Both my grandfathers were bald. My father isn't and I am almost. I still do not see it as a risk that needs to be alterd in such a way that it doesn't happen anymore.
and I say it is a waste of money. I d not care that I am bald. I do not care if others are bald. I used to have a lot of hair. Now I don't. Started pretty you to get a higher and higher implant. I would not care if I would loose the rest or if it stays like I have it now. It only becomes an issue if you make it an issue.
To me people who are doing comb overs, buy wigs, hairtonic, have implants and what not because they are bald are wasting their time and money. People doing studies on it should be trying to figure out not how to get hair back, but how to let people accept that they and others are bald. That would be like having a cure, instead of taking away the symptoms.
(Obviously if you have a bad scars and such, this might be somewhat different, but I am talking about standard baldness)
US Government Pros: Puts elected officials in charge of a very important part of the internet
I would put that on the con side. I rather have a person who knows what he is doing in charge and not so much somebody who is popular and knows how to play the electoral game. Also they are elected by a minority of the users.
I'll probably want to rip a few movies and albums to the drive in order to keep busy on the flight.
Buy a book. That won't break and can bend and if lost is easily replaced. If you buy second hand, you can even trow it away (or donate it) without loosing too much money. And if stolen, it is not a huge loss.
For the pictures you are going to take, buy some memory cards. Prices might be even cheaper in the USofA then where you are comming from. I have seen 2GB SD cards for 5USD and 8GBSD cards for 17USD. And if you are able to use SD, then you could even opt for microSD, which wil take no place at all. One adapter is all you need. I just put them in my wallet with my change.
Off topic again slightly, John Lennon wrote a few songs that seemed to have a distinctly leftist bent, does anyone know if he was actually a socialist or anything similar?
That will depend on what you call "socialist" The US version is very different to that idea in Europe. He was not against money, if that is what you are pointing at.
Does it matter? At least not for passing the Turing test. If the responses are in such a way that you can not tell the difference, it doesn't matter if there were tricks used or not.
I lock my PC at the evening and turn off my monitor. Shutting down takes 5 minutes. Starting up takes 15 minutes. Just checked those time this morning to talk about it to IT. This does not include logging into the remote system with Citrix that takes another 10 minutes.
So the company has a choice. 1) Pay me (and everybody else in the company) 20 minutes 2) Pay the electricity for not turning of the PC 3) Find a solution that makes it possible to do all of this faster.
Oh. The only reason we use Citrix is to run Outlook in it.
I trust a paper more then some bits. Can you abuse it and do forgery? Yes, but with paper it is much harder. Try changing my vote on a piece of paper. Then try changing some bits in a PC. Now tell me which one will be noticed first.
This is not about if paper is perfect. It is about if it is closer to perfection then a computer and it is.
I like the show even though I know it is showing me things I will never be able to buy. Almost none of the cars I would buy if I had the money. I see it for entertainment, just like I watch Little Britain for entertainment or Heroes.
And that is the problem. They are not interested in pushing YOU. They are interested in pushing what makes the most money. That means that unless you are the hottest number at the moment, they won't do that much.
Don't forget that there are plenty of bands competing with you with the same label. The manager should be the person pushing this (and often is).
If they would get that much, they would be extremely happy and all be very rich. Perhaps that is true for some of the big sellers, but the smaller fish can be happy if they get a free CD.
They use their CD sales in hope to get people to come to their concerts and spread the word. The labels promised them all nice things and now they can't do anything, because they are tied in with a contract.
The problem is that there is no real way out at this moment. Either you sell your soul and you can take a shot at becoming rich and famous or you don't and stay in the club circuit forever, where you most likely need a day job to pay for it all.
My house payments tripled this month. Yeah, it's MY fault.
Not sure how things are in the USofA, but here in Europe, Belgium many people have a fixed martage plan, meaning that you will pay back the same anmount for whatever period.
because of inflation, this means that even though the amount stays the same, you actually pay less, no matter what. The disadvantage might be that you pay a little more in the beginning. The advatage is that you are sure what you will pay.
If such a thing is/was possible in the USofA and would be something affordable (e.g. not twice as expensive) then yes, it was your fault as it was implied that it could rise and fall.
That simple word "no", was quite effective when dealing with all sorts of issues during my upbringing.
With me it started with "Can I watch TV? No!"
On the other hand, one of my parents was always at home and could act as the babysitter. No need for a second or third TV. I still only seldom look TV and when I watch, I am almost always doing something else as well.
Mine has gotten worse in the last years. This basically because I seldom write anything anymore and use other forms of keeping data. I assume this will only get worse.
Then you would need to prove there is a connection between people. I can easily claim that I guessed he would either be OK, or I could have actually checked out the fact, notice it was wrong and thus took actions on it. For all you know, that might have been what has happened. The price went up again.
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Both my grandfathers were bald. My father isn't and I am almost. I still do not see it as a risk that needs to be alterd in such a way that it doesn't happen anymore.
and I say it is a waste of money. I d not care that I am bald. I do not care if others are bald. I used to have a lot of hair. Now I don't. Started pretty you to get a higher and higher implant. I would not care if I would loose the rest or if it stays like I have it now. It only becomes an issue if you make it an issue.
To me people who are doing comb overs, buy wigs, hairtonic, have implants and what not because they are bald are wasting their time and money. People doing studies on it should be trying to figure out not how to get hair back, but how to let people accept that they and others are bald. That would be like having a cure, instead of taking away the symptoms.
(Obviously if you have a bad scars and such, this might be somewhat different, but I am talking about standard baldness)
That's not a curve. That is a wall.
Information wants to be free.
I would put that on the con side. I rather have a person who knows what he is doing in charge and not so much somebody who is popular and knows how to play the electoral game.
Also they are elected by a minority of the users.
I think you summed it up pretty good. The thing is that the cons can be any country andf perhaps not just the countries you would think at first.
Summer Glau, is that you?
Buy a book. That won't break and can bend and if lost is easily replaced. If you buy second hand, you can even trow it away (or donate it) without loosing too much money. And if stolen, it is not a huge loss.
For the pictures you are going to take, buy some memory cards. Prices might be even cheaper in the USofA then where you are comming from. I have seen 2GB SD cards for 5USD and 8GBSD cards for 17USD. And if you are able to use SD, then you could even opt for microSD, which wil take no place at all. One adapter is all you need. I just put them in my wallet with my change.
It is about imagining it. The lawyers did and they thought it was a bad idea.
That will depend on what you call "socialist" The US version is very different to that idea in Europe. He was not against money, if that is what you are pointing at.
Do robots dream of electric sheep?
over and over again. See if it gets annoyed and starts making up silly answers.
Does it matter? At least not for passing the Turing test. If the responses are in such a way that you can not tell the difference, it doesn't matter if there were tricks used or not.
The tricks will be part of the program.
In base 13?
I lock my PC at the evening and turn off my monitor. Shutting down takes 5 minutes. Starting up takes 15 minutes. Just checked those time this morning to talk about it to IT. This does not include logging into the remote system with Citrix that takes another 10 minutes.
So the company has a choice.
1) Pay me (and everybody else in the company) 20 minutes
2) Pay the electricity for not turning of the PC
3) Find a solution that makes it possible to do all of this faster.
Oh. The only reason we use Citrix is to run Outlook in it.
I trust a paper more then some bits. Can you abuse it and do forgery? Yes, but with paper it is much harder. Try changing my vote on a piece of paper. Then try changing some bits in a PC. Now tell me which one will be noticed first.
This is not about if paper is perfect. It is about if it is closer to perfection then a computer and it is.
The goal is not speed.
I like the show even though I know it is showing me things I will never be able to buy. Almost none of the cars I would buy if I had the money. I see it for entertainment, just like I watch Little Britain for entertainment or Heroes.
Many cars in Europe are limited at 250KMH even though they could go faster. I believe Mercedes, Porche and BMW do this.
And that is the problem. They are not interested in pushing YOU. They are interested in pushing what makes the most money. That means that unless you are the hottest number at the moment, they won't do that much.
Don't forget that there are plenty of bands competing with you with the same label. The manager should be the person pushing this (and often is).
Not sure how things are in the USofA, but here in Europe, Belgium many people have a fixed martage plan, meaning that you will pay back the same anmount for whatever period.
because of inflation, this means that even though the amount stays the same, you actually pay less, no matter what. The disadvantage might be that you pay a little more in the beginning. The advatage is that you are sure what you will pay.
If such a thing is/was possible in the USofA and would be something affordable (e.g. not twice as expensive) then yes, it was your fault as it was implied that it could rise and fall.
With me it started with "Can I watch TV? No!"
On the other hand, one of my parents was always at home and could act as the babysitter. No need for a second or third TV. I still only seldom look TV and when I watch, I am almost always doing something else as well.
Mine has gotten worse in the last years. This basically because I seldom write anything anymore and use other forms of keeping data. I assume this will only get worse.
Then you would need to prove there is a connection between people. I can easily claim that I guessed he would either be OK, or I could have actually checked out the fact, notice it was wrong and thus took actions on it. For all you know, that might have been what has happened. The price went up again.