Alan McDougall

Thank you for the sentiment. That experience helped to shape who I am, but it's hard for me to connect with people because of it.

You are welcome !

Okay, while the answer they are looking for is that the bullets will hit at the same time, this is not technically correct, because this answer neglects the curvature of the Earth.

So for one thing a perfectly flat plane will not be "level" (perpendicular to gravity) along its whole length. Thus if you have a long straight plane, it is only tangent to the Earth's surface at one point.

 

So the first question you need to ask whether you want to consider such a plane or a surface that follows the curve of the Earth. (level at all points but not flat).

 

Then you have to consider the speed of the bullet.

 

For example, if the bullet is fired at orbital velocity, and ignoring air resistance, it would never hit the surface of the Earth. Even accounting for air resistance, it would hit the ground after the bullet just dropped would.

 

If dealing with the flat plane, the plane will intersect the orbital path of the bullet, so it will hit the plane. So, for example, if the bullets were fired and dropped from 4 m, the dropped bullet would take 0.9 sec to hit and the fired bullet will intersect the plane in 0.36 sec, and actually hit first.

 

So in reality, the scenario is more complicated than it originally looks.

 

Of course, with a reasonable bullet velocity, the above stated differences in "fall time" will be very very small and hard to detect.

 

In my question , I said you fire the bullet down a spirit level flat plane, You are right it is more complicated than it seems , but relative to the enormity to the earth,in the scenario, I depicted the difference in time would be infinitesimal, not the large difference it time to reach the ground as you suggest.. The point of the question, was to show that the force of gravity effects objects equally, from the same height above the surface of the earth, regardless of velocity .

HELL EXPLAINED BY CHEMISTRY STUDENT

http://cognitive-edge.com/blog/entry/3655/hell-explained-by-a-chemistry-student/

The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid-term.

The answer by one student was so "profound" that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.

One student, however, wrote the following:

First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving.

I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.

As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.

Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell.

Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.

With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.

Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in

Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

This gives two possibilities:


1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, and then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until 'all Hell breaks loose'.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until 'Hell freezes over'.

So which is it?

If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, "It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you," and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over.

The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct......leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting "Oh my God."

This student received the only "A".

A warning from Planet Earth to Humanity

Aug 7^th, 2010 at 9:11am

I will brush off that, which hurts and irritates me mere mortal man!

My lungs, veins and blood are dirty and I have fever because of you, mere mortal man!.

I am ill and my warnings go unheeded, listen no before it is too late mere mortal man!.

Listen humanity! it is a privilege to live on my skin, not a right, mere mortal man!

You do nor own me and have no right to abuse me like you are doing, mere mortal man!

Heed my warnings or it will be too late and I move my plates causing unimaginable disaster mere mortal man!

If you refuse to listen I will crack open my skin and spill out my inner contents onto the fields above, mere mortal man!

Stop running ahead you are too immature to try and manipulate me, mere mortal man!

An end of an age is at hand, choose life or heed this warning and live, mere mortal man!

You are giving life to the inanimate and it will rule you very soon if you refuse to heed this warning, mere mortal man!.

I am watching and debating your end, mere mortal man!

You are not in isolated, I know your every move mere mortal man!

Stop killing the object that gave you life, mere mortal man!

Or I will bring forward the last day of reason, eliminate you soon, if you don't change your ways mere mortal man!

I will bring forward the "Omega Moment" the end of you, not me, mere mortal man!

©Copyright Alan Grant McDougall 2007

My favorite is

 

"Don't worry men. They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist..."

 

Gen John Sedgewick, killed by a sniper at the battle of Spotsylvania (US Civil War)

I find this one very funny.

~~ P. T. Barnum, entrepreneur, d. 1891

I can't sleep.

I used to do this too, except with Shakira because I have a pretty husky voice, not like hers in any way

But now, after much practice and concentration, I can sound like her with little or almost no effort (not perfect, but like Shakira when she's having a bad day)

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT

 

AND IF I CAN MAKE MONEY SOUNDING LIKE SHAKIRA...

WHAT AM I DOING WITH MY LIFE!

You state that "anything is possible if you put your mind to it" Really, then turn yourself into an elephant!

Or is your ability restricted to the human species?

http://www.phrases.org.uk/quotes/last-words/

http://www.phrases.org.uk/quotes/last-words/

Famous last words, death bed statements

Thomas Jefferson--still survives...
~~ John Adams, US President, d. July 4, 1826
(Actually, Jefferson had died earlier that same day.)

This is the last of earth! I am content.
~~ John Quincy Adams, US President, d. February 21, 1848

See in what peace a Christian can die.
~~ Joseph Addison, writer, d. June 17, 1719

is it not meningitis?
~~ Louisa M. Alcott, writer, d. 1888

Waiting are they? Waiting are they? Well--let 'em wait.
In response to an attending doctor who attempted to comfort him by saying, "

General, I fear the angels are waiting for you."
~~ Ethan Allen, American Revolutionary general, d. 1789

Am I dying or is this my birthday?
When she woke briefly during her last illness and found all her family around her bedside.
~~ Lady Nancy Astor, d. 1964

Nothing, but death.
When asked by her sister, Cassandra, if there was anything she wanted.

~~ Jane Austen, writer, d. July 18, 1817
Codeine . . . bourbon.

~~ Tallulah Bankhead, actress, d. December 12, 1968
how were the receipts today at Madison Square Garden?

~~ P. T. Barnum, entrepreneur, d. 1891
I can't sleep.

~~ James M. Barrie, author, d. 1937
is everybody happy? I want everybody to be happy. I know I'm happy.

~~ Ethel Barrymore, actress, d. June 18, 1959
Die? I should say not, dear fellow. No Barrymore would allow such a conventional thing to happen to him.
~~ John Barrymore, actor, d. May 29, 1942

I am ready to die for my Lord, which in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace.
~~ Thomas à Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, d.1170

now comes the mystery.
~~ Henry Ward Beecher, evangelist, d. March 8, 1887
In her new book The Most Famous Man in America, author Debby Applegate writes on page 466 that Beecher's last words in fact were, "You were saying that I could not recover." Ms. Applegate has not been able to confirm the traditional version of Beecher's last words.

Friends applaud, the comedy is finished.

~~ Ludwig van Beethoven, composer, d. March 26, 1827

I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis.
~~ Humphrey Bogart, actor, d. January 14, 1957

Josephine...
~~ Napoleon Bonaparte, French Emperor, May 5, 1821

I am about to -- or I am going to -- die: either expression is correct.
~~ Dominique Bouhours, French grammarian, d. 1702

Ah, that tastes nice. Thank you.
~~ Johannes Brahms, composer, d. April 3, 1897

Oh, I am not going to die, am I? He will not separate us, we have been so happy.
Spoken to her husband of 9 months, Rev. Arthur Nicholls.

~~ Charlotte Bronte, writer, d. March 31, 1855
Beautiful.
In reply to her husband who had asked how she felt.

~~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning, writer, d. June 28, 1861
Now I shall go to sleep. Goodnight.

~~ Lord George Byron, writer, d. 1824

Et tu, Brute?
Assassinated.
~~ Gaius Julius Caesar, Roman Emperor, d. 44 BC

I am still alive!

Stabbed to death by his own guards - (as reported by Roman historian Tacitus)

~~ Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor, d.41 AD

Don't let poor Nelly (his mistress, Nell Gwynne) starve.
~~ Charles II, King of England and Scotland, d. 1685

Ay Jesus.
~~ Charles V, King of France, and d. 1380

I am dying. I haven't drunk champagne for a long time.
~~ Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, writer, d. July 1, 1904

The earth is suffocating . . . Swear to make them cut me open, so that I won't be buried alive.
Dying of tuberculosis.

~~ Frederic Chopin, composer, d. October 16, 1849
I'm bored with it all.

Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later.
~~ Winston Churchill, statesman, d. January 24, 1965
This time it will be a long one.

~~ Georges Clemenceau, French premier, d. 1929
I have tried so hard to do the right.

~~ Grover Cleveland, US President, d. 1908

That was the best ice-cream soda I ever tasted.
~~ Lou Costello, comedian, d. March 3, 1959

Goodnight my darlings, I'll see you tomorrow.
~~ Noel Coward, writer, d. 1973

Damn it . . . Don't you dare ask God to help me.
To her housekeeper, who had begun to pray aloud?
~~ Joan Crawford, actress, d. May 10, 1977

That was a great game of golf, fellers.
~~ Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby, singer / actor, d. October 14, 1977

I am not the least afraid to die.
~~ Charles Darwin, d. April 19, 1882

My God. What's happened?
~~ Diana (Spencer), Princess of Wales, d. August 31, 1997

I must go in, the fog is rising.
~~ Emily Dickinson, poet, d. 1886
Do you hear the rain? Do you hear the rain?
Minutes before her plane crashed.

~~ Jessica Dubroff, ten-year-old pilot, d. 1996
Adieu, mes amis. Je vais la gloire.
(Farewell, my friends! I go to glory!)

~~ Isadora Duncan, dancer, d. 1927
Please know that I am quite aware of the hazards. Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others.

Last letter to her husband before her last flight.
KHAQQ calling Itasca. We must be on you, but cannot see you. Gas is running low.

Last radio communiqué before her disappearance.
~~ Amelia Earhart, d. 1937
It is very beautiful over there.

~~ Thomas Alva Edison, inventor, d. October 18, 1931
No, I shall not give in. I shall go on. I shall work to the end.
~~ Edward VII, King of Britain, d. 1910

All my possessions for a moment of time.
~~ Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and d. 1603

I've never felt better.
~~ Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., actor, d. December 12, 1939

I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring.
~~ Richard Feynman, physicist, d. 1988

I've had a hell of a lot of fun and I've enjoyed every minute of it.
~~ Errol Flynn, actor, d. October 14, 1959

A dying man can do nothing easy.
~~ Benjamin Franklin, statesman, d. April 17, 1790
Come my little one, and give me your hand.
Spoken to his daughter, Ottilie.

~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, writer, d. March 22, 1832
I know you have come to kill me. Shoot coward, you are only going to kill a man.

Facing his assassin, Mario Teran, a Bolivian soldier.
~~ Ernesto "Che" Guevara, d. October 9, 1967
Yes, it's tough, but not as tough as doing comedy.
When asked if he thought dying was tough.

~~ Edmund Gwenn, actor, d. September 6, 1959
God will pardon me, that's his line of work.
~~ Heinrich Heine, poet, d. February 15, 1856

urn up the lights, I don't want to go home in the dark.
~~ O. Henry (William Sidney Porter), writer, d. June 4, 1910

All is lost. Monks, monks, monks!
~~ Henry VIII, King of England, d. 1547

I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
~~ Thomas Hobbes, writer, d. 1679

I see black light.
~~ Victor Hugo, writer, d. May 22, 1885

Oh, do not cry - be good children and we will all meet in heaven.
~~ Andrew Jackson, US President, d. 1845
Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees.
Killed in error by his own troops at the battle of Chancellorsville during the US Civil War.

~~ General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, d. 1863
Is it the Fourth?

~~ Thomas Jefferson, US President, d. July 4, 1826
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
From Luke 23:46
~~ Jesus Christ

Does nobody understand?
~~ James Joyce, writer, d. 1941
Why not? Yeah.

~~ Timothy Leary, d. May 31, 1996
Now I have finished with all earthly business and high time too. Yes, yes, my dear child now comes death.

~~ Franz Leher, composer, d. October 24, 1948
A King should die standing.

~~ Louis XVIII, King of France, d. 1824
Why do you weep. Did you think I was immortal?

~~ Louis XIV, King of France, d. 1715
I am a Queen, but I have not the power to move my arms.
~~ Louise, Queen of Prussia, d. 1820

Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers.

~~ Walter De La Mare, writer, d. 1956
Let's cool it brothers . . .
Spoken to his assassins, 3 men who shot him 16 times.
~~ Malcolm X, Black leader, d. 1966

Go on, get out - last words are for fools who haven't said enough.
To his housekeeper, who urged him to tell her his last words so she could write them down for posterity?

~~ Karl Marx, revolutionary, d. 1883
I forgive everybody. I pray that everybody may also forgive me, and my blood which is about to be shed will bring peace to Mexico. Long live Mexico! Long Live Independence!

~~ Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, (Archduke Maximilian of Austria), d. June 11, 1867

Nothing matters. Nothing matters.
~~ Louis B. Mayer, film producer, d. October 29, 1957

It's all been very interesting.
~~ Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, writer, d. 1762
I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room - and God damn it - died in a hotel room.

~~ Eugene O'Neill, writer, d. November 27, 1953
Good-bye . . . why am I haemorrhaging?

~~ Boris Pasternak, writer, d. 1959

Get my swan costume ready.
~~ Anna Pavlova, ballerina, d. 1931

I am curious to see what happens in the next world to one who dies unshriven.
Giving his reasons for refusing to see a priest as he lay dying.
~~ Pietro Perugino, Italian painter, d. 1523

Lord help my poor soul.
~~ Edgar Allan Poe, writer, and d. October 7, 1849
I love you Sarah. For all eternity, I love you.
Spoken to his wife.

~~ James K. Polk, US President, d. 1849
Here am I, dying of a hundred good symptoms.

~~ Alexander Pope, writer, and d. May 30, 1744
I owe much; I have nothing; the rest I leave to the poor.

~~ François Rabelais, writer, d. 1553

I have a terrific headache.
He died of a cerebral haemorrhage.
~~ Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, d. 1945

Put out the light.
~~ Theodore Roosevelt, US President, d. 1919

They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist. . . .
Killed in battle during US Civil War.
~~ General John Sedgwick, Union Commander, d. 1864

Sister, you're trying to keep me alive as an old curiosity, but I'm done, I'm finished, I'm going to die.
Spoken to his nurse.
~~ George Bernard Shaw, playwright, d. November 2, 1950

I've had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that's the record . . .
~~ Dylan Thomas, poet, d. 1953

Moose . . . Indian . . .
~~ Henry David Thoreau, writer, d. May 6, 1862

God bless... God damn.
~~ James Thurber, humorist, d. 1961

I feel here that this time they have succeeded.
~~ Leon Trobotsky, Russian revolutionary, d. 1940

Don't worry chief, it will be alright.
~~ Rudolph Valentino, actor, d. August 23, 1926

Woe is me. Me thinks I'm turning into a god.
~~ Vespasian, Roman Emperor, d. 79 AD

Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
~~ Pancho Villa, Mexican revolutionary, d. 1923

I have offended God and mankind because my work did not reach the quality it should have.
~~ Leonardo da Vinci, artist, d. 1519

I die hard but am not afraid to go.
~~ George Washington, US President, d. December 14, 1799

Go away. I'm all right.
~~ H. G. Wells, novelist, d. 1946

Either that wallpaper goes, or I do.
~~ Oscar Wilde, writer, d. November 30, 1900

I am ready.
~~ Woodrow Wilson, US President, d. 1924

Curtain! Fast music! Light! Ready for the last finale! Great! The show looks good, the show looks good!
~~ Florins Seinfeld, showman, d. July 22, 1932

A grave stone read "I told you I was sick"

Take care

Alan McDougall

 

sigh. Let me be a little clearer, so the comments implying im a nutcase will stop. I really want a serious discussion on this.

Say I am talking. Talking about anything. Now, simultaneously while speaking, I start focusing very hard on the Mental image of a FACE. And then automatically, my verbal speed, my intonation, even tone of voice, facial expression, BECOMES EXACTLY what that person in my mind would talk like! I dont CONCIOUSLY mimic, I ONLY concern myself with focusing on his face, and let my body kinda like TURN ME INTO him. I end up talking, walking, acting exactly like him, as longa s Im focussing on the face. As soon as I stop, the 'character' stops and I start talking like myself again.

 

And I do things that I dont even conciously remember the person doing, like maybe an insignificant flick of her hand she uses as an unconcious gesture: i ONLY remember "oh yeah, she does that' when that gesture comes flowing out of ME.

 

Please dont believe me now; ill give you proof. A video, whatever.

Give us a link to your video and then we can decide if you are wacko or not?

Peadophilia is not a symptom of being single. I think peadophiles target roles of power and trust to get themselves into situations where abuse is possible. This is why institutions such as churches, children's homes, hospitals, schools etc have all found themselves at the centre of abuse scandals.

I agree institutions, would have been the right word in the title instead of what I used "Churches"

All people at one stage of their life will have to deal with the reality of the dying process of a beloved family member or close friend and everyone will have to cope with their own dying process, when the time comes.

Please add your thoughts and personal experiences?

Regards

Alan

http://psychcentral.com/lib/the-5-stages-of-loss-and-grief/000617

How to help a dying person

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. Kubler-Ross theorized that people often go through predictable stages when they are coping with inevitable death: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. Not everyone goes through every stage, and certainly not always in order, but most dying people will experience a stage of anger and resentment.

Anger is a normal reaction to severe loss. A dying person stands to lose everything and everybody that is important to him. He feels robbed by his illness. If he believes in a higher power, he may blame his God for causing his illness or not curing it. He might even resent his family and friends for continuing to live their lives while he slowly loses his own. He may feel that the doctor isn’t being straight with him, his nurses don’t respond to his demands quickly enough, and that the world has already started to forget him.

Anger is easily projected onto those around us, so it’s only natural if your loved one’s anger has befallen you. If you find yourself dealing with an angry dying person, here are five tips to help you help them.



1. Maintain Adult-Adult relationship.

It’s often easy to treat a sick person like a child; it’s in our nature to care for and dote over the sick. When we fall into this pattern, what was once an adult-adult relationship becomes one of adult-child? Treating a dying adult as we would a child is likely to backfire and increase the anger a dying person is already feeling.

You may have fallen into this pattern without even realizing it and you will likely see anger directed at you for doing so.
It is frustrating and humiliating enough to lose your independence and privacy without being treated like a child.

A dying person typically wants to remain in control of themselves, their life, and their decisions for as long as possible. Empowering a dying person to make their own decisions, express their feelings, and remain as independent as possible is an important way to help them move through their anger.

2. Don’t take it Personally
Angry people typically look for someone to blame. When the anger is directed at you, it’s difficult not to take it personally and wonder, “What did I do wrong?” It’s important to remember that the dying person is not angry at you, but at the illness and his situation in general. Although his anger might be directed towards you, it is not by any fault of your own.

3. See It from Their Point of View
While it’s impossible to know exactly how another person is feeling; trying to see things from their point of view can help you understand why they are acting a certain way. Think about the dying person’s life -- everyone he loves, the activities he enjoys, the work he did, the dreams he has for the future -- and imagine how being told he is dying would affect those aspects of his life. Looking at it from this way, it’s no wonder that he is angry! He stands to lose everyone and everything that has ever meant anything to him.

4. Go Ahead and Get Mad... At the Illness Itself
Understanding where a dying person's anger is coming from helps us realize that his anger is justified. Redirecting anger towards the illness can help the dying person cope with their feelings. It might be helpful to be angry WITH the dying person. After all, you stand to lose something as well. Go ahead and get mad... at the illness.

5. Understand “Righteous Anger”
A dying person may feel embarrassed, ashamed, or shocked after an emotional outburst. He may say something like, “I can’t believe I just did/said that. That’s not like me at all!” Truth is told, you might be thinking the same thing.

Realizing and accepting that anger is normal and okay can help a dying person embrace and move through the anger stage of the dying process. Talking about righteous anger together and sharing

Lightmeow said 1 hour as well. He can't be wrong if Olinguito is right.

Again you are right I did not take the time to read Lightmeow's answer thoroughly, maybe I am entering dementia, I am extremely old and frail.

I went back and edited out my mistake and made the expected apology to him.

When I was depressed, I really felt like I couldn't connect with the people who wanted to be around me. I've had a big interest in science probably since I was 12. Luckily, I had a friend who shared that interest with me. When I lost that friend around the age of 23, no one else shared that same passion. I became depressed for a few years after that. By now, I've shared my insights with both those around me and people from all over the world. At first, I was judged negatively with those in my presence, and often, people didn't want to be around me, some of them saying that "I was too smart to hang out with." By now, I believe that I've conditioned them to be more open minded, and I think that I've cultivated a genuine interest in them to not only make their lives better, but also the lives of those around them, and I also think that I've shown them that science can be a fulfilling outlet for that interest.

Well here you are years later on a great scientific forum, where you can freely share your passion for science with like minded people!

Yes, but as people have pointed out, I was generalized, my doctor was not willing to experiment, he ended up making it worse because he never changed what I was taking, only increased the dosage, and I think that he seriously may have thought that a big dose would change my ailment overnight, which just doesn't happen.

 

To make a long story short, at first, the medication didn't help, and although it calmed me down, it really debilitated me and was very scary for me to experience first hand, and my family hated what they saw... But then again, my family is a very difficult family, it's like they don't want to see me succeed and pursue my interests. It's almost like they're trying to prevent it from happening, which is a big source of anxiety and depression for me.

 

My dad is a whole different type of psychotic. Not the irrational, alcoholic type of psychotic, but a very domineering, passive aggressive, on the brink of killing you type of psychotic. I've literally ran from the man several times because he's not making sense and pushes me into a corner. Every time he has caught me and threw me into a wall, dragged me back to his car, and even put me in the hospital against my will. The sad part is that at first I was talking to him about my interests in science, and he started telling me that I'm not acting like myself, which is what led to the whole psychotic episode.

 

My mom only wants to shut me up, "turn my brain off", and make me do her bidding. She doesn't do anything really, except for watch HGTV and play Facebook games. Every once in a while she will vacuum and dust the living room.

 

My brother thinks I'm crazy and doesn't believe anything I say. He beat me up all throughout childhood and made his friends hate me for no reason. He used to do things like hold me down and spit in my mouth.

 

Needless to say, I keep to myself nowadays, and me and my family share little in common. My dad drives me crazy when he says that "the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree", and I know that they want me to fulfill their legacy, stay in the area, and avoid debt (which means that they don't want me to pursue my dreams of becoming a professor). Ever since I let them know about my opportunities to get a PhD for free, maybe get paid for it, teach English, and live a decent life in Mexico, they've held my passport hostage. They love my brother absolutely and don't question him at all, however, with me, everything requires explanation.

 

The medication I am on right now seems to be doing the job though, and even if it doesn't do much, I'm in a much different mindset than the one I started in and have found a new appreciation for life regardless of my financial situation. My doctor did say something strange though... "You really don't deserve this."

 

Sorry, I went on a bit of a rant. The sad thing is that I know of people who have it worse than me though. At least I have a positive outlook and can carry on a conversation that doesn't make others want to leave or stop talking to me.

You need to express yourself, get your frustrations in life off your shoulder, your life story is sad and full of abuse , lack of understanding and love from those you most expected to get it from. It is obvious to me that your childhood had much to do with your battle with depression over the years, keep up good work I am prepared to help you privately , if you so desire, use the private message facilty of the forum to get in touch with me

This might be stupid to say, but what if the universe is really expanding more than the speed of light. If it is going faster than the speed of light, and nothing travels faster than light, then we wouldn't be able to observe the expansion, therefor calling space infinite. That's just want I thing. I can't imagine something infinite. But then, if space isn't infinite, then what is holding space, or the multiverse?

 

Very confusing subject...

Space which is not matter can expand faster than the speed of light, nothing consisting of matter (an object) can travel through space faster than C.

 

NO IT ISNT! Bro, I once recorded myself on camera, doing a quirky friend I knew! And when I 'get into the character,' Im not conciously aware, but I FEEL the muscles in my face changing shape to fit the expressions, mannerisms of laughing etc...YOU THINK I THE ONLY ONE?? and I COULD MAKE MONEY doing this? OK, what if I showed you guys my video?

 

actually I CAN! its like if I just visualise a random face, my body starts doing things I unconciously would probably think that guy did. Its hard to explain, buty please may I do a video and show you guys? If you think I can make money doing this OMG Im made!

It is not a crime to be wacko luckily for you!

I mentioned the Catholic church specifically in relation to their (relatively recent) view on priests getting married.

Other churches have married clergy, and comparable problems of abuse.

I know that, that is why I used "Churches" in the title of the thread, maybe I should have used organizations or something like that, but that would not alter the debate.

 

That was one of my points. That the priests can't marry is not the issue. But one of the issues is that after identifying a pedophile, the church covered it up and merely shipped the offender off to a new location.

Correct but I assumed there must be some correlation between celibacy and abuse because the guilty priest were sexually frustrated, I will do a little more research if that supposition holds any water!

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/rebel-catholic-priest-says-celibacy-at-root-of-sexual-abuse-pandemic-in-church-223103081-237775321.html

Father Tony Flannery, the 66 year old Irish priest and founding member of the Association of Catholic Priests in Ireland (ACP) who has been threatened with excommunication from the Catholic Church for his outspokenness, has claimed this week that there is a link between clerical sex abuse and clerical celibacy.

Flannery said that the celibate lifestyles which priests were forced to live led to struggles over sexuality and could have resulted in children being sexually abused.

Priests faced an inevitable struggle with their sexuality, Flannery said.

'The Catholic Church in Ireland seems to believe that it has dealt with the problems of clerical sexual abuse by putting structures in place to protect children,' he said.

'Nobody within the official church has looked at the deeper issues and seriously asked the question why so many priests did these things because it raises fundamental questions about the lifestyle of priests.

'Can they say with any degree of definiteness that the fact that so many priests abused children is not connected to celibacy and clericalism and the whole style of life that a priest is forced to live?

'I don't think they can and until such time as the church authorities face up to that and seriously discuss it and investigate it, the problem will not go away.'

Priests were forced to live in isolation and lacked real human interaction, Flannery said. The loneliness and frustration led some to 'turn to children for sexual outlets,' he maintained.

Flannery made his comments before launching his book A Question of Conscience which questions the Vatican watchdog, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), in the methods it uses to stamp out any challenge it regards as a dissent.

According to the International Business Times Flannery encountered official pushback in February 2012, when the CDF became concerned about some of his writings relating to the Church and summoned him to Rome, where he was ordered to step down as ACP leader.

Months later Flannery was ordered by the CDF to issue a statement saying that he believed women could never be ordained as priests and that he accepted all the moral teachings of the Church. He was then reportedly suspended from ministry and threatened with excommunication.

In his new book, to underscore how destabilizing the CDF found his statements, Flannery has published all the documentation from the CDF regarding his case.

1) hit at the same time

2)Can't answer, don't know how much faster than the flow you are rowing. If you were rowing in place, and I am assuming you dropped the hat at the beginning when you started rowing, you would be rowing 5mph+the 5mph of the current, so it would take you 1 hour to travel ten miles. Your hat is traveling 5 miles per hour, and when you turned around, had a head start of 5 miles, so by the time you reach the hat it would of been traveling for ten miles in two hours. So you would get the hat in an hour. This question needed more info.

3)This one is tricky, I need more time

Question 1 correct the horizontal speed of the bullet has no effect on the pull of gravity, thus the bullet fired out of the gun and the one dropped at the same moment reach the ground at the exact some time.

Question 2 correct 1 hour is the right answer my apologies for not reading you post correctly!

 

 

I think his point is that when you said in post #20 that you had told him he was correct, you were wrong. he presented his answer here, and your response to that answer is here. You didn't tell him he was right, although you didn't tell him he was wrong either. Your quote was directed at Olinguito's post, which contained the same answer, not Lightmeow's.

You are right I will go back and correct my mistake, I should be more careful in future, sorry guys!

1 hour. The speed of the boat relative to the hat does not depend on the current.

1 hour Your answer above is correct the flow of the river does effect the time it takes to reach and fetch your hat, because the rate of your rowing was constant

 

 

I wrote you row at the same rate, both up stream and down stream

 

That is correct the flow of the river has nothing to do with it, you have rowed for one hour upstream then you turn around and row for one hour to get your hat .

 

Coaches and teachers are supposed to be trusted folk, and abuse by them is a betrayal to the community as well. They can get married, and it doesn't solve the problem. The issue isn't confined to churches, nor to single people.

 

There's the problem of identifying and catching the pedophiles, and there's the problem of covering up the abuse. While they aren't totally unconnected, I think they are distinct enough that you could discuss each topic separately.

I can also see the abuse on a much wider level, I know about sexual abuse of adult football players by a trusted coach in America who is now in prison, but can you name one Catholic priest that has suffered the same fate. The Catholic Church protect their own, even if they were known dangerous sexual abusers of small children.

 

I said it would take one hour, and you said it was wrong.

Below are my exact words to you.

Correct good thinking!

How on earth can you say I said it was wrong?

I'm not defending churches in any way, but marriage isn't a cure/solution for pedophilia.

I agree, but these priest are supposed to represent all that is good and moral in society, their flock often consider them as some sort of direct agent of a loving caring god, and the abuse is an ultimate betrayal to the community.

The thing about marriage is that one of the common outcomes is children.

Pedophiles with children to "look after" isn't a good idea.

 

 

Also, while I'm happy to throw proverbial rocks at the churches for their collective stand on this issue, they are not the only organisations which abetted pedophillia.

 

What is loosely called "the establishment" did the same. Plenty of those involved were married.

 

So, the problem isn't due to people who are unmarried and it may be the case that it's better if pedophiles don't marry.

I understand that the Catholic church only stopped their priests from getting married because of problems with inheritance- nothing to do with theology.

 

I did not point directly at the Catholic Church because this type of abuse by pastors and priest occur in many other denominations as well. The Methodist Church in Australia is one example, the Church of England another, it happens in the Jehovah Witnesses community also, it is wide spread in many religious organizations, because these people misuse of the trust invested in them by their followers. One way to best sum them up is "Depraved Hypocrites.

Your picture says a lot "A picture paints a thousand words"does it not?

When I was depressed, I really felt like I couldn't connect with the people who wanted to be around me. I've had a big interest in science probably since I was 12. Luckily, I had a friend who shared that interest with me. When I lost that friend around the age of 23, no one else shared that same passion. I became depressed for a few years after that. By now, I've shared my insights with both those around me and people from all over the world. At first, I was judged negatively with those in my presence, and often, people didn't want to be around me, some of them saying that "I was too smart to hang out with." By now, I believe that I've conditioned them to be more open minded, and I think that I've cultivated a genuine interest in them to not only make their lives better, but also the lives of those around them, and I also think that I've shown them that science can be a fulfilling outlet for that interest.

Are you on any medication, please don't specify as we are not permitted to dispense medical advice on the forum, a yes or no will do, thank you.?

We appear to be discussing the fact that an ape (albeit one of the less hairy ones) can ape other apes (or at least, thinks he can).

Gosh!

I don't think said ape will understand your comment, but let us wait and see.

"Churches" Depravity

The reason why I used the word 'Churches" is that abuse is not confined to one Church denomination but happens in many , thus it is a generalizing phrase

The 2600-page report by Ireland's Commission to Inquire Into Child Abuse found

Rape was endemic in more than 250 Irish-"Churches" care institutions from the 1930s to the 1990s, and the "Churches" protected paedophiles from prosecution. Victims groups say the culture of abuse and cruelty in "Churches"" institutions in Australia last century could have been as shocking as that revealed in a nine-year Irish commission's report.

This adds to the sorry saga of the "Churches" in America where over a billion dollars was paid out to American victims of paedophilia. At the same time Irish Bishop Pat Buckley has confessed that some 500 of his priest’s to-day are having regular sex, wilfully exploiting their power, their status and their position over women. Surely with all this evidence it is time for the "Churches" to end its insistence on celibacy and readmit married priests into the "Churches".

There is nothing in the Bible that one has to be celibate to do religious work. There are Christian organizations where their priests and Christian Ministers are allowed to get married. There has to be more attention given to the human needs of the clergy.

In the meantime, you have thousands of priests around the world abusing their position to satisfy their physical needs exploiting, girls, women and children.

Unaddressed this whole issue will continue to create disharmony within the "Churches" and divert energy, resources and attention away from the critical issues that

face humanity

Surely these "Churches" must budge from the stone walls of silly traditions?

Consciousness and the unimaginable progress of computing technology

Sourced and consolidated by me, from more than one internet article

My comment are in italic font

The debate really is about our brains, does that strange entity we call the mind exist separate from the physical brain? If that is the case a computer will never have a mind it would remain a colossal calculator given us the illusion of intelligence

Present computers are in reality as intelligent as a door knob, they add in binary at the speed of light and very smart software programmers have manipulated this to give the impression of intelligent consciousness.

Cary Kasporov the grand master chess world champion has been consistently out played by a supercomputer. I have played chess against an easy computer program and it nearly always defeated me. That is until found a weakness in its game, after that it fell into my trap time and time again, it could not learn from its mistakes. Of course I did not play against a supercomputer like Big Blue, but can Big Blue learn from its mistakes?

Consciousness defines our existence and reality, but the mechanism by which
the brain generates thoughts and feelings remain unknown.

At the moment, computers show no sign of intelligence. This is not surprising, because our present computers are less complex than the brain of an earthworm. But it seems to me that if very complicated chemical molecules can operate in humans to make them intelligent, then equally complicated electronic circuits can also make computers act in an intelligent way. -- Stephen W. Hawking, physicist, 1998.

Intelligent computers are now considered as inevitable, there is supposed idea that there is/will be an geometric growth of semiconductor power. Will computer intelligence evolve to the point where it'll get hard to tell computers from human beings.

If we think of the Industrial Revolution, up until now, it was the use of simple tools making more complex tools and so on until we finally create the ultimate product, a lifeless machine smarter, faster and more powerful than us, with a common consciousness of unimaginable brain power that will transcend all living things , sadly including humans

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And the advantages of this virtual silicon , will be its immortality and unimaginable brainpower

Some researchers fear super-brainy machines will be a science-fiction nightmare come true, some are even convinced that machines will overpower humanity by 2050.

Because such chips of the future won't need wires, which now occupy most of the space on silicon, it won't take long to duplicate a human brain fully, not only its 100 billion neurons but also its trillions of synapses, or interconnections.

A billion human brains could soon be crammed into a cubic inch of quantum circuitry, Kurzweil says. And the size of artificial brains won't be constrained by the human skull. They could grow as big as trucks. De Garis of ATR even sees brains the size of satellites orbiting the earth.

Critics contend that no matter how big or powerful computers get, they can't become intelligent until we know how to emulate the brain's functions in software. Not so, retorts Inman Harvey, a mathematician turned robotics at Britain's University of Sussex.

By mimicking evolution, ''it's possible to create artificial brains without really understanding how they work,'' he says. In other words, they could evolve their own internal programming, just as human brains have.

Even the nature of human life itself will be changing by mid-century. Neural implants will expand human knowledge and thinking powers--and begin a transition to composite man-machine relationships that will gradually phase out the need for biological bodies. Swarms of microscopic robots will take up positions in the brain's sensory areas and create virtual-reality simulations that are impossible to distinguish from real reality.

Will humans transfer their minds into electronic circuits, and by this attained immortality as a result ?.

However computation alone cannot explain why we have feelings and awareness, an inner life unique to ourselves and no one else

Well we will just have to wait and I will be long gone before the above most un/likely events take place, however, I would like to know the outcome, maybe I can look down from another dimension beyond this moral plane of existence?

Alan McDougall