Look at the article. Though it appears on Red Nova, it actally comes courtesy of the UK's Daily Mail newspaper.. and I'd take the Weekly World News over the Daily Mail any day. At least the WWN doesn't take itself so seriously.. probably has more journalistic integrity, too.
Bravo! One of the best posts I've seen in a very long time. I get so sick of hearing "Oh, but *science* said the world was flat!" and "*science* said we couldn't fly", when in fact quite the opposite is true. It was the scientific method which showed us the way forwards in all these areas, despite the best attempts of religion to hold progress back (most notably in the "flat/round earth" and geocentricism fields)
Considering there's already people in high places running programs of goat-staring and trying to walk through walls, it's probably too late - and this stuff has been going on for years. It's only going to get worse with Emperor Bush's "Faith Driven Brainwashing" programs, too.
If you want to see some really wild stuff, google around for "The men who stare at goats", "Crazy rulers of the world", and "first earth battalion"
So what? Anybody can do bad science. Argument from authority is a fallacy. An oft used case is "Einstein said/thought X" therefore by extension X must be true. The reason Einstein's work was respected was for the thorough scientific work he did. It's valid to say "Einstein showed X to be true by providing proof Y gained from experiment Z", but when it comes down to baseless opinions Einstein carries as much weight as my granny.
Pah! I've known that RNG's are unfriendly for years. You've never played Nethack, have you?..though I do find it becomes more cooperative when offered a human sacrifice...
Not having heard of that movie I decided to look it up on IMDB (I'm in the UK.. it hasn't hit here yet) Sounds like a total crapflood of psuedoscience and nonsense. I found a great line on the IMDB messageboard that seems to sum it up well though:
"I didn't think it was possible to offend scientists, atheists and theists all at the same time... but walking out of the theatre, I realized this film had accomplished precisely that."
As someone pointed out above, Red Nova are merely regurgitating the Daily Mail (look at the bottom of the page). They should really have checked their source's credibility first, as the Daily Mail is one step away from being one of those "Aliens made me have sex with Elvis!" rags
I'll second this. The Daily Mail is most famous for it's hysterical knee-jerk reactions to everything and anything, famously running a "BAN THIS SICK FILY NOW!" headline for the videogame Manhunt when they decided it had been responsible for the murder of a teenager. They completely glossed over it after the fact when it was discovered that the *victim* and not the killer had been the one who owned and played the game.
Please mod parent up. The given link is an excellent critical analysis of this experiment, and the fact that the experimenter even attempts to bring up the TM-Sidhi cult driven experiment of 1993 should be immediate cause for alarm
I don't know about the others, but Racing Stripes isn't just a movie.. it's *culture*, dammit. I checked the trailer.. I mean, it has fart gags *AND* shit gags!
I don't download anything illegaly, and go and buy religiously my CDs and DVDs second hand
You know, when you buy a CD second hand the artist doesn't see a penny of that sale.. it goes entirely to the seller. So.. you end up with the CD, and yet no profit goes to the artist.
OMFG! SECOND HAND SALES ARE KILLING MUSIC!!!#!##!!ONEoneELEVEN!!'#~~#!!!
Yes, but presumably it's just the twisted brainwrong of a one-off manmental. Anyways.. shouldn't they be more worried about quadraspazzed robononces fiddling with phallic soundwaves from speakers? Not to mention heavy electricity.
Anyways, I'm off to stimulate my Shatner's Bassoon with some cake. Pzzququqlllak!
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Or just imagine if such an intelligence were to take over someone's web site
...beekeepers, ssshh ;)
Well I thought it was funny, even if whoever had the mod points didn't.
Actually, I believe your "luck" will decrease in Nethack after human sacrifice, making the rng less friendly.
Who said anything about the sacrifice being in the game?
Re your sig: a quick CTRL+, CTRL- will fix Slashdot in Firefox.. but yes, I agree it's ironic that Slashdot of all sites renders like crap in Firefox
Look at the article. Though it appears on Red Nova, it actally comes courtesy of the UK's Daily Mail newspaper.. and I'd take the Weekly World News over the Daily Mail any day. At least the WWN doesn't take itself so seriously.. probably has more journalistic integrity, too.
Bravo! One of the best posts I've seen in a very long time.
I get so sick of hearing "Oh, but *science* said the world was flat!" and "*science* said we couldn't fly", when in fact quite the opposite is true. It was the scientific method which showed us the way forwards in all these areas, despite the best attempts of religion to hold progress back (most notably in the "flat/round earth" and geocentricism fields)
Considering there's already people in high places running programs of goat-staring and trying to walk through walls, it's probably too late - and this stuff has been going on for years. It's only going to get worse with Emperor Bush's "Faith Driven Brainwashing" programs, too.
If you want to see some really wild stuff, google around for "The men who stare at goats", "Crazy rulers of the world", and "first earth battalion"
So what? Anybody can do bad science.
Argument from authority is a fallacy. An oft used case is "Einstein said/thought X" therefore by extension X must be true.
The reason Einstein's work was respected was for the thorough scientific work he did. It's valid to say "Einstein showed X to be true by providing proof Y gained from experiment Z", but when it comes down to baseless opinions Einstein carries as much weight as my granny.
I started reading and made it as far as "according to a growing band of top scientists"
I think I have that exact phrase in my spam filter.
And if that didn't do it "Source: Daily Mail" really should've
Riiiiight...
So, instead of seeing a spike then looking for an event to fit it, they see an event then look for a spike to fit it.
And this is so much better why, exactly?
How's this for starters?
Pah! I've known that RNG's are unfriendly for years. You've never played Nethack, have you? ..though I do find it becomes more cooperative when offered a human sacrifice...
Not having heard of that movie I decided to look it up on IMDB (I'm in the UK.. it hasn't hit here yet)
Sounds like a total crapflood of psuedoscience and nonsense. I found a great line on the IMDB messageboard that seems to sum it up well though:
"I didn't think it was possible to offend scientists, atheists and theists all at the same time... but walking out of the theatre, I realized this film had accomplished precisely that."
Digital monkeys do a pretty reasonable job though (Java applet - simulates monkeys & keyboards, searches for Shakespeare)
As someone pointed out above, Red Nova are merely regurgitating the Daily Mail (look at the bottom of the page). They should really have checked their source's credibility first, as the Daily Mail is one step away from being one of those "Aliens made me have sex with Elvis!" rags
Argh. Preview button. That should read "BAN THIS SICK FILTH NOW".
I'll second this. The Daily Mail is most famous for it's hysterical knee-jerk reactions to everything and anything, famously running a "BAN THIS SICK FILY NOW!" headline for the videogame Manhunt when they decided it had been responsible for the murder of a teenager. They completely glossed over it after the fact when it was discovered that the *victim* and not the killer had been the one who owned and played the game.
Please mod parent up.
The given link is an excellent critical analysis of this experiment, and the fact that the experimenter even attempts to bring up the TM-Sidhi cult driven experiment of 1993 should be immediate cause for alarm
Except it's a dead giveaway when you type at 5000 WPM on IRC
This problem is very eloquently explained by Penny Arcade here
Woah, woah, hang on just a damn second.
I don't know about the others, but Racing Stripes isn't just a movie.. it's *culture*, dammit. I checked the trailer.. I mean, it has fart gags *AND* shit gags!
I don't download anything illegaly, and go and buy religiously my CDs and DVDs second hand
You know, when you buy a CD second hand the artist doesn't see a penny of that sale.. it goes entirely to the seller. So.. you end up with the CD, and yet no profit goes to the artist.
OMFG! SECOND HAND SALES ARE KILLING MUSIC!!!#!##!!ONEoneELEVEN!!'#~~#!!!
You're WRONG and you're a GROTESQUELY UGLY FREAK.
Yes, but presumably it's just the twisted brainwrong of a one-off manmental. Anyways.. shouldn't they be more worried about quadraspazzed robononces fiddling with phallic soundwaves from speakers? Not to mention heavy electricity.
Anyways, I'm off to stimulate my Shatner's Bassoon with some cake. Pzzququqlllak!
At last! A legitimate use for the Evil Bit :)
Psst.. mate.. I wouldn't go shouting about having such a small ID if I were you. The ladies love my "six digiter" though, if you know what i mean..
Oh.. that's *not* how it works?
*grumble* well it's how you use it that matters anyways