So if we can trick shark-Hitler into living about 50 generations all in the course of two years, he would think his Thousand Year Reich had actually come and gone, and he would happily go back to being a painter-shark.
I find your claim to be a microbiologist to be questionable. It's a well known fact that women are drawn to the biological sciences, and that no woman reads Slashdot. Therefore your are not a microbiologist.
But if capitalizing on the accused's inability to weather the risks and costs of trial are an unacceptable tactic, doesn't that mean plea deals by prosecutors are also unacceptable?
Well there is this constant tension when developing software in a competitive market. You want to release stuff that's as refined as possible, but you might lose users when competitors' products evolve faster than yours. So it's a constant attempt to balance innovation and refinement.
That being said, I do think Ubuntu has gotten the balance wrong over the past few years. At least speaking for myself, the lack of polish (especially desktop environments and graphics drivers) has cause me more distress than the distress I would have felt from slightly more stale packages.
Hermeneutics is the approach one takes to interpreting a document (such as the Bible, for example). Literalism is one approach to Biblical hermeneutics in which one assumes nothing in the Bible is meant to be read allegorically or poetically. I think young-earth Creationists hold this view, which in their mind places Christianity squarely at odds with any science that gives us life older than ~ 6000 years. I think one appealing reason for literalism is the assumption that as the Word of God, the Bible is meant to be easily understandable to every well-intentioned reader, and that's only possible if the plain reading of the text conveys the intended meaning. I.e., if you need to be a scholar of ancient Greek and Hebrew literary forms to understand it properly, something is amiss.
However, literalism is not generally accepted as a valid hermeneutic by most Christian theologians, as far as I know. I don't know all of the reasons, but I think one of them is that when read in the original Greek, Hebrew, and/or Aramaic, some books of the Bible very clearly are written in idiomatic forms of the day that most certainly were poetic or allegorical.
I think the truth is that just as a number of scientific might explain the data collected so far, so might a number of interpretations of certain parts of the Bible fit established theology, worldly observations, and hermeneutics. Those who see science (including carbon dating of fossils) as a threat to their religious beliefs may be more attached to a literalistic hermeneutic than is appropriate.
No need to be rude. I don't believe anything you wrote changes my point. I was using the word "I" to mean any banking customer, whether an individual person or a business.
I don't see why it's any more complicated than, "I gave the bank X dollars. I have not withdrawn any money. They owe me X dollars."
The fact that this hasn't been the case so far strikes me as a case of the banks owning their regulators and the legislature. But I don't want to make too hasty of an assumption. Does anyone know the history of this issue?
Religions don't commit acts, people do. And for the three religions you listed, anyone can claim to be a member, regardless of how unorthodox his beliefs are.
That's religion in general, in contrast scientology is a poorly cloaked commercial scam.
You're generalizing from a few bad actors to the whole concept. That's like saying science is a scam because the Elsevier publishing company rips off university libraries.
No, I think he's arguing that some SCOTUS rulings are so clearly contrary to a reasonable interpretation of the Constitution as to be actually un-Constitutional.
That is to say, the Supreme Court is charged with clarifying hazy issues of the Constitution, and therefore they're implicitly working within certain boundaries. When they produce rulings that most citizens agree lie outside the boundaries, the SCOTUS is working outside its charter, and citizens should perhaps not grant it authority.
How much energy are we talking? For example, if the device is cheap and simple enough that each household could desalinate their own drinking water, would it be enough to have someone climb a ladder and sit on a sea-saw-like lever for a while?
I'm pretty sure Obama would grant Galactus work visa and a Social Security number, and defend his right to eat the Earth under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Slashdot Mirror
Or they have, but they've also watched Congress over the past 20 years and have patented a vaccine.
So if we can trick shark-Hitler into living about 50 generations all in the course of two years, he would think his Thousand Year Reich had actually come and gone, and he would happily go back to being a painter-shark.
I like where this is going. Kickstarter?
I find your claim to be a microbiologist to be questionable. It's a well known fact that women are drawn to the biological sciences, and that no woman reads Slashdot. Therefore your are not a microbiologist.
Signed,
Anonymous Congressional Speechwriter.
But if capitalizing on the accused's inability to weather the risks and costs of trial are an unacceptable tactic, doesn't that mean plea deals by prosecutors are also unacceptable?
Well there is this constant tension when developing software in a competitive market. You want to release stuff that's as refined as possible, but you might lose users when competitors' products evolve faster than yours. So it's a constant attempt to balance innovation and refinement.
That being said, I do think Ubuntu has gotten the balance wrong over the past few years. At least speaking for myself, the lack of polish (especially desktop environments and graphics drivers) has cause me more distress than the distress I would have felt from slightly more stale packages.
Hermeneutics is the approach one takes to interpreting a document (such as the Bible, for example). Literalism is one approach to Biblical hermeneutics in which one assumes nothing in the Bible is meant to be read allegorically or poetically. I think young-earth Creationists hold this view, which in their mind places Christianity squarely at odds with any science that gives us life older than ~ 6000 years.
I think one appealing reason for literalism is the assumption that as the Word of God, the Bible is meant to be easily understandable to every well-intentioned reader, and that's only possible if the plain reading of the text conveys the intended meaning. I.e., if you need to be a scholar of ancient Greek and Hebrew literary forms to understand it properly, something is amiss.
However, literalism is not generally accepted as a valid hermeneutic by most Christian theologians, as far as I know. I don't know all of the reasons, but I think one of them is that when read in the original Greek, Hebrew, and/or Aramaic, some books of the Bible very clearly are written in idiomatic forms of the day that most certainly were poetic or allegorical.
I think the truth is that just as a number of scientific might explain the data collected so far, so might a number of interpretations of certain parts of the Bible fit established theology, worldly observations, and hermeneutics. Those who see science (including carbon dating of fossils) as a threat to their religious beliefs may be more attached to a literalistic hermeneutic than is appropriate.
No need to be rude. I don't believe anything you wrote changes my point. I was using the word "I" to mean any banking customer, whether an individual person or a business.
I don't see why it's any more complicated than, "I gave the bank X dollars. I have not withdrawn any money. They owe me X dollars."
The fact that this hasn't been the case so far strikes me as a case of the banks owning their regulators and the legislature. But I don't want to make too hasty of an assumption. Does anyone know the history of this issue?
Religions don't commit acts, people do. And for the three religions you listed, anyone can claim to be a member, regardless of how unorthodox his beliefs are.
Egads, I meant to reply to a different post. Sorry about that.
That's religion in general, in contrast scientology is a poorly cloaked commercial scam.
You're generalizing from a few bad actors to the whole concept. That's like saying science is a scam because the Elsevier publishing company rips off university libraries.
Well, minus the money aspect, it sounds a lot like the Pythagoreans.
You give her 15 seconds of fireworks so intense they can be seen in the next state?
I don't think you need to worry about her cheating on you.
And Dunder Mifflin.
I want you to pack your things when we get back to the office.
And I thought I hated going from my car to my building!
No, I think he's arguing that some SCOTUS rulings are so clearly contrary to a reasonable interpretation of the Constitution as to be actually un-Constitutional.
That is to say, the Supreme Court is charged with clarifying hazy issues of the Constitution, and therefore they're implicitly working within certain boundaries. When they produce rulings that most citizens agree lie outside the boundaries, the SCOTUS is working outside its charter, and citizens should perhaps not grant it authority.
So maybe you should bathe in it rather than drink it?
Oh, man! I'll try it and get back to you!
The IBM guys are going to insist that every car's firmware gets a license for Lotus Notes.
How much energy are we talking? For example, if the device is cheap and simple enough that each household could desalinate their own drinking water, would it be enough to have someone climb a ladder and sit on a sea-saw-like lever for a while?
The "Start" button was writing checks that Microsoft couldn't cash.
It would be mutually assured destruction. Don't forget she has a Snuke.
I'm pretty sure Obama would grant Galactus work visa and a Social Security number, and defend his right to eat the Earth under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Is that some kind of joke about cockroaches?
Congress already lacks brains, ears, eyes, hearts, guts, and balls.
I don't see how being headless would change much.
I can't believe I don't have mod points right now. Well done.