The human race slowly becoming extinct because everyone would rather hump a perfect digital partner in VR than interact with a real person.
Well, human beings suck, so maybe it's just evolution in action.
They want a perfect woman or nothing.
Yeah, well that door swings both ways. Read some personal ads by women some day. Thay want the perfect guy who just stepped out of a cheesy romantic comedy who dotes on their every whim and is always around except when he goes to his job- managing (for about 45 minutes a day) the upscale art gallery he owns.
Fully 98% of personal ads by women include the word "knight" and/or "prince". I just made that statistic up, but you know it's probably correct. Men aren't the only ones looking for their fairy tale mate.
The one I love are the women who "love to travel" and provide a list of countries identical to the one titled "Where American Tourists Will Be Killed 2 Seconds After Stepping Off Plane". And what's with the dancing? I'm with Maddox on that one- "Dancing makes me envy cripples." I love to get out and do fun stuff, get some exercise, mountain bike, hiking, etc. But the attraction to going to some dark, flickery, eardrum rattling hole populated by a mob of drunks and assholes, and then bouncing around to crappy music... I dun gettit.
If they feel pressure on it, they think, "Oh, I apprear to have run into something."
Actually, they think, "Screeeeee wooooooooo hummmm hummm eeeeeerrrrr ooooooooooo."
It also picks up AM radio, but some would says that's not exactly an evolutionary advantage (thus proving the ID theory).
I actually have a Narwhal anecdote: I was at a theater when I was a kid, and the movie (some adventure thing) had a quick scene with a Narwhal in it. The lady behind me leans over to her kid and says, "See? That's a Narwhal. It has a harpoon in it."
Still haven't figured that one out. She knew it was a Narwhal, but then thought the tusk was a harpoon... I dunno...
It took me five years because of the general education classes heaped on us.
Now, generally (bad pun intended) I didn't mind because I like lots of things outside my field, but the *selection* of classes that qualified for GE requirements was dismal. The were some gems, like "Comic Spirit" where we studied the theory and practice of comedy, and got to watch stand up acts in class, but most were such banal trash it made a grown man weep.
I also took an introductory journalism class where I met many journalism majors. Let's just say the degradation of the journalistic arts over the years came as no surprise to me.
You're right. I was thinking of a stationary point with respect to the bulk of the Earth and thought "tower". End of year burn out is my only excuse.:)
They aren't experiencing weightlessnes due to a combination of being in a low orbit (rather than outer space where the wightlessnes is)
No. Gravity is everywhere. The "weightlessness" is an artifact of being in an orbit. The Earth is pulling you down, but you are also moving perpendicular to the Earth's surface, so the ground falls away from you with the curve of the Earth. It's free fall. You just fall continuously over the horizon. It's falling with style, to quote Buzz Lightyear.;-)
Build a stationary tower with it's top floor at the level of a space orbit, and you'll just feel the Earth's gravity.
That's how the shuttle gets back down. They do a burn to cut their velocity and start falling toward the Earth instead of over the horizon. Such is the way of all orbits. Move faster to get to a higher orbit. Move slower to get to a lower orbit.
So, it is possible to attack creationism with arguments about design flaws in living beings.
Why? Who's to say that some theoretical God wouldn't design in flaws in order to make the Earth a place of trials? School of hard knocks and all that. That's what some of the New Agers are always going on about- that the Earth is supposed to be a massive crapfest because it forges great souls or somesuch thing.
So... what may seem like flaws can't really be argued for either side because even mere mortals can imagine practical purposes for them.
Currently, the Republican party controls the house. the senate. and the executive branch. So, if you (or anyone else in these United States) would like to make a change in the status quo, get in touch with your representative and see how responsive they are to your needs.
I have. They are exactly as unresponsive as they were when Democrats controlled it all. What's your point?
Does anyone know the explanation for cancer offered by the Intelligent Design proponents? Why would an intelligent designer create something that was so susceptible? Also, why would an intelligent designer create materials that proved to be carcinogenic? After all, an intelligent designer could just as well design such substances to not have such harmful properties.
Not to support ID, but probably as a form of negative feedback. You don't want your creations populating your planet out of control. If you've ever written predator/prey population simulations, you know what I mean.
I'm a staunch evolutionist, but "Why would God do X?" questions are not the way to fight Creationism. You are trying to claim you know what some immense superbeing would optimally do when creating a self-sustaining planetary ecosphere, and that's actually worse than the ID-ers arguments.
Haven't you ever triggered and earthquake or flood in SimCity just to see what happens?;-)
That's standard issue ideological approach: don't even let the other side have a voice. And that's the *best* case. Worst case is violence and murder.
This applies to the Left, the Right, whatever. The problem in this world isn't too many extremists of a particular type, it that there too many extremists. Period. It's like everyone and his auntie these days is a mantra chanthing mouthpiece for the poison^H^H^H^H^H^H Party of their choice. It's really fucking depressing, and I wish things had gone differently over the past few decades so that we had offworld colonies by now, because I'd be outta here.
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Well, human beings suck, so maybe it's just evolution in action.
They want a perfect woman or nothing.
Yeah, well that door swings both ways. Read some personal ads by women some day. Thay want the perfect guy who just stepped out of a cheesy romantic comedy who dotes on their every whim and is always around except when he goes to his job- managing (for about 45 minutes a day) the upscale art gallery he owns.
Fully 98% of personal ads by women include the word "knight" and/or "prince". I just made that statistic up, but you know it's probably correct. Men aren't the only ones looking for their fairy tale mate.
The one I love are the women who "love to travel" and provide a list of countries identical to the one titled "Where American Tourists Will Be Killed 2 Seconds After Stepping Off Plane". And what's with the dancing? I'm with Maddox on that one- "Dancing makes me envy cripples." I love to get out and do fun stuff, get some exercise, mountain bike, hiking, etc. But the attraction to going to some dark, flickery, eardrum rattling hole populated by a mob of drunks and assholes, and then bouncing around to crappy music... I dun gettit.
Become a psychologist, and refer all your patients (or next of kin) to your undertaking side business. Oh, and sell them drugs.
Actually, they think, "Screeeeee wooooooooo hummmm hummm eeeeeerrrrr ooooooooooo."
It also picks up AM radio, but some would says that's not exactly an evolutionary advantage (thus proving the ID theory).
I actually have a Narwhal anecdote: I was at a theater when I was a kid, and the movie (some adventure thing) had a quick scene with a Narwhal in it. The lady behind me leans over to her kid and says, "See? That's a Narwhal. It has a harpoon in it."
Still haven't figured that one out. She knew it was a Narwhal, but then thought the tusk was a harpoon... I dunno...
Virgin Galactic has too much of a Cherry 2000 thing going on.
People have gotten really sensitive around here lately.
Per capita:
USA: 725 per million
India: 199 per million
China: 493 per million
In other words: fun with statistics!
Now, generally (bad pun intended) I didn't mind because I like lots of things outside my field, but the *selection* of classes that qualified for GE requirements was dismal. The were some gems, like "Comic Spirit" where we studied the theory and practice of comedy, and got to watch stand up acts in class, but most were such banal trash it made a grown man weep.
I also took an introductory journalism class where I met many journalism majors. Let's just say the degradation of the journalistic arts over the years came as no surprise to me.
You're right. I was thinking of a stationary point with respect to the bulk of the Earth and thought "tower". End of year burn out is my only excuse. :)
Uhhh.... no. I was addressing Taco's orbital weightlessness theory. Where did I even imply the gravity plates are real?
Can they be voted out the airlock? I'd pay to watch that.
No. Gravity is everywhere. The "weightlessness" is an artifact of being in an orbit. The Earth is pulling you down, but you are also moving perpendicular to the Earth's surface, so the ground falls away from you with the curve of the Earth. It's free fall. You just fall continuously over the horizon. It's falling with style, to quote Buzz Lightyear. ;-)
Build a stationary tower with it's top floor at the level of a space orbit, and you'll just feel the Earth's gravity.
That's how the shuttle gets back down. They do a burn to cut their velocity and start falling toward the Earth instead of over the horizon. Such is the way of all orbits. Move faster to get to a higher orbit. Move slower to get to a lower orbit.
Uh... no. In fact, you were supposed to get the exact opposite implication from my comment.
Or, did that term go way over your head?
It's so cute when dumb people accuse others of being dumb. :)
Well, not IMHO, but that wasn't my point.
So, it is possible to attack creationism with arguments about design flaws in living beings.
Why? Who's to say that some theoretical God wouldn't design in flaws in order to make the Earth a place of trials? School of hard knocks and all that. That's what some of the New Agers are always going on about- that the Earth is supposed to be a massive crapfest because it forges great souls or somesuch thing.
So... what may seem like flaws can't really be argued for either side because even mere mortals can imagine practical purposes for them.
Eh... too big a topic for Slashdot. ;-)
I have. They are exactly as unresponsive as they were when Democrats controlled it all. What's your point?
The Register: A bunch of mindless jerks who will be the first up against the wall when the revolution comes.
Not to support ID, but probably as a form of negative feedback. You don't want your creations populating your planet out of control. If you've ever written predator/prey population simulations, you know what I mean.
I'm a staunch evolutionist, but "Why would God do X?" questions are not the way to fight Creationism. You are trying to claim you know what some immense superbeing would optimally do when creating a self-sustaining planetary ecosphere, and that's actually worse than the ID-ers arguments.
Haven't you ever triggered and earthquake or flood in SimCity just to see what happens? ;-)
I invented a protocol that can make the sun shine out of your ass, but you need to use an instant messenger that supports it.
So... read any good product labels lately? :D
Can you ever have too much beaver?
Just make him really angry.
This applies to the Left, the Right, whatever. The problem in this world isn't too many extremists of a particular type, it that there too many extremists. Period. It's like everyone and his auntie these days is a mantra chanthing mouthpiece for the poison^H^H^H^H^H^H Party of their choice. It's really fucking depressing, and I wish things had gone differently over the past few decades so that we had offworld colonies by now, because I'd be outta here.
...when a Zonk story summary has any relation to any sort of measurable reality.
Someone will add an "ff" in there, and coin one of the more deadly accurate buzzwords in the English language. Oh, wait, I just did. :)
Or a stained glass window. Depicting that flying noodle whatsis. And a light to make it all spooky and glowy.
Speak for yourself. Some of my shits have been epic.