I call strawman. There are anti-semite creationists.... there are anti-semite catholics... anti-semite (your favorite group here) I'll be some of them smell funny, too... but I doubt that you can then safely claim that poor hygiene is a defining characteristic of creationism Not all creationists are antisemitic, but there is a causal link between these beliefs. The bible is the absolute truth to these people, and the bible says the jews killed their Saviour. It's not even a stretch.
It's a sequence of event, there's no intervals between them. How long did Eve wait before handing the tasty fruit to Adam? How long did god take to come visit? How long did he stay mad before he kicked them out? Things in Genesis happen in one day.
That being said, I like how the TFA author tried to imply an association between Creationism and anti-Semitism. I quit reading right there. Your snark aside, he didn't make that up. Opened in 2001, Dinosaur Adventure Land sprung from Hovind's Creation Science Evangelism ministry, which began to evolve in the late '80s. CSE sells videos and audiotapes of Hovind's lectures and his debates with evolutionary scientists, along with books on "Evolution and the New World Order." (At least one of them, Fourth Reich of the Rich, alleges a Jewish conspiracy to take over the world.)
It actually makes the absurd suggestion that Dinosaurs were allowed on Noah's Ark. If that were true, there would still be Dinosaurs today! What do you think the Mokole Mbembe is? Or the Loch Ness monster?
How about the underwater level in the first game? Pain in the ass maze with a time limit which ends up being significantly harder than the final boss for the area. That was hilarious. EWJ2's first level had the same boss, with an even funnier demise:)
From the picture I've seen, there's no way to know if it was before or after she ate from the tree...so you can't really make that point. Also, She didn't make herself a skirt. 21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. If the carnivorous beast is grazing instead of eating her, they're in Eden, and they got kicked out of eden as soon as: 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
The entire series is weird, but the weirdest is a level in EWJ2, where for no apparent reason Jim dresses up like a blind salamander and swims around in a giant intestine (which is the summer home of professor monkey-for-a-head), avoiding the pinball bumpers, all set to the tune of Beethoven's moonlight sonata. The boss of that level? First a quiz show, then a "Simon says" game with the bumpers.
How exactly does the free market go about fixing limited duration government granted monopolies (a.k.a. patents)? The free market is the god of capitalism. It will fix everything, and if it doesn't, god works on his divine plan in mysterious ways.
It *is* the case that Tesla is a "fan favorite" of the same type of folks that like to believe in free energy machines and it *is* the case that his *commercial* attempt at providing wireless power was never finished, but the technique and the methodology behind it was sound and I think even patented by Tesla.
To ignore his achievements, simply because many years after his death the man has gained some tertiary association with the lunatic fringe is a bit outrageous to my mind. The particular article referenced here even goes out of it's way to say that Tesla tried wireless power but "failed" (even though they mention off-handedly that it was only through lack of funds, not through any technical problems). Speaking of people picking on Tesla, dis you ever see Edison's FUD about the dangers of alternating current?
My own conspiracy theory about Tesla is that his lack of funding was due to his old nemesis.
Nicoli(sic) Tesla, who claimed to be able to do this. Now, he might have been insane, but he was a genius. I fully believe he did the exact same thing, although probably wasted a lot more energy than they did, and for a much higher cost to create. I'm just gonna have to mention it: Tunguska.
'cause that link is an annoying ad. I closed the window when it got to "this has never been shown to the public" or some such piece of hype. Read the FAQ: Flamebait refers to comments whose sole purpose is to insult and enrage. If someone is not-so-subtly picking a fight (racial insults are a dead giveaway), it's Flamebait.
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How the fuck is that offtopic? Not only is this discussing the content of the links from the summary, but the comment above and below are modded up. Did someone give Microsoft's marketing department modpoints or something?
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but keep watching. A couple minutes into it he moves on to the real meat Some people found videos that show you the good stuff right away.
This software is absolutely amazing, especially when you consider the programmatic side of this. People bashing this without actually watching the video AND playing with the operating demo are really missing out. You don't have to like it but at least have a reason that shows some form of intelligence. Not just "the intro was poorly done". "But look, you found the notice didn't you?"
"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying Beware of the Leopard."
Say - you don't suppose the interest in Iraq's oil might have something to do with funding the rebuilding of Iraq? No I don't think that is the primary concern. Rebuilding what was shocked and awed is part of the cost of doing business, but it's not the motivation.
This system was demoed a while ago, I think at siggraph. There are some videos on the original university of washington PhotoTourism page.. Also here's a repost of the video on youTube. Thank you, that youTube link is exactly what I was looking for: A clear video demo of what this is, how it's used, with a nerd voiceover explaining what's going on. No frills, no fuss, no slick intro telling me how I should feel about the damn thing, just info.
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Then you closed the window about 10 seconds before the demo started. Keep watching. Well, I figured there was content after the stupid intro, but seeing how much production value was in the intro, I can't trust the content, there's probably as much production value in it's presentation as there was in it's introduction.
Is there any real demo, not a slick marketing SFX presentation of what the product would be in a magical world where stuff works like they'd want us to think it works?
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'cause that link is an annoying ad.
I closed the window when it got to "this has never been shown to the public" or some such piece of hype.
It isn't Exxon or BP or even Shell that are making the largest profits on the price increase it is the countries that control the oil fields in the Middle East that are. And what country gained control of the world's second largest oil field in 2003?
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There are anti-semite creationists
I'll be some of them smell funny, too
I agree that that's most likely the case, but I fail to see any text that fully supports that conclusion. From where are you drawing it? http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=1&ch
It's a sequence of event, there's no intervals between them. How long did Eve wait before handing the tasty fruit to Adam? How long did god take to come visit? How long did he stay mad before he kicked them out? Things in Genesis happen in one day.
Opened in 2001, Dinosaur Adventure Land sprung from Hovind's Creation Science Evangelism ministry, which began to evolve in the late '80s. CSE sells videos and audiotapes of Hovind's lectures and his debates with evolutionary scientists, along with books on "Evolution and the New World Order." (At least one of them, Fourth Reich of the Rich, alleges a Jewish conspiracy to take over the world.)
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Also, She didn't make herself a skirt.
21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. If the carnivorous beast is grazing instead of eating her, they're in Eden, and they got kicked out of eden as soon as:
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.
Eve was naked until she ate from the tree of knowledge, at which point she made herself a skirt with leaves.
They fail at bible accuracy, in a frikkin bible museum!
The entire series is weird, but the weirdest is a level in EWJ2, where for no apparent reason Jim dresses up like a blind salamander and swims around in a giant intestine (which is the summer home of professor monkey-for-a-head), avoiding the pinball bumpers, all set to the tune of Beethoven's moonlight sonata.
The boss of that level? First a quiz show, then a "Simon says" game with the bumpers.
Gods, I loved that game.
How exactly does the free market go about fixing limited duration government granted monopolies (a.k.a. patents)? The free market is the god of capitalism.
It will fix everything, and if it doesn't, god works on his divine plan in mysterious ways.
The movie The Prestige explores that at some length.
Really? I should rent that!rj
To ignore his achievements, simply because many years after his death the man has gained some tertiary association with the lunatic fringe is a bit outrageous to my mind. The particular article referenced here even goes out of it's way to say that Tesla tried wireless power but "failed" (even though they mention off-handedly that it was only through lack of funds, not through any technical problems). Speaking of people picking on Tesla, dis you ever see Edison's FUD about the dangers of alternating current?
My own conspiracy theory about Tesla is that his lack of funding was due to his old nemesis.
This is OT, but what's with the slashdot puck next to your username? First time I've seen that. /. overlords?
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Seriously, there's a reason Pedo-bear is such a popular meme.
What kind of creepy circles do you hang in? I've never heard that before, and I sure hope I never again.I closed the window when it got to "this has never been shown to the public" or some such piece of hype. Read the FAQ: Flamebait refers to comments whose sole purpose is to insult and enrage. If someone is not-so-subtly picking a fight (racial insults are a dead giveaway), it's Flamebait.
This is flamebait and this, from the same user in the same thread with the same insult, is redundant flamebait.
How the fuck is that offtopic?
Not only is this discussing the content of the links from the summary, but the comment above and below are modded up.
Did someone give Microsoft's marketing department modpoints or something?
People bashing this without actually watching the video AND playing with the operating demo are really missing out. You don't have to like it but at least have a reason that shows some form of intelligence. Not just "the intro was poorly done". "But look, you found the notice didn't you?"
"Yes," said Arthur, "yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying Beware of the Leopard."
Rebuilding what was shocked and awed is part of the cost of doing business, but it's not the motivation.
No frills, no fuss, no slick intro telling me how I should feel about the damn thing, just info.
Is there any real demo, not a slick marketing SFX presentation of what the product would be in a magical world where stuff works like they'd want us to think it works?
'cause that link is an annoying ad.
I closed the window when it got to "this has never been shown to the public" or some such piece of hype.