You, sir, are morally reprehensible. Your comment only reveals your disrespect for human life. You "pro-life" types are dehumanizing us all until you refer to "people" as "undead corpses".
Even a cursory perusal of any psychology (or any science) textbook would show you that your personal opinion of your psychological/genetic makeup is about as valid as your opinion on any other matter, ie. not at all. Science is science. Claiming that you understand it doesn't make it so.
To date, there heve been exactly zero scientific studies that point to a genetic component of personality, including the famous twins studies of the late 1990s. Yet there have been literally thousands of studies that point to a cultural component, including those that show that early childhood trauma can result in physical damage to the brain.
If someone were intending to show a genetic component to personality, he or she would first have to show a physiological component to personality. That has yet to happen. So your analogy of shortness and strongness, which are physiological traits, can not be applied to personalities, which are not physiological. The brain may be genetic, but we are many, many years from proving or even suggesting that personality traits are.
I only by refurb macs, and I've bought, and used, applecare for all my mac laptops. They say it's not covered if the machine is dropped, but I've gotten repair for badly and obviously dropped machines. Always free, and so fast it's hard to believe. I've had to send in 3 machines for bad optical drives or dead pixels, and I've yet to wait more than 30 hours for a return. WELL worth it.
I have been a working musician for the past 25 years. I've been able to buy a nice house, take care of my family, and I'm putting myself through school right now. All the money that I have made has been through live gigs, or studio sessions. The only royalties I have made have been through collective bargaining agreements between my union and various venues.
The money that is being "protected" by DRM is not the musicians' money, it's the record companies'. And it's clear that their money is not in danger, because the profits of these various conglomerates have gone up by leaps and bounds during this current scourge of "piracy". Just as they did during the last one, and all the preceeding ones, going back to the piano rolls.
Musicians make money by playing music. Publishers make it by selling music. There is a difference.
Now you've descended into the Department of Redundency Department. If it's a novel, it's pretend. So if one writes a novel in any type of narrative, mimicry or otherwise, the author is pretending.
You can mimic something that's fictional, but not if it's your creation
Why is that true? What would happen if I were to make up a character who has an injured foot, and then demonstrate his limp by imitating it? Does the Earth crash into the Sun? Do dogs and cats, well you know.
Yes, they are. But babies have nothing to do with abortion, until they grow up and decide to have one or not. Are you saying that fetuses are people? Because if you are, you're wrong.
Hell yes! And I'm waiting for some physi-nazi to show me a *single* credible scientific report that proves that a)gravity exists and b)any other well documented, peer-reviewed scientific concensus has merit.
You're a moron.
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You, sir, are morally reprehensible. Your comment only reveals your disrespect for human life. You "pro-life" types are dehumanizing us all until you refer to "people" as "undead corpses".
Slaves didn't build the pyramids. That would explain the no pictograph part.
Tell the kids o' today that, an they won't believe yer.
Great post.
AC is right. "Begs the Question" is incorrectly overused by people trying to sound smart. Other stupid people think they do.
'Chinese' is not a language, dummy.
Even a cursory perusal of any psychology (or any science) textbook would show you that your personal opinion of your psychological/genetic makeup is about as valid as your opinion on any other matter, ie. not at all. Science is science. Claiming that you understand it doesn't make it so.
To date, there heve been exactly zero scientific studies that point to a genetic component of personality, including the famous twins studies of the late 1990s. Yet there have been literally thousands of studies that point to a cultural component, including those that show that early childhood trauma can result in physical damage to the brain.
If someone were intending to show a genetic component to personality, he or she would first have to show a physiological component to personality. That has yet to happen. So your analogy of shortness and strongness, which are physiological traits, can not be applied to personalities, which are not physiological. The brain may be genetic, but we are many, many years from proving or even suggesting that personality traits are.
How is 'none at all' a type of something?
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So "most certainly does not" means "does indeed".
I only by refurb macs, and I've bought, and used, applecare for all my mac laptops. They say it's not covered if the machine is dropped, but I've gotten repair for badly and obviously dropped machines. Always free, and so fast it's hard to believe. I've had to send in 3 machines for bad optical drives or dead pixels, and I've yet to wait more than 30 hours for a return. WELL worth it.
I have been a working musician for the past 25 years. I've been able to buy a nice house, take care of my family, and I'm putting myself through school right now. All the money that I have made has been through live gigs, or studio sessions. The only royalties I have made have been through collective bargaining agreements between my union and various venues.
The money that is being "protected" by DRM is not the musicians' money, it's the record companies'. And it's clear that their money is not in danger, because the profits of these various conglomerates have gone up by leaps and bounds during this current scourge of "piracy". Just as they did during the last one, and all the preceeding ones, going back to the piano rolls.
Musicians make money by playing music. Publishers make it by selling music. There is a difference.
Wasn't there a board game called "Civilization" back in the late '80s. I seem to recall it being a more sophisticated version of Risk?
What, being hated by goyish anonymous bigots?
You can mimic something that's fictional, but not if it's your creation
Why is that true? What would happen if I were to make up a character who has an injured foot, and then demonstrate his limp by imitating it? Does the Earth crash into the Sun? Do dogs and cats, well you know.
Sure, I don't want a computer that won't run the latest worms and viruses, gator, spyware, clippy, etc.
Don't tell uracil.
The guy in the cube next to me is also a blithering idiot, AND he uses a Mac at home.
Um, just a guess, the gasoline part.
You're a moron.
I know it's hot, and everything, but it's gotta hurt.