I'm sold. I want to start doing this, but I don't know how to find out where. Do you, or anyone else reading this, know of an easy way to find out where I can bring all of my high tech garbage near me? I live near Baltimore, if that helps.
I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out how someone could honestly say they believe that Intelligent Design should be taught in a science classroom. It seems that, if Intelligent Design is taught as anything but sheer lunacy, the study of biology boils down to "God did it, and it's blasphemy to proclame otherwise!" I'm done. I'm done trying to figure it out. Anyone who believes in Intelligent Design doesn't have anything worthwile to contribute to any debate, so I will no longer debate them. They will receive only contempt.
I study evolution. I've watched it occur in populations of bacteria. I do not accept the whole of the theory without question, if I did I would not be a scientist. What I do accept is that species change over time, not because I've been told they do, but because I've watched it occur. With my own eyes. In front of me. Now, tell me why I should ever listen to your half-baked, crackpot theory, I'm intrigued as to how it could possibly advance my understanding of the natural world. Until you can tell me that, I will continue thinking that you're an idiot.
This was a well thought out post and I agree with what you have to say. What I fail to understand though, is why in your first post you stated that if ethics mattered no other country would do business with the US. I also believe the US has a long way to go before we are the bastion of freedom and democracy we say we are, but I think its also pretty clear that there are more than a few countries out there who need a lot more. I'm not saying America is the best, and I'm not saying we don't have our problems, but we are far from the worst. Work for change, vote the current administration out. Vote for what works if it comes to that, but remember that their are more than 2 choices. Maybe in 20 years we won't have elections that boil down to bad or worse.
In conclusion, stop voting for Christians. They can't be trusted. Especially Protestants. Yup, I really believe that, wanna fight about it? If you don't like it, tell your friends to stop sabotaging education with Intelligent Design.
I was gonna type a response to this pointing out that the US, while far from ideal, is still way ahead of most, but then I realized that you wouldn't read it.
You forgot the sarcasm tag, or maybe you just haven't read anything on/. except this thread. I'll assume the latter is true so I'll spell it out for you:
Don't buy Microsoft Games.
Don't buy Microsoft Software.
Don't buy Microsoft Hardware.
This has been a message from the/. hive mind, thank you for your time.
It's spelled laissez-faire, and that isn't what it means. If you read the definition you'll see that someone expecting federal aid is being anything but laissez-faire.
Now, that being said, I mostly agree with the NYT's point. It should have been the job of Louisiana and New Orleans to have plans in case of flooding of the Mississippi Delta and for the federal government to assist them in carrying them out. FEMA should exist, but local governments should bear the responsibility of planning for local disasters.
Good thing we have people like you who have the courage to speak out in defense of victims of natural disasters. BTW, what are your views on puppies and sunshine? Keep it quiet though, things might get too controversial in here.
No, he's mocking anyone who's idea of "daring to be an individual" only includes what they can get done at ye olde body mod shop. Here's a clue, try to be an individual through your actions, and understand that those actions have consequences. You want a tattoo on your forehead, fine, but just remember that to most of our society it might as well say "idiot." As for piercings, if you're getting them to be an individual and not just because you think they look good, give it up. You didn't deserve the job anyway.
You can base countries on MS Windows XP? What was sold by MS directly to the countries? Who is complaining about OSS in Syria, China, Cuba, and North Korea? How does any of this make matters interesting, or relate to "matters" at all?
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Black woman + black man = black child. Every time. Their child is genetically predisposed to being black. A similar correlation probably exists for both parents being incarcerated, and it may even have a genetic component. This is not caused solely and directly by genes inherited from the parents. Being black is. This has nothing to do with the study you misunderstood that said there is no genetic difference betweeen the races.
It isn't. For proof, go get some morphine. Take it. Hell, take twice the dosage. Three times if you're into that sort of thing. Dead yet? Nope, I thought not. Morphine isn't that toxic. You can try to confuse the issue by pointing out that overdose is possible, but it's also possible to OD on nutmeg. Next time you're going to try to be sarcastic, try not to be an idiot, too.
If you're working in percent, that's fine, but no one else is. If we decided to start working with percent we would find that the star is moving at 0.22% of c. I just gave you the answer, now its your job to find the expression. Also, never, ever use the imperial system in science. Pretend the speed of light was never determined in feet per second.
perhaps because China is the PR "leader" for Communism these days, I should believe that Communism has no merit because the most powerful Communist government in the world right now has committed horrible atrocities.
What if some of those Chinese Communists started committing atrocities here with the governments approval? I'd be pretty pissed.
but it's not exactly unusual for civilians to be victims of violent crime.
Hmmm, today I got up, went to class, got some lunch, did a quick load of laundry,... no violent crime yet today. Or in my lifetime. I'd consider it pretty unusual. As for whether or not people who try to use a gun to defend themselves are usually successful, that's a statistic I don't feel like finding.
Comparing GM products to the GPL is a cheap shot and you know it. The reason that the onus of proof is on the scientists is because there has already been problems and now they need to prove they won't happen again. Look around for incidences of Mon Santo crops, I believe it was corn, cross-pollinating with the corn in neighboring fields, leaving their owners' with sterile, patent-infringing plants.
Good, so say someone has a phone and knows to set it on vibrate. Now say that person's house lights on fire and they get a call about it. In your version of the world, since other people don't know how to put their phone on vibrate, this guy doesn't get to know about his house until the movie's over. I know its an unusual situation, but it'll be a cold decade in hell before I let the French government say when I can and can't use my phone. Oh, and to all the people who ask what we did before cell phones I ask, "does it matter?".
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I'm sold. I want to start doing this, but I don't know how to find out where. Do you, or anyone else reading this, know of an easy way to find out where I can bring all of my high tech garbage near me? I live near Baltimore, if that helps.
I've spent a lot of time trying to figure out how someone could honestly say they believe that Intelligent Design should be taught in a science classroom. It seems that, if Intelligent Design is taught as anything but sheer lunacy, the study of biology boils down to "God did it, and it's blasphemy to proclame otherwise!" I'm done. I'm done trying to figure it out. Anyone who believes in Intelligent Design doesn't have anything worthwile to contribute to any debate, so I will no longer debate them. They will receive only contempt.
I study evolution. I've watched it occur in populations of bacteria. I do not accept the whole of the theory without question, if I did I would not be a scientist. What I do accept is that species change over time, not because I've been told they do, but because I've watched it occur. With my own eyes. In front of me. Now, tell me why I should ever listen to your half-baked, crackpot theory, I'm intrigued as to how it could possibly advance my understanding of the natural world. Until you can tell me that, I will continue thinking that you're an idiot.
Florida is in the south, I think.
This was a well thought out post and I agree with what you have to say. What I fail to understand though, is why in your first post you stated that if ethics mattered no other country would do business with the US. I also believe the US has a long way to go before we are the bastion of freedom and democracy we say we are, but I think its also pretty clear that there are more than a few countries out there who need a lot more. I'm not saying America is the best, and I'm not saying we don't have our problems, but we are far from the worst. Work for change, vote the current administration out. Vote for what works if it comes to that, but remember that their are more than 2 choices. Maybe in 20 years we won't have elections that boil down to bad or worse. In conclusion, stop voting for Christians. They can't be trusted. Especially Protestants. Yup, I really believe that, wanna fight about it? If you don't like it, tell your friends to stop sabotaging education with Intelligent Design.
You're at least 30, aren't you?
I was gonna type a response to this pointing out that the US, while far from ideal, is still way ahead of most, but then I realized that you wouldn't read it.
You forgot the sarcasm tag, or maybe you just haven't read anything on /. except this thread. I'll assume the latter is true so I'll spell it out for you:
Don't buy Microsoft Games.
Don't buy Microsoft Software.
Don't buy Microsoft Hardware.
This has been a message from the /. hive mind, thank you for your time.
It's spelled laissez-faire, and that isn't what it means. If you read the definition you'll see that someone expecting federal aid is being anything but laissez-faire.
Now, that being said, I mostly agree with the NYT's point. It should have been the job of Louisiana and New Orleans to have plans in case of flooding of the Mississippi Delta and for the federal government to assist them in carrying them out. FEMA should exist, but local governments should bear the responsibility of planning for local disasters.
Good thing we have people like you who have the courage to speak out in defense of victims of natural disasters. BTW, what are your views on puppies and sunshine? Keep it quiet though, things might get too controversial in here.
No, he's mocking anyone who's idea of "daring to be an individual" only includes what they can get done at ye olde body mod shop. Here's a clue, try to be an individual through your actions, and understand that those actions have consequences. You want a tattoo on your forehead, fine, but just remember that to most of our society it might as well say "idiot." As for piercings, if you're getting them to be an individual and not just because you think they look good, give it up. You didn't deserve the job anyway.
You can base countries on MS Windows XP? What was sold by MS directly to the countries? Who is complaining about OSS in Syria, China, Cuba, and North Korea? How does any of this make matters interesting, or relate to "matters" at all?
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. Black woman + black man = black child. Every time. Their child is genetically predisposed to being black. A similar correlation probably exists for both parents being incarcerated, and it may even have a genetic component. This is not caused solely and directly by genes inherited from the parents. Being black is. This has nothing to do with the study you misunderstood that said there is no genetic difference betweeen the races.
It isn't. For proof, go get some morphine. Take it. Hell, take twice the dosage. Three times if you're into that sort of thing. Dead yet? Nope, I thought not. Morphine isn't that toxic. You can try to confuse the issue by pointing out that overdose is possible, but it's also possible to OD on nutmeg. Next time you're going to try to be sarcastic, try not to be an idiot, too.
If you're working in percent, that's fine, but no one else is. If we decided to start working with percent we would find that the star is moving at 0.22% of c. I just gave you the answer, now its your job to find the expression. Also, never, ever use the imperial system in science. Pretend the speed of light was never determined in feet per second.
Apparently, women are also better at typing coherently.
You can do that in Firefox.
but it's not exactly unusual for civilians to be victims of violent crime.
... no violent crime yet today. Or in my lifetime. I'd consider it pretty unusual. As for whether or not people who try to use a gun to defend themselves are usually successful, that's a statistic I don't feel like finding.
Hmmm, today I got up, went to class, got some lunch, did a quick load of laundry,
Don't you mean www.bugzilla-Fedora-RedHat.com?
Comparing GM products to the GPL is a cheap shot and you know it. The reason that the onus of proof is on the scientists is because there has already been problems and now they need to prove they won't happen again. Look around for incidences of Mon Santo crops, I believe it was corn, cross-pollinating with the corn in neighboring fields, leaving their owners' with sterile, patent-infringing plants.
Good, so say someone has a phone and knows to set it on vibrate. Now say that person's house lights on fire and they get a call about it. In your version of the world, since other people don't know how to put their phone on vibrate, this guy doesn't get to know about his house until the movie's over. I know its an unusual situation, but it'll be a cold decade in hell before I let the French government say when I can and can't use my phone. Oh, and to all the people who ask what we did before cell phones I ask, "does it matter?".