It depends on the "opinion" really. For example, I'd say that anyone capable of believing that the world is ~6,000 years old and created by a petty, violent sky daddy is considerably less intelligent than me. There are also the cases of "opinions" formed a level of ignorance so extreme as to be indistinguishable from stupidity. Personally I don't care to make the distinction in these cases since for any practical purpose, and regardless of any intellectual capability they might have, these people are far less intelligent than I am.
"Liberals" being "open-minded" is a large part of how we got into this mess. It's fine to let people have different viewpoints, but sometimes people really are just wrong and to act as if they aren't is ridiculous and counter-productive.
How about economics, dipshit? It's cheaper to pay for people who can't pay for themselves (or even if they can in a lot of cases), and do it upfront, than it is to let them fall by the wayside. If you don't understand you are an idiot. If you don't care you'd better get the fuck out of my country because the United States is far too great for assholes like you who want to destroy it.
There's nothing wrong with hating things that need it. I don't know about you, but stupidity and ignorance aren't things that I think anyone should love.
And religion doesn't try to answer any of those questions and never will because it can't. Religion tells you nothing about the world except that you're ignorant and a coward if you believe any of it. Time to grow up kids.
Not true. Evidence can in fact be conclusive and proof can be suggestive. Also, proof can just be wrong. Such as the mathematical "proof" that 1 =.9 continuing.
I'll refer you back to the dictionary, since you obviously didn't read it the first time. Words don't mean a particularly thing, and only that thing, merely because you would like them to or because you have come to associate a particularly connotation with them.
1. evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth. 2. anything serving as such evidence: What proof do you have?
If you actually believe that you're an idiot. I'm going to assume that you're just cynical and maybe haven't put enough thought into it. Though it is quickly getting there, especially with the continued march of the republican party to the right of even their ignorant, frightened constituency, which is leading to more republicans become democrats and shifting the ideology of the party further toward insanity.
Which isn't an excuse for the democarts. But at least I can name a handful of democrats who legitimately aren't bad guys. I can't even think of a republican who I could say the same about, to say nothing of coming up with their name. You also forget that democrats (no matter how good or bad they are) are generally much easier to kick out of office than republicans because they use fewer dirty tricks and have a less brainless base.
Phishing is not going to be anywhere near as easy with a distributed authentication system - each openid provider has a different looking authentication page.
Yes, having the authentication pages doesn't make it any harder to run a phishing scam. The customization part is completely different from whether or not their authentication pages looking different, and might be of some use. Though then you have to remember what pictures or phrases or whatever you picked for each site.
In my experience with this kind of thing there are a limited selection of pictures that if picked at random by a malicious site would still get them right for enough people that it would be a problem, and when they have phrases or something I tend to ignore it just like I do all the other text that isn't/doesn't appear important. I assume (and I'm sure there are studies to back this up) that most people also ignore similar unformation (like information, but not informing of anything). The usefulness of these tactics in stopping people who are susceptible to this kind of scam from getting caught in it are fairly low and for everyone else it'll just range from being an annoyance (setting these things up can be really annoying the way some site implement them) to just being something that they ignore.
The real problem is that everyone is looking for some kind of a magic bullet to save us from idiots, but no one is willing to say that what we really need is to educate those who can be educated and stop those who can't from getting near anything if it could affect anyone else.
Yeah, the democrats have really been disappointing since they took control of congress. The problem we have in this country is that for most people if you aren't electing a democrat you are electing a republican. I don't know about you, but for my money the republicans are a whole lot worse than the democrats. If for no other reason (and there are many others) than that the democrats are a whole lot easier to throw out of power because they have fewer dirty tricks and don't own the voting machines or the supreme court.
Despite how poorly the democrats have served us lately it is still ridiculous to claim that there is no difference between the two parties.
There is evidence supporting quantum theory, moron. There is a difference between having no evidence and lacking anyone who understands the evidence. There is no evidence for god and never will be, simply because such a thing does not exist (there'd be even a tiny hint of evidence if there were, and there isn't). There is an immense amount of evidence supporting quantum theory, it's just that no one really understands how or why it works. Some day that will probably be worked out, but until then the predictive abilities of the theory are extremely useful. Which is a lot more than can be said for the ignorant belief in tribal fairy tales.
I guess it depends on if they can associate you with your browsing history, which they can. This is not quite like picking up a motorcycle magazine. It is however a little bit (but in a much more limited way) like subscribing to a car magazine.
So is the site full of ads for users without adblock? Because this might not even be some great big plot by microsoft or something. It could just be another bunch of assholes looking to make a quick buck by getting on slashdot. And I'd assume digg a day or two ago.
Evolution is the Theory we use to describe the mechanism by which populations change over time and is by definition not directly concerned with the origin of life. There are however very credible Theories with very not theoretical experimentation to back them up that do attempt to explain how organic life came about in the first place, or places since it's far more likely that it's happened countless times than that it just happened once.
From your posts here it's quite clear that whether or not you understand something has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not it is true. You should probably just stay out of it and leave the discussion to people who do understand it, which many of us do.
Just because something makes you feel better doesn't make it true or useful. It definitely doesn't make that thing a hypothesis. Whether or not there is a test for to prove or disprove it, there must by definition be testable.
Some day I hope you guys get educated so you can look back and realize just how fucking ignorant you are. I know a few people who once were like you, and probably a lot worse, but they're better now and rather nice people who have the ability to speak on such subjects without looking like complete idiots.
Whether or not you "buy" something is rather irrelevant since you've proven your knowledge and reasoning abilities are severely lacking.
I'll put my name to it. You're all a bunch of fucking cowards, on your best days. You also have horrible taste in fiction, particularly your fairy tales. It's honestly sadder than seeing a grown man cry when someone spoils Harry Potter for him. No, wait. It's sadder than a grown man crying because someone spoiled Rainbow Brite.
The thing you idiots ignore to continue your fantasy is that there is nothing to prove on the side of reason. There is no evidence for any sort of god. There never has been, there never will be. The reason for this is that such a thing DOES NOT EXIST.
Get some fucking proof (good luck, since it doesn't exist and never will) or get the fuck over your childish superstition.
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Yeah, but usually they don't break the "no porn" policy.
Funny thing about Blockbuster and "family friendly." They were stocking Pirates on their new release wall.
Cages. Lots and lots of cages.
Multi-angle websites?
1. evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
2. anything serving as such evidence: What proof do you have?
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I've emphasized above the parts you were clearly too stupid to understand. No wonder you're a religious apologist.
It depends on the "opinion" really. For example, I'd say that anyone capable of believing that the world is ~6,000 years old and created by a petty, violent sky daddy is considerably less intelligent than me. There are also the cases of "opinions" formed a level of ignorance so extreme as to be indistinguishable from stupidity. Personally I don't care to make the distinction in these cases since for any practical purpose, and regardless of any intellectual capability they might have, these people are far less intelligent than I am.
"Liberals" being "open-minded" is a large part of how we got into this mess. It's fine to let people have different viewpoints, but sometimes people really are just wrong and to act as if they aren't is ridiculous and counter-productive.
How about economics, dipshit? It's cheaper to pay for people who can't pay for themselves (or even if they can in a lot of cases), and do it upfront, than it is to let them fall by the wayside. If you don't understand you are an idiot. If you don't care you'd better get the fuck out of my country because the United States is far too great for assholes like you who want to destroy it.
There's nothing wrong with hating things that need it. I don't know about you, but stupidity and ignorance aren't things that I think anyone should love.
And religion doesn't try to answer any of those questions and never will because it can't. Religion tells you nothing about the world except that you're ignorant and a coward if you believe any of it. Time to grow up kids.
I'll refer you back to the dictionary, since you obviously didn't read it the first time. Words don't mean a particularly thing, and only that thing, merely because you would like them to or because you have come to associate a particularly connotation with them.
If you actually believe that you're an idiot. I'm going to assume that you're just cynical and maybe haven't put enough thought into it. Though it is quickly getting there, especially with the continued march of the republican party to the right of even their ignorant, frightened constituency, which is leading to more republicans become democrats and shifting the ideology of the party further toward insanity.
Which isn't an excuse for the democarts. But at least I can name a handful of democrats who legitimately aren't bad guys. I can't even think of a republican who I could say the same about, to say nothing of coming up with their name. You also forget that democrats (no matter how good or bad they are) are generally much easier to kick out of office than republicans because they use fewer dirty tricks and have a less brainless base.
Phishing is not going to be anywhere near as easy with a distributed authentication system - each openid provider has a different looking authentication page.
Yes, having the authentication pages doesn't make it any harder to run a phishing scam. The customization part is completely different from whether or not their authentication pages looking different, and might be of some use. Though then you have to remember what pictures or phrases or whatever you picked for each site.
In my experience with this kind of thing there are a limited selection of pictures that if picked at random by a malicious site would still get them right for enough people that it would be a problem, and when they have phrases or something I tend to ignore it just like I do all the other text that isn't/doesn't appear important. I assume (and I'm sure there are studies to back this up) that most people also ignore similar unformation (like information, but not informing of anything). The usefulness of these tactics in stopping people who are susceptible to this kind of scam from getting caught in it are fairly low and for everyone else it'll just range from being an annoyance (setting these things up can be really annoying the way some site implement them) to just being something that they ignore.
The real problem is that everyone is looking for some kind of a magic bullet to save us from idiots, but no one is willing to say that what we really need is to educate those who can be educated and stop those who can't from getting near anything if it could affect anyone else.
Bush, the republicans in congress, and a handful of democrats. You know, the ones who will be responsible for it.
Yeah, the democrats have really been disappointing since they took control of congress. The problem we have in this country is that for most people if you aren't electing a democrat you are electing a republican. I don't know about you, but for my money the republicans are a whole lot worse than the democrats. If for no other reason (and there are many others) than that the democrats are a whole lot easier to throw out of power because they have fewer dirty tricks and don't own the voting machines or the supreme court.
Despite how poorly the democrats have served us lately it is still ridiculous to claim that there is no difference between the two parties.
That's really too bad if that's how it is right now. Hopefully it won't stay that way.
I was using "proof" as a synonym for "evidence," it's the first definition in the dictionary. Look it up.
There is evidence supporting quantum theory, moron. There is a difference between having no evidence and lacking anyone who understands the evidence. There is no evidence for god and never will be, simply because such a thing does not exist (there'd be even a tiny hint of evidence if there were, and there isn't). There is an immense amount of evidence supporting quantum theory, it's just that no one really understands how or why it works. Some day that will probably be worked out, but until then the predictive abilities of the theory are extremely useful. Which is a lot more than can be said for the ignorant belief in tribal fairy tales.
You should block the Google ad servers too, though. It speeds up site loading considerably.
I guess it depends on if they can associate you with your browsing history, which they can. This is not quite like picking up a motorcycle magazine. It is however a little bit (but in a much more limited way) like subscribing to a car magazine.
So is the site full of ads for users without adblock? Because this might not even be some great big plot by microsoft or something. It could just be another bunch of assholes looking to make a quick buck by getting on slashdot. And I'd assume digg a day or two ago.
Evolution is the Theory we use to describe the mechanism by which populations change over time and is by definition not directly concerned with the origin of life. There are however very credible Theories with very not theoretical experimentation to back them up that do attempt to explain how organic life came about in the first place, or places since it's far more likely that it's happened countless times than that it just happened once.
From your posts here it's quite clear that whether or not you understand something has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not it is true. You should probably just stay out of it and leave the discussion to people who do understand it, which many of us do.
Just because something makes you feel better doesn't make it true or useful. It definitely doesn't make that thing a hypothesis. Whether or not there is a test for to prove or disprove it, there must by definition be testable.
Some day I hope you guys get educated so you can look back and realize just how fucking ignorant you are. I know a few people who once were like you, and probably a lot worse, but they're better now and rather nice people who have the ability to speak on such subjects without looking like complete idiots.
Whether or not you "buy" something is rather irrelevant since you've proven your knowledge and reasoning abilities are severely lacking.
I'll put my name to it. You're all a bunch of fucking cowards, on your best days. You also have horrible taste in fiction, particularly your fairy tales. It's honestly sadder than seeing a grown man cry when someone spoils Harry Potter for him. No, wait. It's sadder than a grown man crying because someone spoiled Rainbow Brite.
For real! Get these children a fucking blanket and a binky if they've sucked their thumb raw. It's pathetic seeing adults so scared.
Religion is for cowards, and not particularly bright ones at that. Disgusting.
The thing you idiots ignore to continue your fantasy is that there is nothing to prove on the side of reason. There is no evidence for any sort of god. There never has been, there never will be. The reason for this is that such a thing DOES NOT EXIST.
Get some fucking proof (good luck, since it doesn't exist and never will) or get the fuck over your childish superstition.
Wouldn't it be just as easy to phish if the page could look like anything as if the page always looked the same?