Get a grip. He didn't disclose anything other than "he was stationed somewhere that used to be a classified location." There are, literally, volumes of memoirs by ex-Marines (using your definition) divulging far more sensitive information, and many more works that are spun into "historical fiction." If nobody said anything, there would be a void in our culture, and our populace would be uninformed. That, in my opinion, is the very opposite of loyalty.
You appear to hold Marines in quite high regard, so why not be all you can be?
Heh.. that's the Army. Don't think any Marine would ever make that mistake. Although you could say "Accelerate your life," since Marines are just the hiking division of the Navy.:P
I hear ya.. the Bush/Cheney administration did and continues to affect enough travesties without adding falsehoods to the list.
And by the way, embryonic stem cell research does not make me any more uncomfortable than menstruation. In fact, I'm much more comfortable with the former.
Maybe not addictive, but it certainly appeals to people's basic desire to finish what they start. I feel especially sorry for people with OCD. They should incorporate some sort of auto-disable of achievements for people who can't stop. Maybe at the start of the game, they should tell you to click on a target that moves away from the cursor, or hit 'B' to abort, and then turn off achievements for anyone who spends more than 5 seconds trying to click it.
Of course, if they did that, they'd probably make achievements for it. "Spent 3 hours trying to click an unclickable target!"
Did anyone bother to RTFA? It's basically a troll. The new law simply requires informed consent from the donor, which is reasonable. Somebody's squawking because many existing lines don't have consent forms to go along with them, and therefore they would be "illegal." Most likely this was an oversight -- good that it was noted, but even if it was intentional, so the fsck what? Creating new lines doesn't destroy existing lines, and it certainly doesn't destroy existing knowledge. Do you have to relearn how to type every time you buy a new keyboard too?
"The NIH estimated that their draft guidelines would make available 700 new lines of ESCs derived over the past 10 years," said Sean Morrison, a University of Michigan cell biologist. "My personal guess is that unless they loosen the informed consent standard that they're going to retroactively apply, then most of those 700 lines would not be eligible."
So worst case, most existing lines that are currently ineligible for federal funding would STILL be ineligible, but any future lines created with informed consent would be fine. This is like my daughter crying that she didn't get enough sprinkles on her ice cream.
Hacker doesn't mean programmer or tinkerer anymore, just like gay doesn't mean happy. Yes, officially they're still part of the definition, but they're not the standard connotations anymore, and probably never will be again. Putting "Hacker" on your business card doesn't legitimize it any more than if a clown put "Extraordinarily Gay" on his.
If I didn't guilt my girlfriend into dieting, she would just keep eating. If she's putting on weight, I'll definitely say something, the same way she would say something if I slacked off on doing my part around the house. That's life, and I've long since gotten over feeling insulted when she criticizes me. If she's right, she's right, and if not, I just say "ok, dear."
Yeah, Alienwares were horribly unpopular. </sarcasm> "Check out the case -- it's shaped like an ALIEN!!" Granted, they pushed tech specs too (in a big way), but they also tried to appeal to "style", and they charged a premium for it.
I don't see anything wrong with Dell's approach. Lifetime and O have some of, if not the, largest viewership of any cable networks, and they do nothing but cater to the female stereotype. I have a feeling that most women would appreciate 'Della' or whatever it's called, and we're just hearing from a vocal minority. Of course, other women may avoid Della simply because the more dominant women said it was bad, so it might not matter that it's a vocal minority when it comes to the success of the program.
It's not that stereotypes are wrong; it's just wrong to assume that an individual will fit a stereotype when you interact with them, especially for the first time.
That said, does *anybody* know what women want? Even women? They're very good at deciding what they *don't* want, but figuring out what they want is a Herculean task in most cases.. (the ones that fall into the stereotype).
If you're going to go up against the big bad guys, make sure you have at least one of the following:
1) Money 2) Huge popular support.
2LC had both. This guy seems to have neither. I know, I know, first they came for the lame DJ I didn't care about and I said nothing, then they came for all the DJs, then they called me a DJ. Call me a procrastinator, but I'll wait for stage 3.
Daydreaming is basically shutting off (or at least ignoring) the bulk of the sensory inputs into your brain
Many people do the same thing when they're focusing on a particular task. While I'm personally very bad at this (which is perhaps why I'm so easily distracted), several people I know become hyperfocused to the point that they actually don't hear their name being called, or the phone ringing. I don't see how that's any less work for the brain than your definition of daydreaming.
You also need to consider that perhaps (independently) writing technical books just isn't a profitable business. If you watch an episode of Pitchmen, for example, you'll see that there are a lot of horrible ideas out there. I-Dream-of-Jeanie shoes with microfiber towels on the bottom, a coffee cup that doubles as something to stick your GPS on, etc. There simply isn't a large market for these sort of products. Whether it's due to market inertia (people are used to using mops), or an existing alternative (windshields), or the new simplicity of copying & distribution (the internet), it doesn't really matter -- the products aren't viable. The situation is unfortunate, particularly when your book appears to be an authoritative reference, but them's the facts.
I think the question we should be asking is, how do we provide sufficient incentive for people to create valuable works like this. Maybe we need something like an NSF for authors, but I have a feeling that it could be something as simple as creating a Wiki and awarding Gold Stars to productive contributors, and funding the operating expenses through donations.
IUMA may have contributed, in that any exposure helps, but Sublime already had a huge following in CA by the time IUMA was launched. Additionally, MP3s were essentially nonexistent before 1996 (when Brad Nowell died), and uncompressed music could fill an entire hard drive in those days. It seems much more plausible that their popularity was coincidental with IUMA, rather than because of it.
The problem with simply breaking a bad law is that it doesn't show anything other than intent to break the law. You can DUI all you want, but when you get caught, you're still going to jail no matter how unconstitutional you claim the law to be.
If people put half as much energy into trying to get the laws changed as they do into finding ways around them, anti-marijuana laws and civil liability for file sharing wouldn't be illegal. I've never, ever, heard of a Filesharing protest, and 420 day is about the only time the potheads take a stand (literally..).
I tried watching it recently, but between the horrible effects, dated information, bizarre analogies, odd filming locations, ridiculous "spaceship" set, and his permagrin, I just couldn't take it seriously at all. I'm sure it fit right in to contemporary 1980, but IMO it's not quite a "timeless" documentary. It was more valuable to me as a view into the late 70s/early 80s than general astronomy. Obviously that wasn't the goal of the series, which just made it all the more cringe-worthy.
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Get a grip. He didn't disclose anything other than "he was stationed somewhere that used to be a classified location." There are, literally, volumes of memoirs by ex-Marines (using your definition) divulging far more sensitive information, and many more works that are spun into "historical fiction." If nobody said anything, there would be a void in our culture, and our populace would be uninformed. That, in my opinion, is the very opposite of loyalty.
You appear to hold Marines in quite high regard, so why not be all you can be?
Heh.. that's the Army. Don't think any Marine would ever make that mistake. Although you could say "Accelerate your life," since Marines are just the hiking division of the Navy. :P
I hear ya.. the Bush/Cheney administration did and continues to affect enough travesties without adding falsehoods to the list.
And by the way, embryonic stem cell research does not make me any more uncomfortable than menstruation. In fact, I'm much more comfortable with the former.
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Maybe not addictive, but it certainly appeals to people's basic desire to finish what they start. I feel especially sorry for people with OCD. They should incorporate some sort of auto-disable of achievements for people who can't stop. Maybe at the start of the game, they should tell you to click on a target that moves away from the cursor, or hit 'B' to abort, and then turn off achievements for anyone who spends more than 5 seconds trying to click it.
Of course, if they did that, they'd probably make achievements for it. "Spent 3 hours trying to click an unclickable target!"
Beta testers noted that images of mares were particularly appealing to the software.
Did anyone bother to RTFA? It's basically a troll. The new law simply requires informed consent from the donor, which is reasonable. Somebody's squawking because many existing lines don't have consent forms to go along with them, and therefore they would be "illegal." Most likely this was an oversight -- good that it was noted, but even if it was intentional, so the fsck what? Creating new lines doesn't destroy existing lines, and it certainly doesn't destroy existing knowledge. Do you have to relearn how to type every time you buy a new keyboard too?
So worst case, most existing lines that are currently ineligible for federal funding would STILL be ineligible, but any future lines created with informed consent would be fine. This is like my daughter crying that she didn't get enough sprinkles on her ice cream.
Kind of would be a waste of a paper to tear that many books apart.
Yep, and it would take a lot of spine.
Oh man, I'm like a card catalog of puns today!
Now THAT'S a page turner.
Ba dum dum. Thanks, I'll be here all week! Try the veal, and don't forget to tip your waitress!
Hacker doesn't mean programmer or tinkerer anymore, just like gay doesn't mean happy. Yes, officially they're still part of the definition, but they're not the standard connotations anymore, and probably never will be again. Putting "Hacker" on your business card doesn't legitimize it any more than if a clown put "Extraordinarily Gay" on his.
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I'll do it for $50k, and I'll pretend to be genuinely impressed too!
He probably stole it from Bill Hicks.
If I didn't guilt my girlfriend into dieting, she would just keep eating. If she's putting on weight, I'll definitely say something, the same way she would say something if I slacked off on doing my part around the house. That's life, and I've long since gotten over feeling insulted when she criticizes me. If she's right, she's right, and if not, I just say "ok, dear."
Yeah, Alienwares were horribly unpopular. </sarcasm> "Check out the case -- it's shaped like an ALIEN!!" Granted, they pushed tech specs too (in a big way), but they also tried to appeal to "style", and they charged a premium for it.
I don't see anything wrong with Dell's approach. Lifetime and O have some of, if not the, largest viewership of any cable networks, and they do nothing but cater to the female stereotype. I have a feeling that most women would appreciate 'Della' or whatever it's called, and we're just hearing from a vocal minority. Of course, other women may avoid Della simply because the more dominant women said it was bad, so it might not matter that it's a vocal minority when it comes to the success of the program.
It's not that stereotypes are wrong; it's just wrong to assume that an individual will fit a stereotype when you interact with them, especially for the first time.
That said, does *anybody* know what women want? Even women? They're very good at deciding what they *don't* want, but figuring out what they want is a Herculean task in most cases.. (the ones that fall into the stereotype).
If you're going to go up against the big bad guys, make sure you have at least one of the following:
1) Money
2) Huge popular support.
2LC had both. This guy seems to have neither. I know, I know, first they came for the lame DJ I didn't care about and I said nothing, then they came for all the DJs, then they called me a DJ. Call me a procrastinator, but I'll wait for stage 3.
So "only" about as much power as a hard drive.
*Opens the envelope*
What do you call a game show host in a goatse pose?
Daydreaming is basically shutting off (or at least ignoring) the bulk of the sensory inputs into your brain
Many people do the same thing when they're focusing on a particular task. While I'm personally very bad at this (which is perhaps why I'm so easily distracted), several people I know become hyperfocused to the point that they actually don't hear their name being called, or the phone ringing. I don't see how that's any less work for the brain than your definition of daydreaming.
One time I threw a brick at a duck.
Did you yell "brick" or "duck"?
You also need to consider that perhaps (independently) writing technical books just isn't a profitable business. If you watch an episode of Pitchmen, for example, you'll see that there are a lot of horrible ideas out there. I-Dream-of-Jeanie shoes with microfiber towels on the bottom, a coffee cup that doubles as something to stick your GPS on, etc. There simply isn't a large market for these sort of products. Whether it's due to market inertia (people are used to using mops), or an existing alternative (windshields), or the new simplicity of copying & distribution (the internet), it doesn't really matter -- the products aren't viable. The situation is unfortunate, particularly when your book appears to be an authoritative reference, but them's the facts.
I think the question we should be asking is, how do we provide sufficient incentive for people to create valuable works like this. Maybe we need something like an NSF for authors, but I have a feeling that it could be something as simple as creating a Wiki and awarding Gold Stars to productive contributors, and funding the operating expenses through donations.
According to the picture, Nicoderm CQ is the new smack.
IUMA may have contributed, in that any exposure helps, but Sublime already had a huge following in CA by the time IUMA was launched. Additionally, MP3s were essentially nonexistent before 1996 (when Brad Nowell died), and uncompressed music could fill an entire hard drive in those days. It seems much more plausible that their popularity was coincidental with IUMA, rather than because of it.
The problem with simply breaking a bad law is that it doesn't show anything other than intent to break the law. You can DUI all you want, but when you get caught, you're still going to jail no matter how unconstitutional you claim the law to be.
If people put half as much energy into trying to get the laws changed as they do into finding ways around them, anti-marijuana laws and civil liability for file sharing wouldn't be illegal. I've never, ever, heard of a Filesharing protest, and 420 day is about the only time the potheads take a stand (literally..).
I tried watching it recently, but between the horrible effects, dated information, bizarre analogies, odd filming locations, ridiculous "spaceship" set, and his permagrin, I just couldn't take it seriously at all. I'm sure it fit right in to contemporary 1980, but IMO it's not quite a "timeless" documentary. It was more valuable to me as a view into the late 70s/early 80s than general astronomy. Obviously that wasn't the goal of the series, which just made it all the more cringe-worthy.