Most people here are complaining about gas prices because not just our cars but our entire economy runs on gasoline. Keep in mind that rail systems here are laughable compared to that of your average Western European country, and nearly every kind of commerce is at some level dependent upon petroleum-powered transit - trucking, shipping, aviation, etc. In aggregate, this means that oil prices have a huge effect on the US economy.
I'm all for open standards and whatnot, but non-technical people (professors, friends, family) don't really want (nor, in my opinion, need) to hear about how evil.doc is.
I think it'd be more philosophy than theology. Exploring the possibilities of concepts beyond science is what philosophy does best. Philosophy is still a search for truth in a sense similar to science; it simply examines those topics for which no empirical evidence has been found.
again, I don't recall ever endorsing prayer as having healing powers. I just think it's kind of presumptuous to declare a practice that, although arguably superfluous, means a great deal to its followers. They're not harming you; leave 'em alone.
I don't recall endorsing the power of prayer, nor decrying medical technology. They can coexist, believe it or not.
I'm not the most religious of people, but I still think it's a depressing statement to scientifically "disprove" a practice that is not only harmless but beneficial if only by improving one's outlook on life, by giving one hope.
All a fuel cell does is convert your car from a gasoline burner, to a coal burner!
doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of a fuel cell? I concur with the idea that alcohol-based fuel converted from plants is a good idea... and regarding a possible "food vs. fuel" scare, well, have any of you looked at crop prices in the past few years? farmers are doing too well, bringing in too many crops, thus lowering the price for them. Therefore, if current agricultural economic trends continue, using fuel based on plants would actually be a: cost effective, b: efficient, and c: a great boost to our economy.
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Most people here are complaining about gas prices because not just our cars but our entire economy runs on gasoline. Keep in mind that rail systems here are laughable compared to that of your average Western European country, and nearly every kind of commerce is at some level dependent upon petroleum-powered transit - trucking, shipping, aviation, etc. In aggregate, this means that oil prices have a huge effect on the US economy.
I'm not sure Wakefield needs any acceleration; his knuckle is tricky enough as it is.
open the file in TextEdit and deal with it.
.doc is.
I'm all for open standards and whatnot, but non-technical people (professors, friends, family) don't really want (nor, in my opinion, need) to hear about how evil
"...improved reliability when authoring and burning DVDs."
Maybe this means it will finally burn dvds when I tell it to!
I think it'd be more philosophy than theology. Exploring the possibilities of concepts beyond science is what philosophy does best. Philosophy is still a search for truth in a sense similar to science; it simply examines those topics for which no empirical evidence has been found.
again, I don't recall ever endorsing prayer as having healing powers. I just think it's kind of presumptuous to declare a practice that, although arguably superfluous, means a great deal to its followers. They're not harming you; leave 'em alone.
I don't recall endorsing the power of prayer, nor decrying medical technology. They can coexist, believe it or not.
I'm not the most religious of people, but I still think it's a depressing statement to scientifically "disprove" a practice that is not only harmless but beneficial if only by improving one's outlook on life, by giving one hope.
Jeez. Way to depress an already morose population.
"In other news, today it was scientifically proven that life sucks for you, yes you, and always will..."