Don't know where you're at but there's more than one place you can visit. This one is in Texas. And right next door is Dinosaur Valley where you can check out some dinosaur tracks.
Because/. doesn't just delete shit. It's part of what makes this site what it is. I say this as someone who browses at -1 all the time. Now, if you want to advocate truncating posts with a 'read the rest of the comment' link, I'll support that.
But if you could interbreed African bees with European bees you could get the higher production of African bees in tropical environments with the docile behavior of European bees. Of course you'd want to make sure and keep them under tight wraps until you get the kinks worked out.:)
I don't know that science has difficulty with it. It's pretty accepted that other animals and plants can communicate is some fashion. It's just depends on how language is defined. Dogs can communicate by peeing on trees, is that a language? If a plant emits a foul odor when threatened and that chemical triggers the release of more in nearby plants to drive the herbivore away is that a language? Does communication==language or is language a specific subset of communication?
Evolution is pretty cool. At that scale static becomes a bigger part of the environment. It makes sense that it might be incorporated and improved upon. I've often wondered. We see electromagnetic waves with nerves that pick up different wavelengths. If brains also put out electromagnetic waves it seems that at least from a biological standpoint it wouldn't be too far fetched for a nerve mutation to pick those up. Perhaps a crude telepathy could develop or a better sense for when someone's standing behind you.
Didn't mean to imply that. I was just saying that patent litigation isn't exactly equal 'anywhere in the US' by showing that East Texas is a preferred district.
Fair enough. I would just note that still doesn't make it a good idea and none of those are staples like a grain (eg. corn). I'll concede the argument though, I have not really investigated the matter enough to defend my position. Sometimes things just don't feel right. I'm all for GMO, I just don't care for the idea of sterilizing the food supply.
... He said he now understood how offended the global developer community are and told me there was obviously only one outcome that was now possible.'"
I believe the original point was whether we're forced, by law, to observe it. I still maintain that I'm not forced, by law, to observe Christmas. Does recognizing Christmas as a holiday legitimize that religion? That's a related but slightly different question. I understand the First Amendment issue, I also understand that the vast majority of people will take that day off. Perhaps it should just be renamed Family Day or something. Personally, the only people who force me to observe Christmas are my family.
On a side note, Christmas is widely celebrated outside of Christianity. In Indonesia where the Christian population is only 8%, it is a national holiday. Jordan too where 92% of the population is Muslim. Many non-Christians celebrate Christmas. It's big in Japan where less that 1/2% are Christians. It's almost secular at this point and most symbols of Christmas are pagan or marketing in origin.
Then what does the law do? I was under the impression that most government offices will be closed
That's all it does. Some Federal government offices will be closed.
and people will likely get the day off because owners are required by law to change pay rates for that day if the people don't have that day off.
There are no Federal laws regarding pay on holidays. Any pay for the time off or overtime is solely at the will of the company.
Oops, I can't get my Driver's license renewed on December 25. I'm required by law to observe that holiday by governmental restrictions on my actions that day.
The DMV is a state agency. They're generally not open on the weekends or after 5 for that matter.
Praise God and the Jesus he sired. You have no other choice.
That's a bit dramatic. So some Federal Employees get the day off. Chick Fil A and Hobby Lobby are closed on Sundays. Are they forcing you to observe Sunday as a day of rest because you can't get a chicken sandwich or crafts?
When the vast majority of your employees aren't going to work on a given day for a religious reason, closing on that day off is not supporting that religion, it's just being pragmatic.
While I don't agree with the article (or at least the summary) I don't think the Higgs Boson was the ground breaking science they're talking about. Finding it didn't change our view or model of how things worked. It reinforced it. Now the idea that time moves at different rates related to mass and acceleration. That's groundbreaking. Of course even that was dependent on numerous other little advances in observation. Until you can measure the speed of light accurately you're never going to wonder why it moves at the same speed whether you're headed away from or towards the source.
There's no way to know when an advance will change the way we look at things. The question of why light was the same speed to all observers lead to the conclusion that space and time must be flexible. So it comes down to whether our theories are fundamentally correct and it's just a matter of taking observations to fill in the holes or whether some observations that don't fit will lead to fundamentally different theories.
I think the distinction is subtle. Finding dark matter would be a groundbreaking observation. Coming up with an entirely different theory of how gravity works to explain why galaxies rotate the way they do would be groundbreaking science. And to nitpick myself, observation is a part of science. But I think this is the difference the article is making.
He was saying people should stop trying to pass religion off as science. I don't know that that should fall under tolerance. If I launch an organization to make 2+2=15 and people tell me to go away, are they being intolerant? Besides, the OP never said he was about tolerance anyway, so where's the basis for calling him a hypocrite?
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Don't know where you're at but there's more than one place you can visit. This one is in Texas. And right next door is Dinosaur Valley where you can check out some dinosaur tracks.
Because /. doesn't just delete shit. It's part of what makes this site what it is. I say this as someone who browses at -1 all the time. Now, if you want to advocate truncating posts with a 'read the rest of the comment' link, I'll support that.
But if you could interbreed African bees with European bees you could get the higher production of African bees in tropical environments with the docile behavior of European bees. Of course you'd want to make sure and keep them under tight wraps until you get the kinks worked out. :)
I don't know that science has difficulty with it. It's pretty accepted that other animals and plants can communicate is some fashion. It's just depends on how language is defined. Dogs can communicate by peeing on trees, is that a language? If a plant emits a foul odor when threatened and that chemical triggers the release of more in nearby plants to drive the herbivore away is that a language? Does communication==language or is language a specific subset of communication?
Evolution is pretty cool. At that scale static becomes a bigger part of the environment. It makes sense that it might be incorporated and improved upon. I've often wondered. We see electromagnetic waves with nerves that pick up different wavelengths. If brains also put out electromagnetic waves it seems that at least from a biological standpoint it wouldn't be too far fetched for a nerve mutation to pick those up. Perhaps a crude telepathy could develop or a better sense for when someone's standing behind you.
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You forgot 'Get off my lawn!' ;)
Didn't mean to imply that. I was just saying that patent litigation isn't exactly equal 'anywhere in the US' by showing that East Texas is a preferred district.
I'm curious. Why do you think I don't know they are federal courts?
I wouldn't say exactly
I agree the courts messed up. After all, wouldn't the same thing apply to the national Do Not Call list.
Fair enough. I would just note that still doesn't make it a good idea and none of those are staples like a grain (eg. corn). I'll concede the argument though, I have not really investigated the matter enough to defend my position. Sometimes things just don't feel right. I'm all for GMO, I just don't care for the idea of sterilizing the food supply.
Engineering food to not reproduce just seems like a poor idea to me.
Resignation?
When most people are asked to solve 2+3*6 they answer 30. So we don't really have much to lose by trying something else.
I believe the original point was whether we're forced, by law, to observe it. I still maintain that I'm not forced, by law, to observe Christmas. Does recognizing Christmas as a holiday legitimize that religion? That's a related but slightly different question. I understand the First Amendment issue, I also understand that the vast majority of people will take that day off. Perhaps it should just be renamed Family Day or something. Personally, the only people who force me to observe Christmas are my family.
On a side note, Christmas is widely celebrated outside of Christianity. In Indonesia where the Christian population is only 8%, it is a national holiday. Jordan too where 92% of the population is Muslim. Many non-Christians celebrate Christmas. It's big in Japan where less that 1/2% are Christians. It's almost secular at this point and most symbols of Christmas are pagan or marketing in origin.
Then what does the law do? I was under the impression that most government offices will be closed
That's all it does. Some Federal government offices will be closed.
and people will likely get the day off because owners are required by law to change pay rates for that day if the people don't have that day off.
There are no Federal laws regarding pay on holidays. Any pay for the time off or overtime is solely at the will of the company.
Oops, I can't get my Driver's license renewed on December 25. I'm required by law to observe that holiday by governmental restrictions on my actions that day.
The DMV is a state agency. They're generally not open on the weekends or after 5 for that matter.
Praise God and the Jesus he sired. You have no other choice.
That's a bit dramatic. So some Federal Employees get the day off. Chick Fil A and Hobby Lobby are closed on Sundays. Are they forcing you to observe Sunday as a day of rest because you can't get a chicken sandwich or crafts?
When the vast majority of your employees aren't going to work on a given day for a religious reason, closing on that day off is not supporting that religion, it's just being pragmatic.
That doesn't have anything to do with the law and has to do with companies deciding whether or not to be open on those days.
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Or he'll make a parody of Gangnam Style.
While I don't agree with the article (or at least the summary) I don't think the Higgs Boson was the ground breaking science they're talking about. Finding it didn't change our view or model of how things worked. It reinforced it. Now the idea that time moves at different rates related to mass and acceleration. That's groundbreaking. Of course even that was dependent on numerous other little advances in observation. Until you can measure the speed of light accurately you're never going to wonder why it moves at the same speed whether you're headed away from or towards the source.
There's no way to know when an advance will change the way we look at things. The question of why light was the same speed to all observers lead to the conclusion that space and time must be flexible. So it comes down to whether our theories are fundamentally correct and it's just a matter of taking observations to fill in the holes or whether some observations that don't fit will lead to fundamentally different theories.
I think the distinction is subtle. Finding dark matter would be a groundbreaking observation. Coming up with an entirely different theory of how gravity works to explain why galaxies rotate the way they do would be groundbreaking science. And to nitpick myself, observation is a part of science. But I think this is the difference the article is making.
How much in royalties would an independent or classical artist earn from radio?
Not just humans, I would argue most (if not all) life expends as little energy as necessary.
He was saying people should stop trying to pass religion off as science. I don't know that that should fall under tolerance. If I launch an organization to make 2+2=15 and people tell me to go away, are they being intolerant? Besides, the OP never said he was about tolerance anyway, so where's the basis for calling him a hypocrite?
What if I get my digital assistant an iPad?