I wonder if Canada will stay out of the shit-storm our middle eastern policy is going to turn into. Call me paranoid, but I don't think it all that far fetched to wonder, if the rest of Arab world starts jumping in, whether this could turn into another world war.
I kind of think of myself as an atheist because it is really, really, really, REALLY, REALLY*, unlikely. I guess, technically, I am an agnostic, but I am pretty sure there is no "creator".
*hehe, you like that? I prove points with excessive formatting! but now I can't even tell if I spelled really right because I wrote it too many times.
physical reality must have a cause other than itself because nothing causes itself, therefore it's cause must be God, which has no cause because God has no cause but itself.
Will you please put the H.W. in your sig. I believe that is the source of the quote, correct? We cannot allow the level of political discourse to continue to slip. By propogating the disingenious sound bite over the coherent argument you are every bit as evil as GW!
Actually, the paper says that their mathematical model suggest that everyone alive today SHARES A SINGLE ANCESTOR who lived about 3500 years ago. Not that he's our only ancestor from that time.
While you can't teach somebody to be "good" you can foster an appreciation and interest in it. Calle me a hippy though, but one way you don't foster creative activity is by forcing all the kids to "color within the lines". I consider myself a proficient painter and I really hated that as a kid.
While the world WOULD be better if everyone spoke the same language..
Not true. Different languages and mental processes seem to be inherently linked. A different language allows one to formulate thoughts in a different way, thus possibly providing scientific (and artistic) insight that would be harder to do otherwise. There was a story here recently that showed how some cultures with languages that had no very large numbers had more dificulty formulating mathematical thoughts. I could see how the converse could be true.
Crap, we see an article on here that says "dude eats corn flakes for breakfast" and within two minutes somebody will be going "uhuhu I read that as pr0n flakes!" but all of a sudden two letters means all americans don't know the difference between austria and australia.
It's simple to say the public fears it. It's important to know who is driving that fear.
A lot of people like to point fingers at environmentalists and the like. But before you do that just think about whose best interest it is in to keep electricity expensive.... Life is never as simple as they want you to believe it is.
You have the coice this Nov 2 between a downward spiral and a headlong plummet.
On the one hand the status quo will remain long enough for me to buy/steal a boat and get the hell out of here before the shit hits the fan. On the other hand BRING ON THE APOCALYPSE!!
I am not a troll, dumbass, I am a Python developer. Sorry to admit that there might actually be problems with your Holy Grail. People shouldn't have to put a disclaimer in a message to criticise an actual problem. Write an actual program that actual people use and see how many of them complain about how slow it starts up before calling others trolls.
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I voted against a law in WA that would make construction of the monorail illegal (in a nutshell, we won BTW).
What really pisses me off is that this is like the 4th time we have had to vote yes, yet when the stadium failed the vote it got built anyway!
Maybe the ones where the GOP have definitely and indisputably increased their majorities in both houses of Congress?
well, we know the checks are still there, it's the balances I am worried about!
I wonder if Canada will stay out of the shit-storm our middle eastern policy is going to turn into. Call me paranoid, but I don't think it all that far fetched to wonder, if the rest of Arab world starts jumping in, whether this could turn into another world war.
When is the last time YOU voted on a new law?
ummmm.....today?
He doesn't own an iPod because you can't get music off? But as numerous posts have shown you can in fact do just that.
Unfortunately it is probably illegal to do so thanks to our favorite law...
Some of us do not appreciate having DRM built into our devices, and as such that is a valid reason to not want one.
I kind of think of myself as an atheist because it is really, really, really, REALLY, REALLY*, unlikely. I guess, technically, I am an agnostic, but I am pretty sure there is no "creator".
*hehe, you like that? I prove points with excessive formatting! but now I can't even tell if I spelled really right because I wrote it too many times.
physical reality must have a cause other than itself because nothing causes itself, therefore it's cause must be God, which has no cause because God has no cause but itself.
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must......resist,.....using....mind....tricks....
Will you please put the H.W. in your sig. I believe that is the source of the quote, correct? We cannot allow the level of political discourse to continue to slip. By propogating the disingenious sound bite over the coherent argument you are every bit as evil as GW!
Actually, the paper says that their mathematical model suggest that everyone alive today SHARES A SINGLE ANCESTOR who lived about 3500 years ago. Not that he's our only ancestor from that time.
Kind of a preternatural John Holmes!
If you see five people speaking angrily, there may be a thousand restraining themselves.
hehe, and you can remove 1/5 them from office tomorrow!
*sigh* ... you can't teach creativity
While you can't teach somebody to be "good" you can foster an appreciation and interest in it. Calle me a hippy though, but one way you don't foster creative activity is by forcing all the kids to "color within the lines". I consider myself a proficient painter and I really hated that as a kid.
While the world WOULD be better if everyone spoke the same language..
Not true. Different languages and mental processes seem to be inherently linked. A different language allows one to formulate thoughts in a different way, thus possibly providing scientific (and artistic) insight that would be harder to do otherwise. There was a story here recently that showed how some cultures with languages that had no very large numbers had more dificulty formulating mathematical thoughts. I could see how the converse could be true.
Your sig is like 50% of your post, now why do you think you are getting modded 50% flamebate?
Further down the thread I see that it was likely Slammer that took tese out....
" I can't wait for the next Windows virus or worm to take down all the cash machines."
What an irresponsible thing to say.
MS Blaster (I think) did actually take down all of the Bank of America ATM's in Seattle, WA a while back.
Tell me, is it moral OR legal to refuse to help someone who is drowning in a lake because they can't afford the rope you want to throw them?
sfam?
I know it screws up the schemas of the slashdot crowd, but there's really not this global conspiracy to screw you personally.
Well, really, there is, it is just that Nintendo is playing a smaller part than originally thought. hehe
We are supposed to be FIGHTING the trolls???? crap!!!
Crap, we see an article on here that says "dude eats corn flakes for breakfast" and within two minutes somebody will be going "uhuhu I read that as pr0n flakes!" but all of a sudden two letters means all americans don't know the difference between austria and australia.
the folly of depending on something as simplistic as the three laws.
I always interpreted it as a commentary on another 10 laws that we hear so often about....
It's simple to say the public fears it. It's important to know who is driving that fear.
A lot of people like to point fingers at environmentalists and the like. But before you do that just think about whose best interest it is in to keep electricity expensive.... Life is never as simple as they want you to believe it is.
hehe, here is mine:
You have the coice this Nov 2 between a downward spiral and a headlong plummet.
On the one hand the status quo will remain long enough for me to buy/steal a boat and get the hell out of here before the shit hits the fan. On the other hand BRING ON THE APOCALYPSE!!
I have heard a lot of bad things about paypal here. What would be the slashdot preferred vendor for services such as these?
I would like to be able to take donations and stuff via credit card for specific groups on my site but want to avoid the "monopoly".
I am not a troll, dumbass, I am a Python developer. Sorry to admit that there might actually be problems with your Holy Grail. People shouldn't have to put a disclaimer in a message to criticise an actual problem. Write an actual program that actual people use and see how many of them complain about how slow it starts up before calling others trolls.