"Simply because something cannot be "reproduced and verified" does not, in fact, make something false."
Exactly!
But like I said, law and science are completely dissimilar.
Law deals with one specific instance of a type of event. A murder is a type of event you were mentioning, the OJ case is a specific instance of that type of event. You can never recreate, exactly, a specific instance of a type of event. You can, however, recreate that type of event. You can perform a murder over and over again.
With science you deal with the rules that govern events. Not even with events. Completely dissimilar.
For example you can explain, via natural processes, how a stab wound to the heart would cause death. That's one possible rule that would govern your event of murder. That is reproduceable and verifiable.
"Simply because something cannot be "reproduced and verified" does not, in fact, make something false. Much like evolution."
You're also saying that evolution can't be reproduced and verified. That also is incorrect. The hypotheses derived from evolution have indeed been proven.
It may be impossible to reproduce OUR human evolution but that's like I said before, you can't reproduce a specific example of a type of event. Now remember that I said science doesn't deal with events it deals with rules that govern events.
I too am an atheist, and you state the truth that sometimes atheists jump on religious folk for beliefs.
Unfortunately, it happens in both ways. Most everybody believes what they believe, and they want everybody else to believe them.
This time it's the christians jumping on the scientists. Although, scientists aren't always atheists, so I don't see how this is particularly a christian vs atheist battle. My girlfriend is an anthropologist studying evolution, and such, yet she is very religious.
This equates more along the lines of christians forcing their believes on their children.
I wonder... If this passes and Kentucky changes their definition of science and the christian teachers start shoving Intelligent Design down the students throats...
How are these kids going to survive in the college world? Will colleges turn down 1 child in favor of another, of similar standing, because (s)he's from Kentucky?
Also will different religious groups start forcing the schools to teach their religions version of creation? They would have to allow it.
=========== This could maybe lead to online creation of office documents, emailing them through GMail, and storing them in Google webspace. ===========
Then you could map out the route the email is taking and view it's location via satellite imagery. Then it could automatically post to your google blog, and send any embedded images to your friends via Hello. Once the email is read you could get an update in your cell phone that it's arrived!
I've spent many a day at Newark Penn waiting for my NJ Transit train and watching the Accela pull in well over 2 hours late. Not to mention the 2+ hour delays on the overheads.
I guess some parts of their service are better than others...
Genesis 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
I have to assume this book refers to the sun and the moon, yet the moon isn't a light. It's only a reflector of the suns light. I guess when god was telling his biographers the story he forgot about that.
I also like how the stars seem like an after thought... god was chilling and thinking... "Man, this night thing is lame... I better make it a little cooler. BAM! Stars! Dude, I rock! I guess I better go make some people and give them free will so they can betray me. Oh sweet idea... I can act all suprised when they do too!"
"Plane design? Nope - sorry, it's a disguarded (due to being ponitless comercially) 15 year old design (just he was the first to come up with the cash to build it) Faster speeds? Nope - it flies comparitively slowly in relation to virtually every other aircraft on the planet. Most 1960's helicopters travel faster."
The military has great interest in a plane the can fly for a long time very slowly.
UAV's I believe.
Although I doubt that has much commercial potential... it's still useful to some.
To follow the limericks structure properly it should be, in terms of metric feet: 33223, with the rhyming pattern of AABBA. The number of syllabyles isn't set.
I guess it would go more like:
ba BA ba BA ba BA ba BA ba BA ba BA ba BA ba BO ba BA ba BO ba BA ba BA ba BA
alternatively it could be as follows:
ba ba BA ba ba BA ba ba BA ba ba BA ba ba BA ba ba BA ba ba BA ba ba BO ba ba BA ba ba BO ba ba BA ba ba BA ba ba BA
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and people say that /. has no standards...
No.
Evolution and Homosexuality are mutually exclusive.
damn... I want a lightwhip!
"Simply because something cannot be "reproduced and verified" does not, in fact, make something false."
Exactly!
But like I said, law and science are completely dissimilar.
Law deals with one specific instance of a type of event. A murder is a type of event you were mentioning, the OJ case is a specific instance of that type of event. You can never recreate, exactly, a specific instance of a type of event. You can, however, recreate that type of event. You can perform a murder over and over again.
With science you deal with the rules that govern events. Not even with events. Completely dissimilar.
For example you can explain, via natural processes, how a stab wound to the heart would cause death. That's one possible rule that would govern your event of murder. That is reproduceable and verifiable.
"Simply because something cannot be "reproduced and verified" does not, in fact, make something false. Much like evolution."
You're also saying that evolution can't be reproduced and verified. That also is incorrect. The hypotheses derived from evolution have indeed been proven.
It may be impossible to reproduce OUR human evolution but that's like I said before, you can't reproduce a specific example of a type of event. Now remember that I said science doesn't deal with events it deals with rules that govern events.
I too am an atheist, and you state the truth that sometimes atheists jump on religious folk for beliefs.
Unfortunately, it happens in both ways. Most everybody believes what they believe, and they want everybody else to believe them.
This time it's the christians jumping on the scientists. Although, scientists aren't always atheists, so I don't see how this is particularly a christian vs atheist battle. My girlfriend is an anthropologist studying evolution, and such, yet she is very religious.
This equates more along the lines of christians forcing their believes on their children.
I wonder...
If this passes and Kentucky changes their definition of science and the christian teachers start shoving Intelligent Design down the students throats...
How are these kids going to survive in the college world? Will colleges turn down 1 child in favor of another, of similar standing, because (s)he's from Kentucky?
Also will different religious groups start forcing the schools to teach their religions version of creation? They would have to allow it.
My apologies sir/madam, he's got too many for us Americans to remember.
Mb or MB?
I get slightly more than 3Mbps on my comcast cable broadband here in the US. But I definately don't get anywhere near 3MBps.
While at college I easily got 10MBps, if not more.
Then what fun is slashdot?
It'll be ok, China only need one IP, the router will assign the rest...
"States like the US"
You mean "Countries like the US" or "States, like the US"?
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This could maybe lead to online creation of office documents, emailing them through GMail, and storing them in Google webspace.
===========
Then you could map out the route the email is taking and view it's location via satellite imagery. Then it could automatically post to your google blog, and send any embedded images to your friends via Hello. Once the email is read you could get an update in your cell phone that it's arrived!
Had I some mod points...
Funniest I've read in along time here...
I've spent many a day at Newark Penn waiting for my NJ Transit train and watching the Accela pull in well over 2 hours late. Not to mention the 2+ hour delays on the overheads.
I guess some parts of their service are better than others...
The problem with amtrack is that they're reliably 2-3 hours late.
Genesis 1:16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
I have to assume this book refers to the sun and the moon, yet the moon isn't a light. It's only a reflector of the suns light. I guess when god was telling his biographers the story he forgot about that.
I also like how the stars seem like an after thought... god was chilling and thinking... "Man, this night thing is lame... I better make it a little cooler. BAM! Stars! Dude, I rock! I guess I better go make some people and give them free will so they can betray me. Oh sweet idea... I can act all suprised when they do too!"
Definately a day for the apple mods.
[1.) They don't have a trademark on Tiger, while Apple does.]
Not only did you not read the article, you didn't even read the intro:
"TigerDirect, which owns trademarks on the names Tiger, TigerDirect and TigerSoftware"
I'm sure you meant to say iReality...
except that zerg is the race... hydralisks are zerg, so are mutalisks... and even zerglings.
I'll bet two RIAA settlements and half a donut
/. general public: Check
Starting post with arrogance: Check
this is merely ZDNet's inability to differentiate between journalism and editorializing.
Attack of major corporation: Check
Of course, they are hardly alone in this deficient behavior, and are in the company of many prestigious (and formerly prestigious) media outlets.
Attack of major media: Check
It's obvious to all but the tinhat crowd (and ZDNet)
Attack of
Second attack of major corporation: BONUS!!
that the police did the raid.
Arrogance of knowledge of another country's legal system: Check
I think he's saying he'd use an available linux port for that hardware...
Surely you mean Grand Auto Theft: Linux...
Still a bad analogy.
Somebody has to go to a specific place to read your blog with the intention to do so.
Throwing flyers around the workspace forces your opinions into thier faces.
That kinda weakens the point.
I intend to book me a room on the first space hotel with my woman and be the first couple to have space-sex.
Imagine the possibilities!
"Plane design? Nope - sorry, it's a disguarded (due to being ponitless comercially) 15 year old design (just he was the first to come up with the cash to build it)
Faster speeds? Nope - it flies comparitively slowly in relation to virtually every other aircraft on the planet. Most 1960's helicopters travel faster."
The military has great interest in a plane the can fly for a long time very slowly.
UAV's I believe.
Although I doubt that has much commercial potential... it's still useful to some.
To follow the limericks structure properly it should be, in terms of metric feet: 33223, with the rhyming pattern of AABBA. The number of syllabyles isn't set.
I guess it would go more like:
ba BA ba BA ba BA
ba BA ba BA ba BA
ba BA ba BO
ba BA ba BO
ba BA ba BA ba BA
alternatively it could be as follows:
ba ba BA ba ba BA ba ba BA
ba ba BA ba ba BA ba ba BA
ba ba BA ba ba BO
ba ba BA ba ba BO
ba ba BA ba ba BA ba ba BA
or even:
BA BA BA
BA BA BA
BA BO
BA BO
BA BA BA