If the penis and vagina were indistinguishable in form and function, you might have a point. But reversing the genders of my statement has got to be the most absurd counterpoint in the whole thread.
SELL the foreskin? Sounds like a conspiracy theory to me. These procedures took place at a highly accredited hospital by a pediatrician chosen by myself and my wife, under my observation. Not saying it's not possible, but seems extremely unlikely.
Zero correlation? You must be citing only the studies that support your position.
Mutilation? That's pretty extreme language. If the procedure were taking place on a different part of the body (but for similarly supported reasons), I suppose you wouldn't object so loudly.
Actually, yes. The foreskin contains about 90% of the nerve endings on the penis. It's rather barbaric that this country is one of the few in the western world that routinely mutilates male anatomy -- many parents often not even knowing why it's done, only that everybody else does it. more info.
Read, please. "Barbaric" and "mutilate" are highly emotionally charged words. I'm a father. I've got two sons. I was circ'ed as an infant, as were both of my boys. I asked all the questions -- is it necessary, is it recommended, why or why not, etc. I decided to go ahead, and I know exactly why I made that choice based on scientific data. If someone else is informed of the scientific data and chooses against circumcision, I fully respect that and have no problem with it. I can tell you that the child displayed little evidence of pain, as I was right there with the doc as it was done, and it heals quite quickly. And no, not "everybody else" does it. The number of uncircumsized males in the US is increasing, actually. You might find the numbers surprising if you have time to look it up.
For the very few men that have been circumsized as an adult and had an opportunity to experience sex both ways -- they say that sex is very disappointing after. Some become suicidally depressed.
Which, by your admission, is a tremendously small number of the male population. And if you become suicidally depressed because you're having disappointing intercourse, I'm guessing it's not just about the intercourse.
You're saying you're primarily a Perl programmer with a little over 10yrs experience and found companies that wanted to pay you not just $35k-45k, but $80k and up??? I'm gobsmacked. I've got Perl skills (intermediate, anyhow) on my resume with other skills of course, but rarely have I found companies that even had any interest in the Perl skills. Even when job searching, I rarely found any listing that mentioned the need for the language.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to write Perl for a living, but I'd never seen any (even entry-level) positions focused on that language. Have I been looking in the wrong places, or was Perl not strictly listed as a prerequisite skill on the job listings you'd visited?
(disclosure: I have a bachelor's degree from a top-10 CS dept in US, and am thankful to be gainfully employed, but they just want me for my Java)
I'd like to add that if you're wearing your Bluetooth earpiece when not on a call, you don't look important, you look like a douchebag. It's not jewelry. I'm not impressed by your command of modern technology or ownership of any fancy blinkenlights attached to the side of your head. Are you expecting an important call from the POTUS or the Pope?
If you use windows without IE you are still very much at risk from the many other windows holes. You will cracked sooner or later and you may not even notice.
Even more disturbing, some people may notice and not think much of it. What is the most obvious evidence you can imagine of being 0wned? I talked to a guy once who was telling me of PC troubles (he knew I was a "techie" guy) and said he occasionally would notice the mouse would move, click, etc without his input. I quickly asked him if he did any kind of commerce, banking, online bill-paying stuff, and he said "yes". I told him to go home and unplug his modem/cat5/whatever and to format the computer asap.
It wasn't clear what exactly he thought the problem was, but I recall thinking he was surprised when I told him that there was a person on the other end of the wire moving the mouse, using his PC for who-knows-what. And even then he didn't seem to have a sense of urgency about fixing it. You can't fix stupid, as they say.
... would have compared more than those few mainstream input methods. Particularly interesting: Dvorak keyboards and Tikinotes, Swype and MessageEase for the iPhone.
(emphasis mine)
Sorry, I don't think that word means what you think it means.Aside from Dvorak, I've never heard of the rest of them. Is that because I'm not a bonafide member of the iPhone cult^H^H^H^Howners?
I've worked with lots of geeks, been to university, have a CS degree, but I've never actually SEEN a Dvorak keyboard. Which isn't to say people don't use them, but it's got to represent a small fraction of 1%.
I have to change my password at work every 90 days. The result is that I'm creating passwords that don't have non-alphanumerics, but are usually phrases of two or more words together, like "anappleaday" or "lookatmenow" or "changingpwsucks". Am I more or less secure than people forced to use non-alphanumerics who create passwords like "judy1" or "maroon5"? I think so...
It seems that many of us would be more comfortable with a brief Voight-Kampff styled interview rather than all the mechanical inspections of one kind or another. Just as when entering the US from abroad, a generally friendly (but scrutinizing) officer will ask you a few questions about your reasons for travel -- not because he/she wants to know the answers, but because they are generally trying to divine through your behavior whether you may be some kind of thread.
tafkadasoh:
First, full disclosure: I am employed by Trek Bicycle Corp, but my statements don't necessarily reflect my company's opinions. And I'm not in engineering or design (just an IT guy), so I'm no expert on the products. However...
The e-bikes primary advantage would not be for people going on "long tours". But if you're a city commuter, the electronic assist can allow you to make the commute in a reasonable amount of time with reduced effort. Why is reduced effort important? Well, the rest of the cyclists may have to bring a change of clothes and shower when they reach their destination. But if you've got an e-bike, you may even be able to accomplish your commute sweat-free. Cyclists who have to bring a backpack or pannier containing a change of clothes can appreciate this.
If you want to do a "long tour", you can remove the battery and ride w/o the assist (on Trek e-bikes, anyhow). As for concerns regarding parts, the standard Trek warranty covers all Ride+ models. Additionally, "electric components are covered for 2 years or 600 charge cycles (battery), whichever comes first." http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/rideplus/faqs/
Since your comments have mentioned measurements in metric (unlike us backwards Americans), you may find a Trek website to fit your country / language here: http://www.trekbikes.com/
Back in middle school, I made a "Freddy" glove. I took one of my dad's jersey cotton gardening gloves and cut slits in the fingertips. Then I used tin-snips to cut long, flat (and admittedly somewhat jagged) aluminum strips. One end was cut to a point, the other was bent in a "T" configuration. Pointy part fed through the glove. Looked pretty cool, esp if you were a 7th grader.
I believe it was confiscated by a teacher or bus driver, but I was never written up, mom never got a phone call, nothing. Just imagine the hell I'd go through today. Expulsion!
What kind of expense would be required to effectively shield these armies of robots from strong EMP? Or would an EMP be impractical or ineffective? Inquiring minds want to know.
When skimming my RSS feed, I'd have sworn the headline had said, "Nuking Outlook From Orbit". Maybe my subconscious was imagining a one-upsmanship over "Will it Blend" to "Will it Nuke".
"so-called lipids" is a strange phrase. What does that mean?
I believe that some journalists, when writing for the proles, will use the phrase "so-called" as a hint to mean, "Look out! Here comes a word or phrase with which you may be unfamiliar!" Stupid usage, I grant you. I don't defend it, but I've seen it before.
So after regression analysis, you've shaken the statistical tree to discover the only difference between the two cities is gun laws and population? Remarkable.
Here's some outrage for you... my employer installed expensive coffee equipment in our cafe about two years ago. You know, so you can walk up and order a cappucino, espresso, or whatever all those other fancy flavored coffees -- their own little Starbucks (yay! [/sarcasm]). I can't begin to imagine the thousands and thousands our CEO spent on the equipment and labor installing the 10ft corian countertop / work area holding all the coffee equipment plus complete plumbing, etc., not to mention maintenance. I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen someone order a "fancy" coffee (posted prices vary from $2.50 to $4.50USD).
And they continue to maintain the equipment, but most of the labor goes towards filling the four to six carafes with "regular" black coffee that most everyone drinks heavily and -- you guessed it -- is free.
Just had to get that off my chest. When our CEO teams up with HR, only bad things can happen. Ask me another time about how my super health-oriented employer increased costs of burgers & fried foods to subsidize the low, low prices on the salad bar. *sigh*
And let's not even think about the "oops, we have decided to discontinue this DRM scheme in favor of a new, incompatible one" scenario, which obsoletes your player and movie collection.
Simply obsoleting data formats is bad enough -- consider vinyl, 8track, cassette, compact disc, DVD... I don't know if it was a line from a movie or comic, but I was just thinking of a character who says, "Looks like I've got to buy the White Album... again.".
The future of flying is a small plane at a small regional airport.
Why? Is it because the terrorists will have destroyed the industry? No, it's more likely that the TSA has helped the industry destroy itself.
Richard Reid (aka the Shoe Bomber) is the reason we all have to take off our bloody shoes when we go through the screening process. I'd love to string up that fucker personally. Of course, his partner was the TSA -- taking off the shoes is just another measure in security theater.
Now a Nigerian national (by way of Yemen) has likely blown his nuts off in an attempt to take down an airliner. And what is the response? Well, at least they're not taking away your shampoo and nailclippers...
But there's talk of turning off seatback entertainment systems sporting GPS tracking for international flights. If you're in the final descent, you'll know it (if you've flown a few times). How much does it matter whether a terrorist knows precisely where they are in the flight?
You can't visit the bathroom, access overhead bins, have a blanket or pillow during the last hour of the flight? Well, apparently some of these restrictions are being eased, giving discretion to the flight crew (as of 12/28) but they're simply more DUMB ideas from the TSA. If one is determined to do something nefarious, do these restrictions really provide any obstacles whatsoever?
Perhaps in the future, the TSA will require that all passengers wear TSA-approved flight garments (with diapers) and shackled securely to their seats? Sedation at your request? Maybe if you agree to sedation, they'll even drop the price of your ticket.
If the foolish restrictions remain in place, the sensible citizens will seek travel options which do NOT treat them like criminals (or fools). They will use cars, buses, trains and ships whenever possible. Flight will be best accomplished by purchasing a seat aboard a chartered aircraft where you can become approved for travel with a background screening process, and the pilot/co-pilot have ultimate discretion as to whether they want you to board their flight. You won't have to submit to humiliating searches of person and property -- dignity restored!
It may be an expensive venture, but it will very likely be worth it.
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If the penis and vagina were indistinguishable in form and function, you might have a point. But reversing the genders of my statement has got to be the most absurd counterpoint in the whole thread.
Liar. It hurts -- a lot
Re: pain -- they were given anesthesia, mmm-kay?
I did [cirp.org].
Quite the unbiased source you've got there.
You wouldn't know... you've never had sex with your foreskin intact.
Followed up with an ad hominem. Brilliant.
Fuck... "plastic surgery" suggests my motivation was cosmetic. Not!
"Amputation"? Seems like yet another charged word.
SELL the foreskin? Sounds like a conspiracy theory to me. These procedures took place at a highly accredited hospital by a pediatrician chosen by myself and my wife, under my observation. Not saying it's not possible, but seems extremely unlikely.
Zero correlation? You must be citing only the studies that support your position.
Mutilation? That's pretty extreme language. If the procedure were taking place on a different part of the body (but for similarly supported reasons), I suppose you wouldn't object so loudly.
Actually, yes. The foreskin contains about 90% of the nerve endings on the penis. It's rather barbaric that this country is one of the few in the western world that routinely mutilates male anatomy -- many parents often not even knowing why it's done, only that everybody else does it. more info.
Read, please. "Barbaric" and "mutilate" are highly emotionally charged words. I'm a father. I've got two sons. I was circ'ed as an infant, as were both of my boys. I asked all the questions -- is it necessary, is it recommended, why or why not, etc. I decided to go ahead, and I know exactly why I made that choice based on scientific data. If someone else is informed of the scientific data and chooses against circumcision, I fully respect that and have no problem with it. I can tell you that the child displayed little evidence of pain, as I was right there with the doc as it was done, and it heals quite quickly. And no, not "everybody else" does it. The number of uncircumsized males in the US is increasing, actually. You might find the numbers surprising if you have time to look it up.
For the very few men that have been circumsized as an adult and had an opportunity to experience sex both ways -- they say that sex is very disappointing after. Some become suicidally depressed.
Which, by your admission, is a tremendously small number of the male population. And if you become suicidally depressed because you're having disappointing intercourse, I'm guessing it's not just about the intercourse.
You're saying you're primarily a Perl programmer with a little over 10yrs experience and found companies that wanted to pay you not just $35k-45k, but $80k and up??? I'm gobsmacked. I've got Perl skills (intermediate, anyhow) on my resume with other skills of course, but rarely have I found companies that even had any interest in the Perl skills. Even when job searching, I rarely found any listing that mentioned the need for the language.
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to write Perl for a living, but I'd never seen any (even entry-level) positions focused on that language. Have I been looking in the wrong places, or was Perl not strictly listed as a prerequisite skill on the job listings you'd visited?
(disclosure: I have a bachelor's degree from a top-10 CS dept in US, and am thankful to be gainfully employed, but they just want me for my Java)
I'd like to add that if you're wearing your Bluetooth earpiece when not on a call, you don't look important, you look like a douchebag. It's not jewelry. I'm not impressed by your command of modern technology or ownership of any fancy blinkenlights attached to the side of your head. Are you expecting an important call from the POTUS or the Pope?
If you use windows without IE you are still very much at risk from the many other windows holes. You will cracked sooner or later and you may not even notice.
Even more disturbing, some people may notice and not think much of it. What is the most obvious evidence you can imagine of being 0wned? I talked to a guy once who was telling me of PC troubles (he knew I was a "techie" guy) and said he occasionally would notice the mouse would move, click, etc without his input. I quickly asked him if he did any kind of commerce, banking, online bill-paying stuff, and he said "yes". I told him to go home and unplug his modem/cat5/whatever and to format the computer asap.
It wasn't clear what exactly he thought the problem was, but I recall thinking he was surprised when I told him that there was a person on the other end of the wire moving the mouse, using his PC for who-knows-what. And even then he didn't seem to have a sense of urgency about fixing it. You can't fix stupid, as they say.
Right on. That's what I get for reading /. without my second cup of coffee. I'm a dolt. Thanks for the correction.
... would have compared more than those few mainstream input methods. Particularly interesting: Dvorak keyboards and Tikinotes, Swype and MessageEase for the iPhone.
(emphasis mine)
Sorry, I don't think that word means what you think it means.Aside from Dvorak, I've never heard of the rest of them. Is that because I'm not a bonafide member of the iPhone cult^H^H^H^Howners?
I've worked with lots of geeks, been to university, have a CS degree, but I've never actually SEEN a Dvorak keyboard. Which isn't to say people don't use them, but it's got to represent a small fraction of 1%.
I have to change my password at work every 90 days. The result is that I'm creating passwords that don't have non-alphanumerics, but are usually phrases of two or more words together, like "anappleaday" or "lookatmenow" or "changingpwsucks". Am I more or less secure than people forced to use non-alphanumerics who create passwords like "judy1" or "maroon5"? I think so...
"So, tell me about your mother..."
It seems that many of us would be more comfortable with a brief Voight-Kampff styled interview rather than all the mechanical inspections of one kind or another. Just as when entering the US from abroad, a generally friendly (but scrutinizing) officer will ask you a few questions about your reasons for travel -- not because he/she wants to know the answers, but because they are generally trying to divine through your behavior whether you may be some kind of thread.
tafkadasoh:
First, full disclosure: I am employed by Trek Bicycle Corp, but my statements don't necessarily reflect my company's opinions. And I'm not in engineering or design (just an IT guy), so I'm no expert on the products. However...
Some of your answers can be found here:
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/rideplus/why_electric_assist/
The e-bikes primary advantage would not be for people going on "long tours". But if you're a city commuter, the electronic assist can allow you to make the commute in a reasonable amount of time with reduced effort. Why is reduced effort important? Well, the rest of the cyclists may have to bring a change of clothes and shower when they reach their destination. But if you've got an e-bike, you may even be able to accomplish your commute sweat-free. Cyclists who have to bring a backpack or pannier containing a change of clothes can appreciate this.
If you want to do a "long tour", you can remove the battery and ride w/o the assist (on Trek e-bikes, anyhow). As for concerns regarding parts, the standard Trek warranty covers all Ride+ models. Additionally, "electric components are covered for 2 years or 600 charge cycles (battery), whichever comes first."
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/rideplus/faqs/
Since your comments have mentioned measurements in metric (unlike us backwards Americans), you may find a Trek website to fit your country / language here:
http://www.trekbikes.com/
Back in middle school, I made a "Freddy" glove. I took one of my dad's jersey cotton gardening gloves and cut slits in the fingertips. Then I used tin-snips to cut long, flat (and admittedly somewhat jagged) aluminum strips. One end was cut to a point, the other was bent in a "T" configuration. Pointy part fed through the glove. Looked pretty cool, esp if you were a 7th grader.
I believe it was confiscated by a teacher or bus driver, but I was never written up, mom never got a phone call, nothing. Just imagine the hell I'd go through today. Expulsion!
What kind of expense would be required to effectively shield these armies of robots from strong EMP? Or would an EMP be impractical or ineffective? Inquiring minds want to know.
Bastardized from The Onion: http://www.theonion.com/content/node/33930
When skimming my RSS feed, I'd have sworn the headline had said, "Nuking Outlook From Orbit". Maybe my subconscious was imagining a one-upsmanship over "Will it Blend" to "Will it Nuke".
"so-called lipids" is a strange phrase. What does that mean?
I believe that some journalists, when writing for the proles, will use the phrase "so-called" as a hint to mean, "Look out! Here comes a word or phrase with which you may be unfamiliar!" Stupid usage, I grant you. I don't defend it, but I've seen it before.
Murders rates for the most recent year I could find.
Atlanta: 129
[1]
London: 130
[2]
So after regression analysis, you've shaken the statistical tree to discover the only difference between the two cities is gun laws and population? Remarkable.
Offtopic, but...
I've got the director's cut DVD from a boxed set. Interestingly, in that scene he says, "Let me tell you about my mother..."
However, a little while later there is a kind of audio-only "flashback" to that scene in which he says, "I'll tell you about my mother".
I haven't decided if this was poor editing / continuity, or if we're being deliberately subjected to an altered memory/perception...
When did coffee become so expensive?
Here's some outrage for you... my employer installed expensive coffee equipment in our cafe about two years ago. You know, so you can walk up and order a cappucino, espresso, or whatever all those other fancy flavored coffees -- their own little Starbucks (yay! [/sarcasm]). I can't begin to imagine the thousands and thousands our CEO spent on the equipment and labor installing the 10ft corian countertop / work area holding all the coffee equipment plus complete plumbing, etc., not to mention maintenance. I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen someone order a "fancy" coffee (posted prices vary from $2.50 to $4.50USD).
And they continue to maintain the equipment, but most of the labor goes towards filling the four to six carafes with "regular" black coffee that most everyone drinks heavily and -- you guessed it -- is free.
Just had to get that off my chest. When our CEO teams up with HR, only bad things can happen. Ask me another time about how my super health-oriented employer increased costs of burgers & fried foods to subsidize the low, low prices on the salad bar. *sigh*
And let's not even think about the "oops, we have decided to discontinue this DRM scheme in favor of a new, incompatible one" scenario, which obsoletes your player and movie collection.
Simply obsoleting data formats is bad enough -- consider vinyl, 8track, cassette, compact disc, DVD... I don't know if it was a line from a movie or comic, but I was just thinking of a character who says, "Looks like I've got to buy the White Album... again.".
Only if Letters to Penthouse could be this accurate. BRB. Pizza delivery girl is here.
That was fabulous, thanks for that. :-)
+1, Underrated!
"We used to dream of having IED lights!"
My town ordered IUD lights, and I can tell you there was much argument about their installation.
The future of flying is a small plane at a small regional airport.
Why? Is it because the terrorists will have destroyed the industry? No, it's more likely that the TSA has helped the industry destroy itself.
Richard Reid (aka the Shoe Bomber) is the reason we all have to take off our bloody shoes when we go through the screening process. I'd love to string up that fucker personally. Of course, his partner was the TSA -- taking off the shoes is just another measure in security theater.
Now a Nigerian national (by way of Yemen) has likely blown his nuts off in an attempt to take down an airliner. And what is the response? Well, at least they're not taking away your shampoo and nailclippers...
But there's talk of turning off seatback entertainment systems sporting GPS tracking for international flights. If you're in the final descent, you'll know it (if you've flown a few times). How much does it matter whether a terrorist knows precisely where they are in the flight?
You can't visit the bathroom, access overhead bins, have a blanket or pillow during the last hour of the flight? Well, apparently some of these restrictions are being eased, giving discretion to the flight crew (as of 12/28) but they're simply more DUMB ideas from the TSA. If one is determined to do something nefarious, do these restrictions really provide any obstacles whatsoever?
Perhaps in the future, the TSA will require that all passengers wear TSA-approved flight garments (with diapers) and shackled securely to their seats? Sedation at your request? Maybe if you agree to sedation, they'll even drop the price of your ticket.
If the foolish restrictions remain in place, the sensible citizens will seek travel options which do NOT treat them like criminals (or fools). They will use cars, buses, trains and ships whenever possible. Flight will be best accomplished by purchasing a seat aboard a chartered aircraft where you can become approved for travel with a background screening process, and the pilot/co-pilot have ultimate discretion as to whether they want you to board their flight. You won't have to submit to humiliating searches of person and property -- dignity restored!
It may be an expensive venture, but it will very likely be worth it.