It's funny, but I just read this ON CNN.com. Obviously, one dude is not "all cops", but the really interesting part is the departmental response. Can you really wonder why the average citizen might hate/fear cops when the balance of power is so completely skewed, and it is obvious that cops protect their own? I mean, I can at least try to protect myself against the average asshole who assaults me, but not a cop. My word against his 2 cop buddies that he was illegally tazing me? Uh huh. And while you say you have never seen a cop behave inappropriately (and throw out some weak "we're too lazy to do the necessary paperwork" bullshit as a reason!), it's obvious some do. So every time I encounter a cop in a less than friendly setting, I am encountering an armed person that can kill or severely injure me and most likely get away with it. And any attempt to defend myself will, again most likely, screw up my life completely. And all I have to do is somehow piss off this stranger that is already predisposed to distrust and dislike me.
Are you implying that a movie that almost exclusively features overly muscular men running around dressed in rather revealing clothes is somehow less than 100% hetero? Maybe so; fortunately, they through in an unnecessarily hermaphroditic character to make sure there was no confusion about this movie's supreme manliness.
Alfred has previous operative experience but not CIA, he's British. I don't remember if they ever specify in the comics exactly what organization he worked for before becoming attached to the Wayne family.
I wondered that same thing, and came to the conclusion that a) it wouldn't have made any difference in Dent's state of mind and b) Wayne does not like to give anything away concerning his internal workings. Something as personal as that decision and subsequent consequences is not something he is likely to discuss at all.
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Agreed. One of the creepiest moments was when Gamble calls him crazy and he gets a serious look in his eye and says "I am not. No, I am not crazy." or something to that effect. He does something similar at another point in the movie, but I forget what it was.
I guess I'm not sure what you are getting at. If both groups are provided with sufficient food and water and safety from other people, are you saying exposure to the elements or wild beasts is likelier to kill one group or the other? As far as comfortable, I doubt either group would be terribly comfortable in a completely alien environment.
Some simple advice to you younger folks out there. Work hard to get where you want to go in life, but don't forget to also take time to really, truly appreciate where you ARE in life. No matter how great your life is in 20 years, there are things from your life today that you're going to miss.
Enjoy them while they're here.
Good advice for everyone, not just younger folk...
then create a list of who you would kill first, as emperor of your perfect little world.
Special Olympics kids would be way down on my list. First, I'd kill that sorry bitch that cut me off in traffic this morning, then that asshole that flipped me off b/c I merged into his lane right in front of him, then that sorry sack that was going 2 mph under the speed limit in the middle lane...
Humans are formed from the coding in DNA so therefore the function of a brain is also contained with DNA. Therefore in time, it can be entirely understood.
Except it is much much more complicated than that. Read up on transposons, recombination, the entire field of epigenetics (I personally find methylation to be fascinating), etc. There are an entire range of factors and functions that make it impossible to reliably extrapolate biology from DNA sequencing alone.
Actually, "hue and cry" IS most often used to mean public reaction to something. At least, that is the way I have always heard it used. And Wikipedia
concurs, as does Merriam-Webster.
Thanks for the link. I've heard of Nakahira, but have always come away with the same "urban legend" feeling about him that you mentioned. I'd never heard of Onoda or Nakamura.
Interestingly, if we are counting from the time they were conscripted, Yokoi also lasted 31 years, 1941 - 1972. My statement of 26 years was from the official Japanese surrender to his personal surrender.
If you really do have experience on the differences between applying for grants "to research brain/machine interfaces for prothetic (sp) limbs to help disabled people" and grants "to give yourself/your_cyborg_army superhuman appendages to be used for world domination" then you must also have experience walking with a 20 pound scrotum swinging between your legs.
Gotcha. I have to say, you picked a great example in Access; I have seen more crap db design come from somebody that "knows databases, b/c [he] put together a library of my DVDs using Access". THAT definitely does not count for anything.
Oh, and I know my example doesn't represent disjoint sets - I can think of one point of overlap right off the top of my head:-)
In particular, I'd be wary of amateur tech geeks -- people who are computer enthusisasts, but not for anything that counts.
I understand what you mean by being wary of amateurs that "know enough to be dangerous", but what do you mean by "computer enthusiasts (sp), but not for anything that counts."? What do you mean, "counts"? Like amateur AI programmers vs. WoW players or something?
because the government has no right to restrict the liberty of any person barring criminal behavior.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you, there (I think you are spot on in your observations about historic immigrant behaviors). Within the country, I agree that the gov't mostly has no right to bar citizens from traveling freely (the obvious exceptions being military bases, high-security installations, etc.) But I don't see why any foreign born person has any right whatsoever to come live in my country. Just as I don't believe I have a right to go live wherever I please, regardless of the desires of the natives. The simple fact of living in this country enables a person to utilize some of the public resources - why shouldn't we as a country, as represented by our government, have the right to choose who is and is not allowed to utilize our resources?
Can I play semantics with your words? You can't call monies forcefully taken from you (or taken under threat of force), such as taxes, a donation. I can't be arsed to copy/paste some random online dictionary's definition, but I'm pretty sure donate carries some element of personal decision. Taxes do not.
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It's funny, but I just read this ON CNN.com. Obviously, one dude is not "all cops", but the really interesting part is the departmental response. Can you really wonder why the average citizen might hate/fear cops when the balance of power is so completely skewed, and it is obvious that cops protect their own? I mean, I can at least try to protect myself against the average asshole who assaults me, but not a cop. My word against his 2 cop buddies that he was illegally tazing me? Uh huh. And while you say you have never seen a cop behave inappropriately (and throw out some weak "we're too lazy to do the necessary paperwork" bullshit as a reason!), it's obvious some do. So every time I encounter a cop in a less than friendly setting, I am encountering an armed person that can kill or severely injure me and most likely get away with it. And any attempt to defend myself will, again most likely, screw up my life completely. And all I have to do is somehow piss off this stranger that is already predisposed to distrust and dislike me.
Wonderful story! Thanks for the link.
Are you implying that a movie that almost exclusively features overly muscular men running around dressed in rather revealing clothes is somehow less than 100% hetero? Maybe so; fortunately, they through in an unnecessarily hermaphroditic character to make sure there was no confusion about this movie's supreme manliness.
Alfred has previous operative experience but not CIA, he's British. I don't remember if they ever specify in the comics exactly what organization he worked for before becoming attached to the Wayne family.
I wondered that same thing, and came to the conclusion that a) it wouldn't have made any difference in Dent's state of mind and b) Wayne does not like to give anything away concerning his internal workings. Something as personal as that decision and subsequent consequences is not something he is likely to discuss at all.
Agreed. One of the creepiest moments was when Gamble calls him crazy and he gets a serious look in his eye and says "I am not. No, I am not crazy." or something to that effect. He does something similar at another point in the movie, but I forget what it was.
I guess I'm not sure what you are getting at. If both groups are provided with sufficient food and water and safety from other people, are you saying exposure to the elements or wild beasts is likelier to kill one group or the other? As far as comfortable, I doubt either group would be terribly comfortable in a completely alien environment.
Thank you! I get so tired of people bugging me about "Which Linux distro do you use?" when all I want to do is bite the head off this here chicken.
Kleenex was never verbed.
Dude, what the hell happened at 10:15 AM!!??? WHAT ARE YOU HIDING?
Of course there is. He is 97.5% male, 176cm tall, 283.7 lbs, has 1.78 arms, 8.43 toes and 0.83 children. And prefers orange Jello to red.
Some simple advice to you younger folks out there. Work hard to get where you want to go in life, but don't forget to also take time to really, truly appreciate where you ARE in life. No matter how great your life is in 20 years, there are things from your life today that you're going to miss. Enjoy them while they're here.
Good advice for everyone, not just younger folk...
Indeed, you should be suspicious of anyone who protests that something can't be priced.
:-)
Life, my eyesight, both of my legs, etc. Some things can't be priced b/c they are irreplaceable and vital to my happiness.
Of course, you should be suspicious of me anyway; I'm over 30
then create a list of who you would kill first, as emperor of your perfect little world.
Special Olympics kids would be way down on my list. First, I'd kill that sorry bitch that cut me off in traffic this morning, then that asshole that flipped me off b/c I merged into his lane right in front of him, then that sorry sack that was going 2 mph under the speed limit in the middle lane...
BIOS password. No password, no reboot, no hack (if you are referring to the one I think you are).
Humans are formed from the coding in DNA so therefore the function of a brain is also contained with DNA. Therefore in time, it can be entirely understood.
Except it is much much more complicated than that. Read up on transposons, recombination, the entire field of epigenetics (I personally find methylation to be fascinating), etc. There are an entire range of factors and functions that make it impossible to reliably extrapolate biology from DNA sequencing alone.
Actually, "hue and cry" IS most often used to mean public reaction to something. At least, that is the way I have always heard it used. And Wikipedia concurs, as does Merriam-Webster.
Thanks for the link. I've heard of Nakahira, but have always come away with the same "urban legend" feeling about him that you mentioned. I'd never heard of Onoda or Nakamura.
Interestingly, if we are counting from the time they were conscripted, Yokoi also lasted 31 years, 1941 - 1972. My statement of 26 years was from the official Japanese surrender to his personal surrender.
I believe this guy was the last one to surrender. He lasted 26 years.
Speaking from experience
If you really do have experience on the differences between applying for grants "to research brain/machine interfaces for prothetic (sp) limbs to help disabled people" and grants "to give yourself/your_cyborg_army superhuman appendages to be used for world domination" then you must also have experience walking with a 20 pound scrotum swinging between your legs.
Gotcha. I have to say, you picked a great example in Access; I have seen more crap db design come from somebody that "knows databases, b/c [he] put together a library of my DVDs using Access". THAT definitely does not count for anything.
:-)
Oh, and I know my example doesn't represent disjoint sets - I can think of one point of overlap right off the top of my head
In particular, I'd be wary of amateur tech geeks -- people who are computer enthusisasts, but not for anything that counts.
I understand what you mean by being wary of amateurs that "know enough to be dangerous", but what do you mean by "computer enthusiasts (sp), but not for anything that counts."? What do you mean, "counts"? Like amateur AI programmers vs. WoW players or something?
What exactly is "culturally American"?
Everyone like me, of course.
because the government has no right to restrict the liberty of any person barring criminal behavior.
I'm gonna have to disagree with you, there (I think you are spot on in your observations about historic immigrant behaviors). Within the country, I agree that the gov't mostly has no right to bar citizens from traveling freely (the obvious exceptions being military bases, high-security installations, etc.) But I don't see why any foreign born person has any right whatsoever to come live in my country. Just as I don't believe I have a right to go live wherever I please, regardless of the desires of the natives. The simple fact of living in this country enables a person to utilize some of the public resources - why shouldn't we as a country, as represented by our government, have the right to choose who is and is not allowed to utilize our resources?
Can I play semantics with your words? You can't call monies forcefully taken from you (or taken under threat of force), such as taxes, a donation. I can't be arsed to copy/paste some random online dictionary's definition, but I'm pretty sure donate carries some element of personal decision. Taxes do not.