Recent content by spookyskeptic

"Evergreening" is the process to which Suco refers. The manufacturer only does something as simple as changing the buffer (Prilosec/Nexium) or finding a new application for it (Lexapro). The real solution is to do two things, increase the patent period and have the FDA less resistant to...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38967973/ns/health-the_new_york_times/ This article got me really thinking and, somewhat, fired up. Mental illness, especially the practice of early intervention, is something that's a pretty serious issue. I tend to take it personally. I've lost many years of...

I think the problem with the subject is terminology. 1048576 is right. It's all semantics. I don't believe in creationsim. In fact, I think Genesis is a total load. My idea of intelligent design is that, rather than a series of random events and chemical reactions leading to life and it's...

If you'd have read the post, you'd have seen that I was very specific. It was in regards to the costs associated with more strenuous licensing requirements. It had nothing to do with road salt or someone saving money because they saved time. You're arguing against points that were never made...

And actual monetary cost is what I was referring to, not abstract prices like convenience or time.

Here's a story in which the MDOT commissioner is quoted as referencing those statistics. I believe the results on page 3 of this PDF from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration will explain what I meant. In fact, the whole study is pretty interesting.

That would actually be counterproductive to safety, 1048576. I tried to find the report, but a few years ago, the Mississippi Dept. of Transportation did a study to determine the efficacy of traffic lights and low speed limits. They noticed that reduced speed limits and stop lights actually...

BOB SAGET!, I'm a firm believer in intelligent design. In fact, there's several clues in the Bible that can be interpreted as supporting, at least, the idea that the universe is billions of years old (as opposed to being fairly new, as some Christians believe) and, to a lesser extent, the...

Neither of those will do much good, I'm afraid. I'm not so far out of my high school years that I don't remember some of the caustic and stupid remarks we made about the guy with the sad story because his kid was killed because someone DUI'd. It's not cool to drive safely and I think that, in...

I'm watching the Little League World Series. I'm thinking that the coach from Texas should have pulled his nephew off the pitcher's mound a lot sooner. He gave up too many easy hits and got them so far behind that they never really caught up. Granted, he gave the kid a choice, but I think the...

I'm a censor bypass, lol. I agree, eschemat. I don't think I made clear that the safety of society should be paramount, but putting a minor in an adult prison isn't ideal. Juvenile detention centers aren't much better, granted, but it's definitely preferable to putting them in with guys who...

Again, I never made an assumption. It was a hypothetical, used to demonstrate to you what an insult actually is. I see, though, that you still have issues with the meaning of words. See below: If you believe it, it's subjective. If everyone knows it and it's proveable, it's objective. See...

I never made those assumptions, surely a great philosopher and debater as yourself understands hypotheticals. Either way, so it's a theory now and not a flatly objective good, right?

You never explained how it's just "any impulse" and not naturally good. People getting along, living fulfilling lives, and finding that one person you know always has your back is an objective good. That later relationship type is enhanced and fostered through sexual contact, which often...

Whether it is or isn't actually does affect your argument. If isn't it a choice, then it is natural. The only reason you're going to the DH is because you've lost here.