A much more common argument from creationists is that it looks like it's 13.73 billion years old, but it actually is only around 6000 years old, and the whole 13.73 billion years business is just there to fool us.
Actually, I'd at least consider doing it whether or not there was a return journey. To be the first human to set foot on Mars is to have a permanent spot in history, and that might well be worth giving up the comforts of home.
On the issue of racial slurs, a noteworthy footnote in Ohio (IMHO) is that according to MSNBC 1 in 5 white voters considered race an important factor in their voting choice, and somewhere between 75% and 80% of those voted for Clinton. That comes out to something like a 10% overall spread in favor of Clinton due to racism. Of course, there's a reasonable counterargument that 1 in 5 voters in the same contest were black, and voted equally heavily for Obama. The whole "Obama is really a 5th column Muslim" thing was definitely circulating heavily as well.
And living in the Cleveland area, there were there usual problems with white suburbs like mine being easy to vote at, and black urban areas like East Cleveland being very difficult to vote at.
Indiana isn't exactly balmy or southern, suggesting that Mr Markey is talking without any clue as to US geography (or is making excuses). The southern tip is at roughly the same latitude as D.C., and the northern end is right near Chicago.
Well, in this case at least I think it's fair to say that it's not the victims or victims groups that are the problem, it's scared parents of kids who may or may not be victims. So we can say that the parents are scared, often clueless about their kids' lives, and a bit neglectful when it comes to monitoring their kids, but we can't reasonably or even emotionally be blaming the kids for their parents' behavior.
At least here there's a clear difference between the actual victims (kids) and the scare-mongers (adults, mostly parents). And thankfully in today's society we usually do not blame the kids for the iniquities or stupidity of the parents.
They seriously tell people to avoid those who complain about a lack of security and request funds to do something about it. This seems like a false economy to me.
The telephone system, on the other hand - that's been around so long that it's familiar technology and relatively few people are aware of how insecure it is.
Not anymore, thanks to the Bush administration illegal wiretaps^H^HTelephone Security Awareness Campaign.
Be sure that the open source movement is all about developers, and scaring them off by threatening to put them out of work is the last thing you want to do.
RMS's argument with that point (at least as expressed in one of his talks):
1. How many people in the room make software for a living? (most of the audience raise their hands)
2. Ok, how many people sell the software they make to the general consumer market? (almost everyone puts their hands down)
In other words, you're not threatening their jobs because the vast majority of programming jobs in the world are developing software for internal use by a company, not shrinkwrap retail.
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From talking to people who've visited the non-tourist areas of the island (outside of Havana), and talking to Cuban visitors to the US, things are tough at times but definitely livable.
Some major improvements over pre-Castro Cuba were in education and health care. Since the Soviet food supplies have been cut off, there is a lot more subsistence farming going on, and restrictions on selling surplus food have been relaxed. The people were not noticeably over- or under-weight, and appeared to be relatively healthy.
There's definitely political repression, but it's not a complete police state either. People made jokes at Castro's expense among family and friends, but wouldn't do that out in public, for instance.
In other words, it's not an island paradise or utopia, but it's far better than many other countries in the area are doing.
Yeah, silly idea for a university to use their endowment to promote research (including this measure as well as their numerous grants), drop tuition for lower income students to improve learning, or recruit top-notch faculty. (in the interests of disclosure, I'm one of the few members of my family without a Harvard degree of some sort)
You'd almost think their purpose was promoting the advancement of human knowledge.
I was going to say, I thought the rules were perfectly clear: You are searched like crazy if you're coming from the Middle East, North Africa, or South Asia, or your name is Mohammed or Hussein, or you look vaguely Muslim.
Of course, DHS can't actually say those rules, so instead they give out some bull about "random selection".
Maybe it is time for us to stop borrowing money, pay back our debts, and begin to spend only those monies that we can afford to spend.
The large national debt has very little to do with traditional economics, and a lot to do with Grover Norquist's idea of "starve the beast" to force the abolition of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The Republican's relentless cutting of taxes (for this purpose under Reagan, and for sillier reasons under George W Bush) combined with the Democrats unwillingness to cut the targeted programs is directly causing the current budget problems.
'As a result of studio cutbacks, however, many of the writers who went on strike are unlikely to return to the same big-money contracts they'd had as individuals with the studios.'
That sounds a lot to me like "We fired these guys for supporting the union, but we can't say that because that would get us in trouble with the NLRB."
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Bear in mind that I was playing devil's advocate here (how's that for a metaphor), not saying I actually think that argument is true.
Plus I agree that the creator of the universe could be a real bastard.
According to Philo of UHF, it is possible to create plutonium from common household items.
A much more common argument from creationists is that it looks like it's 13.73 billion years old, but it actually is only around 6000 years old, and the whole 13.73 billion years business is just there to fool us.
For instance, Lobachevsky, at least according to Tom Lehrer. (For those of you sound-deprived, enjoy the lyrics).
Actually, I'd at least consider doing it whether or not there was a return journey. To be the first human to set foot on Mars is to have a permanent spot in history, and that might well be worth giving up the comforts of home.
On the issue of racial slurs, a noteworthy footnote in Ohio (IMHO) is that according to MSNBC 1 in 5 white voters considered race an important factor in their voting choice, and somewhere between 75% and 80% of those voted for Clinton. That comes out to something like a 10% overall spread in favor of Clinton due to racism. Of course, there's a reasonable counterargument that 1 in 5 voters in the same contest were black, and voted equally heavily for Obama. The whole "Obama is really a 5th column Muslim" thing was definitely circulating heavily as well.
And living in the Cleveland area, there were there usual problems with white suburbs like mine being easy to vote at, and black urban areas like East Cleveland being very difficult to vote at.
Florida has extensive coastlines, so they could make use of the historical contact that Floridians had with Pirates as definitive proof.
Indiana isn't exactly balmy or southern, suggesting that Mr Markey is talking without any clue as to US geography (or is making excuses). The southern tip is at roughly the same latitude as D.C., and the northern end is right near Chicago.
That suggests that a correct sorting variable is not the row number, but the combined mass of the passenger and their luggage.
There's only one link that can be legitimately used with the phrase miserable failure.
How more black could it be? The answer is None. None more black.
Well, in this case at least I think it's fair to say that it's not the victims or victims groups that are the problem, it's scared parents of kids who may or may not be victims. So we can say that the parents are scared, often clueless about their kids' lives, and a bit neglectful when it comes to monitoring their kids, but we can't reasonably or even emotionally be blaming the kids for their parents' behavior.
At least here there's a clear difference between the actual victims (kids) and the scare-mongers (adults, mostly parents). And thankfully in today's society we usually do not blame the kids for the iniquities or stupidity of the parents.
They seriously tell people to avoid those who complain about a lack of security and request funds to do something about it. This seems like a false economy to me.
The telephone system, on the other hand - that's been around so long that it's familiar technology and relatively few people are aware of how insecure it is.
Not anymore, thanks to the Bush administration illegal wiretaps^H^HTelephone Security Awareness Campaign.
Be sure that the open source movement is all about developers, and scaring them off by threatening to put them out of work is the last thing you want to do.
RMS's argument with that point (at least as expressed in one of his talks):
1. How many people in the room make software for a living? (most of the audience raise their hands)
2. Ok, how many people sell the software they make to the general consumer market? (almost everyone puts their hands down)
In other words, you're not threatening their jobs because the vast majority of programming jobs in the world are developing software for internal use by a company, not shrinkwrap retail.
From talking to people who've visited the non-tourist areas of the island (outside of Havana), and talking to Cuban visitors to the US, things are tough at times but definitely livable.
Some major improvements over pre-Castro Cuba were in education and health care. Since the Soviet food supplies have been cut off, there is a lot more subsistence farming going on, and restrictions on selling surplus food have been relaxed. The people were not noticeably over- or under-weight, and appeared to be relatively healthy.
There's definitely political repression, but it's not a complete police state either. People made jokes at Castro's expense among family and friends, but wouldn't do that out in public, for instance.
In other words, it's not an island paradise or utopia, but it's far better than many other countries in the area are doing.
Yeah, silly idea for a university to use their endowment to promote research (including this measure as well as their numerous grants), drop tuition for lower income students to improve learning, or recruit top-notch faculty. (in the interests of disclosure, I'm one of the few members of my family without a Harvard degree of some sort)
You'd almost think their purpose was promoting the advancement of human knowledge.
Don Pettit: The guy from whom Prof Farnsworth stole the plans to the smelloscope.
Blame Canada! Blame Canada!
Because our copyrighted swill
gives us the right to kill
Blame Canada! Blame Canada!
We need the right to sue
for a case of LaBatt Blue
(further verses are left as an exercise to the reader)
You're reading the votes backwards. A Yes vote means that the immunity is removed from the bill, a No vote means it stays in.
I was going to say, I thought the rules were perfectly clear: You are searched like crazy if you're coming from the Middle East, North Africa, or South Asia, or your name is Mohammed or Hussein, or you look vaguely Muslim.
Of course, DHS can't actually say those rules, so instead they give out some bull about "random selection".
Maybe it is time for us to stop borrowing money, pay back our debts, and begin to spend only those monies that we can afford to spend.
The large national debt has very little to do with traditional economics, and a lot to do with Grover Norquist's idea of "starve the beast" to force the abolition of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The Republican's relentless cutting of taxes (for this purpose under Reagan, and for sillier reasons under George W Bush) combined with the Democrats unwillingness to cut the targeted programs is directly causing the current budget problems.
Because once again the burrito-heavy portfolio pays off for the hungry investor.
- Dr J Zoidberg
And as I pointed out above, he's not-too-subtly threatening to fire them if they don't take it.
'As a result of studio cutbacks, however, many of the writers who went on strike are unlikely to return to the same big-money contracts they'd had as individuals with the studios.'
That sounds a lot to me like "We fired these guys for supporting the union, but we can't say that because that would get us in trouble with the NLRB."