That may not necessarily be true though , as we might not yet have the full understanding yet.
However , the main difference is that in science, if evidence is found that contradicts our current view on thing , we correct our view on it. In religion , if evidence is found that contradicts the religious teaching , it will simply be discarded as heretical.
That's how it's supposed to work in science, but science has become as much about belief and orthodoxy as any religion.
Atheism is not a religion, it is a lack of one. The 'a' in atheism means 'off' or 'away', so literally 'away-religion' or 'off-religion'. I'd like to believe that there are more people who lack religion, but what I observe tells me that there are more people every day that believe that the magic man in the sky controls everything, which is really sad given that to date there is still zero evidence of a supreme being. I have no proof that God does not exist, but I also have seen no proof that he (she? it?) does exist. I'm a betting man, and my money is squarely and firmly on doesn't, but it's still based on probabilities. I could be wrong. (but probably not)
It depends on how it's practiced. For some it is truly Atheism, but there are others who practice Atheism. You know, the people who act like missionaries and attempt to covert others.
You seem to be a member of the first camp. There is no scientific evidence for the existence of a supreme being. There is also no evidence against it. So, you can choose to believe or choose not to believe and I see both choices as equally valid. I have no problem with either point of view, but I find the atheist missionaries just as annoying as the Jehova's witnesses.
I just don't care. The team fucked up KDE4.x so bad at the beginning, I started using Trinity KDE and have no interest at all in what they're doing. I suppose that eventually I won't have a choice about a new Desktop Environment and when that day comes, it'll probably be GNOME or xfce.
Actually, legalize possession of child porn, and step up the penalties for production (or just for child abuse, since using a child to produce child pornography is itself abuse) and purchase/sale. That removes the "weaponry" portion of child porn (if I send you a CP picture, you have committed a crime is a *bad* thing) and makes those who receive such pictures accidentally (mislabeled P2P files, for example) or against their will (as in the sending a picture to your phone example) more willing to openly provide them to authorities as a way to help the producers get caught, as well as making being involved in the financial promotion of the production of child pornography still a crime.
Back in the early 90s, before the explosion of the web, I used to use AOL. I used to trade in pictures of naked women. Some guys used to send out pictures of their wives. I was 18-19 years old and had no interest in 35-40 year old housewives. I asked one guy if he had anything of someone "younger". Apparently that's a keyword for child porn. Next thing I knew I was getting inboxes full of the stuff, this was also back in the days before broadband so I had some people that I used to automatically share anything I got with before I downloaded it myself. On the first inboxing, I forwarded all of the contents to some of my trading partners. And THEN I downloaded the pictures and saw things that no normal person should ever have to see.
I deleted the jpgs and gifs from my computer, deleted the emails from my inbox, and at that time AOL allowed you to unsend an email if it had not been read. I believe that I was able to unsend them all, but if I hadn't been, I shudder to think of the things I could have been charged with. All because I wanted to see naked 18-24 year old girls...
The company that I work for, which I shall not name, is a Fortune 500 company. There is a lot of money there. Because of this, everything they do, and I do mean everything, is vetted by one of the legal teams to minimize liability.
When I was going through one of the training classes, it was pretty much explained that way. If we have something delivered, and the company that we hire to do the delivery causes some damage to the client's site, we're the better target for a lawsuit because we have more money than Delivery Service X. So, we have rules and regulations regarding who can do deliveries for us. It's to show that we've taken due care in assuring that the people we hire are safe.
You can't necessarily prevent getting sued, but you can take steps to minimize your chance of losing and you can take steps to minimize your liability in case you do lose.
Uh. The US barely 'won' against a FAR inferior Iraq, and is losing badly against a stone age country. I'm pretty sure Iran would do just fine, especially seeing as how they have control of 100% of the straits of Hormuz.
Hardly. The actual "war" part was over in less than two weeks, for some reason the shot-callers assumed that all Iraqis would be so overjoyed at Saddam's ouster that they would be undyingly grateful to whomever was responsible.
My tech is mine and mine alone. If I pay for it, I'll do what I damned well please on it. An employer has certain rights when you connect to their network and I'm not willing to subject my personal machines to their inspection. If an employer wants me to have a phone to be on call, they need to provide one, I'm not using my minutes to do work.
You should cheer for whichever is right, regardless of who you love/hate. To do otherwise sets a dangerous precedent.
In this case, cheer for Microsoft.
I don't think that either is right. Apple is attempting to misuse trademark law and Microsoft is attempting to embrace, extend and extinguish. I wish it were possible for them to both lose this.
I'd go a step further by saying that Linux flavors accurately represent vampire clans, although a lot of them could be Nosferatu. Leaving the operating system set will generally result in death from exposure to sunlight, a severe intolerance for running water and religion, and enslaving other mortals, specifically parents, to their means.
I think that would make Red Hat Ventrue. Debian is Gangrel. Ubuntu is Toreador. I'm not sure who would represent my favorite clan though.
If the goal of the manipulation is to avoid sex. If women want sex (note to Slashdotters: they do) the crying thing would be negative feedback and would be conditioned out of their behavior.
Only if they want sex more than they want to win arguments.
Seriously, why are they not just arming the crews of potential targets with firearms? An M60 or an M249 fore and aft will mean keep the pirates at bay. No more hijackings and no more piracy problem.
should already know this. A woman who cries to win an argument, then you lose all interest in romance, then she cries because you don't want to touch her, then you are even less interested. It's a vicious cycle that ends up in either broken or sexless relationships. I know.
They need some sort of punishment, and pay restitution for it, but it's pretty dang hard to resist a temptation that big. Plus many people who loose big money at a casino THINK they have a system to beat the house. It just turns out these guys ACTUALLY DID.
But the bottom line is they did do the wrong thing, even if the Casinos and Slot company sorta had it coming for being so negligent.
What's wrong about it? If the machine has a flaw that they didn't put in it, there's nothing wrong with what they did. The Casino should be cited for filing false reports.
If you actually read my post for comprehension, you'd see that I was talking about low performing inner city schools that are so terrible that they drag down the national average.
When will we realize we need to spend those billions on educating new engineers and scientists, repair our education system and bring industry back home?
The military spending is necessary to make sure someone doesn't just walk across your borders and put your scientists and engineers to work for them.
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That may not necessarily be true though , as we might not yet have the full understanding yet.
However , the main difference is that in science, if evidence is found that contradicts our current view on thing , we correct our view on it.
In religion , if evidence is found that contradicts the religious teaching , it will simply be discarded as heretical.
That's how it's supposed to work in science, but science has become as much about belief and orthodoxy as any religion.
LK
There is to a point evidence against the existence of a Supreme Being,
Not scientific evidence. Whether or not a supreme being exists is outside of the realm of science.
LK
Ahh. An atheist missionary.
OK. I'll give you the same response that I give to every other missionary, tailored to your particular ism.
Disprove the existence of God. It's OK. I'll wait.
LK
Atheism is not a religion, it is a lack of one. The 'a' in atheism means 'off' or 'away', so literally 'away-religion' or 'off-religion'. I'd like to believe that there are more people who lack religion, but what I observe tells me that there are more people every day that believe that the magic man in the sky controls everything, which is really sad given that to date there is still zero evidence of a supreme being. I have no proof that God does not exist, but I also have seen no proof that he (she? it?) does exist. I'm a betting man, and my money is squarely and firmly on doesn't, but it's still based on probabilities. I could be wrong. (but probably not)
It depends on how it's practiced. For some it is truly Atheism, but there are others who practice Atheism. You know, the people who act like missionaries and attempt to covert others.
You seem to be a member of the first camp. There is no scientific evidence for the existence of a supreme being. There is also no evidence against it. So, you can choose to believe or choose not to believe and I see both choices as equally valid. I have no problem with either point of view, but I find the atheist missionaries just as annoying as the Jehova's witnesses.
LK
I just don't care. The team fucked up KDE4.x so bad at the beginning, I started using Trinity KDE and have no interest at all in what they're doing. I suppose that eventually I won't have a choice about a new Desktop Environment and when that day comes, it'll probably be GNOME or xfce.
LK
Let's not forget a carjacking gone bad.
LK
You are correct. I used the wrong term.
3. Fictional tales no matter how long ago they were written are not good predictors of future occurrences.
I'm not a Christian, but you have to admit there are some difficult to explain coincidences.
LK
The Earth is a closed system you know. Into the ocean, into the air, it's all into the same Earth.
LK
No seriously, why?
What could possibly necessitate two billion rows per column?
Is this just a "because we can" kind of thing, or is there a practical reason for it?
LK
Actually, legalize possession of child porn, and step up the penalties for production (or just for child abuse, since using a child to produce child pornography is itself abuse) and purchase/sale. That removes the "weaponry" portion of child porn (if I send you a CP picture, you have committed a crime is a *bad* thing) and makes those who receive such pictures accidentally (mislabeled P2P files, for example) or against their will (as in the sending a picture to your phone example) more willing to openly provide them to authorities as a way to help the producers get caught, as well as making being involved in the financial promotion of the production of child pornography still a crime.
Back in the early 90s, before the explosion of the web, I used to use AOL. I used to trade in pictures of naked women. Some guys used to send out pictures of their wives. I was 18-19 years old and had no interest in 35-40 year old housewives. I asked one guy if he had anything of someone "younger". Apparently that's a keyword for child porn. Next thing I knew I was getting inboxes full of the stuff, this was also back in the days before broadband so I had some people that I used to automatically share anything I got with before I downloaded it myself. On the first inboxing, I forwarded all of the contents to some of my trading partners. And THEN I downloaded the pictures and saw things that no normal person should ever have to see.
I deleted the jpgs and gifs from my computer, deleted the emails from my inbox, and at that time AOL allowed you to unsend an email if it had not been read. I believe that I was able to unsend them all, but if I hadn't been, I shudder to think of the things I could have been charged with. All because I wanted to see naked 18-24 year old girls...
LK
The company that I work for, which I shall not name, is a Fortune 500 company. There is a lot of money there. Because of this, everything they do, and I do mean everything, is vetted by one of the legal teams to minimize liability.
When I was going through one of the training classes, it was pretty much explained that way. If we have something delivered, and the company that we hire to do the delivery causes some damage to the client's site, we're the better target for a lawsuit because we have more money than Delivery Service X. So, we have rules and regulations regarding who can do deliveries for us. It's to show that we've taken due care in assuring that the people we hire are safe.
You can't necessarily prevent getting sued, but you can take steps to minimize your chance of losing and you can take steps to minimize your liability in case you do lose.
LK
Uh. The US barely 'won' against a FAR inferior Iraq, and is losing badly against a stone age country. I'm pretty sure Iran would do just fine, especially seeing as how they have control of 100% of the straits of Hormuz.
Hardly. The actual "war" part was over in less than two weeks, for some reason the shot-callers assumed that all Iraqis would be so overjoyed at Saddam's ouster that they would be undyingly grateful to whomever was responsible.
LK
"I refuse to work for a company that has lower-grade technology than I have in my mother's basement."
FTFY
LK
My tech is mine and mine alone. If I pay for it, I'll do what I damned well please on it. An employer has certain rights when you connect to their network and I'm not willing to subject my personal machines to their inspection. If an employer wants me to have a phone to be on call, they need to provide one, I'm not using my minutes to do work.
LK
You should cheer for whichever is right, regardless of who you love/hate. To do otherwise sets a dangerous precedent.
In this case, cheer for Microsoft.
I don't think that either is right. Apple is attempting to misuse trademark law and Microsoft is attempting to embrace, extend and extinguish. I wish it were possible for them to both lose this.
LK
I'd go a step further by saying that Linux flavors accurately represent vampire clans, although a lot of them could be Nosferatu. Leaving the operating system set will generally result in death from exposure to sunlight, a severe intolerance for running water and religion, and enslaving other mortals, specifically parents, to their means.
I think that would make Red Hat Ventrue. Debian is Gangrel. Ubuntu is Toreador. I'm not sure who would represent my favorite clan though.
LK
I'm a former Mac user, so I hate Apple.
I actually give a damn about stability, so I hate Microsoft.
It's like watching zombies and vampires fight. No matter who loses, I cheer.
LK
If the goal of the manipulation is to avoid sex. If women want sex (note to Slashdotters: they do) the crying thing would be negative feedback and would be conditioned out of their behavior.
Only if they want sex more than they want to win arguments.
LK
Seriously, why are they not just arming the crews of potential targets with firearms? An M60 or an M249 fore and aft will mean keep the pirates at bay. No more hijackings and no more piracy problem.
LK
should already know this. A woman who cries to win an argument, then you lose all interest in romance, then she cries because you don't want to touch her, then you are even less interested. It's a vicious cycle that ends up in either broken or sexless relationships. I know.
LK
They need some sort of punishment, and pay restitution for it, but it's pretty dang hard to resist a temptation that big. Plus many people who loose big money at a casino THINK they have a system to beat the house. It just turns out these guys ACTUALLY DID.
But the bottom line is they did do the wrong thing, even if the Casinos and Slot company sorta had it coming for being so negligent.
What's wrong about it? If the machine has a flaw that they didn't put in it, there's nothing wrong with what they did. The Casino should be cited for filing false reports.
LK
The Canadians don't think that self-defense is a good enough reason to have a gun, so it makes sense that there are fewer handguns.
LK
If you actually read my post for comprehension, you'd see that I was talking about low performing inner city schools that are so terrible that they drag down the national average.
LK
When will we realize we need to spend those billions on educating new engineers and scientists,
repair our education system and bring industry back home?
The military spending is necessary to make sure someone doesn't just walk across your borders and put your scientists and engineers to work for them.
LK