Hitler was neither handsome (by his own standards; no blond hair, not tall, not very muscular) nor intelligent (no noteworthy education, his military decisions were rather suicidal, his ideas were rather incoherent), nor do I see any particular evidence of fitness. He was ruthless, and a successful demagogue. Since he didn't care for anything but his own success during his lifetime, he was able to build a pyramid of fear, playing SS against SA, keeping them scared of each other, so no-one would oppose him out of fear others will be loyal enough to kill them. Similar system than in totalitarian state, but worse because he didn't care about keeping the system permissive enough to build up a successor or shared power with other parts of an elite.
I think if an emperor should be chosen by his genetic attributes, checks for psychological anomalies should be a significant part of the selection process. No psychopaths etc.
Dutch greenhouses were the first in the world to create the fourth aggregate state of Water. (No, not superfluid, plasma - talking about the tomatos:-))
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Free distribution of pictures of a crime can harm as well. Imagine an abused child, living in the knowledge that for all he knows, its teacher, its trainer, maybe when it grows up its potential employer or bank account manager, still wanks of fin the evening to the pictures of its own suffering. I think it makes it quite hard to let the psychological wounds heal.
Question is: Is there anything positive that could be achieved by allowing this material to be freely distributed? Like, does it boost moral, can anyone learn something valuable from it, does it help open debate? I think not. So it makes people suffering without bringing any advantage to society. (For fictional material it is a completely different matter, of course.)
There is only one reason I could think of to not follow up on such things, but I think it is a convincing one: To follow up on all cases of distribution of such crap, we would need complete surveillance for everyone, and that is too much a price to pay.
Maybe, then it is time to redefine child abuse and child porn? There are not only children and adults. A human being old enough to develop a severe interest in sex (lets say, above 12 according to your example of the 13 year old) still needs to be protected and is definitely not an adult. But probably it's also not a child any more, but a youth. We need an additional category if we want to have at least remotely reasonable laws for this topic.
For youths, I'd suggest to ban any commercialisation and distribution of pictures, but not punished if the distributor is the one shown in the material. I'd also propose to ban all sexual interactions, be it consensual non.consensual, between adults and children, and to have some limitations for such interactions between adults and youths (e.g. no commercialisation, zero tolerance in case of dependents [school, education, job], taking the actual age into account - 19y old and 17y old shouldn't be a problem, 13y and 19y should IMO)
To be honest, as much as I wish you were right, I doubt it. There are still plenty of people out there who didn't even hear the name "Snowden", much less understand what it means to them. Even those few who read the news and understand it, many still think they are not really affected since they don't do anything illegal, and Government says this data is only used to capture terrorists, right?
Assuming floating up meant it to have negative mass, antimatter would have negative energy and therefore matter and antimatter with congruent weight would annihilate without any visible energy-output.
What remains is that the genetic pool can't be refreshed easily during the long journey, when multiplying the conventional way. So enough sperm and ovules would be required to have the crew survive long enough. (A kind of rotation might be OK, current crew might donate something to be used in later generations.)
Thinking about it, we might plan a project already and assemble a premium crew for it. Top politicians, top managers, top hairdressers and phone desinfectors.
I'd expect that shockwatch makes still a nice profit with 3$ per patch, while the profit margin for the bluetooth device is probably quite small. Therefore I guess shockwatch could easily reduce their price if the competition with the other devices becomes theatening.
Defeats the idea of checking before signing, doesn't it?
But the shockwatch stickers have a unique ID each to avoid tempering, so unless the transport agency finds some supplyer for fake patches and buys them with the exact same idea, his tempering will be detected.
They could try... Out of curiosity: If it accidentally changes trajectory due to the attempt to get some part of it and hits US, would it be big enough to effect China as well?
Well, I would say that the ongoing production of Lumia 920 is evidence that Nokia is still alive, but since they are sold faster than produced, the lacking availability in stores might be used as an argument against my claims;-)
Ok, before anyone cries astroturfing: Yes, I work for Nokia, I mentioned it earlier in other posts.
According to the article the new batteries are more durable, faster to produce and safer. That they are also flexible is probably a nice side effect. As for the use cases: Maybe currently this would be more interesting for tablets. I'd like them to be bendable like a journal, much easier to pack them in my bag.
Evolution doesn't have a purpose but is a description of what happens as a matter of cause and consequence. And the outcome in the long run is not happiness, but a more stable system, which might be one without our culture.
People chose what they like for the moment, not what is best for them, they are not lead by some ghost of evolution. Lots of people drink too much alcohol or (over)use other harmful drugs. Lots of people follow charismatic political leaders that will eventually lead to their doom. Lots of people get fat by eating what they like instead of whats good for them. If you believe in science, mankind is destroying itself by climate change.
They all ruin their life somehow. Yes, "evolution" is what happens there. The rats and cockroaches will probably be thankful in the long run. But thinking about these things and avoiding our own downfall would also be considered evolution.
Hm. You do have some valid points (I live in Germany, visited France once in a while, and most people on the streets are rather uncomfortable speaking English. Also many people using goolge are looking websites in their own country, be it governmental websites, offices, local shops, or even web shops - for some legal reasons many web-shops like e.g. Amazon have country-specific versions, which are obviously in the country specific language as well. Therefore even those who are able to communicate fluently in English will use google.de when looking for these things in German.)
But I'm afraid glorifying yourself as fighter for tolerance and warnings not to anger you won't help your credibility, nor the rating of your post...
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Hitler was neither handsome (by his own standards; no blond hair, not tall, not very muscular) nor intelligent (no noteworthy education, his military decisions were rather suicidal, his ideas were rather incoherent), nor do I see any particular evidence of fitness. He was ruthless, and a successful demagogue. Since he didn't care for anything but his own success during his lifetime, he was able to build a pyramid of fear, playing SS against SA, keeping them scared of each other, so no-one would oppose him out of fear others will be loyal enough to kill them. Similar system than in totalitarian state, but worse because he didn't care about keeping the system permissive enough to build up a successor or shared power with other parts of an elite. I think if an emperor should be chosen by his genetic attributes, checks for psychological anomalies should be a significant part of the selection process. No psychopaths etc.
Dutch greenhouses were the first in the world to create the fourth aggregate state of Water. (No, not superfluid, plasma - talking about the tomatos :-))
Since bugs like those crop up anyway[...]
Well, that's the thing... Do they crop up anyway or are these bugs already the intentional backdoors?
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No, Schrödinger. That's why we keep hearing the cat-story being represented as fact. A couple of more times, and they might exceed 700mio rpm.
Free distribution of pictures of a crime can harm as well. Imagine an abused child, living in the knowledge that for all he knows, its teacher, its trainer, maybe when it grows up its potential employer or bank account manager, still wanks of fin the evening to the pictures of its own suffering. I think it makes it quite hard to let the psychological wounds heal. Question is: Is there anything positive that could be achieved by allowing this material to be freely distributed? Like, does it boost moral, can anyone learn something valuable from it, does it help open debate? I think not. So it makes people suffering without bringing any advantage to society. (For fictional material it is a completely different matter, of course.) There is only one reason I could think of to not follow up on such things, but I think it is a convincing one: To follow up on all cases of distribution of such crap, we would need complete surveillance for everyone, and that is too much a price to pay.
Maybe, then it is time to redefine child abuse and child porn? There are not only children and adults. A human being old enough to develop a severe interest in sex (lets say, above 12 according to your example of the 13 year old) still needs to be protected and is definitely not an adult. But probably it's also not a child any more, but a youth. We need an additional category if we want to have at least remotely reasonable laws for this topic. For youths, I'd suggest to ban any commercialisation and distribution of pictures, but not punished if the distributor is the one shown in the material. I'd also propose to ban all sexual interactions, be it consensual non.consensual, between adults and children, and to have some limitations for such interactions between adults and youths (e.g. no commercialisation, zero tolerance in case of dependents [school, education, job], taking the actual age into account - 19y old and 17y old shouldn't be a problem, 13y and 19y should IMO)
To be honest, as much as I wish you were right, I doubt it. There are still plenty of people out there who didn't even hear the name "Snowden", much less understand what it means to them. Even those few who read the news and understand it, many still think they are not really affected since they don't do anything illegal, and Government says this data is only used to capture terrorists, right?
Obviously you have to employ lots of people in order to get all the cats eaten to avoid them going to waste.
Assuming floating up meant it to have negative mass, antimatter would have negative energy and therefore matter and antimatter with congruent weight would annihilate without any visible energy-output.
Is this cause or consequence of the attraction between Americans and Australians?
What remains is that the genetic pool can't be refreshed easily during the long journey, when multiplying the conventional way. So enough sperm and ovules would be required to have the crew survive long enough. (A kind of rotation might be OK, current crew might donate something to be used in later generations.)
Thinking about it, we might plan a project already and assemble a premium crew for it. Top politicians, top managers, top hairdressers and phone desinfectors.
You can have my pr0n when you pry it from my warm, sticky hands :-)
Probably less tempting for those trying to implement censorship...
Ok, tamper. Since English is not my first language, please forgive me :-) BTW: I wrote about "tempering" with the patch, not the package.
I'd expect that shockwatch makes still a nice profit with 3$ per patch, while the profit margin for the bluetooth device is probably quite small. Therefore I guess shockwatch could easily reduce their price if the competition with the other devices becomes theatening.
But the shockwatch stickers have a unique ID each to avoid tempering, so unless the transport agency finds some supplyer for fake patches and buys them with the exact same idea, his tempering will be detected.
Reactive propulsion precedes Newton and even Ptolemy. It's pathetic, really.
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Essentially, Aristotle was right to insist that motion is caused.
You are reasoning with Aristotles thoughts, which precede Newton and Ptolemy. It's pathetic, really... ;-)
They could try... Out of curiosity: If it accidentally changes trajectory due to the attempt to get some part of it and hits US, would it be big enough to effect China as well?
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Ok, before anyone cries astroturfing: Yes, I work for Nokia, I mentioned it earlier in other posts.
me too
Nokia is dead. ....
Huh? Did I misss something? Who produced my phone then?
Jolla is the actual Nokia.
Ah, ok. Now it makes sense. You mean Jolla is dead. Sad, but I'm afraid true. Anyhow, hopefully Tizen will life.
According to the article the new batteries are more durable, faster to produce and safer. That they are also flexible is probably a nice side effect. As for the use cases: Maybe currently this would be more interesting for tablets. I'd like them to be bendable like a journal, much easier to pack them in my bag.
People chose what they like for the moment, not what is best for them, they are not lead by some ghost of evolution. Lots of people drink too much alcohol or (over)use other harmful drugs. Lots of people follow charismatic political leaders that will eventually lead to their doom. Lots of people get fat by eating what they like instead of whats good for them. If you believe in science, mankind is destroying itself by climate change.
They all ruin their life somehow. Yes, "evolution" is what happens there. The rats and cockroaches will probably be thankful in the long run. But thinking about these things and avoiding our own downfall would also be considered evolution.
But I'm afraid glorifying yourself as fighter for tolerance and warnings not to anger you won't help your credibility, nor the rating of your post...