Introverts are deviants just like extroverts are. If they weren't, we wouldn't have a word for it.
In what way does having a word to describe a form of behaviour make someone who behaves that way a deviant? If you think of sexual behaviour, you could classify it into homosexual, heterosexual and bisexual behaviour. Which of these is deviant?
Let's see - Warner, Disney, erm - everyone really.. Do you know that your mate's single layer DVD recorder won't be able to read your double layer DVD or are you guessing?
last month scientists proved that they were wrongly using newtonian physics to measure the amount of matter in the universe, but when they changed their equations to einsteinian physics, there was no need of any dark matter to make up 'lost' matter in the universe.
That turns out not to be the case.
Maybe it isn't but it was a thought that had occurred to me and I'm glad someone brought it up. Reading the referred item now
If you know about psychology, could you explain if it is possible to feel anger and happiness about the same thing at the same time? I ask because I am not sure that it is (although I'm no psychologist). What I'm thinking of is the idea that if we spend time focussing on what I shall call positive emotions (which I'm using to mean things like happiness, joy, love, etc) we don't have time to focus on the emotions that are more likely to lead to violent behaviour. I agree that we are selfish enough creatures for our emotions to be primarily centered on the self, but I use this to realise that I feel better about myself if I lend someone a hand, act in a nice way towards people than I do if I spend my time being angry at people - have you ever noticed this about yourself?
As for sports - I neither watch nor play them, so if they are the only way we have of satisfying our violent impulses, does this make me a potential serial killer?
Do you belive that you have as much control over your decision to pick up a gun and shoot it as you do to sneeze? If so, please don't assume that everyone else shows this lack of control.
Yeah. What kind of verbs do we use in sports? Kill, demolished, wiped out, etc
I accept that violent words are used in relation to some sports, but don't accept that saying a violent word is the same as performing a violent action
Bullshit. We have no more choice than my cats.
You really credit yourself with as little self control as a cat? As for playing with toys that are representative of violence as children, did you play with a gun or a sword as a child? Are you now a serial killer? Did you ever try to kill someone with your toy? There can be a difference between the object and the intent of the person using it
Please don't use the term "Christian" to refer to Jack Thompson, for the same reason that you shouldn't use the term "monkey" to refer to George W. Bush.
Sure, most monkeys would hate this, but I knew one once who was so thick he wouldn't even be offended by this. I'm not judging - he had learning difficulties and was basically very nice, although there's no way I'd let his family hearing me comparing their sibling to George Bush
I think it's fair to assume that you as a human have more intelligence / sentience / moral structure (delete appropriate) than your cat. Sure we have some way to go to lose the hunter drive (or maybe instinct) but do you really want to be controlled by a bunch of impulses that arose out of necessity through our evolution and haven't yet died out despite the fact that they aren't nearly as important to our survival as they once were. Or would you rather have your logical processing and to a great degree our long term emotional state of mind? I'm not saying that there's a problem with the sports you listed and probably a bunch more would apply to the same group, but saying that a lot of people like sports is a bit different to saying that we are violent animals, suggesting that this is somewhere in our genetic makeup or something rather than us paying more attention to our evolutionary out of date impulses than to our thoughts. We have the choice to be violent, but I don't think that makes us a violent species
Mate, as a 'Friends of the Wetern Buddhist Order' Buddhist, I'd like to suggest that you modify your meditation. Through correct meditation procedure, you can learn to maximise positive desires - I guess that the wish to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings would be the big one, but there are plenty of others. You can also minimise negative desires - the ones that lead you off the eightfold path would be the main ones, but if you are thinking of killing or maiming someone, then a meditation technique called the Metta Bhavna sounds like the one for you. This can be used to eradicate your negative deires - the main format allows a person not to feel hatred to an individual and it can be modified to promote positive feelings towards all others. I'm not at the stage where I'd be nice to Saddam Hussein and I've never planned on killing someone, but it does help me to act towards others in a way that I consider positive
It the authorities were looking at web sites visited and therefore library books read and maybe even music listened to, wouldn't they be as interested in the people borrowing 'Catcher in the Rye', said to motivate various killers including Mark Chapman (who shot John Lennon) and 'Helter Skelter', frequently played by Charles Manson and his cult? It wouldn't surprise me if they weren't, but it would seem just as relevant as 'how to make people dead' books to me.
I get your point about people in space being unlikely to need surgery, but if I was going into orbit or even if manned Mars mission ever become likely (not something I'm expecting anytime soon) I think I'd feel better if there was something that could help if I had some kind of accident that left me needing surgery
How does veto'ing the.xxx domain censor people's ability to see boobs on the net? Sure, you won't be able to go to lotsofbigboobs.xxx, but won't lotsofbigboobs.com still be able to exist? Also, relating to a previous post - if people weren't able to talk about nazis, wouldn't that affect discussions like those here on Slashdot, where more posts means more possibility of someone being compared to a nazi? For me, my freedom of speech to say as I see when I see someone acting as I think a nazi might is more important than my ability to see naked women. I know that nazi references on Slashdot aren't often very serious, but when my own government is trying to enforce control on its citizens in a way that seems increasingly like that of Hitler's government, I want to be able to say so without fear of censorship. I can live without porn a lot easier than I can live without freedom of speech
I like a smoke now and again, but am aware of studies done on the strong weed available in Amsterdam (sorry, no links) that links the stuff that is 2 - 4 times as strong as the regular stuff with depressive symptoms. As I sometimes use the (regular strength) stuff to ease my symptoms, I'd be worried about 2 - 4 x stronger stuff making them worse, so 100 times as strong? I'll let someone else be the first to try that
The silk and this resilin stuff both sound good. I'm also wondering about the stuff that makes some insects glow / emit light at night (and possibly during the day, but the sun would prevent that being very noticeable). Getting some of that to use instead of light bulbs might be fun and might save energy (don't know how much energy it would take to synthesise, though, so might not)
Thanks for this. I got into Buddhism partly because I have depression and I heard about their good mood. This book looks like it will have more of the stuff I'm after in it
According to scientific research posted here at the BBC website, the Buddhists faith looks as though it might have something going for it. The research says that brain scans show that Buddhists are the happiest people. There is some stuff on meditation helping to ease the symptoms of depression here
If we're talking about god, can anyone explain to me the idea that He needs all this worship from us humans? As I understand it, we were created as some kind of pet project for the purpose of worshipping god. How insecure / vain does that make Him? It sounds like me getting some pets so that they can adore me, me not feeling obliged to look after them because that would prevent them having free will and still expecting them to worship me. I'd be looking at some serious psychiatric care if I was thinking that way - what makes this Christian god any different?
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I will do the job of three men, if required
Groucho, Harpo and Chico?
I take pride in my stupidity.
So do I - I worked hard and underwent some painful therapy to achieve my stupidity
Introverts are deviants just like extroverts are. If they weren't, we wouldn't have a word for it.
In what way does having a word to describe a form of behaviour make someone who behaves that way a deviant? If you think of sexual behaviour, you could classify it into homosexual, heterosexual and bisexual behaviour. Which of these is deviant?
Who releases movies on Dual Layer?
Let's see - Warner, Disney, erm - everyone really.. Do you know that your mate's single layer DVD recorder won't be able to read your double layer DVD or are you guessing?
bare ass on the glass
crack in ass filled with glass from
photocopier
last month scientists proved that they were wrongly using newtonian physics to measure the amount of matter in the universe, but when they changed their equations to einsteinian physics, there was no need of any dark matter to make up 'lost' matter in the universe.
That turns out not to be the case.
Maybe it isn't but it was a thought that had occurred to me and I'm glad someone brought it up. Reading the referred item now
If you know about psychology, could you explain if it is possible to feel anger and happiness about the same thing at the same time? I ask because I am not sure that it is (although I'm no psychologist). What I'm thinking of is the idea that if we spend time focussing on what I shall call positive emotions (which I'm using to mean things like happiness, joy, love, etc) we don't have time to focus on the emotions that are more likely to lead to violent behaviour. I agree that we are selfish enough creatures for our emotions to be primarily centered on the self, but I use this to realise that I feel better about myself if I lend someone a hand, act in a nice way towards people than I do if I spend my time being angry at people - have you ever noticed this about yourself?
As for sports - I neither watch nor play them, so if they are the only way we have of satisfying our violent impulses, does this make me a potential serial killer?
And the bickering - what else is Slashdot for?
Do I have a choice? I think sneezing is stupid.
Do you belive that you have as much control over your decision to pick up a gun and shoot it as you do to sneeze? If so, please don't assume that everyone else shows this lack of control.
Yeah. What kind of verbs do we use in sports? Kill, demolished, wiped out, etc
I accept that violent words are used in relation to some sports, but don't accept that saying a violent word is the same as performing a violent action
Bullshit. We have no more choice than my cats.
You really credit yourself with as little self control as a cat? As for playing with toys that are representative of violence as children, did you play with a gun or a sword as a child? Are you now a serial killer? Did you ever try to kill someone with your toy? There can be a difference between the object and the intent of the person using it
Please don't use the term "Christian" to refer to Jack Thompson, for the same reason that you shouldn't use the term "monkey" to refer to George W. Bush.
Sure, most monkeys would hate this, but I knew one once who was so thick he wouldn't even be offended by this. I'm not judging - he had learning difficulties and was basically very nice, although there's no way I'd let his family hearing me comparing their sibling to George Bush
I think it's fair to assume that you as a human have more intelligence / sentience / moral structure (delete appropriate) than your cat. Sure we have some way to go to lose the hunter drive (or maybe instinct) but do you really want to be controlled by a bunch of impulses that arose out of necessity through our evolution and haven't yet died out despite the fact that they aren't nearly as important to our survival as they once were. Or would you rather have your logical processing and to a great degree our long term emotional state of mind? I'm not saying that there's a problem with the sports you listed and probably a bunch more would apply to the same group, but saying that a lot of people like sports is a bit different to saying that we are violent animals, suggesting that this is somewhere in our genetic makeup or something rather than us paying more attention to our evolutionary out of date impulses than to our thoughts. We have the choice to be violent, but I don't think that makes us a violent species
Mate, as a 'Friends of the Wetern Buddhist Order' Buddhist, I'd like to suggest that you modify your meditation. Through correct meditation procedure, you can learn to maximise positive desires - I guess that the wish to achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings would be the big one, but there are plenty of others. You can also minimise negative desires - the ones that lead you off the eightfold path would be the main ones, but if you are thinking of killing or maiming someone, then a meditation technique called the Metta Bhavna sounds like the one for you. This can be used to eradicate your negative deires - the main format allows a person not to feel hatred to an individual and it can be modified to promote positive feelings towards all others. I'm not at the stage where I'd be nice to Saddam Hussein and I've never planned on killing someone, but it does help me to act towards others in a way that I consider positive
It the authorities were looking at web sites visited and therefore library books read and maybe even music listened to, wouldn't they be as interested in the people borrowing 'Catcher in the Rye', said to motivate various killers including Mark Chapman (who shot John Lennon) and 'Helter Skelter', frequently played by Charles Manson and his cult? It wouldn't surprise me if they weren't, but it would seem just as relevant as 'how to make people dead' books to me.
So how do I get my girlfriend to yank my crank?
You've seen about global warming, the Tsunami and the increasing hurricanes - don't you think we're already over the edge?
I'd have to get a friend for that. Will I be able to talk to strangers instead?
Add modern technology and he could donate sperm - what parents wouldn't want immunity from AIDS etc for their child?
I get your point about people in space being unlikely to need surgery, but if I was going into orbit or even if manned Mars mission ever become likely (not something I'm expecting anytime soon) I think I'd feel better if there was something that could help if I had some kind of accident that left me needing surgery
How does veto'ing the .xxx domain censor people's ability to see boobs on the net? Sure, you won't be able to go to lotsofbigboobs.xxx, but won't lotsofbigboobs.com still be able to exist? Also, relating to a previous post - if people weren't able to talk about nazis, wouldn't that affect discussions like those here on Slashdot, where more posts means more possibility of someone being compared to a nazi? For me, my freedom of speech to say as I see when I see someone acting as I think a nazi might is more important than my ability to see naked women. I know that nazi references on Slashdot aren't often very serious, but when my own government is trying to enforce control on its citizens in a way that seems increasingly like that of Hitler's government, I want to be able to say so without fear of censorship. I can live without porn a lot easier than I can live without freedom of speech
I like a smoke now and again, but am aware of studies done on the strong weed available in Amsterdam (sorry, no links) that links the stuff that is 2 - 4 times as strong as the regular stuff with depressive symptoms. As I sometimes use the (regular strength) stuff to ease my symptoms, I'd be worried about 2 - 4 x stronger stuff making them worse, so 100 times as strong? I'll let someone else be the first to try that
The silk and this resilin stuff both sound good. I'm also wondering about the stuff that makes some insects glow / emit light at night (and possibly during the day, but the sun would prevent that being very noticeable). Getting some of that to use instead of light bulbs might be fun and might save energy (don't know how much energy it would take to synthesise, though, so might not)
Thanks for this. I got into Buddhism partly because I have depression and I heard about their good mood. This book looks like it will have more of the stuff I'm after in it
According to scientific research posted here at the BBC website, the Buddhists faith looks as though it might have something going for it. The research says that brain scans show that Buddhists are the happiest people. There is some stuff on meditation helping to ease the symptoms of depression here
An account with no download limit with tesco.net in the UK costs £17.97 per month, according to their website. How much are you currently paying?
If we're talking about god, can anyone explain to me the idea that He needs all this worship from us humans? As I understand it, we were created as some kind of pet project for the purpose of worshipping god. How insecure / vain does that make Him? It sounds like me getting some pets so that they can adore me, me not feeling obliged to look after them because that would prevent them having free will and still expecting them to worship me. I'd be looking at some serious psychiatric care if I was thinking that way - what makes this Christian god any different?
For a paperless home, I'd be interested in digital media that won't hike up my electricity bill. Will this ever happen?