It wasn't a replicator in the original. It was just a food dispensor. I'm pretty sure it was implied that the food was either stored somewhere, or was being generated chemicaly.
Remember what happened when tribbles got in the pipes?
True enough, but the parent posting offered no evidence at all. Only a statement that seems to go counter to my own personal observations.
If the poster had given us a reasonable reason to believe what he had said, I wouldn't have bothered to offer my observations.
Until I see different, I don't see why I shouldn't assume that his unevidenced assertion was merely a manufactured truth to give his argument a convenient moral high ground.
He didn't even mention how he knew this. Do surveys say this? Does the Census? Does God? Do his own personal observations? Do his buddies' personal observations? Do the stars? Do his own logical deductions? Or did he just hear it somewhere and has been repeating it ever since? He doesn't say at all.
Saying "I would like to kill Bob." or "It would be funny if I killed Bob." is not even close to saying "I am going to kill Bob."
If Bob is a political figure it's even more of a diference, because "I would like to kill Bob." is a political statement. (A Crude one sure, but if that's against the law the evening news would be out of business. So would most of the Fox Network.)
But versions that are already released, could continue to be distributed under the current GPL. So MS would get an unfair advantage, but the rest of the world would continue. (With some other GPL-like license for any new software, no doubt.)
Perhaps your Uncle should contact the James Randi Educational Foundation. So far the dosers/witchers that have tried to claim the million bucks have turned out to be self deluded and incapable of finding water. So much so that Randi has written an article about them.
"Sure enough we dug down I believe it was 6 feet and hit all three springs." This certainly sounds impressive, but how do you know that digging elsewhere in the hill would not have produced the same (or better) results? Six feet is pretty shallow, but what if it had been ten feet down? Would your uncle have stilled claimed success?
"There's a couple here in my state that made the news 6 or so months ago for witching unmarked graves in an abandoned cemetary. " This sounds less impressive. Unmarked graves are often pretty densly packed. They also often cause visual clues on the surface.
"The only time it's reported to not work so well " The only time it's Reported by whom? People who make a living dowsing? There's lot's of reports of spectacular failures of dowsing ability. Here is one that's related to the topic at hand : An objective test involving running running through pipes.
Don't get me wrong. I think it'd be the coolest thing in he world to see Randi give out that million bucks, but I also belive that if a witcher could really do what they think they can do, then one of them would have proven it by now. (You get to have a lawyer present during the experiment, so that you can sue Randi if he refuses to acknowledge your victory, but that's never happened either.)
"Witching works well if you can find a compotent person to do it and have some spare time to kill for a project this massive."
Competent witchers are hard to find because they're all in line to claim their million bucks from The Amazing Randi.
In fact, I don't know why anyone who could operate a divining rod would waste their time finding pvc water pipes for construction crews. Randi is offering a million dollars for an afternoon's work. I can't imagine construction crews pay nearly that well.
I think people are expecting too much of the cable companies. I'm pretty sure the local one would burn down my house for laughs if they thought they could blame it on someone else.
And when I say "known murderers" I mean people who are still activly making a habit of killing people. Not people who did it once in their youth and now regret it. Such people are not (neccisarily) still immoral.
It's a stupid point. The example was the exception not the rule. Hypocrisy is about moral decisions. No one in their right mind would take moral advice from people known to be (currently) immoral.
Here's a relevant example: If someone tells me 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' while he's picking my pocket then why should I listen?
He's not trying to give me good advice; He's just trying to stop me from stealing my wallet back.
I'm not saying that America shouldn't try to prevent terrorism. After all we try to prevent murders and we try to prevent car accidents, and terrorist attacks are also a bad thing. But right now the signal to noise ratio is so high that we might as well be doing nothing.
The point is that any politician or media outlet that has an axe to grind can do so in the name of fighting terror, And no matter how ridiculous or hair-brained it is people like you will support it. That does far more harm than good.
However, If logical thought is no longer a requirement to stop terrorists attacks, I'd like to offer my crystal as a solution to that too. My crystal is just as well proven to fight terror as most of the stuff you hear about on the news and it does it without giving up without a second thought the principles of freedom generations of Americans have fought and died to protect. My crystal is non-partisan. I'm not running for public office and I have no interest in creating a "tough on terror" image, so you can be sure I'm not just offering bogus solutions for PR purposes. It's also cheap. (Make me an offer.)
Best of all, my crystal is not a predictable government clamp-down or a predictable media frenzy, so it's probably not the result the terrorists were aiming for in the first place!
Regardless, I'm 100% sure that when I'm carrying this crystal, the plane I'm on won't be destroyed by terrorists blinding the pilots with lasers.
Since math homework in those grades tend to consist of about fifty identical problems with slightly diferent numbers, How much of an impact would halving it really make?
"Not about additional domestic occurences, anyway - must be all those unnecessary, tyranical anti-terrorism measures." Yea, they're working great. By the way, I've got a crystal that prevents me from getting hit by lightning. So far it's working pretty well, I recomend one for everybody. I could probably come up with some extras if you want to buy one.
(If it ever fails, It'll be an indication that more crystals are needed.)
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If the 10 year old girl's parents were being paid a decent wage she wouldn't have to be a line worker or a prostitute.
They could concievably be bought and distributed by a non-profit organisation.
I'm not saying that's likely, but it could happen.
My power comes from a trash incinerator.
I've never looked into it, but I'm relatively sure the local garbage men aren't slaves.
You could rotate the private keys based on the date issued and the suspect passports would eventualy expire.
Still not perfect, but even if the cryptographic part failed completely it would still work as well as it does now.
Forget molicules. I'd like a machine that could build stuff out of Lego Technics for me.
It wasn't a replicator in the original. It was just a food dispensor.
I'm pretty sure it was implied that the food was either stored somewhere, or was being generated chemicaly.
Remember what happened when tribbles got in the pipes?
True enough, but the parent posting offered no evidence at all. Only a statement that seems to go counter to my own personal observations.
If the poster had given us a reasonable reason to believe what he had said, I wouldn't have bothered to offer my observations.
Until I see different, I don't see why I shouldn't assume that his unevidenced assertion was merely a manufactured truth to give his argument a convenient moral high ground.
He didn't even mention how he knew this. Do surveys say this? Does the Census? Does God? Do his own personal observations? Do his buddies' personal observations? Do the stars? Do his own logical deductions? Or did he just hear it somewhere and has been repeating it ever since? He doesn't say at all.
Saying "I would like to kill Bob." or "It would be funny if I killed Bob." is not even close to saying "I am going to kill Bob."
If Bob is a political figure it's even more of a diference, because "I would like to kill Bob." is a political statement. (A Crude one sure, but if that's against the law the evening news would be out of business. So would most of the Fox Network.)
But versions that are already released, could continue to be distributed under the current GPL. So MS would get an unfair advantage, but the rest of the world would continue. (With some other GPL-like license for any new software, no doubt.)
Whenever I see a dead deer being brought home it's always strapped to a vehicle more expensive than what I drive.
I probably get better millage too.
At least in this area (New England), I have a hard time believing that "many" hunters are doing it out of economic necessity.
The (admittedly) few I've talked to are apparently taking paid vacations from good jobs.
I'll bet cats and dogs would enjoy some good venison from time to time.
Perhaps your Uncle should contact the James Randi Educational Foundation. So far the dosers/witchers that have tried to claim the million bucks have turned out to be self deluded and incapable of finding water. So much so that Randi has written an article about them.
"Sure enough we dug down I believe it was 6 feet and hit all three springs."
This certainly sounds impressive, but how do you know that digging elsewhere in the hill would not have produced the same (or better) results? Six feet is pretty shallow, but what if it had been ten feet down? Would your uncle have stilled claimed success?
"There's a couple here in my state that made the news 6 or so months ago for witching unmarked graves in an abandoned cemetary. "
This sounds less impressive. Unmarked graves are often pretty densly packed. They also often cause visual clues on the surface.
"The only time it's reported to not work so well "
The only time it's Reported by whom? People who make a living dowsing? There's lot's of reports of spectacular failures of dowsing ability. Here is one that's related to the topic at hand : An objective test involving running running through pipes.
Don't get me wrong. I think it'd be the coolest thing in he world to see Randi give out that million bucks, but I also belive that if a witcher could really do what they think they can do, then one of them would have proven it by now. (You get to have a lawyer present during the experiment, so that you can sue Randi if he refuses to acknowledge your victory, but that's never happened either.)
"Witching works well if you can find a compotent person to do it and have some spare time to kill for a project this massive."
Competent witchers are hard to find because they're all in line to claim their million bucks from The Amazing Randi.
In fact, I don't know why anyone who could operate a divining rod would waste their time finding pvc water pipes for construction crews. Randi is offering a million dollars for an afternoon's work. I can't imagine construction crews pay nearly that well.
I think people are expecting too much of the cable companies. I'm pretty sure the local one would burn down my house for laughs if they thought they could blame it on someone else.
(I'll bet they'd still keep billing me, though!)
And when I say "known murderers" I mean people who are still activly making a habit of killing people. Not people who did it once in their youth and now regret it. Such people are not (neccisarily) still immoral.
Really? You mean only known murderers are capable of saying "thou shalt not kill?"
You do realise we're talking about moral questions here, and not just general questions about the best place to get a hamburger, right?
If someone is known to be immoral by their own standards of morality, the veracity (and intent) of anything they say is in question.
(If someone has an evil past but is reformed now, then they're not currently immoral, so this discussion doesn't apply.)
It's a stupid point. The example was the exception not the rule. Hypocrisy is about moral decisions. No one in their right mind would take moral advice from people known to be (currently) immoral.
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Here's a relevant example
If someone tells me 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' while he's picking my pocket then why should I listen?
He's not trying to give me good advice; He's just trying to stop me from stealing my wallet back.
So we can get a general idea of the image quality to expect from their new "instant" film.
Bootlegging software is not a chemical addiction.
You only use two spaces after a period if you're using a monospaced font. (For instance, if you were using a typewriter)
Otherwise one will suffice.
That joke would have been funnier if Zepplin wasn't back in business.
When did I say that?
I'm not saying that America shouldn't try to prevent terrorism. After all we try to prevent murders and we try to prevent car accidents, and terrorist attacks are also a bad thing. But right now the signal to noise ratio is so high that we might as well be doing nothing.
The point is that any politician or media outlet that has an axe to grind can do so in the name of fighting terror, And no matter how ridiculous or hair-brained it is people like you will support it. That does far more harm than good.
However, If logical thought is no longer a requirement to stop terrorists attacks, I'd like to offer my crystal as a solution to that too. My crystal is just as well proven to fight terror as most of the stuff you hear about on the news and it does it without giving up without a second thought the principles of freedom generations of Americans have fought and died to protect. My crystal is non-partisan. I'm not running for public office and I have no interest in creating a "tough on terror" image, so you can be sure I'm not just offering bogus solutions for PR purposes. It's also cheap. (Make me an offer.)
Best of all, my crystal is not a predictable government clamp-down or a predictable media frenzy, so it's probably not the result the terrorists were aiming for in the first place!
Regardless, I'm 100% sure that when I'm carrying this crystal, the plane I'm on won't be destroyed by terrorists blinding the pilots with lasers.
Since math homework in those grades tend to consist of about fifty identical problems with slightly diferent numbers, How much of an impact would halving it really make?
"Not about additional domestic occurences, anyway - must be all those unnecessary, tyranical anti-terrorism measures."
Yea, they're working great. By the way, I've got a crystal that prevents me from getting hit by lightning. So far it's working pretty well, I recomend one for everybody. I could probably come up with some extras if you want to buy one.
(If it ever fails, It'll be an indication that more crystals are needed.)