Maybe for some people, buying a car that pollutes less is about trying to harm our environment less so that we don't end up like LA rather than saving money or "making a statement".
I think the articles are about the concrete results of buying and driving a hybrid. They're not about "trying", or about intentions, or about fear of "end[ing] up like LA".
The articles aren't about how you feel. They're about measurable costs and benefits.
Because lawsuits, as they're currently setup, amount to a punishment. I can punish you by suing you, even if I have zero basis for my claim. That's wrong.
So, what you fail to understand is how much research is funded by the federal government. If you are unable to acquire NIH funding, that severely limits the type and extent of research that can be accomplished given the current academic infrastructure.
Too bad. I think the relevant words are: beggars can't be choosers.
They've developed this cool new super-accurate test. Great. But they're probably not going to make the test free -- so not everyone will be able to afford it.
Without this test, rich and poor will have a more equal chance of dieing of undiagnosed cancers. Therefore, they shouldn't have developed this test.
Yeah. Don't the writers know that TV is about pure, accurate depictions of science? You'd think they were trying to entertain us or something! Stupid unenlightened TV writers!
That's why I only watch PBS and listen to NPR -- so I can be safe from entertainment and news about regular people.
Of the 3,258 names on the original list, therefore, the county concluded that more than 15 percent were in error. If that ratio held statewide, no fewer than 7,000 voters were incorrectly targeted for removal from voting rosters.
I RTFA and the EFF opinion it was linked to. Shocking -- I know. To save yourself this shock in the future, you may want to only read the first 20 or so comments on future Slashdot posts.
If you read the opinion from the EFF, this doesn't have much of anything to do with patents at all. No one has been accused of patent infringement in this case.
- color laser printouts don't fade in 6 months - they look better on cheap paper, - you don't have to wait for them to dry - and the printers don't fail when they get dusty.
No one has said it's a crime to refill your printer cartridges. At most, it's a breech of contract between you and Lexmark.
If you read the court opinion, you'll see that the cartridges won't work unless Lexmark refills them because there's a lockout chip. So breeching this particular contract is going to be difficult anyway.
Lexmark is guilty of no more than offering their customers a bad deal.
It's a good question, but blame is 100% unhelpful right now (or for the forseeable future) on the Gulf Coast. Blame isn't going to rescue, feed, clothe, or house anyone. Blame isn't going to change the price of gas. Blame isn't going to change the weather in the past, or in the future.
Aside from being unhelpful, the blame is completely misplaced. Katrina was a weather event. People don't control the weather. It just happens.
Could there have been better preparation? Yes, always. For everything that's ever happened, there's a way it could have gone better (or worse, or just different).
There's a time to examine what went wrong to learn what to do different in the future. It's not that time yet. And even then, the half-informed opinions of a bunch of Slashdotters are of dubious value to that process.
It seems to me that lately a lot of comments on slashdot have been trying to start a witch hunt for advocates of ID. Can we please knock it off and stop screaming wolf every time some thing that is related to science is mentioned on slashdot.
You realize you're talking to zealots, right? I don't think "please" is going to cover it.
If true, we'll have to genetically modify the crops to thrive on less moisture, or farm in the VAST expanses of Canada, or use nuclear power to pump in water and irrigate, or eat less bread and use the lands as pasture so we can eat more meat, or make up for the loss in crop yield in the summer by growing crops in the winter, or any one of a hundred other things.
And nobody is saying that if we do not take drastic measures today the world is going to end.
What!? They've been saying that for decades now. The end of the world is, in the opinion of climatologists who need their research grants renewed, long overdue. Where have you been?
Most of them are people who are offended that the local schools don't teach strict Evangelical Christian doctrine (how is that different from the Islamic schools in the Middle East that are a churning out ideological zealots who view the US as evil?)
Key differences:
- Islam and Christianity are entirely seperate and distinct religions - Home schooling is in the US, not in the Middle East - schools and home-schools tend to be different in that home-schools are in the home - home schools are less likely than even public schools to teach their pupils that the US is evil
There are probably other differences.
Congratulations on being an anti-religious bigot, BTW. I'm sure you're fitting in well here.
If you're like the average person, you produce more than you consume. Therefore, if you kill yourself, the world will be worse off in a very practical sense.
Think about it for a while. The average person produces more than he consumes.
It's the biggest part of the answer to the resource question.
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If Google goes out of business, just eradicate the species of ant.
Do I have to solve every problem for you people?
Where do I sign up for these jobs?
Well, first you have to be a gorilla...
Maybe for some people, buying a car that pollutes less is about trying to harm our environment less so that we don't end up like LA rather than saving money or "making a statement".
I think the articles are about the concrete results of buying and driving a hybrid. They're not about "trying", or about intentions, or about fear of "end[ing] up like LA".
The articles aren't about how you feel. They're about measurable costs and benefits.
Why shouldn't he be sued?
Because lawsuits, as they're currently setup, amount to a punishment. I can punish you by suing you, even if I have zero basis for my claim. That's wrong.
So, what you fail to understand is how much research is funded by the federal government. If you are unable to acquire NIH funding, that severely limits the type and extent of research that can be accomplished given the current academic infrastructure.
Too bad. I think the relevant words are: beggars can't be choosers.
They've developed this cool new super-accurate test. Great. But they're probably not going to make the test free -- so not everyone will be able to afford it.
Without this test, rich and poor will have a more equal chance of dieing of undiagnosed cancers. Therefore, they shouldn't have developed this test.
My leftist friends told me inequality is bad.
That does it then. With this news, and the fact that it didn't rank in the top 50 Sci-Fi shows, I'm going to have to dump my Manimal tapes.
This is why we have all this horror shlock on the Sci-Fi channel
Tonight, I think they're showing an original movie about a giant animal attacking people. I think it's a giant killer squirrel this time.
Yeah. Don't the writers know that TV is about pure, accurate depictions of science? You'd think they were trying to entertain us or something! Stupid unenlightened TV writers!
That's why I only watch PBS and listen to NPR -- so I can be safe from entertainment and news about regular people.
From the post you linked to:
Of the 3,258 names on the original list, therefore, the county concluded that more than 15 percent were in error. If that ratio held statewide, no fewer than 7,000 voters were incorrectly targeted for removal from voting rosters.
Bush's margin of victory in Florida in 2004 was 380,978 votes.
The court says there's a contract. I didn't say I agreed with the court.
I RTFA and the EFF opinion it was linked to. Shocking -- I know. To save yourself this shock in the future, you may want to only read the first 20 or so comments on future Slashdot posts.
If you read the opinion from the EFF, this doesn't have much of anything to do with patents at all. No one has been accused of patent infringement in this case.
Also,
- color laser printouts don't fade in 6 months
- they look better on cheap paper,
- you don't have to wait for them to dry
- and the printers don't fail when they get dusty.
No one has said it's a crime to refill your printer cartridges. At most, it's a breech of contract between you and Lexmark.
If you read the court opinion, you'll see that the cartridges won't work unless Lexmark refills them because there's a lockout chip. So breeching this particular contract is going to be difficult anyway.
Lexmark is guilty of no more than offering their customers a bad deal.
Buy a laser printer instead.
It's a good question, but blame is 100% unhelpful right now (or for the forseeable future) on the Gulf Coast. Blame isn't going to rescue, feed, clothe, or house anyone. Blame isn't going to change the price of gas. Blame isn't going to change the weather in the past, or in the future.
Aside from being unhelpful, the blame is completely misplaced. Katrina was a weather event. People don't control the weather. It just happens.
Could there have been better preparation? Yes, always. For everything that's ever happened, there's a way it could have gone better (or worse, or just different).
There's a time to examine what went wrong to learn what to do different in the future. It's not that time yet. And even then, the half-informed opinions of a bunch of Slashdotters are of dubious value to that process.
The public likes their news in small, easilly digested sound bites
If you look at the ratings and readership trends, there's little evidence that the public likes news in any form.
It seems to me that lately a lot of comments on slashdot have been trying to start a witch hunt for advocates of ID. Can we please knock it off and stop screaming wolf every time some thing that is related to science is mentioned on slashdot.
You realize you're talking to zealots, right? I don't think "please" is going to cover it.
But Fry got parasites that made him a superman...
Damn cartoon mixed-messages! Be consistent!
If true, we'll have to genetically modify the crops to thrive on less moisture, or farm in the VAST expanses of Canada, or use nuclear power to pump in water and irrigate, or eat less bread and use the lands as pasture so we can eat more meat, or make up for the loss in crop yield in the summer by growing crops in the winter, or any one of a hundred other things.
And nobody is saying that if we do not take drastic measures today the world is going to end.
What!? They've been saying that for decades now. The end of the world is, in the opinion of climatologists who need their research grants renewed, long overdue. Where have you been?
Most of them are people who are offended that the local schools don't teach strict Evangelical Christian doctrine (how is that different from the Islamic schools in the Middle East that are a churning out ideological zealots who view the US as evil?)
Key differences:
- Islam and Christianity are entirely seperate and distinct religions
- Home schooling is in the US, not in the Middle East
- schools and home-schools tend to be different in that home-schools are in the home
- home schools are less likely than even public schools to teach their pupils that the US is evil
There are probably other differences.
Congratulations on being an anti-religious bigot, BTW. I'm sure you're fitting in well here.
And what did you pay for those "social skills"?
Answer:
"30 to 37 percentile points across all subjects" plus an astronomical amount of tax money
Was that a good trade?
If you're like the average person, you produce more than you consume. Therefore, if you kill yourself, the world will be worse off in a very practical sense.
Think about it for a while. The average person produces more than he consumes.
It's the biggest part of the answer to the resource question.
Oh no, not another Prius owner!
Here's an article:
Most Hybrid Vehicles Not as Cost-Effective as They Seem
But buy what you want. You might be better off with a Prius. I might be better off with an SUV, even when I factor in the cost of the gas.
That's why they make both SUVs and Prius and that's why they let us decide for ourselves what we need.