It is not called Pavlov. It's called conditioning. The salivation is called a conditioned reflex. This is not the same as pressing a lever to get food or a jolt in the amygdala. It is true that there are few viable alternatives to food, hence the natural obsession. There are some little-known alternatives to gaming, though. Education is one that springs to mind.
The point being that the traffic can be monitored *retroacively* via law. Espionage and corruption are endemic anyway as a result of greed. BUT if everyone who cares starts spamming the net with letters of protest, even a watered-down law would fail per se, eh? Partcularly liked that rhyme....
Aging in this context has to do with telomeres, and the progressive excision of these DNA bits each time the cell divides... you can't actually see wrinkles on the cells, or eyeglasses or canes
As DC employs "hubs" created and operated by users, anyone caught sharing sparse files or otherwise evading the share requirements can be banned for good from that hub. Capital Punishment.
Your comment about the advantages og a global market is true.. but you can also buy a cheap oriental rug of high quality that was woven by children underconditions that amount to slave labor... this doesnt sound quite as good, does it?
I dont have the answers, but a lot more questions...
"Not only that, the government is made up of the people--and it's not true that 90% of the people are lawyers. "
Well the second half of the sentence is true, anyway...
Shouldn't we start a thread to define the concept of "people"?
I have recreated my LP collection at 256kbps or better, have a convenient home jukebox on the laptop and have no intention of ever paying any major record company anything ever again. So there!
More Anonymous Coward bullshit comments.... they're just simply not interesting btw, having read the archived thread about Carl Sagan, I was seriously disturbed that A.C. had so many different and self-contradictory opinions simultaneously...some ridiculous(impotence due to pot), some disturbing (revisionist)... stupid me... there are obviously many such cowards, which hampers my ability to ignore any particular one by default.... too bad....any ideas?
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How about speling?
You update every night? Hmm I thought I didn't have a life...
It is not called Pavlov. It's called conditioning. The salivation is called a conditioned reflex. This is not the same as pressing a lever to get food or a jolt in the amygdala.
It is true that there are few viable alternatives to food, hence the natural obsession. There are some little-known alternatives to gaming, though. Education is one that springs to mind.
Sorry, kudnt reed ure rtikl. lern too spel bedder.
touché
The point being that the traffic can be monitored *retroacively* via law. Espionage and corruption are endemic anyway as a result of greed. BUT if everyone who cares starts spamming the net with letters of protest, even a watered-down law would fail per se, eh? Partcularly liked that rhyme....
Aging in this context has to do with telomeres, and the progressive excision of these DNA bits each time the cell divides... you can't actually see wrinkles on the cells, or eyeglasses or canes
As DC employs "hubs" created and operated by users, anyone caught sharing sparse files or otherwise evading the share requirements can be banned for good from that hub. Capital Punishment.
Your comment about the advantages og a global market is true.. but you can also buy a cheap oriental rug of high quality that was woven by children underconditions that amount to slave labor... this doesnt sound quite as good, does it? I dont have the answers, but a lot more questions...
"Not only that, the government is made up of the people--and it's not true that 90% of the people are lawyers. " Well the second half of the sentence is true, anyway... Shouldn't we start a thread to define the concept of "people"?
1. Fear of looking stupid 2. Fear of failure 3. Fear of *breaking* something You should never underestimate fear. Never, never.
Just being a messerschmidt or whatever you call it
As a U.S. expatriate living in Sweden for 22 years, I would like to ask: Would you return to 2 weeks vacation per year after getting used to 5?
Obviously, this must be good... else tsetsem, like most of us other plodders, wouldn't have time for such an exhaustive summary ;)
I have recreated my LP collection at 256kbps or better, have a convenient home jukebox on the laptop and have no intention of ever paying any major record company anything ever again. So there!
More Anonymous Coward bullshit comments.... they're just simply not interesting btw, having read the archived thread about Carl Sagan, I was seriously disturbed that A.C. had so many different and self-contradictory opinions simultaneously...some ridiculous(impotence due to pot), some disturbing (revisionist)... stupid me... there are obviously many such cowards, which hampers my ability to ignore any particular one by default.... too bad....any ideas?