Being disrespectful is not a sensible method of debate.
You started out by insulting an entire country -- mine. You started the disrespect. And yes, I don't respect you, because you're not debating, you're following the same illogic found the world over. "Every anecdote that agrees with me is true, huge studies that disagree with me are false." I present hordes of evidence contradicting your claim, and you respond with absurd claims that they're biased liars. I presented photos, that other than Ronaldo et al were the first pictures of Brazilians I found on google images; you ignore them. Moreover, your original claim was about Americans versus *everyone*; apparently *everyone* in the world is lying about rising obesity to make Americans feel better or something. I quote: "Other nations are not so obese. People in the U.S. are much more obese than the citizens of any other nation, with the exception of a few islands where people eat a lot of coconut."
Apparently I should ignore every bit of evidence prsented by a variety of sources and only listen to you.
My family and I just finished watching all of "Last Exile", which we enjoyed despite much confusion with it. Any recommendations for other anime along those lines?
"Obesity levels have been rising rapidly in the last 10 years. Half the adult population in Brazil is overweight and one in eight is obese. Nearly 40% of men and 55 per cent of women in Argentina are overweight or obese. Around half the populations of Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Uruguay are overweight or obese. Nearly 70% of adults in Paraguay are overweight or obese."
"Brazil is the only Latin American country to have a nationally representative survey conducted in the last 10 years. The PNSN survey indicated that obesity is prevalent in Brazil and is rising, especially among lower income groups. The problem of dietary deficit appears to be rapidly shifting to one of dietary excess."
"As in China and other developing countries, in Brazil, obesity is increasing rapidly. Data from Brazil do not support the hypothesis that dietary fat plays a major role in obesity.
Population-based national surveys from Brazil show that for the period of 1974-1989, obesity [defined as a body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) >30] increased by 92% among men and by 70% among women."
Google "obesity brazil" and you'll find these and other links. Brazil is by no means alone, the rest of the world is "catching up" with the U.S.
There are plenty of stackable Mac Mini add-ons that look pretty nice. I'd rather they keep the base box small for in-car use (or at least have one variant that is car-sized and car-powerable), and allow you to stack storage to the height you desire. Some connection that would allow you to avoid short cables on the back would be nice, though.
You know, I'm evolution all the way, but these sorts of objections are pointless. An interfering god could have changed the nature and biology of various critters just as He changed other things.
Hotel on-demand, from my limited experience, has been a smallish selection of on-demand movies, presumably streamed off some in-house server. This new model makes the hotel just a provider of a broadband pipe, with outside companies providing the actual video.
I bought the just-released Worms 4 Mayhem for my Xbox last month.
I was hoping to buy the new Zelda for my Gamecube for my son this holidaty, but it won't be released until April. So I'll probably get the just released Fire Emblem for GC instead.
Side note: why the fuck can't we put sensors in a football to see if it crosses the goal plane?
Seems like most of the time the issue is whether the player is down before crossing the line. (For example, at the end of the Redskins-Bucs game.) It wouldn't help detect when the player reached out with the ball after being down.
According to firingsquad.com's review of the 1800XL AIW, you're better off getting a separate video card and the TV Wonder Elite, since its scaler is better than the AIW's. Or you might want to get an HDTV tuner; I don't think any of the All In Wonders have that.
Personally, I'd probably want a separate HTPC and 3-D gaming computer, but it depends on your setting, and whether you might need to use both at the same time.
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Indeed. The hotels will simply provide a high-speed pipe for $4.95/hour or something like that. Really, though, the TiVo itself is unnecessary. The provider in this case needn't be the user's home machine (or whatever), but instead would be the networks themselves, who would provide the shows for a fee.
So, that lab has exclusive rights to the use of the product of those plants
No, nothing stops the indigenous people from using the same traditional medicine they always have. The lab has rights on a product derived from that one, yes, but not from the plant itself.
It's definitely a PITA. I think the majority of the e-mail I get is because some bastard spammer decided to use my domain for his/her return addresses. I don't get angry e-mail, but I get plenty of postmaster e-mail when the spammer is hitting invalid addresses.
Also, the high end has just gotten the Dual/Dual machines, so for situations where multiple processors are useful, Apple has a darned good high-end machine.
I doubt the OD objectors (both honest and dishonest) have done anything like as detailed a work as Mr. Korn's. And it seems to me like his blog writeup provides plenty of areas where work is needed., although much of it is devoted to the limitations of commercial products that support MSOffice better.
Does anyone know what the specific greivances are?
Yes, if only someone would write an article about this. I bet it might even get linked on Slashdot. Hmm, I wonder what Peter Korn has been up to recently?
The problem with tablets has been cost. Generally they cost twice as much as an equivalent laptop, and had at most a 12" LCD screen. Otherwise, I'd rather have a tablet than a laptop, since almost all can also be used in laptop style if desired. Tablethood is often an additional feature, not a different machine.
The poeple who believed this, believed it because the U.S. government was saying it, with the credibility it used to have. If you lie to me and I believe you, my believing you doesn't make it not a lie.
Regardless of whether they actively lied, however, prior to the invasion the U.S. pressure had gotten Hans Blix and the U.N. inspectors back in the country, with very liberal rules about what they could inspect. I knew Bush and co. were lying when this wasn't good enough, that even with basically full access they were arguing for an invasion because the Iraqis hadn't filed all the paperwork. (Missing a coversheet on their TPS report, perhaps?) Clearly they didn't have solid evidence, otherwise said evidence could have been used to help the inspectors find these purported weapons.
They could be in some other sand laden country even as we speak.
Right. Hussein resorted to hiding in a shabby hole in the ground because he'd been so busy smuggling WMDs out of the country, he didn't get around to getting his family out.
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Being disrespectful is not a sensible method of debate.
You started out by insulting an entire country -- mine. You started the disrespect. And yes, I don't respect you, because you're not debating, you're following the same illogic found the world over. "Every anecdote that agrees with me is true, huge studies that disagree with me are false." I present hordes of evidence contradicting your claim, and you respond with absurd claims that they're biased liars. I presented photos, that other than Ronaldo et al were the first pictures of Brazilians I found on google images; you ignore them. Moreover, your original claim was about Americans versus *everyone*; apparently *everyone* in the world is lying about rising obesity to make Americans feel better or something. I quote: "Other nations are not so obese. People in the U.S. are much more obese than the citizens of any other nation, with the exception of a few islands where people eat a lot of coconut."
Apparently I should ignore every bit of evidence prsented by a variety of sources and only listen to you.
My family and I just finished watching all of "Last Exile", which we enjoyed despite much confusion with it. Any recommendations for other anime along those lines?
Can you hook 'em up with AVG anti-virus? It's free for them. i think there's another free AV package too.
Oh, please. Try to argue with something a little more convincing than your own personal anecdotal evidence.
In any case, it is difficult to find grossly obese Brazilians
I can find some pretty chunky ones.
That sentence is not a very effective debating tactic.
It's a starter, with supporting evidence.
"Obesity levels have been rising rapidly in the last 10 years. Half the adult population in Brazil is overweight and one in eight is obese. Nearly 40% of men and 55 per cent of women in Argentina are overweight or obese. Around half the populations of Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Uruguay are overweight or obese. Nearly 70% of adults in Paraguay are overweight or obese."
I guess the fat Brazilians don't go out much.
Only problem is: you're wrong.
"Brazil is the only Latin American country to have a nationally representative survey conducted in the last 10 years. The PNSN survey indicated that obesity is prevalent in Brazil and is rising, especially among lower income groups. The problem of dietary deficit appears to be rapidly shifting to one of dietary excess."
"As in China and other developing countries, in Brazil, obesity is increasing rapidly. Data from Brazil do not support the hypothesis that dietary fat plays a major role in obesity.
Population-based national surveys from Brazil show that for the period of 1974-1989, obesity [defined as a body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) >30] increased by 92% among men and by 70% among women."
Google "obesity brazil" and you'll find these and other links. Brazil is by no means alone, the rest of the world is "catching up" with the U.S.
The stackables do have 3.5" drives, for example, this one.
The current Mini could use a slightly faster connection (gigabit ethernet or Firewire 800) but otherwise, it's pretty good upgrade solution.
It's also a DVD player with upconversion. I currently use a PC as my primary DVD player, and VGA out to a projector is sweeeet.
There are plenty of stackable Mac Mini add-ons that look pretty nice. I'd rather they keep the base box small for in-car use (or at least have one variant that is car-sized and car-powerable), and allow you to stack storage to the height you desire. Some connection that would allow you to avoid short cables on the back would be nice, though.
What is the size of the market for people who need a new hand?
Oh come on, there are plenty of secondhand shops.
Many Bothans died to bring you this information.
You know, I'm evolution all the way, but these sorts of objections are pointless. An interfering god could have changed the nature and biology of various critters just as He changed other things.
Hotel on-demand, from my limited experience, has been a smallish selection of on-demand movies, presumably streamed off some in-house server. This new model makes the hotel just a provider of a broadband pipe, with outside companies providing the actual video.
Expecting any NEW games to be release for it?
I bought the just-released Worms 4 Mayhem for my Xbox last month.
I was hoping to buy the new Zelda for my Gamecube for my son this holidaty, but it won't be released until April. So I'll probably get the just released Fire Emblem for GC instead.
Side note: why the fuck can't we put sensors in a football to see if it crosses the goal plane?
Seems like most of the time the issue is whether the player is down before crossing the line. (For example, at the end of the Redskins-Bucs game.) It wouldn't help detect when the player reached out with the ball after being down.
According to firingsquad.com's review of the 1800XL AIW, you're better off getting a separate video card and the TV Wonder Elite, since its scaler is better than the AIW's. Or you might want to get an HDTV tuner; I don't think any of the All In Wonders have that.
Personally, I'd probably want a separate HTPC and 3-D gaming computer, but it depends on your setting, and whether you might need to use both at the same time.
Indeed. The hotels will simply provide a high-speed pipe for $4.95/hour or something like that. Really, though, the TiVo itself is unnecessary. The provider in this case needn't be the user's home machine (or whatever), but instead would be the networks themselves, who would provide the shows for a fee.
So, that lab has exclusive rights to the use of the product of those plants
No, nothing stops the indigenous people from using the same traditional medicine they always have. The lab has rights on a product derived from that one, yes, but not from the plant itself.
It's definitely a PITA. I think the majority of the e-mail I get is because some bastard spammer decided to use my domain for his/her return addresses. I don't get angry e-mail, but I get plenty of postmaster e-mail when the spammer is hitting invalid addresses.
Also, the high end has just gotten the Dual/Dual machines, so for situations where multiple processors are useful, Apple has a darned good high-end machine.
I doubt the OD objectors (both honest and dishonest) have done anything like as detailed a work as Mr. Korn's. And it seems to me like his blog writeup provides plenty of areas where work is needed., although much of it is devoted to the limitations of commercial products that support MSOffice better.
Does anyone know what the specific greivances are?
Yes, if only someone would write an article about this. I bet it might even get linked on Slashdot. Hmm, I wonder what Peter Korn has been up to recently?
The problem with tablets has been cost. Generally they cost twice as much as an equivalent laptop, and had at most a 12" LCD screen. Otherwise, I'd rather have a tablet than a laptop, since almost all can also be used in laptop style if desired. Tablethood is often an additional feature, not a different machine.
On a drive this weekend, I hauled about 900 pounds worth of people
It sounds like you're an American, so that means you needed an SUV for just three people, right?
Unfortunately, I resemble that joke... (despite serious exercise 3x a week)
Everyone believed that Iraq had those WMD
The poeple who believed this, believed it because the U.S. government was saying it, with the credibility it used to have. If you lie to me and I believe you, my believing you doesn't make it not a lie.
Regardless of whether they actively lied, however, prior to the invasion the U.S. pressure had gotten Hans Blix and the U.N. inspectors back in the country, with very liberal rules about what they could inspect. I knew Bush and co. were lying when this wasn't good enough, that even with basically full access they were arguing for an invasion because the Iraqis hadn't filed all the paperwork. (Missing a coversheet on their TPS report, perhaps?) Clearly they didn't have solid evidence, otherwise said evidence could have been used to help the inspectors find these purported weapons.
They could be in some other sand laden country even as we speak.
Right. Hussein resorted to hiding in a shabby hole in the ground because he'd been so busy smuggling WMDs out of the country, he didn't get around to getting his family out.