You're 82, Leonard.... Refusing to accept death at 82 is illogical. Go with grace.
Let's see if you feel the same way if and when you reach the age of 82.
If I can gaze upon my grandchildren and die with quiet dignity, that would be just perfect. Like my grandfather before me, who developed gangrene in his feet and decided to reject an amputation, and accept that his time had come in his 60s.
Try telling that to my friend who is 46 and has the same condition as Spock. He needs oxygen 20 hours a day. He smoked from the age of 12 and like Mr Nimmoy, gave it up years ago but the damage has been done. He won't live to see the year out.
I see all those young people smoking (mostly women) and feel sad for them. They know it kills yet the don't care one iota and carry on. I smoked for a year and gave it up to buy a new car. I never returned and boy am I thankful yet I have some damage to my lungs. I stopped more than 40 years ago.
Your friend is genetically defective. It's sad, it happens, the world turns.
You're 82, Leonard. Holding yourself up as an example of the ravages of smoking after reaching the age of 82 is illogical. Refusing to accept death at 82 is illogical. Go with grace.
Don't know if you've been failing to pay attention, but between X-Box and it's game pads and the various touch screen devices out there, the keyboard itself is on it's way towards niche status....
The word I used was contemptible. Yes, that's basically what I'm saying. Being entertaining shouldn't be good enough. Spend a few hours of your day dealing with needs that are practical, understand what's really important, develop the ability to differentiate between the guy who knows what's going on and the guy who just craves power over you. Don't be a willfully self absorbed ignoramus and then expect me to cheerfully agree to participate in a peaceful democratic society with your irresponsible ass.
And, lets be realistic here. The modern advertising business model was created by professional military psy-ops who were laid off when the cold war ended and they started selling their skills to whoever would pay and using them on anyone and everyone. It's violence, what they're doing to us. They set out to bypass our ability to objectively decide what is wise and instead do what they wish without giving it any consideration, and they succeed at it.
If you're a successful professional entertainer, you're making your living doing this. What makes you think you can do this to people indefinitely and not receive your comeuppance?
One of the things that separates speedy readers from slower readers is that it's faster to see a short paragraph as a single symbol for one concept.
It's slower to see it as a series of sentences each of which is a symbol for a concept.
It's slower still when you're digesting the words as individual symbols and putting them together.
At the very bottom of the stack are those who need to phonetically assemble letters into symbols. This is where young children read.
The symbols used in coding describe a limited number of concepts, and we've built our symbols with English language keywords and recycled punctuation marks.
There might be value to be had in creating special glyphs that are a little more purpose built, rather than haphazardly assembled out of older marks with a rich history that end up being dragged along.
What came out of it would be more arcane to the newbie, not less. But what was and wasn't arcane would be readily apparent, and it could be more powerful and concise if done correctly.
What you get out of paying taxes that go toward protecting our "amateur" athletes as they travel the world is that when you get real good at speed skating they'll protect you too, free of charge. In return, those athletes pay their taxes, and it goes to things that sometimes benefit you more directly than it benefits them.
Neither of you get free TV content out of the deal.
If an amateur athlete, who is a generally productive member of society, achieves excellence at their chosen recreational pursuit, then that's interesting enough that it's worth taking a bit of time to see how they've pushed the boundaries. If you're into that type of recreational pursuit. It's not heroic, or noble in any fashion... on the contrary, it demonstrates that the person channeled all their free time into their own selfish enjoyment when they could have been serving the betterment of mankind, but they're entitled, that's what free time is for.
A professional athlete is a non-productive member of society. They're like infants, totally dependent on others to meet their needs, contributing nothing to the meeting of those needs. It's contemptible.
I'm not really arguing for free television content, although a gathering of people having a recreational contest is newsworthy and news shouldn't be restricted... I'm arguing that these professional athletic events should be recognized as a form of anti-social behavior in both the "psychological operation" and "bread and circuses" senses and forcibly dismantled.
The wealth of the US comes from the deal Kissinger made with the Saudis. Its all stolen through guile. That deal is unraveling, and the Americans are about to become impoverished to the point of total societal collapse. Full stop.
You hit the nail on the head. Keeping people employed is not a bad thing though. If a tool allows mediocre developers to be productive members of society without retraining, that is a GOOD thing, even if the tool isn't optimal in the absolute sense.
"A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there's no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts. Why should I be concerned?"
That's true, I don't. But I don't have any problem admitting it. Always being right means knowing when to say "I have no idea". But there's no shortage of people who will claim to know things that can't be known and call it Science...
a) He doesn't know shit about what life was like back then. Nothing wrong with that. b) He doesn't know that he doesn't know. Something seriously wrong with that. c) Who gives a shit anyway?
Everyone in the lapdog press is running around crying Oh No'es but NOTHING bad is happening.
Well, nothing bad other than millions of Americans suddenly becoming essentially unemployed, even if temporarily, for which I can see no possible negative effect./sarc
Pay them to build a bridge to nowhere. Then they'll be employed, and things will be just like they were before.
No, it would be communism if the nouveau project decreed that you couldn't run competing software (like nvidia's binary) and had the authority to enforce it. After all, it was developed by 'The People', and you will use and like it. Thankfully this is not the case. It's just too bad nvidia is removing functionality for idiotic reasons.
Economic systems are not political systems. Communal ownership of things like factories and farms and designs does not mean an authoritarian government.
Oh shit... I'm supposed to be at work in 10 minutes... pull on clothes, shove toothbrush in mouth, grind teeth, run out the door.
Sometimes 2 minutes is the difference between brushing and not brushing. This would have a place in the glove box, next to the cordless razor and the cologne. They should make a watertight case so you can leave it soaking in mouthwash when you put it away.
The problem is that these disloyal little sluts are going to be able to prevent others from finding out just what sort of people they are. That's the problem.
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Particularly considering that his claim to fame is that he lies convincingly when he is directed to do so. Actors belong in hell.
You're 82, Leonard. ... Refusing to accept death at 82 is illogical. Go with grace.
Let's see if you feel the same way if and when you reach the age of 82.
If I can gaze upon my grandchildren and die with quiet dignity, that would be just perfect. Like my grandfather before me, who developed gangrene in his feet and decided to reject an amputation, and accept that his time had come in his 60s.
Try telling that to my friend who is 46 and has the same condition as Spock. He needs oxygen 20 hours a day. He smoked from the age of 12 and like Mr Nimmoy, gave it up years ago but the damage has been done. He won't live to see the year out.
I see all those young people smoking (mostly women) and feel sad for them. They know it kills yet the don't care one iota and carry on.
I smoked for a year and gave it up to buy a new car. I never returned and boy am I thankful yet I have some damage to my lungs. I stopped more than 40 years ago.
Your friend is genetically defective. It's sad, it happens, the world turns.
You're 82, Leonard. Holding yourself up as an example of the ravages of smoking after reaching the age of 82 is illogical. Refusing to accept death at 82 is illogical. Go with grace.
Don't know if you've been failing to pay attention, but between X-Box and it's game pads and the various touch screen devices out there, the keyboard itself is on it's way towards niche status....
The word I used was contemptible. Yes, that's basically what I'm saying. Being entertaining shouldn't be good enough. Spend a few hours of your day dealing with needs that are practical, understand what's really important, develop the ability to differentiate between the guy who knows what's going on and the guy who just craves power over you. Don't be a willfully self absorbed ignoramus and then expect me to cheerfully agree to participate in a peaceful democratic society with your irresponsible ass.
And, lets be realistic here. The modern advertising business model was created by professional military psy-ops who were laid off when the cold war ended and they started selling their skills to whoever would pay and using them on anyone and everyone. It's violence, what they're doing to us. They set out to bypass our ability to objectively decide what is wise and instead do what they wish without giving it any consideration, and they succeed at it.
If you're a successful professional entertainer, you're making your living doing this. What makes you think you can do this to people indefinitely and not receive your comeuppance?
It occurs to me...
One of the things that separates speedy readers from slower readers is that it's faster to see a short paragraph as a single symbol for one concept.
It's slower to see it as a series of sentences each of which is a symbol for a concept.
It's slower still when you're digesting the words as individual symbols and putting them together.
At the very bottom of the stack are those who need to phonetically assemble letters into symbols. This is where young children read.
The symbols used in coding describe a limited number of concepts, and we've built our symbols with English language keywords and recycled punctuation marks.
There might be value to be had in creating special glyphs that are a little more purpose built, rather than haphazardly assembled out of older marks with a rich history that end up being dragged along.
What came out of it would be more arcane to the newbie, not less. But what was and wasn't arcane would be readily apparent, and it could be more powerful and concise if done correctly.
What you get out of paying taxes that go toward protecting our "amateur" athletes as they travel the world is that when you get real good at speed skating they'll protect you too, free of charge. In return, those athletes pay their taxes, and it goes to things that sometimes benefit you more directly than it benefits them.
Neither of you get free TV content out of the deal.
If an amateur athlete, who is a generally productive member of society, achieves excellence at their chosen recreational pursuit, then that's interesting enough that it's worth taking a bit of time to see how they've pushed the boundaries. If you're into that type of recreational pursuit. It's not heroic, or noble in any fashion... on the contrary, it demonstrates that the person channeled all their free time into their own selfish enjoyment when they could have been serving the betterment of mankind, but they're entitled, that's what free time is for.
A professional athlete is a non-productive member of society. They're like infants, totally dependent on others to meet their needs, contributing nothing to the meeting of those needs. It's contemptible.
I'm not really arguing for free television content, although a gathering of people having a recreational contest is newsworthy and news shouldn't be restricted... I'm arguing that these professional athletic events should be recognized as a form of anti-social behavior in both the "psychological operation" and "bread and circuses" senses and forcibly dismantled.
Let me help you follow the timeline progression:
2010:
http://www.ibtimes.com/china-russia-currency-agreement-further-threatens-us-dollar-248338
2012:
http://www.examiner.com/article/dollar-no-longer-primary-oil-currency-as-china-begins-to-sell-oil-using-yuan
2013:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/10/15/0243230/chinas-state-press-calls-for-building-a-de-americanized-world
Here are your facts:
http://www.examiner.com/article/dollar-no-longer-primary-oil-currency-as-china-begins-to-sell-oil-using-yuan
Enjoy!
The wealth of the US comes from the deal Kissinger made with the Saudis. Its all stolen through guile. That deal is unraveling, and the Americans are about to become impoverished to the point of total societal collapse. Full stop.
You used 'raises the question' instead of abusing the phrase 'begs the question'. I think that deserves acknowledgement.
Thank you.
You hit the nail on the head. Keeping people employed is not a bad thing though. If a tool allows mediocre developers to be productive members of society
without retraining, that is a GOOD thing, even if the tool isn't optimal in the absolute sense.
because you have no choice in the matter
Some philosophy gives suicide as the other side of the choice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdism
"A live body and a dead body contain the same number of particles. Structurally, there's no discernible difference. Life and death are unquantifiable abstracts. Why should I be concerned?"
So they're easier to carry, there is no good reason and because you have no choice in the matter, respectively.
He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount
It's a shitty day to be a whale.
That's true, I don't. But I don't have any problem admitting it. Always being right means knowing when to say "I have no idea". But there's no shortage of people who will claim to know things that can't be known and call it Science...
a) He doesn't know shit about what life was like back then. Nothing wrong with that.
b) He doesn't know that he doesn't know. Something seriously wrong with that.
c) Who gives a shit anyway?
Everyone in the lapdog press is running around crying Oh No'es but NOTHING bad is happening.
Well, nothing bad other than millions of Americans suddenly becoming essentially unemployed, even if temporarily, for which I can see no possible negative effect. /sarc
Pay them to build a bridge to nowhere. Then they'll be employed, and things will be just like they were before.
No, it would be communism if the nouveau project decreed that you couldn't run competing software (like nvidia's binary) and had the authority to enforce it. After all, it was developed by 'The People', and you will use and like it. Thankfully this is not the case. It's just too bad nvidia is removing functionality for idiotic reasons.
Economic systems are not political systems. Communal ownership of things like factories and farms and designs does not mean an authoritarian government.
Fingerprints should be treated as user names, not as a substitute for passwords.
That is brilliant
People literally keep killing themselves to stop the USA. Who is naive here again?
Oh shit... I'm supposed to be at work in 10 minutes... pull on clothes, shove toothbrush in mouth, grind teeth, run out the door.
Sometimes 2 minutes is the difference between brushing and not brushing. This would have a place in the glove box, next to the cordless razor and the cologne. They should make a watertight case so you can leave it soaking in mouthwash when you put it away.
The problem is that these disloyal little sluts are going to be able to prevent others from finding out just what sort of people they are. That's the problem.