...I'd rather scratch me 'X' on a piece of pay-pur!! Yaaaaarrrrrhhhhh!!!!
We don't talk like pirates in Canada eh...
That's all we do. X on a piece of paper. Simple. Even the old people can understand it. Call me a bit conservative, but unless there's a paper backup of my electronic vote, I want no part of it.
I could take "preventative measures" against black males because they are more likely to commit crimes, statistically speaking.
You guys already have - it's called affirmative action. Try to improve the quality of lives for all blacks so statistically they have the same chance of success as white males.
They couldn't even get electronic voting right, and now you think there's something safe about internet voting?
Thanks, I like our system in Canada. Paper based voting. Go in, get a list of names, but an X in the circle. Can't figure out how to put an X into a circle? Your vote doesn't count. It's like a mini IQ test. Too dumb to write an X in the circle? Too dumb to pick a politician too:)
Just look at bands or artists that have fallen out of public favor because their music is outdated. Their quality seems to take a huge nose dive even though they are the same band.
Perl Jam isn't nearly as popular as they were with Ten and Vs., yet their music is better than ever.
I really do hope and pray we at least get some viable choices this next time around. I really, really, really hate having to consider my vote as the 'lesser of two evils'.
Al Gore would have been the best thing for the US, at least from a conscience point of view. I really like his present efforts on global warming. He is really a smart man... He was a viable choice, rather than the mimbo your country elected.
Saying that being bullied is the fault of the victim is tantamount to saying that date rape happens because a woman wears a sexy outfit. Both are fallacious.
A bully feels empowered with their physical dominance of others. It's about dominance. Same with rape actually.
That said, I plan to teach my daughter that it's okay to look pretty and beautiful, but it's not okay to dress trashy and whorish. And I plan to teach my kid to use humour to get out of being picked on at school. But sometimes bad kids are just bad kids, usually through no fault of their own.
I think the grandparent is fallacious in assuming that letting children consume violent entertainment is tantamount to encouraging them to fight, steal, etc
of course you would have spotted that my comment was sarcastic.
Yeah - I was responding to your sarcasm. You seemed to imply government should stay out of parents' parenting.
But no, I do not think that any government body (aside from schooling) has any right to determine how I raise MY kids.
It takes a village to raise a child. Unfortunately you can only control so much of a child's environment. Part of a child's environment is their friends at school, and the parents of those friends.
How about you deal with your kids and lock the scum away in jail when/if they break the law? And yeah, throw in their parents with them.
Because then it could be too late. A lost life cannot ever be recovered. It's important to take preventative measures. One bad parent putting out one bad child can result in a lot of hurt for a lot of people. It takes a village to raise a child no?
How many psych studies would I have to present to you to retract your statements?
Population (a) watches violent TV for a few hours. Population (b) does not.
Population (a) has a higher propensity to violent behaviour than population (b). It's been hammered in psych journals ad nauseum.
Let me explain to you the difference. One case does not make a rule. You were allowed to watch violence on TV (and so was I btw). Doesn't mean that you were the average child and neither was I.
good point, it would disadvantage poorer people unfairly.
Disadvantage? A computer in a library used to access Myspace?
Honestly, these computers should be used for something a bit more productive than wasting time on myspace.com anyway.
However wtf is the house of rep. trying to do with this anyway? It should be up to the communities who operate the library, not the US govt.
Personally, if I were in charge of a library's IT, I would white list sites like Wikipedia and *.edu and a bunch of good academic research sites. I would block out Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. Libraries are for reading and learning, not checking email and making posts on myspace.
It's annoying when you want to do some real research on a library computer and some asshole in front of you is chatting on web messenger or checking their email.
you mean, parents have responsibilities? Surely not! It's up to the congress to legislate our childs upbringing.
So I am a good parent. I watch what my kid does on the internet and what my kid sees on TV. I try to teach my kid about looking at things critically and how to see through marketing BS. I teach my kids violence isn't right and they should treat people with respect and carry themselves with dignity.
Some other parents though might negelect their children. They are too self absorbed to be watching what their kids see on TV or what video games these kids play. These kids may watch violence all the time. They feel toughness is empowering. These are the kids that go to school and bully other kids around. They steal and fight and act with impunity. I think I'd like my government to protect me and my kids from kids like that. It's not the fault of those children but the fault of their parents, but my children might pay the price of those parent's incompetance.
I'm generallizing. I realize there are exceptions to the rules, but children who watch violence on TV tend to be more violent than those who do not.
The problem is this. Parents have a god-given right to not teach their children a damned thing. Do we have a right to be subjected to those children who cannot tell right from wrong because the TV raised them, or can we do something about it.
I don't agree with their rules for myself, but I think these rules can help protect me from bad parents.
not to mention wind turbines take up tons of space, slaughter birds, and are eyesores, while solar panels are relatively low-key.
Modern wind turbines move quite slow actually. Google for it. What you're saying about the birds is a myth.
And if you have a large agricultural area, wind turbines aren't very invasive to their land; a farmer can probably grow around it with virtually little loss of space.
And seriously, if you go through the pain of building the 400 packages required to make a decent gentoo workstation, do you want to then throw that away and boot windows at the slightest change of mind?
The latested LiveCD version of Gentoo makes it easier than ever to install it. It still takes a while, but it isn't too bad, and you can really automate the process so it isn't as dramatic as it used to be.
The hydrogen can be created through electrolysis and the energy density of hydrogen is far greater than batteries. Hydrogen comes with its own set of problems, but I believe they are all easier to solve than the problems associated with battery powered vehicles.
Argh. It takes electricity to seperate Hydrogen from water. Then you ignite the hydrogen and regerse the process. It's a lossy inefficient process. You're better off storing the electricity and using it in a motor than you are seperating the hydrogen and combusting it.
Recall energy cannot be created or destroyed. Recall also that in an ideal, frictionless world, energy conversion would be lossless, but that isn't the case here. Furthermore, who the hell would want to drive around in the hindenberg?
We even have a "Bill of Rights" and an Amendment banning cruel and unusual punishment.
FWIW, I respect the Bill of Rights and the US constitution, and I think your forefathers were on the right track. However these documents should not bind the government to these rules only within the borders of the US.
But hey, the US is a free country so if you want to be snarky to the point of being petulant AND WRONG, then go right ahead.
Really? Free? Recall the McCarthy era, where books were banned. Is Mary Shelly's Frankenstein such a threat to the US security? Free my ass. Frankenstein was a banned book during that era.
And ask the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay what they think of US freedoms.
I can't speak for those "other countries", but the Canadian constitutional applies to everyone, citizen and non-citizen alike, just like the rest of the laws.
Only on Canadian Soil. The government is free to act as it pleases outside our country, same as the US. Our Supreme court has yet to rule (AFAIK) that the Canadian government needs to act within our constitutional limits on an international level.
That's the same escape the US government is using in Guantanamo. They are not in violation of the US constitution if we torture in Cuba.
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Actually, there's no accounting for taste.
d/m/y -> smallest unit to largest unit.
m/d/y -> reads from left to right as you would read a date. Februay 1, 2006 = m/d/y.
...I'd rather scratch me 'X' on a piece of pay-pur!! Yaaaaarrrrrhhhhh!!!!
We don't talk like pirates in Canada eh...
That's all we do. X on a piece of paper. Simple. Even the old people can understand it. Call me a bit conservative, but unless there's a paper backup of my electronic vote, I want no part of it.
I could take "preventative measures" against black males because they are more likely to commit crimes, statistically speaking.
You guys already have - it's called affirmative action. Try to improve the quality of lives for all blacks so statistically they have the same chance of success as white males.
Perhaps in operations, but not development:
Linky here
They're shipping off whatever they can.
They couldn't even get electronic voting right, and now you think there's something safe about internet voting?
:)
Thanks, I like our system in Canada. Paper based voting. Go in, get a list of names, but an X in the circle. Can't figure out how to put an X into a circle? Your vote doesn't count. It's like a mini IQ test. Too dumb to write an X in the circle? Too dumb to pick a politician too
That's weird, my (uninformed) perception was that Amazon had solidified it's place as the king of of the hill and was doing exceedingly well.
Funny how you don't really know who is really succeeding until you look at the bottom line.
And they even farm out all their stuff to India now.
You'll never catch me ordering another tech book from them again. They like the US market as consumers, but loathe them as employees. Nice.
Just look at bands or artists that have fallen out of public favor because their music is outdated. Their quality seems to take a huge nose dive even though they are the same band.
Perl Jam isn't nearly as popular as they were with Ten and Vs., yet their music is better than ever.
Not all good bands or artists sell out.
I really do hope and pray we at least get some viable choices this next time around. I really, really, really hate having to consider my vote as the 'lesser of two evils'.
Al Gore would have been the best thing for the US, at least from a conscience point of view. I really like his present efforts on global warming. He is really a smart man... He was a viable choice, rather than the mimbo your country elected.
Teach your kid not to be a victim.
Saying that being bullied is the fault of the victim is tantamount to saying that date rape happens because a woman wears a sexy outfit. Both are fallacious.
A bully feels empowered with their physical dominance of others. It's about dominance. Same with rape actually.
That said, I plan to teach my daughter that it's okay to look pretty and beautiful, but it's not okay to dress trashy and whorish. And I plan to teach my kid to use humour to get out of being picked on at school. But sometimes bad kids are just bad kids, usually through no fault of their own.
I think the grandparent is fallacious in assuming that letting children consume violent entertainment is tantamount to encouraging them to fight, steal, etc
Assertion???
There's a strong correlation with aggressive behaviour and violent media. It's in all the psych journals.
A child exposed to violent media has a higher propensity to exhibit aggressive behaviour.
of course you would have spotted that my comment was sarcastic.
Yeah - I was responding to your sarcasm. You seemed to imply government should stay out of parents' parenting.
But no, I do not think that any government body (aside from schooling) has any right to determine how I raise MY kids.
It takes a village to raise a child. Unfortunately you can only control so much of a child's environment. Part of a child's environment is their friends at school, and the parents of those friends.
How about you deal with your kids and lock the scum away in jail when/if they break the law? And yeah, throw in their parents with them.
Because then it could be too late. A lost life cannot ever be recovered. It's important to take preventative measures. One bad parent putting out one bad child can result in a lot of hurt for a lot of people. It takes a village to raise a child no?
I call BS.
How many psych studies would I have to present to you to retract your statements?
Population (a) watches violent TV for a few hours. Population (b) does not.
Population (a) has a higher propensity to violent behaviour than population (b). It's been hammered in psych journals ad nauseum.
Let me explain to you the difference. One case does not make a rule. You were allowed to watch violence on TV (and so was I btw). Doesn't mean that you were the average child and neither was I.
Well you didn't get modded up, but props to you for such an insightful response - it was more clever than what I would have come up with... Kudo's!
:)
Sincerely -> GP
good point, it would disadvantage poorer people unfairly.
Disadvantage? A computer in a library used to access Myspace?
Honestly, these computers should be used for something a bit more productive than wasting time on myspace.com anyway.
However wtf is the house of rep. trying to do with this anyway? It should be up to the communities who operate the library, not the US govt.
Personally, if I were in charge of a library's IT, I would white list sites like Wikipedia and *.edu and a bunch of good academic research sites. I would block out Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. Libraries are for reading and learning, not checking email and making posts on myspace.
It's annoying when you want to do some real research on a library computer and some asshole in front of you is chatting on web messenger or checking their email.
you mean, parents have responsibilities? Surely not!
It's up to the congress to legislate our childs upbringing.
So I am a good parent. I watch what my kid does on the internet and what my kid sees on TV. I try to teach my kid about looking at things critically and how to see through marketing BS. I teach my kids violence isn't right and they should treat people with respect and carry themselves with dignity.
Some other parents though might negelect their children. They are too self absorbed to be watching what their kids see on TV or what video games these kids play. These kids may watch violence all the time. They feel toughness is empowering. These are the kids that go to school and bully other kids around. They steal and fight and act with impunity. I think I'd like my government to protect me and my kids from kids like that. It's not the fault of those children but the fault of their parents, but my children might pay the price of those parent's incompetance.
I'm generallizing. I realize there are exceptions to the rules, but children who watch violence on TV tend to be more violent than those who do not.
The problem is this. Parents have a god-given right to not teach their children a damned thing. Do we have a right to be subjected to those children who cannot tell right from wrong because the TV raised them, or can we do something about it.
I don't agree with their rules for myself, but I think these rules can help protect me from bad parents.
not to mention wind turbines take up tons of space, slaughter birds, and are eyesores, while solar panels are relatively low-key.
Modern wind turbines move quite slow actually. Google for it. What you're saying about the birds is a myth.
And if you have a large agricultural area, wind turbines aren't very invasive to their land; a farmer can probably grow around it with virtually little loss of space.
America's largest supplier of oil is ...
...
wait for it
Canada.
And the won't believe you unless you provide a link
Only 4% even know it.
And seriously, if you go through the pain of building the 400 packages required to make a decent gentoo workstation, do you want to then throw that away and boot windows at the slightest change of mind?
The latested LiveCD version of Gentoo makes it easier than ever to install it. It still takes a while, but it isn't too bad, and you can really automate the process so it isn't as dramatic as it used to be.
Set Photos here
Notice how lame Optimus Prime looks with those flames.
Nice Jubblies though in the last pic.
The hydrogen can be created through electrolysis and the energy density of hydrogen is far greater than batteries. Hydrogen comes with its own set of problems, but I believe they are all easier to solve than the problems associated with battery powered vehicles.
Argh. It takes electricity to seperate Hydrogen from water. Then you ignite the hydrogen and regerse the process. It's a lossy inefficient process. You're better off storing the electricity and using it in a motor than you are seperating the hydrogen and combusting it.
Recall energy cannot be created or destroyed. Recall also that in an ideal, frictionless world, energy conversion would be lossless, but that isn't the case here. Furthermore, who the hell would want to drive around in the hindenberg?
I started that thread!
I had a hard time keeping up with the responses!
I did like that thought out response above - really well thought out IMO.
We even have a "Bill of Rights" and an Amendment banning cruel and unusual punishment.
FWIW, I respect the Bill of Rights and the US constitution, and I think your forefathers were on the right track. However these documents should not bind the government to these rules only within the borders of the US.
But hey, the US is a free country so if you want to be snarky to the point of being petulant AND WRONG, then go right ahead.
Really? Free? Recall the McCarthy era, where books were banned. Is Mary Shelly's Frankenstein such a threat to the US security? Free my ass. Frankenstein was a banned book during that era.
And ask the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay what they think of US freedoms.
I can't speak for those "other countries", but the Canadian constitutional applies to everyone, citizen and non-citizen alike, just like the rest of the laws.
Only on Canadian Soil. The government is free to act as it pleases outside our country, same as the US. Our Supreme court has yet to rule (AFAIK) that the Canadian government needs to act within our constitutional limits on an international level.
That's the same escape the US government is using in Guantanamo. They are not in violation of the US constitution if we torture in Cuba.
The USA doesn't torture people.
Did you not see the video from that prison in Iraq?
And do you really know what goes on in Guantanamo Bay?
Didn't the President go to Congress asking for the right to torture? Aren't there strict torture guidelines?
If you think the USA doesn't torture you are on crack.