Your anecdote aside, Michigan Lefts have proven in studies to be safer. Implementation of just a few w/o warning the general populace, is likely the only cause of the problem you cited.
Wikipedia: Studies have shown a major reduction in left-turn collisions and a minor reduction in merging and diverging collisions, due to the shifting of left turns outside the main intersection.[1] In addition it reduces the number of different traffic light phases, significantly increasing traffic flow. Since separate phases are no longer needed for left turns, this increases green time for through traffic. The effect on turning traffic is mixed
I clearly stated the "failed rescue mission", which has absolutely nothing to do with the historical fact that presented. While Carter had nothing to do with the reason for Iran taking the hostages, he absolutely held responsibility for the attempted rescue.
I'm well aware of the history. Try reading what I wrote instead of making shit up like "Blaming Carter for the crisis makes less sense than blaming Obama for Iraq."
All I know is that the next time the jackass down the hall walks through our work area with his cell on speakerphone, there will be one more "accident". The son-of-a-bitch does it every other day.l
How is keeping a body alive long past its ability to reproduce or to contribute to society's production considered a positive evolutionary trait?
You're asking the wrong question. You should be asking how do we evolve science to the point where we can return a body to those points. The evolution of this technology will someday enable that.
Your opinion of my view of humanity notwithstanding, I'd question the qualifications of those under volunteering for suicide missions (kamikaze), and those departing regions due to persecution. What makes them "qualified"? The rest of your examples all had people who had a potential return ticket to their point of origin. All of the current astronauts knew that they'd likely be returning to Earth, and I would gladly have been a volunteer for a shuttle mission myself, including after Challenger.
Define "biologically acceptable", and who (or what organization) made that determination? It seems to imply that there are no biological differences, which is patently false. Does this mean that it's biologically unacceptable to make a statement such as the one below regarding sickle cell?
The prevalence of the disease in the United States is approximately 1 in 5,000, mostly affecting Americans of Sub-Saharan African descent, according to the National Institutes of Health.[60] In the United States, about 1 out of 500 African-American children and 1 in every 36,000 Hispanic-American children born will have sickle-cell anaemia
From Wikipedia: Race is a classification system used to categorize humans into large and distinct populations or groups by anatomical, cultural, ethnic, genetic, geographical, historical, linguistic, religious, and/or social affiliation.
And if it fails, you will never hear about it again. I can not help but apply the wisdom if it sounds like a bad idea, it probably is
Probably the last time anyone here heard about an artificial heart was with the Jarvik 7 back in '82. It might have been considered a failure, though the patient survived for 112 days, he (Barney Clark) asked several times to be allowed to die. Was it a bad idea? Well, there's been plenty of developments in all that time, and it is far from perfected, but I have little doubt that we'll get it right eventually. Or, we could just bury our heads in the sand, and not evolve.
Depends upon your definition of "qualified", and is it assumed that they'd never be back to Earth? Or, maybe this is an opportunity to pull all of the guys who live in their mommy's basements out, and allow them to be anti-social together.
She was nothing but a naive puppet in the hands of NVA propagandists. Now, I'm not saying I agree with that war, but she was way off base as shown in this excerpt from Wikipedia...
When cases of torture began to emerge among POWs returning to the United States, Fonda called the returning POWs "hypocrites and liars", adding "These were not men who had been tortured. These were not men who had been starved. These were not men who had been brainwashed."[43] Later, on the subject of torture used during the Vietnam War, Fonda told The New York Times in 1973, "I'm quite sure that there were incidents of torture... but the pilots who were saying it was the policy of the Vietnamese and that it was systematic, I believe that's a lie."[44] Fonda said the POWs were "military careerists and professional killers" who are "trying to make themselves look self-righteous, but they are war criminals according to the law"
I'm aware that it takes a long time to move the economy, but I also recall very high level (yes, it's a lagging indicator of the economy, but it didn't actually start to decline until '83 according to http://www.ledgerdata.com/unem...) of unemployment through the end of that year. And, I remember it well, as I was just out of the military (Oct 81), and searching for my first civilian job. Fortunately for me, computer technicians were in demand, but even with several years experience, and a 2 yr degree, But it still took until Jan '82 to get a couple offers.
Some here have posted that it's incumbent upon the alternative folks to prove their cases. While in a perfect world, that may be the case, but some of this crap has already found its way into hospitals, and insurance plans. So, we're already paying for it.
Quick example... My wife recently had elective surgery, and spent two days in one of the best hospitals in Virginia. One of the nurses came by, and offered to do something she called "healing touch". My wife initially declined, but once told there would be no charge, she accepted. She later told me that she accepted it only as a nice gesture, and while it felt nice, she didn't believe it did anything, but might have a placebo effect for some. My own mother-in-law (a former nurse), when told about this, said she believed in it...sigh.
ZERO, but not because of Carter. And, the failed rescue mission, which arguably was his responsibility resulted in the loss of eight servicemen. It could be argued that this was the military's fault. But considering it was one of Delta Force's first missions, whoever decided that it was a good idea, or that they were prepared for the mission, should have been hung out to dry, and in the long run it's still Carter's responsibility.
While we may find much of what has been exposed just plain sucks, I haven't seen anything (did I miss it?) that qualifies. Then there's the matter of deciding who was responsible.
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While you're mostly correct, you sure know how to be a jackass while attempting to make your point.
Your anecdote aside, Michigan Lefts have proven in studies to be safer. Implementation of just a few w/o warning the general populace, is likely the only cause of the problem you cited.
Wikipedia:
Studies have shown a major reduction in left-turn collisions and a minor reduction in merging and diverging collisions, due to the shifting of left turns outside the main intersection.[1] In addition it reduces the number of different traffic light phases, significantly increasing traffic flow. Since separate phases are no longer needed for left turns, this increases green time for through traffic. The effect on turning traffic is mixed
I clearly stated the "failed rescue mission", which has absolutely nothing to do with the historical fact that presented. While Carter had nothing to do with the reason for Iran taking the hostages, he absolutely held responsibility for the attempted rescue.
Okay, you're right about the X...I'll give you that one.
But there a have been plenty of folding wing aircraft, and no, I'm not talking about sweep wings. The first were way back in the 1930s
https://www.google.com/search?...
I'm well aware of the history. Try reading what I wrote instead of making shit up like "Blaming Carter for the crisis makes less sense than blaming Obama for Iraq."
Just like a fighter on an aircraft carrier. The wings fold up so you can fit more of them inside the ship.
All I know is that the next time the jackass down the hall walks through our work area with his cell on speakerphone, there will be one more "accident". The son-of-a-bitch does it every other day.l
You failed to provide ANY source.
How is keeping a body alive long past its ability to reproduce or to contribute to society's production considered a positive evolutionary trait?
You're asking the wrong question. You should be asking how do we evolve science to the point where we can return a body to those points. The evolution of this technology will someday enable that.
Your opinion of my view of humanity notwithstanding, I'd question the qualifications of those under volunteering for suicide missions (kamikaze), and those departing regions due to persecution. What makes them "qualified"? The rest of your examples all had people who had a potential return ticket to their point of origin. All of the current astronauts knew that they'd likely be returning to Earth, and I would gladly have been a volunteer for a shuttle mission myself, including after Challenger.
WOOOOOOSH!
Is informed consent required if it's believed that the patient would otherwise die? In other words, this is only utilized as a last resort.
Define "biologically acceptable", and who (or what organization) made that determination? It seems to imply that there are no biological differences, which is patently false. Does this mean that it's biologically unacceptable to make a statement such as the one below regarding sickle cell?
The prevalence of the disease in the United States is approximately 1 in 5,000, mostly affecting Americans of Sub-Saharan African descent, according to the National Institutes of Health.[60] In the United States, about 1 out of 500 African-American children and 1 in every 36,000 Hispanic-American children born will have sickle-cell anaemia
From Wikipedia:
Race is a classification system used to categorize humans into large and distinct populations or groups by anatomical, cultural, ethnic, genetic, geographical, historical, linguistic, religious, and/or social affiliation.
And if it fails, you will never hear about it again.
I can not help but apply the wisdom if it sounds like a bad idea, it probably is
Probably the last time anyone here heard about an artificial heart was with the Jarvik 7 back in '82. It might have been considered a failure, though the patient survived for 112 days, he (Barney Clark) asked several times to be allowed to die. Was it a bad idea? Well, there's been plenty of developments in all that time, and it is far from perfected, but I have little doubt that we'll get it right eventually. Or, we could just bury our heads in the sand, and not evolve.
Depends upon your definition of "qualified", and is it assumed that they'd never be back to Earth? Or, maybe this is an opportunity to pull all of the guys who live in their mommy's basements out, and allow them to be anti-social together.
Not necessarily. Rotate the crews between suspension, and maintenance duties. Or, only wake a tiny crew occasionally when maintenance is necessary.
Why would I bring along nine other men???
She was nothing but a naive puppet in the hands of NVA propagandists. Now, I'm not saying I agree with that war, but she was way off base as shown in this excerpt from Wikipedia...
When cases of torture began to emerge among POWs returning to the United States, Fonda called the returning POWs "hypocrites and liars", adding "These were not men who had been tortured. These were not men who had been starved. These were not men who had been brainwashed."[43] Later, on the subject of torture used during the Vietnam War, Fonda told The New York Times in 1973, "I'm quite sure that there were incidents of torture ... but the pilots who were saying it was the policy of the Vietnamese and that it was systematic, I believe that's a lie."[44] Fonda said the POWs were "military careerists and professional killers" who are "trying to make themselves look self-righteous, but they are war criminals according to the law"
Unless you worked there, or somewhere else in the IC, you wouldn't know.
And what would you do as president when this has been on every TV for the last 400+ days?
I'm aware that it takes a long time to move the economy, but I also recall very high level (yes, it's a lagging indicator of the economy, but it didn't actually start to decline until '83 according to http://www.ledgerdata.com/unem...) of unemployment through the end of that year. And, I remember it well, as I was just out of the military (Oct 81), and searching for my first civilian job. Fortunately for me, computer technicians were in demand, but even with several years experience, and a 2 yr degree, But it still took until Jan '82 to get a couple offers.
Some here have posted that it's incumbent upon the alternative folks to prove their cases. While in a perfect world, that may be the case, but some of this crap has already found its way into hospitals, and insurance plans. So, we're already paying for it.
Quick example... My wife recently had elective surgery, and spent two days in one of the best hospitals in Virginia. One of the nurses came by, and offered to do something she called "healing touch". My wife initially declined, but once told there would be no charge, she accepted. She later told me that she accepted it only as a nice gesture, and while it felt nice, she didn't believe it did anything, but might have a placebo effect for some. My own mother-in-law (a former nurse), when told about this, said she believed in it...sigh.
ZERO, but not because of Carter. And, the failed rescue mission, which arguably was his responsibility resulted in the loss of eight servicemen. It could be argued that this was the military's fault. But considering it was one of Delta Force's first missions, whoever decided that it was a good idea, or that they were prepared for the mission, should have been hung out to dry, and in the long run it's still Carter's responsibility.
Who were they, and please list their crimes.
While we may find much of what has been exposed just plain sucks, I haven't seen anything (did I miss it?) that qualifies. Then there's the matter of deciding who was responsible.