At first I thought it was a sequel to some game, then I read the article and realized it was a Linux OS distribution. Somebody call me when Linux will install onto a NTFS partition and read the transparently compressed files, share it with Windows, and not need any other partitions, like one for the Swapfile. It can use http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/ for all I care.
There may or may not be something that answers to the names vishnu, jehovah, allah, etc. but then again there might be.
On another level, there may be one God that doesn't mind what he's called as long as his followers are "clued in" to his properties.
There is a system of thought that says when invoking God, you have to personalize him somehow. Further developing that thought, it is as if God was like radio waves and there are many different ways to build a radio to tune him in, but one way to build a radio won't work with one set of materials, but will with another. In essence, you have to match the radio plans (personalization of God) with the materials (the person).
Yes, those who take the Bible "literally" fail to think critically about what they are reading. The people who say there is no evidence of God also fail to think critically about what they are reading when they encounter such texts, if they bother to read them at all.
There are two types of truthfulness: 1. Truth as opposed to falseness. 2. The intent to tell the truth as opposed to telling a lie or telling a fictional account. Neither are binary quantities.
The existence of God has every bearing of truthfulness #1 of ancient texts that talk about any given God or godlike thing or person.
If true randomness does not exist, if everything that exists contains some level of information, or to put it another way, if possessing information is a prerequisite for existence, then that somehow fulfils my definition of "God".
On the other hand, if "true randomness" can be proven to exist and account for something we consider "good", that would be something like strong evidence that any "God" truly is not worthy of such a title.
In Stargate SG-1, the Go'uld quickly fail the test for Godhood. The Origen have a stronger claim, but still rather faint in the overall scheme of things. It seems to me that the Ancients possess some elements of Godhood that the Origen lack, but they are just as faint.
Most people have a limited emotional range. Hyped news plays at the edges of that range. My range is a bit more intense, though possibly no more varied. The intensity of the news doesn't affect me as much, however most people want me and others like me to confine myself to their range, mostly because I affect them in a way similar to hyped news.
There are two groups of ethical research: Ethics as a philosophy and ethics as people implement it in the real world. The first group is more aware of multiple ethics systems than the latter.
There is a delusion regarding ethics that an unethical person cannot pretend to be ethical effectively, that is, when given a question about ethics, they might want to lie, but then they wouldn't know what lie is the "ethical" choice. Most research into ethics is tainted by this ad the notion that there is only one true way of ethics.
In fact, many people are clueless to the fact that the Team Rocket motto starts out with a statement of ethics that Jessie and James stick to, to thier detriment as they comment on.
Prepare for trouble
To protect the world from devastation
To unite all peoples within our nation
To denounce the evils of truth and love
To extend our reach to the stars above
Surrender now, or prepare to fight
You don't prefer to use products from a company such as Canonical or Mozilla if their product fits my criteria because they at least make an effort to have a moral or ethical spine. You do it because their morality more fits in line with yours.
If it were possible to make millions by boiling live babies, and there was zero chance of anyone finding out, we'd be playing on a completely different moral playing field, so your statement doesn't really make sense with regards to the moral fabric of the universe.
The whole existence of a moral code is to derive maximum benefits. The whole concept of right and wrong hinges on whether or not something provides a benefit or not.
That is to say, I don't understand the distinction you are trying to make.
Better a bigoted idiot that doesn't know where they don't belong than a bigoted idiot that closes itself away from the world because the world is inferior, I always say, because the latter is more intractable.
I believe that the best ideas need to win out and that the only way to determine the best ideas is to let people with ideas mingle.
One element of a moral code (not necessarily all moral codes) says that there are some things that superficially seem to make more money, but no matter what, do not do it, because in the long run you will not.
User: I want an external drive, but I can't be bothered to find out the difference between USB, Firewire, and eSATA, or even that they exist. My system has a place to plug things into. That should be good enough, right?
If being a certain way is not the way a person wants to be and fluoxetine or diazepam helps them in this regard, then, by all means they should have it, but to insist that someone that exhibits certain traits that another group doesn't like should take medicine is evil.
The thing is, nobody is going after the weather we want. Instead of taking our lives into our own hands, we have been throwing ourselves at the mercy of "nature".
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Aparently somebody calling you and not me? If they have anything to say about the above mentioned, let me know.
Pop it on the Bar-B, let's see how this extreme elephant tastes!
At first I thought it was a sequel to some game, then I read the article and realized it was a Linux OS distribution. Somebody call me when Linux will install onto a NTFS partition and read the transparently compressed files, share it with Windows, and not need any other partitions, like one for the Swapfile. It can use http://www.jankratochvil.net/project/captive/ for all I care.
Which is why I use Cygwin, but there's mingw also.
XP ditched the Themes and the folder customization of 98, relpacing them with crippled junk.
There may or may not be something that answers to the names vishnu, jehovah, allah, etc. but then again there might be.
On another level, there may be one God that doesn't mind what he's called as long as his followers are "clued in" to his properties.
There is a system of thought that says when invoking God, you have to personalize him somehow. Further developing that thought, it is as if God was like radio waves and there are many different ways to build a radio to tune him in, but one way to build a radio won't work with one set of materials, but will with another. In essence, you have to match the radio plans (personalization of God) with the materials (the person).
Yes, those who take the Bible "literally" fail to think critically about what they are reading. The people who say there is no evidence of God also fail to think critically about what they are reading when they encounter such texts, if they bother to read them at all.
There are two types of truthfulness: 1. Truth as opposed to falseness. 2. The intent to tell the truth as opposed to telling a lie or telling a fictional account. Neither are binary quantities.
The existence of God has every bearing of truthfulness #1 of ancient texts that talk about any given God or godlike thing or person.
If true randomness does not exist, if everything that exists contains some level of information, or to put it another way, if possessing information is a prerequisite for existence, then that somehow fulfils my definition of "God".
On the other hand, if "true randomness" can be proven to exist and account for something we consider "good", that would be something like strong evidence that any "God" truly is not worthy of such a title.
In Stargate SG-1, the Go'uld quickly fail the test for Godhood. The Origen have a stronger claim, but still rather faint in the overall scheme of things. It seems to me that the Ancients possess some elements of Godhood that the Origen lack, but they are just as faint.
The question of the parent post was: Why have separate rules for different transports? with the follow-up, why are any rules at all necessary?
Most people have a limited emotional range. Hyped news plays at the edges of that range. My range is a bit more intense, though possibly no more varied. The intensity of the news doesn't affect me as much, however most people want me and others like me to confine myself to their range, mostly because I affect them in a way similar to hyped news.
How does the article reference a digg on the article?
Just how many times did you watch "Fight Club", exactly?
There are two groups of ethical research: Ethics as a philosophy and ethics as people implement it in the real world. The first group is more aware of multiple ethics systems than the latter.
By the way, Poetry.com doesn't handle off-site links or even typed in urls.
I am starting to put poetry and poetry related topics at http://hackwrench2.blogspot.com/
...consuming more bandwidth over a greater area. Print is not broadcast.
Therefore, Quake is more for people that do not exist, QED
There is a delusion regarding ethics that an unethical person cannot pretend to be ethical effectively, that is, when given a question about ethics, they might want to lie, but then they wouldn't know what lie is the "ethical" choice. Most research into ethics is tainted by this ad the notion that there is only one true way of ethics.
i ls+of+truth+and+love
In fact, many people are clueless to the fact that the Team Rocket motto starts out with a statement of ethics that Jessie and James stick to, to thier detriment as they comment on.
Prepare for trouble
To protect the world from devastation
To unite all peoples within our nation
To denounce the evils of truth and love
To extend our reach to the stars above
Surrender now, or prepare to fight
It describes an ethical value system.
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22denounce+the+ev
Is to not become certified at it, on the grounds that it circumscribes your ethics.
You don't prefer to use products from a company such as Canonical or Mozilla if their product fits my criteria because they at least make an effort to have a moral or ethical spine. You do it because their morality more fits in line with yours.
If it were possible to make millions by boiling live babies, and there was zero chance of anyone finding out, we'd be playing on a completely different moral playing field, so your statement doesn't really make sense with regards to the moral fabric of the universe.
The whole existence of a moral code is to derive maximum benefits. The whole concept of right and wrong hinges on whether or not something provides a benefit or not.
That is to say, I don't understand the distinction you are trying to make.
Better a bigoted idiot that doesn't know where they don't belong than a bigoted idiot that closes itself away from the world because the world is inferior, I always say, because the latter is more intractable.
I believe that the best ideas need to win out and that the only way to determine the best ideas is to let people with ideas mingle.
One element of a moral code (not necessarily all moral codes) says that there are some things that superficially seem to make more money, but no matter what, do not do it, because in the long run you will not.
User: I want an external drive, but I can't be bothered to find out the difference between USB, Firewire, and eSATA, or even that they exist. My system has a place to plug things into. That should be good enough, right?
you insensitive clod.
If being a certain way is not the way a person wants to be and fluoxetine or diazepam helps them in this regard, then, by all means they should have it, but to insist that someone that exhibits certain traits that another group doesn't like should take medicine is evil.
The thing is, nobody is going after the weather we want. Instead of taking our lives into our own hands, we have been throwing ourselves at the mercy of "nature".