I also had a lot of (American west coat) Jesuit priest teachers who described evolution as incontrovertible fact, taught sex education accurately and completely, and made sure students knew that our Catholic school anonymously and freely distributed condoms to students. They also taught us about other religions in a refreshingly academic tone and supported the formation of gay student groups. Modern Jesuits in America are pretty great teachers.
Unfortunately, Jesuits were always the minority inside the catholic church. At least they are no longer under fire from the Franciscans these days, those dogmatic bastards.
Don't worry. Whatever country you are in now may follow in the same route.
It is possible, of course. However, even if the country I'm in now has a higher percentage of religious people (specifically Catholics and Evangelics, which encompass over 85% of the population), I can't remember ever hearing a single one of them going against science or even evolution. For some reason, they all seem to be ok with the idea that "God created it, and science shows up how he chose to do it".
And let's be honest here, this pushing of intelligent design and the anti-science stance is far more due to politics than religion.
Although I have no proof (or even a clear indication) that is the case, I find that very easy to believe, considering how different that is from what you see in other countries, including countries that have a higher percentage of the population claiming to be religious.
Come to think of it, that would explain quite a bit. Maybe all of this is just one of the more modern incarnation of "bread and circus".
Now we have to ask, isn't that even worse. It is bad enough to have people trying to fit religion in a science classroom because they believe it. Having them do it because it strengthens their political position is just disgusting.
Actually, yes it is. The fact that you're calling their beliefs stupid is what makes you a bigot. You hate them for what they believe, that's the very definition of bigotry.
Ok. That proves that is not only science classes where we have a problem. It is also English classes.
Science does not question the existence of the almighty. Science does not question the existence of creation. Science causes no crisis of faith in one that is faithful. All science does is disrupt those that want to use faith to gather personal power, wealthy, and in the process elevate themselves to the level of the almighty.
A science teacher of mine (Jesuit priest, actually) would teach evolution and everything else without any problems.
In his words: "Science teaches us how. Religion teaches us who was behind it, never HOW".
Pretty soon now you will be just another religious state, just like the ones you are fighting right now, but with a different religion.
There is another, more optimistic way of looking at this: we are seeing the last frantic struggles of a reactionary movement which can't adapt to social change.
So what you are saying is that we are seeing the religious equivalent of what reality shows are to TVs?
As I mentioned in another post, I sure hope you are right, and they are only being louder, and not more influential, lately.
Actually, it really wasn't all that long of a run, in the grand scheme of things.
True. It was pretty much since the 1940s. But it was still a good run. Some very smart people in the USA government saw the writing in the wall and figure it would be a good idea to welcome all those scientists fleeing Europe (WWI and WWII) with open arms, and start investing heavily in science.
I bet they are turning inside their graves right now, so to speak.
Not included the cost of the computer. Or the maintenance cost (parts and labor). Or connectivity cost. Or excess traffic costs (ISP love charging those when they can)
These days, I don't even use VPN anymore. I only use self-managed dedicated servers. Ok, they are not gaming servers for my kid, but still one of them is just sitting there for me to play with.
The savings you get from "doing things yourself" can be very deceptive.
It seems it will use Flash if it is available, otherwise it will switch to HTML5 automatically.
I know that, right after I uninstalled Flash, youtube gave me a "plugin missing" sign for 1 second, then did a partial reload and went into HTML5 mode.
my friends pay money for every little thing I download for free with my android phone. sucks to be them
I'm in the exact opposite position. Somewhat. Well, anyway.
I'm 100% Android (4 phones), and I really envy some of the apps are that available only for iPhone. I would be ok paying for those, but I don't even have that option.
Honestly, it's all about the ROI here. If you have 100 users which are affected by an obscure bug which has a workaround already, and at the same time have maybe 100 other more important bugs to fix, guess what's going to happen with the first bug?
A bug is a bug, and you can never be sure of all ramifications. If it is not important, remove the code. If it is important enough to keep, then fix it.
"Maybe you should look into a teaching position. "
Is that the advice you would give someone with no knowledge or experience in brain surgery? He is planning on gradually retraining and hopes to switch careers in about four years. I know there is a saying that those who can do do, and those who can't, teach, but that's taking it a bit too far.
Wow. Just... wow. That was impressive what you did that. You completely distorted absolutely everything.
He is saying he is going to train for 4 years before switching careers. There are several entry level courses that a good teacher can teach with 4 years of training and, because he is a good TEACHER, he will do a wonderful job. One could easily say that those who can, teach, and those who can't, do. Being a teacher and a technician require a completely different skill set and, if you don't know that, I have to say I'm sorry for the teachers you had.
And I would be perfectly comfortable to giving this advice for someone that was going to teach First Aid, field medicine and several other subjects, since you want a medicine analogy.
And you are 100% wrong. I have a friend changing fields right now, and he is working on his CCNP+Sec certification and already has 2 job offers waiting for him as soon as he gets it. He live in NYC, and is currently a photographer.
Maybe you should look into a teaching position. Your life experience puts you in a better position to relate to students and help them learn.
The key here is to use your strengths. Being a senior, you have a big advantage over young people in several areas, like teaching, quality control (Q&A), or project specifications.
Also, since you worked as an electrician, maybe computer maintenance might be something that will interest you, or network infrastructure.
The second amendment was created to grant the states freedoms to have their own militias,
That is a nice opinion for you to have, however the Supreme Court has disagreed with your interpretation
Really? Oh my. Then I should have written something like "It was the supreme court, not the constitution, that said it was regarding the personal rights and, although legally correct (the 2nd amendment, because of how it was written, allows for that interpretation), is historically incorrect.".
What do you think the second amendment is for? Its not about killing Bambi.
The second amendment has always been about killing other people.
The second amendment was created to grant the states freedoms to have their own militias, in a time of great mistrust and when said states didn't have armies. It was created to safeguard the states against the union, saying that the union could never be greater than the states that take part on it.
It was the supreme court, not the constitution, that said it was regarding the personal rights and, although legally correct (the 2nd amendment, because of how it was written, allows for that interpretation), is historically incorrect.
REGARDLESS, it has absolutely NOTHING to do with readiness exercises by the military and police force.
I find it particularly obnoxious that people who defend the right of citizen to bare arms, complain when the military and police practice with theirs. Doubt standard, much?
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
don't you understand?
I don't understand the part where that translates to "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to fight against military and police force readiness exercises".
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I also had a lot of (American west coat) Jesuit priest teachers who described evolution as incontrovertible fact, taught sex education accurately and completely, and made sure students knew that our Catholic school anonymously and freely distributed condoms to students. They also taught us about other religions in a refreshingly academic tone and supported the formation of gay student groups. Modern Jesuits in America are pretty great teachers.
Unfortunately, Jesuits were always the minority inside the catholic church. At least they are no longer under fire from the Franciscans these days, those dogmatic bastards.
Don't worry. Whatever country you are in now may follow in the same route.
It is possible, of course. However, even if the country I'm in now has a higher percentage of religious people (specifically Catholics and Evangelics, which encompass over 85% of the population), I can't remember ever hearing a single one of them going against science or even evolution. For some reason, they all seem to be ok with the idea that "God created it, and science shows up how he chose to do it".
And let's be honest here, this pushing of intelligent design and the anti-science stance is far more due to politics than religion.
Although I have no proof (or even a clear indication) that is the case, I find that very easy to believe, considering how different that is from what you see in other countries, including countries that have a higher percentage of the population claiming to be religious.
Come to think of it, that would explain quite a bit. Maybe all of this is just one of the more modern incarnation of "bread and circus".
Now we have to ask, isn't that even worse. It is bad enough to have people trying to fit religion in a science classroom because they believe it. Having them do it because it strengthens their political position is just disgusting.
>being anti-stupid is being a bigot
No, no it's not.
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Actually, yes it is. The fact that you're calling their beliefs stupid is what makes you a bigot. You hate them for what they believe, that's the very definition of bigotry.
Ok. That proves that is not only science classes where we have a problem. It is also English classes.
Science does not question the existence of the almighty. Science does not question the existence of creation. Science causes no crisis of faith in one that is faithful. All science does is disrupt those that want to use faith to gather personal power, wealthy, and in the process elevate themselves to the level of the almighty.
A science teacher of mine (Jesuit priest, actually) would teach evolution and everything else without any problems.
In his words: "Science teaches us how. Religion teaches us who was behind it, never HOW".
Pretty soon now you will be just another religious state, just like the ones you are fighting right now, but with a different religion.
There is another, more optimistic way of looking at this: we are seeing the last frantic struggles of a reactionary movement which can't adapt to social change.
So what you are saying is that we are seeing the religious equivalent of what reality shows are to TVs?
As I mentioned in another post, I sure hope you are right, and they are only being louder, and not more influential, lately.
Its not like we dont know how to deal with this. Bomb them and install a democratic government. Simple.
Bomb Missouri? Now, that would be interesting...
Actually, it really wasn't all that long of a run, in the grand scheme of things.
True. It was pretty much since the 1940s. But it was still a good run. Some very smart people in the USA government saw the writing in the wall and figure it would be a good idea to welcome all those scientists fleeing Europe (WWI and WWII) with open arms, and start investing heavily in science.
I bet they are turning inside their graves right now, so to speak.
Rest in peace, oh great America. You had a nice run leading the world in science and technology.
Pretty soon now you will be just another religious state, just like the ones you are fighting right now, but with a different religion.
Not included the cost of the computer.
Or the maintenance cost (parts and labor).
Or connectivity cost.
Or excess traffic costs (ISP love charging those when they can)
These days, I don't even use VPN anymore. I only use self-managed dedicated servers. Ok, they are not gaming servers for my kid, but still one of them is just sitting there for me to play with.
The savings you get from "doing things yourself" can be very deceptive.
I patented the process to think. Everyone in the world owes me compensation.
That would only be true if people were using it. All evidence is contrary to that assertion, so you get nothing.
It seems it will use Flash if it is available, otherwise it will switch to HTML5 automatically.
I know that, right after I uninstalled Flash, youtube gave me a "plugin missing" sign for 1 second, then did a partial reload and went into HTML5 mode.
Liberal socialism didn't work as well as expected in many places (see Spain).
However, there is one easier to digest concept also: welfare state.
I really envy some of the apps are that available only for iPhone.
Really? Like what? I'm an iPhone owner and I can't think of any single app that I can't find elsewhere, what am I missing?
One example of application only available to iPhone is Vine. Of course, this is not one of the apps I'm missing.
Most of them are either games, or company specific applications (like for a specific site or service provider).
The useful daily use applications are fine on whatever platform you choose, even Symbian.
Yes, because there's no poverty or starvation in Marxist countries at all right?
Nah. It is just that in Marxism, everyone is equally poor.
my friends pay money for every little thing I download for free with my android phone. sucks to be them
I'm in the exact opposite position. Somewhat. Well, anyway.
I'm 100% Android (4 phones), and I really envy some of the apps are that available only for iPhone. I would be ok paying for those, but I don't even have that option.
My question is...
Why in the world is a company listening to a foreign company on a DMCA complaint?!?!?
A foreign company can hire an USA licensed lawyer and sue you in an USA court.
You are in the USA, you violated a USA law (regulation, whatever). The nationality of the affected party is not relevant.
Honestly, it's all about the ROI here. If you have 100 users which are affected by an obscure bug which has a workaround already, and at the same time have maybe 100 other more important bugs to fix, guess what's going to happen with the first bug?
A bug is a bug, and you can never be sure of all ramifications. If it is not important, remove the code. If it is important enough to keep, then fix it.
Is that the advice you would give someone with no knowledge or experience in brain surgery? He is planning on gradually retraining and hopes to switch careers in about four years. I know there is a saying that those who can do do, and those who can't, teach, but that's taking it a bit too far.
Wow. Just ... wow. That was impressive what you did that. You completely distorted absolutely everything.
He is saying he is going to train for 4 years before switching careers. There are several entry level courses that a good teacher can teach with 4 years of training and, because he is a good TEACHER, he will do a wonderful job. One could easily say that those who can, teach, and those who can't, do. Being a teacher and a technician require a completely different skill set and, if you don't know that, I have to say I'm sorry for the teachers you had.
And I would be perfectly comfortable to giving this advice for someone that was going to teach First Aid, field medicine and several other subjects, since you want a medicine analogy.
And you are 100% wrong. I have a friend changing fields right now, and he is working on his CCNP+Sec certification and already has 2 job offers waiting for him as soon as he gets it. He live in NYC, and is currently a photographer.
Maybe you should look into a teaching position. Your life experience puts you in a better position to relate to students and help them learn.
The key here is to use your strengths. Being a senior, you have a big advantage over young people in several areas, like teaching, quality control (Q&A), or project specifications.
Also, since you worked as an electrician, maybe computer maintenance might be something that will interest you, or network infrastructure.
Or make it attractive (and possible) for them to stay in the USA.
That is a nice opinion for you to have, however the Supreme Court has disagreed with your interpretation
Really? Oh my. Then I should have written something like "It was the supreme court, not the constitution, that said it was regarding the personal rights and, although legally correct (the 2nd amendment, because of how it was written, allows for that interpretation), is historically incorrect.".
Oh wait, I did write that.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
please note there is no comma in that part its a single statement
Actually, that is an interesting case. It did have a comma when it was approved/passed by the congress.
See: District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
What do you think the second amendment is for? Its not about killing Bambi.
The second amendment has always been about killing other people.
The second amendment was created to grant the states freedoms to have their own militias, in a time of great mistrust and when said states didn't have armies. It was created to safeguard the states against the union, saying that the union could never be greater than the states that take part on it.
It was the supreme court, not the constitution, that said it was regarding the personal rights and, although legally correct (the 2nd amendment, because of how it was written, allows for that interpretation), is historically incorrect.
REGARDLESS, it has absolutely NOTHING to do with readiness exercises by the military and police force.
I find it particularly obnoxious that people who defend the right of citizen to bare arms, complain when the military and police practice with theirs. Doubt standard, much?
No, it is not.
Wha? Huh? What part of
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
don't you understand?
I don't understand the part where that translates to "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to fight against military and police force readiness exercises".
No, it is not.