How does the robot know it has arms in the first place? Did it have to figure this out, or is it likely programmed to move its arms randomely at first and go from there?
I'm very curious...if anyone has any input, please post.
So will harddrives still be called disks when solid state drives are mainstream? Of course people will likely still call them that, but what will they referred to in software (e.g. Disk Manager, Disk Usage Analyzer)?
...a one-ton giraffe statue from the putt putt golf place here in my town a couple years ago. No idea how they did it. It was just not there one morning.
...in order to watch them on my Pocket PC in bed or anywhere in the house. I rent the movie from Blockbuster, NetFlix, or wherever and copy it, return it, watch it whenever I get around to it, then I delete the copy when I'm done. I see nothing wrong with that.
I use TCPMP with ffmpeg libraries on the pocket pc to actually watch the video, and to access the video across the wireless network, I use BizzDev's Net Use to mount a Samba network share. No copying to memory card required.
If people at the RIAA want to complain, they need to get a life.
What if a copy of you was made, and the original you still existed alongside that copy?
Another question: if you could replace the neurons in your brain with artificial ones, would it still be you? If not, how much you could you replace and it still be you?
Why not just run your internet through your own proxy and remove the ads? Sure, it may be a bit slower, but surely it could be done with something like Privoxy on top of Squid.
For the record, I asked my brother -- who has a degree in linguistics -- about this, and he said the following:
1. http://www.geocities.com/paulntobin/virgin.html?20 0724#mistranslation
Parthenos means "virgin" in Greek. The site author says that it's Hebrew equivalent "almah" means only young woman and not virgin. Hebrew isn't my specialty so I can't speak with authority, but I have heard there is debate on this. I will, however, give a cultural explanation. A young woman (whether almah means explicitly virgin or not) would almost always be a virgin in Hebrew society, because of the obvious penalties for promiscuity, i.e. being shamed and then stoned to death.
His Proverbs 30:18-19 example could be turned against him. Again, in Hebrew society, young women were usually virgins. So it could easily be translated "the way of a man with a virgin". As for the harem example, perhaps the semantic range of this word allows the meaning of "young woman" and sometimes "virgin". That is beside the point, in my mind. Women in a harem weren't virgins, but they were sort of "married" to the king in a way. Again, I think the cultural argument of the purity of young Hebrew women holds up. The Greek alternative word "neanis" presented does nothing to uphold his argument in the face of the cultural argument. Remember, we must consider not only LINGUISTIC, but also CULTURAL evidence and their combined implications. So I feel his using this sole vocabulary item attempting to invalidate the virgin birth is not only misguided but a weak argument. In archaeology and history one looks at language, culture, genetics, artifacts, and many other forms of evidence to see if they all point in a similar direction.
Later in this article he states that this Isaiah passage doesn't specifically mention or prophesy the virgin birth. It is a fact that many OT passages with prophecy don't actually directly state what they are prophesying. There are others such as "I brought my son out of Egypt" which may have meant something different when they were written and were reapplied to Christ. I know this is a hard issue to accept sometimes.
He also states that the earliest "Christian" sources don't say anything about the virgin birth. This probably comes because he may believe the Gospel writings came much later than Christians say they did. Many people say this because they don't want to believe that the early sources, close to the time of Christ, made such extravagant claims about Jesus. However, there is large evidence that the Gospels and other NT books were all written within 100 years of his death. He also says pagan sources had virgin birth examples. Pagan sources have all kinds of strange thinking, but we don't find all these included in the Bible. The fact that the virgin birth also happens to be found in pagan ideas doesn't mean they ripped it off from pagans. Pagans also had fertility cults and temple prostitutes, but Corinthians (1 Cor 6) warns Christians against these pagan practices, as well as against meat sacrificed to idols.
There were certain false teachings, like Gnosticism, which did includes features from Greco-Buddhism. These are some of the ideas found in the Da Vinci Code. Also, strangely enough, many of the mainstream "pop theology" found in stores today includes ideas which seem to have sprung from New Age thinking. This doesn't nullify Christianity, in my mind. It just means a smart, discerning person checks their sources and verifies if what they read elsewhere fits with the Bible's truth. You and I already know that many "Christians" don't verify things, and just blindly stupidly believe whatever nonsense comes their way. James warns against these "double-minded" people. And I think anyone is at risk unless they learn discernment.
That's my take on this, in a short way of writing it.
By "choice," do they mean free of self-determination and action independent of external causes?
Is it even possible for a living creature (human, animal, insect, etc.) to elect to do something in such a manner, being based on absolutely no external influence (i.e. environmental influences, genetics, a person's needs/well-being)?
Not sure where you stand on things, but let's just assume for a moment that radiocarbon dating is generally correct.
Do you think there is there any way to reconcile the lengthy time spans radiocarbon dating proposes with this theory proposed in the book you've mentioned? Could, for instance, the times from the radiation tests somehow be relative?
If you're making an internal intranet-type web site, then this mentality is fine. But if your web site is going to be accessed by customers and the world in general, then you are foolish to stick to this mentality.
You do realize that there are computers which do not have IE, right? Mac does not have a current version of IE, and neither does Linux (though you can use wine -- but maybe not for long?).
Slashdot Mirror
What does from scratch mean? Are they using existing cellular and biological materials (i.e. ones that are already partially "assembled")?
How does the robot know it has arms in the first place? Did it have to figure this out, or is it likely programmed to move its arms randomely at first and go from there?
I'm very curious...if anyone has any input, please post.
Would it be possible to image a partition of a solid state drive with an image created from a non-solid-state disk drive?
So will harddrives still be called disks when solid state drives are mainstream? Of course people will likely still call them that, but what will they referred to in software (e.g. Disk Manager, Disk Usage Analyzer)?
Maybe the program had direct access to the database?
It takes time and focus to learn and remember anything.
...a one-ton giraffe statue from the putt putt golf place here in my town a couple years ago. No idea how they did it. It was just not there one morning.
Notice how there are no fundie posts on this topic...they're all at church :)
I was hoping the headline was going to read "Flying Cars."
...in order to watch them on my Pocket PC in bed or anywhere in the house. I rent the movie from Blockbuster, NetFlix, or wherever and copy it, return it, watch it whenever I get around to it, then I delete the copy when I'm done. I see nothing wrong with that.
I use TCPMP with ffmpeg libraries on the pocket pc to actually watch the video, and to access the video across the wireless network, I use BizzDev's Net Use to mount a Samba network share. No copying to memory card required.
If people at the RIAA want to complain, they need to get a life.
Why was it not buried deep in the snow/ground?
(I do not mean to advocate anything, just would like to know).
What if a copy of you was made, and the original you still existed alongside that copy?
Another question: if you could replace the neurons in your brain with artificial ones, would it still be you? If not, how much you could you replace and it still be you?
Why not just run your internet through your own proxy and remove the ads? Sure, it may be a bit slower, but surely it could be done with something like Privoxy on top of Squid.
...they'll be selecting web sites to ban. Looks like they've already started with blogs.
For the record, I asked my brother -- who has a degree in linguistics -- about this, and he said the following:
0 0724#mistranslation
1. http://www.geocities.com/paulntobin/virgin.html?2
Parthenos means "virgin" in Greek. The site author says that it's
Hebrew equivalent "almah" means only young woman and not virgin.
Hebrew isn't my specialty so I can't speak with authority, but I have
heard there is debate on this. I will, however, give a cultural
explanation. A young woman (whether almah means explicitly virgin or
not) would almost always be a virgin in Hebrew society, because of the
obvious penalties for promiscuity, i.e. being shamed and then stoned
to death.
His Proverbs 30:18-19 example could be turned against him. Again, in
Hebrew society, young women were usually virgins. So it could easily
be translated "the way of a man with a virgin". As for the harem
example, perhaps the semantic range of this word allows the meaning of
"young woman" and sometimes "virgin". That is beside the point, in my
mind. Women in a harem weren't virgins, but they were sort of
"married" to the king in a way. Again, I think the cultural argument
of the purity of young Hebrew women holds up. The Greek alternative
word "neanis" presented does nothing to uphold his argument in the
face of the cultural argument. Remember, we must consider not only
LINGUISTIC, but also CULTURAL evidence and their combined
implications. So I feel his using this sole vocabulary item attempting
to invalidate the virgin birth is not only misguided but a weak
argument. In archaeology and history one looks at language, culture,
genetics, artifacts, and many other forms of evidence to see if they
all point in a similar direction.
Later in this article he states that this Isaiah passage doesn't
specifically mention or prophesy the virgin birth. It is a fact that
many OT passages with prophecy don't actually directly state what they
are prophesying. There are others such as "I brought my son out of
Egypt" which may have meant something different when they were written
and were reapplied to Christ. I know this is a hard issue to accept
sometimes.
He also states that the earliest "Christian" sources don't say
anything about the virgin birth. This probably comes because he may
believe the Gospel writings came much later than Christians say they
did. Many people say this because they don't want to believe that the
early sources, close to the time of Christ, made such extravagant
claims about Jesus. However, there is large evidence that the Gospels
and other NT books were all written within 100 years of his death. He
also says pagan sources had virgin birth examples. Pagan sources have
all kinds of strange thinking, but we don't find all these included in
the Bible. The fact that the virgin birth also happens to be found in
pagan ideas doesn't mean they ripped it off from pagans. Pagans also
had fertility cults and temple prostitutes, but Corinthians (1 Cor 6)
warns Christians against these pagan practices, as well as against
meat sacrificed to idols.
There were certain false teachings, like Gnosticism, which did
includes features from Greco-Buddhism. These are some of the ideas
found in the Da Vinci Code. Also, strangely enough, many of the
mainstream "pop theology" found in stores today includes ideas which
seem to have sprung from New Age thinking. This doesn't nullify
Christianity, in my mind. It just means a smart, discerning person
checks their sources and verifies if what they read elsewhere fits
with the Bible's truth. You and I already know that many "Christians"
don't verify things, and just blindly stupidly believe whatever
nonsense comes their way. James warns against these "double-minded"
people. And I think anyone is at risk unless they learn discernment.
That's my take on this, in a short way of writing it.
Don't buy from them--buy from the littler guys--and maybe the prices will go down at least a bit.
...see this: http://www.liewcf.com/blog/archives/2006/04/reduci ng-firefox-memory-usage/. Seems to work for me. I've not had to restart Firefox nearly as much.
By "choice," do they mean free of self-determination and action independent of external causes?
Is it even possible for a living creature (human, animal, insect, etc.) to elect to do something in such a manner, being based on absolutely no external influence (i.e. environmental influences, genetics, a person's needs/well-being)?
Not sure where you stand on things, but let's just assume for a moment that radiocarbon dating is generally correct.
Do you think there is there any way to reconcile the lengthy time spans radiocarbon dating proposes with this theory proposed in the book you've mentioned? Could, for instance, the times from the radiation tests somehow be relative?
Please reply (somebody)--I'm curious.
No creationist here, but...
In advocating the universe was created, some advocated it was created as if already old.
Will this run on Pocket PC's as well, or is this just for mobile phones?
Assuming there us a such thing as a soul.
Why don't the bees evolve something to counter this? Is it likely they would without human intervention?
If you're making an internal intranet-type web site, then this mentality is fine. But if your web site is going to be accessed by customers and the world in general, then you are foolish to stick to this mentality.
You do realize that there are computers which do not have IE, right? Mac does not have a current version of IE, and neither does Linux (though you can use wine -- but maybe not for long?).
Could this be used in deep-sea explorations? Or would these shields only deflect energy and not matter?