mlhiss's definitions

Nocebo

Nocebo is the scientific term for the creation of a negative expectation that results in reducing or negating the value of a treatment.

There was a high nocebo effect created by the fact that the drug has an extremely high risk for a combination of severe side effects including severe brain damage, impotancy, kidney failure, uncontrolable spasms, suicide, farting, diarrhea, serility, genetic mutations, birth defects, uncontrolable anger, sleep walking naked in front of large groups of people, cancerous lesions on the skin, ridecule from friends, quarantine and issolation for 6 months, etc.

by mlhiss March 30, 2008

global conflict change

When conflicts move from diplomatic disputes to violent or military exchanges. Sometimes the change is slow and sometimes there may be a rapid acceleration, where an area flips into a completely different state of conflict.

Global conflict change has heated up since 911, creating a completely different cultural and physical environment. Sadly the social sciences have not come to a consensus as to the cause or course of action. But the effects are even more glaringly catastrophic. Strategies to have the diplomats outsource to the military-industrial complex has only accelerated the warming process.

by mlhiss May 15, 2019

Allowlist

An allowlist is a directory of specific elements that are allowed, e.g. email addresses, IP addresses or URLs etc.

An allowlist has the same meaning as a whitelist in computer and tech industry.

Allowlist like block list are much more intuitive and descriptive than whitelist and blacklist and don't have subliminal racist associations- blacklist = block and whitelist = allow.

by mlhiss July 7, 2020

driving while intexticated

Driving while text messaging. In many cases it is more dangerouse than driving while under the influence, because the drivers are distracted and have a much slower response time. It is illegal in some states like Utah, because of the carnage created by text messangers.

Judy got arrested for driving while intexticated after she killed 3 people when she was sending a text message. Fortunately everupme got the message but it was not the one Judy sent.

by mlhiss September 24, 2009

blocklist

A blocklist is being used to replace blacklist, In the computer and tech industry . Blocklist refers to a directory of specific elements that are blocked, e,g email addresses, IP addresses or URLs.

Some in tech are promoting blocklist over blacklist because it is more descriptive and understandable.

by mlhiss July 7, 2020

SIP

Self important person. A person who thinks they are very important much to other's surprise and amazement.

That SIPs head has grown totally out of proportion to his embellishments.

by mlhiss April 4, 2008

civil life movement

Greatly accelerating movement for a more civil society. The movement is for democratic solutions that involve the public at large and not through special interest groups solutions that have only perpetuated violence. They are for providing more public health to assure mental fitness. And they are against increasing the more violent types of methods and technologies that have only accentuated the problem of violence. While the issue of violence has always been debated and discussed through democratic means it has not always gotten very far with regards to effective public policy. After repeated police killings, street violence, massacres in schools and public places the youth have taken charge and started to effectively lead on this issue of a more civil life democracy free of violence.

The Civil Life Movement has lingered through the ages, making incremental progress on major issues, such as human rights, civil rights, and minority rights. However, it has also neglected some of the most fundamental issues, such as the right to be free of violence and violent methods of dispute resolution. After repeated failures to keep massacres and even domestic violence under control, the youth have organized Enough Rallies to focus on effective and human policies to reduce violence, and to solve problems democratically as a people instead of leaving it to special interest groups.

by mlhiss May 18, 2018