That tired canard is as ridiculous as it ever was. Not believing in something that has never been shown to exist requires zero faith. Laughing at someone who believes in something that has zero evidence to support its existence is not the same as claiming to have proof of non-existence. Gödel can't help you hear.
Oh, BTW, which slashdot story on in-vitro fertilization got the "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" tag?
That sure seems more reasonable. But what would make the most sense, to me, would be to have used some of that cheap labor to build some indoor stadiums and HEPA air filters. I mean, who wants to sit for hours outside breathing air that, on most days, is considered "very dangerous to breathe," raining or not?
Great idea. They should probably all take up smoking too. That way they can build up a protective layer of soot in their lungs prior to the olympics; that's sure to help their athletic performance.
I think I'd prefer to get wet or use an umbrella than breathe the horrible smog that blankets Beijing. In fact, the rain is often the only thing that reduces the smog and air pollution for a shirt while.
NPR had a story about how they're forcing 1/3 of the cars to stay off the road and shutting down a bunch of factories to try to reduce the air pollution for the olympics. Maybe just letting (or making) it rain, instead of stopping it from raining, would do even more good.
all models on the verge of availability are, in fact, jet-free and called, officially, rocket belts.
OK, I guess that's technically right. But is that really a "sad thing" that makes any real difference, or just splitting hairs? I'll take any kind of personally-mounted flying device without bitching about the technical means of propulsion.
Parachutes aren't all that useful at low altitudes (even low altitudes more than high enough to kill you in a fall.) I think I'd hang out up around 5-10k feet as much as possible so I'd have time to open the chute on a fall.
It looks like a jet pack. It's a pack, on the guy's back, and it flies -- apparently with some kind of jet-like propulsion system. Neither article appears to answer this question that the summary gives as axiomatic. Anyone know?
they give you the right NOT to complain if a publisher charges too much (eg, Call of Duty 4 for Aussies ), they give you the right NOT to complain when they delete your thread from the forums... Yes.. seems they give you lots of RIGHTS..
Did they mess up giving you those rights "not to complain?" Because it sure looks like you're complaining about both of those issues to me.
You're wrong on the other bits too: you can transfer an account (just give away your username/pw,) you can re-sell a game (same as giving away, except for money,) and you can loan (same as giving away, except doing it temporarily.
Oh, you wanted Valve to manage all that for you and provide the enforcement for return of the loan or sale? So like, if you loan your game and the guy doesn't give it back, you want to be able to whine to Valve and have them enforce the terms of the private deal you made? Sure. That's reasonable. Just like how, when you loan your store-bought game, Walmart will send thugs to get it back for you if your friend doesn't return it.
Repeating "stupid" and "idiocy" over and over doesn't make it any more true, and it still doesn't serve as evidence. I cited peer-reviewed medical papers that supported my allegations 100%. It's quite clear that you're unqualified to critique their research and conclusions (so why are you trying to?) but you can't speak for my qualifications (so stop trying.)
Currently, I'm the only one in this discussion with any evidence on the table other than heresay and anecdotes. Why should I "come back" with anything? You can't even refute with sources the stuff I've already given you! (Though it would be better than nothing, please do try to do better than "studies by PhD students" -- actual peer-reviewed studies by actual PhDs/MDs would be preferred.)
Even if you were right, those links basically say that you're fine... as long as you take a non-effective dose. Cocaine and heroin both have very close effective:lethal ratios, so if people are doing the drugs as more than "sustenance", they're going to be getting closer to that lethal dose, which means, surprise, organ damage.
Those links say nothing of the sort. Quote? Did you re-read my original post as instructed -- the papers say the only harm is from overdose. Which is what I said to begin with. If you don't OD, you don't magically get "organ damage." Can you substantiate the claim that non-lethal doses of pure heroin or cocaine cause organ damage? No, you cannot. And, by your own admission, you're not qualified to evaluate such a claim even if you had the data, so STFU and stop the FUD.
Yes, I've known junkies, but I've never known one that only ever used pure, unadulterated heroin, and neither have you. You might want to re-read my original post a few times until you understand it better. Be sure to look up any words you don't understand, or ask an adult for help.
It's amusing that you call me an idiot when you're wrong, can't admit it, can't argue it with facts, then mistake irrelevant anecdotes with data. Back to DARE class with you little boy.
The impurities is not what kills you with cocaine or heroin. The impurities may not be good for you, and may certainly kill you if you have an asshole (although it's usually just dumb) drug dealer, but it is the cocaine and the heroin that is the actual problem. They destroy your organs, and no amount of purifying them will stop that. Used "responsibly" and in moderation you can give yourself time to recover, but any use on an addictive level is going to kill you.
You really could not be more completely and utterly wrong. The worst physiological affect of pure heroin is constipation. Heroin was invented to be, and heralded as, a pain killer that does not harm the body even with prolonged use. There's a source, and the answers here give a dozen more. Overdose is the only risk associated with heroin.
Why would the device need IR lights on it? If it's bluetooth, it can be detected, and the system can be set to make a gesture or menu selection to get data from it. If there are more than one bluetooth devices in range, you'd have to select which one. Just like the Surface, which requires you to apply barcode-like stickers to each device so it can be recognized/distinguished from other bluetooth-enabled devices in range.
Well, Bluetooth doesn't require a table. Seems like it would be trivial to just hold or point to a Bluetooth-enable device like a portable hard drive or camera, then have the data transferred. What's missing again?
Top replies are just as easy on the reader than bottom replies. Moreso if you bottom-repliers would give up and quit it. There's nothing confusing about a bottom-to-top ordered thread, especially if you know it's in that order!
Wait, what? What's wrong with "top-posting?" (By which I assume you mean writing one's reply to an email at the top, and including the quote of the email being replied to below it.) What kind of nutcase wants to scroll past the old email (that they likely wrote themselves) to read a reply? The quoted email is there for reference in case it is needed. It's not the most important thing, which is what should be at the top.
And what's this "HTML allows a much more pleasant user experience than plaintext" business? Your crappy legal-pad background with glitter stars and blinking comic sans does not constitute a "much more pleasant user experience." Besides, It's being stripped to plaintext before I ever see it anyway, so if any of those animated emoticons were central to your message, you might want to reconsider and write them out.
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His sig seems fine. I scanned some of his posts and they seemed fine. What am I looking for, exactly?
How does banning contraception help ensure that "all children were loved and wanted?" In fact, how does it not cause exactly the opposite?
How is no contraception more reliable than condoms or pills? Or is one of those "abstinence only" posts?
Don't sweat it; he's been dead for years.
Lighten up Francis. It was a joke, and I found it pretty funny.
Yes indeed, and what a delicious plate of spaghetti and meatballs he will be! Can't wait for my reward from the FSM.
That tired canard is as ridiculous as it ever was. Not believing in something that has never been shown to exist requires zero faith. Laughing at someone who believes in something that has zero evidence to support its existence is not the same as claiming to have proof of non-existence. Gödel can't help you hear.
Oh, BTW, which slashdot story on in-vitro fertilization got the "whatcouldpossiblygowrong" tag?
That sure seems more reasonable. But what would make the most sense, to me, would be to have used some of that cheap labor to build some indoor stadiums and HEPA air filters. I mean, who wants to sit for hours outside breathing air that, on most days, is considered "very dangerous to breathe," raining or not?
Great idea. They should probably all take up smoking too. That way they can build up a protective layer of soot in their lungs prior to the olympics; that's sure to help their athletic performance.
I think I'd prefer to get wet or use an umbrella than breathe the horrible smog that blankets Beijing. In fact, the rain is often the only thing that reduces the smog and air pollution for a shirt while.
NPR had a story about how they're forcing 1/3 of the cars to stay off the road and shutting down a bunch of factories to try to reduce the air pollution for the olympics. Maybe just letting (or making) it rain, instead of stopping it from raining, would do even more good.
Wait, sorry -- I found it:
all models on the verge of availability are, in fact, jet-free and called, officially, rocket belts.
OK, I guess that's technically right. But is that really a "sad thing" that makes any real difference, or just splitting hairs? I'll take any kind of personally-mounted flying device without bitching about the technical means of propulsion.
Parachutes aren't all that useful at low altitudes (even low altitudes more than high enough to kill you in a fall.) I think I'd hang out up around 5-10k feet as much as possible so I'd have time to open the chute on a fall.
It looks like a jet pack. It's a pack, on the guy's back, and it flies -- apparently with some kind of jet-like propulsion system. Neither article appears to answer this question that the summary gives as axiomatic. Anyone know?
they give you the right NOT to complain if a publisher charges too much (eg, Call of Duty 4 for Aussies ), they give you the right NOT to complain when they delete your thread from the forums... Yes.. seems they give you lots of RIGHTS..
Did they mess up giving you those rights "not to complain?" Because it sure looks like you're complaining about both of those issues to me.
You're wrong on the other bits too: you can transfer an account (just give away your username/pw,) you can re-sell a game (same as giving away, except for money,) and you can loan (same as giving away, except doing it temporarily.
Oh, you wanted Valve to manage all that for you and provide the enforcement for return of the loan or sale? So like, if you loan your game and the guy doesn't give it back, you want to be able to whine to Valve and have them enforce the terms of the private deal you made? Sure. That's reasonable. Just like how, when you loan your store-bought game, Walmart will send thugs to get it back for you if your friend doesn't return it.
Wow, he performed an appendectomy on an airplane? That's impressive.
Repeating "stupid" and "idiocy" over and over doesn't make it any more true, and it still doesn't serve as evidence. I cited peer-reviewed medical papers that supported my allegations 100%. It's quite clear that you're unqualified to critique their research and conclusions (so why are you trying to?) but you can't speak for my qualifications (so stop trying.)
... as long as you take a non-effective dose. Cocaine and heroin both have very close effective:lethal ratios, so if people are doing the drugs as more than "sustenance", they're going to be getting closer to that lethal dose, which means, surprise, organ damage.
Currently, I'm the only one in this discussion with any evidence on the table other than heresay and anecdotes. Why should I "come back" with anything? You can't even refute with sources the stuff I've already given you! (Though it would be better than nothing, please do try to do better than "studies by PhD students" -- actual peer-reviewed studies by actual PhDs/MDs would be preferred.)
Even if you were right, those links basically say that you're fine
Those links say nothing of the sort. Quote? Did you re-read my original post as instructed -- the papers say the only harm is from overdose. Which is what I said to begin with. If you don't OD, you don't magically get "organ damage." Can you substantiate the claim that non-lethal doses of pure heroin or cocaine cause organ damage? No, you cannot. And, by your own admission, you're not qualified to evaluate such a claim even if you had the data, so STFU and stop the FUD.
Yes, I've known junkies, but I've never known one that only ever used pure, unadulterated heroin, and neither have you. You might want to re-read my original post a few times until you understand it better. Be sure to look up any words you don't understand, or ask an adult for help.
It's amusing that you call me an idiot when you're wrong, can't admit it, can't argue it with facts, then mistake irrelevant anecdotes with data. Back to DARE class with you little boy.
You are wrong. Source?
(See my other post in this thread for sources that prove your claims wrong.)
The impurities is not what kills you with cocaine or heroin. The impurities may not be good for you, and may certainly kill you if you have an asshole (although it's usually just dumb) drug dealer, but it is the cocaine and the heroin that is the actual problem. They destroy your organs, and no amount of purifying them will stop that. Used "responsibly" and in moderation you can give yourself time to recover, but any use on an addictive level is going to kill you.
You really could not be more completely and utterly wrong. The worst physiological affect of pure heroin is constipation. Heroin was invented to be, and heralded as, a pain killer that does not harm the body even with prolonged use. There's a source, and the answers here give a dozen more. Overdose is the only risk associated with heroin.
Cocaine, similarly, only has risks associated with overdose and adulterants.
Neither pure cocaine nor pure heroin "destroy your organs."
What are the sources for your claims? D.A.R.E.?
Why would the device need IR lights on it? If it's bluetooth, it can be detected, and the system can be set to make a gesture or menu selection to get data from it. If there are more than one bluetooth devices in range, you'd have to select which one. Just like the Surface, which requires you to apply barcode-like stickers to each device so it can be recognized/distinguished from other bluetooth-enabled devices in range.
Well, Bluetooth doesn't require a table. Seems like it would be trivial to just hold or point to a Bluetooth-enable device like a portable hard drive or camera, then have the data transferred. What's missing again?
Huh?
Top replies are just as easy on the reader than bottom replies. Moreso if you bottom-repliers would give up and quit it. There's nothing confusing about a bottom-to-top ordered thread, especially if you know it's in that order!
Wait, what? What's wrong with "top-posting?" (By which I assume you mean writing one's reply to an email at the top, and including the quote of the email being replied to below it.) What kind of nutcase wants to scroll past the old email (that they likely wrote themselves) to read a reply? The quoted email is there for reference in case it is needed. It's not the most important thing, which is what should be at the top.
And what's this "HTML allows a much more pleasant user experience than plaintext" business? Your crappy legal-pad background with glitter stars and blinking comic sans does not constitute a "much more pleasant user experience." Besides, It's being stripped to plaintext before I ever see it anyway, so if any of those animated emoticons were central to your message, you might want to reconsider and write them out.
So how's that working out? I mean, working alone, with no help, doing it all yourself but "your way?" :)
Yeah, sorry. Typo. Meant to type "RAID1" (as one would assume by my use of the term "mirrored".)