When artifical womb technology is developed, it will likely be too expensive to artifically gestate every aborted fetus (about a million a year in the U.S.) Who is going to pay to maintain roughly 750,000 artificial wombs? Who will pay to feed, shelter, and educate millions of orphans? A lot of people would take to the streets if taxes were raised for this purpose. I just don't see artifical wombs having any use beyond providing women without a functioning uterus a way to reproduce without hiring or convincing a 3rd party to gestate the fetus.
A more interesting situation will arise when fetuses can be transferred from one woman to another. Will female religious fundamentalists actually offer to gestate an aborted fetus and adopt the baby? I don't see that happening beyond a few cases either.
Jesus, did I just hear you say, "the right thing to do is to fork over the money if he's got a gun"? By some very temporally localized definition of the word "safe", that might be the safest course of action, but how can you say that's the right thing to do?
In concealed carry permit classes, they tell you it costs about $20,000 to defend yourself in court when you use lethal force on someone, regardless if it was justified or not. Criminals usually have families, and they will usually file a wrongful death lawsuit against you. If you're carrying less than $20,000, it makes more financial sense to give it to the thief rather than shoot him.
The alternative to an existence you *may* not be happy with is certain non-existence. If I thought there were a way to store my terminally ill body in suspended animation, I'd take my chances. If you decide you made the wrong choice when you wake up in some unintelligble future world, you could always commit suicide.
Most of the people on your list were born in the 19th century, or early in the 20th... remember, religious psychological conditioning has to go in early, before a person develops critical thinking skills. Few people without childhood religious conditioning become religious as adults, and the ones who do are usually the very sick or emotionally unbalanced (due to substance abuse, war, incarceration, etc.)
I wouldn't hold up politicians as an example of intelligent religious people. Politicians will almost always publically proclaim the dominant faith of the society they're governing. It costs them nothing, and gains votes. Some of the faith the religious believer has in the religion will also "rub off" onto the politician, allowing the religious believer to continue to support the politician in the face of mountainous evidence of corruption, wrongdoing, etc. "He's one of our people", "I just have faith he's doing the right thing", etc.
I RTFA, and I still have no idea what Yahoo Dashboard is, what it will do for me, or even what it looks like (apart from a crappy pic.)
On the plus side, I did learn Tom Cruise separated six of his ribs while filming his latest explosion/car chase movie, and that there was a porn convention nextdoor to the place they were having the Dashboard presentation.
To each their own. Next time you fly, enjoy digging around in your asshole for the rubber glove that some work-to-welfare TSA employee left in there when he cavity-searched you.
why do we have internal pain receptors, when, for thousands of years, we could do nothing about appendicitis, kidney stones, liver disease, ulcers, etc
Probably so you can immediately sense the difference between a paper cut and a stab wound (which requires immediate attention if you are to survive). Feedback pain from internal organs is useful to tell you to rest, or stop doing whatever behavior is putting stress on it. Your lungs hurt when they can't provide enough oxygen to support your brain and skeletal muscles simultaneously, your stomach hurts from consuming spoiled or improper foods, etc.
Consider, the brain has no pain receptors, but most other organs do.
Up until a few decades ago, if someone was poking around in your brain, it meant you were dead or likely to soon be so. If any of our evolutionary ancestors had the ability to feel pain from that, it was certainly not a survival trait.
For a more real-time view of what people are searching for, try Metaspy. It shows you what the last 10 search strings at Metacrawler were. There was nothing really suprising in the Google Zeitgiest report, but the stuff you'll see people searching for on Metaspy can really make you do a double-take.
For big ticket items you want to sell (laptops, cameras, etc.) use Craigslist instead of eBay. No eBay or Paypal fees, and you can get paid with cash in person.
It's also good for things that are too expensive to ship. I sold a bed, a laptop, and even my old car. (The dealer only offered me $11,000 for my car, but I sold it to a private party for $14,000. I just had to write a simple free ad, take some photos, and I saved $3,000.) It's faster than eBay too. Each time, I received a response from the buyer within 24 hours.
Craigslist makes a lot more sense for items that are expensive or hard to ship.
I don't think you know what you're talking about. Domestic cats still have the instinct to roam around and hunt. Their instinct is also to urinate and defecate outside if possible. They use a litter box only if they cannot go outside to take care of business.
I grew up with cats on a 1 acre suburban property, and our cats would get anxious and crazy if they weren't let out periodically. Letting them out in an urban environment might not be such a great idea, but if you live in the suburbs or rural area it's no problem IMO. Sure you might have a vet bill here and there from fighting, but all our cats went out whenever they wanted, and they all died of old age.
They do have every right to use drug dogs if they pull your car over but they can't go further if dogs turn up nothing.
That was a major stumbling block for law enforcement, until they realized they could secretly train the new generation of drug dogs to detect gasoline.;)
Yeah, you can go the thrift store route and save lots of cash, and still be the "well dressed guy" to the other nerds in the IT dept. But fashions change subtly each season, and someone with the right eye can really tell at a glance if you're up to date or shopped at the bargain bin. That is why they have bargain bins.:)
If you're not married (or even if you are lol), it's important that most of those eyes belong to females. You'll find out where that extra money went when women notice you're wearing $200 Cole Haan shoes or a $1000 Tag Heuer watch.;) They will come up and tell you. You probably wouldn't want to marry a woman like that, but in the meantime.... heh. I guess if you're prone to losing watches, it might not be a good idea to go that expensive. If you go for a quality watch, it will still work 50 years from now, while that Rulex you bought in Tijuana could die when you forget to take it off in the jacuzzi next Friday.
Most days at work, I dress for absolute comfort. I'm a software engineer, it isn't that important. But when I go out, I really pay attention to how I dress.
About the belt, I really can easily tell the difference between a cheaply made belt and a handmade one. You probably have never seen one unless you ask a salesperson, they usually don't keep them out because belts are easy to shop lift.
I agree with you about mail ordering the pants... I am tall and stores rarely carry my size, but manufacturers usually do make it. It just isn't worth it for the department stores to stock, apparently. It is worth it to you to get a couple pairs of wool slacks (gray, black) professionally tailored, the rest can be off the rack if there's nothing especially abnormal about your lower body.
5 nice dress shirts (Calvin Klein etc.), solid colors. Black, white, cadet blue, ash gray, red are good choices. Look for "modern fit" or "fitted" if you're not overweight. Don't machine wash, dryclean only. - $200
5 pairs slacks, flat front, NO pleats (especially if you're fat), no Dockers, no chinos, ABSOLUTELY NO CARGO PANTS... black, navy, khaki, stone. Dryclean only. - $250
2 pairs high quality leather loafers (Kenneth Cole, Cole Haan, etc.) 1 brown, 1 black - $300
2 nice leather belts that match the shoes, silver buckle, don't go cheap on a belt - $100
5 form-fitting undershirts, 5 pairs socks (match the color of your pants), 5 pairs boxer briefs - go as cheap as you want, but I prefer high quality (CK, 2xist, etc)
Finish it off with a nice silver watch (your choice). Never wear rings (except wedding ring) or other jewelry. - $250-$500
Just go into a classy department store and tell them you want all this stuff, they'll practically fall all over you giving suggestions and advice. If you aren't absolutely sure about your sizes, just ask them to measure you. You need to know the sizes of your neck, sleeve, waist, and pants inseam.
You don't have to do it all in one day. Buy a shirt here, pair of slacks there until you've got enough to last you 1 week without a trip to the cleaner's.
The other thing is exercise. Join a gym. Work out every day, alternating resistance training (weights) and cardio (running, elliptical machine, etc). Get a flat stomach, tight butt, and broad shoulders, and all clothes will look 200% better on you. Even the jeans and T-shirts you wear on casual Friday.
The one where Homer starts his grease recycling business (and feeds $25 worth of bacon to the dog.)
A Muslim family would not even have a dog. Muslims consider dogs "unclean", and they are not kept as pets. They think you catch religious cooties by even touching a dog.
This upcoming box from Shuttle was shown at CES and has a CableCARD slot. The links go to some pictures that were taken surreptitiously by an attendee.
I suffer from Paranoid Personality Disorder mixed in with anxiety
You should know that posting as an Anonymous Coward on Slashdot is not truly anonymous. A hacker with sufficient skills can discover your real login name, email address, and IP address. In some cases, these malicious villains can even find out where you live, break into your hosue, and hide under your bed while brandishing sharp objects.
I guess I missed the headline about Diebold being mandated in every state and county in the Union then. I guess all those elections officials are probably on the Diebold payroll too. Damn and my next door neighbor seemed like such a nice gal too....
Due to the electoral college system, analysts can predict well ahead of the election which states (and which COUNTIES) will swing the entire national election. A few county officials willing to commit fraud and a few rigged voting machines in the right places really can influence who wins the election.
I'm not saying there's any evidence this has ever actually happened in the United States, but Diebold is indisputably allied with the Republican party. It is a conflict of interest issue that is very much worth thinking about.
"I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president." - Diebold CEO Walden O'Dell
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When artifical womb technology is developed, it will likely be too expensive to artifically gestate every aborted fetus (about a million a year in the U.S.) Who is going to pay to maintain roughly 750,000 artificial wombs? Who will pay to feed, shelter, and educate millions of orphans? A lot of people would take to the streets if taxes were raised for this purpose. I just don't see artifical wombs having any use beyond providing women without a functioning uterus a way to reproduce without hiring or convincing a 3rd party to gestate the fetus.
A more interesting situation will arise when fetuses can be transferred from one woman to another. Will female religious fundamentalists actually offer to gestate an aborted fetus and adopt the baby? I don't see that happening beyond a few cases either.
In concealed carry permit classes, they tell you it costs about $20,000 to defend yourself in court when you use lethal force on someone, regardless if it was justified or not. Criminals usually have families, and they will usually file a wrongful death lawsuit against you. If you're carrying less than $20,000, it makes more financial sense to give it to the thief rather than shoot him.
The alternative to an existence you *may* not be happy with is certain non-existence. If I thought there were a way to store my terminally ill body in suspended animation, I'd take my chances. If you decide you made the wrong choice when you wake up in some unintelligble future world, you could always commit suicide.
I want an Adrienne Barbeau-bot! With chainsaw hands!!
Most of the people on your list were born in the 19th century, or early in the 20th... remember, religious psychological conditioning has to go in early, before a person develops critical thinking skills. Few people without childhood religious conditioning become religious as adults, and the ones who do are usually the very sick or emotionally unbalanced (due to substance abuse, war, incarceration, etc.)
I wouldn't hold up politicians as an example of intelligent religious people. Politicians will almost always publically proclaim the dominant faith of the society they're governing. It costs them nothing, and gains votes. Some of the faith the religious believer has in the religion will also "rub off" onto the politician, allowing the religious believer to continue to support the politician in the face of mountainous evidence of corruption, wrongdoing, etc. "He's one of our people", "I just have faith he's doing the right thing", etc.
I RTFA, and I still have no idea what Yahoo Dashboard is, what it will do for me, or even what it looks like (apart from a crappy pic.)
On the plus side, I did learn Tom Cruise separated six of his ribs while filming his latest explosion/car chase movie, and that there was a porn convention nextdoor to the place they were having the Dashboard presentation.
To each their own. Next time you fly, enjoy digging around in your asshole for the rubber glove that some work-to-welfare TSA employee left in there when he cavity-searched you.
Probably so you can immediately sense the difference between a paper cut and a stab wound (which requires immediate attention if you are to survive). Feedback pain from internal organs is useful to tell you to rest, or stop doing whatever behavior is putting stress on it. Your lungs hurt when they can't provide enough oxygen to support your brain and skeletal muscles simultaneously, your stomach hurts from consuming spoiled or improper foods, etc.
Consider, the brain has no pain receptors, but most other organs do.
Up until a few decades ago, if someone was poking around in your brain, it meant you were dead or likely to soon be so. If any of our evolutionary ancestors had the ability to feel pain from that, it was certainly not a survival trait.
For a more real-time view of what people are searching for, try Metaspy. It shows you what the last 10 search strings at Metacrawler were. There was nothing really suprising in the Google Zeitgiest report, but the stuff you'll see people searching for on Metaspy can really make you do a double-take.
It's also good for things that are too expensive to ship. I sold a bed, a laptop, and even my old car. (The dealer only offered me $11,000 for my car, but I sold it to a private party for $14,000. I just had to write a simple free ad, take some photos, and I saved $3,000.) It's faster than eBay too. Each time, I received a response from the buyer within 24 hours.
Craigslist makes a lot more sense for items that are expensive or hard to ship.
No, I don't think that's what he meant. You will have to wait to lose your virginity.
I don't think you know what you're talking about. Domestic cats still have the instinct to roam around and hunt. Their instinct is also to urinate and defecate outside if possible. They use a litter box only if they cannot go outside to take care of business.
I grew up with cats on a 1 acre suburban property, and our cats would get anxious and crazy if they weren't let out periodically. Letting them out in an urban environment might not be such a great idea, but if you live in the suburbs or rural area it's no problem IMO. Sure you might have a vet bill here and there from fighting, but all our cats went out whenever they wanted, and they all died of old age.
Nah, all people have bacteria living in their urethra.
It's not important in this context. The point is that the urine is a breeding ground for bacteria that already exist in the urinal.
That was a major stumbling block for law enforcement, until they realized they could secretly train the new generation of drug dogs to detect gasoline. ;)
Yeah, you can go the thrift store route and save lots of cash, and still be the "well dressed guy" to the other nerds in the IT dept. But fashions change subtly each season, and someone with the right eye can really tell at a glance if you're up to date or shopped at the bargain bin. That is why they have bargain bins. :)
;) They will come up and tell you. You probably wouldn't want to marry a woman like that, but in the meantime.... heh. I guess if you're prone to losing watches, it might not be a good idea to go that expensive. If you go for a quality watch, it will still work 50 years from now, while that Rulex you bought in Tijuana could die when you forget to take it off in the jacuzzi next Friday.
If you're not married (or even if you are lol), it's important that most of those eyes belong to females. You'll find out where that extra money went when women notice you're wearing $200 Cole Haan shoes or a $1000 Tag Heuer watch.
Most days at work, I dress for absolute comfort. I'm a software engineer, it isn't that important. But when I go out, I really pay attention to how I dress.
About the belt, I really can easily tell the difference between a cheaply made belt and a handmade one. You probably have never seen one unless you ask a salesperson, they usually don't keep them out because belts are easy to shop lift.
I agree with you about mail ordering the pants... I am tall and stores rarely carry my size, but manufacturers usually do make it. It just isn't worth it for the department stores to stock, apparently. It is worth it to you to get a couple pairs of wool slacks (gray, black) professionally tailored, the rest can be off the rack if there's nothing especially abnormal about your lower body.
Business casual in a nutshell...
5 nice dress shirts (Calvin Klein etc.), solid colors. Black, white, cadet blue, ash gray, red are good choices. Look for "modern fit" or "fitted" if you're not overweight. Don't machine wash, dryclean only. - $200
5 pairs slacks, flat front, NO pleats (especially if you're fat), no Dockers, no chinos, ABSOLUTELY NO CARGO PANTS... black, navy, khaki, stone. Dryclean only. - $250
2 pairs high quality leather loafers (Kenneth Cole, Cole Haan, etc.) 1 brown, 1 black - $300
2 nice leather belts that match the shoes, silver buckle, don't go cheap on a belt - $100
5 form-fitting undershirts, 5 pairs socks (match the color of your pants), 5 pairs boxer briefs - go as cheap as you want, but I prefer high quality (CK, 2xist, etc)
Finish it off with a nice silver watch (your choice). Never wear rings (except wedding ring) or other jewelry. - $250-$500
Just go into a classy department store and tell them you want all this stuff, they'll practically fall all over you giving suggestions and advice. If you aren't absolutely sure about your sizes, just ask them to measure you. You need to know the sizes of your neck, sleeve, waist, and pants inseam.
You don't have to do it all in one day. Buy a shirt here, pair of slacks there until you've got enough to last you 1 week without a trip to the cleaner's.
The other thing is exercise. Join a gym. Work out every day, alternating resistance training (weights) and cardio (running, elliptical machine, etc). Get a flat stomach, tight butt, and broad shoulders, and all clothes will look 200% better on you. Even the jeans and T-shirts you wear on casual Friday.
Then you are a very liberal Muslim who does not uphold the Koran's irrational teachings about dogs. Good for you.
A Muslim family would not even have a dog. Muslims consider dogs "unclean", and they are not kept as pets. They think you catch religious cooties by even touching a dog.
This upcoming box from Shuttle was shown at CES and has a CableCARD slot. The links go to some pictures that were taken surreptitiously by an attendee.
(By the way, I am just joking.)
You should know that posting as an Anonymous Coward on Slashdot is not truly anonymous. A hacker with sufficient skills can discover your real login name, email address, and IP address. In some cases, these malicious villains can even find out where you live, break into your hosue, and hide under your bed while brandishing sharp objects.
Then when you go to sleep.... BAM!
This is an exact copy of a post by 'popo' from the previous BitTorrent/venture capital thread.
Due to the electoral college system, analysts can predict well ahead of the election which states (and which COUNTIES) will swing the entire national election. A few county officials willing to commit fraud and a few rigged voting machines in the right places really can influence who wins the election.
I'm not saying there's any evidence this has ever actually happened in the United States, but Diebold is indisputably allied with the Republican party. It is a conflict of interest issue that is very much worth thinking about.
"I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president." - Diebold CEO Walden O'Dell
I don't think Brad Pitt would be very interested in having sex with you. So, your best bet is to wait until he has passed out from the anesthesia.
Good luck!