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Boomers were developed in the context of the Mutually Assured Destruction doctrine. They were meant to make sure we could get that return shot off even if the USSR wiped out all of our missile sites in the first strike. Yes, this makes them Cold War relics, although they still have some usefulness in the current environment.
They do. Our brain cells are being rewired while we think and learn. That seems pretty much equivalent to a computer that uses self modifying code instead of dedicated memory.
No, no it doesn't. It seems equivalent to a piece of hardware without any code that rewires itself on the fly to perform different tasks. If you go into a coma what happens to your code, if there is any? Is that a low sleep mode, or is it just not even running?
I propose that there is no analogue for code in the brain whatsoever, that it's ALL "wiring", whatever that means. Not that this is a new idea.
I'd argue that's a necessary part for what we call intelligence. Without "spurious thoughts and impulses" you'd get no creativity. Without creativity you get no new solutions. Without a way to get to new solutions, you have no intelligence.
I'm not complaining, I'm simply objecting to the characterization of the brain as "efficient".
That was the first $1.2 million payment. The loan was for $75 million.
All I know is that I have an Android phone, and I feel taken advantage of.
Are you sore?
Troll? Not only can you get your data out by the provided interfaces, but the backends are proddable with the development tools, and you can manually extract any data out of the databases that you like.
some claim (I'm not about to pay to read the article) that Linux is being used more. ISTR something about Solaris being taken up more in banking too, but that was long ago, before the Oracle buyout. Nobody with half a fucking brain is even considering putting Sun equipment into their infrastructure if they don't already have some.
The goal was to stop the spread of (chinese/soviet-backed) communism, by getting involved in a civil war and backing the non-communist side.
That's what they told you. It's cute that you believe it.
Finally, the Vietnam conflict didn't just kill Americans "willing to die in defense of their country". In case you don't remember, they had a draft back then.
If you open up a dictionary and look up "disproportionately" you'll see what I'm talking about.
No guesses like that but I'm guessing it will be between Coca-Cola and Nestle.
Most homes are made of brick and wood
Most homes today are made of asphalt, fly ash, and a mixture of sawdust and wood glue, with a minimum of actual timber, all of which is concentrated in the framing.
Roofing tiles are grit in asphalt. They're laid over tar paper. That's laid over chip board, which is just crappy bits of wood stuck together with the part of wood which generates dioxin when it burns. All of the structural members are held together with galvanized metal ties which emit zinc when they're heated much. The wiring is required by code to be sheathed in PVC which releases dioxin and chlorine gas when it burns. The outside of the house is covered in more chipboard which is covered in recycled milk jugs which is covered in some more manufactured wood, maybe some thin plywood siding, more of that dioxin-producing glue. The inside of the house is covered in sheet rock made from fly ash from a coal plant, and you hope their scrubbers are working right or it's full of toxics and radioactives. Carpets are one plastic or another which usually produces all kinds of nasties when it burns, or sometimes a natural fiber treated with some kind of toxic fire-retardant coating which often releases chlorine gas. Most padded furniture, likewise.
It's clear that a submarine is a sketchier environment for a fire than a house, but it's also clear that pretty much everything in the modern house is both flammable, and toxic when it burns.
SANTA CLAUS comes down a FIRE ESCAPE wearing bright blue LEG WARMERS ... He scrubs the POPE with a mild soap or detergent for 15 minutes, starring JANE FONDA!!