Agreed, his actions were what got him fired, not the specific content behind them.
You're not alone in assuming I thought it was a wrongful dismissal considering the negative mods on the post...lol
I was just pointing out what I see as the hypocrisy of the religious right to want to have things their way when it helps them and scream when the same is applied against them.
Aren't the docs being paid by the RECIPIENTS insurance? I mean, trying to get payment from a dead guy is hard enough as it is...
It's a nice idea, paying for organs conceptually, but it gets ugly pretty quick. What if I pay your estate for your kidney only to have it stop working 2 weeks later? Do I get my money back? From who? etc.
Reasonable enough, though the mind is an amazing thing when motivated to heal oneself.
Sorta related, I read a study somewhere that the most fervent religious crowd was also more likely to demand every last treatment when near end of life, whereas the agnostic/atheist crowd were less likely to demand such extreme care.
Actually it can and has been done...to a reasonable point anyway.
As far back as 1950's experiments were done that took what we believe the early earth atmosphere was and ran electric shocks (lightning) through them.
Viola, amino acids, organic building blocks, were formed. So yes there is a way to produce the building blocks of life from no life that is testable and repeatable.
Is it tested through from acid creation to swinging monkeys? Of course not. But it is the 'aha' moment that proves that organics CAN be created out of inorganic material naturally and reliably given the right conditions.
What I'd like to see (and may have been done) is a study where the double blind was for religious people being told they were being prayed for vs people told they were not being prayed for with neither being prayed for.
To clearly show that the 'benefits' one receives are entirely internal. The human mind is amazing in its ability to heal the body.
An entity receiving government funds decided that someone who didn't share their core beliefs shouldn't work there anymore?
How is this different than Catholic Hospitals receiving government money and then deciding based on their beliefs how to run their business?
Personally neither should be done but this guy was pushing his beliefs onto his co-workers including giving people DVDs. And the project was significantly downsizing due to it being 'finished' etc. If you're the squeaky wheel, you'll get the grease[d exit] first...
'How' they implement the DMCA is up to them. 'How' they repost the content is also up to them. I don't believe there's anything in the DMCA about where that content needs to be located beyond posted by the people who previously took it down so Flickr has covered their requirements.
The important question, is why isn't Flickr doing the grand gesture of simply restoring the content from BACKUPS. They have to have backups of the damn content, they didn't have 160K comments residing in memory...
So we've proven that diverted concentration is worse than lowered ability. I'll take the 'drunk' who can 'sober up' immediately thank you very much.
Reaction times might be slower, but the 2nd and 3rd and 4th reaction are going to be much much better than any drunk. It may be that the 1st is too much of a loss to be counteracted by the subsequent reactions, but someone who 'can' be in control would seem to a better bet than a drunk who simply can't be in control.
Besides cops do this every day, with the radio, laptops and overall observations of everything around them. The difference between cops and everybody else?
Training to do the multitasking properly. Adding new gadgets without any training is always going to cause problems.
The problem with # of fatalities metric is it doesn't handle the potential risks. What is the worst case scenario with a nuclear plant failing? What is the worst case scenario with a solar panel failing? a coal plant failing?
Nuclear has risks and potential damages on a scale that no other power source has. Worse it continues to be potentially dangerous for decades/centuries after it's use - though coal/oil and CO2 could perhaps fall into this as well at least we can live and breath with CO2 around us.
but the inconvenience...like when it is cloudy? Night? That's gonna be a bitch for you if you're on a road trip then....
There are these things called 'batteries', first invented a couple centuries ago.
Besides I'm quite sure people said the same things about cars and gasoline back in the day? Gonna travel across country huh? Where are you going to find gasoline in rural Kansas? My horse here can fill up wherever we go...
And traffic safety deaths include stupid people doing stupid things.
That it shut down successfully is nice, but not indicative of the system itself being 'safe'. You simply can't prepare for all possible outcomes or even just the really improbable ones when failure is not an option.
I don't think we're ready to shoot down air liners that stray to close to a nuke plant. The plants may be hardened for such a hit, I can tell you that the spent fuel ponds aren't protected that much. Hell Fukushima's spent fuel ponds were 'above' the reactors that exploded.
So lets see, lots of toxic chemicals (which I would generally dispute but we'll leave that aside for now) being used inside a plant where they can be contained and properly recycled/disposed of.
Compare with fracking with lots of toxic chemicals being forcefully pumped miles under ground with the proscribed purpose of breaking up the rock and spreading to make the gas flow out more freely.
Which is going to have a worse effect on the environment? You simply can't clean up after fracking. It's literally not possible.
Also, no bad things were ever done in the making of the oil and drilling equipment? You're comparing operational to infrastructure. Solar has no operational costs to speak of. All fossil fuels have them.
And there aren't safety issues associated with gas and oil equipment production?
Oh I forgot that oil and gas equipment is made by the magical safety ponies. Everything has construction costs.
Solar has effectively zero operational issues since the panel literally just sits there. Shall we talk the cost of acquiring the fuel used by natural gases since solar also has zero for that too.
450 ish plants world wide, 99+ incidents? Not exactly a stellar record. And that's just what the US law says they have to report.
This doesn't begin to quantify the 'potential' problems should worst case scenarios come to pass. There's a reason nuke plants cost so damned much. Because they simply can not be allowed to fail. And yet we see time and again, things that weren't expected do happen. It's not a good recipe for long term sucess.
Nukes will be required for another 50-100 years until we can fully switch to renewables, but that does not make them 'safe'.
If you are referring to the three cases HBO highlighted, two of those were found to be unrelated to fracking. The third, of course, was an issue and that land owner was compensated, probably quite well. As for the other two, it turns out that their water wells were drilled through three coal beds and contain NATURALLY occurring gas.
Sources? A serious request has I haven't seen anything that has ever mentioned alternative theories to the source of the gas in the water.
Both parties want the US to be the center of learning and scientific breakthroughs
Then why did the GOP fight tooth and nail to stop embryos from being used for stem cell research? They only want science when it suits their religious beliefs - when it proves their religious beliefs are a bunch of hooey they get up in arms and fight it.
So you took something about taxing a specific product/behavior (oil/coal etc) and turned it into a gripe about the *entire* tax system? Talk about changing the subjects.
I have to ask, which definition of "behavior" are you using?
Things like, you know, not resorting to crime because you can't find a decent wage after taxes? Contributing to society rather than just trying to live of public assistance? Trying to move up because you believe the system isn't rigged against you?
These are all 'behaviors' the GOP and their ilk 'claim' they want lower income people to aspire too.
A second question, if you have the time, have you ever heard of the phrase, "Thou shall not steal"?
What 'stealing' is going on here? Please name it. I'm also quite sure most CEOs blindly ignore that question. When companies like GE pay zero taxes on literally billions in income, the system isn't progressive enough.
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Agreed, his actions were what got him fired, not the specific content behind them.
You're not alone in assuming I thought it was a wrongful dismissal considering the negative mods on the post...lol
I was just pointing out what I see as the hypocrisy of the religious right to want to have things their way when it helps them and scream when the same is applied against them.
Aren't the docs being paid by the RECIPIENTS insurance? I mean, trying to get payment from a dead guy is hard enough as it is...
It's a nice idea, paying for organs conceptually, but it gets ugly pretty quick. What if I pay your estate for your kidney only to have it stop working 2 weeks later? Do I get my money back? From who? etc.
a German navy sub that collided with the coast of Norway, but I'm having trouble finding a link to that one...
no worries, it sounds like the Sub found the coast pretty well ;-)
Reasonable enough, though the mind is an amazing thing when motivated to heal oneself.
:)
Sorta related, I read a study somewhere that the most fervent religious crowd was also more likely to demand every last treatment when near end of life, whereas the agnostic/atheist crowd were less likely to demand such extreme care.
Makes you wonder what the Fundies are afraid of
Actually it can and has been done...to a reasonable point anyway.
As far back as 1950's experiments were done that took what we believe the early earth atmosphere was and ran electric shocks (lightning) through them.
Viola, amino acids, organic building blocks, were formed. So yes there is a way to produce the building blocks of life from no life that is testable and repeatable.
Is it tested through from acid creation to swinging monkeys? Of course not. But it is the 'aha' moment that proves that organics CAN be created out of inorganic material naturally and reliably given the right conditions.
What I'd like to see (and may have been done) is a study where the double blind was for religious people being told they were being prayed for vs people told they were not being prayed for with neither being prayed for.
To clearly show that the 'benefits' one receives are entirely internal. The human mind is amazing in its ability to heal the body.
So let me get this straight...
An entity receiving government funds decided that someone who didn't share their core beliefs shouldn't work there anymore?
How is this different than Catholic Hospitals receiving government money and then deciding based on their beliefs how to run their business?
Personally neither should be done but this guy was pushing his beliefs onto his co-workers including giving people DVDs. And the project was significantly downsizing due to it being 'finished' etc. If you're the squeaky wheel, you'll get the grease[d exit] first...
One word: Montana
There will be lots of places you'll be offline...hell I *want* to be offline in many places...
Agreed, of course what is preventing them from loading this picture + comments from backups is beyond me...
'How' they implement the DMCA is up to them. 'How' they repost the content is also up to them. I don't believe there's anything in the DMCA about where that content needs to be located beyond posted by the people who previously took it down so Flickr has covered their requirements.
The important question, is why isn't Flickr doing the grand gesture of simply restoring the content from BACKUPS. They have to have backups of the damn content, they didn't have 160K comments residing in memory...
So we've proven that diverted concentration is worse than lowered ability. I'll take the 'drunk' who can 'sober up' immediately thank you very much.
Reaction times might be slower, but the 2nd and 3rd and 4th reaction are going to be much much better than any drunk. It may be that the 1st is too much of a loss to be counteracted by the subsequent reactions, but someone who 'can' be in control would seem to a better bet than a drunk who simply can't be in control.
Besides cops do this every day, with the radio, laptops and overall observations of everything around them. The difference between cops and everybody else?
Training to do the multitasking properly. Adding new gadgets without any training is always going to cause problems.
The problem with # of fatalities metric is it doesn't handle the potential risks. What is the worst case scenario with a nuclear plant failing? What is the worst case scenario with a solar panel failing? a coal plant failing?
Nuclear has risks and potential damages on a scale that no other power source has. Worse it continues to be potentially dangerous for decades/centuries after it's use - though coal/oil and CO2 could perhaps fall into this as well at least we can live and breath with CO2 around us.
but the inconvenience...like when it is cloudy? Night? That's gonna be a bitch for you if you're on a road trip then....
There are these things called 'batteries', first invented a couple centuries ago.
Besides I'm quite sure people said the same things about cars and gasoline back in the day? Gonna travel across country huh? Where are you going to find gasoline in rural Kansas? My horse here can fill up wherever we go...
And traffic safety deaths include stupid people doing stupid things.
That it shut down successfully is nice, but not indicative of the system itself being 'safe'. You simply can't prepare for all possible outcomes or even just the really improbable ones when failure is not an option.
I don't think we're ready to shoot down air liners that stray to close to a nuke plant. The plants may be hardened for such a hit, I can tell you that the spent fuel ponds aren't protected that much. Hell Fukushima's spent fuel ponds were 'above' the reactors that exploded.
Perhaps you've heard of a long pole with a brush/mop on it...
So lets see, lots of toxic chemicals (which I would generally dispute but we'll leave that aside for now) being used inside a plant where they can be contained and properly recycled/disposed of.
Compare with fracking with lots of toxic chemicals being forcefully pumped miles under ground with the proscribed purpose of breaking up the rock and spreading to make the gas flow out more freely.
Which is going to have a worse effect on the environment? You simply can't clean up after fracking. It's literally not possible.
Also, no bad things were ever done in the making of the oil and drilling equipment? You're comparing operational to infrastructure. Solar has no operational costs to speak of. All fossil fuels have them.
And there aren't safety issues associated with gas and oil equipment production?
Oh I forgot that oil and gas equipment is made by the magical safety ponies. Everything has construction costs.
Solar has effectively zero operational issues since the panel literally just sits there. Shall we talk the cost of acquiring the fuel used by natural gases since solar also has zero for that too.
450 ish plants world wide, 99+ incidents? Not exactly a stellar record. And that's just what the US law says they have to report.
This doesn't begin to quantify the 'potential' problems should worst case scenarios come to pass. There's a reason nuke plants cost so damned much. Because they simply can not be allowed to fail. And yet we see time and again, things that weren't expected do happen. It's not a good recipe for long term sucess.
Nukes will be required for another 50-100 years until we can fully switch to renewables, but that does not make them 'safe'.
Producing energy is not completely safe no matter what method you use.
Tell me again what the safety issues are in the 'operation' of solar panels?
If you are referring to the three cases HBO highlighted, two of those were found to be unrelated to fracking. The third, of course, was an issue and that land owner was compensated, probably quite well. As for the other two, it turns out that their water wells were drilled through three coal beds and contain NATURALLY occurring gas.
Sources? A serious request has I haven't seen anything that has ever mentioned alternative theories to the source of the gas in the water.
I think I'm smarter than most people
So does almost everybody else...
Give someone a sense of 'empowerment' or 'better than you' and it's amazing what their conscience will let them get away with.
see also def. Anonymous Coward
Both parties want the US to be the center of learning and scientific breakthroughs
Then why did the GOP fight tooth and nail to stop embryos from being used for stem cell research? They only want science when it suits their religious beliefs - when it proves their religious beliefs are a bunch of hooey they get up in arms and fight it.
I think he wants Santorum on his Gingrich ;-)
I have to ask, which definition of "behavior" are you using?
Things like, you know, not resorting to crime because you can't find a decent wage after taxes? Contributing to society rather than just trying to live of public assistance? Trying to move up because you believe the system isn't rigged against you?
These are all 'behaviors' the GOP and their ilk 'claim' they want lower income people to aspire too.
A second question, if you have the time, have you ever heard of the phrase, "Thou shall not steal"?
What 'stealing' is going on here? Please name it. I'm also quite sure most CEOs blindly ignore that question. When companies like GE pay zero taxes on literally billions in income, the system isn't progressive enough.