"The Earth is the cradle of the mind, but one cannot eternally live in a cradle." - Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky
The purpose of life is to spread.
If you think we should stay on this rock until a meteor wipes us out, you are complicit in a crime worse than genocide: the extermination of life as we know it in the universe.
As the only life forms with the ability to travel to other planets, it is our responsibility to bring life to other planets! This is far more important than trying to maintain some "balance" of nature. There never has been and never will be such a balance, anyway.
Space travel is the most important persuit in the history of Earth. Without it, there will eventually be no life.
Your friend probably has colitis. This is a disease that is quite common in the Western world, but does not exist at all in the "developing" world. The theory is that if your immune system is never exposed to parasites, it forgets what it is supposed to be attacking and goes after your large intestine. This will cause constant internal bleeding, mucus, and diarrhea. If it gets bad enough, you will die of malnutrition and dehydration. It usually starts happening, right out of nowhere, when you are in your 20s.
Because nobody likes to talk about digestion, there have been very few studies of colitis or attempts to find cures. People love to raise awareness and money to fight cancer and other disease, but ignore this one because intestine problems are not polite to discuss. It's a damn shame.
Scientists tend to report everything. If multiple dating techniques are used, they would report them all. Of course, ambition, expetation, and other problems with human nature lead to flaws. That's why the scientific method has peer review.
So, feel free to review the published findings.
I've found that people who hold convictions but are presented with contrary evidence will often try to write-off the person presenting the evidence. What you did with your post is a very weak attempt at an "ad hominem" argument.
I see from your previous posts that you are very in to religion. This is a science article, so make sure you know how the scientific method works before you make more posts as silly as this one.
What's the quote? To builds a lightsaber from scratch, you first must create the universe?
I don't think the Jedi had to mine the metal used. Neither should an expert computer user. Selecting and connecting functional parts, then installing and configuring the software is enough.
But don't feel bad, I bet the boys all love your fruity-colored mac.
We agree that language changes. When those initiating the change are doing so in order to lend false credibility to their claims (by using words they heard some tv lawyer using), we don't have to accept it. I see this "new" use of languge most often in such scenarios.
Besides, I don't see any dictionaries declaring "there" is a possessive adjective. And it is a much more common malapropism than "to beg the question."
When people try to seem smart by using legal and scientific terms incorrectly, it just makes them seem dumb to the people who understand the legal or scientific term they are trying to use.
You're right. In the words of our president, "Teach the controversy!" We should give equal time in science class to the astronomy theory and to the turtle theory.
The big bang talks about the universe, Genesis deals only with a subset of our solar system.
Taking credit for the big bang based on Genesis is a bit of a stretch. Of course, if we had not been indoctrinated since birth, most people would think any tales of the supernatural are a stretch.
I don't think inclusive fitness (which the original poster lacked) and social darwinism are the same thing. Feel free to educate me if I'm wrong. I doubt you will, though.
And referring to your mother as a tramp isn't a social darwinist cliche. It just seems like a cliche because it is noted by everyone who is familiar with her.
"Contrary to some people's beliefs, you don't have a right to load OS X on any computer you like"...in some jurisdictions. If you live somewhere that has no laws granting Apple copyrights, then you DO have the right to use any Apple bits any way you want. And that is just legal, not moral rights.
IP law is simply a restriction some countries put on free speach intended to promote economic growth. There is no natural, moral right to copyright.
The last serious redesign of the atomic bomb produced the fusion bomb, which gave off less radiation for the same bang. It seems reasonable that another redesign would try to produce more efficient fusion bombs, which is only a good thing.
Are you one of those who thinks that selfish gene theory does not support evolutionary psychology, and therefore evolutionary psychology does not exist? I don't think it matters in this case.
Or are you one who thinks Darwin was 100% right and selfish gene theory is a hoax? If that's the case, perhaps it is also true that the earth is flat, Santa is real, your mother wasn't a tramp, and your education really was adequate.
Or are you completely retarded? If that condition is genetic, you probably won't get much of a chance to reproduce.
I would try to understand your reasoning, but you negletcted to mention it. That is probably because you are so much smarter than me, I wouldn't understand it. That's what your rocks are telling you, right?
If you keep looking, you will find someone dumber than you so you can feel good about yourself. But you missed this time. Sorry.
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
If you don't care about the propogation of your DNA or that of your species, you are an unfit genetic abnormality. Darwin will see to it that you vanish.
We all know the "G" is the important letter there, but why on earth would GB be preferrential to GiB? You don't give any reason. Obviously, you don't think typing 1 extra letter is much of a reason, since you pounded out several for your post.
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"The Earth is the cradle of the mind, but one cannot eternally live in a cradle."
- Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky
The purpose of life is to spread.
If you think we should stay on this rock until a meteor wipes us out, you are complicit in a crime worse than genocide: the extermination of life as we know it in the universe.
As the only life forms with the ability to travel to other planets, it is our responsibility to bring life to other planets! This is far more important than trying to maintain some "balance" of nature. There never has been and never will be such a balance, anyway.
Space travel is the most important persuit in the history of Earth. Without it, there will eventually be no life.
Actually, Crohn's and Colitis are both types of IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). They are similar, so it could have been either.
Your friend probably has colitis. This is a disease that is quite common in the Western world, but does not exist at all in the "developing" world. The theory is that if your immune system is never exposed to parasites, it forgets what it is supposed to be attacking and goes after your large intestine. This will cause constant internal bleeding, mucus, and diarrhea. If it gets bad enough, you will die of malnutrition and dehydration. It usually starts happening, right out of nowhere, when you are in your 20s.
Because nobody likes to talk about digestion, there have been very few studies of colitis or attempts to find cures. People love to raise awareness and money to fight cancer and other disease, but ignore this one because intestine problems are not polite to discuss. It's a damn shame.
You have the greatest sig ever. If you find yourself in Ohio, I'll buy you a beer.
'I don't see the connection between "interesting enough to make people want to watch" and "viral".'
I didn't see the connection either. But I've got good news! I just saved hundreds on car insurance...
Believe me, dude: you (especially) need deodorent. Whew!
Software could reprogram firmware so that sectors marked as "damaged" are readable.
What is an evolutionist? You mean a scientist?
Scientists tend to report everything. If multiple dating techniques are used, they would report them all. Of course, ambition, expetation, and other problems with human nature lead to flaws. That's why the scientific method has peer review.
So, feel free to review the published findings.
I've found that people who hold convictions but are presented with contrary evidence will often try to write-off the person presenting the evidence. What you did with your post is a very weak attempt at an "ad hominem" argument.
I see from your previous posts that you are very in to religion. This is a science article, so make sure you know how the scientific method works before you make more posts as silly as this one.
You misspelled "MITM."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beg_the_question
But it makes you sound smarter when you say "begs the question," right? Don't lawyers use them words? Lawyers are purty smart fellers.
What's the quote? To builds a lightsaber from scratch, you first must create the universe?
I don't think the Jedi had to mine the metal used. Neither should an expert computer user. Selecting and connecting functional parts, then installing and configuring the software is enough.
But don't feel bad, I bet the boys all love your fruity-colored mac.
We agree that language changes. When those initiating the change are doing so in order to lend false credibility to their claims (by using words they heard some tv lawyer using), we don't have to accept it. I see this "new" use of languge most often in such scenarios.
Besides, I don't see any dictionaries declaring "there" is a possessive adjective. And it is a much more common malapropism than "to beg the question."
s/begs the question/raises the question/g;
When people try to seem smart by using legal and scientific terms incorrectly, it just makes them seem dumb to the people who understand the legal or scientific term they are trying to use.
You're right. In the words of our president, "Teach the controversy!" We should give equal time in science class to the astronomy theory and to the turtle theory.
The big bang talks about the universe, Genesis deals only with a subset of our solar system.
Taking credit for the big bang based on Genesis is a bit of a stretch. Of course, if we had not been indoctrinated since birth, most people would think any tales of the supernatural are a stretch.
It's turtles all the way down.
Again, with the content-free argument.
I don't think inclusive fitness (which the original poster lacked) and social darwinism are the same thing. Feel free to educate me if I'm wrong. I doubt you will, though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusive_fitness is fun because it even relates to the monty hall problem.
And referring to your mother as a tramp isn't a social darwinist cliche. It just seems like a cliche because it is noted by everyone who is familiar with her.
"Contrary to some people's beliefs, you don't have a right to load OS X on any computer you like" ...in some jurisdictions. If you live somewhere that has no laws granting Apple copyrights, then you DO have the right to use any Apple bits any way you want. And that is just legal, not moral rights.
IP law is simply a restriction some countries put on free speach intended to promote economic growth. There is no natural, moral right to copyright.
The last serious redesign of the atomic bomb produced the fusion bomb, which gave off less radiation for the same bang. It seems reasonable that another redesign would try to produce more efficient fusion bombs, which is only a good thing.
Are you one of those who thinks that selfish gene theory does not support evolutionary psychology, and therefore evolutionary psychology does not exist? I don't think it matters in this case.
Or are you one who thinks Darwin was 100% right and selfish gene theory is a hoax? If that's the case, perhaps it is also true that the earth is flat, Santa is real, your mother wasn't a tramp, and your education really was adequate.
Or are you completely retarded? If that condition is genetic, you probably won't get much of a chance to reproduce.
I would try to understand your reasoning, but you negletcted to mention it. That is probably because you are so much smarter than me, I wouldn't understand it. That's what your rocks are telling you, right?
If you keep looking, you will find someone dumber than you so you can feel good about yourself. But you missed this time. Sorry.
Are you sure?
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ARTICLE SIX
This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made
in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made,
under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme
Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby,
any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary
notwithstanding.
If you don't care about the propogation of your DNA or that of your species, you are an unfit genetic abnormality. Darwin will see to it that you vanish.
one word:
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"1. Because GB is a more well known shorthand for a data amount."
That is a reason TO use GiB. It promotes awareness so that there is no confusion when it DOES matter.
"2. Because a difference of 73,741,824 bytes doesn't matter in this article."
Um... that supports the argument that it doesn't matter one way or the other which one is used, making the initial complaint seem pointless.
We all know the "G" is the important letter there, but why on earth would GB be preferrential to GiB? You don't give any reason. Obviously, you don't think typing 1 extra letter is much of a reason, since you pounded out several for your post.