That is entirely irrelevant to my post. I responded to the comment that most science assumes that god does not exist, and that most scientists are, therefore, atheists (or, rather that most people with an education in science assume that there is no god, which is functionally equivalent to stating that scientists are either atheists or agnostics, leaning toward atheism). I responded that many scientists are, in fact, religious. Your comment that their religious belief is irrelevant to that discussion. It may be true, but it is irrelevant.
Um... no? Science doesn't care if [G|g]od[s|es|esses] exist[|s]. It is irrelevant to science. Individual scientists are free to assume existence, non-existence, or to not answer the question at all. From a naturalistic (scientific) standpoint, the answer to the question doesn't matter. Thus, there are plenty of religious scientists. In an environment where less then 5% of the population claims to be atheist, your assertion that "most people with an eduction in science will take the first assumption [that God doesn't exist]" is ludicrous. There may be a higher percentage of atheists in the scientific community than in the general population, but I sincerely doubt that atheists form the majority of scientists. And, before you counter that I am a member of one religion or another, and therefore biased, I am a member of that 5% minority I discussed above.
The question was if teachers would still want a system like this if they couldn't snoop. I answered "yes," because I see no reason to snoop. Your comment is irrelevant to my comment.
If you asked me if I would use such a system, I might, but I probably wouldn't. I have a system that works (i.e. I can email students, post assignments online, &c.), and, unless the system worked very well, I probably wouldn't have much used for it. A system like the one proposed is not a panacea -- it is a tool, and, like any other tool, it would be nice to have access to it, but I shouldn't be required to use it if I don't want to.
I'm a teacher. I would love to have a system where students could easily submit their work for grading. Timestamps are good, too. I don't need to snoop, so long as I can get their homework. Does that answer your question?
In this case, however, this is sufficient. There is a record that you had something signed and dated as such-and-such a time, and you have a document signed by the notary and dated at such-and-such a time. It proves that you had the material that you claim to hold copyright to at a particular moment in time, which can help prove that you, and not someone else, were the originator.
The Multiple Origin Hypothesis is really misnamed, if you ask me. The model states that H. erectus migrated out of Africa, and that populations of H. erectus interbred, keeping variation down, or at least keeping interbreeding possible. Thus, modern H. sapiens evolved all over the place, in a direct line from the H. erectus ancestors already in place.
The Single Origin or Out of Africa Hypothesis states that H. sapiens evolved in Africa, and migrated out from there.
In both cases, there is an acknowledgeable that human ancestors first evolved in Africa, then moved out from there. The difference, as I see it, is really the time at which this happened. Out of Africa is much more recent than Multiple Origins.
Actually, it is simpler than that. Movement out of Africa would occur as small groups leave, to go to other places. Those groups will only carry a subset of the alleles from the larger population. Thus, they will be less genetically diverse.
And it is nice to see another anthropologist on Slashdot. I have my degree in anthropology (focusing in archaeology), with a minor in statistics.;)
Not to be overly pedantic, but carbon dating coal is kind of useless. The half-life of C-14 is a bit more than 6,500 years. Coal is millions of years old. By the time the coal has time to form and we get around to carbon dating coal, there is so little C-14 left that it is basically impossible to get a good date. Carbon dates are good for maybe 60-80 thousand years. After that, you need to use other methods, such as Potassium-Argon dating. Even then, you can't directly date the coal -- only the volcanic layers above or below it, if they exist.
Babylon 5 does not belong on that list. The show was planned for five seasons. Fox announced that they were canning it at the beginning of the fourth season, so the last two seasons were written into season four, then the show was moved to another network for a fifth season. The fourth season was, arguably, the best. The fifth season was not nearly as good, but you cannot blame the show being canceled when it was on the fifth season, as it had already been announced, before the season started, that the fifth season would be the last.
If the drugs are truly as harmful as people say, then they will stop using them of their own free will as they see and hear of the harmful effects on other people.
Yeah, because that works so well for addicts. We know that dangers of smoking tobacco. You would have to be under a rock to not know that. Yet look at how many people smoke in the US. Knowing that a behaviour is harmful does not guarantee that people will not practice that behaviour.
This was exactly the point that I was going to make. It is perfectly legal to duplicate copyrighted works (or portions thereof) in the interest of criticism or review, not to mention satire or parody. Even if you can successfully make the argument that you own the copyright for a forged government document, I don't see how a bartender posting a photograph of said forged document, and criticizing and mocking the execution of that document does not fall under fair use.
You know, it is possible to like five or six songs by a given band, and want to listen to them, and still not like the band without being a poser. Maybe it is my turn to accuse you of being elitest?
Error -39 normally means that you have tried to open a corrupt file. Rebuilding the desktop will generally fix the problem. This can be done by hitting [CMD]+[Option] and rebooting. Hold [CMD]+[Option] down until the system asks if you wish to rebuild your desktop. If that doesn't work, you can try to attack the file with one of various disk utilities, or, if possible, restore from a backup or reinstall.
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Oh... we're talking about OS X! Sorry, I thought we were talking about System 7. Nevermind.
Not to take your obvious attempt at a joke too seriously, but I take it that you don't like apples, almonds, cucumbers, or pumpkins, either? Much of the vegetable food that you eat is dependent upon bees for pollination. Much of the food that is fed to livestock that you might eat is dependent upon bees for pollination. If bees were to completely disappear, we would lose out on a whole hell of a lot more than just honey.
Nonono! You have it all wrong. Dante did write Paradise Lost. The Divine Comedy was written by Dickens. As an aside, Dickens often gets credit for Tale of Two Cities, but that was actually written by Milton.
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That is entirely irrelevant to my post. I responded to the comment that most science assumes that god does not exist, and that most scientists are, therefore, atheists (or, rather that most people with an education in science assume that there is no god, which is functionally equivalent to stating that scientists are either atheists or agnostics, leaning toward atheism). I responded that many scientists are, in fact, religious. Your comment that their religious belief is irrelevant to that discussion. It may be true, but it is irrelevant.
Um... no? Science doesn't care if [G|g]od[s|es|esses] exist[|s]. It is irrelevant to science. Individual scientists are free to assume existence, non-existence, or to not answer the question at all. From a naturalistic (scientific) standpoint, the answer to the question doesn't matter. Thus, there are plenty of religious scientists. In an environment where less then 5% of the population claims to be atheist, your assertion that "most people with an eduction in science will take the first assumption [that God doesn't exist]" is ludicrous. There may be a higher percentage of atheists in the scientific community than in the general population, but I sincerely doubt that atheists form the majority of scientists. And, before you counter that I am a member of one religion or another, and therefore biased, I am a member of that 5% minority I discussed above.
Smurf your smurfing language!
The question was if teachers would still want a system like this if they couldn't snoop. I answered "yes," because I see no reason to snoop. Your comment is irrelevant to my comment.
If you asked me if I would use such a system, I might, but I probably wouldn't. I have a system that works (i.e. I can email students, post assignments online, &c.), and, unless the system worked very well, I probably wouldn't have much used for it. A system like the one proposed is not a panacea -- it is a tool, and, like any other tool, it would be nice to have access to it, but I shouldn't be required to use it if I don't want to.
I'm a teacher. I would love to have a system where students could easily submit their work for grading. Timestamps are good, too. I don't need to snoop, so long as I can get their homework. Does that answer your question?
In this case, however, this is sufficient. There is a record that you had something signed and dated as such-and-such a time, and you have a document signed by the notary and dated at such-and-such a time. It proves that you had the material that you claim to hold copyright to at a particular moment in time, which can help prove that you, and not someone else, were the originator.
I like my coffee like I like my women -- packed in crates and shipped from Columbia.
Oh, I'm supposed to be working... shit.
No, you aren't. There are a few of us that like it. Of course, I also really like Alien 3, so what do I know?
The Multiple Origin Hypothesis is really misnamed, if you ask me. The model states that H. erectus migrated out of Africa, and that populations of H. erectus interbred, keeping variation down, or at least keeping interbreeding possible. Thus, modern H. sapiens evolved all over the place, in a direct line from the H. erectus ancestors already in place.
The Single Origin or Out of Africa Hypothesis states that H. sapiens evolved in Africa, and migrated out from there.
In both cases, there is an acknowledgeable that human ancestors first evolved in Africa, then moved out from there. The difference, as I see it, is really the time at which this happened. Out of Africa is much more recent than Multiple Origins.
Actually, it is simpler than that. Movement out of Africa would occur as small groups leave, to go to other places. Those groups will only carry a subset of the alleles from the larger population. Thus, they will be less genetically diverse.
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And it is nice to see another anthropologist on Slashdot. I have my degree in anthropology (focusing in archaeology), with a minor in statistics.
If you go "Eeeee!" all through the cemetery, you should be fine.
Not to be overly pedantic, but carbon dating coal is kind of useless. The half-life of C-14 is a bit more than 6,500 years. Coal is millions of years old. By the time the coal has time to form and we get around to carbon dating coal, there is so little C-14 left that it is basically impossible to get a good date. Carbon dates are good for maybe 60-80 thousand years. After that, you need to use other methods, such as Potassium-Argon dating. Even then, you can't directly date the coal -- only the volcanic layers above or below it, if they exist.
Babylon 5 does not belong on that list. The show was planned for five seasons. Fox announced that they were canning it at the beginning of the fourth season, so the last two seasons were written into season four, then the show was moved to another network for a fifth season. The fourth season was, arguably, the best. The fifth season was not nearly as good, but you cannot blame the show being canceled when it was on the fifth season, as it had already been announced, before the season started, that the fifth season would be the last.
Nonono... it is more to the front of the mouth. Like this: "Nee! Nee!"
You get wet when it rains.
This was exactly the point that I was going to make. It is perfectly legal to duplicate copyrighted works (or portions thereof) in the interest of criticism or review, not to mention satire or parody. Even if you can successfully make the argument that you own the copyright for a forged government document, I don't see how a bartender posting a photograph of said forged document, and criticizing and mocking the execution of that document does not fall under fair use.
You know, it is possible to like five or six songs by a given band, and want to listen to them, and still not like the band without being a poser. Maybe it is my turn to accuse you of being elitest?
That bothers you, but "This way they are guaranteed too be right half the time!" doesn't?
"Reason" is what you call your 5 megaton thermonuclear device, I assume?
Error -39 normally means that you have tried to open a corrupt file. Rebuilding the desktop will generally fix the problem. This can be done by hitting [CMD]+[Option] and rebooting. Hold [CMD]+[Option] down until the system asks if you wish to rebuild your desktop. If that doesn't work, you can try to attack the file with one of various disk utilities, or, if possible, restore from a backup or reinstall.
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Oh... we're talking about OS X! Sorry, I thought we were talking about System 7. Nevermind.
Um... you get shi-- Oh! you almost made me say a naughty word!
Not to take your obvious attempt at a joke too seriously, but I take it that you don't like apples, almonds, cucumbers, or pumpkins, either? Much of the vegetable food that you eat is dependent upon bees for pollination. Much of the food that is fed to livestock that you might eat is dependent upon bees for pollination. If bees were to completely disappear, we would lose out on a whole hell of a lot more than just honey.
Nonono! You have it all wrong. Dante did write Paradise Lost. The Divine Comedy was written by Dickens. As an aside, Dickens often gets credit for Tale of Two Cities, but that was actually written by Milton.
You forgot Star Ocean 2. Far better than anything Square ever made.