Sure. It's only recently that pedophilia has been demonized. It was actually a custom in ancient Greece and Rome. Having been a victim of rape myself at age 5, I can't say I stand up for pedophilia. However when I see people accusing each other for non sexual images of children (like the old Coppertone ad, for example), cartoon images (like say, Lisa Simpson), or for statutory rape when say an 18 year old goes out with a 17 year old, I just have to shake my head and conclude that people are over-reacting and not sane. There's a difference between feeling sexual attraction for a 16 year old girl in a tight bikini and raping a 4 year old child. If people can't see this then they are not much better.
Studies have shown a negative correlation between the availability of porn and rape cases.
[citation needed]
In fact while not a scientific study, compare the frequency of rape in the Western world where internet is not (yet) censored, and the extreme islamic countries where pornography and the internet (and short skirts and bikinis) are heavily censored. You can also assume that there is a great deal of under-reporting of rape in those countries since they have a habit of accusing the victims.
I doubt anyone would use nuclear weapons anywhere, except perhaps as a weapon of terror. The political fallout would just be too steep. Besides, there are plenty of reasons to keep a war going, if you're "winning".
Yeah, just like capital punishment for murder in some countries solves murders. At least with murder there is a clear definition. The end point is that the victim is dead. You make no distinction between the 19 year old who went out and had sex with a 17 year old girl, and the rapist who likes to grab little boys and anally rape them?
She won't get a million dollars because the lawyers will want to be paid. And assuming she manages to collect and survive a counter-suit, she's going to find out exactly how little a million dollars (or whatever is left in her pocket) actually is. Certainly not enough to retire on at age 40.
That's because the whole thing had no value other than human greed and the expectation of wealth. For a currency to have value not only must it be secure but it also must maintain a perceived value over time as well as be widely accepted for conversion into goods and services. Bitcoin had neither. Almost no one accepted bitcoin directly. Bitcoin exchanges for US dollars were not immediate, and of course they charged commission. And once people realized that the value of bitcoin could move down as well as up when the server got hacked, no one saw it as a "sound investment" anymore. Those who got out stayed out, and those who got burned have probably been slowly getting their remaining assets out. Even attempts by the so-called bitcoin exchanges to artificially prop up its value by pretending the "crash" was an error, or didn't happen, have met with failure. Why? Because only idiots are putting money into the system now and eventually even idiots get the message. The net flow of money is OUT, not in.
As an experiment in human greed and bubble formation, however, Bitcoin was an excellent example and a resounding success.
as long as I can get back what it says on my balance.
I guess I can't really blame you for being as stupid as 99% of the rest of the people in the world. Getting your balance back at the end of the year means you lost a year's worth of purchasing power. You need to get your balance back plus whatever inflation happens to be - just to break even. Just as a tip, banks pay you less than inflation even on term deposits. But most people ignore this because hey, inflation is only a few percent, right?
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does it really matter? we are talking about the military using this to find people behind walls
You are naive enough to believe that this will never be used by the government on civilians EVER, right? The military doesn't really need something like this because if they are really worried about what's behind a wall they just blow it up. This is 100% for law enforcement use, which is where the government wants to know what's behind the wall but is not allowed to do so by law.
Yup, they are measurable. Measuring something does not give it meaning. Cortisol levels vary greatly in the same individual throughout the day. Heart rate and blood pressure changes constantly unless you are very athletic or take beta blockers. Etc. To claim that even an 11% variation (presumably in the same individuals) is significant is a bold claim indeed, especially when we're not privy to the methodology. Were subjects allowed to get up and go to the bathroom between songs? Was the order of the songs randomized? There are millions more questions like these. Occam's razor states that it is far more likely that this is just a marketing stunt based on some pretty hokey pseudo-science. "Sound practitioner" indeed.
No that's not true. Gas is still selling at $3.50 a gallon (or whatever the price is in your neighborhood). The price will only come down when people actually stop buying it, not when people just complain about it.
So if I have a spinning top sitting on my desk that is not currently spinning, its angular momentum is determined by the spin of its electrons? I guess this is bad astronomy week on slashdot huh.
Nope, 11% more relaxing than Coldplay. I'm glad that they used the Coldplay standard to calibrate their work. Sheesh when will humanities majors stop pretending to be scientists?
Call me when you refuse a raise or bonus at work and tell your boss you'd rather work at your old salary. Prices are sticky, it's a fact of life. You are just as guilty as every other human on the planet.
I suggest you look up the words "reoccurring" and gimmick, and evaluate what you are trying to say. If people "wanted" it, there would be no need for "gimmicks" and it would not reoccur, it would have taken first time, like oh I don't know, clothes, electricity or internal combustion engines.
Again - who gives a fuck? The "industry" has been trying to shove 3D down our throats for at least 2 generations - give it up already. Call me when you have a working holodeck.
Yes, I want to trade in my 2000 dpi mouse for my clunky index finger that probably shakes more than the entire traverse of my mouse every time my heart beats. Please.
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Sure. It's only recently that pedophilia has been demonized. It was actually a custom in ancient Greece and Rome. Having been a victim of rape myself at age 5, I can't say I stand up for pedophilia. However when I see people accusing each other for non sexual images of children (like the old Coppertone ad, for example), cartoon images (like say, Lisa Simpson), or for statutory rape when say an 18 year old goes out with a 17 year old, I just have to shake my head and conclude that people are over-reacting and not sane. There's a difference between feeling sexual attraction for a 16 year old girl in a tight bikini and raping a 4 year old child. If people can't see this then they are not much better.
Studies have shown a negative correlation between the availability of porn and rape cases.
[citation needed]
In fact while not a scientific study, compare the frequency of rape in the Western world where internet is not (yet) censored, and the extreme islamic countries where pornography and the internet (and short skirts and bikinis) are heavily censored. You can also assume that there is a great deal of under-reporting of rape in those countries since they have a habit of accusing the victims.
This came as a shock coming fresh on the heels of being promoted to a human from a myth some years earlier.
No it's an electric collage. No I didn't mis-spell college :)
I doubt anyone would use nuclear weapons anywhere, except perhaps as a weapon of terror. The political fallout would just be too steep. Besides, there are plenty of reasons to keep a war going, if you're "winning".
Italy will play as insignificant a part in the next world war as it has in the last two.
But what will we do when all the politicians are dead?
Yeah, just like capital punishment for murder in some countries solves murders. At least with murder there is a clear definition. The end point is that the victim is dead. You make no distinction between the 19 year old who went out and had sex with a 17 year old girl, and the rapist who likes to grab little boys and anally rape them?
She won't get a million dollars because the lawyers will want to be paid. And assuming she manages to collect and survive a counter-suit, she's going to find out exactly how little a million dollars (or whatever is left in her pocket) actually is. Certainly not enough to retire on at age 40.
Well I wasn't going to hire her because she's getting old, but now that I have seen the ease with which she sues people, she's on the top of my list!
Might someday we see high speed trains that will be 'impossible' to tip over
Yeah, because tipping over is the major concern with high speed trains. Who writes this stuff?
That's because the whole thing had no value other than human greed and the expectation of wealth. For a currency to have value not only must it be secure but it also must maintain a perceived value over time as well as be widely accepted for conversion into goods and services. Bitcoin had neither. Almost no one accepted bitcoin directly. Bitcoin exchanges for US dollars were not immediate, and of course they charged commission. And once people realized that the value of bitcoin could move down as well as up when the server got hacked, no one saw it as a "sound investment" anymore. Those who got out stayed out, and those who got burned have probably been slowly getting their remaining assets out. Even attempts by the so-called bitcoin exchanges to artificially prop up its value by pretending the "crash" was an error, or didn't happen, have met with failure. Why? Because only idiots are putting money into the system now and eventually even idiots get the message. The net flow of money is OUT, not in.
As an experiment in human greed and bubble formation, however, Bitcoin was an excellent example and a resounding success.
as long as I can get back what it says on my balance.
I guess I can't really blame you for being as stupid as 99% of the rest of the people in the world. Getting your balance back at the end of the year means you lost a year's worth of purchasing power. You need to get your balance back plus whatever inflation happens to be - just to break even. Just as a tip, banks pay you less than inflation even on term deposits. But most people ignore this because hey, inflation is only a few percent, right?
does it really matter? we are talking about the military using this to find people behind walls
You are naive enough to believe that this will never be used by the government on civilians EVER, right? The military doesn't really need something like this because if they are really worried about what's behind a wall they just blow it up. This is 100% for law enforcement use, which is where the government wants to know what's behind the wall but is not allowed to do so by law.
Since (as far as I know) you can't transform subatomic spin into motion through space
You mean, like you just did?
Yup, they are measurable. Measuring something does not give it meaning. Cortisol levels vary greatly in the same individual throughout the day. Heart rate and blood pressure changes constantly unless you are very athletic or take beta blockers. Etc. To claim that even an 11% variation (presumably in the same individuals) is significant is a bold claim indeed, especially when we're not privy to the methodology. Were subjects allowed to get up and go to the bathroom between songs? Was the order of the songs randomized? There are millions more questions like these. Occam's razor states that it is far more likely that this is just a marketing stunt based on some pretty hokey pseudo-science. "Sound practitioner" indeed.
No that's not true. Gas is still selling at $3.50 a gallon (or whatever the price is in your neighborhood). The price will only come down when people actually stop buying it, not when people just complain about it.
So if I have a spinning top sitting on my desk that is not currently spinning, its angular momentum is determined by the spin of its electrons? I guess this is bad astronomy week on slashdot huh.
Nope, 11% more relaxing than Coldplay. I'm glad that they used the Coldplay standard to calibrate their work. Sheesh when will humanities majors stop pretending to be scientists?
Call me when you refuse a raise or bonus at work and tell your boss you'd rather work at your old salary. Prices are sticky, it's a fact of life. You are just as guilty as every other human on the planet.
3D has been a reoccuring gimmick
I suggest you look up the words "reoccurring" and gimmick, and evaluate what you are trying to say. If people "wanted" it, there would be no need for "gimmicks" and it would not reoccur, it would have taken first time, like oh I don't know, clothes, electricity or internal combustion engines.
Sir William Rowan Hamilton would disagree with both of you.
Why do you allow your correspondence to be transmitted in plain text? No one is forcing you.
Again - who gives a fuck? The "industry" has been trying to shove 3D down our throats for at least 2 generations - give it up already. Call me when you have a working holodeck.
Yes, I want to trade in my 2000 dpi mouse for my clunky index finger that probably shakes more than the entire traverse of my mouse every time my heart beats. Please.