Commented 12 years ago2011-12-05 15:52:51 UTC
in journal: #7497Comment #43246
@Stojke: The issue is not that an animal got eaten by another animal, it is that an animal suffered needlessly. There are ways to kill an animal without causing it (much) pain. While those ways aren't available to an animal in the wild, they were available to this man.
Commented 12 years ago2011-12-04 16:12:53 UTC
in journal: #7495Comment #50769
You should be able to change permissions for all files and subfolders of a folder using the command-line tool "icacls.exe" which comes with Windows. Run it "as administrator". If you're running it through "cmd.exe", run cmd.exe "as administrator".
Commented 12 years ago2011-11-28 04:45:51 UTC
in journal: #4Comment #33460
I want to fly a helicopter over China throwing Marmite at the little children. Then I'll sell them "medicine" which actually is poison. Then I'll go to court and I'll have my lawyer dress up in a bear costume. Then I'll be sad and wish I had sold water to seamen instead.
Commented 12 years ago2011-11-26 20:58:54 UTC
in journal: #7486Comment #55858
Firefox is in my experience faster than Chrome when you have many (30+) tabs open. Chrome has a faster JavaScript engine, but unless you're playing a complex JavaScript-based game or doing advanced math calcuations or cryptology in your browser you shouldn't notice that.
Commented 12 years ago2011-10-21 15:13:50 UTC
in journal: #7445Comment #57783
A state is an area with a local government with either full independence or significant power. A country is either a state or an area without government.
Commented 12 years ago2011-10-20 22:46:15 UTC
in journal: #7445Comment #57782
"England is a country in the UK - a collection of four countries under the leadership of one governing body" How is that any different from Berlin-Germany or Quebec-Canada? The UK, USA, Germany, PROC and Canada are countries with one main government and several regions, each with its own secondary government with limited power. If England and Greenland are countries, then so are Texas, Quebec, Qinghai and Berlin. The inconsistency in wording can only be motivated by the wish for historical consistency. What was once a state must always be referred to as a state. This at the cost of logic. This I don't like.
Commented 12 years ago2011-10-20 21:32:31 UTC
in journal: #7445Comment #57781
Indeed it has some oddities and inconsistencies that are crazy. I laughed at the part about humanitarians.
Loosely related: Why are England and Greenland called countries, Texas and Berlin called states and Qinghai and Quebec called provinces? I've heard the European Union referred to as a country, does that make England a country within a country within a country?
Commented 12 years ago2011-10-18 09:05:15 UTC
in journal: #7440Comment #51389
Religious or anti-religious, I think what matters the most is respect for fellow humans (and other animals) and non-violence. I am yet to see proof of anything good stemming from hatred.
Commented 12 years ago2011-10-13 14:02:53 UTC
in journal: #7437Comment #50729
I was surfing porn one night and came across a video. Seemed fairly normal at first, until I realized the girl wasn't in on it. Haunted me for months. Rape is a fucking horrible thing.
Commented 12 years ago2011-10-05 22:36:31 UTC
in journal: #7428Comment #43178
Shower it. The water should clean out the sugar and other goo. Then just let it dry and it should work. I've done this to two keyboards, fixed both of them.
Commented 12 years ago2011-10-05 05:01:24 UTC
in journal: #7425Comment #48187
I know there are forums on the subject of ADHD, maybe you could write there about your book and perhaps give away part of your book for free to attract customers?
Commented 12 years ago2011-10-02 21:06:19 UTC
in journal: #7423Comment #50116
There are different meanings to the word "year". It can be the time it takes for Earth to complete an orbit around the Sun (which isn't constant). In astronomy, a year is exactly (365 + 1/4) * 86 400 seconds. I was talking about calendar years. Those are defined by their creators and users, us humans. To try to match calendar years with the movements of a planet is in my opinion foolish. It's not a meaningful measurement and we'll never get it right. A time unit is more useful if it can be defined as a constant number of seconds (or fractions of seconds). If those number of seconds can be divided by the number of seconds in a day (which will also have to be constant) without leaving a remainder that's great, because it simplifies calendars and calculations.
Commented 12 years ago2011-10-02 19:57:34 UTC
in journal: #7423Comment #50115
Time zones suck, too. IMO we should all use the same time system. We should also get rid of leap years and the one-second corrections of UTC. Every second that passes, the date displayed on our clocks should increase by one second, always. With 5-days weeks we would have the same calendar every year. 365 days should be a full year, always. It would snow during summer in 400 years, but it would be worth it for the gained simplicity and consistency. POSIX time ftw.
Edit: Thanks for fixing it
How is that any different from Berlin-Germany or Quebec-Canada? The UK, USA, Germany, PROC and Canada are countries with one main government and several regions, each with its own secondary government with limited power. If England and Greenland are countries, then so are Texas, Quebec, Qinghai and Berlin. The inconsistency in wording can only be motivated by the wish for historical consistency. What was once a state must always be referred to as a state. This at the cost of logic. This I don't like.
Loosely related: Why are England and Greenland called countries, Texas and Berlin called states and Qinghai and Quebec called provinces? I've heard the European Union referred to as a country, does that make England a country within a country within a country?