We need to get over our fear of nuclear energy, and all nations must come together to build a star ship and explore the universe. Everyone who is willing should contribute - from top-level physicists to school children. All nations must be allowed to contribute, from agrarian cultures to space-faring nations.
I like your optimism, but it's just a little too idealistic. (Although I very much agree with getting over the fear of nuclear energy.) Hell, just look at the comment section on this one article. You think people will get along long enough to focus on building a starship? While I don't see the technology for a such a thing arriving anytime soon, I don't think the collective effort of all of mankind will be required to continue human advancement into space. After all, it was during the height of international tensions between superpowers (the Cold War) that the serious effort was made to put a man on the moon.
On a slightly similar topic, why do people always assume that a highly intelligent alien race would be unified? Nearly every type of life (no matter how intelligent) on Earth fights with other members of it's species, why would we not expect the same from life elsewhere in the universe?
A natural process that is a result of being made of biological components is not a disease.
One thing that I will always find intriguing/amusing are self-proclaimed 'men of science' who purport to be staunch atheists, yet seem so bound and determined to stop what they should know to be a natural evolutionary process. People like this professor, and also those that claim that through some sort of special diet/routine they can achieve immortality (example: Ray Kurzweil). What is interesting is that the majority of the people who fall for this nonsense are not your typical image of "nutjob", but instead are often very intelligent people. I see two possibilities:
1. Deep down, they are not really atheists and are afraid that when they die whatever God that judges them will send them to a terrible afterlife.
2. (More likely) They do not believe in any sort of afterlife, and because it is so difficult for the human mind to even imagine a complete lack of existence, they are scared shitless by their own mortality.
Do you really want to live forever? There's only so much life has to offer.
There are a couple of good reasons why all encryption should have backdoors. It would help law enforcement track criminals such as terrorists and those who orchestrate scams such as ransomware. If they couldn't communicate with unbreakable encryption, it would be much easier to bring these criminals to justice and it would keep all of us safer. Backdoors could also be used to unencrypt data that criminals encrypted with ransomware, allowing victims to recover their data without paying exorbitant prices to criminals. This is yet another good reason why all encryption should have backdoors that are available to the government.
Most trolling nowadays is just terrible. This one works because it has excellent grammar and is actually semi-believable. My compliments. This is how it's done.
>> open a new #3 Master Lock using a small brass hammer — in under 90 seconds
Or, just haul a big bolt cutter into the locker room in a duffel bag and go "snip, snip, snip."
Yes, but by using the method described in the article, you can re-lock the lock. If I were a thief, I would probably use this guy's method. Not only can you re-lock the lock afterward (meaning whoever owns the shit you're stealing probably won't notice until much later), it looks less suspicious.
Example: If a witness sees you doing anything involving a pair of boltcutters, it looks pretty damn suspicious. If you use a small hammer to open the lock, then stuff the hammer back into your coat, and someone sees you messing with a duffel bag/briefcase/whatever with a cleanly unlocked lock, it doesn't scream "I'm stealing things".
You're proposing that living fewer days in relative sickness and malaise is preferable to a long and energetic life, so long as certain indulgences are more frequently met.
Life on the Dew and Doritos is so much shorter, and worse, than life on the avocado and deadlift.
I'm not proposing that at all, nor am I Iiving on "Dew and Doritos" (in fact I find one of the two utterly disgusting). All I'm saying is that is it worth giving up all the foods one likes so that one can squeeze out a few extra years? Some of us aren't dudebros who care about impressing our gym teachers, and don't feel as though life "on the avocado and deadlift" is a particularly fun or exciting life. I don't think eating some shitty food (in moderation) is living in "relative sickness" to someone who spends all their free time at the fitness club.
Again, note the in moderation, so you stop assuming that I'm advocating a life of pizza deliveries and never leaving the computer chair.
Which is absolutely your right. Meanwhile, (most of?) the rest of us want to make informed decisions about diet and exercise. So, go ahead and deconstruct the science or methodology of the study, if you like. But please don't imagine that you are striking a brave pose all the while that you are screaming and sticking your head in the sand. That's just plain sad.
I would hardly say I'm "striking a brave pose", nor am I "screaming and sticking my head in the sand." Just stating my opinion, which if I'm not mistaken is exactly what these comment sections are for.
And because I can't resist...
I'll tell you what's sad, people who post as AC;)
I'm sure this has been said before, but I'm not going to read through 200+ comments before I post. Anyway...
Who gives a shit? Seriously? I'm sick of all these "health studies" anyway. If eating this or that shaves ten seconds off your lifespan, does it really matter? Here's the news for all of you out there on your fad diets telling everyone else that they shouldn't consume sugar, meat, caffeine, dairy, or whatever the latest "evil" ingredient is: You're going to die anyway. Sorry, but all the healthy eating in the world won't keep you alive forever. When your number comes up, it's over. I know death is a scary thing, especially when you don't believe in an afterlife, and I know that deep down most of you are probably scared shitless and wish to delay the inevitable as long as you possibly can. Good for you.
But for the rest of us, we don't feel like living to 120 and spending the last decades of our lives pissing in our beds and being a burden on everyone around us. I'd rather not live a "perfect" lifestyle, enjoy some greasy-sugary-caffeinated-salted foods (everything in moderation), and not constantly be worried that everything I put in my stomach is going to kill me.
A recent article on Steam Spy talks about how a "target audience" for game genres doesn't exist — or, more specifically, how there is no such thing as an "FPS gamer"
Is it just me, or is this not true for many people? I'm an FPS gamer. I play pretty much exclusively first-person games, to the point where I almost refuse to look at anything else. Maybe it's narrow-minded of me, sure, but it can't be that uncommon. While I like plenty of different types of games within that genre, certainly not just a few choice titles, it remains pretty much the only genre I play.
Note that I did not RTFA, so if the actual story addresses this, then oh well.
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I don't understand why? Seriously, I don't get it.
Why? Why you ask? You question why?!
Because they can, that's why.
We need to get over our fear of nuclear energy, and all nations must come together to build a star ship and explore the universe. Everyone who is willing should contribute - from top-level physicists to school children. All nations must be allowed to contribute, from agrarian cultures to space-faring nations.
I like your optimism, but it's just a little too idealistic. (Although I very much agree with getting over the fear of nuclear energy.) Hell, just look at the comment section on this one article. You think people will get along long enough to focus on building a starship? While I don't see the technology for a such a thing arriving anytime soon, I don't think the collective effort of all of mankind will be required to continue human advancement into space. After all, it was during the height of international tensions between superpowers (the Cold War) that the serious effort was made to put a man on the moon.
On a slightly similar topic, why do people always assume that a highly intelligent alien race would be unified? Nearly every type of life (no matter how intelligent) on Earth fights with other members of it's species, why would we not expect the same from life elsewhere in the universe?
But Firefox releases are easy. They just have to run a script that randomly deletes some core features, and they are done.
Is that how they do it? I always thought they flipped a coin.
A natural process that is a result of being made of biological components is not a disease.
One thing that I will always find intriguing/amusing are self-proclaimed 'men of science' who purport to be staunch atheists, yet seem so bound and determined to stop what they should know to be a natural evolutionary process. People like this professor, and also those that claim that through some sort of special diet/routine they can achieve immortality (example: Ray Kurzweil). What is interesting is that the majority of the people who fall for this nonsense are not your typical image of "nutjob", but instead are often very intelligent people. I see two possibilities:
1. Deep down, they are not really atheists and are afraid that when they die whatever God that judges them will send them to a terrible afterlife.
2. (More likely) They do not believe in any sort of afterlife, and because it is so difficult for the human mind to even imagine a complete lack of existence, they are scared shitless by their own mortality.
Do you really want to live forever? There's only so much life has to offer.
There are a couple of good reasons why all encryption should have backdoors. It would help law enforcement track criminals such as terrorists and those who orchestrate scams such as ransomware. If they couldn't communicate with unbreakable encryption, it would be much easier to bring these criminals to justice and it would keep all of us safer. Backdoors could also be used to unencrypt data that criminals encrypted with ransomware, allowing victims to recover their data without paying exorbitant prices to criminals. This is yet another good reason why all encryption should have backdoors that are available to the government.
Most trolling nowadays is just terrible. This one works because it has excellent grammar and is actually semi-believable. My compliments. This is how it's done.
Have you considered running for office in 2016? Because I'm going to vote for you.
>> open a new #3 Master Lock using a small brass hammer — in under 90 seconds
Or, just haul a big bolt cutter into the locker room in a duffel bag and go "snip, snip, snip."
Yes, but by using the method described in the article, you can re-lock the lock. If I were a thief, I would probably use this guy's method. Not only can you re-lock the lock afterward (meaning whoever owns the shit you're stealing probably won't notice until much later), it looks less suspicious.
Example: If a witness sees you doing anything involving a pair of boltcutters, it looks pretty damn suspicious. If you use a small hammer to open the lock, then stuff the hammer back into your coat, and someone sees you messing with a duffel bag/briefcase/whatever with a cleanly unlocked lock, it doesn't scream "I'm stealing things".
Obligatory: They took my thumb!
You're proposing that living fewer days in relative sickness and malaise is preferable to a long and energetic life, so long as certain indulgences are more frequently met.
Life on the Dew and Doritos is so much shorter, and worse, than life on the avocado and deadlift.
I'm not proposing that at all, nor am I Iiving on "Dew and Doritos" (in fact I find one of the two utterly disgusting). All I'm saying is that is it worth giving up all the foods one likes so that one can squeeze out a few extra years? Some of us aren't dudebros who care about impressing our gym teachers, and don't feel as though life "on the avocado and deadlift" is a particularly fun or exciting life. I don't think eating some shitty food (in moderation) is living in "relative sickness" to someone who spends all their free time at the fitness club.
Again, note the in moderation, so you stop assuming that I'm advocating a life of pizza deliveries and never leaving the computer chair.
Which is absolutely your right. Meanwhile, (most of?) the rest of us want to make informed decisions about diet and exercise. So, go ahead and deconstruct the science or methodology of the study, if you like. But please don't imagine that you are striking a brave pose all the while that you are screaming and sticking your head in the sand. That's just plain sad.
I would hardly say I'm "striking a brave pose", nor am I "screaming and sticking my head in the sand." Just stating my opinion, which if I'm not mistaken is exactly what these comment sections are for.
And because I can't resist... I'll tell you what's sad, people who post as AC ;)
I'm sure this has been said before, but I'm not going to read through 200+ comments before I post. Anyway...
Who gives a shit? Seriously? I'm sick of all these "health studies" anyway. If eating this or that shaves ten seconds off your lifespan, does it really matter? Here's the news for all of you out there on your fad diets telling everyone else that they shouldn't consume sugar, meat, caffeine, dairy, or whatever the latest "evil" ingredient is: You're going to die anyway. Sorry, but all the healthy eating in the world won't keep you alive forever. When your number comes up, it's over. I know death is a scary thing, especially when you don't believe in an afterlife, and I know that deep down most of you are probably scared shitless and wish to delay the inevitable as long as you possibly can. Good for you.
But for the rest of us, we don't feel like living to 120 and spending the last decades of our lives pissing in our beds and being a burden on everyone around us. I'd rather not live a "perfect" lifestyle, enjoy some greasy-sugary-caffeinated-salted foods (everything in moderation), and not constantly be worried that everything I put in my stomach is going to kill me.
A recent article on Steam Spy talks about how a "target audience" for game genres doesn't exist — or, more specifically, how there is no such thing as an "FPS gamer"
Is it just me, or is this not true for many people? I'm an FPS gamer. I play pretty much exclusively first-person games, to the point where I almost refuse to look at anything else. Maybe it's narrow-minded of me, sure, but it can't be that uncommon. While I like plenty of different types of games within that genre, certainly not just a few choice titles, it remains pretty much the only genre I play. Note that I did not RTFA, so if the actual story addresses this, then oh well.