I was, and you're right. The size of the PNG files from wikipedia would be sufficient for most purposes. The SVG's can be readily imported without loss into all sorts of programs that run plotters and special machinery that can produce a variety of rather convincing fake government paraphernalia. Of course, if you're going to try to impersonate an FBI agent anywhere other than a costume party, you aren't going to print "FBI" with your facebook picture on your inkjet printer but SVG is still probably overkill for a simple PVC badge.
Just looked at a couple different translations, and I guess the confusion depends on the wording of whatever particular version you have.
They were allowed to eat of every plant except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. What is so fucking difficult to understand about that command, hmm?
In Genesis 1:29, God gives them every plant to eat, no exceptions. In Genesis 2:17, God forbids they eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And if they do, he says they will surely die on that very day. Which they do, and they don't.
No, what makes you think there were? Until Adam and Eve got sent out of the garden...
Then who did Cain marry?
The commands are all right there. They aren't hard to follow.
Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live. Anyone who violates any number of things shall be put to death.
I'm pretty sure I could answer either of those without even referring to the Bible to check my memory, but I wasn't aware there was much controversy over it, so I'm pretty sure I'd be wasting my time. As if I'm not already.... Now you've identified the problem: not contradictions within the Bible, but people contradicting it.
We are indeed both wasting our time. I have nothing against the Bible or those who believe in it. I'm no scholar in this area, but there certainly are contradictions within it, with what people say about it, and with observed reality. Are they all that important? Not so much. I will say that the Bible is the best thing that ever happened to a large number of people.
In what order are things created again? Is man allowed to use every plant for food, or is there a limitation on that? Reading further, are there people outside the garden? How many of each animal were put on the Ark? Are we allowed to kill or not? What exactly happened on Jesus' last day? How did Judas die? I admit I haven't studied this stuff in years. Some of the biggest contradictions are in what the bible says and what people try to claim it says.
Sure, start at the beginning. Read Genesis 1, then Genesis 2. Notice any differences? Here's a small one: they're two completely different accounts of creation.
It's code for "microwave oven," a device used to heat food by bombarding it with microwave radiation. We cleverly use "microwave" alone so the pedants won't understand what we're saying.
But there's plenty of other contradictions, too. If you're going to believe them all simultaneously, why not believe evolution alongside everything else?
That's a pretty rough approximation of probability. I have to say though, that I never saw a good reason evolution had to be at odds with what's in the bible.
Thank you for a thoughtful, well written post. I'm glad you pointed out the problem that we teach "what science says" instead of teaching science itself. If we could fix that, we wouldn't even be having this discussion about creationism vs. evolution in the science classroom. But to fix it, we need good teachers with a firm grasp on the subject that aren't being forced this way and that by their school board at every turn.
More to the point, it's not evidence of the invalidity of evolution. We can prove stuff with fossils, but we can't prove stuff with the lack of them. And if you believe the earth is only 6000 years old, you can't do either.
Throw some leftovers in the microwave for 30 seconds. Actually, make it 29. One second won't matter, right? Two won't either, so make it 28. Come to think of it, take one of the middle seconds out and call it 27. Which one makes the food hot? It starts cold and ends hot. I'm not sure when exactly it happens, but it does. Take half of them out and gets warm, but I wouldn't call it hot, so I wouldn't think the cold food is destroyed and hot food is created in its place. Hmmm. Tricky business. I'm not going to pretend to be an expert, but maybe nature doesn't share our same need for distinctions. I'm not sure of the exact moment I became an adult. In biology class I struggled to define which stage of mitosis some cells were in at the time I viewed them.
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I was, and you're right. The size of the PNG files from wikipedia would be sufficient for most purposes. The SVG's can be readily imported without loss into all sorts of programs that run plotters and special machinery that can produce a variety of rather convincing fake government paraphernalia. Of course, if you're going to try to impersonate an FBI agent anywhere other than a costume party, you aren't going to print "FBI" with your facebook picture on your inkjet printer but SVG is still probably overkill for a simple PVC badge.
In SVG format, which I suspect is the real issue here.
Wow, it's even worse than the original.. it should say:
"Whoever ... possesses any ... insignia ... or any colorable imitation thereof ... shall be fined ... or imprisoned ... or both."
This is fun, you could say:
"... the head of any department or agency of the United States ... shall be ... imprisoned ... "
Though not explicitly stated as such, I believe this was an opinion. No citation needed for that.
How long have you been sitting on that?
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Gen. 1.
Just looked at a couple different translations, and I guess the confusion depends on the wording of whatever particular version you have.
They were allowed to eat of every plant except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. What is so fucking difficult to understand about that command, hmm?
In Genesis 1:29, God gives them every plant to eat, no exceptions.
In Genesis 2:17, God forbids they eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
And if they do, he says they will surely die on that very day. Which they do, and they don't.
No, what makes you think there were? Until Adam and Eve got sent out of the garden...
Then who did Cain marry?
The commands are all right there. They aren't hard to follow.
Thou shalt not kill.
Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.
Anyone who violates any number of things shall be put to death.
I'm pretty sure I could answer either of those without even referring to the Bible to check my memory, but I wasn't aware there was much controversy over it, so I'm pretty sure I'd be wasting my time. As if I'm not already. ... Now you've identified the problem: not contradictions within the Bible, but people contradicting it.
We are indeed both wasting our time. I have nothing against the Bible or those who believe in it. I'm no scholar in this area, but there certainly are contradictions within it, with what people say about it, and with observed reality. Are they all that important? Not so much. I will say that the Bible is the best thing that ever happened to a large number of people.
In what order are things created again? Is man allowed to use every plant for food, or is there a limitation on that? Reading further, are there people outside the garden? How many of each animal were put on the Ark? Are we allowed to kill or not? What exactly happened on Jesus' last day? How did Judas die? I admit I haven't studied this stuff in years. Some of the biggest contradictions are in what the bible says and what people try to claim it says.
Depending on the configuration of your nickel-chromium conductors, it could very well heat more evenly. I'll have to try it some time.
Sure, start at the beginning. Read Genesis 1, then Genesis 2. Notice any differences? Here's a small one: they're two completely different accounts of creation.
It's code for "microwave oven," a device used to heat food by bombarding it with microwave radiation. We cleverly use "microwave" alone so the pedants won't understand what we're saying.
But there's plenty of other contradictions, too. If you're going to believe them all simultaneously, why not believe evolution alongside everything else?
That's a pretty rough approximation of probability. I have to say though, that I never saw a good reason evolution had to be at odds with what's in the bible.
Even if life was seeded here, it still evolved. Also, "this looks designed" is no more science than "this was created by God." Almost less so.
Thank you for a thoughtful, well written post. I'm glad you pointed out the problem that we teach "what science says" instead of teaching science itself. If we could fix that, we wouldn't even be having this discussion about creationism vs. evolution in the science classroom. But to fix it, we need good teachers with a firm grasp on the subject that aren't being forced this way and that by their school board at every turn.
More to the point, it's not evidence of the invalidity of evolution. We can prove stuff with fossils, but we can't prove stuff with the lack of them. And if you believe the earth is only 6000 years old, you can't do either.
Throw some leftovers in the microwave for 30 seconds. Actually, make it 29. One second won't matter, right? Two won't either, so make it 28. Come to think of it, take one of the middle seconds out and call it 27. Which one makes the food hot? It starts cold and ends hot. I'm not sure when exactly it happens, but it does. Take half of them out and gets warm, but I wouldn't call it hot, so I wouldn't think the cold food is destroyed and hot food is created in its place. Hmmm. Tricky business. I'm not going to pretend to be an expert, but maybe nature doesn't share our same need for distinctions. I'm not sure of the exact moment I became an adult. In biology class I struggled to define which stage of mitosis some cells were in at the time I viewed them.
God left it out to prove creationism in a very, very subtle way.
"you don't have to be afraid to point out some of the fallacies with the theory of evolution."
Please do. I'd like to hear them. We're waiting... all ears... go ahead... hello?
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Then there's Apple. They tend not to even list arbitrary numbers. You have no idea what hardware you're getting.
Yeah, if they wanted to force it, they'd have put it in IE, not Safari.
That's a pretty good point. It's mind boggling how much money they have, and how much continues to flood in despite this mess.
I wonder if something like conficker could actually tilt a close election using similar means.
A big limiting factor in both cases is the fact that google requires you to prepay a budget for your adwords.
What can I do?
Go to google, search for 'oil spill', and click on all the ads. Each click costs them money, and I'm sure they're bidding high for placement.
And certainly don't guess any of those last ones.
"Do you know why I pulled you over?"
"My vehicle matches the description of one seen at a crime scene?"