Changes in speed are more dangerous than a consistently high speed. Having everyone slam on their brakes when they go past a cop creates a huge hazard, not to mention fucking with guys like me who are just trying to drive at the limit to get to work on time.
If you're telling people: "Hey, speeding really isn't safe and you can get a ticket if a cop catches you," is responsible and legal. Telling people: "Drugs are bad mm'kay, stop messing with them before you get arrested," is a similarly good thing to say.
Flashing your lights at someone is more like telling someone: "the cops are outside, flush the drugs down the toilet now!"
Well, I do kinda "believe" the laws of thermodynamics.... Do you have any other evidence to present that would implicate the existence of a divine being. I'm just going by Ken Ham's logic that since I haven't seen it personally it doesn't exist.
It sure is a shame the no one has done any science since Fourier. Imagine the things we could have learned if only there were someone who could take his work and continue to study the greenhouse effect.
I have heard this creationist rubbish for years and I am still waiting for just one (1) piece of evidence to be produced. There is more evidence to show Earth was formed in the accretion disk of the sun and life as we know it developed through the process of evolution than that the Earth was terraformed and populated. The idea of theism is nice but you really should stick to the truth. - we don't know.
I think you've missed a crucial point here. Obviously the propaganda peddlers are making the most money by selling to the plebs. We want to inform ourselves from to a higher standard, somewhere that does investigative journalism, somewhere that actually present an issue fairly. If we don't pay for them than they'll die and all we'll have left are the propaganda peddlers. People around here are more likely to know where to do that than I am, or the person who asked the question (presumably.)
No one is trying to insinuate that the style of government shouldn't change with the times. (OK, some people are, but try to ignore them.) What shouldn't change is what you stand for, and what you want your country to achieve. IT might seem heartless, but allowing people to fail has served the USA quite well over the last couple hundred years. For all its faults, the USA has been a significant world power of the last few decades. Many people feel as though they are sacrificing what made them great and following the lead of other nations with far less presence on the world stage. Acting as though those people don't exist or don't have an argument is not productive and will only lead to a widening of the division currently tearing the country apart.
What evidence is there to indicate that intelligent creation occurred? There is none. However there is a lot of evidence that intelligent creation did not occur (decrease of entropy in a closed system has never been observed). Just because intelligent creation correlates with your beliefs does not make it any more valid. (That wasn't a question.)
Yes, that is indeed exactly the point being made. Anyone with any religious belief whatsoever is part of a global conspiracy to take over the world. I'm glad your reading comprehension is good enough to pick up on that.
It depends on what you mean by "poke holes". I watched a video last night about transitional fossils. Creationist often like to bring them up as an example of a "hole" in evolution. In reality there are hundreds of transitional fossils, but no matter how hard you look, there will always be some gaps. Short of finding every generation linking a modern human to the bacteria from which we evolved there is no way to convince a creationist. At no point do you need to assume that "man is correct about everything he knows" but you can weigh up two options and either choose the one with hundreds of fossils that seem to fit the theory, or the one with no proof which doesn't fit with what we already know.
The USA was founded on different principles than most of the countries in Europe. The USA is now abandoning some of those principles in favour of those being adopted by Europe. Expecting the USA to continue to achieve more highly than European countries would be naive.
As opposed to having your eyesight damaged by fragments of the thing that was just hit by a bomb... This is a weapon we're talking about, damaging people isn't an unfortunate side effect, it's the desired effect.
US tax law is pretty fucked up. You need to pay tax on your primary residence. If you're walking down the street and see something shiny, pick it up and decide to keep it, you're required to declare its value as income on your taxes.
Well, not to state the obvious, but you could actually not do the crime! Don't [tap the phones]. And don't [...] plant drugs on [people]. Contrary to popular opinion, its not too hard to go about your life without [violating the constitution].
That was one thing that scared me moving from Australia to the USA. Fortunately, despite leaving notes in pockets on more than one occasion the money did survive. I even floated down a river with money in what I thought was a watertight container, and gave them a good couple of hours soak, and they were fine once I dried them too.
If you're in a place where 280K would be an increase, I feel quite sorry for you. Maybe if if did interface with a weather service it could prompt you with an occasional "it's nice outside, why not go enjoy it?" when appropriate.
I agree with your point, but oxidane is the preferred name for dihydrogen monoxide [http://www.iupac.org/fileadmin/user_upload/publications/recommendations/nomenclature-of-organic-chemistry/Chapter2-Sec20-24.pdf]. Also, dihydrogen is just one word and doesn't need a hyphen.
Yes, it was in a clever movie, and it is indeed what people like me do every day. Would you prefer everyone to hide under a blanket their entire lives?
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Changes in speed are more dangerous than a consistently high speed. Having everyone slam on their brakes when they go past a cop creates a huge hazard, not to mention fucking with guys like me who are just trying to drive at the limit to get to work on time.
You don't see how this is different?
If you're telling people: "Hey, speeding really isn't safe and you can get a ticket if a cop catches you," is responsible and legal.
Telling people: "Drugs are bad mm'kay, stop messing with them before you get arrested," is a similarly good thing to say.
Flashing your lights at someone is more like telling someone: "the cops are outside, flush the drugs down the toilet now!"
Well, I do kinda "believe" the laws of thermodynamics.... Do you have any other evidence to present that would implicate the existence of a divine being. I'm just going by Ken Ham's logic that since I haven't seen it personally it doesn't exist.
It sure is a shame the no one has done any science since Fourier. Imagine the things we could have learned if only there were someone who could take his work and continue to study the greenhouse effect.
I have heard this creationist rubbish for years and I am still waiting for just one (1) piece of evidence to be produced. There is more evidence to show Earth was formed in the accretion disk of the sun and life as we know it developed through the process of evolution than that the Earth was terraformed and populated. The idea of theism is nice but you really should stick to the truth. - we don't know.
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I think you've missed a crucial point here. Obviously the propaganda peddlers are making the most money by selling to the plebs. We want to inform ourselves from to a higher standard, somewhere that does investigative journalism, somewhere that actually present an issue fairly. If we don't pay for them than they'll die and all we'll have left are the propaganda peddlers. People around here are more likely to know where to do that than I am, or the person who asked the question (presumably.)
Only if you believe that humans already know everything to know about geology. Who knows what the floodwaters of Noah's time could do.
No one is trying to insinuate that the style of government shouldn't change with the times. (OK, some people are, but try to ignore them.) What shouldn't change is what you stand for, and what you want your country to achieve. IT might seem heartless, but allowing people to fail has served the USA quite well over the last couple hundred years. For all its faults, the USA has been a significant world power of the last few decades. Many people feel as though they are sacrificing what made them great and following the lead of other nations with far less presence on the world stage. Acting as though those people don't exist or don't have an argument is not productive and will only lead to a widening of the division currently tearing the country apart.
Who generalized? Where in any of the posts preceding yours is a generalisation?
What evidence is there to indicate that intelligent creation occurred? There is none. However there is a lot of evidence that intelligent creation did not occur (decrease of entropy in a closed system has never been observed). Just because intelligent creation correlates with your beliefs does not make it any more valid. (That wasn't a question.)
Yes, that is indeed exactly the point being made. Anyone with any religious belief whatsoever is part of a global conspiracy to take over the world. I'm glad your reading comprehension is good enough to pick up on that.
It depends on what you mean by "poke holes". I watched a video last night about transitional fossils. Creationist often like to bring them up as an example of a "hole" in evolution. In reality there are hundreds of transitional fossils, but no matter how hard you look, there will always be some gaps. Short of finding every generation linking a modern human to the bacteria from which we evolved there is no way to convince a creationist. At no point do you need to assume that "man is correct about everything he knows" but you can weigh up two options and either choose the one with hundreds of fossils that seem to fit the theory, or the one with no proof which doesn't fit with what we already know.
The USA was founded on different principles than most of the countries in Europe. The USA is now abandoning some of those principles in favour of those being adopted by Europe. Expecting the USA to continue to achieve more highly than European countries would be naive.
As opposed to having your eyesight damaged by fragments of the thing that was just hit by a bomb... This is a weapon we're talking about, damaging people isn't an unfortunate side effect, it's the desired effect.
US tax law is pretty fucked up. You need to pay tax on your primary residence. If you're walking down the street and see something shiny, pick it up and decide to keep it, you're required to declare its value as income on your taxes.
Well, not to state the obvious, but you could actually not do the crime!
Don't [tap the phones].
And don't [...] plant drugs on [people]. Contrary to popular opinion, its not too hard to go about your life without [violating the constitution].
FTFY.
That was one thing that scared me moving from Australia to the USA. Fortunately, despite leaving notes in pockets on more than one occasion the money did survive. I even floated down a river with money in what I thought was a watertight container, and gave them a good couple of hours soak, and they were fine once I dried them too.
"We expect our coders to produce at least 1,000 lines of code per day."
Of course someone passionate about coding would point out why a sentiment like that is bullshit and/or find somewhere better to work.
If you're in a place where 280K would be an increase, I feel quite sorry for you. Maybe if if did interface with a weather service it could prompt you with an occasional "it's nice outside, why not go enjoy it?" when appropriate.
And I think you should have paid more attention in your one class: literally doesn't mean what you think it does.
Yes it does, his brain is so small it was completely filled by the literature course, leaving no room for the ability to type insightful comments to /.
Trust me, you don't want CowbyNeal authorizing nuclear launches.
Why do you think the GOP would do any better?
I agree with your point, but oxidane is the preferred name for dihydrogen monoxide [http://www.iupac.org/fileadmin/user_upload/publications/recommendations/nomenclature-of-organic-chemistry/Chapter2-Sec20-24.pdf]. Also, dihydrogen is just one word and doesn't need a hyphen.
Yes, it was in a clever movie, and it is indeed what people like me do every day. Would you prefer everyone to hide under a blanket their entire lives?
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