you can't be a good creationist/Catholic if your answer is "well, not really, but..."
The RCC is a big and slow-moving beast, but it does change with the times. All it takes to be a 'good Catholic' is to be firm, reasonable, and level-headed in your beliefs...and be able to articulate them persuasively without self-doubt. The more 'good Catholics' that are out there with progressive beliefs, the quicker the RCC will respond. It seems like you're goal is to "save" the poor Catholics from a "fundamentalist" dogma you don't like... Whether you've made that your 'mission' in life or not, your comments paint a pretty clear picture of where you're head is at.
Really, if you want things to get better, we need to try and meet these guys somewhere in the middle. Helping them to reform their beliefs to be more in line with reality is the best thing we can do to meet that end.
You realize there are different types of metaphors, right? It's a representation...it can be interpreted as a allusion to a greater reality that you and I aren't consciously aware of...of other 'dimensions' if you want to get Quantum about it... Use your imagination. Bottom line... It's about faith...faith that there's something greater than what we can touch/smell/see/hear/taste. Just like any other Christian denomination...
I'm very close friends with a devout Italian-American catholic who grew up in Long Island... You know...the kind that worships the pope? I know how she feels about these things, and she knows how the pope feels about them.
You're peddling anti-christian propaganda, plain and simple. Look at your name for christ's sake. Like I said, I'm not even a Christian and I can smell your schtick all the way over here in Texas.
These ideas can easily be reconciled as ritual metaphors by catholics of even modest intelligence. I'm not even a christian, per se, and I can buy into these two ideas with enough self-honesty to meet the catholic criteria.
It is a frog, and I really hope you're mistaken about Voyager's bastardization of one of Aesop's greatest fables. Not that it would surprise me...coming from one of the post-roddenberry steaming piles of feces...
The latest plan involves an entirely new script written by Card himself.
Every book-gone-movie with a still-living author should be done this way. If the author isn't willing or able to write the entire script, they should be actively involoved in the process- deciding which plot elements are required, approving dialogue, essentially editing the script as it's being created... Sure, not every author is suited for this kind of thinking (ahem: stephenson and his unwillingness to even edit his books down). I still think it's worth a shot, and no author should settle for anything less than having the opportunity to do this.
Voyager didn't write that ending. That's been the standard ending for this fable for...oh...2500 years or so. Besides, it wouldn't really be a fable if it wasn't didactic. Aesop (heard of him?) was known for that sort of thing... You might look into some of his other fables. I'm sure he's written something that might help you with your obstinance.
He set it up for prequels, btw. There was a very long gap between the end of Firefly and the beginning of Serenity. Why doesn't anyone realize this?
That's not to say he didn't plan on continuing with the story beyond Serenity.... It's just that there's plenty of room for more action with the current cast...pre-serenity.
The real reason it'd come in handy is because of a vendor closing shop.
That's just one of many reasons. I agree that it is the most important for some devices but not all... Like I said, there are plenty of reasons. The one I gave was one of the less obvious and more ludicrous...only meant to serve as an example of an alternative to the two most obvious ones which we are all familiar with:
-Using devices for things they were not designed for
-Continuing to use devices after the developer has closed up shop
It would seem that all other reasons probably fall under the two above. Some more worthwhile than others... None of them are "the real reason."
Err...think deeper... What about after we've got food, shelter, and basic communication capabilities nailed down? That 360 might look like a pretty good option for a basic computer that'll run on most any old TV you can get your hands on.
The beauty of open source is that hobbyists can devote their own time and resources to whatever they feel like doing...for fun...for the betterment of mankind...for profit... That's one of the reasons we like to call it free.
I think it's a worthy cause to have an open source operating system working on every piece of equipment that is capable of it. Plenty of reasons it might come in handy some day (post-apocolyptic being the most entertaining one to think about)... Of course, the 360 also happens to have a fair amount of horsepower for the price (for now)...
We had the command line. When file managers with a GUI came along, the command line loyalists scoffed at them. As time went on, a vast majority of command line loyalists grew to appreciate a well designed file manager GUI of some kind. Now, we have type managers, and a lot of them still suck. The file manager loyalists scoff at them, but I'm guessing that most will grow to appreciate a well designed type manager...eventually.
iTunes was the first one to grab me (when I purchased an iPod last month), but I'm still keeping my options open by continuing to organize with a file manager.
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Most of your comments revolve around attacking the delivery of the argument rather than the content of it. That's an old school crap debate technique used to cover the fact that you don't know what your talking about, just that you don't like the opposing opinion.
OK, this is difficult to sort into words, but I think I'm reading a critique of a person's commenting style that utilizes the very technique of which it is critical. I didn't dig into your history, but it doesn't appear that I need to.
Now, I'm even more confused... Am I doing the same thing?
My biggest gripe with MMORPGs is that people seem to confuse them with DOOM.
My biggest gripe with MMORPGs is that people seem to confuse them with their own private D&D sessions with their 15 socially crippled D&D buddies. If you want to play pretend, find a game that suits your needs. If the game doesn't suit your needs, then don't bitch about the players who aren't pandering to your own private fantasy.
Yea, who cares if there's ghosting on all of your text and everything looks like a blurry mess? Oh wait... I DO. I've always been a fan of nvidia because of their driver performance and stability, but their cards have always been known for their substandard 2d visual clarity. The fact that it's 2005, and 3d is king... That's the problem. It's allowed nvidia to be wildly successful while completely ignoring a very important aspect of the end-user experience.
You've never had a problem? Well, you've probably never consciously experienced true 2d clarity. Like all the deaf people out there who think 128kbps mp3s don't sound tinny, you need to open your eyes...
Most deleted scenes I've seen in good movies don't suck at all. On the contrary, they are often awesome scenes that were cut because the studio forced the director to do it. A few of the most common reasons they do this are running time, political correctness, and subtraction in lieu of alternate hollywood cheese that appeals to large audiences. Sometimes the scene is good, but it doesn't really advance the story actively. I've seen deleted scenes with commentary in which the director was downright pissed that they were forced to remove the scenes (girl next door). I've also seen commentary indicating that scenes were removed to leave the story a little more open ended (donnie darko).
We just need Cold War v2.0 with China... That will get us going again. Considering thier space program is picking up space and the liklihood of flareup in relations over the Taiwan issue, we might be well on our way. Yay for space flight!
FTP is a protocol.
HTTP is a protocol.
Bittorrent is a protocol.
See the pattern yet? All of these protocols allow you to transfer data from a remote location to your own. Two of these protocols are included in every web browser known to man. Why not the third?
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you can't be a good creationist/Catholic if your answer is "well, not really, but..." The RCC is a big and slow-moving beast, but it does change with the times. All it takes to be a 'good Catholic' is to be firm, reasonable, and level-headed in your beliefs...and be able to articulate them persuasively without self-doubt. The more 'good Catholics' that are out there with progressive beliefs, the quicker the RCC will respond. It seems like you're goal is to "save" the poor Catholics from a "fundamentalist" dogma you don't like... Whether you've made that your 'mission' in life or not, your comments paint a pretty clear picture of where you're head is at.
Really, if you want things to get better, we need to try and meet these guys somewhere in the middle. Helping them to reform their beliefs to be more in line with reality is the best thing we can do to meet that end.
You realize there are different types of metaphors, right? It's a representation...it can be interpreted as a allusion to a greater reality that you and I aren't consciously aware of...of other 'dimensions' if you want to get Quantum about it... Use your imagination. Bottom line... It's about faith...faith that there's something greater than what we can touch/smell/see/hear/taste. Just like any other Christian denomination...
I'm very close friends with a devout Italian-American catholic who grew up in Long Island... You know...the kind that worships the pope? I know how she feels about these things, and she knows how the pope feels about them.
You're peddling anti-christian propaganda, plain and simple. Look at your name for christ's sake. Like I said, I'm not even a Christian and I can smell your schtick all the way over here in Texas.
These ideas can easily be reconciled as ritual metaphors by catholics of even modest intelligence. I'm not even a christian, per se, and I can buy into these two ideas with enough self-honesty to meet the catholic criteria.
I suppose I deserved that. The google game is fun, isn't it?
It is a frog, and I really hope you're mistaken about Voyager's bastardization of one of Aesop's greatest fables. Not that it would surprise me...coming from one of the post-roddenberry steaming piles of feces...
The latest plan involves an entirely new script written by Card himself.
Every book-gone-movie with a still-living author should be done this way. If the author isn't willing or able to write the entire script, they should be actively involoved in the process- deciding which plot elements are required, approving dialogue, essentially editing the script as it's being created... Sure, not every author is suited for this kind of thinking (ahem: stephenson and his unwillingness to even edit his books down). I still think it's worth a shot, and no author should settle for anything less than having the opportunity to do this.
Voyager didn't write that ending. That's been the standard ending for this fable for...oh...2500 years or so. Besides, it wouldn't really be a fable if it wasn't didactic. Aesop (heard of him?) was known for that sort of thing... You might look into some of his other fables. I'm sure he's written something that might help you with your obstinance.
He set it up for prequels, btw. There was a very long gap between the end of Firefly and the beginning of Serenity. Why doesn't anyone realize this?
That's not to say he didn't plan on continuing with the story beyond Serenity.... It's just that there's plenty of room for more action with the current cast...pre-serenity.
Yeah, a lot more people would have cancer, probably. Yeah, and we'd have a cure by now, probably.
You nailed it...and expanded upon it gracefully. Thanks...
The real reason it'd come in handy is because of a vendor closing shop.
That's just one of many reasons. I agree that it is the most important for some devices but not all... Like I said, there are plenty of reasons. The one I gave was one of the less obvious and more ludicrous...only meant to serve as an example of an alternative to the two most obvious ones which we are all familiar with:
-Using devices for things they were not designed for
-Continuing to use devices after the developer has closed up shop
It would seem that all other reasons probably fall under the two above. Some more worthwhile than others... None of them are "the real reason."
Err...think deeper... What about after we've got food, shelter, and basic communication capabilities nailed down? That 360 might look like a pretty good option for a basic computer that'll run on most any old TV you can get your hands on.
The beauty of open source is that hobbyists can devote their own time and resources to whatever they feel like doing...for fun...for the betterment of mankind...for profit... That's one of the reasons we like to call it free.
I think it's a worthy cause to have an open source operating system working on every piece of equipment that is capable of it. Plenty of reasons it might come in handy some day (post-apocolyptic being the most entertaining one to think about)... Of course, the 360 also happens to have a fair amount of horsepower for the price (for now)...
There's an interesting progression here.
We had the command line. When file managers with a GUI came along, the command line loyalists scoffed at them. As time went on, a vast majority of command line loyalists grew to appreciate a well designed file manager GUI of some kind. Now, we have type managers, and a lot of them still suck. The file manager loyalists scoff at them, but I'm guessing that most will grow to appreciate a well designed type manager...eventually.
iTunes was the first one to grab me (when I purchased an iPod last month), but I'm still keeping my options open by continuing to organize with a file manager.
Most of your comments revolve around attacking the delivery of the argument rather than the content of it. That's an old school crap debate technique used to cover the fact that you don't know what your talking about, just that you don't like the opposing opinion.
OK, this is difficult to sort into words, but I think I'm reading a critique of a person's commenting style that utilizes the very technique of which it is critical. I didn't dig into your history, but it doesn't appear that I need to.
Now, I'm even more confused... Am I doing the same thing?
My biggest gripe with MMORPGs is that people seem to confuse them with DOOM. My biggest gripe with MMORPGs is that people seem to confuse them with their own private D&D sessions with their 15 socially crippled D&D buddies. If you want to play pretend, find a game that suits your needs. If the game doesn't suit your needs, then don't bitch about the players who aren't pandering to your own private fantasy.
Yea, who cares if there's ghosting on all of your text and everything looks like a blurry mess? Oh wait... I DO. I've always been a fan of nvidia because of their driver performance and stability, but their cards have always been known for their substandard 2d visual clarity. The fact that it's 2005, and 3d is king... That's the problem. It's allowed nvidia to be wildly successful while completely ignoring a very important aspect of the end-user experience. You've never had a problem? Well, you've probably never consciously experienced true 2d clarity. Like all the deaf people out there who think 128kbps mp3s don't sound tinny, you need to open your eyes...
Most deleted scenes I've seen in good movies don't suck at all. On the contrary, they are often awesome scenes that were cut because the studio forced the director to do it. A few of the most common reasons they do this are running time, political correctness, and subtraction in lieu of alternate hollywood cheese that appeals to large audiences. Sometimes the scene is good, but it doesn't really advance the story actively. I've seen deleted scenes with commentary in which the director was downright pissed that they were forced to remove the scenes (girl next door). I've also seen commentary indicating that scenes were removed to leave the story a little more open ended (donnie darko).
There isn't really a good alternative to SAP...particularly if that's what a company has been using for years...
molten lava? molten rock? pretty much interchangable
We just need Cold War v2.0 with China... That will get us going again. Considering thier space program is picking up space and the liklihood of flareup in relations over the Taiwan issue, we might be well on our way. Yay for space flight!
Don't be such a ham...
The headline was a joke.
I'm sorry. It had to be said.
FTP is a protocol.
HTTP is a protocol.
Bittorrent is a protocol.
See the pattern yet? All of these protocols allow you to transfer data from a remote location to your own. Two of these protocols are included in every web browser known to man. Why not the third?
What ever happened to detention? Suspension? Expulsion?