"It's just as possible for you to walk into your congressman's office and have a nice private chat with him."
not really. its more like, "its possible for you to walk into your congressman's office and be told to piss off, he has important business to attend to."
The problem is, when the public record of who voted for what enables the large scale harassment of individuals, based on the way they voted. I vote the way i do because it reflects what i believe in. In this supposedly free country, i can hold whatever beliefs (religious or otherwise) that i so chose. When the public record leads to someone egging my house, sending threatening letters and making threatening phonecalls in the middle of the night, i would consider my rights as a citizen to have been violated.
*TLDR VERSION*
When information is placed in the public record, and it leads to the commission of a crime, should there be consequences for enabling that crime? I think so.
"a whole lot"
the idea of programing cells to multiply and construct a particular organ/bone/body part, is FAR beyond what they have done here. for one thing, you have to be able to program cells that don't exist yet, to recognize when they are the the last ones in the part, and not to multiply again. in addition, some parts of the body part are not exactly the same as others. say you are growing a heart. the cells in the heart walls, are not going to be exactly like the cells in the heart valves. programing a few cells to start multiplying, and create these different subsets of cells, and not simply have a runaway replication issue where the cells divide and divide and make 6 heart like blobs stuck to each-other are far beyond anything we have accomplished so far. Yes, its a nice fantasy, but for now, we are stuck with creating scaffolding to guide the process, and in its present situation, its more like building a mold, and having the cells fill it.
1. the 'yes' bar was about 1/2 way across the graph, and was labled 50%
2. the 'no' bar was all the way across the graph, and was labeled 50%
3. the scale on the bottom of the graph had around 6 tickmarks, which where labeled, (from left to right) 48%, 49%, 50%, 50% 50%, 51%.
4. ???
5. Profit!
6. shenanigans.
exactly. it keep changing, but when i first saw it, the top bar (yes) was labeled 50%, was about, 1/5th the length of the bottom bar (no) , also labeled 50%, and the scale on the bottom read (i kid you not) 49%, 50%, 50%, 51%
strangely enough, a few years ago, i did a piece of artwork that depicted a planet with 2 ring systems, which where about 30 degrees offset from each-other.
and people told me that it was not possible. this discovery sort of justifies my imagination. yes, this ring is not exactly what i drew, but its still interesting what the universe hides.
once again re-confirming that any space scene ever drawn, probably exists, to some level of accuracy, somewhere in the universe.
look at satellite dish installs as you drive through town some time. dime to dollar, you'll see more than a few screwed down to shingle roofs.
its no secret that some installers will do anything, include make your roof leak, to get a signal so they can go home.
...
they actually sort of used to do that. only they used flechettes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette
dump buckets of em over enemy trenches from planes.
thats why, when i do artwork of space, i imagine that anything i make, exists, somewhere in the universe. there's an awful lot of universe out there, and everything points to it being full of really interesting things to look at.
i was not aware that frogs where really considered a solid. i mean really, they are made up of a lot of water, just like people. (you know why frogs sit around all day drinking water? its in case something picks them up)
that and they coughed up *In Texas* and as we all know, Texas has a fantastic track record of siding with patent trolls. i suspect they settled so they would not get stuck with a huge verdict, when an ignorant backwater judge sided with the patent troll by default. (and yes, i live in texas)
I'm a landmark man myself. i have no idea what half the streets to get to my house are named. that being said, i give very good, abet long winded directions to places.
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"It's just as possible for you to walk into your congressman's office and have a nice private chat with him."
not really. its more like, "its possible for you to walk into your congressman's office and be told to piss off, he has important business to attend to."
The problem is, when the public record of who voted for what enables the large scale harassment of individuals, based on the way they voted. I vote the way i do because it reflects what i believe in. In this supposedly free country, i can hold whatever beliefs (religious or otherwise) that i so chose. When the public record leads to someone egging my house, sending threatening letters and making threatening phonecalls in the middle of the night, i would consider my rights as a citizen to have been violated.
*TLDR VERSION*
When information is placed in the public record, and it leads to the commission of a crime, should there be consequences for enabling that crime? I think so.
well, that'll teach them to loiter about, by-standing.
"a whole lot" the idea of programing cells to multiply and construct a particular organ/bone/body part, is FAR beyond what they have done here. for one thing, you have to be able to program cells that don't exist yet, to recognize when they are the the last ones in the part, and not to multiply again. in addition, some parts of the body part are not exactly the same as others. say you are growing a heart. the cells in the heart walls, are not going to be exactly like the cells in the heart valves. programing a few cells to start multiplying, and create these different subsets of cells, and not simply have a runaway replication issue where the cells divide and divide and make 6 heart like blobs stuck to each-other are far beyond anything we have accomplished so far. Yes, its a nice fantasy, but for now, we are stuck with creating scaffolding to guide the process, and in its present situation, its more like building a mold, and having the cells fill it.
Early on, the graph was as follows:
1. the 'yes' bar was about 1/2 way across the graph, and was labled 50%
2. the 'no' bar was all the way across the graph, and was labeled 50%
3. the scale on the bottom of the graph had around 6 tickmarks, which where labeled, (from left to right) 48%, 49%, 50%, 50% 50%, 51%.
4. ???
5. Profit!
6. shenanigans.
Ah yes, Mammatus clouds. Sky full of asses.
Coincidentally enough, we had Mammatus formations where i live, 4 days ago. (wednesday evening)
sudo mod this guy up. any number of chemical monitoring devices could benefit greatly from this sort of thing.
i was thinking more along the lines of a bios battery that will last until the next ice age.
exactly. it keep changing, but when i first saw it, the top bar (yes) was labeled 50%, was about, 1/5th the length of the bottom bar (no) , also labeled 50%, and the scale on the bottom read (i kid you not) 49%, 50%, 50%, 51%
does this graph
http://app.sgizmo.com/chart/189342-LC02FT150W995AC4HSAOQWU8WZACL1&crt=4&rspid=46741811
seem just a little odd? its from the washington post poll about Obama deserving the nobel prize.
It seems a bit premature. but hey, whatever they want to do.
the whole password thing makes me think of something i saw here a long time ago.
step 3: Damn it, it doesn't work.
woah.You're right. this could be awesome for lots of music editing and synthesizing work.
strangely enough, a few years ago, i did a piece of artwork that depicted a planet with 2 ring systems, which where about 30 degrees offset from each-other. and people told me that it was not possible. this discovery sort of justifies my imagination. yes, this ring is not exactly what i drew, but its still interesting what the universe hides. once again re-confirming that any space scene ever drawn, probably exists, to some level of accuracy, somewhere in the universe.
look at satellite dish installs as you drive through town some time. dime to dollar, you'll see more than a few screwed down to shingle roofs.
its no secret that some installers will do anything, include make your roof leak, to get a signal so they can go home.
and then runs 4 screws through one of your solar shingles. tell me that's not going to cause some problems with them.
not only the weathering concern, but from a construction standpoint, i'll bet these are a bitch to install.
good lord what stays solid at those temperatures? inquiring minds need to know!
... they actually sort of used to do that. only they used flechettes, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flechette dump buckets of em over enemy trenches from planes.
thats why, when i do artwork of space, i imagine that anything i make, exists, somewhere in the universe. there's an awful lot of universe out there, and everything points to it being full of really interesting things to look at.
i was not aware that frogs where really considered a solid. i mean really, they are made up of a lot of water, just like people. (you know why frogs sit around all day drinking water? its in case something picks them up)
you've got to remember, this is texas, where "he needed killin" can be a viable defense in a murder trial.
i like how runescape is 4th in that chart. sure does well for a crappy java game, in the world of big time MMO games.
still it must be mocked.
that and they coughed up *In Texas* and as we all know, Texas has a fantastic track record of siding with patent trolls. i suspect they settled so they would not get stuck with a huge verdict, when an ignorant backwater judge sided with the patent troll by default. (and yes, i live in texas)
I'm a landmark man myself. i have no idea what half the streets to get to my house are named. that being said, i give very good, abet long winded directions to places.