Intelligent design challenges you to watch a sunrise and claim with a straight face that some force other than God could have made that possible.
First off, I do believe in some type of concept of ID; however, I am not Christian, Catholic, or any other kind of denomination.
ID, for me at least, isn't about claiming that God made that sunrise possible. It's reasonable to believe that the sunrise is possible because every ~24 hours, the Earth revolves and the sun comes up again. But the next time you watch a sunrise (or are somewhere else where the natural beauty is worth noting) ask yourself, "why is this beautiful?" This is the gap where I put my beliefs in ID.
There isn't any kind of scientific method for explaining why some things are beautiful. Sure, there's the Golden Ratio and such, but this isn't about that. There is nothing to explain why I find some piece of music exceptionally beautiful.
I apologize, though, because I've always had a difficult time explaining this concept without ultimately rambling on and on. Essentially, the existence of things like logic, beauty, and reason are what provide proof TO ME that there is some higher form of being that is at least partially responsible for all these cool things in the universe.
For the record, I had an interview yesterday. I showed up in shorts and sandals.
I also did not have much in the way of a portfolio either.
Somehow I managed to get the job and I start tomorrow. I wonder if he thought I have more PHP experience than I actually do. Oh well, I've got another 24 hours before I have to worry about it.
When it comes to anti-depressants, the patient is rarely the one who decides if they are going to take said Rx. Typically it is a loved-one that coerces them into taking it against their will.
The suicide problem shows up after awhile of being on the med. For whatever reason, the patient decides to cold-turkey their anti-depressant, and their brain goes crazy and they decide suicide is a terrific choice.
The way I see it, my maternal grandmother is pushing 80. She has smoked for most of her life and she drinks who knows how much scotch. She doesn't go to the doctor and is happy and (apparently) healthy, all things considered. My paternal grandmother, who has never smoked, never drank, always had plenty of exercise, etc, goes to the doctor regularly and is on a cocktail of meds. She complains about being sore, nauseous, insomnia, and a bunch of other things.
So when I ask myself how I would like things to go if/when I enter AARP status, I think I'll take being happy and feeling fine versus meds and "prolonged health". Quality over quantity.
I dunno. When it comes to Linux, arcane seems to mean that the syntax is not consistent or some other weird thing.
Yes, you're right however. The term is used by people who are less experienced with Linux, and the frustration arises every couple/few months or so when a configuration change or something is needed, and the CLI tools often use different syntax or are otherwise inconsistent with the rest.
Sure, to the Linux vets, it's all stuff that's been used and learned for awhile. But for those of us that leave a Linux box alone and rarely need to jump into any config stuff, the syntax IS arcane.
wtf is with everybody deciding my mobile browser needs to be redirected to m.url
This is due to a majority of mobile users preferring to use a site that is designed with their smaller screen size in mind.
I would guess that in nearly every case, the owner of the web site knows more about their web site than random/. guy. Providing a scaled down version of the full page is a courtesy web site owners give to their users.
You might find that constructing a large fence in your front yard does indeed keep people off your lawn, but it also partitions you off into your own little reality.
The month appears to be irrelevant. The season is what is relevant. If the guy means to do a summer-time study in Minnesota to show that summer is when something happens, nobody is going to care what season it is in NSW. Lose the ego.
It doesn't look like it would fold well though, just flex a great deal.
I'm sure if they can figure out how to put a smart phone inside a thin sheet of plastic, they can figure out how to put some kind of hinge where it folds so that it actually folds and remains useful afterwards.
In certain circumstances, the convenience of the machine is worth every penny you pay. Keep in mind, there are some pretty remote places here in the US, and in those places you can be sure that ATM fees and gas prices are going to be high.
I'm not sure why anyone would regularly use an ATM in a densely populated area, though. It's just as easy to go buy a pack of gum at 7-11 and get cash back if all you need is convenience.
Aren't they part of many of the Frontline episodes?
Good for them. From what I've seen, they do a fine job of remaining unbiased about issues which 99% of the people I've ever met in my life get petty and insulting about.
If civil discourse is a lost art, Pro Publica is... I dunno... some kind of lost artist.
Well what if your name was Frank Tanner Parsons and you wanted to use your initials for your company name? I know I'd be pretty pissed off if someone told me I couldn't trademark a logo of my initials.
Well I more or less equate his death to a bank robber who goes into a bank, heavy weapons and all, and is either leaving with millions or in a body bag. Once the cops show up, he's going to shoot his way out.
Do you think Osama would have just given up and accepted being arrested? Of course not. So he got killed while we were trying to capture him.
He never faced a court appointed judge, but neither did the bank robber.
I think you're confused on who I was referring to when I said sleeping giant.
Of course the US Gov't was doing what they do, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about all the people that didn't give two shits about Al-Qaeda prior to 9/11.
I think this is justice. We went to go get him, and a firefight broke out. He died.
What, should we have dicked around with UN proceedings for months, if not years, to determine that after all that, it wasn't even him that was responsible? Or that his capture was all under false pretenses?
I think the world has waited long enough. Before 9/11, everyone in the world was happy and complacent about many things. Now we have to worry about sleeper cells, dirty bombs, IEDs, etc etc, and it's all because he decided to flying some fucking airliners into skyscrapers.
Screw that guy, he had to go and wake a sleeping giant.
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Intelligent design challenges you to watch a sunrise and claim with a straight face that some force other than God could have made that possible.
First off, I do believe in some type of concept of ID; however, I am not Christian, Catholic, or any other kind of denomination.
ID, for me at least, isn't about claiming that God made that sunrise possible. It's reasonable to believe that the sunrise is possible because every ~24 hours, the Earth revolves and the sun comes up again. But the next time you watch a sunrise (or are somewhere else where the natural beauty is worth noting) ask yourself, "why is this beautiful?" This is the gap where I put my beliefs in ID.
There isn't any kind of scientific method for explaining why some things are beautiful. Sure, there's the Golden Ratio and such, but this isn't about that. There is nothing to explain why I find some piece of music exceptionally beautiful.
I apologize, though, because I've always had a difficult time explaining this concept without ultimately rambling on and on. Essentially, the existence of things like logic, beauty, and reason are what provide proof TO ME that there is some higher form of being that is at least partially responsible for all these cool things in the universe.
For the record, I had an interview yesterday. I showed up in shorts and sandals.
I also did not have much in the way of a portfolio either.
Somehow I managed to get the job and I start tomorrow. I wonder if he thought I have more PHP experience than I actually do. Oh well, I've got another 24 hours before I have to worry about it.
Yeah, I guess my point is that people without loved ones live longer since they don't have anyone around to tell them to take pills to "get better".
That's MY anti-drug.
If there isn't a red squiggly underneath, nothing is wrong.
It's the "broke in yourself now" part that I'm having trouble parsing.
When it comes to anti-depressants, the patient is rarely the one who decides if they are going to take said Rx. Typically it is a loved-one that coerces them into taking it against their will.
The suicide problem shows up after awhile of being on the med. For whatever reason, the patient decides to cold-turkey their anti-depressant, and their brain goes crazy and they decide suicide is a terrific choice.
The way I see it, my maternal grandmother is pushing 80. She has smoked for most of her life and she drinks who knows how much scotch. She doesn't go to the doctor and is happy and (apparently) healthy, all things considered. My paternal grandmother, who has never smoked, never drank, always had plenty of exercise, etc, goes to the doctor regularly and is on a cocktail of meds. She complains about being sore, nauseous, insomnia, and a bunch of other things.
So when I ask myself how I would like things to go if/when I enter AARP status, I think I'll take being happy and feeling fine versus meds and "prolonged health". Quality over quantity.
I wish I knew what this +5 insightful comment meant.
In short, the space shuttle is a large penis raping the sky.
Yeah, but GP's point is (and we've all seen 2001) that space exploration is this great mystery. And apparently so is the launch date.
I dunno. When it comes to Linux, arcane seems to mean that the syntax is not consistent or some other weird thing.
Yes, you're right however. The term is used by people who are less experienced with Linux, and the frustration arises every couple/few months or so when a configuration change or something is needed, and the CLI tools often use different syntax or are otherwise inconsistent with the rest.
Sure, to the Linux vets, it's all stuff that's been used and learned for awhile. But for those of us that leave a Linux box alone and rarely need to jump into any config stuff, the syntax IS arcane.
wtf is with everybody deciding my mobile browser needs to be redirected to m.url
This is due to a majority of mobile users preferring to use a site that is designed with their smaller screen size in mind.
I would guess that in nearly every case, the owner of the web site knows more about their web site than random /. guy. Providing a scaled down version of the full page is a courtesy web site owners give to their users.
You might find that constructing a large fence in your front yard does indeed keep people off your lawn, but it also partitions you off into your own little reality.
Do these "many schizophrenics" have names? Do you have photos of them?
Could it be possible they are all you?
The month appears to be irrelevant. The season is what is relevant. If the guy means to do a summer-time study in Minnesota to show that summer is when something happens, nobody is going to care what season it is in NSW. Lose the ego.
Look at the photo. There's a little USB/Ethernet bridge with a red/orange cable running to the left.
I mean, who else is gonna fix us hot pockets
The rest of us graduated to Rice-a-Roni long ago.
It doesn't look like it would fold well though, just flex a great deal.
I'm sure if they can figure out how to put a smart phone inside a thin sheet of plastic, they can figure out how to put some kind of hinge where it folds so that it actually folds and remains useful afterwards.
In certain circumstances, the convenience of the machine is worth every penny you pay. Keep in mind, there are some pretty remote places here in the US, and in those places you can be sure that ATM fees and gas prices are going to be high.
I'm not sure why anyone would regularly use an ATM in a densely populated area, though. It's just as easy to go buy a pack of gum at 7-11 and get cash back if all you need is convenience.
There is a certain fruiting tree native to Asia that wants its name back.
It's possible to be both evil and delusional.
See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Banner_of_Heaven
Does that mean it's okay to dress as Bin Laden for Halloween this year?
Aren't they part of many of the Frontline episodes?
Good for them. From what I've seen, they do a fine job of remaining unbiased about issues which 99% of the people I've ever met in my life get petty and insulting about.
If civil discourse is a lost art, Pro Publica is... I dunno... some kind of lost artist.
Yeah, fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on perspective) my initials are pretty unique. That's what an extra middle name gets you.
Well what if your name was Frank Tanner Parsons and you wanted to use your initials for your company name? I know I'd be pretty pissed off if someone told me I couldn't trademark a logo of my initials.
Well I more or less equate his death to a bank robber who goes into a bank, heavy weapons and all, and is either leaving with millions or in a body bag. Once the cops show up, he's going to shoot his way out.
Do you think Osama would have just given up and accepted being arrested? Of course not. So he got killed while we were trying to capture him.
He never faced a court appointed judge, but neither did the bank robber.
I think you're confused on who I was referring to when I said sleeping giant.
Of course the US Gov't was doing what they do, I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about all the people that didn't give two shits about Al-Qaeda prior to 9/11.
I think this is justice. We went to go get him, and a firefight broke out. He died.
What, should we have dicked around with UN proceedings for months, if not years, to determine that after all that, it wasn't even him that was responsible? Or that his capture was all under false pretenses?
I think the world has waited long enough. Before 9/11, everyone in the world was happy and complacent about many things. Now we have to worry about sleeper cells, dirty bombs, IEDs, etc etc, and it's all because he decided to flying some fucking airliners into skyscrapers.
Screw that guy, he had to go and wake a sleeping giant.