It's a free pass to a cool new game. If you want to try it, you can follow some simple steps. If you don't, well, don't. It's not like they're forcing you. Whining about how you don't like the teeth on the gift horse makes you sound immature and stupid.
I'm a staunch evolutionist, but "Why would God do X?" questions are not the way to fight Creationism. You are trying to claim you know what some immense superbeing would optimally do when creating a self-sustaining planetary ecosphere, and that's actually worse than the ID-ers arguments.
I think most of us can respect creationists. What grates our nerves is the fact that they have the chutzpah to invent ID and claim "See, it's science! We didn't mention God, so it's not religion!".
Or unless they are fighting the hard cases that no one else would touch. You don't pick only the cases that are easy to win; you pick the ones that are worth figthing for.
Also, you seem to imply that researching the facts will give you a good idea of how the court will lean. That's not the case. You have arguments and the other side often has also good arguments. It's a coin toss in a lot of cases, and not because the EFF didn't do its job, but because such is the nature of courts.
The trouble with many brits is that while they understand the basic concept of traditional dry british humor, they almost always do it badly. They mistake deadpan delivery of random combinations of weak sarcasm and patent absurdity for wit. They then claim the audience is too low-brow to catch the subtlety of the humor, when in reality it's just not particularly funny.
The thing is, it's terribly hard to transmit subtle irony in writing. For example, I'm torn in trying to decide wheter you are rationally dissecting the flaws in British humour or you are deadpanly delivering random combinations of weak sarcasm and patent absurdity.
I guess that if you reply and claim that I'm too lowbrow to catch the subtlety of your humor, we'll know.
I'm gonna do this with just the Gospels. If I went Old Testament on you it would be a lot more definitive, but: A) I don't really like or agree woth the Old Testament, and B) I'm tired after a long day at work. So:
1. Serve God first (not the flag, not your boss, not the IRS, not your family)
And then we have Luke 10:27. "And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself". God and your neighbour, all in the same breath. What do you think that means?
2. Don't have anger towards God. If life is bad, you didn't prepare properly.
Job would beg to differ, I'm sure.
3. Don't worship logos, fads or ipods err idols.
Can't find those "ipods" in th KJV. Still, I'd have to agree.
4. Set aside one day a week to do God's work.
Mark 2: 27. "And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath"
5. Respect your parents
Like 14:26. "If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple".
6. Never kill -- no war is just
Matthew 10:34. "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword". Who knows what he intended to do with that sword. And I'm not even going into the Old Testament here. I can get you at least 10 quotes advocating killing (not the least of which is the famous "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live").
7. Don't cheat on your spouse
I'm not going to touch this one. My wife reads Slashdot.
8. Don't steal - Taxation is theft, currency inflation is theft
Do I really need to do this? Oh, for the sake of completeness...
Luke 20: 22-25. "Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's. And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's."
So it appears good ol' JC supports taxes. I can't say what he thought about currency inflation, but I'm pretty sure he didn't sweat it a lot.
As for stealing... why should anyone need to steal? You just need to ask... Luke 10:30 "Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again."
9. Be honest with all your words and actions
Hard to argue with this one in this context (altough the Old Testament is also full of sneaky holy men... but still).
10. Don't be jealous or control what isn't yours - Zoning laws are wrong, business regulations are wrong, slavery is wrong (the draft)
I'm gonna give you this one mainly because I've actually grown bored with this exercise. If you're really intersted, check out Deuteronomy and Proverbs... the god in the Bible is not only into zoning laws and business regulations, he also tells you how to eat, work and have sex. Oh, and he permits slavery too.
You know, if you are serious about being a Christian, you should really open up your Bible and read it. And think for yourself.
And please, spare me the "the devil can also quote the Bible". You pull out that one, I pull it right back at you, and we go nowhere fast. Plus, it's just plain lame.
I mean, really, posting that in Slashdot is like posting the blueprints to the White House on the AlQaeda website.
Go ahead, tell me you read phrases like "one manufacturing misstep -- a shortage of graphics chips or a recalled hard drive -- could derail those ambitions and drag Microsoft's unprofitable videogame business even deeper into the red" and didn't start thinking "mmmhh... what can I do to help?".
"The article is about something that doesn't interest me personally, therefore it is boring and overwrought".
Really, just because you don't find it interesting doesn't make it pretentious. Some of us have an interest in graphic media and I found it very stimulating.
Thank you for defining reality for me. It was such a confusing, complex concept until you came into my life. It's great knowing the person who knows exactly how everything works; now I'll never have to worry about those pesky "points of view" and "personal opinions" thingy.
And the person who defines reality happens to be an American. Who knew?
Gotcha. I reread his post and I see what you mean.
I mean, imagine if there were a game called "Cops", where you were directed to do all the appropriate actions a cop would take, including shooting at a criminal if necessary..
There is one. It's called SWAT 3. You even get points for defusing the situations without firing a shot. If you have a chance, check it out; it's somewhat old, so you can get it for 5-10 bucks and run it in reasonable hardware... and it's great.
I'd rather kids see porn than senseless killing and violence.
To which I agree wholeheartedly. Then you say:
I'd rather we have a bunch of horny kids out there humping than have a bunch of violent ones out there killing each other.
Where you imply that violent games lead kids to become "violent ones out there killing each other", which I strongly disagree with. And then you go on to:
And don't give me the crap about porn leading to rape.
Where you seem to disagree with yourself as to the ability of media to influence children.
As to your main point, I must agree unreservedly. Lesbians are indeed awesome.
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You're confusing Orwell's 1984 with Bradbury's Farenheit 451. It's a common mistake.
The 5.4 million are restitution only. I assure there'll be fines in the order of several hundred thousand dollars. Plus jail time. No profit here.
You will be missed. Except, yeah, you won't.
It's a free pass to a cool new game. If you want to try it, you can follow some simple steps. If you don't, well, don't. It's not like they're forcing you. Whining about how you don't like the teeth on the gift horse makes you sound immature and stupid.
What do you mean "crap"? Either I'm missing out on the joke, or you're waaaay kinkier than I care to imagine...
But they are! The English have London, and the German have Berlin (and used to have Bonn, to boot). Also, I don't see how that's any of GP's business.
I'm a staunch evolutionist, but "Why would God do X?" questions are not the way to fight Creationism. You are trying to claim you know what some immense superbeing would optimally do when creating a self-sustaining planetary ecosphere, and that's actually worse than the ID-ers arguments.
I think most of us can respect creationists. What grates our nerves is the fact that they have the chutzpah to invent ID and claim "See, it's science! We didn't mention God, so it's not religion!".
Thing is, most don't really care for broad recognition.
Speak for yourself. Most of us would kill for recognition from chicks.
Dude, you must be really popular at parties...
When CNN has a cool "Bill Gates as Borg" icon, we'll talk. Until then, I'll trust the unbiased and ethical editorsat Slashdot.
Or unless they are fighting the hard cases that no one else would touch. You don't pick only the cases that are easy to win; you pick the ones that are worth figthing for.
Also, you seem to imply that researching the facts will give you a good idea of how the court will lean. That's not the case. You have arguments and the other side often has also good arguments. It's a coin toss in a lot of cases, and not because the EFF didn't do its job, but because such is the nature of courts.
The trouble with many brits is that while they understand the basic concept of traditional dry british humor, they almost always do it badly. They mistake deadpan delivery of random combinations of weak sarcasm and patent absurdity for wit. They then claim the audience is too low-brow to catch the subtlety of the humor, when in reality it's just not particularly funny.
The thing is, it's terribly hard to transmit subtle irony in writing. For example, I'm torn in trying to decide wheter you are rationally dissecting the flaws in British humour or you are deadpanly delivering random combinations of weak sarcasm and patent absurdity.
I guess that if you reply and claim that I'm too lowbrow to catch the subtlety of your humor, we'll know.
I'm gonna do this with just the Gospels. If I went Old Testament on you it would be a lot more definitive, but: A) I don't really like or agree woth the Old Testament, and B) I'm tired after a long day at work. So:
1. Serve God first (not the flag, not your boss, not the IRS, not your family)
And then we have Luke 10:27. "And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself". God and your neighbour, all in the same breath. What do you think that means?
2. Don't have anger towards God. If life is bad, you didn't prepare properly.
Job would beg to differ, I'm sure.
3. Don't worship logos, fads or ipods err idols.
Can't find those "ipods" in th KJV. Still, I'd have to agree.
4. Set aside one day a week to do God's work.
Mark 2: 27. "And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath"
5. Respect your parents
Like 14:26. "If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple".
6. Never kill -- no war is just
Matthew 10:34. "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword". Who knows what he intended to do with that sword.
And I'm not even going into the Old Testament here. I can get you at least 10 quotes advocating killing (not the least of which is the famous "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live").
7. Don't cheat on your spouse
I'm not going to touch this one. My wife reads Slashdot.
8. Don't steal - Taxation is theft, currency inflation is theft
Do I really need to do this? Oh, for the sake of completeness...
Luke 20: 22-25. "Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's. And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's."
So it appears good ol' JC supports taxes. I can't say what he thought about currency inflation, but I'm pretty sure he didn't sweat it a lot.
As for stealing... why should anyone need to steal? You just need to ask... Luke 10:30 "Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again."
9. Be honest with all your words and actions
Hard to argue with this one in this context (altough the Old Testament is also full of sneaky holy men... but still).
10. Don't be jealous or control what isn't yours - Zoning laws are wrong, business regulations are wrong, slavery is wrong (the draft)
I'm gonna give you this one mainly because I've actually grown bored with this exercise. If you're really intersted, check out Deuteronomy and Proverbs... the god in the Bible is not only into zoning laws and business regulations, he also tells you how to eat, work and have sex. Oh, and he permits slavery too.
You know, if you are serious about being a Christian, you should really open up your Bible and read it. And think for yourself.
And please, spare me the "the devil can also quote the Bible". You pull out that one, I pull it right back at you, and we go nowhere fast. Plus, it's just plain lame.
Yo, Pops, you forgot your medication. Here, take this and come back to your couch before you throw out your hip again.
How do we know he did not know about it? In such
situations you shoiuld assume the worst.
Exactly! Guilty until proven innocent is the base of our entire judicial system.
Oh wait...
You know, what actually gives me a kick is that most gringos won't even get that joke... ;)
I mean, really, posting that in Slashdot is like posting the blueprints to the White House on the AlQaeda website.
Go ahead, tell me you read phrases like "one manufacturing misstep -- a shortage of graphics chips or a recalled hard drive -- could derail those ambitions and drag Microsoft's unprofitable videogame business even deeper into the red" and didn't start thinking "mmmhh... what can I do to help?".
I just wanted to salute a fellow browncoat. Nice way to slip a reference in there :)
I took a course in BS Physics
Aaaahhh, good ol' BullShit Physics. I also got a degree on that. Working on my Masters now...
It takes 30sec [...] to make a children
Dude, at least give her enough time to fake it.
Your jealousy is so transparent.
I just got a "Demo" version from eDonkey... wink wink nudge nudge...
Let me translate:
"The article is about something that doesn't interest me personally, therefore it is boring and overwrought".
Really, just because you don't find it interesting doesn't make it pretentious. Some of us have an interest in graphic media and I found it very stimulating.
Thank you for defining reality for me. It was such a confusing, complex concept until you came into my life. It's great knowing the person who knows exactly how everything works; now I'll never have to worry about those pesky "points of view" and "personal opinions" thingy.
And the person who defines reality happens to be an American. Who knew?
Gotcha. I reread his post and I see what you mean.
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I mean, imagine if there were a game called "Cops", where you were directed to do all the appropriate actions a cop would take, including shooting at a criminal if necessary.
There is one. It's called SWAT 3. You even get points for defusing the situations without firing a shot. If you have a chance, check it out; it's somewhat old, so you can get it for 5-10 bucks and run it in reasonable hardware... and it's great.
Maybe I wasn't clear.
You said:
I'd rather kids see porn than senseless killing and violence.
To which I agree wholeheartedly. Then you say:
I'd rather we have a bunch of horny kids out there humping than have a bunch of violent ones out there killing each other.
Where you imply that violent games lead kids to become "violent ones out there killing each other", which I strongly disagree with. And then you go on to:
And don't give me the crap about porn leading to rape.
Where you seem to disagree with yourself as to the ability of media to influence children.
As to your main point, I must agree unreservedly. Lesbians are indeed awesome.