you haven't noticed a connection between incredibly ignorant, antiscience statements and the GOP? oh i'm sure you can find a democrat who said something stupid. and i can find ten republicans for every one odd democrat
The urban fringe generally consists of contiguous territory having a density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile.
sure, it's not 60 story skyscrapers every block, but by the definition of urban, it is urban, all around nyc, for well beyond 20 miles, except for swamps
as for the karachi nuke site, i see a very large urban center just to the north of the complex on google earth
every tragedy or event in pakistan, where pakistanis can face their shortcomings, come to grips with it, and move forward: nope. instead loopy hilarious conspiracies that shifts blame to the west, to the jews, to india, to iran, etc. keeps them mired in poverty, backwardness, blind denial, strife, and stupidity. every problem in pakistan is never the fault of pakistanis, it's all due to plots and secret cabals and manipulations from abroad. fucking ignorant bullsit
here in the west we can safely laugh at paranoid schizophrenic low iq conspiracy minded douchebags. such losers are everywhere in the world. but a free society with free speech and a free press, the full light of day reveals their delusional rantings, they are ridiculed, and they are safely exiled to the backseat of the short bus and only are compelling to weak minded ignorant halfwits
but in countries where lies, censorship, prideful ethnic and sectarian denial, etc. dominates, the mental diarrhea of conspiracies has a great power and takes hold in that darkness of no free thought, no free press, no free speech
so when i see you write "that is precisely what the powers-that-be want", all i think is yup: there's another fucking problem with pakistan: conspiracy theory nutcases everywhere
but some of their loyalties are divided, and in secret
and with so much sectarian hatred, political instability, and poverty in that country, i fear that the most probable scenario for a purposeful nuclear attack in this world (so not accidental, probably plant sabotage) will be in pakistan
i don't think the west has anything to fear. i think india does somewhat. but i think pakistanis have the most to fear by far
there is a lot of bloodlust over there. and not the random yahoo kind, but the organized sectarian kind
Population (2013)[1]
City and Parish 378,715 (US: 51st)
Metro 1,240,977 (US: 45th)
karachi
Population (2013)
Total 23,500,000[1]
Rank 1st (Pakistan), 2nd (World)
new orleans is a cute little rural suburb compared to karachi
having driven to new orleans a number of times, i've seen myself that 20 miles out from new orleans it is nothing but scrub and mangroves. i can understand within new orleans itself you feel like you are in a dense city, because there's nothing else around, and you're the center of that area of the country. but this is a provincial judgment
world cities are mind blowing compared to american cities
here in new york city, a huge fucking megacity by usa standards but a puny light weight by world standards, 20 miles out is still dense and urban
Population (2013)[5]
Total 8,405,837[1]
Rank 1st, U.S., 24th (World)
so: 20 miles from the city center of karachi is still pretty much in the middle of dense giant fucking karachi
not some magic bacteria that instruct your body to store fat
that's what i think
but who cares what i think: have you had your gut flora analyzed? you should
because you are the perfect test case: does gut flora makeup cause weight gain? or does metabolism/ psychology cause gut flora changes and weight gain? your body has the answer. if you have "fat inducing" gut flora, there you go, i'm wrong. if your gut flora is the same as a skinny person, then your metabolism is the culprit as i suspect
apostrophe technology will recycle 20-30% of cognitive entropy in the existing forum
instead of babbling in incoherent monotone, the insertion of slight pauses allows the speaker to catch their breath, and listeners to reflect on the last statement
do not be fooled by cheap knock offs like semicolon, ellipsis, and hyphen- only our quality controlled and 5 sigma patented apostrophes, at a reasonable price, give you the rhetorical power, you want, and deserve
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you got it: feel good PR "technology." the gadget doesn't matter, appearances do. it makes people feel good about the company, without actually doing anything truly substantial about the topic
2. taking off and landing is easy, which both helicopters and airplanes, existing technology, make complicated dangerous and noisy, so a new kind of engine
3. there is coordination with other flying cars, which means centrally controlled/ effortlessly intercommunicating AI, because people would just fucking crash into each other all the time
it's better to decrease inefficiencies in a simplified system than devise complex add-on contraptions that purport to recycle lost energy, but it's so fractional, it doesn't even make up for it's own extra weight, it's own extra cost, it's own extra maintenance
it stinks of rube goldberg perpetual motion machine
i have trouble trying to explain it because i can't fathom a person who would speak on this topic and not understand such a simple point
how about this:
how many functional adults in the western world do you know who does not have a smart phone? does not use a computer? soon code will be driving our cars
how does it work? how does code work?
that knowledge is therefore now a fundamental aspect of modern existence
or the kind of gut bacteria you have is caused by certain eating patterns, that also cause obesity
what you call a cause is more likely another effect of a deeper cause
yes, gut flora could be manipulating feedback mechanisms that cause you to eat more, but that's reaching. they effect nutrition only in specific ways
i see this "gut flora may cause obesity" idea as another example of people desperate to point blame elsewhere for their inability to keep their weight down
and i'm not saying it is their fault. for 99.99% of our existence, the problem has always been hunger, not too much food. such that our psychology and metabolism simply have no control valve for this brand new bizarre problem of too much food
Slashdot Mirror
can we say that?
"invasive species"
"coral bleaching"
"algal bloom"
"dead zone"
ooh, here's a favorite:
"huuricane"
what are we better than? the truth?
the GOP is the party of stupid. who said that?
the GOP said that:
http://thehill.com/video/in-th...
you haven't noticed a connection between incredibly ignorant, antiscience statements and the GOP? oh i'm sure you can find a democrat who said something stupid. and i can find ten republicans for every one odd democrat
do you want to bet on that?
let me get started:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/rep...
http://www.scientificamerican....
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08...
that's off the top of my head
how many more do you want?
and some of those bans make perfect sense: pending litigation, proprietary IP, strategy, confidentiality, personal info, etc.
but banning basic scientific fact?
that's a whole new level of ignorant douchebaggery
as if the new proposal is the only choice
yes, nothing changes. i didn't trust them before. i don't trust them now
and i already said that in my last post
do you need any other clarifications?
oh yeah, not trusting pakistan with nuclear, hard against one of the most populated city in the world
truly i am deep into wackjob territory on that point
do i have your permission to not trust pakistan with nukes?
oh yeah, that's right: who the fuck are you?
i don't trust pakistan with nukes. before, or now
see how that works?
i humbly beg your forgiveness oh great arbitrary authority for crossing your dictat on the matter
what about the large urban area just to the north of the nuke complex on google earth?
regardless: poverty + violent sectarianism + unstable politics != we're happy they have nukes
1. buy a stupid slow cheap laptop
2. remote desktop to your beast pc
3. enjoy working with desktop power from the coffeeshop
caveats: bandwidth, security, and i am using my remote pc for programming, not gaming/ photoshop/ movie editing/ etc
biggest caveat: i really need multiple screens. it was a fun experiment, but not every day
http://www.city-data.com/forum...
20 miles is about yonkers to manhattan on this map
all directions, 20 mile radius, and well beyond, is dense and urban, except for the meadowlands:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N...
http://www.census.gov/populati...
The urban fringe generally consists of contiguous territory having a density of at least 1,000 persons per square mile.
sure, it's not 60 story skyscrapers every block, but by the definition of urban, it is urban, all around nyc, for well beyond 20 miles, except for swamps
as for the karachi nuke site, i see a very large urban center just to the north of the complex on google earth
that is precisely what the powers-that-be want
paklistan is full of conspiratorial minded morons
every tragedy or event in pakistan, where pakistanis can face their shortcomings, come to grips with it, and move forward: nope. instead loopy hilarious conspiracies that shifts blame to the west, to the jews, to india, to iran, etc. keeps them mired in poverty, backwardness, blind denial, strife, and stupidity. every problem in pakistan is never the fault of pakistanis, it's all due to plots and secret cabals and manipulations from abroad. fucking ignorant bullsit
here in the west we can safely laugh at paranoid schizophrenic low iq conspiracy minded douchebags. such losers are everywhere in the world. but a free society with free speech and a free press, the full light of day reveals their delusional rantings, they are ridiculed, and they are safely exiled to the backseat of the short bus and only are compelling to weak minded ignorant halfwits
but in countries where lies, censorship, prideful ethnic and sectarian denial, etc. dominates, the mental diarrhea of conspiracies has a great power and takes hold in that darkness of no free thought, no free press, no free speech
so when i see you write "that is precisely what the powers-that-be want", all i think is yup: there's another fucking problem with pakistan: conspiracy theory nutcases everywhere
good point. yet another reason this technology is a joke
but some of their loyalties are divided, and in secret
and with so much sectarian hatred, political instability, and poverty in that country, i fear that the most probable scenario for a purposeful nuclear attack in this world (so not accidental, probably plant sabotage) will be in pakistan
i don't think the west has anything to fear. i think india does somewhat. but i think pakistanis have the most to fear by far
there is a lot of bloodlust over there. and not the random yahoo kind, but the organized sectarian kind
i fear for you pakistan
new orleans
Population (2013)[1]
City and Parish 378,715 (US: 51st)
Metro 1,240,977 (US: 45th)
karachi
Population (2013)
Total 23,500,000[1]
Rank 1st (Pakistan), 2nd (World)
new orleans is a cute little rural suburb compared to karachi
having driven to new orleans a number of times, i've seen myself that 20 miles out from new orleans it is nothing but scrub and mangroves. i can understand within new orleans itself you feel like you are in a dense city, because there's nothing else around, and you're the center of that area of the country. but this is a provincial judgment
world cities are mind blowing compared to american cities
here in new york city, a huge fucking megacity by usa standards but a puny light weight by world standards, 20 miles out is still dense and urban
Population (2013)[5]
Total 8,405,837[1]
Rank 1st, U.S., 24th (World)
so: 20 miles from the city center of karachi is still pretty much in the middle of dense giant fucking karachi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...
because that's your metabolism
not some magic bacteria that instruct your body to store fat
that's what i think
but who cares what i think: have you had your gut flora analyzed? you should
because you are the perfect test case: does gut flora makeup cause weight gain? or does metabolism/ psychology cause gut flora changes and weight gain? your body has the answer. if you have "fat inducing" gut flora, there you go, i'm wrong. if your gut flora is the same as a skinny person, then your metabolism is the culprit as i suspect
cloud cities
on venus
apparently you never played legos tinkertoys or lincoln logs as a child
exactly
they need to use these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...
to modify the engine like this:
http://electronics.howstuffwor...
or do away with blades altogether, say some sort of instant one of these (i'm not saying this is easy or even possible):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...
Ramjets cannot produce thrust at zero airspeed; they cannot move an aircraft from a standstill.
well then figure it out damnit!
airplanes are loud and need a long runway
helicopters are extremely loud and have blades that cannot touch a single thing or instant explosive cuisinart
do you have a solution for every suburban house needing a giant runway or a meticulously clear landing pad, and to only have deaf neighbors?
sorry: you need a new kind of engine. quiet, safe, small, convenient: capable of vertical take off and landing
apostrophe technology will recycle 20-30% of cognitive entropy in the existing forum
instead of babbling in incoherent monotone, the insertion of slight pauses allows the speaker to catch their breath, and listeners to reflect on the last statement
do not be fooled by cheap knock offs like semicolon, ellipsis, and hyphen- only our quality controlled and 5 sigma patented apostrophes, at a reasonable price, give you the rhetorical power, you want, and deserve
we do not condone overuse of our technology. apostrophe abuse such as by christopher walken and william shatner leads to rhetorical inversion, in which cognitive entropy is decreased only at the cost of increase in camp, a dangerous failure of influence
test drive your own apostrophe, today
you got it: feel good PR "technology." the gadget doesn't matter, appearances do. it makes people feel good about the company, without actually doing anything truly substantial about the topic
we'll have flying cars when
1. it is energetically manageable, so fusion
2. taking off and landing is easy, which both helicopters and airplanes, existing technology, make complicated dangerous and noisy, so a new kind of engine
3. there is coordination with other flying cars, which means centrally controlled/ effortlessly intercommunicating AI, because people would just fucking crash into each other all the time
exactly
it's better to decrease inefficiencies in a simplified system than devise complex add-on contraptions that purport to recycle lost energy, but it's so fractional, it doesn't even make up for it's own extra weight, it's own extra cost, it's own extra maintenance
it stinks of rube goldberg perpetual motion machine
i have trouble trying to explain it because i can't fathom a person who would speak on this topic and not understand such a simple point
how about this:
how many functional adults in the western world do you know who does not have a smart phone? does not use a computer? soon code will be driving our cars
how does it work? how does code work?
that knowledge is therefore now a fundamental aspect of modern existence
or the kind of gut bacteria you have is caused by certain eating patterns, that also cause obesity
what you call a cause is more likely another effect of a deeper cause
yes, gut flora could be manipulating feedback mechanisms that cause you to eat more, but that's reaching. they effect nutrition only in specific ways
i see this "gut flora may cause obesity" idea as another example of people desperate to point blame elsewhere for their inability to keep their weight down
and i'm not saying it is their fault. for 99.99% of our existence, the problem has always been hunger, not too much food. such that our psychology and metabolism simply have no control valve for this brand new bizarre problem of too much food