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by sandworm 12y ago
Those definitions remind me of when I was caught in the school library after hours and out of uniform. The teacher who "caught" me freaked out on seeing cuts all over my legs. I had just been mountaineering the day before, which
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by sandworm 12y ago
The OP's mistake is to characterize all "moral facts" as simple binary answers. Cheating = bad. Killing = wrong. Those are too simple. That they are labeled opinion does not imply that there aren't any not-simple mor
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by sandworm 12y ago
"Well, my God, this is the second incest case I've seen in [then] 23 years of practice" I don't believe this. Either the doc has deliberately kept his eyes shut or hasn't spent much time talking to patients. Inces
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by sandworm 12y ago
It depends on the landscaping and foliage. Basically, a healthy forest-type landscape will retain a good amount of the water. A grass field monoculture, a golf course, will evaporate it all into the air and, depending on how you irrigate,
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by sandworm 12y ago
There may be some good here. My vpn is often blocked at airports and the like. I doubt the would dare block a google server.
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by sandworm 12y ago
I made no claim that it was a huge contributor. I use it as an example of needless waste. Only once we are willing to deal with the truly frivolous uses of water (golf, fountains etc) can we hope to deal with more utilitarian uses. And I
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by sandworm 12y ago
I blame golf. Really. I learned to play on an OIL course. They mixed oil and sand to create a fairway and we carried around a piece of astroturf to place under the ball (see http://www.panoramio.com/photo/22230833 ).
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by sandworm 12y ago
That is to assume that those customers care about economic benefit. Frankly, if cost were their only concern, the US military would have abandoned ULA and gone with SpaceX long ago. I'm reminded of the first calls (90s->2002, not t
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by sandworm 12y ago
I have trouble trusting business statements from companies in the space industry. They play in a world of secrets, classified technologies and continuous background checks. At every launch, over in the corner, sits a uniformed member of t
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by sandworm 12y ago
https://freakattack.com/clienttest.html I just tested my devices. Linux machines running firefox all passed. On the other hand my Android phone did not, lots of RSA_EXPORT ciphers accepted. But as with nearly every securi
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by sandworm 12y ago
That's my point. Earning a wage 5 or 6 times higher than average is still considered by the OP to be middle class. Something is wrong when the "middle" also includes professionals who earn far higher than average. Western
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by sandworm 12y ago
"At the same time our doctors, teachers, university professors, architects, lawyers, solicitors and probation officers are rendered impotent. " What does it say about a society where lawyers, doctors and professors are considered
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by sandworm 12y ago
Having a similar mindset or outlook doesn't mean that people will get along. Getting along is about conflict resolution and tolerance of other people. The best teams are those with various personalities. Look at the space program. A
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by sandworm 12y ago
I cannot stand the whole "culture fit" gambit. It's a job, not a country club. The idea that some people will "fit in" and others won't and that this can be determined during an interview is naive at best. Wh
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by sandworm 12y ago
The threat to the car companies is that all-electric cars could dramatically decrease demand. They hope the complexity of fuel cells will keep demand going a few more decades. An all-electric car could have as few as a hundred moving parts
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by sandworm 12y ago
San Francisco has a soul? It's a port city. Like New York, Vancouver or any other city connected to the outside world San Francisco gets waves of different immigrants with each generation. Today's wealth is just another gold rus
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by sandworm 12y ago
You can always spot these vets at airports. They are the ones who aren't rushing to the gate for pre-boarding. I knew one at school (2006) who really hated being thanked because he really didn't feel he was doing anything for his
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by sandworm 12y ago
There is no "comprehensive" database in the US. With 50+ jurisdictions and a nightmarish insurance system I am not surprised. But if you google "metastatic breast cancer database UK" you find this: "The Recurrent
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by sandworm 12y ago
There are some slight errors in the animation. Details, but those are important when talking about classics. Better animation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6SmlOEzNBs Watch the barrel. In the OP the entire barrel floa
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by sandworm 12y ago
"The law code also extended into the daily life of the ordinary citizen. Builders were held responsible for the buildings they constructed. If a house collapsed and caused the death of its owner, the builder was put to death. Goods des
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by sandworm 12y ago
Take a look at Blacks. Legal dictionaries are not moral works. The language of a legal system does not dictate how that system is used. It doesn't define what is legal or not, or set punishments. All it does is provide a framework,
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by sandworm 12y ago
Hammurabi is cited by lawyers because it demonstrates some advanced legal principals that are still with us, specifically the separation of civil and criminal law. There other, older, legal traditions but they rarely are relevant to modern
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by sandworm 12y ago
> "...there are opportunities for the private sector and the federal government to coordinate and to cooperate on these efforts, both to keep the country safe, but also to protect our civil liberties." Sure. Corporations often
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by sandworm 12y ago
"Civilization" implies something more than basic survival. No doubt this will be downvoted, but I would go with some basic legal texts. The law has been part of civilization from the beginning (Hammurabi). Something like Blacks
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by sandworm 12y ago
>US Army Survival I got one for christmas. Whatever that books says, sharks CANNOT be scared away by splashing. The version I got was probably a little dated.
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by sandworm 12y ago
Old data. I don't want to start a climate change debate, but since the rain of 90s Vancouver is very different. Extremely dry summers are now the norm. http://globalnews.ca/news/754673/july-2013-the-all-time
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by sandworm 12y ago
Are all serial numbers stamped? I would imagine that some might be cut in. Laser? I presume that such numbers wouldn't create the changes needed for this technique.
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by sandworm 12y ago
First sale doesn't apply because you are purchasing a "license" not a "copy". Licenses are essentially contracts through which parties can create all sorts of restrictions that wouldn't apply to copies. Top o
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by sandworm 12y ago
And how's the weather where you are? I took my dog to the dog beach this morning. Sunny and 12* ABOVE. We had one day of snow this year. And the "wet coast" is really a myth. Seattle gets rain, but Vancouver is tucked beh
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by sandworm 12y ago
Or maybe as China slows more Chinese people will flee China, pushing yet more money into the can/au housing markets. The Chinese people I talk to in my neighbourhood all talk of Canada and Australia as more "stable" than the

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