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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #440 on: November 22, 2014, 04:07:29 PM »
To be fair, a lot of social problems can be fixed by more efficient patterns of distribution.

For the more specific case - a lot of fast food is designed to be non-filling. After all, it lets them sell more stuff, which is a good decision for the company.

There are also psychological issues - the plates in the US tend to be larger than those in Europe, for example. If you have a smaller plate, it looks like you have more food (because hey, my plate is full!)

Really, it's kinda like the Broken Windows Theory - you can attack the source indirectly by attacking the consequences.

@bhu - They already are; I had to restrain myself to not yell at the people holding a rally at the campus library that wanted people to sign a petition to ban GMOs.

You know, ignoring that all of our crops are technically genetically engineered (thanks agriculture!), and that anything genetically modified the "new fashioned" way has to pass through the FDA...
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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #441 on: November 22, 2014, 04:21:16 PM »
Fat/sugar/salt are the main taste profiles from an evolutionary biology perspective.  it's what we crave when hungry, because it's energy, and salt is rare (in the past).  bhu, we don't only misuse technology.  I have more hope in the future than that.  And as to the resistance?  It's small, vocal, and stupid.  it's going away.  it will exist for a long time, yes, but it will go away.  Again, I think you're confusing fiction with reality.

You can't give up because of a few issues, and the one answer I'm giving isn't perfect.  Just because it's not perfect, doesn't mean we shouldn't do it.  Just because it's not perfect doesn't mean it's not better or not worth doing.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #442 on: November 22, 2014, 04:33:12 PM »
I'm not suggesting we give up.  Yes, resistance may be small and stupid, but look at what that small band of resistance has accomplished in dragging down our country.  I just suggest not underestimating or writing off your enemies.  The voices of the few can easily drown out the voices of the many if they are loud enough, or the many are not participating. 

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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #443 on: November 22, 2014, 04:48:57 PM »
True, but it doesn't negate that these are good things that have happened and will happen (vaccines, genetic technologies, and such).  Just because there's the crazies out there doesn't mean that these things shouldn't be done.  That's when they win.  When good wins is when those people are drowned out and we advance in society and humanity.  Here, have 5 minutes of happy goalies.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #444 on: November 22, 2014, 05:53:28 PM »
well i am back home :)

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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #445 on: November 23, 2014, 02:52:17 AM »
well i am back home :)

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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #446 on: November 23, 2014, 02:21:39 PM »
Congrats ...  :-\ :)



We could also try and make flying pigs ...

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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #447 on: November 23, 2014, 05:22:22 PM »
Congrats ...  :-\ :)



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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #448 on: November 23, 2014, 06:26:56 PM »
well i am back home :)

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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #449 on: November 23, 2014, 10:37:22 PM »
My computer has an issue where if the memory gets overloaded, specifically by Flash player, then the sound dies and I have to restart it to get the sound back.

Said computer is 10 years old and now takes 10 minutes to boot up.   :banghead  :shakefist
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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #450 on: November 24, 2014, 06:57:48 PM »
I got 3.5 years out of a 4.0 Android tablet.
Now it's got the Boot Screen lock up, that is a rather common and well known problem.
I've tried 3 different tactics so far.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #451 on: November 24, 2014, 07:37:25 PM »
My computer has an issue where if the memory gets overloaded, specifically by Flash player, then the sound dies and I have to restart it to get the sound back.

Said computer is 10 years old and now takes 10 minutes to boot up.   :banghead  :shakefist

That's the result of being 10 years old yet running things made to boot on more recent hardware.

Look up Ccleaner, it might help. You've almost certainly got a registry clogged to hell and back if you haven't fixed that, let alone the size of caches etc.

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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #452 on: November 24, 2014, 09:15:35 PM »
Congrats ...  :-\ :)



We could also try and make flying pigs ...

Aw, see that right there is why genetic engineering is going to happen.
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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #453 on: November 24, 2014, 09:16:46 PM »
for your tablet can you clear the caches to fix it?
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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #454 on: November 24, 2014, 11:22:43 PM »
often i find myself wishing Fight Club had been a documentary
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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #455 on: November 25, 2014, 07:48:55 AM »
Despite priding myself on watching a bunch of movies, I saw that for the first time 2 nights ago  :blush
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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #456 on: November 25, 2014, 10:00:22 AM »
often i find myself wishing Fight Club had been a documentary
:lol I completely understand. I would totally have joined their "movement" when I was a younger man. :D
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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #457 on: November 25, 2014, 10:04:17 AM »
often i find myself wishing Fight Club had been a documentary
:lol I completely understand. I would totally have joined their "movement" when I was a younger man. :D
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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #458 on: November 25, 2014, 10:09:09 AM »
About this Ferguson business:

People, take a chill pill. Both sides. Do it.

I get it, all of you are scared. And when you're scared, you do stupid things.

Seriously, stop putting yourselves in a situation that's just plain primed for violence, and then expecting to be the victims.

It's really immature.

(I have an intense fear of anarchy, so I'll have to pass on the Fight Club, guys.)
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Re: The Small Rants Thread IX: Leaping into the Well of Darkness
« Reply #459 on: November 25, 2014, 04:55:20 PM »
 :( ... 538 said this type of grandjury ruling has happened 11 times out of ~162 000.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/ferguson-michael-brown-indictment-darren-wilson/


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