In one breath you get all offensive because people accuse you of having a lack of something. A lack of something is not always bad. I for one, as far as I know, have a lack of cancer. Personally I've used the words "religion or lack thereof" in front of more atheists than I can count and I really don't think any took offense.
In the same breath you accuse all religion of being stupid.
Respect goes both ways.
I bet YOU don't even see the need to apologize to an entire class of people you called stupid.
Well, I had world of goo already, and paid some more for these titles. Haven't played much, but Gish is very good (but I find it sorta hard) and Aquaria is good as well. Lugaru looks interesting. They're worth shots, I think, and you have bought them, after all.
Though I don't think a dedicated usenet box is necessary to get new files. I can torrent as much as I want, so long as I pull the.torrent files through some sort of external connection. I use a fancier solution than I have to (ssh tunnel to a desktop at my house), but getting an out of school friend to e-mail a zipped.torrent would work as well. Then I make sure to set up encryption (God does that make things go slow...more people need to use encrypted torrents) and I enjoy ridiculous share ratios.
And it wouldn't really affect our common parlance, because normally the more significant digits are ignored/assumed. Unless you're the Doctor, no one really needs to tell you the year most of the time.
So, when talking to timelords, say 2010, March 14th, and everyone else just "March 14th" or even "The 14th".
While smallest end first would also make sense, to make it consistent, SS:MM:HH DD/MM/YYYY is a bit awkward and by the time you finish saying it the second (or minute) may have changed.
It was Going Postal, but the argument was about actual stealing, whereas copyright infringement would only cause fractional murder if the artist/creator literally needed the money to survive and you would have bought it had it not been pirateable.
Perhaps there is more pressure on women to conform? Generally in western society that has proven to be the case. It seems like, in general, men have more pressure to excel, but get more latitude in what they excel at. Women are forced more into a mould.
Cultural values change over time, however, it's not like they do so by themselves. People advocate the changes.
At the moment, there is heavy social pressure to conform to the ideal, and deviations are often treated as horrible aberrations rather than honest differences. I think it is a good parent's job to try and discern whether their daughters really want to play with Barbies or are being made to want it, and whether their sons really want to play with their GI Joes. What is essential is not any proportion for equality, but the effort to level the playing field and let everyone succeed on their talents and abilities. To use everyone's abilities and give everyone the opportunities to be what they want to be. It is reasonable to assume that if there are very few women engineers, there is some sort of societal or biological factor. The fact that in other countries (a friend of mine tells me it is the case in China) that women are seen as better suited for engineering, or that in times of need (such as World War II) many women stepped up and acted as capably as men, that this entire thing is a social imposition and not a true desire of the people, and that people are being restricted in their desires because of the configuration of their genitalia. The reason why live and let live doesn't work is because the forces that push people to conform are not abiding by it. Everyone is unique, and that should be cherished. Girls who want to play with barbie should. Girls that don't should not be pressured to.
It is more expensive in our society to dole out capital punishment as opposed to life inprisonment. This is due to the lengths which this drags out the appeals process. In order to be more certain innocent people aren't killed, we spend more to make sure we can kill the guilty. In a society where we don't care about the possibility of innocence, execution costs a bullet. Thankfully, we live in a society that attempts to be free and fair, but this means that capital punishment stops making sense.
My grandmother and mother are allergic to Aspirin and Ibuprofen. Paracetamol doesn't cause a reaction. It's not like you can't get Oxycodone/Aspirin, it's called Percodan.
Until then, there's this thing called Torrent, and it's free!
I think if you asked me honestly whether I'd want to be able to stream the entirety of American TV or just Doctor Who and it's spinoffs (Classic and new) I'd quite probably say Doctor Who, the only thing dragging me back somewhat being Futurama.
Autogynephilia as a general explanation for transsexuality is limited and incorrect in most cases. It often comes across as transphobic to paint the whole group with such wide brushstrokes. Transsexuality is about identity, not sexual attraction.
If this wasn't the internet I would hug you (if you want me to).
I wish society was more accepting of differences, but I know we aren't, and I know, on an academic level at least, how dangerous it is to be in your situation. It's hard to change peoples minds, but I hope that someday people will be more accepting of how fluid gender really is. It truly saddens me to hear of your situation, and to know that there are many others in similar situations around everywhere. I don't know what to say, other than that I'm trying to help, I'm trying to expand my mind and the minds of others. It saddens me to see the lack of understanding and the cheap bigoted comments here on slashdot, but I know a lot of it is out of true ignorance towards the plight of transsexual and transgendered people, the ignorance of not knowing, not the ignorance of not wanting to know. I hope some of the people here use this as an incitement to learn, to research, and to find out about people, to broaden one's mind to the many many forms of humanity, and to become better and more accepting people.
To me, it seems like everyone more persecuted and less understood than all the fags are perfectly willing to get lumped in with the fags. I mean, there's a reason it's called "Queer Theory" even though it makes an effort to understand and undermine ALL forms of oppression.
I'm the president of a new group on my campus that has a mission description of being against hatred and for human and civil rights of all people no matter the weirdness of it. We're called ACRO, the Advanced Civil Rights Organization, and we've got a website at http://www.advancedcivilrights.org/.
And, I'd like to state that I'd personally be glad, although I am attracted to men, women, and everything between and outside so long as they are human, that I would be perfectly fine being lumped in with a fag like you.
Perhaps I am making a lot of assumptions, but it does seem to show, in our society, how a lot of emphasis is put on sexual orientation and gender roles. If a woman (I am assuming you're male here, correct the genders if I am wrong) you aren't attracted to came on to you, would you be repulsed? It's not attacking your masculinity at all if a gay man comes on to you. Gay men are attracted to all sorts of men, it does not imply anything about you, other than that someone found you attractive. Indicate that you are straight, and almost every gay man will drop it right there.
On your issue with transgender people and transsexuals, I suggest you do some research, as transgender and transsexuality run across a lot of spectra. The typical image of a transsexual is a man wanting to be a woman, willing to "cut off their bits" (the actual truth is a lot more complex, the bits are used quite a lot in neovaginoplasty). There are female to male transsexuals, and scores of transsexuals who opt to not surgically touch their bits. The procedure is, relative to a lot of other procedures, quite safe. I have heard of many cases of loss of sexual sensation, but for someone who does not match their sexual identity, loss of sensation is a small price to pay. Many transsexuals are more willing to kill themselves than continue living as the sex they do not identify with, and many more, to this day, are killed when discovered.
I just got a bass this holiday season, and one of the things I've been doing to practice is the twelve bar blues progression. There are a lot of different ways to do it, and it's a lot of fun. Music has a lot of nuance. The same chord progression can be taken so differently with a change of rhythm, instrumentation, or key.
I'm not saying that every cookbook progression is a goldmine and every song using it is great. I'm just saying you can do a lot of stuff even from within a restricted chordset.
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In the same breath you accuse all religion of being stupid.
Respect goes both ways.
I bet YOU don't even see the need to apologize to an entire class of people you called stupid.
Well, I had world of goo already, and paid some more for these titles. Haven't played much, but Gish is very good (but I find it sorta hard) and Aquaria is good as well. Lugaru looks interesting. They're worth shots, I think, and you have bought them, after all.
./~ If you don't know Tux from SCO, GTFO. ./~
Though I don't think a dedicated usenet box is necessary to get new files. I can torrent as much as I want, so long as I pull the .torrent files through some sort of external connection. I use a fancier solution than I have to (ssh tunnel to a desktop at my house), but getting an out of school friend to e-mail a zipped .torrent would work as well. Then I make sure to set up encryption (God does that make things go slow...more people need to use encrypted torrents) and I enjoy ridiculous share ratios.
If you want a place to look,Jamendo has some pretty awesome music, and it's all free, but you can buy extra stuff, and also send donations.
So, when talking to timelords, say 2010, March 14th, and everyone else just "March 14th" or even "The 14th".
While smallest end first would also make sense, to make it consistent, SS:MM:HH DD/MM/YYYY is a bit awkward and by the time you finish saying it the second (or minute) may have changed.
It was Going Postal, but the argument was about actual stealing, whereas copyright infringement would only cause fractional murder if the artist/creator literally needed the money to survive and you would have bought it had it not been pirateable.
Grunts don't get swords, I mean, swords don't grow on trees...
and DS games cost $100?
Perhaps there is more pressure on women to conform? Generally in western society that has proven to be the case. It seems like, in general, men have more pressure to excel, but get more latitude in what they excel at. Women are forced more into a mould.
At the moment, there is heavy social pressure to conform to the ideal, and deviations are often treated as horrible aberrations rather than honest differences. I think it is a good parent's job to try and discern whether their daughters really want to play with Barbies or are being made to want it, and whether their sons really want to play with their GI Joes. What is essential is not any proportion for equality, but the effort to level the playing field and let everyone succeed on their talents and abilities. To use everyone's abilities and give everyone the opportunities to be what they want to be. It is reasonable to assume that if there are very few women engineers, there is some sort of societal or biological factor. The fact that in other countries (a friend of mine tells me it is the case in China) that women are seen as better suited for engineering, or that in times of need (such as World War II) many women stepped up and acted as capably as men, that this entire thing is a social imposition and not a true desire of the people, and that people are being restricted in their desires because of the configuration of their genitalia. The reason why live and let live doesn't work is because the forces that push people to conform are not abiding by it. Everyone is unique, and that should be cherished. Girls who want to play with barbie should. Girls that don't should not be pressured to.
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I wouldn't consider at least 5 $150 hard disk drives exactly cheap...
It is more expensive in our society to dole out capital punishment as opposed to life inprisonment. This is due to the lengths which this drags out the appeals process. In order to be more certain innocent people aren't killed, we spend more to make sure we can kill the guilty. In a society where we don't care about the possibility of innocence, execution costs a bullet. Thankfully, we live in a society that attempts to be free and fair, but this means that capital punishment stops making sense.
not to nitpick, but wasn't it cardiff?
My grandmother and mother are allergic to Aspirin and Ibuprofen. Paracetamol doesn't cause a reaction. It's not like you can't get Oxycodone/Aspirin, it's called Percodan.
If you leave it for two weeks, it turns into Best of Queen.
If we gave author lifetime plus a billion years, it'd still be limited.
Anyway, I did do the math, and it's 52.56 minutes.
I think a better rule is no meeting, class, or gathering should last more than 1000 milli-time to get shit dones.
I think if you asked me honestly whether I'd want to be able to stream the entirety of American TV or just Doctor Who and it's spinoffs (Classic and new) I'd quite probably say Doctor Who, the only thing dragging me back somewhat being Futurama.
Autogynephilia as a general explanation for transsexuality is limited and incorrect in most cases. It often comes across as transphobic to paint the whole group with such wide brushstrokes. Transsexuality is about identity, not sexual attraction.
I wish society was more accepting of differences, but I know we aren't, and I know, on an academic level at least, how dangerous it is to be in your situation. It's hard to change peoples minds, but I hope that someday people will be more accepting of how fluid gender really is. It truly saddens me to hear of your situation, and to know that there are many others in similar situations around everywhere. I don't know what to say, other than that I'm trying to help, I'm trying to expand my mind and the minds of others. It saddens me to see the lack of understanding and the cheap bigoted comments here on slashdot, but I know a lot of it is out of true ignorance towards the plight of transsexual and transgendered people, the ignorance of not knowing, not the ignorance of not wanting to know. I hope some of the people here use this as an incitement to learn, to research, and to find out about people, to broaden one's mind to the many many forms of humanity, and to become better and more accepting people.
I'm the president of a new group on my campus that has a mission description of being against hatred and for human and civil rights of all people no matter the weirdness of it. We're called ACRO, the Advanced Civil Rights Organization, and we've got a website at http://www.advancedcivilrights.org/.
And, I'd like to state that I'd personally be glad, although I am attracted to men, women, and everything between and outside so long as they are human, that I would be perfectly fine being lumped in with a fag like you.
On your issue with transgender people and transsexuals, I suggest you do some research, as transgender and transsexuality run across a lot of spectra. The typical image of a transsexual is a man wanting to be a woman, willing to "cut off their bits" (the actual truth is a lot more complex, the bits are used quite a lot in neovaginoplasty). There are female to male transsexuals, and scores of transsexuals who opt to not surgically touch their bits. The procedure is, relative to a lot of other procedures, quite safe. I have heard of many cases of loss of sexual sensation, but for someone who does not match their sexual identity, loss of sensation is a small price to pay. Many transsexuals are more willing to kill themselves than continue living as the sex they do not identify with, and many more, to this day, are killed when discovered.
I'm not saying that every cookbook progression is a goldmine and every song using it is great. I'm just saying you can do a lot of stuff even from within a restricted chordset.
Admittedly it is satellite, and for three hours a day the cap is raised, and she is in the south, but still.