Tech #1: Gee, there will be an event that will wipe out almost ALL life on Earth as we know it!.
Tech #2: Zomg! Our accounting data! We have to build a system that will keep track of our expenses in case humanity is almost wiped out!
I mean seriously, apart from an intellectual exercise - what the hell do you care? You probably won't be among the survivors anyway. Life is going to suck after that, medical records or no medical records.
Let's trash linux a little more by complaining how this Ubuntu DVD fails to load on this sundial. There you have it, linux can't even run on one of the most primitive time-keeping devices. It must suck.
The British Empire may have "fallen apart" post WW2, but most of the "country-taking" happened in the previous century. The poster was talking about country-taking. Find me someone who was alive during Victoria's reign.
But let's assume your nit-pick were pertinent. How old would someone alive in 1945 be today, and exactly how much influence on the "empire" and responsibility for it do you think that toddler would have had? Oh I see, judging by the gist of your post that those infants bore full responsibility.
I see it differently. I welcome such "progress" because it can only have one eventual outcome - the destruction of the current order. So by all means, push a little harder. Just a little more...
You're missing the fact that China has been investing heavily in Latin America over the past decade or so. A lot of countries down here see that the future is China, who is their new powerful friend. So while the West threatens and adopts a dictatorial tone when offering "trade agreements" that are a great deal - for the US oh and by the way you need to change your laws to match ours if you want in on this agreement - China has been building bridges, roads, stadiums, hospitals... with no strings attached.
This is not the 1980's and if the people paid to make the decisions are using that playbook they are in for a shock, in my opinion. The desire to "play with the big boys" no longer means kissing American ass.
A little reminder: neither you nor I were alive when that happened. This kind of dipshit thinking is what keeps places like the middle east at war for 5000 years.
A new toilet better suited for developing countries. Forget the fact that most of the per capita waste in the world happens right at home in N. America. But yeah, stick a "developing countries" label on it to make it go down better with the Politically Correct crowd.
There are no guarantees. At one point your job stops being so much about your degrees and it becomes much more about the soft skills you demonstrate as a person. I've met many people near the top of my field who are absolutely useless outside a very narrow set of parameters. But they have lots of degrees and graduated with top honors from excellent schools. They're not stupid, they just don't know how to apply their knowledge.
While a degree can certainly help if you have the time and resources, it's not a golden ticket so don't expect it to be.
Yeah. I live in Latin America. I've lived in the US. Have you traveled outside your country? You would be surprised at the non universality of your "freedom".
Yeah, you think they just hand out medical doctorates without any backround in biology right? I might not be an expert on repitilian biochemistry, but you bet your backside I have the basics down pretty damned straight. Just like you expect your accountant to be able to do arithmetic and statistics quite flawlessly, even if fractional calculus is a little beyond him.
Meh just ignore him. I agree with you and I have a pretty strong biology background (MD). Changes that are not beneficial we call "disease". But there are a whole bunch of other changes we might not even notice. Those are called genetic variability. So long as it's not detrimental to the organism and, per evolutionary rules, interfering with its ability to compete and mate, change is not necessarily "bad". It's just change.
And the change in population is entirely due to radiation and not, say at least partly, due to having had most of the landscape flooded by salt water and scoured by a tsunami? Caterpillars don't just drop out of the sky and hatch into butterflies. I'm sure their environment has been quite dented.
Yes it is assault. It would only be harassment if said female was told "let me grab your crotch, otherwise I won't promote you/keep you hired/give you a raise like all your co-workers", etc. Of course I've mentioned this before, and immediately was modded to oblivion because in kindergar^H^H^H USA sexual harassment means staring too long/at all at a female coworker or speaking to her.
When your life is at a line, it's not a real choice. At that time you don't have the luxury of saying no
I think I have a little more experience than you in these situations. Real life medicine is not a tv drama show where the suspense is built in 5 minutes and the decision is made right after the next commercial. We have all sorts of ectopic (over the skin) and temporarily implantable pace-makers for those very rare situations when "your life is on the line", and that's all covered by the consent form you or your relative signed when you were admitted to hospital. Getting an implanted pace-maker or defibrillator is not an emergency process - there's plenty of time to make an informed decision. And you do have the luxury of saying no. Admittedly you may have quality of life issues which have been explained to you, but it's your decision. I find the rest of your discussion has no bearing on the point I was making that I can see, so I'll leave it at that.
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Integrity on the internet. LOL. Good one.
Tech #1: Gee, there will be an event that will wipe out almost ALL life on Earth as we know it!.
Tech #2: Zomg! Our accounting data! We have to build a system that will keep track of our expenses in case humanity is almost wiped out!
I mean seriously, apart from an intellectual exercise - what the hell do you care? You probably won't be among the survivors anyway. Life is going to suck after that, medical records or no medical records.
old enough to remember the mess the British (and other empires) created at the end of it.
Remembering something does not make you accountable for it. I mean, you remember 9/11, right? Oh, then you must be a terrorist.
Let's trash linux a little more by complaining how this Ubuntu DVD fails to load on this sundial. There you have it, linux can't even run on one of the most primitive time-keeping devices. It must suck.
The British Empire may have "fallen apart" post WW2, but most of the "country-taking" happened in the previous century. The poster was talking about country-taking. Find me someone who was alive during Victoria's reign.
But let's assume your nit-pick were pertinent. How old would someone alive in 1945 be today, and exactly how much influence on the "empire" and responsibility for it do you think that toddler would have had? Oh I see, judging by the gist of your post that those infants bore full responsibility.
I see it differently. I welcome such "progress" because it can only have one eventual outcome - the destruction of the current order. So by all means, push a little harder. Just a little more...
The sex crime being "not wearing a condom".
You're missing the fact that China has been investing heavily in Latin America over the past decade or so. A lot of countries down here see that the future is China, who is their new powerful friend. So while the West threatens and adopts a dictatorial tone when offering "trade agreements" that are a great deal - for the US oh and by the way you need to change your laws to match ours if you want in on this agreement - China has been building bridges, roads, stadiums, hospitals... with no strings attached.
This is not the 1980's and if the people paid to make the decisions are using that playbook they are in for a shock, in my opinion. The desire to "play with the big boys" no longer means kissing American ass.
But you were cool with them
A little reminder: neither you nor I were alive when that happened. This kind of dipshit thinking is what keeps places like the middle east at war for 5000 years.
A new toilet better suited for developing countries. Forget the fact that most of the per capita waste in the world happens right at home in N. America. But yeah, stick a "developing countries" label on it to make it go down better with the Politically Correct crowd.
Is a Ph.D. a near-guarantee
There are no guarantees. At one point your job stops being so much about your degrees and it becomes much more about the soft skills you demonstrate as a person. I've met many people near the top of my field who are absolutely useless outside a very narrow set of parameters. But they have lots of degrees and graduated with top honors from excellent schools. They're not stupid, they just don't know how to apply their knowledge.
While a degree can certainly help if you have the time and resources, it's not a golden ticket so don't expect it to be.
Yeah. I live in Latin America. I've lived in the US. Have you traveled outside your country? You would be surprised at the non universality of your "freedom".
Yeah, you think they just hand out medical doctorates without any backround in biology right? I might not be an expert on repitilian biochemistry, but you bet your backside I have the basics down pretty damned straight. Just like you expect your accountant to be able to do arithmetic and statistics quite flawlessly, even if fractional calculus is a little beyond him.
The fact that you use liberation and marriage in the same sentence is confusing.
You must be new here.
But the passcode is 'mars123'
+++ATDT what was the country code for mars again?
That certainly is true.
Meh just ignore him. I agree with you and I have a pretty strong biology background (MD). Changes that are not beneficial we call "disease". But there are a whole bunch of other changes we might not even notice. Those are called genetic variability. So long as it's not detrimental to the organism and, per evolutionary rules, interfering with its ability to compete and mate, change is not necessarily "bad". It's just change.
And the change in population is entirely due to radiation and not, say at least partly, due to having had most of the landscape flooded by salt water and scoured by a tsunami? Caterpillars don't just drop out of the sky and hatch into butterflies. I'm sure their environment has been quite dented.
Yes it is assault. It would only be harassment if said female was told "let me grab your crotch, otherwise I won't promote you/keep you hired/give you a raise like all your co-workers", etc. Of course I've mentioned this before, and immediately was modded to oblivion because in kindergar^H^H^H USA sexual harassment means staring too long/at all at a female coworker or speaking to her.
Yeah because the population of a prison - the inmates and the guards, is an accurate compass to map all human character.
* Transcutaneous, not ectopic.
When your life is at a line, it's not a real choice. At that time you don't have the luxury of saying no
I think I have a little more experience than you in these situations. Real life medicine is not a tv drama show where the suspense is built in 5 minutes and the decision is made right after the next commercial. We have all sorts of ectopic (over the skin) and temporarily implantable pace-makers for those very rare situations when "your life is on the line", and that's all covered by the consent form you or your relative signed when you were admitted to hospital. Getting an implanted pace-maker or defibrillator is not an emergency process - there's plenty of time to make an informed decision. And you do have the luxury of saying no. Admittedly you may have quality of life issues which have been explained to you, but it's your decision. I find the rest of your discussion has no bearing on the point I was making that I can see, so I'll leave it at that.