Um you want to quote the verse for that? It's certainly not in any bible I have
>There's the passage that states that Pi is 3.
>That's enough for me. I can prove that's wrong
>on a sheet of paper right in front of me. One
>can also look at the various widely divergent
>groups that have
>To put it simply: If evolution supposedly got >everything right, why do so many people have bad >backs, and wisdom teeth problems? Because that's >part of the toolset that got us here. Not what >is perfect for the job right now. We've luckily >learned how to build our own toolkit and that's >going to be the greatest advantage of all.
I'm not a biologist or geneticist, but I see it a little differently. You suggest throughout time humans have always been screwed up. Most things in this world degrade and go towards chaos. UV and radiation causes mutations in our DNA all the time...though most of them are minor. Now that our technology and standard of living are up, we are now able to pass bad genes on to other generations...so that each one gets a little worse. Obviously there are factors to contradict this (such as mixing of dna from each parent). I suppose you could call all this evolution, but I firmly believe we are "fallen" - ie if you go back far enough you will not find any people with flat feet or bad backs because they probably would not have survived to pass on those bad genes. If you look at all the humans today you could find a genetic ideal...something that everyone should have. Arched feet, 20/20 or better eyesight, etc. It would seem to me that genetic engineering could "fix" us and put us back at our genetic ideal, rather than to continue evolution as it were.
C=Celsius/centigrade: Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0 and the boiling point as 100 under normal atmospheric pressure
F=Fahrenheit: Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32F and the boiling point as 212F at one atmosphere of pressure.
K=kelvin: A unit of absolute temperature equal to 1/273.16 of the absolute temperature of the triple point of water. This unit is equal to one Celsius degree.
superconducting: displaying properties of superconductivity: The flow of electric current without resistance in certain metals, alloys, and ceramics at temperatures near absolute zero, and in some cases at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero.
absolute zero: The temperature at which substances possess no thermal energy, equal to -273.15C, or -459.67F
ceramic: Any of various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature.
I remember the "play once" tapes I used to get from consumer research firms. They had a magnet embedded that erased the tape after it had passed over the head. I'd be curious to know how they are doing the reusable tapes
Um, have you read the bible? It is most definately up to interpretation (tons of denominations) and many parts are symbolic and figurative. The entire book of Revelation is a good example of something that cannot be taken 100% literally. Most statements from Jesus are the same (carry your cross, camel going through the eye of a needle, etc.). The reason we take Genesis literally is because people choose to. Was it an actual serprent in the garden, or satan, or both? Did God really walk in the cool of the day, when he has no feet and legs to walk with? This is pretty obvious stuff...
> No, religion doesn't ask anything, it simply >tells and expects blind unwavering faith from >the masses. There is no questioning the faith
Ahh, I just love stereotypical statements from uninformed hypocrits. Perhaps you should get a clue about what you are talking about before you condemn the thousands of religions in this world.
Everyone is whining "but if he doesn't defend it, he'll lose it". Well first off, he always has the option to license the use to OpenSSH (for $1 or whatever). And secondly, OpenSSH isn't even a commercial venture...it just seems he is bitter because openssh hasn't had the same security holes as ssh
When I was 15 and 16 I worked at a local amusement park. You got to punch buttons to run rides (cool) but everything else sucked. You had to have people cuss you out because their kid was too short to ride, had people who would do stupid and dangerous stuff while riding (especially when they were drunk). You'd have to clean trash cans, sweep, and clear up vommit. And sit in 100 degree heat for 8 hours on end. And to top it off, management considered you an expendable no-name number. You were lucky if your supervisor's supervisor knew your name.
While I'm no expert, things in space suffer extreme temperature changes. Can the components hold up to that? And what about power...he'll have to have specially-designed solar panels. And propulsion...where is he going to put the propellant? Not to mention radiation...those macs will be crashing left and right. Its amazing that any idiot can be covered by a bored news media.
Why is this so special? Just take Windows 98, open disk defrag, format a floppy disk, and surf the web...look at that mouse pointer and menus blur!!! And you don't even need mouse trails for it.
I'm not sure how this is news. TurboLinux announced a beta in March.
I also find it ammusing that Compaq had completed porting Tru64 over in April of 1999 but decided to drop the port. It took them only 4 months to do the port.
>Thing is, how many other countries have a major
>space program (host country going bankrupt >notwithstanding) that have a lot of microgravity
>experience, and are politcally friendly?
>The US and France (not that France has any kind
>of space program) are not at the best of terms,
>Germany is still re-building the eastern half,
>the UK... what are they up to, and Japan. >Actually, I'm surprised that Japan isn't >involved... well, maybe they are, but if so, the
>newspeople are ignoring it.
>You can pretty much count out all of Africa, the
>Middle East, most of Asia, South America,and a
>fair chunk of Europe. No one really lives in
>Antarctica, so that really leaves the Aussies.
>Are they involved? If not, why not? (Probably
>because you couldn't convince an Aussie he'd
>need a spacesuit...)
Well while it is true Russia and the U.S. are doing the majority of the work and cost, there are a number of other countries that will contribute after the core of the station is built.
Some of the countries future contributions include:
I liked Sixth Sense a lot but my friend and I just didn't like Unbreakable all that much.
First off, the camera work was quite annoying. I mean, REALLY annoying in the train with the camera going left and right and left and right...I was getting sea sick.
Then throughout almost the ENTIRE movie, Bruce Willis is in a freaking trance. You would think he was on tranquiliziers or maybe he was just a complete IDIOT. I mean, he's whispering throughout the entire movie. His wife says a whole lot of stuff to him, and he can't even reply to her.
The scene with the kid pointing the gun was just plain hilarious...the only problem is I am sure he didn't mean for it to be.
The entire movie was just plain too long and too slow. He should have discovered himself earlier in the movie I think.
The only time he is a hero is near the end, but even then, he only ends up saving 2 of the 4.
His weakness is just plain silly...maybe he needs to take swimming lessons or something.
The ending made no sense unless you consider Elijah to be completely insane. If you're the villan, why would you want to create a hero and then confess all your crimes to him?? I know people have said villans always think they are right...but clearly Mr. Glass indicates he is looking for a hero, that he isn't it, and he even says he is the archnemesis...the one on the other end of the curve.
I do agree with some who have said that a triology is planned and Mr. Glass is NOT the villan. Well obviously he is in jail, but more so, he's too plain stupid to be the villan.
>While on vacation in London, the first day I was >standing in line to buy a underground pass and >some lady walked up and asked "Are you in the >queue?"
I guess you've never been to an amusement park or looked into programming?
>Seriously, the tar example happened to me after >moving to the south. It confused the hell out of >me when I was working at Sam's Club and a guy >was asking where he could get tar from
Hmm well in South Carolina tar is a sticky black substance. Perhaps its only in Alabama.
>low pitch may think differently about a piece of music, or a type of noise, than you or I might.
This reminds me of something. When monitors start to go bad, they get this really high pitched squeal. I can hear it just fine and it irritates the hell out of me. But many other people around me can't hear it. Kindof interesting to see who can and who can't.
You seem to forget that Napster is technology. You're saying that Napster is responsible for music theft...that may be true, but its the USERS that do that. This is a flawed argument. It's like saying "two criminals used the telephone to plan their crime, so therefore, the telephone company should be sued". Sure napster makes it easy to steal music...the telephone makes it easy to talk to people too. (And no, I don't advocate pirating music, but I don't advocate destroying technology either)
This argument is just plain flawed...you're trying to stereotype a whole group of people. Do you think every democrat is the same, or every muslim, or every christian, or every school teacher, or every postman? There are wacko extremists in *every* group of people...thats just plain fact. But that doesn't negate the overall purpoe of any such group.
Hey guess what...we're not on a desert island. A woman can get the resources she needs to sustain a baby until birth. There is no reason anymore for an aborting except A) rape B) birth defects C) convenience/lack of responsibility
You're being just stupid. A human's rights begin when he/she is born? So that means it is OK to kill a baby the day before its due? That seems to be what you're saying.
Hey it's not your body...it's your babies body...you're killing the baby. It has a beating heart, and yet it has no rights? You're the one who chose to sleep around, so learn some responsibility. Your rights stop where another's begins. If you're too stupid to use birth control, then you have nobody to blame but yourself. It really annoys me to see people trivializing infantcide.
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Um you want to quote the verse for that? It's certainly not in any bible I have
>There's the passage that states that Pi is 3.
>That's enough for me. I can prove that's wrong
>on a sheet of paper right in front of me. One
>can also look at the various widely divergent
>groups that have
In South Carolina, if you buy over the Internet and are not charged tax in the retailer's state, then you have to pay a use tax in SC.
See: SC Press Release
>To put it simply: If evolution supposedly got >everything right, why do so many people have bad >backs, and wisdom teeth problems? Because that's >part of the toolset that got us here. Not what >is perfect for the job right now. We've luckily >learned how to build our own toolkit and that's >going to be the greatest advantage of all. I'm not a biologist or geneticist, but I see it a little differently. You suggest throughout time humans have always been screwed up. Most things in this world degrade and go towards chaos. UV and radiation causes mutations in our DNA all the time...though most of them are minor. Now that our technology and standard of living are up, we are now able to pass bad genes on to other generations...so that each one gets a little worse. Obviously there are factors to contradict this (such as mixing of dna from each parent). I suppose you could call all this evolution, but I firmly believe we are "fallen" - ie if you go back far enough you will not find any people with flat feet or bad backs because they probably would not have survived to pass on those bad genes. If you look at all the humans today you could find a genetic ideal...something that everyone should have. Arched feet, 20/20 or better eyesight, etc. It would seem to me that genetic engineering could "fix" us and put us back at our genetic ideal, rather than to continue evolution as it were.
I didn't see one yet so I figured I'd do it...
-234 C = -389.2 F
C=Celsius/centigrade: Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 0 and the boiling point as 100 under normal atmospheric pressure
F=Fahrenheit: Of or relating to a temperature scale that registers the freezing point of water as 32F and the boiling point as 212F at one atmosphere of pressure.
K=kelvin: A unit of absolute temperature equal to 1/273.16 of the absolute temperature of the triple point of water. This unit is equal to one Celsius degree.
superconducting: displaying properties of superconductivity: The flow of electric current without resistance in certain metals, alloys, and ceramics at temperatures near absolute zero, and in some cases at temperatures hundreds of degrees above absolute zero.
absolute zero: The temperature at which substances possess no thermal energy, equal to -273.15C, or -459.67F
ceramic: Any of various hard, brittle, heat-resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made by shaping and then firing a nonmetallic mineral, such as clay, at a high temperature.
lick: To pass the tongue over or along
I remember the "play once" tapes I used to get from consumer research firms. They had a magnet embedded that erased the tape after it had passed over the head. I'd be curious to know how they are doing the reusable tapes
> In Christianity, bible == word of god == truth
Um, have you read the bible? It is most definately up to interpretation (tons of denominations) and many parts are symbolic and figurative. The entire book of Revelation is a good example of something that cannot be taken 100% literally. Most statements from Jesus are the same (carry your cross, camel going through the eye of a needle, etc.). The reason we take Genesis literally is because people choose to. Was it an actual serprent in the garden, or satan, or both? Did God really walk in the cool of the day, when he has no feet and legs to walk with? This is pretty obvious stuff...
> No, religion doesn't ask anything, it simply >tells and expects blind unwavering faith from >the masses. There is no questioning the faith
Ahh, I just love stereotypical statements from uninformed hypocrits. Perhaps you should get a clue about what you are talking about before you condemn the thousands of religions in this world.
Everyone is whining "but if he doesn't defend it, he'll lose it". Well first off, he always has the option to license the use to OpenSSH (for $1 or whatever). And secondly, OpenSSH isn't even a commercial venture...it just seems he is bitter because openssh hasn't had the same security holes as ssh
When I was 15 and 16 I worked at a local amusement park. You got to punch buttons to run rides (cool) but everything else sucked. You had to have people cuss you out because their kid was too short to ride, had people who would do stupid and dangerous stuff while riding (especially when they were drunk). You'd have to clean trash cans, sweep, and clear up vommit. And sit in 100 degree heat for 8 hours on end. And to top it off, management considered you an expendable no-name number. You were lucky if your supervisor's supervisor knew your name.
While I'm no expert, things in space suffer extreme temperature changes. Can the components hold up to that? And what about power...he'll have to have specially-designed solar panels. And propulsion...where is he going to put the propellant? Not to mention radiation...those macs will be crashing left and right. Its amazing that any idiot can be covered by a bored news media.
Why is this so special? Just take Windows 98, open disk defrag, format a floppy disk, and surf the web...look at that mouse pointer and menus blur!!! And you don't even need mouse trails for it.
I also find it ammusing that Compaq had completed porting Tru64 over in April of 1999 but decided to drop the port. It took them only 4 months to do the port.
>space program (host country going bankrupt
>notwithstanding) that have a lot of microgravity
>experience, and are politcally friendly?
>The US and France (not that France has any kind
>of space program) are not at the best of terms,
>Germany is still re-building the eastern half,
>the UK... what are they up to, and Japan.
>Actually, I'm surprised that Japan isn't
>involved... well, maybe they are, but if so, the
>newspeople are ignoring it.
>You can pretty much count out all of Africa, the
>Middle East, most of Asia, South America,and a
>fair chunk of Europe. No one really lives in
>Antarctica, so that really leaves the Aussies.
>Are they involved? If not, why not? (Probably
>because you couldn't convince an Aussie he'd
>need a spacesuit...)
Well while it is true Russia and the U.S. are doing the majority of the work and cost, there are a number of other countries that will contribute after the core of the station is built.
Some of the countries future contributions include:
U.S.:
-Truss and Photovoltaic Arrays
-U.S. Lab
-Centrifuge Accomodation Module
-Node 2
-Node 3
-Crew Return Vehicle (X-38)
-Habitation Module
Russia:
-Science Power Platform
-Universal Docking Module
-Research Module 1
-Research Module 2
-Docking Compartment
Japan:
-Kibo [JEM Experimental Logistics Module, JEM Remote Manipulator System, JEM Exposed Facility]
European Union:
-European Lab/Columbus Orbital Facility
Canada:
-CSA Remote Manipulator System (robot arm)
Italy:
-Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (A supply "van" for moving stuff from Earth to the station) Brazil: Express Express
Some excellent links:
Some spoilers below...
I liked Sixth Sense a lot but my friend and I just didn't like Unbreakable all that much.
First off, the camera work was quite annoying. I mean, REALLY annoying in the train with the camera going left and right and left and right...I was getting sea sick.
Then throughout almost the ENTIRE movie, Bruce Willis is in a freaking trance. You would think he was on tranquiliziers or maybe he was just a complete IDIOT. I mean, he's whispering throughout the entire movie. His wife says a whole lot of stuff to him, and he can't even reply to her.
The scene with the kid pointing the gun was just plain hilarious...the only problem is I am sure he didn't mean for it to be.
The entire movie was just plain too long and too slow. He should have discovered himself earlier in the movie I think.
The only time he is a hero is near the end, but even then, he only ends up saving 2 of the 4.
His weakness is just plain silly...maybe he needs to take swimming lessons or something.
The ending made no sense unless you consider Elijah to be completely insane. If you're the villan, why would you want to create a hero and then confess all your crimes to him?? I know people have said villans always think they are right...but clearly Mr. Glass indicates he is looking for a hero, that he isn't it, and he even says he is the archnemesis...the one on the other end of the curve.
I do agree with some who have said that a triology is planned and Mr. Glass is NOT the villan. Well obviously he is in jail, but more so, he's too plain stupid to be the villan.
>While on vacation in London, the first day I was >standing in line to buy a underground pass and >some lady walked up and asked "Are you in the >queue?"
I guess you've never been to an amusement park or looked into programming?
>Seriously, the tar example happened to me after >moving to the south. It confused the hell out of >me when I was working at Sam's Club and a guy >was asking where he could get tar from
Hmm well in South Carolina tar is a sticky black substance. Perhaps its only in Alabama.
>low pitch may think differently about a piece of music, or a type of noise, than you or I might.
This reminds me of something. When monitors start to go bad, they get this really high pitched squeal. I can hear it just fine and it irritates the hell out of me. But many other people around me can't hear it. Kindof interesting to see who can and who can't.
You seem to forget that Napster is technology. You're saying that Napster is responsible for music theft...that may be true, but its the USERS that do that. This is a flawed argument. It's like saying "two criminals used the telephone to plan their crime, so therefore, the telephone company should be sued". Sure napster makes it easy to steal music...the telephone makes it easy to talk to people too. (And no, I don't advocate pirating music, but I don't advocate destroying technology either)
And the o.j. simpson trial showed that DNA is not unique either...
Hmm, when I see arrows I usually think they are meant to point me to something. I guess not everyone thinks that way.
This argument is just plain flawed...you're trying to stereotype a whole group of people. Do you think every democrat is the same, or every muslim, or every christian, or every school teacher, or every postman? There are wacko extremists in *every* group of people...thats just plain fact. But that doesn't negate the overall purpoe of any such group.
Hey guess what...we're not on a desert island. A woman can get the resources she needs to sustain a baby until birth. There is no reason anymore for an aborting except A) rape B) birth defects C) convenience/lack of responsibility
You're being just stupid. A human's rights begin when he/she is born? So that means it is OK to kill a baby the day before its due? That seems to be what you're saying.
Hey it's not your body...it's your babies body...you're killing the baby. It has a beating heart, and yet it has no rights? You're the one who chose to sleep around, so learn some responsibility. Your rights stop where another's begins. If you're too stupid to use birth control, then you have nobody to blame but yourself. It really annoys me to see people trivializing infantcide.