I recently had my piece o' crap clunker bike that I adored stolen from inside a locked, multi-camera-watched compound in manhattan. Thus I don't think that having an ugly old bike is even much of a deterrent. I think that the only thing that works is to have one of those crazy-ass 50 pound $100 chain locks, possibly two.
cynnbad: your comment confuses me. Are you serious or is my sarcasm meter on the fritz? If you are, you must believe that these fetuses were people, not body parts of the mother. At what point exactly does the oocyte or zygote become a person? I'd like to hear a clear explanation of this.
I mean that the deceptively sugary flavor makes your stomach think it's getting some kind of energy bestowing food product rather than just water. This results in undue stomach churning and an associated sensation of ickiness. In my oh-so-pathetically-humble little opinion.
That's really nutty. I wonder if it actually could be possible to be immortal? Don't all the cells in your body get replentished regularly anyway? Also it seems like this could be a great opportunity to study the whole mind vs. brain thing. How would someone with all the memories of a full grown person but with a baby's brain be different? I wonder if she could be fluent in 100 languages. Anyway I hope she's ok.
Sorry, I didn't mean for my that to sound so bitchy. I do believe you, but I guess I meant that the subtle cues that people put out and pick up on are a result of social conditioning and stereotypes, so are in some vague sense deliberate. To put my comment in context: I happen to be straight, but whatever it is that "looks gay" I apparently have. Everywhere I go people seem to think they're really clever for picking up on my secret gayness. Example from the other day: two dudes walking towards me get all quiet and stare at me as they pass, then one says to the other: "I can't figure that guy out.. is he gay?" other guy: "no, I think he's just asian." Obviously I don't think there's anything wrong with being gay, but you can probably see why this annoys me.
Tinfoil Sorting Hat: Would you mind explaining what visible characteristics, in your personal experience, correlate with homosexuality? I personally find "who's the gayest" games like your link above very offensive.
I think there's a decent amount of evidence that gayness is determined to some degree by hormone levels during fetal development, though there may be a genetic factor as well. This paper mentions that men with older brothers are more likely to be gay. Also, though it might make you feel cool and in the know to talk about your "gaydar," you just can't tell someone is gay from how they look/dress/act unless they want you to know.
I'd like to know what it is that fills some drivers with rage at the mere sight of a bicyclist. The other day a friend of mine was nearly murdered by a crazed cab driver who rammed him, then spun the wheel and rammed him again when he didn't go down the first time (with a passenger in the back, too). Said friend got a concussion but fortunately had enough of his wits about him to smash the hell out of the cab with his bike lock.
I think it's clear that the dearth of female mathematicians, etc. is because it's ingrained from an early age, consciously and in many subtle ways, that math isn't "girly." Witness the recent disney movie (which I fortunately missed) Ice Princess, where the female protagonist is a lowly math whiz who eventually blossoms into... a champion figure skater.
I remember being late to sign up and getting stuck with the x-ray lab where the only thing between you and the 15 kilovolt beam of death was a piece of masking tape holding a metal can together. At least it wasn't the gamma-ray lab, though. I think part of physics lab is teaching you to come to terms with the practical dangers of being a physicist.
The best thing I've found for this is EAC. It's pretty amazing. I managed to rip cd's from my high school collection which were basically sandpaper (sandplastic?). It can take a whole day to rip a really f'd cd because it slows the drive down and goes over the bad spot over and over again, averaging (i guess) out the errors. In the end I had almost perfect quality mp3s.
I recently had my piece o' crap clunker bike that I adored stolen from inside a locked, multi-camera-watched compound in manhattan. Thus I don't think that having an ugly old bike is even much of a deterrent. I think that the only thing that works is to have one of those crazy-ass 50 pound $100 chain locks, possibly two.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
In "Tits!"
This site's got some great tits, and it's informative too!
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
In "Flores guilty, sentenced to life"
cynnbad: your comment confuses me. Are you serious or is my sarcasm meter on the fritz? If you are, you must believe that these fetuses were people, not body parts of the mother. At what point exactly does the oocyte or zygote become a person? I'd like to hear a clear explanation of this.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
For shame! A cute little baby's life is cruelly stamped out every minute you're not having sex!!! Now get to work you mass-murdering monsters!
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
In "Judge orders Abu Ghraib videos, pictures released. "
Wingnut Plan: 1) Piss off muslims, 2) (liberal elitist) cities in blue states get things flown into them, 3) we get to start more wars!
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
In "Meerschweinchenbildergalerie"
The Cuteness... It's too much... I love their look of dazed incomprehension. And I guess they do look kind of tasty...
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
Piggies!!!! Yay!!!! How could anybody eat those sweet little things?
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
In "Diet Coke"
I mean that the deceptively sugary flavor makes your stomach think it's getting some kind of energy bestowing food product rather than just water. This results in undue stomach churning and an associated sensation of ickiness. In my oh-so-pathetically-humble little opinion.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
The problem with diet soda is when your stomach tries to digest itself thinking it's being filled with sustenance.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
In "Twelve-year-old Baby Confuses the Hell Out of Everyone "
That's really nutty. I wonder if it actually could be possible to be immortal? Don't all the cells in your body get replentished regularly anyway? Also it seems like this could be a great opportunity to study the whole mind vs. brain thing. How would someone with all the memories of a full grown person but with a baby's brain be different? I wonder if she could be fluent in 100 languages. Anyway I hope she's ok.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
In "A US study"
Sorry, I didn't mean for my that to sound so bitchy. I do believe you, but I guess I meant that the subtle cues that people put out and pick up on are a result of social conditioning and stereotypes, so are in some vague sense deliberate. To put my comment in context: I happen to be straight, but whatever it is that "looks gay" I apparently have. Everywhere I go people seem to think they're really clever for picking up on my secret gayness. Example from the other day: two dudes walking towards me get all quiet and stare at me as they pass, then one says to the other: "I can't figure that guy out.. is he gay?" other guy: "no, I think he's just asian." Obviously I don't think there's anything wrong with being gay, but you can probably see why this annoys me.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
Tinfoil Sorting Hat: Would you mind explaining what visible characteristics, in your personal experience, correlate with homosexuality? I personally find "who's the gayest" games like your link above very offensive.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
I think there's a decent amount of evidence that gayness is determined to some degree by hormone levels during fetal development, though there may be a genetic factor as well. This paper mentions that men with older brothers are more likely to be gay. Also, though it might make you feel cool and in the know to talk about your "gaydar," you just can't tell someone is gay from how they look/dress/act unless they want you to know.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
In "May 16-20 is Bike to Work Week"
I'd like to know what it is that fills some drivers with rage at the mere sight of a bicyclist. The other day a friend of mine was nearly murdered by a crazed cab driver who rammed him, then spun the wheel and rammed him again when he didn't go down the first time (with a passenger in the back, too). Said friend got a concussion but fortunately had enough of his wits about him to smash the hell out of the cab with his bike lock.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
In "Excellent debate on the Gender/Science issue"
I think it's clear that the dearth of female mathematicians, etc. is because it's ingrained from an early age, consciously and in many subtle ways, that math isn't "girly." Witness the recent disney movie (which I fortunately missed) Ice Princess, where the female protagonist is a lowly math whiz who eventually blossoms into... a champion figure skater.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
In "Electron Band Structure In Germanium, My Ass. "
I remember being late to sign up and getting stuck with the x-ray lab where the only thing between you and the 15 kilovolt beam of death was a piece of masking tape holding a metal can together. At least it wasn't the gamma-ray lab, though. I think part of physics lab is teaching you to come to terms with the practical dangers of being a physicist.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
In "An Alabama State Represenatative doesn't see that banning of homosexual authors and books with homosexual characters as censorship."
I've been thinking about getting a big "FAG" shirt. I know some martial arts, so... I could relieve some stress!
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
In "Auditory George - Easiest way of importing my old CDs?"
Oops that should be www.exactaudiocopy.de. Newbie, heh heh.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
The best thing I've found for this is EAC. It's pretty amazing. I managed to rip cd's from my high school collection which were basically sandpaper (sandplastic?). It can take a whole day to rip a really f'd cd because it slows the drive down and goes over the bad spot over and over again, averaging (i guess) out the errors. In the end I had almost perfect quality mp3s.
posted by Astragalus 19 years ago
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