More than 13 percent of the year is left, and "Bet of 2006" lists are coming out. Apparently, these folks are calendar challenged. PopSci, well, okay they're a pop rag with no pretension to the fact that they're out for profit. But am I the only person who expects better of SciAm?
... Is not memory performance as such, but system performance. If a 5 percent increase in system performance increases the cost of your system by 10 percent, you have to want it pretty badly or be on the edge of required performance or just be in a schoolyard comparison. But if it's reversed, and a 10 percent increase in system performance can be had for a 5 percent increase in system price, then if you can afford the 5 percent (say $100 for a $2000 system), go for it.
What experiment has proved either ID or evolution? I don't mean "proved well enough for someone to believe it." I mean proved in the rigorous sense of "reproducible experiments that have removed all other variables and shown no other possibility exists."
None.
And I can state with reasonable certainty that none ever will. (Kindly note that I am not claiming absolute certainty.)
ID is a much, much bigger claim than "evolution is wrong." It's the claim that matter, energy, time and chance are insufficient to produce a cosmologically organized system.
This is not something that can be proved by experiment. But neither is the counterclaim, namely, that matter, energy, time and chance are sufficient to produce a cosmologically organized system.
What evidence would be sufficient to get you to change your mind?
If your answer to the latter question is "nothing," then your mind is closed unless you are lying or something outside you pries your mind open to see itself.
Anthony Flew's argument about falsifiability applies to both sides at the level of cosmology.
This also has vast implications for teleology, but that's probably straying too far away from the subject.
Caridi has yet to be charged, but after he's admitted to supplying Sprague with screeners for the last 3-5 years, I highly doubt his innocence will remain unchallenged for very long.
If he steadfastly maintains his own innocence, he may be able to pull it off. Some folks still think Alger Hiss was innocent, Venona papers or no.
I admit I have only read the top level responses (don't have time for more; need to invest in a speed reading class), but every response I have seen utterly ignores the known truths of Basic Economics. (The paperback edition is to be released 2002 Mar 01.) For instance, talk about the "gap" between haves and have-nots in the U.S. is misleading if you ignore the demographics of the data. The fact is that most of the bottom 20% of income earners are under the age of 30. This should encourage the young, because it shows that your economic prospects get better as you get older. It also means you have to be smart.
... is that the human condition hasn't changed. Even when the outward trappings of our circumstances change, we remain ultimately and finally corrupt and unable to change ourselves. Whittaker Chambers, an American Communist until 1937, understood this.
Huh? Steve Forbes isn't telling anyone what to believe. He's simply choosing the way he wants to dispose of his own money. This is the way America works. Princeton has no right to his money at all.
And as a matter of free speech, why are you criticizing Forbes (or anybody else to the right of your opinion) for exercizing the right you think Singer should have?
I have a dual boot system that I use with Qwest all the time. My deal is a little different: I pay 5 cents/minute for us$14.95 per month. Inet service is also us$14.95 unless your long distance bill is over us$50 - then it's free. (My wife's three best friends are all out of state, so we're effectively getting long distance for half the price and internet service for us$14.95, compared to the deal we had with AT&T.
Setting up the PAP authentication on Linux took a couple of tries, but now it's flawless. The key is to make the dialer wait the right amount of time before turning the process over to pppd. Sending and receiving email works with Netscape though I can't yet send with nmh:-(. And they don't yet offer multiple email accounts:-(.
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Wool.
Hugh Howey strikes again.
... they'll explain why, other than south of the diagonal from New Jersey to east Texas, Oregon is the only place in the U.S. to find kudzu.
I was hoping it would be before my mortgage is paid off.
Binney says one thing. What does Smith say? I bet it's colorful.
... they were in Florida.
Are we sure it's NR2B? I.e., NR2B or NR-not-2B. That is the question.
I hope they have audio of Carly Simon singing "You're So Vain". That would fit this generation.
If it's at Milne Point, why don't we just ask Eeyore?
More than 13 percent of the year is left, and "Bet of 2006" lists are coming out. Apparently, these folks are calendar challenged. PopSci, well, okay they're a pop rag with no pretension to the fact that they're out for profit. But am I the only person who expects better of SciAm?
... "juicy!"
... Is not memory performance as such, but system performance. If a 5 percent increase in system performance increases the cost of your system by 10 percent, you have to want it pretty badly or be on the edge of required performance or just be in a schoolyard comparison. But if it's reversed, and a 10 percent increase in system performance can be had for a 5 percent increase in system price, then if you can afford the 5 percent (say $100 for a $2000 system), go for it.
... then what about Jose Jimenez?
What experiment has proved either ID or evolution? I don't mean "proved well enough for someone to believe it." I mean proved in the rigorous sense of "reproducible experiments that have removed all other variables and shown no other possibility exists."
None.
And I can state with reasonable certainty that none ever will. (Kindly note that I am not claiming absolute certainty.)
ID is a much, much bigger claim than "evolution is wrong." It's the claim that matter, energy, time and chance are insufficient to produce a cosmologically organized system.
This is not something that can be proved by experiment. But neither is the counterclaim, namely, that matter, energy, time and chance are sufficient to produce a cosmologically organized system.
(Aside: "Chance" isn't really anything, ontologically.)
In the end, it comes down to two questions:
If your answer to the latter question is "nothing," then your mind is closed unless you are lying or something outside you pries your mind open to see itself.
Anthony Flew's argument about falsifiability applies to both sides at the level of cosmology.
This also has vast implications for teleology, but that's probably straying too far away from the subject.
CDs with thousands of songs! What a compression algorithm! I want one of those!!!
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Jim Crigler
And it didn't happen then, either.
Coconut or fruity?
- Single click
- Double click
- Click and hold
- Click and move
Yawn. Microsoft at it again.Caridi has yet to be charged, but after he's admitted to supplying Sprague with screeners for the last 3-5 years, I highly doubt his innocence will remain unchallenged for very long. If he steadfastly maintains his own innocence, he may be able to pull it off. Some folks still think Alger Hiss was innocent, Venona papers or no.
A whole new way of poisoning someone!
I admit I have only read the top level responses (don't have time for more; need to invest in a speed reading class), but every response I have seen utterly ignores the known truths of Basic Economics. (The paperback edition is to be released 2002 Mar 01.) For instance, talk about the "gap" between haves and have-nots in the U.S. is misleading if you ignore the demographics of the data. The fact is that most of the bottom 20% of income earners are under the age of 30. This should encourage the young, because it shows that your economic prospects get better as you get older. It also means you have to be smart.
... is that the human condition hasn't changed. Even when the outward trappings of our circumstances change, we remain ultimately and finally corrupt and unable to change ourselves. Whittaker Chambers, an American Communist until 1937, understood this.
And as a matter of free speech, why are you criticizing Forbes (or anybody else to the right of your opinion) for exercizing the right you think Singer should have?
Setting up the PAP authentication on Linux took a couple of tries, but now it's flawless. The key is to make the dialer wait the right amount of time before turning the process over to pppd. Sending and receiving email works with Netscape though I can't yet send with nmh :-(. And they don't yet offer multiple email accounts :-(.