> Religion is the anthropomorphization of reality, that behind it all there's an invisible man pulling invisible strings.
Ah, but don't confuse the anthropormorphization of reality itself, which is almost certainly erroneous (in the mathematical sense of almost certainly), with the pragmatic utility of an anthropomorphic *model*. An anthropomorphic model may be the best feasible model, with the best achievable predictive value, even while reality diverges from the model. Certainly there is evolutionary evidence to this effect. Moreover, there are almost certainly invisible "strings". The only meaningful question is whether it is more utile to model the puller of those strings as an invisible man, or as some other invisible thing. Such as a marmot or a Lamborghini.
Everyone knows it's bad. But the candy is too sweet, the heroin too lush. It is certainly possible to secure a phone, and I think there is a market for it. Meanwhile it is doable, if you have time to hack. Install AOSP. Disable E911 in hardware. The layered services which create the most vulnerabilities are generally not engineered to be resistant to use by a clean phone.
There's your solution to AGW! Pass a law setting the price of oil at $50/bbl. It's a win-win!:Bring oil back down under $50 a barrel or so, and it will be too expensive to extract.
Not true. The more you burn, the less warming due to atmospheric carbon.
You said: : they will eventually wind up in the atmosphere anyway. and : burning them will make the CO2 situation even worse
But in fact, per gram of carbon, methane contributes about 10x as much to warming as does carbon dioxide. Thus, the more methane you burn, the less warming occurs.
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> Exactly how do you propose the Chinese force the US to pay? The courts can't force the US government to do a thing.
On this point you are mistaken. The Constitution specifies that the validity of the national debt is unquestionable. They will get paid. In dollars.
> Religion is the anthropomorphization of reality, that behind it all there's an invisible man pulling invisible strings.
Ah, but don't confuse the anthropormorphization of reality itself, which is almost certainly erroneous (in the mathematical sense of almost certainly), with the pragmatic utility of an anthropomorphic *model*. An anthropomorphic model may be the best feasible model, with the best achievable predictive value, even while reality diverges from the model. Certainly there is evolutionary evidence to this effect. Moreover, there are almost certainly invisible "strings". The only meaningful question is whether it is more utile to model the puller of those strings as an invisible man, or as some other invisible thing. Such as a marmot or a Lamborghini.
Same reason it's hard to get opiates until you're terminal.
Not HD quality, however.
Netflix works fine on Ubuntu.
Any Android tablet will do everything you mentioned. For $200 you can get a Nook HD 9+ with an HDMI adapter.
Everyone knows it's bad. But the candy is too sweet, the heroin too lush. It is certainly possible to secure a phone, and I think there is a market for it. Meanwhile it is doable, if you have time to hack. Install AOSP. Disable E911 in hardware. The layered services which create the most vulnerabilities are generally not engineered to be resistant to use by a clean phone.
you have to ask? you, who has a barbed penis?
you will be outsourced, because you voted for that u.s. senator who sold your career and life for a "campaign contribution" from fwd.us.
if people were allowed to control their own minds, it would be anarchy - dogs and cats living together...
I'd like to get invited to that manor.
It violates the right to life. Without food, you die. The use of deadly force to resist this imposition would then be well justified.
Indeed they are. Labor is cheap, and AK-47s require little more than some sheet metal bending and a steel rod to drill and rifle.
"It's treason to plot the violent overthow of your own government."
All governments are formed by acts of treason. The current government was formed by an act of treason 51 years ago.
There's your solution to AGW! Pass a law setting the price of oil at $50/bbl. It's a win-win! :Bring oil back down under $50 a barrel or so, and it will be too expensive to extract.
Not true. The more you burn, the less warming due to atmospheric carbon.
You said:
: they will eventually wind up in the atmosphere anyway.
and
: burning them will make the CO2 situation even worse
But in fact, per gram of carbon, methane contributes about 10x as much to warming as does carbon dioxide. Thus, the more methane you burn, the less warming occurs.
No, it's treason. Fraud is merely a crime. Treason is a capital crime.
you just peed in the pool
Netflix for Android, if it is DVM code, should be runnable on Linux or by compilation to JVM .class files.
> Until I can run Photoshop and Illustrator natively,
Good news: You can: http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=8077
Its not hard to defeat ad blockers: Just serve the ads inline.
"...that holds true of anything beyond our comprehension." ...such as a closed-source product which you entrust (or not) with your private data.
I would trust an open-source robot, but not one from Apple, which would be designed to extract my money and report my activities to the NSA.
You can buy a 1Mw LENR reactor today. A 10 Kw that runs at 1200C and can operate a high-efficiency turbine is currently undergoing peer-review. http://www.e-catworld.com/2013/02/rossi-to-josephson-report-publication-probably-around-end-of-march/
You're just ignoring all the results in order to pretend they're not there.