Now, if you take your analogy and say "There'll ALWAYS be a need for soldiers to (insert useless/antiquated speciality here)" THEN your argument falls apart.
Actually, it doesn't... your analogy is just as bad as his was. Look at the Gulf War (hundreds of thousands of troops) vs. the Afghan war (a couple thousand). The trend is less soldiers, more technology
Wrong-o, you just proved my argument even more. Do you think that technology built or operated itself? So, people were still needed, just for a different job.
Bad analogy - we're not talking about props, but people
Now, if you take your analogy, and say "There'll ALWAYS be a need for soldiers in a modern army", your argument falls down.
Yes, horses have gone away, but the soldiers who rode them didn't. They just use tanks now, instead
Bad Analogy
We're not talking about people we're talking about specialized people.
Now, if you take your analogy and say "There'll ALWAYS be a need for soldiers to (insert useless/antiquated speciality here)" THEN your argument falls apart.
Yes, there are still people but they don't carry out the same roles.
Personally I think the remaining 99.5% of the time this is going to be used is on the executive corporate toilet - anyone for next-gen Snake between the stalls?;)
My snake is staying in my stall thank you very much!:)
Is it just me or was that the worst game choice you could've made in this example.
I'm a PhD student at University of Michigan (first year). I appreciate your correction. I am in the process of submitting my second paper to a peer reviewed journal. While not directly experiencing it myself, I was taught that often scientists would repeat experiments that they found suspicious. That is dissapointing that such large claims would not be retested...there's nothing I hate more than reading a paper and seeing "Data not shown".
I am a peer-reviewed published scientist, and they do repeat experiments. And if you happen to get your hands on a scientific journal you can note the difference in times between submitted date and published date. They are more often than not 4-8 months different.
Isn't Nature a peer-reviewed journal? That usually means that a number of other scientists have received the information prior to printing and have determined it is authentic information. Anything that is skeptical is usually performed (read retested) by the reviewing scientists. Now, I admit that some papers do get by without a proper amount of review because the journal wants to be first to press, however I think better of Nature than that. (I'm such a sucker)
That is ridiculous....do the people who make Microwave Ovens design them so you can't insert aluminum foil? Do car manufacturers design gas inlets that do not allow water (if the user tries to put it in?).
IOW, people have the right to their own stupidity. If I don't fill my gas tank, it is not the fault of the car company that my car stops. It is my own stupidity. If I use my CD ROM tray as a cup holder and it breaks off, it is not the fault of the CD ROM manufacturer, but my own STUPID fault. And that is luckily my right. My right to Stupidity. If you stick regular AA batteries inside a battery charger....the results are hazardous. If you drive down a one way street the wrong way, that is hazardous and illegal. But the regular AA batteries fit the charger and your normal car can drive the wrong way down a one way street.
Too bad they just genetically engineered featherless chickens....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2 000000/2000003.stm
Doh!
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My girlfriend once said,
"Ham radio sounds like Instant Messenger for rednecks"
Just thought you might get a laugh out of that...Seeing as there are similarities. Handles and Screen names, both have their own slang....
Wow, you're retarded. Whose choice do you think they were talking about? I imagine it's the consumers, and therefore your "censorship" argument doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Walmart still carries the the magazine/cd as long as it fits their standard. Just like if I go to the local movie theater I can choose between G-PG-PG13-R but usually nothing higher. That's not censorship, that's target audiences and how about just general decency. Not that I'm a fan of Walmart at all. Just think you should get your argument straight.
And how much time do you spend with your family now....now that we're so much more advanced with these great lights?
I would be willing to place money that people are just as happy if not more happy without lights than we are with them. How about fertilizers, pesticides, education, medicine? I think those would be far more useful to a person in places w/o electric grids.
(plus LEDS look better glowing from my modded-computer case - jj)
Actually, you're completely wrong about the "humans and dinosaurs living at the same time". A growing and vocal group of scientists believe that birds (Aves) are part of the class Dinosauria. Read the book "Dinosaur Heresy's" for more information.
One short come, but not really, of science is that nothing is ever proven. A Hypothesis is put forth, and then either you find supporting evidence or you find contrary evidence which would therefore disprove your hypothesis. So, anyone who has written "Science has proven" obviously has a poor understanding of science.
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Now, if you take your analogy and say "There'll ALWAYS be a need for soldiers to (insert useless/antiquated speciality here)" THEN your argument falls apart.
Actually, it doesn't... your analogy is just as bad as his was. Look at the Gulf War (hundreds of thousands of troops) vs. the Afghan war (a couple thousand). The trend is less soldiers, more technology
Wrong-o, you just proved my argument even more. Do you think that technology built or operated itself? So, people were still needed, just for a different job.
Bad analogy - we're not talking about props, but people Now, if you take your analogy, and say "There'll ALWAYS be a need for soldiers in a modern army", your argument falls down. Yes, horses have gone away, but the soldiers who rode them didn't. They just use tanks now, instead
Bad Analogy
We're not talking about people we're talking about specialized people.
Now, if you take your analogy and say "There'll ALWAYS be a need for soldiers to (insert useless/antiquated speciality here)" THEN your argument falls apart.
Yes, there are still people but they don't carry out the same roles.
"hard to reach locations to make money on the side!" This has Jailbait written all over it!!!o:-)
Personally I think the remaining 99.5% of the time this is going to be used is on the executive corporate toilet - anyone for next-gen Snake between the stalls? ;)
:)
My snake is staying in my stall thank you very much!
Is it just me or was that the worst game choice you could've made in this example.
I'm a PhD student at University of Michigan (first year). I appreciate your correction. I am in the process of submitting my second paper to a peer reviewed journal. While not directly experiencing it myself, I was taught that often scientists would repeat experiments that they found suspicious. That is dissapointing that such large claims would not be retested...there's nothing I hate more than reading a paper and seeing "Data not shown".
I am a peer-reviewed published scientist, and they do repeat experiments. And if you happen to get your hands on a scientific journal you can note the difference in times between submitted date and published date. They are more often than not 4-8 months different.
Isn't Nature a peer-reviewed journal? That usually means that a number of other scientists have received the information prior to printing and have determined it is authentic information. Anything that is skeptical is usually performed (read retested) by the reviewing scientists. Now, I admit that some papers do get by without a proper amount of review because the journal wants to be first to press, however I think better of Nature than that. (I'm such a sucker)
Amen to that. Very well put.
That is ridiculous....do the people who make Microwave Ovens design them so you can't insert aluminum foil? Do car manufacturers design gas inlets that do not allow water (if the user tries to put it in?).
IOW, people have the right to their own stupidity. If I don't fill my gas tank, it is not the fault of the car company that my car stops. It is my own stupidity. If I use my CD ROM tray as a cup holder and it breaks off, it is not the fault of the CD ROM manufacturer, but my own STUPID fault. And that is luckily my right. My right to Stupidity. If you stick regular AA batteries inside a battery charger....the results are hazardous. If you drive down a one way street the wrong way, that is hazardous and illegal. But the regular AA batteries fit the charger and your normal car can drive the wrong way down a one way street.
Too bad they just genetically engineered featherless chickens.... http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2 000000/2000003.stm
Doh!
My girlfriend once said, "Ham radio sounds like Instant Messenger for rednecks" Just thought you might get a laugh out of that...Seeing as there are similarities. Handles and Screen names, both have their own slang....
Wow, you're retarded. Whose choice do you think they were talking about? I imagine it's the consumers, and therefore your "censorship" argument doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Walmart still carries the the magazine/cd as long as it fits their standard. Just like if I go to the local movie theater I can choose between G-PG-PG13-R but usually nothing higher. That's not censorship, that's target audiences and how about just general decency. Not that I'm a fan of Walmart at all. Just think you should get your argument straight.
And how much time do you spend with your family now....now that we're so much more advanced with these great lights? I would be willing to place money that people are just as happy if not more happy without lights than we are with them. How about fertilizers, pesticides, education, medicine? I think those would be far more useful to a person in places w/o electric grids. (plus LEDS look better glowing from my modded-computer case - jj)
Actually, you're completely wrong about the "humans and dinosaurs living at the same time". A growing and vocal group of scientists believe that birds (Aves) are part of the class Dinosauria. Read the book "Dinosaur Heresy's" for more information.
One short come, but not really, of science is that nothing is ever proven. A Hypothesis is put forth, and then either you find supporting evidence or you find contrary evidence which would therefore disprove your hypothesis. So, anyone who has written "Science has proven" obviously has a poor understanding of science.