Phi for All

Is this on regular posts or on private messages?

Moving to Engineering for some motivation.

Lance is absolutely correct about -Demosthenes- and has signed my petition about Demo going back and rereading the OP.

Bluenoise is neither blue nor particularly noisy.

Chemi is a very spiritual person and loves to learn.

Severian hasn't actually eaten hay or grass since he was a child (despite his moooooving avatar).

Pipes don't explode from being frozen in winter. The water in them freezes, expands, splits the pipe open (more of a burst than an explosion) and the non-frozen water under pressure shoots out of the split in the pipe (which may seem like an explosion). There is no shrapnel, no blast radius (unless you count the water spraying out) and certainly no freezing of the surrounding area.

Somehow, BenSon knows that In My Memory has never had sex. A little mayhem, a little evil. Mwa-ha-ha-ha!

Who determines what is healthy? Is it the low-fat folks or the low-carb folks or the 2-hours in the gym per day folks? I know many folks who eat according to the food groups triangle and exercise moderately and are in terrible shape. If someone eats at restaurants at every meal (thereby helping the economy) and exercises regularly but still ends up needing a kidney, is his diet going to be held against him? Are we assuming that everyone who needs a new organ abused the old one? Is the person who eats well and exercises regularly but drinks to excess going to be denied a new liver if one is available? If any prioritizing is to be done, it should be by age alone, as anything else is arbitrary and morally judgemental.

Schrodngr's_cat knows yourdadonapogos personally. Not in a biblical sense, just, you know... knows him.

Dak hates Tellytubbies!

I don't know enough about the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, but I'm surprised Scrushy wasn't held accountable under it. I thought it states that the CEO is responsible for certifying the accuracy of all financial reports. The new board and management team don't want him back regardless.

Scrushy acquitted on all counts. http://www.suntimes.com/output/business/scrushy28.html

I was kind of amazed that the hybrids use the electric motor for quick starts instead of the IC engine. And that the IC is used for cruising speeds instead of the battery. I don't know why I had that turned around in my mind. Mopeds, I guess.

The way I understand it, because the engine is smaller than a conventional car, and the batteries are smaller than a full electric car, the hybridization makes everything efficient. Most conventional engines are sized for peak performance, which you really only use about 1% of the time. The hybrids actually use more battery power than engine power when you "floor it" to increase speed quickly. This means less pollution and gas usage, therefore more efficiency. The hybrids also have the ability to convert the kinetic energy from braking into stored electricity. They even shut the engine off while stopped at red lights. They have special tires for low resistance. Ultimately, car manufacturers love them because for every hybrid they make that gets 60+ mpg, they get to make a couple of 16 mpg conventional guzzlers allowed by the CAFE requirements.

I was waving at my agent. He was supposed to have gotten me an audition for a small speaking part opposite Irene Cara. Instead they stuck me in the background with the extras. I wasn't waving the whole hand, just one finger. I did quite a lot of professional acting and it was a lot of fun. I think Theater gives you a certain confidence with the public. It teaches you a great deal about yourself. And those big curtains are good for making out and groping starlets.

What part of Theater interests you most? Are you a techy-type or do you act as well? I have fond memories of my Theater friends from high school and university.

Here, here, well said. Thanks blike! Now go check out Sciforums so you can see what happens when the Moderators don't care.

I didn't want to mention this before, but there is actually scripture about the Flying Spaghetti Monster in the Bible! There they call him Leviathan: Psalms 74:14 "Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat[balls] to the people inhabiting the wilderness." Psalms 104:26 "There go the [pirate] ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein."

English + math + theater + general studies + ICT = "Would you like fries with that?" j/k

As you say, the pain of depression is mental, not physical. I was trying to show how medicating a symptom without addressing the cause was detrimental in the long run. I think many who take anti-depressants do so without adequate counseling, just as I know many people who take cholesterol medication without changing their the habits that caused it in the first place. This same pill-cure mentality leads them to take the easy way out when their blood pressure becomes too high, they start retaining salt and their cardiologist starts talking about bypass surgery. Most of the cause of these problems could have been taken care of with adequate behavior modification through exercise & better diet.

But if your cholesterol is too high, perhaps changing your diet, exercise habits and behavioral thinking styles might correct a more fundamental cause better than taking a pill simply to correct the symptom of high cholesterol.

I chose 3 & 4, because I feel that counseling is still most effective, but as YT2095 & Mokele point out, why suffer needlessly? So much of proper psychiatric evaluation is dependent on removing as many barriers to recovery as possible. Trying to counsel an alcoholic while they are still drinking is next to impossible. Their judgement is impaired by the effects of the alcohol. Similarly, if one is depressed, judgement about a corrective course is impaired. Controlling that depression even temporarily can be an aid to recovery. My reservations with the pill mentality is when it cures the symptoms and the cause is left untouched. This applies to physiological medication as well. Unfortunately, the thinking style of many people prone to depression is one where the easy solution of popping a Prozac is preferable to the hard work of behavioral counseling.

Can you share some of these facts with us?

EVERYONE needs to remember that we debate the stance here in the Politics forum, we do not denounce the person taking that stance. Let's leave the mud-slinging and ad hominem attacks for the elections. As many of you are experiencing, Flaming carries a warning penalty. No more name-calling, please.