1nc4rnation

Not a big Trekkie but I liked it, I had fun watching it. Big change from the uh.. Watchmen, no? Heh. Btw, nice avatar.

I'd say your life is going pretty well considering your latest problem is how to go about clearing the tree that fell on your farm. I'd have just cleaned it up and went on about my business I suppose, and ask the neighbours to kindly check to see if the rest of the trees are in any sort of condition so as to prevent a similar incident happening in the future?

I think I'm going to be sick..

Are you guys talking about pork-bone stew? Man, no woman in her right mind can resist a steaming bowl of pork-bone stew.

Cannot the JREF simply create a new account under another alias and this time, not violate the youtube terms of service? Now I don't know the exact details, but I am sure it is a relatively trivial matter to use the system to set up some sort of entity that is only linked to the JREF, for the promotion of it's videos on youtube. Why should I have to expend so much energy protesting a non-issue which the JREF can easily solve on it's own? I've got a mid-term to study for.

Seriously? I thought it was pretty stale..

I wouldn't really bother trying to "figure" people out and ... get dating advice. Actually over the years I've learned that getting dating advice is an unwise thing to do. It's basically allowing people who aren't involved in your relationship to influence your relationship. Nothing ruins a relationship faster than a meddling third party who knows absolutely nothing about your relationship. I say take all the advice on this board, trash it, and go date that guy and see what happens. Whatever lessons you take out of the relationship, keep for yourself, and carry on with your life, whatever happens. (aka Be yourself.)

Maybe there's something off about your message.

I Lol'd

Lol, oh. I see we're making fun of little people now. Seriously. The whole "killing people" thing? Disturbing. Okay okay okay fine, I admit it. I've lived a very sheltered life and have never had to harm a soul to survive. I'm not much of a "tough guy". Leave me alone. :/

Even smart people say and do ignorant things. A pope, while a highly vaunted figure of authority, is merely another human being. In the face of a cultural meritocracy that seeks to solve real, pressing problems, the fact that we are all bound by our endless ignorance becomes painfully clear.

huh? what are you on about?

LOL. Yeah, I'm sure the OP means these things: My vote goes for Rocher. Lindt truffles suck chocolate b@||$. (That and you can't beat hazelnuts)

That is a problem that is beyond me to solve. I wish I had the perfect solution, but I don't... I can only hope that whatever decisions I make will lead me down the right path and that conflict, suffering, and senseless violence can be avoided in the course of my actions. But that's... hard. Really hard. At the same time... that's just life. Every generation has had to face some impossible problems. I like to think of myself as a part of a system that serves it's purpose. If I have to get disintegrated to return, in bits and pieces, as part of a greater system and serve it more efficiently than the sum of my parts did before, then it's not in my position to decide exactly how I want to be pieced together to return to that system. It's a bit of a sad reality if I'm to view the sum of my parts as the pinnacle of all existence, but it is also a falsehood to view "me" as being the center of the universe. The irony is that we call this lack of self-centeredness "growing up". No point in mulling over a problem you can't solve because the rest of the world will simply pass you by. We are designed to just jump into things and experience them.

That's exactly what I find disturbing about it. I wouldn't assume the authority to determine the fate of any person for a greater good I can't possibly conceive. I know myself well enough to know that it's exactly that sort of behaviour that would open the floodgate to my own passions, and I would end up doing monstrous things in the name of justice, or morality, or whatever. So, for example, would I kill one person to save ten? That's not my duty. Am I in the army? Am I with the police? Nope. In a position of extreme duress, maybe. In a very personal matter, maybe. But do I want to live in a society where anybody thinks it's okay to take up the gauntlet and play hero? Hell no. Every idiot thinks they can save the world. Even worse, every genius thinks they can save the world. I want police officers who do their job and get their asses beat if they behave corruptly, armies who defend the nation and face death penalties if they turn into mercenaries, companies who make a decent product or go completely bankrupt if they make a mess, and politicians who get royally reamed if they slip up. And I want to be treated in that exact same manner when I go to work. That's the kind of saving the world needs.

Spoilers That part wasn't repulsive, just extremely questionable and pretty unconscionable. In the context of nuclear annihilation perhaps it could be said to be a fair compromise but it still made me feel uneasy, that is to say if he was so smart it would have been more effective for Veidt to form a shadow government which would seek to control both sides of the warring superpowers, and in that way he could put a stop to the conflict escalation discreetly without annihilating millions of people in the process. But that's sort of the macro-story. Don't forget the micro-dilemmas which also existed in the story. The massacring of the hippie peaceniks, the butchering of the child-killer, the excessive force used on civillians, the overall depiction of civillians as virtually being savages, the manner in which the Vietnamese were dealt with, and so on and so forth. That and the chopping off the limbs - that bothered me. There is a reason it didn't translate well in the movie. Snyder is subtly attempting to emphasize the point that even "good" people are in some sense twisted. To me that's just the director's personal bitterness coming through in the movie.

Lol that's jokes. Oh and, bascule, idunno. That's just the way it rubbed me.

Gruesome, pornographic, and morally repulsive. The only thing that bothered me more was the fact that my friends weren't as bothered by it as I was.

Immortality will make suicide rates skyrocket, because the new human bloodsport would be to make immortal people so miserable as to want to kill themselves.

This is perfect. Thank you so much!

In the interest of saving time doing assignments and such on my computer, I was thinking of getting something to help me complete it faster. What I have in mind is: Because I need pencil and paper to write, especially when im drawing diagrams, but when i can type a lot faster than i can write with my hand, not to mention writers cramp. So I was thinking if i could add some sort of peripheral to my computer which basically lets me write on a tablet with a pen, similar to what illustrators use to draw images in photoshop or illustrator. This would allow you to type your words quickly and then draw diagrams using your hand - cutting down the time you spend doing your homework and freeing up time for you to go after the good stuff like experimenting.. or whatever else. Does anyone know if a solution like that exists? And if it will work with something like Microsoft word? For, say, less than 300 dollars? Links or names of products would be appreciated. Thank you in advance!

I caught Big Brother watching dirty stuff on the internet behind my back.

Hey everyone, my name is "1nc4rnation" but.. just call me Incarnation. I am something of a hobbyist when it comes to sciences, with no general direction in particular though - recently - I've been the most excited by nanotechnology. It's good to be amongst you.