Were all that true, they wouldn't make such terrible mistakes "interpreting" what men were "really" thinking. No one can do that well because different people use their postures differently and will flush (for instance) at different things.
"If you want to think differently... go to a university and let it change you."
My guess is that you already possessed the ability to think differently. My experience with upper level education does not support your view. Most instructors and students do indeed become ossified to a particular view point. Even if wrong.
For instance. A friend of mine is one of the foremost supporters of vendor software dealing with Fed wire transfer. There are virtually none who know this field better. His brother-in-law is a prof at a U who recently wrote a book on the subject. Unfortunately, his book got it wrong; terribly wrong. John pointed out the way the Fed actually works and this prof told him that John couldn't be right because he was the one with the degree in finances.
"And if... wouldn't have to worry about people removing it, would they?"
Bullshit. I've had another programmer remove all commentary from one of my programs because it wasn't real code and then come to me because she couldn't figure out the program.
"For the money we're paying, we could lose a World Trade Center EVERY OTHER WEEK and STILL be ahead on costs."
What an absolutely moronic statement. How convenient you "ignore the direct casualties". Do you advocate that for murders, rapists and the like? No. Why? Because it's not about the cost of curtailing these assholes. It's about stopping them killing people. The costs are not very relevant.
"Getting into Freudian philosophy and science, has it ever occured to you that perhaps large or covetted things like computers, cars, possessions like iPods or other things are just temporary mental replacements for the lack of sex drive or the lack of sex at all?"
No. Why? Because the religious suppression of sex very much predates the consumerism you reference.
Horseshit, AC. All you're doing is espousing your particular superstitions about how people react to sex without any basis in reality. Where do you get your information?
Obvious crap on your part. Please cite any references from which you drew your conclusion. I'm guessing you haven't a friggin' clue as to who actually was killed. Just your warped opinion. Flaming troll.
Did Marx predict the plethora of corruption and dictatorial suppression that is the very hallmark of communism? Or perhaps the almost complete and utter collapse of the various contries economys?
Oh, yeah. Before you go off on the definition of "fascism". From the same source:
1. (sometimes cap.) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
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Were all that true, they wouldn't make such terrible mistakes "interpreting" what men were "really" thinking. No one can do that well because different people use their postures differently and will flush (for instance) at different things.
It's a myth.
"I believe in Intelligent Design. It was all done by Benevolent Space Aliens. How else can you explain Tom Cruise?"
You call that benevolent?
"You might not get anyone world-class"
Pompous butt-load. You wouldn't live in CA, would you?
"If you want to think differently ... go to a university and let it change you."
My guess is that you already possessed the ability to think differently. My experience with upper level education does not support your view. Most instructors and students do indeed become ossified to a particular view point. Even if wrong.
For instance. A friend of mine is one of the foremost supporters of vendor software dealing with Fed wire transfer. There are virtually none who know this field better. His brother-in-law is a prof at a U who recently wrote a book on the subject. Unfortunately, his book got it wrong; terribly wrong. John pointed out the way the Fed actually works and this prof told him that John couldn't be right because he was the one with the degree in finances.
"And if ... wouldn't have to worry about people removing it, would they?"
Bullshit. I've had another programmer remove all commentary from one of my programs because it wasn't real code and then come to me because she couldn't figure out the program.
"Google Scholar's abstracts are a good start, but no match for getting the full article at no cost from a library."
You mean tuition is now free? Oh. Hidden costs in that statement.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. - Noam Chomsky
Nice quote. Too bad Noam doesn't practice it.
"The point is you can't use legality as a basis because there's no way to determine whether the affected party is guilty short of court."
The point is, that's when the employer would hear about it.
Good. Much slower and easier to intercept and deal with.
"For the money we're paying, we could lose a World Trade Center EVERY OTHER WEEK and STILL be ahead on costs."
What an absolutely moronic statement. How convenient you "ignore the direct casualties". Do you advocate that for murders, rapists and the like? No. Why? Because it's not about the cost of curtailing these assholes. It's about stopping them killing people. The costs are not very relevant.
"Getting into Freudian philosophy and science, has it ever occured to you that perhaps large or covetted things like computers, cars, possessions like iPods or other things are just temporary mental replacements for the lack of sex drive or the lack of sex at all?"
No. Why? Because the religious suppression of sex very much predates the consumerism you reference.
Horseshit, AC. All you're doing is espousing your particular superstitions about how people react to sex without any basis in reality. Where do you get your information?
"You could, for example, decide that pi should be three since that whole irrational number thing is awkward."
Only if you don't care if you can calculate certain things anymore.
"...they've got it sown up."
Untrue. There are always independant options. Use them.
Obvious crap on your part. Please cite any references from which you drew your conclusion. I'm guessing you haven't a friggin' clue as to who actually was killed. Just your warped opinion. Flaming troll.
"For hundreds of years everyone "observed" that a heavy stone falls faster than a feather."
And, indeed it does out by the Parthenon. So? Were you thinking they had misobserved the experiment done in a hard vacuum?
The weight is not upon him to tell or prove to you that the god you claim exists does not. It is incumbent upon you to show that it does.
"That is because the Bible, unlike science, is inerrant and a constant."
Theological horseshit. The bible has been edited.
So, you're willing to make 30-40K than 100-140K yr?
I don't believe you. Name where you'd earn 140K as a lead tester. Not anywhere I've heard.
Friggin' troll.
Did Marx predict the plethora of corruption and dictatorial suppression that is the very hallmark of communism? Or perhaps the almost complete and utter collapse of the various contries economys?
Oh, yeah. Before you go off on the definition of "fascism". From the same source:
1. (sometimes cap.) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
From Random House's Webster's Unabridged Dictionary:
1. a person who believes in or sympathizes with fascism.
2. (often cap.) a member of a fascist movement or party.
3. a person who is dictatorial or has extreme right-wing views.
What did you think it meant?
"cos those people who got in cheap now won't bother and Disney have lost out on the merchandising that they could have sold to that person..."
Personal opinion. Do you have a link to verification of your claim?
"For example, they hand out the country dialing prefixes."
Now give them the right to listen in and suppress conversations that China or Iran find to their disliking.