> I think Serenity hasn't been around long enough to sink in to the culture properly, but god, such a good movie. Firefly was a good series too.
IMO the series was far better than the movie. The movie seemed too intent on wrapping up story lines and not intent enough on the characters, which is what the series was all about.
> I am so tired of hearing this. Firefly is a show that caters to a vary narrow group of people - it is innovative and unique, but it is not for everyone.
It certainly isn't, but that doesn't refute the fact that FOX stacked the odds against it.
> It's not the fact that the ossuary states "James, son of Joseph" that has the archaeology world abuzz, it's the fact that it also states "brother of Jesus".
And?
Does the Jewish religion deny the existence of Jesus?
> If "Goliath" was a common name in Philistine culture, one would assume that archaeologists/anthropologists focused on this region and that time period would have recovered other artifacts with that name on it.
Is Philistine culture actually well enough attested for that claim to be valid?
How many Philistine names do we have on artifacts?
> Sorry to inform you but there are still many experts in the field
How many? And who are they?
> including the editor of Biblical Archaeology Review, who believe the James ossuary to be real. What do you expect the Israel Antiquities Authority's position to be? I highly doubt they would ever want to support the existence of Jesus as it would undermine the Jewish religion.
So the IAA's position is based on religious belief, but Shanks' position is completely untainted? What is your evidence for that claim?
Also, why would the ossuary, if real, undermine the Jewish religion? Does the Jewish religion deny James' existence?
> What it does do, if it's genuine, is remove one piece of ammunition from the arsenal of the scholars who are arguing that the Bible story isn't true.
Does anyone actually make that argument? I find it a strange argument, that such-and-such a story can't be true because one of the characters has a name not attested elsewhere.
> Because around here it is customary to bash the Bible to bits as many times as possible. So, when there is something confirming a biblical story it is another perspective.
> even if it traveled at the speed of light, 200 years would not take it very far through the milky way. The Sun is 28,000 light-years distant from the center, and the diameter of the disk is c.100,000 light-years; its average thickness is 10,000 light-years, increasing to 30,000 light-years at the nucleus. Your pathetic chemical propulsion craft would have barely stepped out the door in the galactic neighborhood in 200 years.
> I'm just curious how many scientists have looked at the possibility that the earth warms and cools in cycles, and there's really not anything we can do to affect it, or stop it.
Are you suggesting that we couldn't cause global warming even if we tried to?
> Wow. Why not just take out the hard disk, stick it in another computer, copy the disk to an image, put the suspect's hard drive back, and let him out as early as day 1, taking your sweet time to decrypt the hard drive?
I think the point is that they want to be free keep the suspect in custody until they have some actual evidence that he's a criminal.
IMO, if the only evidence they have is "maybe there's something on his disk drive", they shouldn't be arresting him in the first place.
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> Sounds like such bad Sci-Fi that he could become a writer for Threshold.
I.e., unemployed?
(Word on the street is that Threshold got the axe.)
> Has /. become a focal point for all the worlds nut jobs today or something? What with this and the guy asking to move porn onto another port [...]
Hey! Maybe we should move kill two birds with one stone by moving all the porn to the SETI channel.
> As official Earth contactee for the benevolent Betelgeuse civilization, I have been told to warn you that the evil Andromedans [...]
"Hello, my name is MR. BONG and I need help smuggling 50,000,000 Galactic Credits out of the Betelgeuse system."
> Too bad Noah forgot to bring a pair of T-Rex on the boat. Idiot.
He did, but fed them to the lions when he realized he didn't pack enough food.
> I think Serenity hasn't been around long enough to sink in to the culture properly, but god, such a good movie. Firefly was a good series too.
IMO the series was far better than the movie. The movie seemed too intent on wrapping up story lines and not intent enough on the characters, which is what the series was all about.
> Aliens (the sequel to Aliens)
...
Should have been -
Alien
Aliens
Alienss
Aliensss
Alienssss
> > FOX certainly stacked the odds against it.
> I am so tired of hearing this. Firefly is a show that caters to a vary narrow group of people - it is innovative and unique, but it is not for everyone.
It certainly isn't, but that doesn't refute the fact that FOX stacked the odds against it.
> The use of tail as euphemism for a penis makes sense.
Especially since 'penis' is Latin for 'tail'.
I.e., 'penis' itself is a euphemism.
Someone should write a book about how lawyers are a bad influence on our children.
> It's not the fact that the ossuary states "James, son of Joseph" that has the archaeology world abuzz, it's the fact that it also states "brother of Jesus".
And?
Does the Jewish religion deny the existence of Jesus?
> If "Goliath" was a common name in Philistine culture, one would assume that archaeologists/anthropologists focused on this region and that time period would have recovered other artifacts with that name on it.
Is Philistine culture actually well enough attested for that claim to be valid?
How many Philistine names do we have on artifacts?
> Sorry to inform you but there are still many experts in the field
How many? And who are they?
> including the editor of Biblical Archaeology Review, who believe the James ossuary to be real. What do you expect the Israel Antiquities Authority's position to be? I highly doubt they would ever want to support the existence of Jesus as it would undermine the Jewish religion.
So the IAA's position is based on religious belief, but Shanks' position is completely untainted? What is your evidence for that claim?
Also, why would the ossuary, if real, undermine the Jewish religion? Does the Jewish religion deny James' existence?
> What it does do, if it's genuine, is remove one piece of ammunition from the arsenal of the scholars who are arguing that the Bible story isn't true.
Does anyone actually make that argument? I find it a strange argument, that such-and-such a story can't be true because one of the characters has a name not attested elsewhere.
> Because around here it is customary to bash the Bible to bits as many times as possible. So, when there is something confirming a biblical story it is another perspective.
In what sense does this confirm a biblical story?
> My condolences to all the hard working japanese scientists and engineers who have seen their dream shattered today. This must have hurt badly.
Well, if we're lucky it will hit some random alien in the ass, and we'll get a bit of payback for all the unauthorized probing.
to the piranhas.
> Windows XP - Indian Rupees ~8,000 (average pay for an IT worker per month). Equivalent US$ 5,000. Office XP - Indian Rupees ~15,000 Eq US$ 9,000.
Hmmm... A non-linear exchange rate?
> (if you look at GDP, MS prices in Vietnam are the equivalent, for local people, of charging just shy of $50,000 for a Windows XP license in the US)
And worth every penny of it, just like when you buy it in the USA.
> And the fact that it's Japanese means that it's definitely going to come back and go apeshit.
No, King Kong went apeshit. Godzilla went mutantradioactivereptilianthingyshit.
> ...is, after roaming the galaxy for 200 years collecting information, it will come back to Earth to destroy us.
The good news is, this one doesn't seem capable of finding anything.
> even if it traveled at the speed of light, 200 years would not take it very far through the milky way. The Sun is 28,000 light-years distant from the center, and the diameter of the disk is c.100,000 light-years; its average thickness is 10,000 light-years, increasing to 30,000 light-years at the nucleus. Your pathetic chemical propulsion craft would have barely stepped out the door in the galactic neighborhood in 200 years.
And they say Slashdotters are anal-retentive.
When working with the USA, spacecraft get lost due to forgetting to switch between metric and common units.
When working with Australia, spacecraft get lost due to forgetting that their maps of the universe are up-side-down.
> I'm just curious how many scientists have looked at the possibility that the earth warms and cools in cycles, and there's really not anything we can do to affect it, or stop it.
Are you suggesting that we couldn't cause global warming even if we tried to?
> Wow. Why not just take out the hard disk, stick it in another computer, copy the disk to an image, put the suspect's hard drive back, and let him out as early as day 1, taking your sweet time to decrypt the hard drive?
I think the point is that they want to be free keep the suspect in custody until they have some actual evidence that he's a criminal.
IMO, if the only evidence they have is "maybe there's something on his disk drive", they shouldn't be arresting him in the first place.
> The United States approaches counter-terrorism as military action ...against a country unrelated to the problem.
> and the President signs an executive order that allows for indefinite detainment of suspects.
It's a sad day when executive orders trump the constitution.