Please, this is being created by the military. The automated driving system will be broken more ofter than not. While I can imagine techology progressing to where a people-less war could be fought, I can't see a military pulling it off. Too much will break. "American parts, Russian parts. All made in Taiwan!"
Which makes a mind-blowing amount of sense!! If you can see a good distance and no one is coming, why stop? Goodness no, that would be a common sense alternative to blind obedience of the law. That would cause the sky to fall!
Bah, I disagree. I think the best definition of art I've ever heard is "It is art because you say it is art. All that is left is to determine why it is art."
I have a problem with the article you sited. Four paragraphs long and no background. Why was there a police officer in riot gear? Who was doing the asking? Why would an officer randomly tell a passer-by that he was trying to be intimidating? This reads like FUD to me. It sounds like the unnamed "reporter" was harassing a police officer. It also sounds like the officer was kind of an idiot. Sometimes people can be stupid. It isn't always malevolence.
I'm Catholic and went to Catholic school for 12 years. What the GP said is correct (as far as Catholism goes), Mary was chosen from conception to be the mother of God. Therefore she was made sinless. Yes, she was offered a choice, but God had stacked the cards in His favor.
Forgive me Attila, for throwing stones, but I notice Protestants that speak like you, actually don't have a very firm grasp on any religion besides their own and the distortions that that religion attributes to other faiths. I don't mean to attack you, but every time I hear "I've made an informal study of other religions..." I brace for another accusation about my worship of statues. 0.o
Please, this whining about bottled water is childish. Fine, you don't think paying for purified water is a good idea. Good for you. Mind your shoulder, you don't want to sprain it while patting yourself on the back. Some of us have good reason to worry about the water we drink though, so keep it to yourself.
I laughed so hard at your comment, because when I RTFA I was disappointed. No chip for me.:( Now you have given me new hope. I don't reeeally need 2 hands right?
(I'm in the military, I have a bias, but...) We were and still "fit" to fight a war. The problem is that we aren't fighting a war, we are subjugating a conquered territory. Unfortunately, most of us Americans haven't read our evil overlord handbooks or aren't willing to admit that we are the overlords. Stuff we need to be doing has not been done. How do you get an indigenous population to go along with their own conquering?
Actually, I can't buy this line of reasoning. There are legitimate sources of information on a company that you are supposed to look at. Someone who buys/sells on some yahoo's advice deserves the loss.
The animals need to be dead before we can eat them. (Trust me, it is waaaaaay impractical to eat them while they're alive. They squirm too much!) How do you suggest we do that? In correctly run facilities, because of animal rights organizations, the animals are executed quickly and painlessly. What more can we do?
So, ummm... you didn't read the article or any of the background material. Nice. The two I know are: the jet stream - they plan to build toward the equator, out of reach of all three jets and the lightening - the ground station isn't going to be on the ground, the plan is to create a sea-going station, plus in some areas thunderstorms are nearly non-existent. I know that that wasn't a complete answer on the lightening, but I'm just going on what I remember.
We are superior because, if we froze all external environmental pressures (a big if, I know), in a hundred years from now, the human race would be completely different. Could we say the same about any other animal in the same example, without human intervention?
I have some very bad news for you. You have eaten soy bean. It is the main ingredient in most vegetable oils and is the feed of choice for most livestock. You directly benefit from soy bean research. The fish also present a problem. Have you gone to a seafood restaurant lately? I cannot speak to the specifics, but I'm betting the food you ate didn't come from Texas. I disclaim the notion though, because I have no earthly idea. You'd have to do actual research. You can do it!!
There is a difference between "keeping heritage" and assimilating. Heritage gives us awesomeness like quesadillas and Chinese take-out. Assimilation means I can order them over the phone. When someone talks about making English the official language, it is to allow communication. Everyone brings something to the table, but we need a common table. How are ideas spread? Communication.
I never got how the refusal to learn a second language is related to culture. There has never been a proposal for a language police to arrest you for speaking another language. All it is is a formal statement saying that if you want a say, you need to say it in English.
If I move to France, do I refuse to learn French? (Well, being American, the answer is yes, but I'm talking about a perfect world and doing the right thing.) Picture me living there, having a croissant in a nice cafe, which proceeds to explode. I die because I don't know the French word for "Bomb!" or "Oh, shit!!" Having a common language is important as a survival skill, not a quaint cultural artifact. If I write this post in Swahili, does it change the idea behind it? The only thing that changes is the audience that can understand it.
Have you done any research on these programs at all? I'm guessing not. Your second example is the soybean tech research. Did you know that soybean is one of the three main agricultural exports of the U.S.? How about the conservation of the Great Lakes, which supports a $4 billion dollar fishing industry (to say nothing of the massive amounts of cargo floated through)? Why is this a waste of money? You seemed to have singled out programs that look like they're related to environmental or charitable causes, without even verifying if they are indeed related to these ideologies.
What exactly would you establish? Any set of criteria is "bad." There is no objective way to quantify good or bad qualities. Also, if you tried to introduce this, people wouldn't object because God/Goddess/Gods said so. They would object to this because they aren't sheep. Deep down, everyone is convinced of their right to live and breed. (except suicides, but they take care of themselves(yes, this aside is callous and uncalled for)) Anyone who would put this into law, even if the proper science had been done, would be thinking that it doesn't apply to them. IMO, that is a recipe for disaster.
Out of the choices, I would go with paranoid. You might have been a trustworthy person, but I'm sure that most universities have come across some bad apples. 'Once bitten, twice shy' does not even begin to cover the reaction a bureaucracy can have.
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You're an idiot and in violation of Goodwin's law. When people "deny" something is happening, what could we possibly call them? "Nothappeningers?"
Please, this is being created by the military. The automated driving system will be broken more ofter than not. While I can imagine techology progressing to where a people-less war could be fought, I can't see a military pulling it off. Too much will break. "American parts, Russian parts. All made in Taiwan!"
Which makes a mind-blowing amount of sense!! If you can see a good distance and no one is coming, why stop? Goodness no, that would be a common sense alternative to blind obedience of the law. That would cause the sky to fall!
Bah, I disagree. I think the best definition of art I've ever heard is "It is art because you say it is art. All that is left is to determine why it is art."
I have a problem with the article you sited. Four paragraphs long and no background. Why was there a police officer in riot gear? Who was doing the asking? Why would an officer randomly tell a passer-by that he was trying to be intimidating? This reads like FUD to me. It sounds like the unnamed "reporter" was harassing a police officer. It also sounds like the officer was kind of an idiot. Sometimes people can be stupid. It isn't always malevolence.
Forgive me Attila, for throwing stones, but I notice Protestants that speak like you, actually don't have a very firm grasp on any religion besides their own and the distortions that that religion attributes to other faiths. I don't mean to attack you, but every time I hear "I've made an informal study of other religions..." I brace for another accusation about my worship of statues. 0.o
Please, this whining about bottled water is childish. Fine, you don't think paying for purified water is a good idea. Good for you. Mind your shoulder, you don't want to sprain it while patting yourself on the back. Some of us have good reason to worry about the water we drink though, so keep it to yourself.
I laughed so hard at your comment, because when I RTFA I was disappointed. No chip for me. :( Now you have given me new hope. I don't reeeally need 2 hands right?
(I'm in the military, I have a bias, but...) We were and still "fit" to fight a war. The problem is that we aren't fighting a war, we are subjugating a conquered territory. Unfortunately, most of us Americans haven't read our evil overlord handbooks or aren't willing to admit that we are the overlords. Stuff we need to be doing has not been done. How do you get an indigenous population to go along with their own conquering?
Wait... wait... are you saying that properly implemented copyrights are stifling the innovation libraries are supposed to foster?? It can't be true!
Bring it on! I'm all for more 7 of 9s walking around.
:( I'm so sorry you were lied too. Maybe you can sue the school?
The pet rock, along with the pog, is a paragon of business. A guy sold rocks to millions of people and told them they were buying a pet!!
Sounds like a platform. :) I'll vote for you at the polls. Do you want pres or congress?
Actually, I can't buy this line of reasoning. There are legitimate sources of information on a company that you are supposed to look at. Someone who buys/sells on some yahoo's advice deserves the loss.
The animals need to be dead before we can eat them. (Trust me, it is waaaaaay impractical to eat them while they're alive. They squirm too much!) How do you suggest we do that? In correctly run facilities, because of animal rights organizations, the animals are executed quickly and painlessly. What more can we do?
I admit ignorance and apologize for being rude.
So, ummm... you didn't read the article or any of the background material. Nice. The two I know are: the jet stream - they plan to build toward the equator, out of reach of all three jets and the lightening - the ground station isn't going to be on the ground, the plan is to create a sea-going station, plus in some areas thunderstorms are nearly non-existent. I know that that wasn't a complete answer on the lightening, but I'm just going on what I remember.
We are superior because, if we froze all external environmental pressures (a big if, I know), in a hundred years from now, the human race would be completely different. Could we say the same about any other animal in the same example, without human intervention?
You might be a Manchurian Candidate!! It's for your own protection.
I have some very bad news for you. You have eaten soy bean. It is the main ingredient in most vegetable oils and is the feed of choice for most livestock. You directly benefit from soy bean research. The fish also present a problem. Have you gone to a seafood restaurant lately? I cannot speak to the specifics, but I'm betting the food you ate didn't come from Texas. I disclaim the notion though, because I have no earthly idea. You'd have to do actual research. You can do it!!
I never got how the refusal to learn a second language is related to culture. There has never been a proposal for a language police to arrest you for speaking another language. All it is is a formal statement saying that if you want a say, you need to say it in English.
If I move to France, do I refuse to learn French? (Well, being American, the answer is yes, but I'm talking about a perfect world and doing the right thing.) Picture me living there, having a croissant in a nice cafe, which proceeds to explode. I die because I don't know the French word for "Bomb!" or "Oh, shit!!" Having a common language is important as a survival skill, not a quaint cultural artifact. If I write this post in Swahili, does it change the idea behind it? The only thing that changes is the audience that can understand it.
Have you done any research on these programs at all? I'm guessing not. Your second example is the soybean tech research. Did you know that soybean is one of the three main agricultural exports of the U.S.? How about the conservation of the Great Lakes, which supports a $4 billion dollar fishing industry (to say nothing of the massive amounts of cargo floated through)? Why is this a waste of money? You seemed to have singled out programs that look like they're related to environmental or charitable causes, without even verifying if they are indeed related to these ideologies.
What exactly would you establish? Any set of criteria is "bad." There is no objective way to quantify good or bad qualities. Also, if you tried to introduce this, people wouldn't object because God/Goddess/Gods said so. They would object to this because they aren't sheep. Deep down, everyone is convinced of their right to live and breed. (except suicides, but they take care of themselves(yes, this aside is callous and uncalled for)) Anyone who would put this into law, even if the proper science had been done, would be thinking that it doesn't apply to them. IMO, that is a recipe for disaster.
Out of the choices, I would go with paranoid. You might have been a trustworthy person, but I'm sure that most universities have come across some bad apples. 'Once bitten, twice shy' does not even begin to cover the reaction a bureaucracy can have.