it continues to be stated, again and again, that if we were all just to reduce our individual green house gas emissions (typically by being big fuckin' hippies) then there would not be any global warming. You ignorance is immense.
It's too late to stop global warming, even if we stopped ALL industry right now, the warming has begun, it's not gonna stop on a dime. If we all turned into big fucking hippies, we could slow down the warming. That's the best we can hope for.
Vikings were on the march Oh dear gods. You call those vickings? They stopped when Canadians politely asked them to please cut that out! Vikings would have kicked some newfie ass and burned the place down.
I, too, am a Libertarian - as is most of slashdot really. I find libertarians selfish and immature: Their positions reveal an over-simplistic view of reality.
I want laws that prevent people from secretly using any pesticide, herbicide and fertilizer they feel like, I want car makers to be forced to reinvest their profits in safety R&D, even if they insist they shouldn't have to. I want a complex system in place, because I know it has to deal with a complex world.
The Intelligent Design thing is often brought up, as an attempt to shut down skeptics. They say "This is just like Intelligent Design and thus shouldn't be listened to!" Only it isn't. Intelligent Design makes a positive claim (that god created creatures as they are now) but the real problem is it makes an untestable one. Might be they are right, but you'll never prove it. Since according to them god is outside of nature that makes god untestable. Well if it's not testable, it's not science, pure and simple. However GW skeptics are just questioning a theory. Also, they aren't saying "No, your theory is wrong because god says so," they say "Your theory is wrong because of these reasons." That's science right there. Doesn't mean that the skeptics are right, but it does mean they are doing science as it is meant to be done. ID attacks on the technical side: Evolution is just a theory; The carbon dating is faulty; The geological dating is faulty; etc.
Endless consumption supported by faith: The Earth was created by god and it's ressources placed there for our benefit; The dominant nation is doing things right because they are at the top, it's destiny is manifest; The rapture is coming, consumme now before the jig is up;
Just because someone puts on a lab coat and says big words doesn't mean they're doing honest science.
2) This is a UN body. Can you name for me three UN successes in the past 25 years? Just three. I can name three failures in about two seconds... Rwanda, Darfur, Oil for Food program, 17 Iraqi resolutions, Lebanon, Iran, North Korea... Oh, I was only supposed to stop at three? Ah, the UN bashers.
The main purpose of the UN is to maintain peace; The United States of America start wars. Clearly, it is patriotic to bash the UN and their anti-war (therefore unAmerican) stance.
If Canadian broadcasters want Canadians to see Canadian content on youtube, they should put some awesome videos on youtube and then promote them to people. THAT'S how you encourage the development and advancement of culture. AMEN!
Just like the BBC did: Open up a Director channel, upload some cool stuff (like clips of David Attenborough narrating the lives of neat animals, for instance).
I would love it, LOVE IT, if the Film Board would put some of their content on youTube, or their own version of archive.org, or SOMETHING. Now that would promote canadian culture and content. This move, however, seems to be a way for telecoms to cash in, using culture as a pretext.
The rights to distribute via broadcast and via videotape are different rights. Why should the right to distribute via the internet not also be a distinct right?
The solution to this problem is not a law. It's litigation between the corporations in question.
Hey, I'm not saying I support them, I'm just saying that there's a logic to it.
Frankly, I find the whole idea of distribution rights evil. It leads to a local channel airing Babylon 5 at 12:05am, or delays in airing, and other assorted shenanigans. But since they made a deal for TV rights, if the TV show is distributed to their customers in the same timeframe by another means, then they are getting screwed, so I see why they're pushing for a law to unscrew them.
The telecom companies still don't get the net. They still think that a screen is a screen, it's the same cable plugging into it, it should work the same way.
these artificial boundaries are bullshit. Yes, they are, but if company A is going to take company B's money for exclusive distribution rights within an artificial boundary, then they ought to play fair no matter what distribution technology is used. Can't have your cake and eat it too.
While I realize you're trying to be funny, but you do illustrate the point well. How is a site consisting only of user created content supposed to adhere to content laws? How are they supposed to control the amount of Canadian content? Spam youtube with Clips of Celine Dion?
Frankly, even the rabidly fundamentalist anti-evolution junkies are aware that evolution is widely accepted in the scientific community. [...] I agree; this has to be ignorance, not religious zealotry. 'Is evolution well-supported by evidence and widely accepted within the scientific community?'
They answer "NO!" at the first half of the question and never take the rest into account. "Flamebait refers to comments whose sole purpose is to insult and enrage. " Someone point out the bit that was baiting ? I can't see it...
Then again, maybe the producers can say "At least it will be better than" Did you actually watch the movie? Because, the ads made it look like the lamest toilet-humour movie of all time, but it turned out to be actually quite good.
Newton's universal law of gravity still is a great description of how massive bodies respond to each other, but it doesn't say anything about how photons--massless particles--respond to massive bodies. Einstein gave us He gave us e=mc^2
Every time I read a discussion here on/. on the topic, I see about ten comments that say something to the effect of "Evolution is an unimpeachable fact". When I see statements like that I start to wonder if science is taking place anymore. I think the scientific method is one of the best detectors of rubbish-disguised-as-truth there is. All I am saying is that I hope it's being adhered to. I hope people don't blindly push evolution like some people blindly push religion. I'm one saying it's a fact. Here's why: The theory of evolution exist to EXPLAIN the observation that organism got more complex over time.
Evolution is a fact, you look at life, the more complex forms have attributes found in less complex life, which have attributes found in less complex form, and so on until you get down to single cells. And if you look at the fossils, the less complex ones are found deeper in the deposits than the more evolved forms. Those facts are known collectively as "evolution".
When Lamarck looked at those facts, he theorized that critters adapt to their environments, change their form, and pass those modifications on to their offsprings. That theory didn't pan out, but about 80 years later Darwin came to a better conclusion. Some people reject the entire thing, the theory explaining the observation, the observation themselves, and to give their denial more credibility, they say "it's JUST a theory". No, it isn't, evolution is a fact, the theory of evolution is how we understand it.
Musicmatch was a free software. When you give something away, you have all the right to change what you give away. [...] beggars cant be choosers. Notice, will you, that I didn't say they didn't have the right to do it. I don't know what hypothetical point you think you're replying to, but it isn't one of mine. What I did say was that I don't think it was their idea to drop a working feature, I think they got a threatning letter from your usual suspects.
And I beg to differ: I got a free software that does line-in recording to mp3 (or ogg or whatever you need, really), there IS choice.
People wonder why this country lost its lead in manufacturing Education is not conductive to cheap labour. The uneducated staff the manufacture jobs, not the biologists.
Science is not done by consensus. If it were, the world would be flat with the sun revolving around it. Yeah, bring up Gallileo and the church's denial of his proof. THAT will help discredit the current heretic scientists!
Everyone's a sheep. [...] A little bit back on topic, is anyone else disturbed that unwavering belief in the theory of evolution has become a litmus test for intelligence? 1- No, some people are sheep, some people are weasles, some are pigs, etc. You might be a sheep, but I'm a platypus.
2- 'Is evolution well-supported by evidence and widely accepted within the scientific community?'
Well supported, widely accepted, unwavering belief... yeah, those are the same.
Ok, there's a mislabeling of vitamin C, and NY politicians are posturing about something, and a majority of Americans are christians. THIS IS NEWS???? C'mon editors, what happened to news for nerds, etc? Highschool science fair bitchslaps giant corporation: News for nerds. Googlemaps reverting to outdated data: News for nerds. New poll shows that half the people you cross on the street have no fucking clue about biology? Scary news for nerds.
I'm ready to accept evolution just as soon as the science is more credible than faith and the Bible. Next time you're sick, for the love of god, put your faith in prayer, not in antibiotics.
Basically, it's very easy to attribute intelligence to a natural process, simple algorithm, etc., even if you know exactly what's going on. All religions evolved from animism, and animism comes naturally to everyone.
I believe the Pope (obviously he's not in the UK); who accept the theory of evolution with no problems. That was the old pope, Palpatine the 1st is less enlightened.
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It's too late to stop global warming, even if we stopped ALL industry right now, the warming has begun, it's not gonna stop on a dime.
If we all turned into big fucking hippies, we could slow down the warming.
That's the best we can hope for.
I want laws that prevent people from secretly using any pesticide, herbicide and fertilizer they feel like, I want car makers to be forced to reinvest their profits in safety R&D, even if they insist they shouldn't have to. I want a complex system in place, because I know it has to deal with a complex world.
Endless consumption supported by faith: The Earth was created by god and it's ressources placed there for our benefit; The dominant nation is doing things right because they are at the top, it's destiny is manifest; The rapture is coming, consumme now before the jig is up;
Just because someone puts on a lab coat and says big words doesn't mean they're doing honest science.
The main purpose of the UN is to maintain peace; The United States of America start wars.
Clearly, it is patriotic to bash the UN and their anti-war (therefore unAmerican) stance.
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They talk about scaling up to fit a pilot near the end.
Just like the BBC did: Open up a Director channel, upload some cool stuff (like clips of David Attenborough narrating the lives of neat animals, for instance).
I would love it, LOVE IT, if the Film Board would put some of their content on youTube, or their own version of archive.org, or SOMETHING. Now that would promote canadian culture and content.
This move, however, seems to be a way for telecoms to cash in, using culture as a pretext.
The solution to this problem is not a law. It's litigation between the corporations in question.
Hey, I'm not saying I support them, I'm just saying that there's a logic to it.Frankly, I find the whole idea of distribution rights evil. It leads to a local channel airing Babylon 5 at 12:05am, or delays in airing, and other assorted shenanigans. But since they made a deal for TV rights, if the TV show is distributed to their customers in the same timeframe by another means, then they are getting screwed, so I see why they're pushing for a law to unscrew them.
The telecom companies still don't get the net. They still think that a screen is a screen, it's the same cable plugging into it, it should work the same way.
Canada needs to friggen grow up. 1- Soft lumber, STFU.
2- Culture is excluded from trade agreements.
I agree; this has to be ignorance, not religious zealotry. 'Is evolution well-supported by evidence and widely accepted within the scientific community?'
They answer "NO!" at the first half of the question and never take the rest into account. "Flamebait refers to comments whose sole purpose is to insult and enrage. "
Someone point out the bit that was baiting ? I can't see it...
"Evolution"
Then again, maybe the producers can say "At least it will be better than" Did you actually watch the movie? Because, the ads made it look like the lamest toilet-humour movie of all time, but it turned out to be actually quite good.
Remind me again what that "m" stands for?
PS No "& sup2
I think the scientific method is one of the best detectors of rubbish-disguised-as-truth there is. All I am saying is that I hope it's being adhered to. I hope people don't blindly push evolution like some people blindly push religion. I'm one saying it's a fact. Here's why: The theory of evolution exist to EXPLAIN the observation that organism got more complex over time.
Evolution is a fact, you look at life, the more complex forms have attributes found in less complex life, which have attributes found in less complex form, and so on until you get down to single cells. And if you look at the fossils, the less complex ones are found deeper in the deposits than the more evolved forms. Those facts are known collectively as "evolution".
When Lamarck looked at those facts, he theorized that critters adapt to their environments, change their form, and pass those modifications on to their offsprings. That theory didn't pan out, but about 80 years later Darwin came to a better conclusion. Some people reject the entire thing, the theory explaining the observation, the observation themselves, and to give their denial more credibility, they say "it's JUST a theory". No, it isn't, evolution is a fact, the theory of evolution is how we understand it.
And I beg to differ: I got a free software that does line-in recording to mp3 (or ogg or whatever you need, really), there IS choice.
A little bit back on topic, is anyone else disturbed that unwavering belief in the theory of evolution has become a litmus test for intelligence? 1- No, some people are sheep, some people are weasles, some are pigs, etc.
You might be a sheep, but I'm a platypus.
2- 'Is evolution well-supported by evidence and widely accepted within the scientific community?'
Well supported, widely accepted, unwavering belief... yeah, those are the same.
THIS IS NEWS????
C'mon editors, what happened to news for nerds, etc? Highschool science fair bitchslaps giant corporation: News for nerds.
Googlemaps reverting to outdated data: News for nerds.
New poll shows that half the people you cross on the street have no fucking clue about biology? Scary news for nerds.