What's the difference between implanting yourself with a chip and implanting your watch with a chip? They'd both be in the same area, both be convenient, both would eliminate the need for credit cards and keys. BUT you can take a watch off, and you have the added benefit of keeping your body intact. Unless you're one of those strange people who are addicted to body modification...
I've written an MMORPG (no major content yet, though) for a cellphone, but the company that handles the game catalog said they weren't interested. Apparently, it's too avante garde for them, and they want simple things like, you guessed it, tetris and pacman:\ Sad thing is, I've had more fun playing my unfinished RPG on my phone than I have with half the games in their catalog.
I'm a Blue Security user, and I haven't gotten an increase in spam, or any threatening emails. My guess is, this spammer just checked all the email addresses they could find against the list, and sent messages to the ones that came back positive. They can't keep up the spam forever, as it will just result in more opt-out requests (assuming what they send is actually spam, not just evil messages). Also, a DDOS attack on blue security's site won't last forever, and won't stop the project. So,/panic everyone.
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Or the little deal made between the manufacturer and the Devil... He holds the cars down when they skid, and he gets the drivers' souls later...
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Excuse me. Allow me to refer to this particular female, then, as Ugly Ms. Newitz. We wouldn't want to compliment a person just because they look attractive, now would we? Especially if the compliment couldn't, in good faith, be given to a guy. I'm sure nobody ever called Brad Pitt gorgeous, no sir! I shall make certain that all the Slashdot editors are sacked, and then sacked again.
He'd get to level 70 BEFORE the expansion pack comes out.
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You state that the moon has less gravity than mars, and certainly less than earth. Now, why would a moon base be completely useless when you can launch and receive vessels without having to worry about such an enormous escape velocity? You could guide asteroids down onto the moon and mine them for metals, fuel, water, and other materials. You could build spaceships on the moon, eventually. You could launch them towards mars with a fraction of the fuel they would need if they left from earth. So please, don't say a moon base would be useless...
Neo's powers affected only the machines, if you look at the scenes closely. My guess is, he had evolved some sort of extension of himself that linked with the machine network. Call it metaphysics, something incredibly complex, or just a plot device.
If we're going to start deciding what people can and cannot say, then we might as well submit to a police state. I have a right to call you a faggot, just like you have the right to call me a prude. I'm not saying it's nice to do so, and probably wouldn't result in our friendship, but it's still protected under the domain of free speech.
No, that would be a tight loopy coil of wire;) At least, it was in all the experiments I've seen involving stealing power from power lines. It does work, just not very efficiently, and the power company does find out.
Um, by "atheist" I meant a person who believes in the non-existence of a supreme being. Christians say kids should believe in a supreme being, and atheists say kids should not believe in a supreme being. Both are personal opinions, which should not be forced on people. If a kid wants to believe in the flying spaghetti monster theory of creation, that's his right. I'm trying to make the point that, while both atheists and Christians claim to have an objective or enlightened view of the universe, all that either of them have are "best-fit" explanations. The pope, christians, atheists, buddhist monks, the crazy guy downtown who thinks he's a Klingon, they all have their own viewpoints that they *know* are right, and will vehemently defend to *anyone* who suggests the world might be otherwise. In truth, all we have is what our senses and instruments tell us, which can hardly be the whole picture. For instance, your point about Newtonian physics... Sure, it's great for when an apple falls on your head, but those laws break down when you go to the quantum level. Your antagonism about this merely proves my point... Everyone's a fanatic these days, ready to bash the Christians and anyone else, forgetting that they're using the same tactics they're complaining about.
My point was not that ID is science, my point is that teaching a strictly evolutionary view, which is a THEORY not a fact, is no better than teaching a creationist THEORY. I don't think evolution should be taught in science classes, unless it's stressed that it's only a THEORY, not proven fact. It's just a model that, based on the scientific method, explains PART of the world around us in a convenient manner. We could argue all day about how it's been proven or disproven in various areas, but until it's officially considered not to be a theory, completely proven in every case, then I don't want to hear it taught as absolute fact.
I'm trying to come at this from a rational point of view... I'm not a fanatic, and I don't wish to force my views down anyone's throat. I'm saying that atheists shouldn't either.
I'm a Christian, and that viewpoint makes sense to me. The fact is, the two camps (fanatical Christian, and extreme evolutionist) are both operating under a non-factual system. There has been no concrete explanation for the forming of the universe by evolutionists (i.e. where did the big bang come from, where did the cosmic egg come from, where did the subspace that randomly fluctuated to create the egg come from), and there has been no (and most likely will not be until the end of time) conclusive proof by Christians that evolution absolutely could not have happened. Both camps are religions. Extreme evolutionism is more fanatical than based on science, with many varied beliefs and varied "scientific" explanations for the same things. The same goes for extreme christianity. Rather than say either view is wrong, I'd like to point out that they are both religions, and therefore should not be subsidized by the government as absolute truth to be taught in public schools. Plus, considering the fact that the phrase "separation of church and state" wasn't even in the Constitution, just in a little letter from one of the guys to a church that was scared of getting controlled by the state like they were back in England, the government *shouldn't* be allowed to keep religion out of schools. The teachers could present, say, the top 3 worldwide views on the subject, and allow the students to choose.
No, this electromagnetic field would be oscillating, while the Earth's field is polar. I suppose it could possibly even make the situation worse by disturbing the earth's natural field in localized areas.
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What's the difference between implanting yourself with a chip and implanting your watch with a chip? They'd both be in the same area, both be convenient, both would eliminate the need for credit cards and keys. BUT you can take a watch off, and you have the added benefit of keeping your body intact. Unless you're one of those strange people who are addicted to body modification...
Do you realize how wrong that sounds?
I've written an MMORPG (no major content yet, though) for a cellphone, but the company that handles the game catalog said they weren't interested. Apparently, it's too avante garde for them, and they want simple things like, you guessed it, tetris and pacman :\ Sad thing is, I've had more fun playing my unfinished RPG on my phone than I have with half the games in their catalog.
I'm a Blue Security user, and I haven't gotten an increase in spam, or any threatening emails. My guess is, this spammer just checked all the email addresses they could find against the list, and sent messages to the ones that came back positive. They can't keep up the spam forever, as it will just result in more opt-out requests (assuming what they send is actually spam, not just evil messages). Also, a DDOS attack on blue security's site won't last forever, and won't stop the project. So, /panic everyone.
Chuck Norris?
Dodge this.
Bill Gates is famous...
Or the little deal made between the manufacturer and the Devil... He holds the cars down when they skid, and he gets the drivers' souls later...
Excuse me. Allow me to refer to this particular female, then, as Ugly Ms. Newitz. We wouldn't want to compliment a person just because they look attractive, now would we? Especially if the compliment couldn't, in good faith, be given to a guy. I'm sure nobody ever called Brad Pitt gorgeous, no sir! I shall make certain that all the Slashdot editors are sacked, and then sacked again.
He'd get to level 70 BEFORE the expansion pack comes out.
You state that the moon has less gravity than mars, and certainly less than earth. Now, why would a moon base be completely useless when you can launch and receive vessels without having to worry about such an enormous escape velocity? You could guide asteroids down onto the moon and mine them for metals, fuel, water, and other materials. You could build spaceships on the moon, eventually. You could launch them towards mars with a fraction of the fuel they would need if they left from earth. So please, don't say a moon base would be useless...
"Hey Ethel, it looks like tube circuits are making a comeback!"
Your rhyme is good, and so are the games of which you speak.
Neo's powers affected only the machines, if you look at the scenes closely. My guess is, he had evolved some sort of extension of himself that linked with the machine network. Call it metaphysics, something incredibly complex, or just a plot device.
It is most refreshing to discover that I am not the only one who knows of the exploits of the famous Baron von Munchausen.
I say, rip meh to DIVX!!!
If we're going to start deciding what people can and cannot say, then we might as well submit to a police state. I have a right to call you a faggot, just like you have the right to call me a prude. I'm not saying it's nice to do so, and probably wouldn't result in our friendship, but it's still protected under the domain of free speech.
No, that would be a tight loopy coil of wire ;) At least, it was in all the experiments I've seen involving stealing power from power lines. It does work, just not very efficiently, and the power company does find out.
I want a CowboyNeal option!
But do we REALLY want politicians to survive heart attacks?
Um, by "atheist" I meant a person who believes in the non-existence of a supreme being. Christians say kids should believe in a supreme being, and atheists say kids should not believe in a supreme being. Both are personal opinions, which should not be forced on people. If a kid wants to believe in the flying spaghetti monster theory of creation, that's his right. I'm trying to make the point that, while both atheists and Christians claim to have an objective or enlightened view of the universe, all that either of them have are "best-fit" explanations. The pope, christians, atheists, buddhist monks, the crazy guy downtown who thinks he's a Klingon, they all have their own viewpoints that they *know* are right, and will vehemently defend to *anyone* who suggests the world might be otherwise. In truth, all we have is what our senses and instruments tell us, which can hardly be the whole picture. For instance, your point about Newtonian physics... Sure, it's great for when an apple falls on your head, but those laws break down when you go to the quantum level. Your antagonism about this merely proves my point... Everyone's a fanatic these days, ready to bash the Christians and anyone else, forgetting that they're using the same tactics they're complaining about.
I'm trying to come at this from a rational point of view... I'm not a fanatic, and I don't wish to force my views down anyone's throat. I'm saying that atheists shouldn't either.
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Yeah, we don't want to be associated with him, for obvious reasons. He reflects badly on his species.
No, this electromagnetic field would be oscillating, while the Earth's field is polar. I suppose it could possibly even make the situation worse by disturbing the earth's natural field in localized areas.