Yeah, I was being haphazard, but point being -- I think archeology has generally been too quick to assign non-mundane explanations to whatever is not immediately recognised as something we moderns also do. It's like we look back thinking the ancients were all godstruck and therefore must have mystified everything and worked up from there. But generally it's the other way around -- first something is practical, then a reason gets worked out to make it the norm, and it gets adopted as ritual rather than ritual being the source.
And given that "evidence", my first thought isn't ritual; it's highwaymen. A long ways from civilization, overkill, target someone who is, um, relaxing with herbs and less likely to fight back. Where's the key to the lockbox? tie him up and club/cut him til he tells you... Which has humanity seen more of, out a long ways between here and there -- ritual murders, or highwaymen? so which seems more likely??
Yeah, goes to show how it ain't easy... but I think there's too much assumption made that "ritual" (religion, whatever) is a good explanation for what may have been perfectly mundane in its day, but that moderns simply wouldn't think of. Niche in the mineshaft wall? where else are you going to set your oil lamp while you turn the donkey, or put a light so your crew can see the junction from afar?
Thanks. It's an interesting question. I suppose the best we can do is case-by-case on each bog body, and educated guesswork at that.
I do suspect the religious interpretations are overblown, tho (Digging the Weans made a good point!) and in most cases it was just throwing a body in the nearest hole as the easiest way to get rid of it -- no mess, bother, effort, or stink.
BTW your sig made me look at birds a whole different way.:)
Not materially different from your immune system killing off the weaker individuals. A few stronger individuals may survive, and then what has your immune system done? Selected for a stronger pathogen.
I remember a paper from a few years ago which concluded that this was basically how we wound up with deadly diseases in the first place -- being the ones that throughout history have managed to be stronger than the host's immune system.
Vaccine simply cuts out the stage where lots and lots of hosts get sick or die.
Well, there is that, hardly worth the quarter of a cent or whatever it comes to. But if such a case can get a court to tack on a significantly painful asshole penalty... it might discourage others.
It's the same kind of "Mommy fix!" crying kids do now because they've been taught that hyperprotective parents will save them from anyone saying mean things, and kiss their boo-boo for them and give them lots of attention every time they cry.
So now we're expected to all be these professional victims' hyperprotective online parents. Boo-hoo, mommy fix!! and give 'em milk and cookies while we're at it.
I was a lot more sympathetic before I read Wu's own words on the subject, and followed the little arrows to where she was doing what when. And... you're absolutely right.
As far as I've paid attention (I read gamergate.community articles occasionally), one thing I've noticed is that GamerGate itself is very much about self-policing, and harrassment of *anyone* is roundly discouraged.
BTW great post up above (the one that got the +5, I'd give it +10).
Or maybe it looked to them like she had progressed in her career and even if she wasn't who they wanted last year, maybe this year she is, but when they got as far as checking out her in-person knowledge, it wasn't there yet. People are not static.
Or could be she seemed like a great candidate, good enough to give a second-third-fourth chance, but once they had her in person they could tell she was still the same person they didn't want before. (Sometimes a negative trait isn't outgrown or discarded, or gets worse.)
Could be all sorts of reasons, not just "HR not keeping track" let alone "too old". My guess, tho, given the lawsuit -- is that she seemed like a great candidate til they got a firsthand look at her attitude.
Back when I was a chemistry student, the very large 4-floor chem building had two phones: one in the front office, the other in a professor's 2nd floor office midway down the main wing. The intercom system was to stick your head into the stairwell and YELL. After a while someone would notice the noise and pick up in the 2nd floor office. If the call was for someone on the 3rd floor -- you guessed it, the method was for whoever answered on 2nd floor to stick their head in the stairwell, and YELL!
Welcome. An additional thought re the Japanese study:
Most of what we call "diseases of aging" are actually hypothyroid symptoms (T4 to T3 conversion declines, and the effect is low thyroid at the tissue level even tho TSH and T4 will still test normal). If thyroid function can be boosted naturally as people reach that stage -- perhaps we can mitigate those symptoms more broadly, as it appears the Japanese diet does. But you don't want to do it too early (or overdo it) and damage function, either. Needs More Study.
It's a case of some is good, more is not necessarily better. A few articles that came instantly to hand (tho the one I wanted, with hard data, managed to elude quick search):
To what degree it relies on underlying conditions...?? Fact is about 25% of the "healthy" population, and 80% of people over 50 years old, have some degree of thyroid dysfunction (an adaptation against starvation especially in less-productive ie. older individuals). Suddenly that risk pool doesn't sound so small, does it??
I had a similar thought involving just block the durn update thingee in your router or wherever works best for that, surely it goes to some identifiable domain or address block.
Far as I can tell from what I read, Win10's mission in life is to provide an interface to the Windows Store, and that is probably why the updates are mandatory.
Because when I go to town, I usually come home with not only my groceries, but also half a ton of feed. I suppose if I had my own rail siding, public transport might be more practical.
Haha, as a fellow supertaster I hear that one -- I've got to where I say "no sauce" as if by reflex, and dislike a lot of "good" stuff as being the wrong kind of bitter. OTOH, I have often refused to eat something that tasted wrong to me, and meanwhile my fellow diners are busy acquiring food poisoning.
As to sleep, dogs vary wildly in their sleep needs, but it's most obvious with pre-weaning puppies. Most sleep a lot; some slow-developers do almost nothing but sleep. But a few are up and at-em very early in life, and sleep very little then or ever. The most freakish I've seen was active 8 hours a day already by age 2 weeks, and her physical development was miles ahead of normal across the board. (Normal 2 week old puppies can at best stagger around for half an hour before they get tired and fall down asleep; she could already *gallop* back and forth, with good coordination and balance, for hours on end.)
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Yeah, I was being haphazard, but point being -- I think archeology has generally been too quick to assign non-mundane explanations to whatever is not immediately recognised as something we moderns also do. It's like we look back thinking the ancients were all godstruck and therefore must have mystified everything and worked up from there. But generally it's the other way around -- first something is practical, then a reason gets worked out to make it the norm, and it gets adopted as ritual rather than ritual being the source.
And given that "evidence", my first thought isn't ritual; it's highwaymen. A long ways from civilization, overkill, target someone who is, um, relaxing with herbs and less likely to fight back. Where's the key to the lockbox? tie him up and club/cut him til he tells you... Which has humanity seen more of, out a long ways between here and there -- ritual murders, or highwaymen? so which seems more likely??
Yeah, goes to show how it ain't easy... but I think there's too much assumption made that "ritual" (religion, whatever) is a good explanation for what may have been perfectly mundane in its day, but that moderns simply wouldn't think of. Niche in the mineshaft wall? where else are you going to set your oil lamp while you turn the donkey, or put a light so your crew can see the junction from afar?
Thanks. It's an interesting question. I suppose the best we can do is case-by-case on each bog body, and educated guesswork at that.
I do suspect the religious interpretations are overblown, tho (Digging the Weans made a good point!) and in most cases it was just throwing a body in the nearest hole as the easiest way to get rid of it -- no mess, bother, effort, or stink.
BTW your sig made me look at birds a whole different way. :)
Question: were these spots bogs when those people died?
That aside... my question is -- who the hell is going to use it sufficient to justify the cost?
Or is it intended, in due course, for the convenience of the Chinese Army??
Well, you can't get worse than me.... finally got around to upgrading the CPU in the ...15 year old box. Doubled its performance! :)
Not materially different from your immune system killing off the weaker individuals. A few stronger individuals may survive, and then what has your immune system done? Selected for a stronger pathogen.
I remember a paper from a few years ago which concluded that this was basically how we wound up with deadly diseases in the first place -- being the ones that throughout history have managed to be stronger than the host's immune system.
Vaccine simply cuts out the stage where lots and lots of hosts get sick or die.
If you can still see the food, there's not enough butter.
Well, there is that, hardly worth the quarter of a cent or whatever it comes to. But if such a case can get a court to tack on a significantly painful asshole penalty... it might discourage others.
"...at least in the case where the "copyright holder" decides to monetize rather than take the video down..."
Seems to me that a case could be made that per the DMCA, they owe you 3x damages.
It's the same kind of "Mommy fix!" crying kids do now because they've been taught that hyperprotective parents will save them from anyone saying mean things, and kiss their boo-boo for them and give them lots of attention every time they cry.
So now we're expected to all be these professional victims' hyperprotective online parents. Boo-hoo, mommy fix!! and give 'em milk and cookies while we're at it.
I was a lot more sympathetic before I read Wu's own words on the subject, and followed the little arrows to where she was doing what when. And... you're absolutely right.
As far as I've paid attention (I read gamergate.community articles occasionally), one thing I've noticed is that GamerGate itself is very much about self-policing, and harrassment of *anyone* is roundly discouraged.
BTW great post up above (the one that got the +5, I'd give it +10).
"What rights do men have that woman do not?"
The right to be the huge majority of on-the-job deaths comes to mind.
Or maybe it looked to them like she had progressed in her career and even if she wasn't who they wanted last year, maybe this year she is, but when they got as far as checking out her in-person knowledge, it wasn't there yet. People are not static.
Or could be she seemed like a great candidate, good enough to give a second-third-fourth chance, but once they had her in person they could tell she was still the same person they didn't want before. (Sometimes a negative trait isn't outgrown or discarded, or gets worse.)
Could be all sorts of reasons, not just "HR not keeping track" let alone "too old". My guess, tho, given the lawsuit -- is that she seemed like a great candidate til they got a firsthand look at her attitude.
Back when I was a chemistry student, the very large 4-floor chem building had two phones: one in the front office, the other in a professor's 2nd floor office midway down the main wing. The intercom system was to stick your head into the stairwell and YELL. After a while someone would notice the noise and pick up in the 2nd floor office. If the call was for someone on the 3rd floor -- you guessed it, the method was for whoever answered on 2nd floor to stick their head in the stairwell, and YELL!
Hell, too much of anything is bad for you. It's all about balance. Almost everything we need to live is damaging or toxic if we overdo it.
But I'll still pick bacon over seaweed. :)
Welcome. An additional thought re the Japanese study:
Most of what we call "diseases of aging" are actually hypothyroid symptoms (T4 to T3 conversion declines, and the effect is low thyroid at the tissue level even tho TSH and T4 will still test normal). If thyroid function can be boosted naturally as people reach that stage -- perhaps we can mitigate those symptoms more broadly, as it appears the Japanese diet does. But you don't want to do it too early (or overdo it) and damage function, either. Needs More Study.
It's a case of some is good, more is not necessarily better. A few articles that came instantly to hand (tho the one I wanted, with hard data, managed to elude quick search):
http://www.medicinenet.com/scr...
http://www.thyroid.org/ata-sta...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pm...
http://www.sciencedirect.com/s...
http://www.thyroidresearchjour...
To what degree it relies on underlying conditions...?? Fact is about 25% of the "healthy" population, and 80% of people over 50 years old, have some degree of thyroid dysfunction (an adaptation against starvation especially in less-productive ie. older individuals). Suddenly that risk pool doesn't sound so small, does it??
Eat this stuff too routinely, and screw up your thyroid function, which can be damaged by excess iodine intake.
I had a similar thought involving just block the durn update thingee in your router or wherever works best for that, surely it goes to some identifiable domain or address block.
Far as I can tell from what I read, Win10's mission in life is to provide an interface to the Windows Store, and that is probably why the updates are mandatory.
Right on. I don't care what she/he was/is on the gender front. I do care about being manipulated and lied to.
http://gamergate.community/t/b...
In fact, I was going to ask...
What's with the restraining order on you from your former place of work?
Because when I go to town, I usually come home with not only my groceries, but also half a ton of feed. I suppose if I had my own rail siding, public transport might be more practical.
Haha, as a fellow supertaster I hear that one -- I've got to where I say "no sauce" as if by reflex, and dislike a lot of "good" stuff as being the wrong kind of bitter. OTOH, I have often refused to eat something that tasted wrong to me, and meanwhile my fellow diners are busy acquiring food poisoning.
As to sleep, dogs vary wildly in their sleep needs, but it's most obvious with pre-weaning puppies. Most sleep a lot; some slow-developers do almost nothing but sleep. But a few are up and at-em very early in life, and sleep very little then or ever. The most freakish I've seen was active 8 hours a day already by age 2 weeks, and her physical development was miles ahead of normal across the board. (Normal 2 week old puppies can at best stagger around for half an hour before they get tired and fall down asleep; she could already *gallop* back and forth, with good coordination and balance, for hours on end.)