The questions-not-worth-their-own-thread question thread IX

[really]

got it...

redirecting my question.

Is someone from CFC going to the world cup?

I am the accountant for a subsidiary in South Africa.

I am hoping for a tax audit around that time that would require my presence.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

When I open a bottle of cold pop I see some sort of gas coming out of the top. What exactly is it? The carbon dioxide that makes bubbles?

 

[Cutlass]

If it's very cold, it may be water vapor.

 

[Tekee]

why does onions make me cry?

 

[Cutlass]

Cutting an onion releases chemicals that irritate your senses.

 

[a_propagandist]

What are the differences between scalar line integrals and vector line integrals?

 

[Tekee]

Cutting an onion releases chemicals that irritate your senses.

ahh no scientists to actually tell me some scicne to back it up

 

[Birdjaguar]

ahh no scientists to actually tell me some scicne to back it up

Here you go:

Onions produce the chemical irritant known as syn-propanethial-S-oxide. It stimulates the eyes' lachrymal glands so they release tears. Scientists used to blame the enzyme allinase for the instability of substances in a cut onion. Recent studies from Japan, however, proved that lachrymatory-factor synthase, (a previously undiscovered enzyme) is the culprit (Imani et al, 2002).

The process goes as follows:
Lachrymatory-factor synthase is released into the air when we cut an onion.
The synthase enzyme converts the sulfoxides (amino acids) of the onion into sulfenic acid.
The unstable sulfenic acid rearranges itself into syn-ropanethial-S-oxide.
Syn-propanethial-S-oxide gets into the air and comes in contact with our eyes. The lachrymal glands become irritated and produces the tears!

 

[Atticus]

Propagandist: scalar line integrals are integrals of scalar valued functions and vector line integrals of vector valued functions perhaps? I don't know about line integrals specifically but that's what I would think if someone said "scalar integral" or "vector integral". You might want to ask here also.

Earthling: You can use "search within results" in google to get all the words, even though it can be laborious with many words.

For murdering, yes, I do. I also think, of course, that since the killer has not consented to any rules, then we can kill him freely too.
For children, I'd consider them property of their parents and deserving of rights as a consequence.

I don't think it's very coherent to think that being property of someone who has rights should grant them (from your point of view), since it's arbitrary, and then cows would have then rights also. So children would not have rights of their own, but their parents (and society) would have the right that their property is not touched.

Here's some more questions:

What constitutes as consent? Should people make actual pacts about rules, or is it defined by negation: you consent to these things until you act against them? If the latter, what are these rules that are assumed? If they are laws, then your morals is defined by the existing society. If they are rules that are somehow clear to all of us, then you're relying on moral intuition.

(Here's probably a good time to tell that my view of morals starts with individual intuition and then proceeds to "pacts". Also there's general themes in individual intuition, for example that it's not right to cause unnecessary suffering, and these themes can be used to examine coherence of individual's moral beliefs).

What follows from breaking the pact? Does it nullify one single rule or all of them? If A punches B, is B allowed to punch A or do anything to him, to kill him for example?

If it's single rule, it will lead to weird situations. Child rapist's punishment would for example be the parents of the child shagging the rapists's property, couch for example if he has no children.

If it's all of the rules, then the most minute offence would justify torture and death.

Ok, this is using moral intuition as argumentation, but I still hope you'll accept it as legitimate. So if the above reasoning isn't wrong, would you really raise your voice for pedophiles, that they are mistreated, or alternatively for people's right to shoot trespassers or shoplifters?

And finally, who is allowed to revenge if pact is broken? Is it only the victim or anyone, or are there officials to whom this is delegated?

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

how many of our satellites, and what kinds, would be affected if a new moon (radius 1258 kilometers, mass of 0.00445 Earths) appeared in Earth orbit at a distance of 83,000 kilometers?

And how would it affect the tides?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Spoiler :

Across the dark highway, Tom Petty looks out his window and sees that Stan's exposition is taking a serious turn. "Look at Stanley," Tom tells his driver. "He's doing his rap. He's taking this way too seriously." Stan is still talking when suddenly the boss' bus swings toward his window-with Tom Petty pressing the seat of his pants against the window, shouting something at Stan.

Stan immediately leaps to his feet, unbuckles his belt and presses his own butt against his own glass, adopting a cracker accent to scream at Petty, "You don't have the balls! I mean that literally! You want some more? I'll give you some more, [beep]! Speed up, Chester, they're comm' by again! I'll give you some more!" The two buses play tag for a minute, the two musicians howling across the highway at one another. In the rear cabin of the band bus Mike, Ben and Howie look out, astonished to see Tom Petty engaging in such Stan-like behavior. Then the two buses swing apart again and Stan falls back into his seat roaring with laughter. His gripe with Tom is forgotten, at least for publication. Back on his own bus, Tom Petty has taken care of business again.

What on earth is this about? Source.

 

[Earthling]

Thanks very much Atticus; I really wasn't aware google did all this. (for others' reference too) The regular quote function certainly seemed to be inadequate far too often, but searching within a site and such could be useful in the future.

 

[Lord Baal]

That really needs to be modified after you're 23-24 years old to "Age * 75%". A forty year old guy has no business fooling around with some 20-something tart.

Actually, when a 40 year old guy is banging a 20-something girl, it usually is business.

Would it be wrong to intern for a candidate in the upcoming elections and then not even vote for them?

No.

 

[Brighteye]

I don't think it's very coherent... So children would not have rights of their own, but their parents (and society) would have the right that their property is not touched.

Yes, that's what I think. I just wasn't going in depth since it works out as protection either way.

Here's some more questions:

What constitutes as consent? Should people make actual pacts about rules, or is it defined by negation: you consent to these things until you act against them? If the latter, what are these rules that are assumed? If they are laws, then your morals is defined by the existing society. If they are rules that are somehow clear to all of us, then you're relying on moral intuition

.
People should make actual pacts. I would like a nice big consent book, like a marriage register. It is indeed moral to obey the law, and I don't believe in any other, fundamental, morality.

(Here's probably a good time to tell that my view of morals starts with individual intuition and then proceeds to "pacts". Also there's general themes in individual intuition, for example that it's not right to cause unnecessary suffering, and these themes can be used to examine coherence of individual's moral beliefs).

Individual decisions mean nothing moral unless they are externalised as an obligation. I don't regard 'moral intuition' as any different from desires and emotions. People feel disgust and distrust of what they don't know, but that has no bearing on morality.

What follows from breaking the pact? Does it nullify one single rule or all of them? If A punches B, is B allowed to punch A or do anything to him, to kill him for example?
If it's single rule, it will lead to weird situations. Child rapist's punishment would for example be the parents of the child shagging the rapists's property, couch for example if he has no children.

If it's all of the rules, then the most minute offence would justify torture and death.

The best rule is that each crime has a punishment. If it violates the social contract and no punishment is specified, then since every person is a part of the contract, every person should have a say in what the punishment is.

Ok, this is using moral intuition as argumentation, but I still hope you'll accept it as legitimate. So if the above reasoning isn't wrong, would you really raise your voice for pedophiles, that they are mistreated, or alternatively for people's right to shoot trespassers or shoplifters?

Paedophiles who have served their sentence are mistreated. If the sentence was wrong, then the problem isn't the paedophile, and if it was right then he has paid for his crime adequately.
I do think that people should be allowed to defend themselves against infringements of the social contract (and the accompanying laws) that directly affect them, and even ones that don't.
I think that preventing such infringements should be encouraged, and that violence should not be forbidden. I'd distinguish attempting to prevent, or immediately rectify (by, for example, chasing down a shoplifter and retrieving the stolen goods) crimes from punishing them.

And finally, who is allowed to revenge if pact is broken? Is it only the victim or anyone, or are there officials to whom this is delegated?

Punishment can be inflicted only by the combined will of the people, represented by appointed officials, once guilt is established. Prevention/immediate rectification should be done by anyone, guilt being apparent.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

How do you measure an ego?

 

[holy king]

by size.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

How do you measure the size of an ego?

 

[nonconformist]

With callipers.

 

[Yared]

How do you measure the size of an ego?

A poll or quiz or questionaire would work.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Thanks.

All the popcorn turned black. Did I burn it?