Rhubarb leaves aren't THAT poisonous... you have to eat quite a few for the oxalates to build up. They learned they were poisonous because during WWI they were recommended as a substitute for other vegetables that the war made unavailable. A better example would be potato fruits.
Aye. The EPA itself has some reasonable guidelines for cleaning up CFL's. The main point is the ventilate, and don't use a vacuum or anything that will put the dust into the air until you've picked and cleaned up everything else that you possibly can. Really, common sense shit.
It's just like the fucking water companies. They tell us to "conserve water! It's precious!" (buy higher mileage cars) and when people start doing so, it hits their pocket book, so they raise the rates for water (or want to add new taxes). Fuck the government and the two-faced way it deals with the public. You want to know why nobody cares about the government or politics? It's because they can't win no matter which way they vote.
Because it doesn't need just point to point communications, and they want constant communication instead of dedicated lines. They'd have to essentially build a private Internet for communications.
The problem isn't that they're using the Internet. The problem is that they're not using something like a VPN to connect. Businesses do it all the time with damn good security. The power companies just don't give a shit since they have a monopoly on the lines, they have no competition, and no incentive to protect themselves or the rest of us.
And yet it's still ranked 45th in education. Just because there are a lot of smart people working on aerospace in Huntsville doesn't change that the general demographic of Alabama is uneducated, bible-thumping conservatives.
To do that, we'd have to be able to create, explore and do things. Unfortunately, in this "post 9/11 world", most anything that's hands-on or interesting is dangerous, and the general public is too stupid, violent and terroristic to be trusted with those ideas.
"There isn't really any such thing as morality; that's just evolved group behavior"
The main problem I have with that idea is the inclusion of the word "just". It may be that, but that doesn't mean it's a bad idea, or something you shouldn't do, or that it's not an amazing thing. Just because we understand it to a certain extent does not mean that we should then ignore it. THAT is what I think most of the fundamentalists get wrong.
You get rid of the tenure system, you get rid of the ability for teachers to speak freely, and only do more to indoctrinate people to maintain the status quo and not question anything. There are cases where tenure needs to be able to be rescinded, but that should only be done in the case of academic dishonesty. And that's it.
The part I agree with you is that it's the parents that are failing. They're teaching their kids that it's ok to be mediocre, that it's cool to not be smart. They'd rather have them play football or basketball, anything other than be smart. And the popular role models for kids? Fucking morons like Kanye West straight-out saying that it's not cool to read. He gets his "information" from talking to people, apparently. Great way to learn anything scientific. Our culture is worshiping ignorance, putting appearance on a pedestal while banishing substance and intellect to the basement. Even the "geek chic" look is just that... a look. You don't have to actually know anything to be part of it.
You live in New York. That, along with LA and maybe San Francisco are among the most liberal, educated places in the nation. Try meeting some people in Alabama, or Iowa. See what they think about "intellectual" subjects.
What netbook? Many of those have upgradeable RAM, and RAM is damn cheap nowdays. Might be worth $50 and some time to get the machine a bit more usable.
The main problem I have with the install is that it by default it creates a swap file the same size as RAM. An 8GB swap file is entirely wasted disk space.
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Rhubarb leaves aren't THAT poisonous... you have to eat quite a few for the oxalates to build up. They learned they were poisonous because during WWI they were recommended as a substitute for other vegetables that the war made unavailable. A better example would be potato fruits.
Hell, let's keep it in the domain of things you can eat... nightshade and mushrooms are both as natural as you can get.
The question is, does the irradiation have a less deleterious effect than, say, E.Coli being in your juice?
Cell jammers are illegal in the US, and rightfully so. Only passive blocking is allowed.
Summery? It's feeling more autumn-ish here in the US.
Watch out for zebras
Oh thank goodness! I'm not the only one who does that...
Allow me to be the first to say... "whooooosh"
Aye. The EPA itself has some reasonable guidelines for cleaning up CFL's. The main point is the ventilate, and don't use a vacuum or anything that will put the dust into the air until you've picked and cleaned up everything else that you possibly can. Really, common sense shit.
But I pay the same for 5 gallons this year that I paid to use 10 gallons when they told me to start saving water. THAT is the issue.
Nope
It's just like the fucking water companies. They tell us to "conserve water! It's precious!" (buy higher mileage cars) and when people start doing so, it hits their pocket book, so they raise the rates for water (or want to add new taxes). Fuck the government and the two-faced way it deals with the public. You want to know why nobody cares about the government or politics? It's because they can't win no matter which way they vote.
And you hack the Gibson with viruses that look like happy-face ping-pong balls and the Cookie Monster and Pac Man. Duh.
Because it doesn't need just point to point communications, and they want constant communication instead of dedicated lines. They'd have to essentially build a private Internet for communications.
The problem isn't that they're using the Internet. The problem is that they're not using something like a VPN to connect. Businesses do it all the time with damn good security. The power companies just don't give a shit since they have a monopoly on the lines, they have no competition, and no incentive to protect themselves or the rest of us.
Violent images do not get employers sued yet.
Fixed that for you
I heard someone much more clever than I once say that verbing weirds language
It sells them with licenses of XP SP2 or SP3, which are fixed. I don't like Microsoft as much as the next guy, but call a spade a spade.
And yet it's still ranked 45th in education. Just because there are a lot of smart people working on aerospace in Huntsville doesn't change that the general demographic of Alabama is uneducated, bible-thumping conservatives.
To do that, we'd have to be able to create, explore and do things. Unfortunately, in this "post 9/11 world", most anything that's hands-on or interesting is dangerous, and the general public is too stupid, violent and terroristic to be trusted with those ideas.
The main problem I have with that idea is the inclusion of the word "just". It may be that, but that doesn't mean it's a bad idea, or something you shouldn't do, or that it's not an amazing thing. Just because we understand it to a certain extent does not mean that we should then ignore it. THAT is what I think most of the fundamentalists get wrong.
You get rid of the tenure system, you get rid of the ability for teachers to speak freely, and only do more to indoctrinate people to maintain the status quo and not question anything. There are cases where tenure needs to be able to be rescinded, but that should only be done in the case of academic dishonesty. And that's it.
The part I agree with you is that it's the parents that are failing. They're teaching their kids that it's ok to be mediocre, that it's cool to not be smart. They'd rather have them play football or basketball, anything other than be smart. And the popular role models for kids? Fucking morons like Kanye West straight-out saying that it's not cool to read. He gets his "information" from talking to people, apparently. Great way to learn anything scientific. Our culture is worshiping ignorance, putting appearance on a pedestal while banishing substance and intellect to the basement. Even the "geek chic" look is just that... a look. You don't have to actually know anything to be part of it.
Not always. Politics often leads to shooting someone (cf. Iraq war)
You live in New York. That, along with LA and maybe San Francisco are among the most liberal, educated places in the nation. Try meeting some people in Alabama, or Iowa. See what they think about "intellectual" subjects.
What netbook? Many of those have upgradeable RAM, and RAM is damn cheap nowdays. Might be worth $50 and some time to get the machine a bit more usable.
The main problem I have with the install is that it by default it creates a swap file the same size as RAM. An 8GB swap file is entirely wasted disk space.