This is why I hate the suburbs. All twisty streets, named Foo Ct. Foo Ln. Foo Dr. and Foo Blvd. Full of dead-ends, gated-off roads, speed bumps, and people that call the cops if they see a strange car pass twice.
This data will be available online. It bothers me that my shopping habits will be available to hackers, suspicious girlfriends, bored policemen, actuarial agents, employers, enraged stalkers, and so forth. Not to mention the occasional online publication of various databases, loss of backups, and laptop theft.
I used to feel good about library late fees, thinking they supported new media. In denver this isn't the case. The fees go into the general fund, and although fees have been up the library budget has been cut. I don't know why this is the case.
That's what the defendant did. There were suspiciously missing files and evidence of a deletion tool being used. They missed some references to filesharing programs, probably in the registry.
You're wrong about diesel. It is a more efficient design, giving much higher torque per pound of engine weight and often more horsepower. There is an interesting bit about a diesel race car needing to be handicapped to compete fairly with gasoline cars here.
What is there to being an atheist besides thinking one's self an atheist?
Well, I had to fill out a form, sort of like a dog license. Then there are the weekly meetings, and membership dues. A subscription to Skeptical Inquirer and Free Inquiry clinches the deal!
It's going to become painfully obvious when pro-lifers are against mandatory AIDS vaccine when it becomes available. They're already against HPV vaccine for teenage girls. This will kill women via cervical cancer. Culture of life my ass. More like culture of sex = horrible enforced artificial consequences.
Why does lack of belief in an afterlife equate to making life meaningless to you?
My life is full of poignant meaning and I haven't even gone to an afterlife yet. I am motivated to make my life the best that I can since there is no evidence whatsoever for an afterlife. I act as if this were it. My one chance at a beautiful strange life. What a precious thing, I feel so lucky to be alive!
I think there is nothing more sad than somebody who lives a fearful, clenched, and dried-out life, expecting to be rewarded later. What a rip-off. Not even living their own life, but one decided by lunatics who wrote down some self-contradicting myths thousands of years ago. Not even living that bizarre life, but one re- and mis-interpreted hundreds of times over the years by controlling men with conflicted motives.
I don't have a problem with people believing such nonsense. Nor do I have a problem with people playing the lottery. I think people should be allowed to think whatever they choose. Just don't expect everything to be accepted, and be prepared to defend your beliefs. Religious zealots who want to impose their beliefs on others or kill each other over made-up bullshit can go to hell. They'll have to build hell first, probably with wars and stupid laws.
Pro-life people are generally against cloning. I don't understand the objection if no embryo is destroyed, but it does bring up some difficult issues regarding souls.
This is similar enough to cloning to trigger the same hostility. I don't really see the difference it will make.
Not to mention the problem of what to do with the excess embryos after the desired number of offspring has been reached. I don't understand how pro-life POV can accept fertility treatments that generate extra embryos.
Many people have a strange outlook on risk and statistics, especially young people. Buying lottery tickets, driving drunk, reckless driving, unsafe sex, et. al are symptoms of this. People aren't going to think of theirselves as at risk. I'd bet that most HIV+ people didn't plan on getting infected. I have a friend who got infected from her husband. She was a virgin when they got married. She thought there was no risk because she trusted him and they even got tested before the wedding. The African countries with 30% infection rates are full of similar stories.
AIDS is such a deadly disease and the medicines are so expensive to manage it. Smallpox, polio, etc. were all nearly eradicated by mandatory vaccination. Why not eradicate HIV too? People have always done stupid things, and they always will. If you're counting on human morality to control disease you're going to be disappointed.
If we get a working vaccine, let's spend 10+ years focusing on high-risk groups watching carefully for side effects. If it's effective and safe we have the chance to wipe it out entirely within a generation.
You seem to want people to suffer, and you seem to take pleasure from having horrible consequences handed out to people who you think deserve it.
Why stop there? We don't need medical advances for heart disease since if you eat properly and exercise you aren't likely to have trouble. We shouldn't set broken bones since careful prudent folk don't break them in the first place.
Why not have a more positive attitude? If we can cure/vaccinate against HIV it is a good thing. HPV is already well along it's way to being managed. Then we can get to work on resistant syphilis, etc. Mankind can solve problems if we're motivated enough. I'd like to see medicine advance to the point that there is almost no disease. I don't care if the disease is caused by behaviour or not.
You're also ignoring the fact that many HIV infections are within commited relationships. How is it someone's fault if their spouse cheated on them?
So, that profit motive has given the US the finest healthcare in the world, right? And Americans have the longest life expectancy and lowest infant mortality rates too!
I've seen the profit motive impair medical progress way more than I've seen it help.
A powerful pain drug is addictive, but most importantly out of patent monopoly protection. Pharmaceutical company twiddles the molecule enough to patent it again, and get another 17 years of pain-free profits.
Americans take more pills than any other nation, including mood-altering prescriptions. For some reason, there is a hypocritical anti-recreational drug mindset.
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This is why I hate the suburbs. All twisty streets, named Foo Ct. Foo Ln. Foo Dr. and Foo Blvd. Full of dead-ends, gated-off roads, speed bumps, and people that call the cops if they see a strange car pass twice.
This data will be available online. It bothers me that my shopping habits will be available to hackers, suspicious girlfriends, bored policemen, actuarial agents, employers, enraged stalkers, and so forth. Not to mention the occasional online publication of various databases, loss of backups, and laptop theft.
I used to feel good about library late fees, thinking they supported new media. In denver this isn't the case. The fees go into the general fund, and although fees have been up the library budget has been cut. I don't know why this is the case.
That's what the defendant did. There were suspiciously missing files and evidence of a deletion tool being used. They missed some references to filesharing programs, probably in the registry.
You're wrong about diesel. It is a more efficient design, giving much higher torque per pound of engine weight and often more horsepower. There is an interesting bit about a diesel race car needing to be handicapped to compete fairly with gasoline cars here.
There's nothing wrong with that bill. It's perfectly rational.
Wrong. A human embryo starts out as one cell. One cell is all you need to hatch an earthling.
How do you think identical twins are formed? 2 eggs and chance?
You're absolutely right.
It's going to become painfully obvious when pro-lifers are against mandatory AIDS vaccine when it becomes available. They're already against HPV vaccine for teenage girls. This will kill women via cervical cancer. Culture of life my ass. More like culture of sex = horrible enforced artificial consequences.
Well he's going to have to get it his own darn self. I'm not touching it.
Fraternal twins each get their own soul. Maternal twins are hellspawn, forever damned.
Why does lack of belief in an afterlife equate to making life meaningless to you?
My life is full of poignant meaning and I haven't even gone to an afterlife yet. I am motivated to make my life the best that I can since there is no evidence whatsoever for an afterlife. I act as if this were it. My one chance at a beautiful strange life. What a precious thing, I feel so lucky to be alive!
I think there is nothing more sad than somebody who lives a fearful, clenched, and dried-out life, expecting to be rewarded later. What a rip-off. Not even living their own life, but one decided by lunatics who wrote down some self-contradicting myths thousands of years ago. Not even living that bizarre life, but one re- and mis-interpreted hundreds of times over the years by controlling men with conflicted motives.
I don't have a problem with people believing such nonsense. Nor do I have a problem with people playing the lottery. I think people should be allowed to think whatever they choose. Just don't expect everything to be accepted, and be prepared to defend your beliefs. Religious zealots who want to impose their beliefs on others or kill each other over made-up bullshit can go to hell. They'll have to build hell first, probably with wars and stupid laws.
They're against using spare embryos for science. Embryos that will be stored until they die.
These type of objections are not logical to me, so I have no problem predicting that further illogical objections will be raised.
Pro-life people are generally against cloning. I don't understand the objection if no embryo is destroyed, but it does bring up some difficult issues regarding souls.
This is similar enough to cloning to trigger the same hostility. I don't really see the difference it will make.
Not to mention the problem of what to do with the excess embryos after the desired number of offspring has been reached. I don't understand how pro-life POV can accept fertility treatments that generate extra embryos.
a 180?!? Degrees are for small children. Use radians!
"The company has done a pi since the primary" has a much better sound to it.
I think Jackson meant a 180 but is bad at geometry.
° doesn't seem to work here
Maybe it just sags like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
Sorry, I think I did misinterpret your attitude.
Many people have a strange outlook on risk and statistics, especially young people. Buying lottery tickets, driving drunk, reckless driving, unsafe sex, et. al are symptoms of this. People aren't going to think of theirselves as at risk. I'd bet that most HIV+ people didn't plan on getting infected. I have a friend who got infected from her husband. She was a virgin when they got married. She thought there was no risk because she trusted him and they even got tested before the wedding. The African countries with 30% infection rates are full of similar stories.
AIDS is such a deadly disease and the medicines are so expensive to manage it. Smallpox, polio, etc. were all nearly eradicated by mandatory vaccination. Why not eradicate HIV too? People have always done stupid things, and they always will. If you're counting on human morality to control disease you're going to be disappointed.
If we get a working vaccine, let's spend 10+ years focusing on high-risk groups watching carefully for side effects. If it's effective and safe we have the chance to wipe it out entirely within a generation.
Interesting site, but the formatting is truly abysmal.
Mixed fonts, dozens of colors, flashing, bold, italics, uneven margins, etc.
It reminded me of Wired magazine from the mid 90s.
Here's an interesting page with links.
They give a range of 2-9 pounds, depending on which references are used.
That is some depressing logic.
You seem to want people to suffer, and you seem to take pleasure from having horrible consequences handed out to people who you think deserve it.
Why stop there? We don't need medical advances for heart disease since if you eat properly and exercise you aren't likely to have trouble. We shouldn't set broken bones since careful prudent folk don't break them in the first place.
Why not have a more positive attitude? If we can cure/vaccinate against HIV it is a good thing. HPV is already well along it's way to being managed. Then we can get to work on resistant syphilis, etc. Mankind can solve problems if we're motivated enough. I'd like to see medicine advance to the point that there is almost no disease. I don't care if the disease is caused by behaviour or not.
You're also ignoring the fact that many HIV infections are within commited relationships. How is it someone's fault if their spouse cheated on them?
So, that profit motive has given the US the finest healthcare in the world, right? And Americans have the longest life expectancy and lowest infant mortality rates too!
I've seen the profit motive impair medical progress way more than I've seen it help.
I don't think there's a big conspiracy here.
A powerful pain drug is addictive, but most importantly out of patent monopoly protection. Pharmaceutical company twiddles the molecule enough to patent it again, and get another 17 years of pain-free profits.
Americans take more pills than any other nation, including mood-altering prescriptions. For some reason, there is a hypocritical anti-recreational drug mindset.
Well, according to this Coca-cola was low-cocaine from 1904 until technology improved enough to remove all cocaine in 1929.