I used Lariam during an extended period of travel. My side effects consisted of extremely lucid and wonderful dreams. If the risks weren't so high, I'd recommend this as a recreational drug.
The tricyclic antidepressant Tofranil (imipramine) would make a very good replacement in that regard. The same goes for people suffering from the inefficacy (and/or sexual side-effects) frequently associated with SSRIs for the treatment of depression.
So sue. Your FaceBook includes a lot of protected information that they can not ask for by law. If you do not get the job, sue. You will probably win, and have a job at a company willing to violate the law against you... This is what you want, right?
I wouldn't want to work there either way, despite my not having a Facecrook account. However, suing the company makes their illegal and unethical hiring practice(s) a matter of public record, thus warning other potential applicants and hopefully helping the company to be rehabilitated, using the only form of communication such companies can understand.
Swearing is bad manners and should be discouraged as a way of maintaining order and courtesy [...]
Says who, you? The FCC? Who is this arbiter of which words cause disorder and impinge on courtesy? I have no use for anyone attempting to influence my use of language in order to comply with their agenda(s).
In the hallways one can pretend to have not heard the comment. Publicly on Twitter, though, that same claim cannot be made- it's there for all to see.
If someone can't cope with reading the "fuck"-word, that person needs to have their mommy or daddy install some nanny software or stay the fuck off Internet.
Except that they would be too morally bankrupt to bother.
Not necessarily; there are many instances of societies reevaluating various practices and institution, and then based on a changed moral consensus, abandoning those practices, often in spite of pressures to maintain them (be they economic, cultural, political, etcetera). A few examples, off the top of my head: The United States and European slave trade, womens' suffrage, Western child labor, Western judicial torture/killing/maiming, informed consent in medical treatment and evaluation, treatment of mental illness, decline in American lynching, etcetera. In my view, moral standards generally improve over time, in that those changes tend to (overall) reduce suffering and increase happiness and well-being.
Did the Germans end oven cremations because the Greens objected to the air pollution?
I'm not aware of the position on body disposal held by Bündnis 90/Die Grünen or any other faction that holds sway over the predominate death customs practiced by any sovereign nation. A cursory examination suggests that burial has a greater environmental impact than that of cremation, due in part to earth and groundwater contamination by cemetery leachates. My guess would be that Green parties would prefer the use of cremation over burial. I'm not certain, but the environmental impact and/or high cost associated with burial may be the reason the Germans haven't ended cremations.
I failed to add the following footnote for my second paragraph:
*It's not my intention to express any view on the morality of concealing information to avoid reprisal from future immoral action; I'm only approaching this from a security perspective.
My apologies for that oversight and other editing errors.
One could see this as move to privatize the business, favoring an entrepreneurial attitude!
It seems to me if– in the presence of an established voluntary organ donation system, a society's organ supply is measurably affected by the withdrawal of killed prisoners' non-consensually harvested organs– that society is so morally bankrupt and dysfunctional, they need to reevaluate why they're bothering to extend lives with medicine in the first place.
Very scary.
Should the scenario I described comes to pass, I agree. On the other hand, living under an imperfect government that retains the authority to end its citizens' lives is scary, but mostly depressing and disappointing in its backwards, childish and petty implementation of justice.
Maintaining a personal list of adversaries sounds to me like a needless security risk. What's the purpose? The only uses I can think of off the top of my head: Remembering which entities to avoid, and/or to warning others of to avoid the same.
Publishing a list of adversaries, accessible by those listed (either directly/intentionally or via hearsay, etc.) is foolish. For one thing, it invites unwanted attention from the listed entities, who may have otherwise been oblivious/benign. Further, it places one's self into the suspect pool of anyone listee who believes that they're on the receiving end of some (real or imagined) external harm. Finally, it tips one's hand, increasing the risk of being identified as the cause of any future action taken against those listed*.
As a brief example, consider Slashdot's relationship system. Your Freaks list looks like some decent targets for some good old fashioned abusive down-mods. Are you being harassed by an AC or experiencing an suspicious share of down-mods? Well, how large is your Foes list?
With the quickening pace that American municipal law enforcement agencies are militarizing our collective backyards with (but not excluded to) drones, active denial systems, H&K MP5s, chemical warfare, infrared and x-ray fishing expeditions, roadside electrocutions, armored vehicles, 100 mile wide Constitution-free zones, battering rams, DNA and fingerprint databases of innocents, and propaganda/psychological warfare to turn us against one another (e.g., "see something, say something")... whew... I propose we forget about the fucking rodents, and concentrate on the swine, sharks, donkeys, and elephants.
Am I joking? It depends on if you laughed. To paraphrase Lincoln, if I don't laugh, I'll cry.
[I]f you want services, you have to pay taxes. That's simple math. Sadly simple math is beyond most Americans these days, so maybe PBS should begin producing a Sesame Street for the uneducated over 20?
PBS did essentially that with their 2009 horror/documentary Frontline episode, "Ten Trillion and Counting." Although the trillions referenced in the title have gone up approximately one per year since 2009, the show is still relevant and well worth watching. Below I've linked to this episode's download/description page at Kickass Torrents:
Stop the FUD about OSC being a homophobe -- he's responded many times to this allegation and there's no proof of it except in conspiracy-minded idiots' rantings.
I have no preconception one way or the other about OSC; I very seldom read fiction, and came into this discussion with no knowledge of OSC's personal background. If OSC isn't a homophobe, perhaps someone should add some refutations to his Wikipedia entry:
It's apparently a literal approach to cloud computing
Herp a derp. You am SO FUNNY! HUR HUR HUR man where do you come up with such insightful, yet hilarious prose? Have you thought about joining a writer's guild? Seriously!!!
He would, but his stuff would just get pirated on the Pirate Bay, so he doesn't figure it's worth it....:)
I'd rather read something written by someone who's motivated by having something to say, not some self-important hack motivated by delusions of getting rich quick. In any event, pirates tend not to distribute utter garbage in quantity, regardless of the original medium. In my case, I'd rather use my bandwidth to upload many copies of a useful textbook than any number of some trashy romance novels.
I like that you phrased the aforementioned behavior as 'civil disobedience.' I'm going to have to remember that one.
Same here. It really is the best and most logical description. Since it's legal for males to be topless in public; having a law prohibiting female toplessness is discriminatory and misogynistic. I would think most males would get behind this idea; it's puzzling to me how these Puritanical laws stay on the books. On the other hand, we still have people unable/unwilling to say "porn," and hide behind the pseudo-1337 (and as I hypothesize), Puritanical construct, "pr0n."
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I used Lariam during an extended period of travel. My side effects consisted of extremely lucid and wonderful dreams. If the risks weren't so high, I'd recommend this as a recreational drug.
The tricyclic antidepressant Tofranil (imipramine) would make a very good replacement in that regard. The same goes for people suffering from the inefficacy (and/or sexual side-effects) frequently associated with SSRIs for the treatment of depression.
Could I send them a drawing of a spider instead?
Thank you for the memory; I'd lost the link to and forgotten about David Thorne's site.
For anyone still reading this, who likes to laugh: http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html
So sue. Your FaceBook includes a lot of protected information that they can not ask for by law. If you do not get the job, sue. You will probably win, and have a job at a company willing to violate the law against you... This is what you want, right?
I wouldn't want to work there either way, despite my not having a Facecrook account. However, suing the company makes their illegal and unethical hiring practice(s) a matter of public record, thus warning other potential applicants and hopefully helping the company to be rehabilitated, using the only form of communication such companies can understand.
The public is just the HR department.
It's a shame our "resources" are of such shit quality. Fucking things break down or run out-of-spec as soon as they're installed.
Interesting graph here: http://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2012
Swearing is bad manners and should be discouraged as a way of maintaining order and courtesy [...]
Says who, you? The FCC? Who is this arbiter of which words cause disorder and impinge on courtesy? I have no use for anyone attempting to influence my use of language in order to comply with their agenda(s).
Be very, very careful when pulling a "they can't punish everyone" stunt. Sometimes it turns out that yes, they very much can.
The risk/reward configuration for this type of civil disobedience seems very much like that of prisoner's dilemma.
In the hallways one can pretend to have not heard the comment. Publicly on Twitter, though, that same claim cannot be made- it's there for all to see.
If someone can't cope with reading the "fuck"-word, that person needs to have their mommy or daddy install some nanny software or stay the fuck off Internet.
Except that they would be too morally bankrupt to bother.
Not necessarily; there are many instances of societies reevaluating various practices and institution, and then based on a changed moral consensus, abandoning those practices, often in spite of pressures to maintain them (be they economic, cultural, political, etcetera). A few examples, off the top of my head: The United States and European slave trade, womens' suffrage, Western child labor, Western judicial torture/killing/maiming, informed consent in medical treatment and evaluation, treatment of mental illness, decline in American lynching, etcetera. In my view, moral standards generally improve over time, in that those changes tend to (overall) reduce suffering and increase happiness and well-being.
Did the Germans end oven cremations because the Greens objected to the air pollution?
I'm not aware of the position on body disposal held by Bündnis 90/Die Grünen or any other faction that holds sway over the predominate death customs practiced by any sovereign nation. A cursory examination suggests that burial has a greater environmental impact than that of cremation, due in part to earth and groundwater contamination by cemetery leachates. My guess would be that Green parties would prefer the use of cremation over burial. I'm not certain, but the environmental impact and/or high cost associated with burial may be the reason the Germans haven't ended cremations.
I failed to add the following footnote for my second paragraph:
*It's not my intention to express any view on the morality of concealing information to avoid reprisal from future immoral action; I'm only approaching this from a security perspective.
My apologies for that oversight and other editing errors.
Will we see a growth of vigilantes because of this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigilante
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_squads
One could see this as move to privatize the business, favoring an entrepreneurial attitude!
It seems to me if– in the presence of an established voluntary organ donation system, a society's organ supply is measurably affected by the withdrawal of killed prisoners' non-consensually harvested organs– that society is so morally bankrupt and dysfunctional, they need to reevaluate why they're bothering to extend lives with medicine in the first place.
Very scary.
Should the scenario I described comes to pass, I agree. On the other hand, living under an imperfect government that retains the authority to end its citizens' lives is scary, but mostly depressing and disappointing in its backwards, childish and petty implementation of justice.
Maintaining a personal list of adversaries sounds to me like a needless security risk. What's the purpose? The only uses I can think of off the top of my head: Remembering which entities to avoid, and/or to warning others of to avoid the same.
Publishing a list of adversaries, accessible by those listed (either directly/intentionally or via hearsay, etc.) is foolish. For one thing, it invites unwanted attention from the listed entities, who may have otherwise been oblivious/benign. Further, it places one's self into the suspect pool of anyone listee who believes that they're on the receiving end of some (real or imagined) external harm. Finally, it tips one's hand, increasing the risk of being identified as the cause of any future action taken against those listed*.
As a brief example, consider Slashdot's relationship system. Your Freaks list looks like some decent targets for some good old fashioned abusive down-mods. Are you being harassed by an AC or experiencing an suspicious share of down-mods? Well, how large is your Foes list?
The Islamic youth is the opposite of the drug dealer youth, only the ethnicity is the same.
That's a good point; the drug dealing youth is pushing a known-working product.
they also demand French people to adapt to Muslim costumes
Calling it a costume makes you a fashionist bigot.
Refined that for you.
With the quickening pace that American municipal law enforcement agencies are militarizing our collective backyards with (but not excluded to) drones, active denial systems, H&K MP5s, chemical warfare, infrared and x-ray fishing expeditions, roadside electrocutions, armored vehicles, 100 mile wide Constitution-free zones, battering rams, DNA and fingerprint databases of innocents, and propaganda/psychological warfare to turn us against one another (e.g., "see something, say something")... whew... I propose we forget about the fucking rodents, and concentrate on the swine, sharks, donkeys, and elephants.
Am I joking? It depends on if you laughed. To paraphrase Lincoln, if I don't laugh, I'll cry.
[I]f you want services, you have to pay taxes. That's simple math. Sadly simple math is beyond most Americans these days, so maybe PBS should begin producing a Sesame Street for the uneducated over 20?
PBS did essentially that with their 2009 horror/documentary Frontline episode, "Ten Trillion and Counting." Although the trillions referenced in the title have gone up approximately one per year since 2009, the show is still relevant and well worth watching. Below I've linked to this episode's download/description page at Kickass Torrents:
https://kat.ph/ten-trillion-and-counting-pbs-frontline-03-24-2009-hdtv-ekolb-t2260983.html
[T]hat backbone has to put a lot of gigajoules into the system on a 24/7/365 basis.
24/7/365.25, unless you don't mind giving up those gigajoules each February 29th.
Stop the FUD about OSC being a homophobe -- he's responded many times to this allegation and there's no proof of it except in conspiracy-minded idiots' rantings.
I have no preconception one way or the other about OSC; I very seldom read fiction, and came into this discussion with no knowledge of OSC's personal background. If OSC isn't a homophobe, perhaps someone should add some refutations to his Wikipedia entry:
https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Orson_Scott_Card#Homosexuality
Who would have thought that your post has fuck all to do with the post you're replying to?
It's apparently a literal approach to cloud computing
Herp a derp. You am SO FUNNY! HUR HUR HUR man where do you come up with such insightful, yet hilarious prose? Have you thought about joining a writer's guild? Seriously!!!
He would, but his stuff would just get pirated on the Pirate Bay, so he doesn't figure it's worth it.... :)
I'd rather read something written by someone who's motivated by having something to say, not some self-important hack motivated by delusions of getting rich quick. In any event, pirates tend not to distribute utter garbage in quantity, regardless of the original medium. In my case, I'd rather use my bandwidth to upload many copies of a useful textbook than any number of some trashy romance novels.
I know you're joking, but garbage disposals have to have their own share of nasty chunks and bacteria.
Especially Kramer's.
I like that you phrased the aforementioned behavior as 'civil disobedience.' I'm going to have to remember that one.
Same here. It really is the best and most logical description. Since it's legal for males to be topless in public; having a law prohibiting female toplessness is discriminatory and misogynistic. I would think most males would get behind this idea; it's puzzling to me how these Puritanical laws stay on the books. On the other hand, we still have people unable/unwilling to say "porn," and hide behind the pseudo-1337 (and as I hypothesize), Puritanical construct, "pr0n."
[...] I can get a proper single-malt whiskey to boot.
That's funny. I use ethanol to shut down.
Crap, stupid instant mod system. That Overrated was supposed to be Funny.
Doesn't matter, you've accomplished the same thing by undoing your moderation. No moderation and "Funny" both give the poster zero karma.
Please tell me this is a joke...
Seem's like one.