"The families involved should just sue their government for damages"
Exactly what *damages* were incurred by the families?
So, someone harvested some organs from a dead body...that ended up being cremated or buried in the ground.
It was a DEAD body...no life....so, who exactly was hurt? I'm guessing the dead guy wasn't complaining? If anything, there was less of the body left for the remaining family to bury or cremate....
I mean, what is the big deal if they harvest organs or do transplants with them...etc. I mean, the person *IS* dead, they certainly don't care what happens to their carcass after they're gone.
I mean...does anybody really care what happens to them after they leave their "shell"?
I really don't...but if I had a wish for what happened to me after I bite the dust....have me creamated, and then, have a bunch of my friends go have drinks (on my estate), and flush a bit of my ashes down different toilets in different bars down in the French Quarter.
I think that would be a fitting ending...but if that's too much trouble...I really don't care what happens to the carcass after I'm gone. Hell, if any part is good...use it for transplants.
Damn..this guy should run for Senate, with this kind of thinking and capacity for fast, thoughtful, meaningful action...He'd fit right in up on Capitol Hill with the rest of them.
"the democrats in america, arent even close to s in the word socialism. they are more capitalist than the right wingers in europe or other places of the world. your political spectrum is WAY too skewed to right, so that even the socialist there, is capitalist."
But we (the US) ARE a capitalist country. We've always been one...it has been what has propelled us to be a superpower.
And right now, the Dem's are throwing socialistic (to us) ideals, programs and agendas at us over here, and people are merely wanting to make sure we as a country do NOT move towards that way.
Hell, looking at TV today...the socialistic tendencies of many European countries, the debt they have incurred (I know we're fsked with regard to debt too) is having a serious downward effect on world markets.
At some point, you run out of people left working to support those who don't.
"So then we use an alternate root. Seems simple enough, once again the Internet is flexible enough to route around damage."
So, just wait for them to add an amendment here, or on some other bill...making it illegal for a US citizen to use alternate roots.
While I agree with your sentiment...there is real danger letting them set a precedent of this fashion, and we need to stop this kind of shit right in its current tracks.
I applaud current moves to try to get rid of earmark/pork barrel spending.
Lets also try to convince the congress critters to quit fscking with the internet (something they really don't understand to begin with)...and leave it free.
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"Do you even have a clue how good 256kbps AAC sounds?
Meanwhile, the rest of us will already be enjoying the content BEFORE we become too old to hear the difference, waiting for "the perfect version" to be released."
I have a stereo where you can hear the difference my friend.
And given that...why would I NOT want to purchase the highest quality (lossless) that could be easily available...and rip it to lesser quality formats for environments that are not ideal for listening (car, gym on iPod...etc).
And come on..storage isn't any type of restriction these days. 1 TB drives are going for under $89 these days. But if I downloaded lossless from iTunes (broadband connection is plenty fast)..I'd burn them on CD or DVD or the like for long term storage as well as for my media computer hooked to the stereo.
What can I say, I like to get the best version possible of anything I do these days at this point in my life. Why not? It is about quality over quantity.
"Besides the Beatles are pretty much the best selling band of all time. In the 2000s only eminem sold more records then the Beatles. In a decade three full decades after the broke up, and with out a new medium to be released on they were the second best selling artist. They may not be a big deal to you but they are a pretty big deal."
Let's see in three decades from now who will even know who Eminem *was*, much less have any inclination to hum one of his songs, or buy one of his albums.
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You know.
If they would put out the box sets, more specifically, the MONO remastered box set they did a year or two ago...and put on iTunes in a lossless format, for a reasonable price.
"Balvenie is fine, but the doublewood is just too woody to drink without a little water to open it up. I never thought I would find such a drink, but it really is too woody."
Well, I figure the ice cubs I swirl it around in...melts and provides the water required.
I think the 12yr is the only double wood they do? Give the 15yr (single barrel) or the 21 year (port wood) a try...they are VERY smooth.
I have had the 17yr (sherry wood) that was quite nice too. But give theirs that aren't doublewood a try and see if they are not too woody for you?
I'm not wanting to have any little boat anchors in life at this point. I'm not ready to completely settle down and give up the fun in life as I know it.
Even at that, I can't if a gun was held to their head or mine...I can't imagine choosing their head over mine.
"It would be a huge honor, an event that can take place only once in the course of all human history. I'm not convinced I'd be one of those people, but I would give it serious thought - if I were qualified, of course."
Well, good for them I guess. Honor, while nice...isn't my main driver in life.
Making an increasingly pleasurable and easy life for myself, it my main goal for my future, and I can't possibly see how a one way trip to Mars in what will likely be a pretty primitive existence would be anything that would help me towards my goal.
But hey, as they say...different strokes for different folks.
You go up there and fight to breathe, eat and get laid...
I'll stay here, hit the beach, sip some rum punch and work on getting some lovely lady out of her bikini....
"And finally, why the hell should a death row inmate be able to volunteer for something that plenty of professional non-criminal astronauts would gladly do?"
Because, I can't very well imagine too terribly many sane people on earth...at least in the US, would like to give up the good life, family, friends, the comforts of life here on earth (lots of women to chase, good variety of good food, aged single malt scotch, sports cars, guns, vacationing to the beach or for snow skiing, etc)...to leave it all behind while in the prime of life, to get a one way ticket to uncertainty, lower life quality till death.
Ok, sure...out of all the people on earth, I would guess there are some, but I'd also guess much of their mentality would not be so far off from that of someone that had done something to earn a death or life sentence.
The profiles would have to be similar: loner, anti-social, etc.
"I see no moral dilemma in letting a person die (voluntarily) for a higher cause."
I see no moral dilemat letting SOMEONE ELSE die (voluntarily) for a higher cause.
I don't see a problem with letting someone else die for their country either...a long as it isn't ME.
I figure I only have this one life...I've yet to even come close to finding any cause or person that would be worth me sacrificing or trading my life for.
I'm kind of enjoying the ride so far, and want to go as far as I can with it.
"And to be completely honest, it's something I would gladly consider depending on who came along with me for the ride. Who wouldn't like to be the first one to get some action on an alien world?"
Yeah...and what happens when you get sick and tired of her shit? Same chick every night for the rest of your life?
Hmm..sounds like you might as well get married.
What would make it worse on Mars is...you might still lose half your shit you own, and yet you will not be able to move away from her...still stuck in the same small living area.
"Why is everyone assuming that the "colonists" will die within days of arrival? I am willing to bet that there will be lots of volunteers for one-way missions to Mars (provided good chances of survival)."
I wasn't assuming people would die when they got there. But I was going with the assumption that leaving your home planet, Earth...never to come back and dying out in space some time, would be something *most* people would not embrace willingly.
My idea was that with people on death row...life ANYWHERE would be better than certain death here on earth when their sentences were executed (no pun intended), and there would be a natural pool of those more willing to go than others.
Again, sure you'd have to be careful...screen for intelligence, and possibly the crime aspect.
How about our treason convicted spies? They're intelligent usually, and not likely to get violent out in space?
B: If I am fat, don't advertise Big Macs, advertise weight loss because last I checked, fatties know where BK and McDs are. And no it's not your genetics, it's because you are irresponsible with your health. A predisposition just means you have to work harder. Thermodynamics proves this; your lack of responsibility, low self esteem, and discipline does not change the laws of physics.
C: If I am in a good mood try selling me a Beach Boy's collection. If I am pissed off Rammstien might be a better choice."
How about:
D: No more fuckin' Ads.
You *do* know about AdBlock Plus for the browser, right?
Also...tell the bitch to get on her own computer. Hell, she might *accidentally* delete some of your better pr0n links.
Well, if sending LIVE people...is this voluntary, or can we vote who goes to Mars one way.
Frankly, I've got a LOT of politicians in mind that I'd happily vote off the planet!!
:)
But seriously, if nothing else, why not take volunteers from people on death row, that were sufficiently intelligent? Go through training, go to Mars, stay there and you get to live.
I figure some of them might take the choice, and we'd be solving a few problems at once that way...
B: If I am fat, don't advertise Big Macs, advertise weight loss because last I checked, fatties know where BK and McDs are. And no it's not your genetics, it's because you are irresponsible with your health. A predisposition just means you have to work harder. Thermodynamics proves this; your lack of responsibility, low self esteem, and discipline does not change the laws of physics.
C: If I am in a good mood try selling me a Beach Boy's collection. If I am pissed off Rammstien might be a better choice."
How about:
D: No more fuckin' Ads.
You *do* know about AdBlock Plus for the browser, right?
Also...tell the bitch to get on her own computer. Hell, she might *accidentally* delete some of your better pr0n links.
I think he also was stupid enough to admit it publicly to the cops/feds, etc. Wasn't his dad an in office politician at the time? I think they thought if he fessed up to it quickly, it would blow over as a prank.
He should have immediately lawyered up, and shut up. And hiding his tracks? What did he do, drag things to the 'garbage can' on his computer?
Why did he not do a zero it out type erase, then, take the drive out and smash it to bits?
I know the feds have good forensics, but I gotta thing that would have been a bit harder for them to get anything admissable as evidence?
Chances are...the time to be served is more for the obstruction of 'justice' than for the actual crime of breaking in.
But first rule of anything when dealing with the cops...ESPECIALLY if you ARE innocent, is don't say a damned thing. Lawyer up...the authorities are NOT there to help you out, they are there to try to gather evidence to convict someone...hopefully the guilty, but that's not always who they go after right off to bat.
"So do massive oil spills from deep sea drilling. How do you feel about legislation to stop that from happening again, Mr. New Orleans?"
I appreciate regulations to oversee and ensure that safety measures are taken.
I am, however, quite against any moratorium that prevents drilling in the Gulf. We need oil in the US, and we need the money the industry brings to this area. It isn't just drilling we do here...we process a LOT of the stuff that we drill, plus what comes in on tankers from around the world.
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Exactly what *damages* were incurred by the families?
So, someone harvested some organs from a dead body...that ended up being cremated or buried in the ground.
It was a DEAD body...no life....so, who exactly was hurt? I'm guessing the dead guy wasn't complaining? If anything, there was less of the body left for the remaining family to bury or cremate....
I mean, what is the big deal if they harvest organs or do transplants with them...etc. I mean, the person *IS* dead, they certainly don't care what happens to their carcass after they're gone.
I mean...does anybody really care what happens to them after they leave their "shell"?
I really don't...but if I had a wish for what happened to me after I bite the dust....have me creamated, and then, have a bunch of my friends go have drinks (on my estate), and flush a bit of my ashes down different toilets in different bars down in the French Quarter.
I think that would be a fitting ending...but if that's too much trouble...I really don't care what happens to the carcass after I'm gone. Hell, if any part is good...use it for transplants.
Damn..this guy should run for Senate, with this kind of thinking and capacity for fast, thoughtful, meaningful action...He'd fit right in up on Capitol Hill with the rest of them.
But we (the US) ARE a capitalist country. We've always been one...it has been what has propelled us to be a superpower.
And right now, the Dem's are throwing socialistic (to us) ideals, programs and agendas at us over here, and people are merely wanting to make sure we as a country do NOT move towards that way.
Hell, looking at TV today...the socialistic tendencies of many European countries, the debt they have incurred (I know we're fsked with regard to debt too) is having a serious downward effect on world markets.
At some point, you run out of people left working to support those who don't.
Or, the Golden Rule:
He who has the MOST gold....makes the rules!!
Let me guess....you think a Democrat would have been better?
So, just wait for them to add an amendment here, or on some other bill...making it illegal for a US citizen to use alternate roots.
While I agree with your sentiment...there is real danger letting them set a precedent of this fashion, and we need to stop this kind of shit right in its current tracks.
I applaud current moves to try to get rid of earmark/pork barrel spending.
Lets also try to convince the congress critters to quit fscking with the internet (something they really don't understand to begin with)...and leave it free.
Meanwhile, the rest of us will already be enjoying the content BEFORE we become too old to hear the difference, waiting for "the perfect version" to be released."
I have a stereo where you can hear the difference my friend.
And given that...why would I NOT want to purchase the highest quality (lossless) that could be easily available...and rip it to lesser quality formats for environments that are not ideal for listening (car, gym on iPod...etc).
And come on..storage isn't any type of restriction these days. 1 TB drives are going for under $89 these days. But if I downloaded lossless from iTunes (broadband connection is plenty fast)..I'd burn them on CD or DVD or the like for long term storage as well as for my media computer hooked to the stereo.
What can I say, I like to get the best version possible of anything I do these days at this point in my life. Why not? It is about quality over quantity.
Let's see in three decades from now who will even know who Eminem *was*, much less have any inclination to hum one of his songs, or buy one of his albums.
If they would put out the box sets, more specifically, the MONO remastered box set they did a year or two ago...and put on iTunes in a lossless format, for a reasonable price.
I'd buy them.
Well, I figure the ice cubs I swirl it around in...melts and provides the water required.
I think the 12yr is the only double wood they do? Give the 15yr (single barrel) or the 21 year (port wood) a try...they are VERY smooth.
I have had the 17yr (sherry wood) that was quite nice too. But give theirs that aren't doublewood a try and see if they are not too woody for you?
Depends if it is a school night or not mostly...hard to get up for work the next day early, after too many scotches on the rocks.
I for one would happily encourage such vending machines in the US, but if they only gave out boring soft drinks and the like...fsck them.
Thankfully...none that I currently know of!!
I'm not wanting to have any little boat anchors in life at this point. I'm not ready to completely settle down and give up the fun in life as I know it.
Even at that, I can't if a gun was held to their head or mine...I can't imagine choosing their head over mine.
If I lived, I could make another one.
If I died, I'm well....dead, and that would suck.
Well, good for them I guess. Honor, while nice...isn't my main driver in life.
Making an increasingly pleasurable and easy life for myself, it my main goal for my future, and I can't possibly see how a one way trip to Mars in what will likely be a pretty primitive existence would be anything that would help me towards my goal.
But hey, as they say...different strokes for different folks.
You go up there and fight to breathe, eat and get laid...
I'll stay here, hit the beach, sip some rum punch and work on getting some lovely lady out of her bikini....
Because, I can't very well imagine too terribly many sane people on earth...at least in the US, would like to give up the good life, family, friends, the comforts of life here on earth (lots of women to chase, good variety of good food, aged single malt scotch, sports cars, guns, vacationing to the beach or for snow skiing, etc)...to leave it all behind while in the prime of life, to get a one way ticket to uncertainty, lower life quality till death.
Ok, sure...out of all the people on earth, I would guess there are some, but I'd also guess much of their mentality would not be so far off from that of someone that had done something to earn a death or life sentence.
The profiles would have to be similar: loner, anti-social, etc.
Nah...let's get William Shatner to do another remake of the song/video "Rocket Man".
I see no moral dilemat letting SOMEONE ELSE die (voluntarily) for a higher cause.
I don't see a problem with letting someone else die for their country either...a long as it isn't ME.
I figure I only have this one life...I've yet to even come close to finding any cause or person that would be worth me sacrificing or trading my life for.
I'm kind of enjoying the ride so far, and want to go as far as I can with it.
Yeah...and what happens when you get sick and tired of her shit? Same chick every night for the rest of your life?
Hmm..sounds like you might as well get married.
What would make it worse on Mars is...you might still lose half your shit you own, and yet you will not be able to move away from her...still stuck in the same small living area.
I can see a rise in suicides on mars....
I wasn't assuming people would die when they got there. But I was going with the assumption that leaving your home planet, Earth...never to come back and dying out in space some time, would be something *most* people would not embrace willingly.
My idea was that with people on death row...life ANYWHERE would be better than certain death here on earth when their sentences were executed (no pun intended), and there would be a natural pool of those more willing to go than others.
Again, sure you'd have to be careful...screen for intelligence, and possibly the crime aspect.
How about our treason convicted spies? They're intelligent usually, and not likely to get violent out in space?
B: If I am fat, don't advertise Big Macs, advertise weight loss because last I checked, fatties know where BK and McDs are. And no it's not your genetics, it's because you are irresponsible with your health. A predisposition just means you have to work harder. Thermodynamics proves this; your lack of responsibility, low self esteem, and discipline does not change the laws of physics.
C: If I am in a good mood try selling me a Beach Boy's collection. If I am pissed off Rammstien might be a better choice."
How about:
D: No more fuckin' Ads.
You *do* know about AdBlock Plus for the browser, right?
Also...tell the bitch to get on her own computer. Hell, she might *accidentally* delete some of your better pr0n links.
Ouch!!
Someone out there must not like AdBlock , eh?
Frankly, I've got a LOT of politicians in mind that I'd happily vote off the planet!!
But seriously, if nothing else, why not take volunteers from people on death row, that were sufficiently intelligent? Go through training, go to Mars, stay there and you get to live.
I figure some of them might take the choice, and we'd be solving a few problems at once that way...
B: If I am fat, don't advertise Big Macs, advertise weight loss because last I checked, fatties know where BK and McDs are. And no it's not your genetics, it's because you are irresponsible with your health. A predisposition just means you have to work harder. Thermodynamics proves this; your lack of responsibility, low self esteem, and discipline does not change the laws of physics.
C: If I am in a good mood try selling me a Beach Boy's collection. If I am pissed off Rammstien might be a better choice."
How about:
D: No more fuckin' Ads.
You *do* know about AdBlock Plus for the browser, right?
Also...tell the bitch to get on her own computer. Hell, she might *accidentally* delete some of your better pr0n links.
He should have immediately lawyered up, and shut up. And hiding his tracks? What did he do, drag things to the 'garbage can' on his computer?
Why did he not do a zero it out type erase, then, take the drive out and smash it to bits?
I know the feds have good forensics, but I gotta thing that would have been a bit harder for them to get anything admissable as evidence?
Chances are...the time to be served is more for the obstruction of 'justice' than for the actual crime of breaking in.
But first rule of anything when dealing with the cops...ESPECIALLY if you ARE innocent, is don't say a damned thing. Lawyer up...the authorities are NOT there to help you out, they are there to try to gather evidence to convict someone...hopefully the guilty, but that's not always who they go after right off to bat.
I appreciate regulations to oversee and ensure that safety measures are taken.
I am, however, quite against any moratorium that prevents drilling in the Gulf. We need oil in the US, and we need the money the industry brings to this area. It isn't just drilling we do here...we process a LOT of the stuff that we drill, plus what comes in on tankers from around the world.