Posts by HintOfLime

Ak-Jeff God wasn't created. God isn't subject to the laws of time that we're subject to. Similar to how a person (hypothetically) living on the moon isn't subject to the laws of physics on planet earth.

You claim to KNOW things it is impossible for anyone to know (the state and laws of physics pre big-bang, the nature of unobserved fantasy beings), and based on that ungrounded information you proceed to engage in special pleading for your own case (no no.. that same logic doesn't apply to god. Gods aren't subject to laws, reason, or evidence. Gods are special!).

It's simply impossible.

Then by your own logic, it is impossible for god to exist. Special pleading is for people who CAN NOT make a logical case without cheating. If you want to go play in the realm of make-believe.. go for it. If you want to play in the realm of logic, put your big boy pants on and face the glaring logical hole in your argument. You're not going to convince anyone to put their "stupid hats" on and accecpt "Side A is required to provide a logical argument, but Side B excused themselves from it. That's amazing! I'm going to pick side B!!"

Something had to either come from nothing, or have always existed - or there would be nothing. So clearly, it DID happen.

As regards to what that "something" most likely is - The universe can be demonstrated to exist, and is the simpler of the two explainations. The same cannot be said for god.

- Lime

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Dear Mr. Gates ....

by talesin in

jw
friends

i was reading my new w7 manual, and thought the following paragraph was hilarious!!!

others fear that microsoft will somehow exploit them through automatic.

updates.

HintOfLime

I just noticed on the Microsoft Support page that I posted that below the Fix-It buttons they lists 6 steps (with sub-steps) under "Fix it Myself"... including running RedEdit and entering hex values.

Below that is a section "Advanced Steps" with the important tip: The following steps are for advanced users only.

Wait.. so running regedit and mucking around with registry values isn't? I can just see my mom feeling comfortable firing up regedit, navigating to the right key, creating a new 32-bit DWORD, and entering in hex codes.

Oh well. At least Microsoft provides the information, I guess. But really all of it should be under the "Advanced Users Only" header.

- Lime

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Dear Mr. Gates ....

by talesin in

jw
friends

i was reading my new w7 manual, and thought the following paragraph was hilarious!!!

others fear that microsoft will somehow exploit them through automatic.

updates.

HintOfLime

Oh, and by the way,,, the automatic update from IPv4 to IPv6 cut me off from my ISP as they exclusively use IPv4, and was impossible to uninstall IPv6, so I had to wipe my new PC and reinstall the O/S.

Ok, the whole thing about reformatting your PC just because you need to ONLY use ipv4 is crazy, who told you that? IPv6 can be unchecked from

the network adapter you are using and presto, it is disabled.

Or... just click on the appropriate button on this page: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929852

As far as Microsoft being 'evil'.. I think all the big companies are pretty self-serving. Because of the huge customer and business install base, Microsoft tends to be the most scrutinized, and they have by far the most to lose. It's not like Facebook, Google, and Apple haven't been making their own headlines for anti-consumer and anti-competitive lately...

- Lime

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If Men Could Menstruate

by mrsjones5 in

if men could menstruateby gloria steinem.

a white minority of the world has spent centuries conning us into thinking that a white skin makes people superior - even though the only thing it really does is make the more subject to ultraviolet rays and to wrinkles.

male human beings have built whole cultures around the idea that penis envy is "natural" to women - though having such an unprotected organ might be said to make men vulnerable, and the power to give birth makes womb envy at least as logical.in short, the characteristics of the powerful, whatever they may be, are thought to be better than the characteristics of the powerless - and logic has nothing to do with it.what would happen, for instance, if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women could not?the answer is clear - menstruation would become an enviable, boast-worthy, masculine event:men would brag about how long and how much.boys would mark the onset of menses, that longed-for proof of manhood, with religious ritual and stag parties.congress would fund a national institute of dysmenorrhea to help stamp out monthly discomforts.sanitary supplies would be federally funded and free.

HintOfLime

If men could menstruate, they'd likely deal with it...keep it to themselves without having to talk about it and hold it over women's heads as if it were their fault menstruation existed.

Exactly. I had migranes 2-3 times a week for 8 years. I'd wake up with a bad headache, and knew that day would suck. If I had one, I knew I'd have another one the next day on the other side of the head - they always came in pairs. Still, in the mornings I would take a shower, get dressed, and get to work on time. I'd fake a smile all day long, and pretend that nothing was wrong with my co-workers. I had to work double-hard to pay attention and keep up with everything I did.

Sometimes your situation sucks, but you just have to make the best of it and get your work done.

There are real-world functions and discomforts that are unique to males, and contrary to the (false) premise of the original essay - men don't turn "spin" everything "male" as being good and to be worshiped - and everything "female" into "negative". Male or female - we all tend to focus on the things that suggest good health and vitality... and be a little shy about the others.

- Lime

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If Men Could Menstruate

by mrsjones5 in

if men could menstruateby gloria steinem.

a white minority of the world has spent centuries conning us into thinking that a white skin makes people superior - even though the only thing it really does is make the more subject to ultraviolet rays and to wrinkles.

male human beings have built whole cultures around the idea that penis envy is "natural" to women - though having such an unprotected organ might be said to make men vulnerable, and the power to give birth makes womb envy at least as logical.in short, the characteristics of the powerful, whatever they may be, are thought to be better than the characteristics of the powerless - and logic has nothing to do with it.what would happen, for instance, if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women could not?the answer is clear - menstruation would become an enviable, boast-worthy, masculine event:men would brag about how long and how much.boys would mark the onset of menses, that longed-for proof of manhood, with religious ritual and stag parties.congress would fund a national institute of dysmenorrhea to help stamp out monthly discomforts.sanitary supplies would be federally funded and free.

HintOfLime

I'm sensing some menstrual envy here.

I thought "The Gwenz" was kinda funny, actually.

In the end: However humans can divide themselves, I guess they will. And whoever held the conch last will be the next one killed.

- Lime

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If Men Could Menstruate

by mrsjones5 in

if men could menstruateby gloria steinem.

a white minority of the world has spent centuries conning us into thinking that a white skin makes people superior - even though the only thing it really does is make the more subject to ultraviolet rays and to wrinkles.

male human beings have built whole cultures around the idea that penis envy is "natural" to women - though having such an unprotected organ might be said to make men vulnerable, and the power to give birth makes womb envy at least as logical.in short, the characteristics of the powerful, whatever they may be, are thought to be better than the characteristics of the powerless - and logic has nothing to do with it.what would happen, for instance, if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women could not?the answer is clear - menstruation would become an enviable, boast-worthy, masculine event:men would brag about how long and how much.boys would mark the onset of menses, that longed-for proof of manhood, with religious ritual and stag parties.congress would fund a national institute of dysmenorrhea to help stamp out monthly discomforts.sanitary supplies would be federally funded and free.

HintOfLime

If men could menstrate and have babies...

Why don't we just simplfy things a bit here... and just call these hypothetical male beings that menstrate and give birth "women"... and their counterparts "men"?

Becuase that's exactly what the article is:

What if Women Ruled the World?

The answer is clear - menstruation would become an enviable, boast-worthy, femine event:

Women would brag about how long and how much.

Grils would mark the onset of menses, that longed-for proof of womanhood, with religious ritual and "girls' night" parties.

Congress would fund a National Institute of Dysmenorrhea to help stamp out monthly discomforts.

Sanitary supplies would be federally funded and free. (Of course, some women would still pay for the prestige of commercial brands such as Sarah Palin Tampons, Martha Steward's Rope-a-dope Pads, etc)

Military women, right-wing politicians, and religious fundamentalists would cite menstruation as proof that only women could serve in the Army ("you have to give blood to take blood"), occupy political office ("can men be aggressive without that steadfast cycle governed by the planet Venus?"), be priestess ("how could a man give his blood for our sins?") or rabbis ("without the monthly loss of impurities, men remain unclean").

Female radicals, left-wing politicians, mystics, however, would insist that men are equal, just different, and that any man could enter their ranks if she were willing to self-inflict a major wound every month ("you MUST give blood for the revolution"), recognize the preeminence of menstrual issues, or subordinate him selfness to all women in their Cycle of Enlightenment. Street girls would brag ("I'm a three pad woman") or answer praise from a friend ("Girl, you lookin' good!") by giving fives and saying, "Yeah, girl, I'm on the rag!" TV shows would treat the subject at length. ("Happy Days": Heather and Dianne try to convince Gwendolyn that she is still "The Gwenz," though she has missed two periods in a row.) So would newspapers.

Women would convince men that intercourse was more pleasurable at "that time of the month." Gays would be said to fear blood and therefore life itself - though probably only because they needed a good menstruating woman.

Of course, female intellectuals would offer the most moral and logical arguments. How could a man master any discipline that demanded a sense of time, space, mathematics, or measurement, for instance, without that in-built gift for measuring the cycles of the moon and planets - and thus for measuring anything at all? In the rarefied fields of philosophy and religion, could men compensate for missing the rhythm of the universe? Or for their lack of symbolic death-and-resurrection every month?

Liberal women in every field would try to be kind: the fact that "these people" have no gift for measuring life or connecting to the universe, the liberals would explain, should be punishment enough.

You get the picture..

In fact, if women ran the planet, the power justifications could probably go on forever.

If we let them.

Whether you swap the gender roles, or who is 'In power" - the outcome is the same.

- Lime

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If Men Could Menstruate

by mrsjones5 in

if men could menstruateby gloria steinem.

a white minority of the world has spent centuries conning us into thinking that a white skin makes people superior - even though the only thing it really does is make the more subject to ultraviolet rays and to wrinkles.

male human beings have built whole cultures around the idea that penis envy is "natural" to women - though having such an unprotected organ might be said to make men vulnerable, and the power to give birth makes womb envy at least as logical.in short, the characteristics of the powerful, whatever they may be, are thought to be better than the characteristics of the powerless - and logic has nothing to do with it.what would happen, for instance, if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women could not?the answer is clear - menstruation would become an enviable, boast-worthy, masculine event:men would brag about how long and how much.boys would mark the onset of menses, that longed-for proof of manhood, with religious ritual and stag parties.congress would fund a national institute of dysmenorrhea to help stamp out monthly discomforts.sanitary supplies would be federally funded and free.

HintOfLime

EXACTLY! Against the white, paternalistic power elite.

We will never have a world free from racism as long as there is the special case. As long as it's ok to hate one group - the world will always be an evil place.

The balance of power can swing far faster than people's attitudes. When it does, the children of yesterday's victims become tomorrow's genocidal lunatics.

- Lime

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If Men Could Menstruate

by mrsjones5 in

if men could menstruateby gloria steinem.

a white minority of the world has spent centuries conning us into thinking that a white skin makes people superior - even though the only thing it really does is make the more subject to ultraviolet rays and to wrinkles.

male human beings have built whole cultures around the idea that penis envy is "natural" to women - though having such an unprotected organ might be said to make men vulnerable, and the power to give birth makes womb envy at least as logical.in short, the characteristics of the powerful, whatever they may be, are thought to be better than the characteristics of the powerless - and logic has nothing to do with it.what would happen, for instance, if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women could not?the answer is clear - menstruation would become an enviable, boast-worthy, masculine event:men would brag about how long and how much.boys would mark the onset of menses, that longed-for proof of manhood, with religious ritual and stag parties.congress would fund a national institute of dysmenorrhea to help stamp out monthly discomforts.sanitary supplies would be federally funded and free.

HintOfLime

I could never view menstruation in a negative light . . . no matter who got the responsibilty . . . so long as I still get a few days off.

Opportunity goes to those who are there when opportunity knocks. It is a simple fact of probability. Those who are available and consistant in performance will inevitably 'get ahead' of those who aren't. It's just the way it is. (Perhaps not individually, as there may be too much other 'noise' in a single person's life.. but as a whole, a pattern is likely emerge.)

The article goes through a lot of trouble speculating and pointing fingers to avoid that reality.

- Lime

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If Men Could Menstruate

by mrsjones5 in

if men could menstruateby gloria steinem.

a white minority of the world has spent centuries conning us into thinking that a white skin makes people superior - even though the only thing it really does is make the more subject to ultraviolet rays and to wrinkles.

male human beings have built whole cultures around the idea that penis envy is "natural" to women - though having such an unprotected organ might be said to make men vulnerable, and the power to give birth makes womb envy at least as logical.in short, the characteristics of the powerful, whatever they may be, are thought to be better than the characteristics of the powerless - and logic has nothing to do with it.what would happen, for instance, if suddenly, magically, men could menstruate and women could not?the answer is clear - menstruation would become an enviable, boast-worthy, masculine event:men would brag about how long and how much.boys would mark the onset of menses, that longed-for proof of manhood, with religious ritual and stag parties.congress would fund a national institute of dysmenorrhea to help stamp out monthly discomforts.sanitary supplies would be federally funded and free.

HintOfLime

Lime, your ignorance is showing.

I don't care what gloria is or isn't. This is not a personal attack against the poster. It is an attack against the content that was posted, which has a clear and obvious bias.

- Lime