Niven was the first thing that popped in my head! Even if this ban is lifted, I imagine there could still be a black market network that develops, trying to undercut official prices, but naturally sanitation and health issues won't be their top priority. *shudder*
I hope someday we can learn to regenerate body parts. I just saw "The Amazing Spiderman" for the first time yesterday, which brought this to mind. Although, while some lizards can grow new limbs, I'm pretty sure their regeneration doesn't apply to organs.
A little of both, actually, to be honest... Firstly, I'm incredulous that anyone is as stupid as this article paints them to be, but be that as it may, it's the "hit and run" feel of the article. I'd have preferred to see longer snippets of text for context (I know they're limited by fair use laws and can't do entire pages). And while I don't agree with what what the textbook appears to be teaching, it doesn't come right out and claim evolution is wrong and that creationism is correct. Yeah, they're fudging stuff, but it seems so fashionable to go texas bashing, when other states and cultures have faults too. Technically, evolution is still a theory so they can't strictly be accused of lying -And so is gravity, so don't misunderstand my own personal views, it's just that the thing reads like a witchhunt. In time, Darwinism will sort out the stupid from the rest.
And whoever marked me "troll",.. really? If I'd wanted to troll (which I don't do) I could've done a lot better than that.
..is the way to take this article. While I'm fully behind evolution, and there is surely some truth in their reporting, Slate is pretty hard far left, and nearly everything they write has that political stance. I'd want to read several other sources to see if they're exaggerating certain things, or taking snippets out of context. Seems like another obligatory bash Texas fest. Also, this is in charter schools, not the public schools.
I didn't build mine but I bought an XT8 from Orion (non -computerized/motorized). Dollar for dollar, a dob just can't be beat. I saw just about every major Messier object light pollution in my area would allow.. and then some more with broadband filters. As a newbie, I was a little disappointed how monochrome everything was, but without long exposure, that's how it goes.. Better than not seeing these things at all. I got a real good peek at Mars though in opposition in 2003.
It's been a long time though. The LP is so horrendous near Philly that I kinda gave up. I'd have to pack the thing up and take a drive down to the pine barrens.
That all said, If I get another scope someday though, It'll be a cassegrain with an EQ mount/motor.
I'm not disputing that the NSA has far overstepped their bounds, but also bear in mind we don't really know what terrorism they may or may not have stopped. They're not likely to publicly publish their doings, good or bad, to avoid tipping off enemies (among other obvious things). Exposing anything about their accomplishments, in anything other than the vaguest detail which would satisfy no one here, could also potentially expose their methodologies or contacts, or at least, point to a clue. It's not their protocol to take those risks, which also becomes very convenient for them. Such is the nature of security.
Granted, they didn't stop the Boston bombers, but there might have been other attempts we aren't told about that they foiled. Or maybe there weren't. But I'm not going to assume either way.
Maybe for a UI Win 9 will use a webcam and facial recognition tech to monitor the various facial expressions of user disgust to determine what you're trying to do.
I get your point, and thank your for being more level about this, though I still can't say I totally agree, though I will agree the original AC poster was being over-dramatic and inflammatory/accusatory.
But, there are different ways to categorize the same group of people. The government and economic climate of Chinese companies here are what I felt he meant by China, not the people themselves as a race, due to their DNA, their looks, culture, etc..
I think it boils down to this: I don't base race on a people's culture, economy, or government, race is a genetic thing. The ancient Celts were not a race, but a culture, though people often mistake them as a race. You could say they were all of Caucasian descent, but what made them Celtic was their culture, which differed from the Anglo Saxons and Northern Romans.
I will agree it is stereotyping to say that all companies in China engage(d) in this practice of poor standards, as per their corporate culture, but I think it falls short of being racist.
It was implicit, not explicit. And your usage shows just how retardly abused the phrase "race card" is. It was meant to be a "get out of jail free" analog when invented by wring-wing political correctness. It has no bearing on every single discussion of race, even if misguided, and you need to drop them damn persecution complex, it makes you seem guilty when you're not.
And the "implicit assumption" came from your phrasing, not your intent: "to poison our children with" if you read that again, without going nuts about how someone dared called dear-little-angel-you a r-r-r-racist you'll not the infinitive construction implies intent, which is fucking racist. Saying something racist(or nationalist or otherwise prejudicial) doesn't make you a member of the KKK, it's just wrong, is all.
So please, take this not as an indictment of your character, but a call to consider the meaning of what you say in the future.
I'm not sure if you realize I'm *not* the parent AC poster that you initially responded to, so it wasn't "my" phrasing. I never said, "poisoning our children". I don't know who the AC is. Maybe you need to make fewer assumptions and pay closer attention?
But you really need to learn the definition of "racist", not redefine it as you see fit. How is "poisoning children" racist? It's just evil, but evil stems from many things. You are the one who decided to be butthurt and assume the parent AC was criticizing China based not on it's economic policies as a government, but on race. Ironically, that's the real persecution complex, the people who go around calling everything racist. It's gotten to be the modern day witchhunt. Before you judge someone, consider where they're coming from.
That said, it's possible he was being racist, but but by no means was that a definite thing, when other factors exist in the equation.
Your point could have been made without the racist implicit assumption that "evil chinese" are trying to poison westerners. They just have lax environmental standards, and the people of China are starting to take notice of how badly it hurts their lives, and the government there is begining to cave, just like the early days before the EPA in the USA.
The rise of the East is good for the world, the more places that have an educated middle class, the less room there is for exploitation. It just happens in a way where exploitation goes way up before it goes down.
Really, you drew the racist card on this? Currently, China has some terrible policies, on their own people as well, and it's driven largely by their economy, not their ethnicity. Nowhere did parent suggest that it's because Chinese people, as a race, (not as a country, government, or culture) are somehow "inferior" to other races, nor did he imply China could never change because of who they are, ethnically. And why has no one ever been accused of racism when referring to American white devils?
Throwing around terms like racist, bigot, and homophobe at the drop of a hat have become the new Godwin's Law.
Yeah, I deserve a whoosh, though it wasn't really clear until the 4th paragraph.. I thought that was rather unlike girlintraining, but English is a second language with a lot of people, so.. wasn't sure.
Then what's the secret? If your thumbtip is an inch across (for example), how do you manage to nail a key that's only 3/16 " by 3/16" without hitting ones next to it? Or perhaps you have more rounded thumbtips, mine are actually kinda flat.
Um, yeah, pretty sure... it says BlackBerry right on it, and "Bold" on the back.:D The keys are so tiny and cramped. I constantly keep hitting adjacent keys. The entire keyboard is only 2 1/2 inches wide. That's about 3/16 ths of an inch per key. Granted I have pretty wide thumbtips but still.. I'll take my iPhone or an Android over that anyday, I don't really have a problem with soft keyboards (especially if they give an audible "click"). Also, I hate having to hit "alt" just for a period or comma. (I know, dbl space adds a comma but that doesn't help when you're typing an IP address)
At least this one has a touch screen, which helps a bit when navigating.. not real crazy about the center button either.
The keyboard on a Blackberry is a fucking joke, made for people with tiny fingertips..at least, on my Bold touch model. I can barely use the thing, I hate it. It's my work phone though, so I had no choice in the matter.
That's pretty much what I said.. that was my personal experience, but that it didn't need to be that way. It's got a lot to do with the culture at my particular workplace.
Non-technical managers just cave to pressure from higher management, the only line of defense I've ever seen is from technically experienced managers - usually those who were sys/netadmins or developers themselves once- who understand the issues and workloads.
I don't think it has to be this way, but unfortunately that's my personal experience. But really, that's just poor management and brown-nosing more than anything else, even a good non-technical manager should listen to his subordinates and make smart decisions by taking that into account. The ability to say "no" to superiors, even when their pie-in-the-sky ideals are unrealistic, is definitely lacking. OTOH, saying no to subordinates, not so hard. However, the day when we can no longer pull miracles out of our ass is fast approaching.
Because the gun lobby is all over fishermen. ? Gun lobby-schmobby, this is about getting physically assaulted from a drone because some whackjobs don't like that you're doing something they don't like, but which you have a right to do. I'm all for the SPCA, but PETA are nutjobs.
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Niven was the first thing that popped in my head! Even if this ban is lifted, I imagine there could still be a black market network that develops, trying to undercut official prices, but naturally sanitation and health issues won't be their top priority. *shudder*
I hope someday we can learn to regenerate body parts. I just saw "The Amazing Spiderman" for the first time yesterday, which brought this to mind. Although, while some lizards can grow new limbs, I'm pretty sure their regeneration doesn't apply to organs.
You pretty much nailed it.
A little of both, actually, to be honest... Firstly, I'm incredulous that anyone is as stupid as this article paints them to be, but be that as it may, it's the "hit and run" feel of the article. I'd have preferred to see longer snippets of text for context (I know they're limited by fair use laws and can't do entire pages). And while I don't agree with what what the textbook appears to be teaching, it doesn't come right out and claim evolution is wrong and that creationism is correct. Yeah, they're fudging stuff, but it seems so fashionable to go texas bashing, when other states and cultures have faults too. Technically, evolution is still a theory so they can't strictly be accused of lying -And so is gravity, so don't misunderstand my own personal views, it's just that the thing reads like a witchhunt. In time, Darwinism will sort out the stupid from the rest. .. really? If I'd wanted to troll (which I don't do) I could've done a lot better than that.
And whoever marked me "troll",
..is the way to take this article. While I'm fully behind evolution, and there is surely some truth in their reporting, Slate is pretty hard far left, and nearly everything they write has that political stance. I'd want to read several other sources to see if they're exaggerating certain things, or taking snippets out of context. Seems like another obligatory bash Texas fest. Also, this is in charter schools, not the public schools.
I didn't build mine but I bought an XT8 from Orion (non -computerized/motorized). Dollar for dollar, a dob just can't be beat. I saw just about every major Messier object light pollution in my area would allow.. and then some more with broadband filters. As a newbie, I was a little disappointed how monochrome everything was, but without long exposure, that's how it goes.. Better than not seeing these things at all. I got a real good peek at Mars though in opposition in 2003. It's been a long time though. The LP is so horrendous near Philly that I kinda gave up. I'd have to pack the thing up and take a drive down to the pine barrens.
That all said, If I get another scope someday though, It'll be a cassegrain with an EQ mount/motor.
I'm not disputing that the NSA has far overstepped their bounds, but also bear in mind we don't really know what terrorism they may or may not have stopped. They're not likely to publicly publish their doings, good or bad, to avoid tipping off enemies (among other obvious things). Exposing anything about their accomplishments, in anything other than the vaguest detail which would satisfy no one here, could also potentially expose their methodologies or contacts, or at least, point to a clue. It's not their protocol to take those risks, which also becomes very convenient for them. Such is the nature of security.
Granted, they didn't stop the Boston bombers, but there might have been other attempts we aren't told about that they foiled. Or maybe there weren't. But I'm not going to assume either way.
Maybe for a UI Win 9 will use a webcam and facial recognition tech to monitor the various facial expressions of user disgust to determine what you're trying to do.
Actually, "Damn that's ugly" was my first impression, but "That'd be easy to shoot down" was my second. Not so good.
I get your point, and thank your for being more level about this, though I still can't say I totally agree, though I will agree the original AC poster was being over-dramatic and inflammatory/accusatory.
But, there are different ways to categorize the same group of people. The government and economic climate of Chinese companies here are what I felt he meant by China, not the people themselves as a race, due to their DNA, their looks, culture, etc.. I think it boils down to this: I don't base race on a people's culture, economy, or government, race is a genetic thing. The ancient Celts were not a race, but a culture, though people often mistake them as a race. You could say they were all of Caucasian descent, but what made them Celtic was their culture, which differed from the Anglo Saxons and Northern Romans.
I will agree it is stereotyping to say that all companies in China engage(d) in this practice of poor standards, as per their corporate culture, but I think it falls short of being racist.
It was implicit, not explicit. And your usage shows just how retardly abused the phrase "race card" is. It was meant to be a "get out of jail free" analog when invented by wring-wing political correctness. It has no bearing on every single discussion of race, even if misguided, and you need to drop them damn persecution complex, it makes you seem guilty when you're not.
And the "implicit assumption" came from your phrasing, not your intent: "to poison our children with" if you read that again, without going nuts about how someone dared called dear-little-angel-you a r-r-r-racist you'll not the infinitive construction implies intent, which is fucking racist. Saying something racist(or nationalist or otherwise prejudicial) doesn't make you a member of the KKK, it's just wrong, is all.
So please, take this not as an indictment of your character, but a call to consider the meaning of what you say in the future.
I'm not sure if you realize I'm *not* the parent AC poster that you initially responded to, so it wasn't "my" phrasing. I never said, "poisoning our children". I don't know who the AC is. Maybe you need to make fewer assumptions and pay closer attention?
But you really need to learn the definition of "racist", not redefine it as you see fit. How is "poisoning children" racist? It's just evil, but evil stems from many things. You are the one who decided to be butthurt and assume the parent AC was criticizing China based not on it's economic policies as a government, but on race. Ironically, that's the real persecution complex, the people who go around calling everything racist. It's gotten to be the modern day witchhunt. Before you judge someone, consider where they're coming from.
That said, it's possible he was being racist, but but by no means was that a definite thing, when other factors exist in the equation.
Your point could have been made without the racist implicit assumption that "evil chinese" are trying to poison westerners. They just have lax environmental standards, and the people of China are starting to take notice of how badly it hurts their lives, and the government there is begining to cave, just like the early days before the EPA in the USA.
The rise of the East is good for the world, the more places that have an educated middle class, the less room there is for exploitation. It just happens in a way where exploitation goes way up before it goes down.
Really, you drew the racist card on this? Currently, China has some terrible policies, on their own people as well, and it's driven largely by their economy, not their ethnicity. Nowhere did parent suggest that it's because Chinese people, as a race, (not as a country, government, or culture) are somehow "inferior" to other races, nor did he imply China could never change because of who they are, ethnically. And why has no one ever been accused of racism when referring to American white devils?
Throwing around terms like racist, bigot, and homophobe at the drop of a hat have become the new Godwin's Law.
Yeah, I deserve a whoosh, though it wasn't really clear until the 4th paragraph.. I thought that was rather unlike girlintraining, but English is a second language with a lot of people, so.. wasn't sure.
Heisenburg's black cat.. lol
Oops.. right. I can't even blame autocorrect.
But how can we claim to be more smarter than the next person if we can't take a useful analogy and utterly destroy it by being overly pedantic?
The irony.
:-D ..
Sorry, carry on
That would be Galactic Dusting; Global Dusting would refer to a single planet, possibly during it's accretion phase. [/pendantism]
Same here. Blackberry apparently has their fans, though.
Then what's the secret? If your thumbtip is an inch across (for example), how do you manage to nail a key that's only 3/16 " by 3/16" without hitting ones next to it? Or perhaps you have more rounded thumbtips, mine are actually kinda flat.
The keyboard on a Blackberry is a fucking joke, made for people with tiny fingertip
You're supposed to type with your dick.
That's funny, coming from a RIM licker.
Um, yeah, pretty sure... it says BlackBerry right on it, and "Bold" on the back. :D The keys are so tiny and cramped. I constantly keep hitting adjacent keys. The entire keyboard is only 2 1/2 inches wide. That's about 3/16 ths of an inch per key. Granted I have pretty wide thumbtips but still.. I'll take my iPhone or an Android over that anyday, I don't really have a problem with soft keyboards (especially if they give an audible "click"). Also, I hate having to hit "alt" just for a period or comma. (I know, dbl space adds a comma but that doesn't help when you're typing an IP address)
At least this one has a touch screen, which helps a bit when navigating.. not real crazy about the center button either.
The keyboard on a Blackberry is a fucking joke, made for people with tiny fingertips..at least, on my Bold touch model. I can barely use the thing, I hate it. It's my work phone though, so I had no choice in the matter.
I don't consider expecting a normally written resignation exactly lofty.. just normal.
that they kinda made him resign. Maybe with good reason. That's hardly professional or mature for an elected official, inside joke or not.
That's pretty much what I said.. that was my personal experience, but that it didn't need to be that way. It's got a lot to do with the culture at my particular workplace.
Non-technical managers just cave to pressure from higher management, the only line of defense I've ever seen is from technically experienced managers - usually those who were sys/netadmins or developers themselves once- who understand the issues and workloads.
I don't think it has to be this way, but unfortunately that's my personal experience. But really, that's just poor management and brown-nosing more than anything else, even a good non-technical manager should listen to his subordinates and make smart decisions by taking that into account. The ability to say "no" to superiors, even when their pie-in-the-sky ideals are unrealistic, is definitely lacking. OTOH, saying no to subordinates, not so hard. However, the day when we can no longer pull miracles out of our ass is fast approaching.
Because the gun lobby is all over fishermen. ? Gun lobby-schmobby, this is about getting physically assaulted from a drone because some whackjobs don't like that you're doing something they don't like, but which you have a right to do. I'm all for the SPCA, but PETA are nutjobs.