I can't really imagine the Oxford Faculty meeting every week to decide new words for their dictionary to retain their www.oed.com pagerank. Just imagine what it would do to the English language : )
Very impressive. I have few questions, though: how does it compare to quantum units? Could NetBSD be used as a basis for cheap routers in New York?
In short, it does not. You sir, though it appears you attend Stanford University and possibly associate yourself with the erudite Plato, do not seem to be thinking in the correct orthogonal matter. If Sir, you do not understand the importance of the matter at hand, or the essence of our conversation and this moment in its Platonic Form, you do not, I think, notice, perceive, and then cognitively perceive in a jumbled manner, with much fussing, and a bit of elbowing I might add, that a quantum unit should be measured and considered, in the general way of considered that is, different than any physics based on the equations of one said Maxwell. Do not underestimate how asym-metric this world will become Sir. You Sir, are not correctly cognating your perceptions with the correct perscription. You Sir, must cognate and perceive in a more jumbled manner. Only then, and by the Grace of Her Magesty, Defender of the Faith, Trouncer of Scotland, Pissed off at the Colonies, Queen Elizabeth II, will you Sir, understand.
Much more I cannot be obliged to comment upon, as you Sir, are clearly unable to cognate, or distinguish between the finer points of asym-metry, and thus do not comprehend that these so called Quantum Units are are fundamentally more in fundamental quality and, most gratefully, for our computational ability, fundamentally more in quantity. This position, viewpoint, or perspective, if you Sir, so do prefer, is similar in spirit and lasting enthusiasm, to the paradise, spilled onto this great Earth, Gaia, Terra Firma, by one said Cantor. You Sir, are a bloke.
Post Script: Why would your fanciful, magic routers be stationed in Colony: New York, when we all know, or at least those of us in the know know, you know, that Empire: ENGLAND is where they belong.
This is a bunch of hype with no substance. What is someone going to do, make super-strong combatants. Big fucking deal, people will just shoot them. Make super-smart people? Intelligence implies training and access to information. Many highly intelligent people would shy away from being foot soldiers in an army. Make everyone a clone so you have a perfect genome, and then watch natural selection find a weakness and kill everyone real fast. You need to stop reading X-men and stop watching GATTACA. Both are alarmist and discount heavily supported scientific theory.
Its called Marginal Propensity to Spend. Those with less money use a much larger percentage of their income on goods instead of savings and investment. A larger percentage of their income goes to taxes than people with a larger income. The poorer members of society get hurt more with sales taxes and corporate taxes, real fuckin fair. If you are interested in finding out more any beginning macroeconomics textbook will contain this information.
You mean this idiot posts at +2. Oh shit, I figured he posted at 1 and got modded up. Most of his posts are modded at 1. Does this mean he gets modded down a lot.
There are major limitations on what people can do with our newfound genetic knowledge. The strongest one is natural selection. A non-diverse population will most likely die to environmental pathogens, etc. If a society chooses to make everyone identical they will eventually die. Please dont forget 'basic' science when getting scared.
chances are gattaca would not happen. Most likely large percentages of the 'perfect' population would die off at some point. natural selection still works. it is scary to imagine a world like that, but scarier still to imagine a world where chances to better the living conditions of the average person are not taken because they are scary.
Eat the apple, do it, its sooo sweet. Fire is a dangerous tool as well, but so far has not destroyed humanity. Your arguement is pretty old, and by this point the empirical evidence seems to say not valid. 6 billion clones would be real stupid to do. genetic diversity increases the likelyhood of survival as ecologic diversity increases the chances of a stable environment. Given the idiocy of 6 billion clones, it is not going to happen. A population that size would most likely suffer a large medical catastrophe and die. ebola only kills 80% of its victims. Why? Its possible that this is genetic and that genetic diversity saves us from that. Before you jump to goddly conclusions consider them with all the evidence involved. Science is not about destroying god but about trying to understand him.
Logic aint tough, just poorly used. There are sequences that are the same in every person. The variations in DNA that distinguish people are small and rare. You and your kins height is probably affected more by environment than DNA.
Yes, you are correct, there will be lots of resistance to gene testing. Another problem will be insurance. It will be cheaper to insure only "perfect" people (maybe/maybe not, but I bet that is what execs will think) This will disenfranchise many people. The government will become the insurer of last resort. Maybe America will see national healthcare.
The economies do work on supply and demand. They always have and always will. Some of the earliest written records in the word are price schedules from summerian civilization showing that even with price controls supply and demand rules all economic interactions. Pricing is always whatever the market will stand. If it is too expensive for you then dont buy it.
I really am not understanding your argument. IP laws have nothing to do with financial information, finacial information is not copyrighted. I am not advocating that all information should just be handed out, rather I am saying that information released in the public domain should not have the level of copyright protection that it has today. You can chose to release or not release any information that you please.
A poem and a credit card number are very different. A poem is the product of creativity and a credit card number is just a number. One is a new creation while the other is just a number, an integer that has been around for quite a long time.
As far as not having the right to smoke crack there is a very valid argument that you, as a human, have an innate right to do whatever you want to your own body as long as it doesnt disturb someone else's right to do the same. I fail to see how using crack violates anyone else's rights, except maybe if you smoke it in public and subject others to the smoke. I personally advocate the american legalization of all drugs and a ban of smoking in public (how is that for contradiction:)
In essence I think you are still confusing intellectual property with, well I have no idea.
Weak or non-existant IP laws in no way force anyone to share information, or violate your right to free speech. You can protect your right to privacy by using cryptography and only dealing with orgainizations that you trust to not share your information. There are existing laws in most, if not all, countries concerning impersonation and credit fraud. These can be enforced without strong copyright laws. In fact I dont have a copyright on my credit card number anyway as one cannot copyright numbers. You are still confusing issues.
Oh, they are extremely different. To make 98 work with samba you have to change a registry key to let the computer send unencrypted passwords. That is definately a $100 upgrade:) (Note HEAVY sarcasm)
But, until someone shows me an innovation I use everyday that came from a society without strong protection for corporations and without protection of any kind on intellectual property (just one--that's all I want), I say we got a pretty good system
You just used one, the alphabet. i bet you regularly use numbers too. In fact, have you ever factored a quadratic equation? or a cubic? or quartic? how about the Pythagorean theorem (known long before Pythagoris it seems). The wheel maybe? Do you need something more modern and not an tool of information? How about boats? The concepts of Railways and steam engines have existed for millenia (though not implemented until their rediscovery rather recently. Progress will continue without strong IP laws.
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What (the fuck) is with this (horrible) writing?
I can't really imagine the Oxford Faculty meeting every week to decide new words for their dictionary to retain their www.oed.com pagerank. Just imagine what it would do to the English language : )
Not much biznatch, not much.
http://www.tulane.edu/~bfleury/envirobio/enviroweb /DeadZone.htm
Posting this logged in so maybe someone will see it.
Christ! Does this mean that my grandchildren are going to think my Marilyn Manson is quaint and not hardcore?
Yes. When you have kids they will listen to songs like:
TubGirl, TubGirl,
Shit on your face.
Your really hungry.
Shit Fountain!!!
Shit Fountain!!!
Shit Fountain!!!
You should see the lyrics for Gaping Asshole.
Very impressive. I have few questions, though: how does it compare to quantum units? Could NetBSD be used as a basis for cheap routers in New York?
In short, it does not. You sir, though it appears you attend Stanford University and possibly associate yourself with the erudite Plato, do not seem to be thinking in the correct orthogonal matter. If Sir, you do not understand the importance of the matter at hand, or the essence of our conversation and this moment in its Platonic Form, you do not, I think, notice, perceive, and then cognitively perceive in a jumbled manner, with much fussing, and a bit of elbowing I might add, that a quantum unit should be measured and considered, in the general way of considered that is, different than any physics based on the equations of one said Maxwell. Do not underestimate how asym-metric this world will become Sir. You Sir, are not correctly cognating your perceptions with the correct perscription. You Sir, must cognate and perceive in a more jumbled manner. Only then, and by the Grace of Her Magesty, Defender of the Faith, Trouncer of Scotland, Pissed off at the Colonies, Queen Elizabeth II, will you Sir, understand.
Much more I cannot be obliged to comment upon, as you Sir, are clearly unable to cognate, or distinguish between the finer points of asym-metry, and thus do not comprehend that these so called Quantum Units are are fundamentally more in fundamental quality and, most gratefully, for our computational ability, fundamentally more in quantity. This position, viewpoint, or perspective, if you Sir, so do prefer, is similar in spirit and lasting enthusiasm, to the paradise, spilled onto this great Earth, Gaia, Terra Firma, by one said Cantor. You Sir, are a bloke.
Post Script: Why would your fanciful, magic routers be stationed in Colony: New York, when we all know, or at least those of us in the know know, you know, that Empire: ENGLAND is where they belong.
Shit, that PS was before my signature, FUCK!
Goodbye Sir, Sir
This is a bunch of hype with no substance. What is someone going to do, make super-strong combatants. Big fucking deal, people will just shoot them. Make super-smart people? Intelligence implies training and access to information. Many highly intelligent people would shy away from being foot soldiers in an army. Make everyone a clone so you have a perfect genome, and then watch natural selection find a weakness and kill everyone real fast. You need to stop reading X-men and stop watching GATTACA. Both are alarmist and discount heavily supported scientific theory.
Spend should be Consume in that post
Its called Marginal Propensity to Spend. Those with less money use a much larger percentage of their income on goods instead of savings and investment. A larger percentage of their income goes to taxes than people with a larger income. The poorer members of society get hurt more with sales taxes and corporate taxes, real fuckin fair. If you are interested in finding out more any beginning macroeconomics textbook will contain this information.
Colleges havent promoted thought and freedom in a long time now.
heh, just like cyberfucknutnanny is SUPPOSED to stop kids from seeing porn. LOL
I noticed your sarcasm
agreed
You mean this idiot posts at +2. Oh shit, I figured he posted at 1 and got modded up. Most of his posts are modded at 1. Does this mean he gets modded down a lot.
There are major limitations on what people can do with our newfound genetic knowledge. The strongest one is natural selection. A non-diverse population will most likely die to environmental pathogens, etc. If a society chooses to make everyone identical they will eventually die. Please dont forget 'basic' science when getting scared.
The world of Gattaca is not going to happen. A species that is not gentically diverse enough, flaws and all, will not survive natural selection.
chances are gattaca would not happen. Most likely large percentages of the 'perfect' population would die off at some point. natural selection still works. it is scary to imagine a world like that, but scarier still to imagine a world where chances to better the living conditions of the average person are not taken because they are scary.
Eat the apple, do it, its sooo sweet. Fire is a dangerous tool as well, but so far has not destroyed humanity. Your arguement is pretty old, and by this point the empirical evidence seems to say not valid. 6 billion clones would be real stupid to do. genetic diversity increases the likelyhood of survival as ecologic diversity increases the chances of a stable environment. Given the idiocy of 6 billion clones, it is not going to happen. A population that size would most likely suffer a large medical catastrophe and die. ebola only kills 80% of its victims. Why? Its possible that this is genetic and that genetic diversity saves us from that. Before you jump to goddly conclusions consider them with all the evidence involved. Science is not about destroying god but about trying to understand him.
Logic aint tough, just poorly used. There are sequences that are the same in every person. The variations in DNA that distinguish people are small and rare. You and your kins height is probably affected more by environment than DNA.
Yes, you are correct, there will be lots of resistance to gene testing. Another problem will be insurance. It will be cheaper to insure only "perfect" people (maybe/maybe not, but I bet that is what execs will think) This will disenfranchise many people. The government will become the insurer of last resort. Maybe America will see national healthcare.
The economies do work on supply and demand. They always have and always will. Some of the earliest written records in the word are price schedules from summerian civilization showing that even with price controls supply and demand rules all economic interactions. Pricing is always whatever the market will stand. If it is too expensive for you then dont buy it.
"It's the next half-step up from C"
I really am not understanding your argument. IP laws have nothing to do with financial information, finacial information is not copyrighted. I am not advocating that all information should just be handed out, rather I am saying that information released in the public domain should not have the level of copyright protection that it has today. You can chose to release or not release any information that you please.
:)
A poem and a credit card number are very different. A poem is the product of creativity and a credit card number is just a number. One is a new creation while the other is just a number, an integer that has been around for quite a long time.
As far as not having the right to smoke crack there is a very valid argument that you, as a human, have an innate right to do whatever you want to your own body as long as it doesnt disturb someone else's right to do the same. I fail to see how using crack violates anyone else's rights, except maybe if you smoke it in public and subject others to the smoke. I personally advocate the american legalization of all drugs and a ban of smoking in public (how is that for contradiction
In essence I think you are still confusing intellectual property with, well I have no idea.
Weak or non-existant IP laws in no way force anyone to share information, or violate your right to free speech. You can protect your right to privacy by using cryptography and only dealing with orgainizations that you trust to not share your information. There are existing laws in most, if not all, countries concerning impersonation and credit fraud. These can be enforced without strong copyright laws. In fact I dont have a copyright on my credit card number anyway as one cannot copyright numbers. You are still confusing issues.
I think you are confusing the protection of free speech with copyright.
Oh, they are extremely different. To make 98 work with samba you have to change a registry key to let the computer send unencrypted passwords. That is definately a $100 upgrade :) (Note HEAVY sarcasm)
But, until someone shows me an innovation I use everyday that came from a society without strong protection for corporations and without protection of any kind on intellectual property (just one--that's all I want), I say we got a pretty good system
You just used one, the alphabet. i bet you regularly use numbers too. In fact, have you ever factored a quadratic equation? or a cubic? or quartic? how about the Pythagorean theorem (known long before Pythagoris it seems). The wheel maybe? Do you need something more modern and not an tool of information? How about boats? The concepts of Railways and steam engines have existed for millenia (though not implemented until their rediscovery rather recently. Progress will continue without strong IP laws.