That would be near the tops on my list - you've got to consider what would drive them to seek us out and drop in to visit. Could it be there is something they need???
Most likely we would be the intragalactic Stuckey's (Cracker Barrel, if your under 40) and that would so not be cool....
The main problem I see with pornography is that it is highly unrealistic. Most guys do not have 8+ penises with unlimited erections and orgasms. Most women do not require 38DD bras or live for the moment they can pleasure an entire sports team and/or sorority house.
If there is open communication about sexuality with an adult who can explain that porn is very much theater and not necessarily what happens in real life, then I do not see there is a great deal of harm. But if kids have no guidance, pornography could easily lead to insecurities and unrealistic expectations.
All that said, most kids ARE going to be exposed to pornography. Ironic, isn't it, that the very kids who are most "protected" from porn are probably the ones who are not given any detailed information about sex. Then, when the enevitable exposure to porn occurs, they are the ones most likely to be negatively affected....
I understand that we have the intellect to comprehend the consequences of our actions and that makes us culpable for more than your average animal. But I find it curious that one never hears the argument that we are in fact a species on this planet and our actions are natural and the consequences are part of the natural order.
Again, I do not condone charging ahead to flatten forests or eliminate other species but it seems strange one never hears discussion of things in this light....
What it means is that the cavemen would have built a wheel that worked that day, rather than spending fifty years wondering what colour it should be.
Ummm, only the straight ones would be wondering what color it should be - the gay ones would have known immediately, "Black, dahling, BASIC black, maybe with a nice contrasting white stripe".
But then the straight cavemen would get hold of it and add raised white lettering and garish chrome and gold centers.
You: An uncompromised bill of rights. Strong checks and balances between branches. Separation of church and state. More afraid of loss of liberty than of "terrorists". Former communist state a +. Large "national monument" a ++.
Me: Currently in a relationship but fear future domestic abuse. D&D free (except for caffeinne, occasional alcohol and this little spot on my, uh, never mind about that....) Enjoy long walks, not punctuated by homeland security checkpoints, and snuggling, unmonitored, by the fireplace. Your offer of citizenship gets mine.
I have had some success meditating, of the school where one trys to clear the mind of thoughts. Looking at the dot animation, trying to "keep the mind quiet" and not re-resolve the yellow dots feels very similar to trying to get the mind to "not think" (although it is easier with the animation, since there is something to "entertain" the mind [the blue dots]).
The way it was explained to me, the mind is afraid it will cease to exist if it is not involved in constant thought or self-conversation.
Meditation if very powerful. A short 5-10 minute session is worth about a two hour nap, in removing tiredness (but only works once, maybe twice, per day). Several guys in the meditation group I was in commented that there is nowhere the mind can "go" with hallucinogens that cannot be attained with meditation - interesting observation.
One of the most surprising things about meditating is that even in the deepest states, one is still completely aware of everything around them, actually moreso than usual. You can stop to answer the door or whatever with no "hangover" as happens when coming out of sleep.
Meditation is definitly worth exploring, if you have any interest. It does not require attachment to any religious beliefs to practice successfully. I have found that most people who are into it are not offended if you want to learn only mediation, even if they practice it in the context their religion.
Here,Here! I agree and may be just the guy you need.
Last year, I was working at a hospital which was preparing to replace a major system (unfortunately, this story is true). They needed a "war room" where the worker bees could build DB tables, meetings could be held, etc. They finally secured a decent-sized room but it only had one Ethernet jack, one phone jack and a few electric outlets. The lights were full fluorescent, all on or all off.
No one seemed to understand what they would need in the room and it was down to the last few days before people would be working in it 8+ hours per day, holding meetings and so on. I asked what they planned to do, what the budget was, etc.
Long story short, I headed out to Sam's, Fry's and Home Depot armed with a $200 budget. Also supplied were an ancient Cisco 10mbps router, an old HP printer, a few dozen 6-foot Ethernet cables, a conference phone and a digital projector (the only included item from the current century).
OH, and did I mention they needed to relocate this setup to an alternate room sometimes?
There were three tables were people needed to work or meet and use laptops, the conference phone and/or digital projector. I bought three heavy duty extension cords which had an outlet at three points along the cord, a wire-basket type cart, power strips, various connectors, extension cords and miscellaneous items.
I mounted the printer on the top shelf of the cart and the router on the bottom shelf. To connect everything and provide low lighting for meetings, I made three "snakes" out of extension cords, joined Ethernet cables and phone cords plus flexible "rope" light tubes, all elegantly bound together with Velcro straps.
There was a power strip woven in at each outlet on the extension cords and the network cable lengths were staggered to reach the length of the tables. Everything led back to the cart which had lines out to the various outlets, all secured to the cart with zip-ties. The snakes and lines could be coiled up, placed on the cart and taken to another room for deployment, if needed.
The result was pretty hilarious - NOT pretty but very functional. The dimmer switch I put on the light cables added an especially "special" touch. After they saw the thing actually worked, I got another $80 bucks out of them for a pair of cheap 16-port routers that had buffer memory (!) and could run 100mbps - that brought network availability to a tolerable level.
They were still using the thing when I left. SO, anyway, for probably around $20K (inflation) plus travel, I could do similar custom setup for you - just drop me a line =]
Tom's hit maximum suckage in my book when they posted a review on hard drives and descibed disk space as "memory" three times in the first paragraph. Have not paid any attention to them since.
Chances are good that those skeptical, scientific people you mentioned would laugh at you for believing in an afterlife.
The safe bet is to claim you believe in an afterlife, whether you do or not. If you are wrong, there will be no negative consequences; if you are right, you can make fun of all the non-believers for eternity....
Now if the "its whatever you believe it is" crowd is right, all bets are off =O
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Played many games of Tunnels of Doom. Practiced BASIC programming. Dinked with the speech synthesizer.
And no amount of sauce will fix that.
That would be near the tops on my list - you've got to consider what would drive them to seek us out and drop in to visit. Could it be there is something they need???
Most likely we would be the intragalactic Stuckey's (Cracker Barrel, if your under 40) and that would so not be cool....
The scene with the cyber-sheep is really, ummmm, unique!
Favorite quotes:
"I have an outlet you can plug into."
"Dude, you made my floppy a hard drive!"
"I wish I knew how to :q! you, man...."
Earth: No, must have been Sirius....
"this site is not an officially supported site. it is an incubation experiment and doesn't represent any particular strategy or policy"
If there is open communication about sexuality with an adult who can explain that porn is very much theater and not necessarily what happens in real life, then I do not see there is a great deal of harm. But if kids have no guidance, pornography could easily lead to insecurities and unrealistic expectations.
All that said, most kids ARE going to be exposed to pornography. Ironic, isn't it, that the very kids who are most "protected" from porn are probably the ones who are not given any detailed information about sex. Then, when the enevitable exposure to porn occurs, they are the ones most likely to be negatively affected....
Again, I do not condone charging ahead to flatten forests or eliminate other species but it seems strange one never hears discussion of things in this light....
Shades of gray cannot be quantified and represented in binary???
Just think of the next batch of graphics cards that take into account that digital technology cannot deal with shades of gray or curves:
Coming this Fall, the latest in DIGITAL graphics technology - 4x4 pixel displays with *single* bit color! Highest frame rates in history!!!
And this just in: all celestial bodies move across our sky, so Earth MUST be the stationary center of the universe! Yikes!
Ummm, only the straight ones would be wondering what color it should be - the gay ones would have known immediately, "Black, dahling, BASIC black, maybe with a nice contrasting white stripe".
But then the straight cavemen would get hold of it and add raised white lettering and garish chrome and gold centers.
And so it goes....
Yes, but the law itself precludes anyone from learning from it....
You:
An uncompromised bill of rights.
Strong checks and balances between branches.
Separation of church and state.
More afraid of loss of liberty than of "terrorists".
Former communist state a +.
Large "national monument" a ++.
Me:
Currently in a relationship but fear future domestic abuse.
D&D free (except for caffeinne, occasional alcohol and this little spot on my, uh, never mind about that....)
Enjoy long walks, not punctuated by homeland security checkpoints, and snuggling, unmonitored, by the fireplace.
Your offer of citizenship gets mine.
--still looking for a wife...
Just wait until you get a wife....
The way it was explained to me, the mind is afraid it will cease to exist if it is not involved in constant thought or self-conversation.
Meditation if very powerful. A short 5-10 minute session is worth about a two hour nap, in removing tiredness (but only works once, maybe twice, per day). Several guys in the meditation group I was in commented that there is nowhere the mind can "go" with hallucinogens that cannot be attained with meditation - interesting observation.
One of the most surprising things about meditating is that even in the deepest states, one is still completely aware of everything around them, actually moreso than usual. You can stop to answer the door or whatever with no "hangover" as happens when coming out of sleep.
Meditation is definitly worth exploring, if you have any interest. It does not require attachment to any religious beliefs to practice successfully. I have found that most people who are into it are not offended if you want to learn only mediation, even if they practice it in the context their religion.
So that explains the big hole in my backyard with the Asian dudes in lab coats peeking out of it....
"Dr. Grant, the velociraptors just fed! What could possibly be the reason they continue chasing us?"
[Grant looks into camera with one eyebrow raised as music starts - 'chick-a-chick-a-bow-wow']....
You can spot the affected systems right away - the screens are frozen and display the cryptic message: "All your base belong to us!"
Last year, I was working at a hospital which was preparing to replace a major system (unfortunately, this story is true). They needed a "war room" where the worker bees could build DB tables, meetings could be held, etc. They finally secured a decent-sized room but it only had one Ethernet jack, one phone jack and a few electric outlets. The lights were full fluorescent, all on or all off.
No one seemed to understand what they would need in the room and it was down to the last few days before people would be working in it 8+ hours per day, holding meetings and so on. I asked what they planned to do, what the budget was, etc.
Long story short, I headed out to Sam's, Fry's and Home Depot armed with a $200 budget. Also supplied were an ancient Cisco 10mbps router, an old HP printer, a few dozen 6-foot Ethernet cables, a conference phone and a digital projector (the only included item from the current century).
OH, and did I mention they needed to relocate this setup to an alternate room sometimes?
There were three tables were people needed to work or meet and use laptops, the conference phone and/or digital projector. I bought three heavy duty extension cords which had an outlet at three points along the cord, a wire-basket type cart, power strips, various connectors, extension cords and miscellaneous items.
I mounted the printer on the top shelf of the cart and the router on the bottom shelf. To connect everything and provide low lighting for meetings, I made three "snakes" out of extension cords, joined Ethernet cables and phone cords plus flexible "rope" light tubes, all elegantly bound together with Velcro straps.
There was a power strip woven in at each outlet on the extension cords and the network cable lengths were staggered to reach the length of the tables. Everything led back to the cart which had lines out to the various outlets, all secured to the cart with zip-ties. The snakes and lines could be coiled up, placed on the cart and taken to another room for deployment, if needed.
The result was pretty hilarious - NOT pretty but very functional. The dimmer switch I put on the light cables added an especially "special" touch. After they saw the thing actually worked, I got another $80 bucks out of them for a pair of cheap 16-port routers that had buffer memory (!) and could run 100mbps - that brought network availability to a tolerable level.
They were still using the thing when I left. SO, anyway, for probably around $20K (inflation) plus travel, I could do similar custom setup for you - just drop me a line =]
Cold fusion? Perpetual motion generators?
Wait! I've got it - if we can find a way to harness just one electron from each penis enlargement spam, we could power the world forever!!!
OR, maybe those are all just put there because they appear sarcastic in that context =]
QUICK, to the hospital for a brain scan!
Penises beat the others by a mile (give or take a few inches).
Tom's hit maximum suckage in my book when they posted a review on hard drives and descibed disk space as "memory" three times in the first paragraph. Have not paid any attention to them since.
Aren't those mutually exclusive?
The safe bet is to claim you believe in an afterlife, whether you do or not. If you are wrong, there will be no negative consequences; if you are right, you can make fun of all the non-believers for eternity....
Now if the "its whatever you believe it is" crowd is right, all bets are off =O
OK, I'm sold! Where can I buy a solid diamond heatsink?
...flung into space in a botched experiment designed by his newly contracted consultant/assistant, W.E. Coyote of Looney,Tuney,Roades&Runner, LLP.
On an upnote, Dr. Forward will have fulfilled a lifelong goal of visiting all 9 planets as he rockets past Pluto in October of 2013.
(hope this guy had a sense of humor =)