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Comment: Mum dying (Score 2, Insightful) 527

by Maelwryth (#33253772) Attached to: Preserving Memories of a Loved One?

My mother died a little over a year ago. Photo's are great, but in my case the videos don't do a huge amount for me (although it is interesting to watch how she moved). My brother has her cell phone though, so when we call him we get her voice-mail message....I really miss that voice. Dad went through her travel diaries and typed them up so we all have a copy of those. That's nice because it records the way her mind worked in some of the happier times of her life. The smell of perfumes may also be important, coconut cream always reminds me of her and that phase happened when I was a very young child. Shopping lists, notes, and such are also important. Sometimes it is the way we do little things are say the most about how we were.
Beware of recording to much of her in her final stages. They need to remember her as she lived, not as she was dying. Good luck though. You are in for a rough ride and it will take a long time to regain some sense of balance.

Comment: Re:You are missing the point (Score 1) 981

by Maelwryth (#31637156) Attached to: Could Colorblindness Cure Be Morally Wrong?
"It is utterly unmeritocratic: no matter how hard you work, you would be unable to succeed because you were genetically inferior. You fail because you simply aren't smart enough, or haven't enough stamina, or lack the inbuilt emotional intelligence or what have you"
No, that's evolution.

The question asked is rather easy actually. As per normal turn it around. Is it moral to refuse treatment to a colour blind person knowing that you can fix the perceived problem?

Oh, and btw, the universe doesn't give a shit. There is no god. Morals are just another social construct to protect the inferior and the dominant.

Comment: Re:Rocket Lab to launch... (Score 1) 96

by Maelwryth (#30140946) Attached to: New Zealand To Launch First Private Space Rocket
You forgot;
"William Hayward Pickering ONZ KBE (24 December 1910 — 15 March 2004) was a New Zealand born rocket scientist who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years, retiring in 1976. He was a senior NASA luminary and pioneered the exploration of space."*

I emailed Rocket Labs for a better time table as I should be able to get a good view of the launch, and they said;

"Thank you for your interest.

We have a media contingent going and one of them may be doing something,
but we have no plans at this stage to provide live updates.

If the weather is good, it'll likely be between 6am and 7am Monday 30th."


*quoted from Wikipedia

Comment: Re: A fresh start (Score 1) 859

by Maelwryth (#30099958) Attached to: German Killers Sue Wikipedia To Remove Their Names

Redemption. It is hoped that this act will haunt the perpetrators for the rest of their lives because they are human. If you don't believe they have a chance to redeem themselves, if only in their own eyes or in the eyes of the people who love them, then they should have been killed as soon as they were found guilty. A lifetime is a very long time though, some of us make mistakes. Some of us make horrendous mistakes.It is hoped that we would learn from them.

Comment: Oblig (Score 4, Funny) 167

by Maelwryth (#30081312) Attached to: Keeping Pacemakers Safe From Hackers
Don't go hacking my heart
I could if I tried
Honey please forget my wireless
Baby I'm not that kind
Don't go hacking my heart
You take the beat out of me
Honey when you knocked on my port
My heart gave you my key
Nobody knows it
When I was down
I was your pawn
Nobody knows it
Right from the start
You stopped my heart
You stopped my heart
So don't go hacking my heart
I won't go hacking your heart
Don't go hacking my heart


On a slighly different note. I wonder if Captain Crunch could freak an ear implant?

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