No, you pay tax on the value of the food you were given. Seriously. I barter like this as well, so the value of the service I would have paid for is the amount of income I've earned.
Maybe mourning is proportional to influence. A guy that did my concrete was killed on the job. I sent his family a note and some cash. How is that different than getting dressed up and going to a public funeral? For that matter, who are you to say that this text memorial is any different than "pouring out a 40 for our dead homie"?
I see several differences. First, the guy doing your concrete was on your property, doing a job for you. You may have been seen him or talked to him. Even then though, your actions back up what I'm saying; you sent a note and gave money, but no mention of attending a funeral or greving.
Those going to a public funeral are going for themsevles. They want to feel part of something that will be remembered... but are they really sad? Doubtful. If it was a civil rights leader, I bet there could be some loss.. the person was fighting for them personally. Losing someone fighting that battle for or with you, ya, I can see that. But that's also quite aways removed from publishing a filter list.
Pouring out a 40... that seems like something you'd do if you knew someone personally.. even if not that well, although I'd be suprised if you didn't have some more personal connection in your life with the one that's gone. Maybe for a coworker that was liked?
Spend your time trolling emo suicide memorial boards for people claiming the deceased was "a great person and didn't deserve this." The adults are talking.
Not sure what you're getting at here. What's your point? That the family puts their emotion on display for the world to see?
*sigh* Its really ashame everything must be spoon-fed to you. The CURRENT warming period is caused by human activity.. that's what your link said. In other words, climate CAN change for other reasons, but the reason it's changing (get warmer) RIGHT NOW is from our activity.
And a bunch of much smarter people than you figured this out, yet for some reason you want to screem "no, they're wrong b/c I don't like the implications." Again, the overwhelming majority of people smarter than you (ie. scientists studying the problem) agree.
That is beside the point -- not every loss needs to be a net loss in order for it to matter on some level. At the very least, this sort of thing serves as a reminder of one's own mortality.
Does a shooting on the news causing anyone to remember their own mortality? Not likely. If his work on his project didn't affect me, and I didn't know him, there's no impact on my life.
No, that degree of empathy would be super-human, not human -- not to mention counter-productive. But I do believe that there is more to be gained from a two-second pause for reflection than an "I really don't care" kind of reaction.
Why pause at this guy's death over someone elses? At least we have some progress; you admit that many of the people that die don't affect you.
Funny, because you seem to be the only one framing climate change as something only humans are doing. For a rational discussion, please stop trying to setup a strawman.
Stop it already. Those that truely would mourn him wouldn't be doing it here. Really, would you be mourning the loss of the guy that did your roof five years ago, assuming no other connections? After all, you can make the same argument for a roofer.. his work affected many people. I'm not trolling... I honestly believe this is more of a "look at me what a good person I am because I pretend to feel for someone I don't know." There's a lot of that around, and it sickens me more that people do that instead of being honest.
I think you may have missed the point of the quote. The idea is that it makes sense to feel a small loss when someone who has contributed something of value to the world leaves it -- "Any Man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind."
Everyone contributes something to the world. And since his replacement seems to have been decided.. I'm not sure what unique value he had. Very few people in the world count as irreplacable.
I disagree that people are incapable of feeling anything for those beyond one's immediate circle of family and friends. This is basic human empathy we're talking about here...
This basic empathy you're talking about is a myth; people pretend, because as you said, it's whats expected. Empathy is the ability to "share and understand" another's feelings.. and while I can certainly understand the loss and am not trying to belittle it... I don't share in it, because I didn't know the guy.
I mean really, if what you are saying is true, shouldn't we all be crying constantly.. after all thousands of people are dying everyday from war, starvation, their own stupidity, natural causes and crime. But for the most part, life just goes on, and you're no different now than if you never knew this guy died.
Dig your head in the sand as much as you want. Yes, climate change happens anyway... but you really think pumping tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere doesn't have any affect at all? Especially when we're talking about almost a 25% increase?
7) While I remain skeptical of global warming, I want to get off foreign oil in general. So may I propose a workable solution that many environmentalists don't like: nuclear power. Cut the red tape and streamline the process.
Which is ironic, because it's one of the most environmentally friendly means to generate power we have. The waste is well contained, and if we built newer reactors we wouldn't have to worry about waste at all.
IIS, Sql Server Express (except the version I have comes with Sql Server 2008 Standard), ISA, Sharepoint,.Net Framework. In other words, it does everything my Linux server did.
I'd rather pay and get something that works easily than get something free that I'm constantly fighting with.
You're exactly the problem with Linux. Something so mindnumbingly simple that should just work, and while your solution works, it's extra steps no one should have to take. So how about they just fucking reposition the window properly?
Well, I find your quote totally irrelevent. It doesn't extend to someone 3000 miles away that I never heard of. I have plenty of family and friends that would be sad if something happened to me, just as I'm sure "rick752" has plenty of family and friends who supported him, and will miss him.
So while the quote sounds nice and fuzzy, it's just not how people work.
The only citation I have is my wife who works at the local hospital doing insurance precertification. She has a few Eurpoeans a month, and quite a few Canadians.
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Um, sunlight isn't perfect white light. It's more of a yellowish tinge. People don't actually feel comfortable in perfect white light.
I agree. The submitter will hold on to the old style because the electric company needs to product 26 W instead of 13.. yet his 60W bulb will take a full 60 W? That doesn't make sense at all.... just sounds like a luddite. I honestly don't care it takes a few seconds longer to fully illuminate.
Plus with the wear levelling feature, the useful life of and SSD hammer seems like it would be much more reliable over a spinning disc hammer.
How does wear leveling fair when most of the content on the drive isn't being changed ever, while some files are changed quite frequently? If 60% of the drive's contents don't change (which, if you have a computer which you're using and not frequently installing / uninstalling programs), doesn't that mean that the 40% of the rest of the drive is being worn evenly, but that other 60% still has a lot more life left?
I'd like someone to explain why active sonar is necessary, being that subs are most effective when their location is not known, and active sonar instantly gives away your location.
no chance to upgrade to IE8 (i don't believe in that though.)
Good thing, as IE8 was already released for XP.
No new silverlight updates?
Not necessarly.
No new service pack updates for office and similar programs?
I would think that depends on when Office is no longer supported.. bugs won't be fixed in XP, but I don't think it means bugs won't be fixed for 2007 Office on XP.
Oh. But i can name you two bugs that really DO bug people. - processes that require you to force terminate after auto shutdown
Huh? What are you talking about?
Windows update doesn't work on XP, it only works on IE.
Huh? Windows update will continue to work, and has nothing to do with IE.
I don't think we should have laws against heroin or cocain. We shouldn't have a notion at all that it's ok for a third party to tell an individual what they may or may not put in their body.
Your statement about kids and coffee is stupid. Usually kids don't even like coffee.
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No, you pay tax on the value of the food you were given. Seriously. I barter like this as well, so the value of the service I would have paid for is the amount of income I've earned.
Maybe mourning is proportional to influence. A guy that did my concrete was killed on the job. I sent his family a note and some cash. How is that different than getting dressed up and going to a public funeral? For that matter, who are you to say that this text memorial is any different than "pouring out a 40 for our dead homie"?
I see several differences. First, the guy doing your concrete was on your property, doing a job for you. You may have been seen him or talked to him. Even then though, your actions back up what I'm saying; you sent a note and gave money, but no mention of attending a funeral or greving.
Those going to a public funeral are going for themsevles. They want to feel part of something that will be remembered... but are they really sad? Doubtful. If it was a civil rights leader, I bet there could be some loss.. the person was fighting for them personally. Losing someone fighting that battle for or with you, ya, I can see that. But that's also quite aways removed from publishing a filter list.
Pouring out a 40... that seems like something you'd do if you knew someone personally.. even if not that well, although I'd be suprised if you didn't have some more personal connection in your life with the one that's gone. Maybe for a coworker that was liked?
Spend your time trolling emo suicide memorial boards for people claiming the deceased was "a great person and didn't deserve this." The adults are talking.
Not sure what you're getting at here. What's your point? That the family puts their emotion on display for the world to see?
*sigh* Its really ashame everything must be spoon-fed to you. The CURRENT warming period is caused by human activity.. that's what your link said. In other words, climate CAN change for other reasons, but the reason it's changing (get warmer) RIGHT NOW is from our activity.
And a bunch of much smarter people than you figured this out, yet for some reason you want to screem "no, they're wrong b/c I don't like the implications." Again, the overwhelming majority of people smarter than you (ie. scientists studying the problem) agree.
That's because of that third fist where his chin should be.
That is beside the point -- not every loss needs to be a net loss in order for it to matter on some level. At the very least, this sort of thing serves as a reminder of one's own mortality.
Does a shooting on the news causing anyone to remember their own mortality? Not likely. If his work on his project didn't affect me, and I didn't know him, there's no impact on my life.
No, that degree of empathy would be super-human, not human -- not to mention counter-productive. But I do believe that there is more to be gained from a two-second pause for reflection than an "I really don't care" kind of reaction.
Why pause at this guy's death over someone elses? At least we have some progress; you admit that many of the people that die don't affect you.
Funny, because you seem to be the only one framing climate change as something only humans are doing. For a rational discussion, please stop trying to setup a strawman.
Stop it already. Those that truely would mourn him wouldn't be doing it here. Really, would you be mourning the loss of the guy that did your roof five years ago, assuming no other connections? After all, you can make the same argument for a roofer.. his work affected many people. I'm not trolling... I honestly believe this is more of a "look at me what a good person I am because I pretend to feel for someone I don't know." There's a lot of that around, and it sickens me more that people do that instead of being honest.
I think you may have missed the point of the quote. The idea is that it makes sense to feel a small loss when someone who has contributed something of value to the world leaves it -- "Any Man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind."
Everyone contributes something to the world. And since his replacement seems to have been decided.. I'm not sure what unique value he had. Very few people in the world count as irreplacable.
I disagree that people are incapable of feeling anything for those beyond one's immediate circle of family and friends. This is basic human empathy we're talking about here...
This basic empathy you're talking about is a myth; people pretend, because as you said, it's whats expected. Empathy is the ability to "share and understand" another's feelings.. and while I can certainly understand the loss and am not trying to belittle it... I don't share in it, because I didn't know the guy.
I mean really, if what you are saying is true, shouldn't we all be crying constantly.. after all thousands of people are dying everyday from war, starvation, their own stupidity, natural causes and crime. But for the most part, life just goes on, and you're no different now than if you never knew this guy died.
Dig your head in the sand as much as you want. Yes, climate change happens anyway... but you really think pumping tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere doesn't have any affect at all? Especially when we're talking about almost a 25% increase?
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn11638
7) While I remain skeptical of global warming, I want to get off foreign oil in general. So may I propose a workable solution that many environmentalists don't like: nuclear power. Cut the red tape and streamline the process.
Which is ironic, because it's one of the most environmentally friendly means to generate power we have. The waste is well contained, and if we built newer reactors we wouldn't have to worry about waste at all.
How MUCH it is affecting is still very much up for debate.
Only for quacks like you. Scientists pretty much all agree at this point.
So... it sounds like it's wearing the entire disk even when little is changing. The drive is wearing itself down even if nothing new is being written.
IIS, Sql Server Express (except the version I have comes with Sql Server 2008 Standard), ISA, Sharepoint, .Net Framework. In other words, it does everything my Linux server did.
I'd rather pay and get something that works easily than get something free that I'm constantly fighting with.
You're exactly the problem with Linux. Something so mindnumbingly simple that should just work, and while your solution works, it's extra steps no one should have to take. So how about they just fucking reposition the window properly?
Oh? And how long will you be morning "rick752"?
Well, I find your quote totally irrelevent. It doesn't extend to someone 3000 miles away that I never heard of. I have plenty of family and friends that would be sad if something happened to me, just as I'm sure "rick752" has plenty of family and friends who supported him, and will miss him.
So while the quote sounds nice and fuzzy, it's just not how people work.
The only citation I have is my wife who works at the local hospital doing insurance precertification. She has a few Eurpoeans a month, and quite a few Canadians.
Um, sunlight isn't perfect white light. It's more of a yellowish tinge. People don't actually feel comfortable in perfect white light.
I agree. The submitter will hold on to the old style because the electric company needs to product 26 W instead of 13.. yet his 60W bulb will take a full 60 W? That doesn't make sense at all.... just sounds like a luddite. I honestly don't care it takes a few seconds longer to fully illuminate.
Plus with the wear levelling feature, the useful life of and SSD hammer seems like it would be much more reliable over a spinning disc hammer.
How does wear leveling fair when most of the content on the drive isn't being changed ever, while some files are changed quite frequently? If 60% of the drive's contents don't change (which, if you have a computer which you're using and not frequently installing / uninstalling programs), doesn't that mean that the 40% of the rest of the drive is being worn evenly, but that other 60% still has a lot more life left?
I'd like someone to explain why active sonar is necessary, being that subs are most effective when their location is not known, and active sonar instantly gives away your location.
No more new graphics drivers updates?
That's up to graphics card vendors.
no chance to upgrade to IE8 (i don't believe in that though.)
Good thing, as IE8 was already released for XP.
No new silverlight updates?
Not necessarly.
No new service pack updates for office and similar programs?
I would think that depends on when Office is no longer supported.. bugs won't be fixed in XP, but I don't think it means bugs won't be fixed for 2007 Office on XP.
Oh. But i can name you two bugs that really DO bug people.
- processes that require you to force terminate after auto shutdown
Huh? What are you talking about?
Windows update doesn't work on XP, it only works on IE.
Huh? Windows update will continue to work, and has nothing to do with IE.
I did the same too, in 2002. I switched back to Windows on the desktop in 2005, and also changed my 10 year old server from Linux to Windows too.
Because while Vista may have changed quite a bit, I'm sure there's still a lot of XP code in there.
I don't think we should have laws against heroin or cocain. We shouldn't have a notion at all that it's ok for a third party to tell an individual what they may or may not put in their body.
Your statement about kids and coffee is stupid. Usually kids don't even like coffee.