who are convinced that all these space missions are big left wing conspiracies.
Er...left wing???
Its a right wing conspiracy! You think any left winger has controll of the militaro-industrial complex?! So a bunch of nazi scientist and US miltary types make a big show of their technical superiority, and you think it was all orchastrated by "save the whales" types?
because of the robot's passive nature, people tend to ignore it after short period of ogling. This allows for some great natural shots, instead of the typical forced and self-conscious shots from human wedding photographers.
First of all, if you don't like TV and don't watch TV, good for you. I do watch TV, and I'm not ashamed of it. Secondly, the terrorist did win. They made things go boom, people were terrorised. Get over it, they won, and no matter how much more civilians you kill than they, they still won, its not a football game where the score counts.
And since you qualify Buffy as "inane, mindless televison", its clear that your not watching it leads to you not being informed enough to have an opinion that counts. Seriously, its not inane, its smart, and you are a troll...why the hell am I taking the bait from a troll? Damn hangover...
Does the U.S. Army want to let somebody get away with stealing, cheating and lying?
No! Never! Killing, maiming, mangling, burning, blinding, bone breaking, lacerating, bitch slapping, poisonning, drowing...that's all fine, but stealing? Cheating? Never! This isn't that kind of military organisation!
Everybody knows you don't put your name on somebody else's work. If I went to MIT and did that, I would be thrown out of school.
Or you'd be a particularly sucesfull teacher...one or the other...
Are you actually using the "we saved your ass in WWII" argument? Man! I thought only homer Simpson said things like that!
Wow!
And I guess that the united states were created by god from clay? No european country ever had to, you know, send a few people over, a couple of beasts of burden here and there, a few tools...none of that? No military aid in your old wars or anything...no european country ever gave the US a giant statue to put in its harbor...the thing was there when you arrived, right?
When the US helped its european fiends, it was 1) looking out for its own interests and 2) REPAYING A DEPT, yup, they don,t owe you, you owed them.
And I guess from your "tone" that you feel that if european counties ever dare to make the US look bad by being more advanced that you are, you will feel the need for revenge and hope (or get the CIA to help) that a blody war kills 'em? Jeez...good christians indeed!
So when are they coming out with the 42 second-long version of Good Will Hunting?;- )
Seriously, I would be very disapointed if a movie about such an accident didn't portray the people in this situation as annoyed enough to swear. Can't figure why people are so bent on hidding the realities of speech...
Well, I for one am glad they are editing it! There was some very offensive material in that filthy movie! I hope they are getting rid of that rocket...you do know what its shaped like? Don't you? And all that dirty talk about inserting hoses in air filters, using duct tape no less! The movie will be much better without it. Think of the children!
It is in our nature to muck with things that we do not understand.
Like women...
Personal responsiblity in science is only relevant where lawsuits are involved.
Science, fast foods, hairdressing, driving, medecine, tooth brush manufacturing...
As long as the researcher is not liable for being found guilty of a crime in a court of law, there is no bounds to what may be researched.
Hurrah! Now that's sweet! Never ending progress...right on!
This is an ethical issue of biblical proportion.
The bible is an ethical issue? Hmmm...I guess you're right. Its all about stoning people to death and such...I had not thought of it as such before though.. but, how is this as questionnable as the Book that teaches violence and hatred? Its just comparing the genes of humans and other apes so see where's the difference, its not doing any harm.
Cannibalism is the norm for adolescent wolf spiders
Really? Those teenage punks...
so why is it that we as human beings find it so distasteful?
Well, we're pack animals. We need to keep our family alive or we'll die too (in nature, in civilised society its a bit more complex than that). Of course, some human cultures took to eating people from neighboring villages, eating "their own kind", but not their kin. And then there are the psychos...they don't find it distastefull, but they aren't "normal", so they don't count;- )
Same-species protein is wrong simply because it comes from the same species.
This sentence makes no sense to me...what do you mean?
Do we ignore the potential to test our theories on hapless and helpless apes or do we go with our questions unanswered. Between you an' me, I'll guess that the pocket-protector types will figure out a way to test on our ape brethren.
Are you talking about nerds? On slashdot? Wow! Its as if you thought that there were none of those around here! That's so cute : )
Get over yourself. We went over this a while back.
Did We? Well well...
Your little USian thing is doomed to fail because:
I have a little USian ting? No, YOU have a little thing, wanker!
It also ignores the fact that when you say "Americans" everyone knows you mean "citizens of the United States of America"
Any supporting argument with the words "everyone knows" is unbeatable! That's like, a super unblockable debate move! And in fact, since everyone knows it, I know it too, and that means I'm a fool for arguing! I can't win! You used the "Everyone knows..." card! I'm doomed! We're ALL doomed! Doomed!
Seriously, saying "the mistake is commonly used so its not a mistake" is very very lame. Yes, the dammage is done, yes, there are millions of people who's mind will never be crossed by the blasphemous thought that the US isn't America, just part of it. But its still wrong. Pretty sad really. And sadder still: people will defend this as if it were a sacred cause.
2: We don't give a shit. You cared enough to take the time to reply.
And this thread is getting WAY off topic, so rant/flame/troll away with the "Americans are better than X because Y", I won't get in your way.
Actually, the people at Nasa don't have any problems wih it, they use the international unit system. Its the subcontracters that still use the old english imperial units and mess things up.
Ya know, for a country so bent up on not being subjects of the crown...people do hang on to the old ways quite a bit.
Fines for spamming (of all types) need to be increased, with the possibility of jail time.
Harder fines, sure, but jail time? No.
I don't think putting people in jail for every stupid thing is a good idea. In fact, I think there are many "crimes" that should not be punished by jail time (how many pot heads really deserve to be in jail, seriously?). Rapist, murderers, muggers, all those people deserve to be taken away from society for a while. But minor crimes, as annoying as they might be, don't warrent imprisonment. You could make 'em do community service, make 'em bankrupt with huge fines, but don't waste precious jail space for small things.
Plus, do you really want the spammers of the future to have aquired skills like fashionning weapons out of toothbrushes or how to take advantage of a dropped soap in the showers? You'd just make 'em angrier...although maybe the spam about penis enlargement would go away.;- )
Its a fine for not respecting the law and continuing to illegally fax-spam even after having been duly warned.
and its not just the paper: Its the toner, employee time to dispose and sift through all that crap, the busy fax-line preventing you from sending or recieving legitimate faxes.
Email spam is annoying and a bit time consumming, but on top of that fax-spam cosume ressources and reduce the availability of the fax machine for legitimate purposes.
At my old job we got dozens of faxes a day, most of them spam. We would often not recieve important documents faxed to us by clients because the machine was out of paper due to all the adds it spewed out.
The fine is not a compensation for those hurt, its a punitive measure meant to make it stop.
You think they got so rich by playing fait and charging a resonable price for their products and giving back a reasonable amount to the creators? I don't! They've been "stealing" from every single one of their client by charging them prices much higher than the actual value of the product because they are in an oligopoly position and are price-fixing their products.
Stealing from a thief is ok. Hell, its poetic justice.
And they blame the internet of the fact that they lost 6% in CD sales...can Enron and WorldCom and all the other big buisnesses who are actually going bankrupt also blame napster for their trouble? That'd be convenient...I mean, its not as if there was a decline in all commercial activities, not a depression. there weren't any terrorist attacks scaring the shit out of everybody or anything...its ALL naspter's fault...
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who are convinced that all these space missions are big left wing conspiracies.
Er...left wing???
Its a right wing conspiracy! You think any left winger has controll of the militaro-industrial complex?! So a bunch of nazi scientist and US miltary types make a big show of their technical superiority, and you think it was all orchastrated by "save the whales" types?
Yes, cell phones make YOU dumber.
;- )
Either that, or I'm getting smarter
"They will not consider you unless you can carry your M16 through the physical fitness course without killing yourself in the process,"
I think its fair, if you die in the test, they don't hire you.
because of the robot's passive nature, people tend to ignore it after short period of ogling. This allows for some great natural shots, instead of the typical forced and self-conscious shots from human wedding photographers.
Yeah, but can it kiss the bride?
First of all, if you don't like TV and don't watch TV, good for you. I do watch TV, and I'm not ashamed of it.
Secondly, the terrorist did win. They made things go boom, people were terrorised. Get over it, they won, and no matter how much more civilians you kill than they, they still won, its not a football game where the score counts.
And since you qualify Buffy as "inane, mindless televison", its clear that your not watching it leads to you not being informed enough to have an opinion that counts. Seriously, its not inane, its smart, and you are a troll...why the hell am I taking the bait from a troll?
Damn hangover...
Does the U.S. Army want to let somebody get away with stealing, cheating and lying?
No! Never! Killing, maiming, mangling, burning, blinding, bone breaking, lacerating, bitch slapping, poisonning, drowing...that's all fine, but stealing? Cheating? Never! This isn't that kind of military organisation!
Everybody knows you don't put your name on somebody else's work. If I went to MIT and did that, I would be thrown out of school.
Or you'd be a particularly sucesfull teacher...one or the other...
Well, that's probably why he's selling it. He,s had his fun, and now he's looking for someone who wants the fun and has the money : )
I'm not sure that I would respect you anymore or less than the biker though.
;- )
Probably fear him a tad less though uh?
If this theory holds true it may explain why some humans who are repeatedly exposed to HIV don't get sick."
They are in fact shaved monkeys, and not people after all?
Are you actually using the "we saved your ass in WWII" argument? Man! I thought only homer Simpson said things like that!
Wow!
And I guess that the united states were created by god from clay? No european country ever had to, you know, send a few people over, a couple of beasts of burden here and there, a few tools...none of that?
No military aid in your old wars or anything...no european country ever gave the US a giant statue to put in its harbor...the thing was there when you arrived, right?
When the US helped its european fiends, it was 1) looking out for its own interests and 2) REPAYING A DEPT, yup, they don,t owe you, you owed them.
And I guess from your "tone" that you feel that if european counties ever dare to make the US look bad by being more advanced that you are, you will feel the need for revenge and hope (or get the CIA to help) that a blody war kills 'em? Jeez...good christians indeed!
So when are they coming out with the 42 second-long version of Good Will Hunting? ;- )
Seriously, I would be very disapointed if a movie about such an accident didn't portray the people in this situation as annoyed enough to swear. Can't figure why people are so bent on hidding the realities of speech...
Well, I for one am glad they are editing it! There was some very offensive material in that filthy movie! I hope they are getting rid of that rocket...you do know what its shaped like? Don't you?
And all that dirty talk about inserting hoses in air filters, using duct tape no less! The movie will be much better without it.
Think of the children!
Didn't that produce a small gecko poo problem?
It is in our nature to muck with things that we do not understand.
;- )
Like women...
Personal responsiblity in science is only relevant where lawsuits are involved.
Science, fast foods, hairdressing, driving, medecine, tooth brush manufacturing...
As long as the researcher is not liable for being found guilty of a crime in a court of law, there is no bounds to what may be researched.
Hurrah! Now that's sweet! Never ending progress...right on!
This is an ethical issue of biblical proportion.
The bible is an ethical issue? Hmmm...I guess you're right. Its all about stoning people to death and such...I had not thought of it as such before though..
but, how is this as questionnable as the Book that teaches violence and hatred? Its just comparing the genes of humans and other apes so see where's the difference, its not doing any harm.
Cannibalism is the norm for adolescent wolf spiders
Really? Those teenage punks...
so why is it that we as human beings find it so distasteful?
Well, we're pack animals. We need to keep our family alive or we'll die too (in nature, in civilised society its a bit more complex than that). Of course, some human cultures took to eating people from neighboring villages, eating "their own kind", but not their kin. And then there are the psychos...they don't find it distastefull, but they aren't "normal", so they don't count
Same-species protein is wrong simply because it comes from the same species.
This sentence makes no sense to me...what do you mean?
Do we ignore the potential to test our theories on hapless and helpless apes or do we go with our questions unanswered. Between you an' me, I'll guess that the pocket-protector types will figure out a way to test on our ape brethren.
Are you talking about nerds? On slashdot? Wow! Its as if you thought that there were none of those around here! That's so cute : )
Get over yourself. We went over this a while back.
Did We? Well well...
Your little USian thing is doomed to fail because:
I have a little USian ting? No, YOU have a little thing, wanker!
It also ignores the fact that when you say "Americans" everyone knows you mean "citizens of the United States of America"
Any supporting argument with the words "everyone knows" is unbeatable! That's like, a super unblockable debate move! And in fact, since everyone knows it, I know it too, and that means I'm a fool for arguing! I can't win! You used the "Everyone knows..." card! I'm doomed! We're ALL doomed! Doomed!
Seriously, saying "the mistake is commonly used so its not a mistake" is very very lame. Yes, the dammage is done, yes, there are millions of people who's mind will never be crossed by the blasphemous thought that the US isn't America, just part of it. But its still wrong.
Pretty sad really. And sadder still: people will defend this as if it were a sacred cause.
2: We don't give a shit.
You cared enough to take the time to reply.
And this thread is getting WAY off topic, so rant/flame/troll away with the "Americans are better than X because Y", I won't get in your way.
then I ask, where is the database of white male multimillionaires?
Some rich dude bought it and has it displayed in his game room...
What is absolute is the Bill of Rights. What is absolute is the fundamental protection that all Americans enjoy from persecution.
What? Mexicans are protected by the bill of rights? Oh, no, wait...mexico is in africa izzit? 'Cause they ain't americans...maybe its in asia...
There are no absolutes.
The possibility of it happening is endlessly close to 1(or 100%)
Yeah, but so is the possibility of it not hapenning.
Actually, the people at Nasa don't have any problems wih it, they use the international unit system. Its the subcontracters that still use the old english imperial units and mess things up.
Ya know, for a country so bent up on not being subjects of the crown...people do hang on to the old ways quite a bit.
I mean, the possibility of it happening is endless and therefore a fact.
You took way too many math classes...
you are still risking my blowing your head off.
This got rated Informative?
Yikes, we've got paranoid moderators...
Fines for spamming (of all types) need to be increased, with the possibility of jail time.
;- )
Harder fines, sure, but jail time? No.
I don't think putting people in jail for every stupid thing is a good idea. In fact, I think there are many "crimes" that should not be punished by jail time (how many pot heads really deserve to be in jail, seriously?).
Rapist, murderers, muggers, all those people deserve to be taken away from society for a while. But minor crimes, as annoying as they might be, don't warrent imprisonment. You could make 'em do community service, make 'em bankrupt with huge fines, but don't waste precious jail space for small things.
Plus, do you really want the spammers of the future to have aquired skills like fashionning weapons out of toothbrushes or how to take advantage of a dropped soap in the showers? You'd just make 'em angrier...although maybe the spam about penis enlargement would go away.
Its a fine for not respecting the law and continuing to illegally fax-spam even after having been duly warned.
and its not just the paper: Its the toner, employee time to dispose and sift through all that crap, the busy fax-line preventing you from sending or recieving legitimate faxes.
Email spam is annoying and a bit time consumming, but on top of that fax-spam cosume ressources and reduce the availability of the fax machine for legitimate purposes.
At my old job we got dozens of faxes a day, most of them spam. We would often not recieve important documents faxed to us by clients because the machine was out of paper due to all the adds it spewed out.
The fine is not a compensation for those hurt, its a punitive measure meant to make it stop.
Irrelevant? I think not.
You think they got so rich by playing fait and charging a resonable price for their products and giving back a reasonable amount to the creators? I don't!
They've been "stealing" from every single one of their client by charging them prices much higher than the actual value of the product because they are in an oligopoly position and are price-fixing their products.
Stealing from a thief is ok. Hell, its poetic justice.
And they blame the internet of the fact that they lost 6% in CD sales...can Enron and WorldCom and all the other big buisnesses who are actually going bankrupt also blame napster for their trouble? That'd be convenient...I mean, its not as if there was a decline in all commercial activities, not a depression. there weren't any terrorist attacks scaring the shit out of everybody or anything...its ALL naspter's fault...
"There's no hole that needs to be plugged," he said.
something isn't right...