around here insurance companies charge more depending on BMI, smoking, occupational risks etc., and we have a national health program, too.
We have a national health program at least in theory, since they take some 14% of the income but don't pay for much if you're not retired, and there are private health insurance programs that one can subscribe to, and those ask no question, you just pay a monthly fee and they promise to cover a certain amount of expenses.
Health is not something that can be measured by waist size alone. You're right, but it's sooo much easier. Earlier it used to be hair color, nose shape and ear size... also, for a long time the amount of melanin in your skin cells was an indicator if you're worthy to live or to die.
"fat" tissue is still ~70% water, and those with hormonal disorders will more likely accumulate water than fat.
"There are already engines that run off of grease/fat, so it shouldn't be too hard to switch to human fat as our main fuel source." -- good to know, I'll avoid you when the eugenics gets back into fashion.
so, what should I do ? I have f...... big bones... Should I be sterilized just in case my would-be children get the same bone structure ?
"People in the ideal range"... "CONCLUSION: Overweight status was associated with longevity and underweight with short life, due to lower and higher mortality, respectively, from CVD and cancer." from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17537093... looks like you're wrong... and there a lot of other studies that say the same thing: no fat gets you dead sooner.
BMI measures only "beauty"... go peddle your eugenics some place else.
we simply don't have enough control over our profession to make this fly
Fortunately, computer programming is not a profession, it's an occupation.
Fortunately: because while there are people who have "computer programming" as their job title, there are an increasing number of occupations that require "computer programming", so any professionalization (entry exams, licensing, "oath of CP", guild of CP etc.) of computer programming would face stiff resistance. Law, engineering and medicine guilds are the last remnants of the traditional medieval guilds, and so many workarounds have been developed to avoid going through those guilds that they have lost a lot of their influence.
Professions are just monopolies and should have disappeared a long time ago, especially the "law" profession: the survival of lawyers as a profession means that laws are going to be written by lawyers for lawyers. If "computer programming" will become a profession, the only result will be that computer programs will be written to benefit the members of the guild, without any regard to users.
I think a hippocratic oath for scientists is a good idea, I also think it should be enforcable and inspected upon
We hear thee, therefore we proclaim that all the so-called scientists that abandoned the proven theory of phlogiston should be tried in the court of law, in front of a jury made of honest and law-abiding scientists, and if any harm is found to have come from their wicked work, they should be prevented, by any means necessary, from ever inquiring into the mysteries of Nature.
Even so, it does not take long until the heat escapes, I think, otherwise the difference between max and min temperatures in the deserts during 24 hours would be smaller than they are.
... I think I should have paid more attention to chemistry and physics in high school, I guess, because I really don't understand: if there is hardly any delay in scattering, and only very little energy is "left behind in the molecule" when absorbtion/re-emission takes place, then CO2 should in fact cool the Earth, since it would scatter/re-emit back to space a tiny bit more than half of the IR radiation that arrives from the sun in the bands that are absorbed/scattered by CO2...
Then should I understand that there is a significant delay between absorption and re-emission as far as infrared radiation and CO2 are concerned, which allows for a buildup of heat in the atmosphere ?
Also, when infrared radiation is re-emitted, does it have the same wavelength as when it was absorbed ?
As percentage of total gases in the atmosphere, the CO2 curve would be also look "pretty much flat".
And (not directly related to your post) since you read "Nature" and are probably better informed than me, isn't it "scattering" rather than "absorption", when it comes to gases and EM radiation ?
"How much does a budget PC with Linux and sendmail/postfix cost for christ sake?"
How much does losing a client because power failed in your neighborhood or your ISP does not think that's it is worth their time to come and fix your link ?
I have "hating Java" among my hobbies, but have to say it has one big advantage: it is easier to predict how much time you'll need to develop an application
No matter if you have 10 CS geniuses in your team (it happens if you're in heaven, I guess), or only one genius, 4 mediocre programmers and 5 morons (if you are lucky), it will take almost the same time to develop an application, as long as it is one of the good programmers that designs it. There is no TIMTOWTDI in Java: usually there is only one way to do it, and if you need to plan a budget and set deadlines, Java is the "golden hammer". In Perl you might get lucky and finish the job in a quarter of the time and have the app run 10 times as fast. If you don't have the right people (and there are no reliable ways to find the right people), you are left with a mess and a civil war in your team.
"style, politics and library support": true words.
oh, so if most of the attacks on my net come from US universities, should I alert the Army and then head for the fallout shelter ? Zombie computers are everywhere.
"those Japanese companies" have their factories in US too.
"German companies" are moving their toys to US, too. Ever heard about Airbus ?
Check your statistics... US is still the largest industrial producer in the world, and US companies own about half of what is manufactured on the whole damn' planet. And if you worry about ruthless industry magnates sacrificing the poor US workers and moving plants to China, look it up and you might discover that lots the shares of the companies that moved capacities to China are paying for someone's retirement.
Check out the regulations in California and also find out when was the last new power plant built there, then repeat after me "goddamn' Greens caused blackouts".
If you have a friend that is chemist, ask him what is in the smoke resulting from burning wood. You'll stop talking about the "dangerous chemicals" we use nowadays and start loving your gas or electric heater...
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strange ...
around here insurance companies charge more depending on BMI, smoking, occupational risks etc., and we have a national health program, too.
We have a national health program at least in theory, since they take some 14% of the income but don't pay for much if you're not retired, and there are private health insurance programs that one can subscribe to, and those ask no question, you just pay a monthly fee and they promise to cover a certain amount of expenses.
"fat" tissue is still ~70% water, and those with hormonal disorders will more likely accumulate water than fat.
"There are already engines that run off of grease/fat, so it shouldn't be too hard to switch to human fat as our main fuel source." -- good to know, I'll avoid you when the eugenics gets back into fashion.
a physician, at last ...
so, what should I do ? I have f...... big bones ... Should I be sterilized just in case my would-be children get the same bone structure ?
"People in the ideal range" ... "CONCLUSION: Overweight status was associated with longevity and underweight with short life, due to lower and higher mortality, respectively, from CVD and cancer." from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17537093 ... looks like you're wrong ... and there a lot of other studies that say the same thing: no fat gets you dead sooner.
BMI measures only "beauty" ... go peddle your eugenics some place else.
now mod me troll, please
wellness screening (including BMI)
Where do you live ? In Nazi occupied Poland ??
BMI is an aesthetic criteria, has nothing to do with health.
So, you're for banning cars and air conditioning, too ?
Do you have life insurance ? I guess not ...
Fortunately, computer programming is not a profession, it's an occupation.
Fortunately: because while there are people who have "computer programming" as their job title, there are an increasing number of occupations that require "computer programming", so any professionalization (entry exams, licensing, "oath of CP", guild of CP etc.) of computer programming would face stiff resistance. Law, engineering and medicine guilds are the last remnants of the traditional medieval guilds, and so many workarounds have been developed to avoid going through those guilds that they have lost a lot of their influence.
Professions are just monopolies and should have disappeared a long time ago, especially the "law" profession: the survival of lawyers as a profession means that laws are going to be written by lawyers for lawyers. If "computer programming" will become a profession, the only result will be that computer programs will be written to benefit the members of the guild, without any regard to users.
I think a hippocratic oath for scientists is a good idea, I also think it should be enforcable and inspected upon
We hear thee, therefore we proclaim that all the so-called scientists that abandoned the proven theory of phlogiston should be tried in the court of law, in front of a jury made of honest and law-abiding scientists, and if any harm is found to have come from their wicked work, they should be prevented, by any means necessary, from ever inquiring into the mysteries of Nature.
It's not racism, it's stupidity.
It does not even make much sense from a security point of view.
Even so, it does not take long until the heat escapes, I think, otherwise the difference between max and min temperatures in the deserts during 24 hours would be smaller than they are.
thank you again, you have been very patient.
oh, well, maybe I should stick to what I know
Thank you ... this bit was a bit fuzzy for me.
Then should I understand that there is a significant delay between absorption and re-emission as far as infrared radiation and CO2 are concerned, which allows for a buildup of heat in the atmosphere ?
Also, when infrared radiation is re-emitted, does it have the same wavelength as when it was absorbed ?
As percentage of total gases in the atmosphere, the CO2 curve would be also look "pretty much flat".
And (not directly related to your post) since you read "Nature" and are probably better informed than me, isn't it "scattering" rather than "absorption", when it comes to gases and EM radiation ?
so much passion ... I shall take it as a compliment: thank you.
should have checked before I posted: no Latex now ... around the time it got out first it could.
"-1 Delusional Nostalgia" for me, I suppose
try Abyword ... last time I checked it saved decent Latex (decent for a word processor, I mean).
"How much does a budget PC with Linux and sendmail/postfix cost for christ sake?"
How much does losing a client because power failed in your neighborhood or your ISP does not think that's it is worth their time to come and fix your link ?
How much does it cost to employ an admin ?
I have "hating Java" among my hobbies, but have to say it has one big advantage: it is easier to predict how much time you'll need to develop an application
No matter if you have 10 CS geniuses in your team (it happens if you're in heaven, I guess), or only one genius, 4 mediocre programmers and 5 morons (if you are lucky), it will take almost the same time to develop an application, as long as it is one of the good programmers that designs it. There is no TIMTOWTDI in Java: usually there is only one way to do it, and if you need to plan a budget and set deadlines, Java is the "golden hammer". In Perl you might get lucky and finish the job in a quarter of the time and have the app run 10 times as fast. If you don't have the right people (and there are no reliable ways to find the right people), you are left with a mess and a civil war in your team.
"style, politics and library support": true words.
server unavailable ... slashdotted ?
oh, so if most of the attacks on my net come from US universities, should I alert the Army and then head for the fallout shelter ? Zombie computers are everywhere.
Take a breath.
... US is still the largest industrial producer in the world, and US companies own about half of what is manufactured on the whole damn' planet. And if you worry about ruthless industry magnates sacrificing the poor US workers and moving plants to China, look it up and you might discover that lots the shares of the companies that moved capacities to China are paying for someone's retirement.
"those Japanese companies" have their factories in US too.
"German companies" are moving their toys to US, too. Ever heard about Airbus ?
Check your statistics
Check out the regulations in California and also find out when was the last new power plant built there, then repeat after me "goddamn' Greens caused blackouts".
aren't most of the supercomputers designed to perform some very specific tasks ? You don't buy a supercomputer to run the Super edition of Excel.
lambda (functions) - kinda old, like 50, 60 years, if I remember well
... now I'll shut up and go back improving my code spaghettizer ...
Haskel suddenly very popular ? - the hordes of VB programmers got woken up to the world of threads
Elbonia - you're late, now Elbonians ship spaghetti code back to the less muddy countries
What makes programming languages popular ? - libraries