Quakes are the least of your problems... Think about the *mini-black holes*!!! They are created all the time in Geneva already to create the holes in their cheese, but a larger collider = larger black holes. The whole earth might turn into a hole-riddled-cheese! Think about the children!
>> Well, really, mentally disturbed people and anything that can kill lots of people.
Exactly! Never have mentally disturbed people handle: Knives, scissors, cars, diesel, fertiliser, glass bottles, a television that shows American Idol, chainsaws, nailguns, hands, arms or legs, trucks, matches, gasoline, cigarettes / cigars / pipes (Don't forget 2nd hand smoke y'all!), bleach, old refrigerators that contain CFC's, nitrogen, capacitors, LPG, lighters, and much much more!
Actually... We should ban them all. And blind children as of birth on one eye so they can never do any harm because of a lack of depth perception. Really... The answer here is not ban all guns/ammo. The issue here is a sociological one. How come that these kinds of accidents never happen in Switzerland where guns are really abundant, but 99% of the gun related deaths are suicide (1% is made up from unintentional, homicide or remains undetermined). It is because there is a different society that handles its (potential) problems differently. Obviously the US has some research to do around the world. Not only in this field by the way. Take a look at how other countries teach Darwinism for example, and make a comparison of Sweden, The US and Iran... Where do you think the US is heading? Take a look outside the US, it doesn't harm to ask around. See what practices are developed elsewhere and deliberate. What is harmful is to be too cocky and proud to ask for help while your civilians are shooting each others brains out. Or at least that is IMHO.
>> As others have noticed, you have taken these verses from the Qur'an completely out of context
As I replied there, please give us some context...
>> Your vitriol suggests that you have made no honest assessment of the content of the Qur'an, and are merely parroting propaganda that others have compiled.
I have read the Koran twice. Once to get an overview, second time to understand it in the respective contexts. Reason is that the Koran is written and then hashed into chapters short to long. Why this is done, I have no clue. I read it in English, not in Arabic. This is usually the second 'argument' muslims have because the Koran (according to them and the Dimmies) can only be properly understood if read in Arabic. This is not true, because the Koran is rewritten in modern Arabic (with the little dots) somewhere around the 1500's. The only thing I got from it is one word: Trouble.
>> All religions have some followers who go astray and commit atrocities.
Yes, this is true. No doubt. But... both in numbers as percentage-wise the mohammedans are (by far) on top of the list. Not only in quantity but also in severity.
>> "Whoever tells a lie against me intentionally then let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire." There we go again...
Neh, woulnd go actively showing pron of course. More like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd3oYFS9g9I On the other hand, there is sex everywhere. Guy drives along with rap music booming out of the car with explicit lyrics, advertisements, and according to some feminists even a Barbie doll is sexualised. This is hardly different from the times I grew up. Was I 'traumatised'? Nope! I had great parents who answered all my questions as good as they could. One of the tasks a parent faces is guidance. If she goes looking up pictures with "pussy" then it's better to tell how she can use a search engine better, understands a little bit more about life in general and language in specific, and be a bit more harnessed against the big bad world.
Since you seem to know the scripture far better than I do, can you please enlighten us with some context?
Sura 2:191 (You may kill those who wage war against you, and you may evict them whence they evicted you. Oppression is worse than murder. Do not fight them at the Sacred Masjid, unless they attack you therein. If they attack you, you may kill them. This is the just retribution for those disbelievers) is actually really rather peaceful and it means:
Sura 5:33 (The just retribution for those who fight GOD and His messenger, and commit horrendous crimes, is to be killed, or crucified, or to have their hands and feet cut off on alternate sides, or to be banished from the land. This is to humiliate them in this life, then they suffer a far worse retribution in the Hereafter.) is actually really rather peaceful and it means:
Sura 8:12 (Recall that your Lord inspired the angels: "I am with you; so support those who believed. I will throw terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved. You may strike them above the necks, and you may strike even every finger.") is actually really rather peaceful and it means:
Sura 8:60 (You shall prepare for them all the power you can muster, and all the equipment you can mobilize, that you may frighten the enemies of GOD, your enemies, as well as others who are not known to you; GOD knows them. Whatever you spend in the cause of GOD will be repaid to you generously, without the least injustice.) is actually really rather peaceful and it means:
Sura 8:65 (O you prophet, you shall exhort the believers to fight. If there are twenty of you who are steadfast, they can defeat two hundred, and a hundred of you can defeat a thousand of those who disbelieved. That is because they are people who do not understand.) is actually really rather peaceful and it means:
Sura 9:5 (Once the Sacred Months are past, you may kill the idol worshippers when you encounter them, punish them, and resist every move they make. If they repent and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), you shall let them go. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.) is actually meant respectful and it means:
Sura 9:29 (You shall fight back against those who do not believe in GOD, nor in the Last Day, nor do they prohibit what GOD and His messenger have prohibited, nor do they abide by the religion of truth - among those who received the scripture - until they pay the due tax, willingly or unwillingly.) is actually really tolerant and it means:
Sura 9: 123 (O you who believe, you shall fight the disbelievers who attack you - let them find you stern - and know that GOD is with the righteous.) is actually really rather peaceful and it means:
Sura 47:4 (If you encounter (in war) those who disbelieve, you may strike the necks. If you take them as captives you may set them free or ransom them, until the war ends. Had GOD willed, He could have granted you victory, without war. But He thus tests you by one another. As for those who get killed in the cause of GOD, He will never put their sacrifice to waste.) actually means:
Thank you in advance for your insights. These insights are more than useful in a debate like this.
There is a difference between religions. In one violence is condemned and only to be applied by god, the other tells people to actively engage in violence themselves if the focus is on the biggest two.
In the Koran the muslims are told to be violent against sub-humans (non-muslims). The Koran goes as far as to call non-muslims monkeys and pigs. That violence and name-calling can be found here (Sura 2:191), here (Sura 5:33), here (Sura 8:12), here (Sura 8:60*), here (Sura 8:65), here (Sura 9:5), here (9:29*), here (Sura 9: 123*) and finally there (47:4). Marked * are disputable, it all depends a bit which translation is being used one can be found here: http://www.universalunity.net/English_Translation_By_R_Khalifa.htm they CAN be read as non violent, but as we -unfortunately- all know this is hardly ever the case. Jesus told us to turn the other cheek, and to me that is hardly immoral. Maybe meek. But not immoral. So please focus on the problem here. The Koran and its scimitar wielding mohammedan followers are as welcome on earth as a handgranade with the pin taken out in a kindergarten, most of the other religions... meh, not so much a problem. Ok, here and there a petrol bomb on an abortion clinic by some sort of a Christian weirdo who doesn't follow his/her own scripture, but that is usually about it. Those are (no matter how horrific) mere accidents compared to the daily crimes against humanity committed by the followers of the religion of peace and respect. And very mild ones too if you take in the severity of the hideous crimes of those hatebeards. And yes Sheldon this is sarcasm. Cutting of clitorises of 5 year old girls, making women wear a burqua's and head-scarves, maiming of women for (supposedly) looking at another man, beheading for 'sorcery', burning down churches, hanging of people who are gay or listen to the 'wrong music', stoning of women because they are raped and therefore (obviously) are prostitutes... the list goes on. Hardly a sign of peace let alone respect huh? Oh, and that is what is happening today. Not 3000 years ago (Troy) or 500 years ago (inquisition) or whatever. The last biggies (Napoleonitic wars, crim-war, boerwar (both 1 and 2), American Civil war, WW1, WW2 and finally the Cold war) were not fought under the flag of religion (with a slight difference in Nippon where the emperor was to believed to be god). Oh, and while we are at it, can we please keep out the Jainists? Can we keep out the Budhists as well too? (Ok technically speaking not a religion, but you get the point)
There is no problem in religion in itself. Religion gives people a reason for self-reflection, a purpose in life, a way finding consolidation in the loss of a loved one. I dont think a creationist is/has a problem. It is a funny way of renouncing a proven fact, but hey... it is not harmful, all the 5 year old's still grow up with a clitoris. That is the whole point of my post I think; leave people alone, all of you!
There is more than Bing y'know? I would actually warm-heartedly endorse ixquick. I use it for about two years now, and it is getting better and better in giving the results I am looking for. Also you might want to take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines To stay a bit more on-topic... If my 7 year old daughter would ask me what 'blow-job' means Ill tell her. (oh and ask where she got that word from) It is called "education", just like "why is the sky blue" and "do I get hairy legs like mama too"? I think that overprotection is a bad thing. Whether it is sex, violence or anything else, it is part of life. Suck. It. Up.
>> I get upward spikes lasting about a week, corresponding to epidemics of particular strains. But there are also downward spikes lasting about a week. They occur at random, independent of the upward spikes
What do you mean with 'random'? Do you think that it might be prove that God does play dice after all? If yes... all I can say is that I always thought that Einstein was wrong... But now there seems to be conclusive prove! Oh... wait... what?
Well, yknow... A/. article is not a/. article if its not mentioning bitcoins. A 'green' article is not a 'green' article without mentioning CO2. It is the law!:-D
What I expect a scientist NOT to do is scaremongering like:
1950's Peak oil; no more oil in 1970... never happened 1960's Big freeze; a new ice age was about to start (because of constantly FALLING global temperatures)... nothing happened 1970`s Acid rain will wipe us all out by 1985... never happened 1970's Overpopulation will lead to famines and mass extinction of humans... nothing happened 1976 Swine flu will wipe us all out... nothing happened 1970's Peak oil; no more oil in 1990's... never happened 1970's The ozone layer will disappear. CFC's were banned; the ozone layer is still growing... nothing spectacular happened 1980's AIDS will wipe all the gay's out... later replaced by 'will wipe us all out'... nothing happened 2000's Peak Oil; no more oil in 2020... bit early to tell... but I have a hunch 2003: SARS will wipe us all out... nothing happened 2005: Avian flu will wipe us all out... nothing happened 2012: IPCC 2013 tells us that the sea level will rise six feet by next January
What I do expect a scientist to do is keep calm and give an accurate prediction with all the if's and but's included, not an alarmist prediction that gets your face on the news. If there is a scientist in a 'prime time talk-show' I immediately stop believing them. The story has to be dumbed down to such an extend that it becomes about as scientifically rigorous as this IPCC prank that is going on for far to long. Get a 'shopping bag for life' and a 'special light bulb' if you really believe that it will make a difference, but leave me in peace please.
It is more apocalyptic than ever before. And I betya that the IPCC 2014 is even more horrendous! When will it become so silly that even the most hard-core greenies cant take it serious anymore? The earth has been much warmer and much cooler than these day's, the difference is that now we are here with a lot. That is correlation, not causation... For those who have some difficulties telling them apart, go and do a statistics class. For you who already did that; here is an obligatory xkcd reference...
t+0.1 seconds: fucking hell, not ANOTHER bitcoinstory t+1.3 seconds: (after reading the title) Hmmm... this might actually be interesting t+1minute: (after reading the summary) this is actually cool, a bitcoin bank! t+3minutes: (after reading the above)... actually it's not that cool at all:-( t+5minutes: (after replying) I feel like I should get a life...
Sorry mate! I think I made a pre-assumption there. Still I salute you for not idling in the mall and talking crap though:-) I dont have FB, dont chat, hardly SMS and never tweeted a thing for the reasons I falsely thought were you're motivations as well. On the other hand, I think that it just takes time to find out about you, with the stuff you think that it doesn't account for you. It is a bit like the 'free association' shrinks use. In such a session you put out a lot, and the shrink can than use the output to make a hypothesis on your inner workings. In your case it just takes a little longer. Therefore I try to keep my 'output' in the on-line world as small as possible. No one has a face with my nick, not my family, not my friends, not my girlfriend, no one. On-line and off-line are to this day separated. As one of the/.readers put it: Say as little as possible on the webs, encrypt as much as possible, make anyone who wants to find out a thing; use the maximum of resources to find zilch. Hell, I got a band-aid over my integrated webcam just to be sure!:-D Sorry again, surely hope you're not sad now.
Hmmm... this makes me remember a story I heard from a penetration tester. He 'lost' a usb-stick in a non-conspicuous place in the toilet nearest to the IT department of a business he was hired to test. Guess what... Within 45 minutes someone inserted the stick, opened the malicious.pdf on a system that was connected to the net... and he found himself on the yellow brick road with a little dog called Toto, and full access to the systems of the wicked witch of the east! Lesson learned: even old tech works with geeks:-) How is that for a brainfest huh?
UID 723572 doesn't seem to hide anything imho. He is just very conscience about his position in a world where both the government and corporate entities want to know ALL there is about EVERYONE. He probably prefers to talk personally rather than SMS/tweet/FB/chat everything to the entire world, and I salute him for it, for he is right. Somehow western societies (both in Yurp and Yankeeland) these day's think you are a weirdo if you like your privacy. The "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear"-card is played far to easy, just as the "we need to do this to fight terrorists/paedophiles"-card. (respectively Yankeeland and Yurp in case you wondered) Do you, as a/. reader, REALLY believe terrorists and paedophiles use facebook to achieve their goals? Really? I surely hope not. So why does the government have to be able to access that? The exception here is Germany, but than again they have had some experience with the government wanting to know a little bit to much about its civilians (Gestapo / Stasi, in case you were puzzled a bit again). The most important tool a government has to control its people is data. And if you think things like that wont happen these day's I guess you go and do a history course......Or go and live in North Korea for a while...
While you're there say hi to the guys of the SSD for me, will you!:-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Security_Department
In addition to the request for a nice computer analogue, please refrain from calling "a certain OS" outdated, Alzheimer riddled and largely blind to security issues due to senile cataract. It is disrespectful to the elderly. Thank you.:-)
I agree, 50 years ago, when these people were 15 "Nigeria" was no more than a question on their topography test. Also, scammers have to find new way's to scam all the time. What worked well for them in 1978 doesn't work these day's (maybe there is an exception for ponzy schemes and pyramid fraud which were 0-day exploits in 1463, but still remain unpatched) Now I think of it, as this is/. maybe a computer analogue is called for... Scammers find 0-day exploits to scam the elderly then, after a while, the elderly are warned by the media and the scam doesn't work that good any longer. Virus makers find 0-day exploits to ravage MS boxes, and people use a VS that (after some time) renders the virus useless.
Ok, maybe that is not such a good one. Anyone care to make a good one?;-)
As long as there are "illuminaty" signs on the coin to keep the tinfoil folks happy... And one can roll it up to snort ehmm medicine, to keep the party people happy... I am happy...
The matter is that stuff that comes right after Ununoctium - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ununoctium - and is usually only found dowsing. Or the stuff that makes makes homoeopathy work. And where aura's are made up from. Finally proof! Ha, I bet you wont find any disbelievers any more now!
Now I think of it.... Blast! I always claimed that the paranormal cant be measured with 'conventional' physics... Now I am truly confused what exactly to believe... I'll be off to my tarot cards to see what I shall make of this news! G'bye all!
Rrrrrrright... Fahrenheit... Why not put it in Rankine, Delisle, Newton, Réaumur and Rømer as well? Only the 'Merkens use Fahrenheit for god knows what reason. Maybe they cling onto it so they keep the brains sharp. Converting 3/7 cubic inch to gallon by head is just difficult... And more useful than sudoku's if I may add. Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_conversion_formulas
In these modern day's there are only two breaks a wage-slave has in the last bits of the year: winter break and the flu... Before you know it the boss will "offer" you this for free because it is "good for your health" and BANG! You only have the winter break. That means that you HAVE to break a leg or stick a skying pole in your left eye in order to squeeze out a little more... So in the long term it is actually bad for your health! Skying is dumb, and ending up at an ER room (that looks like a Kabul market after a bomb attack) by accident is even more stupid. But when actually forced to do so by your boss... man what time do we live in?:-D
Yup! 469682uid's newer than you actually. That is why I also forgot to put in "OMG Ponies!" because I am a complete n00b and just came out of my egg yesterday...:-P
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Quakes are the least of your problems... Think about the *mini-black holes*!!!
They are created all the time in Geneva already to create the holes in their cheese, but a larger collider = larger black holes. The whole earth might turn into a hole-riddled-cheese! Think about the children!
>> Well, really, mentally disturbed people and anything that can kill lots of people.
Exactly! Never have mentally disturbed people handle:
Knives, scissors, cars, diesel, fertiliser, glass bottles, a television that shows American Idol, chainsaws, nailguns, hands, arms or legs, trucks, matches, gasoline, cigarettes / cigars / pipes (Don't forget 2nd hand smoke y'all!), bleach, old refrigerators that contain CFC's, nitrogen, capacitors, LPG, lighters, and much much more!
Actually... We should ban them all. And blind children as of birth on one eye so they can never do any harm because of a lack of depth perception. Really... The answer here is not ban all guns/ammo. The issue here is a sociological one. How come that these kinds of accidents never happen in Switzerland where guns are really abundant, but 99% of the gun related deaths are suicide (1% is made up from unintentional, homicide or remains undetermined). It is because there is a different society that handles its (potential) problems differently.
Obviously the US has some research to do around the world. Not only in this field by the way. Take a look at how other countries teach Darwinism for example, and make a comparison of Sweden, The US and Iran... Where do you think the US is heading?
Take a look outside the US, it doesn't harm to ask around. See what practices are developed elsewhere and deliberate. What is harmful is to be too cocky and proud to ask for help while your civilians are shooting each others brains out.
Or at least that is IMHO.
>> As others have noticed, you have taken these verses from the Qur'an completely out of context
As I replied there, please give us some context...
>> Your vitriol suggests that you have made no honest assessment of the content of the Qur'an, and are merely parroting propaganda that others have compiled.
I have read the Koran twice. Once to get an overview, second time to understand it in the respective contexts. Reason is that the Koran is written and then hashed into chapters short to long. Why this is done, I have no clue. I read it in English, not in Arabic. This is usually the second 'argument' muslims have because the Koran (according to them and the Dimmies) can only be properly understood if read in Arabic. This is not true, because the Koran is rewritten in modern Arabic (with the little dots) somewhere around the 1500's.
The only thing I got from it is one word: Trouble.
>> All religions have some followers who go astray and commit atrocities.
Yes, this is true. No doubt. But... both in numbers as percentage-wise the mohammedans are (by far) on top of the list. Not only in quantity but also in severity.
>> "Whoever tells a lie against me intentionally then let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire."
There we go again...
Neh, woulnd go actively showing pron of course. More like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd3oYFS9g9I
On the other hand, there is sex everywhere. Guy drives along with rap music booming out of the car with explicit lyrics, advertisements, and according to some feminists even a Barbie doll is sexualised.
This is hardly different from the times I grew up. Was I 'traumatised'? Nope! I had great parents who answered all my questions as good as they could. One of the tasks a parent faces is guidance. If she goes looking up pictures with "pussy" then it's better to tell how she can use a search engine better, understands a little bit more about life in general and language in specific, and be a bit more harnessed against the big bad world.
Since you seem to know the scripture far better than I do, can you please enlighten us with some context?
Sura 2:191 (You may kill those who wage war against you, and you may evict them whence they evicted you. Oppression is worse than murder. Do not fight them at the Sacred Masjid, unless they attack you therein. If they attack you, you may kill them. This is the just retribution for those disbelievers) is actually really rather peaceful and it means:
Sura 5:33 (The just retribution for those who fight GOD and His messenger, and commit horrendous crimes, is to be killed, or crucified, or to have their hands and feet cut off on alternate sides, or to be banished from the land. This is to humiliate them in this life, then they suffer a far worse retribution in the Hereafter.) is actually really rather peaceful and it means:
Sura 8:12 (Recall that your Lord inspired the angels: "I am with you; so support those who believed. I will throw terror into the hearts of those who disbelieved. You may strike them above the necks, and you may strike even every finger.") is actually really rather peaceful and it means:
Sura 8:60 (You shall prepare for them all the power you can muster, and all the equipment you can mobilize, that you may frighten the enemies of GOD, your enemies, as well as others who are not known to you; GOD knows them. Whatever you spend in the cause of GOD will be repaid to you generously, without the least injustice.) is actually really rather peaceful and it means:
Sura 8:65 (O you prophet, you shall exhort the believers to fight. If there are twenty of you who are steadfast, they can defeat two hundred, and a hundred of you can defeat a thousand of those who disbelieved. That is because they are people who do not understand.) is actually really rather peaceful and it means:
Sura 9:5 (Once the Sacred Months are past, you may kill the idol worshippers when you encounter them, punish them, and resist every move they make. If they repent and observe the Contact Prayers (Salat) and give the obligatory charity (Zakat), you shall let them go. GOD is Forgiver, Most Merciful.) is actually meant respectful and it means:
Sura 9:29 (You shall fight back against those who do not believe in GOD, nor in the Last Day, nor do they prohibit what GOD and His messenger have prohibited, nor do they abide by the religion of truth - among those who received the scripture - until they pay the due tax, willingly or unwillingly.) is actually really tolerant and it means:
Sura 9: 123 (O you who believe, you shall fight the disbelievers who attack you - let them find you stern - and know that GOD is with the righteous.) is actually really rather peaceful and it means:
Sura 47:4 (If you encounter (in war) those who disbelieve, you may strike the necks. If you take them as captives you may set them free or ransom them, until the war ends. Had GOD willed, He could have granted you victory, without war. But He thus tests you by one another. As for those who get killed in the cause of GOD, He will never put their sacrifice to waste.) actually means:
Thank you in advance for your insights. These insights are more than useful in a debate like this.
There is a difference between religions. In one violence is condemned and only to be applied by god, the other tells people to actively engage in violence themselves if the focus is on the biggest two.
In the Koran the muslims are told to be violent against sub-humans (non-muslims). The Koran goes as far as to call non-muslims monkeys and pigs. That violence and name-calling can be found here (Sura 2:191), here (Sura 5:33), here (Sura 8:12), here (Sura 8:60*), here (Sura 8:65), here (Sura 9:5), here (9:29*), here (Sura 9: 123*) and finally there (47:4). Marked * are disputable, it all depends a bit which translation is being used one can be found here: http://www.universalunity.net/English_Translation_By_R_Khalifa.htm they CAN be read as non violent, but as we -unfortunately- all know this is hardly ever the case.
Jesus told us to turn the other cheek, and to me that is hardly immoral. Maybe meek. But not immoral.
So please focus on the problem here. The Koran and its scimitar wielding mohammedan followers are as welcome on earth as a handgranade with the pin taken out in a kindergarten, most of the other religions... meh, not so much a problem.
Ok, here and there a petrol bomb on an abortion clinic by some sort of a Christian weirdo who doesn't follow his/her own scripture, but that is usually about it. Those are (no matter how horrific) mere accidents compared to the daily crimes against humanity committed by the followers of the religion of peace and respect. And very mild ones too if you take in the severity of the hideous crimes of those hatebeards. And yes Sheldon this is sarcasm. Cutting of clitorises of 5 year old girls, making women wear a burqua's and head-scarves, maiming of women for (supposedly) looking at another man, beheading for 'sorcery', burning down churches, hanging of people who are gay or listen to the 'wrong music', stoning of women because they are raped and therefore (obviously) are prostitutes... the list goes on. Hardly a sign of peace let alone respect huh?
Oh, and that is what is happening today. Not 3000 years ago (Troy) or 500 years ago (inquisition) or whatever. The last biggies (Napoleonitic wars, crim-war, boerwar (both 1 and 2), American Civil war, WW1, WW2 and finally the Cold war) were not fought under the flag of religion (with a slight difference in Nippon where the emperor was to believed to be god).
Oh, and while we are at it, can we please keep out the Jainists? Can we keep out the Budhists as well too? (Ok technically speaking not a religion, but you get the point)
There is no problem in religion in itself. Religion gives people a reason for self-reflection, a purpose in life, a way finding consolidation in the loss of a loved one. I dont think a creationist is/has a problem. It is a funny way of renouncing a proven fact, but hey... it is not harmful, all the 5 year old's still grow up with a clitoris. That is the whole point of my post I think; leave people alone, all of you!
There is more than Bing y'know? I would actually warm-heartedly endorse ixquick. I use it for about two years now, and it is getting better and better in giving the results I am looking for.
Also you might want to take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_search_engines
To stay a bit more on-topic... If my 7 year old daughter would ask me what 'blow-job' means Ill tell her. (oh and ask where she got that word from) It is called "education", just like "why is the sky blue" and "do I get hairy legs like mama too"? I think that overprotection is a bad thing. Whether it is sex, violence or anything else, it is part of life. Suck. It. Up.
>> I get upward spikes lasting about a week, corresponding to epidemics of particular strains. But there are also downward spikes lasting about a week. They occur at random, independent of the upward spikes
What do you mean with 'random'? Do you think that it might be prove that God does play dice after all?
If yes... all I can say is that I always thought that Einstein was wrong... But now there seems to be conclusive prove!
Oh...
wait...
what?
Well, yknow... /. article is not a /. article if its not mentioning bitcoins. :-D
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A 'green' article is not a 'green' article without mentioning CO2.
It is the law!
What I expect a scientist NOT to do is scaremongering like:
1950's Peak oil; no more oil in 1970... never happened
1960's Big freeze; a new ice age was about to start (because of constantly FALLING global temperatures)... nothing happened
1970`s Acid rain will wipe us all out by 1985... never happened
1970's Overpopulation will lead to famines and mass extinction of humans... nothing happened
1976 Swine flu will wipe us all out... nothing happened
1970's Peak oil; no more oil in 1990's... never happened
1970's The ozone layer will disappear. CFC's were banned; the ozone layer is still growing... nothing spectacular happened
1980's AIDS will wipe all the gay's out... later replaced by 'will wipe us all out'... nothing happened
2000's Peak Oil; no more oil in 2020... bit early to tell... but I have a hunch
2003: SARS will wipe us all out... nothing happened
2005: Avian flu will wipe us all out... nothing happened
2012: IPCC 2013 tells us that the sea level will rise six feet by next January
What I do expect a scientist to do is keep calm and give an accurate prediction with all the if's and but's included, not an alarmist prediction that gets your face on the news. If there is a scientist in a 'prime time talk-show' I immediately stop believing them. The story has to be dumbed down to such an extend that it becomes about as scientifically rigorous as this IPCC prank that is going on for far to long.
Get a 'shopping bag for life' and a 'special light bulb' if you really believe that it will make a difference, but leave me in peace please.
http://xkcd.com/552/
Now with link...
Sorry...
It is more apocalyptic than ever before. And I betya that the IPCC 2014 is even more horrendous!
When will it become so silly that even the most hard-core greenies cant take it serious anymore? The earth has been much warmer and much cooler than these day's, the difference is that now we are here with a lot. That is correlation, not causation...
For those who have some difficulties telling them apart, go and do a statistics class. For you who already did that; here is an obligatory xkcd reference...
t+0.1 seconds: fucking hell, not ANOTHER bitcoinstory :-(
t+1.3 seconds: (after reading the title) Hmmm... this might actually be interesting
t+1minute: (after reading the summary) this is actually cool, a bitcoin bank!
t+3minutes: (after reading the above)... actually it's not that cool at all
t+5minutes: (after replying) I feel like I should get a life...
Sorry mate! I think I made a pre-assumption there. :-) /.readers put it: Say as little as possible on the webs, encrypt as much as possible, make anyone who wants to find out a thing; use the maximum of resources to find zilch. Hell, I got a band-aid over my integrated webcam just to be sure! :-D
Still I salute you for not idling in the mall and talking crap though
I dont have FB, dont chat, hardly SMS and never tweeted a thing for the reasons I falsely thought were you're motivations as well.
On the other hand, I think that it just takes time to find out about you, with the stuff you think that it doesn't account for you. It is a bit like the 'free association' shrinks use. In such a session you put out a lot, and the shrink can than use the output to make a hypothesis on your inner workings. In your case it just takes a little longer. Therefore I try to keep my 'output' in the on-line world as small as possible. No one has a face with my nick, not my family, not my friends, not my girlfriend, no one. On-line and off-line are to this day separated. As one of the
Sorry again, surely hope you're not sad now.
Hmmm... this makes me remember a story I heard from a penetration tester. He 'lost' a usb-stick in a non-conspicuous place in the toilet nearest to the IT department of a business he was hired to test. Guess what... .pdf on a system that was connected to the net... and he found himself on the yellow brick road with a little dog called Toto, and full access to the systems of the wicked witch of the east! :-)
Within 45 minutes someone inserted the stick, opened the malicious
Lesson learned: even old tech works with geeks
How is that for a brainfest huh?
UID 723572 doesn't seem to hide anything imho. He is just very conscience about his position in a world where both the government and corporate entities want to know ALL there is about EVERYONE. He probably prefers to talk personally rather than SMS/tweet/FB/chat everything to the entire world, and I salute him for it, for he is right. /. reader, REALLY believe terrorists and paedophiles use facebook to achieve their goals? Really? I surely hope not. So why does the government have to be able to access that? ...Or go and live in North Korea for a while...
:-)
Somehow western societies (both in Yurp and Yankeeland) these day's think you are a weirdo if you like your privacy.
The "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear"-card is played far to easy, just as the "we need to do this to fight terrorists/paedophiles"-card. (respectively Yankeeland and Yurp in case you wondered) Do you, as a
The exception here is Germany, but than again they have had some experience with the government wanting to know a little bit to much about its civilians (Gestapo / Stasi, in case you were puzzled a bit again). The most important tool a government has to control its people is data. And if you think things like that wont happen these day's I guess you go and do a history course...
While you're there say hi to the guys of the SSD for me, will you!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Security_Department
In addition to the request for a nice computer analogue, please refrain from calling "a certain OS" outdated, Alzheimer riddled and largely blind to security issues due to senile cataract. It is disrespectful to the elderly. :-)
Thank you.
I agree, 50 years ago, when these people were 15 "Nigeria" was no more than a question on their topography test. /. maybe a computer analogue is called for...
;-)
Also, scammers have to find new way's to scam all the time. What worked well for them in 1978 doesn't work these day's (maybe there is an exception for ponzy schemes and pyramid fraud which were 0-day exploits in 1463, but still remain unpatched)
Now I think of it, as this is
Scammers find 0-day exploits to scam the elderly then, after a while, the elderly are warned by the media and the scam doesn't work that good any longer.
Virus makers find 0-day exploits to ravage MS boxes, and people use a VS that (after some time) renders the virus useless.
Ok, maybe that is not such a good one. Anyone care to make a good one?
As long as there are "illuminaty" signs on the coin to keep the tinfoil folks happy... And one can roll it up to snort ehmm medicine, to keep the party people happy... I am happy...
The matter is that stuff that comes right after Ununoctium - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ununoctium - and is usually only found dowsing.
Or the stuff that makes makes homoeopathy work. And where aura's are made up from.
Finally proof!
Ha, I bet you wont find any disbelievers any more now!
Now I think of it.... Blast! I always claimed that the paranormal cant be measured with 'conventional' physics... Now I am truly confused what exactly to believe...
I'll be off to my tarot cards to see what I shall make of this news!
G'bye all!
Rrrrrrright... Fahrenheit...
Why not put it in Rankine, Delisle, Newton, Réaumur and Rømer as well? Only the 'Merkens use Fahrenheit for god knows what reason. Maybe they cling onto it so they keep the brains sharp. Converting 3/7 cubic inch to gallon by head is just difficult... And more useful than sudoku's if I may add.
Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature_conversion_formulas
As long as it is compile once, debug everywhere I am fine with it... :-D
In these modern day's there are only two breaks a wage-slave has in the last bits of the year: winter break and the flu... :-D
Before you know it the boss will "offer" you this for free because it is "good for your health" and BANG! You only have the winter break.
That means that you HAVE to break a leg or stick a skying pole in your left eye in order to squeeze out a little more... So in the long term it is actually bad for your health! Skying is dumb, and ending up at an ER room (that looks like a Kabul market after a bomb attack) by accident is even more stupid. But when actually forced to do so by your boss... man what time do we live in?
Yup! 469682uid's newer than you actually. That is why I also forgot to put in "OMG Ponies!" because I am a complete n00b and just came out of my egg yesterday... :-P
1 - Does it run linux?
:-)
2 - is the HW RPi based?
3 - Crowdfunded?
4 - Frikkin lasers?
5 - Does this guy accept bit coins?
If the answers to those questions are yes, yes, yes, yes and yes than I want a whole beowulfcluster of them!