This study doesn't distinguish between lefties who always use thier left hand, and lefties who occasionally use their right.
And no, I do not mean people who are ambidextrous. Research has shown that among left handed people, a large majority (90+% if I remember correctly) frequently use their right hand for daily tasks (writing, brushing teeth etc.). Much less common are people who are exclusively lefty. This study doesn't differentiate between the two groups.
"but to say that they 'develope' resistance is like saying your child will no the names of all your friends when it is born."
No. Organisms are susceptible to "genetic drift". This is a process where one organism (bacteria for example) can acquire genes from another organism (a virus for instance). So, to say that bacteria "develop" reisitance is exactly correct. They can develop it by acquiring a different gene.
Now, that's not the only way resistance occurs, but is certainly one of them.
"But I'd sure like to see some magnetic yellow ribbons to support the victims of US multinational homicide"
What does that have to do with this? Just because DOW is a US company, suddenly this is "US multinational homicide"? Explain why the ENTIRE US is responsible for what one company does?
Oh, right. You weren't interested in making a lucid point, you wanted to jump on the oh-so-popular-on-slashdot bandwagon against anything from the US.
Sigh. I'm so tired of that. Really. You sound foolish, and contribute nothing to the conversation. I'm sure you can do better, so do us all a favor and try a little harder to think things through next time.
"As I said to another poster, there is nothing Kazaa does that cannot be done in other ways that do not involve other people's copyrighted material"
Which means nothing. The fact that other methods exist to accomplish the same task is irrelevant. The test is whether Kazaa has the POTENTIAL to be used for significant non-infringing work.
"P2P and file transfer over networks do have substantial non-infringing uses. Kazaa itself however, does not"
You have contradicted yourself. Kazaa IS a P2P file transfer application which you correctly state has many non-infringing uses. In what way is it different from other P2P software that would substantiate your claim? The content is not at issue, so your argument doesn't work.
First, let me say thanks for a well reasoned post.
Quickly, while I agree I am in the minority, that doesn't mean I'm wrong, or more subjectively, wrong to think the way I do. Round earthers were in the minority once, but society evolved. I hope something similar will happen.
As far as the worldwide belief that humans are special, I honesty don't care. It's simply arrogance, nothing more. Humans got lucky in the race to the top. We won't be here forever, at which time I'll be proven right.
Now, for the final thought. Sadly, I have spent a great deal of time working with people who have very little or NO mental functioning. If you were to spend time observing them, and then went to the zoo, the similarities in behavior would shock you. Dignity, a human construct, is nowhere in these peoples thoughts, but rather is imposed on them by others with higher functioning.
What people don't understand is that to argue that god exists with me is the same as trying to argue Zeus exists, or Santa Claus. To me, there is no difference, as one type of mythology is as good as any other.
First you blather on about obfuscation, then you attempt to claim that clinics are throwing babies away.
THEY ARE NOT BABIES. THEY ARE EMBRYOS.
Did you get that Mr. Hypocritical obfuscator?
Regardless of your position on when life begins, I find it hard to belive a reasonable person cannot differentiate between embryos and babies.
Except this time your obfuscation (we call that lying where I'm from) serves YOUR purpose, so I imagine I'll hear all about why it makes sense. Save it.
An embryo is not life, and no amount of insisting by you fucking zealots will EVER change my mind, so don't bother.
So, why are you so sure that humans have any intrinsic dignity? Why aren't we just bags of meat with greater self-awareness.
Now here's the real question. If intentionally creating embryos then killing them is murder, then why aren't you crusading to have fertility clinics shut down? Don't try to back track, you said it now stick by it. The doctors who work at these clinics KNOW that some of the embryos will be destroyed. Why aren't they murderers?
The truth about this stupid argument is that the only way pro-lifers can make a logical argument against abortion is to claim that life begins at conception. Otherwise, they'll have to draw a line somewhere during the pregnancy for "life" to begin. While there may be the possibility of life to come from a fertilized embryo, the chances are MUCH greater that nothing will come from it. More importanty, an embryo doesn't really exist until about 2 weeks in, at which time the organization of the cells can really be observed.
As sad as this is for you, human life is not unique. Only the pathetic belief in "god" that so many disgusting weak minded fools use as a crutch has kept this stupid debate going.
If your kid plays a game with mature themes, or sexual content, instead of blaming the game manufacturers, blame yourself for being a shitty parent. And don't try that "what if he plays it at his friend Johnny's house" because good parents know what happens at their children's friends houses. Excuses are ruining your children. Do your job parents, stop blaming others.
Also, last year the average age of "video gamers" was 27. Not sure what the source was, but I remember it being reputable. Why would companies NOT make mature games? There are more adults buying (and playing) games, so it makes financial sense.
If parents did a better job, the current system would work fine.
One, because I had to take statistics twice (I got a C the first time), and two, because real statisticians will look at this and support or refute it.
However, as others have said, several of the assumptions are flawed, at least one candidate wasn't considered, and the results haven't been published (which means they probably haven't been peer reviewed either). I think a thorough review of their methods is necessary before we jump to any conclusions.
And if they are right, we should seriously consider alternative methods of voting. We probably should anyway, since e-voting seems to be seriously flawed no matter how you slice it.
PS someone will find a way to call me names for supporting Bush, and someone else will call me names for supporting Kerry. In advance, fuck you.
What does being a teacher have anyhting to do with it? You must think that because I have infinite patience in a classroom, that I must suffer fools outside of it.
Nope. I'm a regular guy, just like most others. I don't have to put up with stupid people any more than anyone else does.
It interests me that you said
"I'm just amazed that a grown adult... would have continued the tirade"
and then you said
"Nah you're just an idiot"
Pot calling the kettle black it seems
You didn't read my post did you? I'm not wrong, and if you'd read, you would realize I was talking about academics, and you're talking about activities.
More to the point, you ignored MY point. The reason kids must be taught things they don't like is that school is training for the real world. Most people have jobs they don't enjoy, and they do them because they learned perseverance at school. In your plan, they would just quit every job they don't enjoy, because they never learned how to tough it out.
And, since I have 2 degrees in learning theory and 5 years experience, and you have nothing but an ill informed opinion, I can say with certainty
You're wrong.
Listen, no offense, but you aren't informed enough about this to discuss it intelligently, so stop trying. Please.
The reason I didn't address your points is because you're a liar. We established that, please try to keep up. As far as the rest of your blather, who cares. You're a liar, and an asshole, and you have a superiority complex. So again, who cares what you think. Certainly not me.
"If they dont' want ot have a job, ah well, they are still required to take X courses to graduate"
No, they don't. It's possible to get many different kinds of diplomas, several of which allow a student to "graduate" without taking required courses. And there is always the GED.
As far as missing your point, make one, so I can catch it please.
Listen, it's clear your problems were mostly because you think you're smarter than others, can't follow directions, and have a piss poor attitude. You're not smarter than others, you clearly have problems with authority, and probably blame others for your mistakes.
Oh, and fuck you too.
"Let them do interesting, useful things"
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. Children simply do not behave this way. MANY, MANY children will not learn new subjects unless made to. No matter how interesting, their focus is too short, and they are not willing to spend more than 5 or 10 minutes on a subject.
More importantly, where will the money come from? Right now we have people upset about thier taxes because they don't have kids, or they have already raised them. Overcome that, and you'll see improvement.
The truth is, most parents care too little to help. THEY warehouse the kids, THEY insist on standards, and THEY shirk responsibility for their children's education. Fix that, and you'll see an improvement.
Um, I'm wasting my time because you're clearly not too bright (someone must have let you do whatever you wanted when you were a kid) but I'll do it anyway.
"And if that was true why does anyone go to university"
Seriously? Are you really so thick that you have to ask this? Because they want to BE something. An engineer, doctor, lawyer, chemist. How would they do it without a university? As far as why those boring classes are empty, I as someone who has attended a university can tell you we take them because we have graduate, and they're open during registration. Nothing more to it.
What jumping to conclusions? You said something idiotic, I called you on it. Don't like it? Choose what you say more carefully. More importantly, what did you contribute to the discussion? Nothing.
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This study doesn't distinguish between lefties who always use thier left hand, and lefties who occasionally use their right.
And no, I do not mean people who are ambidextrous. Research has shown that among left handed people, a large majority (90+% if I remember correctly) frequently use their right hand for daily tasks (writing, brushing teeth etc.). Much less common are people who are exclusively lefty. This study doesn't differentiate between the two groups.
No, I think it can linked to coincidence.
"but to say that they 'develope' resistance is like saying your child will no the names of all your friends when it is born."
No. Organisms are susceptible to "genetic drift". This is a process where one organism (bacteria for example) can acquire genes from another organism (a virus for instance). So, to say that bacteria "develop" reisitance is exactly correct. They can develop it by acquiring a different gene.
Now, that's not the only way resistance occurs, but is certainly one of them.
Where did I say any of that was ok? Show me where I said that.
Again, you don't care about truth or facts, just getting your rant out. But we don't care.
Stop trying so hard to turn everything into a cause for revolution. You sound like an idiot.
"But I'd sure like to see some magnetic yellow ribbons to support the victims of US multinational homicide"
What does that have to do with this? Just because DOW is a US company, suddenly this is "US multinational homicide"? Explain why the ENTIRE US is responsible for what one company does?
Oh, right. You weren't interested in making a lucid point, you wanted to jump on the oh-so-popular-on-slashdot bandwagon against anything from the US.
Sigh. I'm so tired of that. Really. You sound foolish, and contribute nothing to the conversation. I'm sure you can do better, so do us all a favor and try a little harder to think things through next time.
"As I said to another poster, there is nothing Kazaa does that cannot be done in other ways that do not involve other people's copyrighted material"
Which means nothing. The fact that other methods exist to accomplish the same task is irrelevant. The test is whether Kazaa has the POTENTIAL to be used for significant non-infringing work.
"P2P and file transfer over networks do have substantial non-infringing uses. Kazaa itself however, does not"
You have contradicted yourself. Kazaa IS a P2P file transfer application which you correctly state has many non-infringing uses. In what way is it different from other P2P software that would substantiate your claim? The content is not at issue, so your argument doesn't work.
First, let me say thanks for a well reasoned post.
Quickly, while I agree I am in the minority, that doesn't mean I'm wrong, or more subjectively, wrong to think the way I do. Round earthers were in the minority once, but society evolved. I hope something similar will happen.
As far as the worldwide belief that humans are special, I honesty don't care. It's simply arrogance, nothing more. Humans got lucky in the race to the top. We won't be here forever, at which time I'll be proven right.
Now, for the final thought. Sadly, I have spent a great deal of time working with people who have very little or NO mental functioning. If you were to spend time observing them, and then went to the zoo, the similarities in behavior would shock you. Dignity, a human construct, is nowhere in these peoples thoughts, but rather is imposed on them by others with higher functioning.
What people don't understand is that to argue that god exists with me is the same as trying to argue Zeus exists, or Santa Claus. To me, there is no difference, as one type of mythology is as good as any other.
First you blather on about obfuscation, then you attempt to claim that clinics are throwing babies away.
THEY ARE NOT BABIES. THEY ARE EMBRYOS.
Did you get that Mr. Hypocritical obfuscator?
Regardless of your position on when life begins, I find it hard to belive a reasonable person cannot differentiate between embryos and babies.
Except this time your obfuscation (we call that lying where I'm from) serves YOUR purpose, so I imagine I'll hear all about why it makes sense. Save it.
An embryo is not life, and no amount of insisting by you fucking zealots will EVER change my mind, so don't bother.
So, why are you so sure that humans have any intrinsic dignity? Why aren't we just bags of meat with greater self-awareness.
Now here's the real question. If intentionally creating embryos then killing them is murder, then why aren't you crusading to have fertility clinics shut down? Don't try to back track, you said it now stick by it. The doctors who work at these clinics KNOW that some of the embryos will be destroyed. Why aren't they murderers?
The truth about this stupid argument is that the only way pro-lifers can make a logical argument against abortion is to claim that life begins at conception. Otherwise, they'll have to draw a line somewhere during the pregnancy for "life" to begin. While there may be the possibility of life to come from a fertilized embryo, the chances are MUCH greater that nothing will come from it. More importanty, an embryo doesn't really exist until about 2 weeks in, at which time the organization of the cells can really be observed.
As sad as this is for you, human life is not unique. Only the pathetic belief in "god" that so many disgusting weak minded fools use as a crutch has kept this stupid debate going.
If your kid plays a game with mature themes, or sexual content, instead of blaming the game manufacturers, blame yourself for being a shitty parent. And don't try that "what if he plays it at his friend Johnny's house" because good parents know what happens at their children's friends houses. Excuses are ruining your children. Do your job parents, stop blaming others.
Also, last year the average age of "video gamers" was 27. Not sure what the source was, but I remember it being reputable. Why would companies NOT make mature games? There are more adults buying (and playing) games, so it makes financial sense.
If parents did a better job, the current system would work fine.
One, because I had to take statistics twice (I got a C the first time), and two, because real statisticians will look at this and support or refute it.
However, as others have said, several of the assumptions are flawed, at least one candidate wasn't considered, and the results haven't been published (which means they probably haven't been peer reviewed either). I think a thorough review of their methods is necessary before we jump to any conclusions.
And if they are right, we should seriously consider alternative methods of voting. We probably should anyway, since e-voting seems to be seriously flawed no matter how you slice it.
PS someone will find a way to call me names for supporting Bush, and someone else will call me names for supporting Kerry. In advance, fuck you.
"but when it's republicans doing it, it's their "constitutional right"!" I'm willing to listen, give an example of such a situation.
How long have you been with the GOP? Sounds like you're a lifer to me.
But what if it's true? What if the source is biased?
What does being a teacher have anyhting to do with it? You must think that because I have infinite patience in a classroom, that I must suffer fools outside of it. Nope. I'm a regular guy, just like most others. I don't have to put up with stupid people any more than anyone else does. It interests me that you said "I'm just amazed that a grown adult... would have continued the tirade" and then you said "Nah you're just an idiot" Pot calling the kettle black it seems
You didn't read my post did you? I'm not wrong, and if you'd read, you would realize I was talking about academics, and you're talking about activities.
More to the point, you ignored MY point. The reason kids must be taught things they don't like is that school is training for the real world. Most people have jobs they don't enjoy, and they do them because they learned perseverance at school. In your plan, they would just quit every job they don't enjoy, because they never learned how to tough it out.
And, since I have 2 degrees in learning theory and 5 years experience, and you have nothing but an ill informed opinion, I can say with certainty
You're wrong.
Listen, no offense, but you aren't informed enough about this to discuss it intelligently, so stop trying. Please.
Um, I would probably music list as one of the Holy Trinity. Not a place to buy it (iTms), but rights to sell it. Kind of important to me...
The reason I didn't address your points is because you're a liar. We established that, please try to keep up. As far as the rest of your blather, who cares. You're a liar, and an asshole, and you have a superiority complex. So again, who cares what you think. Certainly not me.
"If they dont' want ot have a job, ah well, they are still required to take X courses to graduate" No, they don't. It's possible to get many different kinds of diplomas, several of which allow a student to "graduate" without taking required courses. And there is always the GED. As far as missing your point, make one, so I can catch it please.
"You have to be a real idiot to expect that you can define terms however you want to and that anyone will accept arguments based on those terms"
And yet, that's exactly what you did. Strange...
Listen, it's clear your problems were mostly because you think you're smarter than others, can't follow directions, and have a piss poor attitude. You're not smarter than others, you clearly have problems with authority, and probably blame others for your mistakes. Oh, and fuck you too.
"Let them do interesting, useful things" I'm sorry, but you're wrong. Children simply do not behave this way. MANY, MANY children will not learn new subjects unless made to. No matter how interesting, their focus is too short, and they are not willing to spend more than 5 or 10 minutes on a subject. More importantly, where will the money come from? Right now we have people upset about thier taxes because they don't have kids, or they have already raised them. Overcome that, and you'll see improvement. The truth is, most parents care too little to help. THEY warehouse the kids, THEY insist on standards, and THEY shirk responsibility for their children's education. Fix that, and you'll see an improvement.
Feelgood education system. I like that, and judging by the posts I see, most of these slashbots have bought into the idea.
Um, I'm wasting my time because you're clearly not too bright (someone must have let you do whatever you wanted when you were a kid) but I'll do it anyway. "And if that was true why does anyone go to university" Seriously? Are you really so thick that you have to ask this? Because they want to BE something. An engineer, doctor, lawyer, chemist. How would they do it without a university? As far as why those boring classes are empty, I as someone who has attended a university can tell you we take them because we have graduate, and they're open during registration. Nothing more to it.
What jumping to conclusions? You said something idiotic, I called you on it. Don't like it? Choose what you say more carefully. More importantly, what did you contribute to the discussion? Nothing.