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Comment Re:Domestic Terrorism? (Score 1) 246

And if anyone is injured or killed, then accessory to attempted murder or murder.

If any property is damaged, full liability right up to taking your pension, property and garnishing of wages.

I'm not sure it would count for accessory to murder. That would require that if a cop killed someone then that would be murder and the 'swatter' would then be an accessory to this crime. However, at least in the USA, if a cop kills someone thats not even a crime...

Comment Re:Not the same. (Score 1) 106

Agree. A race track up Pike's Peak, once paved, is exactly the same as the 1,000 other race track's up Mountain's like Pike's Peak. The track up Mount Kilimanjaro is impressive. So is the one up Mount Everest. Hopefully, they won't pave those tracks or they'll be as dumbed down and easy as the Pike's Peak hill climb. *sigh* I'm gonna go watch some NASCAR and pine for the gool ol' days.

In his autohagiography, 'The Confessions of Aleister Crowley' he writes that when Europeans first started trying to climb in the Himalayas they basically had to actually learn to mountain-climb for the first time; all the mountains in the Alps were well marked, almost paved footpaths up the mountains with no challenge at all. No-one knew how to climb the mountains in the Himalayas, it was entirely new. (Yes, Aleister Crowley was a pioneering mountaineer).

How about a race up an arbitrary mountain, picked at random from a hat a few days before the event, with no limitations on entrants except that they be powered by wheels in contact with the ground.

Comment Re:Determinism is overrated (Score 1) 172

The halting probability is much more interesting; a number within the set of real numbers which can never be found by any algorithm or computation. Its proof that the set of real numbers is larger than the set of natural numbers. All natural numbers can be found by computation.

aleph null does not equal aleph one.

Comment Re:Don't worry actors (Score 1) 360

To my mind, the difference is clear. It's Lucas.

I agree. I felt so sorry for Natalie Portman in Episode III. "Oh Ani! YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART!" Seriously. I cringe. That is no one but the director.

Watch Natalie Portman in Black Swan. She is utterly brilliant.

Not that I hate Star Wars. Far from it. The broad story arcs echo many ancient myths and stories. George Lucas has said that he read Joseph Campbell's "Hero with a Thousand Faces" which surveys many ancient myths for commonality. The idea of a young boy escaping his mundane life to find his "hero's journey" is primal, as is the story of a son of facing the sins of his father. In my mind these things elevate Star Wars into the pantheon of cinema, in spite of the horrific dialog.

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Comment Re: Does this law protect puppies? (Score 1) 1168

You are ignoring that homosexuality is between consenting adults (the type that is legal anyway - homosexual rape isn't legal for example). Whereas bestiality and pedophilia are not. Which is a pretty significant difference making your "only difference" claim absurd.

I'm not so sure.

There could be an argument that many homosexuals are suffering from a form of sexual addiction and therefore they cannot appropriately consent to sex (because of diminished responsibility due to their addiction).

Also theres plenty of evidence that interspecies sexual relations can occur with consent and it certainly occurs quite a lot in nature (there are LOTS of hybrids out there, in the wild).

Comment Re:Risk Management (Score 1) 737

Then they should be issued to the public who can't seem to stop shitting themselves every time there is an incident. Frankly I think planes are victims of their own success, so safe that crashes are too unusual and people can't handle it makes them freak out more.

Fact is when this happens it is major international news. That right there tells you something. This is not even worth the time we have spent talking about it, never mind wasting time playing musical chairs every time someone has to take a piss.

I tend to agree with you. The level of squeamishness in modern Western culture is truly sickening.

Comment Re:Risk Management (Score 1) 737

The thing is, this really is a freak occurance. So many flights, every single day, over every single city. People need to piss and shit, its simple biology. Every time someone goes for a piss break, someone else needs to be called in? That is just silly and insulting to the people involved.

In the grand scheme of things to worry about, this isn't really one of them. Its ridiculous to feel we need new regulations every time something happens...the next tragedy will always happen. It is inevitable.

There are daipers for this kind of thing. They are good enough for astronauts, should be good enough for airline pilots.

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