It's been a while since I checked, but I'm pretty sure there are no "near by galaxies" within 600 lightyears of Earth....
Lots of stars though, and given what we know, lots and lots of exoplanets.
the depression is when that lofty self-perception is a kite that gets snagged in one of the trees of reality
become increasingly lonely
Quotes from your post. My response is not an ad hominem, it's a conclusion based on the information you gave. I didn't say you were a bad person, I said you spoke like someone who lacked an understanding of clinical depression.
The difference is simple. Normal people sometimes get unhappy -- feeling bad about stuff is part of the normal human experience. Then they go hang out with friends and grab a beer and feel better afterwards. Clinically depressed people are unable to feel happiness or pleasure, or have a significantly reduced capacity for such. Aaron Swartz was clinically depressed. He wasn't just unhappy, he wasn't just "lonely", he was ill and needed help.
What I wrote was a criticism of how you presented yourself, not of you as a person. You're absolutely right, I don't know you, I only know what you wrote. Educate yourself so next time, you don't come across as an insensitive, ignorant, judgemental and condescending ass.
Quasi-periodic tiling of magnetic spin axii?
Perhaps you meant "axes" (ahk-sees). See also: Irregular plurals from Latin and Greek.
Sorry, don't mean to be pedantic, but made-up plurals are a pet peeve.
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Unless you live in France, the burden of proof is always on the accuser. So if you want to get your panties in a bunch because some people believe in God, you need some kind of evidence that they are wrong, it's not the other way around.
The burden of proof goes to the one making a positive declaration. In court, that's the accuser. Think of it another way. Religions accuse God of existing, and therefore must bear the burden of proof to support this accusation.
Your personal belief that there is no God is not a fact (unless someone is writing an article about you) and therefore does not qualify as evidence. This belief is shared by about 10% of the American population (14% world-wide) so that makes you part of a minority. Which means that even if the existence of God was to be decided by a jury, by an election or by an "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe" process, odds are that God would win.
Beliefs are mere thoughts, regardless of whether they are subscribed to by a majority or a minority, and do not constitute facts or evidence. One may believe in a provable fact, but the truth of the fact does not depend one your belief.
There's thoughts and there's reality. When they disagree, in the long run, reality wins.
quantity goes up this gains a higher margin with higher quantities. This is why you don't term your 10m a year product line with a 5% return rate. But on a 500k a year product line, 5% may not be as acceptable. So, if OCZ sold 1m drives and crucial 100k... and OCZ's failure rate is 5% and crucial's is 2%, your chances are still higher to get a working drive with OCZ.
To quote someone's Slashdot sig:
Protip: Never go full retard.
US gun ownership is about 89 per 100 people. For comparison, Switzerland has around 46 guns per 100 people and a homicide rate of 0.6 per 100k people. If you look at the list of firearm-related death statistics and compare homicide rates, and cross reference with gun ownership statistics, you'll find no recognizable pattern.
El Salvador, 50 homicides per 100k, 6 guns per 100. Jamaica 47/8. Honduras 47/6. Guatemala 39/13. Swaziland 37/6. Colombia 27/6. Brazil 19/8. Panama 13/22. Mexico 10/15. Philippines 9/5. South Africa 9/13. USA 3/89.
Do the reverse: USA 89/3; Serbia 58/4; Yemen 55/?; Switzerland 46/0.6; Cyprus 36/0.8; Saudi Arabia 35/?; Iraq 34/?; Finland 32/4; Uruguay 32/3; Sweden 32/(1.5?); Norway 31/2; France 31/0.06; Canada 31/0.8. Same story, no pattern.
TL;DR; It's not the guns, it's the crazy.
If all else fails, lower your standards.
