If infinite money exists, but right now I have $50 and you have $30, egalitarianism says you should get $20 more.
Infinite money does not exist. So if I have $50, and you have $30, I would have to give you $10.
Fortunately, there is not some finite supply of rights and respect. If I respect you, it doesn't cost you any of that respect in order for you to respect me. In fact, when we respect each other, we are adding to the overall supply of respect without taking anything away from anyone.
"So, is GamerGate really about ethics in journalism? Newsweek asked BrandWatch, a social media analytics company, to dig through the more than 2 million tweets about GamerGate since September 1 discover how often Twitter users tweeted at or about the major players in the debate, and whether those tweets were positive, negative or neutral. BrandWatch sampled 25 percent of tweets—what it considers a reflective amount of data—on the hashtag #GamerGate from Sept. 1 to Oct. 23."
September 1 to October 23 is right at the beginning of the GamerGate phenomenon. So no, it wasn't "originally about ethics in video game journalism".
The point I was making is that a hot WWIII seems inevitable now.
It seemed inevitable in the 1960s, too.
So inevitable in fact, that in schools they trained kids for how to react when the bombs started dropping. Yet somehow, it turned out that the monstrous Soviets, who we were told "did not love their children as much as Americans do" turned out to actually be human beings to the great surprise and disappointment of political hawks.
And at the time they also knew no anatomy because they didn't conduct dissections.
The Chinese were studying anatomy when people in England were still painting their faces blue and worshiping the Sun, and for at least 100 years before Galen in Greece.
If electricity is required to make acupuncture work it kind of shoots down the "credibility" provided by "used for thousands of years by the Chinese!"
Electricity can be made lots of ways. Even a lowly potato can make electricity. The way I understand it, an acupuncture needle of the proper metal, along with moxabustion, can give off a very low electrical charge.
According to practitioners, the electric charge that is now commonly applied to the needles is just to make it work faster. Fewer people these days have the time (or patience) to sit like a pincushion for over an hour.
[Note: I'm not endorsing acupuncture. I'm just explaining the theory practitioners use. Also, I'm explaining that despite what you may think, electricity existed and had a profound effect before Thomas Edison.
Does using a steak knife as a screwdriver count? Some asshole walked off with my screwdriver. I thought about hunting down the asshole and using the steak knife on him. My thinking was that if I told the jury he had walked off with my favorite screwdriver, they'd probably let me off with a warning. Maybe a $25 ticket.
I finally just chalked it up to experience and bought a metal detecting wand so I can scan people as they enter and leave my space.
After the fire-fighting aircraft were grounded because of drone activity, the wildfire went from 750 acres to 3500 acres.
Do you really think - are you such a goofball - that you think the people in charge of fighting a wildfire in California are going to call a halt to firefighting activities because they simply had an opposition to private drones?
I hope you never have need of any first responders.
Having grown up near O'Hare airport, taxi's to me are cars, with the word TAXI on it, that drive around waiting to be flagged down or that wait in a queue for the next passenger at the airport.
If they invent a way for me to "call" a taxi using an electronic device with a dial, that's connected by wires to a network using an area code and seven numbers, does that mean it's not a taxi company?
To me Uber seems to be a bunch of junior limo's without the booze or livery license plates.
You can get booze in an Uber taxi if you know where to look.
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When I was 19, my main achievement was building a bong out of a milk jug.
Thomas, you are awesome.
Enjoy your success. I see from your bio that in your "free time" you like to play guitar. I hope you've bought yourself a good one (or six).
And how to box with kangaroos as shown in this documentary:
https://youtu.be/unyTcIx2760
What is this "Facebook"? Is that the thing where people post pictures of what they're having for dinner?
That's because you read Slashdot all day while you're at work.
Fortunately, there is not some finite supply of rights and respect. If I respect you, it doesn't cost you any of that respect in order for you to respect me. In fact, when we respect each other, we are adding to the overall supply of respect without taking anything away from anyone.
Not according to the data.
http://www.newsweek.com/gamerg...
September 1 to October 23 is right at the beginning of the GamerGate phenomenon. So no, it wasn't "originally about ethics in video game journalism".
"And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"
Well, the mugwort (whatever that is) is treated and place in a ball on top of the needle and then burned, heating the needle.
Again, I don't endorse acupuncture. But if you're going to do the pop skeptic routine, you should at least know what you're talking about.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
It seemed inevitable in the 1960s, too.
So inevitable in fact, that in schools they trained kids for how to react when the bombs started dropping. Yet somehow, it turned out that the monstrous Soviets, who we were told "did not love their children as much as Americans do" turned out to actually be human beings to the great surprise and disappointment of political hawks.
The Chinese were studying anatomy when people in England were still painting their faces blue and worshiping the Sun, and for at least 100 years before Galen in Greece.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Pop skeptics are well-known for their practice of mind-reading.
Not everyone is writing with the intent of addressing an audience of people who can read and write, either.
Electricity can be made lots of ways. Even a lowly potato can make electricity. The way I understand it, an acupuncture needle of the proper metal, along with moxabustion, can give off a very low electrical charge.
According to practitioners, the electric charge that is now commonly applied to the needles is just to make it work faster. Fewer people these days have the time (or patience) to sit like a pincushion for over an hour.
[Note: I'm not endorsing acupuncture. I'm just explaining the theory practitioners use. Also, I'm explaining that despite what you may think, electricity existed and had a profound effect before Thomas Edison.
Let's see what the GP is saying,
OK, there are two statements there that we can evaluate.
1) The Chinese did not have electricity. China first got electricity about five years after the US.
2) "nor does anyone claiming to be an acupuncturist use electricity." Every acupuncturist now uses some amount of electroacupuncture
Electricity wasn't really all that widely available until the 20th century.
My comment had nothing to do with whether or not acupuncture "works". It was just pointing out that the GP's comment was incorrect.
It amazes me that so many fans of pop skepticism still are unable to unpack a simple argument.
I ask myself that every time I drive past the Apple Store.
I like people who have strong opinions about things they know nothing about.
http://www.acupuncturetoday.co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
http://www.news-medical.net/ne...
Does using a steak knife as a screwdriver count? Some asshole walked off with my screwdriver. I thought about hunting down the asshole and using the steak knife on him. My thinking was that if I told the jury he had walked off with my favorite screwdriver, they'd probably let me off with a warning. Maybe a $25 ticket.
I finally just chalked it up to experience and bought a metal detecting wand so I can scan people as they enter and leave my space.
So, you think firefighters grounded the firefighting aircraft in order to pass legislation?
Are you really ready to go full Alex Jones and trash guys fighting a wild fire in a populated area? What is your malfunction?
North Fire Drone Truther.
Advertisers will be all over this technology.
Not just planes, but helicopters too.
Were you? Were you really wondering?
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyli...
After the fire-fighting aircraft were grounded because of drone activity, the wildfire went from 750 acres to 3500 acres.
Do you really think - are you such a goofball - that you think the people in charge of fighting a wildfire in California are going to call a halt to firefighting activities because they simply had an opposition to private drones?
I hope you never have need of any first responders.
Get in touch when you turn 55. Let's see how ready to die you are.
If they invent a way for me to "call" a taxi using an electronic device with a dial, that's connected by wires to a network using an area code and seven numbers, does that mean it's not a taxi company?
You can get booze in an Uber taxi if you know where to look.
http://www.al.com/news/tuscalo...
You could order a taxi online before Uber.