What is a "right"? What do you think "your rights" are, and from where do you think they derive?

I think this might be a very important and topical issue, and am iterested to hear what different people think, so please throw down some comments. No need to be verbose, unless you really want to be, or you are watermelontail and have no choice in the matter.

Here's a problem I am currently tackling. Hopefully describing it will help me get a better grip on it and suggest a good solution. Bonus if any of you have useful input ( Read more... )

Imagine that scientists discovered that gender and sexual attraction was highly, if not completely, regulated by a particular area of your brain. Imagine also that a fairly simple chemical balance in this area was responsible, and that by altering the chemicals at play in this area it was possible to alter a person's prefered gender identity and ( Read more... )

These are from three different artists.

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Does anyone have information about the color palettes for different gaming systems (specifically NES and prior?) I know the counts, I'm looking for the values. Paintshop palette files would be the bestest.

I want to write an anthology of short stories, all featuring characters who have crappy jobs that don't even exist yet. One guy is a personal services droid technician ( Maytag guy for limited AI realdolls). A nanotech cleanup technician, that sort of thing. I'm open to anyone's input: what crappy job do you think will probably exist but doesn't

Looking for help from mathbrains:

I am looking for information on a graphing plane represented as follows:

The X and Y numberlines intersect at 1 (not 0).
Positive directions range 1 - ∞
Negative directions range 1 - 0

If that makes sense to anyone, please drop me a line.

My encounter with the thimble beetle song yesterday got me thinking about songs that are intentionally challenging to learn and sing. These songs are often found at children's camps, where the leaders or older campers sing the lyrics and the younger campers have to attempt to sing the same verse back, and the length and complexity just keeps ( Read more... )

I'm looking for input on the best practices for dealing with a user who has misplaced their username, password, or lost access to their e-mail.
( Of users, usernames, passwords, and security. )

What do you put in the changelog when you're improving your high-up's code ( Read more... )