Among the milder pieces (although it could not be called balanced)
Balanced reporting is bullshit, because reality is not balanced. For example, the fact that some people think the earth is 6000 years old doesn't imply that the media has to mention this every time they report on some archeological dig. The mere fact that an opinion exists doesn't mean that it's worth reporting.
I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say here, but if you're trying to say that meditation is by definition a religious activity, you're wrong. I'm an atheist, and I use meditation techniques for various things. The fact that religions often use meditation does not make meditation in general a religious activity.
Your actually willing to dump a product that you already tested and found worthy for your uses because the bosses of the company who makes it are brainwashed?
Yes. That's the wonders of a free market: You influence it with your choices.
Given that they actually explained why they use it, and given that their explanation shows that they don't have actual data (they saw demonstration showing that it worked), I would be so quick to lump it in with the sugar pills and diluted solutions.
If you do enough studies, some of them are bound to show some kind of statistically relevant result. Most studies on acupuncture show that it's no better than sticking needles randomly (a.k.a. a placebo).
It seems USB3 it will be about as fast as Firewire 800. And until then, we'll be stuck with sucky USB2 speeds because Firewire is essentially dead. This is simply incredibly annoying.
I don't want to defend Second Life here, but the one redeeming factor it has is user-generated content. Home lacks that. It's like Second Life without the only thing that made Second Life marginally interesting.
I own all three consoles, I love Little Big Planet, I think Motorstorm 2 is the best arcade racer ever, and I was pretty hyped for Home. I got into the Home beta a few weeks ago, and I think it's the most useless and boring and pointless thing I've ever seen. I'm beginning to suspect that Sony has continued to delay this thing since PS2 times not because it was hard to implement, but because they were desperately trying to find a reason for it to exist. They still haven't found one, and neither have I.
So to avoid being caught, just smile while robbing the bank. Ah, happy criminals... Finally, face recognition software is improving the world at least a little bit:-)
Yes, after all, these god damned open source developers get paid to write this stuff, yet they waste their time (and my money) with space invaders! Oh, wait...
Yeah, it really depends on the product and on the easter egg in question. In a game, I think almost anything goes. In a "professional" enterprise-y application, there should perhaps be some kind of useful feature to the easter egg so you can reasonably defend it, should such a need ever arise.
You mentioned I, Robot and I am Legend. I'll add Wanted, which was based on a comic book looking at how humans behave if they are not bound by the rules of society; instead of the evil, egocentric, violent people shown in the comic book, the movie depicted a bunch of do-gooders trying to save the world.
Are you advocating silencing, or disenfranchising, a significant percentage of the citizens of this country to further what you personally believe?
No, he's pointing out that they're wrong. He's saying that they should stop pushing their religious agenda, not that they should not be allowed to push their religious agenda.
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There just isn't a way to do that justice in 120 minutes worth of film - even if a picture IS worth 1,000 words
The original is a comic book. It probably contains more pictures than the movie will contain scenes :-)
Among the milder pieces (although it could not be called balanced)
Balanced reporting is bullshit, because reality is not balanced. For example, the fact that some people think the earth is 6000 years old doesn't imply that the media has to mention this every time they report on some archeological dig. The mere fact that an opinion exists doesn't mean that it's worth reporting.
"meditation does have a religious basis"
I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say here, but if you're trying to say that meditation is by definition a religious activity, you're wrong. I'm an atheist, and I use meditation techniques for various things. The fact that religions often use meditation does not make meditation in general a religious activity.
Your actually willing to dump a product that you already tested and found worthy for your uses because the bosses of the company who makes it are brainwashed?
Yes. That's the wonders of a free market: You influence it with your choices.
Given that they actually explained why they use it, and given that their explanation shows that they don't have actual data (they saw demonstration showing that it worked), I would be so quick to lump it in with the sugar pills and diluted solutions.
If you do enough studies, some of them are bound to show some kind of statistically relevant result. Most studies on acupuncture show that it's no better than sticking needles randomly (a.k.a. a placebo).
No, he's not wrong. It is only a sugar pill. Not a single atom of the original active ingredient is left in homeopathic sugar pills.
Critically evaluating alternative medicine and being trusting of doctors is not the same thing.
"In the chapter, the authors reiterate the concept that the plural of data is not anecdote."
Shouldn't that be "the plural of anecdote is not data"?
That, by the way, is exactly why all of the people who wrote things like "But it worked for me!" need to buy this book.
The problem isn't that Microsoft makes money. The problem is how they make their money.
Firewire 800 is bigger.
It seems USB3 it will be about as fast as Firewire 800. And until then, we'll be stuck with sucky USB2 speeds because Firewire is essentially dead. This is simply incredibly annoying.
The PS3 will not sell even a hundred millions.
I don't want to defend Second Life here, but the one redeeming factor it has is user-generated content. Home lacks that. It's like Second Life without the only thing that made Second Life marginally interesting.
I own all three consoles, I love Little Big Planet, I think Motorstorm 2 is the best arcade racer ever, and I was pretty hyped for Home. I got into the Home beta a few weeks ago, and I think it's the most useless and boring and pointless thing I've ever seen. I'm beginning to suspect that Sony has continued to delay this thing since PS2 times not because it was hard to implement, but because they were desperately trying to find a reason for it to exist. They still haven't found one, and neither have I.
So to avoid being caught, just smile while robbing the bank. Ah, happy criminals... Finally, face recognition software is improving the world at least a little bit :-)
Yes. Who would have thought that people would pirate the game if the version they can buy is broken by design!
It boggles the mind.
Yes, after all, these god damned open source developers get paid to write this stuff, yet they waste their time (and my money) with space invaders! Oh, wait...
Enable journaling. The FS will remain consistent (although the contents of the files themselves may not).
Yeah, it really depends on the product and on the easter egg in question. In a game, I think almost anything goes. In a "professional" enterprise-y application, there should perhaps be some kind of useful feature to the easter egg so you can reasonably defend it, should such a need ever arise.
You mentioned I, Robot and I am Legend. I'll add Wanted, which was based on a comic book looking at how humans behave if they are not bound by the rules of society; instead of the evil, egocentric, violent people shown in the comic book, the movie depicted a bunch of do-gooders trying to save the world.
Any others?
Entertaining movie == good movie. So yes, those are the best movies.
5% is about normal for consumer devices.
Are you advocating silencing, or disenfranchising, a significant percentage of the citizens of this country to further what you personally believe?
No, he's pointing out that they're wrong. He's saying that they should stop pushing their religious agenda, not that they should not be allowed to push their religious agenda.
Is this post meant to be ironic? People who bash religion are not attacking the first amendment, they are making good use of it.