It's funny watching Canadians in a bar/restaurant. If there's a TV there, they'll watch it. It doesn't matter if it's sports, CNN, golf (not a sport), music videos, CCTV of the entrance to the place, anything, they're watching it. I can imagine this will get us upset.
Like he said, policy used to be "do whatever they say" because the assumption was they just wanted to get someplace and run off. And this was the first mistake. We made it clear that hijacking planes had relatively few risks, and so it continued to happen. If, every time it had happened, we had taken our chances against the terrorists and tried to kick their asses before they got in the cockpit, not only would 9/11 not have happened, but a lot of other hijackings wouldn't have happened, either. And contrary to popular belief, terrorists aren't that stupid. They want to take risks that are somewhat better than winning the lottery.
You must be from the UK. Well, diesel plus fertilizer is commonly known in some circles. I have family who used that to remove large rocks (the size of a pickup truck box or bigger) from their fields over 40 years ago. Sounds like a good way to get a Darwin Award nomination, but it was very effective.
PS: I'd love to see crack-dealer-style competition of gunning each other down amongst the cable/internet pimps... Put it in an arena so I won't get caught in the crossfire and broadcast it on TV, and there will finally be a reality show I'm interested in. And the media companies will finally be putting in the effort for all those profits they want.
That way, we raise the standard of living of people by increasing energy production, rather than make them stick battery chargers on their feet. In theory, I agree with you, but given the current situation people's standard of living would be increased if they spent a little more of the energy they already consume.
The key point you missed is that solid state always goes down, and always faster than mechanical devices. Combined with the way economies of scale are easier to take advantage of in solid state, it's only a matter of time before the prices are negligible for any reasonable size of drive.
What would you think of a proposal that would make everyone pay the same amount for auto insurance? Hey, you mustn't live very close to me. I'm in a region with a government monopoly for auto insurance, and they weight things closer to the centre, with little difference between good and bad drivers. Granted, if you can't tell from the government monopoly, I do live in a socialist state.
He who said 1,000,000 monkeys on 1,000,000 typewriters would eventually type the great novel, never saw an AOL chat room. Yes, but that's because monkeys have more taste.
By controlling beliefs and morals you control thought, by controlling thought you control actions. This makes religion particularly dangerous in a democratic and liberal society such as our own. This is far less true of religions than it is of most of the media we have today. At least I know what most religions are trying to sell - I have no idea what the agenda of most newspapers and television channels are. And they try to hide the details of that at least as much as most religions do.
Regarding money received from taxes, I believe the government does require a certain level of transparency when giving out such grants. If this was at all the case in a meaningful way, you wouldn't hear about all those stories of patented products that resulted from government research.
disclaimer: while tolerant of people's beliefs, I do think all religion is inherently evil. While I don't agree, at least you're more up-front about it than most.
Every region in the world has great works that have lasted for thousands of years, with the arguable exception of Europe. Africa has some ruins that were built by the ancestors of the Zulus. Asia has a number of works in China, India, Cambodia, and others. The Middle East has a number as well, including the pyramids and a city carved into stone in the middle of a desert, which had canals and cisterns to collect the inch or two of rain per year for miles in every direction to support the city. South and Central America have their own pyramids as well. North America has the Pueblo cities in the US mesas. The place where you don't find a lot of stuff going back much over a thousand years, and even less from over 2 thousand years ago is Europe. Besides Stonehenge, which barely compares to the pyramids, to name just one, is the only thing I've heard of that comes close. If you're looking for advanced civilizations, look to people who weren't fair-skinned and blue-eyed. And yes, all of them collapsed at one time or other. Do you really think the current one will do much better?
Religion absolutely requires strict autocratic control over the devout masses. Leaking out a behind the scenes handbook thins the wall between Shepard and the flock, and may allow the sheep to think out side their assigned position in life, thus weakening the control the church has over its followers. And what's your response to churches that sell books they publish to anyone that has the money to plunk on the counter? Some, in fact, encourage their members to have their own copy of the procedure manual. But let me guess, that would be a money-grab, right?
One reason being that as soon as a text was written it would pass into a sort of 'public domain' where non-druids could read it. See, this is what happens when you don't have copyright laws. This applied to EVERYTHING before copyright law, not just religious texts. Now, that might not be a problem for you, but applying it just to religions would be unfair. If this was to apply to anyone who actually received tax money, I'd be all for it. And there might be some argument for applying such a rule to all tax-exempt entities, but that isn't what you said at all.
I know this is funny but the root problem here is how would YOU feel if you knew you were born out of a scientific experiment? I was. My dad said to my mom, "Come on, it will be fun." She said, "Are you sure?" His reply: "There's only one way to find out..."
What's point of a new bouncing baby girl if there isn't enough food available to feed her? The real question is, what on earth makes a person think that a boy is more valuable than a girl? Without one to have kids with the other, your family dies out anyway.
Even marketing, when you think about it, is pretty absurd since it openly tries to make a deal seem better than it really is for buyer...In short, marketing is only justified if it does not change the relative success of companies! You fail to acknowledge the (perfectly valid) circumstance where marketing is an attempt to raise awareness in the market of a superior product. To use a car analogy, this is where the manufacturer notes how many airbags a car has, active traction control, and (once upon a time) ABS.
I'd say this was somewhat scientifically interesting. They found a body between 150 and 350 years old, and found some of his relatives. I wouldn't claim this as a huge scientific success, and there isn't enough information in the article for the scientific element to be enlightening. I wouldn't be surprised if there was no scientific relevance except for doing DNA tests to determine relationships. That would put it on the scale of scientific interest of paternity suits. The bigger part of the article is about cultural relevance, which is higher, but there still isn't enough to say how valuable that is. Most of the value seems to be for those who are related to him, and the tribe(s) they're from.
Now get me some DNA testing on Kennewick Man, and I'll be interested.
I find it absurd that the clerk asked that and the gender question. If you can see the person, odds are good you do not need to ask those questions. My ex qualified for metis status, and had blue eyes, blonde hair, and fair skin. How's that for visible minority?
...who knows why they went about it this way. I'm guessing when you dropped service you returned the modem, right? It would require effort to release/reset the MAC address on the modem before it went to a new customer, or they'd get the same bad service they wanted you to have. Sure, it's only one more step, but it's in a different department and these guys don't seem to be the most clever bunch anyway. But I suspect that was the reason - automate the script to ignore modem MACs and automatically shape other MACs, and they don't have to deal with the entry-level customer service/techs to be jerks in a fairly consistent manner.
The thing I like most about this is the lack of embalming fluids, etc. There's nothing quite like adding a bunch of toxins to your corpse so the bugs can't decompose it quickly to improve the quality of the environment. Also, in those climates where the temperature and humidity favour it, I think drying the corpse out first is a good thing, too. I also think there's something to be said for cremation of corpses with certain diseases. CJD (or kuru, if you will) can be spread from corpses that have been dead for a while, and other diseases fall into the same category. It's far more eco-friendly to destroy those infectious agents before interment.
That's all well and good, but which faulty genes do you want to get rid of? Sickle cell anemia? It's genetic, and makes people die young, but if you only have one gene for it, it protects you against malaria. Now allergies. Are you sure they're genetic? It seems to be more an autoimmune disease than anything else. Perhaps it can be corrected once we know how to reset people's immune system. Research continues in that field. Do you think it's irresponsible to have children when you're young, and therefore less financially able to take care of them? Well, there are a number of genetic disorders related to the age of the parents, and some are cumulative over generations. Huntington's is just one example. So you could be perfectly healthy, and still contributing to the decline of genetic health in future generations. Then there are diseases which can be caused by either genetic or physical circumstances.
The situation is far more complicated than merely evolution in action. And as a society we're doing our damnedest to destroy the genetic health of future generations, notwithstanding things like allergies that probably have very little to do with genetics.
I am pretty sure my daughter is allergic to gunshots If your being shot in your daughter's presence put her into anaphylaxis, it would make an interesting research paper. If it didn't, at least there would be one less exaggerating, semi-literate prick in the world.
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It's funny watching Canadians in a bar/restaurant. If there's a TV there, they'll watch it. It doesn't matter if it's sports, CNN, golf (not a sport), music videos, CCTV of the entrance to the place, anything, they're watching it. I can imagine this will get us upset.
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Yep, I'm getting old. How do I know? I get a warm feeling whenever I read 'get off my lawn!'
The key point you missed is that solid state always goes down, and always faster than mechanical devices. Combined with the way economies of scale are easier to take advantage of in solid state, it's only a matter of time before the prices are negligible for any reasonable size of drive.
Every region in the world has great works that have lasted for thousands of years, with the arguable exception of Europe. Africa has some ruins that were built by the ancestors of the Zulus. Asia has a number of works in China, India, Cambodia, and others. The Middle East has a number as well, including the pyramids and a city carved into stone in the middle of a desert, which had canals and cisterns to collect the inch or two of rain per year for miles in every direction to support the city. South and Central America have their own pyramids as well. North America has the Pueblo cities in the US mesas.
The place where you don't find a lot of stuff going back much over a thousand years, and even less from over 2 thousand years ago is Europe. Besides Stonehenge, which barely compares to the pyramids, to name just one, is the only thing I've heard of that comes close.
If you're looking for advanced civilizations, look to people who weren't fair-skinned and blue-eyed. And yes, all of them collapsed at one time or other. Do you really think the current one will do much better?
Number 6: Smart metabolism. Good-bye unwanted pounds, save your ass if you crash in the Andes without making your co-survivors menu items.
For the record, when the soccer team crashed in the Andes, they ate those who didn't survive (the majority, IIRC). After they ate all the snacks.I'd say this was somewhat scientifically interesting. They found a body between 150 and 350 years old, and found some of his relatives. I wouldn't claim this as a huge scientific success, and there isn't enough information in the article for the scientific element to be enlightening. I wouldn't be surprised if there was no scientific relevance except for doing DNA tests to determine relationships. That would put it on the scale of scientific interest of paternity suits.
The bigger part of the article is about cultural relevance, which is higher, but there still isn't enough to say how valuable that is. Most of the value seems to be for those who are related to him, and the tribe(s) they're from.
Now get me some DNA testing on Kennewick Man, and I'll be interested.
If you can see the person, odds are good you do not need to ask those questions. My ex qualified for metis status, and had blue eyes, blonde hair, and fair skin. How's that for visible minority?
...who knows why they went about it this way. I'm guessing when you dropped service you returned the modem, right? It would require effort to release/reset the MAC address on the modem before it went to a new customer, or they'd get the same bad service they wanted you to have. Sure, it's only one more step, but it's in a different department and these guys don't seem to be the most clever bunch anyway. But I suspect that was the reason - automate the script to ignore modem MACs and automatically shape other MACs, and they don't have to deal with the entry-level customer service/techs to be jerks in a fairly consistent manner.The thing I like most about this is the lack of embalming fluids, etc. There's nothing quite like adding a bunch of toxins to your corpse so the bugs can't decompose it quickly to improve the quality of the environment. Also, in those climates where the temperature and humidity favour it, I think drying the corpse out first is a good thing, too.
I also think there's something to be said for cremation of corpses with certain diseases. CJD (or kuru, if you will) can be spread from corpses that have been dead for a while, and other diseases fall into the same category. It's far more eco-friendly to destroy those infectious agents before interment.
If I've learned one thing from watching Law & Order, Albany and Prison go hand-in-hand.
That's all well and good, but which faulty genes do you want to get rid of?
Sickle cell anemia? It's genetic, and makes people die young, but if you only have one gene for it, it protects you against malaria.
Now allergies. Are you sure they're genetic? It seems to be more an autoimmune disease than anything else. Perhaps it can be corrected once we know how to reset people's immune system. Research continues in that field.
Do you think it's irresponsible to have children when you're young, and therefore less financially able to take care of them? Well, there are a number of genetic disorders related to the age of the parents, and some are cumulative over generations. Huntington's is just one example. So you could be perfectly healthy, and still contributing to the decline of genetic health in future generations.
Then there are diseases which can be caused by either genetic or physical circumstances.
The situation is far more complicated than merely evolution in action. And as a society we're doing our damnedest to destroy the genetic health of future generations, notwithstanding things like allergies that probably have very little to do with genetics.