Battlefield trauma? They volunteered for it, they get the trauma they bargained for. Don't they enjoy cashing their pay for following orders?
Quite a cynical way to be viewing the guys patching up the boys who've been shot to pieces. If anyone in an army deserves sympathy, it would have to be the field medics. Hopefully for your sake Mr. AC, I just fed a troll.
You know what? All very nice, but how about this? We are not all that interesting, nor special, and in the last 35,000 years when we could comprehend what we're looking at, no-one's bothered to swing by and ask for a cup of sugar.
It may also be possible that we are part of a nature preserve, or that there are more than enough planets with similar conditions to inhabit, to not have to displace or destroy an entire culture.
Another possibility is that we're left alone, because other civilizations have been contacted before, and once given technology, have self immolated themselves akin to giving firearms to the natives.
That, or we're won the interstellar lottery, and we are indeed the first who will learn a lot of lessons as we swarm across the galaxy once we figure out how to get off this damn rock.
I love hearing the terms "protected by US employment law". It sounds akin to "protected from flame thrower by first dousing one self with canister of petrol".
Pffft. Kids have been "hacking" signs for years. I remember when I was a kid, there was a place called Fairy Falls Creek. A couple of my university friends went and made a professional quality sign, in the same colour, and font as the existing sign, and renamed the area to Hairy Balls Creek. The fact that there were round rocks covered in hairy moss made the sign very plausible. So plausible, that after a few years, even the local tourism guides quoted Hairy Balls Creek.
You don't need to be high tech to engage in social engineering and changing signs.
That said, if you're going to make it convenient to change your signs, be sure to make them secure. If you can't ensure your level of security, don't blame a game for your ineptitude.
There's a species known as Felis Sapiens that evolved from Lister's cat.
Unfortunately they're down to one last surviving member due to a religious war based upon the colour of hats that were to be worn. He has no drive to procreate, as he is so perfect, that he is madly in love with himself. Meeeoowww.
One obvious additional factor is needing to take medications. Medications are a form of drug, and they do alter body chemistry etc from someone that doesn't need it. Not for a minute am I saying that people who have mental illness should be off their meds, but it is the lesser of two evils when compared to a healthy person.
You're right. He should be more considerate. It's all about balance. Unfortunately, since the furlough's and cost cutting has been brought in, this delicate balance has been upset.
For example, the "Pushing paper to the left dept" has faced significant downsizing, and now must push double the pieces of paper to the left in a given day, as the "Pushing paper to the right dept" is of strategic importance to the "Defending the pencil holder dept". At this rate, there are two extra pieces of paper that must be moved according to government procedures and standards exactly one inch to the left, and there are now only 30 people left in this area to perform this arduous and highly important task.
At this rate, we will be drowning in paper by the year 2045 unless something is done immediately! Think of the children.
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(Arnie) Reboot this!
You use approximately 20g of coffee beans to make a shot. Thus, you are talking $400 per shot. And for this delivery price, you are serving Lavazza?!?
Battlefield trauma? They volunteered for it, they get the trauma they bargained for. Don't they enjoy cashing their pay for following orders?
Quite a cynical way to be viewing the guys patching up the boys who've been shot to pieces. If anyone in an army deserves sympathy, it would have to be the field medics. Hopefully for your sake Mr. AC, I just fed a troll.
A simple way to achieve cold fusion using nothing but a toothpick, a nail file and a paperclip. By A McGuyver
Are you sure you want to stick to that story?
You know what? All very nice, but how about this? We are not all that interesting, nor special, and in the last 35,000 years when we could comprehend what we're looking at, no-one's bothered to swing by and ask for a cup of sugar.
It may also be possible that we are part of a nature preserve, or that there are more than enough planets with similar conditions to inhabit, to not have to displace or destroy an entire culture.
Another possibility is that we're left alone, because other civilizations have been contacted before, and once given technology, have self immolated themselves akin to giving firearms to the natives.
That, or we're won the interstellar lottery, and we are indeed the first who will learn a lot of lessons as we swarm across the galaxy once we figure out how to get off this damn rock.
(Somewhere in Beijing, a Zman adds "*.astrill.com" to the blocklist.)
I wish someone over in the western hemisphere would add that rule.
I love hearing the terms "protected by US employment law". It sounds akin to "protected from flame thrower by first dousing one self with canister of petrol".
He's just annoyed that someone beat him to his obligatory reference.
No-one could possibly guess mine. It's Password1.
So simple, no-one could possibly pull that rabbit out of a hat.
Improvements? No one could possibly want to have a range of more than 640k.
Pffft. Kids have been "hacking" signs for years. I remember when I was a kid, there was a place called Fairy Falls Creek. A couple of my university friends went and made a professional quality sign, in the same colour, and font as the existing sign, and renamed the area to Hairy Balls Creek. The fact that there were round rocks covered in hairy moss made the sign very plausible. So plausible, that after a few years, even the local tourism guides quoted Hairy Balls Creek.
You don't need to be high tech to engage in social engineering and changing signs.
That said, if you're going to make it convenient to change your signs, be sure to make them secure. If you can't ensure your level of security, don't blame a game for your ineptitude.
There's a species known as Felis Sapiens that evolved from Lister's cat.
Unfortunately they're down to one last surviving member due to a religious war based upon the colour of hats that were to be worn. He has no drive to procreate, as he is so perfect, that he is madly in love with himself. Meeeoowww.
It's called acute lead poisoning.
One obvious additional factor is needing to take medications. Medications are a form of drug, and they do alter body chemistry etc from someone that doesn't need it. Not for a minute am I saying that people who have mental illness should be off their meds, but it is the lesser of two evils when compared to a healthy person.
You, sir, have doomed us all.
The bushfires... Nuke them from space, it's the only way to be sure.
That when it comes to business in the US, it's easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission. And if that doesn't work, offshore it!
You're right. He should be more considerate. It's all about balance. Unfortunately, since the furlough's and cost cutting has been brought in, this delicate balance has been upset.
For example, the "Pushing paper to the left dept" has faced significant downsizing, and now must push double the pieces of paper to the left in a given day, as the "Pushing paper to the right dept" is of strategic importance to the "Defending the pencil holder dept". At this rate, there are two extra pieces of paper that must be moved according to government procedures and standards exactly one inch to the left, and there are now only 30 people left in this area to perform this arduous and highly important task.
At this rate, we will be drowning in paper by the year 2045 unless something is done immediately! Think of the children.
How about Montgomery Burns? He's been doing it for years!
He was probably reaching for the word simulacrum but didn't get there.
I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that.
Manual spam filter in other words.
Khaaaaan!!!! (Ducks)
Well, at least we know that a significant amount of CO2 gas has been successfully sequestered in that article.