Exactly; I was going to say: THIS coming from a FRENCH person? They are one of the most intolerant cultures for Americans in their country or just trying to learn their language.
Fixed this for him:
"I have been enough to THE WORLD, to know that msot [sic] of the folk is highly prejudicied for a reason or another."
No, I actually meant aliterate; not illiterate OR alliterate... the "aliterate" option will return images along with concise Stephenie (--- yes it's spelled like that) Meyer-esque (sordid, teeny-bopper romance-cum-pornography) summaries.
"The easiest solution might be dual-booting" - Yeah, and how is this the "easiest" solution? How about using a computer that can surf the web just fine AND do other things... oh wait...
Where are these statistics? How are you defining religious? Please stop correlating education and atheism.
I do know the type you're talking about: the third year university student who thinks s/he knows it all and can replace religion with science. Religion is not science and science is not religion. There's no link between the two and people need to stop trying to "reconcile" them.
There simply isn't any way to disprove god and because of that, the existence of god is not something science will ever explore.
From "bug-plagued" in the summary to "ridiculously fast" here... sheesh... I use acrobat reader on multiple OS's with multiple browsers and never had a problem. Seriously if a PDF takes 800 ms vs 900 ms to load a document, does it really matter?
You clearly don't know much about how drug resistance develops. Sure,/I/ will never be immune to arsenic; however, in a hypothetical system where large populations are exposed to arsenic, those who had innate resistance due to random mutation would tend to survive longer than those without it. Over time, if the external arsenic-based pressure was continuously applied, the species would either tend towards arsenic immunity or be annihilated.
This model assumes that some of the initially affected species will survive the initial application of the pressure. In the case of something with a blunt, destructive effect (e.g. bleach), resistance is less likely to develop than with an agent with a distinct mechanism of action (e.g. triclosan).
Not everything Wikileaks posts is necessarily the truth. By taking the stance of "revealing secret" documents, they are able to post anything they want and people will just immediately believe it for some reason. The authenticity of the documents is unlikely to be verifiable and even if the US gov't said "The Afghanistan Documents are completely fabricated." no one would believe them... it's absolutely ridiculous. People love controversy and they are giving Wikileaks free-reign to make up whatever they want.
Do you understand the concept of discouragement? Screening procedures DISCOURAGE would-be terrorists from bringing bombs on planes because they are likely to get caught. If there was no screening, then I would anticipate the frequency with which these attacks occurred would go up; do you disagree with this? Use of hyperbole ("disturbing and embarrassing") doesn't change the fact that you do live in a "free land" - you are free to stay at home or travel by ground.
While I concur that the US education system is broken, I believe the US health care system (pre-Affordable Care Act) to be the best in the world. Sure, I believe that children should be covered since they shouldn't suffer for their parents' irresponsibility, but adults should make healthcare a priority and purchase insurance.
What the hell is wrong with people. Getting on an airplane with a hundred other people is not a right. Everyone gets searched and scanned because maniacs like to blow Americans up on airplanes. That's all there is to it. People bitch about "losing their freedoms" by having to go through an scanning machine when boarding an airplane due to their own insecurity over their body image but will then happily go out and vote for socialized healthcare.
Yeah, terrorists would never hide a bomb on a kid; just let all kids skip screening - I mean, come on, they're so small and cute. Oh wait, don't they do that all the time in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Presumably that's why it's effective; people don't expect it. The screening was warranted in my opinion.
Sorry, where exactly do you offer a solution? "Focus on promoting hard science & engineering degress" - how do you do this in an anti-intellectual and practically alliterate society?
People should be responsible for their actions. This includes the debt they accumulate. We shouldn't have to legislate to the lowest common denominator.
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Exactly; I was going to say: THIS coming from a FRENCH person? They are one of the most intolerant cultures for Americans in their country or just trying to learn their language.
Fixed this for him:
"I have been enough to THE WORLD, to know that msot [sic] of the folk is highly prejudicied for a reason or another."
No, I actually meant aliterate; not illiterate OR alliterate... the "aliterate" option will return images along with concise Stephenie (--- yes it's spelled like that) Meyer-esque (sordid, teeny-bopper romance-cum-pornography) summaries.
Good point. :)
"The easiest solution might be dual-booting" - Yeah, and how is this the "easiest" solution? How about using a computer that can surf the web just fine AND do other things... oh wait...
-aliterate
Canning an entire dept right before xmas? Rough.
Thank you Colbert...
Shouldn't you guys be studying for your third year uni exams instead of posting on slashdot? ;)
Where are these statistics? How are you defining religious? Please stop correlating education and atheism.
I do know the type you're talking about: the third year university student who thinks s/he knows it all and can replace religion with science. Religion is not science and science is not religion. There's no link between the two and people need to stop trying to "reconcile" them.
There simply isn't any way to disprove god and because of that, the existence of god is not something science will ever explore.
As Stephen Hawking says about IQ:
"Q: What is your I.Q.?
"A: I have no idea. People who boast about their I.Q. are losers."
Man, this post reeks of Google fanboy-ism.
From "bug-plagued" in the summary to "ridiculously fast" here... sheesh... I use acrobat reader on multiple OS's with multiple browsers and never had a problem. Seriously if a PDF takes 800 ms vs 900 ms to load a document, does it really matter?
You clearly don't know much about how drug resistance develops. Sure, /I/ will never be immune to arsenic; however, in a hypothetical system where large populations are exposed to arsenic, those who had innate resistance due to random mutation would tend to survive longer than those without it. Over time, if the external arsenic-based pressure was continuously applied, the species would either tend towards arsenic immunity or be annihilated.
This model assumes that some of the initially affected species will survive the initial application of the pressure. In the case of something with a blunt, destructive effect (e.g. bleach), resistance is less likely to develop than with an agent with a distinct mechanism of action (e.g. triclosan).
Not everything Wikileaks posts is necessarily the truth. By taking the stance of "revealing secret" documents, they are able to post anything they want and people will just immediately believe it for some reason. The authenticity of the documents is unlikely to be verifiable and even if the US gov't said "The Afghanistan Documents are completely fabricated." no one would believe them... it's absolutely ridiculous. People love controversy and they are giving Wikileaks free-reign to make up whatever they want.
Do you understand the concept of discouragement? Screening procedures DISCOURAGE would-be terrorists from bringing bombs on planes because they are likely to get caught. If there was no screening, then I would anticipate the frequency with which these attacks occurred would go up; do you disagree with this?
Use of hyperbole ("disturbing and embarrassing") doesn't change the fact that you do live in a "free land" - you are free to stay at home or travel by ground.
I think you're missing the point here.
While I concur that the US education system is broken, I believe the US health care system (pre-Affordable Care Act) to be the best in the world. Sure, I believe that children should be covered since they shouldn't suffer for their parents' irresponsibility, but adults should make healthcare a priority and purchase insurance.
Why is parent modded flamebait?
What the hell is wrong with people. Getting on an airplane with a hundred other people is not a right. Everyone gets searched and scanned because maniacs like to blow Americans up on airplanes. That's all there is to it. People bitch about "losing their freedoms" by having to go through an scanning machine when boarding an airplane due to their own insecurity over their body image but will then happily go out and vote for socialized healthcare.
Yeah, terrorists would never hide a bomb on a kid; just let all kids skip screening - I mean, come on, they're so small and cute. Oh wait, don't they do that all the time in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Presumably that's why it's effective; people don't expect it. The screening was warranted in my opinion.
Yeah, but this is Fmail; obviously totally different.
http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1239
*aliterate
Sorry, where exactly do you offer a solution? "Focus on promoting hard science & engineering degress" - how do you do this in an anti-intellectual and practically alliterate society?
People should be responsible for their actions. This includes the debt they accumulate. We shouldn't have to legislate to the lowest common denominator.
Oh God! A Borders assistant manager.