Im sure its just some marketing plan designed to get them some media attention - "oh look at us, we're so good, we block child porn". I'd be far more impressed if they actually put some effort into shutting the websites down, not just blocking them for a small portion of the internets users.
I'd love to see each of their subscribers try and fill up their allocated space. I wonder at what point GMails disks would actually be full? I bet theres not more than a few TB for the whole user base. They are just hoping that no one actually has that much mail.
Good grief, dont you people know how to use a search engine to do a little research before you post?
Freemars - Gravitational interaction (tides on the Earth caused by the Moon) transfers kinetic energy from Earth to the Moon, slowing Earth's rotation and raising the Moon's orbit, currently at a rate of 3.8 centimeters per year.
Must admit, I didnt think there were different types of creationists. If someone believes in Genesis in a metaphorical sense I'd just call them christians. I've always thought of a creationist as being someone who believes that Genesis is quite literally true, and probably believes that Noahs flood is literally true as well. What do you call people who believe that, floodists?
Rock climbing is not a pure muscle power activity. I've seen people climb that way and they get very tired very quick. Its all about technique, balance and keeping a clear mind. Which obviously gives it many similarities to martial arts (which I've also done). On top of that there is lots of very cool gadgetry that goes along with it...all those bits of sculpted aluminium (which makes it similar to cycling).
Youre right, Genesis doesnt say anything about 4 to 5 thousand years, how could it if it was written before that date reference point? Or are you saying that BC they referenced their dates as "3500BC" or "spring, 2343BC"?:-)
I mentioned that time frame as its in the right ball park for when creationists think the universe started.
I'd hope that if we did make contact with a more advanced civilisation they would say something along the lines of "Religion? Oh, do grow up".
It would also highlight the hubris of certain religions. Claiming that a god sent his only son to the human race, but didn't consider an alien race worthy of such attention is just a tad conceited.
Imagine if they had time travel and could go back in time further than say 4500BC, that would make Genesis redundant.
>> I think you will find that the basis of our differences of opinion come down the our baseline assumptions being different.
Yes, we agree there. The thing is your beliefs are based on faith, which by its nature requires no proof. We could argue about, I dunno, vestigal legs in snakes or something and maybe one would convince the other but overall I wont change your "dubious" religous beliefs and you cant change my "heathen" secular viewpoints:)
>> And "uneducated and brainwashed"? Now we are heading into troll country.
Hehe, well now we're even on trollisms.:) Though I might cling on to the "brainwashed" bit - I mean, just look at the scientologists and their wacky Xenu beliefs. Brainwashing and religion do rather go hand in hand.
So what exactly did I say that was derogatory or inflammatory as to make my question "trolling"?
I was just making the point that the bible is full of inconsistancies and that it was never meant to be taken as the literal truth. In reply to your points:
1) If god could "magic" the animals from around the world and into the ark it seems very bizarre that he got a mere human to build the ark in the first place. Why not just create a suitable habitat on say the moon and "magic" them there for a couple of months?
2)They didnt have a habitat afterwards? Why didnt they die? What did the two lions live on upon being released? The 2 gazelles? Oops, there goes the gazelles...
3)No fish...on the assumption that all the water making up the flood was rainwater and therefore fresh then OK, the pirhanas will be fine. Gonna be a bit tough for all the marine (saltwater) creatures though.
4)That sounds like the kind of evasive answer that just fills up the pages of answersingenesis.org.
I didnt ask about the dinosaurs because they weren't around 4300 years ago.
I find it very worrying that people still believe in the literal truth of books like the bible. Sites like answersingenesis.org dont help and only serve to confuse the uneducated and brainwashed about world history. Im sure the authors of such sites dont really believe it either, their explanations are so amazing and demonstratably wrong that it can only be an attempt to keep the "faithful" under control by keeping them ignorant.
I live in the UK so I've never actually met someone who believes in creationism. Always wanted to ask...how did Noah get the kangaroos and polar bears and piranhas and pandas to the ark, and then back to their own habitats again afterwards? And wasnt it a bit dangerous bringing woodworm onto the ark?
Well, to be fair space.com dont claim its the ark, trinity corp do. And anyone who believes that things like creationism and the ark is true has lost all credibility already anyway.
Obviously a ploy to price the 3rd party clients off of their servers. Having control of the client software gives them more control over what we see and hear. But whats next? Will they, for example, stop 3rd party browsers such as Opera from being able to access their web servers? Oh...wait....deja vu
Its all very well having that lil DIN sized box in your dashbooard, and having all those features to hand but its absolutly useless cos theres no way to control it. Lets face it, the main reason you want a computer in the car is to play music or as some kind of satnav device. With no display or input devices it cant be used for that, and every car I've owned only had room for one DIN device. So where do you put the control/display devices?
I know they have a link to their little 7 inch monitors in the article, but again, where do you really put that? Cant go on the dash, its too big. Cant go on the front of the dash cos it would covers the air vents and the PC its connected to. And its a bit too easy for thieves to see.
I like that the computer is small and designed for use in a car, but its better off in the glovebox or under the dash, with a connection to a touchscreen flat panel in the DIN slot.
The best car computer/mp3 player I've seen so far is the Empeg player ( http://www.empeg.com ) but they stopped making them.
What is it with these companies, why do they hate us so much that they send this spam? Why are they so keen to scare us away from doing business with them?
As far as Im concerned any organisation that sends me spam is basically saying "Im desperate and Im selling a crap product".
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OK, its only a short flight, so it doesnt give us all much time to get changed into them.
Its very pretty but it looks more Borg and Orac.
Im sure its just some marketing plan designed to get them some media attention - "oh look at us, we're so good, we block child porn". I'd be far more impressed if they actually put some effort into shutting the websites down, not just blocking them for a small portion of the internets users.
Imagine having to listen to all thoses machines do the little startup jingle at boot time.
I'd love to see each of their subscribers try and fill up their allocated space. I wonder at what point GMails disks would actually be full? I bet theres not more than a few TB for the whole user base. They are just hoping that no one actually has that much mail.
Good grief, dont you people know how to use a search engine to do a little research before you post?
Freemars - Gravitational interaction (tides on the Earth caused by the Moon) transfers kinetic energy from Earth to the Moon, slowing Earth's rotation and raising the Moon's orbit, currently at a rate of 3.8 centimeters per year.
another page
and another
and another
The moons orbit is expanding.
Where did you get all that from, tarot cards?
Just from watching the trailers it looks like it will be another contender for inclusion on various bad movie websites.
How much of the public will be mislead into thinking thats how it really happens? I still cringe whenever Armageddon is on.
Must admit, I didnt think there were different types of creationists. If someone believes in Genesis in a metaphorical sense I'd just call them christians. I've always thought of a creationist as being someone who believes that Genesis is quite literally true, and probably believes that Noahs flood is literally true as well. What do you call people who believe that, floodists?
Youve never climbed then have you.
I both cycle and rock climb.
Rock climbing is not a pure muscle power activity. I've seen people climb that way and they get very tired very quick. Its all about technique, balance and keeping a clear mind. Which obviously gives it many similarities to martial arts (which I've also done). On top of that there is lots of very cool gadgetry that goes along with it...all those bits of sculpted aluminium (which makes it similar to cycling).
Im sure there are progressive Christians, I wouldn't doubt it for a minute. Which is why I specifically said "creationists".
Youre right, Genesis doesnt say anything about 4 to 5 thousand years, how could it if it was written before that date reference point? Or are you saying that BC they referenced their dates as "3500BC" or "spring, 2343BC"? :-)
I mentioned that time frame as its in the right ball park for when creationists think the universe started.
I'd hope that if we did make contact with a more advanced civilisation they would say something along the lines of "Religion? Oh, do grow up".
It would also highlight the hubris of certain religions. Claiming that a god sent his only son to the human race, but didn't consider an alien race worthy of such attention is just a tad conceited.
Imagine if they had time travel and could go back in time further than say 4500BC, that would make Genesis redundant.
Whats that saying, "assumption is the mother of all cockups". That kind of assumption, and also sloppy spelling are just a sign of laziness.
I dont believe the original poster attributed the quote to Bill Gates, so you can hardly shoot him down on that point.
>> I think you will find that the basis of our differences of opinion come down the our baseline assumptions being different.
:)
:) Though I might cling on to the "brainwashed" bit - I mean, just look at the scientologists and their wacky Xenu beliefs. Brainwashing and religion do rather go hand in hand.
Yes, we agree there. The thing is your beliefs are based on faith, which by its nature requires no proof. We could argue about, I dunno, vestigal legs in snakes or something and maybe one would convince the other but overall I wont change your "dubious" religous beliefs and you cant change my "heathen" secular viewpoints
>> And "uneducated and brainwashed"? Now we are heading into troll country.
Hehe, well now we're even on trollisms.
So what exactly did I say that was derogatory or inflammatory as to make my question "trolling"?
I was just making the point that the bible is full of inconsistancies and that it was never meant to be taken as the literal truth. In reply to your points:
1) If god could "magic" the animals from around the world and into the ark it seems very bizarre that he got a mere human to build the ark in the first place. Why not just create a suitable habitat on say the moon and "magic" them there for a couple of months?
2)They didnt have a habitat afterwards? Why didnt they die? What did the two lions live on upon being released? The 2 gazelles? Oops, there goes the gazelles...
3)No fish...on the assumption that all the water making up the flood was rainwater and therefore fresh then OK, the pirhanas will be fine. Gonna be a bit tough for all the marine (saltwater) creatures though.
4)That sounds like the kind of evasive answer that just fills up the pages of answersingenesis.org.
I didnt ask about the dinosaurs because they weren't around 4300 years ago.
I find it very worrying that people still believe in the literal truth of books like the bible. Sites like answersingenesis.org dont help and only serve to confuse the uneducated and brainwashed about world history. Im sure the authors of such sites dont really believe it either, their explanations are so amazing and demonstratably wrong that it can only be an attempt to keep the "faithful" under control by keeping them ignorant.
I live in the UK so I've never actually met someone who believes in creationism. Always wanted to ask...how did Noah get the kangaroos and polar bears and piranhas and pandas to the ark, and then back to their own habitats again afterwards? And wasnt it a bit dangerous bringing woodworm onto the ark?
Well, to be fair space.com dont claim its the ark, trinity corp do. And anyone who believes that things like creationism and the ark is true has lost all credibility already anyway.
At least, with the badger being striped already, you dont have to worry about installing a RAID card.
>> Young kiddies were treated to an annual Atomic Christmas Party where they got to meet Santa and were given presents
Ah, I remember going to those parties at AWRE as well, though I must be a good few years younger.
"we're taking you to a christmas party at the atomic base"
"waaahhh, dont wanna glow in the dark!"
Obviously a ploy to price the 3rd party clients off of their servers. Having control of the client software gives them more control over what we see and hear. But whats next? Will they, for example, stop 3rd party browsers such as Opera from being able to access their web servers? Oh...wait....deja vu
A politician with questionable ethics?
Dont tell me this is a suprise?
Its all very well having that lil DIN sized box in your dashbooard, and having all those features to hand but its absolutly useless cos theres no way to control it. Lets face it, the main reason you want a computer in the car is to play music or as some kind of satnav device. With no display or input devices it cant be used for that, and every car I've owned only had room for one DIN device. So where do you put the control/display devices?
I know they have a link to their little 7 inch monitors in the article, but again, where do you really put that? Cant go on the dash, its too big. Cant go on the front of the dash cos it would covers the air vents and the PC its connected to. And its a bit too easy for thieves to see.
I like that the computer is small and designed for use in a car, but its better off in the glovebox or under the dash, with a connection to a touchscreen flat panel in the DIN slot.
The best car computer/mp3 player I've seen so far is the Empeg player ( http://www.empeg.com ) but they stopped making them.
What is it with these companies, why do they hate us so much that they send this spam? Why are they so keen to scare us away from doing business with them?
As far as Im concerned any organisation that sends me spam is basically saying "Im desperate and Im selling a crap product".