I'm aware that aversion therapy was all the rage in 1976 - and not just among the mormons. Up until 1973, it was still officially considered a mental illness. The same logic could as easily say that the the medical community currently believes that homosexuality can be cured.
That's why I requested:
"please cite at least one, current, first party source..."
And - to nitpick: the assertion was not that mormon doctors believe X, it was that the church "officially teaches" X.
Thus, an acceptable citation would be a scripture, published doctrine, or at least a statement from a church official, indicating X. Preferably, it would be less than 10 years old. Popular attitudes towards homosexuality have wildly changed since even 20 years ago, and I expect that this shift is reflected (albeit in a lesser form) in even conservative religion.
I'm willing to be proved wrong here, and I certainly don't follow the LDS church as closely as I used to, but part of good, scientific, thinking is the proper presenting of evidence and whatnot. (And slashdot really needs more precise writing in general, and less sensationalism. It's supposed to be "news for nerds", not the national enquirer/daily telegraph/local tabloid)
Additionally, the impression that I've gotten is that the LDS church, while still relatively conservative, holds much more accepting, and arguably more reasonable, views towards homosexuality than it once did. It would be unfair to dig up 30 year old studies and claim they represent current beliefs.
I expect it's closer to the third theory (not listed in your post), which is that it's inspired by animals of some sort.
for example, mating swans make something quite close to a heart shape.
same thing with dragonflies
...You don't absorb as quickly as a younger person,...
This is said quite often, but I propose that perhaps people just have a perception that young people learn faster, because one becomes more aware of the passage of time as one gets older.
It takes newborns around a year before they have any mobility, and even longer before they start to begin to speak.
Excepting, of course, for the fundamentalist offshoots. The official 'Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' is officially against polygamy, and has been for a while, but there was that whole FLDS thing recently.
So, the question is, does the colloquial 'Mormons' include only the biggest church, or the fundamentalist forks as well?
The grand prize on offer includes airfare to Las Vegas, accommodation at the Venetian and tickets to the MIX09 Developer Conference in March next year, along with Visual Studio 2008, an Xbox 360 Elite console pack and a Samsung Omnia mobile phone. Runners up win various combinations of Visual Studio, Xbox 360 Elite packs and Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000 keyboard and mouse combos.
The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus that implement a software breakpoint using a specially named void function as a software breakpoint function. Advantages of the invention include minimal modification of the application program, portability between different types of CPUs, and safe operation of the application program when the debugging tool is not running. they recognize breakpoints have already been invented.
Most breakpoints (historically) are implemented with an interupt command inserted directly into assembly.
This patent is for a different implementation of breakpoints, with some advantadges/disadvantadges over the current implementation.
It was a minor plot point in a Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex episode.
according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ghost_in_the_ Shell:_Stand_Alone_Complex_episodes, it was the third
episode of the first season.
Section 9 ends a car chase by telling the suspects car there is construction ahead, and that he should exit the freeway.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I prefer Dvorak for coding, because the punctuation marks are laid out better.
in C++/Perl, the semicolon is off to the side and easier to hit.
the important punctuation marks, like ''' '"' ',' '' are also all right under your left hand, where you can hit them easily,
instead of trying to curl your right hand under.
'_' is right next to the other big consonants, which is what it acts as with underscored_naming_schemes.
'/' '=' '+' '\' '|' are all grouped together., and '-' is right under them.
the big complaint I have is that the Windows keystrokes ctrl-C, ctrl-X, and ctrl-V are no longer next to each other, and don't make as much sense.
also, windows tends to occasionally 'forget' what I had my keyboard layout set as. I didn't even know there were dvorak keyboards you could buy.
I figured it was just an OS level thing.
occasionally, we'' be unable to connect, tech support has no idea. eventually, we discovered it was a DNS issue. we added a few extra DNS servers to the list, and keep google's IP address bookmarked.
I'm suprised no one else commented on this.
Don't many slashdotters build their own PC's anyway, thus skipping the problem entirely?
What market is there for naked PC's? home users who buy a pre-built machine want it to 'just work'.
corporations who buy 1000 pre-built machines typically specify exactly what they want the machines to be pre-loaded with.
what's the big deal here?
A single copy of an iTunes song will not play in any iPod. yes, it will.
I have on my iPod, right now, ITMS-purchased songs from my friends computer.
they play on my iPod. if I hook it up to a PC, it won't play (it asks for my friend's login.)
I couldn't find the actual EULA anywhere, but here's wikipedia instead.
* Users can make a maximum of seven CD copies of any particular playlist containing songs purchased from the iTunes store.
* Users can access their purchased songs on a maximum of five computers.
There are no restrictions on number of iPods to which a purchased song can be transferred nor the number of times any individual song can be burned to CD. so, yes, a single copy of a [non-DRM'd] CD will play in any [normal] CD player.
any single copy of Apples iTunes Music store songs will play on any Apple iPod MP3 player.
with the power involved here, it wouldn't be propelling any manned missions.
After reaching orbit, his present design would be off to a slow start, taking about a year to escape the Earth's gravity. this seems like it would only be useful for satellites and probes and such.
did I miss something? where is religion mentioned at all? the comment was "your a moron", and it was a reply to the post "do I need to upgrade to web 2.0"
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I'm aware that aversion therapy was all the rage in 1976 - and not just among the mormons. Up until 1973, it was still officially considered a mental illness. The same logic could as easily say that the the medical community currently believes that homosexuality can be cured.
That's why I requested:
"please cite at least one, current, first party source..."
And - to nitpick: the assertion was not that mormon doctors believe X, it was that the church "officially teaches" X.
Thus, an acceptable citation would be a scripture, published doctrine, or at least a statement from a church official, indicating X. Preferably, it would be less than 10 years old. Popular attitudes towards homosexuality have wildly changed since even 20 years ago, and I expect that this shift is reflected (albeit in a lesser form) in even conservative religion.
I'm willing to be proved wrong here, and I certainly don't follow the LDS church as closely as I used to, but part of good, scientific, thinking is the proper presenting of evidence and whatnot. (And slashdot really needs more precise writing in general, and less sensationalism. It's supposed to be "news for nerds", not the national enquirer/daily telegraph/local tabloid)
Additionally, the impression that I've gotten is that the LDS church, while still relatively conservative, holds much more accepting, and arguably more reasonable, views towards homosexuality than it once did. It would be unfair to dig up 30 year old studies and claim they represent current beliefs.
[citation needed]
"....church officially teaches...."
please cite at least one, current, first party source that states the belief that "homosexuality can be cured"
I'd agree with your sentiments, if not for the very next phrase.
One likes to believe in the freedom of music
but glittering prizes, and endless compromises
shatter the illusion of integrity.
Belgium! (although probably not worth posting at this point, as it will be buried too far down. ah well...)
I expect it's closer to the third theory (not listed in your post), which is that it's inspired by animals of some sort. for example, mating swans make something quite close to a heart shape. same thing with dragonflies
...You don't absorb as quickly as a younger person,...
This is said quite often, but I propose that perhaps people just have a perception that young people learn faster, because one becomes more aware of the passage of time as one gets older. It takes newborns around a year before they have any mobility, and even longer before they start to begin to speak.
Excepting, of course, for the fundamentalist offshoots. The official 'Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' is officially against polygamy, and has been for a while, but there was that whole FLDS thing recently. So, the question is, does the colloquial 'Mormons' include only the biggest church, or the fundamentalist forks as well?
I think it's funny that these got modded flamebait
This explains why, in almost every video game I've ever played, the character can emerge from the water absolutely dry. :P
the -S option disables wordwrap. VERY convenient when viewing logs that have long lines. less -S (logfile), and then the 'F' command. :)
Hey, my descendents could be terrorists. Does that mean my balls can be classed as terrorist weapons?
Reminds me of one of my favorite comic strips, sinfest.
here
and here
The grand prize on offer includes airfare to Las Vegas, accommodation at the Venetian and tickets to the MIX09 Developer Conference in March next year, along with Visual Studio 2008, an Xbox 360 Elite console pack and a Samsung Omnia mobile phone. Runners up win various combinations of Visual Studio, Xbox 360 Elite packs and Wireless Entertainment Desktop 8000 keyboard and mouse combos.
my one nitpick with evolutionary theory:
it's NOT Darwin's work being done.
it is the natural process DESCRIBED BY Darwin.
</nitpick>
It was a minor plot point in a Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex episode. according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ghost_in_the_ Shell:_Stand_Alone_Complex_episodes, it was the third
episode of the first season.
Section 9 ends a car chase by telling the suspects car there is construction ahead, and that he should exit the freeway.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I prefer Dvorak for coding, because the punctuation marks are laid out better. in C++/Perl, the semicolon is off to the side and easier to hit. the important punctuation marks, like ''' '"' ',' '' are also all right under your left hand, where you can hit them easily, instead of trying to curl your right hand under. '_' is right next to the other big consonants, which is what it acts as with underscored_naming_schemes. '/' '=' '+' '\' '|' are all grouped together., and '-' is right under them. the big complaint I have is that the Windows keystrokes ctrl-C, ctrl-X, and ctrl-V are no longer next to each other, and don't make as much sense. also, windows tends to occasionally 'forget' what I had my keyboard layout set as. I didn't even know there were dvorak keyboards you could buy. I figured it was just an OS level thing.
That's what My dad and I have noticed with Cox.
occasionally, we'' be unable to connect, tech support has no idea.
eventually, we discovered it was a DNS issue. we added a few extra DNS servers to the list,
and keep google's IP address bookmarked.
I'm suprised no one else commented on this. Don't many slashdotters build their own PC's anyway, thus skipping the problem entirely? What market is there for naked PC's? home users who buy a pre-built machine want it to 'just work'. corporations who buy 1000 pre-built machines typically specify exactly what they want the machines to be pre-loaded with. what's the big deal here?
...if that's the case, I think that's one of the worst cases of spelling humor I've ever failed to laugh at.
did I miss something?
where is religion mentioned at all?
the comment was "your a moron", and it was a reply to the post "do I need to upgrade to web 2.0"
The article has no mention of utah as well
??
Maybe, just for a moment, this will be 'the biggest joke on the internet'
...maybe it should be 'degrees of parallel scalability'
i.e. [these algorithim's are] massively parallel scalable.
buzzwords help too.