Oil producers have no motivation to lie about oil reserves
Were you going for the funny mod? Companies will lie if they perceive that the truth will significantly threaten their hip-pockets. Take for example the recent fad of "Greenwash". Companies are still doing their same old polluting thing, they just advertise their (usually non-existent) environmental credentials. Some other examples you may be more familiar with:
Cigarette companies lying about the link between smoking and cancer for decades.
James Hardie lying about the danger of Asbestos and continuing to produce it for decades after the link to Mesothilioma was proven by their own scientists.
Not all corporations are dishonest, however some will behave unethically given sufficient motivation.
I believe the poster was talking hypothetically about dating. He has yet to test his dating hypotheses and gather any empirical evidence as to the effectiveness of his approach.
I personally found the game Defcon more disturbing than any "realistic" first person shooters. I think it's the whole inevitability of nuclear war - diplomacy has failed and you can't do anything to fix that. Also the fact that just launching as soon as you get to Defcon 1 seems to be the best strategy - you can't save your cities from the incoming missiles. The creepy soundtrack probably helps too with freaking me out.
I must be bored to reply to such an obvious troll. I'm sorry Mr. Troll that you've had such bad experiences with organised religion.
The GP's point was Religion != Cult.
...like the imaginary sky fairy whose favorite project was magicking the earth up out of nothing, playing build-a-lady from some guy's rib, turning people to salt, telling them the earth is 6000 years old... or the virgins who await if you pop off in Allah's martial service... or "hell." Etc.
Not all Christians believe in the Earth being 6000 years old and the creation stories being literal. In fact I'd say it's a vocal minority of people that do believe in a "young earth" (except for the USA).
hypnotic techniques often used
...like hymns, prayer, fasting, community pressure, conforming to standards like marriage under the claimed authority of the organization, the pressure to "confess" your "sins", etc., ad nauseum.
The difference between religions and cults on these points is the degree of compulsion. With cults if you don't participate in their rites there is punishment. However with religions participation is optional.
and various layers used to surround the central leader and dogma and encourage each member to enter each layer by discarding more and more of their free will, their sense of self, and usually their money as they enter further.
monasteries, seminaries, tithing, altar boys and girls, prelates, bishops, archbishops, popes...
Apart from seminaries and tithing, where is the monetary cost to enter further? Being a member of clergy is a paid job, just like yours. As for giving up free will - no one is forced to enter a monastery or go to a seminary in this day and age.
Hopefully now you can see the differences between religions and cults. If you're too stupid to grasp the difference then I've got this idea about the Earth being created in a literal 6 days which you might like.
I'll bite. Indulgences went out of fashion shortly after Martin Luther came up with a list of 95 reasons why they were bad and nailed it to a church door. The Council of Trent decided they were evil and a couple of years later the pope banned the selling of indulgences. Here's a link.
Indeed there ought to be a way to partition out obvious malware sites and even those that are infected because their management didn't patch them.
If only there were some sort of file, in which you could store a list of hosts you don't want to connect to. I wonder what such a "list of hosts" file would be called?
Having met people who have Aspergers or ADHD I'm quite happy with both conditions being classed as disorders. Someone with ADHD will do anything to get the attention of others and can't bear being out of the spotlight for 5 seconds. By anything I mean acting completely out of character and adopting different personas when around different people if they think that acting a particular way will get them the attention they crave. I knew someone with Aspergers at high school and he had no concept of emotion. Everything was 100% logical for him and he couldn't see how certain things he said and did offended or hurt others. He was completely unaware of the feelings of others.
I do think that ADHD is over-diagnosed, particularly in children that are just being difficult because their parents are too lazy or nice to discipline them properly. But to say it's not a real disorder is just being ignorant.
www has an English bias too. What do you think it stands for? Here's a hint: world-wide web. I doubt the equivalent expression in most other languages has three words all beginning with w. How about languages which don't use the Latin alphabet?
I think http:/// is necessary. Arguments about wasted paper & keystrokes are pointless.
How is this insightful? On my train trips most people tend to just sit there and stare off into space. A significant minority listen to mp3s. A small minority read books. Most people if they do read, skim the crappy free newspaper that's handed out at the station. Maybe trams attract different sorts of people?
Not only that, but Sony thought people would pay twice as much for a UMD as they would for a DVD. Oh, and they only had rubbish titles on UMD - none of the great old films that are out on DVD.
Better analogy: Free software is a religion (using Christianity for the analogy as it's what I'm familiar with). RMS: You Anglicans aren't as zealous as Catholics like me. Miguel: We're all Christians. What we have in common is more important than our differences.
TFA says that Woolworths' logo is for all categories, not just groceries. At present there are no Woolies computers, and they say in TFA they have no plans to compete in that area.
Bleeding hearts at some point decided that it wasn't acceptable for governments to let people starve to death. Something about the right to life being the fundamental human right. I thought your constitution and governments' purpose was to protect your rights?
Most of your post didn't surprise me AC. I'd expect marines to be killing and fighting machines. What did shock me was the following comment:
That class was a hoot. The instructor was a Panama veteran. He'd say things like "It is against the Geneva Convention to cut two notches in the end of your rifle rounds, using a small hacksaw, because the bullet may fragment and the copper jacket may come off in your target. You shouldn't cut the notches you see in this diagram, for example. " (everyone was busily writing in their notebooks, of course, with some asking questions like "and how deep are those notches we won't be cutting?").
I'm not surprised that you're encouraged to flout the Geneva convention in this area, more annoyed that command tacitly encourage it. From what I've heard the Australian army is similar. Widespread "manufacturing flaws" *wink* mean that many of their bullets have air pockets in the tips - which is also banned under the Geneva convention. Because their "intention" was to make solid bullets they claim they can get away with it.
[Citation needed]. You do know there are other types of immorality than sleeping around? Name one place where sexual immorality was the only reason for God nuking an entire tribe in the Old Testament.
At least your anti-religious trolls got you a bunch of Karma, which is more than this post will get me. Oh, and you should probably include Islam with your Jew & Christian bashing, seeing as adultery is frowned upon by Islamic moderates and punishable by death under Sharia law. You should also have left Hinduism out from one of your lists about religions scared of sex. But don't let the truth get in the way of your trolling agenda.
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Were you going for the funny mod? Companies will lie if they perceive that the truth will significantly threaten their hip-pockets. Take for example the recent fad of "Greenwash". Companies are still doing their same old polluting thing, they just advertise their (usually non-existent) environmental credentials. Some other examples you may be more familiar with:
Not all corporations are dishonest, however some will behave unethically given sufficient motivation.
He already said he uses a Mac. Doesn't that explain it?
You could if you were studying Philosophy :)
I believe the poster was talking hypothetically about dating. He has yet to test his dating hypotheses and gather any empirical evidence as to the effectiveness of his approach.
Bzzzt - Manager detected. Engaging biting sarcasm and negativity.
I personally found the game Defcon more disturbing than any "realistic" first person shooters. I think it's the whole inevitability of nuclear war - diplomacy has failed and you can't do anything to fix that. Also the fact that just launching as soon as you get to Defcon 1 seems to be the best strategy - you can't save your cities from the incoming missiles. The creepy soundtrack probably helps too with freaking me out.
Now that's what I call job satisfaction!
P.S. Are you from New Zealand?
The GP's point was Religion != Cult.
Not all Christians believe in the Earth being 6000 years old and the creation stories being literal. In fact I'd say it's a vocal minority of people that do believe in a "young earth" (except for the USA).
The difference between religions and cults on these points is the degree of compulsion. With cults if you don't participate in their rites there is punishment. However with religions participation is optional.
Apart from seminaries and tithing, where is the monetary cost to enter further? Being a member of clergy is a paid job, just like yours. As for giving up free will - no one is forced to enter a monastery or go to a seminary in this day and age.
Hopefully now you can see the differences between religions and cults. If you're too stupid to grasp the difference then I've got this idea about the Earth being created in a literal 6 days which you might like.
I'll bite. Indulgences went out of fashion shortly after Martin Luther came up with a list of 95 reasons why they were bad and nailed it to a church door. The Council of Trent decided they were evil and a couple of years later the pope banned the selling of indulgences. Here's a link.
It's this big yellow square thing which you get for free once a year. I use mine as a monitor stand.
Due to funding cuts he's the only one left.
If only there were some sort of file, in which you could store a list of hosts you don't want to connect to. I wonder what such a "list of hosts" file would be called?
Having met people who have Aspergers or ADHD I'm quite happy with both conditions being classed as disorders. Someone with ADHD will do anything to get the attention of others and can't bear being out of the spotlight for 5 seconds. By anything I mean acting completely out of character and adopting different personas when around different people if they think that acting a particular way will get them the attention they crave. I knew someone with Aspergers at high school and he had no concept of emotion. Everything was 100% logical for him and he couldn't see how certain things he said and did offended or hurt others. He was completely unaware of the feelings of others.
I do think that ADHD is over-diagnosed, particularly in children that are just being difficult because their parents are too lazy or nice to discipline them properly. But to say it's not a real disorder is just being ignorant.
www has an English bias too. What do you think it stands for? Here's a hint: world-wide web. I doubt the equivalent expression in most other languages has three words all beginning with w. How about languages which don't use the Latin alphabet?
I think http:/// is necessary. Arguments about wasted paper & keystrokes are pointless.
Last I checked (Old) York is still in England.
How is this insightful? On my train trips most people tend to just sit there and stare off into space. A significant minority listen to mp3s. A small minority read books. Most people if they do read, skim the crappy free newspaper that's handed out at the station. Maybe trams attract different sorts of people?
Coca Cola
The official drink of the Swarm.
England doesn't use the Euro. Epic fail!
Not only that, but Sony thought people would pay twice as much for a UMD as they would for a DVD. Oh, and they only had rubbish titles on UMD - none of the great old films that are out on DVD.
Better analogy: Free software is a religion (using Christianity for the analogy as it's what I'm familiar with).
RMS: You Anglicans aren't as zealous as Catholics like me.
Miguel: We're all Christians. What we have in common is more important than our differences.
TFA says that Woolworths' logo is for all categories, not just groceries. At present there are no Woolies computers, and they say in TFA they have no plans to compete in that area.
Bleeding hearts at some point decided that it wasn't acceptable for governments to let people starve to death. Something about the right to life being the fundamental human right. I thought your constitution and governments' purpose was to protect your rights?
Most of your post didn't surprise me AC. I'd expect marines to be killing and fighting machines. What did shock me was the following comment:
I'm not surprised that you're encouraged to flout the Geneva convention in this area, more annoyed that command tacitly encourage it. From what I've heard the Australian army is similar. Widespread "manufacturing flaws" *wink* mean that many of their bullets have air pockets in the tips - which is also banned under the Geneva convention. Because their "intention" was to make solid bullets they claim they can get away with it.
[Citation needed]. You do know there are other types of immorality than sleeping around? Name one place where sexual immorality was the only reason for God nuking an entire tribe in the Old Testament.
At least your anti-religious trolls got you a bunch of Karma, which is more than this post will get me. Oh, and you should probably include Islam with your Jew & Christian bashing, seeing as adultery is frowned upon by Islamic moderates and punishable by death under Sharia law. You should also have left Hinduism out from one of your lists about religions scared of sex. But don't let the truth get in the way of your trolling agenda.
You should have used a car analogy.