Last week I asked in Schnucks (a grocery store in MO that has a video club) if they had "Badass". The clerk smiled and said that the corporation would probably not find such a name acceptable...
In three words: you are crazy (and adding a couple more: and uninformed). If you think that the "axioms... of evolution" are "isotope-ratio dating schemes" you really really really are very misinformed. Evolution is based on a HUGE set of observations, not "isotope-ratios" alone. (in any case, observations are not "axioms", so that you know a bit about epistemology). Moreover, being a Ph.D. in Physics, I can tell you *with certainty* that we *DO* know the decay rates of isotopes with very very very very good precision. And no, you do *NOT* need to wait 5000 years to check whether something has a half-life of 5000 years... you can do very simple statistical analysis over shorter periods of time... Now: you probably are going to say that mathematics and statistics are unverified axioms... In any case: keep teaching whatever you want in your church, and keep your garbage out of public schools.
I want to second you on the last paragraph: it is rather disturbing how empires decay. The decay of the "muslim empire" as its enlightened world was taken over by religious fundamentalists (kind of similar of what's gradually happening in the US) was quite striking. (I am not saying this was the only cause of the decay, but it is, in my opinion, part of the reason). Where, oh!, where will the US end?
Yes, but what I want is the following: you force me to teach your junk ideas in public schools, then you are forced to teach SCIENCE in your church... (not all churches are so pathetically backwards, in fact, I don't know of any place in the western world other than the US where this is an issue!)
That's an idea! I'll be not so pissed of with churches trying to teach their junk in PUBLIC schools when they are forced to teach evolution in their own turf.
Enough said...
I see the US becoming more like IRAN in the next few decades...
I believe my friend that you are incorrect. From my observations: when both ends of the call are behind firewalls then the calls *are* going through a third party machine. Otherwise please explain why our connections (which were very unreliable) suddenly became excellent after one of the nodes allowed skype to act as a server (putting one machine in the DMZ of the nat router).
All is well if some people allow point-to-point...
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But for communications between two machines behind "unfriendly" NAT Firewalls then things did not work so well (because if one of the machines cannot act as a server then all communications must be routed through one or more "supernodes" which are really other user's machines, can you spell "unreliable"???).
Here's what I'd like: to only allow skype to act as a server for conections to my friends and relatives. In other words (call me egoistic): I DO NOT WANT other people traffic through my machine! (and I do not want to send my traffic through anyone's machine either). Is there a tweat that would allow me to open the firewalls this way??
I had a really bizzarre problem with them. I bought a AC adapter for my VAIO laptop and it came without the cable to connect to the AC mains! I called SONY to complain, and they said that the AC cable was "an optional" part (cost about $15 extra). Ended-up buying a generic cable at RadioShack for $2. No longer a SONY customer. Guess who lost more $$$??
In fact some companies lost my business on this!
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A couple of years ago I wanted to buy some espresso pods from Starbucks online. Unfortunately the only way to log in was through opening a passport account. I shopped elsewhere and have never been back...
Either of the following:
1) He's a complete sold-out to M$ et al.
2) He does not really have a clue at all. Coming from a place like Princeton (one of the greatest research universities in the world) he should know better: the model of open-source software is very close to what has worked very well in a tremendously successful human enterprise: Science! Remember Newton's famous words (can't remember them verbatim): "I have only succeeded because I stood on the shoulders of giants".
Please, please, please note: it is *not* 220V. In the U.S. (where the "monophasic" voltage is 120V AC RMS) you find that the voltage between any pair of the three phases will be 120V*SQR(3) = 208 V AC RMS, close to 220 V but not quite.
I guess that the confusion comes because 220 V *is* the standard monophasic voltage in many parts of the world...
I am just tired of seeing the 220 V incorrectly used;-)
Some people never seem to understand the setting "FONT SIZE"????
Just run the damn lcd in its native resolution and increase the default font sizes!!!!!!!
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Last week I asked in Schnucks (a grocery store in MO that has a video club) if they had "Badass". The clerk smiled and said that the corporation would probably not find such a name acceptable...
If the kid lived in Kansas there would be no problem since evolution does not exist there.
I am kind of worried... Isn't this more or less the begining of "Terminator" :-)
In three words: you are crazy (and adding a couple more: and uninformed). If you think that the "axioms ... of evolution" are "isotope-ratio dating schemes" you really really really are very misinformed. Evolution is based on a HUGE set of observations, not "isotope-ratios" alone. (in any case, observations are not "axioms", so that you know a bit about epistemology). Moreover, being a Ph.D. in Physics, I can tell you *with certainty* that we *DO* know the decay rates of isotopes with very very very very good precision. And no, you do *NOT* need to wait 5000 years to check whether something has a half-life of 5000 years... you can do very simple statistical analysis over shorter periods of time... Now: you probably are going to say that mathematics and statistics are unverified axioms... In any case: keep teaching whatever you want in your church, and keep your garbage out of public schools.
I want to second you on the last paragraph: it is rather disturbing how empires decay. The decay of the "muslim empire" as its enlightened world was taken over by religious fundamentalists (kind of similar of what's gradually happening in the US) was quite striking. (I am not saying this was the only cause of the decay, but it is, in my opinion, part of the reason). Where, oh!, where will the US end?
Yes, but what I want is the following: you force me to teach your junk ideas in public schools, then you are forced to teach SCIENCE in your church... (not all churches are so pathetically backwards, in fact, I don't know of any place in the western world other than the US where this is an issue!)
That's an idea! I'll be not so pissed of with churches trying to teach their junk in PUBLIC schools when they are forced to teach evolution in their own turf. Enough said... I see the US becoming more like IRAN in the next few decades...
I believe my friend that you are incorrect. From my observations: when both ends of the call are behind firewalls then the calls *are* going through a third party machine. Otherwise please explain why our connections (which were very unreliable) suddenly became excellent after one of the nodes allowed skype to act as a server (putting one machine in the DMZ of the nat router).
But for communications between two machines behind "unfriendly" NAT Firewalls then things did not work so well (because if one of the machines cannot act as a server then all communications must be routed through one or more "supernodes" which are really other user's machines, can you spell "unreliable"???). Here's what I'd like: to only allow skype to act as a server for conections to my friends and relatives. In other words (call me egoistic): I DO NOT WANT other people traffic through my machine! (and I do not want to send my traffic through anyone's machine either). Is there a tweat that would allow me to open the firewalls this way??
I had a really bizzarre problem with them. I bought a AC adapter for my VAIO laptop and it came without the cable to connect to the AC mains! I called SONY to complain, and they said that the AC cable was "an optional" part (cost about $15 extra). Ended-up buying a generic cable at RadioShack for $2. No longer a SONY customer. Guess who lost more $$$??
A couple of years ago I wanted to buy some espresso pods from Starbucks online. Unfortunately the only way to log in was through opening a passport account. I shopped elsewhere and have never been back...
Either of the following: 1) He's a complete sold-out to M$ et al. 2) He does not really have a clue at all. Coming from a place like Princeton (one of the greatest research universities in the world) he should know better: the model of open-source software is very close to what has worked very well in a tremendously successful human enterprise: Science! Remember Newton's famous words (can't remember them verbatim): "I have only succeeded because I stood on the shoulders of giants".
How about Gigli-Byte, that one for sure would get a small audience ;-)
Please, please, please note: it is *not* 220V. In the U.S. (where the "monophasic" voltage is 120V AC RMS) you find that the voltage between any pair of the three phases will be 120V*SQR(3) = 208 V AC RMS, close to 220 V but not quite. I guess that the confusion comes because 220 V *is* the standard monophasic voltage in many parts of the world... I am just tired of seeing the 220 V incorrectly used ;-)
Some people never seem to understand the setting "FONT SIZE"???? Just run the damn lcd in its native resolution and increase the default font sizes!!!!!!!