Would you really want your memory erased with a pill? The emotional stress of a memory is just as important as the events. I guess it is true that ignorance is bliss, but I think the people in this community have chosen to forgo that bliss for the truth, that is in many cases harsh. This looks to me just like another way to escape reality. I can only speak with limited authority as I have never experienced something that I would consider absolutely horrible. I think however In the long run I would like to be able to remember. Why not just give them some heroin to ease their pain?
Someone much smarter than me once said that we must remember the past so that we do not repeat it. Do we really want our soldiers to be able to just take a pill after a battle so that they will not remember? Wouldn't it be better if they remembered, suffered, and convinced people not to go to war in the future? There is nothing really in the article that says that the memories would be totally erased but messing with memory formation is pushing the limits what I want done to me.
My computer cycles I could care less about but my time is valuable to me. Are there really that many people out there that A. want to to this AND B. have the time to do this. I am sure there are many people in catagory A and in catagory B. How many people are in both catagories?
Call me an introvert but I really don't want my toaster or fridge to engage me in a conversation. I want them to respectivly sit thier do thier jobs like a good slave. I don't want a talky addition to my family. Making appliances more human in not nessesarily a good thing. The next thing you know your will have a toaster that tells you one morning to make your own damned toast.(obviously an exageration)
I understand that the researchers are trying to determine if a subject died by "strangulation or other means" , but here's an easy way to tell if a subject died by decapitation or strangulation without having to resort to costly genetic tests. Measure the distance between the head and neck. If d > 0 , the subject was probably decapitated. I guess this test would be useful in determining if the subject was strangulated before decapitated, but how often are the investigators wondering that.
How many people will continue to shuffle responsibility by whineing after litigation that "the computer had it in for me since the beginning." People are goign to hate this. They will no longer be able to blame the "bigoted" judge or artbitur. The next thing you know they will claim the code was written with bias towards them.
You cannot solve problems between people by removing the human element. You need to teach people to get along and take responsibility.
My dog can pretty much chew through anything it wants. I am not sure I want him chewing on something with a battery inside. If I attach this cell to him, he will think it is his, and think he is allowed to chew on it.
I have heard of wierd things being used as aphrodisiacs and this is no exception. Wether or not NGF in your bloodstream would cause feelings of love or are simply the result of some other aspect that causes love remains to be seen. I suppose it is too early to start breeding mice, but if it is proven there will be good money in mice saliva ( or extractions thereof)
I don't think you know what the word draconian means. A draconian law would be cutting off your hand for stealing. Not being allowed to surf the internet in class is NOT draconian.
the more things change the more they stay the same
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Is Wi-Fi Ruining College?
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Wi-Fi wont ruin colleges, just the students in them. If a student chooses to surf in class, that is the students problem, not the schools. It will still take the same intelligence and smarts to get decent grades. Some students will be able to surf in class. Many others wont. I was able to skip hundreds of hours of lecture time and still got out with a degree.
This data does not take into account someone who is already willing to lay out 20-30K on a SUV and deciding to switch to a hybrid instead. It has been long obvious that hybrids were not yet the most cost efficient way to travel. Though if you already own a 30K SUV, and you trade it in for a hybrid, you will see savings. Take these statistics for what they are.
The most interesting point being in figure 13 where it seems with gas at 2.50 a gallon, a car that gets 50 - 60 mpg would have to cost less than 13,000 to be the cheapest new bought transportation.
Why bother finising the ISS if you are not going to use it to increase scientific knowlegde. I guess filling the pockets of the contractors is the real reason for the ISS, not science.
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oxytocin ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ks-tsn)
n.
A short polypeptide hormone, C43H66N12O12S2, released from the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that stimulates the contraction of smooth muscle of the uterus during labor and facilitates ejection of milk from the breast during nursing.
How should students understand the first amendment right when they yet do not have those rights in public schools? (and I am not saying that they should have them.)
for example;
"Only half of the students said newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories."
That is not surprising as they in thier school newspaper do not have the ability to pubilsh without teacher approval
and
"About half the students said the government can restrict any indecent material on the Internet. It can't"
That is not surprising as thier internet use at school is severly restricted in what they can see.
Anouther example is with only 83% of the students saying that expression of unpopular views is acceptible, coming from a very nondemocratic enviorment in schoolI can see how that is easily the situation. Students are under the heel of school officials.
although, I am a while out of high school and this was just my experience.
Do we really want to go towards a cashless society. I agree this micropayment system is far from it but this system will lead to the owners of VISA to have an awesome amount of power. Imagine , what would happen in a cahsless society where Visa get a percent of every transaction taking place.
I am very croius how the chemistry of all this works. Normally when cellulose (wood) is fermented methanol is produced and not ethanol.That is why some people still call methanol wood alchohol. Usually you need to ferment a sugar like fructose to get ethanol. (methanol has one carbon and ethanol has two)
this equation matters if you are planning on investing in a solar power plant. I would believe that there is a market for solar powqer for people that would like to live off the grid. unlike nuclear or coal power it is plausible to have a solar power generator for a house and a neiborhood.
THink of the possibilities of being able to just print out a cricuit on your home computer with an ink made from this stuff.
"When we added photo-sensitive end groups to the Oligotron we created a material that could be printed using an ultraviolet light source. Using a patterned light source resulted in a patterned image that could conduct electricity"
maybe soemday we will download and print out hardware upgrades for home computers.
This link explans better how the sea snail works.
http://www.friendsofscotland.gov.uk/education/rene wable.html
Basically, the foils are to keep the snail anchored while the turbine is moved by the water.
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Would you really want your memory erased with a pill? The emotional stress of a memory is just as important as the events. I guess it is true that ignorance is bliss, but I think the people in this community have chosen to forgo that bliss for the truth, that is in many cases harsh. This looks to me just like another way to escape reality. I can only speak with limited authority as I have never experienced something that I would consider absolutely horrible. I think however In the long run I would like to be able to remember. Why not just give them some heroin to ease their pain?
Someone much smarter than me once said that we must remember the past so that we do not repeat it. Do we really want our soldiers to be able to just take a pill after a battle so that they will not remember? Wouldn't it be better if they remembered, suffered, and convinced people not to go to war in the future? There is nothing really in the article that says that the memories would be totally erased but messing with memory formation is pushing the limits what I want done to me.
At least the department of homaland security isn't wasteing all of thier money. I know, mod me down for posting flamebait.
My computer cycles I could care less about but my time is valuable to me. Are there really that many people out there that A. want to to this AND B. have the time to do this. I am sure there are many people in catagory A and in catagory B. How many people are in both catagories?
Call me an introvert but I really don't want my toaster or fridge to engage me in a conversation. I want them to respectivly sit thier do thier jobs like a good slave. I don't want a talky addition to my family. Making appliances more human in not nessesarily a good thing. The next thing you know your will have a toaster that tells you one morning to make your own damned toast.(obviously an exageration)
I understand that the researchers are trying to determine if a subject died by "strangulation or other means" , but here's an easy way to tell if a subject died by decapitation or strangulation without having to resort to costly genetic tests. Measure the distance between the head and neck. If d > 0 , the subject was probably decapitated. I guess this test would be useful in determining if the subject was strangulated before decapitated, but how often are the investigators wondering that.
How many people will continue to shuffle responsibility by whineing after litigation that "the computer had it in for me since the beginning." People are goign to hate this. They will no longer be able to blame the "bigoted" judge or artbitur. The next thing you know they will claim the code was written with bias towards them.
You cannot solve problems between people by removing the human element. You need to teach people to get along and take responsibility.
My dog can pretty much chew through anything it wants. I am not sure I want him chewing on something with a battery inside. If I attach this cell to him, he will think it is his, and think he is allowed to chew on it.
I have heard of wierd things being used as aphrodisiacs and this is no exception. Wether or not NGF in your bloodstream would cause feelings of love or are simply the result of some other aspect that causes love remains to be seen. I suppose it is too early to start breeding mice, but if it is proven there will be good money in mice saliva ( or extractions thereof)
I don't think you know what the word draconian means. A draconian law would be cutting off your hand for stealing. Not being allowed to surf the internet in class is NOT draconian.
Wi-Fi wont ruin colleges, just the students in them. If a student chooses to surf in class, that is the students problem, not the schools. It will still take the same intelligence and smarts to get decent grades. Some students will be able to surf in class. Many others wont. I was able to skip hundreds of hours of lecture time and still got out with a degree.
This data does not take into account someone who is already willing to lay out 20-30K on a SUV and deciding to switch to a hybrid instead. It has been long obvious that hybrids were not yet the most cost efficient way to travel. Though if you already own a 30K SUV, and you trade it in for a hybrid, you will see savings. Take these statistics for what they are. The most interesting point being in figure 13 where it seems with gas at 2.50 a gallon, a car that gets 50 - 60 mpg would have to cost less than 13,000 to be the cheapest new bought transportation.
finishing (sorry, should have previewed)
Why bother finising the ISS if you are not going to use it to increase scientific knowlegde. I guess filling the pockets of the contractors is the real reason for the ISS, not science.
oxytocin ( P ) Pronunciation Key (ks-tsn) n. A short polypeptide hormone, C43H66N12O12S2, released from the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, that stimulates the contraction of smooth muscle of the uterus during labor and facilitates ejection of milk from the breast during nursing.
haptic (hptk) adj. Of or relating to the sense of touch; tactile.
How should students understand the first amendment right when they yet do not have those rights in public schools? (and I am not saying that they should have them.) for example; "Only half of the students said newspapers should be allowed to publish freely without government approval of stories." That is not surprising as they in thier school newspaper do not have the ability to pubilsh without teacher approval and "About half the students said the government can restrict any indecent material on the Internet. It can't" That is not surprising as thier internet use at school is severly restricted in what they can see. Anouther example is with only 83% of the students saying that expression of unpopular views is acceptible, coming from a very nondemocratic enviorment in schoolI can see how that is easily the situation. Students are under the heel of school officials. although, I am a while out of high school and this was just my experience.
I think he was right to use recursively. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=recursive ly
Prove it.
Do we really want to go towards a cashless society. I agree this micropayment system is far from it but this system will lead to the owners of VISA to have an awesome amount of power. Imagine , what would happen in a cahsless society where Visa get a percent of every transaction taking place.
I am very croius how the chemistry of all this works. Normally when cellulose (wood) is fermented methanol is produced and not ethanol.That is why some people still call methanol wood alchohol. Usually you need to ferment a sugar like fructose to get ethanol. (methanol has one carbon and ethanol has two)
this equation matters if you are planning on investing in a solar power plant. I would believe that there is a market for solar powqer for people that would like to live off the grid. unlike nuclear or coal power it is plausible to have a solar power generator for a house and a neiborhood.
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:V6FSfxtunyYJ: www.tjcenter.org/muzzles.html+&hl=en&ie=UT F-8
THink of the possibilities of being able to just print out a cricuit on your home computer with an ink made from this stuff. "When we added photo-sensitive end groups to the Oligotron we created a material that could be printed using an ultraviolet light source. Using a patterned light source resulted in a patterned image that could conduct electricity" maybe soemday we will download and print out hardware upgrades for home computers.
Wow, serch imdb.org for Alan Smithee and see all the directors that didn't get want they wanted.
This link explans better how the sea snail works. http://www.friendsofscotland.gov.uk/education/rene wable.html
Basically, the foils are to keep the snail anchored while the turbine is moved by the water.