So one person has a bolt of lightning against all the reasoned arguments you can throw at him. You know, the sad thing is, he'll probably win.
I'd like to see even *one* argument about this issue that does not invoke:
religion
Conjecture
Misinformation
Emotionalism
Utopianism
These people are BENT on forcing their agenda on others, and they're not going to be happy till we're all good christians being controlled by the big Brother of the fundie thought police.
I'm not a cosmologist, but I thought it was just the residual radiation from the big bang, in the microwave range because it is at a uniform 3 degrees above zero k?
The redshift only has to do with moving objects. this residual radiation is something else entirely.
That *would* make it the most distant object in "the known universe", or more accurately, "the observed universe". The "known universe" now has a maximum extent of 13 billion light years.
Not if it's curved in a four-dimensional topology.
Does the surface of a balloon have a center? Nope. You have to go below the surface to find the center. One theory is that the universe is like the surface on a balloon.
OK, I just have to say this - and I have the karma to burn, so...
Why can't you guys do even some basic proofreading of your stories? So far, out of the past, maybe, 20 stories, probably 18 of them have had SOME kind of error in them. I'm not expecting perfection, but Rob, you said yourself in "Geeks in Space" that you are now a journalist. Journalists check their facts and journalists proofread.
I mean, come on. You can make a few mistakes here and there, that's fine. I'm not going to go screaming about every single one. But, really.
I remember those. I was in elementary school at the time. At about the same time our drill-seargant (literally) music teacher, Mr. Curtis, decided we were going to put on a "cabbage patch kids" play.
Cabbage Patch Kids Growing in the garden Cabbage Patch Kids Growing in the sun Cabbage Patch Kids Cabbage patch Kids! Each one grows to be a special one
My very first computer was a TRS-80 Color Computer 3. I also had a VIC-20 and a C-128, before I got my first.... macintosh. Yes. Macintosh. 1994.
I had lots of fun with it. I used to disassemble the VIC-20 firmware by dumping hex and translating the codes. Figured out a lot of cool stuff that way:)
Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm 24, the 80s are just like yesterday, and I find it real hard to believe that all that time's already gone by.
I do remember the 80s, or at least parts of them, but it seems like a distant memory now. I think I'm starting to feel old.:(
Yeah, when I was a boy, we didn't have an Internet, we just had PCs we used in the library... no network... 5 1/4 inch drives, little black and white macs. No windows, all dos based. Wow, and I remember that.
Nah, I think if they were going to use a computer, they should use an Apple. After all, it's essentially the first PC... and set us on our way to where we are now. Computer-bound hermits with no life;-)
Oh well, if it weren't computers, it'd be something else.
Yeah... my late less-than-teens and early teens were in the 80s. I'd have to agree with you there. Nothing worth remembering cept for cheesy movies, cheesy rock (though it's not much better now) and loads and loads of greed.
What the postal service needs to do is create email stamps! For just $.33 you can send an email anywhere in the world, guaranteed by the legendary customer service of the postal service to be delivered within three working days.
Sorry, I'm just being sarcastic. I really can't wait, though, till the day when stamps are no longer necessary.
Yeah, and the biggest confusion from me, was I came from Toledo, OH, where a suburb was named "Oregon", and it was pronounced the *shudder* other way. So I came here and... hard dose of reality.
It's Or-i-gin (hard g), not Or-e-gon. One local news station had a lot of fun showing outtakes of Pamela Anderson Lee (or someone similar) trying to say it. She couldn't figure it out for the life of her.
The difference is the emphasis on the syllables. Phonetically, it's Will-AH-mette as opposed to Will-uhm-ETTE. Cept the "AH" is more of an EH sound). Will am met.
Sorry, I'm a stickler. One would think that the editorial staff should do at least the basic proofreading.
It is 9:34 PM EST. There are about 140 comments on this message. Fully 90 percent of them are very, very lame spam, not even trolls.
When it's in moderation, they're amusing, or at least tolerable. This is just ridiculous though. The slashdot people should think about doing something about this and PRONTO. I like slashdot and I don't like the thought of having to go elsewhere.
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Emotionalism and conjecture.
Maybe if kids were exposed to healthy sexuality young, they wouldn't feel the need to have these compulsions as adults.
I know of no documented proof for this, in fact, I believe that there is proof to the opposite. Witness Japan.
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So one person has a bolt of lightning against all the reasoned arguments you can throw at him. You know, the sad thing is, he'll probably win.
I'd like to see even *one* argument about this issue that does not invoke:
These people are BENT on forcing their agenda on others, and they're not going to be happy till we're all good christians being controlled by the big Brother of the fundie thought police.
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Hello, Kermit the Frog here, I've just been bought!!!!!
No more "tickle me elmo", now it's "Tickle me merger"...
More demented ramblings from an Oregon geek.
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I could be, too. Im going by a lot of things I read, myself.
could someone who knows their stuff step in here?
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I'm not a cosmologist, but I thought it was just the residual radiation from the big bang, in the microwave range because it is at a uniform 3 degrees above zero k?
The redshift only has to do with moving objects. this residual radiation is something else entirely.
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It's the place where the trolls go to figure out who's going to be naked and petrified next.
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That *would* make it the most distant object in "the known universe", or more accurately, "the observed universe". The "known universe" now has a maximum extent of 13 billion light years.
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Not if it's curved in a four-dimensional topology.
Does the surface of a balloon have a center? Nope. You have to go below the surface to find the center. One theory is that the universe is like the surface on a balloon.
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OK, I just have to say this - and I have the karma to burn, so...
Why can't you guys do even some basic proofreading of your stories? So far, out of the past, maybe, 20 stories, probably 18 of them have had SOME kind of error in them. I'm not expecting perfection, but Rob, you said yourself in "Geeks in Space" that you are now a journalist. Journalists check their facts and journalists proofread.
I mean, come on. You can make a few mistakes here and there, that's fine. I'm not going to go screaming about every single one. But, really.
BTW, Who's jimjag?
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considering that their stock dropped from $65 to less than $20, I wouldn't say they won...
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You know you're a geek when you refer to something going from TV to the big screen as "scaling".
That's priceless.
Referring to a woman who you knew years ago as a pigtailed little girl: Wow, she sure scaled well.
Amusing.
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Experience, experience, experience. It's the best way.
Mail me if you have any specific questions, and I'll try to answer them for you.
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I remember those. I was in elementary school at the time. At about the same time our drill-seargant (literally) music teacher, Mr. Curtis, decided we were going to put on a "cabbage patch kids" play.
Cabbage Patch Kids
Growing in the garden
Cabbage Patch Kids
Growing in the sun
Cabbage Patch Kids
Cabbage patch Kids!
Each one grows to be a special one
And I can't believe I remembered that.
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My very first computer was a TRS-80 Color Computer 3. I also had a VIC-20 and a C-128, before I got my first.... macintosh. Yes. Macintosh. 1994.
I had lots of fun with it. I used to disassemble the VIC-20 firmware by dumping hex and translating the codes. Figured out a lot of cool stuff that way :)
And it's "tangent". But it's cool.
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Yeah, I know what you mean. I'm 24, the 80s are just like yesterday, and I find it real hard to believe that all that time's already gone by.
I do remember the 80s, or at least parts of them, but it seems like a distant memory now. I think I'm starting to feel old. :(
Yeah, when I was a boy, we didn't have an Internet, we just had PCs we used in the library... no network... 5 1/4 inch drives, little black and white macs. No windows, all dos based. Wow, and I remember that.
Scary.
Whitney Houston. The Bangles. Martika. Sigh.
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Nah, I think if they were going to use a computer, they should use an Apple. After all, it's essentially the first PC... and set us on our way to where we are now. Computer-bound hermits with no life ;-)
Oh well, if it weren't computers, it'd be something else.
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Funny you should mention that. Go to www.carefullysealedletterpennedincalligraphy.com and woohoo!
Hey, online greeting cards, may as well take it to the next logical conclusion.
Actually I agree with you, but romance is a dying art. I may as well get used to the times.
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Yeah... my late less-than-teens and early teens were in the 80s. I'd have to agree with you there. Nothing worth remembering cept for cheesy movies, cheesy rock (though it's not much better now) and loads and loads of greed.
Wait, not much different than now, huh?
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What the postal service needs to do is create email stamps! For just $.33 you can send an email anywhere in the world, guaranteed by the legendary customer service of the postal service to be delivered within three working days.
Sorry, I'm just being sarcastic. I really can't wait, though, till the day when stamps are no longer necessary.
If you can't figure out how to mail me, don't.
Yeah, and the biggest confusion from me, was I came from Toledo, OH, where a suburb was named "Oregon", and it was pronounced the *shudder* other way. So I came here and... hard dose of reality.
It's Or-i-gin (hard g), not Or-e-gon. One local news station had a lot of fun showing outtakes of Pamela Anderson Lee (or someone similar) trying to say it. She couldn't figure it out for the life of her.
If you can't figure out how to mail me, don't.
The difference is the emphasis on the syllables. Phonetically, it's Will-AH-mette as opposed to Will-uhm-ETTE. Cept the "AH" is more of an EH sound). Will am met.
Sorry, I'm a stickler. One would think that the editorial staff should do at least the basic proofreading.
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Hey... the correct spelling is "Willamette". Named after the main river running through Portland.
And in case you're wondering, the correct pronunciation is "Will-A-mette", not "Willa-METTE".
Sorry. I live in the Portland area. When I first got here, I pronounced it the second way, and was set straight real quick.
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It is 9:34 PM EST. There are about 140 comments on this message. Fully 90 percent of them are very, very lame spam, not even trolls.
When it's in moderation, they're amusing, or at least tolerable. This is just ridiculous though. The slashdot people should think about doing something about this and PRONTO. I like slashdot and I don't like the thought of having to go elsewhere.
Where has all the intelligent life gone?
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He should have come on with the nick "Monica_Lewinsky" and submitted a whole bunch of questions:
I mean, come on. If you're going to do something, do it all the way :-)
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DALnet and Undernet have these features.
Take it from a former administrator, though - DALnet is LAME.
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