I live in Canada... and I donated $10.00. Hell, I don't care where this guy is getting elected: If I can help influence an election by my tiny donation toward a tech-literate progressive, I'll do it.
The Anthropic Principle is really a result of a bunch of assumptions: There is only one universe, it happens to be tuned to life, ergo it must have been designed. This is a legitimate viewpoint, I think.
The opposite is also a bunch of assumptions: There are whole bunch of possible universes, this one happens to be tuned to life, no big deal. This is also a legitimate viewpoint.
The Anthropic Principle, however, seems a bit too convenient. It's a bias on our part when all that we really need to explain it is to state in in another way: The universe appears to be built to produce life because if it weren't we would not be here to see it. When said that way, instead of revolutionary, the Anthropic Principle is rather bland.
I am curious why misapplication of evolutionary biology on a large scale is forgiveable, leading to hundreds of millions of deaths, but misapplication of Christian dogma leading to a few deaths at worst is something we must, at all costs, root out.
I have a unique perspective on this, being a largely secular Muslim. Members of my faith are misapplying and twisting Muslim dogma to justify their terrorist activities and giving the rest of my religion a bad name.
Why, then, do we not call a spade a spade and simply say that misapplying things is a bad idea? It lead to, among other things, the Crusades, the Holocaust, slavery, terrorism, the Community Gulags and purges, and Microsoft Windows. Or at the very least something was misapplied to justify these things.
Simply because those misapplying happen to agree with you does not make it less virtuous to call them for what they are. When you do not call them for what they are, you deny yourself the opportunity to critique others: Cleanliness starts at home.
Straight guys don't have homosexual experiences unless they are gay or at least bi. That's like saying an out gay man has heterosexual experiences. It isn't common and it isn't true to the person's feelings. I guess what I'm trying to say is if Germany is so liberal towards gays and there is no stigma, then why are these "straight" people so scared to come out?
One of the markers of an overly moralistic society is the tendency to absolutes, black and white, right and wrong, gay and straight.
So if I'm reading you right, an overly moralistic society is absolutely... oh, right.
Or did you maybe mean to say that you like your absolutes better because they're yours, and you use more inclusive language to express them?
And you have to get a new torso before you can put it on, otherwise you can only walk really slowly... right? And when you do get your new torso, all of your clothes will become slightly transparent. This being the internet, I'm going to go ahead and tell you that slightly transparent clothes really flatter me. Women have commented, or should I say drooled, when I wear something sheer. And I own the Golden Gate Bridge. True story.
I am a Muslim living in Canada, and I know many Christians who are very much like their Christ, and very interested in the world at large and how to make it a better place. Many of them are very conscious that the Crusades, for instance, were perpetrated by people who called themselves Christian, and most of them will readily admit the Crusades were evil. They are also very conscious that the nation to Canada's south currently crouches its wars and politics in Christian terms as well. They are extremely uncomfortable with that.
I should perhaps spend more time defending my own religion, as I am extremely uncomfortable with the state of Islam in the world. I will only say, however, that one day Muslims will look back on this period of history with the same sort of shame the Christians I know feel about the Crusades.
Correction: The chart you posted shows MSN *making* $77m. More than last year. It also shows that losses across the board are lower, and profits across the board are higher. You can see why Microsoft feels it can be aggressive. They're in great financial shape, all things considered.
Can I be honest with you? You sound like a whiny bitch about Canonical. I don't know if you're angry your favourite distro isn't getting more press and users, or if Canonical sent someone to kill your dog, but this is what open source is. They complied with the license, but they don't have an extensive list of thank-yous to Fedora and whoever else in every press release they send out.
Canonical has, no matter how you may dislike it, taken Linux and made a distribution that quite a few people use and like. Which is a good thing. Whether or not they shake your hand and pat you on the back and rub salve all over your poor, damaged soul.
If by "customers" you mean "people who willingly mortgage their houses to get less product for more money", then yes, I imagine Apple knows and loves, loves, loves them;)
I keep hearing this, and I wonder how grounded in reality the comment is.
All I can contribute is that I was laptop shopping today, and out of curiosity I looked at PC vs Mac prices. As far as I can tell, Mac laptops are + $600 or so for the same spec laptop.
If you're willing to pay extra for the Apple experience or whatever, fine, that's cool. But let's not pretend Macs are at price parity when they're not. Nothing Apple sells is at price parity with comparable products from other vendors.
I don't know if you've seen an action movie, listened to hip-hop, bought a men's magazine, seen the way some women dress, and on and on. The entire western cultural understanding of women is severely MPD... one minute they're sex objects, the next they're dignified human beings who deserve respect for their intellect, wisdom, or what have you.
Music isn't like buggy whips. Maybe it's like bottled water, though. You used to get it in those plastic gallon bottles, but nowadays you mostly get it either from large 5 gallon jugs or 500ml bottles.
So... I'm beginning to see how your name came about.
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This is the sort of fraud, the prevention of which could really spur the development of remote DNA testing. Imagine how hand that would be!
Also, I doubt the massive population of Linux users running IE and Safari are going to be affected.
Hmmm. Maybe he can use my money to buy delicious coffee, then.
I live in Canada... and I donated $10.00. Hell, I don't care where this guy is getting elected: If I can help influence an election by my tiny donation toward a tech-literate progressive, I'll do it.
For the record, I'd like to point out that I love the British spelling in this troll. It's... telling.
That statement is itself in effect a theory, invalidating its own conclusion.
Jeez... get a Mac or something.
The Anthropic Principle is really a result of a bunch of assumptions: There is only one universe, it happens to be tuned to life, ergo it must have been designed. This is a legitimate viewpoint, I think.
The opposite is also a bunch of assumptions: There are whole bunch of possible universes, this one happens to be tuned to life, no big deal. This is also a legitimate viewpoint.
The Anthropic Principle, however, seems a bit too convenient. It's a bias on our part when all that we really need to explain it is to state in in another way: The universe appears to be built to produce life because if it weren't we would not be here to see it. When said that way, instead of revolutionary, the Anthropic Principle is rather bland.
I am curious why misapplication of evolutionary biology on a large scale is forgiveable, leading to hundreds of millions of deaths, but misapplication of Christian dogma leading to a few deaths at worst is something we must, at all costs, root out.
I have a unique perspective on this, being a largely secular Muslim. Members of my faith are misapplying and twisting Muslim dogma to justify their terrorist activities and giving the rest of my religion a bad name.
Why, then, do we not call a spade a spade and simply say that misapplying things is a bad idea? It lead to, among other things, the Crusades, the Holocaust, slavery, terrorism, the Community Gulags and purges, and Microsoft Windows. Or at the very least something was misapplied to justify these things.
Simply because those misapplying happen to agree with you does not make it less virtuous to call them for what they are. When you do not call them for what they are, you deny yourself the opportunity to critique others: Cleanliness starts at home.
"Thyme flavours the prepared mind." - Hannibal Lecter
Hey, it seems your panties are in a bit of a TWST, using abbreviations isn't the end of the WRLD.
Thank you ever so much for clarifying. I feel as if the wool has lifted from my eyes... and been replaced with bricks.
One of the markers of an overly moralistic society is the tendency to absolutes, black and white, right and wrong, gay and straight.
So if I'm reading you right, an overly moralistic society is absolutely... oh, right.Or did you maybe mean to say that you like your absolutes better because they're yours, and you use more inclusive language to express them?
Or ABBA, for wasting so much precious oxygen.
I call my lack of faith in CoS "budgeting".
I am a Muslim living in Canada, and I know many Christians who are very much like their Christ, and very interested in the world at large and how to make it a better place. Many of them are very conscious that the Crusades, for instance, were perpetrated by people who called themselves Christian, and most of them will readily admit the Crusades were evil. They are also very conscious that the nation to Canada's south currently crouches its wars and politics in Christian terms as well. They are extremely uncomfortable with that.
I should perhaps spend more time defending my own religion, as I am extremely uncomfortable with the state of Islam in the world. I will only say, however, that one day Muslims will look back on this period of history with the same sort of shame the Christians I know feel about the Crusades.
Well, to be fair, he re-wrote Kroz seven times, once for every time the PC got a new colour.
Correction: The chart you posted shows MSN *making* $77m. More than last year. It also shows that losses across the board are lower, and profits across the board are higher. You can see why Microsoft feels it can be aggressive. They're in great financial shape, all things considered.
Can I be honest with you? You sound like a whiny bitch about Canonical. I don't know if you're angry your favourite distro isn't getting more press and users, or if Canonical sent someone to kill your dog, but this is what open source is. They complied with the license, but they don't have an extensive list of thank-yous to Fedora and whoever else in every press release they send out.
Canonical has, no matter how you may dislike it, taken Linux and made a distribution that quite a few people use and like. Which is a good thing. Whether or not they shake your hand and pat you on the back and rub salve all over your poor, damaged soul.
Mplayer and Deluge.
If by "customers" you mean "people who willingly mortgage their houses to get less product for more money", then yes, I imagine Apple knows and loves, loves, loves them ;)
I keep hearing this, and I wonder how grounded in reality the comment is.
All I can contribute is that I was laptop shopping today, and out of curiosity I looked at PC vs Mac prices. As far as I can tell, Mac laptops are + $600 or so for the same spec laptop.
If you're willing to pay extra for the Apple experience or whatever, fine, that's cool. But let's not pretend Macs are at price parity when they're not. Nothing Apple sells is at price parity with comparable products from other vendors.
I don't know if you've seen an action movie, listened to hip-hop, bought a men's magazine, seen the way some women dress, and on and on. The entire western cultural understanding of women is severely MPD... one minute they're sex objects, the next they're dignified human beings who deserve respect for their intellect, wisdom, or what have you.
Of course, what we do to men is probably worse.
So... I'm beginning to see how your name came about.