In today's world, I'll take the crack-pot label any day, but I understand what you mean. Let me assure you that I have seen the crackpots that I assume that you're talking about, and...yeah, they can be funny. There are enough questions about Egypt that no one can answer with any sort of authority, and I'm not going to try either. I think we'd both agree that something amazing happened there, regardless of how, when or why. Cheers!
I have no way to prove anything about ancient Egypt, anymore than you do, but what you said stands within reason. I'd just question why what would appear to be the world's most ingenious civilization, that spanned the globe apparently, would set up shop in a desert. Of course there could have been a good reason, the ancient Egyptians did all sorts of strange things. It's just that all of the other pyramids around the world are in lush rainforest-like places, many covered completely in vegetation. Also the sphinx was apparently worn down by a significant amount of rain since it was constructed.
Maybe ancient ancient Egypt was. Did they get a date on that meat? I didn't see that in the article anywhere. But yes, for what I said to be true, it would require Ancient Egypt to be older than they suspect it is.
Yeah but this "archaeological chemist" thinks that ancient Egypt was a desert, whereas most others have concluded that it was a lush rainforest, and that the people of that day were into farming on a large scale. That and there aren't many comments on this "nerd fair" article.
Maaan, I'd love to agree with you (and to a small extent, I do), but there's one thing that stops me from thinking that way, and that's the Utah data center. I mean, each dept of government has, ultimately, a budget. Whoever sets those budgets should be able to come to terms with why that dept needs that much money, no?
You may be right, but I wonder if they were trying to go the cheapest route possible. As in, maybe they figured that trying to go directly to the supreme court wouldn't be a bad idea, compared to going through lower courts, paying lawyers along the way.
I'm not a lawyer, so maybe that sounds dumb to someone that knows more than I do.
...if those people were invited to become members after the fact
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Probably a lot of thumb-twirling at their meetings, then this dude pops up with "Ooo ooo I know what we can do...!"
I hear what you're saying, but what if, and I'm going out on a limb here, but what if the American government was ultimately behind the 9/11 attacks? If the "authoritarians who rule by fear" are the ones causing the fear, then it's win, win for them.
Looking over what you quoted, seems to drive my point home, no?
Founded in New York City in 1904, The Explorers Club promotes the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space by supporting research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences. The Club’s members have been responsible for an illustrious series of famous firsts: First to the North Pole, first to the South Pole, first to the summit of Mount Everest, first to the deepest point in the ocean, first to the surface of the moon—all accomplished by our members.
You're 100% correct. The sad truth was that the people in that dept were going to take the fall for anything, regardless what they did (in line with their job duties or not), and that's why the people in that dept all quit.
The end result is that I and those that I worked with, all came to understand, and in practical terms, that if you are working for a hardware company, then most problems will be blamed on software, and if you work for a software company, then most problems will be blamed on hardware.
I was making more than enough money to support a family of 4, and now I sell plants that I grow at home, while my wife does hair. She's able to make a bit more than I was at that shit-job and now we're both happy. Had I not quit that job, I'd have undoubtedly died from a heart-attack before my 40th bday.
Yeah man. Turns out that if you grow your own food, you can eliminate the need for an entire job and everything that comes with it; car, gas, insurance, time, stress... and life is a lot simpler. I'm so tired of working with computers, they seem so unevolved compared to nature.
Back in the day, people used to burn women alive, for being a witch, and the entire town used to watch. We know that is true because of what history books tell us it is. However we're not able to actually understand the point of view that would allow for such an event in today's world. We dismiss what they did as stupidity and leave it at that, and in that same way, we're not able to predict the future in such a way that we feel now, what will later be dismissed as stupidity.
Don't forget that this all has to do with burning (removing, deleting...) books (manuscripts, computers/data...), and nothing to do with actual time-travel or anything like that. In pointing out that we read the past, you only drive my point further, because if they are trying to control the data, which that's what this is about, then they're doing so for the future.
You are correct. But I wonder what the search warrants actually state, seeing that Google is all over the world. Also, I'm left with the feeling that there's like, a morning email that "Google" receives, and in turn Google provides a certain data-set to the government agency that requested it. Surely it's more than that, but damn. They do it so much each year.
...there is a rumour that there is a world outside US that exists too.
You're talking about medical insurers, and you're right, they do exist. However they operate in the same manner as the ones in the US do. They're all middle-men that need a cut, so (medical) prices need to inflate in order to pay the people that process the bills.
Making them open source enables the entire world to decide to take the risk, or even to have responsible companies outside developing them.
Ok, stop right there. Because if the people are allowed to choose the risk, then why not remove the burden on the doctors to be right all the time, thus removing the ability of the people to sue them so easily?
Really my point was that the context cannot be handed down without some distortion in understanding, but I'll try to paint the picture better.
I was born in 1976, so I remember having a "phone line" to the house, and all phones in the house were devices that were there in order to use that one line. This means that if the phone rang, one person of the household answered it, and then routed the call to whoever it was for. The context behind leaving someone alone to talk on the phone to their boyfriend/girlfriend/boss/whatever, not allowing others to use the phone as you wait for an important call, not having call-waiting, or caller-ID, can be totally lost to today's kids of today. 'How we spend time in today's world' has a contextual change to it from generation to generation. This context is embedded into the fabric of the language of the day, and so it's hard to "convert" into a context that is 100 years older or younger.
However, on the other hand, in Ireland a lot of their history is preserved in songs. Since songs have a way of leaving you with a feeling, they also have a way of preserving some relevant context from the writer of the song, from the time of writing - see how music changes over time.
The baby's picture is on the main screen on the phone, the phone mimics/displays all of the baby's vital signs, and gives readings on all baby-related matters... in this way, the device is the baby. However, we're going to depend on the same parent that can't care for the baby itself, to monitor the device that's monitoring the baby? How odd indeed.
Maybe they can then sell little baby clothes to put on your iPhone.
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In today's world, I'll take the crack-pot label any day, but I understand what you mean. Let me assure you that I have seen the crackpots that I assume that you're talking about, and ...yeah, they can be funny. There are enough questions about Egypt that no one can answer with any sort of authority, and I'm not going to try either. I think we'd both agree that something amazing happened there, regardless of how, when or why. Cheers!
Shouldn't this be Microsoft Windows users? My PS3 isn't going to get malware.
I have no way to prove anything about ancient Egypt, anymore than you do, but what you said stands within reason. I'd just question why what would appear to be the world's most ingenious civilization, that spanned the globe apparently, would set up shop in a desert. Of course there could have been a good reason, the ancient Egyptians did all sorts of strange things. It's just that all of the other pyramids around the world are in lush rainforest-like places, many covered completely in vegetation. Also the sphinx was apparently worn down by a significant amount of rain since it was constructed.
$17 million to 37 states, let's see...
That's $459,459 per state.
That would almost pay for one mile of a 4-lane interstate to be paved with 2" of black-top.
Maybe ancient ancient Egypt was. Did they get a date on that meat? I didn't see that in the article anywhere. But yes, for what I said to be true, it would require Ancient Egypt to be older than they suspect it is.
Yuk! But this only strengthens the argument that Egypt was once a lush rainforest-like environment.
I guess you've never heard of "stop and frisk" either, but that's totally detaining someone, and for no (legal) reason.
He wouldn't be arrested, they don't have to do that in America anymore - they "detain" you.
Yeah but this "archaeological chemist" thinks that ancient Egypt was a desert, whereas most others have concluded that it was a lush rainforest, and that the people of that day were into farming on a large scale. That and there aren't many comments on this "nerd fair" article.
Maybe the king died as he was eating, and they wrapped up his left-over food? This is the first I've ever heard of there being "food" in any tomb.
I wish I knew the context behind why they did anything that they did in ancient Egypt.
Maaan, I'd love to agree with you (and to a small extent, I do), but there's one thing that stops me from thinking that way, and that's the Utah data center. I mean, each dept of government has, ultimately, a budget. Whoever sets those budgets should be able to come to terms with why that dept needs that much money, no?
You may be right, but I wonder if they were trying to go the cheapest route possible. As in, maybe they figured that trying to go directly to the supreme court wouldn't be a bad idea, compared to going through lower courts, paying lawyers along the way.
I'm not a lawyer, so maybe that sounds dumb to someone that knows more than I do.
Are you calling King Tutankhamun a jerky? I wooo wooo....!
...if those people were invited to become members after the fact
Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Probably a lot of thumb-twirling at their meetings, then this dude pops up with "Ooo ooo I know what we can do...!"
I hear what you're saying, but what if, and I'm going out on a limb here, but what if the American government was ultimately behind the 9/11 attacks? If the "authoritarians who rule by fear" are the ones causing the fear, then it's win, win for them.
Looking over what you quoted, seems to drive my point home, no?
Really?
Founded in New York City in 1904, The Explorers Club promotes the scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space by supporting research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences. The Club’s members have been responsible for an illustrious series of famous firsts: First to the North Pole, first to the South Pole, first to the summit of Mount Everest, first to the deepest point in the ocean, first to the surface of the moon—all accomplished by our members.
Ever heard of Simpon G. Powell? Here's a YouTube clip of one of his documentaries.
You're 100% correct. The sad truth was that the people in that dept were going to take the fall for anything, regardless what they did (in line with their job duties or not), and that's why the people in that dept all quit.
The end result is that I and those that I worked with, all came to understand, and in practical terms, that if you are working for a hardware company, then most problems will be blamed on software, and if you work for a software company, then most problems will be blamed on hardware.
I was making more than enough money to support a family of 4, and now I sell plants that I grow at home, while my wife does hair. She's able to make a bit more than I was at that shit-job and now we're both happy. Had I not quit that job, I'd have undoubtedly died from a heart-attack before my 40th bday.
Yeah man. Turns out that if you grow your own food, you can eliminate the need for an entire job and everything that comes with it; car, gas, insurance, time, stress... and life is a lot simpler. I'm so tired of working with computers, they seem so unevolved compared to nature.
I'll give it another go...
Back in the day, people used to burn women alive, for being a witch, and the entire town used to watch. We know that is true because of what history books tell us it is. However we're not able to actually understand the point of view that would allow for such an event in today's world. We dismiss what they did as stupidity and leave it at that, and in that same way, we're not able to predict the future in such a way that we feel now, what will later be dismissed as stupidity.
Don't forget that this all has to do with burning (removing, deleting...) books (manuscripts, computers/data...), and nothing to do with actual time-travel or anything like that. In pointing out that we read the past, you only drive my point further, because if they are trying to control the data, which that's what this is about, then they're doing so for the future.
You are correct. But I wonder what the search warrants actually state, seeing that Google is all over the world. Also, I'm left with the feeling that there's like, a morning email that "Google" receives, and in turn Google provides a certain data-set to the government agency that requested it. Surely it's more than that, but damn. They do it so much each year.
...there is a rumour that there is a world outside US that exists too.
You're talking about medical insurers, and you're right, they do exist. However they operate in the same manner as the ones in the US do. They're all middle-men that need a cut, so (medical) prices need to inflate in order to pay the people that process the bills.
Making them open source enables the entire world to decide to take the risk, or even to have responsible companies outside developing them.
Ok, stop right there. Because if the people are allowed to choose the risk, then why not remove the burden on the doctors to be right all the time, thus removing the ability of the people to sue them so easily?
Really my point was that the context cannot be handed down without some distortion in understanding, but I'll try to paint the picture better.
I was born in 1976, so I remember having a "phone line" to the house, and all phones in the house were devices that were there in order to use that one line. This means that if the phone rang, one person of the household answered it, and then routed the call to whoever it was for. The context behind leaving someone alone to talk on the phone to their boyfriend/girlfriend/boss/whatever, not allowing others to use the phone as you wait for an important call, not having call-waiting, or caller-ID, can be totally lost to today's kids of today. 'How we spend time in today's world' has a contextual change to it from generation to generation. This context is embedded into the fabric of the language of the day, and so it's hard to "convert" into a context that is 100 years older or younger.
However, on the other hand, in Ireland a lot of their history is preserved in songs. Since songs have a way of leaving you with a feeling, they also have a way of preserving some relevant context from the writer of the song, from the time of writing - see how music changes over time.
Anyway, I hope that cleared it up a little bit.
The baby's picture is on the main screen on the phone, the phone mimics/displays all of the baby's vital signs, and gives readings on all baby-related matters... in this way, the device is the baby. However, we're going to depend on the same parent that can't care for the baby itself, to monitor the device that's monitoring the baby? How odd indeed.
Maybe they can then sell little baby clothes to put on your iPhone.