"He was deciding which ones would be likely candidates to give bribes to so they'd support the railway. He must have been good at it because lots of congressmen got huge bribes in the form of Credit-Mobilier stock and Huntington, Stanford, Hopkins and Crocker ended up owning California for 40 years."
Maybe the other ones were less likely to take a bribe since they never got an offer:)
i totally agree. you shouldn't forget who is making these argument tough. if you have religion to back you, doesn't matter if it's "gaianism" or christianity, it makes sense absolutely.
a.) gaia is perfect and holy and would never allow such a bad thing to happen if not for us evil and dirty humans.
b.) god never would allow such a thing to happen on its own but we humans with our free will might just pull it off. but since we humans are so puny it's highly unlikely we are the cause of it. since we are not the cause of it and it is happening and god would not allow such a bad thing to happen it cant be that bad after all. the future is in the hands of god.........
IAAPS, i am a psychologist soon, and i dont think that this study infers in any way that there are biological differences between the sexes. there are many obvious differences in the way man and woman get treated in society that will most likely contribute to differences in intelligence tests. since you have many, many observable facts like rolemodels, sexism, pregancy that can and will on average hinder woman in their intellectual development there is no reason to infer a biological one. i dont say that there isn't, there just isn't any reason to imply. think about the way our brain/mind works, how adaptable it is to different stimuli/situations.
lets make an inadequate comparison that will spark some +funny posts:)
you got 2 computers. one is running linux, the other windows. you see differences in some task specific performance. would you attribute that to differences in the underlying hardware without knowing a thing about it?
isn't the validity of a patent limited for a certain period? if yes, shouldnt the countdown start now, many years before a actual working prototype is made?
"The same scientific ignorance causes Americans to abhorr homosexuality as a sinful path chosen by evil people rather than realizing it's a natural mindset encoded into the brain before birth."
i think there is a problem with this argument:
something being natural/free will and something being evil/good are completely independent of each other. homosexuality wouldnt be evil only because people chose it as their preferred lifestyle. in the same way since homosexuality is(obviously) not evil doesnt make it an encoded mindset. from my point of view this defensive argument carries the same logical fallacy that the attacking one has.
"..if you lack a religion..doesn't that become your religion? If you refuse to believe or acknowledge God, aren't you following a belief system?"
basically, no. that i dont think its plausible to postulate a higher existence who is guarding/watching us is not consisting a belief system. same as its not a belief system that you are not postulating that the world is flat and every person who should know better is part of the conspiracy..... its possible but its not plausible enough to form a hypothesis.
as has been said countless times. it is not stealing, it is copyright infringement. this is especially clear in this case since the jon does are not getting sued for the equivalent of stealing, downloading, they are getting sued for uploading. the only way to construe this as stealing would be that they steal the copyright owners distribution monopoly.
it only causes ingame inflation if the economic system is not very robust and well designed. if you take a look at lineage2 you will see how a self balancing, well designed system can survive about any amount of abuse. nevermind that the rest of the game,gfx aside, is crap but the economic system rocks.
true, thats why i use http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/ to convert the book to an mp3 using http://www.nextup.com/attnv.html at&t natural voices and get an acceptable audiobook. its not perfect but more convenient than screen reading.
i used print myself for some time but at university most exams have a extensive speed component and there is no way you can compete with cursive. printing also wears you out much faster than cursive. after 5-6 sites of printing your hands gonna hurt and you will concentrate more on how you gonna write the stuff than what you gonna write.
hmm, well whats going to happen if war parties are no longer able to keep the position of their pows secret, especially in those little asymetrical adventures the us is so fond of lately. i guess the propability of survival is higher as it is now. such a system might be more comfortable for the military since they are no longer going to be blackmailed or humiliated but from a soldiers point of view i am not sure about it. but well, i am no soldier.
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"He was deciding which ones would be likely candidates to give bribes to so they'd support the railway. He must have been good at it because lots of congressmen got huge bribes in the form of Credit-Mobilier stock and Huntington, Stanford, Hopkins and Crocker ended up owning California for 40 years." Maybe the other ones were less likely to take a bribe since they never got an offer :)
i totally agree. you shouldn't forget who is making these argument tough. if you have religion to back you, doesn't matter if it's "gaianism" or christianity, it makes sense absolutely. a.) gaia is perfect and holy and would never allow such a bad thing to happen if not for us evil and dirty humans. b.) god never would allow such a thing to happen on its own but we humans with our free will might just pull it off. but since we humans are so puny it's highly unlikely we are the cause of it. since we are not the cause of it and it is happening and god would not allow such a bad thing to happen it cant be that bad after all. the future is in the hands of god.........
IAAPS, i am a psychologist soon, and i dont think that this study infers in any way that there are biological differences between the sexes. there are many obvious differences in the way man and woman get treated in society that will most likely contribute to differences in intelligence tests. since you have many, many observable facts like rolemodels, sexism, pregancy that can and will on average hinder woman in their intellectual development there is no reason to infer a biological one. i dont say that there isn't, there just isn't any reason to imply. think about the way our brain/mind works, how adaptable it is to different stimuli/situations. lets make an inadequate comparison that will spark some +funny posts :)
you got 2 computers. one is running linux, the other windows. you see differences in some task specific performance. would you attribute that to differences in the underlying hardware without knowing a thing about it?
I would like to know what is necessary so a private space industry can take of?
Lets make a Deal *IAA. You keep your magic i keep my rights, ok?
"Being a fat geek may not increase your risk of death after all." i would be far more interested in the implied ability to evade death at all.
isn't the validity of a patent limited for a certain period? if yes, shouldnt the countdown start now, many years before a actual working prototype is made?
"The same scientific ignorance causes Americans to abhorr homosexuality as a sinful path chosen by evil people rather than realizing it's a natural mindset encoded into the brain before birth." i think there is a problem with this argument: something being natural/free will and something being evil/good are completely independent of each other. homosexuality wouldnt be evil only because people chose it as their preferred lifestyle. in the same way since homosexuality is(obviously) not evil doesnt make it an encoded mindset. from my point of view this defensive argument carries the same logical fallacy that the attacking one has.
"..if you lack a religion..doesn't that become your religion? If you refuse to believe or acknowledge God, aren't you following a belief system?" basically, no. that i dont think its plausible to postulate a higher existence who is guarding/watching us is not consisting a belief system. same as its not a belief system that you are not postulating that the world is flat and every person who should know better is part of the conspiracy..... its possible but its not plausible enough to form a hypothesis.
as has been said countless times. it is not stealing, it is copyright infringement. this is especially clear in this case since the jon does are not getting sued for the equivalent of stealing, downloading, they are getting sued for uploading. the only way to construe this as stealing would be that they steal the copyright owners distribution monopoly.
official KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY http://www.kcna.co.jp/index-e.htm well, news is propably not the right expression for it :)
and the tech ignorant consumer is apples typical target group today?
it only causes ingame inflation if the economic system is not very robust and well designed. if you take a look at lineage2 you will see how a self balancing, well designed system can survive about any amount of abuse. nevermind that the rest of the game,gfx aside, is crap but the economic system rocks.
a level playing field. sure. what do you think all these bombs are for.
good luck getting the insurance to pay for your window :)
would you care to give some examples? there were some pretty good, well executed games last year, but innovative?
thats why this sly bastard said "beam be up". sorry kirk, out of luck here :)
hmm, i do agree that those mexican, argentinian, brasilian...... americans would also need the jobs but where is your point?
true, thats why i use http://www.nextup.com/TextAloud/ to convert the book to an mp3 using http://www.nextup.com/attnv.html at&t natural voices and get an acceptable audiobook. its not perfect but more convenient than screen reading.
i used print myself for some time but at university most exams have a extensive speed component and there is no way you can compete with cursive. printing also wears you out much faster than cursive. after 5-6 sites of printing your hands gonna hurt and you will concentrate more on how you gonna write the stuff than what you gonna write.
http://www.project-entropia.com/default.asp
anybody got some money to launder?
no kids - no future no future - no profit
well, wouldnt anti-us be a more correct term. i cant detect any anti-canadian, -mexican, -brazilian............ tendency anywhere:)
hmm, well whats going to happen if war parties are no longer able to keep the position of their pows secret, especially in those little asymetrical adventures the us is so fond of lately. i guess the propability of survival is higher as it is now. such a system might be more comfortable for the military since they are no longer going to be blackmailed or humiliated but from a soldiers point of view i am not sure about it. but well, i am no soldier.