He describes a religiosity scale of 1-7.
1 meaning I know there is a god and
7 meaning I know there is no god
Everything else is some type of "agnostic". He describes himself as a 6, a "defacto atheist" but still "agnostic".
Another factor is that very few people will buy the game because of the actors in it. People will go to movies because they want to see Tom Cruise or Russell Crowe. How many more copies of GTA4 would be sold if the company worked out a deal with some A-list actors? Probably not too many. In terms of game sales, the actors don't matter and they are compensated accordingly.
No offsense, but that's a rather incredible claim. They're saying that no matter if you're running a JVM on the server, cell phone, applet, desktop, or just about any other environment, you're vulnerable? I'm sorry, I can't accept that without extraordinary proof to back up such extraordinary claims.
No extraordinary proof necessay. Java's original slogan is write once, run anywhere. So generally speaking, a program that runs on your server can also run on your cellphone, desktop etc. And (again genrally speaking) that program will have the same bugs on all of those environments. Of couse this is a JVM issue, but you get the picture.
Java was designed from the beginning with security in mind. Its security infrastructure has been tested for over a decade now.
This doesn't really have anything to do with security infrastucture. It's a vulnerability in the image parsing code.
Churches are primarily a way to shelter tax money from the government Oh yes! Those church folk... all a bunch of crooks and mobsters, laundering money, etc...
Of course, churches don't do any good right? Like feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, giving opportunity to the poor. A friend of mine is on her way to South America with a missions team. They are going there on their own expense in order to provide medical and dental care, teach english and spread the word of Christ.
Tell me, do you think it is better if they cashed in their plane tickets and donated the cash to our gun-toting soldiers?
So you've never been punished by your parents for doing something wrong? Disobeying your parents? Skipping school? Playing with matches? You've never been in trouble? God doesn't force either, but he does punish (as most parent do).
It seems parental love is a better kind of love than God's love
You're kidding right? Not all parents have love for their children. Parents can hurt their children in many selfish ways, parents can betray their kids. On the otherhand, God loves all people whether or not you believe in him. It is unconditional. Because of this, He gives you the choice of going to heaven or hell. Some parents on the other hand don't give their children a chance for anything in life.
God knew all the time that Eve will fail because He intentionally built her this way, fallible. Then why all the fuss? She performed as designed.
Of course God knew she would fail. Why should He punish her? Because he needs to correct the behaviour. If and when you have kids, you should realize that they are not perfect and will make mistakes. Why all the fuss? Because as a parent you need to help the child understand the mistakes and errors they make. Children need to learn from them and make better decisions in the future.
You must be kidding - the whole religion is based on selective quoting.
Of course there is selective quoting. You select quotes that are relevant to the topic being discussed.
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But when you open the box, there's a stuffed toy basilisk in it :)
Richard Dawkins gives some interesting analogies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxwBtfkv9ns
He describes a religiosity scale of 1-7. 1 meaning I know there is a god and 7 meaning I know there is no god
Everything else is some type of "agnostic". He describes himself as a 6, a "defacto atheist" but still "agnostic".
Another factor is that very few people will buy the game because of the actors in it. People will go to movies because they want to see Tom Cruise or Russell Crowe. How many more copies of GTA4 would be sold if the company worked out a deal with some A-list actors? Probably not too many. In terms of game sales, the actors don't matter and they are compensated accordingly.
There's more to life than technology.
Right... there's also hockey.No offsense, but that's a rather incredible claim. They're saying that no matter if you're running a JVM on the server, cell phone, applet, desktop, or just about any other environment, you're vulnerable? I'm sorry, I can't accept that without extraordinary proof to back up such extraordinary claims.
No extraordinary proof necessay. Java's original slogan is write once, run anywhere. So generally speaking, a program that runs on your server can also run on your cellphone, desktop etc. And (again genrally speaking) that program will have the same bugs on all of those environments. Of couse this is a JVM issue, but you get the picture.
Java was designed from the beginning with security in mind. Its security infrastructure has been tested for over a decade now.
This doesn't really have anything to do with security infrastucture. It's a vulnerability in the image parsing code.
Wait a minute. Arnie comes to Canada, signs as few deals, and then we ban him from procreating here? Oh wait... should RTFA...
Churches are primarily a way to shelter tax money from the government
Oh yes! Those church folk... all a bunch of crooks and mobsters, laundering money, etc...
Of course, churches don't do any good right? Like feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, giving opportunity to the poor. A friend of mine is on her way to South America with a missions team. They are going there on their own expense in order to provide medical and dental care, teach english and spread the word of Christ.
Tell me, do you think it is better if they cashed in their plane tickets and donated the cash to our gun-toting soldiers?
But my parents have not forced me into anything
So you've never been punished by your parents for doing something wrong? Disobeying your parents? Skipping school? Playing with matches? You've never been in trouble? God doesn't force either, but he does punish (as most parent do).
It seems parental love is a better kind of love than God's love
You're kidding right? Not all parents have love for their children. Parents can hurt their children in many selfish ways, parents can betray their kids. On the otherhand, God loves all people whether or not you believe in him. It is unconditional. Because of this, He gives you the choice of going to heaven or hell. Some parents on the other hand don't give their children a chance for anything in life.
God knew all the time that Eve will fail because He intentionally built her this way, fallible. Then why all the fuss? She performed as designed.
Of course God knew she would fail. Why should He punish her? Because he needs to correct the behaviour. If and when you have kids, you should realize that they are not perfect and will make mistakes. Why all the fuss? Because as a parent you need to help the child understand the mistakes and errors they make. Children need to learn from them and make better decisions in the future.
You must be kidding - the whole religion is based on selective quoting.
Of course there is selective quoting. You select quotes that are relevant to the topic being discussed.