, computer FX are leaned on too heavily without adequate character development/story development/motivation. Just saw that preview for those computer nerds from x-files looks like some good stuff. Lone gunman may get my viewing time!