'Blissful ignorance' huh? I think they have a term for your condition too, it's called paranoia; the domain of soccer moms who worry their country church could be bombed by Osama, and vote Bush out of fear.
There are so many things wrong with what you're saying, but the biggest of them all is how you've actually chosen to live in fear.
You're more likely to be killed by a drunk driver than a terrorist. Where's the "War on Drunk Driving"? Or for that matter, the "War on Carcinogens in Food"?
A massive tsunami just killed probably 100,000 people or close to it. How many people die of smoking-related diseases just in the US every year? More than that.
Fear of cancer or automobile accidents won't scare people enough to get them to sign off on massive budget reallocations to the military, though. So Terrorism it is, with its few thousands of dead.
Expressing my disapproval of something doesn't mean that I would call for applying the power of the state to prohibit it.
Many people of like mindset would. This world is full of frustrated people who can't seem to get their own way, and are turning to the law to force their morals upon others.
Can you vegitarians just eat your own dead skin and fingernail clippings, or something? Maybe induce lactation and drink your own breast milk? Because that would be grand. You wouldn't be harming any other creatures that way.
Conservation of energy states you'd suffer a net loss of fluids and calories and die anyway, but at least you could die with a clear conscience.
Something to think about anyway. I hear that skin around your fingernails is actually somewhat tasty.
"Ethics" in biotech research is just a set of arbitrary rules defined by popular social standards at this point in time.
In other words, it's meaningless restrictive nonsense.
I don't want "Ethicists" with an bachelor's in liberal arts deciding what people with Ph.D.s in Biology do in their research. It's asinine in the extreme. They are unqualified to decide.
Science needs to progress free of undue influence from people who haven't the slightest clue of how the field functions. It's the only rational thing to do. Set the emotions aside.
If you don't like the idea of creating "chimeras", don't create one. It's not your decision. Same with abortion.
The GUI is another obfuscation and a hinderance to people who know what they want to do, and just want it done.
I like to view it like this:
With a command line, you speak directly to the program, if you know the language to use.
A GUI is going through an intermediary translator who organizes words by categories you don't recognize, obfuscating an already complicated task by playing hide-and-go-seek with nested menus.
It has come to my attention, as a Canadian Citizen, that the Canadian Heritage Committee, including the Hon. Mrs. Frulla, has recommended WIPO Copyright treaty ratification. I strongly oppose this without adequate measures to protect existing rights of consumers and the public domain, and I will detail why.
As you are well aware, the WIPO treaty contains language similar to the anti-circumvention clauses similar to those in the United States' DMCA. The language forbidding the circumvention of "copyright-protection" measures is astonishingly absolute, in that it contains no exception for the legitimate right of consumers to create backup copies of their purchased goods, such as CDs and DVDs. Many CD, and all DVD products contain this "copyright-protection" technology, and the number is increasing.
There are two reasons for my views:
1) It provides Copyright holders with a method of keeping their works perpetually out of the public domain, which is highly disturbing. Even after copyright protection on a work expires, it will remain illegal to circumvent copy-protections on that work, effectively allowing permanent copyright protection for any digital movie or recording. Once the media of the recording degrades so as to make it unusable, the work will be lost forever.
2) These plastic media are vulnerable to scratches and damage, and it is in the public interest to provide a legal means of creating archival or "back-up" copies allowing consumers to protect their investment. It is not possible to copy many of these media, even for legal reasons, without breaking this "copy-protection" technology, and this must be reflected in the legislation put forth to Parliament.
I strongly urge the Minister, and this Committee, to consider this letter, and respectfully request language in the Bill to allow for circumvention of "copyright-protection" measures where the purposes are already legal and justified.
Australia's success brings light to the fact that criminals are people just like ourselves, who either suffer from mental illness, a bad upbringing, and/or made some really stupid choices in life. But all that aside, there's nothing intrinsically "evil" about anyone.
Definition 3 is just the dictionary bowing to a recent redefinition of the term. Yes, languages evolve and I'm fine with that, but acknowledge the origin of the term.
Yours is the funniest mindset of all. If they're going to round people up, they don't need your DNA to do it. The gestapo did just fine in 1930s Germany with non-photo ID and badly documented addresses, thank you very much.
And the processes that cause their muscles to weaken are slowed, because the body is hibernating. What, do you think that bears have to learn to walk again when they wake up in the spring?
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Well, you could keep their bottom halves out in space.
You know, I'd be fine with a national DNA registry, and I live in Canada. It's not like taking photos of my genitals and tattooing me on the forehead, come on.
Benefit of this is, whenever anyone leaves DNA at a crime, you know who they are.
THIS kind of stuff is what NASA needs to be held accountable for. Had it not been for this engineer, the Huygens mission would have failed due to complacency and bureauocracy, having been rejected and deemed "unnecessary".
The Sony Store in Ottawa is full of plasma TVs, camcorders, DVD players, and a PS2 section. They "may" have laptops, I'm not sure. But they've had the same Finding Nemo DVD playing on the HDTV out front for like a year now. Everyone dresses in suit and tie, and it's always busy when I walk by.
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'Blissful ignorance' huh? I think they have a term for your condition too, it's called paranoia; the domain of soccer moms who worry their country church could be bombed by Osama, and vote Bush out of fear.
There are so many things wrong with what you're saying, but the biggest of them all is how you've actually chosen to live in fear.
You're more likely to be killed by a drunk driver than a terrorist. Where's the "War on Drunk Driving"? Or for that matter, the "War on Carcinogens in Food"?
A massive tsunami just killed probably 100,000 people or close to it. How many people die of smoking-related diseases just in the US every year? More than that.
Fear of cancer or automobile accidents won't scare people enough to get them to sign off on massive budget reallocations to the military, though. So Terrorism it is, with its few thousands of dead.
Terrorism -- the perfect invisible enemy for a nation consumed with fear. Do you enjoy being manipulated?
Using old english suffixes on your verbs doesn't make you one whit smarter when you have zero english comprehension skills.
The grandparent was referring to the fact that the Brit would have dialed 999 and not reached emergency services at all.
MBps = MegaBYTES per second
Mbps = MegaBITS per second
Which did you mean? They aren't the same.
Many people of like mindset would. This world is full of frustrated people who can't seem to get their own way, and are turning to the law to force their morals upon others.
Forgive me if I'm skeptical of your motives here.
Luckily, they don't need your permission for this.
When the creature dies, all its memories of "hardship" stored in its neural net melt into the same pile of amino-acid goop. It's irrelevant.
As for dehumanizing, I think we all need some humility forcibly smacked into us by reality now and then.
I know, so was I. It's 1:30am and my english skills must be pretty bad though.
Can you vegitarians just eat your own dead skin and fingernail clippings, or something? Maybe induce lactation and drink your own breast milk? Because that would be grand. You wouldn't be harming any other creatures that way.
Conservation of energy states you'd suffer a net loss of fluids and calories and die anyway, but at least you could die with a clear conscience.
Something to think about anyway. I hear that skin around your fingernails is actually somewhat tasty.
"Ethics" in biotech research is just a set of arbitrary rules defined by popular social standards at this point in time.
In other words, it's meaningless restrictive nonsense.
I don't want "Ethicists" with an bachelor's in liberal arts deciding what people with Ph.D.s in Biology do in their research. It's asinine in the extreme. They are unqualified to decide.
Science needs to progress free of undue influence from people who haven't the slightest clue of how the field functions. It's the only rational thing to do. Set the emotions aside.
If you don't like the idea of creating "chimeras", don't create one. It's not your decision. Same with abortion.
The GUI is another obfuscation and a hinderance to people who know what they want to do, and just want it done.
I like to view it like this:
With a command line, you speak directly to the program, if you know the language to use.
A GUI is going through an intermediary translator who organizes words by categories you don't recognize, obfuscating an already complicated task by playing hide-and-go-seek with nested menus.
Dear Honorable Members,
It has come to my attention, as a Canadian Citizen, that the Canadian Heritage Committee, including the Hon. Mrs. Frulla, has recommended WIPO Copyright treaty ratification. I strongly oppose this without adequate measures to protect existing rights of consumers and the public domain, and I will detail why.
As you are well aware, the WIPO treaty contains language similar to the anti-circumvention clauses similar to those in the United States' DMCA. The language forbidding the circumvention of "copyright-protection" measures is astonishingly absolute, in that it contains no exception for the legitimate right of consumers to create backup copies of their purchased goods, such as CDs and DVDs. Many CD, and all DVD products contain this "copyright-protection" technology, and the number is increasing.
There are two reasons for my views:
1) It provides Copyright holders with a method of keeping their works perpetually out of the public domain, which is highly disturbing. Even after copyright protection on a work expires, it will remain illegal to circumvent copy-protections on that work, effectively allowing permanent copyright protection for any digital movie or recording. Once the media of the recording degrades so as to make it unusable, the work will be lost forever.
2) These plastic media are vulnerable to scratches and damage, and it is in the public interest to provide a legal means of creating archival or "back-up" copies allowing consumers to protect their investment. It is not possible to copy many of these media, even for legal reasons, without breaking this "copy-protection" technology, and this must be reflected in the legislation put forth to Parliament.
I strongly urge the Minister, and this Committee, to consider this letter, and respectfully request language in the Bill to allow for circumvention of "copyright-protection" measures where the purposes are already legal and justified.
Sincerely,
David Sanftenberg
WoW started their open beta test today. Play WoW for free. The signups are down tonight, but should be up tomorrow.
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Australia's success brings light to the fact that criminals are people just like ourselves, who either suffer from mental illness, a bad upbringing, and/or made some really stupid choices in life. But all that aside, there's nothing intrinsically "evil" about anyone.
Definition 3 is just the dictionary bowing to a recent redefinition of the term. Yes, languages evolve and I'm fine with that, but acknowledge the origin of the term.
Do you guys think we could, like, halt the march of progress for a year or two? 1066FSB already?
You know, some of us over here have Athlon XPs with 333FSBs, and we're crying our eyes out. Please, think of us. Sometime? Maybe?
Fuck.
Yours is the funniest mindset of all. If they're going to round people up, they don't need your DNA to do it. The gestapo did just fine in 1930s Germany with non-photo ID and badly documented addresses, thank you very much.
And the processes that cause their muscles to weaken are slowed, because the body is hibernating. What, do you think that bears have to learn to walk again when they wake up in the spring?
Well, you could keep their bottom halves out in space.
That's true, but until you're admitted to graduate school, you're still racking up the bills as a regular undergrad B.Sc (or whatever).
You know, I'd be fine with a national DNA registry, and I live in Canada. It's not like taking photos of my genitals and tattooing me on the forehead, come on.
Benefit of this is, whenever anyone leaves DNA at a crime, you know who they are.
THIS kind of stuff is what NASA needs to be held accountable for. Had it not been for this engineer, the Huygens mission would have failed due to complacency and bureauocracy, having been rejected and deemed "unnecessary".
What is wrong with NASA? Here's a great example.
Actually I'm referring to the location in Rideau. It's usually fairly busy.
The Sony Store in Ottawa is full of plasma TVs, camcorders, DVD players, and a PS2 section. They "may" have laptops, I'm not sure. But they've had the same Finding Nemo DVD playing on the HDTV out front for like a year now. Everyone dresses in suit and tie, and it's always busy when I walk by.