Stop inventing meanings of words. You may think that people should be more critical of science, but that doesn't make science religion.
i didn't define science as religion... i merely compared science to religion
if you are offended by my comparison, go confess to your physics teacher
Not having a religion is not a religion
you are again confusing organised religion with religious belief... science may not be a religion, but there are many people that religiously believe in science
you must be an atheist because they believe that because there is no proof of god (that they are aware of) that there is no god, and completely ignore the fact that human understanding of the universe is largely incomplete (which means that in the future, evidence for the existence of god could conceivably be discovered).
many scientists largely write off the possibility of paranormal phenomenon as kook theory merely because they can't explain it or it doesn't fit with their theories so therefore it doesn't exist. that is by definition religious (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/religious)
if you're writing reactor control software, you're better off with the "kiss" principle and only writing programs for things that absolutely need them (in modular form, like the unix philosophy)
i'm not a cs grad, but i've seen that one of the first things taught is about risk, including reference to the therac-25
there are aspects of the waterfall in other models, but the whole idea of a continuous straight line methodology is prone to corruption towards the end even if merely for economic reasons
The web is a very nasty place, but i was mainly talking about in-house LAN-only tools.
I cut my teeth with Delphi and it has probably made programming for LAMP much easier
LAMP can be frustrating, but I've found the benefits (particularly from CSS for print and screen layouts)... W3C validation is critical, and for in-house apps I keep track of what browsers are used and use browsershots to test them
Delphi is definitely easier for beginners than LAMP though, and Delphi programs can be made to process a heap of data more efficiently too (like Matlab can process huge matrices in the blink of an eye). Depends on the application I guess.
Families in Pittsburgh can't afford electricity to power the plasma TVs they went further into debt to afford before 2008, so it doesn't really matter much anyway.
the "image tag" from your figures would seem to be that white people are dumber than asians, latinos and blacks, but maybe i'm just dumb (i am a white guy after all)
a lot of people have blind faith in science by merely reading a book, which is no less religious than believing what you read in any bible
preaching the word of science in school is no less religious than preaching the word of god. the only difference between science and religion in school is that science offers a more practical perspective of a few aspects. science has a lot of theories, but only those that can be proven experimentally have any more credibility than anything in any religious text, and even those experiments are only valid under the conditions in which they take place (unless enough experiments are performed that interpolation is statistically reasonable).
even atheism is a religious belief in the lack of any god (without any proof)
by the way, i don't consider myself to be religious, but i am neither a scientist, atheist or anti-religious. i'm open to the possibility of phenomenon that have neither been explained nor explained away, and as i have heard that some parts of various religious texts may be based to some extent on real events i'm not surprised. i think people (kids in particular) should be exposed to all religions and be free to learn about and choose their own beliefs, that needn't fit into any particular stereotype.
Slashdot Mirror
careful what you say on slashdot... they are listening
...are going on in washington
why the hell would you buy from dell?
i'm pretty sure BPL was only limited because of transformers being in the way
BPL works fine for LAN within a home or business
Microsoft now owns the Kenyan government
Kenya is now just a Microsoft subsidiary, and Ballmer can use Kenyans to alpha test all future versions of Windows
your surname isn't Bernanke by any chance?
homosexual infatuation
wow you think $75 trillion is almost $100 trillion
life must be pretty sweet if $25 trillion is considered small change
Michael Crichton had been talking about gene patents for years
read his book titled "Next"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_(novel)
...nobody gives a fuck
your little DNS oligarchy will be over when the US dollar collapses anyway
From your description it appears that you are an atheist without wanting to come out and say it.
i don't associate my beliefs with any particular label because my beliefs aren't subject to any fixed dogma or doctrine
you're probably not part of "most white collar workers" then
Stop inventing meanings of words. You may think that people should be more critical of science, but that doesn't make science religion.
i didn't define science as religion... i merely compared science to religion
if you are offended by my comparison, go confess to your physics teacher
Not having a religion is not a religion
you are again confusing organised religion with religious belief... science may not be a religion, but there are many people that religiously believe in science
you must be an atheist because they believe that because there is no proof of god (that they are aware of) that there is no god, and completely ignore the fact that human understanding of the universe is largely incomplete (which means that in the future, evidence for the existence of god could conceivably be discovered).
many scientists largely write off the possibility of paranormal phenomenon as kook theory merely because they can't explain it or it doesn't fit with their theories so therefore it doesn't exist. that is by definition religious (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/religious)
do you have any proof that there is no god?
if you're writing reactor control software, you're better off with the "kiss" principle and only writing programs for things that absolutely need them (in modular form, like the unix philosophy)
i'm not a cs grad, but i've seen that one of the first things taught is about risk, including reference to the therac-25
there are aspects of the waterfall in other models, but the whole idea of a continuous straight line methodology is prone to corruption towards the end even if merely for economic reasons
this guy has an interesting take on waterfall...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP4o0ArkP4s
teaching nothing is better than teaching the wrong thing
keynesians have never been right about anything
The web is a very nasty place, but i was mainly talking about in-house LAN-only tools.
I cut my teeth with Delphi and it has probably made programming for LAMP much easier
LAMP can be frustrating, but I've found the benefits (particularly from CSS for print and screen layouts)... W3C validation is critical, and for in-house apps I keep track of what browsers are used and use browsershots to test them
Delphi is definitely easier for beginners than LAMP though, and Delphi programs can be made to process a heap of data more efficiently too (like Matlab can process huge matrices in the blink of an eye). Depends on the application I guess.
the real problem with the american dream is that real wealth has been confused for fiat paper money
when the stock market crashes and the value of the greenback implodes, what the united states is left with might come as a shock to most americans
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+is+it+made
there is a whole world out there that i'm pretty sure most white collar workers have little idea exists... much of it is now in asia
Families in Pittsburgh can't afford electricity to power the plasma TVs they went further into debt to afford before 2008, so it doesn't really matter much anyway.
exactly
the "image tag" from your figures would seem to be that white people are dumber than asians, latinos and blacks, but maybe i'm just dumb (i am a white guy after all)
a lot of people have blind faith in science by merely reading a book, which is no less religious than believing what you read in any bible
preaching the word of science in school is no less religious than preaching the word of god. the only difference between science and religion in school is that science offers a more practical perspective of a few aspects. science has a lot of theories, but only those that can be proven experimentally have any more credibility than anything in any religious text, and even those experiments are only valid under the conditions in which they take place (unless enough experiments are performed that interpolation is statistically reasonable).
even atheism is a religious belief in the lack of any god (without any proof)
by the way, i don't consider myself to be religious, but i am neither a scientist, atheist or anti-religious. i'm open to the possibility of phenomenon that have neither been explained nor explained away, and as i have heard that some parts of various religious texts may be based to some extent on real events i'm not surprised. i think people (kids in particular) should be exposed to all religions and be free to learn about and choose their own beliefs, that needn't fit into any particular stereotype.
i think a far more serious perversion of american education is being subjected to the "wisdom" of morons like bill o'reilly
old (actually probably still current) american joke:-
omg aussies have vcrs?!