"I've never understood why people would follow cultural norms without having logic to back them up:S"
Maybe true but that's not how it works irl. Gay incest between 13year old boys should be completely acceptable from any kind of logical point of view. I imagine that a large portion of people even just reading the words will shudder a bit, and this is/.... a lot more logical than the average southern state.
Anyways, not wanting to be seen naked is sort of logical... or should I say having laws for it is. It is the same idea as harassment laws... 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me' is of course true, but laws exist for that. It isn't a good idea for a government to offend or emotionally hurt vast swaths of people.
As well this is taking away an expectation of privacy. When a government takes away a right no matter how pointless it may be it has to have a pretty good reason and a super majority backing it (ethically it should, I dunno about legally). Governments are there to give people more freedom not less (No matter what the anti-government types say, you have more freedom now than you would in an anarchy).
"And Google's relationship to Android gets ever murkier as it sinks its commercial hooks deeper into the platform"
Huh? They own it and made the vast vast majority of it, feel free to fork, that's what OSS is.... dunno how they could possibly be 'sinking its hooks' into the platform when it is their baby from the start... Be happy they have released source...
erm you are talking about something 1470x faster so the comparison is a bit unfair.
Studies show that everyone can see way above 60fps. Sample rates above 44.1kHz can only slightly change spatial awareness in highly trained ears, on good equipment, in a sound proofed room, sometimes.
A child's brain isn't fully developed and can't be properly compared as you have. And visual stimulus can effect your emotion centers and cause automatic reactions without even reaching your consciousness. An example of this is surprise, it sets fear into motion before your forebrain determines that you aren't in danger.
And for the final comment. I'm sure your subconscious knows it is a cat... The eyes send a message to the occipital lobe (visual processing), which sends it to the right temporal lobe (image recognition), at which point it goes to the amygdala/hypothalamus (emotion center) which triggers the 'oh fuck I'm going to get hit in the face with a cat' response.
Disclaimer: I'm learning neurology out of curiosity, nearly everything I've said could be wrong.
The news that would come out "terrorist attack averted", attackers friends say "he always seemed like such a nice guy, I never saw it coming", mother shocked but glad that the police stopped him in time.
Yep, and outside of tokyo they are often cheaper than the capsule hotels. Those are more like... bathroom sized.
Internet cafes are great as GP said... they usually have bedding and showers but they usually charge by the hour which can get steep if you sleep a long time.
Last option is homestays or ryokan. Homestays are something like living in a room in some people's house. Which for the cultural thing is great, they are very nice generally and they'll personally help you out with whatever they can so... it's like renting family friends or something. I'd say the closest thing it is to is staying with distant cousins. Ryokan are like... bed and breakfast, the most pricey of this list but you can get amazing traditional places, 500yr old places aren't unheard of. Great for the historical thing.
Nah, when the republicans came into power congress they cut funding for the deal completely. The US then didn't hold up their end of the bargain over and over with huge delays. At which point the Koreans said fuck it. George Bush was officially opposed to the deal which killed it officially though it was dead by the time republicans took congress. Bush then added North Korea to the 'axis of evil'...
Luckily 6 party talks so far have seemed at least partially successful in normalizing the situation and removing nuclear weapons.
I think the best would be to take someone's photos that they have uploaded already... And photoshop them. Nothing OBVIOUS... subtle... make them a bit fatter... little more greasy and maybe slightly unsymmetrical. Over the course a few months you could crush a sufficiently vain person.
Because you think that that may be true (with no way to prove it) is it worth giving them more reasons? That's like slapping someone at school because he already doesn't like you, why not?
The US has repeatedly fucked north Korea... as recently as the bush administration. Not war sure but definitely political siege. I don't care if you think they deserve it or not it is the truth and it is a reason for Koreans to not be fond of you.
And... 500 years ago? Er.. when the Japanese invaded?.... pretty sure that has nothing to do with Korea.
If you mean the arabs... I've no idea wtf you think North America could have possibly done to them 500 years ago. That was like the Ottoman empire for them... So you are saying they really still hate Turkey? Or do you mean the mamluks.. also Turkish. Ah the crusades!... which was the roman catholic Italians/western Europeans, which I'm sure they don't give a shit about anymore... being 700~years ago. Fairly certain you need to go back to the history books before you embarrass yourself further.
Yes, we'll all just bike to different countries instead... I'm sure the airlines might care but they are used to failing anyways. And the government is more than happy for no one to leave the country with their money.
I always thought bombing planes was a prestige thing. Like... hitting the pentagon or some such. Doing it purely because it is a little difficult.
If they wanted to do damage hit a few double-decker tour buses. The cost to the tourism industry would far outweigh w/e planes cost. Doubled up with the shit you have to go through to get to the US anyways less and less people would bother. Plus there are as many people in a mid sized plane as there are in a bus... (50~60people).
I suppose it makes less of an anti-america statement though.... perhaps blow up the liberty bell? That has like 1 guard and you can get within a few feet of it... hell, you could probably ram it with a car no problem.
Man, terrorists are dumb. Maybe it's just the problem solver in me, but I'm sure I could do a way better job. Same with school shooters.... I mean if you were going for a record or something, shooting yourself in the head halfway through isn't the best plan... I wonder if this type of thinking comes with some label I could get put in a small white room for...
Sure we burned the White House down in 1814 but we also burned down our parliament in 1849 so I'm not sure that we really kicked America's ass or if we are just a walking safety hazard.:P
What a troll. Hinting that the economy is bad because Obama isn't white. I'm sure something as complex as the global/national economy can be boiled down to skin tone of one dude/rolls eyes/.
Next saying that he's lazy because he's taking a vacation... "The family have been in Hawaii since Christmas. They are set to return to Washington in the new year.". George Bush... a white guy; spent more than 1/3rd of his presidency on vacation. And that's during sensitive times of war on multiple fronts, terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
US violates agreements with Canada when it suits them. So long as it isn't politically sensitive amongst Americans. Softwood lumber, cattle.
And they have an even longer history of pushing Canada to do what it wants. Re. pretty much all current Canadian border stupidity, requested by the US gov. Pot/drug laws. Cattle practices which led to mad cow in the first place ~_~.
Note, I'm not fully blaming the US, Canadian gov needs to stand up to the US more. ATM we have a conservative minority government. And they might as well be the we love America party, and want to be their subservient bitches.
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"I've never understood why people would follow cultural norms without having logic to back them up :S"
/. ... a lot more logical than the average southern state.
Maybe true but that's not how it works irl. Gay incest between 13year old boys should be completely acceptable from any kind of logical point of view. I imagine that a large portion of people even just reading the words will shudder a bit, and this is
Anyways, not wanting to be seen naked is sort of logical... or should I say having laws for it is. It is the same idea as harassment laws... 'sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me' is of course true, but laws exist for that. It isn't a good idea for a government to offend or emotionally hurt vast swaths of people.
As well this is taking away an expectation of privacy. When a government takes away a right no matter how pointless it may be it has to have a pretty good reason and a super majority backing it (ethically it should, I dunno about legally). Governments are there to give people more freedom not less (No matter what the anti-government types say, you have more freedom now than you would in an anarchy).
"And Google's relationship to Android gets ever murkier as it sinks its commercial hooks deeper into the platform"
Huh? They own it and made the vast vast majority of it, feel free to fork, that's what OSS is.... dunno how they could possibly be 'sinking its hooks' into the platform when it is their baby from the start... Be happy they have released source...
"They retconned that. Now you're just supposed to give money if you don't want your neighbors to think you are cheap."
There~
I thought it was so Kings could sleep around but my history is a bit rusty...
erm you are talking about something 1470x faster so the comparison is a bit unfair.
Studies show that everyone can see way above 60fps. Sample rates above 44.1kHz can only slightly change spatial awareness in highly trained ears, on good equipment, in a sound proofed room, sometimes.
A child's brain isn't fully developed and can't be properly compared as you have. And visual stimulus can effect your emotion centers and cause automatic reactions without even reaching your consciousness. An example of this is surprise, it sets fear into motion before your forebrain determines that you aren't in danger.
And for the final comment. I'm sure your subconscious knows it is a cat... The eyes send a message to the occipital lobe (visual processing), which sends it to the right temporal lobe (image recognition), at which point it goes to the amygdala/hypothalamus (emotion center) which triggers the 'oh fuck I'm going to get hit in the face with a cat' response.
Disclaimer: I'm learning neurology out of curiosity, nearly everything I've said could be wrong.
To be fair he meant brawl not melee.
Yeah but it'd be really embarrassing in the afterlife...
If you landed in Dublin? They'd assume you were from the north... and ask if you were protestant.
The news that would come out "terrorist attack averted", attackers friends say "he always seemed like such a nice guy, I never saw it coming", mother shocked but glad that the police stopped him in time.
Yet shockingly food isn't free.... I suppose you could not eat until you get hospitalized.... but they'll prolly charge you for that.
Yep, and outside of tokyo they are often cheaper than the capsule hotels. Those are more like ... bathroom sized.
... bed and breakfast, the most pricey of this list but you can get amazing traditional places, 500yr old places aren't unheard of. Great for the historical thing.
Internet cafes are great as GP said... they usually have bedding and showers but they usually charge by the hour which can get steep if you sleep a long time.
Last option is homestays or ryokan. Homestays are something like living in a room in some people's house. Which for the cultural thing is great, they are very nice generally and they'll personally help you out with whatever they can so... it's like renting family friends or something. I'd say the closest thing it is to is staying with distant cousins. Ryokan are like
Nah, when the republicans came into power congress they cut funding for the deal completely. The US then didn't hold up their end of the bargain over and over with huge delays. At which point the Koreans said fuck it. George Bush was officially opposed to the deal which killed it officially though it was dead by the time republicans took congress. Bush then added North Korea to the 'axis of evil'...
Luckily 6 party talks so far have seemed at least partially successful in normalizing the situation and removing nuclear weapons.
I think the best would be to take someone's photos that they have uploaded already... And photoshop them. Nothing OBVIOUS... subtle... make them a bit fatter... little more greasy and maybe slightly unsymmetrical. Over the course a few months you could crush a sufficiently vain person.
Because you think that that may be true (with no way to prove it) is it worth giving them more reasons? That's like slapping someone at school because he already doesn't like you, why not?
.... pretty sure that has nothing to do with Korea.
The US has repeatedly fucked north Korea... as recently as the bush administration. Not war sure but definitely political siege. I don't care if you think they deserve it or not it is the truth and it is a reason for Koreans to not be fond of you.
And... 500 years ago? Er.. when the Japanese invaded?
If you mean the arabs... I've no idea wtf you think North America could have possibly done to them 500 years ago. That was like the Ottoman empire for them... So you are saying they really still hate Turkey? Or do you mean the mamluks.. also Turkish. Ah the crusades!... which was the roman catholic Italians/western Europeans, which I'm sure they don't give a shit about anymore... being 700~years ago. Fairly certain you need to go back to the history books before you embarrass yourself further.
Yes, we'll all just bike to different countries instead... I'm sure the airlines might care but they are used to failing anyways. And the government is more than happy for no one to leave the country with their money.
I always thought bombing planes was a prestige thing. Like... hitting the pentagon or some such. Doing it purely because it is a little difficult.
If they wanted to do damage hit a few double-decker tour buses. The cost to the tourism industry would far outweigh w/e planes cost. Doubled up with the shit you have to go through to get to the US anyways less and less people would bother. Plus there are as many people in a mid sized plane as there are in a bus... (50~60people).
I suppose it makes less of an anti-america statement though.... perhaps blow up the liberty bell? That has like 1 guard and you can get within a few feet of it... hell, you could probably ram it with a car no problem.
Man, terrorists are dumb. Maybe it's just the problem solver in me, but I'm sure I could do a way better job. Same with school shooters.... I mean if you were going for a record or something, shooting yourself in the head halfway through isn't the best plan... I wonder if this type of thinking comes with some label I could get put in a small white room for...
Yeah that would be a problem in 300~500years if we can't find any new ways to produce energy...
being conservative of our resources is nice and all but do SOME research.
Sure we burned the White House down in 1814 but we also burned down our parliament in 1849 so I'm not sure that we really kicked America's ass or if we are just a walking safety hazard. :P
BTW if the US ever burns down our 'white house' in future I imagine it'd be an unfair comparison...
Whitehouse - http://www.visitingdc.com/images/white-house-address.jpg
24 sussex drive (Canadian's 'white house') - http://www.homesecurity.org/images/24-Sussex-Drive.JPG
What a troll. Hinting that the economy is bad because Obama isn't white. I'm sure something as complex as the global/national economy can be boiled down to skin tone of one dude /rolls eyes/.
Next saying that he's lazy because he's taking a vacation... "The family have been in Hawaii since Christmas. They are set to return to Washington in the new year.". George Bush... a white guy; spent more than 1/3rd of his presidency on vacation. And that's during sensitive times of war on multiple fronts, terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
US violates agreements with Canada when it suits them. So long as it isn't politically sensitive amongst Americans. Softwood lumber, cattle.
And they have an even longer history of pushing Canada to do what it wants. Re. pretty much all current Canadian border stupidity, requested by the US gov. Pot/drug laws. Cattle practices which led to mad cow in the first place ~_~.
Note, I'm not fully blaming the US, Canadian gov needs to stand up to the US more. ATM we have a conservative minority government. And they might as well be the we love America party, and want to be their subservient bitches.
Another one is likely Alaska, lots of flights go through the arctic circle when going Canada->Asia.
No but I imagine with how it went, he isn't feeling inside empty either.
sarcasm?
For a fan made movie it looks pretty good. I mean, it is better done that dragon ball evolution movie. Which somehow was actually studio produced...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHLpTc6Lfhw