Everyone knows ID freaks are just whoring for attention. You'd think the slashdot crowd would be better at recognizing a clever troll when they see one.
There's a difference between something which seems "self-evident" and something that you can actually prove true. It might seem self-evident that the world is flat if you don't notice all the evidence that it isn't, and for a large part of our history, that served as an axiom for explaining the universe. It was wrong though, and that's why mathematicians usually frame their work as based on a set of theoretical axioms, rather than being "absolutely true".
You can only prove things in mathematics based on axioms. Usually they're good axioms, but unless you make some kind of basic assumption you can't do anything. It's the same for all fields of science.
If Massachusetts switches to OpenDocument format for all their government documents, then the only way Microsoft can keep those "customers" is by supporting that same format. Right now they're hoping Massachusetts will somehow back out, or people just won't honor the new format. If not, they've got little choice.
As someone probably not qualified to call themselves an "old-timer", I can at least appreciate your concern. A lot of these comments are unabashedly moronic and xenophobic.
This guy is just a sucker who reads more into the headlines on DrudgeReport than he does actual articles anywhere else. There are no 'faked pictures', there are merely CG images meant to demonstrate the landing, very similar to how NASA demonstrated the landing of the mars rovers, where no one was there to photograph it.
This type of thing goes on all the time in western media, and there was no attempt to pass off the images as actual photographs. It's just a misconception put forth by xenophobic conspiracy nuts.
The images on Xinhua are meant to demonstrate the capsule landing. They're not pretending to be actual photos. You should know better than to trust headlines with a question mark at the end of them.
Yes, but being able to establish a definite cause and a definite solution is the best way to start recovery. Just because there's a bloodtest to indicate you have an anxiety disorder doesn't mean that you're stuck taking medications for it for the rest of your life. In fact, the vast majority of actual cases indicate otherwise, with 90% of patients undergoing cognitive behavioral therapy showing positive results. Anxiety disorders are among the most treatable mental disorders, and having a test to identify them shouldn't change that.
Hey asshat. 1/5 of panic disorder sufferers attempt to kill themselves. They needn't present with suicidal behavior prior to suffering from panic disorder, which usually has a rapid onset.
But hey, shit... what do I know. I'm not an enlightened genius like yourself. Please tell us how the brain works.
I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say it's probably because life threatening symptoms haven't presented themselves, and that's why they don't know they have it.
I'm not going to spend much of my time attempting to explain to you what panic attacks are, because I know you're too damn stupid to figure it out until you've had one yourself. But that's ok, be as smug as you like. You're just another segment of the population waiting to get knocked on your ass.
Agreed, this is very good news. A lot of people don't seem to understand what anxiety disorders are, because they try to compare them with the colloquial meaning of "anxiety" that we use everyday. It's not even close.
Benzodiazepines are the most effective drug for treating anxiety, but they are not the most effective treatment. Chronic anxiety and panic disorder are best treated by cognitive behavior therapy, which may or may not involve the use of drugs.
Anxiety disorders have little to do with just being "stressed out". It's far more debilitating than that, and I don't think it's really a good thing. 1/5th of all panic disorder sufferes will attempt to kill themselves as a result of their condition. 1/3 will resort to substance abuse. Is that a positive thing? I think not.
"Therefor we can conclude that public interaction is unnecessary to having a successful mmog."
No we can't conclude that. I think you can contribute the success of WoW to the fact that Blizzard is an already well established company, and WarCraft is an extremely popular franchise. Just because WoW is more successful than City of Heroes doesn't mean that _everything_ Blizzard does is superior, and everything that City of Heroes does is inferior.
Oh wait... we're in PR mode. Nevermind.
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I don't see what's so difficult to understand about that.
Is my economic sense correct? Or has my community college economics class lead me astray?
Sorry, I can't control it.
Everyone knows ID freaks are just whoring for attention. You'd think the slashdot crowd would be better at recognizing a clever troll when they see one.
There's a difference between something which seems "self-evident" and something that you can actually prove true. It might seem self-evident that the world is flat if you don't notice all the evidence that it isn't, and for a large part of our history, that served as an axiom for explaining the universe. It was wrong though, and that's why mathematicians usually frame their work as based on a set of theoretical axioms, rather than being "absolutely true".
You can only prove things in mathematics based on axioms. Usually they're good axioms, but unless you make some kind of basic assumption you can't do anything. It's the same for all fields of science.
You over-undereducated foreigners and your old-fangled dictionaries.
If Massachusetts switches to OpenDocument format for all their government documents, then the only way Microsoft can keep those "customers" is by supporting that same format. Right now they're hoping Massachusetts will somehow back out, or people just won't honor the new format. If not, they've got little choice.
As someone probably not qualified to call themselves an "old-timer", I can at least appreciate your concern. A lot of these comments are unabashedly moronic and xenophobic.
This type of thing goes on all the time in western media, and there was no attempt to pass off the images as actual photographs. It's just a misconception put forth by xenophobic conspiracy nuts.
The images on Xinhua are meant to demonstrate the capsule landing. They're not pretending to be actual photos. You should know better than to trust headlines with a question mark at the end of them.
Although I'm used to translating Japanese into engrish... so, maybe I'm biased.
Personally I like PBS, and get my news online through AP and Reuters. Does that matter at all? Where are you going with this?
Yes, but being able to establish a definite cause and a definite solution is the best way to start recovery. Just because there's a bloodtest to indicate you have an anxiety disorder doesn't mean that you're stuck taking medications for it for the rest of your life. In fact, the vast majority of actual cases indicate otherwise, with 90% of patients undergoing cognitive behavioral therapy showing positive results. Anxiety disorders are among the most treatable mental disorders, and having a test to identify them shouldn't change that.
Hey asshat. 1/5 of panic disorder sufferers attempt to kill themselves. They needn't present with suicidal behavior prior to suffering from panic disorder, which usually has a rapid onset. But hey, shit... what do I know. I'm not an enlightened genius like yourself. Please tell us how the brain works.
I'm just going to go out on a limb here and say it's probably because life threatening symptoms haven't presented themselves, and that's why they don't know they have it.
I'm not going to spend much of my time attempting to explain to you what panic attacks are, because I know you're too damn stupid to figure it out until you've had one yourself. But that's ok, be as smug as you like. You're just another segment of the population waiting to get knocked on your ass.
Agreed, this is very good news. A lot of people don't seem to understand what anxiety disorders are, because they try to compare them with the colloquial meaning of "anxiety" that we use everyday. It's not even close.
Benzodiazepines are the most effective drug for treating anxiety, but they are not the most effective treatment. Chronic anxiety and panic disorder are best treated by cognitive behavior therapy, which may or may not involve the use of drugs.
Anxiety disorders have little to do with just being "stressed out". It's far more debilitating than that, and I don't think it's really a good thing. 1/5th of all panic disorder sufferes will attempt to kill themselves as a result of their condition. 1/3 will resort to substance abuse. Is that a positive thing? I think not.
Go read up about panic disorder, it's not a "choice". Nobody in their right mind would want that. You're an idiot.
Because once it's all there, you don't have to look for it anymore.
Everything is made on the cheap these days. Why not cut to the chase?
"Therefor we can conclude that public interaction is unnecessary to having a successful mmog." No we can't conclude that. I think you can contribute the success of WoW to the fact that Blizzard is an already well established company, and WarCraft is an extremely popular franchise. Just because WoW is more successful than City of Heroes doesn't mean that _everything_ Blizzard does is superior, and everything that City of Heroes does is inferior. Oh wait... we're in PR mode. Nevermind.
... to bang against the wall, as the cut-throat world of business leaves you in the dust.