...as long as their list of demands includes the right to serve delicious cocktails unto humans on a polished tray (perhaps while wearing a little bowtie and apron).
No surprises there. It's well-known that the nuclear plants belonging to the dinosaurs were unregulated and dangerous. A two-headed lizard is an obvious sign of waste leaking out into the natural environment.
Hooray, we're yet again selfishly messing around with nature, causing it to substantially deviate from its normal patterns. The funny part will be when something gets messed up on a large scale (such as the ocean ecosystem becoming seriously disrupted and so forth) and people will be all surprised and shocked, "All we did was put electrodes in shark brains and have them do our bidding!"
Also, just an afterthought, it may be my insular American perspective talking, but I am continuously surprised that there is still a world superpower in existence under tight-fisted communist rule. I mean, I know that the general populous of China probably doesn't have access to most, if not all of the distopian books and films that illustrate the ridiculousness and certainty of failure of that particular governmental structure, nor would they have read the theory that makes their system a ticking time bomb. Despite this knowledge, however, it's hard for me to wrap my mind around so many people living in poverty and misery, especially considering that their numbers most likely greatly outweigh those of the ruling elite.
It's a situation which also makes the US' claims of wanting to liberate the oppressed seem that much more hypocritical. I understand that they have a huge-ass army and that we don't want to piss them off, but what with all of the awful human rights abuses taking place in that country, one would think that it would be a higher priority of the most powerful nation in the world to try to, at least diplomatically, intervene on their behalf, not even mentioning the manifest destiny-esque "spread of democracy" so much in vogue right now. I suppose that there'd be nothing in it for us, though, and so the motivation to address the Chinese situation has never been present.
This country has its share of human rights abuses. They're just not as publicized or obvious, and a lot of the time they take place outside of our borders, against non-citizens. Still, the erosion of our civil liberties is slowly advancing, especially since 9/11, and I feel every day as though our rights, including free speech, are going the way of the great auk.
I just wanted to add a note on the milk digression, I suppose.
There are huge nutritional differences between pasteurized and raw milk, in terms of health benefits to humans. The live enzymes present in raw milk (phosphatase for cascium absorbtion, lipase for fat digestion, lactase/-ose, galactase/-ose, catalase, diastase, peroxidase, etc) are destroyed to a large extent by the pasteurization process. In raw milk, all 22 amino acids are present as well, whereas in pasteurized milk, the polypeptides lysine and tyrosine are changed by the heating process such that they are not as easily metabolized (meaning your body can't use the proteins as readily or as easily). Vitamins A, F, E, and D are lost to a large degree by the heating process as well, as is Vitamin C (though to a lesser degree). B6 and B12 are pretty much destroyed all together. Also, raw milk is seriously tasty. If you ever to a taste comparison, there's really no contest. It's a full, earthy flavor, whereas the flavors of pasteurized milk and milk products are shallow and less complex.
Obviously, drinking raw milk has its risks. It's important to know where your raw milk is coming from and the process by which it's being produced. If the cows are fed what cows are supposed to be fed (grass, pasture plants, etc) and if the conditions on the farm are clean and natural (no anti-biotics, no hormones, no cows being fed other cows, no over-crowding), there shouldn't be a problem with pathogenic bacteria in the raw milk and it should be safe for human consumption. The beneficial bacteria, as the dominant culture, will prevent the growth of harmful bacteria (whereas in pasteurized milk, a sterile medium, there is no active culture of good bacteria to prevent bad bacteria growth). Going to the farm yourself is the best bet, although there are many states in which it's illegal for farms to sell raw milk due to the risks involved with sub-par milk production (factory farms, etc) and so raw milk purchases, even at all-natural organic farms, have to be made rather on the down low. It's good, though, for people to be involved more in their food, to know where it's coming from, to take an active role in their health and diet through awareness of the production process and its results.
Also, a last thought: I don't think that relying on milk as a sole source of calcium would be good, but then, relying on any one thing for nutrition is probably not wise. Moderation and diversity are most likely the best routes to take.
Go team Human.
Do you have some facts, via a link or something, to back that up? As the owner of a pair of ovaries and the rest of that whole female apparatus, I'd like to know if the paper I read is misogynist or whether they, as I do, recognize that the general population of the country is becoming more ignorant and apathetic by the day.
This is in no way mean to be inflammatory. I have a PS2 and an 8-bit Nintendo. I find myself having a lot more fun playing some of the old school Nintendo games, and it's not just nostalgia. A lot of people I know (nerds who also play a lot of console games) feel the same way. I think that games for the recent systems have devolved, at least in terms of the means by which they engage the player with an interesting story and puzzles that don't rely on how fast you can push a sequence of buttons within a given interval of time. Obviously the gameplay for an old school sidescroller is going to be vastly different from a complex 3d rendered PS2 game, but gameplay aside, I wish that developers would spend more time on making the games fun to play and less time on making scantily-clad women who look like omg real girls. There was a paradigm shift at some point, I don't know when, and from my perspective, gameplay suddenly became harder to for developers to make well than did graphics. Basically, I'd be happy with the current systems, if only they could make some fun games for them.
Well, it probably could be my butler, but it'd be a lousy one. It doesn't look as though it could carry many cleaning supplies or drinks on a tray or towels.
Why isn't someone working on that kind of technology? Get with the program, people, You're at least 10 years behind schedule.
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...as long as their list of demands includes the right to serve delicious cocktails unto humans on a polished tray (perhaps while wearing a little bowtie and apron).
No surprises there. It's well-known that the nuclear plants belonging to the dinosaurs were unregulated and dangerous. A two-headed lizard is an obvious sign of waste leaking out into the natural environment.
Hooray, we're yet again selfishly messing around with nature, causing it to substantially deviate from its normal patterns. The funny part will be when something gets messed up on a large scale (such as the ocean ecosystem becoming seriously disrupted and so forth) and people will be all surprised and shocked, "All we did was put electrodes in shark brains and have them do our bidding!"
Also, just an afterthought, it may be my insular American perspective talking, but I am continuously surprised that there is still a world superpower in existence under tight-fisted communist rule. I mean, I know that the general populous of China probably doesn't have access to most, if not all of the distopian books and films that illustrate the ridiculousness and certainty of failure of that particular governmental structure, nor would they have read the theory that makes their system a ticking time bomb. Despite this knowledge, however, it's hard for me to wrap my mind around so many people living in poverty and misery, especially considering that their numbers most likely greatly outweigh those of the ruling elite.
It's a situation which also makes the US' claims of wanting to liberate the oppressed seem that much more hypocritical. I understand that they have a huge-ass army and that we don't want to piss them off, but what with all of the awful human rights abuses taking place in that country, one would think that it would be a higher priority of the most powerful nation in the world to try to, at least diplomatically, intervene on their behalf, not even mentioning the manifest destiny-esque "spread of democracy" so much in vogue right now. I suppose that there'd be nothing in it for us, though, and so the motivation to address the Chinese situation has never been present.
This country has its share of human rights abuses. They're just not as publicized or obvious, and a lot of the time they take place outside of our borders, against non-citizens. Still, the erosion of our civil liberties is slowly advancing, especially since 9/11, and I feel every day as though our rights, including free speech, are going the way of the great auk.
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I just wanted to add a note on the milk digression, I suppose. There are huge nutritional differences between pasteurized and raw milk, in terms of health benefits to humans. The live enzymes present in raw milk (phosphatase for cascium absorbtion, lipase for fat digestion, lactase/-ose, galactase/-ose, catalase, diastase, peroxidase, etc) are destroyed to a large extent by the pasteurization process. In raw milk, all 22 amino acids are present as well, whereas in pasteurized milk, the polypeptides lysine and tyrosine are changed by the heating process such that they are not as easily metabolized (meaning your body can't use the proteins as readily or as easily). Vitamins A, F, E, and D are lost to a large degree by the heating process as well, as is Vitamin C (though to a lesser degree). B6 and B12 are pretty much destroyed all together. Also, raw milk is seriously tasty. If you ever to a taste comparison, there's really no contest. It's a full, earthy flavor, whereas the flavors of pasteurized milk and milk products are shallow and less complex. Obviously, drinking raw milk has its risks. It's important to know where your raw milk is coming from and the process by which it's being produced. If the cows are fed what cows are supposed to be fed (grass, pasture plants, etc) and if the conditions on the farm are clean and natural (no anti-biotics, no hormones, no cows being fed other cows, no over-crowding), there shouldn't be a problem with pathogenic bacteria in the raw milk and it should be safe for human consumption. The beneficial bacteria, as the dominant culture, will prevent the growth of harmful bacteria (whereas in pasteurized milk, a sterile medium, there is no active culture of good bacteria to prevent bad bacteria growth). Going to the farm yourself is the best bet, although there are many states in which it's illegal for farms to sell raw milk due to the risks involved with sub-par milk production (factory farms, etc) and so raw milk purchases, even at all-natural organic farms, have to be made rather on the down low. It's good, though, for people to be involved more in their food, to know where it's coming from, to take an active role in their health and diet through awareness of the production process and its results. Also, a last thought: I don't think that relying on milk as a sole source of calcium would be good, but then, relying on any one thing for nutrition is probably not wise. Moderation and diversity are most likely the best routes to take. Go team Human.
I have no doubt that The Military has possessed this technology since, at the very latest, 1952.
Now why would you say a silly thing like that, Clarice?
Do you have some facts, via a link or something, to back that up? As the owner of a pair of ovaries and the rest of that whole female apparatus, I'd like to know if the paper I read is misogynist or whether they, as I do, recognize that the general population of the country is becoming more ignorant and apathetic by the day.
This is in no way mean to be inflammatory. I have a PS2 and an 8-bit Nintendo. I find myself having a lot more fun playing some of the old school Nintendo games, and it's not just nostalgia. A lot of people I know (nerds who also play a lot of console games) feel the same way. I think that games for the recent systems have devolved, at least in terms of the means by which they engage the player with an interesting story and puzzles that don't rely on how fast you can push a sequence of buttons within a given interval of time. Obviously the gameplay for an old school sidescroller is going to be vastly different from a complex 3d rendered PS2 game, but gameplay aside, I wish that developers would spend more time on making the games fun to play and less time on making scantily-clad women who look like omg real girls. There was a paradigm shift at some point, I don't know when, and from my perspective, gameplay suddenly became harder to for developers to make well than did graphics. Basically, I'd be happy with the current systems, if only they could make some fun games for them.
Well, it probably could be my butler, but it'd be a lousy one. It doesn't look as though it could carry many cleaning supplies or drinks on a tray or towels. Why isn't someone working on that kind of technology? Get with the program, people, You're at least 10 years behind schedule.
Well, that's slightly misleading because only one senator voted against the original Patriot Act (Russ Feingold D-WI).