It's amazing to me that anyone with an engineering background could have blind (I.E. without tangible proof) faith in any religion
If they've been properly indoctrinated at an early age, their belief will be irrational as it predates the development of rationality in their brain, and therefore the rational stack will provide, or make is easy to swallow, whatever rationalization they require on top of that existing belief.
Let's look at the facts: people live in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to this day.
I know, I've been there. At the anniversary of the bomb: There's a huge peace rally, I signed petitions against the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons, I stand by that signature..
So you're completely full of shit
I never claimed nobody lived there anymore, I don't know where you got that from, you moron.
and have probably never been to Hiroshima in the first place.
I'm rubber and you're glue, you call me a liar, it bounces back to you.
Secondly, the point the OP was making was that war deaths today are a fraction of the deaths in WW2.
Yes, and he was grossly misinformed about the number of deaths in today's war, his opinion was uninformed and calling me names doesn't make him less ignorant.
Exactly. We don't need ANY airport security anymore. Just laws granting civil and criminal immunity to passengers and crew defending themselves on flights. The people onboard can and will protect themselves.
What's that you say? He was only scratching an itch? Not activating a bomb? Oh... wow, good thing I've got immunity for what I did... here then, his family can have his scalp back.
If this was really an al-Qaeda plot - then why did he not succeed in crashing the airplane ? Are you really trying to convince me that they are a bunch of incompetents who just manage to cause a little damage but that is all ?
Al Quaeda does not exist, it's a fiction created by the Intelligence Community to replace the red menace that had ceased to fuel their budgets.
Editorial work isn't free. Sending reporters to Afghanistan isn't free. Yes, they can get some revenue from advertising, but possibly not enough to support high-quality reporting if it's the sole source of revenue.
There's more advertising than content in the paper, I don't want to pay to be advertised to.
Advertisers have ruined just about every great thing I have ever liked.
Then you should patronize only businesses that don't advertise.
Name five?
Can't take the bus, can't ride the public roads, can't even use a motor vehicle. Can't shop for groceries, can't eat any food that is sold... seriously, mr free market solution, how do you actually accomplish something like that?
My guess would be proving infringement in the US is a first step to getting it shut down in Canada.
Um.... WHAT!?!?!?
I would imagine that suing in Canada would be the first step to getting it shut down in Canada.
Silly man, the US gets its way with Canada. You want Canada to stop making fighter jets? Done. You don't want Canada to decriminalize possession of cannabis? Consider it shelved.
If the MPAA can get the government of the US to do what it wants, it can get the government of the US to get the government of Canada to do what it wants.
Consider sex (yes, I said it) — the intense pleasure most participants derive from it is the reward for the excruciating pains of childbirth and hardships of the childrearing.
The lack of a trite name for this decade has been the coolest, because people haven't been able to call something the "blank of the blank", mimndlessly.
We even have skateboarders calling their videos "films". At the same time some people actually still make films. Please, can we call things what they are?
Skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays.
Boarders of fish? I'm so confused! Why oh why did you not call things by what they are?
Yeah, but that's not really going to be reliable, is it ? For them, I mean. Do they have their intelligence into IP address space allocation so far advanced that they'll be able to tell the difference between an individually held IP address and one that's doin' a whole lot a nattin' ?
If an IP adress is logged in to a service in one browser, and another browser is interacting at the same adress at the same time, they might be used by the same individual.
They'd need extra info to be sure (patterns of behavior for example, say your/. reload frequency).
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It's amazing to me that anyone with an engineering background could have blind (I.E. without tangible proof) faith in any religion
If they've been properly indoctrinated at an early age, their belief will be irrational as it predates the development of rationality in their brain, and therefore the rational stack will provide, or make is easy to swallow, whatever rationalization they require on top of that existing belief.
I could go on, but I've got my hsing yi class at 8 am and I have to drive my daughter to school first.
School? On Tuesday, December 29th?
I've been to Hiroshima: You're full of shit.
Let's look at the facts: people live in Hiroshima and Nagasaki to this day.
I know, I've been there. At the anniversary of the bomb: There's a huge peace rally, I signed petitions against the proliferation and use of nuclear weapons, I stand by that signature..
So you're completely full of shit
I never claimed nobody lived there anymore, I don't know where you got that from, you moron.
and have probably never been to Hiroshima in the first place.
I'm rubber and you're glue, you call me a liar, it bounces back to you.
Secondly, the point the OP was making was that war deaths today are a fraction of the deaths in WW2.
Yes, and he was grossly misinformed about the number of deaths in today's war, his opinion was uninformed and calling me names doesn't make him less ignorant.
>>I've been to Hiroshima: You're full of shit.
You probably haven't been to Nanking.
You win that bet, but massacres by nuclear, industrial or traditional means (such as that example of rape and pillage) are all very, very bad.
Yeah, but nearly 99.9% of terrorists are Muslim.
By that logic we should strip search anyone who breathes, after all 100% of terrorists breathe air.
Correction: 100% of aspiring terrorists breathe; many of the... accomplished terrorist do not.
Exactly. We don't need ANY airport security anymore. Just laws granting civil and criminal immunity to passengers and crew defending themselves on flights. The people onboard can and will protect themselves.
What's that you say? He was only scratching an itch? Not activating a bomb? Oh... wow, good thing I've got immunity for what I did... here then, his family can have his scalp back.
I think that the statement it proves evolutionary theory is a bit, strong.
Indeed, it's just another tick in the very crowded check box of proven. No need to over hype it.
Rest of your post: tl;dr
the atomic bomb is only a bad thing if used on a massive global scale
I've been to Hiroshima: You're full of shit.
look at how the American press freaked out when the death toll hit 3000 in the Iraq war YEARS after the war started.
Documented body count of civilians: Around a hundred thousand.
But you, you only count enlisted US military personnel. You don't even count the contractors... you disgust me.
You don't exist. [...] It's just as possible and just as ignorant.
I'm glad to know you've had as much interaction with Al Quaeda as you have with me.
If this was really an al-Qaeda plot - then why did he not succeed in crashing the airplane ? Are you really trying to convince me that they are a bunch of incompetents who just manage to cause a little damage but that is all ?
Al Quaeda does not exist, it's a fiction created by the Intelligence Community to replace the red menace that had ceased to fuel their budgets.
It did not sound like a firecracker in the latest reports I have been hearing on the radio.
Latest: it was a powder, plus a liquid
It was a bong, not a bomb.
I think it is almost instinctive that darker skinned people are more feared than lighter skinned people.
Yup, you're racist alright.
Editorial work isn't free. Sending reporters to Afghanistan isn't free. Yes, they can get some revenue from advertising, but possibly not enough to support high-quality reporting if it's the sole source of revenue.
There's more advertising than content in the paper, I don't want to pay to be advertised to.
Advertisers have ruined just about every great thing I have ever liked.
Then you should patronize only businesses that don't advertise.
Name five?
Can't take the bus, can't ride the public roads, can't even use a motor vehicle. Can't shop for groceries, can't eat any food that is sold... seriously, mr free market solution, how do you actually accomplish something like that?
My guess would be proving infringement in the US is a first step to getting it shut down in Canada.
Um.... WHAT!?!?!?
I would imagine that suing in Canada would be the first step to getting it shut down in Canada.
Silly man, the US gets its way with Canada. You want Canada to stop making fighter jets? Done. You don't want Canada to decriminalize possession of cannabis? Consider it shelved.
If the MPAA can get the government of the US to do what it wants, it can get the government of the US to get the government of Canada to do what it wants.
I don't get the Goldilocks reference. Is it because this planet is "just right"? If so, shouldn't it be called the Baby Bear planet?
If you find a baby bear planet you're probably about to be mauled by a mama bear planet.
Consider sex (yes, I said it) — the intense pleasure most participants derive from it is the reward for the excruciating pains of childbirth and hardships of the childrearing.
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I don't know about anyone else but every person I know who uses drugs on a regular basis is a complete moron
You, of course, include caffeine in those drugs.
The lack of a trite name for this decade has been the coolest, because people haven't been able to call something the "blank of the blank", mimndlessly.
The next decade is even better!
I call 'em the y2ks, just to bug you :)
Why the hell can't cell phones be this way, instead of the current quagmire where they're hopelessly entangled with what the carrier wants?
Because that's how the carriers like it.
We even have skateboarders calling their videos "films". At the same time some people actually still make films. Please, can we call things what they are?
Skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Rajidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays.
Boarders of fish? I'm so confused! Why oh why did you not call things by what they are?
They opened a huge can of worms. Literally.
They literally opened a metal container filled with annelids?
nothing should prevent clients to get into the kitchen and asses for themselves the quality of the food
Keep your dirty, coughing, sneezing, unwashed masses out of the kitchens, you biohazard.
an unobtrusive ad is a non-functioning ad.
I don't buy things from people who are rude to me.
Open two different browsers
Same IP address at the same time...
Yeah, but that's not really going to be reliable, is it ? For them, I mean. Do they have their intelligence into IP address space allocation so far advanced that they'll be able to tell the difference between an individually held IP address and one that's doin' a whole lot a nattin' ?
If an IP adress is logged in to a service in one browser, and another browser is interacting at the same adress at the same time, they might be used by the same individual.
They'd need extra info to be sure (patterns of behavior for example, say your /. reload frequency).