in case your wondering I'v had maybe 4 concussions, been declared dead once and had a skull fracture, perhaps THAT explains why I had my SS# put on my leg
Are you a) a racing driver, b) in the military or c) into extreme sports?
Well, fortunately the incoming domestic calls don't cost me anything (I'm in Europe).
The problem seems to be that where I live there is still no centralized do-not-call list. There is a no-call list which the telemarketers may choose to use, but in general they're free to ignore it.
Do they have low expectations or why is the project named after a fictional character who was rather bonkers and fought windmills?
"The full original title was El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha. The adjective "quixotic," meaning "idealistic and impractical," derives from his name, and the expression "tilting at windmills" comes from his story."
we've forgotten the correct way to communicate with people
Someone tell the telemarketers that. It's very simple. Don't sound like you're a robot reading a script and if I say "No, I am not interested" that means that I am not interested in continuing the conversation with you.
If I sound irritated, well, I am. For some reason the telemarketers started pestering me and this time they're calling me on my cell phone. Three calls already today. Four calls during the week and they just won't take no for an answer.
I still think Star Trek by JMS would suck franchise-wise (like B5) and lack in general mass appeal (like B5), but nevertheless it would rock (like B5).
What I liked in B5 was the true plot continuity, byzantine politics (5th season was crap because the emphasis shifted to action), harsh conditions and complex motives for both humans and aliens.
I never saw those in TOS, ST:TNG, DS9, Voyager or Enterprise. There was some promise in Space: Above and Beyond, but it degenerated soon into a war fest.
The only thing that's common to B5 and Star Trek is virulently bad acting (with some rare exceptions).
Hermann Göring: "Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship."
Gilbert: "There is one difference. In a democracy, the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."
Göring: "Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
So, in essence, immunization is out of the question and in the case of an infection one would have to be able to resolve and target one particular HIV virus variation.
After all, if you make a billion particles and only 2% work, you can still infect your next host quite smartly.
Couldn't this be countered by a similar "shotgun" inoculation consisting of billions of dead viruses each with a different structure? If only 2% of them would activate the immune system against the infecting HIV, you'd still get a fighting chance.
Now I know it won't work because otherwise the pharma-giants would already be making money like crazy on it, but still I'd like to know why it won't work.
I thought just finding enough food for the tribe was a full-time job. Defending the tribe against the neighbours counts as overtime.
and are generally happier than us
Sure. When you're freezing in a mud hut, your kid is dying of a rotten tooth and your pregnant wife is starving because you didn't manage to kill any game today, you don't have the time to wallow in angst and self-loathing over the pointlessness of human life.
Slashdot Mirror
Does this mean that after the flip, Australia won't be referred to as "down under" anymore?
Are you a) a racing driver, b) in the military or c) into extreme sports?
One of the five guys mentioned above?
So, do you prefer 3/8" or 1/2" bolts?
Who talks like this? Really.
John Jackson: "It's time someone had the courage to stand up and say: I'm against those things that everybody hates."
Jack Johnson: "Now, I respect my opponent. I think he's a good man. But quite frankly, I agree with everything he just said."
John Jackson: "I say your three cent titanium tax goes too far."
Jack Johnson: "And I say your three cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough."
The problem seems to be that where I live there is still no centralized do-not-call list. There is a no-call list which the telemarketers may choose to use, but in general they're free to ignore it.
"The full original title was El ingenioso hidalgo don Quixote de la Mancha. The adjective "quixotic," meaning "idealistic and impractical," derives from his name, and the expression "tilting at windmills" comes from his story."
"Hello! I'm on a four state killing spree! WATTA YA WANT?"
Someone tell the telemarketers that. It's very simple. Don't sound like you're a robot reading a script and if I say "No, I am not interested" that means that I am not interested in continuing the conversation with you.
If I sound irritated, well, I am. For some reason the telemarketers started pestering me and this time they're calling me on my cell phone. Three calls already today. Four calls during the week and they just won't take no for an answer.
Hey, stop it! You're giving diseased, cancerous mutants a bad name!
I still think Star Trek by JMS would suck franchise-wise (like B5) and lack in general mass appeal (like B5), but nevertheless it would rock (like B5).
I never saw those in TOS, ST:TNG, DS9, Voyager or Enterprise. There was some promise in Space: Above and Beyond, but it degenerated soon into a war fest.
The only thing that's common to B5 and Star Trek is virulently bad acting (with some rare exceptions).
I admit that a series/movie written and produced by JMS might suck franchise-wise and lack in general mass appeal, but the guy knows how to write.
Why don't they just give B&B something else to do and give JMS free hands like Warner Bros did with B5.
Gilbert: "There is one difference. In a democracy, the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars."
Göring: "Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country.
But we still won't have those flying cars we were promised decades ago!
I can see why that is a problem, but are there other more technical problems? Instrumentation for synthesis and characterization, for instance?
Thanks to both of you.
So, in essence, immunization is out of the question and in the case of an infection one would have to be able to resolve and target one particular HIV virus variation.
That's what evolution is all about: crawling towards imperfection.
With science we can at least accelerate and control the process to some extent.
Couldn't this be countered by a similar "shotgun" inoculation consisting of billions of dead viruses each with a different structure? If only 2% of them would activate the immune system against the infecting HIV, you'd still get a fighting chance.
Now I know it won't work because otherwise the pharma-giants would already be making money like crazy on it, but still I'd like to know why it won't work.
Given such a massive breeding ground for HIV virii, I wonder what are the chances of HIV mutating into an airborne version.
I thought just finding enough food for the tribe was a full-time job. Defending the tribe against the neighbours counts as overtime.
and are generally happier than us
Sure. When you're freezing in a mud hut, your kid is dying of a rotten tooth and your pregnant wife is starving because you didn't manage to kill any game today, you don't have the time to wallow in angst and self-loathing over the pointlessness of human life.
Really? I've always thought that mind-control involved cranial surgery.
Anyone is allowed to have an opinion, but when the opinion is made public it also becomes subject to public criticism.
As it is not unusual for october to attempt to silence all those perceived to disagree with his/her ideas.
True, if you mean that I am not actively seeking consensus and like to provoke reactions instead.