Saturday, June 4, 2011

What would it be like to know every single word that existed? Would you ever be at a loss for words?

Maybe just in one language, such as English.


What would it be like? How would your life change if you always had the proper word for any situation?|||Even if I knew them all I%26#039;d be sure to forget the one I wanted when I needed it. But it doesn%26#039;t really matter because even if I had instant recall I%26#039;d more often than not be confronted by a phalanx of dropped jaws.|||People might begin to avoid you after a time.|||That%26#039;s a funny question. Sadly, yes you would be at a lost for words. If you%26#039;re not a quick thinker you could be at a loss and also, you may know so many words that you take too much time thinking about which words to place and where...Think about it.|||Yes. I don%26#039;t know all the words and am looking for those I DO know. I%26#039;d take even longer looking for them if I cluttered my mind with an even bigger vocabulary.





And who would understand my elocuism?|||It would be useful if you were a teacher, a student, or something like that. You could be at a loss for words. You know the word, but you can%26#039;t think of it. It%26#039;s like you know you have the remote control to the TV and you know what it is, but you can%26#039;t find it.|||The recognized and authoritative person for this was Sir Winston Churchill .. it was said that he could use over 90% of the English language in its correct form and without resorting to confabulation .. in today%26#039;s world with the language being so dynamic it would be bordering on impossible to have complete knowledge at your grasp. My vocubalary, as tested recently by a University, is mainly consistant of some 42,000 words .. Mr. Average uses about 100-11000 different words .. therefore my command of the English language would appear to be somewhat more extensive than the norm but by no means fully advantageous to my present or future goals, targets, objectives and perceived achievments.

Existing not Living ... Being a Student ...?

Hi, Im in my second last year of High School so Im really studying to get into College. Im getting kind of depressed though because last year I fell in with the wrong crowd and really changed but Im slowly going back to who I was.


I feel with studying Im merely existing and not living. Everyone my age is out having fun (not studying) and living life to the max. going to clubs and concerts. I havn%26#039;t left the house in a week (not studying all the time though) Tonight Im going cinema and its a highlight.


I sound like a loser but Im not I have lots of friends, Im just not into drinking and partying - What should I do to be happy with life? Were any of you guys ever in this situation? I feel I have no importance... Im just bored all of the time.


I know I%26#039;ll be happy in one year when I go to college but right now at age 17/18 ... it%26#039;s just so ****, you know.|||heck i%26#039;m a college student and I feel like that. it%26#039;s all good youll have time to party after college. college is not for partying its for learning.|||I%26#039;m in college and in the same situation you are, so you shouldn%26#039;t feel like your not normal. I wish I was like you are when I was in high school, because you already have an idea of what it takes to be a successful student. Your friends will be in for a rude awakening when they get to college. Going to a movie is a big event for me too :o) If I find the time to do anything outside the realm of studying I%26#039;m ecstatic! When you do have time for yourself, you should make it about yourself. Even if you don%26#039;t feel like going out partying you can have fun by just treating yourself to a night of pampering and stress relief. Relax and just enjoy having nothing to do for a bit.|||Sadly, I think many in our culture define happiness through partying and drinking. I, much like you, never did get into it. It seemed pointless and stupid to me. I found pleasure in learning and educating myself. Knowing I could do anything and learn anything was a pleasure to me. I also made friends with those rare people who were more like me. So we would do things like go to restaurants and coffee shops and have intellectual conversations which I enjoyed much more than getting drunk and passing out.





In other words, make your life what you want it to be and define it the way you want...not the way your peer groups or society expects you to be.|||Read the bible. You%26#039;ll know wether your doing fine or not. Cuz what your doing is good. Don%26#039;t go out partying and drinking. It%26#039;s really not fun like they say it is. Really they%26#039;re waisting there life! Believe it or not!|||Enjoy being a student. Enjoy learning. It%26#039;s more fun than always drinking and partying. If you get an education you%26#039;ll be able to enjoy life for the rest of it. Watch the squirrels. They work hard for 90% of the time and play 10%. That%26#039;s what life is like. Work hard but if you%26#039;re fortunate and take care to get enough nuts gathered then you can play. If you don%26#039;t take time to gather your nuts you%26#039;ll never be able to play because you%26#039;ll never have enough nuts. Balance.

Tips needed for introducing new Bichon Frise puppy to our existing 1 year old Bichon Frise (both females)?

Any advice anyone has on making the introduction of our new Bichon Frise puppy (11 weeks old) (Daisy) to our existing 1 year old Bichon Frise (Poppy) go smoothly would be greatly appreciated. ..... They are both females. We introduced them on neutral territory yesterday and after a lot of initial barking from our older Bichon things seemed to calm down and our older dog started to sniff the new puppy. Today however, the new puppy seems to be getting braver and is now attempting to nip/bite and chase our older dog who now seems to be pretty terrified of the new puppy!!!!! We are concerned that our existing dog will become frightened of the new puppy and her character will change. Is this just normal playing or just the new puppy testing the boundaries? Everything I have read on the subject seems to suggest that the new puppy will straight away be submissive to the older dog initially before they naturally sort out the %26quot;pecking order%26quot; for themselves. However, in our situation it seems that the new puppy is the more dominant one straight away and our existing dog seems to be the scared one!!! As I said, any advice anyone has is very much appreciated, Many Thanks!!!|||I don%26#039;t think this is likely to be about dominance, though I know that is a highly popular answer to every behavior problem.





Here%26#039;s what I think is happening. You bring in a puppy to an adult who has no experience with youngsters. The puppy is behaving rudely, because that is precisely what puppies do. In dog social order, puppies are permitted to invade personal space and make uninvited contact. They are allowed to pounce and nip. Experienced adults are tolerant of this behavior because the puppy is trying to learn important life skills about hunting and defending herself. We call this a %26quot;puppy pass.%26quot; It%26#039;s like a %26quot;get out of jail free%26quot; card.





Inexperienced adults feel confused by the pup%26#039;s rudeness. They don%26#039;t know how to respond.





Try enrolling your pup in a good puppy kindergarten class that includes puppy socialization periods where the pups play with each other. That%26#039;s the best place for them to learn things like bite inhibition (just how hard can you bite in play without offending the other dog?).





When your pup hits around five months of age, her puppy pass would be pulled by experienced adults who would start to lay down the law on what is appropriate and inappropriate behavior. This may appear to be dominance, or could result in true fights if your older dog doesn%26#039;t know how to pull a puppy pass.





Lots and lots of socialization is your best remedy and preventive of future problems.|||your 1 year old is scared because he thinks hes gonna lose his place, you should always feed and pet your 1 year old first what ever you do. good luck and happy new year

Help my X is a sociopath. What do I do?

My question is how do I live the rest of my life without losing my mind or my life. If I were well I would move far away and work to earn a living. I can%26#039;t do either. This man vowed to destroy me if I left him. How do I surrive?








These men are so controlling that they Appear not so bad, They are so insane. My x felt that the world existed only for him. That people %26amp; situations exist only for him. He changes reality so well that masses of people believe him. He kicks me in to a pit constantly. OK I know all about psychology. You might say%26quot;you let him kick you into the pit%26quot; yaddie yaddie yaddie.


It isn%26#039;t easy to stand up to a sociopath. Many women have been killed by their psociopathic spouse.


I fear he will kill me. Even my family thinks that is a stretch. He betrays even his own kids and parents for his finacial well being.


What chance do I have? I am disabled. I am emotionally drainned from him. Where is there hope to get away from him? NO simple answers from those who don|||You have to get away, do not say that you %26quot;can%26#039;t%26quot;, he programmed that into you. You say you are disabled, can you drive? use a phone? obviously you can use a computer, don%26#039;t sell yourself short. You MUST move far away and start ove, if not, you will either lose your life or your mind, and yes I do know, first hand about all of the stuff you said, except that I am not physically handicapped, I was most definitely an emotional cripple though. Get the F**K out, run for your life, it is you or him, and it will NEVER end. Do not even THINK about taking his life, you probably are not capable, and you will spend the rest of your life in jail if you did accomplish it. You need to free your mind. Put at LEAST 1500 miles between you. Do not contact him.|||It seems to me both of you are crazy!|||i feel 4 you deeply! please go to eather a counceler or the police! good luck|||restraining order and a body guard|||Contact your local police dept and find out where the %26quot;battered women%26#039;s shelter%26quot; is then call them. They will arrange to come and get you and keep your where abouts a secret. Once you do that, NEVER get in contact with him again. They will guide you and help you and get you back on your own two feet.


Yes. This is a test! It%26#039;s a test of whether you really want out and are willing to do anything to make that happen.


Good luck I hope you mean it (this time).|||Go to the police get a restraining order explain the situation that you are in also try a battered shelter for women even though he has not beat you physically the emotional drain is just as bad its ABUSE.


The women shelter will definately take this serious as most of them consist of women who are counselors who have been where you are.


It is sad your family doesn%26#039;t think he would be the type to be on the 6 oclock news for murder .....


Get the help fast. Don%26#039;t wait till it gets worse. It won%26#039;t change and he won%26#039;t change if he doesn%26#039;t realize now how he is trying to control you.

Health assignment help?

1. Identify a dangerous situation that exists in your school or community.


2. Identify an individual that might be able to address and resolve the situation.


3. Tell me what steps you are willing to take to change the situation.


Example: Person at school being harassed


The principal and school resource officer


I鈥檓 willing to talk to the resource officer.|||1. Drug use at school and in key hangouts in community





2. Local authorities, police





3. Set up a drug program for local schools. Or an after school program for young children teaching them the dangers of drug use and what they can do to not be poorly influenced.

How do I get rid of the Administrator user at my xp windows log-in?

I do have multiple users with Administrator priviledges and I am not currently running safe mode.





When I check the user settings (regardless of who I log-in as), the only options it gives me (after clicking %26quot;change an account%26quot;) for the Administrator user name is to either change the password or change the picture. I have already removed the password (to no avail) and changed it in hopes it would do something.





I even get this message at the bottom of the window when I am at the %26quot;change an account%26quot; screen.





%26quot;The administrator account is only visible on the Welcome screen when no other user accounts exist (except the guest account), or when you start the computer in Safe Mode.%26quot;





My computer is contradicting itself... Any help/ideas about the situation would be greatly appreciated!|||go into each account and remove password. start in regular mode and do it that way.|||Open Registry Editor.





In Registry Editor, navigate to the following registry key:





HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\鈥?NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccoun鈥?br>




Create the following entry:





Administrator: REG_DWORD





Assign a value of 1 to enable, or 0 to disable the ADMINISTRATOR account from appearing on the log-in screen.





Close Registry Editor.





Reboot.





NOTE: This works with XP-PRO for sure, not certain about XP-HOME.

Why do you think PEta is not trying to take away our pets?

Pet ownership is an abysmal situation brought about by human manipulation.%26quot;


-Ingrid Newkirk, President, PETA, Washingtonian, August 1986





I don’t use the word %26quot;pet.%26quot; I think it’s speciesist language. I prefer %26quot;companion animal.%26quot; For one thing, we would no longer allow breeding. People could not create different breeds. There would be no pet shops. If people had companion animals in their homes, those animals would have to be refugees from the animal shelters and the streets. You would have a protective relationship with them just as you would with an orphaned child. But as the surplus of cats and dogs (artificially engineered by centuries of forced breeding) declined, eventually companion animals would be phased out, and we would return to a more symbiotic relationship – enjoyment at a distance.%26quot;


-Ingrid Newkirk, PETA vice-president, quoted in The Harper%26#039;s Forum Book, Jack Hitt, ed., 1989, p.223.


%26quot;The cat, like the dog, must disappear..... We should cut the domestic cat free from our dominance by neutering, neutering, and more neutering, until our pathetic version of the cat ceases to exist.%26quot;


Let us allow the dog to disappear from our brick and concrete jungles -- from our firesides, from the leather nooses and chains by which we enslave it.%26quot;


-John Bryant, Fettered Kingdoms: An Examination of A Changing Ethic, PETA, 1982, p.15.|||PETA doesn%26#039;t want our dogs..they kill 90% of the dogs they rescue, and kill them by gassing, NOT humanely.


ALL they want is our money..That%26#039;s all..They exist to raise funds. Those funds should go to local shelters, but they don%26#039;t. Give to your local shelters, not PETA|||my animals are like my children, i would fight for them! all rescues by the way!|||Whoever wrote that is crazy|||PETA is a confused company. On minute they%26#039;re all about animal rights, and the next, they are limiting which types of animals, deserve those rights.





Until they figure out what they truly believe, they have no right to take away our pets.





My cat is like my baby, and she couldn%26#039;t be happier than she is, living with me. Same goes for my rats.|||Because they overreact, even though they have some valid points sometimes.





It%26#039;s true, our current system of animal treatment is not working. There are millions of unwanted stray dogs and cats lose on the streets and in shelters. Keeping them in shelters, housing them, and eventually euthanizing them is not only cruel...but also costs Americans 2 billion dollars a year. People have an unfounded stigma against shelter animals, and choose to purchase animals from shops, which often get their animals from mills who breed the animals.





There is no need to stop having pets. However, we need to make sure that our beloved animal friends are well taken care of, spayed or neutered, and gotten from a shelter. %26quot;Puppy mills%26quot; should be done away with until all of the perfectly friendly and healthy abandoned animals have homes. It will save money to all tax payers, and will save money to the individuals who adopt instead of buying.





PETA are a bunch of extremest reactionaries. They have the right motives, but the wrong methods. There is a middle ground.|||No, PETA is not trying to take away your pets. What these statements mean is that they envision a future in which breeders are no longer creating more animals for profit and in which we live as equals with animals (as our companions); not viewing them as accessories or as merchandise.





In a far off future, when spaying and neutering consciousness becomes widespread, we will no longer be overrun with unwanted kittens and puppies and the domestic cat and dog as we know them will naturally cease to exist.





This does not mean that PETA advocates taking away the animals in our care today. PETA applauds everyone who takes in rescue animals and provides responsible care.|||I think they should take away all the peta people instead of our pets. I know for a fact that my little zoo loves living with my family. My many dogs and one cat are very happy living here. They don%26#039;t seem to be in an abyssmal state. My dogs happily follow me around the house all day. They give affection freely, they love to play, and when you are sick they know to just lay down next to you and help you stay warm. But I do know that life would be abyssmal for me without my dogs!





There is no way on God%26#039;s green earth that dogs would not continue to be companions and friends to us. They were made that way, oh sure, different breeds have been made throughout the years but they still are from heaven. Only a dog could love someone who feels unlovable. Only a dog could play with a kid that can%26#039;t play well. Only a dog puts up with your grouchy mood and still can%26#039;t wait to sit down next to you.





As long as there is a dog or cat in the whitehouse, we should be safe from those peta people. Right?|||Why do I think PETA is not trying to take away our pets?





Well...Because they have no position of authority to do so.


They are simply an animal rights activist group, but they are in no position to make that kind of decision. They can say that it is what they believe, and they say it loud and clear, but that is about it. .





That is why they don%26#039;t try. What would be the point? I am not arguing for or against their beliefs here. They have beliefs I agree with and beliefs that I do not agree with, but they simply do not have any authority over the rest of the world when it comes to people%26#039;s pets.





Why is anyone worried about what they believe anyway? It has no effect on anyone with pets. We have bigger things to worry about than what PETA%26#039;s beliefs are.|||Don%26#039;t forget this one by Ingrid Newkirk of PETA:





“We do not advocate ‘right to life’ for animals,” Newkirk handwrote on a post card to neuter/return and no-kill sheltering proponent Nathan Winograd, who then directed the Law %26amp; Advocacy Department for the San Francisco SPCA and now does shelter consulting from San Diego.





I wish people would understand the difference between animal welfare and animal rights...is it really %26quot;rights%26quot; though, if they have no right to the most basic...life?! If you have and love animals, you need to run towards welfare and away from rights...before it%26#039;s too late.





Here%26#039;s another for the road: %26quot;We are not especially %26#039;interested in%26#039; animals. Neither of us had ever been inordinately fond of dogs, cats, or horses in the way that many people are. We didn%26#039;t %26#039;love%26#039; animals.%26quot; - Peter Singer, acknowledged founder of the animal rights movement.|||tsrvt - we need to be concerned because:





1) PeTA has a powerful propaganda machine which is little by little changing the way society sees animals. Look at the prevalance of the %26quot;Disney%26quot; mentality which sees animals as furry people, rather than animals which DO NOT view the world the same way we do.





2) PeTA has a powerful legal/advocacy machine which is little by little taking away our rights to own/breed/show/hunt/work our dogs. They take advantage of ignorance and fear of the general public and legislators to push through laws which seem on the surface to be aimed at solving a %26quot;problem%26quot; (like breed-specific legislation), until you take a closer look and see what these laws REALLY mean for us.





PeTA, HSUS, DDAL and their ilk are a great threat to our pets.|||YEAAA Chetco! I agree!|||Sounds like some people here need to remove their rose-colored glasses and get in touch with reality. Read Ingrids statements people, %26quot;phased out%26quot; and %26quot;enjoyment at a distance%26quot;.








tsrvt - %26quot;they simply do not have any authority over the rest of the world when it comes to pets....It has no effect on anyone with pets. %26quot;





In reality, it affects animal lovers greatly! WHERE do you think all the anti-animal laws COME from??? Do you know that it was hSUS that started BSL? Do you know that they %26#039;buy%26#039; politicians to help pass their animal hating laws?








Vette999 - %26quot;In a far off future, when spaying and neutering consciousness becomes widespread, we will no longer be overrun with unwanted kittens and puppies and the domestic cat and dog as we know them will naturally cease to exist.%26quot;





Yes, CEASE TO EXIST! PERIOD!!! They would like EVERY SINGLE domestic animal S/N, or phased out, you could say. NO MORE PETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





%26quot;This does not mean that PETA advocates taking away the animals in our care today.%26quot;





If this is true, then why are PeTA employees in court for lieing to get animals from people, like a litter of kitten from a Vet, and then KILLING them and THROWING THEM IN DUMPSTERS like so much GARBAGE!








Time to take a stroll off the primrose path, people!!!!!








Anthony - it isn%26#039;t just PeTA either, it is also hSUS, DDAL, IDA, ADL, BF, etc etc etc. They are all the same, some just hide it better.|||I have always wondered about this. If you do the math, reading from their own site: there would be no more pets in 15-20 years. The encurage adoption yes but discourage basically any form of breeding whatsoever. It%26#039;s an absolutist stance that makes as much sense as saying no person should have kids because some of them will mistreat them.





I%26#039;m particularly interested in this because I am involved in helping to raise dogs to help people with disabilities. The stories of run ins that some in this community have had with PETA people have ranged from annoying to downright frightening. There the official position seems to be to find other ways to help the disabled. They totally sidestep anything about how to promote better training and understanding.





Give to charities that spend their money on animals not those talking about em.

If religion is true, then how can they adapt to the aliens in the future?

If alien comes to earth in the future (Or when we are able to go to places where alien exist), then what would the religion do to adapt the situation?





Obviously now the rules and stuff should have changed because a new player is coming. But, what do you think they|||Space Pope.|||They would try to convert the aliens|||Scientology might win after all.|||Aliens are real. They%26#039;re out there. Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo, dooooooo %26lt;insert X-files melody%26gt;|||Maybe Jesus will talk to the aliens in their native language and act as negotiator.|||God is about relationships that are healthy, loving and beneficial...the bible%26#039;s main principles support this...





it doesnt%26#039; matter who we, as humans, meet...God never changes...|||EXACTLY





thank you, finally someone who knows what they%26#039;re talking about!!!








;)|||This would really have no effect on my religion. If we exist, there is no reason to think aliens don%26#039;t. If they showed up it would just be another learning experience.|||Aliens are real and here now. Every year thousands of aliens immigrate into the USA.





Moral - Know what your talking about before you open your mouth or type on your keyboard.|||Quite possibly they also know God. You%26#039;re thinking small and to the limitedness of only being on Earth, plus too much science fiction.





Going on the belief that God exists everywhere and every place, this means that Aliens would also know of God. We%26#039;d also have another confirmation that faith is a universial thing.|||Believers would bomb alien abortion clinics and tell the Rigellians not to develop transporter technology, because beaming from one place to another robs one of their soul. They would also demand mandatory school prayer at the Klingon Defence Academy.|||Some religions neither confirm or deny the existence of extra-terrestrial life, and at the end of the day when E.T%26#039;s knocking on your door, there%26#039;s nothing to stop them from flicking twisted bible verses like John 10:16 %26quot;other sheep which I have that are not of this fold..%26quot;





Who knows.|||First of all if you have any doubt whether or not aliens exist google search Mona Lisa EBE. The Vatican has already acknowledged the likely existence of aliens, they put out a comment awhile back saying the same God that created the earth also created aliens. Some people theorize that one reason for the government cover up of aliens existing is the fact that if it were revealed to the public many feel that it would end most religious belief, due to unanswered questions.|||My religion wont have to change at all.





I%26#039;m a Buddhist|||God-did-it.


Please, they will rationalize it like they always do.


I%26#039;m sure they can find some dumb scripture that can be interpreted somehow!|||I don%26#039;t get what your point is. Everyone knows the bible was written before anyone had all the facts. When they didn%26#039;t know something - they just made it up!

Where does God exist in relation to time?

In the Bible, God seems to follow a linear sense of time. He acts and reacts according to the situation, becoming angry at the Israeli%26#039;s actions, and even changing his mind on occasion in the Old Testament.





My point is, how is this at all an omnipotent being? If God lived in a linear timeline, with a definitive present, wouldn%26#039;t God be seen as under the laws of time?





If God is all-present in both space and time (the more logical conclusion for an omnipotent being), then how would actions in time provoke any sort of reaction in God?|||Its a good question, but I think I may have an answer. Sequencing is not necessarily dependent on a past, present, and future. If God is outside of time, then probably the best way we can conceptualize that is that all things to God is simultaneous (even though this is still a reference to a point in time and am not sure the analogy is perfect). It is conceivable that certain actions by men results in certain responses by God in a sequential manner that is not dependent on time. For instance, in the case of God changing His mind about destroying the Israelites after Moses interceded, I can conceive that God, from all eternity knew that He was angry at the Israelites in consequence of their rebellion and that He relented from the intention of destroying them because He chooses to involve men in His divine plans, and His man (Moses) asked Him not to do it.





Maybe another good analogy would be to imagine a flow chart. You%26#039;re God and the flow chart is the actions of men. You can look at the flow chart all simultaneously but certain results still follow specific actions that aren%26#039;t time dependent from your standpoint (technically it would still be time dependent because a person coudn%26#039;t process every element from a flow chart simultaneously, but I just track with me and pretend its possible) even though the events are time dependent from the standpoint of whatever the flow chart is representing.





Since God knows we%26#039;re bound to time and that%26#039;s how we understand things, its reasonable to assume He would relate to us in terms of time rather than getting into a deep philosophical spiel that lots of people couldn%26#039;t understand and since it is irrelevant to the point of His Word to us anyway which is to save mankind from their sins. People complain about how difficult the Bible is to read now. Imagine if God tried to tell the Old Testament narratives in which God intervenes in the affairs of men and He didn%26#039;t present it in a time related way. It would be needlessly cumbersome. It would be sort of like, instead of the Bible saying, %26quot;When the sun arose, King David took a walk around his kingdom%26quot; it said %26quot;when the rotation of the Earth was such that the sun was just becoming visible over the horizon created by the curvature of the Earth%26#039;s suface from David%26#039;s vantage.%26quot; It%26#039;d be really hard to tell a story like that.|||This is an excellent point. Based on the level of answers here, asking questions like this is like shooting fish in a barrel.





In a recent question I asked, I%26#039;m sure you know of which I%26#039;m talking about, a lot of people responded by saying god is outside time, but as you point out, that%26#039;s not the picture you get from the Bible, now is it? Have a star.|||God told Moses to tell Pharoah the great %26quot; I AM %26quot; sent you. That means that God is always right now.He is the same yesterday, today and forever. He never changes. He does not have to change. We are imperfect and should aolways change. All of us need some change.|||He is the beginning and the end.





To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. (Ecc. 3:1-8)





It%26#039;s all in God%26#039;s time.|||The question you ask was ask by Einstein. It lead him to the Relativity theorem of matter and energy.





Based on the Bible he gave us all a soul which is how he connects to this plane. Based on that he would know everyone thoughts.





If you think of worm hole theory he could be at any place at any time and since he is incorporeal could be seemly everywhere in any instant.





To think we know enough now to come a conclusion is fallacy.


Our awareness of all science in minuscule to that, that is.





We still have not fixed our science to incorporate the Mobius strip that Our theorems say can not exist.|||My brother says this best. We are in a pea try dish and God is doing an experiment type thing with us. He says this is the easiest to understand. So time is in that dish with us, as well.


And God is outside, but able to open it up and do things in it.


take care.|||http://www.amazon.com/Conversations-God-鈥?/a>

What is your answer to this classic time paradox?

Okay, imagine this situation. One day, a man invents a time machine, goes back in time to the time of his parents and murders his mother. Because his mother dies, he isn%26#039;t born, so he ceases to exist. But when he ceases to exist, his mother is never killed, and so he is born again, to kill his mother, and not to at the same time.





What do you think would be the result? Would this be an infinite time loop? Would going back in time in the first place cause an infinite time loop?





I%26#039;ve thought up the theory that every change you make in the past doesn%26#039;t affect the present and future, because it technically already happened. But this kind of paradox just won%26#039;t be solved. Help me!|||Try this, there is no start or end in time, so it must be running through a loop. If you break out of that loop you will create another loop, both loops will be running through time but they


will be separated from one another. If you try to enter an existing loop you will just create another.


If the loops are created at the point when you disrupt another, by killing you own mother you will just create another loop with a different future.


This is just a theory of mine , if you want to, you can break it apart


and we can try to come up with a solution.|||My answer is you should focus your mental energies on something which has at least a chance in hades of doing you some good.





Here%26#039;s a paradox. A man goes back in time, looks himself up and slaps his young self a few times for not studying harder, causing him to have to manufacture his time machine out of fryers, refrigerator parts and paper hats. But then, he never ends up working at the place where he originally built his time mac_chine.|||That question just about confused me to death.





It is also why there is no such thing as time travel, and there never should be.|||a classic but not possible. How ever there is more then one time line we live in one among infinity. have you ever thought something said like if Al Gore won the 2000 elections well in another time line that all happened. When you travel through time you make another time line so there is no paradox.





But if we send people back through time to prevent a tragic event such as 9/11 nothing will be fixed because we are still in the same time line and the people who went back through time would have prevented it but they are in another time line.





A theory based off of Stephen Hawking lectures and Einstein%26#039;s theory of relativity|||The cycles of A and B and A goes on many times, but eventually damps out. So, no A , no B. This paradox can be solved.|||ok, lets suppose that he was conceived on a tuesday.


If he goes back into the past on monday, the day before, and kills one of his parents, then as you said he would cease to exist.


Then simply he would not be born and one of his parents would die and life would continue like that and the fact that he time-travelled in the future would never happen. I dont think that a loop would be created.


However, I dont think that time-travelling is possible and no, you cant change the future or the past.|||The question seems to me to be the mental and logical equivalent of the mobious strip, or better, Escher%26#039;s illogical reverse stairways.





Can God make a rock so big He can%26#039;t pick it up?





While our minds can try to spin out an answer based upon the logical inconsistencies, at the end of the day it is a completely academic exercise until you actually deal with the original postulate....%26quot;One day, a man invents a time machine....%26quot;





Since you%26#039;ve placed this in the Physics section, you still need to first address Einstein%26#039;s General and Special theories before you can cross that barrier.





Best to you.|||The answer is, man cannot travel back in time.|||My opinion: Man goes back in time, kills mother, continues life in that time, dies of old age or whatever. End of story.

Can I replace 1 strange shaped 3 slot receptacle where the average household outlet (2 plug-in type) exists?

I had to buy a strange shaped receptacle for a tanning bed we just bought. The bed uses 110V, not 220V like some more powerful beds. Can I wire it into a regular grounded household receptacle box? I%26#039;m thinking the situation is similar to having to change the pigtail of a clothes dryer so it will fit the strange receptacle, or changing the receceptacle to fit the pigtail. I%26#039;ve done that. Of course, I%26#039;m not an electrician or anywhere close to a pro at this or I would not be asking such a simple question; but, I am reasonably smart when it comes to following instructions. Too, I am proud of my humility. (HA!)|||The different shape you mention I am assuming is to do with which way the blades are facing? If so, they represent different amps required for the appliance.


15 amp is the usual side by side like the number 11. 20 amps have the blades at 90% to each other like this I-


and higher amped units may have the blades flat across but still side by side, like a pair of dashes - -.


Problem would not be on replacing the outlet, but weather the wire in the wall and the circuit breaker will hold up to the higher draw needed by the tanning bed. Good luck.|||wow, i wouldnt wire it up unless the directions say it is ok. there should be requirements listed in the manual???|||If it calls for 110V, then I%26#039;d change the receptacle out after turning the circuit breaker off. How many amps does the tanning bed require? What amp breaker is on that particular circuit? Things to consider.|||Yes, ( if you are sure it is now 110V ) Those odd ones are for 220V(it is protection so that you don%26#039;t accidently plug a 110 into the 220. But I would suggest to go for the 3 prong plug.|||You just bought a adapter to convert new to old.





Nobody is going to fry. The adapter just converts 3 prongs to 2.





Think about upgrading, for the future if 110 v or 220.





Now 220 has one ground prong just below are 2 prongs laying horizonitaly side by side.





I%26#039;m thinken they can%26#039;t sell a adapter that will cross 110 to 220 so your safe.|||DONT DO THAT! What you need is a Voltage converter from european to American Standard

What does this mean,it's in a bus tour and there are lots of other people in the bus?

It%26#039;s the first time you see him on a bus tour and he looks at you sometimes and then comes and sits right in front of you,then changes places and sometimes does not even care that you exist,other times looks at you more and pretends like he doesn%26#039;t look at you.But he actually knows that we can never ever see each other again unless it%26#039;s a coincidence?


What do you call this situation?|||Creepy. With a capitol C.

Gay rights and racism??back then and now?

back in the 1950%26#039;s Eisenhower believed racism would end slowly in america once values changed. He did not believe it wa swise to push for civil rights because racist americans would be in resisant to change....


today a similar situation exist for gay right activist. gay men and women want to have the right to marry but many americans disagree w/ theirlifestyle and oppose it. should these gay americans push for the issue or should they just wait until values change? will values ever change when it comes to gay rights??


i just would like the publics opinion on this...|||LGBT should fight for their rights. People fought for civil rights and they got a certain amount of it. How many societal problems go away just by ignoring it?





Anyway, Eisenhower wasn%26#039;t the president heralded by the civil rights movement.|||If you want something done right, do it yourself!





This applies to everything.


For example. If you don%26#039;t tell your freinds to stop calling you Stinky or Bunny they probably won%26#039;t.|||I think that there are a lot of people out there that are still against homosexuality. But I also think that even within my 20 years of living, gay rights have come a long way. I spent half my life not understanding what it meant for someone to be homosexual. But as I started going through high school I realized that it is becoming more open in society and at least seemingly accepted by more people. I just don%26#039;t understand why it should matter to anyone if someone is gay. Because the truth of the matter is, who is it affecting? No one. Is it hurting anyone? No. Why do people care? Because of religious or conservative views that tell them they should be against it. Or because people %26#039;just don%26#039;t like to see it.%26#039; Well, they should all get over it. There are bigger issues out there that we have to deal with as Americans. Seriously. Stop being babies about it. It%26#039;s not like anyone is forcing you to be gay. Jeez. I think anyone should be able to love anyone (except for the adults that use and abuse children). Otherwise, we shouldn%26#039;t have to feel bad about liking someone just because of other people. It%26#039;s frustrating how other people try to control this.|||I actually think it is only a small percentage of the population who opposes gay marriage, but also that only those select few choose to speak up about the issue. So the only exposure we really have to the issue is of the minority of people against homosexuality, rather than the masses who have chosen to remain silent on the issue. It might be understandable why gays would not want to be %26#039;out spoken%26#039; about the issue, considering that although it is something they feel strongly for, is not something they wish to publicize to their friends and family. In order to change the situation, people need to be more comfortable with expressing their views publically, and in the legal arena, while at the same time making sure to do so in a gallant manner. Many causes go down the drain because over-zealous activists pull towards one extreme and end up making the cause itself look extreme. The best approach is a straight forward, knowingly lengthy, well organized, and politely spoken campaign by those who wish to create change.|||Someday we%26#039;re going to debate the a person%26#039;s right to marry an android. Yesterday it was interacial marriages. And today it%26#039;s Gay Marriage. Bottome line is, it%26#039;s a persons right to pursue happiness and to be treated equally. Give Gay their right to marry.

Read over this?

Hey I just need someone to read over this and tell me whats wrong ( spelling, grammer, ect ) because for the first time I want a good paper. Also if something doesn%26#039;t make sense please tell me. Thanks in advance for the help!





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Although many people face horrible problems in their everyday lives, compared to those of the blacks in South Africa, their problems pale in comparison. Unlike the whites, the blacks of South Africa have been treated unfairly most of their lives. They had no political rights, were constantly abused and humiliated, and were forced to live in ghetto towns where the whites had all the power. They called this the Apartheid, which basically means the separation of races, and if Nelson Mandela with the help of the World鈥檚 Nations didn鈥檛 step in to stop this then it would probably still exist today. Clearly over the years, most of the black population of South Africa faced many life changing situations including the Apartheid and the ending of the Apartheid|||grammar and everything looked good...try to come up with another word for ghetto...not very good word for this type of paper...also last sentence try South Africa faced many life changing events including the Apartheid and its end.


GOOD LUCK!!|||In the first sentence, change %26quot;their problems pale in comparison%26quot; to %26quot;their problems are pale in comparison.%26quot; That might not be right... but I%26#039;m pretty sure it%26#039;ll make sense either way. The second way just sounds better to me.





%26quot;... the blacks of South Africa have been treated unfairly FOR most of their lives.%26quot; I think it sounds better with a for there, as opposed to without it.





I%26#039;d change ghetto to something else, but if you can%26#039;t find anything else, ghetto would work too.





You need some commas in the sentence that starts with %26quot;They called this the Apartheid...%26quot; They go here: %26quot;... and if Nelson Mandela, with the help of the World%26#039;s Nations, didn%26#039;t step in to stop this then it would probably still exist today.%26quot;





Hope I helped! =)|||I think the first sentence should be:


Many people face horrible problems in their everyday lives, but compared to those of the blacks in South Africa, their problems are pale in comparison.

Why is President Bush a wheel-spinner?

He is accomplishing nothing. Is that because Conservatives love stability?





conservatism


Main Entry: con·ser·va·tism


Pronunciation: \kən-ˈsər-və-ˌti-zəm\


Function: noun


Date: 1832


1capitalized a: the principles and policies of a Conservative party b: the Conservative party2 a: disposition in politics to preserve what is established b: a political philosophy based on tradition and social stability, stressing established institutions, and preferring gradual development to abrupt change; specifically : such a philosophy calling for lower taxes, limited government regulation of business and investing, a strong national defense, and individual financial responsibility for personal needs (as retirement income or health-care coverage)3: the tendency to prefer an existing or traditional situation to change


http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/conservati…|||Iraq is the world%26#039;s most expensive tread mill.|||It%26#039;s more like the idiot Congress. I can%26#039;t believe they pissed off the whole country of Turkey.|||How is Bush a %26quot;wheel spinner%26quot;? The Liberal Democratic party has the majority in the Congress and they are the ones who have the responsibility for passing laws. They have done absolutely nothing since taking over except make a lot of fancy speeches.|||Becos Prez. Bush don%26#039;t know what to do next.|||He acheived loads.





Ask the people of Iraq. Thousands displaced and dead.





Ask the people of New Orleans. His actions have allowed for the redevelopment of the city. (Lets ignore those dead as a result of the floods).





And ask the rest of the world, never has the USA been looked at with as little regard as it is now.

What is the best way to drop a client for slow payment/nonpayment?

I am a graphic designer, and until recently, I didn%26#039;t require my clients to give me a deposit for work. lately, I have a few clients that wait months to pay, and then they don%26#039;t pay the invoice in full. I have since revised my fees and require a deposit, but in the meantime, I am debating whether to inform my existing clinets of my new policies and let the chips fall where they may, or just dropping them because I know that they won%26#039;t change their ways. They are not big clients, I am not making alot of money off of them and they are bad payers. What would be the best way to handle this situation?|||By all means, send ALL clients a letter informing them of your new policies. They will then decide if they wish to remain a client of yours in good standing or not. To not inform them raises the appearance of having a stated payment policy, but only requiring some of your clients to follow it. This could give new clients a reason to challenge your policies. If the slackers leave because of the new policy, no big loss. You will have handled it in a professional manner.|||I own an advertising agency. Clients who are serious business people and reliable payers will not hesitate to pay a deposit. They understand what business is all about and respect your time and skills. Each time a client/potential client asks for work simply say %26quot; I will get an estimate over to you by tomorrow morning. if you have any questions, please call%26quot; Do the estimate making certain you have a provision for revision charges and then do a separate line


that says %26quot;50% deposit required to commence work. Balance due upon completion. All work is the property of the client when paid in full%26quot;.%26quot; Under that put a signature line with the date for them to sign. Do not begin work without a signed estimate or the deposit. A day after you have faxed the estimate if you haven%26#039;t heard from them, simply call and say %26quot;have you received the estimate? do you have any questions?%26quot; if they question the deposit, do not be apologetic, just be business-like. If they argue about it, say %26quot;I%26#039;d love to work with you, your project sounds exciting but without a deposit I am probably not the right designer for you. I wish you the best and if I can help in any way, please don%26#039;t hesitate to call.%26quot; As one of the most brilliant graphic designers I ever knew said %26quot;the only thing I give for free is a price%26quot;. Amen.


PS - do not change your policy for proven clients who have always paid in a timely and professional way.|||Congratulations one sign of a growing business is collection problems.





Let your competition have them. Do not send a letter to all your clients because of a few bad apples. If some clients earned better treatment, give them what they have earned. You get what you reward.





Assuming they still have outstanding balances:


Send a 10 day demand letter for outstanding balance. Send with a promise to send to a collection agency if not paid in full and be specific about the ten days.





Many times a Commercial collection agency will help with a 10 day demand letter for free. This way should they pay after the ten days there is no doubt that the collection agency earned their fee and should it be collected within the 10 days you are not paying for your own efforts.





I would not recommend an agency that just sends letters and has you pay for a letter series. Contingency fees are standard practice with a good commercial agency. Your fees will be based on variables like: the age of the outstanding account, is the debtor company still in business etc.





In this manner you only pay if they collect and the agency is spending its money on letters, labor and phone calls.





The sooner these customers are doing business with your competition the better. Take the position that you do not get headaches; you give them! Give them to the unworthy customer and to your competition. You will think highly of yourself and earn the respect of others.|||I have the same problem time to time with clients, the best way is to present your new policie and give them a chance to shot them selves in the foot. That way they can never say it wasnt about business.

A question for All Turkish users in this Category : Please answer it more reasonably and rationally?

I%26#039;d like to know What you would do if the situation of your state would be different.





I mean a situation where Turkish people would be a minority and a Kurdistan state were existed instead of Turkey, and all of the policies of the %26quot;Kurdistan%26quot; toward the Turkish minority in that situation would be the same as the current policies of the %26quot;Turkey%26quot; toward the Kurdish minority, What would you do then?








Consider a situation where a law would applied to Turkish people through military control, boarding schools, the banning of the Turkish language and culture, changing place names, and deportation. What would you do then?





Consider a situation where Any expression of Turkish identity would be treated as a crime against the %26quot;indivisibility of the Kurdistan nation%26quot; and %26quot;territorial integrity%26quot; of Kurdistan.


What would you do then?





Consider a situation where The use of the Turkish language, music, dance, dress, personal and geographic names, and even listening to broadcasting and recorded music were all criminalized by the Kurdistan state.


What would you do then?





Consider a situation where Turks would be allowed to speak their own language in public aftre 70 years of banning.The use of Turkish in education, broadcasting and publishing would be prohibited. Anyone publishing, or attempting to publish, an objective historical analysis of the Turkish situation is subject to prosecution and imprisonment.


What would you do then?











Would you like that situation? Would you just sit back and do nothing against these actions?|||Your question is hypothetical although you have unsuccessfully tried to make a comparison of what Turkish Kurds are supposed to have gone through, many of what you have written down is simply not true. You have minced your words here but in another answer I saw, you claimed Kurds are imprisoned and tortured every year in Turkey, excuse me for asking but what have you been smoking? One of my best friends is Kurdish and she abhors the PKK and its fascist sympathisers, just like millions of other Kurds. I have written this numerous times before, and I ask you now, how would you explain the fact that the party that has the clear blessing of the PKK (BDP) never receives more than 10% of the votes?





What do you think about people belonging to BDP making provocative and threatening speeches, one MP from this party said %26quot;His people would turn the streets of Turkey to hell%26quot; (implying the PKK would start bombing urban targets, as it did only yesterday by planting a bomb on the way of a bus and killing 5 people). IF the Turkish government is brutal as you say, how come people like this MP find the audacity to make such statements in front of the TV cameras? How come people openly cheer for the PKK in rallies and get away with it? Imagine people gathering in New York and holding Osame Bin Laden posters and jumping up and down in joy. How would be the reaction of Americans?





So what do you expect me to say under this question which lacks insight and is written in a regrettably dramatic tone seasoned with outdated 19th century nationalism? When I read the question, I thought the details contained some analysis, since it asked for a rational answer and what I find here is a bad attempt at a logical fallacy.





Turkey has had problems with human rights, but that really has little to do with one%26#039;s ethnicity. Turks, Kurds and millions of other people, who come from tens of ethnicities (I hope you are aware that it isn%26#039;t just the Kurds who live in Turkey) have suffered from mistreatment.





I also find it exceedingly biased for people to ignore and deliberately brush aside the proceedings relating to the use of Kurdish language for instance. Our government established a Kurdish language channel for instance. There are other proceedings as well yet I always see that people such as the asker find exuberance in focussing on all the negative news concerning Turkey.





Lastly, Turkey is a democratic country and if people, be it Xs be it Ys or interest groups, feel they cannot exercise their rights as they should, they can find democratic means to express their concerns. Taking up arms, kidnapping 14 year old children and making them drug addicts so that they%26#039;ll fight for you is not a part of %26#039;democratic re/action%26#039; nor is killing civilians nor is killing your own soldiers.





@the answerer above:





I beg to differ. The only reason why Kurds are associated with manual labour is not because of any deliberate discriminatory practices regarding education and job hiring but because of Kurdish culture, which attributes, just like any other Middle Eastern culture, unfortunately, little importance to education and women%26#039;s rights, deplorable honour killings continue to be a problem in Turkey. Many of these rural Kurdish families prefer to make their children work on fields rather than sending them to school, if they feel they do not have enough money, they should avoid polygamy -which again is illegal in Turkey- and tens of children that comes with it! It is hard for the Turkish government or any other government to change the basic tenets of a very closed culture.





In addition to that, I am sure you are, as I am, aware that there are millions of very wealthy and influential people of Kurdish origin in Turkey, politicians, journalists, singers, business men...





There are poor villages in the Black Sea region, poor villages in Western Anatolia and poor regions in South-eastern Turkey. The latter%26#039;s situation may be worse due to the PKK%26#039;s dastardly attacks there, which continue to traumatize the lives of many ordinary citizens in the region and this has little to due with the ethnicity of people who live there. After all, it isn%26#039;t as if the whole of Eastern Turkey has only Turks of Kurdish origin! Millions of Turks and other groups of people live there.|||you deal w your own biz muthafucka,you think you have a strong imagination but its just those pils you re taking.





sit back and enjoy buttmunch.|||First of all, there is no Kurdistan.





Secondly, I think you need to learn the history of Turkey before you ask this question. It is not such simple. Do you know how many people died for Turkey in the Independence War, and people are still dying, not only soldiers and officers, but also their daughters,wives and local people. Recently, 4 soldiers and one of the soldiers%26#039; daughter have died. You may not be understand because every morning when you wake up, you don%26#039;t hear that more soldiers has died. Of course I don%26#039;t mean that we need to abuse all the Kurdish people. Turkey has made a mistake. Many Kurdish people work in fields and constructions, etc.(They do hard jobs, but their salaries are low). This is the only mistake that we do.





Thirdly, the terror organization is trying to divide the country.





Lastly, you say %26quot;would you like the situation?%26quot; Now I ask you: If your grandfathers fought for the independence of your country and there were still deaths for a land and if a group tried to divide the country, would you like the situation.





Please think again.





@The Sorceress,





First of all, I live in Eastern Turkey, and I didn%26#039;t mean that Eastern Turkey has only Kurdish people. For example, I%26#039;m a Caucasian Turk.





Secondly,I completely agree with you about the culture of Kurdish people. Unfortunately, they have some strict rules that cause honour killings. It shows that education is the biggest problem and also the most important solution of Turkey.





Lastly, I didn%26#039;t mean that all the Kurds are poor. Yes, there are many Kurdish people who are very rich, but there are 11 million Kurds in Turkey, and as you say they are not rich.





Before the party-called DTP- banned, the head of the party said that %26quot;Siz K眉rtlere ne verdiniz?%26quot;.





I want to continue my writing in Turkish,


Objektif de臒erlendirirsek, 莽ok da haks谋z say谋lmaz. Do臒ru, biz K眉rtlere 莽ok 艧ey vermedik. G眉ne艧in alt谋nda, bah莽elerde meyve toplayanlar谋n 莽o臒u K眉rt. 陌stanbul%26#039;a bakal谋m, 莽o臒u kapka莽莽谋, yan kesici K眉rt.(Elbette %26quot;b眉t眉n K眉rtler b枚yle%26quot; ya da %26quot;bunlar谋n aras谋nda T眉rk yoktur%26quot; demiyorum). Su莽 i艧leyenlerin, su莽 i艧lemek istedikleri i莽in su莽 i艧lediklerini zannetmiyorum.





Bu konu hakk谋nda yaz谋艧mak istiyorsan谋z e-mail yoluyla yaz谋艧谋rsak sevinirim.|||http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/ind鈥?/a>





I will just copy and paste my answer for the same question you%26#039;ve posted twice.





Kurds have exactly the same right as any other Turkish citizen in the REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, as they%26#039;re are also considered as a citizen of this country. Please be more reasonable and rational next time when you%26#039;re posting a question as such.


Consider this, if someone came to your house and said to you %26#039;get off that couch, it%26#039;s mine now, you can go sit in your bedroom from now on%26#039;, would you accept that? If every country gave land to every minority group within their borders, imagine what the world would come to.


you%26#039;re wrong by the way, there is a channel dedicated to Kurds, broadcasting in Kurdish, on which they can watch many programs and shows in Kurdish.


Turkish government sends them teachers, doctors, nurses and everything else they need, but (most of) those doctors, nurses, teachers are kidnapped and (most of the time) killed. So what rationality were you speaking about again?





About 5 minutes ago I was watching the news, watching the funerals of the young soldiers who were killed by the feral terrorists, of a young 17 year old girl who still had so many goals to achieve in this life. What was her fault? Would she even know the controversy of this topic at the innocent age of 17? So being reasonable you were talking about, right? The amazing thing is, when I saw the orphan daughter (at 2 years old) of the murdered soldier at the funeral, I couldn%26#039;t help but shed a few tears, while his proud dad was saying %26#039;Vatan sagolsun. 3 oglum ve ben variz daha, gerekirse vatan icin sehit olmaya.%26#039; - Long live the homeland. I still have myself and 3 sons to sacrifice for our homeland- So please, be reasonable and rational, put yourself in this man%26#039;s shoes for a few minutes, would you be able to say the same thing? Honestly and rationally, I would not.


Here you go. I gave you a very reasonable, honest and a rational answer.|||Years ago, a Turkish columnist (Altan) wrote an article in a major Turkish national newspaper, Hurriyet or Milliyet if I remember correctly, along the same lines. He created a hypothetical situation where Turks suffered from what Kurds had undergone over the 20th century. He was harassed widely and prosecuted by the authorities. I don%26#039;t remember the result of the prosecution, though.


This is a very delicate issue for Turkish citizens no matter what their ethnic backgrounds are, as you can discern from the answers given to your question. But it is not limited to the situation of Kurds in Turkey and elsewhere. National question is yet to be solved in global as well as local politics. Only recently, for instance, British PM Cameron acknowledge how British government terrorized the civilian Irish population along with IRA militants and fabricated fake evidence against them, and resorted to the method of extrajudicial punishment in its dealings with IRA militants and civilian people who are considered to be aiding and abetting to them or who doesn%26#039;t want to become a %26quot;tout%26quot;.


This was just an example and similar things happened also in Turkey. Kurds were openly discriminated against until the nineties; actually it was more than discrimination as they were not even considered an ethnic community. To its stupidity, the regime in Turkey called them %26quot;Mountainous Turks%26quot; and their language %26quot;Mountain Turkish%26quot;. Today, however, nobody believes in this. Even people who believed this in the past (at least most of them, I hope) are honorable enough to be embarrassed when reminded of this (I must recommend nobel prize winner Harold Pinter%26#039;s fascinating play called The Mountain Language).


Kurdish political prisoners, after the 1980 fascist coup instigated by the US secret services, were tortured in ways inconceivable by a normal human being for years. Both US involvement and tortures are now recognized and evidenced widely. And let me remind you that there was no Kurdish armed insurgency until 1984 when PKK started its armed struggle. Before 1980 even armed political groups of Kurdish origin considered themselves part of the Turkish revolutionary left. But the junta treated them much more harshly than it treated the Turkish left-wing people, although they were also subjected to widespread torture.


This doesn%26#039;t justify terrorism, I can hear people saying. And I agree it doesn%26#039;t. But a state itself, by definition, cannot and should not act like those who terrorize people and adopt the tactics of a terrorist organization. The number 40.000 is widely cited as the number of people died as a result of this conflict. But remember, 17.000 of these remain to be unsolved cases of murder. Villages were burned down, and emptied of its inhabitants. And all these are today recognized by the government. These people who suffered from the atrocities both by the state and the PKK, are being compensated for by the state now.


Never in history have good guys been on the one side, villains being on the other. The most disturbing thing for Turkish people when they interact with Westerners, however, is that they are singled out as the villain of history and this is unfair. Every power in history, when challenged by a lesser power, behaves in a way that may be unjustifiable in the modern sense of the word morality. Many examples can be cited: Guantanamo for the US, the French in Algeria and on its own soil against the minorities, Spain against left wing and liberal people until 1980s and against Basque and Catalan people, Britain against the Irish and many many other peoples in the world and its workers in late 1970s and early 1980s, Italy against the immigrants and southern italians, indonesia against the timorese, China against the tibetians and the uighur turks along with its peasantry, tutsis against hutus and hutus against tutsis in Rwanda...


One last note to some answerers: essentializing culture and attributing certain features to an ethnic group is ignorance, if not racism.





Most probably I will be condemned by people from both sides as this is a delicate issue as I mentioned above. And people don%26#039;t look at the facts when it%26#039;s delicate, rather they throw their pre-established opinions. I%26#039;d rather discuss the facts I presented, but it may not always be possible.

Legal to sell backups? loop hole?

i saw this on a form and was wondering. does this allow a person to sell backups of anything games, movies, software, putting responsibility on the buyer?





United States of America;





Sec. 117. Limitations on exclusive rights: Computer programs








(a) Making of Additional Copy or Adaptation by Owner of Copy. -


Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106, it is not an


infringement for the owner of a copy of a computer program to make


or authorize the making of another copy or adaptation of that


computer program provided:


(1) that such a new copy or adaptation is created as an


essential step in the utilization of the computer program in


conjunction with a machine and that it is used in no other


manner, or


(2) that such new copy or adaptation is for archival purposes


only and that all archival copies are destroyed in the event that


continued possession of the computer program should cease to be


rightful.


(b) Lease, Sale, or Other Transfer of Additional Copy or


Adaptation. - Any exact copies prepared in accordance with the


provisions of this section may be leased, sold, or otherwise


transferred, along with the copy from which such copies were


prepared, only as part of the lease, sale, or other transfer of all


rights in the program. Adaptations so prepared may be transferred


only with the authorization of the copyright owner.


(c) Machine Maintenance or Repair. - Notwithstanding the


provisions of section 106, it is not an infringement for the owner


or lessee of a machine to make or authorize the making of a copy of


a computer program if such copy is made solely by virtue of the


activation of a machine that lawfully contains an authorized copy


of the computer program, for purposes only of maintenance or repair


of that machine, if -


(1) such new copy is used in no other manner and is destroyed


immediately after the maintenance or repair is completed; and


(2) with respect to any computer program or part thereof that


is not necessary for that machine to be activated, such program


or part thereof is not accessed or used other than to make such


new copy by virtue of the activation of the machine.


(d) Definitions. - For purposes of this section -


(1) the %26quot;maintenance%26quot; of a machine is the servicing of the


machine in order to make it work in accordance with its original


specifications and any changes to those specifications authorized


for that machine; and


(2) the %26quot;repair%26quot; of a machine is the restoring of the machine


to the state of working in accordance with its original


specifications and any changes to those specifications authorized


for that machine.





HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES


HOUSE REPORT NO. 94-1476


As the program for general revision of the copyright law has


evolved, it has become increasingly apparent that in one major area


the problems are not sufficiently developed for a definitive


legislative solution. This is the area of computer uses of


copyrighted works: the use of a work %26quot;in conjunction with automatic


systems capable of storing, processing, retrieving, or transferring


information.%26quot; The Commission on New Technological Uses is, among


other things, now engaged in making a thorough study of the


emerging patterns in this field and it will, on the basis of its


findings, recommend definitive copyright provisions to deal with


the situation.


Since it would be premature to change existing law on computer


uses at present, the purpose of section 117 is to preserve the


status quo. It is intended neither to cut off any rights that may


now exist, nor to create new rights that might be denied under the


Act of 1909 or under common law principles currently applicable.


The provision deals only with the exclusive rights of a copyright


owner with respect to computer uses, that is, the bundle of rights


specified for other types of uses in section 106 and qualified in


sections 107 through 116 and 118. With respect to the


copyright-ability of computer programs, the ownership of copyrights


in them, the term of protection, and the formal requirements of the


remainder of the bill, the new statute would apply.


Under section 117, an action for infringement of a copyrighted


work by means of a computer would necessarily be a federal action


brought under the new title 17. The court, in deciding the scope of


exclusive rights in the computer area, would first need to


determine the applicable law, whether State statutory or common law


or the Act of 1909. Having determined what law was applicable, its


decision would dep|||You can%26#039;t sell it. It says so in (2)(b).





You can only make copies if it is an essential step in using the software.|||No. You can only sell the %26quot;original%26quot; copy you got (e.g., on a CD), plus one copy on the hard drive, which was authorized as %26quot;essential%26quot; to the operation. Any other %26quot;archival%26quot; copies must be destroyed once you sell the computer or the software copy.

How Do I get corrected an inacccurate address location on mapquest and google maps & GPS devices?

When you type my address into google maps or mapquest it gives the wrong location. This is namely due to the fact that the street I live on was built 5 years ago. It is an extentsion of an existing street and it shows up on the aerial photos if you change to that view. Is there anyway to contact the vendors who provide this info. to Google, MapQuest and other GPS devices. If people use what is there, they wind up on the wrong side of a busy street and it is one of those %26quot;you can%26#039;t get there from here%26quot; situations, w/o doing a lot of turns.





Many thanks.|||There are two companies who provide the majority of the street data to the GPS companies and companies providing mapping services like Google Maps, Yahoo Maps, and MapQuest. Those two companies are Tele Atlas and NAVTEQ. Both of those companies have online tools where you can report errors found in their databases.





Typically the GPS device or the mapping service will have a copyright tag somewhere that will indicate which mapping service they got their data from. For example Garmin, Magellan, and the Google Maps website use NAVTEQ data primarily. TomTom, Mio, and the Google Maps API use Tele Atlas data.





You can read a comparison of the two companies here:


http://www.gpsreview.net/navteq-vs-tele-鈥?/a>





For Tele Atlas corrections you can report them via their MapInsight program here:


http://mapinsight.teleatlas.com/





For NAVTEQ corrections you can report them via their MapReporter program here:


http://mapreporter.navteq.com/dur-web-ex鈥?/a>





In both cases those companies go through lots of work to evaluate the validity of changes before they are implemented. Also it can take a long time for the downstream provider (Google Maps, etc) to *implement* changes they receive from the vendors, even if the vendor accepts the change quickly. In other words if you submit a correction today, don%26#039;t expect to see that change reflected tomorrow... or next week... in some cases it can take a year or more to validate a change, distribute the new information, and have the downstream provider implement that change.|||I%26#039;m interested in the answers you get because my address is listed incorrectly, too. I have e-mailed Mapquest several times (over a period of years) and not gotten a response. Any help here?

What would cause a vampire to come into existence, from an evolutionary standpoint?

What%26#039;s a plausible evolutionary situation that would require and/or allow a subspecies such as the mythological vampire to exist? How would humanity have to change, and how would their genes mutate?|||No evolution can allow a complex creature such as a humanoid to subsist directly off of blood. There just isn%26#039;t enough inherent carbohydrates, proteins, or fats in blood to provide the necessary life nutritional requirements. When a human eats a meal, his digestive system slowly breaks the food down, converting most of it to simple sugars which enter the bloodstream (i.e. blood sugar) and are carried to each cell for use as fuel. The rest may be used immediately as building blocks to rebuild and maintain the bodily tissues and systems, or stored as fat. Indigestible bulk continues on through the digestive tract and is excreted as waste.


The nutrients the body extracts from the meal are therefore diluted in the bloodstream itself and considering parts per million, even a small %26quot;drink%26quot; of blood could not supply enough sugars and nutrients to sustain a %26quot;vampire%26quot;.


In order to get the full nutritive value of the person%26#039;s blood the vampire would have to consume the entire blood supply, which is impossible. Imagine trying to pack 24 cans of soda in your stomach all at once - the stomach is only as big as your fist. For a vampire to consume the entire blood supply his entire abdomen would have to be stomach - no diaphragm, no spleen, no kidneys, no liver, little to no intestinal tract, etc.


No such evolution is possible to bring this about - it is far, far more efficient to simply eat the meal itself.|||Vampires already exist.


They%26#039;re mosquitos, flees, bats, parasites like intestinal worms, ticks, etc etc.|||You would need a plausible situation where the limited nutritive value of blood, and its drawbacks such as the presence of waste ammonia, became more advantageous to some people than the wider diet humans enjoy. Some bats have chosen this path, but most have gone other ways, eating insects or fruit instead.


Then, with your humans consuming blood rather than other foods (in Africa, there is a tribe that consumes only milk and cow blood, mixing them and dipping sticks into the clotting mixture, then eating the mix from the sticks), they need enough time to develop to where they can consume only blood, and not need other foods. It would likely take a while.


Teeth suitable for the job may never develop, as they are likely tool users to begin with.


It is unlikely in the extreme.|||Completely un-possible. The blood drinking part would not be necassary, though people could think it is and only drink it. To only exist in the night is impossible like in the movies; we might become blind or something but not burn in the sun. Crosses can%26#039;t burn anything and as mammals we can pass moving water.|||well, people would be more nocturnal, stores open all night, and closed all morning, blood-packs would be sold at pharmacies, quick stops, and bars, etc, but we%26#039;d cope and change our ways to fit our new needs, it%26#039;s basic animal ability to adapt. plus, vampires do exist. form a biological stand point, there are a few. one of the most well known of human that are somewhat vampiric in nature suffer from a disease known as porphyria. so just pretend half the population developed porphyria, we%26#039;d adapt, and deal, and work harder to find a cure. guarantee there would be a cure for it now, had more people had it, thus creating a greater need for a resolution, and more funding going towards it.








Catalepsy





If you have ever had an experience where you were half asleep and could see or hear your surroundings but not respond in any way, then you have an inkling what it%26#039;s like to have catalepsy. (This is not to suggest that anyone who has had an experience like this is cataleptic.)





Catalepsy is a disease where the afflicted goes into a suspended animation-like state that can resemble death. These attacks can last anywhere from a few minutes to, as in some rare cases, weeks. A person suffering from a cataleptic attack can see and hear but cannot move or speak. In addition, there are cases where the afflicted%26#039;s heart and breathing were reduced so much that they appeared to be dead to all but the more modern methods of detection. If this attack lasted for a few days or longer, it is entirely possible, in fact probable, that the afflicted was diagnosed as being dead and promptly buried. Imagine the surprise and fear of someone, who knew nothing of this disease, when a %26quot;dead%26quot; body began to rise from its grave not long after being buried!








Porphyria





There are various types of porphyria but almost all of them share similar traits. In all variations, the production of heme is abnormal. Heme is one of the major building blocks of red blood cells 鈥?the cells that carry oxygen.





There are similar symptoms among the varying types of porphyria. One of these common symptoms is excessive hair growth. In Bram Stoker%26#039;s Dracula and numerous mythologies this was a positive identification of a vampire. Another symptom is sensitivity to sunlight (an absolute proof that a person was a vampire) which would cause the person to go out only at night (the vampire%26#039;s domain). In some extreme cases of porphyria, enzymes would build up on the teeth and gums of the afflicted giving them a reddish tint 鈥?proof to the superstitious that the afflicted had been drinking blood.








Anemia





Anemia is a disease in which a person does not have enough red blood cells in their body. Red blood cells are those that carry oxygen throughout our bodies. Symptoms of anemia include weakness or faintness, loss of appetite, and dizziness 鈥?all of which could make someone in the Middle Ages, and earlier, think the anemic was actually a vampire victim. Some other, and rarer, anemic symptoms include pale skin and bleeding gums 鈥?both of which would indicate the anemic was a vampire.





Rabies





Bats and Wolves are both oftentimes connected with vampires. They are common carriers of the disease rabies. Rabies has symptoms that resemble vampirism. Hyper-sensitivity, a characteristic of rabies, might result in garlic or light aversion. Other symptoms entail becoming nocturnal due to atypical sleep patterns and over-sexuality. The disease is spread by biting, and patients with rabies are sometimes observed frothing at the mouth with blood.





(there are other vampire-like disease, but i can%26#039;t think of them all right now)|||it wouldnt. nature wouldnt produce it. evolution is random. its survival of the fittest and the sexiest(the most likely to reproduce). if a randomly mutated gene gives the creature an advantage, it lives to pass it on to its children. blood would be a disadvantage, fangs would be a disadvantage, and the human body is not capable of ridicules agility and strength, at least not naturally. if it did occur naturally, we would be monsters. giant, hulking monsters.|||It would have had to started a very long time ago, evolutionarily speaking. It might come out as hunters, eating raw meat, start to rely more on the blood for sustenance and their biological system slowly evolving to allow for this to be the primary form of nutrition. They would, after countless generations, be weaned from meat and rely only on the blood.





It is plausible, but very very very unlikely.





Credit must go to the nurse here for using her education to point out the flaws in vampirism. However, like I pointed out, if the evolutionary stage was hit early enough the biological processes that she is so well educated in would have been replaced by another set of processes that would make use of what is in blood instead.





The creatures would probably be a lot smaller though, to compensate for the poor nutritional value of blood.





Also, the human body does already possess remarkable speed and strength, but limits itself for practical reasons (physical stress limitations). Adrenaline can override these limitations momentarily.|||I don%26#039;t think it will happen ever.


Thats simply impossible.

How do i write a CONVINCING request letter regarding the changing of a dsl connection into a wi-fi one.?

the situation: we have an existing dsl connection in our office for a single laptop and there were times that there were VIP%26#039;s that need an internet access with their own laptop in our office. the letter is to be addressed to my superior.





Please make the letter as convincing as possible. Thanks a lot and God bless!|||Dear Boss;


We find that occasionally we need to be able to offer Internet connectivity to our valued VIP guests. To do this we have two alternatives:





1) Buy a wireless router for about $150, install it ourselves, and maintain it (maintaining it will occasionally require having our IT staff perform manual power cycling and/or reseting and reconfiguring WEP security and other minor details). The great advantage to this option is minimal long term cost.





2) Requesting that our DSL provider upgrade our existing single connection service to a multi connection service.... in this case the DSL company would charge us an additional $20 per month for the DSL service and also they would recall our modem and replace it with a modem/router combo device. The great advantage to this option is convenience for the whole company: on a given day that the Internet should fail any personnel in the office can call the DSL tech support and they will talk them through the process of re-connecting to the Internet any computer or visitor%26#039;s computer we so desire.





Thank you - please let me know which option you prefer.|||Fist of all WIFI is NOT an internet connection. IT is the wireless portion of a Local Area Network. A Lan/WIFI still needs a DSL connection to the Internet.








All you need to do is purchase a Wireless Router such as the Dlink DI-624 and connect the cable comming from the DSL modem to the DI624 WAN port. The DI624 has Four Ethernet ports. Connect one of them to your existing computer and set up the Wireless router for WPA-PSK encryption.





The DI-624 is about $90.00 U.S. at Frys electronics.





There are no changes to your current DSL account or changes to your computer settings. Just install it the way I said and away you go. All you will need to do is let the VIP%26#039;s know the key.





If you have further questions email me.





Bill|||Wi-Fi is one of the possible connections from your PC to the router.


DSL is one of the possible connections between your router and the Internet.





So, Wi-Fi won%26#039;t replace DSL. It just replaces the ethernet cables that run from your PC to the router.





You can get a Wi-Fi router for about $50.


If you have VIPs coming in, this is a very cheap solution to allow them to get only.





The only problem is that there are some security issues with Wi-Fi.|||Just so you know 鈥?and this may affect the nature of your request 鈥?wireless connectivity is something you simply add to your existing internet connection using a wireless router (or whatever). It doesn%26#039;t require you to switch to a different ISP or anything, just a cheap hardware purchase and a little while to set it up and make sure everything%26#039;s properly configured for a work environment. Hopefully, that%26#039;ll make it easier for you to make your case. :)

Christians be honest would you change your mind in this situation?

If you found yourself in another universe where the rules were different. Where there is no hell and were there are many many gods. Would your vision of god change? Would you see that there are other worlds unlike your own? Would you try to witness to these people even though your god does not exist in their world? Or would you leave them alone? Would you except that there was more than your own god and your own universe? Odd question I know I am just curious.|||if we were in another universe as u describe then our views wouldnt %26quot;change%26quot; per se. they would naturally be different as a result of our surroundings that we grew up in and learned about. if we were in a universe where the God of the Bible didnt exist then we would have no view on Him at all because He simply wouldnt exist and we would have no way to know of Him.|||My Christianity is based on the assumptions inherent in this universe. In another universe - well who knows what it might be like?|||I%26#039;d give %26#039;em a Bible ... and ah, there is only ONE G0od!!!


Did you see the %26quot;Seventh Street Theater%26quot; skit where they did this? IDK why, but I love this show.|||We will find ourselves in a place where the rules are different. But there will only be on God. The same God.





Only one God has sent fire from heaven. Choose this day whom you will serve.|||lol I%26#039;m a heathen I already have more then one god/goddess so long as these people didn%26#039;t force me to abandon my gods there would be no problem I would let them worship as they please and even if they did try to take away my beliefs I would still let them worship their gods after all who am I to say they are wrong but I will fight to the death and beyond for my faith.

Assimilation and accommodation?

IS THIS RIGHT:





ASSIMILATION: applying pre-existing knowledge to a new situation.





ACCOMMODATION: changing an action in response to the environment.


|||Assimilation: The process by which a person takes material into their mind from the environment, which may mean changing the evidence of their senses to make it fit.





Accommodation: The difference made to one%26#039;s mind or concepts by the process of assimilation.


Note that assimilation and accommodation go together: you can%26#039;t have one without the other. |||vice versa





note, if you%26#039;re in middle school or elementary, you are fine. But if you%26#039;re in high school or college, I seriously doubt your brain capacity.

Is it illegal to force employees to change from weekly pay to monthly pay?

I am in a situation where I have been forced to change from being paid weekly to monthly. I am therefore having to exist on %26#039;no wages%26#039; for 3 weeks. I will get those 3 weeks wages when I retire. In effect I will be working on 1/4 pay next month|||Happens all the time. Check with Labor relations; but it%26#039;s probably legal|||Yes, it is legal. Getting paid once a month is way better than not having a job.|||so now you get it all at once instead of in pieces? what is your problem with that? Didn%26#039;t they give you a weeks notice?


and how come your not saving a portion to help you through rough times anyway...didn%26#039;t you read the story about the grasshopper?|||I think you are getting confused between being paid monthly %26amp; working a month in advance.


during the switch over a good company would offer you a sub, if its not easy for you to do. which you would pay back out of your full wages at the end of the month.|||Payment policies are decided by the company not the law. It is legal for a company to change that policy from weekly to bi-weekly to monthly and back again. Although it may cause a hardship and temporary adjustments there is nothing in the law that states a company has to adhere to a set pay schedule unless stipulated in a contract made with the employee.

What do you think about Homeland Security Sec. Napolitano's changing "Terrorism" word to "Man-Caused Disaster"?

In the endless parade to be politically ever-so-correct and in Obama%26#039;s campaign to distance himself as much as possible from any of Bush%26#039;s policies, the new U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has come out publicly refusing to use the word %26quot;Terrorism%26quot; in favor of a new word - %26quot;Man-Caused Disaster%26quot;. She claims the change is purposeful to denote a departure from the %26quot;politics of fear%26quot; to a supposed state of readiness for %26quot;any situation%26quot; that may come.





Do you buy this?





If a Terrorist purposely blows up another huge icon like the World Trade Center (regardless of which country it occurs in) and causes even just one casualty (not to mention hundreds or thousands of lives), are you going to call that some kind of %26quot;Man-Caused Disaster%26quot;? Or an outright act of Terrorism?





Is calling Terrorism a %26quot;Man-Caused Disaster%26quot; similar to calling a Garbage Man a %26quot;Sanitation Engineer%26quot;?





Why would anyone WANT to put a politically correct name on Terrorism? Are we trying to not offend Terrorists by calling them something less terrible-sounding? I think they WANT to sound as terrible as they can, right? Are we trying to diffuse Bad Bart by calling him %26quot;Not-so-Bad Bart%26quot;....%26quot;Confused Bart%26quot;....or %26quot;Excuse-him-because-he can%26#039;t-help-himself Bart%26quot;?





When you think of a %26quot;disaster%26quot;, don%26#039;t you think of something that occurs naturally or in the natural world, albeit unusual? By changing terrorism into something that is a %26quot;disaster%26quot;, is the underlying message that these horrific acts are just a natural consequence of different factions of mankind existing and interacting on the same planet, therefore are to be %26quot;understood%26quot;? Do we really want to %26quot;understand%26quot; when terrorists purposely kill thousands of innocent people to strike terror into the hearts of people they perceive as their enemy because they may not believe in the same God or worship in the same church?





Is Napolitano just parroting Obama, or was the term %26quot;Man-Caused Disaster%26quot; her brilliant idea for putting a cute little pink bow on murder and mayhem?





For the news story, see this link:





http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,5095…|||Terrorism itself is really a policy created by one group with the intention to intimidate and invoke feelings of %26quot;terror%26quot; in another group. Terrorism is almost always used to prove an idealogical point and is aimed at innocents, non-combatants, third parties, etc.





In 1988, the US Army had over 100 different definitions of the word “terrorism.%26quot; Today, no doubt, there are hundreds more. Because of the wide range of definititions around the world, there is no internationally agreed upon definition of terrorism.





The word “terrorism” is also VERY politically and emotionally charged, which adds to the difficulty in defining the word. While, we all believe that 9-11 was an act of terrorism (in a physical sense), one could also argue that the US Government uses terrorism. Posessing nuclear weapons while disallowing enemy nations to posess the same defenses is likely viewed as terrorism by those enemy nation%26#039;s people. We hope that out ever-present eminent threat will terrify them (terrorism). The media also practices a form of terrorism when they force unattainable beauty standards upon average people, then use scare tactics like, %26quot;You%26#039;ll never find true love if you%26#039;re overweight%26quot; or %26quot;Your partner won%26#039;t be happy with you if you don%26#039;t use Extenze.%26quot;





While I don%26#039;t love the term %26quot;Man-Caused Disaster,%26quot; I do feel that %26quot;terrorism%26quot; is too broad a term to use for any individual physical attack. Unfortunately, there are already too many %26quot;Man-Caused Disasters%26quot; that have nothing to do with terrorism, such as The Dust Bowl, Love Canal, and Britney Spears.





What I can%26#039;t understand is: Why demonize men by being gender-specific in the new title for terror? While women are socialized to be passive and non-agressive, you can%26#039;t exclude women from terrorism. Women are just as capable of having terrorist ideaology as men.





We simply can%26#039;t get away from the term %26quot;terrorism%26quot; because it is now part of our vernacular. I guess, in the end, I don%26#039;t understand the purpose of this new title for terrorist acts. If it%26#039;s to sugar-coat another bad, scary thing in our world, big mistake. If it%26#039;s to be more specific when talking about terrorism, it%26#039;s a good thought. Though, they haven%26#039;t gotten it yet, and they may just be tilting at windmills. Should we be spending time fighting the word %26quot;terrorism?%26quot; What%26#039;s next, WMDs are %26quot;extinguishment devices?%26quot;|||I%26#039;m a Brit, so not my concern really. But seems like a profound load of bollocks to me.