...those natural chemicals aren't likely to ruin your life. Implying that drugs are likely to. That's just not the case. There are millions of people everywhere who have had the odd joint, drank a load of alcohol, smoked banana skins and licked toads and for a substantial amount of them, their lives have been enhanced by the experience.
And then you bring up drug addicts. Dude, addicts are not the norm. Addicts can be people who lie, cheat, steal, yadda yadda but millions upon millions of mushroom munchers, chocolate eaters and cactus driers are not addicts.
Drugs do ruin peoples lives and if that's the soap box you want to stand on then more power to you but drugs on their own are not enough to do that and people who take drugs are not automatically addicts.
Sorry to interject this here but I always think of it during these types of discussions:
Brian: Please, please, please listen! I've got one or two things to say.
The Crowd: Tell us! Tell us both of them!
Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't NEED to follow ME, You don't NEED to follow ANYBODY! You've got to think for your selves! You're ALL individuals!
The Crowd: Yes! We're all individuals!
Brian: You're all different!
The Crowd: Yes, we ARE all different!
Man in crowd: I'm not...
The Crowd: Sch!
...You may have such an empty shell of a life that the only time you feel important is when you're connected to the Internet Oh thank you! At last someone who understands me!
Quite right...I was obviously partially awake during that lesson. I'm loathed to show my ignorance further but isn't a gas of atoms of necessity hydrogen?
If I understand it right, every time someone seeds to a ratio of 2:1 or 3:1, two or three other downloaders are forced into a position of being leechers for that torrent? On those sites that require an equal or positive ratio then this means that people end up banned for no fault of their own. So sharing IS bad then?
This is/. so I can't pass up the opportunity to point out the one we are all familiar with:
*Midget girl in lingerie meets hung stud and they go on to have involved, energetic snu snu.
Older users are less likely to fall for fud (and that's all this is until it's enacted in law) and I've found age has added a clear understanding in me that everything has a workaround, shortcut or backdoor; encryption is one example and I wont even mention usenet.
My wife and I have the same problem and I've found that binge drinking and getting high only exacerbates the problem so there's not so much of that these days.
Seriously, when possible I like to get a 10 or 15 minute nap in during the day, two for preference. Once around 1 1/2 to 2 hours after waking (and waking up can be from 5am) and sometime in the afternoon. When bathing my 3 year old before his bed is a good time. I'll just lie on the bathroom rug and go off for 5 mins or so, does me the power of good and often stops me nodding off reading "Hairy Mcleary from Donalson's Dairy" for the fiftieth time.
Obviously this is just not practical on many days and I have to balance my need for a nap with my wife's skepticism with the habit but where and when you can do it, I'd thoroughly recommend it. Don't forget to set an alarm, there's nothing worse than over sleeping, feeling groggy and having to deal with a silent, angry woman and nappies.
I enjoy taking a PrtSc of the desktop, setting it as desktop wallpaper and moving all the desktop items into a folder somewhere else. If I'm feeling particularly playful I'll hide the taskbar. It's usually me they call to fix the problem anyway so it can be a nice excuse for hanging out with someone you haven't seen for a while.
As the subject has come up; a paper brick maker is an excellent way of killing two environmental birds with one...erm...brick. Good for heating on a limited budget too. Ramdom googled brick maker link
Here's a link to my artwork. Feel free to do with this as you wish - except of course pass it off as your own.
I have music I've made. I've not put it on the intarwebs cus it's not had that good a reception but I'll email it to you if you'd like a listen. I think there's some interesting ideas both conceptually and musically in it but YMMV
Anyway, here's the gratuitious link. Hopefully I'll be moderated +5 interesting and this post will generate huge amounts of interest in my work so I can assert my copywrite over it and live of the proceeds.......Nah!...I'm just playing with you now...I know I'll never get +5 interesting.
Even given that your argument is correct (and I personally don't think it is) that there is not enough evidence to prove evolution conclusively, at least there is evidence. As far as I can tell there is no empirical evidence to show creationism at all and; just to be clear; not accepting the evidence for evolution is not, in it self, evidence in favour of creationism. Can you suggest any other mechanism or process that can adequately explain the observation that species apparently change, diversify and become other than what they started out as?
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...those natural chemicals aren't likely to ruin your life. Implying that drugs are likely to. That's just not the case. There are millions of people everywhere who have had the odd joint, drank a load of alcohol, smoked banana skins and licked toads and for a substantial amount of them, their lives have been enhanced by the experience.And then you bring up drug addicts. Dude, addicts are not the norm. Addicts can be people who lie, cheat, steal, yadda yadda but millions upon millions of mushroom munchers, chocolate eaters and cactus driers are not addicts.
Drugs do ruin peoples lives and if that's the soap box you want to stand on then more power to you but drugs on their own are not enough to do that and people who take drugs are not automatically addicts.
...for...looking carefully and dispassionately at all the options. I'm not sureNo, I think a blunt tool is exactly what you should use on him to help him understand the issues at hand.
Hummmm...not sure how ethics pertain to antisocial personality disorder.
Sorry to interject this here but I always think of it during these types of discussions:
Brian: Please, please, please listen! I've got one or two things to say.The Crowd: Tell us! Tell us both of them!
Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't NEED to follow ME, You don't NEED to follow ANYBODY! You've got to think for your selves! You're ALL individuals!
The Crowd: Yes! We're all individuals!
Brian: You're all different!
The Crowd: Yes, we ARE all different!
Man in crowd: I'm not...
The Crowd: Sch!
...Wow or a Cale?
...You may have such an empty shell of a life that the only time you feel important is when you're connected to the Internet Oh thank you! At last someone who understands me!Quite right...I was obviously partially awake during that lesson. I'm loathed to show my ignorance further but isn't a gas of atoms of necessity hydrogen?
To stop light, researchers first shine an intense and continuous beam of laser light into a gas of atoms."
Did I miss a class? Are there gases made up of things that are not atoms?If I understand it right, every time someone seeds to a ratio of 2:1 or 3:1, two or three other downloaders are forced into a position of being leechers for that torrent? On those sites that require an equal or positive ratio then this means that people end up banned for no fault of their own. So sharing IS bad then?
The good movies?
I saw them both and one of them was really only alright.This is /. so I can't pass up the opportunity to point out the one we are all familiar with:
*Midget girl in lingerie meets hung stud and they go on to have involved, energetic snu snu.
Doh!
My wife and I have the same problem and I've found that binge drinking and getting high only exacerbates the problem so there's not so much of that these days.
Seriously, when possible I like to get a 10 or 15 minute nap in during the day, two for preference. Once around 1 1/2 to 2 hours after waking (and waking up can be from 5am) and sometime in the afternoon.
Obviously this is just not practical on many days and I have to balance my need for a nap with my wife's skepticism with the habit but where and when you can do it, I'd thoroughly recommend it. Don't forget to set an alarm, there's nothing worse than over sleeping, feeling groggy and having to deal with a silent, angry woman and nappies.When bathing my 3 year old before his bed is a good time. I'll just lie on the bathroom rug and go off for 5 mins or so, does me the power of good and often stops me nodding off reading "Hairy Mcleary from Donalson's Dairy" for the fiftieth time.
I enjoy taking a PrtSc of the desktop, setting it as desktop wallpaper and moving all the desktop items into a folder somewhere else. If I'm feeling particularly playful I'll hide the taskbar. It's usually me they call to fix the problem anyway so it can be a nice excuse for hanging out with someone you haven't seen for a while.
As the subject has come up; a paper brick maker is an excellent way of killing two environmental birds with one...erm...brick. Good for heating on a limited budget too.
Ramdom googled brick maker link
I couldn't care less how the functionality is implemented under the hood you insensitive clod.
I'm Aamir and so's my wife!
How about; "what's my password?"
Here's a link to my artwork. Feel free to do with this as you wish - except of course pass it off as your own.
I have music I've made. I've not put it on the intarwebs cus it's not had that good a reception but I'll email it to you if you'd like a listen. I think there's some interesting ideas both conceptually and musically in it but YMMV
Anyway, here's the gratuitious link. Hopefully I'll be moderated +5 interesting and this post will generate huge amounts of interest in my work so I can assert my copywrite over it and live of the proceeds.......Nah!...I'm just playing with you now...I know I'll never get +5 interesting.
-5 troll.
Even given that your argument is correct (and I personally don't think it is) that there is not enough evidence to prove evolution conclusively, at least there is evidence. As far as I can tell there is no empirical evidence to show creationism at all and; just to be clear; not accepting the evidence for evolution is not, in it self, evidence in favour of creationism.
Can you suggest any other mechanism or process that can adequately explain the observation that species apparently change, diversify and become other than what they started out as?
In fact, forget the space ship!
Mod me -1 getoverit but I miss floppy disks.
Surely the moral of the story should be something like: Whatever precious metal you prefer your jewellery made from, don't get your fingers mashed up.
Just time for another bath!