I have to believe that life is about helping people in a real and tangible way, TODAY; building up others in our community who aren't as fortunate as us
I do that every day without the help of mystical-dude-in-the-sky.
Mathematically speaking, for every $100 decline in physical music sales over the past ten years there has been an $18 increase in digital music sales. It's not a winning strategy.
Not a winning strategy? When the alternative is to make $0 instead of $18?
Sounds like they were being overpaid by about $82...welcome to the 21st century!
A blowout in the space-station can be plugged with duct tape (from the inside)... a blowout in an undersea habitat at 100' depth is considerably harder to deal with.
When the submarine floods at near the beginning of the movie (obviously more than 100' down, but still)...I have never been so scared in my entire movie-going life. There's something very, very terrifying about drowning in enclosed spaces...
And how about when the two main characters are deciding who gets the dry suit as their submersible fills up with water? God damn....
Should we really welcome with open arms those who come here saying the hell with your laws, I'll do what I want?
I'm an atheist, but I have to quote the Bible here:
"And why behold you the mote that is in your brother's eye, but consider not the beam that is in your own eye?"
Why are illegal immigrants coming here? Because there are JOBS for them. Lots and lots of jobs. That means that there are many, many, many American businesses that are **breaking the law** by hiring illegal immigrants.
Maybe we should worry about those guys FIRST...you know, the ones exploiting the desperation of illegal immigrants for their own gain?
Don't forget that 2 of these American hikers had been living in Damascus, Syria for 2 years before this incident. The girl was an English teacher in a school, and the guy was a freelance journalist. I assume they both speak Arabic.
It's not like they just hopped a flight from Ohio to Iraq, all wide-eyed and naive. They lived in Syria, were familiar with the region, etc etc.
That's a terrible metric. How about % of soldiers committed?
US active soldiers = 1,468,364 and at 150,000 troops sent, 10.2% committed. UK active soldiers = 197,780 and at 46,000 troops sent, 23.3% committed Australia active soldiers = 57,500 and at 2,000 troops sent, 3.48% committed
So I'd say the UK still comes out on top with those numbers.
Evolution does not *necessarily* imply an increase in complexity.
If complexity is expensive and is not providing an advantage to the organism, the mechanism in question may mutate "back" to a state that an ancestor of that organism already expressed/had. But you're still "evolving" because you're better able to compete *now*.
Well, part of the reason those are "good" neighborhoods to begin with is that it's probably objectively harder to mug people there (better lighting, police presence, etc).
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You have _faith_ that the sun will come up tomorrow. That is "grounded faith".
Grounded faith = trust.
Faith is, by definition , believing in something for "no rational reason"
I have to believe that life is about helping people in a real and tangible way, TODAY; building up others in our community who aren't as fortunate as us
I do that every day without the help of mystical-dude-in-the-sky.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAX#IMAX_Dome_.2F_OMNIMAX
Not that uncommon. I've been to the Chicago one at the MSI many times.
Hey North, NEWSFLASH - we have air conditioning now, it's safe to come down here
So long a you're white and evangelical...
My wife spent most of her teen years in Mobile, Alabama. She knows what she's talking about. /native Chicagoan
You must be a real hit at parties.
Being a selfish asshole doesn't necessarily make you wrong. And rich people (selfish assholes or not) often have the largest bullhorns.
Mathematically speaking, for every $100 decline in physical music sales over the past ten years there has been an $18 increase in digital music sales. It's not a winning strategy.
Not a winning strategy? When the alternative is to make $0 instead of $18?
Sounds like they were being overpaid by about $82...welcome to the 21st century!
Your portfolio should be able to withstand a sector just cratering with no hope of recovering in your life time.
OK, now how about 10 sectors cratering? Or 100? What part of "Great Recession" did you not get?
Another interesting use for Helium in breathing gasses:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliox
My wife had a super-duper-bad asthma attack a few years back and they had to use this gas to get Oxygen to her lungs.
A blowout in the space-station can be plugged with duct tape (from the inside)... a blowout in an undersea habitat at 100' depth is considerably harder to deal with.
When the submarine floods at near the beginning of the movie (obviously more than 100' down, but still)...I have never been so scared in my entire movie-going life. There's something very, very terrifying about drowning in enclosed spaces...
And how about when the two main characters are deciding who gets the dry suit as their submersible fills up with water? God damn....
The uniting issues across the Tea Party movement are fiscal policy, civil liberties, immigration control and strong national defense
Why is my dog barking so incessantly? Are you blowing a whistle of some kind?
Yep, Mexican drug cartels are TOTALLY hurting for weapons.
Before Fast and Furious, they were using small rocks and hash language to kill 50,000 civilians.
I heard they're going to name it the DILLDOZER. /beefsupreme
Should we really welcome with open arms those who come here saying the hell with your laws, I'll do what I want?
I'm an atheist, but I have to quote the Bible here:
"And why behold you the mote that is in your brother's eye, but consider not the beam that is in your own eye?"
Why are illegal immigrants coming here? Because there are JOBS for them. Lots and lots of jobs. That means that there are many, many, many American businesses that are **breaking the law** by hiring illegal immigrants.
Maybe we should worry about those guys FIRST...you know, the ones exploiting the desperation of illegal immigrants for their own gain?
Wow, talk about misunderstanding "radiation".
Normal, non-ionizing "radiation" (aka energy) is not dangerous.
Ionizing radiation (backscatter xrays) is dangerous.
Wifi = non-ionizing
visible light = non-ionizing
TSA backscatter = ionizing
You know what's the absolute most boneheaded mistake I occasionally make? Drives me crazy:
if (a =! b)
instead of
if (a != b)
Especially annoying if you're comparing booleans.
life != person
Don't like it? Overturn Roe v Wade. Until then, STFU.
I'm pretty sure anything you can arrested for at a TSA checkpoint is a "Felony".
Don't forget that 2 of these American hikers had been living in Damascus, Syria for 2 years before this incident. The girl was an English teacher in a school, and the guy was a freelance journalist. I assume they both speak Arabic.
It's not like they just hopped a flight from Ohio to Iraq, all wide-eyed and naive. They lived in Syria, were familiar with the region, etc etc.
This 31 year old white American hetero agrees!
That's a terrible metric. How about % of soldiers committed?
US active soldiers = 1,468,364 and at 150,000 troops sent, 10.2% committed.
UK active soldiers = 197,780 and at 46,000 troops sent, 23.3% committed
Australia active soldiers = 57,500 and at 2,000 troops sent, 3.48% committed
So I'd say the UK still comes out on top with those numbers.
Don't forget his constant and totally false scandal-mongering of the Solyndra episode!
Issa is a douche, 1st class.
This is a great (and very short) essay by Asimov on that very subject:
http://chem.tufts.edu/AnswersInScience/RelativityofWrong.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Relativity_of_Wrong
Evolution does not *necessarily* imply an increase in complexity.
If complexity is expensive and is not providing an advantage to the organism, the mechanism in question may mutate "back" to a state that an ancestor of that organism already expressed/had. But you're still "evolving" because you're better able to compete *now*.
Well, part of the reason those are "good" neighborhoods to begin with is that it's probably objectively harder to mug people there (better lighting, police presence, etc).