With no ambient light and only using dipped headlights, you can only see a limited distance ahead of you, therefore reducing reaction time for hazards ahead of you. Main beams illuminate what seems to me like about 3 times further down the road than dipped beams. Its like being in a video game with terrible draw distance. Things just pop into existence alarmingly close to you. With nothing other than dipped beams I wouldn't feel comfortable going any faster than about 35mph. It's amazing how much difference a full moon makes, but that is obviously an infrequent occurrence.
The reason PETA are disconnected from reality is that they are projecting their own self-loathing onto the arena of animal rights issues, rather than addressing animal rights with logic and rationality. The driving thought in a militant PETA member's head is that humans are disgusting worthless bullies and animals are perfect and angelic. Because humans are in a position of power over animals, they are evil, and revenge must be sought at every opportunity. They're projecting their own self loathing, and their own feelings of powerlessness onto an unrelated issue. When the time comes for them face a logic rebuttal to their behaviour, cognitive dissonance kicks to protect them from facing the fact that they have become the very bullies they despise.
I don't consider this to make people to last forever, but 'unnecessarily long'.
What do you consider a necessary duration? And necessary for what? There is no objective purpose to life - people have to ascribe their own subjective meaning - whatever you think is necessary during your own life is you own subjective value judgement and doesn't apply to anyone else.
we are 'out-breeding' our ability to be able produce enough food... putting more people on this rock with drastically increased lifespans don't seem to be sch a bright idea to me.
This is a potential problem, but it presumes that technology won't be able to keep up with demand. There is mounting economic pressure (which makes all the difference) to create a renewable infrastructure now. It's only a matter of time. The more people there are, the greater the pressure. People would be able to work for longer, and would be under less pressure to have kids early. There is a large degree of self-correction to the situation, but it's one of those difficult to predict scenarios, becuase it's such a collosal global game-changing event.
Besides, think a bit what it would be like to live forever, it's a nightmare.
I honestly have never understood this attitude. People say it, but never give a reason. Why? You say you love life, so when would that change for you? At what point do you become effectively suicidal? Are you anticipating an afterlife?
The summary really should have pointed out that THE TAGS DON'T STAY ON. Hopefully we can nip this in the bud.
That's not how the psychology of confirmation bias works. Anyone looking for confirmation of their beliefs about a barcode apocalypse will simply ignore that part of the story. I'm sure these Van Impe characters would quite happily spread the story that embryos are being barcoded to their flock, selectively quote mining the relevant news stories.
Diaspora also has an ugly, hard to pronounce name like ubuntu. Don't get me wrong i love ubuntu, and i realise stupid sounding names like google and wii get subsumed eventually, but awkward-to-pronounce names i'm not so sure about. Plus diaspora sounds like some kind of fungus-induced diarrhea. Hopefully the open nature of this platform will mean that someone can make an interface/brand for this thing that will attract the public. Something that implies you will find sexual partners by using it would be a huge draw, as you point out.
Couldn't agree more, but that's not relevant to the point I'm making. Doing something to someone in order to kill them is not the same as doing something to someone and not caring if it kills them or not. Alan Turing was not assassinated.
The OP said the government "had him killed" which carries the implication that they deliberately intended to kill him. The argument of the post seem to be to point out that the government did not intentionally kill him as some kind of calculcated political assasination, but rather as a side effect of bigotry and/or indifference.
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It is an unstatement.
murdered by the Nazi's
Hate to be a grammar Nazi, but it's Nazis, not "Nazi's". Awful lot of Nazis in this post.
With no ambient light and only using dipped headlights, you can only see a limited distance ahead of you, therefore reducing reaction time for hazards ahead of you. Main beams illuminate what seems to me like about 3 times further down the road than dipped beams. Its like being in a video game with terrible draw distance. Things just pop into existence alarmingly close to you. With nothing other than dipped beams I wouldn't feel comfortable going any faster than about 35mph. It's amazing how much difference a full moon makes, but that is obviously an infrequent occurrence.
He's already howling mad enough as it is...
The summary sounds like the minutes from a Cylon board meeting
I hope you brought enough for everybody!
Identical twins share the same gestation environment, and originate from the same cell. This is not a semantic difference.
The reason PETA are disconnected from reality is that they are projecting their own self-loathing onto the arena of animal rights issues, rather than addressing animal rights with logic and rationality. The driving thought in a militant PETA member's head is that humans are disgusting worthless bullies and animals are perfect and angelic. Because humans are in a position of power over animals, they are evil, and revenge must be sought at every opportunity. They're projecting their own self loathing, and their own feelings of powerlessness onto an unrelated issue. When the time comes for them face a logic rebuttal to their behaviour, cognitive dissonance kicks to protect them from facing the fact that they have become the very bullies they despise.
sorry, should've said no known objective purpose to life.
I don't consider this to make people to last forever, but 'unnecessarily long'.
What do you consider a necessary duration? And necessary for what? There is no objective purpose to life - people have to ascribe their own subjective meaning - whatever you think is necessary during your own life is you own subjective value judgement and doesn't apply to anyone else.
we are 'out-breeding' our ability to be able produce enough food ... putting more people on this rock with drastically increased lifespans don't seem to be sch a bright idea to me.
This is a potential problem, but it presumes that technology won't be able to keep up with demand. There is mounting economic pressure (which makes all the difference) to create a renewable infrastructure now. It's only a matter of time. The more people there are, the greater the pressure. People would be able to work for longer, and would be under less pressure to have kids early. There is a large degree of self-correction to the situation, but it's one of those difficult to predict scenarios, becuase it's such a collosal global game-changing event.
Besides, think a bit what it would be like to live forever, it's a nightmare.
I honestly have never understood this attitude. People say it, but never give a reason. Why? You say you love life, so when would that change for you? At what point do you become effectively suicidal? Are you anticipating an afterlife?
No, but a good troll is indistinguishable from those things. This Anonymous Coward has clearly posted a very subtly crafted troll.
The summary really should have pointed out that THE TAGS DON'T STAY ON. Hopefully we can nip this in the bud.
That's not how the psychology of confirmation bias works. Anyone looking for confirmation of their beliefs about a barcode apocalypse will simply ignore that part of the story. I'm sure these Van Impe characters would quite happily spread the story that embryos are being barcoded to their flock, selectively quote mining the relevant news stories.
Diaspora also has an ugly, hard to pronounce name like ubuntu. Don't get me wrong i love ubuntu, and i realise stupid sounding names like google and wii get subsumed eventually, but awkward-to-pronounce names i'm not so sure about. Plus diaspora sounds like some kind of fungus-induced diarrhea. Hopefully the open nature of this platform will mean that someone can make an interface/brand for this thing that will attract the public. Something that implies you will find sexual partners by using it would be a huge draw, as you point out.
your mom failed in the real world?
I'm wondering WTF going to the doctor's has got to do with finding money down a sofa? Can't he find money down his own sofa?
A teaching assistant?
more importantly, what does god want with a starship?
I think you might have been poe'd...
Tearing him a new one isn't constructive - and he doesn't really deserve to be spoken to like that. This is worth a listen.
Couldn't agree more, but that's not relevant to the point I'm making. Doing something to someone in order to kill them is not the same as doing something to someone and not caring if it kills them or not. Alan Turing was not assassinated.
I'm pretty sure this flamewar should have been over 30 years ago
The OP said the government "had him killed" which carries the implication that they deliberately intended to kill him. The argument of the post seem to be to point out that the government did not intentionally kill him as some kind of calculcated political assasination, but rather as a side effect of bigotry and/or indifference.
man you're bored
i read that as chocolate rain :)
You sir, are a comedy genius.