Really stupid people are going to waste their money, regardless of what laws you pass to protect them, or what you tell them. They are going to do it. Let them.
Why should I feel pity for such a creature that is too lazy and stupid in this age of having thousands of libraries literally at your fingertips instantly ?
All you asshats that think people need to be protected form such an obvious scam - consider it a public service that money is not being used for some political ends !
This is an awesome amazing golden opportunity to educate people that have self-identified as in the most need of education. If you want to help them, help them.
I bet you're one of those assholes that is so clueless that he's distracted while driving that you cause close-calls all the time, and have no idea when and even that you've done so.
Yeah, it's a serious problem, clueless, distracted drivers that think they have some sort of god-given right to do whatever they want on the public roads.
I'm all for vigilante justice for these types of assholes on the road. It's a serious problem that incites rage and causes delays and accidents, and the police are simply not equipped to make a dent in the problem.
You know, I keep hearing that HIV has "ravaged" all these places in Africa, based on WHO estimates of infection, yet when I look at the population growth numbers it just does not add-up.
I remember back in the 90's Oprah saying how HIV would impact straight America profoundly, yet none of that came true either.
If HIV is half the threat we've always been told it is, we should have seen some pretty serious widespread population impact by now. Obviously that never happened, is not going to ever happen, and what we've been told is not true.
But go ahead and keep ignoring the facts and keep repeating the bullshit, people that don't have HIV that draw a paycheck by inflating numbers and misleading the public and diverting resources are relying on it.
Given the extraordinary amounts of money dumped into HIV/AIDS research every year, for decades, the huge numbers of researchers involved globally, and the simply massive amount of published research, when you take it all in and look at it with a degree of curiosity and attempt to compare all this with other historically similar phenomenon...
Well, that's the problem. It's not really like anything else.
Sometimes what is needed isn't more people or money or research. Sometimes one is compelled to look at the reality and ask what is wrong with this picture, and if there needs to be an entirely new paradigm developed, because the results one would expect given the resources dumped into this one just are not there.
That issue is somewhat muted by the reduction in voltage. Get down to 7nm, and you're talking.5 volt.
Smaller, more portable, more powerful, and overall significantly less expensive also means more readily available to replace and significantly more disposable.
The reduction in power ideally translates into a reduction of pollution/environmental impact. In theory.
There's no reason to be an asshole, he had at least one example where it's not infringing on anybody.
But that doesn't suit your agenda does it ?
Making owning something illegal based solely on your own fears about how it might be used, and on your own ignorance isn't something to be proud of.
Particularly in this case, where people who really want one will simply build one anyway. What you should be advocating for, but are not, because you're a totalitarian asshole, is proper regulation of the device, not making it outright illegal to even own.
People like you are why we don't have really cool chemistry sets anymore. I have to admit, I really hate people like you, you turn the world into shit.
Urban people rarely are capable of factoring in the necessity of treating fairly the rest of the country.
Maybe if they'd pull their collective heads out of their asses and make public transit work properly in their own urban environments, and stop tying to force their poorly implemented urban non-solution on the rest of the country, they wouldn't be detested quite so much.
Many people have an interest in older tech because it IS and will ALWAYS be relevant.
Sure, modern DSLR's are amazing and simple to use, and instantaneous. But what does using it teach you compared to being knowledgeable about the technology that made it possible and desirable in the first place ?
Schools that teach people how to DO and THINK are ahead of schools that only teach abstracts. And integrative, functional knowledge is always vastly superior to a purely abstract knowledge that has very little bearing in the real world.
Many people interested in vinyl are also interested in the motors, the analogue electronics, the physicality of actually being able to fully comprehend why and how the devices work, how to actually repair and maintain them, and where these devices fit historically.
Contrast this to someone who has no idea how anything works, and just disposes of their shiny new toys, and buys another after a year of using a tech which they only have a very rudimentary knowledge of.
Also, the physical art of making a print from film you shot yourself is a process that point, shoot, edit and print is very different from, yet similar enough that a student can learn a remarkable amount about history, technology, art, mathematics, and physics from.
Most every modern vehicle has an A/C climate-control system. Simply take some of the condenser run-off that normally just drips on the ground and run it to the battery water reservoir.
The entire subsystem can be easily automated and integrated into the vehicles other automated subsystems, it's really not complex at all.
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Everybody knew it was illegal when it was first implemented.
The massive harm it's done to people is still not going to be addressed.
Nobody has been, or will ever be held accountable for the impact on people, the economy, and the assault on liberty.
It happened here and nobody that had any authority to do anything about it really gave a shit.
And we kept electing the assholes anyway.
Really stupid people are going to waste their money, regardless of what laws you pass to protect them, or what you tell them. They are going to do it. Let them.
Why should I feel pity for such a creature that is too lazy and stupid in this age of having thousands of libraries literally at your fingertips instantly ?
All you asshats that think people need to be protected form such an obvious scam - consider it a public service that money is not being used for some political ends !
This is an awesome amazing golden opportunity to educate people that have self-identified as in the most need of education. If you want to help them, help them.
You're really asking that questions ?
I bet you're one of those assholes that is so clueless that he's distracted while driving that you cause close-calls all the time, and have no idea when and even that you've done so.
Yeah, it's a serious problem, clueless, distracted drivers that think they have some sort of god-given right to do whatever they want on the public roads.
I'm all for vigilante justice for these types of assholes on the road. It's a serious problem that incites rage and causes delays and accidents, and the police are simply not equipped to make a dent in the problem.
I was very specific in stating that none of the estimates and projections are ever accurate.
If you have a problem with that, take it up with the organizations making the inflated estimates and predictions.
I'm not playing the bullshit game of accepting demands to disprove something that's already well documented.
Pull your own head out of your ass, anon.
"But the leading antiviral therapies allow most infected patients to live almost indefinitely while maintaining relatively high quality-of-life"
That's a pretty neat trick right there, I'm not aware of any drug which makes that possible !
Nothing about HIV makes any sense, outside of the political and financial aspect of it. That's the point.
You know, I keep hearing that HIV has "ravaged" all these places in Africa, based on WHO estimates of infection, yet when I look at the population growth numbers it just does not add-up.
I remember back in the 90's Oprah saying how HIV would impact straight America profoundly, yet none of that came true either.
If HIV is half the threat we've always been told it is, we should have seen some pretty serious widespread population impact by now. Obviously that never happened, is not going to ever happen, and what we've been told is not true.
But go ahead and keep ignoring the facts and keep repeating the bullshit, people that don't have HIV that draw a paycheck by inflating numbers and misleading the public and diverting resources are relying on it.
Given the extraordinary amounts of money dumped into HIV/AIDS research every year, for decades, the huge numbers of researchers involved globally, and the simply massive amount of published research, when you take it all in and look at it with a degree of curiosity and attempt to compare all this with other historically similar phenomenon...
Well, that's the problem. It's not really like anything else.
Sometimes what is needed isn't more people or money or research. Sometimes one is compelled to look at the reality and ask what is wrong with this picture, and if there needs to be an entirely new paradigm developed, because the results one would expect given the resources dumped into this one just are not there.
That issue is somewhat muted by the reduction in voltage. Get down to 7nm, and you're talking .5 volt.
Smaller, more portable, more powerful, and overall significantly less expensive also means more readily available to replace and significantly more disposable.
The reduction in power ideally translates into a reduction of pollution/environmental impact. In theory.
If you were trying for sarcasm, big fail there.
If you were serious, you're an idiot.
There's no reason to be an asshole, he had at least one example where it's not infringing on anybody.
But that doesn't suit your agenda does it ?
Making owning something illegal based solely on your own fears about how it might be used, and on your own ignorance isn't something to be proud of.
Particularly in this case, where people who really want one will simply build one anyway. What you should be advocating for, but are not, because you're a totalitarian asshole, is proper regulation of the device, not making it outright illegal to even own.
People like you are why we don't have really cool chemistry sets anymore. I have to admit, I really hate people like you, you turn the world into shit.
For 24K you can buy a decent, durable, safe vehicle that you can drive safely in all types of weather.
"The safety and the comfort of a car" is the kind of statement only someone "lit" could make with a straight face about this death-trap.
On the bright side, the more hipster douchbags that buy this piece of over-priced crap, and die as a result, the better.
Urban people rarely are capable of factoring in the necessity of treating fairly the rest of the country.
Maybe if they'd pull their collective heads out of their asses and make public transit work properly in their own urban environments, and stop tying to force their poorly implemented urban non-solution on the rest of the country, they wouldn't be detested quite so much.
incompetent, it's time to just get rid of it.
Most of what they do is harass poor and middle class people anyway.
Oh boy, I can't wait !
Many people have an interest in older tech because it IS and will ALWAYS be relevant.
Sure, modern DSLR's are amazing and simple to use, and instantaneous. But what does using it teach you compared to being knowledgeable about the technology that made it possible and desirable in the first place ?
Schools that teach people how to DO and THINK are ahead of schools that only teach abstracts. And integrative, functional knowledge is always vastly superior to a purely abstract knowledge that has very little bearing in the real world.
Many people interested in vinyl are also interested in the motors, the analogue electronics, the physicality of actually being able to fully comprehend why and how the devices work, how to actually repair and maintain them, and where these devices fit historically.
Contrast this to someone who has no idea how anything works, and just disposes of their shiny new toys, and buys another after a year of using a tech which they only have a very rudimentary knowledge of.
Also, the physical art of making a print from film you shot yourself is a process that point, shoot, edit and print is very different from, yet similar enough that a student can learn a remarkable amount about history, technology, art, mathematics, and physics from.
A more integrated and functional education.
For every feel-good article about autism there's a dozen real-life cases like yours.
I wish you nothing but the best of luck.
NAC you can get from most health food stores and on-line; it's not regulated as a drug in the US.
And insuring them. The whole thing is a massive waste of taxpayer funds by corrupt departments and cops.
But it's a felony if you lie to them.
Of course the US is a war zone.
Humans do not react to thwarted interest similarly.
It's actually not an issue at all.
Most every modern vehicle has an A/C climate-control system. Simply take some of the condenser run-off that normally just drips on the ground and run it to the battery water reservoir.
The entire subsystem can be easily automated and integrated into the vehicles other automated subsystems, it's really not complex at all.
It's a perfect, "legal" way for government agencies to take advantage of a way to subvert the entire process in the same manner any criminal would.
So... What legal recourse *is* there to this ?
Any lawyers here want to weigh-in ?
And by that I mean real lawyers, not your atypical slashdot pretenders.
do not grasp it any more than most people who "believe" in religious stuff.
Yet they are held in higher esteem by people who also believe in science. Just like religious people.
It is the kind of semi tragic comedy people who study philosophy find mundane and predictable.
And sometimes a bit amusing, while simultaneously being a bit nauseating.
turning schools into trailer parks would not be a boon to their education ?
It's nice to read one post in a hundred that actually has some real insight.
Thank you. I was starting to believe things were more hopeless than they are.