Plenty of gamblers have commited fraud and other crimes to feed their habit. You might want to read the papers occasionally. As for base jumping or video games , if those "addicts" had to buy new equipment every time they jumped/played then some would soon turn to crime if they couldn't afford it any other way. The addiction is the same - the method is different, nothing more.
Some become addicted to drugs, others drink or gambling or base jumping. They're part of the human spectrum and you'll never get rid of them. Some would argue (and I'd agree) that a healthy civilisation needs all types of personalities to function. However because of their type of personality they need to be protected from themselves when it comes to really dangerous stuff and drugs comes into this category. Whats the solution? I don't know. Complete prohibition never works , but then a free for all would be a disaster for all concerned too. *shrug*
Get rid of ALL electronic aids. Any technology should be purely materials though I'd be tempted to limit those too. I know money talks but it would be nice if just occasionally the people running various sporting bodies remembered that its supposed to be about man (or woman) against man.
A genius who can't be bothered to get out of bed in the morning or put much effort into problem solving isn't going to be particularly successful. You need more than just brains to succeed.
Its all very well being some extrovert but insecure snake oil salesman , but if you really have nothing behind the shiny smile and/or you're lazy then the odds are you're not going to get very far.
On the other hand I'm come across plenty of shy retiring types who may not have all the smart ass patter and have no more insecurity than anyone else - but they have brains and they do well.
Irrelevant. Even on the first day the PS3 graphics blew the PS2 out of the water and then shot it up some more. Considering the PS4 is effectively just a PC with standard components there's no reason for it not to have blistering graphics on day 1 since game devs should already have been familiar with the hardware when preview hardware was made available (which was not the case with the PS3 and Xbox 360) and PC games libs should essentially Just Work when ported over.
From what I've seen the improvement in graphics from my PS3 to the PS4 or XB1 just isn't enough to justify spending the money on a new console. I think like a lot of people I'll be skipping this generation and seeing what comes around in the next 5-10 years.
In fact from an on-the-ground point of view the scottish actually did more to facillitate the growth of the empire on a per man basis than the english.
If thats the case then it'll almost certainly be skewed by all the pollution from shipping along the way. The high sulphur fuel oil they burn produces hugh amounts of sulphates.
How can these particles remain in the very lowest part of the atmosphere while travelling all the way across the Pacific, apparently completely unaffacted by weather or mixing of air strata? It doesn't make sense. Low level particulates rain out of the atmosphere very quickly. If he's talking about high level pollutants in the stratosphere then fair enough - but thats not smog.
There's a surprise. Standard issue end-of-the-world religious prediction turns out to be incorrect. Who'd have thought eh?
"Has anyone done a study on just what period of Earth's existence sustained biological life?"
Yes, but the jury is still out on that one because most rock strata that were around billions of years ago have long since been subducted or eroded away taking any evidence of early life with them. Plus single cell organisms don't fossilize well.
If his model is based on where continents and oceans are now it could well fail to predict what might happen in a billion years time. If there's more ocean around the equator in the future it could drastically increase how much heat earth absorbs, similarly if another giant continent such as Pangea forms there could be a huge desert in the centre reflecting back heat. Of course that also means less plant life so possibly less CO2 being absorbed etc.
Its an interesting intellectual exercise but I think at best any of these models should be taken with a whole cellar of salt when predicting that far into the future.
Sadly you're one of those people (either a student or in marketing) who things quantity = quality. When you've got a cogent argument thats not just a load of extranious verbiage and hot air get back to me.
... learn C++, Objective C or Java, all of which should cover you for mobile development in one form or another. And if you learn C++ you'll be a bonus to any project that hires you since too many C++ devs these days don't have a clue about low level bit twiddling or memory management - its all frameworks and objects for them without a real appreciation of whats going on under the hood.
If that bloated pretentious undergraduate essay style waffle was an attempt at justifying drugs it failed. Get back to me when someone picks a fight in the street or stabs someone for money or increases someone else's chance of lung cancer after they've had a few glasses of water or played a game of CoD.
You want to talk about lost causes? Lets talk about the drug addicts I frequently see in my area. You're probably just another drug taking loser , either a burnt out baby boomer or still at a young age where you think drugs are cool. Well my friend, you'll either grow up or you'll find out the hard way they're not.
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Plenty of gamblers have commited fraud and other crimes to feed their habit. You might want to read the papers occasionally. As for base jumping or video games , if those "addicts" had to buy new equipment every time they jumped/played then some would soon turn to crime if they couldn't afford it any other way. The addiction is the same - the method is different, nothing more.
If they had to buy a new parachute for every jump I suspect some probably would.
Some become addicted to drugs, others drink or gambling or base jumping. They're part of the human spectrum and you'll never get rid of them. Some would argue (and I'd agree) that a healthy civilisation needs all types of personalities to function. However because of their type of personality they need to be protected from themselves when it comes to really dangerous stuff and drugs comes into this category. Whats the solution? I don't know. Complete prohibition never works , but then a free for all would be a disaster for all concerned too. *shrug*
"Why not make the earth itself our spaceship?"
Essentially it already is. The whole solar system is moving through the galaxy at around 100 miles per second.
It was just as boring 15 years ago WITH all the electronics. The best era was the 60s and 70s when the only electronics was in the main clock.
Are you seriously telling me that some people can't tell how hard their exercising?? Wtf??
"benefit from watch + heart rate monitor during races."
Why do you need to monitor your heart? Don't you trust it to manage itself?
"remember to refuel"
Is that 733t speak for drinking something?
I'm talking about real sports , not rich boys niche activities. But obviously if machinery is required then that changes things.
Get rid of ALL electronic aids. Any technology should be purely materials though I'd be tempted to limit those too. I know money talks but it would be nice if just occasionally the people running various sporting bodies remembered that its supposed to be about man (or woman) against man.
A society as well as a person that wants to succeed should value both. One without the other is fairly useless.
A genius who can't be bothered to get out of bed in the morning or put much effort into problem solving isn't going to be particularly successful. You need more than just brains to succeed.
Talent and damn hard work.
Its all very well being some extrovert but insecure snake oil salesman , but if you really have nothing behind the shiny smile and/or you're lazy then the odds are you're not going to get very far.
On the other hand I'm come across plenty of shy retiring types who may not have all the smart ass patter and have no more insecurity than anyone else - but they have brains and they do well.
"We're talking first gen /release day games here."
Irrelevant. Even on the first day the PS3 graphics blew the PS2 out of the water and then shot it up some more. Considering the PS4 is effectively just a PC with standard components there's no reason for it not to have blistering graphics on day 1 since game devs should already have been familiar with the hardware when preview hardware was made available (which was not the case with the PS3 and Xbox 360) and PC games libs should essentially Just Work when ported over.
From what I've seen the improvement in graphics from my PS3 to the PS4 or XB1 just isn't enough to justify spending the money on a new console. I think like a lot of people I'll be skipping this generation and seeing what comes around in the next 5-10 years.
Because they were "British".
In fact from an on-the-ground point of view the scottish actually did more to facillitate the growth of the empire on a per man basis than the english.
Really? I don't remember anything particularly cataclysmic happening at the end of 2012. But perhaps the world did end and this is all a dream.
Or perhaps you should leave off smoking weed for a few days.
If thats the case then it'll almost certainly be skewed by all the pollution from shipping along the way. The high sulphur fuel oil they burn produces hugh amounts of sulphates.
How can these particles remain in the very lowest part of the atmosphere while travelling all the way across the Pacific, apparently completely unaffacted by weather or mixing of air strata? It doesn't make sense. Low level particulates rain out of the atmosphere very quickly. If he's talking about high level pollutants in the stratosphere then fair enough - but thats not smog.
"The Mayans were wrong about 2012"
There's a surprise. Standard issue end-of-the-world religious prediction turns out to be incorrect. Who'd have thought eh?
"Has anyone done a study on just what period of Earth's existence sustained biological life?"
Yes, but the jury is still out on that one because most rock strata that were around billions of years ago have long since been subducted or eroded away taking any evidence of early life with them. Plus single cell organisms don't fossilize well.
If his model is based on where continents and oceans are now it could well fail to predict what might happen in a billion years time. If there's more ocean around the equator in the future it could drastically increase how much heat earth absorbs, similarly if another giant continent such as Pangea forms there could be a huge desert in the centre reflecting back heat. Of course that also means less plant life so possibly less CO2 being absorbed etc.
Its an interesting intellectual exercise but I think at best any of these models should be taken with a whole cellar of salt when predicting that far into the future.
Sadly you're one of those people (either a student or in marketing) who things quantity = quality. When you've got a cogent argument thats not just a load of extranious verbiage and hot air get back to me.
... learn C++, Objective C or Java, all of which should cover you for mobile development in one form or another. And if you learn C++ you'll be a bonus to any project that hires you since too many C++ devs these days don't have a clue about low level bit twiddling or memory management - its all frameworks and objects for them without a real appreciation of whats going on under the hood.
If its web you want then HTML5/javascript.
If that bloated pretentious undergraduate essay style waffle was an attempt at justifying drugs it failed. Get back to me when someone picks a fight in the street or stabs someone for money or increases someone else's chance of lung cancer after they've had a few glasses of water or played a game of CoD.
Which bit of "genie is out of the bottle" didn't you understand? Is English a second language for you?
"they are a lost cause"
You want to talk about lost causes? Lets talk about the drug addicts I frequently see in my area. You're probably just another drug taking loser , either a burnt out baby boomer or still at a young age where you think drugs are cool. Well my friend, you'll either grow up or you'll find out the hard way they're not.
"why we jail people for plant usage"
Oh boo hoo, poor ickle you.