Oh, if only I could mod you up 4 points! You're one of the few slashdotters that has used actual logic on this subject out of the many times I have seen the Creation vs. Evolution argument on Slashdot. Not only did this story strike me as offering no proof whatsoever, it showed how many scientists are actually content having no proof! Not once was any evidence presented in the article. Every piece of 'evidence' was simply another scientist spouting off about how there could be no other explanation for anything other than the evolutionary thoery.
It has been found, proven, shown as fact, etc. that dinosaur fossils of the exact same dinosaur have been found in differing layers of rock that differ according to carbon dating methods (which I do not hold by millions upon millions of years. Now if that doesn't offer evidence for a catastrophy, like the Biblical worldwide flood, I don't know what does. And that same evidence has caused evolutionists to totally revamp their thoeries, because certainly that dinosaur had already evolved to a different level by that point, so they can't use that argument for that situation.
Point #2: It is logically foolish to base the theory of our existence on such a short time span as humans have been using the 'scientific method'. Now I think the scientific method is a solid one, and a very valid method for proving theories. However, you cannot use it to explain that which you have not witnessed. Theory-Hypothesis-Expirement-Conclusion. This is the order to do it in. No beneficial mutation/evolution of a species has ever been proven. There are no fossil records to indicate a transition from ape to man, dinosaur to bird, or amoeba to fish. Any that claim there are have been duped by texts which do not also show the proof that such 'transitional fossils' were hoaxes. Therefore, they are skipping the Expirement part, and jumping straight to conclusions! That is a completely invalid scientific method.
In conclusion, MSNBC has unfortunately lost any respect for their science department that I might have had for letting such a sloppily put together story go out. No scientific evidence was produced, and no reasoning behind the thoery was put forth. I now have yet another reason, to dislike M$ ANDNBC.
So are you saying that I could have my lawyer send you a subpeona saying "such and such a company is providing such and such content that I find abusive, illegal, whatever, so take it down or I might consider legal action". Sure, I may never take legal action because my argument has no legs to stand on, but if you take down the site just because I asked you to, without even checking the facts of my argument, as Dave seems to have been able to do, wouldn't that eliminate my competition anyways if I had a business that I didn't want other businesses competing with?
Which is exactly why it is so ridiculous to look at this Law.com site, that is obviously slanted to Dave's side because he's making tons of moola off this crap, and see the injustice contained in one article! OMG what is this world coming to?!! How can a website that no doubt prides itself on its wonderful legal info, promote someone who defied the law, to catch the lawbreaker? Two wrongs DO NOT make a right!
Your point about cracking microsoft.com hits the bullseye! I don't have any legal authority to do so, but according to the US Government, they are running a monopoly, so it's ok to crack their site, gain info about there next big project, and then blackmail them with it. Well that's what Dave Powell claims is ok to do, right?
Definetly mod him up! That's hilarious. You could even rip your CD's into only one format, like midi, then download all the other types, mp3, wav, ogg, etc. and just claim that you wanted to hear the audio differences in each format, but that you did not want to purchase recording software to make each kind of file type before making a decision on which was best.
Ok, it's probably a poor excuse, but I'm sure you could find any lawyer to take up your case.
While it may go against the Open Source effort, I think you could write Shareware, with the stipulation that companies, X, Y, and Z were not allowed to use it for more than one day without paying (cue Dr. Evil voice) $100 billion dollars, but everyone else could use it for however long they wanted. Of course, this could be construed as corporate prejudice and possibly a monopolistic effort, but I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know.
Yes, wouldn't this amount to stealing? He did, after all, have to gain access to the network through nefarious means. Then he downloaded everyone's email addresses without paying for them or anything. C'mon Dave! The end justifies the means, eh? Well, what if my end to listening to the music I want to listen to means downloading it without paying for it, huh?
Great point! Where's the warrant or proof of copyright infringement. That whole part about just emailing that Russian telco and saying "Do the usual" -with the response: "Ok, done the usual" scares me.
1. Dave sees company website hosted by Telco X that offers same service he offers for lower cost.
2. Dave sends quick email saying: "Do the usual." and includes website URL.
3. "Done the usual." is the reply and cheaper company is now effectively eliminated.
After all, they did 'infringe' on Dave's business model, and that's surely considered stealing!
Unfortunately, it probably is quite legal. In Ohio, USA, you can be a bounty hunter and not have a license. You can't go around killing people, but you can go around 'hunting' down fugitives of the law to collect the bonds that bail-bondsmen have posted for that person to get them out of jail while they wait for their trial date. You, in effect, become simply a collection agent, where instead of collecting money owed the company, you 'collect' the person who owes the money.
In a way, this is quite an important service for the community because the bounty hunter is picking up the slack for what the police don't have the time to do: catch more criminals. But it can go overboard, and I think Dave and the CCS has gone overboard with his email tactic mentioned in the above article.
Sounds like chromatic is describing the old system of apprenticeship as a means to developing good programmers as it has existed since the beginning of civilization. I for one, am all for this idea. The hacker approach can be sloppy for large projects if not done properly, while the theoretical learning from a comp. sci. student can sometimes not make sense in the real world when quick fixes are needed that can only be tackled with some quick and dirty code. Of course, everyone learns differently, but this is definitely a way of learning that I think is all too often overlooked as a positive option.
belief (b-lf)
n.
The mental act, condition, or habit of placing trust or confidence in another.
Mental acceptance of and conviction in the truth, actuality, or validity of something.
Something believed or accepted as true, especially a particular tenet or a body of tenets accepted by a group of persons.
Sure, evidence can be one form of reasoning for believing, but in the end it's whether your mind accepts it as true or not. I would say that according to the dictionary, this guy was a very stupid man.
SOOO, to drag this back on topic...
Probabilities of extraterrestial life are ultimately based on some sort of faith in the evidence you see and that which you can guess at (since right now we have no evidence of extra-terrestrial life). We may have elements that can contribute to life, but so far they have not been proven to have been formed into any simple living cell, let alone any intelligent or instinctual living being.
Well, I was just trying to refer to non-graphical games as always having been 'massively multiplayer' despite the lack of that moniker. To call it such is a marketing ploy I think for the graphical, more CPU intensive games now out there. Hence, the NEW graphical TradeWars would of course fit into this category of massively multiplayer. Calling an online game 'massively multiplayer' is like calling the ump-teenth Power Rangers show: 'Ultra Super-duper New Power Rangers Mega-Duo Zord II'. It doesn't mean anything, it just sounds bigger and better than the last show.
I agree with you. I think the 'massively multiplayer' tag came with the advent of online gaming for commercial games and their need to boast a 'limitless' (although there are always limitations) amount of players that could join the game. CounterStrike, Quake3, et al, all have limits of 30 or so players per online game, whereas Ultima Online and Everquest boast 'massively multiplayer' because any number of users could theoretically connect to the same online game.
'Massively multiplayer' doesn't apply to the text based games such as TradeWars and MUDs because those have always allowed any number of users to connect.
Besides, it takes a lot more computer power to run a CS or Quake3 server because of all of the graphics processing, than to run a TradeWars game, hence the marketing 'massively multiplayer' moniker. (Say that five times fast! hah!).
So now we'll be forced to have spyware all over our computers to make sure we've got the latest greatest compatible software from software subscription company x?! I would prefer to keep my passwords, personal financial details, and browsing habits to myself, thank you very much!
DS9 and Voyager sucked. Their were about three types of episodes that the shows just continued repeating. Interpersonal conflicts on ship/spacestation, discovery, and alien/Star Trek crew conflicts. Maybe if they had a show devoted to a localized war between three different alien civilizations set in the Start Trek universe (a la Star Craft), that would be new and interesting.
Isn't that what the Andromeda show is all about? Most if the episodes I have seen deal with space/time relativity and the craziness that can ensue because of it.
The host body originally created two kidneys! What's going to stop it from making a third?
Space!
But otherwise, I agree with you on some points. Cloning would be a very good medical benefit for 'regrowing' your own parts that have been mangled or damaged beyond repair. As for biologically engineering our own 'evolution', I doubt that we'll be able to do a good job at that just yet. I don't think we'll have the know-how to 'engineer' the better body for a long time, if ever. Besides, every person has a soul, and you can't engineer that.
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I would also like to add that the millisecond count that I'm guessing on will be.333666 (add to above timestamp). This is the day my sky will fall down, so I figure it's a good day for Mir to fall too!
Tell that to the families who staff those manufacturing plants. America was built on a bed of manufacturing -- it's what separated us from our mercantile past and it's what turned us into the economic powerhouse we are today. If we turn our backs on that heritage, then we will fail.
Well, America was actually built on a bed of fleeing persecution from the all powerful Catholic and other 'national' religions of Europe. Then we gained ground with readily available land ownership to the pioneers. Then manufacturing, and now the technology/information age. Things change my friend, and whether you like it or not, the manufacturing way of life in America is past. Now we're in the Information Age. For Microsoft to be trying to stifle OSS is just a play to keep them from having to change. Not many people like change, but OSS is change and Microsoft cannot stop it, no matter how much they petition the US Congress to do so.
I agree. Whether or not you take stock in religion or the Bible, exciting feelings that should be reserved for your significant other online is just as bad as doing it IRL.
My favorite quote of all time applies here:
"Trust in God - but row away from the rocks."
Sounds awful lazy of you to not want to do anything to take care of yourself. What are you a robot for God to control at all times? What a ridiculous quote to find 'intellectual'.
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Oooh! I'll bet those Mars probes will look down-right wonderful next to my collection of alien anal probes!
Haven't they heard about all the troubles NASA has had trying to develop this technology?
It has been found, proven, shown as fact, etc. that dinosaur fossils of the exact same dinosaur have been found in differing layers of rock that differ according to carbon dating methods (which I do not hold by millions upon millions of years. Now if that doesn't offer evidence for a catastrophy, like the Biblical worldwide flood, I don't know what does. And that same evidence has caused evolutionists to totally revamp their thoeries, because certainly that dinosaur had already evolved to a different level by that point, so they can't use that argument for that situation.
Point #2: It is logically foolish to base the theory of our existence on such a short time span as humans have been using the 'scientific method'. Now I think the scientific method is a solid one, and a very valid method for proving theories. However, you cannot use it to explain that which you have not witnessed. Theory-Hypothesis-Expirement-Conclusion. This is the order to do it in. No beneficial mutation/evolution of a species has ever been proven. There are no fossil records to indicate a transition from ape to man, dinosaur to bird, or amoeba to fish. Any that claim there are have been duped by texts which do not also show the proof that such 'transitional fossils' were hoaxes. Therefore, they are skipping the Expirement part, and jumping straight to conclusions! That is a completely invalid scientific method.
In conclusion, MSNBC has unfortunately lost any respect for their science department that I might have had for letting such a sloppily put together story go out. No scientific evidence was produced, and no reasoning behind the thoery was put forth. I now have yet another reason, to dislike M$ AND NBC.
I think M$ already patented that form of naming an update. It is now illegal to say 'Service Pack' without agreeing to their EULA. Just kidding. :)
So are you saying that I could have my lawyer send you a subpeona saying "such and such a company is providing such and such content that I find abusive, illegal, whatever, so take it down or I might consider legal action". Sure, I may never take legal action because my argument has no legs to stand on, but if you take down the site just because I asked you to, without even checking the facts of my argument, as Dave seems to have been able to do, wouldn't that eliminate my competition anyways if I had a business that I didn't want other businesses competing with?
Your point about cracking microsoft.com hits the bullseye! I don't have any legal authority to do so, but according to the US Government, they are running a monopoly, so it's ok to crack their site, gain info about there next big project, and then blackmail them with it. Well that's what Dave Powell claims is ok to do, right?
Ok, it's probably a poor excuse, but I'm sure you could find any lawyer to take up your case.
While it may go against the Open Source effort, I think you could write Shareware, with the stipulation that companies, X, Y, and Z were not allowed to use it for more than one day without paying (cue Dr. Evil voice) $100 billion dollars, but everyone else could use it for however long they wanted. Of course, this could be construed as corporate prejudice and possibly a monopolistic effort, but I'm not a lawyer, so I don't know.
Yes, wouldn't this amount to stealing? He did, after all, have to gain access to the network through nefarious means. Then he downloaded everyone's email addresses without paying for them or anything. C'mon Dave! The end justifies the means, eh? Well, what if my end to listening to the music I want to listen to means downloading it without paying for it, huh?
Aaah, if only I could mod this up as +1 (Ironic/Hilarious)!
That's cool. You can never be too careful in today's politically correct saturated society. :)
1. Dave sees company website hosted by Telco X that offers same service he offers for lower cost.
2. Dave sends quick email saying: "Do the usual." and includes website URL.
3. "Done the usual." is the reply and cheaper company is now effectively eliminated.
After all, they did 'infringe' on Dave's business model, and that's surely considered stealing!
In a way, this is quite an important service for the community because the bounty hunter is picking up the slack for what the police don't have the time to do: catch more criminals. But it can go overboard, and I think Dave and the CCS has gone overboard with his email tactic mentioned in the above article.
Sounds like chromatic is describing the old system of apprenticeship as a means to developing good programmers as it has existed since the beginning of civilization. I for one, am all for this idea. The hacker approach can be sloppy for large projects if not done properly, while the theoretical learning from a comp. sci. student can sometimes not make sense in the real world when quick fixes are needed that can only be tackled with some quick and dirty code. Of course, everyone learns differently, but this is definitely a way of learning that I think is all too often overlooked as a positive option.
From Websters:
Sure, evidence can be one form of reasoning for believing, but in the end it's whether your mind accepts it as true or not. I would say that according to the dictionary, this guy was a very stupid man.SOOO, to drag this back on topic...
Probabilities of extraterrestial life are ultimately based on some sort of faith in the evidence you see and that which you can guess at (since right now we have no evidence of extra-terrestrial life). We may have elements that can contribute to life, but so far they have not been proven to have been formed into any simple living cell, let alone any intelligent or instinctual living being.
Well, I was just trying to refer to non-graphical games as always having been 'massively multiplayer' despite the lack of that moniker. To call it such is a marketing ploy I think for the graphical, more CPU intensive games now out there. Hence, the NEW graphical TradeWars would of course fit into this category of massively multiplayer. Calling an online game 'massively multiplayer' is like calling the ump-teenth Power Rangers show: 'Ultra Super-duper New Power Rangers Mega-Duo Zord II'. It doesn't mean anything, it just sounds bigger and better than the last show.
'Massively multiplayer' doesn't apply to the text based games such as TradeWars and MUDs because those have always allowed any number of users to connect.
Besides, it takes a lot more computer power to run a CS or Quake3 server because of all of the graphics processing, than to run a TradeWars game, hence the marketing 'massively multiplayer' moniker. (Say that five times fast! hah!).
So now we'll be forced to have spyware all over our computers to make sure we've got the latest greatest compatible software from software subscription company x?! I would prefer to keep my passwords, personal financial details, and browsing habits to myself, thank you very much!
DS9 and Voyager sucked. Their were about three types of episodes that the shows just continued repeating. Interpersonal conflicts on ship/spacestation, discovery, and alien/Star Trek crew conflicts. Maybe if they had a show devoted to a localized war between three different alien civilizations set in the Start Trek universe (a la Star Craft), that would be new and interesting.
Isn't that what the Andromeda show is all about? Most if the episodes I have seen deal with space/time relativity and the craziness that can ensue because of it.
Space!
But otherwise, I agree with you on some points. Cloning would be a very good medical benefit for 'regrowing' your own parts that have been mangled or damaged beyond repair. As for biologically engineering our own 'evolution', I doubt that we'll be able to do a good job at that just yet. I don't think we'll have the know-how to 'engineer' the better body for a long time, if ever. Besides, every person has a soul, and you can't engineer that.
2001-03-03 03.66.60 I would also like to add that the millisecond count that I'm guessing on will be .333666 (add to above timestamp). This is the day my sky will fall down, so I figure it's a good day for Mir to fall too!
Well, America was actually built on a bed of fleeing persecution from the all powerful Catholic and other 'national' religions of Europe. Then we gained ground with readily available land ownership to the pioneers. Then manufacturing, and now the technology/information age. Things change my friend, and whether you like it or not, the manufacturing way of life in America is past. Now we're in the Information Age. For Microsoft to be trying to stifle OSS is just a play to keep them from having to change. Not many people like change, but OSS is change and Microsoft cannot stop it, no matter how much they petition the US Congress to do so.
I agree. Whether or not you take stock in religion or the Bible, exciting feelings that should be reserved for your significant other online is just as bad as doing it IRL.
Sounds awful lazy of you to not want to do anything to take care of yourself. What are you a robot for God to control at all times? What a ridiculous quote to find 'intellectual'.