According to the Supreme Court, the Westboro Baptist Church has the right to picket funerals with signs that read "God Hates Fags". Since this app is slightly less offensive, yes it can be considered free speech as well, despite the fact that I and many other consider it offensive and repugnant.
Or maybe having a small percentage of the population remain non-breeders is actually a survival factor for the species. It's not like homosexuality is a new development in human behavior, or even that it is confined to just the human species. 2000 years ago the long time success of a tribe was largely determined by it's birth rate, so anything that might lower the birth rate was strongly discouraged. That is no longer the case, hence the lessoning of the taboos against homosexual behavior. (Sparta is a case in point. 3000 years ago they had a culture wherein homosexuality was considered normal. However, they eventually declined as a city because their birth rate was too low.)
God made me straight. Do you think anyone can change that, no matter how hard they try? Sexual preference is just like handedness. Most people are right handed, some people are left handed and some people are ambidextrous. Does EI also think they can retrain left handed people to be right handed? I think they can only retrain ambidextrous people to prefer to use their right hand.
That was precisely my argument against DADT -- closeted homosexuals are a security risk, they could be blackmailed easily if disclosing their practices meant the end of their career. Only openly gay volunteers should be accepted into the military. That being said, they should be discrete and follow the same rules about "conduct unbecoming on officer" that all other military personal must adhere to.
Jesus's favorite disciple was Mary Magdalene. According to the Gnostic Gospels, Jesus frequently kissed Mary and loved her more than the male disciples. So I strongly suspect Jesus was in fact straight. However, he did preach tolerance and made a point of associating with the outcasts of society, leading me to think that he would have loved gay believers just as much as any other.
If you consider yourself gay and you can be re-educated to prefer hetero sex, then in reality you were bisexual, you are bisexual, and you will always be bisexual. So yes, a few people can be converted, those people that were actually bisexual to begin with. For those that are truly homosexual, this software should be about as successful as re-educating true heterosexuals to prefer gay sex, i.e. it ain't gonna happen!
And yes, insisting that the sexual preference that God created someone with is something that needs to be "cured" is offensive on many levels.
The problem with doing this with wireless is the same problem we had with a wireless Point-of-System: when asked to vote, several hundred people will press the button simultaneously. That results in a shit storm of collisions for IR and for most wireless networks.
They need a unique code for each sender too, from the requirement "identify each student's vote". (Also necessary to detect multiple votes by same person.)
What, and "bigest", "vaccums", "propably", "vaccuming", "refiregerator", "chrgers", and "generaly" DON'T bother you? Not to mention the grammar? You, sir, are a ridiculous computer nerd!
Your clock should be very accurate if powered off the power lines and you have a competent electric company.
Aye, therein lies the rub. My parent's property is very rural. My mother also claims that light bulbs burn out a lot faster there, but I think that is just her imagination.
The motors I deal with in my job (manufacturing automation) are all DC motors and stepper motors driven by controllers which are performing an AC/DC conversion, so this is only a problem with constant speed AC motors. But granted, climate control is a HUGE installed base.
Thank you for agreeing with me. Tethering isn't the problem, excessive bandwidth use is.
And by the way, contrary to popular opinion there is no monolithic slashdot "we". Yes, many have argued in favor of unlimited bandwidth and rejected my argument that the internet is subject to the Tragedy of the Commons, but few have switched opinions as a result.
Other than poorly designed clocks, what other devices actually care about the power line frequency? My parents in Virginia have very bad 60Hz power, they have a few clocks that are often off by 10 minutes or more each way, so it's not a good idea to base your clock frequency source on the power line in the first place. Most devices not either don't care (light bulbs) or put their power through an AC/DC conversion step anyway. So what would really need to be thrown out if you switched from 50Hz to 60Hz standard? And wouldn't now be an excellent time to make the change?
In fact, evolution is still occurring around Chernobyl, where some species are become more resistant to radiation. Agreed, belief in Creationism should disqualify one from teaching science because it is ample evidence that one doesn't understand the scientific method. But should it disqualify you from teaching, say, English Literature?
Don't fire them for being creationists, fire them for being fucking idiots with no comprehension of the scientific process! Actually, as long as they are not teaching science classes it is probably not a problem.
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It'd be like building an app for the Amish.
Has this site gone out of business yet?
According to the Supreme Court, the Westboro Baptist Church has the right to picket funerals with signs that read "God Hates Fags". Since this app is slightly less offensive, yes it can be considered free speech as well, despite the fact that I and many other consider it offensive and repugnant.
Or maybe having a small percentage of the population remain non-breeders is actually a survival factor for the species. It's not like homosexuality is a new development in human behavior, or even that it is confined to just the human species. 2000 years ago the long time success of a tribe was largely determined by it's birth rate, so anything that might lower the birth rate was strongly discouraged. That is no longer the case, hence the lessoning of the taboos against homosexual behavior. (Sparta is a case in point. 3000 years ago they had a culture wherein homosexuality was considered normal. However, they eventually declined as a city because their birth rate was too low.)
Dude, it's called "soap-on-a-rope", the soap of choice for navy men the world over!
Ignorant and unenlightened behavior should be responded to by education. not violence.
So you're planning on remaining just the way you are? So am I... I plan on remaining straight, and I seriously doubt any iPhone app could change that!
God made me straight. Do you think anyone can change that, no matter how hard they try? Sexual preference is just like handedness. Most people are right handed, some people are left handed and some people are ambidextrous. Does EI also think they can retrain left handed people to be right handed? I think they can only retrain ambidextrous people to prefer to use their right hand.
That was precisely my argument against DADT -- closeted homosexuals are a security risk, they could be blackmailed easily if disclosing their practices meant the end of their career. Only openly gay volunteers should be accepted into the military. That being said, they should be discrete and follow the same rules about "conduct unbecoming on officer" that all other military personal must adhere to.
Jesus's favorite disciple was Mary Magdalene. According to the Gnostic Gospels, Jesus frequently kissed Mary and loved her more than the male disciples. So I strongly suspect Jesus was in fact straight. However, he did preach tolerance and made a point of associating with the outcasts of society, leading me to think that he would have loved gay believers just as much as any other.
If you consider yourself gay and you can be re-educated to prefer hetero sex, then in reality you were bisexual, you are bisexual, and you will always be bisexual. So yes, a few people can be converted, those people that were actually bisexual to begin with. For those that are truly homosexual, this software should be about as successful as re-educating true heterosexuals to prefer gay sex, i.e. it ain't gonna happen!
And yes, insisting that the sexual preference that God created someone with is something that needs to be "cured" is offensive on many levels.
Btw, could we have slashdot.xxx, where slashdot users can upload their nude pictures?
Wait... have you cornered the eye-bleach market?
Still doesn't record which way each student voted.
The problem with doing this with wireless is the same problem we had with a wireless Point-of-System: when asked to vote, several hundred people will press the button simultaneously. That results in a shit storm of collisions for IR and for most wireless networks.
They need a unique code for each sender too, from the requirement "identify each student's vote". (Also necessary to detect multiple votes by same person.)
What, and "bigest", "vaccums", "propably", "vaccuming", "refiregerator", "chrgers", and "generaly" DON'T bother you? Not to mention the grammar? You, sir, are a ridiculous computer nerd!
Your clock should be very accurate if powered off the power lines and you have a competent electric company.
Aye, therein lies the rub. My parent's property is very rural. My mother also claims that light bulbs burn out a lot faster there, but I think that is just her imagination.
The motors I deal with in my job (manufacturing automation) are all DC motors and stepper motors driven by controllers which are performing an AC/DC conversion, so this is only a problem with constant speed AC motors. But granted, climate control is a HUGE installed base.
Thank you for agreeing with me. Tethering isn't the problem, excessive bandwidth use is.
And by the way, contrary to popular opinion there is no monolithic slashdot "we". Yes, many have argued in favor of unlimited bandwidth and rejected my argument that the internet is subject to the Tragedy of the Commons, but few have switched opinions as a result.
Other than poorly designed clocks, what other devices actually care about the power line frequency? My parents in Virginia have very bad 60Hz power, they have a few clocks that are often off by 10 minutes or more each way, so it's not a good idea to base your clock frequency source on the power line in the first place. Most devices not either don't care (light bulbs) or put their power through an AC/DC conversion step anyway. So what would really need to be thrown out if you switched from 50Hz to 60Hz standard? And wouldn't now be an excellent time to make the change?
Anybody that advocate capital punishment should be taken out and shot!
I'm way ahead of you... it's FSMs all the way down!
Just like Lysenkoism was in Russia. These Texans are in good company, comrade!
Your logic is flawed. The Unicorns cannot simultaneously be pink AND invisible!
In fact, evolution is still occurring around Chernobyl, where some species are become more resistant to radiation. Agreed, belief in Creationism should disqualify one from teaching science because it is ample evidence that one doesn't understand the scientific method. But should it disqualify you from teaching, say, English Literature?
Don't fire them for being creationists, fire them for being fucking idiots with no comprehension of the scientific process! Actually, as long as they are not teaching science classes it is probably not a problem.