i've been kludging an mp3 player page & got it to play on clicking in both osX & winXP, but none of the linuces i've tried recently(fc16, mint12, ubuntu12) will play anything in the browser out-of-the-box, even tho they'll gladly play mp3s locally:-\
and have u noticed the new commercial holy water, dispensed in convenient pop-up tissues @ every grocery store entrance, or in wall-mounted pumps, for a ritual handwashing on entry;-)
isn't it the very definition of evolutionary advantageous behavior? religions exist because they are good at motivating & organizing the efforts of large #s ( >small kinship bands) of people to accomplish works that provide survival value. doesn't the bible have helpful advice such as: get ur drinking water_upstream_from ur latrine?
religion is folk-psychology, using behavioral modification techniques that work on the individual, transmitting valuable information, in a pre-literate world, by way of mnemonic stories, ensuring that subsequent generations don't have to reinvent the wheel.
> people's behavior (in this case, children) was distinctly impacted positively by the concept of 'an invisible being watching me'.
what the rabid atheists overlook is that the target audience of religious teachings, which aren't intended to withstand rational, critical examination, is the _pre_rational mind, ie: children. a conscience must be created while still possible...isn't the age of reason a long-established concept in law & religion?
so habituating the pre-rational mind to moral behavior while it is still influenced by magical thinking is necessary to produce moral adults.
and that is imho the primary function of religion: socializing each new batch of barbarians;-)
doesn't the bible also mention getting drinking water _upstream_ from the latrine? religion is a way, in pre-literate times, of preserving & passing on knowledge by wrapping them in mnemonic stories, as well as explaining the unexplained (thunder&lightning? da' gods;-)
but imho, the atheists miss the primary function of religion: socializing each new batch of barbarians, before a conscience can be instilled in a child. religion is indigenous psychology... and what better way to make people listen than to threaten eternal damnation?
who perhaps don't know, given the sad state of education in the u.s., that all of europe was rebuilt about 60 years ago under the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan
if by democracy u mean tyranny of the majority, then please remember that the u.s. has a constitution designed to prevent it...but it takes determination.
unfortunately most creationists counter that while evolution is true _within_ species, it can't _create_ a new one...and of course pointing out evolutionary diversion doesn't penetrate their closed minds:-(
why would you expect them to give up w/o a fight? they're still pushing their female-servitude agenda 40 years after roe v wade (and when they try to wrap themselves in the abolitionist mantle, i say forced labor is the very definition of slavery;-)
and don't forget they're probably still pissed over the end of blue laws:-P i say if this passes we fucking kick 'em out of the union;-);-);-)
in that they prohibit cellphones inside classified environments...
of course, removing the battery can defeat remote monitoring, unless they've got blu-nrg (tm Vs;-) planted in cellphones...and if so, wtf are we still dependent on imported oil;-);-);-)
it think this is an aspect of a larger issue: as technology becomes more complex, people are incapable of evaluating it, so they give up...this is also a political problem: people don't care to vote, either:-(
so the solution is in the political realm: free/ossoftware should have the same status as firearms, as definted in the 2nd amendment, FOR THE SAME REASONS
Alan Shore: [referring to a book about parasites found on salmon] This book, "A Stain Upon The Sea" it's all about these sea lice. Denny Crane: Interesting. Alan Shore: They call them cling ons. Denny Crane: Did you say Klingons?
! 2 hijack the thread, but why? the "unintended accel" issue disappeared when it stopped being frontpage news, proving it 2 b the hysteria it was...
a friend who worked the audi u.a. investigation told me they found ~20% of the involved audis' gas pedals 2 b bent from the force the drivers mashing on them with...iow: driver error.
because she & the palindrones (i should tm that;-) personify the american taliban*, which poses a significant threat to the enlightenment & rationality that has brought us the modern world that enables nerds like us to exist...
* the kleenex/generic sense: fundamentalist terrorists** who want 2 drag us back 2 the middle ages:-P
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i've been kludging an mp3 player page & got it to play on clicking in both osX & winXP, but none of the linuces i've tried recently(fc16, mint12, ubuntu12) will play anything in the browser out-of-the-box, even tho they'll gladly play mp3s locally:-\
so would u let me know if u can play any of the mp3s on http://bostoncamerata.org/camradioNew.html from ur browser?
10q
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oops...2nd amendment;-)
updated 4 the 21st century: to include the right to keep & bear compilers;-)
that offended my sensibilities, 2 (the throwing away, not ur post;-) i also ripped them out & saved 'em...made gr8 handwarmers when shorted;-)
what i said above;-)
and have u noticed the new commercial holy water, dispensed in convenient pop-up tissues @ every grocery store entrance, or in wall-mounted pumps, for a ritual handwashing on entry;-)
as a form of nasal innoculation with whatever pathogens are floating around;-}
no, celebrity _is_ the new religion;-}
isn't it the very definition of evolutionary advantageous behavior? religions exist because they are good at motivating & organizing the efforts of large #s ( >small kinship bands) of people to accomplish works that provide survival value. doesn't the bible have helpful advice such as: get ur drinking water_upstream_from ur latrine?
religion is folk-psychology, using behavioral modification techniques that work on the individual, transmitting valuable information, in a pre-literate world, by way of mnemonic stories, ensuring that subsequent generations don't have to reinvent the wheel.
> people's behavior (in this case, children) was distinctly impacted positively by the concept of 'an invisible being watching me'.
what the rabid atheists overlook is that the target audience of religious teachings, which aren't intended to withstand rational, critical examination, is the _pre_rational mind, ie: children. a conscience must be created while still possible...isn't the age of reason a long-established concept in law & religion?
so habituating the pre-rational mind to moral behavior while it is still influenced by magical thinking is necessary to produce moral adults.
and that is imho the primary function of religion: socializing each new batch of barbarians;-)
doesn't the bible also mention getting drinking water _upstream_ from the latrine? religion is a way, in pre-literate times, of preserving & passing on knowledge by wrapping them in mnemonic stories, as well as explaining the unexplained (thunder&lightning? da' gods;-)
but imho, the atheists miss the primary function of religion: socializing each new batch of barbarians, before a conscience can be instilled in a child. religion is indigenous psychology... and what better way to make people listen than to threaten eternal damnation?
who perhaps don't know, given the sad state of education in the u.s., that all of europe was rebuilt about 60 years ago under the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan
if by democracy u mean tyranny of the majority, then please remember that the u.s. has a constitution designed to prevent it...but it takes determination.
unfortunately most creationists counter that while evolution is true _within_ species, it can't _create_ a new one...and of course pointing out evolutionary diversion doesn't penetrate their closed minds:-(
why would you expect them to give up w/o a fight? they're still pushing their female-servitude agenda 40 years after roe v wade (and when they try to wrap themselves in the abolitionist mantle, i say forced labor is the very definition of slavery;-)
and don't forget they're probably still pissed over the end of blue laws:-P i say if this passes we fucking kick 'em out of the union;-);-);-)
in that they prohibit cellphones inside classified environments...
of course, removing the battery can defeat remote monitoring, unless they've got blu-nrg (tm Vs;-) planted in cellphones...and if so, wtf are we still dependent on imported oil;-);-);-)
it think this is an aspect of a larger issue: as technology becomes more complex, people are incapable of evaluating it, so they give up...this is also a political problem: people don't care to vote, either:-(
so the solution is in the political realm: free/ossoftware should have the same status as firearms, as definted in the 2nd amendment, FOR THE SAME REASONS
calling out astroturfing, and it should b std on /.;-)
the ethanol industry wouldn't exist except 4 massive gummint subsidies:-( fucking waste of money, not 2 m2ntion fucking over people who eat corn:-(
this classic scene in the finding nimmo episode:
Alan Shore: [referring to a book about parasites found on salmon] This book, "A Stain Upon The Sea" it's all about these sea lice.
Denny Crane: Interesting.
Alan Shore: They call them cling ons.
Denny Crane: Did you say Klingons?
smds does suck, tho:-(
! 2 hijack the thread, but why? the "unintended accel" issue disappeared when it stopped being frontpage news, proving it 2 b the hysteria it was...
a friend who worked the audi u.a. investigation told me they found ~20% of the involved audis' gas pedals 2 b bent from the force the drivers mashing on them with...iow: driver error.
i'm sure the same goes w/toyota...
because she & the palindrones (i should tm that;-) personify the american taliban*, which poses a significant threat to the enlightenment & rationality that has brought us the modern world that enables nerds like us to exist...
* the kleenex/generic sense: fundamentalist terrorists** who want 2 drag us back 2 the middle ages:-P
** just ask george tiller:-{
& off urself;-\
"...playing a manipulative game where truth did not remotely matter..."
politics as usual:-(
as onerous as this is to those of the r.stallman persuasion, how else would asimov's 3 laws b implemented?
the fcc regs give everyone to right to receive all e/m on the public airwaves...