Actually, I'd say it's a *lot* more like stealing music than land. [...] No one is depriving the Brazilians of their native species, after all.
Yes they fucking are!
Maybe not brazilians per se, but go and look for info on gene patents and basmati rice: U.S. companies ARE trying to -steal- other culture's traditional crops.
Because they take something away from people and lock it for their exclusive use.
It's like stealing land, but with life forms instead of dirt. It is not like 'stealing music', because illegal copies do not deprive the owners from the initial product, nor from the use of the initial product for profit purposes (they can still sell it to land lubbers even if pirates took their booty without shelling out their bullions).
FYI, Solaris was never properly translated into English. The English version is a translation from the French, and misses a lot compared to the Polish original. (Not sure if the "data loss" occurred in the move from Polish to French or from French to English.)
I'm guessig both: Polish Solaris > French Solaris > English Solaris;
athiesm is a religion... takes just as much belief as any other.
Main Entry: religion Pronunciation: ri-'li-j&n Function: noun Etymology: Middle English religioun, from Latin religion-, religio supernatural constraint, sanction, religious practice, perhaps from religare to restrain, tie back -- more at RELY 1 a : the state of a religious b (1) : the service and worship of God or the supernatural (2) : commitment or devotion to religious faith or observance 2 : a personal set or institutionalized system of religious attitudes, beliefs, and practices 3 archaic : scrupulous conformity : CONSCIENTIOUSNESS 4 : a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith
Perhaps in the 4th sense of the word, but christianity is a religion in the first sense.
This is a tad like the whole "theory" extravaganza. You can use the same word to mean two different things, and then confuse everyone by equating these two different things with a crossover use of that word.
So people can be religious about their atheism, but atheism is not a religion in the sense that christianity is a religion.
what prevent God from creating life trough evolution?
The line "God created man in his image". See, if god created man as a tiny thing that took eons to grow into what we know today, then god would have started as a small thing that grew, but, but, but god is absolute! Infinate! Bigger than big! Unchanging and perfect!
My wife was a very strong Christian with absolute faith in her life and her life after death until she took a theology class with a very obviously biased professor who spent a great deal of effort convincing his class of the folly of such belief. Now she questions her faith and correctness every day.
All it took was ONE "obviously biased" professor to break her absolute faith?
Yeah, that's some absolute faith there, buddy! Sheesh! You think maybe she just internalises anything told to her by a person of authority?
She accepted blindly (what you called 'absolute faith') what her preacher told her, until she met a professor and then she accepted THAT blindly? That's the problem with accepting to be a lamb: You'll get taken on a ride by every sheep herder you meet.
not enough proof is in existence for any side to win or stand down. Good arguments and rebuttals from both sides. I expect to pop into another such conversation thread a decade from now and see the exact same stuff
Actually, no.
The reactionaries STILL use their disproved arguments, because their strength is in their ignorance.
For example, the "human eye is so complex and perfect" bullshit. I see THAT argument pop up again and again. It's completely false, but they still repeat it, and mod it up. The human eye isn't perfect (I wear the glasses that prove it), and intermediary steps to eyes are demonstrated in simple organisms, not to mention it's blindingly obvious to imagine that a simple percetion of light can be usefull to evade predators: *shadow* FLIGHT REFLEX; survive to flee another day.
But the whole point of the creationists, or their more dishonest brethren, the Intelligent Design Proponents (more words means more credible!), is to reject anything that contradicts their precious bible. So the arguments will never end for them, because they reject all the arguments, they just refuse to get it. You can lead them to the waters of reason, but you can't force them to drink. They are blind not because of their imperfect eyes, but because they refuse to look into Gallileo's device. The bible told them everything they need to know about the stars, and biology, they don't need none of that newfangled 'science' to confuse them.
Animosity against Christians? Oh hogwash, that is just a vast oversimplification of a set of very complex socio-political dynamics which play out here on Slashdot.
Like how people go "I'm a christian..." and then proceede to demonstrate that they are arrogant as well as ignorant, and not just a little agressive and dishonest?
Yeah, we don't pick on jerks, we pick on christians... Sigh.
$35 for new releases, $17.50 for older movies? What a bunch of crap.
They gotta squeeze as much out of you as they can!
They think that the 'convenience' of downloading it is worth that muh more money. It's a excuse to raise prices with some apparent 'added value' to the product.
What does the Copyright Office gain by not putting in these safeguards?
They get... a BRAND NEW CAR!
Are these corporations truly funding them?
No, they just go golfing together, at their townhouse, take anything from the fridge... if you feel lonely, just call this number, we have a tab, don't worry...
They're looking for qualified recruits dor service in the middle east.
The random lotto that use to have blak guys win surprisingly more often compared to other random draws will now pick the fine contributors to this little social experiment. Ah, lady luck, how you jest!
The wire I have seen is only capable of about 3 contract/relax cycles per minute under ambient cooling. The main problem seems to be that once the wire is heated up in order for it to contract, it is hard to dissipate the heat out of the wire fast enough, to get the wire back to its original length or shape.
Have you thought about water cooling? wrap a lil' tube around the wire, and pump cold water in it when you want to cool down the thing? I don't know how reactive it would get, but I'm sure you could get better performance than by relying on room temperature to do your cooling.
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I wonder if Fiona Apple will be made to change her name some time soon.
I don't know, but I would LOVE it if she'd adopt Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter.
Actually, I'd say it's a *lot* more like stealing music than land. [...] No one is depriving the Brazilians of their native species, after all.
Yes they fucking are!
Maybe not brazilians per se, but go and look for info on gene patents and basmati rice: U.S. companies ARE trying to -steal- other culture's traditional crops.
Why use the word "steal" here, though?
Because they take something away from people and lock it for their exclusive use.
It's like stealing land, but with life forms instead of dirt.
It is not like 'stealing music', because illegal copies do not deprive the owners from the initial product, nor from the use of the initial product for profit purposes (they can still sell it to land lubbers even if pirates took their booty without shelling out their bullions).
Perhaps if he hadn't played the game, he would have shot them in the chest where hopefully the cops couldn't have died instantly.
Yeah, the fuckers should suffer before they die, headshots are too mercifull.
But back to your point:
the phrase "don't give them ideas" [...] videogames TRAIN the players to become better and more effective criminals.
Go burn some books, those give people ideas too.
PLUS, by posting his e-mail on the web, you just made his e-mail vulnerable to spammers.
You mean the email he took from the web before the Tutle site was modified?
And the spambots didn't collect it there before becauuuuuuse?
I can always tell when a TV or CRT is on in a house (even with the volume off)
Ditto.
I'm rather curious how common this is, as I don't think I've come across anyone else who could hear these ranges.
I've met a few people who said they could too. But it's pretty rare.
FYI, Solaris was never properly translated into English. The English version is a translation from the French, and misses a lot compared to the Polish original. (Not sure if the "data loss" occurred in the move from Polish to French or from French to English.)
I'm guessig both: Polish Solaris > French Solaris > English Solaris;
Fan sub, anyone?
1. Learn to use linebreaks.
2. I'm not a creationist.
Perhaps in the 4th sense of the word, but christianity is a religion in the first sense.
This is a tad like the whole "theory" extravaganza. You can use the same word to mean two different things, and then confuse everyone by equating these two different things with a crossover use of that word.
So people can be religious about their atheism, but atheism is not a religion in the sense that christianity is a religion.
what prevent God from creating life trough evolution?
The line "God created man in his image".
See, if god created man as a tiny thing that took eons to grow into what we know today, then god would have started as a small thing that grew, but, but, but god is absolute! Infinate! Bigger than big! Unchanging and perfect!
So that can't work.
My wife was a very strong Christian with absolute faith in her life and her life after death until she took a theology class with a very obviously biased professor who spent a great deal of effort convincing his class of the folly of such belief. Now she questions her faith and correctness every day.
All it took was ONE "obviously biased" professor to break her absolute faith?
Yeah, that's some absolute faith there, buddy! Sheesh!
You think maybe she just internalises anything told to her by a person of authority?
She accepted blindly (what you called 'absolute faith') what her preacher told her, until she met a professor and then she accepted THAT blindly? That's the problem with accepting to be a lamb: You'll get taken on a ride by every sheep herder you meet.
not enough proof is in existence for any side to win or stand down. Good arguments and rebuttals from both sides. I expect to pop into another such conversation thread a decade from now and see the exact same stuff
Actually, no.
The reactionaries STILL use their disproved arguments, because their strength is in their ignorance.
For example, the "human eye is so complex and perfect" bullshit. I see THAT argument pop up again and again.
It's completely false, but they still repeat it, and mod it up. The human eye isn't perfect (I wear the glasses that prove it), and intermediary steps to eyes are demonstrated in simple organisms, not to mention it's blindingly obvious to imagine that a simple percetion of light can be usefull to evade predators: *shadow* FLIGHT REFLEX; survive to flee another day.
But the whole point of the creationists, or their more dishonest brethren, the Intelligent Design Proponents (more words means more credible!), is to reject anything that contradicts their precious bible. So the arguments will never end for them, because they reject all the arguments, they just refuse to get it. You can lead them to the waters of reason, but you can't force them to drink. They are blind not because of their imperfect eyes, but because they refuse to look into Gallileo's device. The bible told them everything they need to know about the stars, and biology, they don't need none of that newfangled 'science' to confuse them.
Animosity against Christians? Oh hogwash, that is just a vast oversimplification of a set of very complex socio-political dynamics which play out here on Slashdot.
Like how people go "I'm a christian..." and then proceede to demonstrate that they are arrogant as well as ignorant, and not just a little agressive and dishonest?
Yeah, we don't pick on jerks, we pick on christians... Sigh.
Prepare your kids instead! Life ain't fluffy and cute.
There is no hunter. Little red riding hood gets herself and her grandmother killed because she talked to a stranger.
The little mermaid DOESN'T marry prince charming, she turns to foam on the sea waves.
The Iron Giant just gets blown up, he doesn't magically reassemble.
Etc.
$35 for new releases, $17.50 for older movies? What a bunch of crap.
They gotta squeeze as much out of you as they can!
They think that the 'convenience' of downloading it is worth that muh more money. It's a excuse to raise prices with some apparent 'added value' to the product.
add *.windowsupdate.com and *.microsoft.com to your trusted sites.
You gullible, gullible fool : )
my wife and I decide whether or not our children will have access to porn, noone else.
I think the kid might want to have a say.
If you plan to deny a teenage boy porn, you'd better hope he can't hack.
"State sponsored piracy!" I like it. It has a nice ring to it.
The French have a history of using corsairs ; )
Why would you want to buy a mac to run windows on it?
So you can play games, and then have a mac for everything that isn't a directX-required game.
Windows does ONE thing better than macs, and that is roping in game devellopers.
What does the Copyright Office gain by not putting in these safeguards?
They get... a BRAND NEW CAR!
Are these corporations truly funding them?
No, they just go golfing together, at their townhouse, take anything from the fridge... if you feel lonely, just call this number, we have a tab, don't worry...
This is NOT a troll, I'm honestly asking for information. [...] I tend not to believe anything I read on the web unless the author can support it.
So, you aren't trolling, you're just trying to... get someone to argue with you?
They're looking for qualified recruits dor service in the middle east.
The random lotto that use to have blak guys win surprisingly more often compared to other random draws will now pick the fine contributors to this little social experiment. Ah, lady luck, how you jest!
I'm sure, since this is Slashdot, someone will correct my facts if they think they are blatantly out of line with reality :)
;-)
Hmmm, ok...
Andromeda had already jumped the shark before Sci-Fi got hold of it (some would argue the same for Sliders)
Your comparison is invalid because of fundamental difference: Sliders started out good
Would you really want to date someone like that?
Is she hot?
The wire I have seen is only capable of about 3 contract/relax cycles per minute under ambient cooling. The main problem seems to be that once the wire is heated up in order for it to contract, it is hard to dissipate the heat out of the wire fast enough, to get the wire back to its original length or shape.
Have you thought about water cooling?
wrap a lil' tube around the wire, and pump cold water in it when you want to cool down the thing? I don't know how reactive it would get, but I'm sure you could get better performance than by relying on room temperature to do your cooling.