The real question is: What tells us that what we do is actually better? Why can't they be right? I personally think they're not, but that doesn't mean that we are; besides that, I'm an anti-religious idiot, who would care about anything that I have to say? It's not like...I sell magazines or have the looks to be elected and trying to change a people's POV...
Well thank everything for that. Mate, I think you need to put your idea back into the over for about another 3 hours. It's half baked.
You're correct in cases of external life support, but unfortunately as a pace maker is installed within the body, under Australian law, it is considered part of the body, and hence, you cannot interfere with it to cause death, or it is murder.
I had quite a few hours watching her pass away to obtain legal advice and try to get a court order to help her, believe me.
Yes. Proudly brought to you by the fine people who also say that you can't end your life under the same circumstances.
Since when is your life not yours, but the government's?
You should be able to take a risk on experimental treatment. You should be able to end your own life if it becomes too much.
I had the unpleasant experience of witnessing my grandmother battling for 4 days to finally let her heart stop despite her pacemaker. Before she lost the ability to communicate, she begged the doctors, and I mean begged for them to be able to turn her pacemaker off. Do you know what they said? We're sorry, but turning off your pacemaker would be murder.
So thank you do gooders, thank you so much. Nothing gets me brimming with red bubbling vitriol quite like the fine people who work for the Nanny State that disarm the honest and reasonable with their crap and ineptitude.
Just remember that one instance of the class of person may never touch another instance of the class of person's privates. You need to use protected for that.
Yes, and computer programs are infallible, especially when you have honest types such as wall street bankers who would never game a system to their advantage. (ducks)
I think his definition when applied to art and any medium makes sense. A pencil itself is not art, but a pencil jabbed sideways into a watermelon is art.
By this definition, yes, art can be a pencil, but a pencil is not by itself art.
The bit that I don't think Ebert gets, is that he is saying that the pencil can never be art.
This is a false argument, in exactly the same way that a video game can never be art.
Yep and so it goes. I'm sure either we or our children will hear about Africa, South America or Elbonia getting all of the outsourced manufacturing/IT work from China. It seems as though no matter whether you're communist, capitalist or any other -ist, when it comes to resource management, it's always a race to the bottom at all costs.
Be careful what you wish for. If you live in Paris, then yeah, having X-Ray vision is a great thing. However, if you live in Kentucky and happen to work for a purveyor of Fried Chicken, let's just say that ignorance is not only bliss, but a requirement.
Science is one thing that if done right under socialism works best. I definitely do not promote a Socialist or Communist political environment as being overall good/bad/otherwise, merely that science does not have definite returns, and if it does, the timeframe is very rarely visible/correct on prediction.
This means that generally there is too much risk for a commercial enterprise to indefinitely fund research into something that may or may not provide payoffs, and if it does, perhaps not into their current vehicles. I.e. fusion power may be discovered by a deep sea mining company, meaning that they would need to form a completely new company and structure.
If science is a socialist thing, then it is about the research and the ability to do something, rather than the added complexity of having what you find to be applicable to your sponsor. This will definitely be an interesting space.
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The real question is: What tells us that what we do is actually better? Why can't they be right? I personally think they're not, but that doesn't mean that we are; besides that, I'm an anti-religious idiot, who would care about anything that I have to say? It's not like...I sell magazines or have the looks to be elected and trying to change a people's POV...
Well thank everything for that. Mate, I think you need to put your idea back into the over for about another 3 hours. It's half baked.
Ganster's swear by blood?
How's it feel to be strapped into a 45 ton walking nuke reactor at 6am?
Damn fine, that's what. Damn fiiine.
Robert Foster: I need a neuroport like I need a hole in my head.
Doctor: Ummmm... it is a hole in your head.
You're correct in cases of external life support, but unfortunately as a pace maker is installed within the body, under Australian law, it is considered part of the body, and hence, you cannot interfere with it to cause death, or it is murder.
I had quite a few hours watching her pass away to obtain legal advice and try to get a court order to help her, believe me.
Yes. Proudly brought to you by the fine people who also say that you can't end your life under the same circumstances.
Since when is your life not yours, but the government's?
You should be able to take a risk on experimental treatment. You should be able to end your own life if it becomes too much.
I had the unpleasant experience of witnessing my grandmother battling for 4 days to finally let her heart stop despite her pacemaker. Before she lost the ability to communicate, she begged the doctors, and I mean begged for them to be able to turn her pacemaker off. Do you know what they said? We're sorry, but turning off your pacemaker would be murder.
So thank you do gooders, thank you so much. Nothing gets me brimming with red bubbling vitriol quite like the fine people who work for the Nanny State that disarm the honest and reasonable with their crap and ineptitude.
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That's rough, and on his birthday nonetheless. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler
Couldn't happen to a nicer bloke.
Identifacition?
Really?
What? That's a perfectly cromulent word that embiggens us all.
Everything on number 37! (I have a feeling about that number!)
Whenever I hear about ARM and CPU Core's, I always get this unbelievable urge to dig up Total Annihilation.
I know, I'm weird.
But you'll need his credit card and SSN as well.
But oh how many geeks have failed to access inner private functions by using the 'friend' functions.
Just remember that one instance of the class of person may never touch another instance of the class of person's privates. You need to use protected for that.
Yes, and computer programs are infallible, especially when you have honest types such as wall street bankers who would never game a system to their advantage. (ducks)
I think his definition when applied to art and any medium makes sense. A pencil itself is not art, but a pencil jabbed sideways into a watermelon is art.
By this definition, yes, art can be a pencil, but a pencil is not by itself art.
The bit that I don't think Ebert gets, is that he is saying that the pencil can never be art.
This is a false argument, in exactly the same way that a video game can never be art.
Yep and so it goes. I'm sure either we or our children will hear about Africa, South America or Elbonia getting all of the outsourced manufacturing/IT work from China. It seems as though no matter whether you're communist, capitalist or any other -ist, when it comes to resource management, it's always a race to the bottom at all costs.
America -isn't- the only nation on earth and never has been
Not to troll, but there are quite a few Americans upon whom I really wish you could impart your wisdom.
More importantly, I need steps to replicate. Now please excuse me, as I'm off to buy my wife a Wii Fit board as a just because present.
Well, looks like the apple store's approval process worked again. That magic 8 ball surely must be getting kinda worn out by now.
Don't tase me dude!
Exactly. You can sell Ice to Eskimo's. You just need to value add! Look! Yellow snowcones. What?!? It's lemon!
Yes, I'm sure the police would have been quite sheepish at that turn of events.
Are a workaholic. And you can never get enough workahol.
Be careful what you wish for. If you live in Paris, then yeah, having X-Ray vision is a great thing. However, if you live in Kentucky and happen to work for a purveyor of Fried Chicken, let's just say that ignorance is not only bliss, but a requirement.
Science is one thing that if done right under socialism works best. I definitely do not promote a Socialist or Communist political environment as being overall good/bad/otherwise, merely that science does not have definite returns, and if it does, the timeframe is very rarely visible/correct on prediction.
This means that generally there is too much risk for a commercial enterprise to indefinitely fund research into something that may or may not provide payoffs, and if it does, perhaps not into their current vehicles. I.e. fusion power may be discovered by a deep sea mining company, meaning that they would need to form a completely new company and structure.
If science is a socialist thing, then it is about the research and the ability to do something, rather than the added complexity of having what you find to be applicable to your sponsor. This will definitely be an interesting space.