Interesting that you titled your post 'Cat's in the Cradle'. The Harry Chapin song that I assume you are referring to is about a boy who resents his father for not being active in his son's childhood. I assume you were focused on the part where the son grows up and, in turn, does not make time for his own father. You missed the big picture.
Just thought I'd point out that your oversight in your title extends to your oversight in the importance of good parenting. Children need to earn privacy so they can respect the responsibilities it comes with later in life. Obviously you give them more and more privacy to practice with the older they get, but a seven year old cannot possibly be ready for that kind of responsibility yet.
In fact, the lack of structure you suggest will probably cause the exact thing you tried to avoid: a bratty kid who gets what he (she in this case) wants. I'm sure you are going to argue that you were referring to the extremeness of the GPs comment (i.e. no privacy at all until 18) but you know you'll be missing the point.
Look, I've fought and killed. It would be great if I could be proud of the fact that I was the stronger being and lived in that conflict. But the truth is I know those people were bigger than the sum of gun + finger = killer. Even though they wanted to kill me, they still had loved ones, ideas, skills, talents, etc. I have my own personal struggles with that moment in my life, and I've come to the conclusion that it is better to appreciate the sheeples than to be the lone wolf. We're all going to die like animals, but we don't have to live like them.
The problem, as I see it, is that it required Army conditioning to get you to be fully capable of fighting.
Sorry; that's bollocks. I knew how to fight, they just trained me to be efficient with the execution of it. But the military does foster "do as your told without questions." Sure, they hold you responsible if you do something that is considered morally wrong even under orders (which is a gray area), but for the most part they would like trained monkeys. The main thing I learned from the military was how to entertain myself for hours without external entertainment. But I emerged with a degree of apathy for others which I considered to be unhealthy.
I think we agree on the ideas we're discussing, but differ on the degree of which it is carried out. I believe that a person you may consider weak still has value. Each person has his own strengths and are important if he chooses to use them.
And yet the whole of mankind, that collectivist organized society that is the whole of mankind, is kept running by the endless bloodshed and use of force.
The vast majority of society does not walk around in a fight-or-flight state waiting to kill the weak. "Normal", as I put it, is the society you live in today, whether you like it or not.
The few who can still unleash the beast that man is, are a force to be reckoned with.
Society has laws against the actions of these people. This view is very self-centered and would be fine if there weren't approximately 4 billion other people on Earth. What is funny to me is that my prior experience in the military taught me to be a soldier, similar to what you describe, and I've spent a fair amount of effort trying to become "normal" again. The life you describe is very stressful, and I would argue that stress is a disease that is more deadly than having to worry about getting a cap popped in your ass (at least in civilized society). But don't get me wrong, laws or none, if you hurt anyone in my family the Beast in me would put a quick end to your suffering on this planet with all of these feeble minded sheeple. And I would expect to pay for that as society's laws protect you from such a response.
So, back to my point in my OP, it is apparent that going into the fight-or-flight mode is short term, otherwise people would be murdering each other all the time. Which is to say, "don't ban violence in media just because some scientists showed a short term rise in some brain waves."
I didn't RTFA either, but did it take into consideration the time for the effect of those images to wear off? Did the brain normalize after a period of time or was it burned indefinitely? Obviously the answer is the former or I'd have killed someone by now.
Wrong. You can do anything whilst fighting to reform it. I drive my car to work every day, but I am pursuing better public transportation that would make it more feasible for me to use it. It must be sad for you to live in such a dark cloud. Perhaps there is some socialist country you could move to where you don't have to worry about making a difference?
I know exactly what you are talking about. My wife is an IT recruiter and thankfully I have never had to use her for a job (other than the normal jobs that wives are supposed to do but require great amounts of compliments and wine).
She has me give technical interviews all the time and it is often very clear that the best candidates for the jobs are comparably uneducated but very experienced. What's even more interesting is the vast amount of qualified candidates who are discarded because of felonies, warrants, drug test failures, or have amazingly poor credit (which is checked if you are going to work for a bank).
As far as outsourcing, my company has made a business off revamping previously outsourced projects that did not meet the customers' needs. The number one complaint of the applications that we re-engineer is scalability. The outsourced apps simply can not grow with the ever changing business requirements. Having the direct, face-to-face relationship with the customer has been the differentiator for us among the outsourcers. Thankfully the IT market is beginning to thin out the weeds and the shrubs can start to grow into trees.
But, again, the main differentiator is not our technology, but our relationships. You have to have those soft skills _along with_ the techno-savvy.
Sure, the Bush Administration might have been incompetent, but it wasn't ONLY the incompetence of the Bush Administration that left the system so open to attack. The Bush administration took office on January 20, 2001, and that was hardly enough time to single handedly ruin the security of our country. It has been compounded by the increasing complacency of the Nation as a whole since the cold war (back when people were looking over their shoulders all the time in fear of nuclear war).
That's because Christopher Reeve was an actor who went to Julliard with Robin Williams. What was super about him was his ability to still contribute to society as a quadriplegic.
I concur. These boxes didn't have Arabic on them only flashing lights. While I still think that a terror attack is a real threat, the terrorism is obviously working as planned. Al-Qaeda has disrupted our lives and Boston just propagated that fear. It's good that Boston was paying attention, but then again they wasted 2 million dollars on a false alarm. Nice detective work, boys.
"(2) the surgeon's error may cause somebody to die, but the weatherman's is harmless (except, perhaps, to somebody else's agenda)."
And raise you another bullshit, this year Australia's grain crop was down 62% (~17M tons), we are the world's 3rd largest producer. Frost and snow in the middle of a record heat wave killed of our fruit crops in much the same way as California's crops were recently damaged by frost after unseasonal warmth.
How did a weather man's prediction affect Australia's grain crop? Australia would not have had a better crop had they just decided to not plant this season. Perhaps they could saved some money this season by minimizing loss, but it would not have increased the yield. I understand the point you are making, but it is not linked to the weather man's predictions in any way.
Another point is how does this prevent internal organs, such as your brain, from hitting bone and bruising. Answer is: It can't. Taking a hit by a car is all fine and well for your bones, but it won't protect the damage from the jarring of your organs. He shouldn't market it with taking a hit from a moving car, but stick to the more likely scenarios that you can really escape without injury.
Kudos to the guy for taking this so far on his own, but keep some reality in it.
I'll just be careful to never tell that story so as to not screw it up again. Got lots more, though. Being an RA on a freshman floor sure did diversify the available and willing gene pool. Then I majored in CS and that pool evaporated.
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Interesting that you titled your post 'Cat's in the Cradle'. The Harry Chapin song that I assume you are referring to is about a boy who resents his father for not being active in his son's childhood. I assume you were focused on the part where the son grows up and, in turn, does not make time for his own father. You missed the big picture.
Just thought I'd point out that your oversight in your title extends to your oversight in the importance of good parenting. Children need to earn privacy so they can respect the responsibilities it comes with later in life. Obviously you give them more and more privacy to practice with the older they get, but a seven year old cannot possibly be ready for that kind of responsibility yet.
In fact, the lack of structure you suggest will probably cause the exact thing you tried to avoid: a bratty kid who gets what he (she in this case) wants. I'm sure you are going to argue that you were referring to the extremeness of the GPs comment (i.e. no privacy at all until 18) but you know you'll be missing the point.
Not necessarily. See Beginning a sentence with a conjunction.
Look, I've fought and killed. It would be great if I could be proud of the fact that I was the stronger being and lived in that conflict. But the truth is I know those people were bigger than the sum of gun + finger = killer. Even though they wanted to kill me, they still had loved ones, ideas, skills, talents, etc. I have my own personal struggles with that moment in my life, and I've come to the conclusion that it is better to appreciate the sheeples than to be the lone wolf. We're all going to die like animals, but we don't have to live like them.
I think we agree on the ideas we're discussing, but differ on the degree of which it is carried out. I believe that a person you may consider weak still has value. Each person has his own strengths and are important if he chooses to use them.
Society has laws against the actions of these people. This view is very self-centered and would be fine if there weren't approximately 4 billion other people on Earth. What is funny to me is that my prior experience in the military taught me to be a soldier, similar to what you describe, and I've spent a fair amount of effort trying to become "normal" again. The life you describe is very stressful, and I would argue that stress is a disease that is more deadly than having to worry about getting a cap popped in your ass (at least in civilized society). But don't get me wrong, laws or none, if you hurt anyone in my family the Beast in me would put a quick end to your suffering on this planet with all of these feeble minded sheeple. And I would expect to pay for that as society's laws protect you from such a response.
So, back to my point in my OP, it is apparent that going into the fight-or-flight mode is short term, otherwise people would be murdering each other all the time. Which is to say, "don't ban violence in media just because some scientists showed a short term rise in some brain waves."
I didn't RTFA either, but did it take into consideration the time for the effect of those images to wear off? Did the brain normalize after a period of time or was it burned indefinitely? Obviously the answer is the former or I'd have killed someone by now.
I didn't ruin the twist in the end.
Sounds like a sphere.
Reminds me of The Prestige, only in the movie, the duplicated subject had to be killed after the fact.
Wrong. You can do anything whilst fighting to reform it. I drive my car to work every day, but I am pursuing better public transportation that would make it more feasible for me to use it. It must be sad for you to live in such a dark cloud. Perhaps there is some socialist country you could move to where you don't have to worry about making a difference?
I am not young enough to know everything.
- Oscar Wilde
After 3 hurricanes in one year, even Florida is not out of range anymore.
I know exactly what you are talking about. My wife is an IT recruiter and thankfully I have never had to use her for a job (other than the normal jobs that wives are supposed to do but require great amounts of compliments and wine).
She has me give technical interviews all the time and it is often very clear that the best candidates for the jobs are comparably uneducated but very experienced. What's even more interesting is the vast amount of qualified candidates who are discarded because of felonies, warrants, drug test failures, or have amazingly poor credit (which is checked if you are going to work for a bank).
As far as outsourcing, my company has made a business off revamping previously outsourced projects that did not meet the customers' needs. The number one complaint of the applications that we re-engineer is scalability. The outsourced apps simply can not grow with the ever changing business requirements. Having the direct, face-to-face relationship with the customer has been the differentiator for us among the outsourcers. Thankfully the IT market is beginning to thin out the weeds and the shrubs can start to grow into trees.
But, again, the main differentiator is not our technology, but our relationships. You have to have those soft skills _along with_ the techno-savvy.
The Nobel Prize selection committees are whacked. They gave it to Carter, and not Gandhi???
This is a software-as-a-service system that I heard will be open sourced soon.
http://www.brightmove.com
Cost is less of a factor if you are considering satellites and spacecraft. Putting these on your roof is not the only application.
Sure, the Bush Administration might have been incompetent, but it wasn't ONLY the incompetence of the Bush Administration that left the system so open to attack. The Bush administration took office on January 20, 2001, and that was hardly enough time to single handedly ruin the security of our country. It has been compounded by the increasing complacency of the Nation as a whole since the cold war (back when people were looking over their shoulders all the time in fear of nuclear war).
That's because Christopher Reeve was an actor who went to Julliard with Robin Williams. What was super about him was his ability to still contribute to society as a quadriplegic.
I concur. These boxes didn't have Arabic on them only flashing lights. While I still think that a terror attack is a real threat, the terrorism is obviously working as planned. Al-Qaeda has disrupted our lives and Boston just propagated that fear. It's good that Boston was paying attention, but then again they wasted 2 million dollars on a false alarm. Nice detective work, boys.
I used to live over his back fence, and he's talked me through a couple of his ideas.
Hey Tim! Love your show man. Especially that guy Al.How did a weather man's prediction affect Australia's grain crop? Australia would not have had a better crop had they just decided to not plant this season. Perhaps they could saved some money this season by minimizing loss, but it would not have increased the yield. I understand the point you are making, but it is not linked to the weather man's predictions in any way.
Another point is how does this prevent internal organs, such as your brain, from hitting bone and bruising. Answer is: It can't. Taking a hit by a car is all fine and well for your bones, but it won't protect the damage from the jarring of your organs. He shouldn't market it with taking a hit from a moving car, but stick to the more likely scenarios that you can really escape without injury.
Kudos to the guy for taking this so far on his own, but keep some reality in it.
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}HAHA! Like I said, it was just a hook up <grin>
I'll just be careful to never tell that story so as to not screw it up again. Got lots more, though. Being an RA on a freshman floor sure did diversify the available and willing gene pool. Then I majored in CS and that pool evaporated.