Alternatively, I'm sure the NFL would tell you that a good clean way of watching the game is to get in on cable/satellite/pay per view/any other licensed outlet. Try broadcast. As in free. As in everyone gets a free ride, not just the church. No ad revenue is lost. No ratings are lost. No anything is lost. There really is no way to justify the NFL controlling how people watch their TVs.
This has nothing to do with religion. If some other large group wanted to get together and watch TV the NFL would be an equally huge dick to them as well.
Amazingly, followers of those philosophies are quite close in their choices and views, because both tend to consider "holy books", "prophets", "messages from God" and other "miracles" to be total bullshit and big religions to be a form of controlling people, without true spiritual value. Right, that's what I was getting at. In a philosophy class of course Deists and atheists are different, but in practice they are pretty much identical. Even philosophically the distinctions can get fairly fuzzy. What is really the difference between the Deist idea of a distant non-intervening god and Einstein's personification of the underlying order of the universe?
That's true. I was planning on voting for Edwards all along but when he dropped out I switched to Obama. The more I've learned about him in the past few days the more I like him.
Assuming a shitty government (which with Bush is a given) the military could in theory be just as unaccountable and lawless as Blackwater, right? There is no reason why wrongdoing of the contractors is any easier to overlook than the regular military, especially when you are entirely unwilling to comply with any constitutionally mandated Congressional oversight. Probably they only involve contractors so they can shovel no bid contracts to their cronies under the cover of free-market bullshit
Private entities are going to be much more accountable, as well as efficient. Right, like Blackwater? The idea that private entities are inherently more efficient or accountable is pretty silly.
Yes, and that's exactly why those area also subject to regulation (the car and the truck that is, I don't know what danger you imagine the PC presents).
I for one would glad impose that "risk" on anyone willing to fly. You wouldn't? If not I hope you don't drive since that imposes much greater risks on the public than liquids on a plane ever will.
Mercedes showed off "SilverFlow", a shape-changing car that melts into a pool of liquid metal when not in use. I used to have a Chevy that sorta did that. I mean not the shape-changing thing, but it did form a big pool of liquid wherever I parked it.
Well none of the technology required is there yet to make this happen, isn't that why the researchers are working on it? Regardless, I think the AI is the last thing they need to worry about. Even dumb "catoms" would make for an incredible useful material.
Well yeah, but voice has tighter restrictions on it to meet customer expectations. Text doesn't have the latency or bandwidth requirements that voice does so what is the difference that makes it more expensive?
I believe it was the great philosopher Steven Colbert said the line about agnostics being atheists without balls, for what that's worth.
One thing I'd like to ad to what Orange Crush said is that agnosticism isn't limited to atheists as is typically assumed. Theists can also be agnostic.
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Actually, if you were the church you'd probably say "the heck with'em".
In protestantism the church is the believers. The actual building that they meet in is not considered to be sacred.
Nope, your guess is incorrect.
This has nothing to do with religion. If some other large group wanted to get together and watch TV the NFL would be an equally huge dick to them as well.
Nope.
You are confusing Deism with theism.
*sigh*
Is their any practical difference between atheism and deism?
+1 Insightful. That's explains why we all love Bush so much after being stuck with him for 7 years.
Piss off paultard.
That's true. I was planning on voting for Edwards all along but when he dropped out I switched to Obama. The more I've learned about him in the past few days the more I like him.
Clearly I can, otherwise I wouldn't have done it in my original post.
Assuming a shitty government (which with Bush is a given) the military could in theory be just as unaccountable and lawless as Blackwater, right? There is no reason why wrongdoing of the contractors is any easier to overlook than the regular military, especially when you are entirely unwilling to comply with any constitutionally mandated Congressional oversight. Probably they only involve contractors so they can shovel no bid contracts to their cronies under the cover of free-market bullshit
And so shampoo is banned because they don't want you taking showers on the flight?
Yes, and that's exactly why those area also subject to regulation (the car and the truck that is, I don't know what danger you imagine the PC presents).
I for one would glad impose that "risk" on anyone willing to fly. You wouldn't? If not I hope you don't drive since that imposes much greater risks on the public than liquids on a plane ever will.
Well none of the technology required is there yet to make this happen, isn't that why the researchers are working on it? Regardless, I think the AI is the last thing they need to worry about. Even dumb "catoms" would make for an incredible useful material.
Interesting, got any examples of such a culture?
Well yeah, but voice has tighter restrictions on it to meet customer expectations. Text doesn't have the latency or bandwidth requirements that voice does so what is the difference that makes it more expensive?
I'm inclined to disagree.
I believe it was the great philosopher Steven Colbert said the line about agnostics being atheists without balls, for what that's worth.
One thing I'd like to ad to what Orange Crush said is that agnosticism isn't limited to atheists as is typically assumed. Theists can also be agnostic.
That guy's no Democrat, and sadly I don't remember when racism wasn't ever present at the -1 level on /.