Bloody Australians, stealing all our rocks. This is clearly a rock the shape of Jersey. And it's a lot closer in size.
No, wait, it's actually just a bloody rock. If you can't think of anything more interesting to report on a Mars rock than "it's vaguely Australia-shaped," you don't have a story.
And who's to say the invention of writing hasn't already had some impact on human evolution? I know it hasn't been long in the grand scheme of things, but moths didn't take long to adapt to the industrial revolution.
there are no genes for reading like there are for language or vision
Well, there are genes which have an impact on language development if faulty or missing, but are they necessarily "genes for language"?
'Errata' was the correct choice. After all, if the correction appears in the same edition as the error, there is no error!
The first usage is correct, but not the bit I quoted. The review itself states there are eight errata on the website, then later lists a lot more "errata" that the reviewer found.
Love and obedience are components of a relationship.
The second is not a component of any relationship I would want to be in.
I love and obey my wife. She loves and obeys me.
The difference here, though (overlooking this frankly disturbing notion of obedience), is that you have first-hand evidence of the existence of your wife, and she has a demonstrable effect on your existence.
There's also one part of that equation which appears to decidedly unilateral in the case of you and God.
That is not to say that we give capricious, mean-spirited orders and expect each other to obey.
If you choose separation from God, then you shouldn't be disappointed when he honours your choice.
But I've never seen any evidence of his existence. How can I choose separation from something I don't believe to be real? What about all those people who, by accident of birth, will never even come into knowledge of the concept of God?
A paradise-like place without God would nonetheless be hellish.
Why? This existence is hardly paradise-like, appears to me to be without God, and yet I wouldn't call it "hellish." God, if he exists, appears to take no active role in my current life. Why would his lack of input to my next one make it "hellish"? And, even I am filled with what I can only imagine you believe to be some kind of existential dread, why would God, who's so kind and loving, let me suffer like that when it would cost him absolutely nothing to make (after)life nice for me, just because I failed (since I have seen no evidence to give me reason to do so) to conclude that he exists and is worthy of my devotion?
Why? What does God want with love and obedience (or a spaceship)?
but it must be sincere.
That would be a bit easier without the threat of damnation hanging over one's head.
I mean, he's God. It literally couldn't cost him anything to let everyone into heaven when they die. But (so some believe) I don't have a snowball's chance in hell just because I didn't buy the stories I was told as a child.
Yes, it does cost them zero. There is no charge from the mobile operator.
free access to certain Google and Facebook services via partnerships with mobile operators around the world.
It's not a new thing, either; my Kindle Paperwhite gives me access to the Amazon store, for free, practically all over the world (possibly also Wikipedia). My previous Kindle allowed me browser access to the whole internet, at least when I tried it. Unfortunately my little island was, at that time, one of the few places around the world where the service wasn't available, but by going to the right part of the coast I could connect to French mobile networks.
By going this far, he has contributed. By giving up, he hasn't contributed further, but he is now of course free to make bigger contributions with new experiments.
Here we go. How's that tinfoil hat looking? From here: pretty silly, but don't let me stop you. Honestly, this is how crazy conspiracy theories are born, and you're obviously the sort of credulous idiot who spreads 'em.
If you want to see just how silly this is, have a look at a real conspiracy; say TWA 800. It's obviously a cover-up of some sort
Really? No irony alarms going off here at all? Are you sure GP doesn't just have his credulity threshold set a little lower than yours?
The problem with conspiracies in real life is that they leak like sieves, and it's simply impossible to keep them quiet.
At the end of the day however, those involved just deny, deny, deny (not even plausibly) and in the end they know that people will just give up and go back to their lives.
Those denials also occurs when there isn't a conspiracy. NASA's continuing position that the moon landings weren't faked isn't evidence of a conspiracy leaking like a sieve. That would be when some actual convincing evidence turns up.
The system goes on-line April 2nd, 2014. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 06:25 a.m. eastern time, April 5th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.
But it's too late. It's already posted on Slashdot.
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Bloody Australians, stealing all our rocks. This is clearly a rock the shape of Jersey. And it's a lot closer in size.
No, wait, it's actually just a bloody rock. If you can't think of anything more interesting to report on a Mars rock than "it's vaguely Australia-shaped," you don't have a story.
With milk? Squirted out of a cow?
Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
The brain was not designed for reading
It wasn't designed for anything.
And who's to say the invention of writing hasn't already had some impact on human evolution? I know it hasn't been long in the grand scheme of things, but moths didn't take long to adapt to the industrial revolution.
there are no genes for reading like there are for language or vision
Well, there are genes which have an impact on language development if faulty or missing, but are they necessarily "genes for language"?
'Errata' was the correct choice. After all, if the correction appears in the same edition as the error, there is no error!
The first usage is correct, but not the bit I quoted. The review itself states there are eight errata on the website, then later lists a lot more "errata" that the reviewer found.
As with most technical books of this length, this one contains numerous errata
The word you're looking for is "errors." Errata are corrections to errors.
And yet you cared enough about not caring to post this. That's just weird.
Hmmm, a 3D printer that can spray out lithium... that could be a LOT of fun!
Lithium? I think I'd just feel ambivalent about it.
Texas left.
Because terrorists. Go back to Russia, pinko!
Activation is not support.
Editing? Anyone?
There ain't no editors and there never was! Now git!
Love and obedience are components of a relationship.
The second is not a component of any relationship I would want to be in.
I love and obey my wife. She loves and obeys me.
The difference here, though (overlooking this frankly disturbing notion of obedience), is that you have first-hand evidence of the existence of your wife, and she has a demonstrable effect on your existence.
There's also one part of that equation which appears to decidedly unilateral in the case of you and God.
That is not to say that we give capricious, mean-spirited orders and expect each other to obey.
Why not? God does.
(comedy version of the above)
If you choose separation from God, then you shouldn't be disappointed when he honours your choice.
But I've never seen any evidence of his existence. How can I choose separation from something I don't believe to be real? What about all those people who, by accident of birth, will never even come into knowledge of the concept of God?
A paradise-like place without God would nonetheless be hellish.
Why? This existence is hardly paradise-like, appears to me to be without God, and yet I wouldn't call it "hellish." God, if he exists, appears to take no active role in my current life. Why would his lack of input to my next one make it "hellish"? And, even I am filled with what I can only imagine you believe to be some kind of existential dread, why would God, who's so kind and loving, let me suffer like that when it would cost him absolutely nothing to make (after)life nice for me, just because I failed (since I have seen no evidence to give me reason to do so) to conclude that he exists and is worthy of my devotion?
God desires our love and obedience
Why? What does God want with love and obedience (or a spaceship)?
but it must be sincere.
That would be a bit easier without the threat of damnation hanging over one's head.
I mean, he's God. It literally couldn't cost him anything to let everyone into heaven when they die. But (so some believe) I don't have a snowball's chance in hell just because I didn't buy the stories I was told as a child.
I don't understand. Am I the only person left who really doesn't want anything for free?
No, but plenty of people do. Understanding that other people are not you will probably make the world seem a little less crazy.
Yes, it does cost them zero. There is no charge from the mobile operator.
free access to certain Google and Facebook services via partnerships with mobile operators around the world.
It's not a new thing, either; my Kindle Paperwhite gives me access to the Amazon store, for free, practically all over the world (possibly also Wikipedia). My previous Kindle allowed me browser access to the whole internet, at least when I tried it. Unfortunately my little island was, at that time, one of the few places around the world where the service wasn't available, but by going to the right part of the coast I could connect to French mobile networks.
The error correction helps compensate for poor image quality
As long as people aren't abusing it to do things like this.
$99 = €72
It's not a repost, rather a massive improvement over that unaccepted submission.
This guy is a hero despite not being able to do what he wanted because he looked at the data and said "Wait, what? This is BS."
There are plenty of readers on Slashdot who will tell you that without even having to look at the data.
By going this far, he has contributed. By giving up, he hasn't contributed further, but he is now of course free to make bigger contributions with new experiments.
Worse than that, it sounds from the article like a hand-wave is enough to stop the alarm going off in the first place.
Here we go. How's that tinfoil hat looking? From here: pretty silly, but don't let me stop you. Honestly, this is how crazy conspiracy theories are born, and you're obviously the sort of credulous idiot who spreads 'em.
If you want to see just how silly this is, have a look at a real conspiracy; say TWA 800. It's obviously a cover-up of some sort
Really? No irony alarms going off here at all? Are you sure GP doesn't just have his credulity threshold set a little lower than yours?
The problem with conspiracies in real life is that they leak like sieves, and it's simply impossible to keep them quiet.
At the end of the day however, those involved just deny, deny, deny (not even plausibly) and in the end they know that people will just give up and go back to their lives.
Those denials also occurs when there isn't a conspiracy. NASA's continuing position that the moon landings weren't faked isn't evidence of a conspiracy leaking like a sieve. That would be when some actual convincing evidence turns up.
I'm a former electronic warfare drone
The system goes on-line April 2nd, 2014. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 06:25 a.m. eastern time, April 5th. In a panic, they try to pull the plug.
But it's too late. It's already posted on Slashdot.
Many a tweet makes a twat.