"Intelligent Design" in the U.S. was nothing more than Creationism repackaged in an attempt to circumvent the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment. In other words, it is unconstitutional to teach Creationism or "Intelligent Design" in U.S. public schools. To all the bible-thumpering conservatives in the U.S. who don't like that, now I can say "Send your kids to a parochial school or go live in Australia".
I forgot to add The PuppetMasters to my list.
Anyway, yeah I know SinSL was taken too seriously as its impact on the '60 and '70s. A whole real life "All World" religion was created, based on the novel. I don't read sci-fi just for its relevance to current real world situations. I read it for entertainment, concept, as well as for its cultural affect on past/present. (ex: did you know the cover art for Led Zepplin's "Houses of the Holy" comes from Childhood's End? the word "Grok" was first termed in SiaSL? the definition of "Avatar" was first described in SnowCrash?) Thanks for the tip about the Future History series...Your not the first to suggest I should read Methuselah's Children before TEfL.
Because the religious right have historically prevented scientists and engineers from doing those "interesting scientific things". The church often says those things are against religious doctrine. Examples: stem cell research, astronomy, evolution and more. Persecution of science by religion has existed throughout history. What do you think gave rise to the enlightenment movement? Why do you suppose Galileo was put under house arrest and deemed a heretic?
Its been on my to-read list but damnit, now I'm compelled to move it up the list. I still have yet to read "Friday", "Starship Troopers" and "Time Enough for Love" + books from several other authors. I've already read "Stranger in a Strange Land".
I'm very impressed with this release but I agree with Tom's Hardware about the location of the window min,max and close buttons. I downloaded and installed an "Ambiance-Right" theme to put the buttons back on the right side. Also, I don't know why TH made a big deal about the Ambiance theme and Skype...On Skype, just go into Options>General and change the Style to "GTK+". However, the theme makes tool-tips unreadable on Calibre
Hmm. Here in the U.S., its often a big debate. You and I know the founding fathers were not theists and we know specifically what the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment says...and what Article VI, Section 3 says about religious tests for public office. However, the bible-thumpers still insist the U.S. is a Christian nation founded on Christian principals. They succeeded in having "E Pluribus Unum " changed to "In God We Trust" on all our money and they managed to slip "Under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance. We had a recent VP candidate in 2008 who believed it was "God's will" that she was nominated Republican VP candidate...That reminds me of the Middle Ages "Divine Right of Kings" philosophy imposed by monarchs on their subjects. Also, I believe GW Bush made a similar statement about his ascendancy to the throne...er, I mean presidency. Of course, there's also the Pat Robertsons and others of the world who try to extend the power of religion to politics. I wish I could say the U.S. is truly secular.
Yes, it did really take off without regulation but lately, the ISPs have been trying to extend their role beyond that of "internet service provider". For example, many cable ISPs now provide phone service, via VoIP. Also, some ISPs are trying to become content providers (ex: Comcast's acquisition of NBC). In the last 5 years, ISPs like Comcast have tried to block bittorrent traffic, block competing VoIP phone services such as SKYPE and Vonage, discriminantly block emails websites and more.
He was a great author. I've read "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep" and "Ubik". I have yet to read "Scanner Darkly", "The Man In The High Castle", and his other great works.
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Was that Sam Adams Utopia? I think that is something like $200 USD a bottle...the Dom Perignon of beer.
"Intelligent Design" in the U.S. was nothing more than Creationism repackaged in an attempt to circumvent the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment. In other words, it is unconstitutional to teach Creationism or "Intelligent Design" in U.S. public schools. To all the bible-thumpering conservatives in the U.S. who don't like that, now I can say "Send your kids to a parochial school or go live in Australia".
Sounds like "Ender's Game". They are determining who will save the world from the Zergs.
but Isn't a lack of empathy supposed to be a hallmark of Gen Y?
I forgot to add The PuppetMasters to my list. Anyway, yeah I know SinSL was taken too seriously as its impact on the '60 and '70s. A whole real life "All World" religion was created, based on the novel. I don't read sci-fi just for its relevance to current real world situations. I read it for entertainment, concept, as well as for its cultural affect on past/present. (ex: did you know the cover art for Led Zepplin's "Houses of the Holy" comes from Childhood's End? the word "Grok" was first termed in SiaSL? the definition of "Avatar" was first described in SnowCrash?) Thanks for the tip about the Future History series...Your not the first to suggest I should read Methuselah's Children before TEfL.
Worst Star Trek movie of all time.
Because the religious right have historically prevented scientists and engineers from doing those "interesting scientific things". The church often says those things are against religious doctrine. Examples: stem cell research, astronomy, evolution and more. Persecution of science by religion has existed throughout history. What do you think gave rise to the enlightenment movement? Why do you suppose Galileo was put under house arrest and deemed a heretic?
Its been on my to-read list but damnit, now I'm compelled to move it up the list. I still have yet to read "Friday", "Starship Troopers" and "Time Enough for Love" + books from several other authors. I've already read "Stranger in a Strange Land".
I'm very impressed with this release but I agree with Tom's Hardware about the location of the window min,max and close buttons. I downloaded and installed an "Ambiance-Right" theme to put the buttons back on the right side. Also, I don't know why TH made a big deal about the Ambiance theme and Skype...On Skype, just go into Options>General and change the Style to "GTK+". However, the theme makes tool-tips unreadable on Calibre
For MMORPGs its fairly easy, so I've read. Sell off their items/gold to other players for RL cash
$#*! "family values" conservatives.
Now they should do the same for Galileo, whom the church denounced as a heretic.
same here. I actually switched from Suse to Ubuntu before Novelle made the "Microsoft" move.
These Texas Conserva-tards have fiscal conservatism taking a back seat to social and religious conservatism.
"Under God" was not originally in the Pledge of Allegiance. Francis Bellamy wrote the pledge in 1892. The phrase "Under God" was added in 1954.
Another example why "Zero Tolerance" is just a bad idea.
This begs to be a Sarah Palin joke.
Hmm. Here in the U.S., its often a big debate. You and I know the founding fathers were not theists and we know specifically what the Establishment Clause of the 1st Amendment says...and what Article VI, Section 3 says about religious tests for public office. However, the bible-thumpers still insist the U.S. is a Christian nation founded on Christian principals. They succeeded in having "E Pluribus Unum " changed to "In God We Trust" on all our money and they managed to slip "Under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance. We had a recent VP candidate in 2008 who believed it was "God's will" that she was nominated Republican VP candidate...That reminds me of the Middle Ages "Divine Right of Kings" philosophy imposed by monarchs on their subjects. Also, I believe GW Bush made a similar statement about his ascendancy to the throne...er, I mean presidency. Of course, there's also the Pat Robertsons and others of the world who try to extend the power of religion to politics. I wish I could say the U.S. is truly secular.
Yes, it did really take off without regulation but lately, the ISPs have been trying to extend their role beyond that of "internet service provider". For example, many cable ISPs now provide phone service, via VoIP. Also, some ISPs are trying to become content providers (ex: Comcast's acquisition of NBC). In the last 5 years, ISPs like Comcast have tried to block bittorrent traffic, block competing VoIP phone services such as SKYPE and Vonage, discriminantly block emails websites and more.
I agree with this
He was a great author. I've read "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep" and "Ubik". I have yet to read "Scanner Darkly", "The Man In The High Castle", and his other great works.
If only someone would hack her Facebook account too. She's so annoying and she just won't go away.
better wear 2000 sunblock.
...Uh, I mean, Live long and prosper. The needs of the one outweigh the needs of the many...or the few.
Arrrrrrrrrh!!!!