I think the point the poster is making is that if we increase life span by say 50% then we are effectively increasing the population (in the long run) by 50%. Three people that live to 80 are the equivalent to 2 people that live to 120, 3 people soon to be living to 120 is a 50% increase in the population.
No kidding, every project I've ever worked on (many of them estimated by me, sigh) took longer than we thought. Thankfully they eventually got done, but I still can't seem to get it right.
Excuse me? Don't you remember that they came out alive? Is there some better outcome that you expected? I bet I know what it is, we didn't bomb, strafe and kill to get the hostages back, and that makes you mad. Of course if we did then almost certainly many of the hostages would have been killed as a result, but hey, YOU weren't a hostage, and not killing to get them back makes you mad. What a monstrosity, no wonder you love Bush.
If you hate litter so much you could do what I do when I walk my dogs. I carry a plastic bag for the poop, and fill it with the litter I encounter on the walk. Voila! No litter, no camaras, no whining about the mess. Take matters into your own hands mate, don't wate for the state to fix your problem.
Born and raised in Cal, yeah, there are 'kooks' for politicians sometimes, but these kooks are like 'let's see if we can make people happier by making their food less poisonous' as opposed to the kooks that think things like 'let's not tell people the air at ground zero is poisonous because then bin Laden will be even more satisfied with the results'.
We'll keep our kooks, you keep yours and we will both be happy. I hope.
McDonalds got sued for serving extremely hot coffee that they had been warned many times could injure someone. They choose to ignore the warnings and continued to serve coffee much hotter than it needed to be, which was probably convenient for them. Personally I am glad they got their ass kicked for their hubris.
"In hundreds of reports stamped "N.Y.P.D. Secret," the Intelligence Division chronicled the views and plans of people who had no apparent intention of breaking the law, the records show."
It should be comming out of your pocket, no one else should pay for this stupidity.
"Logic has no place in pro-drug arguments, because there is nothing logical about (ab)using these drugs in the first place"
Of course there is, the brain is a pleasure seeking mechanism, in fact it can be argued that all effort is mediated in the brain for the purpose of seeking pleasure, learn about it. Drug users simply take a shorter route to pleasure, however damaging in the long run it may be.
So let's put them in jail, support them for a large part of their lives, give criminals an easy way to make money, ruin millions of lives in a bogus war, loose the tax on consumption... no, you are the illogical one. As for answering each and every point in detail there is no point, the willfully ignorant have no interest in learning anything.
I think you are making my point. OK, the corn is eaten by cows, but then we eat the cows and drink their milk. Thus the cost of meat (beef, pork, anything else that eats corn) will climb. In Mexico the cost of tortillas has reportedly quadrupled.
It seems to me that what this will come down to is "We've got money, let's buy up all the cheap biologicals and turn that into fuel". The cheap biologicals are what the poor eat, so we are about to make them even poorer. Not to mention that fact that soil and other biological systems require the input of dead biologicals to regenerate, they will be impacted as all biological refuse is turned into car fuel. This will go a long way toward degrading the biosphere.
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FTA: and with more trust in the data which changes many hands on its journey to its final destination
I hope it doesn't change my hands!
I think the point the poster is making is that if we increase life span by say 50% then we are effectively increasing the population (in the long run) by 50%. Three people that live to 80 are the equivalent to 2 people that live to 120, 3 people soon to be living to 120 is a 50% increase in the population.
I hope this helps people realize that once a digital secret is out of the bag, it really is out of the bag.
"I no longer recycle paper products because I want to do my part to reduce carbon in the air."
And you call other people wacko?
And your desire is what, to remain ignorant? Good luck with that, you have already achieved it.
No kidding, every project I've ever worked on (many of them estimated by me, sigh) took longer than we thought. Thankfully they eventually got done, but I still can't seem to get it right.
Actually you do need to go on, but please don't.
"Failure to rescue Iranian hostages."
Excuse me? Don't you remember that they came out alive? Is there some better outcome that you expected? I bet I know what it is, we didn't bomb, strafe and kill to get the hostages back, and that makes you mad. Of course if we did then almost certainly many of the hostages would have been killed as a result, but hey, YOU weren't a hostage, and not killing to get them back makes you mad. What a monstrosity, no wonder you love Bush.
You truly wear your stupidity with pride.
Let me explain, it goes "This just in: Pot calls Kettle black. Film at 11"
"If you get busted for theft, the fact that your neighbor is up for murder doesn't mitigate what you did."
No, but it makes your neighbor a fool and an ass when he accuses you of being a criminal.
How do I get to be an arbiter of what is a dog and pony show and what isn't, like you?
The police have been demanding survalence cameras with the mantra "only people with something to hide have anything to fear".
Now we see that the police have something to hide! Touche! I love it! Stick it to 'em!
What did they see in the mirror?
If you hate litter so much you could do what I do when I walk my dogs. I carry a plastic bag for the poop, and fill it with the litter I encounter on the walk. Voila! No litter, no camaras, no whining about the mess. Take matters into your own hands mate, don't wate for the state to fix your problem.
Thank you for your post.
My capcha is 'hearts'
Mosquito larvae need access to the surface since they breath air, an algae covered pond would probably not be a good environment for them.
"In case your wondering, taking the majority of the competitions product off the market makes your prices go up. It is the free market thing."
"Except that there is no Free Market in Cuba"
I think the point being made is that by taking Cuban sugar off the American market we have driven up the price Americans pay for sugar.
Born and raised in Cal, yeah, there are 'kooks' for politicians sometimes, but these kooks are like 'let's see if we can make people happier by making their food less poisonous' as opposed to the kooks that think things like 'let's not tell people the air at ground zero is poisonous because then bin Laden will be even more satisfied with the results'.
We'll keep our kooks, you keep yours and we will both be happy. I hope.
McDonalds got sued for serving extremely hot coffee that they had been warned many times could injure someone. They choose to ignore the warnings and continued to serve coffee much hotter than it needed to be, which was probably convenient for them. Personally I am glad they got their ass kicked for their hubris.
"In hundreds of reports stamped "N.Y.P.D. Secret," the Intelligence Division chronicled the views and plans of people who had no apparent intention of breaking the law, the records show."
It should be comming out of your pocket, no one else should pay for this stupidity.
Welcome to america
I declare you to be a terrorist.
That's it, pack your bags, you now belong in Gitmo, enjoy (not) your stay.
"Logic has no place in pro-drug arguments, because there is nothing logical about (ab)using these drugs in the first place"
Of course there is, the brain is a pleasure seeking mechanism, in fact it can be argued that all effort is mediated in the brain for the purpose of seeking pleasure, learn about it. Drug users simply take a shorter route to pleasure, however damaging in the long run it may be.
So let's put them in jail, support them for a large part of their lives, give criminals an easy way to make money, ruin millions of lives in a bogus war, loose the tax on consumption... no, you are the illogical one. As for answering each and every point in detail there is no point, the willfully ignorant have no interest in learning anything.
Are you paying attention? No one "got" him to make the ad, he did it himself on his own initiative. Oh I know, it was a conspiracy, yep.
The best part of course is "get it noticed by the press" as if there was nothing to it. Anyone that can do that is worth their weight in gold.
I'm talking about eating being more important than driving.
I think you are making my point. OK, the corn is eaten by cows, but then we eat the cows and drink their milk. Thus the cost of meat (beef, pork, anything else that eats corn) will climb. In Mexico the cost of tortillas has reportedly quadrupled.
It seems to me that what this will come down to is "We've got money, let's buy up all the cheap biologicals and turn that into fuel". The cheap biologicals are what the poor eat, so we are about to make them even poorer. Not to mention that fact that soil and other biological systems require the input of dead biologicals to regenerate, they will be impacted as all biological refuse is turned into car fuel. This will go a long way toward degrading the biosphere.
So isn't the malaria resistance enough of an advantage, why do they have to make it even more robust?