Some things work for some people, but not necessarily for everyone. The thing is, you can always find anecdotes for both sides. I have one friend who goes to a chiropractor to get relief for her migraines - medications don't help them, but a good neck massage does. On the other hand, I have another friend whose back was permanently disabled by a chiropractor to where not even surgery was able to repair the damage.
This is why in-depth studies are needed to determine just how effective the treatment is for the average person all the time and what side effects could be expected with different conditions.
But is indoctrination in and of itself necessarily evil? We indoctrinate our kids not to touch hot stoves or play in the freeway, too. And whatever country you're from, is it such a bad thing to teach your children to love and respect the country they're citizens of? To maintain any ordered society, the citizens in general have to want the society to stay together or the country dissolves into anarchy and splinter states.
You know, not every time a guy talks to a girl is a come-on.
Of course not. It's just the guys who spend the whole time rambling about vague topics while staring at the girl's chest that give us the creeps. If they were to stare briefly then recommend a better brand of pocket protector and make eye contact for the rest of the conversation, we'd be less creeped out.
I'm actually fairly geeky for a woman, I love science and history and I do the majority of my own hardware/software maintenance, but I wouldn't want to do it as a career. Took physics in high school and loved it, used to apply it to random around the house problems just for the fun of figuring out how to use the laws/formulas. I've used Linux for several years and took programming classes in college for - again - the fun of it.
However, I wouldn't want to sit in front of a computer screen crunching code all day or spend my life beating my head against chemical formulas in a lab. I work in the video industry (on the technical side) and enjoy it a lot. Do I like science and technology? Yes. Do I want to make it my life? No. I love my family and I'd much rather spend my free time with them.
The thing is, when I'm around geeky male coworkers, I tend to emphasize how much I love computers because if I say "I prefer family time to Call of Duty" they roll their eyes and make those little "Yeah, you're a woman, after all" comments which are fairly annoying. And, of course, leave me out of the rest of the conversation. At times it can almost be a matter of social survival for a woman in the technical world to have some area of geekiness on which to defend her position in the pack (or should I say Guild).
At base, a lot of the tension boils down to having to act like "one of the guys" to avoid being considered "just a woman". Not because we don't like being women or we think women are superior, but because we're afraid men will simply dismiss our thoughts, ideas, and viewpoints and stamp all over us as somehow less than men. Of course, the radical feminists haven't helped in this regard with their I'm-a-woman-I-deserve-the-world attitude which just makes life harder for the rest of us who have to work with men who have been backstabbed by some witch bound for the top and consequently have a less than friendly attitude to the regular women just trying to do their jobs.
Congratulations! The more countries that study space, the better. The final frontier shouldn't be an elitists club; anyone with the dedication to develop and support a space program should be proud.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, it is Boston, the city that rewarded its police for demonstrating "valor" when they opted to not kill an MIT student who had a few blinking LEDs on her shirt...
I don't know anything about this case, but if they thought she was wearing a bomb, it was actually pretty gutsy of them to risk not killing her. America isn't used to suicide bombings on her streets, but unless the bombers are stopped preemptively a lot of innocent people get hurt/killed.
Don't worry, I'm sure once you get this whole internet thing figured out you'll be able to set up a user name here./. is a very exciting place full of intelligent discussion and debate; you'll get the hang of it in no time. And since you're obviously deeply concerned about moral issues, I'll be glad to give you a hand. Next time you post, bring your parents along; I have a friend who's a preacher and he'll be happy to get them married for you.
Is this from one of the books? If so, I must not have gotten to that one yet. If not, you have a masterly grasp of the humor style. I'd take my hat off, but I'm using it to wipe my monitor off . . .
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It's a Stand Alone Complex!
Some things work for some people, but not necessarily for everyone. The thing is, you can always find anecdotes for both sides. I have one friend who goes to a chiropractor to get relief for her migraines - medications don't help them, but a good neck massage does. On the other hand, I have another friend whose back was permanently disabled by a chiropractor to where not even surgery was able to repair the damage.
This is why in-depth studies are needed to determine just how effective the treatment is for the average person all the time and what side effects could be expected with different conditions.
Instead we got a vague homage to Alien in Sigourney Weaver.
Huh. I thought they were paying homage to HAL9000, what with the design of Otto's single, red eye and the whole taking over the ship thing . . .
Ram: "Do you believe in the users?"
Chron: "Yeah, if I don't have a user, then who wrote me?"
Ram: "That's what you're doing here."
That's just what Jimmy kept saying...
"How is that even physically possible?!?"
Tex is bad enough - Tex with a Tesla coil is not something I want to contemplate.
I agree! They'll never get on my computer - wait, who's this General Protection-Fault? Is he one of their agents? Hey! He's reading my drives!
Talk about indoctrination from an early age.
But is indoctrination in and of itself necessarily evil? We indoctrinate our kids not to touch hot stoves or play in the freeway, too. And whatever country you're from, is it such a bad thing to teach your children to love and respect the country they're citizens of? To maintain any ordered society, the citizens in general have to want the society to stay together or the country dissolves into anarchy and splinter states.
Reavers ain't men. Not any more.
Evolution has never been offered so large a pile of meat as the human race.
Vegetarians for world peace! Soylent green is not the solution!
Heh. If I hadn't already posted, I'd mod you up.
You know, not every time a guy talks to a girl is a come-on.
Of course not. It's just the guys who spend the whole time rambling about vague topics while staring at the girl's chest that give us the creeps. If they were to stare briefly then recommend a better brand of pocket protector and make eye contact for the rest of the conversation, we'd be less creeped out.
I'm actually fairly geeky for a woman, I love science and history and I do the majority of my own hardware/software maintenance, but I wouldn't want to do it as a career. Took physics in high school and loved it, used to apply it to random around the house problems just for the fun of figuring out how to use the laws/formulas. I've used Linux for several years and took programming classes in college for - again - the fun of it.
However, I wouldn't want to sit in front of a computer screen crunching code all day or spend my life beating my head against chemical formulas in a lab. I work in the video industry (on the technical side) and enjoy it a lot. Do I like science and technology? Yes. Do I want to make it my life? No. I love my family and I'd much rather spend my free time with them.
The thing is, when I'm around geeky male coworkers, I tend to emphasize how much I love computers because if I say "I prefer family time to Call of Duty" they roll their eyes and make those little "Yeah, you're a woman, after all" comments which are fairly annoying. And, of course, leave me out of the rest of the conversation. At times it can almost be a matter of social survival for a woman in the technical world to have some area of geekiness on which to defend her position in the pack (or should I say Guild).
At base, a lot of the tension boils down to having to act like "one of the guys" to avoid being considered "just a woman". Not because we don't like being women or we think women are superior, but because we're afraid men will simply dismiss our thoughts, ideas, and viewpoints and stamp all over us as somehow less than men. Of course, the radical feminists haven't helped in this regard with their I'm-a-woman-I-deserve-the-world attitude which just makes life harder for the rest of us who have to work with men who have been backstabbed by some witch bound for the top and consequently have a less than friendly attitude to the regular women just trying to do their jobs.
Is this just a hobby car, or is it used by, I dunno, park rangers or somebody to watch actual rhinos?
Why not go after patent trolls (there's prior art to his 'prior art'!) instead of companies who actually developed a product and patented it?
Congratulations! The more countries that study space, the better. The final frontier shouldn't be an elitists club; anyone with the dedication to develop and support a space program should be proud.
Jerry Springer.
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, it is Boston, the city that rewarded its police for demonstrating "valor" when they opted to not kill an MIT student who had a few blinking LEDs on her shirt...
I don't know anything about this case, but if they thought she was wearing a bomb, it was actually pretty gutsy of them to risk not killing her. America isn't used to suicide bombings on her streets, but unless the bombers are stopped preemptively a lot of innocent people get hurt/killed.
But . . . he's right. It's AC flamebait. Why not mod it down?
use your escape ladder?
The musicians and songwriters are revolting!
Wait . . .
Actually, the domestic violence rates are statistically higher among same-sex marriages.
Your user can't help you now, my little program!
Er . . . what's funny about the state having people of differing beliefs torn apart by wild animals?
Don't worry, I'm sure once you get this whole internet thing figured out you'll be able to set up a user name here. /. is a very exciting place full of intelligent discussion and debate; you'll get the hang of it in no time. And since you're obviously deeply concerned about moral issues, I'll be glad to give you a hand. Next time you post, bring your parents along; I have a friend who's a preacher and he'll be happy to get them married for you.
Amateur.
Oh great, I now have coffee all over my monitor.
Is this from one of the books? If so, I must not have gotten to that one yet. If not, you have a masterly grasp of the humor style. I'd take my hat off, but I'm using it to wipe my monitor off . . .