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You're not taking that analogy literally enough. Think of the point behind book burnings - to destroy and censor information deemed unfit to be in print or published. Deleting web pages fits this perfectly.
I think he agrees with you, in that the notability guidelines are next to useless. If a perfectly useful and valid in all other respects page can be made, who cares if it is notable at all? One could argue that anything meeting the requirements for a source is notable, as the source proves someone somewhere finds it a topic worthy of being notable.
Great, then the mac or linux files would have been copied from the usb stick to the windows install directory. Reduces the chances of cracks appearing, but does nothing for the documents.
In line with your suggestion, I propose all people who wish to use a knife possess a Boy Scout merit badge. This will solve any and all conceivable problems and issues once and for all, just like how licensed cars and guns have removed any possible dangers from these items.
Actually I think the likelihood that this is just what TFA wants you to think is greater. It'd be much easier to come up with an elaborate scheme than believe it was trivial to hack a Yahoo! account.
Say an American company did the lead thing. Would you blame the people responsible or the entire nation? Or what if your own government was hiding the levels of lead contamination in the drinking water? Would you blame the people responsible or the entire nation?
U.S. national debt - $9.7 trillion Chinas national debt - oh wait, they have a surplus of around $200 billion...
You've got me on the quality issue, I mean, consumers are so discerning I'm sure they'll pay top dollar for quality US made goods, like Nikes and iPods... oh wait.
As for Taiwan, do you mean the island off the coast that they took control of from the Dutch in 1662? Ruled by the Republic of China, the faction of the current Chinese government that lost the civil war? The one that calls itself Chinese Taipei? The one that was always a part of China until Truman sent in the fleets at the height of the Korean war to stop the spread of the red? Yeah, how dare China lay claim to that soil.
You're a fool living in a fools paradise. Their ambition has been turned on the USA, and they have them by the balls. On earth, and now in space.
What, you expect to give terror suspects freedoms and rights now? Don't you know that this is the post 9/11 world we live in! They want to destroy our freedoms!! The hijackers all appeared to be perfectly normal citizens with their papers in order!!! You can't expect these sinister and frightening perfectly normal citizens to enjoy the freedoms that we God-fearing perfectly normal citizens enjoy!!!! If you are not happy being a terrorist suspect you must not be for us, and as we all know you're either with us or with the terrorists!!!!!
So which one are you, a terrorist suspect or a terrorist sympathiser? What's it gonna be, punk?
They've got this in one state in Australia, and a reporter made a golden point - if a child fails to turn up to school, the majority of the time no action is taken. Why have an instant alert system when children can go missing all day on most days of the year, and nobody will even notice? Fear-mongering bullshit seems the most valid option.
Yeah, the consequences are pretty severe for not getting a warrant. They could end up in the same dire straits as the police in the GP, clearing themselves of any serious wrong-doing following an extensive investigation.
You may be jesting, I'm unsure, but the GP appears to be correct.
The Shenzhou spacecraft appears similar to the Russian Soyuz, but is different in dimensions (slightly larger and heavier) and does not seem to use any detailed parts copied from the Soyuz or built under license. Therefore although it follows the classic layout of the Soyuz, adopts many of the same technical solutions, and the re-entry vehicle has the same shape, it cannot be considered strictly a 'copy'.
Albert Einstein had a lot to say about religion, I'd recommend not bring him into your argument unless you wish to be humbled. Here's some choice quotes:
"Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to me precisely the most important function which religion has to form in the social life of man."
"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom."
"The highest principles for our aspirations and judgements are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition. It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation to our aspir ations and valuations. If one were to take that goal out of out of its religious form and look merely at its purely human side, one might state it perhaps thus: free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of all mankind.... it is only to the individual that a soul is given. And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any otherway."
Then again, he supports your assertion that a scientist would dismiss many of the trappings of religion.
"Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for the action of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly be inclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. by a wish addressed to a Supernatural Being." ~ Albert Einstein, 1936, responding to a child who wrote and asked if scientists pray.
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
He also had a nice prediction for the future: "The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. The religion which based on experience, which refuses dogmatic. If there's any religion that would cope the scientific needs it will be Buddhism...."
To suggest that the metaphysical is outside the domain of science is to deny the reality of scientific ideas themselves. Reality is more vast than even the wildest imagination can comprehend, and religion is a useful tool to explore the wider realm of the metaphysical.
As someone once said, judge not, lest ye be judged.
Well, the sea used to be red according to Homer. Many scholars have speculated upon it but I doubt many scientists have looked at it as a serious problem. We don't always need the purest explanation. Would you criticise an Aborigional Australians interpretation of the Rainbow Serpent mythology as unscientific? Perhaps there are some arguments best left untouched by scientific reasoning. It is not the only sort.
What happened before the Big Bang? Is God the Higgs Field? Will the LHC destroy Jesus and finish Nietzsche's work? How long is a long time? How wet is a fish? I hope I answered something for you there.
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They better get busy, there's a lot of mods required. Still, you don't think there's just the tiniest chance that the posts of which you speak could have been moderated better if they expressed their discontent with the score and review without crying 'shill' and 'sellout' like some flamebaitey troll?
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I sincerley hope you don't work as a C programmer.
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Indeed, seeing that Memory Alpha does a better job of that anyway.
This just in: New Wikipedia 'Deletionpedia Deletion Contorversy' deletion controversy erupts as the Wikipedia Deletionpedia Deletion description is nominated for deletion. Delegates describe dangerous double dealings during dastardly deceptive deletions.
You're not taking that analogy literally enough. Think of the point behind book burnings - to destroy and censor information deemed unfit to be in print or published. Deleting web pages fits this perfectly.
I think he agrees with you, in that the notability guidelines are next to useless. If a perfectly useful and valid in all other respects page can be made, who cares if it is notable at all? One could argue that anything meeting the requirements for a source is notable, as the source proves someone somewhere finds it a topic worthy of being notable.
Great, then the mac or linux files would have been copied from the usb stick to the windows install directory. Reduces the chances of cracks appearing, but does nothing for the documents.
In line with your suggestion, I propose all people who wish to use a knife possess a Boy Scout merit badge. This will solve any and all conceivable problems and issues once and for all, just like how licensed cars and guns have removed any possible dangers from these items.
Actually I think the likelihood that this is just what TFA wants you to think is greater. It'd be much easier to come up with an elaborate scheme than believe it was trivial to hack a Yahoo! account.
Say an American company did the lead thing. Would you blame the people responsible or the entire nation? Or what if your own government was hiding the levels of lead contamination in the drinking water? Would you blame the people responsible or the entire nation?
U.S. national debt - $9.7 trillion
Chinas national debt - oh wait, they have a surplus of around $200 billion...
You've got me on the quality issue, I mean, consumers are so discerning I'm sure they'll pay top dollar for quality US made goods, like Nikes and iPods... oh wait.
As for Taiwan, do you mean the island off the coast that they took control of from the Dutch in 1662? Ruled by the Republic of China, the faction of the current Chinese government that lost the civil war? The one that calls itself Chinese Taipei? The one that was always a part of China until Truman sent in the fleets at the height of the Korean war to stop the spread of the red? Yeah, how dare China lay claim to that soil.
You're a fool living in a fools paradise. Their ambition has been turned on the USA, and they have them by the balls. On earth, and now in space.
Yeah, those bastards in Ohio and Colorado should be more careful.
A loan from China probably.
Richly and opulently, all at your expense of course. Still, you had a choice. You always could have voted for the other power hungry meglomaniac.
What, you expect to give terror suspects freedoms and rights now? Don't you know that this is the post 9/11 world we live in! They want to destroy our freedoms!! The hijackers all appeared to be perfectly normal citizens with their papers in order!!! You can't expect these sinister and frightening perfectly normal citizens to enjoy the freedoms that we God-fearing perfectly normal citizens enjoy!!!! If you are not happy being a terrorist suspect you must not be for us, and as we all know you're either with us or with the terrorists!!!!!
So which one are you, a terrorist suspect or a terrorist sympathiser? What's it gonna be, punk?
They've got this in one state in Australia, and a reporter made a golden point - if a child fails to turn up to school, the majority of the time no action is taken. Why have an instant alert system when children can go missing all day on most days of the year, and nobody will even notice? Fear-mongering bullshit seems the most valid option.
Yeah, the consequences are pretty severe for not getting a warrant. They could end up in the same dire straits as the police in the GP, clearing themselves of any serious wrong-doing following an extensive investigation.
You may be jesting, I'm unsure, but the GP appears to be correct.
The Shenzhou spacecraft appears similar to the Russian Soyuz, but is different in dimensions (slightly larger and heavier) and does not seem to use any detailed parts copied from the Soyuz or built under license. Therefore although it follows the classic layout of the Soyuz, adopts many of the same technical solutions, and the re-entry vehicle has the same shape, it cannot be considered strictly a 'copy'.
www.astronautix.com
Albert Einstein had a lot to say about religion, I'd recommend not bring him into your argument unless you wish to be humbled. Here's some choice quotes:
"Intelligence makes clear to us the interrelationship of means and ends. But mere thinking cannot give us a sense of the ultimate and fundamental ends. To make clear these fundamental ends and valuations and to set them fast in the emotional life of the individual, seems to me precisely the most important function which religion has to form in the social life of man."
"All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom."
"The highest principles for our aspirations and judgements are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition. It is a very high goal which, with our weak powers, we can reach only very inadequately, but which gives a sure foundation to our aspir ations and valuations. If one were to take that goal out of out of its religious form and look merely at its purely human side, one might state it perhaps thus: free and responsible development of the individual, so that he may place his powers freely and gladly in the service of all mankind. ... it is only to the individual that a soul is given. And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any otherway."
Then again, he supports your assertion that a scientist would dismiss many of the trappings of religion.
"Scientific research is based on the idea that everything that takes place is determined by laws of nature, and therefore this holds for the action of people. For this reason, a research scientist will hardly be inclined to believe that events could be influenced by a prayer, i.e. by a wish addressed to a Supernatural Being." ~ Albert Einstein, 1936, responding to a child who wrote and asked if scientists pray.
"A man's ethical behavior should be based effectually on sympathy, education, and social ties and needs; no religious basis is necessary. Man would indeed be in a poor way if he had to be restrained by fear of punishment and hope of reward after death."
He also had a nice prediction for the future:
"The religion of the future will be a cosmic religion. The religion which based on experience, which refuses dogmatic. If there's any religion that would cope the scientific needs it will be Buddhism...."
To suggest that the metaphysical is outside the domain of science is to deny the reality of scientific ideas themselves. Reality is more vast than even the wildest imagination can comprehend, and religion is a useful tool to explore the wider realm of the metaphysical.
As someone once said, judge not, lest ye be judged.
Well, the sea used to be red according to Homer. Many scholars have speculated upon it but I doubt many scientists have looked at it as a serious problem. We don't always need the purest explanation. Would you criticise an Aborigional Australians interpretation of the Rainbow Serpent mythology as unscientific? Perhaps there are some arguments best left untouched by scientific reasoning. It is not the only sort.
Essential System Administration would be another useful O'Reilly title.
African or European God?
What happened before the Big Bang? Is God the Higgs Field? Will the LHC destroy Jesus and finish Nietzsche's work? How long is a long time? How wet is a fish? I hope I answered something for you there.
Which Civ review did you want? Perhaps when we got to ask the developers of Civ 4 questions? (Answers here)
They better get busy, there's a lot of mods required. Still, you don't think there's just the tiniest chance that the posts of which you speak could have been moderated better if they expressed their discontent with the score and review without crying 'shill' and 'sellout' like some flamebaitey troll?
I sincerley hope you don't work as a C programmer.
Their armed forces have modified aircraft capable of delivering the payload. It's clearly proliferation in violation of the treaty.
No, more like this