Yep. The same people who recently in the news for showcasing the beheading of 200 men for various crimes and insults to the king head the current Council.
That's the thing with windows, the less I use the longer it takes to install all those updates. and I love the bit where I'm trying to shut Windows down and it says "Wait... installing updates" is pure hell.
Exactly. I believe killing babies is wrong. Does that make it a "belief system"? It may indicate a larger moral philosophy, sure. I believe fire results from the chemical reaction of heat with oxygen. Is that a belief system? No. Its an observation, reproduced after thousands of experiments. Belief in some kind of super moral (or otherwise) obermensch is as simple. Either it exists, or it doesn't. This does not require a belief system, only a simple understanding of logic.
Wrong, its an observation. If there were such an entity then proof beyond the throngs of idiots who believe is necessary. Until that proof is manifest, its simply an observation. I observe the sun rises and sets. I observe the lack of this "deity". Its that simple.
Atheists don't need to defend or refute what some idiot wrote in a book, same as theists. I'm just amazed that theists feel the need to show that atheism is some kind of philosophy. What exactly does that prove? Does that make theists feel better some how? Put atheists on an even playing field them or something? Atheism is no more a belief system than the belief that I may gain some benefit from walking to the store over driving there. This insistence on it being a kind of religion is mystifying. Atheists don't go to meetings and have bake sales or go to temple (or the club house, or whatever.) I think it must be an attempt to make it sound like AA; atheists meet to feel bad with other atheists that they don't believe in God or something. That's some crazy nonsense.
Just because it was generated randomly doesn't mean that it isn't in fact profound (and in fact may be).
An appeal to the "even a broken clock is right twice a day" maxim, huh? Finding profundity in nonsense is what our brains do; graphic art is a good example. Not everyone finds the art of Michael Cheval particularly profound. Equality with mathematical logic? That's a good one, a qualitative slight of hand. Nice. But nonsense.
I did. Joel seemed to try to apply the brakes to comments that weren’t PG rated by Bill & Kevin. Mike was more appreciative of Kevin and Bill's wit when it went over that, making the later MST3K episodes with Mike much funnier in my opinion, which carry to the RiffTrax efforts.
Yeah. Thank god Zucker's thinking ahead because my brat is getting ready to simply EXCEL in phys ed. (To my great disappointment my son is moving to Reno, NV to teach phys ed. for $30,000 a yr) look out Zuckerberg, phys ed is coming for ya.) I know, he could be headed there to deal meth but I did have higher hopes for the kid. I don't think the Zuckerberg brood needs much more in the help department than anything more his billionaire parents can give him.
You know there is an option in Gimp to make it a one-window-app like all other apps, Right? Don't ask me to tell you where it is, after a few hours of searching for it and actually using it I'm burnt out.
Gimp is ok (I guess), it just needs some one to step up and write a better (which wouldn't be hard) UI for it, Gimp has The Worst UI of any gfx manip app I've ever used, and I've used plenty. Sure, when it comes to doing some quick pic editing I use it, but with reluctance. I very much wish there was a native port of something like LView Pro for Linux. I find the UI so intuitive I can Just Use it, Not so gimp. I've read reviews of gimp that say that Gimp isn't meant for image processing along those lines. Great, so what is it for? Again, I'm not saying Gimp isn't powerful, I can see that under the covers the gimp has some serous gfx horsepower there, I know some amazing things can be done with it. But when I have to spend 5 hours just to figure out how to coax one feature out of the thing, its simply not very useful. If it had a UI like LView Pro, I'd be using it every day.
"Pssst, hey ISIS, forget red mercury, I've got a REAL super weapon for you; its called The Omega Device. Its here, under my bed. Sell it cheap... just let me sell this bridge to this other guy and I'll be right with you..."
...but mostly it makes things that can be used wisely or foolishly.
"This is Dan Quigley for Science in the News, I'm here in downtown Slashdot and the air is thick with FUD. I'm talking torrential downpour, with a chance of irony!"
And then there's Curling. Real blood sport. My experience with Curling: Went to Ottawa for business, stopped in Vancouver for a connecting flight. In one waiting area bar was a few televisions with people watching Curling. I had two hours to kill so I sat down with a beer and watched Curling. Two hours later I left to get my connecting flight. Two hours of looking at my watch, drinking Molsen's, and watching Curling. Two hours. Seemed like 5. I tried to get into it, honestly. Then I left Vancouver. That was my last experience with Curling. Seriously. It could have been an English documentary on cheese making. I left with the same impression. Woah. Need a sleep-aid? Watch Curling.
So we really shouldn't have any limits on government intrusion. If the government wants it, they should just have it. So next the government wants the 2nd amendment. Next,...?
CORRECTOMUNDO. Give the man/woman a prize. I've seen scrum implemented to varying degrees in most of the shops I've worked at in the last 15 years and I'm here to tell you that its like working with an albatross hanging from your neck and adds no perceptible value to the process, at least as far as I can tell. In my last position it was implemented fully (at least to my understanding) which was interesting considering I was the only software engineer on staff at the time, but we had 4 full time hardware engineers. The hardware guys ate it up, but I felt like I had a dead weight around my neck. I don't think its applicable to a guy doing architecture AND implementation; I really felt like it was a complete waste of time to me; I kept getting in to arguments with my manager that he wanted finished code when I was still prototyping and designing, It was ridiculous. Scrum in my experience was too rigid and deadline-driven. Thankfully that situation has "evolved" and I no longer answer to that guy, or that process.
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The new head of the UN Human Rights Council?
Yep. The same people who recently in the news for showcasing the beheading of 200 men for various crimes and insults to the king head the current Council.
That's the thing with windows, the less I use the longer it takes to install all those updates. and I love the bit where I'm trying to shut Windows down and it says "Wait... installing updates" is pure hell.
But it is also not the same as meaningless.
Confined to the current context, yes, it is. In the land of the blind the one eyed man is king. Same thing here.
Exactly. I believe killing babies is wrong. Does that make it a "belief system"? It may indicate a larger moral philosophy, sure. I believe fire results from the chemical reaction of heat with oxygen. Is that a belief system? No. Its an observation, reproduced after thousands of experiments. Belief in some kind of super moral (or otherwise) obermensch is as simple. Either it exists, or it doesn't. This does not require a belief system, only a simple understanding of logic.
It is a belief that there is no god.
Wrong, its an observation. If there were such an entity then proof beyond the throngs of idiots who believe is necessary. Until that proof is manifest, its simply an observation. I observe the sun rises and sets. I observe the lack of this "deity". Its that simple.
Why do YOU feel the need to attack people merely stating a definition?
Ah, ad hominem does not become us. You do theists feel the need to attack anyone who notices the king isn't wearing any clothes?
Its not a prerequisite for being an atheist. Atheism requires no more burden on the person who prescribes to it other an understanding of logic.
If you believe there is no god, you're an atheist. By definition.
Ok,
And yes, that IS a belief.
No, its an observation. There's a difference. If you want to posit there is a god, the burden of proof is on YOU, not me.
Atheists don't need to defend or refute what some idiot wrote in a book, same as theists. I'm just amazed that theists feel the need to show that atheism is some kind of philosophy. What exactly does that prove? Does that make theists feel better some how? Put atheists on an even playing field them or something? Atheism is no more a belief system than the belief that I may gain some benefit from walking to the store over driving there. This insistence on it being a kind of religion is mystifying. Atheists don't go to meetings and have bake sales or go to temple (or the club house, or whatever.) I think it must be an attempt to make it sound like AA; atheists meet to feel bad with other atheists that they don't believe in God or something. That's some crazy nonsense.
Just because it was generated randomly doesn't mean that it isn't in fact profound (and in fact may be).
An appeal to the "even a broken clock is right twice a day" maxim, huh? Finding profundity in nonsense is what our brains do; graphic art is a good example. Not everyone finds the art of Michael Cheval particularly profound. Equality with mathematical logic? That's a good one, a qualitative slight of hand. Nice. But nonsense.
but I don't particularly relish the idea of an aging Joel or Mike
Nonsense. They're just as funny as ever. Ageist.
I did. Joel seemed to try to apply the brakes to comments that weren’t PG rated by Bill & Kevin. Mike was more appreciative of Kevin and Bill's wit when it went over that, making the later MST3K episodes with Mike much funnier in my opinion, which carry to the RiffTrax efforts.
For what its worth, I prefer AS. Eclipse is a huge pile of fuck as far as I'm concerned.
They're competing with iPhone, I assume.
Yeah. Thank god Zucker's thinking ahead because my brat is getting ready to simply EXCEL in phys ed. (To my great disappointment my son is moving to Reno, NV to teach phys ed. for $30,000 a yr) look out Zuckerberg, phys ed is coming for ya.)
I know, he could be headed there to deal meth but I did have higher hopes for the kid. I don't think the Zuckerberg brood needs much more in the help department than anything more his billionaire parents can give him.
You know there is an option in Gimp to make it a one-window-app like all other apps, Right? Don't ask me to tell you where it is, after a few hours of searching for it and actually using it I'm burnt out.
Gimp is ok (I guess), it just needs some one to step up and write a better (which wouldn't be hard) UI for it, Gimp has The Worst UI of any gfx manip app I've ever used, and I've used plenty. Sure, when it comes to doing some quick pic editing I use it, but with reluctance. I very much wish there was a native port of something like LView Pro for Linux. I find the UI so intuitive I can Just Use it, Not so gimp. I've read reviews of gimp that say that Gimp isn't meant for image processing along those lines. Great, so what is it for? Again, I'm not saying Gimp isn't powerful, I can see that under the covers the gimp has some serous gfx horsepower there, I know some amazing things can be done with it. But when I have to spend 5 hours just to figure out how to coax one feature out of the thing, its simply not very useful. If it had a UI like LView Pro, I'd be using it every day.
"Pssst, hey ISIS, forget red mercury, I've got a REAL super weapon for you; its called The Omega Device. Its here, under my bed. Sell it cheap... just let me sell this bridge to this other guy and I'll be right with you..."
...but mostly it makes things that can be used wisely or foolishly.
"This is Dan Quigley for Science in the News, I'm here in downtown Slashdot and the air is thick with FUD. I'm talking torrential downpour, with a chance of irony!"
"Activate the FUD shields, full front Mr. Sulu."
Which "science" has been that? You've made Dr. Science very upset.
American footballers are schoolgirls.
And then there's Curling. Real blood sport. My experience with Curling: Went to Ottawa for business, stopped in Vancouver for a connecting flight. In one waiting area bar was a few televisions with people watching Curling. I had two hours to kill so I sat down with a beer and watched Curling. Two hours later I left to get my connecting flight. Two hours of looking at my watch, drinking Molsen's, and watching Curling. Two hours. Seemed like 5. I tried to get into it, honestly. Then I left Vancouver. That was my last experience with Curling. Seriously. It could have been an English documentary on cheese making. I left with the same impression. Woah. Need a sleep-aid? Watch Curling.
So we really shouldn't have any limits on government intrusion. If the government wants it, they should just have it. So next the government wants the 2nd amendment. Next, ...?
If you want to invest your money in risky ventures you should expect to lose it.
Trvth. Plus; isn't the space saturated with flying things?
CORRECTOMUNDO. Give the man/woman a prize. I've seen scrum implemented to varying degrees in most of the shops I've worked at in the last 15 years and I'm here to tell you that its like working with an albatross hanging from your neck and adds no perceptible value to the process, at least as far as I can tell. In my last position it was implemented fully (at least to my understanding) which was interesting considering I was the only software engineer on staff at the time, but we had 4 full time hardware engineers. The hardware guys ate it up, but I felt like I had a dead weight around my neck. I don't think its applicable to a guy doing architecture AND implementation; I really felt like it was a complete waste of time to me; I kept getting in to arguments with my manager that he wanted finished code when I was still prototyping and designing, It was ridiculous. Scrum in my experience was too rigid and deadline-driven. Thankfully that situation has "evolved" and I no longer answer to that guy, or that process.