Glad to welcome you to/., in case no one has before. I may be behind times.:-) I have been here a while, and just now noticed you.(knowledgeable and informative comments...I love it, I'm drawn in, I'm curious....)
Not to mention the most generous offer:
I am a biologist. Ask me questions in my journal. I'll give car/computer analogies if possible!
Car/computer analogies? Natural hit here. Just remember Libraries of Congress conversions, and Hogsheads per hectacre metrics for the/us Luddites:-). Even with my minor degree in biochem, your comments are news to me....off to read up!
This is what keeps me coming back to/..
I have learned/got clues to learn more from/. via the diverse userbase and interests voiced here... Where do I start?....
While I mostly agree with your comment, I question this statement:
...fucking the poor by driving food prices through the roof...
It would seem to me, if that statement was true, then High Fructose Corn Syrup would be too expensive to be a 'sugar' replacement in almost everything. We would see a mass migration away from corn and corn based products...and I don't see that happening yet.
*re-education session starts* "Ignore the man behind the curtain." "Do as I say, not as I do." "Why are you un-American?" *end session* There, now you feel better!
IMHO, any preemptive military action is damned difficult to justify as self-defense.
However, I cannot agree with the stated argument that poses this question to start with:
From the summary:
Let us assume the principal ethical argument pressed in favor of drone warfare â" to wit, that the reduction in civilian casualties and destruction of property means that the drone attack comports better than most other methods with the principle of discrimination. If this is so, then we might conclude that a just cause alone is sufficient to justify the attacks...
Bush is blamed as the source in this essay, but he was just the most recent and blatant example since WWII. Think about it...we can blame WWII on Pearl Harbor, but since winning that one, we started becoming more meddlesome globally. Korean War(War on Communism)-we got run out Vietnam War(War on Communism)-we got run out Global(War on Drugs)-we are losing that one Global(War on Terror)-we lost that one as soon as we declared it a 'War' Not to mention Panama, but we did have one winning moment in the clusterfuck of Granada!
And we are continuing that decades old losing streak in the Middle East to this day.
Thanks for the info! That is an awesome device, IMHO...just what I was looking for when I settled for my Augen 'The Book'. (which I really like, but would really like the 'notepad with stylus' mode the Note has, and it runs on Linux!)
I will have to try and find a Note of my own now.:-)
Something like the Note is what I have really wanted for about 10-12 years now. There have been a few devices that tried, but never combined all of what I wanted in one device that I could afford, until now.
Hah! Shows how little you know about John Q. Public in America, where instant gratification is no longer fast enough. What John Q. Public now is entitled to, is preemptive gratification.;-)
IMHO, we don't really know enough to define 'life' outside of the context of 'life on Earth' yet.
We have a basic/fundamental understanding of life on Earth that is confined and directed by what we think we know. (use 'scientific principle' as context here)
As TFS mentioned, our recent discovery and understanding of extremophiles hints that, the more we learn, the more there is to learn.
Over the decades I have lived, I find myself repeatedly and constantly amazed and bemused by recent tech advances.
But at the end of the day, we are no further along than 'There be dragons here!'.
You obviously have little or no experience with engines and wrenches.
I have in my possession a canvas tool-pouch containing 12 ignition wrenches that can easily fit inside the cylinder, and has done so many times over the past 4 decades. That's 12 wrenches at a time, and the pouch that has fit totally inside of cylinders many times. (handy place to temporarily hold things)
Somewhat in your defense, I will admit that there are few times you need that small of a wrench around an engine when the heads are removed, but saying "impossible" just highliights your ignorance.
I personally have found many improbable items inside of engines over the decades, just as you here about surgery patients having post-operative complications from stuff left inside of them from the surgery. The 'ideal' or 'perfect' plan only exists on paper....throw a human in the mix, and you get Murpy's Law events sooner, or later.
What is 'That'? Which way? Your point? What are you trying to say?
Your oath to support and defend the Constitution should prohibit you from following orders for illegal searches.
No, that only offers protection from obeying lawful orders, which are affirmed by the courts, which is the issue at hand. Lawful orders are what the courts say they are.
In this case, so far, the courts are backing the TSA, and that is the problem.
Mid to late 1960's, we recorded underground radio stations to cassette tapes and reel-to-reel tape decks. Thus, by way of aforesaid underground stations, I was exposed to something other than the 'Top 40/Bubblegum' genre, like Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes instead of The Beatles, then there was MC5, White Rhino, Fat Mattress,Blue Cheer etc.(pre- Clear channel and their ilk)
Bottom-line: If it's analog, it can be transcribed to digital, given the right ADC.
Piracy should be a moot point now in the digital internet stage....it's too easy for the determined.
Bottom line: It has been happening since various metallic tape recorders, and probably before that.
Btw, I agree with the above quote from your reply. Where did this mindset of 'my vote has to count, even if it is for an unwanted candidate' come from? Is it ego? (yeah, see, I was right!) Is it 'gotta have deh Money Shot'?
I don't get the idea that your vote 'is wasted' on a third, or even a fourth candidate, unless it has to do with the Electoral College vote here in the USA.
*rhetorical question time* For ****'s sake, we put a man on the moon...we have an app for that, etc.,...can't we come up with a better voting system?
The sad fact is, until the two-party system is discarded/obsoleted, it will not change. Write-ins help, 3rd parties help, but until the critical threshold that enables the above to influence the current voting and public awareness is reached, and fear from the established politicians realise the occurrence, nothing will change.
But I still try to write in, vote the issues and 'track record' of the candidate, vote independent where I morally can, and most of all...'stick the Evinrude in the mud puddle, instead of a measly stick' to stir things up, and talk to people,...I am trying to 'do my part'.
In some states, there is no 'write in' allowed. If they are not on the ballot, there is no way to vote for the prospective write-in. That's where it is at in Oklahoma, at least....
They have been brainwashed that that will mean their vote will be "wasted", whatever the fuck that means. Actually, those are the only votes that are emphatically *NOT* wasted.
I presumed a 'generic-mass public' POV type question that I replied to in that same context...think PR, or KISS for the layman. *hint::*
"Forgive my ignorance,..."
I feel you have done me a disservice by not not reading my reply in the context of the discussion.
'In general', or 'Generally' ignores the outliers while being 'good enough' for the laymen that are curious, but don't want to jump into astrophysics, and other studies. That was the spirit of my reply.
You should not have wasted mod points, and instead, brushed up on reading comprehension and context of statements.
BTW, I am well aware of current research, discoveries, and effort in this field...I started a long time ago at NASA in 1976.
You make valid, informative points...but they are unnecessary/inapplicable in the context of this discussion.
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Personally, I added about an inch in the past year.
Piker!
I can claim 3cm's this year, n00b!
*The above was to be taken in jest.*
Why do you hate America?
High Fructose Corn Syrup!!! Where's the Beef? Supersize me!
Wahoooo!
You took a wrong turn in Albuquerque....
Glad to welcome you to /., in case no one has before. I may be behind times. :-)
I have been here a while, and just now noticed you.(knowledgeable and informative comments...I love it, I'm drawn in, I'm curious....)
Not to mention the most generous offer:
I am a biologist. Ask me questions in my journal. I'll give car/computer analogies if possible!
Car/computer analogies? :-).
Natural hit here. Just remember Libraries of Congress conversions, and Hogsheads per hectacre metrics for the/us Luddites
Even with my minor degree in biochem, your comments are news to me....off to read up!
This is what keeps me coming back to /..
I have learned/got clues to learn more from /. via the diverse userbase and interests voiced here...
Where do I start?....
While I mostly agree with your comment, I question this statement:
It would seem to me, if that statement was true, then High Fructose Corn Syrup would be too expensive to be a 'sugar' replacement in almost everything.
We would see a mass migration away from corn and corn based products...and I don't see that happening yet.
Not to mention the moonshine and bourbon shortage this E85 fiasco will cause!
If we are going to be serious about ethanol fuels, we need to forget corn as the primary biomass source.
The biomass source, processing, and fuel delivery have to be cheaper than petroleum before it will be a realistic alternative.
Maybe offtopic, but I would rather see more focus on doing away with internal combustion for power.
*re-education session starts*
"Ignore the man behind the curtain."
"Do as I say, not as I do."
"Why are you un-American?"
*end session*
There, now you feel better!
IMHO, any preemptive military action is damned difficult to justify as self-defense.
However, I cannot agree with the stated argument that poses this question to start with:
From the summary:
Bush is blamed as the source in this essay, but he was just the most recent and blatant example since WWII.
Think about it...we can blame WWII on Pearl Harbor, but since winning that one, we started becoming more meddlesome globally.
Korean War(War on Communism)-we got run out
Vietnam War(War on Communism)-we got run out
Global(War on Drugs)-we are losing that one
Global(War on Terror)-we lost that one as soon as we declared it a 'War'
Not to mention Panama, but we did have one winning moment in the clusterfuck of Granada!
And we are continuing that decades old losing streak in the Middle East to this day.
Methinks there could be a pattern here.....
Thanks for the info!
That is an awesome device, IMHO...just what I was looking for when I settled for my Augen 'The Book'. (which I really like, but would really like the 'notepad with stylus' mode the Note has, and it runs on Linux!)
I will have to try and find a Note of my own now. :-)
Something like the Note is what I have really wanted for about 10-12 years now.
There have been a few devices that tried, but never combined all of what I wanted in one device that I could afford, until now.
Hah! ;-)
Shows how little you know about John Q. Public in America, where instant gratification is no longer fast enough.
What John Q. Public now is entitled to, is preemptive gratification.
[emphasis mine]
Hahahahohohoheeheehee!!!!
Pot, meet Kettle.....
I'm not even going to bother to say any more...
Too late. ;-)
IMHO, we don't really know enough to define 'life' outside of the context of 'life on Earth' yet.
We have a basic/fundamental understanding of life on Earth that is confined and directed by what we think we know. (use 'scientific principle' as context here)
As TFS mentioned, our recent discovery and understanding of extremophiles hints that, the more we learn, the more there is to learn.
Over the decades I have lived, I find myself repeatedly and constantly amazed and bemused by recent tech advances.
But at the end of the day, we are no further along than 'There be dragons here!'.
You wonderfully expressed what I was struggling to put into words. :-)
I believe change happens as reactionary people die.
I never thought about like that, but I think that is true.
Good book, IMHO.
For those interested, "Fallen Angels" is available at Jim Baen's Free Library to read online, or download. (linked below)
"Fallen Angels"
*Discaimer*
I'm just an enthusiastic fanboy, not affiliated with Baen Books in any way other than being a happy customer.*
You obviously have little or no experience with engines and wrenches.
I have in my possession a canvas tool-pouch containing 12 ignition wrenches that can easily fit inside the cylinder, and has done so many times over the past 4 decades. That's 12 wrenches at a time, and the pouch that has fit totally inside of cylinders many times. (handy place to temporarily hold things)
Somewhat in your defense, I will admit that there are few times you need that small of a wrench around an engine when the heads are removed, but saying "impossible" just highliights your ignorance.
I personally have found many improbable items inside of engines over the decades, just as you here about surgery patients having post-operative complications from stuff left inside of them from the surgery.
The 'ideal' or 'perfect' plan only exists on paper....throw a human in the mix, and you get Murpy's Law events sooner, or later.
So, the problem is the satellite is 'on the rag'?
That way my point.
What is 'That'? Which way? Your point?
What are you trying to say?
Your oath to support and defend the Constitution should prohibit you from following orders for illegal searches.
No, that only offers protection from obeying lawful orders, which are affirmed by the courts, which is the issue at hand. Lawful orders are what the courts say they are.
In this case, so far, the courts are backing the TSA, and that is the problem.
LOL! :-)
Although the vodka I back-snorted through my nose was unpleasant, that was well done.
Oh well, my keyboard need a cleaning anyway....
It was even worse[?] before then, youngster.
Mid to late 1960's, we recorded underground radio stations to cassette tapes and reel-to-reel tape decks.
Thus, by way of aforesaid underground stations, I was exposed to something other than the 'Top 40/Bubblegum' genre, like Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes instead of The Beatles, then there was MC5, White Rhino, Fat Mattress,Blue Cheer etc.(pre- Clear channel and their ilk)
Bottom-line:
If it's analog, it can be transcribed to digital, given the right ADC.
Piracy should be a moot point now in the digital internet stage....it's too easy for the determined.
Bottom line:
It has been happening since various metallic tape recorders, and probably before that.
Btw, I agree with the above quote from your reply.
Where did this mindset of 'my vote has to count, even if it is for an unwanted candidate' come from?
Is it ego? (yeah, see, I was right!)
Is it 'gotta have deh Money Shot'?
I don't get the idea that your vote 'is wasted' on a third, or even a fourth candidate, unless it has to do with the Electoral College vote here in the USA.
*rhetorical question time* ...can't we come up with a better voting system?
For ****'s sake, we put a man on the moon...we have an app for that, etc.,
The sad fact is, until the two-party system is discarded/obsoleted, it will not change.
Write-ins help, 3rd parties help, but until the critical threshold that enables the above to influence the current voting and public awareness is reached, and fear from the established politicians realise the occurrence, nothing will change.
But I still try to write in, vote the issues and 'track record' of the candidate, vote independent where I morally can, and most of all...'stick the Evinrude in the mud puddle, instead of a measly stick' to stir things up, and talk to people,...I am trying to 'do my part'.
*sad fact: I can't compete with the media*
In some states, there is no 'write in' allowed. If they are not on the ballot, there is no way to vote for the prospective write-in.
That's where it is at in Oklahoma, at least....
They have been brainwashed that that will mean their vote will be "wasted", whatever the fuck that means. Actually, those are the only votes that are emphatically *NOT* wasted.
I tried to post an ascii art penis...[...]...a real big, veiny, triumphant bastard....
Don't worry, I have the situation well in hand. ;-)
I hope this works, then goes global.
I think we are on two different pages here.
I presumed a 'generic-mass public' POV type question that I replied to in that same context...think PR, or KISS for the layman.
*hint::*
"Forgive my ignorance,..."
I feel you have done me a disservice by not not reading my reply in the context of the discussion.
'In general', or 'Generally' ignores the outliers while being 'good enough' for the laymen that are curious, but don't want to jump into astrophysics, and other studies. That was the spirit of my reply.
You should not have wasted mod points, and instead, brushed up on reading comprehension and context of statements.
BTW, I am well aware of current research, discoveries, and effort in this field...I started a long time ago at NASA in 1976.
You make valid, informative points...but they are unnecessary/inapplicable in the context of this discussion.
Water is 'out there'....a lot of it. It may not be concentrated where we would like to see it, but it's out there.