Bear in mind that those 'beliefs and preconceived ideas' have, generally speaking, already been tested. Can they be wrong? Sure, but until some kind of decent evidence for the new hypothesis is advanced, why look into it?
In short, if your mind is TOO open, you become Art Bell and believe any fool idea out there.
Not to say that new ideas aren't ever backed by evidence. For example, check out the 'Dinosaur Heresies' by Robert Bakker some time. 30 years ago he presented a number of revolutionary ideas to the paleontological world, and was laughed off the stage. So he went out and found massive evidence to support his theories. Now the then 'impossible' theories like quasi-warm blooded dinosaurs, and tyranosaurs as scavengers, are widely accepted.
For every one maverick who is ahead of their time, there are 999 loonies who have no proof. Hence, the skepticism. In time the 1 in a thousand good theories will be proven.
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Yup, that's why people feel happy after playing the blues, and after head-banging to aggressive metal. You let the emotions out, and you're happy:)
Mozilla _IS_ set to ba phased out, by Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.
The original plan was for Phoenix (at the time) to be an internal/testing name, with the gold product being called Mozilla 2. Firefox has good press now, so they're sticking with the name.
I agree with you there, with this caveat: If a big project (Mozilla, Apache, etc.) says that they will do certain things (like provide a working product), then they should try to do so in a timely manner.
I use mine all the time for cutting down bolts to the right size (for uninteresting reasons, I have a box of misc. bolts that are invariably the right diameter but too long). A few seconds with a cut off wheel and they fit perfect.
Not to mention the 'lawnmower blade sharpener' that works great on my axe.
I've never played VC on PC... even on PS2 (where aiming is harder) max stars is easy. Somehow getting in there and stealing a tank w/o getting killed is a bitch.
I am proud to have stolen and garaged a tank from a full-stars military attack in VC. I used it to beat the game... last mission, I fought my way outside and fired the main cannon directly into vercetti manor:)
Yeah, I've heard this argument advanced a buncha times, and it's always been by folks who don't understand the theory. Micro/macro evolution are the same thing on different time scales. This argument is a big favorite of religious folks because it somehow fits their views. Sorry, but it's wrong.
"Evolution" of stars has nothing to do with biological evolution... Based on this statement I'm gonna conclude that you are either trolling or completely ignorant of science.
The only thing that would have saved that movie was if Big G had stepped on the ditzy chick in the first 10 minutes. I was rooting for her death the whole time...
Back when I was 18 and worked at RadioShack in the mall, there was a TV store across the way. This place had like 50 TVs running, most on mute, all day long. They went off at night.
My manager liked to take one of our universal remotes, and after hours turn the volume WAAAAAAAY up, then turn off the TV. He did this to all that his universal remote would reach.
The poor TV store manager (who was a friend of my manager) would come in, hit the 'on' button on HIS special remote and get blasted out the front door...
Right, the OP was using the (flawed) logic of "well, if I do X (hack/crack) and don't think I'm doing Y, then others who do X aren't either". And it ain't so.
I'd also suggest that spending a couple of nights breaking some DRM and building applications from scratch aren't even the same X, so it's doubly flawed.
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Bear in mind that those 'beliefs and preconceived ideas' have, generally speaking, already been tested. Can they be wrong? Sure, but until some kind of decent evidence for the new hypothesis is advanced, why look into it?
In short, if your mind is TOO open, you become Art Bell and believe any fool idea out there.
Not to say that new ideas aren't ever backed by evidence. For example, check out the 'Dinosaur Heresies' by Robert Bakker some time. 30 years ago he presented a number of revolutionary ideas to the paleontological world, and was laughed off the stage. So he went out and found massive evidence to support his theories. Now the then 'impossible' theories like quasi-warm blooded dinosaurs, and tyranosaurs as scavengers, are widely accepted.
For every one maverick who is ahead of their time, there are 999 loonies who have no proof. Hence, the skepticism. In time the 1 in a thousand good theories will be proven.
Yup, that's why people feel happy after playing the blues, and after head-banging to aggressive metal. You let the emotions out, and you're happy :)
I'm going to assume this isn't a troll. If it IS and I bit... well, good on ya.
How do you recognize an American on sight?
The correct terms are "Y'all" and "All Y'all"
No, I'm not from texas. I just talk like a redneck.
Mozilla _IS_ set to ba phased out, by Firefox, Thunderbird, etc.
The original plan was for Phoenix (at the time) to be an internal/testing name, with the gold product being called Mozilla 2. Firefox has good press now, so they're sticking with the name.
Security, standards compliance and a boatload of really useful extensions.
I agree with you there, with this caveat: If a big project (Mozilla, Apache, etc.) says that they will do certain things (like provide a working product), then they should try to do so in a timely manner.
The Golgafrinchans will be horrified...
Hmm... baked goods-ism... very sad.
Forget moral standards and crusades... As a person whose job requires 10+ hours on a browser a day... it's just better.
Do others have opinions? Damn straight. Does the fact they you like MSIE invalidate someone liking Firefox, or vice versa? Nope.
Shit, I dunno... better look it up on wiki...
Also, when the nylon 'polishing' brushes melt down, at 35K, they become 3 dollar plastic disks...
Not nearly as exciting as the "*THWACK!* tinkle tinkle" or a cutoff disk blowing up.
On a (barely) related note, Mythbusters drove a CDrom to the shatter point. It was like 300X (they used an industrial router). A thing of beauty...
I use mine all the time for cutting down bolts to the right size (for uninteresting reasons, I have a box of misc. bolts that are invariably the right diameter but too long). A few seconds with a cut off wheel and they fit perfect.
Not to mention the 'lawnmower blade sharpener' that works great on my axe.
Sure, but I stole mine w/max stars, not on a mission. And no magic garage tricks :)
I've never played VC on PC... even on PS2 (where aiming is harder) max stars is easy. Somehow getting in there and stealing a tank w/o getting killed is a bitch.
4 stars is all? Easy...
:)
I am proud to have stolen and garaged a tank from a full-stars military attack in VC. I used it to beat the game... last mission, I fought my way outside and fired the main cannon directly into vercetti manor
Yes, it takes a long damned time to steal a tank.
Yeah, I've heard this argument advanced a buncha times, and it's always been by folks who don't understand the theory. Micro/macro evolution are the same thing on different time scales. This argument is a big favorite of religious folks because it somehow fits their views. Sorry, but it's wrong.
"Evolution" of stars has nothing to do with biological evolution... Based on this statement I'm gonna conclude that you are either trolling or completely ignorant of science.
I also liked the sunken Fortune, complete with ripped open cage near the mysterious island...
Nah, it was a cool monster... just not Godzilla.
The only thing that would have saved that movie was if Big G had stepped on the ditzy chick in the first 10 minutes. I was rooting for her death the whole time...
The State, having already been destroyed by Gojira, is not an issue...
Shit, I missed the boat. I am of the 'religion is a buncha hooey' camp, but I just figured it was a story about a guy in a rubber suit.
You might reconsider the concept of the persecuted majority here, friend.
Back when I was 18 and worked at RadioShack in the mall, there was a TV store across the way. This place had like 50 TVs running, most on mute, all day long. They went off at night.
:)
My manager liked to take one of our universal remotes, and after hours turn the volume WAAAAAAAY up, then turn off the TV. He did this to all that his universal remote would reach.
The poor TV store manager (who was a friend of my manager) would come in, hit the 'on' button on HIS special remote and get blasted out the front door...
Fun with consumer electronics
Anyone wanna guess what the AC is talking about?
Strawman sited in slashdot thread, news at 11 :)
Right, the OP was using the (flawed) logic of "well, if I do X (hack/crack) and don't think I'm doing Y, then others who do X aren't either". And it ain't so.
I'd also suggest that spending a couple of nights breaking some DRM and building applications from scratch aren't even the same X, so it's doubly flawed.