The fact that incompetents who don't know how to use XML are unable to implement it properly does not invalidate the fact that XML is a well documented standard. It is also not surprising (e.g.: HTML).
You do realize that Microsoft made analog joysticks, and all of your favorites were digital? Of course the analog has a longer throw-- because it returns X and Y positions rather than just on or off. That was true for Gravis, Logitech, Thrustmaster, etc.
I think people who are modding comments on this article are modding because they disagree with the views being put forth, not because the content is objectionable or troll-like.
Please tell me that the entirety of your family tree is full of people that have never deviated even once from the Catholicism decreed set of acceptable human sexual behaviors.
That was one huge straw man you built there. The irony is that you're implying the Christian ideal of, "he who is without sin, cast the first stone."
Ok... so maybe we should institutionalize them, instead? Because they're preying on children and we can't allow it, even in your morally-relativistic universe. It's definitely not a victimless crime.
No formal education or training: 'Heins has an even greater uphill battle. He isn't an engineer. He doesn't have a graduate degrees in physics. He never even finished his electronics program at Heritage College in Gatineau, Quebec. "I have mild dyslexia and don't do well in math, so I didn't do very well in school," he says.'
Enlists help of notable expert in field: 'Zahn is a leading expert on electromagnetic and electronic systems. In a rare move for any reputable academic, he has agreed to give Heins' creation an open-minded look rather than greet it with outright dismissal.'
"Average Joe" angle: 'He'd be happy if somebody did, even if the news was bad. His wife has kicked him out. He doesn't earn an income. He can't pay child support. The certainty would be welcome. "I've tried to quit many times, and thought if I could just be a normal guy I would have a normal life... But I had this idea and I believe it works."'
All we're missing is a direct accusation against the government or big corporations, who are always crushing the "little guy" who brings us these innovations.
And your argument is a straw man, because the entire field of Christian apologetics is dedicated to harmonizing scripture with logic. Can't say every Christian's personal beliefs are logical, but scripture just might be.
Canada's system is probably closer to an ideal free market then the US system. We have a single payer, pay as you go system. Right now it's crunching under a worse case scenario but that will fade soon. All tax payers pay a set amount, and most services are private. From hospital supply companies, drug companies, the MRI scanning company, to the GP. All private businesses to negotiated with a central body for payment.
You've read too much Karl Marx if you think that having the government choose your medical provider constitutes a "free market."
The guy just told you that you could be beaten and incarcerated for not being fingerprinted, and you're worried about the USA? That sounds like willful ignorance to me.
Ex-post factor laws are unconstitutional. Assuming you think the Constitution is still relevant in an age of public monitoring, federal IDs, "sobriety" checkpoints, and forced universal health care.
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That's why I still play 2nd ed: 20 always succeeds! Stupid kids, get off my lawn!
You must have been a veeeeeery early adopter of broadband. Dialup ISPs offered unlimited access for $20-30/month in the mid 1990s.
This reminds me of the gun-control advocate who said no one needs to carry a weapon because you can just "put up your dukes".
I relayed that wisdom to the frail old lady who lives next door and she laughed while she reloaded her P229.
The fact that incompetents who don't know how to use XML are unable to implement it properly does not invalidate the fact that XML is a well documented standard. It is also not surprising (e.g.: HTML).
Bullshit. Where did they spread the vegemite before that? On a slice of wallaby?
You do realize that Microsoft made analog joysticks, and all of your favorites were digital? Of course the analog has a longer throw-- because it returns X and Y positions rather than just on or off. That was true for Gravis, Logitech, Thrustmaster, etc.
And they say we're bad in the USA!
In before the (other) flamebaiters...
Ok... so maybe we should institutionalize them, instead? Because they're preying on children and we can't allow it, even in your morally-relativistic universe. It's definitely not a victimless crime.
The "old days" of "Virtua Fighter"? Try Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga, punk! Get off my lawn!
[Lisa] Heh. This is too easy. Bart always picks rock.
[Bart] Good ol' rock. Nothing beats rock!
[Lisa] Paper!
[Bart] D'oh!
No formal education or training: 'Heins has an even greater uphill battle. He isn't an engineer. He doesn't have a graduate degrees in physics. He never even finished his electronics program at Heritage College in Gatineau, Quebec. "I have mild dyslexia and don't do well in math, so I didn't do very well in school," he says.'
Enlists help of notable expert in field: 'Zahn is a leading expert on electromagnetic and electronic systems. In a rare move for any reputable academic, he has agreed to give Heins' creation an open-minded look rather than greet it with outright dismissal.'
"Average Joe" angle: 'He'd be happy if somebody did, even if the news was bad. His wife has kicked him out. He doesn't earn an income. He can't pay child support. The certainty would be welcome. "I've tried to quit many times, and thought if I could just be a normal guy I would have a normal life ... But I had this idea and I believe it works."'
All we're missing is a direct accusation against the government or big corporations, who are always crushing the "little guy" who brings us these innovations.
It's always been unbiblical to do so. But you're obviously ignorant of that fact.
And your argument is a straw man, because the entire field of Christian apologetics is dedicated to harmonizing scripture with logic. Can't say every Christian's personal beliefs are logical, but scripture just might be.
You just gave the advocacy of intelligent design, moral equivalence to murder. Nicely done!
Your government spent 22.8 billion dollars on AIDS research last year.
Or an "Obecalp."
The guy just told you that you could be beaten and incarcerated for not being fingerprinted, and you're worried about the USA? That sounds like willful ignorance to me.
Ex-post factor laws are unconstitutional. Assuming you think the Constitution is still relevant in an age of public monitoring, federal IDs, "sobriety" checkpoints, and forced universal health care.