"God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference."
That's for sheeple. What's wrong with this?
"Your reach should always exceed your grasp."
or
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
The "wisdom to know the difference" has now degenerated into an excuse for inaction because "what's the use, I can't change anything." Changing only the things you know you can is a fear of failure that becomes self-fulfilling.
If you found a physical piece of mail in your mail box, with a hand typed letter stating in detail how you were going to get raped and murdered tonight, you wouldn't take it seriously?
No. I'd probably just call the cops and let them do their job (check for prints, etc., if they felt it was warranted) but I'd still take the dogs out for a walk before bedtime, and I doubt that I'd have a problem sleeping. Anonymous threats are from cowards, whether they're on the 'net or in my bail box.
Then again, maybe not even call the cops. The last time someone threatened to put a bullet in my head, I told him "You and what army?" and continued walking my dogs without ever reporting it. Threats are just that - threats. Same as death threats - the ones who are serious about killing you won't threaten you first. They're threatening because they want something from you, or to get you to do something. That won't happen if they kill you, will it?
How is an anonymous online message, stating your home address, any different?
How does anyone having your address suddenly make threats "more real." I've posted my address elsewhere in this discussion - so far, no unexpected mail. But everyone's address is publicly searchable in SO many ways - municipal tax records, court records, business registration records, marriages, divorces, whatever... so what? Talk about over-dramatization. The more I look into this mess, the less Ms. Wu has any credibility. On the Huffpost interview (posted the link elsewhere) she claims to have been a journalist and also studied law - but there is no evidence of this, under her current or former name. And her legal claims in that interview were ridiculous.
So, failed journalist, failed at law, and now a failed "feminist" (take a look at the objectification of females in this game - see the background images on her website
When I watch drag queens, I can't help but feel insulted - as if that offensive cartoon is what they think feminine truth is
The female characters on her website and in her game look like they were designed by horny adolescent boys for horny adolescent boys.
And 4 years to develop a free game with an expected game play time of 2 to 3 hours using the unreal engine?
Wu should go back to complaining about how gay men are competing with women for penis:
I don't especially feel that gays are allies when it comes to women. I think that we usually get along well, but I have occasionally felt that gays see us primarily as competition for the penis
But they already have proof of age, so this whole "certification" process is redundant if it's just to weed out under-age strippers^Wdancers.
Or while we're at it, lets have a certification for the audience, so they can all prove that they are certified to be stripper-watchers.. After all, if a driver's license isn't good enough for the women, it's not good enough for the men.
The "certification" doesn't change anything. Any business can serve as a front - massage parlors are a good example. It's the same with bars serving as fronts for drug distribution and sales, or the local fast-food joint laundering large sums of cash, or Western Union being used to defraud people of their savings.
Montreal police Commander Ian Lafreniere said this week that the department didn’t do background checks on owners of buildings where the department rented space in 1998, when the Papineau lease was signed.
And while the police force began doing background checks on all new leases in 2006, it only began investigating the owners of buildings on lease renewals in 2010, he said. That explains why there was no background check on the owners of the Papineau building in 1998 or when the lease was renewed in 2008, Lafreniere said.
The Montreal police force learned of the landlord’s record in 2010 and doesn’t plan to renew the lease when it expires in October, he added.
So, drug money laundered into revenue property rented out to the cops. ANY business can be a front.
My original observation was that we need to not be counter-productive with things like this stupid licensing law. It just puts another barrier in place. If enough people "get it", maybe something, even if it's only attitudes, will be changed. The status quo is not an option.
It all depends on how (and how long) you look at it - the uncertainty principle strikes again!
So in the end the universe devolves into a big reese's peanut butter cup - "You've got techni-quarks in my higgs bosun" "You've got higgs bosuns in my techni-quarks."
"Mmmm Peanut Butter Cups." were the last words heard from the over-universe as we were gobbled up by some dude who looked remarkably like Homer Simpson.
Too bad the license costs $75/year. If it were free, we could fix this problem really quickly by everyone applying for stripper licenses. It would also be a great novelty item if it were only, say $10/year.
Either that or money doesn't buy votes as much as some believe it does.
Big-spending campaigns probably give voters the impression that the candidate is already "plugged into the system" and is not really going to represent the average voter. Look at what happened with Palin once she went credit-card-crazy buying fancy outfits for herself and her family.
Plus, if you're spending all that money, people who would have voted for you figure you'll be a shoe-in, so they don't go and vote.
And of course, if you can't "buy" all that fancy advertising, you have to get out your ground game - pounding the pavement, pounding on doors, pounding your message.
The study is absolute crap. They drew a comparison between murder rates and ratings on games. Well, guess what? Kids don't commit the majority of murders to begin with, and schools have become a bit better at kids bringing guns and knives into the school and at doing lockdowns.
They should have looked at the types of violence that are more typical of kids, and compared that the to overall population's violence rates.
Now, as to whether it desensitizes kids or not - I don't know. Kids have had easy access to online pr0n for quite some time now - how does that correlate with teen pregnancy rates, teen sexual assault, etc?
Try again. If ALL violence is dropping (despite increases in violence on TV and video games) then the question is, is this due to other factors, such as an aging population, "good enough" alternatives to violence, changes in reporting methods, etc. But because the actual comparison was to murder rates, not all violence, maybe it's due to increased gun control in several jurisdictions.
The results weren't kind. Only two of the eight candidates backed by Mayday won their elections, and both of those candidates were quite likely to win anyway.
"Whatever else voters wanted, they wanted first their team to win."
Well, duh! Most people don't want to switch because that would mean they were wrong before.
"We moved voters on the basis of that message. Not enough. Not cheaply enough. But they moved."
Not really...
Until you get proportional representation (which actually gives 3rd parties a chance) it's going to be "Partisanship For The Win!"
The problem is that stupid bosses are always looking for ways to do things faster, quicker, AND cheaper... so of course they'll go behind your back and get an intern to do "stoopid intern tricks" and then expect you to pick up the pieces no problemo. Glad I quit there a month later.
During the period of the study, ALL violence was in decline, public perception to the contrary (thanks to our overhyped news cycle that treats news as infotainment).
the screen displays either a red or green box on the left or right side. If the box is red, the subject must indicate this with their right index finger, and if the box is green, the subject indicates this with their left index finger.
I'm color-blind you ignorant clod. Green, brown, yellow, red, whatever...
Typically, fMRI machines divide the brain into three-dimensional pixels called voxels, each about five cubic millimeters in size. The complete activity of the brain at any instant can be recorded using a three-dimensional grid of 60 x 60 x 30 voxels.
Is this a fine-enough resolution? If we used 1mmx1mm, would we see more than 50 "areas of activity" at one time? Or are we assuming this because that's what we have available right now?
Do you really believe that the people pushing crap this give a crap?
Their next step will be to create a "Level 2 6-month advanced program".
And then the "Level 3 9-month expert program."
Because they don't have a clue. But that's okay - we have Simon (the BOfH) on our side. I expect a run on cattle prods, quicklime and easily rolled up carpets if this ever gains traction.
Wow... lots of incredibly defensive responses. Almost as if these people feel threatened by someone with 3 months of education in their field.
Just to clarify, the minions are for menial programming tasks, not to do automated tasks that would be better done by a script.
You've never had one of those "minions" remove a bunch of files that do things like automatically set up the database connection, verify user input, etc., and lose a days credit card transactions because "I didn't think those functions weren't needed." Sadly, it's a true story. Our idiot boss, who thought he could save time and money by having a "minion" do it, didn't help. (Okay, they weren't minions, they were interns in the last 3 months of a 1-year program, but still... same diff).
Of course not - but these idiots are talking about getting someone to the point where they can make a web page. Or use a pre-packaged piece of software and configure it through the admin interface. No real coding required. But the truth won't get you attention, grants, etc.
Besides, it's not like we need even more crappy web developers.
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The fact that you keep a scary dog speaks volumes too. Clearly you are afraid of something, otherwise you wouldn't risk owning one.
My first Newfie (think black St. Bernard) was given to me as a reward by someone whose dog had been given to me by a veterinarian after they couldn't find it's owner. He was a totally awesome dog. My St. Bernard I got from the SPCA. She was a real honey. My current dog was dumped on my by one of my daughters when he was a puppy, and I had no idea what he'd turn out like. The toddlers in the neighborhood love exchanging kisses on the nose with him. My second newfie I "stole" from a muni pound (with inside help) that was going to put him down the next morning because of a lack of space. So yes, for decades I've had big dogs, but I certainly don't see them as scary in the least. That others might isn't my fault. Toby's behavior, even when other dogs lunge at him or bite him, is exemplary. He just thinks they're playing.
Good luck.
Thank you. Yes, over the last few decades the dogs have helped me deal with PTSD and the resulting anxiety and depression, both from the first murder, and from the sexual assault in the late '90s. And Toby was also a big help when I was almost blind this past winter (I had been practicing letting him lead me because I was worried that I would lose most of my vision again). He's getting old, and once he's gone I'll have to train another dog because my "good retina", despite treatment, is also going.
I think the way that we're all over-reacting to anonymous death threats on the internet is a disgrace when we compare it to the grandmothers in Kiev who stood their ground (and died) under live sniper fire by government forces. We should all be so brave when it comes to standing up for what we believe in.
The captain was issued a ticket on the spot because he got caught during an inspection with undersize fish. Ergo the investigation into his actions had already commenced.
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"God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference."
That's for sheeple. What's wrong with this?
"Your reach should always exceed your grasp."
or
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
The "wisdom to know the difference" has now degenerated into an excuse for inaction because "what's the use, I can't change anything." Changing only the things you know you can is a fear of failure that becomes self-fulfilling.
If you found a physical piece of mail in your mail box, with a hand typed letter stating in detail how you were going to get raped and murdered tonight, you wouldn't take it seriously?
No. I'd probably just call the cops and let them do their job (check for prints, etc., if they felt it was warranted) but I'd still take the dogs out for a walk before bedtime, and I doubt that I'd have a problem sleeping. Anonymous threats are from cowards, whether they're on the 'net or in my bail box.
Then again, maybe not even call the cops. The last time someone threatened to put a bullet in my head, I told him "You and what army?" and continued walking my dogs without ever reporting it. Threats are just that - threats. Same as death threats - the ones who are serious about killing you won't threaten you first. They're threatening because they want something from you, or to get you to do something. That won't happen if they kill you, will it?
How is an anonymous online message, stating your home address, any different?
How does anyone having your address suddenly make threats "more real." I've posted my address elsewhere in this discussion - so far, no unexpected mail. But everyone's address is publicly searchable in SO many ways - municipal tax records, court records, business registration records, marriages, divorces, whatever ... so what? Talk about over-dramatization. The more I look into this mess, the less Ms. Wu has any credibility. On the Huffpost interview (posted the link elsewhere) she claims to have been a journalist and also studied law - but there is no evidence of this, under her current or former name. And her legal claims in that interview were ridiculous.
So, failed journalist, failed at law, and now a failed "feminist" (take a look at the objectification of females in this game - see the background images on her website
Doesn't exactly resonate with this quote - second entry from the top
When I watch drag queens, I can't help but feel insulted - as if that offensive cartoon is what they think feminine truth is
The female characters on her website and in her game look like they were designed by horny adolescent boys for horny adolescent boys. And 4 years to develop a free game with an expected game play time of 2 to 3 hours using the unreal engine?
Wu should go back to complaining about how gay men are competing with women for penis:
I don't especially feel that gays are allies when it comes to women. I think that we usually get along well, but I have occasionally felt that gays see us primarily as competition for the penis
.
Or while we're at it, lets have a certification for the audience, so they can all prove that they are certified to be stripper-watchers.. After all, if a driver's license isn't good enough for the women, it's not good enough for the men.
Discussion is GOOD :-)
Among other things, this thread might get people to think of the unexpected and counter-productive consequences of what seems like a simple tax grab.
The "certification" doesn't change anything. Any business can serve as a front - massage parlors are a good example. It's the same with bars serving as fronts for drug distribution and sales, or the local fast-food joint laundering large sums of cash, or Western Union being used to defraud people of their savings.
Heck, it turns out that the owner of the building housing one of our local police stations, and then the anti-gang squad, is a convicted drug trafficker with ties to the Mafia.
Montreal police Commander Ian Lafreniere said this week that the department didn’t do background checks on owners of buildings where the department rented space in 1998, when the Papineau lease was signed.
And while the police force began doing background checks on all new leases in 2006, it only began investigating the owners of buildings on lease renewals in 2010, he said. That explains why there was no background check on the owners of the Papineau building in 1998 or when the lease was renewed in 2008, Lafreniere said.
The Montreal police force learned of the landlord’s record in 2010 and doesn’t plan to renew the lease when it expires in October, he added.
So, drug money laundered into revenue property rented out to the cops. ANY business can be a front.
My original observation was that we need to not be counter-productive with things like this stupid licensing law. It just puts another barrier in place. If enough people "get it", maybe something, even if it's only attitudes, will be changed. The status quo is not an option.
So in the end the universe devolves into a big reese's peanut butter cup - "You've got techni-quarks in my higgs bosun" "You've got higgs bosuns in my techni-quarks."
"Mmmm Peanut Butter Cups." were the last words heard from the over-universe as we were gobbled up by some dude who looked remarkably like Homer Simpson.
And how does that observation help a woman who's working as a hooker get off the streets, pray tell?
Too bad the license costs $75/year. If it were free, we could fix this problem really quickly by everyone applying for stripper licenses. It would also be a great novelty item if it were only, say $10/year.
Seems to me that putting up barriers to women working on the streets getting off the streets is counter-productive.
Would you rather have your daughter working the streets as a prostitute for a pimp or dancing in a strip club with bouncers, etc.?
Birth certificate, driver's license, etc., all prove age. No need for a special certificate.
Either that or money doesn't buy votes as much as some believe it does.
Big-spending campaigns probably give voters the impression that the candidate is already "plugged into the system" and is not really going to represent the average voter. Look at what happened with Palin once she went credit-card-crazy buying fancy outfits for herself and her family.
Plus, if you're spending all that money, people who would have voted for you figure you'll be a shoe-in, so they don't go and vote.
And of course, if you can't "buy" all that fancy advertising, you have to get out your ground game - pounding the pavement, pounding on doors, pounding your message.
The study is absolute crap. They drew a comparison between murder rates and ratings on games. Well, guess what? Kids don't commit the majority of murders to begin with, and schools have become a bit better at kids bringing guns and knives into the school and at doing lockdowns.
They should have looked at the types of violence that are more typical of kids, and compared that the to overall population's violence rates.
Now, as to whether it desensitizes kids or not - I don't know. Kids have had easy access to online pr0n for quite some time now - how does that correlate with teen pregnancy rates, teen sexual assault, etc?
The study is garbage, hence GIGO.
And the last I looked, there's been violence in the middle east for a thousand years. They've just gotten better weapons.
The results weren't kind. Only two of the eight candidates backed by Mayday won their elections, and both of those candidates were quite likely to win anyway. "Whatever else voters wanted, they wanted first their team to win."
Well, duh! Most people don't want to switch because that would mean they were wrong before.
"We moved voters on the basis of that message. Not enough. Not cheaply enough. But they moved."
Not really ...
Until you get proportional representation (which actually gives 3rd parties a chance) it's going to be "Partisanship For The Win!"
The problem is that stupid bosses are always looking for ways to do things faster, quicker, AND cheaper ... so of course they'll go behind your back and get an intern to do "stoopid intern tricks" and then expect you to pick up the pieces no problemo. Glad I quit there a month later.
During the period of the study, ALL violence was in decline, public perception to the contrary (thanks to our overhyped news cycle that treats news as infotainment).
So, GIGO strikes again.
the screen displays either a red or green box on the left or right side. If the box is red, the subject must indicate this with their right index finger, and if the box is green, the subject indicates this with their left index finger.
I'm color-blind you ignorant clod. Green, brown, yellow, red, whatever ...
Typically, fMRI machines divide the brain into three-dimensional pixels called voxels, each about five cubic millimeters in size. The complete activity of the brain at any instant can be recorded using a three-dimensional grid of 60 x 60 x 30 voxels.
Is this a fine-enough resolution? If we used 1mmx1mm, would we see more than 50 "areas of activity" at one time? Or are we assuming this because that's what we have available right now?
and just how good and maintainable is that code?
Do you really believe that the people pushing crap this give a crap?
Their next step will be to create a "Level 2 6-month advanced program".
And then the "Level 3 9-month expert program."
Because they don't have a clue. But that's okay - we have Simon (the BOfH) on our side. I expect a run on cattle prods, quicklime and easily rolled up carpets if this ever gains traction.
Wow... lots of incredibly defensive responses. Almost as if these people feel threatened by someone with 3 months of education in their field.
Just to clarify, the minions are for menial programming tasks, not to do automated tasks that would be better done by a script.
You've never had one of those "minions" remove a bunch of files that do things like automatically set up the database connection, verify user input, etc., and lose a days credit card transactions because "I didn't think those functions weren't needed." Sadly, it's a true story. Our idiot boss, who thought he could save time and money by having a "minion" do it, didn't help. (Okay, they weren't minions, they were interns in the last 3 months of a 1-year program, but still ... same diff).
I'm at the stage where I know I can make anything with programming,
Really? Make me a sammich!
Zero to coder in 3 months?
Of course not - but these idiots are talking about getting someone to the point where they can make a web page. Or use a pre-packaged piece of software and configure it through the admin interface. No real coding required. But the truth won't get you attention, grants, etc.
Besides, it's not like we need even more crappy web developers.
You have a lot of faith in banks. They are supposed to do the same checks here, but it doesn't stop fraudsters.
And that's the difference between our banking systems:
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The fact that you keep a scary dog speaks volumes too. Clearly you are afraid of something, otherwise you wouldn't risk owning one.
My first Newfie (think black St. Bernard) was given to me as a reward by someone whose dog had been given to me by a veterinarian after they couldn't find it's owner. He was a totally awesome dog. My St. Bernard I got from the SPCA. She was a real honey. My current dog was dumped on my by one of my daughters when he was a puppy, and I had no idea what he'd turn out like. The toddlers in the neighborhood love exchanging kisses on the nose with him. My second newfie I "stole" from a muni pound (with inside help) that was going to put him down the next morning because of a lack of space. So yes, for decades I've had big dogs, but I certainly don't see them as scary in the least. That others might isn't my fault. Toby's behavior, even when other dogs lunge at him or bite him, is exemplary. He just thinks they're playing.
Good luck.
Thank you. Yes, over the last few decades the dogs have helped me deal with PTSD and the resulting anxiety and depression, both from the first murder, and from the sexual assault in the late '90s. And Toby was also a big help when I was almost blind this past winter (I had been practicing letting him lead me because I was worried that I would lose most of my vision again). He's getting old, and once he's gone I'll have to train another dog because my "good retina", despite treatment, is also going.
I think the way that we're all over-reacting to anonymous death threats on the internet is a disgrace when we compare it to the grandmothers in Kiev who stood their ground (and died) under live sniper fire by government forces. We should all be so brave when it comes to standing up for what we believe in.
The captain was issued a ticket on the spot because he got caught during an inspection with undersize fish. Ergo the investigation into his actions had already commenced.