Creationism is a fuzzy pseudo-scientific front for people who think Charles Darwin's work contradicts Moses' account in Genesis. As evidence for Darwinian evolution comes in, ID adherents morph their story to allow (or spin) the new evidence. Trying to refute Creationism is like trying to slice water.
Scientists would not care about Moses fans dissing Darwin, except that Creationists are actively blocking promising scientific and biotech research that could lead to life-saving new technology.
Creationists, fear not, and be of good cheer. For if God created the Universe, then these bacteria won't change that. But they do confirm Charles Darwin was onto something. Lets explore some more, shall we?
> Not that I read TFA, but...How will they do it?
As you suspected, the answer is in TFA, which I'll let you read.
But here's how they're doing it in France:
A blacklist will be compiled based on input from Internet users who flag sites containing offensive material
And back to this TFA, here was an interesting quote from Gov. Cuomo:
This literally threatens our children, and there can be no higher priority than keeping our children safe. I'd humbly suggest, Governor, that a higher priority would be to keep our children free.
> They're just looking for something for free. And they've discovered open source. Do you want the next generation of scouts to learn OSS or Microsoft?
> infiltrated by ultra-conservative Mormons and other Jesus freaks. That's kind of like saying the Sierra Club was infiltrated by left-wing environmentalists.
The fact that they can be kept alive quite readily in zoos around the world is only one evidence of this. You and I can also be kept alive quite readily with running water and three meals served daily in an air-conditioned prison.
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_dwarf:
Brown dwarfs are sub-stellar objects with a mass below that necessary to maintain hydrogen-burning nuclear fusion reactions in their cores, as do stars on the main sequence, but which have fully convective surfaces and interiors, with no chemical differentiation by depth. Brown dwarfs occupy the mass range between that of large gas giant planets and the lowest mass stars; this upper limit is between 75[1] and 80 Jupiter masses (MJ). Currently there is some debate as to what criterion to use to define the separation between a brown dwarf from a giant planet at very low brown dwarf masses (~13 MJ ), and whether brown dwarfs are required to have experienced fusion at some point in their history. In any event, brown dwarfs heavier than 13 MJ do fuse deuterium and those above ~65 MJ also fuse lithium.
My signature is just a random scribble which nobody ever looked at until I bought a house. Then all they did was verify the scribbles matched each other from doc to doc; they didn't match my ID signature at all.
> Hushmail at least used to publish their source code Unless their implementation is buggy, that's got nothing to do with crackability. PGP (and any credible) security is in the key, not the algorithm.
>Will they be faced with the dilemma of changing their architecture versus being banned? I sure hope not. Hushmail and Skype are applications/service providers. They don't maintain the physical infrastructure of fiber and copper cables. They are not "common carriers."
nor do they know how much of my business is cash or check. Excellent point. But wait around an administration or two...
Not that I lose much sleep about privacy for businesses. I'm a business owner myself, in a highly regulated industry, subject to inspections and audits at any time. I have no expectation of privacy whatsoever. It would be simpler for me if I did have privacy, and I'd provide better service without regulatory overhead. But society won't unravel if corporations open their books to the IRS, or to the public, for that matter.
Now personal privacy, that's another story altogether. The gov't really shouldn't be peeking in my personal stuff without a warrant. Sixteenth amendment or not.
You should spend the next 3 weeks documenting your projects. Wow, you are a rare bird: a true Christian. Employer slaps you, you turn around and try to help them despite themselves.
Me, I guess I'm not so saintly. If I were him, I'd honor my nick, "hiking stick".
Humiliated by the Americans beating them to the moon, the Soviets developed plans to send a massive unmanned rocket to the moon, laden with red paint. On impact, the paint would cover the entire bright side of the moon. A second, manned mission would immediately follow. The cargo - white paint, to make a bright hammer and crescent symbol against the red background.
American intelligence learned of these plans. A great opportunity arose to foil them. But instead the American President, "Tricky Dick" Nixon, demurred. "Let them go ahead and paint the moon," he said.
"But Mr. President, surely the image of the Soviet Empire covering the moon..."
"After they've painted it red," said Nixon, "we'll paint the logo of Coca Cola."
> Your problem is a human problem that CANNOT be solved by technology
Huh? My cordless phone at home is rarely in its cradle. But I can push the pager button, it beeps, and I found the phone. I'd say technology can help find misplaced items.
Or you could use technology to abuse your children (just kidding, kind of) until they bend to your will. That might work too.
Inconceivable. According to the Wikipedia entry,
The links are non-directional... "The Father is God"... "God is the Father" So your argument would appear to be inconsistent with "the Athanasian Creed". But I give you full points for your seamless integration of dialog there. Funniest thing I've seen all week. You are a genius.
From wikipedia:
if the diagram is interpreted according to ordinary logic, then it contains a number of contradictions... However, if... interpreted as representing a non-transitive quasi-equivalence relation... then the diagram is fully logically coherent and non-self-contradictory. So saying "The Son *is* God" is misleading; it should say "The Son is non-transitively quasi-equivalent to God in a certain alternative logical system".
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I don't understand why this is silly. If "GWB's assault on the Constitution" doesn't merit impeachment, what does?
Creationism is a fuzzy pseudo-scientific front for people who think Charles Darwin's work contradicts Moses' account in Genesis. As evidence for Darwinian evolution comes in, ID adherents morph their story to allow (or spin) the new evidence. Trying to refute Creationism is like trying to slice water.
Scientists would not care about Moses fans dissing Darwin, except that Creationists are actively blocking promising scientific and biotech research that could lead to life-saving new technology.
Creationists, fear not, and be of good cheer. For if God created the Universe, then these bacteria won't change that. But they do confirm Charles Darwin was onto something. Lets explore some more, shall we?
As you suspected, the answer is in TFA, which I'll let you read.
But here's how they're doing it in France: A blacklist will be compiled based on input from Internet users who flag sites containing offensive material
And back to this TFA, here was an interesting quote from Gov. Cuomo: This literally threatens our children, and there can be no higher priority than keeping our children safe. I'd humbly suggest, Governor, that a higher priority would be to keep our children free.
> They're just looking for something for free.
And they've discovered open source. Do you want the next generation of scouts to learn OSS or Microsoft?
> infiltrated by ultra-conservative Mormons and other Jesus freaks.
That's kind of like saying the Sierra Club was infiltrated by left-wing environmentalists.
> They can fuck
Actually, that's not their forte.
There has never been a "Copyright merit badge" - that was just a cloth patch associated with some misguided local event.
They want to control what we access, and when. The motive, of course, is money. But the collateral damage is our freedom.
My signature is just a random scribble which nobody ever looked at until I bought a house. Then all they did was verify the scribbles matched each other from doc to doc; they didn't match my ID signature at all.
it Never was a secret. yOu could alSo hide messages In ceReal boxes and floral arrangements.
> Hushmail at least used to publish their source code
Unless their implementation is buggy, that's got nothing to do with crackability. PGP (and any credible) security is in the key, not the algorithm.
>Will they be faced with the dilemma of changing their architecture versus being banned?
I sure hope not. Hushmail and Skype are applications/service providers. They don't maintain the physical infrastructure of fiber and copper cables. They are not "common carriers."
> Maybe it is wrong to not give them the choice.
Maybe it's kind of arrogant to think they don't have the choice already. They can go exploring other places if they want to.
That's an interesting question. What about people who appear younger than they are, like Gary Coleman or Emmanuel Lewis?
On the other hand, a computer-generated image could be virtually indistinguishable from an actual photograph.
Either way, somebody with child porn will lose in court. Juries aren't famous for abstract philosophy.
> I thought I had heard of Lala before.
Me too. And if TimeWarner is listening, I have a startup that needs funding. We're calling it Tinky Winky.
Won't be the first time that TimeWarner lost big money on pipe dreams.
Not that I lose much sleep about privacy for businesses. I'm a business owner myself, in a highly regulated industry, subject to inspections and audits at any time. I have no expectation of privacy whatsoever. It would be simpler for me if I did have privacy, and I'd provide better service without regulatory overhead. But society won't unravel if corporations open their books to the IRS, or to the public, for that matter.
Now personal privacy, that's another story altogether. The gov't really shouldn't be peeking in my personal stuff without a warrant. Sixteenth amendment or not.
Me, I guess I'm not so saintly. If I were him, I'd honor my nick, "hiking stick".
Mod parent up! He gets it.
Humiliated by the Americans beating them to the moon, the Soviets developed plans to send a massive unmanned rocket to the moon, laden with red paint. On impact, the paint would cover the entire bright side of the moon. A second, manned mission would immediately follow. The cargo - white paint, to make a bright hammer and crescent symbol against the red background.
American intelligence learned of these plans. A great opportunity arose to foil them. But instead the American President, "Tricky Dick" Nixon, demurred. "Let them go ahead and paint the moon," he said.
"But Mr. President, surely the image of the Soviet Empire covering the moon..."
"After they've painted it red," said Nixon, "we'll paint the logo of Coca Cola."
> Your problem is a human problem that CANNOT be solved by technology
Huh? My cordless phone at home is rarely in its cradle. But I can push the pager button, it beeps, and I found the phone. I'd say technology can help find misplaced items.
Or you could use technology to abuse your children (just kidding, kind of) until they bend to your will. That might work too.
You may be right there - this seems like blowing smoke to confuse the issue.
The real question is whether they're giving their customers the QOS they promised.
Truly you have a dizzying intellect.