So... you have some encoded data embedded in the passport. If it's encoded, there needs to be a key. If the key is in the possession of the customs officials (who presumably need to verify your identity), then it's susceptible to being stolen and abused.
It's not a holiday for Guy Fawkes. It's a holiday that celebrates his failure and execution; he is (or rather was, I don't know many places that still do this) burned in effigy every year.
As for where the water went, well most of it went back down into the cracks in the deep that God emptied.
So you've reduced the ultimate spiritual being to some sort of galactic magician who makes water appear and disappear in order to teach a few people a rather obscure lesson?
I didn't really do too much reasoning.
I am in complete agreement with you on that point.
OK, suppose there was a world-wide flood (i.e. a flood of water in large enough volume to cover the major land areas in water) - how would it run off? Unless you're suggesting a rainstorm that somehow produced water from absolutely nothing and dumped it in the space of a few days or months, after which the water once again disappeared back where it came from.
As for animals embedded in sediment, what do you think would happen to a dead animal? The geological stratum somehow expands to surround the skeleton? Of course not - successive layers of sediment would collect in and around the skeleton, which (surprise surprise) is exactly what we find to happen.
And as for your last point, you seem to be so limited in your view of God that you can't comprehend the possibility of the Universe coming into existence as the result of Divine Will, with everything else occurring thereafter being the result of the physical conditions within that Universe.
Before you start trying to criticise theories, at least learn to reason logically, OK?
The post I replied to was talking about how they should be considered to be separate countries. You said that a visa isn't required to travel between them.
Er... I've lived in Japan for the last fourteen years, and regularly visit Okinawa. The resentment of the Americans certainly has some contradictory aspects (e.g. a large part of the Okinawan economy, which has never been great, is supported by the existence of the bases), but it's not a "corporate" thing by any means. As for calling people who would like their own land back uneducated and racist, imagine how you would feel if a large chunk of your local area was controlled by the military of a foreign power that could effectively ignore local laws when they felt like it.
Yeah, it's not too far off from 10% if you ignore the fact that 10% is actually more than three times larger than 3%. That has to be one of the stupidest comments I have ever seen here.
Where did you get that statistic from? Certainly, back in the '70s New Zealand was quoted as being a country with one of the highest literacy rates in the world - 98%+ as I recall.
That one is, indeed, an urban legend; but how about the Mitsubishi Pajero SUV? They couldn't sell it under that name in Mexico, because the word Pajero is slang for... ahem... whacking off.
Er... I think that's kind of the point. Unless you prefer places where you can be imprisoned indefinitely without trial? (I think those are called "police states", by the way.)
...is what Microsoft is trying to do with this release. It's obvious it won't help at all to stem the flow of pirate copies of the full version of XP, it certainly won't sell to businesses, and it'd be suicide for any hardware manufacturer to use it as their pre-loaded OS.
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So... you have some encoded data embedded in the passport. If it's encoded, there needs to be a key. If the key is in the possession of the customs officials (who presumably need to verify your identity), then it's susceptible to being stolen and abused.
It's not a holiday for Guy Fawkes. It's a holiday that celebrates his failure and execution; he is (or rather was, I don't know many places that still do this) burned in effigy every year.
Several "facts"... uh-huh...
As for where the water went, well most of it went back down into the cracks in the deep that God emptied.
So you've reduced the ultimate spiritual being to some sort of galactic magician who makes water appear and disappear in order to teach a few people a rather obscure lesson?
I didn't really do too much reasoning.
I am in complete agreement with you on that point.
I've met a guy called Death (actually Deth, but close enough). He was... a LIBRARIAN! (Cue ominous-sounding organ chord)
Nice ;)
OK, suppose there was a world-wide flood (i.e. a flood of water in large enough volume to cover the major land areas in water) - how would it run off? Unless you're suggesting a rainstorm that somehow produced water from absolutely nothing and dumped it in the space of a few days or months, after which the water once again disappeared back where it came from.
As for animals embedded in sediment, what do you think would happen to a dead animal? The geological stratum somehow expands to surround the skeleton? Of course not - successive layers of sediment would collect in and around the skeleton, which (surprise surprise) is exactly what we find to happen.
And as for your last point, you seem to be so limited in your view of God that you can't comprehend the possibility of the Universe coming into existence as the result of Divine Will, with everything else occurring thereafter being the result of the physical conditions within that Universe.
Before you start trying to criticise theories, at least learn to reason logically, OK?
Mmf. My apologies - the parent to my post was indeed talking abot AoE2.
The post I replied to was talking about how they should be considered to be separate countries. You said that a visa isn't required to travel between them.
Huh?
Er... I've lived in Japan for the last fourteen years, and regularly visit Okinawa. The resentment of the Americans certainly has some contradictory aspects (e.g. a large part of the Okinawan economy, which has never been great, is supported by the existence of the bases), but it's not a "corporate" thing by any means.
As for calling people who would like their own land back uneducated and racist, imagine how you would feel if a large chunk of your local area was controlled by the military of a foreign power that could effectively ignore local laws when they felt like it.
...has been available on mobile phones for ages... in Japan!
You do realise that Jack Chick specifically states that Tolkien and C.S. Lewis books should be burned as they're anti-Christian, right?
The guy is a total nutjob.
Sorry, I must have missed something - nobody was talking about that. Go read the parent/grandparent/great-grandparent posts.
3 % isn't too far off from 10 %.
Yeah, it's not too far off from 10% if you ignore the fact that 10% is actually more than three times larger than 3%. That has to be one of the stupidest comments I have ever seen here.
Ah, I see. Neither the PRC nor Taiwan claims that they are two separate countries, but somehow your opinion overrides both of them. Hmmm...
Well, it's actually the Arctic Ocean, but close enough for government work I guess.
And insularity... the Japanese had a toy robot named 'God-o-Jesus'...
Do you have a link for that or is it just another bullshit urban legend?
Er... you do realise that the conversion of the Hagia Sophia to a mosque was considerably before the release of Windows95, right?
As in more than 500 years before?
Where did you get that statistic from? Certainly, back in the '70s New Zealand was quoted as being a country with one of the highest literacy rates in the world - 98%+ as I recall.
The "locals" aren't as miffed about being part of Japan as they are about being taken over by the US after WWII, I can tell you that.
Over one-third of the main island is still in use for US military bases.
That one is, indeed, an urban legend; but how about the Mitsubishi Pajero SUV? They couldn't sell it under that name in Mexico, because the word Pajero is slang for... ahem... whacking off.
Well, I guess that'd work if you presume they wouldn't run away before their trial ;)
I've Nader heard such wild speculation!
and everything would turn into a trial.
Er... I think that's kind of the point. Unless you prefer places where you can be imprisoned indefinitely without trial? (I think those are called "police states", by the way.)
...is what Microsoft is trying to do with this release. It's obvious it won't help at all to stem the flow of pirate copies of the full version of XP, it certainly won't sell to businesses, and it'd be suicide for any hardware manufacturer to use it as their pre-loaded OS.
OK, the layoff compensation package is a valid point, but contributions to a 401-K? That's pushing it a bit, isn't it?