I agree--I'd only find a babe in a Cammy costume sexy if she was wearing it out of personal love for Street Fighter, not because she was handed a wad of cash and told to put on the costume and stand around and look pretty.
And most "booth babes" aren't even in any sort of costume. So...they're just models standing around? How that excites anyone is beyond me. It's like they've never seen a female before.
Oh, wow! I have to admit, that made me lol. I thought I was just making a joke. Still, I hope that that guy was at least a trained stunt driver and really knew what he was doing (it did at least look that way).
I won't deny that the game may have influenced this particular behavior. But kids are clearly impressionable idiots. If it wasn't Need for Speed it might have been Grand Theft Auto or hell even Mario Kart.
Another thing I've been hankering to see for the DS is some basic PDA-like functionality. I don't care if it's built into the DS's firmware, or came on a separate cartridge (heck it doesn't even need to be made by Nintendo). But with that touch screen and WiFi I see no reason not to be able to have some basic things like a web browser, e-mail client, address book, calendar, and maybe a multi-protocol IM client.
Let me rephrase that then: People who think that this idea of the special creation of man should be taught in science classrooms and that Evolution has no credibility are most certainly wingnuts.
I think you're confusing the issue. Evolution has nothing to say for the origin of the universe, or even the origin of the Earth. Just the origin of species:)
He very well may know. Go to his official website--he has a news item regarding the fad of "Chuck Norris" jokes on the internet lately. He says that some of them are funny, and that he's fine with it =D
That's not what the discussion is about. Nobody is saying that people can't believe what they want. What they are saying is that non-scientific views shouldn't be taught in science classrooms. Plain and simple. I don't see how this is so hard to wrap your head around.
Oh, and it's "Nazis." Learn to use punctuation correctly.
I enjoy many of the myths, legends, and fairy tales that comprise the world's religions, as well as many that don't comprise any particular religion, and in many ways I get my character from them. Doesn't mean I have to take them is historic, scientific truth =D
Show me one post where someone says "my way of thinking is better than your way of thinking."
The problem with ID is that it's NOT science even though they try to present it that way. Would you like it if scientists went around and started saying that if you don't "believe" in evolution you'll go to hell?
I don't care what the average non-scientist thinks about science. As long as they don't try to get it taught to my kids or anyone else who might one day become a genius biologist given a proper introduction to the field.
The way *most* ID proponents present their arguments show a serious lack of understanding of what science is in general. If that kind of thinking were allowed into classrooms, we might as well just toss out the entire science curriculum.
I think you're twisting the OP's words (though I'm hardly motivated to defend this so-called "athiest").
Still, just because he's saying that a highly intelligent and well-educated atheist is unlikely to be convinced by Intelligent Design doesn't mean he's saying that non-atheists can't be highly intelligent or well-educated. In fact, he said nothing even close to that, so I don't see what people are getting so upset about.
On the other hand, it's hard to see how *anybody* who believes in Intelligent Design as presented by the hacks at the Discovery Institute could be considered well-educated, at least, certainly not in biology.
"News for Nerds" != Technology, at least not necessarily. My girlfriend, a/. reader, is a biology nerd. I'm more of a computer nerd myself, but biology certainly interests me, and even moreso does the proper teaching and understanding of science.
Or was this story accidently placed in the tech category before I got to see it?
Denmark is pretty damn good. Sure, English isn't an official language there, but good luck finding anyone there who *doesn't* understand at least some English.
This is another subtlety that isn't brought up *nearly* enough in these discussions. Teaching evolution and natural selection doesn't necessarily have anything to do with teaching the origin of life. It may have *something* to do with that, but the connection is not yet entirely clear, and probably wouldn't even come up.
Of course, the wingnuts are really just concerned about evolution because it suggests that humans are just animals, and not *gasp* God's chosen creatures created in His image.
*Humanity* is a pack of low grade morons, folks. No one country or society has any lock on the Stupid Prize.
No argument with you on that. However, in the category of industrialized Western nations, USA brings home quite a few Stupid Prizes, including, I think, this one.
This makes me sick in so many ways--many of which have already been voiced, and I don't have time to get into it.
Regardless, I really wish I had mod points right now. This comment isn't even really OT.
MusicBrainz doesn't assign any genres to anything, since it's just too complicated an issue, and something that people would argue over until the heat death of the universe.
However, for consistent and accurate artist, album, track, release date, and other info it's easily the best resource out there, especially for less obscure stuff.
I don't think I'll use it for the exact opposite reasons. I don't have any particular privacy concerns--I want to have *all* my data shared, or at least those relevant subsets of it (all my pictures, videos, etc...).
But with the most expensive plan that allows 3 GB a month, I'd never be able to get however many TB of stuff I have up there. So it almost defeats the purpose for me. I mean, sure I could share the most interesting stuff, but if I were to use this it would be less for sharing, and more for having a really slick interface for remotely accessing all my stuff.
Now if they sold their server software to run on one's own server at a reasonable price, I might go for that...
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Exactly--there's nothing special about some model being paid to stand around and look pretty.
Now, if said model proceeded to cream me at Starcraft, well, other things would get creamed, but I'll leave it at that.
I agree--I'd only find a babe in a Cammy costume sexy if she was wearing it out of personal love for Street Fighter, not because she was handed a wad of cash and told to put on the costume and stand around and look pretty.
And most "booth babes" aren't even in any sort of costume. So...they're just models standing around? How that excites anyone is beyond me. It's like they've never seen a female before.
A resounding NO!
Oh, wow! I have to admit, that made me lol. I thought I was just making a joke.
Still, I hope that that guy was at least a trained stunt driver and really knew what he was doing (it did at least look that way).
I won't deny that the game may have influenced this particular behavior. But kids are clearly impressionable idiots. If it wasn't Need for Speed it might have been Grand Theft Auto or hell even Mario Kart.
I'd certainly bite for that.
Another thing I've been hankering to see for the DS is some basic PDA-like functionality. I don't care if it's built into the DS's firmware, or came on a separate cartridge (heck it doesn't even need to be made by Nintendo). But with that touch screen and WiFi I see no reason not to be able to have some basic things like a web browser, e-mail client, address book, calendar, and maybe a multi-protocol IM client.
Let me rephrase that then: People who think that this idea of the special creation of man should be taught in science classrooms and that Evolution has no credibility are most certainly wingnuts.
I think you're confusing the issue. Evolution has nothing to say for the origin of the universe, or even the origin of the Earth. Just the origin of species :)
He very well may know. Go to his official website--he has a news item regarding the fad of "Chuck Norris" jokes on the internet lately. He says that some of them are funny, and that he's fine with it =D
That's not what the discussion is about. Nobody is saying that people can't believe what they want. What they are saying is that non-scientific views shouldn't be taught in science classrooms. Plain and simple. I don't see how this is so hard to wrap your head around.
Oh, and it's "Nazis." Learn to use punctuation correctly.
I enjoy many of the myths, legends, and fairy tales that comprise the world's religions, as well as many that don't comprise any particular religion, and in many ways I get my character from them. Doesn't mean I have to take them is historic, scientific truth =D
Show me one post where someone says "my way of thinking is better than your way of thinking."
The problem with ID is that it's NOT science even though they try to present it that way. Would you like it if scientists went around and started saying that if you don't "believe" in evolution you'll go to hell?
I don't care what the average non-scientist thinks about science. As long as they don't try to get it taught to my kids or anyone else who might one day become a genius biologist given a proper introduction to the field.
The way *most* ID proponents present their arguments show a serious lack of understanding of what science is in general. If that kind of thinking were allowed into classrooms, we might as well just toss out the entire science curriculum.
I think you're twisting the OP's words (though I'm hardly motivated to defend this so-called "athiest").
Still, just because he's saying that a highly intelligent and well-educated atheist is unlikely to be convinced by Intelligent Design doesn't mean he's saying that non-atheists can't be highly intelligent or well-educated. In fact, he said nothing even close to that, so I don't see what people are getting so upset about.
On the other hand, it's hard to see how *anybody* who believes in Intelligent Design as presented by the hacks at the Discovery Institute could be considered well-educated, at least, certainly not in biology.
Why the hell is this modded insightful?
/. reader, is a biology nerd. I'm more of a computer nerd myself, but biology certainly interests me, and even moreso does the proper teaching and understanding of science.
"News for Nerds" != Technology, at least not necessarily. My girlfriend, a
Or was this story accidently placed in the tech category before I got to see it?
Denmark is pretty damn good. Sure, English isn't an official language there, but good luck finding anyone there who *doesn't* understand at least some English.
This is another subtlety that isn't brought up *nearly* enough in these discussions. Teaching evolution and natural selection doesn't necessarily have anything to do with teaching the origin of life. It may have *something* to do with that, but the connection is not yet entirely clear, and probably wouldn't even come up.
Of course, the wingnuts are really just concerned about evolution because it suggests that humans are just animals, and not *gasp* God's chosen creatures created in His image.
*Humanity* is a pack of low grade morons, folks. No one country or society has any lock on the Stupid Prize.
No argument with you on that. However, in the category of industrialized Western nations, USA brings home quite a few Stupid Prizes, including, I think, this one.
This makes me sick in so many ways--many of which have already been voiced, and I don't have time to get into it. Regardless, I really wish I had mod points right now. This comment isn't even really OT.
MusicBrainz doesn't assign any genres to anything, since it's just too complicated an issue, and something that people would argue over until the heat death of the universe. However, for consistent and accurate artist, album, track, release date, and other info it's easily the best resource out there, especially for less obscure stuff.
There is one detail that throws your hypothesis off. The sun rises in the East--China is to the West of Japan -_-
This series came out years ago. And it's a great series, but I fail to see how you having a review of it out counts as "news."
I wouldn't be too concerned. I've had a copy of it sitting on my bookshelf for years, and they haven't come after me yet.
While I agree with your comment in general, in this case it's not an umlaut. The bar over a letter is called a macron.
I don't think I'll use it for the exact opposite reasons. I don't have any particular privacy concerns--I want to have *all* my data shared, or at least those relevant subsets of it (all my pictures, videos, etc...).
But with the most expensive plan that allows 3 GB a month, I'd never be able to get however many TB of stuff I have up there. So it almost defeats the purpose for me. I mean, sure I could share the most interesting stuff, but if I were to use this it would be less for sharing, and more for having a really slick interface for remotely accessing all my stuff.
Now if they sold their server software to run on one's own server at a reasonable price, I might go for that...