I have thought much on the willingness of some to die for their beliefs or in combat doing things seemingly unworthy of life's sacrifice. To me, people always seem most alive at the moment when they perform an action like that. We used to call this valor or heroism. Instead, perhaps they are at utter liberty, untrammeled by fear of death.
Afterlife is not falsifiable. That said, that means there is no evidence of it, either. So if it happens, great, but those who expect it are just as much idiots.
Where did I volunteer an opinion? I restated the parent's opinion with clarity, removing the sophistry. If you choose to take it as negative, well, then probably the parent post shouldn't exist.
There are multiple definitions of entropy. We're not talking about encryption here. General disorder is one of those. DNA transcription errors are an example of disorder.
There is that possibility, but the relatively consistent discovery of coins and stelae in the Near East which confirm Biblical characters give me a bit of pause about calling entire books of scripture fairy tales. That said, the whole Patriarchs story presumes a time before the departure of Abraham from modern-day Iraq west to Israel. It could have been a Sumerian fairy tale for all we know.
Yes, but perhaps entropy wins, inasmuch as the more complex (in relationship to a lobster) structures in a human body are more prone to cancer as our age extends, and perhaps our lifespan is what it is in response to this. I'm not saying this is true, but it isn't beyond the realm of possibility, either.
Religion itself is a product of human frailty inasmuch as, at the personal level, religion mostly acts as a salve to the reality of guaranteed mortality. It's not altogether surprising there are other ways in which humans are illogical in their responses to this reality of death.
In both cases, an illusion of control is maintained.
Hadn't we determined (literally by slicing out pieces of brain!) that human memory was holographic in the sense that there is no 'storage location', and cutting out neurons would probably just make the memory more diffuse and imprecise rather than erasing anything? Not that losing precision sounds particularly appealing, but it's better than a mind wipe situation, no?
I thought this was a solved concept. Telomeres shorten based on cellular division and eventually the cells just don't divide anymore. The net effect is that the body stops replenishing itself and voila, old age. Unless you do something about that...
True statement on the fucking off, though I know of notable exceptions with personal integrity. Those people tend to do well in the system, as screwed up as it is.
By the way, base pay for a GS-13 is $74k for Band 1...so you're not telling people the truth. Even with the regional adjustments, you can easily make less than $90k as a GS-13. So compare and contrast...of course quality people aren't going to respond to the GS jobs.
Besides which, the GS-13s have to show. That's about the only thing they have to do - just about the only way to get fired is to be a no-show or consistently late. True, they get lots of leave and various excuses for not being present, but that is notwithstanding.
It certainly is low pay compared to what GS-12/13 equivalent contractors get paid. Truth. Each FTE is paid $250k to the company and depending on their negotiating skill, the end result to the contractor could be approaching 150k. Do a 1099 arrangement and it can be even more.
BAH doesn't do clearance investigations - the USG does through the Defense Security Service (DSS). Blaming the contractor is BS. The contractor cuts paychecks, handles vacation and health benefits, does the hiring and firing based on USG guidance, and sets business hours based on USG guidance. The rest is the USG - the contracting officer is in control, and after that the functional USG lead directing the effort.
This is a useful dodge for the USG appointees (aka civilian employees) to avoid personal responsibility for what is their failure. Having the USG hire the people as civilians would make sure of two things:
a. The best qualified would avoid the jobs like the plague due to low pay. b. You'd get a lot of transferees and priority placements from elsewhere in the USG with inadequate qualifications, but qualifying for the job due to time in service or veterans preferences.
I read more into the comment than you did. The skirt reference was clearly acknowledging her raison d'etre was that she was a woman and therefore improving Yahoo's appearance to a certain demographic.
Besides, her skirts were never particularly short. Her dresses were sometimes very nice, though. The purple one was very attractive.
True statement. However, their statement now needs to be true because otherwise they can be sued for it. So their statement now is precisely true. Parse each word carefully.
If anyone is idiot enough to think NSA would have their own processing system located in someone else's data center...think again. Imagine how you could structure a NSL to permit access to data...perhaps you would put in fiber taps and have the traffic redirected to your own data center? Yahoo would be unable to talk about that due to the terms of the NSL probably issued close to 15 years ago. And that would make their statement now indisputably true.
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I have thought much on the willingness of some to die for their beliefs or in combat doing things seemingly unworthy of life's sacrifice. To me, people always seem most alive at the moment when they perform an action like that. We used to call this valor or heroism. Instead, perhaps they are at utter liberty, untrammeled by fear of death.
I hope I have my moment.
Afterlife is not falsifiable. That said, that means there is no evidence of it, either. So if it happens, great, but those who expect it are just as much idiots.
Where did I volunteer an opinion? I restated the parent's opinion with clarity, removing the sophistry. If you choose to take it as negative, well, then probably the parent post shouldn't exist.
There are multiple definitions of entropy. We're not talking about encryption here. General disorder is one of those. DNA transcription errors are an example of disorder.
The problem isn't his text, which was perfectly understandable. The problem is your poor command of English.
There is that possibility, but the relatively consistent discovery of coins and stelae in the Near East which confirm Biblical characters give me a bit of pause about calling entire books of scripture fairy tales. That said, the whole Patriarchs story presumes a time before the departure of Abraham from modern-day Iraq west to Israel. It could have been a Sumerian fairy tale for all we know.
I also had a sneaking suspicion that "lunar months" and "years" got conflated in the account of the Patriarchs.
Yes, but perhaps entropy wins, inasmuch as the more complex (in relationship to a lobster) structures in a human body are more prone to cancer as our age extends, and perhaps our lifespan is what it is in response to this. I'm not saying this is true, but it isn't beyond the realm of possibility, either.
Religion itself is a product of human frailty inasmuch as, at the personal level, religion mostly acts as a salve to the reality of guaranteed mortality. It's not altogether surprising there are other ways in which humans are illogical in their responses to this reality of death.
In both cases, an illusion of control is maintained.
Hadn't we determined (literally by slicing out pieces of brain!) that human memory was holographic in the sense that there is no 'storage location', and cutting out neurons would probably just make the memory more diffuse and imprecise rather than erasing anything? Not that losing precision sounds particularly appealing, but it's better than a mind wipe situation, no?
I thought this was a solved concept. Telomeres shorten based on cellular division and eventually the cells just don't divide anymore. The net effect is that the body stops replenishing itself and voila, old age. Unless you do something about that...
Nope, at complete losers who think their opinion is important. The gnashing of teeth and whining like your post above makes my day. Thank you.
That's you with the IV drugs and the anal sex, not me. :-)
Must've struck a nerve there. Facing up to the reality of your life is hard...
Enjoy the cancer.
After all, doing something useful with your life is meaningless.
This is why people give money to charity - to buy a good name for themselves after a lifetime of being a huge turd.
True statement on the fucking off, though I know of notable exceptions with personal integrity. Those people tend to do well in the system, as screwed up as it is.
By the way, base pay for a GS-13 is $74k for Band 1...so you're not telling people the truth. Even with the regional adjustments, you can easily make less than $90k as a GS-13. So compare and contrast...of course quality people aren't going to respond to the GS jobs.
Besides which, the GS-13s have to show. That's about the only thing they have to do - just about the only way to get fired is to be a no-show or consistently late. True, they get lots of leave and various excuses for not being present, but that is notwithstanding.
It certainly is low pay compared to what GS-12/13 equivalent contractors get paid. Truth. Each FTE is paid $250k to the company and depending on their negotiating skill, the end result to the contractor could be approaching 150k. Do a 1099 arrangement and it can be even more.
Compared to contractor pay? Yup. It'd be a big pay cut for me.
BAH doesn't do clearance investigations - the USG does through the Defense Security Service (DSS). Blaming the contractor is BS. The contractor cuts paychecks, handles vacation and health benefits, does the hiring and firing based on USG guidance, and sets business hours based on USG guidance. The rest is the USG - the contracting officer is in control, and after that the functional USG lead directing the effort.
This is a useful dodge for the USG appointees (aka civilian employees) to avoid personal responsibility for what is their failure. Having the USG hire the people as civilians would make sure of two things:
a. The best qualified would avoid the jobs like the plague due to low pay.
b. You'd get a lot of transferees and priority placements from elsewhere in the USG with inadequate qualifications, but qualifying for the job due to time in service or veterans preferences.
So that's why both answers are no.
Besides, your 'bias' reference is a bunch of bullshit. No bias involved in pointing out that someone is a shitty CEO, regardless of their gender.
I read more into the comment than you did. The skirt reference was clearly acknowledging her raison d'etre was that she was a woman and therefore improving Yahoo's appearance to a certain demographic.
Besides, her skirts were never particularly short. Her dresses were sometimes very nice, though. The purple one was very attractive.
True statement. However, their statement now needs to be true because otherwise they can be sued for it. So their statement now is precisely true. Parse each word carefully.
If anyone is idiot enough to think NSA would have their own processing system located in someone else's data center...think again. Imagine how you could structure a NSL to permit access to data...perhaps you would put in fiber taps and have the traffic redirected to your own data center? Yahoo would be unable to talk about that due to the terms of the NSL probably issued close to 15 years ago. And that would make their statement now indisputably true.