I think the wallpaper in my room looks a lot better than theirs:
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I think that pattern would cause some serious eyestrain.
It's the coastline after all. The guy isn't breaking into buildings or anything. What he is doing is similar to a very successful group called the Riverkeepers.
This group patrols the Hudson river and watches for people dumping illegally. They are the major reason that the Hudson is no longer the utter cesspool it used to be. The government has neither the resources nor the inclination to enforce its environmental laws and so it is up to citizens to do so.
Publicly traded corporations have one overriding goal: increase shareholder value. And since they are a non-human legal entity they have no inherent moral tendencies to keep watch over their behavior. Therefore, they never "feel bad" when they act outside the law or society's mores. This is perfectly illustrated with the way companies view fines and lawsuits as "costs of business" that can fit into their accounting books. If by polluting illegally for 10 years, a company saves 200 million over proper disposal, but then pays a 100 million dollar fine, the books show that as 100 million dollars in the plus column.
In order for companies to start obeying the law, the penalties need to make it more expensive to break the law then to follow it.
An update on that recessive blond gene story here.
Turns out that the British media ran with a false story. The media, not checking facts? Who would have imagined it?
How long will it take the science textbooks in your local school to reflect this change? One of the first things they teach kids in science classes is the number of planets. How many 3rd grade styrofoam ball solar system projects have there been?
Remember the year the planet was discovered (even if it winds up in the same argued category as Pluto) and you can use it as a argument when kids are using textbooks 10 years from now that still don't have the new planet in them.
One statement they make is "Washing with plain soap and water removes many germs from the hands. Antibacterial soaps contain an active ingredient that keeps the number of germs at a reduced level for an extended period of time, providing improved germ control."
So don't let the advertising con you into thinking that plain soap has suddenly stopped working. Triclosan just makes your hands temporarily unsurvivable for germs. Everything is an issue of degrees, and this seems like using a scorched earth policy on your hands.
Damn it! When will the farmers and sheep realize that the body images presented to them by Hollywood are unrealistic and stop trying to force the sheep to attain some fake "perfection"? Those sheep on the cover of PlayBaa are not realistic and only make up.0001% of the population.
*Psychiatrists take note: Body image disorder groups for sheep will be the hot topic in a few years.
Well, don't worry. These two groups will get their little tiff worked out and start working on Congress to allow music companies to own radio stations "In the interest of the consumer and fostering competition!" Then they turn into one monopoly and won't have any problems anymore.
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I think the wallpaper in my room looks a lot better than theirs:
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I think that pattern would cause some serious eyestrain.
It's the coastline after all. The guy isn't breaking into buildings or anything. What he is doing is similar to a very successful group called the Riverkeepers. This group patrols the Hudson river and watches for people dumping illegally. They are the major reason that the Hudson is no longer the utter cesspool it used to be. The government has neither the resources nor the inclination to enforce its environmental laws and so it is up to citizens to do so.
Publicly traded corporations have one overriding goal: increase shareholder value. And since they are a non-human legal entity they have no inherent moral tendencies to keep watch over their behavior. Therefore, they never "feel bad" when they act outside the law or society's mores. This is perfectly illustrated with the way companies view fines and lawsuits as "costs of business" that can fit into their accounting books. If by polluting illegally for 10 years, a company saves 200 million over proper disposal, but then pays a 100 million dollar fine, the books show that as 100 million dollars in the plus column.
In order for companies to start obeying the law, the penalties need to make it more expensive to break the law then to follow it.
An update on that recessive blond gene story here. Turns out that the British media ran with a false story. The media, not checking facts? Who would have imagined it?
Here's something interesting to pay attention to:
How long will it take the science textbooks in your local school to reflect this change? One of the first things they teach kids in science classes is the number of planets. How many 3rd grade styrofoam ball solar system projects have there been?
Remember the year the planet was discovered (even if it winds up in the same argued category as Pluto) and you can use it as a argument when kids are using textbooks 10 years from now that still don't have the new planet in them.
Whoaaaaa momma! Look at that telescope! That sucker's huuuuuuge!
Triclosan is the active ingredient in the antibacterial hand soaps.
From the Soap and Detergent Association:
http://www.sdahq.org/health/faq.html
One statement they make is "Washing with plain soap and water removes many germs from the hands. Antibacterial soaps contain an active ingredient that keeps the number of germs at a reduced level for an extended period of time, providing improved germ control."
So don't let the advertising con you into thinking that plain soap has suddenly stopped working. Triclosan just makes your hands temporarily unsurvivable for germs. Everything is an issue of degrees, and this seems like using a scorched earth policy on your hands.
Take it for what it's worth.
Damn it! When will the farmers and sheep realize that the body images presented to them by Hollywood are unrealistic and stop trying to force the sheep to attain some fake "perfection"? Those sheep on the cover of PlayBaa are not realistic and only make up .0001% of the population.
*Psychiatrists take note: Body image disorder groups for sheep will be the hot topic in a few years.
That's one professor that never learned his lesson during his gaming sessions of Call of Cthulu.
Well, don't worry. These two groups will get their little tiff worked out and start working on Congress to allow music companies to own radio stations "In the interest of the consumer and fostering competition!" Then they turn into one monopoly and won't have any problems anymore.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't the HDTV frequencies' exclusive rights just given to broadcaster's for free?