If not, how do you ethically justify doing the same thing to that mass of cells?
A mass of cells, even structured as a human being in any of it's development stages, is not necessarily a human being, IMHO.
A lump of cells no matter how organized is no Martha, Steve, Jane or Joe. However, a lump of human cells with a fully functional central nervous system and the potential to sustain it's own life given the correct environment, now that's my candidate for the human being tag. A teratoma, for example, is not a human being, not even the ones that develop rudimentary nervous systems (I think I've read that some even respond to stimuli like being pinched with a needle, but don't quote me on that)
The only cogent logical argument for definition of life other than "life begins at conception" that I've heard...
My particular view is: between conception and the time when the different types of tissues are being differentiated it's alive, but not a human being, and I don't think an abortion at this point is unethical (ducks for cover).
Of course, this is just my unwashed opinion, and anyone is entitled to disagree (politely).
Black holes don't produce x-rays, but the material falling into them does produce x-rays which, since they're produced outside the black hole, can escape.
So, if a black hole is "alone" with no significant matter nearby to attract and consume, it is invisible @ the x-ray part of the spectrum, yet it's gravitational pull affects other bodies not necessarily near. IANAA, but, isn't this case a good candidate for resolving the dark matter issue?
Does it really require a certain type of personality? I'm a very capable female computer engineer, however, due to my emotionality, and my passive nature, I get stomped on at work, and treated extremely poorly.
So, like me, you get the business end of the human nature gun. I'm a very capable male computer engineer, and i also have a very passive nature.
Once, I got into this political mess with a coworker, a mano-a-mano with a guy that was the boss' protege so to speak, and I nearly had a frickin nervous breakdown because I was sure this guy (a guy with zero technical worth, but a weasel) was going to push some buttons and get me fired, and my reputation smeared, by proxy. Fortunately that didn't happen, and actually found out that the boss had me in a higher esteem than I thought, but nonetheless this other guy's intentions were targeted to "cutting my throat" so to speak if I got in his way, and he actually suggested that to me so once.
The point I'm trying to make is that basic human nature probably has more to do with the situation you're describing than plain sexual discrimination. Power struggles, competition, backstabbing (we call it "sawing somebody else's feet" here:) ), malicious gossip, are all part of any human gathering, even of educated individuals, and not necessarily a male or female thing.
Humans aren't made with cookie cutters, all of us have different personalities, and the fact that your friend is tomboyish (as you describe her) just says that she is an individual with a powerful personality, so she thrives in that environment.
Or then again is just discrimination . . . I'm not there with you to have a clearer view of the situation.
Frankly, i found a link posted here by a fellow/. user, iranfocus.com, more disturbing, but the fact the iranians squeezed the censorship trigger and then backtracked is news, albeit not surprising.
Most of us were taught in school using pencil und paper.
Maybe somebody from a future (present? past?) generation, educated solely using digital means, might find weird the concept of felling a tree just to scribble on it's processed corpse.
I got a 3800+ X2, and it worked out of the box. In fact, I rarely log into windows anymore except for the odd task I do that requires a windows only program. Got this weird bug with the windows NVidia IDE drivers that keeps freezing the PC after some run time. Installed ubuntu 7.04 and the PC has been running on it for days without a hiccup. In fact, UT2004 runs smoother (for me at least) on linux than in windows.
What Brand/model of mobo, memory you have? I relly don't think it's a hardware thing.
If you got an ATI vidcard that's another trouble spot, because ATI linux drivers are junk. I have a NVidia and it works like a charm.
Also, check for a bad CD burn or a corrupt ISO image.
Creepy...
You sure you're not that guy that chopped his wife to pieces and left the remains in a duct-tape sealed fridge?
I know, I know, I read too much "Reuters: Oddly Enough"
Now, do you think 245 mw is enough to burn through balsa wood?
I so desire to make a CNC(as in x-y table), non contact cutter to make the wing section ribs for my planes, and now that the laser for that is just one busted DVD burner away from me . . .:D
With this device, and a personal fabricator like the one in fab @ home We can be frickin' Leo DaVincis:D . ..
. . . If we don't end blind in the process of making the first one, that is.:(
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. . . and fusion power in 10 . . .
That's frickin insightful, IMHO, mod accordingly.
. . . now that's a cool concept. Geeky, but cool.
All of your satellite are belong to us
If not, how do you ethically justify doing the same thing to that mass of cells?
A mass of cells, even structured as a human being in any of it's development stages, is not necessarily a human being, IMHO.
A lump of cells no matter how organized is no Martha, Steve, Jane or Joe. However, a lump of human cells with a fully functional central nervous system and the potential to sustain it's own life given the correct environment, now that's my candidate for the human being tag. A teratoma, for example, is not a human being, not even the ones that develop rudimentary nervous systems (I think I've read that some even respond to stimuli like being pinched with a needle, but don't quote me on that)
The only cogent logical argument for definition of life other than "life begins at conception" that I've heard...
My particular view is: between conception and the time when the different types of tissues are being differentiated it's alive, but not a human being, and I don't think an abortion at this point is unethical (ducks for cover).
Of course, this is just my unwashed opinion, and anyone is entitled to disagree (politely).
So, which one do you guess will be out first? Ubuntu 8.04 LTS or Vista SP1?
. . . Maybe Ubuntu 9.04 Jolly Jaguar
. . . Will it blend?
...In addition, black holes would form a component of galaxies known as MaCHOs (Massive Compact Halo Objects)...
:)
Yo gotta love acronyms . . .
I bet those are the bar-brawl versions of extinction level event asteroids
Black holes don't produce x-rays, but the material falling into them does produce x-rays which, since they're produced outside the black hole, can escape.
So, if a black hole is "alone" with no significant matter nearby to attract and consume, it is invisible @ the x-ray part of the spectrum, yet it's gravitational pull affects other bodies not necessarily near. IANAA, but, isn't this case a good candidate for resolving the dark matter issue?
Does it really require a certain type of personality? I'm a very capable female computer engineer, however, due to my emotionality, and my passive nature, I get stomped on at work, and treated extremely poorly.
:) ), malicious gossip, are all part of any human gathering, even of educated individuals, and not necessarily a male or female thing.
So, like me, you get the business end of the human nature gun. I'm a very capable male computer engineer, and i also have a very passive nature.
Once, I got into this political mess with a coworker, a mano-a-mano with a guy that was the boss' protege so to speak, and I nearly had a frickin nervous breakdown because I was sure this guy (a guy with zero technical worth, but a weasel) was going to push some buttons and get me fired, and my reputation smeared, by proxy. Fortunately that didn't happen, and actually found out that the boss had me in a higher esteem than I thought, but nonetheless this other guy's intentions were targeted to "cutting my throat" so to speak if I got in his way, and he actually suggested that to me so once.
The point I'm trying to make is that basic human nature probably has more to do with the situation you're describing than plain sexual discrimination. Power struggles, competition, backstabbing (we call it "sawing somebody else's feet" here
Humans aren't made with cookie cutters, all of us have different personalities, and the fact that your friend is tomboyish (as you describe her) just says that she is an individual with a powerful personality, so she thrives in that environment.
Or then again is just discrimination . . . I'm not there with you to have a clearer view of the situation.
Just my zwei/dos/two cents.
That both things happened?
/. user, iranfocus.com, more disturbing, but the fact the iranians squeezed the censorship trigger and then backtracked is news, albeit not surprising.
That they recognized it was a mistake?
Frankly, i found a link posted here by a fellow
Most of us were taught in school using pencil und paper.
... fan)
Maybe somebody from a future (present? past?) generation, educated solely using digital means, might find weird the concept of felling a tree just to scribble on it's processed corpse.
Disclaimer: IANAGF (I am not a green
is beginning the awakening, let's convene the council and launch a solar shade for the moment.
Yup, they were called stilsuits in the dune universe.
Well, I do. Onslaught rules :P
You might have missed these ones:
Unreal Tournament 2004? Check
The upcoming UT 3? Check (Even the level editor will run on linux, yay!)
Doom up to Doom 3? Check
the Quakes? Check
I guess this development will have an effect on my fanboyness towards nvidia . . .
Morbo hates puny earthlings and their rovers!
I got a 3800+ X2, and it worked out of the box. In fact, I rarely log into windows anymore except for the odd task I do that requires a windows only program. Got this weird bug with the windows NVidia IDE drivers that keeps freezing the PC after some run time. Installed ubuntu 7.04 and the PC has been running on it for days without a hiccup. In fact, UT2004 runs smoother (for me at least) on linux than in windows. What Brand/model of mobo, memory you have? I relly don't think it's a hardware thing. If you got an ATI vidcard that's another trouble spot, because ATI linux drivers are junk. I have a NVidia and it works like a charm. Also, check for a bad CD burn or a corrupt ISO image.
"cat /proc/cpuinfo"
Tells you *everything* you want to know (possibly even MORE than you wanted to know).
All you ever wanted to know about CPUs but were afraid to ask?
Refrigerator full of Stella?
Creepy...
You sure you're not that guy that chopped his wife to pieces and left the remains in a duct-tape sealed fridge?
I know, I know, I read too much "Reuters: Oddly Enough"
dremel? use a plasma cutter.
A plasma torch to cut a 1/8 plank of balsa wood??????
Like bringing a Ferrari Enzo to compete in a go-kart championship, maybe?
Not even at snail pace? :'(
:(
I was browsing this guy's site and he uses a several K$ industrial 100w CO2 unit. He cuts 1mm stainless steel though.
I guess I'll have to attach the dremel with a fine tip to a X-Y table, boooring.
Parent is absolutely right, period.
:D
:D . . .
:(
Now, do you think 245 mw is enough to burn through balsa wood?
I so desire to make a CNC(as in x-y table), non contact cutter to make the wing section ribs for my planes, and now that the laser for that is just one busted DVD burner away from me . . .
With this device, and a personal fabricator like the one in fab @ home We can be frickin' Leo DaVincis
. . . If we don't end blind in the process of making the first one, that is.
Only one silly meme per customer please.