Oddly enough Heisenberg, a former Nazi was a devout Lutheran. Just out of curiosity, how many discoveries do scientists usually make? What discoveries did Watson and Crick have after solving the structure of DNA?
I'm equally as terrified by scientific zealots as religious zealots. Some ignorant people can say Goddidit as easily as they can say Sciencedidit. I've witnessed the political posturing behind "science" in academia and industry, I've know many great scientists who search for the truth. I've known many assholes with PhDs that impede progress. How long did "science" dispute that bacteria caused ulcers? I'm not sure how Einstein, Mendell, Lord Kelvin, Henry Eyring, etc were impeded by a believe in God. I'm not a member of any religion, yet I can see the value of them.
For me, science is creating a hypothesis, creating experiments to challenge the validity of said hypothesis, then allowing others to reproduce it. Granted I had an undergrad in chemistry and published in JACS and Science, so I have a bias against evolution being lumped into "science." Just as I do with economics.
* Physics: is core and amazing (beyond me);
* Math is beautifully simple, completely from the the ground up;
* Chemistry definitely science, though I fall into Vonnegut's camp of mistrusting it; and
* Microbiology is absolutely amazing, DNA, RNA, pathways etc. I've worked around this in industry for 5 years now and I'm aways impressed.
I just don't get why Science even needs to prove or disprove a God. Can't we just leave it in a box with Schrodinger's cat?
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From the Simpsons, "As for Science versus Religion, I'm issuing a restraining order. Religion must stay 500 yards from Science at all times."
I'm glad you weren't around when I wanted to take my phone number to a different service. There was a time when you couldn't do it.
Do I have the right to access the data of my friends? That is the heart of the matter. I don't care about my data, I already have it.
How can this case make the situation worse? It can only reinforce the de facto standard.
Also this is corporate interest versus corporate interest, not citizens against Facebook. It would be nice to see the EFF or ACLU get involved.
I think this lawsuit is good, because then the court can decide what is yours and what isn't. It's like selling your organs, yes they're yours but the law says you can't legally waive your rights to them. Even if you click a million checkboxes or sign forms.
I would love the fact if Facebook was being stingy with my information to advertisers, but they're not. Or what if I could select what information to send to applications, instead of the all or nothing approach. It sucks when they're only stingy with their users not their customers (aka their advertisers).
I'm nonplussed, when it's Microsoft we're all for interoperability. When it's Apple, Google or Facebook it's alright not to give users their rights. I guess I missed the memo.
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Abraham Lincoln
"Stand with anyone that is right; stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong."
--Abe Lincoln
I think this is about the website from stopping me. Not about them making an easy to use API to extract that information.
Microsoft also thrives on not playing nicely with others, but I know how the/. crowd likes it.
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Abraham Lincoln
"Stand with anyone that is right; stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong."
--Abe Lincoln
Java is dying. Python is good so is C#. I love attributes, LINQ, Master Pages, etc. I'm not an MS fan, but C# is just so nice.
For the record I'm writing this on my debian sid laptop using Iceweasel.
The PP should have a commercial of its members boarding the government vessel and freeing it from the corporate overlords.
Personally I think they'd do better rebranding themselves as the Robinhood party.
In the USA, the opposition party usually passes more laws EXACTLY like the unpopular ones.
Look at the GOP holding legislative sessions to keep Terri Schiavo connected to a machine.
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Oddly enough Heisenberg, a former Nazi was a devout Lutheran.
Just out of curiosity, how many discoveries do scientists usually make? What discoveries did Watson and Crick have after solving the structure of DNA?
Two points:
1) There is no carbon in fossils, it's just rock; and
2) Carbon 15 can disprove the six thousand year old limit, but not for dinosaur bones. You'd need another isotope.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090509045939AAwdJU0
I'm equally as terrified by scientific zealots as religious zealots. Some ignorant people can say Goddidit as easily as they can say Sciencedidit.
I've witnessed the political posturing behind "science" in academia and industry, I've know many great scientists who search for the truth. I've known many assholes with PhDs that impede progress. How long did "science" dispute that bacteria caused ulcers?
I'm not sure how Einstein, Mendell, Lord Kelvin, Henry Eyring, etc were impeded by a believe in God. I'm not a member of any religion, yet I can see the value of them.
For me, science is creating a hypothesis, creating experiments to challenge the validity of said hypothesis, then allowing others to reproduce it.
Granted I had an undergrad in chemistry and published in JACS and Science, so I have a bias against evolution being lumped into "science." Just as I do with economics.
* Physics: is core and amazing (beyond me);
* Math is beautifully simple, completely from the the ground up;
* Chemistry definitely science, though I fall into Vonnegut's camp of mistrusting it;
and * Microbiology is absolutely amazing, DNA, RNA, pathways etc. I've worked around this in industry for 5 years now and I'm aways impressed.
I just don't get why Science even needs to prove or disprove a God. Can't we just leave it in a box with Schrodinger's cat?
---
From the Simpsons, "As for Science versus Religion, I'm issuing a restraining order. Religion must stay 500 yards from Science at all times."
I'm glad you weren't around when I wanted to take my phone number to a different service. There was a time when you couldn't do it.
Do I have the right to access the data of my friends? That is the heart of the matter. I don't care about my data, I already have it.
How can this case make the situation worse? It can only reinforce the de facto standard.
Also this is corporate interest versus corporate interest, not citizens against Facebook. It would be nice to see the EFF or ACLU get involved.
I think this lawsuit is good, because then the court can decide what is yours and what isn't. It's like selling your organs, yes they're yours but the law says you can't legally waive your rights to them. Even if you click a million checkboxes or sign forms.
I would love the fact if Facebook was being stingy with my information to advertisers, but they're not. Or what if I could select what information to send to applications, instead of the all or nothing approach. It sucks when they're only stingy with their users not their customers (aka their advertisers).
I'm nonplussed, when it's Microsoft we're all for interoperability. When it's Apple, Google or Facebook it's alright not to give users their rights. I guess I missed the memo.
~~~
Abraham Lincoln "Stand with anyone that is right; stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong."
--Abe Lincoln
I think this is about the website from stopping me. Not about them making an easy to use API to extract that information. /. crowd likes it.
Microsoft also thrives on not playing nicely with others, but I know how the
~~~
Abraham Lincoln "Stand with anyone that is right; stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong."
--Abe Lincoln
Their service yes, but your data? What are my rights? If I sign to give away my first born, is that legally binding?
I think you didn't RTFA, they are being stingy to you with your data.
bullshit, it was a payoff.
I'm cheap, that's why I use mono and linux. 10 bucks for a movie is too much. 20 if I take my imaginary, Brazilian girlfriend.
I love the people who disagree == troll.
I haven't seen either one.
They'll mess up my childhood recollections of the original.
I haven't seen any Transformers, if bubble-bee isn't a vw-bug, then it's not real.
I'm not sure what the java equivalent of Master Pages are in java. It's just so nice, I used it for Soltima, Inc.
Amen... Swing sucks, SWT is great but not enough people use it.
Java is dying. Python is good so is C#. I love attributes, LINQ, Master Pages, etc.
I'm not an MS fan, but C# is just so nice.
For the record I'm writing this on my debian sid laptop using Iceweasel.
If they were statisticians, they would have a standard deviation.
A great book I've recently read is "Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear."
Even if they could switch to The Privacy Party, etc... I really want to see it succeed.
The PP should have a commercial of its members boarding the government vessel and freeing it from the corporate overlords.
Personally I think they'd do better rebranding themselves as the Robinhood party.
In the USA, the opposition party usually passes more laws EXACTLY like the unpopular ones.
Look at the GOP holding legislative sessions to keep Terri Schiavo connected to a machine.
Sure they do, they ensure that the fools and their money are parted in the most efficient way possible.
He threatened to ctrl-alt-del us!
I think we should do a class-action lawsuit against kdawson for mental anguish.