I think the point is that the invasive species are hitchiking a ride on "a floating dock the size of a boxcar". This is new man-made intervention.
True, but such a raft being non-man-made is entirely within the realm of possibility. Some sort of beaver damn gets washed away, collects some other low-density debris on its way to the ocean, floats like a champ, could easily make it across an ocean. It could even be something as simple as a bird nest. We're not the only creatures to construct things that can float. So I still categorize this under "natural".
I don't know if this even exists or not, but I think it would be helpful to have a software package that can visualize compounds, electron transfers, maybe simulate simple reactions. I learn a lot from just playing with stuff, but it's hard with chemistry because it requires many specialized equipments, dangerous chemicals, lab area, etc... So having a software package that would let me "play" around with various things I think would have helped tremendously in learning chemistry. Just doing a quick Google search reveals this package which looks kinda cool: Virtual Lab Simulation
Naturally this would need to be accompanied by some textbooks, online instruction, etc... but I think it would be a huge help...
Bullshit, my pets enjoy more freedom than you or I ever will, especially the cats.
Right. So you allow your cats to procreate at their own whim? Or maybe not, because you chose to surgically remove their reproductive organs... This is certainly not something the cat had any say in. You can argue that "it's for their own good" or whatever, but I'm sure people thought the same thing about the slaves they brought over to America from Africa. I mean, who wouldn't want to live in America, the land of the brave? Gotta be better than Africa, right? Sure, you'll have to harvest my barley and I guess I won't pay you anything and maybe I'll whip you if you misbehave, but at least I'll shelter you. Maybe I'll decide for you what food you get to eat, keep your food dish full of some processed crap that isn't even fit for human consumption. Oh, and I'll decide for you when it's time for you to die. Sounds like freedom to me.
One day I will die and my flesh will become food for maggots, earthworm and/or I don't know what else. Should I have a problem with that?
You might if the worms corralled you into a little pen, deprived you of all freedoms, fattened you up, and then killed you inhumanely for no other reason than they like the taste of human better than vegetables...
I don't really see why any of them should give a shit. I'm pretty sure their own town was copied from some other town, which was copied from some other town, etc, etc... all the way back to Babylon or Mesopotamia.... It's not like the people who live in that town architected it and built it and oversaw and orchestrated the centuries of history that have occurred there -- they just happen to live there because they moved there or because some ancient relative helped build a house or a church there. Seriously, people will get their possessive little panties in a bunch over just about anything nowadays... When will humans let go of this inane desire to "own" everything..? They're not going to lose any tourist money over it. It's not like some tourist is going to say, "Hmm, I really want to see Hallstatt but it's just too touristy. I think I'll go see the Chinese version instead!" If they had any brains amongst them they would see this is a good thing and spin it to actually INCREASE their tourism. "Come see the town that is so great that China copied it!"... No, they'll just have their little hissy bitch fit and fill the world with even more negative energy...
It matters not when youre a sleaze and can sucker some VCs out of $100mil, you set your salary at $500k/yr, ride the avalanche for a couple years, easy $1mil...
While this would be a cool spare-time project, I don't really see how using Minecraft to model something is even a remotely useful skill that a school would want to teach, let alone spend $5000+ on. He should have spent the 600 hours learning a real CAD or modeling software package. 600 hours is enough to get really good at just about anything. Seems like a waste of school resources to me. Flame away.
the idea is that they are property, like slaves were property, which is true, even if you take good care of your cat. you can take your cat to the vet anytime you want and have it killed, which you can't do with your kids or in-laws. to be legally able to destroy something is what defines "property" IMO. whether or not that means anything to any given person is up to them, but the fact remains that pets are not "free" entities. we talk a good talk about freedom and how important it is, and how we fight for freedom, blah, blah, but ultimately there is a double-standard there between the animals kingdom and humans. we are really just glorified self-important apes, and we really don't regard other animals with much esteem or respect... PETA might have some flawed methodologies and screwball members, but i think their message is right, on the whole. humans have really taken the exploitation of animals to deplorable levels..
Where I work headphones are banned for all employees. Why? Because it would be "unfair" to the customer service staff if everyone else was allowed to wear headphones and they were unable to.
How is it fair that only customer service is allowed to do customer service?
How can a threat to bomb an airport be considered as a joke?
Because of something called "context". If I go to a comedy club, and the comedian on-stage tells a joke and then says as the punchline, "And I'm going to blow up the airport!" do you think he would be arrested? Do you think any fucken moron in the audience wouldn't see it as part of a joke. CONTEXT. I don't know the context of this guy's post on Twitter, but I think it might be safe to say that this particular case could have used a little more fucken intelligent analysis...
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Yeah, unfortunately you do. I can process and fast-track your license application for you for $100.
I'll pay you $100 for one of your dinosaurs!
In China they just dump all the waste into their farmlands. Problem solved!
Just play it at 24fps so we can watch in slo-mo...
except in soviet russia
I think the point is that the invasive species are hitchiking a ride on "a floating dock the size of a boxcar". This is new man-made intervention.
True, but such a raft being non-man-made is entirely within the realm of possibility. Some sort of beaver damn gets washed away, collects some other low-density debris on its way to the ocean, floats like a champ, could easily make it across an ocean. It could even be something as simple as a bird nest. We're not the only creatures to construct things that can float. So I still categorize this under "natural".
Why are scientists always "shocked" when they discover that they don't know everything about the world?
I don't know if this even exists or not, but I think it would be helpful to have a software package that can visualize compounds, electron transfers, maybe simulate simple reactions. I learn a lot from just playing with stuff, but it's hard with chemistry because it requires many specialized equipments, dangerous chemicals, lab area, etc... So having a software package that would let me "play" around with various things I think would have helped tremendously in learning chemistry. Just doing a quick Google search reveals this package which looks kinda cool:
Virtual Lab Simulation
Naturally this would need to be accompanied by some textbooks, online instruction, etc... but I think it would be a huge help...
Bullshit, my pets enjoy more freedom than you or I ever will, especially the cats.
Right. So you allow your cats to procreate at their own whim? Or maybe not, because you chose to surgically remove their reproductive organs... This is certainly not something the cat had any say in. You can argue that "it's for their own good" or whatever, but I'm sure people thought the same thing about the slaves they brought over to America from Africa. I mean, who wouldn't want to live in America, the land of the brave? Gotta be better than Africa, right? Sure, you'll have to harvest my barley and I guess I won't pay you anything and maybe I'll whip you if you misbehave, but at least I'll shelter you. Maybe I'll decide for you what food you get to eat, keep your food dish full of some processed crap that isn't even fit for human consumption. Oh, and I'll decide for you when it's time for you to die. Sounds like freedom to me.
One day I will die and my flesh will become food for maggots, earthworm and/or I don't know what else. Should I have a problem with that?
You might if the worms corralled you into a little pen, deprived you of all freedoms, fattened you up, and then killed you inhumanely for no other reason than they like the taste of human better than vegetables...
How do you test your test-set? How do you test your test-set tester? How do you test your test-set tester tester? And so on...
On Windows C, C++, VB and C# are the languages of choice because they are well supported by Microsoft
Ok, but why were those chosen by MS as the ones they would support?
after all that googling they just resorted to the good old fashioned "Strangle" maneuver...
I don't really see why any of them should give a shit. I'm pretty sure their own town was copied from some other town, which was copied from some other town, etc, etc... all the way back to Babylon or Mesopotamia.... It's not like the people who live in that town architected it and built it and oversaw and orchestrated the centuries of history that have occurred there -- they just happen to live there because they moved there or because some ancient relative helped build a house or a church there. Seriously, people will get their possessive little panties in a bunch over just about anything nowadays... When will humans let go of this inane desire to "own" everything..? They're not going to lose any tourist money over it. It's not like some tourist is going to say, "Hmm, I really want to see Hallstatt but it's just too touristy. I think I'll go see the Chinese version instead!" If they had any brains amongst them they would see this is a good thing and spin it to actually INCREASE their tourism. "Come see the town that is so great that China copied it!"... No, they'll just have their little hissy bitch fit and fill the world with even more negative energy...
Is eNom not going that great?
It matters not when youre a sleaze and can sucker some VCs out of $100mil, you set your salary at $500k/yr, ride the avalanche for a couple years, easy $1mil...
I'm not sure it works like that. It would be like me building a table with two legs and then getting kudos for adding two more legs a year later...
While this would be a cool spare-time project, I don't really see how using Minecraft to model something is even a remotely useful skill that a school would want to teach, let alone spend $5000+ on. He should have spent the 600 hours learning a real CAD or modeling software package. 600 hours is enough to get really good at just about anything. Seems like a waste of school resources to me. Flame away.
the idea is that they are property, like slaves were property, which is true, even if you take good care of your cat. you can take your cat to the vet anytime you want and have it killed, which you can't do with your kids or in-laws. to be legally able to destroy something is what defines "property" IMO. whether or not that means anything to any given person is up to them, but the fact remains that pets are not "free" entities. we talk a good talk about freedom and how important it is, and how we fight for freedom, blah, blah, but ultimately there is a double-standard there between the animals kingdom and humans. we are really just glorified self-important apes, and we really don't regard other animals with much esteem or respect... PETA might have some flawed methodologies and screwball members, but i think their message is right, on the whole. humans have really taken the exploitation of animals to deplorable levels..
i prefer "mad tortured genius scientist"
I would have to say that dictatorship is definitely a threat to the security of a free state.
rather than sucking at Ballmer's ass.
I'm not sure I can tell which end that is anymore...
Yes, 7-11 is more like a storage facility for toxic food items and expired milk products...
Where I work headphones are banned for all employees. Why? Because it would be "unfair" to the customer service staff if everyone else was allowed to wear headphones and they were unable to.
How is it fair that only customer service is allowed to do customer service?
It does all three things??
How can a threat to bomb an airport be considered as a joke?
Because of something called "context". If I go to a comedy club, and the comedian on-stage tells a joke and then says as the punchline, "And I'm going to blow up the airport!" do you think he would be arrested? Do you think any fucken moron in the audience wouldn't see it as part of a joke. CONTEXT. I don't know the context of this guy's post on Twitter, but I think it might be safe to say that this particular case could have used a little more fucken intelligent analysis...