Except that the Jews are our elders in the faith of Isaac and Abraham.
As a very wise minister I knew (Dr. Renn, who had married one of my cousins) once said, ``The New Testament is contained in the Old Testament, the Old is explained in the New.''
Yep. From a previous post (here http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1970862&cid=35031350 for the curious)... Anyone whose faith is so fragile that it could be damaged by a rigorous class in evolutionary biology should go back to CCD or Sunday School or whatever their faith's equivalent is....
People who believe in the literal Word of God as the Bible remind me of the grand-daughter of a family friend --- he was a woodworker, old school, wanted me to be his apprentice so he could put me to work re-sawing wood rather than purchase a band saw. He made a cradle as a gift for the grand-daughter in question, for her to keep her dolls in --- she was very impressed when her mother told her, ``Your grandfather made this by hand.'' and immediately evinced a desire to see him and to see his shop and to watch him make something. The visit was arranged and upon arrival, the young lady was taken out to the shop and the large door rolled open, revealing rack upon rack of chisels, saws, hand planes, a simply unbelievable quantity of clamps and other hand tools --- the girl let out a shriek such as only a 5 year old girl can and yelled, ``Mommy! You lied! Grandpa doesn't make things by hand! He uses tools!''.
God is quite capable of using DNA and RNA and quantum mechanics and other theories which we have yet to learn about to make people and the world.
Moreover, those who believe that humanity is incapable of learning how God works are being blasphemous and not remembering the lesson of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:6) which indicates that humanity's learning capacity is without limit.
and the best way to do this is to use people who are subject to Status of Forces agreements, and under control of the civilian authority. Use Marines to guard embassies, Security Police to guard Airbases, &c.
I wouldn't hire Blackwater, Xe, Chertoff Group &c. to pick up my trash.
If you're getting your water from a well w/ an electric pump, when the power is out, so's your water.
It'd be a huge plus on why to choose a Nissan over another brand of car w/o said feature, and eliminates the need to store a generator, fuel for it, and have the special connection to make the generator able to power the house.
A ``What You See is What You Mean'' document editor which uses LaTeX to typeset final output, it has a lot of other options and a nice, sensible, straight-forward interface which is everything Word's Ribbon is not.
Actually, it may just be his location on the power line relative to the nearest substation --- my home is one of the furthest from the substation wiring-distance-wise, and CFLs do _not_ last --- got tired of running them out to Home Depot (which will take them to recycle) and invested (literally!) in Philips LED bulbs which are lasting fine thus far.
By contrast, a friend lives in an adjacent sub-division in a slightly older house made by the same developer and he has no problems w/ CFLs.
The museum wasn't the property owner, but merely a custodian of an item which is owned by NASA and was on loan to them. That they improperly disposed of it, does not terminate NASA's ownership.
That is exactly why I insisted on keeping a separate copper line for my home telephone when Verizon came and hooked up FIOS. I know, the fiber-network phone comes w/ a battery backup, but I don't want my 911 service dependent on whether or no a battery is in good condition and charged.
The other consideration is that I don't want my doctor, plumber, dentist, lawyer, HVAC contractor, &c. to be able to disturb me when I'm not at home, so they get the home #.
The difference is, when you land at your destination you don't have to rent a second car --- you just fold and secure the wings, then drive off the tarmace and onto the highway.
Well, for the 3DS they created a tool (free downloadable) which allowed one to move purchased from a DSI over to a 3DS --- presumably they'll do something like that.
A counterpoint. The Wii is the only game console we (me, wife, daughter 16 and son 11) have.
The intersection of good games which implement Wii Motion controls really well is vanishingly small --- Red Steel 2 being the poster child. Unfortunately Red Steel 1 and Dragon Quest Swords tried hard but were handicapped by happening before Wii Motion Plus was available.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance is a _lot_ of fun, and it's very cool to administer beat-down moving the Wii remote around.
First Person Shooters work well --- pointing w/ the Wii Remote is unambiguous, fast and natural --- Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition is considered by many to be the best implementation of that title (but hampered by coming out before the Wii Zapper), Goldeneye 007 is a _lot_ of fun (and has a rage-quitting inducing segment in the solo campaign which is quite difficult, so gamers should feel adequately challenged) and was presaged by Link's Crossbow Training (which has excellent ``Ranger'' FPS-like segments). Conduit, Call of Duty, et. al. The problem is developers found it easier to create games on rails like Ghostsquad...
Metroid Prime Trilogy's upgrade to IR pointing was _really_ well done, and it does have the difficulty which hard core gamers enjoy.
Speedracer was actually quite fun, w/ ``Car-Fu'' moves done by doing more than just rotating the wheel, but I'd like to see a racing game w/ a more realistic physics engine and tighter controls.
And there are games w/ excellent reviews which didn't appeal like Mercury Meltdown Revolution
Lots of games which tried hard and I didn't really find to be fun --- Overturn, Ski and Shoot, &c.
And of course, as this article notes, it also functions as a normal game console so things like the Lego franchise, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, &c. are available.
That said, I think (hope) that the only game which will keep our Wii going long-term will be Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
It contained aquatint etchings which would degrade when exposed to light and a _floppy disk_ w/ the text which would encrypt itself as it was displayed (naturally this has since been broken).
And Galileo _was_ a devout Catholic (which makes his story all the more poignant).
At least you got Turing's situation right. What we really need is for someone to make the explicit statement that ``Civil Unions'' should be accorded _all_ the legal rights, privileges and status as marriage and we could move on to solving real problems as opposed to arguing over labels. At least the UN got on board in a recent resolution:
The Wii won't be able to hold an entire downloaded movie --- unless one makes putting in a blank 8GB SD card before watching --- I don't think that will go over well, nor do I think the copyright holders will like the idea of a single monolithic file being made available.
At one point in time a group of 56 such people gathered together to sign a document, the first published version of which didn't have their names on it since they were in danger of being hanged for treason.
One was captured and imprisoned by the government merely for having signed the document; two were wounded during their struggle against this government; one urged that when the enemy used his home as a headquarters that it be fired upon and destroyed (the owner died bankrupt, never able to re-build his home); another had to leave his ill wife's bedside, he and his 13 children fleeing to live in the wilderness, when he returned he found his wife dead, his business destroyed and died in poverty some years later; two others also saw their businesses destroyed, ultimately dying in poverty.[1]
I was fortunate to be able to purchase a letterpress printed copy of a later version of this document which was printed recently and it hangs in the family living room[2].
Actually, Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga for the Wii has an extensive equipment / customization setup, and the enhancement of equipment is flexible enough that one can make aesthetics the driving force in equipment selection.
As a bonus, the customized character is used in all cutscene animations.
If only the game interface, graphics, sound-effects and story were better.
- the limited utility of advertising
- they won't make nice keepsakes or fit into a scrapbook
- hard to collect signatures on the app
- the theater being illuminated by _everyone_ having their cell phone out looking at the program
I don't believe wiretapping laws could be held to apply at all --- police officers have a legal obligation to create an accurate record of their performance of their duties --- anything which serves to document that is implicitly acceptable as a matter of public record.
Slashdot Mirror
Yeah, here's a depressing look at a much more reasonable alien invasion than the one featured in _Footfall_:
http://www.tor.com/stories/2010/02/vilcabamba
William
Except that the Jews are our elders in the faith of Isaac and Abraham.
As a very wise minister I knew (Dr. Renn, who had married one of my cousins) once said, ``The New Testament is contained in the Old Testament, the Old is explained in the New.''
Yep. From a previous post (here http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1970862&cid=35031350 for the curious) ... Anyone whose faith is so fragile that it could be damaged by a rigorous class in evolutionary biology should go back to CCD or Sunday School or whatever their faith's equivalent is. ...
People who believe in the literal Word of God as the Bible remind me of the grand-daughter of a family friend --- he was a woodworker, old school, wanted me to be his apprentice so he could put me to work re-sawing wood rather than purchase a band saw. He made a cradle as a gift for the grand-daughter in question, for her to keep her dolls in --- she was very impressed when her mother told her, ``Your grandfather made this by hand.'' and immediately evinced a desire to see him and to see his shop and to watch him make something. The visit was arranged and upon arrival, the young lady was taken out to the shop and the large door rolled open, revealing rack upon rack of chisels, saws, hand planes, a simply unbelievable quantity of clamps and other hand tools --- the girl let out a shriek such as only a 5 year old girl can and yelled, ``Mommy! You lied! Grandpa doesn't make things by hand! He uses tools!''.
God is quite capable of using DNA and RNA and quantum mechanics and other theories which we have yet to learn about to make people and the world.
Moreover, those who believe that humanity is incapable of learning how God works are being blasphemous and not remembering the lesson of the Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:6) which indicates that humanity's learning capacity is without limit.
William
and the best way to do this is to use people who are subject to Status of Forces agreements, and under control of the civilian authority. Use Marines to guard embassies, Security Police to guard Airbases, &c.
I wouldn't hire Blackwater, Xe, Chertoff Group &c. to pick up my trash.
If you're getting your water from a well w/ an electric pump, when the power is out, so's your water.
It'd be a huge plus on why to choose a Nissan over another brand of car w/o said feature, and eliminates the need to store a generator, fuel for it, and have the special connection to make the generator able to power the house.
William
Interestingly there is at least one company building one-off houses using a 3D printing-style device --- out of concrete:
http://www.physorg.com/news139161727.html
William
http://www.lyx.org/
A ``What You See is What You Mean'' document editor which uses LaTeX to typeset final output, it has a lot of other options and a nice, sensible, straight-forward interface which is everything Word's Ribbon is not.
William
Actually, it may just be his location on the power line relative to the nearest substation --- my home is one of the furthest from the substation wiring-distance-wise, and CFLs do _not_ last --- got tired of running them out to Home Depot (which will take them to recycle) and invested (literally!) in Philips LED bulbs which are lasting fine thus far.
By contrast, a friend lives in an adjacent sub-division in a slightly older house made by the same developer and he has no problems w/ CFLs.
William
The museum wasn't the property owner, but merely a custodian of an item which is owned by NASA and was on loan to them. That they improperly disposed of it, does not terminate NASA's ownership.
William
That is exactly why I insisted on keeping a separate copper line for my home telephone when Verizon came and hooked up FIOS. I know, the fiber-network phone comes w/ a battery backup, but I don't want my 911 service dependent on whether or no a battery is in good condition and charged.
The other consideration is that I don't want my doctor, plumber, dentist, lawyer, HVAC contractor, &c. to be able to disturb me when I'm not at home, so they get the home #.
The difference is, when you land at your destination you don't have to rent a second car --- you just fold and secure the wings, then drive off the tarmace and onto the highway.
::applause::
Thank you for injecting some rationality and common sense into the discussion.
The wiretap figure which we need to be concerned about is those done w/o a warrant.
Well, for the 3DS they created a tool (free downloadable) which allowed one to move purchased from a DSI over to a 3DS --- presumably they'll do something like that.
A counterpoint. The Wii is the only game console we (me, wife, daughter 16 and son 11) have.
The intersection of good games which implement Wii Motion controls really well is vanishingly small --- Red Steel 2 being the poster child. Unfortunately Red Steel 1 and Dragon Quest Swords tried hard but were handicapped by happening before Wii Motion Plus was available.
Marvel Ultimate Alliance is a _lot_ of fun, and it's very cool to administer beat-down moving the Wii remote around.
First Person Shooters work well --- pointing w/ the Wii Remote is unambiguous, fast and natural --- Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition is considered by many to be the best implementation of that title (but hampered by coming out before the Wii Zapper), Goldeneye 007 is a _lot_ of fun (and has a rage-quitting inducing segment in the solo campaign which is quite difficult, so gamers should feel adequately challenged) and was presaged by Link's Crossbow Training (which has excellent ``Ranger'' FPS-like segments). Conduit, Call of Duty, et. al. The problem is developers found it easier to create games on rails like Ghostsquad...
Metroid Prime Trilogy's upgrade to IR pointing was _really_ well done, and it does have the difficulty which hard core gamers enjoy.
Speedracer was actually quite fun, w/ ``Car-Fu'' moves done by doing more than just rotating the wheel, but I'd like to see a racing game w/ a more realistic physics engine and tighter controls.
And there are games w/ excellent reviews which didn't appeal like Mercury Meltdown Revolution
Lots of games which tried hard and I didn't really find to be fun --- Overturn, Ski and Shoot, &c.
And of course, as this article notes, it also functions as a normal game console so things like the Lego franchise, Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, &c. are available.
That said, I think (hope) that the only game which will keep our Wii going long-term will be Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
That would be William Gibson's _Agrippa_ a memoir of his father:
http://www.dissemination.dk/research/books/postcard-from-a-dead-future/
It contained aquatint etchings which would degrade when exposed to light and a _floppy disk_ w/ the text which would encrypt itself as it was displayed (naturally this has since been broken).
William
It's fake violence, but real sex.
Well, the Bible thumpers have had their moments:
http://www.amazon.com/Irish-Saved-Civilization-Hinges-History/dp/0385418493
And Galileo _was_ a devout Catholic (which makes his story all the more poignant).
At least you got Turing's situation right. What we really need is for someone to make the explicit statement that ``Civil Unions'' should be accorded _all_ the legal rights, privileges and status as marriage and we could move on to solving real problems as opposed to arguing over labels. At least the UN got on board in a recent resolution:
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-17/world/un.lgbt.rights_1_gay-rights-human-rights-gay-pride-event?_s=PM:WORLD
The Wii won't be able to hold an entire downloaded movie --- unless one makes putting in a blank 8GB SD card before watching --- I don't think that will go over well, nor do I think the copyright holders will like the idea of a single monolithic file being made available.
The problem isn't merely a technical one...
William
At one point in time a group of 56 such people gathered together to sign a document, the first published version of which didn't have their names on it since they were in danger of being hanged for treason.
One was captured and imprisoned by the government merely for having signed the document; two were wounded during their struggle against this government; one urged that when the enemy used his home as a headquarters that it be fired upon and destroyed (the owner died bankrupt, never able to re-build his home); another had to leave his ill wife's bedside, he and his 13 children fleeing to live in the wilderness, when he returned he found his wife dead, his business destroyed and died in poverty some years later; two others also saw their businesses destroyed, ultimately dying in poverty.[1]
I was fortunate to be able to purchase a letterpress printed copy of a later version of this document which was printed recently and it hangs in the family living room[2].
1 - http://www.connecticutsar.org/articles/price_paid.htm
2 - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/File-Goddard_broadside.jpg
Actually, Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga for the Wii has an extensive equipment / customization setup, and the enhancement of equipment is flexible enough that one can make aesthetics the driving force in equipment selection.
As a bonus, the customized character is used in all cutscene animations.
If only the game interface, graphics, sound-effects and story were better.
William
And of course, there's absolutely no down-side to DDG, right?
Feeding it to livestock hasn't been working out that well, unfortunately:
http://discussions.agweb.com/showthread.php?1816-DDG-s-health-risk-for-livestock
You can't stop when you get the answer you want --- you have to continue following the money trail, and all the fall-out until all the dust settles.
William
I don't blame him for mis-liking the idea of such a treatment which isn't under his control.
The problems of course will be:
- the limited utility of advertising
- they won't make nice keepsakes or fit into a scrapbook
- hard to collect signatures on the app
- the theater being illuminated by _everyone_ having their cell phone out looking at the program
William
I don't believe wiretapping laws could be held to apply at all --- police officers have a legal obligation to create an accurate record of their performance of their duties --- anything which serves to document that is implicitly acceptable as a matter of public record.
betterunixthanunix's post here:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2229228&cid=36404860
is spot on.
Yep. It'd also make their filling in their duty logs / the police blotter much easier.