This is apocryphal. While that sort of sentiment existed (or still exists?) within Islam. The claim that Omar ordered it's burning first appeared many centuries later. Also the actual burning of the library was centuries prior to the advent of Islam.
Another one. Islam had slavery just like all the other Abrahamic religions but they're quoting apologists denying it instead of actually I don't know looking up the sources and history books?
www.snopes.com/indiana-muslims-muhammads-deeds/
Einstein did not believe in god much less a deep belief. Where he's referred to the word God he's talking about the Universe
"It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."
"The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish"
that is why we usually insist on double blind experiments in areas where bias is a factor.
'We' insist on double blind experiments because they're more stringent and exacting... not a matter of whether or not you trust the scientist
About AGW etc most of us (at least on slashdot and to a great extent anyone willing to devote some spare time) to understand the data. Instead of trusting what you read in the media (liberal, conservative, neutral whatever) go and read the papers and the data directly and based on those figure out what is going on. Yes it'll require a bit more time but will give you a better idea
I've seen numerous threads on mobile forums with people saying good time to get out of your contract due to changes made in their terms. I presume the same would apply here as well
I just returned my Evo. Waiting till december and getting whatever new one is out though sounds like a sound idea.
My issues with that compared to the iPhone
1) Battery life was horrible, I had to actively kill tasks with a task manager that mysteriously popped up again (sprint tv etc)
2) The phone randomly didn't charge / the battery heated up (presume that was simply a faulty device)
3) No option for a federated backup. When I called in about the charging issue they asked me to take it in and swap it out but no complete backup solutions made it slightly more involved then it should've been
4) A couple of apps that I use aren't on the Android yet (Skype / RedFin / Facebook.. the current one is shit )
I'm presuming with the speed increases coming down the line with 2.2 the above would be somewhat better and with 3.0 slated for October they'll clean up the power usage more. Also the apps I mentioned should be out (since they're all saying coming soon!!)
Not really. If you're an adult woman and want to modify your genitals its your choice. Forcing someone unable to make that decision (be it a child or an impaired adult) to do so should be legislated against.
Get a copy of the the incoherence of philosophers by ghazali and read it, you'll find gems like fire intrinsically has no capacity to burn - only through divine intervention does the burning effect occur
Go through a list of major scientific figures from the dark ages. They rapidly accelerate till around 1100AD followed by a sharp falloff. Science had all but stopped centuries (1300AD) before the renaissance began. Can't find anything better put together googling @ the moment but - this should give you an idea
Also read up on the mutazilah who dominated the scientific (scholar) community until Ghazali gained popularity resulting in them dying out (including many being killed outright) and the asherite (conservative) school attaining dominance
Nobody is trivializing it - Innocent until proven guilty? If they're actually guilty then you can argue over the merits of this - otherwise it's plain wrong.
Personal anecdote: A friend of mine that was pulled over, passed all the roadside sobriety tests, passed the field breathalyzer and was arrested anyways, he then passed the test at the detention center which resulted in them calling immigration on him (I'd presume because he looked middle eastern:)).
FWIW He was not on a visa and the judge threw out the case and had his record expunged.
I'll second that - had a cheap 30 dollar switch die within a few weeks - they asked for me to send in the CD and the rubber feet , if not they'd charge me an additional $12 for the CD and $2 for the rubber feet....
For one by knowing what you searched for before and which links you clicked, it can re-sort the results on the same query to show u the prior ones first (it already does this with people with google accounts , with a tag of 'x' times visited). Not to say that I'm pro-google or pro-tracking , it should be opt-in not opt-out
Wondering if there's anything cross-platform. I'm in the process of setting up an OpenSolaris fileserver (primarily to use ZFS/Raid-Z) and have both linux and windows boxes. It would be great to be able to have an index on each that could be read by a client app or a unified index perhaps.
That was a well known hoax by the Top Gear people (they caused the problem I believe... google it) which they admitted not to mention the main guy is apparently very biased towards Hydrogen Cells and actively derides EV tech
As another poster said it was a lack of information and regulation. The 'ownership society' part was a somewhere in the range of 10's of billions not the trillions already sunk. It was the disconnect between people that were giving out the mortgages and risk. If they had no incentive in checking out the ability of someone to pay back a mortgage, why would they not engage in risky behaviour - after all it was legal.
That's its lowest sensitivity setting. It can detect from 1 ppm upto 10k ppm. If you wanted to convert it to per hundred it'd be something like 0.000001 to 1 parts per hundred. Not exactly standard notation
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This is apocryphal. While that sort of sentiment existed (or still exists?) within Islam. The claim that Omar ordered it's burning first appeared many centuries later. Also the actual burning of the library was centuries prior to the advent of Islam.
Another one. Islam had slavery just like all the other Abrahamic religions but they're quoting apologists denying it instead of actually I don't know looking up the sources and history books? www.snopes.com/indiana-muslims-muhammads-deeds/
Mind pointing out the history of this. Documented cases , especially widespread ones?
MAFIAA... ftfy
"It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it."
"The word God is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish"
[citation needed]
Honestly curious but what're you referring to as the stupid lies of post modernist thought?
that is why we usually insist on double blind experiments in areas where bias is a factor.
'We' insist on double blind experiments because they're more stringent and exacting... not a matter of whether or not you trust the scientist
About AGW etc most of us (at least on slashdot and to a great extent anyone willing to devote some spare time) to understand the data. Instead of trusting what you read in the media (liberal, conservative, neutral whatever) go and read the papers and the data directly and based on those figure out what is going on. Yes it'll require a bit more time but will give you a better idea
I've seen numerous threads on mobile forums with people saying good time to get out of your contract due to changes made in their terms. I presume the same would apply here as well
Um, isn't 175k more then a 100k = hundreds of thousands not tens of thousands?
From wikipedia
The bottom 25% have no net wealth
the middle 50% (25-75) have 13% of America's wealth
While the top 25% control 87%
From another source, the top 10% control 70% of the wealth while only paying 55% (from your figures) while those holding 30% of the wealth pay 45%
I just returned my Evo. Waiting till december and getting whatever new one is out though sounds like a sound idea. My issues with that compared to the iPhone 1) Battery life was horrible, I had to actively kill tasks with a task manager that mysteriously popped up again (sprint tv etc) 2) The phone randomly didn't charge / the battery heated up (presume that was simply a faulty device) 3) No option for a federated backup. When I called in about the charging issue they asked me to take it in and swap it out but no complete backup solutions made it slightly more involved then it should've been 4) A couple of apps that I use aren't on the Android yet (Skype / RedFin / Facebook.. the current one is shit ) I'm presuming with the speed increases coming down the line with 2.2 the above would be somewhat better and with 3.0 slated for October they'll clean up the power usage more. Also the apps I mentioned should be out (since they're all saying coming soon!!)
Not really. If you're an adult woman and want to modify your genitals its your choice. Forcing someone unable to make that decision (be it a child or an impaired adult) to do so should be legislated against.
Go through a list of major scientific figures from the dark ages. They rapidly accelerate till around 1100AD followed by a sharp falloff. Science had all but stopped centuries (1300AD) before the renaissance began. Can't find anything better put together googling @ the moment but - this should give you an idea
Also read up on the mutazilah who dominated the scientific (scholar) community until Ghazali gained popularity resulting in them dying out (including many being killed outright) and the asherite (conservative) school attaining dominance
http://news.cnet.com/Breathalyzer-source-code-must-be-disclosed/2100-1028_3-5931553.html Florida police can't use electronic breathalyzers as courtroom evidence against drivers unless the innards are disclosed, a state court ruled Wednesday.
Nobody is trivializing it - Innocent until proven guilty? If they're actually guilty then you can argue over the merits of this - otherwise it's plain wrong. :)).
Personal anecdote: A friend of mine that was pulled over, passed all the roadside sobriety tests, passed the field breathalyzer and was arrested anyways, he then passed the test at the detention center which resulted in them calling immigration on him (I'd presume because he looked middle eastern
FWIW He was not on a visa and the judge threw out the case and had his record expunged.
I'll second that - had a cheap 30 dollar switch die within a few weeks - they asked for me to send in the CD and the rubber feet , if not they'd charge me an additional $12 for the CD and $2 for the rubber feet ....
For one by knowing what you searched for before and which links you clicked, it can re-sort the results on the same query to show u the prior ones first (it already does this with people with google accounts , with a tag of 'x' times visited). Not to say that I'm pro-google or pro-tracking , it should be opt-in not opt-out
Wondering if there's anything cross-platform. I'm in the process of setting up an OpenSolaris fileserver (primarily to use ZFS/Raid-Z) and have both linux and windows boxes. It would be great to be able to have an index on each that could be read by a client app or a unified index perhaps.
Dammit, all those 'nucu-lar' power plants in France and elsewhere for nought, if only you'd posted earlier.....
Hookers n blow?
That was a well known hoax by the Top Gear people (they caused the problem I believe... google it) which they admitted not to mention the main guy is apparently very biased towards Hydrogen Cells and actively derides EV tech
Simply because a massive chunk or majority of people believe something doesn't make it true - ref: Geocentric theory
As another poster said it was a lack of information and regulation. The 'ownership society' part was a somewhere in the range of 10's of billions not the trillions already sunk. It was the disconnect between people that were giving out the mortgages and risk. If they had no incentive in checking out the ability of someone to pay back a mortgage, why would they not engage in risky behaviour - after all it was legal.
That's its lowest sensitivity setting. It can detect from 1 ppm upto 10k ppm. If you wanted to convert it to per hundred it'd be something like 0.000001 to 1 parts per hundred. Not exactly standard notation