Releasing more carbon than the earth can process is not a good thing and will have ramifications, regardless of whether or not we fully understand what they will be. Releasing mass amounts of pollutants isn't exactly good for the health and wellbeing of you either. But you are absolutely right, the earth itself will cope with the changes, it will adapt as necessary. Just not necessarily with any of us still living on it.
Look, it's very simple: if someone hits you, you can either a: hug it out, b: cry and run away, c: hit back
a and b is weak. c is strong, and sends a message. I was bullied in school until I grew a pair. A kid pushed me into a locker, just to be an asshole, so I turned around, grabbed his face, and I slammed him into the floor with his head. He was lucky he didn't get a concussion (so was I, people were ready to call the police). But I never got bullied again after that.
Unfortunately for the rest of the world, there was no cohesion in NATO and the whole hitting back thing didn't exactly work out. Afghanistan may be better off now (despite everything that is still bad about the country), but this is no victory. It exposed cracks in alliances, an unwillingness to fight back, and an inability, despite vastly superior force, to be able to beat the enemy. We may of killed Osama bin Laden, but it took 10 years for the WESTERN WORLD to do so.
I'm pretty sure that killing him was not the intended goal. It sort of robbed the american people of a bit of justice, and robbed politicians of some much needed political capital. Sort of like the ending of Lost.
So, you think liberating a nation from a tyrannical dictator is worth nothing at all?
I think the US did two things wrong in Iraq, one was overstaying their welcome and the other was leaving the job half done. Should have gone to Syria and Iran as well. Not to mention the religious dictatorship in Saudi Arabia. Religious freedom is a basic human right and that includes being free FROM religion.
Except, "liberating iraq" was not the reason given for the iraq war, it's only the excuse for it now.
I agree, geez, I'm usually Captain Science and Progress before all things Religious, but I wonder if this "brain" was in any way "conscious" for that short period of time? Or am I misunderstanding what was achieved here?
Religion isn't the owner of morality. It's merely a definition of morality.
huh? I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or making pun or what. Creating artificial life definitely has moral and philosophical implications that are probably impossible to resolve, but a lot of people enjoy debating them.
This isn't about censorship so much as it's about the rights of one person trampling over the rights of another, which sort of defeats the purpose altogether.
actually, you should have a right to do anything so long as it doesn't trample those same rights afforded to your fellow citizens
First off, that's an assertion, not a fact. Secondly, it's a problematic. Let's say, as most people will agree, you have a right to get a job. Your getting of the job keeps me from getting that same job. Therefore, your right is interfering with my right. The job example is easily extended to the more murky: you want to dump toxic waste into a river, and I want to swim there.
Saying I'm infringing on your rights because a company exercised their right to hire me instead of you doesn't really make much sense. Secondly, wants and rights are different things. I want to do whatever I damn well please but I can't because I can't afford it, so the central bank is ultimately infringing on my rights?
actually, you should have a right to do anything so long as it doesn't trample those same rights afforded to your fellow citizens.
eg: you have a right to go off trail while hiking, but you do not have a right to tax payer money to free you when you get lost. Free speech is fine and all, even if you say the most derogatory comments. Mainly because those offended have a choice not to listen to you. But yelling fire in a cinema?
Apple was pretty pro USB it's true, but firewire didn't lose at all. Firewire won for specific use cases, USB took the rest. Basically, any heavy duty data streams would use firewire. HD Video, 16 x 24bit/96khz audio streams, and the such.
Atheism isn't a religion, but it is a leap of faith nevertheless. You are basically saying, without any proof, that god doesn't exist at the same time as a preacher is saying, without any proof, that god does exist, and neither of you have really defined who or what God is.
So yeah, keep pretending you're different from theists...
What you described with the left is exactly what happens with the right. In fact, it tends to happen to EVERYONE. If you believe in something to be true, you will argue that it is true, even if proven wrong.
This is what human beings do and while politicians may not be greatest humanity has to offer, they are still human beings and still susceptible to the various common human traits.
Except that happened to reddit naturally. This is what the people of Reddit wanted. And people karma whore on slashdot as well. We've got self-described professional trolls on slashdot.
But Slashdot and Reddit are equally democratic and the flow of conversation and opinion on both sites simply represent what most of the participants want. Not only that, but people at Reddit are free to create their own forums of discussion on reddit. Just because the front page of reddit basically shows that the vast majority of redditors are who they are, doesn't mean there isn't a subforum full of right wing extremists that consistently vote down even the slightest left-leaning comment.
And that's another thing, Reddit covers any and all topics, slashdot covers a select few topics, thus you only get a select few groups of participants.
Slashdot Mirror
so how do we deal with this now?
so if I register "die" I can create a website at http://alt.barney.die.die.die/
I approve of this
Releasing more carbon than the earth can process is not a good thing and will have ramifications, regardless of whether or not we fully understand what they will be. Releasing mass amounts of pollutants isn't exactly good for the health and wellbeing of you either. But you are absolutely right, the earth itself will cope with the changes, it will adapt as necessary. Just not necessarily with any of us still living on it.
Because the government refused to hand him over.
Look, it's very simple: if someone hits you, you can either a: hug it out, b: cry and run away, c: hit back
a and b is weak. c is strong, and sends a message. I was bullied in school until I grew a pair. A kid pushed me into a locker, just to be an asshole, so I turned around, grabbed his face, and I slammed him into the floor with his head. He was lucky he didn't get a concussion (so was I, people were ready to call the police). But I never got bullied again after that.
Unfortunately for the rest of the world, there was no cohesion in NATO and the whole hitting back thing didn't exactly work out. Afghanistan may be better off now (despite everything that is still bad about the country), but this is no victory. It exposed cracks in alliances, an unwillingness to fight back, and an inability, despite vastly superior force, to be able to beat the enemy. We may of killed Osama bin Laden, but it took 10 years for the WESTERN WORLD to do so.
I'm pretty sure that killing him was not the intended goal. It sort of robbed the american people of a bit of justice, and robbed politicians of some much needed political capital. Sort of like the ending of Lost.
you do realize that html elements can take multiple classes right? Variables are pointless
Their public statement, and their NDA-protected message given directly to clients are two, very different things.
So, you think liberating a nation from a tyrannical dictator is worth nothing at all?
I think the US did two things wrong in Iraq, one was overstaying their welcome and the other was leaving the job half done. Should have gone to Syria and Iran as well. Not to mention the religious dictatorship in Saudi Arabia. Religious freedom is a basic human right and that includes being free FROM religion.
Except, "liberating iraq" was not the reason given for the iraq war, it's only the excuse for it now.
yeah, such as episodes 4-6
Er, rights are far more esoteric than just some governmental construct.
well, reasonable price? TPB is free, it doesn't get much more reasonable than that in the eyes of a consumer.
I agree, geez, I'm usually Captain Science and Progress before all things Religious, but I wonder if this "brain" was in any way "conscious" for that short period of time? Or am I misunderstanding what was achieved here?
Religion isn't the owner of morality. It's merely a definition of morality.
huh? I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or making pun or what. Creating artificial life definitely has moral and philosophical implications that are probably impossible to resolve, but a lot of people enjoy debating them.
I look forward to reading the moral and philosophical debates that will erupt over the idea of creating a functional brain.
This isn't about censorship so much as it's about the rights of one person trampling over the rights of another, which sort of defeats the purpose altogether.
Except my point was that rights of one person shouldn't go so far as to infringe rights of another. Stealing causes undue harm to a store owner.
First off, that's an assertion, not a fact. Secondly, it's a problematic. Let's say, as most people will agree, you have a right to get a job. Your getting of the job keeps me from getting that same job. Therefore, your right is interfering with my right. The job example is easily extended to the more murky: you want to dump toxic waste into a river, and I want to swim there.
Saying I'm infringing on your rights because a company exercised their right to hire me instead of you doesn't really make much sense. Secondly, wants and rights are different things. I want to do whatever I damn well please but I can't because I can't afford it, so the central bank is ultimately infringing on my rights?
except for the fact that if it's false, it causes unnecessary lost revenue for the cinema/theater.
Half Life 3? :(
actually, you should have a right to do anything so long as it doesn't trample those same rights afforded to your fellow citizens.
eg: you have a right to go off trail while hiking, but you do not have a right to tax payer money to free you when you get lost. Free speech is fine and all, even if you say the most derogatory comments. Mainly because those offended have a choice not to listen to you. But yelling fire in a cinema?
plug 'n pray functionality of windows.
Apple was pretty pro USB it's true, but firewire didn't lose at all. Firewire won for specific use cases, USB took the rest. Basically, any heavy duty data streams would use firewire. HD Video, 16 x 24bit/96khz audio streams, and the such.
Atheism isn't a religion, but it is a leap of faith nevertheless. You are basically saying, without any proof, that god doesn't exist at the same time as a preacher is saying, without any proof, that god does exist, and neither of you have really defined who or what God is.
So yeah, keep pretending you're different from theists...
But how is this an issue with the left?
What you described with the left is exactly what happens with the right. In fact, it tends to happen to EVERYONE. If you believe in something to be true, you will argue that it is true, even if proven wrong.
This is what human beings do and while politicians may not be greatest humanity has to offer, they are still human beings and still susceptible to the various common human traits.
Except that happened to reddit naturally. This is what the people of Reddit wanted. And people karma whore on slashdot as well. We've got self-described professional trolls on slashdot.
But Slashdot and Reddit are equally democratic and the flow of conversation and opinion on both sites simply represent what most of the participants want. Not only that, but people at Reddit are free to create their own forums of discussion on reddit. Just because the front page of reddit basically shows that the vast majority of redditors are who they are, doesn't mean there isn't a subforum full of right wing extremists that consistently vote down even the slightest left-leaning comment.
And that's another thing, Reddit covers any and all topics, slashdot covers a select few topics, thus you only get a select few groups of participants.
I think Queensland wants to become the next US state only.