Are you kidding me? Hinduism has problems with Sikhism?
I refer you the storming of The Golden Temple. You can argue that it was a political act against a separatist movement, but I don't think Indira Gandhi's guards would agree with you. As to the general tolerance of Hinduism in the context of being better at accepting "insults" than other faiths, it's a pity that Deepa Mehta doesn't have a slashdot account to make a few points.
Regardless, I think the original point of my post was muddied; I was not referencing the current level of conflicts between religions and offshoot sects, but rather the usual level of violence seen by those offshoots in their infancy. The argument being that the vehemence of Scientology's attacks on its critics is typical for such a young, um, "religion." Soon enough they'll settle into the usual routine of calmly spouting their bullshit in public in the course of political campaigns and pissing me off with their constant stupidity like all the rest of them.
And they're usually OK with it if you "expose" these beliefs.
And they're usually fine with it if you want to walk away and no longer believe what they believe.
Ahem.
Romans v. Christian converts
Catholic v. Protestant
Sunni v. Shi'a
Shi'a v. Baha'i
Hundu v. Sikh
Christian v. Mormon
Jew v. (please select one from Column B)
Southern Baptist v. Fossils
Zoroastrians v. (too lazy to Wikipedia it)
Communist v. Other Communist (cults of personality are no different than religions except where their god lives)
Just to point out, I'm not defending Scientology, just making sure that the playing field is level. Makes it easier to set the goddam field on fire and bury it.
Yes, it would take a lot more explanation on their part to convince me that that image is sharper than the corresponding HST image. This could be the result of press office "manglage" (which, sadly, I have experienced firsthand). What I do know is that once they can remove all atmospheric effects from the 200-inch telescope, then the pictures would be twice as sharp as HST, since it is half its size (92 inches).
But my eyes tell me they haven't removed all atmospheric effects yet, and their words aren't convincing.
You made a good choice in posting as Anonymous Coward. Still, it's too bad for you that/. doesn't have the option of posting as Stupid Drooling Fucking Moron.
Once again, for the newbies:
- AAC (ADVANCED Audio Codec) has NOTHING to do with Apple, beyond being their compression scheme of choice. Posting the Wikipedia link would insult us both.
- The iTunes STORE sells tracks that only play on iPods; taking Steve Jobs at his word, this is only due to DRM required by the record companies.
- Most "mp3 players" will play AAC-encoded tracks. It's just a codec for mp4s, after all. If you really can't find one, go to your local community college and take a class on Google.
- If you're really that paranoid about AAC, set iTunes to encode in mp3 before your first rip. Then you will be able to survive in a world where only iPods can play tracks ripped in iTunes. Whatever world that is, because it ain't this one.
Apple did not seek a partener ship with AT&T, per se; they sought a partnership with a cellco with the infrastructure they needed for the features in the iPhone. That left them two choices: AT&T and Verizon. Verizon didn't like the deal, so bowed out.
And as much as people bitch about the terms of the agreement with AT&T, imagine what additional terms Verizon wanted made in its favor to seal the deal. I can only imagine they were as consumer-friendly as those made by UMG and NBC-Universal in recent months.
You'll actually believe it when you see it? I won't believe it until the sound of these things crashing into each other due to the DRM on its anti-collision software is pushed from the front page by the flurry of patent lawsuits over its door-lock mechanism.
Yeah, not a good guess really, since elliptical galaxies have no (or very little) angular momentum. Their tri-axial shape was frozen in either during star formation or as a result of subsequent mergers, and is maintained by the fact that stellar encounters are elastic (hence no net angular momentum is exchanged).
As for the total angular momentum of the Universe being exactly zero, that's unaffected by this result, although it seems well established from Mach's Principle. (and yes, IAAA, so this post is not ALL bullshit.)
Not at all; I am merely saying that if, for example, I am to get my tap water from a single source, I prefer it not be laden with heroic doses of lead and mercury. My post was meant to address the GPs attempted charge of hypocrisy; unlike a certain chair-tossing torgolodyte in Redmond, I welcome a healthy Linux base despite my personal rejection of the OS. And, were Macs still running on an OS 9 type environment, I probably would have switched six years ago.
But in a world where the only choice were Windows — well, there would not be a buggy fast enough to get me to my Amish conversion ceremony. English.
How about folks bitching about Microsoft's control of the operating system turning around and getting excited about Apple, which controls both the operating system and the hardware, as if Apple would be any less noxious if it had the kind of marketshare that Microsoft does
They (ok, WE) aren't bitching because of Microsoft's control of the marketshare-leading OS; we bitch because of Microsoft's control of the marketshare-leading OS and that it SUCKS. And even that isn't the real problem; the real problem is that it SUCKS and sometimes is REQUIRED. (Examples abound, so I shall avoid annoying myself by listing any.) Did I mention it SUCKS?
And Dubya says that the jury is still out on the existence of particles. But don't worry; Halliburton just got a rocket contract, so Cheney is drawing up plans to invade the Sun.
Mock away, liberal pussies, but neutrinos are Weakly-Interacting particles of low-Mass Destruction.
Every scientific theory is up for debate and when you say this one isn't then you're no longer a scientist.
While that statement is on the face of it true, it is also true that scientists need not hold that debate under rules that violate the
basic tenets of science, or with people who are ignorant thereof. There is a difference between reasoned debate between colleagues,
and gainsaying from someone whose only passing acquaintance with numbers is a chapter of that name in a 2000 year old book. As
someone who has suffered the death of a cherished scientific theory (the closed universe), I can assure you that I gave it up because
of overwhelming evidence from actual scientists doing actual science under scientific rules. Not because some gibbering idiot wearing
a pendant depicting some guy nailed to a tree on it read otherwise in a poorly translated ghost story.
And on another note, if you are in fact a physician, then keep your fucking evolution-denying hands the hell off of me. It'll
be hard enough to lie in a sickbed without having to adjust my posture to look down on you. Especially if you bring in the prayer nurses.
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Given who conceived of and produced the NCLB Act (hint: it starts with W, and ends in 2009), it argues less against socialism than it does of a one-party government fully bought and paid for by industrial interests.
Oh, but that pisses on your precious socialism-bashing. Please, do go on.
Another stupid comparison. Quoting the per capita spending per child is pointless without normalizing according to the cost of living in each state. For example, of the four places in South Dakota it is possible to live, you can buy a 4000 square foot house for what it costs to rent a crack-loft in New York City. Honestly, I'm surprised to see Massachusetts so high on the quality list, given what it must cost to live within 100 miles of Boston.
As for states like Arkansas, all the money in the world wouldn't help. Trying to teach those hayseeds anything beyond basic cipherin' is pounding sand.
Of course it's relevant to Slashdot — he uses an iPhone. Which just goes to show how great a product it is; I mean, who knew it could handle that level of fire and brimstone?
Please. Plenty of leaders regardless of party say that. Reagen (sic) in my opinion was particularly good at recognizing when his ideals didn't mesh with reality on the ground.
Let's see, would this be the "ketchup is a vegetable" Reagan or the "trees cause 90% of pollution" Reagan. I can only assume, since the topic is science, that you didn't mean the "I did not trade arms for hostages" Reagan.
Slashdot Mirror
I can't remember its name right now. Damn, what's that app called, the one that displays the BSOD?
I refer you the storming of The Golden Temple. You can argue that it was a political act against a separatist movement, but I don't think Indira Gandhi's guards would agree with you. As to the general tolerance of Hinduism in the context of being better at accepting "insults" than other faiths, it's a pity that Deepa Mehta doesn't have a slashdot account to make a few points.
Regardless, I think the original point of my post was muddied; I was not referencing the current level of conflicts between religions and offshoot sects, but rather the usual level of violence seen by those offshoots in their infancy. The argument being that the vehemence of Scientology's attacks on its critics is typical for such a young, um, "religion." Soon enough they'll settle into the usual routine of calmly spouting their bullshit in public in the course of political campaigns and pissing me off with their constant stupidity like all the rest of them.
Romans v. Christian converts
Catholic v. Protestant
Sunni v. Shi'a
Shi'a v. Baha'i
Hundu v. Sikh
Christian v. Mormon
Jew v. (please select one from Column B)
Southern Baptist v. Fossils
Zoroastrians v. (too lazy to Wikipedia it)
Communist v. Other Communist (cults of personality are no different than religions except where their god lives)
Just to point out, I'm not defending Scientology, just making sure that the playing field is level. Makes it easier to set the goddam field on fire and bury it.
Yes, it would take a lot more explanation on their part to convince me that that image is sharper than the corresponding HST image. This could be the result of press office "manglage" (which, sadly, I have experienced firsthand). What I do know is that once they can remove all atmospheric effects from the 200-inch telescope, then the pictures would be twice as sharp as HST, since it is half its size (92 inches).
But my eyes tell me they haven't removed all atmospheric effects yet, and their words aren't convincing.
You made a good choice in posting as Anonymous Coward. Still, it's too bad for you that /. doesn't have the option of posting as Stupid Drooling Fucking Moron.
Once again, for the newbies:
- AAC (ADVANCED Audio Codec) has NOTHING to do with Apple, beyond being their compression scheme of choice. Posting the Wikipedia link would insult us both.
- The iTunes STORE sells tracks that only play on iPods; taking Steve Jobs at his word, this is only due to DRM required by the record companies.
- Most "mp3 players" will play AAC-encoded tracks. It's just a codec for mp4s, after all. If you really can't find one, go to your local community college and take a class on Google.
- If you're really that paranoid about AAC, set iTunes to encode in mp3 before your first rip. Then you will be able to survive in a world where only iPods can play tracks ripped in iTunes. Whatever world that is, because it ain't this one.
Now PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE shut the fuck up.
Apple did not seek a partener ship with AT&T, per se; they sought a partnership with a cellco with the infrastructure they needed for the features in the iPhone. That left them two choices: AT&T and Verizon. Verizon didn't like the deal, so bowed out.
And as much as people bitch about the terms of the agreement with AT&T, imagine what additional terms Verizon wanted made in its favor to seal the deal. I can only imagine they were as consumer-friendly as those made by UMG and NBC-Universal in recent months.
You'll actually believe it when you see it? I won't believe it until the sound of these things crashing into each other due to the DRM on its anti-collision software is pushed from the front page by the flurry of patent lawsuits over its door-lock mechanism.
Or maybe some force we do understand. Like, say, gravity. Think tidal effects.
I'm not saying that I agree or disagree with the findings, only that we don't have to abandon known physics for some OMG PUPPIES!!! force.
Yeah, not a good guess really, since elliptical galaxies have no (or very little) angular momentum. Their tri-axial shape was frozen in either during star formation or as a result of subsequent mergers, and is maintained by the fact that stellar encounters are elastic (hence no net angular momentum is exchanged).
As for the total angular momentum of the Universe being exactly zero, that's unaffected by this result, although it seems well established from Mach's Principle. (and yes, IAAA, so this post is not ALL bullshit.)
Not at all; I am merely saying that if, for example, I am to get my tap water from a single source, I prefer it not be laden with heroic doses of lead and mercury. My post was meant to address the GPs attempted charge of hypocrisy; unlike a certain chair-tossing torgolodyte in Redmond, I welcome a healthy Linux base despite my personal rejection of the OS. And, were Macs still running on an OS 9 type environment, I probably would have switched six years ago.
But in a world where the only choice were Windows — well, there would not be a buggy fast enough to get me to my Amish conversion ceremony. English.
They (ok, WE) aren't bitching because of Microsoft's control of the marketshare-leading OS; we bitch because of Microsoft's control of the marketshare-leading OS and that it SUCKS. And even that isn't the real problem; the real problem is that it SUCKS and sometimes is REQUIRED. (Examples abound, so I shall avoid annoying myself by listing any.) Did I mention it SUCKS?
No, the key is should HAVE.</pedantic>
And Dubya says that the jury is still out on the existence of particles. But don't worry; Halliburton just got a rocket contract, so Cheney is drawing up plans to invade the Sun.
Mock away, liberal pussies, but neutrinos are Weakly-Interacting particles of low-Mass Destruction.
While that statement is on the face of it true, it is also true that scientists need not hold that debate under rules that violate the basic tenets of science, or with people who are ignorant thereof. There is a difference between reasoned debate between colleagues, and gainsaying from someone whose only passing acquaintance with numbers is a chapter of that name in a 2000 year old book. As someone who has suffered the death of a cherished scientific theory (the closed universe), I can assure you that I gave it up because of overwhelming evidence from actual scientists doing actual science under scientific rules. Not because some gibbering idiot wearing a pendant depicting some guy nailed to a tree on it read otherwise in a poorly translated ghost story.
And on another note, if you are in fact a physician, then keep your fucking evolution-denying hands the hell off of me. It'll be hard enough to lie in a sickbed without having to adjust my posture to look down on you. Especially if you bring in the prayer nurses.
Given who conceived of and produced the NCLB Act (hint: it starts with W, and ends in 2009), it argues less against socialism than it does of a one-party government fully bought and paid for by industrial interests.
Oh, but that pisses on your precious socialism-bashing. Please, do go on.
Another stupid comparison. Quoting the per capita spending per child is pointless without normalizing according to the cost of living in each state. For example, of the four places in South Dakota it is possible to live, you can buy a 4000 square foot house for what it costs to rent a crack-loft in New York City. Honestly, I'm surprised to see Massachusetts so high on the quality list, given what it must cost to live within 100 miles of Boston.
As for states like Arkansas, all the money in the world wouldn't help. Trying to teach those hayseeds anything beyond basic cipherin' is pounding sand.
I started a list, but rather than underline my geek-dom of All Things Trek, I'll just demonstrate a mastery of Some Things Interweb:
Kirk's Bedpost Notches
In my defense, there were a couple that even I couldn't remember.
Of course it's relevant to Slashdot — he uses an iPhone. Which just goes to show how great a product it is; I mean, who knew it could handle that level of fire and brimstone?
Al-Qaeda has Weapons of Mass Media!
Some are born celibate, others achieve celibacy, and still others have celibacy thrust upon them. Welcome to Group Three, /.ers!
Yeah, but his guitar pick only cost him sixpence.
I hope that the seven of you who get that joke enjoyed it.
Let's see, would this be the "ketchup is a vegetable" Reagan or the "trees cause 90% of pollution" Reagan. I can only assume, since the topic is science, that you didn't mean the "I did not trade arms for hostages" Reagan.
And even sillier when he said it Chinese...
"DO NOT WAAAANNNTTTT!!!!"
True — but he also said "render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's." The only difference today is that we get to pick our flavor of Caesar.
I dunno — if your taint comprises 14% of your body, maybe software licensing isn't your largest concern.