...but about proper adaptability to environment. We live in a highly technological environment. It is easy to adapt ot such an environment, and I'd suggest leads towards greater genetic variability.
By not tending towards social darwinism (and its effects like the holocaust... yep, this thread did just get too long), we maintain genetic variability that might otherwise be lost. Do I have any expectation that being born with one arm will have any particular special benefit to society? No. And I would definitely encourage those involved in the relevant fields to continue to work towards helping those with such disabilities. BUT... lost of variability is potentially rather dangerous.
Part of development towards our current society (and I'm going to suggest it is slightly better than that of Charlemagne's court in at least some respects, albeit, not all), is found in expansion. People get behind big projects. Charitable giving organizations have special announcements or ads put on for specific, focused projects for a reason. The moon race was an example of this on a governmental level. People become patriotic when it comes to something really big. War in Afghanistan, for all that it is tragic, and at this point necessary (regardless of your opinion on its start, leaving things without finishing would lead to worse tragedy for the people there), has become mundane to most Americans (not saying I like this or agree with it). People have short attention spans as has been noted above. A project to head into space again in a big way would be good, even if ridiculously expensive and dangerous given humanity's penchant for violence.
May I commend itunes, amazon vod, and hulu, a higher internet speed and a cellphone - should cut your bill down to about 50-70 a month for internet (and my guess is you already have a cell phone but toss 30-45 more if not depending on usage and skype availability). This will save you between ~50 and ~100 dollars a month (plenty for buying a season of whatever shows you watch that aren't on hulu and the occasional movie rental. The only downside is the Food Network is still in the dark ages (but if you are a die hard fan, you can sometimes find collections of older seasons at local used CD / DVD warehouse-type stores).
The Church of Scientology called. They noticed that your credit card on file is about to expire and they need the new expiration date/CVC code. They warned that if they don't get this information within 48 hours, you will be unable to participate in your next scheduled audit and that failure to participate could delay you reaching Clear state by years. On, and they mentioned it would be a damn shame for you to experience a sudden and unexplained death before reaching Clear state.
Not to mention all the detailed notes and recorded conversations we have of your audits, including that one involving the neighbor's now deceased pit bull, to name just one incident... oh, and did I mention we don't have a seal of the confessional rule?
Joking aside, $70,000 on becoming a better person (via psychologist, college, or anything not involved in racketeering / cultish behavior) would seem money well spent.
The OP didn't say he trusted the government, he said that it was "one of the most trustworthy" - it may still be about as trustworthy as the stereotypical used car salesman, but it is more trustworthy than, say, China.
...except that they wont actually delete your account without running through a massive number of hoops - one site and another among several that pop up with a "delete facebook" search on google
I did recently go back from 10 points to five and while I'm sure there's something in the FAQ about the amount change or whatever, there should be a TLDR-type meme related to link clicking.
Now we know the question to answer of life the universe and everything. Oil even makes the universe go round. I'm sure that BP and Exxon, et al. will be happy to know this.
If worse comes to worse, and blasting the geyser makes it worse, they could always just start dropping barriers between the gulf and the Atlantic... take a while, but I suspect that they'd have time given the location of the spill.
Yes... but one third is just the beginning.... 16:3 has "and every living creature in the sea died" - so obviously, we start out with something bad... which gets worse! hurrah. Oh, and, it strikes me that this whole thread might be a slight bit of potential mis-application (though it also reminds me of the Sahara novel by Cussler who posits a global red-tide initiated by leaking petrochemicals... don't think that's what triggers them though, so...).
Please... don't give them any ideas. You know that they have to be looking at random forums and news comment lists via a crawler just to come up with the awful things they show.
Yes... and when we make this space bulldozer and international tensions rise, what's to stop me from using this completely harmless tool to destroy the satellite network of nation X? There will be just as much offense taken at us doing precisely this as when we toasted a satellite a while back in a much lower orbit. While it would be great to clean up the mess up there, just leaving it where it is and maybe microwaving its broadcast unit would allow for everyone to know where the satellite was and avoid the international flack of having something publicly known capable of randomly toasting satellites. I assume zapping the thing is a challenge (the laser idea above is basically the same) as satellites are surely hardened against radiation damage from solar flares, etc.
sorry... I was thinking of the government taking half (1.75 mil left) and then thinking of other costs he would have to face before he could use any of it... and by using it, he would lose the needed 3-5% for inflation... but you are right... he should be fine.... just depressed and annoyed at having no ability to work in his chosen field.
only if he's content never to work in his chosen field anywhere ever again... blackballing is still done... 3.5 mil is not much of a retirement nest egg if you are only recently a college grad
Some of us have the nice license on our walls allowing us to explode things... it is a nice license to have (and there are, of course, restrictions on its use).
Yes - I was going for funny but apparently it wasn't slashdot geeky enough of a movie to get more than a troll rating for my comment. Perhaps I should have thrown in some reference to Linux. *Sigh* Maybe I'll learn someday.
The upfront cost to build enough nuclear power generating capacity to replace EVERY coal plant in China, India, and the US is... roughly equal to the cost of the Iraq war.
We seem to have shouldered that fairly well. Why don't we go ahead and switch. This is an issue I have run into with my new house - it is an all electric neighborhood (no gas line) and in a city (no propane tanks allowed). I am in the South and we get a good bit of sun. For the winter months, the payback on electric use is still not quite where it needs to be for solar panels to be effective, but we are getting close. The initial payout is fantasticly huge, but if we can get down to a 10 year break-even where I am instead of a 15-year break-even, I will jump on it.
unless... Bill Clinton and others are successful in their campaign to change the restrictions on the presidency... and if we see Taco Bell buy out all the other restaurants in the US, you'll know where we're headed.
And of course, we also have Galen, hero of anatomy, founding the practice of blood-letting while also inventing cataract surgery... I guess genius and idiocy walk together sometimes.
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...regarding seizures, and apparently little used, excusable homicide would appear to fit the bill - http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Excusable+homicide. This indicates culpability but lack of ability to alter the situation.
...but about proper adaptability to environment. We live in a highly technological environment. It is easy to adapt ot such an environment, and I'd suggest leads towards greater genetic variability.
By not tending towards social darwinism (and its effects like the holocaust... yep, this thread did just get too long), we maintain genetic variability that might otherwise be lost. Do I have any expectation that being born with one arm will have any particular special benefit to society? No. And I would definitely encourage those involved in the relevant fields to continue to work towards helping those with such disabilities. BUT... lost of variability is potentially rather dangerous.
Well to be fair, if you stop worrying about all your immediate needs, you may not have a future to worry about.
Are we that far down on Maslow's hierarchy?
Part of development towards our current society (and I'm going to suggest it is slightly better than that of Charlemagne's court in at least some respects, albeit, not all), is found in expansion. People get behind big projects. Charitable giving organizations have special announcements or ads put on for specific, focused projects for a reason. The moon race was an example of this on a governmental level. People become patriotic when it comes to something really big. War in Afghanistan, for all that it is tragic, and at this point necessary (regardless of your opinion on its start, leaving things without finishing would lead to worse tragedy for the people there), has become mundane to most Americans (not saying I like this or agree with it). People have short attention spans as has been noted above. A project to head into space again in a big way would be good, even if ridiculously expensive and dangerous given humanity's penchant for violence.
May I commend itunes, amazon vod, and hulu, a higher internet speed and a cellphone - should cut your bill down to about 50-70 a month for internet (and my guess is you already have a cell phone but toss 30-45 more if not depending on usage and skype availability). This will save you between ~50 and ~100 dollars a month (plenty for buying a season of whatever shows you watch that aren't on hulu and the occasional movie rental. The only downside is the Food Network is still in the dark ages (but if you are a die hard fan, you can sometimes find collections of older seasons at local used CD / DVD warehouse-type stores).
The Church of Scientology called. They noticed that your credit card on file is about to expire and they need the new expiration date/CVC code. They warned that if they don't get this information within 48 hours, you will be unable to participate in your next scheduled audit and that failure to participate could delay you reaching Clear state by years. On, and they mentioned it would be a damn shame for you to experience a sudden and unexplained death before reaching Clear state.
Not to mention all the detailed notes and recorded conversations we have of your audits, including that one involving the neighbor's now deceased pit bull, to name just one incident... oh, and did I mention we don't have a seal of the confessional rule?
Joking aside, $70,000 on becoming a better person (via psychologist, college, or anything not involved in racketeering / cultish behavior) would seem money well spent.
The OP didn't say he trusted the government, he said that it was "one of the most trustworthy" - it may still be about as trustworthy as the stereotypical used car salesman, but it is more trustworthy than, say, China.
...except that they wont actually delete your account without running through a massive number of hoops - one site and another among several that pop up with a "delete facebook" search on google
I did recently go back from 10 points to five and while I'm sure there's something in the FAQ about the amount change or whatever, there should be a TLDR-type meme related to link clicking.
Now we know the question to answer of life the universe and everything. Oil even makes the universe go round. I'm sure that BP and Exxon, et al. will be happy to know this.
If worse comes to worse, and blasting the geyser makes it worse, they could always just start dropping barriers between the gulf and the Atlantic... take a while, but I suspect that they'd have time given the location of the spill.
Yes... but one third is just the beginning.... 16:3 has "and every living creature in the sea died" - so obviously, we start out with something bad... which gets worse! hurrah. Oh, and, it strikes me that this whole thread might be a slight bit of potential mis-application (though it also reminds me of the Sahara novel by Cussler who posits a global red-tide initiated by leaking petrochemicals... don't think that's what triggers them though, so...).
Please... don't give them any ideas. You know that they have to be looking at random forums and news comment lists via a crawler just to come up with the awful things they show.
We would... but there aren't any anymore... jags are now owned by someone else as are land rovers, etc.
Texas - that wonderful state allowed, at a whim, to divide itself by five and suddenly become a senate powerhouse.
Yes... and when we make this space bulldozer and international tensions rise, what's to stop me from using this completely harmless tool to destroy the satellite network of nation X? There will be just as much offense taken at us doing precisely this as when we toasted a satellite a while back in a much lower orbit. While it would be great to clean up the mess up there, just leaving it where it is and maybe microwaving its broadcast unit would allow for everyone to know where the satellite was and avoid the international flack of having something publicly known capable of randomly toasting satellites. I assume zapping the thing is a challenge (the laser idea above is basically the same) as satellites are surely hardened against radiation damage from solar flares, etc.
sorry... I was thinking of the government taking half (1.75 mil left) and then thinking of other costs he would have to face before he could use any of it... and by using it, he would lose the needed 3-5% for inflation ... but you are right... he should be fine. ... just depressed and annoyed at having no ability to work in his chosen field.
only if he's content never to work in his chosen field anywhere ever again... blackballing is still done... 3.5 mil is not much of a retirement nest egg if you are only recently a college grad
Some of us have the nice license on our walls allowing us to explode things ... it is a nice license to have (and there are, of course, restrictions on its use).
18-25 years depending on brand, weathering, protective coating, positioning, etc.
Yes - I was going for funny but apparently it wasn't slashdot geeky enough of a movie to get more than a troll rating for my comment. Perhaps I should have thrown in some reference to Linux. *Sigh* Maybe I'll learn someday.
The upfront cost to build enough nuclear power generating capacity to replace EVERY coal plant in China, India, and the US is ... roughly equal to the cost of the Iraq war.
We seem to have shouldered that fairly well. Why don't we go ahead and switch. This is an issue I have run into with my new house - it is an all electric neighborhood (no gas line) and in a city (no propane tanks allowed). I am in the South and we get a good bit of sun. For the winter months, the payback on electric use is still not quite where it needs to be for solar panels to be effective, but we are getting close. The initial payout is fantasticly huge, but if we can get down to a 10 year break-even where I am instead of a 15-year break-even, I will jump on it.
unless... Bill Clinton and others are successful in their campaign to change the restrictions on the presidency... and if we see Taco Bell buy out all the other restaurants in the US, you'll know where we're headed.
And of course, we also have Galen, hero of anatomy, founding the practice of blood-letting while also inventing cataract surgery... I guess genius and idiocy walk together sometimes.
I should have said, pharmacologically significant levels of THC... The wiki article on hemp is fairly helpful