Because there are matters of fact that can be checked by analyzing other items of fact (did your name appear on ballots, did you receive a sufficient number of votes, etc.) A person's faith is something that is internal to them, and I am not so presumptuous as to be able to claim to see inside another and analyze their mind when it comes to matters of faith.
Don't take it at face value. KKK members are not christians because they do not follow the precepts taught by Christ. In order to be a CHRISTian you must follow the teachings of CHRIST.
So says you. Others might well say otherwise. The KKK member would likely say that what he is doing is as his belief in God has instructed him. How can an objective observer say who's correct?
If the members of the KKK call themselves Christian, then who am I (and who are you) to disagree? If somebody elects to call themselves a Christian, I have no choice but to believe them.
That's the fun with the rating system. If you don't agree with people being moderated down, set your filter lower and other people's opinions won't affect you. It's not censorship.
There are some religious scholars that maintain that "insoulation" (the time at which the soul enters the body) occurs sometime between two weeks and three months after birth. This seems to correspond with an observed psycho-physical event wherein the infant begins to distinguish the fact that there is actually a world outside of themselves - in other words the baby is able to tell the difference between "me" and "not-me".
The Hubble telescope is the largest mirror (lens) that can be launched by the space shuttle. There is basically no launch capability for anything bigger. The KH-12 spy satellites were originally designed to be launched by the shuttle, so their mirror has to fit in the shuttle's cargo bay, thus the mirror cannot be any larger than Hubble. (Also, my original calculation did not say anything about aiming problems and telescope stability, both of which further degrade effective resolution.) It's easy to speculate about a bigger telescope, but there isn't any capability to put it in orbit.
Claims like This 1m stuff is old tech for DOD. is FUD unless you have some real evidence to back it up. It's more likely that high resolution stuff is obtained by arial photography. Why not speculate on the capabilities of the Aurora-class hypersonic near-orbit jet that supposedly exists? That would be much better suited for sub-centimeter resolution photography.
Optical theory says that a Hubble-sized diffraction-limited telescope pointed at earth from the Hubble orbit can resolve no better than 7 centimeters, ignoring atmospheric effects (which in reality cannot be ignored). This is based purely on mirror size, and assumes that you are looking straight down. 7 cm may well be enough to handle the missile situation you have described, but is not enough to resolve licence plates (except for maybe if you have one or not).
Whenever you hear the name "Art Bell" connected with anything, you can be sure that what follows is content-free. Art Bell is the person who gives 'lunatic fringe' a bad name.
Actually, it starts wherever we want it to start. There was no year zero AD, that's true. However, there was also no year 1AD. That's because the AD counting of years did not actually start until around the year 531, when a scholar tried to calculate the actual date of Christ's birth, came up with a number and then Rome started counting from that number onward.
Unfortunately, modern biblical scholars now believe he got the wrong answer, and that Christ was actually born around 4 BC. Thus, if you're counting from a christian perspective, the actual millennium was in 1996.
1. It is agreed that life can not be created from non-life in a scientific manner.
It is not agreed. There has been considerable work done on discovering pathways leading to the first self-replicating molecule. After that, it's just evolution. Take a look at this. It's a couple of years old, but it shows some of the research paths being followed.
2. It is impracticle to assume with no evidence that the universe was formed with no outside force acting upon it.
'Impractical' is hardly scientific. But, to address your point more directly, take a look at the 1994 Scientific American for a possibility. (Sorry that I don't have a more precise reference handy, but you'll find it.) Just because you find it impractical doesn't mean it's impossible.
3. Referencing number 1 it is not generally believed to be possible that even if life could come into being from nonlife that such life would exist in great enough quanitites or in such conditions that it would progress beyond the original form without outside interference.
Believed by who? You've got to read more than what the Institute for Creation Research publishes. This is just a handwaving objection, and can dismissed unless you can provide more justification.
4. There is no natural progression or link from a single common animal at the origin of earth to suggest that life evolved from a single point.
Actually, there is considerable suggestion of this very thing. Take a look here - I recommend you get rapidly to the section labelled "Genetic Drift" and later "Incorporating Genetics into Evolutionary Theory".
As you can see, even science agrees that its own theories are full of bullshit.
No, actually all we can see is that you don't know what you're talking about. Your objections have no basis.
Maybe not. BellSouth cannot enter the long distance market since they cannot show that they have allowed competitivwe access to the local phone traffic. The consensus was that BellSouth therefore would not have been able to buy their way into the long distance business for the same reason.
You don't have any evidence for your assertions here that you care to present, do you? Because you really are blowing smoke. (What did I expect from an AC, anyway?)
You know all those cool satilite photos in the movies.. the ones where you can see the headlines of a newspaper lying on the ground? The US government had that technology in the 60s!
Uh, no. All you have to do to prove this wrong is to figure out what the maximum resolution is, given
the largest mirror that can be sent into orbit (look at spacecraft diameters to calculate this)
The distance from the spacecraft to the ground;
The turbulence generated by the earth's atmosphere.
These calculations have been done, and the result is that the best achievable resolution is on the order of 10 centimeters. Enough to read tail numbers on airplanes, not enough to read license plates or newspapers.
And you don't think the RSA can cut 512 like butter? Of course they can, what else do you think all that money is used for?
And your evidence for this is? So far, all you've got is hot air.
Its not a bad thing that the US government posseses such power... its very good in fact. It won't be misused either...
Uh huh. Past discussion here has shown how much we can trust the government to not misuse authority. No need to cover that ground again. Let's just say that you're view is hopelessly optimistic.
The blue glow is called the Heaviside effect, IIRC. It happens because there's a shitload of ionizing radiation in a small area causing nearby matter to glow.
Uh, no. It was very likely Chrenkov effect radiation, due to the increased generation of high-energy neutrons hitting the tank of water (or alternatively the fluid in their eyeballs).
The rest of your comment is pretty much on target, though.
If the air is contaminated, then staying indoors won't change a thing. If atoms in the air are radioactive, everyone's gonna get it anyway.
The chances that the air itself are radioactive are minimal - the mass wouldn't be contacting that much air. Keeping indoors would reduce contact with radioactive dust.
I agree, though - time to scoot. The further away, the better.
Only if the serial numbers are read via a standard API call. If they are all different, it will slow things down (and provide an opening for serial number forging software).
At least cell phones will work without land based power, and anywhere you choose to make the call.
Uh, no. If the cell site loses land power (and their backup fails), the cell site is off the air. And, cellphones are more subject to congestion issues than landline phones are.
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Because there are matters of fact that can be checked by analyzing other items of fact (did your name appear on ballots, did you receive a sufficient number of votes, etc.) A person's faith is something that is internal to them, and I am not so presumptuous as to be able to claim to see inside another and analyze their mind when it comes to matters of faith.
Don't take it at face value. KKK members are not christians because they do not follow the precepts taught by Christ. In order to be a CHRISTian you must follow the teachings of CHRIST.
So says you. Others might well say otherwise. The KKK member would likely say that what he is doing is as his belief in God has instructed him. How can an objective observer say who's correct?
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If the members of the KKK call themselves Christian, then who am I (and who are you) to disagree? If somebody elects to call themselves a Christian, I have no choice but to believe them.
...phil
That's the fun with the rating system. If you don't agree with people being moderated down, set your filter lower and other people's opinions won't affect you. It's not censorship.
...phil
There are some religious scholars that maintain that "insoulation" (the time at which the soul enters the body) occurs sometime between two weeks and three months after birth. This seems to correspond with an observed psycho-physical event wherein the infant begins to distinguish the fact that there is actually a world outside of themselves - in other words the baby is able to tell the difference between "me" and "not-me".
...phil
Claims like This 1m stuff is old tech for DOD. is FUD unless you have some real evidence to back it up. It's more likely that high resolution stuff is obtained by arial photography. Why not speculate on the capabilities of the Aurora-class hypersonic near-orbit jet that supposedly exists? That would be much better suited for sub-centimeter resolution photography.
...phil
Some of the TerraServer photos are actually taken from aircraft.
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Optical theory says that a Hubble-sized diffraction-limited telescope pointed at earth from the Hubble orbit can resolve no better than 7 centimeters, ignoring atmospheric effects (which in reality cannot be ignored). This is based purely on mirror size, and assumes that you are looking straight down. 7 cm may well be enough to handle the missile situation you have described, but is not enough to resolve licence plates (except for maybe if you have one or not).
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And your evidence for this is?
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Sorry, but you've been had.
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Sounds like they have a session key, and are trashing the key after the time period expires. Hope their encryption is good.
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Of course, now that we do know, it's time to make it a changable field. Where do we go to lobby to change the standard?
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That will teach me to write fast without doublechecking. That reference should be to November 1994 Scientific American.
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Unfortunately, modern biblical scholars now believe he got the wrong answer, and that Christ was actually born around 4 BC. Thus, if you're counting from a christian perspective, the actual millennium was in 1996.
...phil
It is not agreed. There has been considerable work done on discovering pathways leading to the first self-replicating molecule. After that, it's just evolution. Take a look at this. It's a couple of years old, but it shows some of the research paths being followed.
2. It is impracticle to assume with no evidence that the universe was formed with no outside force acting upon it.
'Impractical' is hardly scientific. But, to address your point more directly, take a look at the 1994 Scientific American for a possibility. (Sorry that I don't have a more precise reference handy, but you'll find it.) Just because you find it impractical doesn't mean it's impossible.
3. Referencing number 1 it is not generally believed to be possible that even if life could come into being from nonlife that such life would exist in great enough quanitites or in such conditions that it would progress beyond the original form without outside interference.
Believed by who? You've got to read more than what the Institute for Creation Research publishes. This is just a handwaving objection, and can dismissed unless you can provide more justification.
4. There is no natural progression or link from a single common animal at the origin of earth to suggest that life evolved from a single point.
Actually, there is considerable suggestion of this very thing. Take a look here - I recommend you get rapidly to the section labelled "Genetic Drift" and later "Incorporating Genetics into Evolutionary Theory".
As you can see, even science agrees that its own theories are full of bullshit.
No, actually all we can see is that you don't know what you're talking about. Your objections have no basis.
...phil
http://www.realdoll.com
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Maybe not. BellSouth cannot enter the long distance market since they cannot show that they have allowed competitivwe access to the local phone traffic. The consensus was that BellSouth therefore would not have been able to buy their way into the long distance business for the same reason.
...phil
You know all those cool satilite photos in the movies.. the ones where you can see the headlines of a newspaper lying on the ground? The US government had that technology in the 60s!
Uh, no. All you have to do to prove this wrong is to figure out what the maximum resolution is, given
- the largest mirror that can be sent into orbit (look at spacecraft diameters to calculate this)
- The distance from the spacecraft to the ground;
- The turbulence generated by the earth's atmosphere.
These calculations have been done, and the result is that the best achievable resolution is on the order of 10 centimeters. Enough to read tail numbers on airplanes, not enough to read license plates or newspapers.And you don't think the RSA can cut 512 like butter? Of course they can, what else do you think all that money is used for?
And your evidence for this is? So far, all you've got is hot air.
Its not a bad thing that the US government posseses such power... its very good in fact. It won't be misused either...
Uh huh. Past discussion here has shown how much we can trust the government to not misuse authority. No need to cover that ground again. Let's just say that you're view is hopelessly optimistic.
...phil
Pardon me for being dense, but how do you teach kids that Science is God?
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Why? This was an article in a journal on law and economics - both fields treasure verbosity.
...phil
Uh, no. It was very likely Chrenkov effect radiation, due to the increased generation of high-energy neutrons hitting the tank of water (or alternatively the fluid in their eyeballs).
The rest of your comment is pretty much on target, though.
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It's called a 'flash crowd'. See the Larry Niven teleportation stories.
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From CNN: The workers at the plant reported seeing a blue light, and then they became ill.
If there was enough radiation to see Cherenkov radiation IN THE AIR, then those guys aren't just sick, they're dead.
All around, this sounds like a very ugly situation.
...phil
The chances that the air itself are radioactive are minimal - the mass wouldn't be contacting that much air. Keeping indoors would reduce contact with radioactive dust.
I agree, though - time to scoot. The further away, the better.
...phil
Only if the serial numbers are read via a standard API call. If they are all different, it will slow things down (and provide an opening for serial number forging software).
...phil
Uh, no. If the cell site loses land power (and their backup fails), the cell site is off the air. And, cellphones are more subject to congestion issues than landline phones are.
Cellphones are no magic bullet.
...phil