Sometimes there are services that don't have another option for online payment *other* than PayPal. It kind of sucks, but there it is. Just make sure you never keep any money in the account. PayPal's been pulling this kind of shit for years. I'm surprised no one has taken them to court over it yet (or if they had, why it hasn't made the news).
Observational science doesn't disprove ideas about origins. Those ideas can't be tested scientifically. All that can be done really is to interpret the data in the context of your preferred presuppositional research framework. That's what materialistic scientists do... that's what scientists who believe in a young universe do.
Again, this is wrong. The "Young Universe" so-called theory can easily be tested scientifically, and every bit of data says that it's false. In fact, it is for that reason it should not even be called a theory since theories are supposed to have the benefit of empirical data to back them up.
People familiar with evolution do not assume creationists are wrong. We know they are wrong based on observational science. Creation myth may be an interesting story to tell and an important part of our (or any other) culture, but for people to even take it seriously as fact is delusion held to the highest form of grandeur.
Clearly we need to be feeding the youth of America more Corn Flakes, since they have been scientifically proven to subdue the carnal desires of young men and reduce their masturbational tendencies!
Re:Whatever happened to Perl 6?
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I love Perl, but I'm curious. Whatever happened to Perl 6? I remember hearing about it way back when I was in grad school, which was a long time ago.
Perl 6 isn't dead, per se. A quick google search shows that there are a few implementations running around, although none are even close to production-ready yet. Here's the Perl 6 portal, in case you were wondering.
I did run and download one of the more complete implementations, and part of the problem I think is that perl 6 is not ANYTHING like perl 5. The reason I use perl at all, and the only reason I still use perl 5 TO THIS DAY is the regex capabilities. They completely ripped that out of perl 6 and re-implemented it to make it more user-friendly, and they did so poorly, IMHO. Instead of calling htis perl 6, they should have named it something completely different. Call it "perl" does a disservice to what made perl so powerful in the first place.
Yes, never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of disks hurtling down the highway. The latency, on the other hand, leaves much to be desired, and I've heard the packet loss can be downright fatal.
Not only is it possible that those statements you made are true, we have direct evidence, through DNA testing (voluntary of course) that showed common ancestery across vast swaths of populations. It does teeter on the edge of "dangerous" discussion, but it's true that if you go far back enough we're all related to each other somehow. Isaac and the rest of the people you mentioned have lived long enough ago for them to be true ancestors, so to speak.
What does it mean in the long run? In my opinion, not a whole lot. Other people's opinions may differ from mine.
Relativity is felt by orbitting GPS sattelites all the time. If they had relied totally on Newtonian physics without taking into account Einsteinian physics to make the adjustments, the accumulative error would render the satellites useless within days. The reason is that the clocks in those satellites are counting time slightly slower (to our perspective) when compared to the ones we have lying around on Earth. There was also that gravity probe sent up to measure "frame-dragging", one of the more obscure of Einstein's conclusions. Relativity is well observed by now.
Quantum physics is also well-observed and well-proven. Ask any CPU engineer at Intel, IBM, AMD, or Sun and ask them if "Quantum Tunneling" can be a problem for their ever-shrinking capacitors in the CPU core. Electrons that are supposed to be held in capacitors (sort of like a short-term holding tank for an electric charge). Quantum tunneling is a phenomenon where one or more electrons in the holding tank "spill out" of the capacitor. This leakage can be disasterous for the reliability of traditional computer systems.
Also they are already building proof-of-concept quantum computers TODAY. Right now they are very primitive and can't perform any task too complex, but the same could be said for the original microprocessor when they built that, too. But they do exist and they do function.
So, Relativity and Quantum physics/mechanics/etc are all well-known and are felt in real-life scenarios. Just because they are wierd doesn't make them false or "unproven". I do think String Theory needs to get into a lab as a testable solution to the answer of the Universe it was supposed to bring us before I give it too much creedence, however.
In physics, the simpler answers tend to be the correct ones. Note that General Relativity is far more complex than Newtonian physics, though it's universally accepted that the former is the correct theiry. Newtonian physics is regarded as a reasonable approximation most times. It's why it's still taught in schools (you don't need to take relativity into account when measuring the momentum of a car going down the freeway, for example).
When someone performs this behavior online, they get banned, most of the time when you're talking about web blogs (not news groups;). It seems fitting that engaging in this behavior results in similar circumstances in the real world as well.
Are we living in a more beligerent society these days? I know it's off-topic slightly but it's a side note worth mentioning.
Point 1: God is god of us all, even those that don't worship Him.
How I wish more American Christains take this view (I speak as an American Christain, though not a horribly faithful one... in the institution that is, not God himself).
Point 2: The vikings were rather thoroughly Christianized. It's actually where the baptists come from (to grossly oversimplify.)
The impression I got from studying history was that though many Viking literary works were Christainized, the Vikings themselves were not until very late in the game. Granted, this probably helped end their plundering, barbaristic ways, but stating the Viking were "thoroughly Christain" is sort of like saying my dog is "thoroughly feline". Last I checked, there isn't a modern tendency to worship Thor, the Thunder God.
Point 3: Even before christianization, the norsemen (inclusive of vikings) had the most Christian of pagan religons. "Life sucks, but live well anyway" is a powerful moral.
Except for that whole plundering, looting, and raping thing that they were famous for...
Um, not to take the wind out of your sails or anything, but the Vikings were not Christain. Though I suppose God loves all, of course, but the meaning of your argument tends to lean towards the ludicrous.;)
I disagree with you. If I had mod points I would mod this down, not up.
Folks, *someone* had to write the rules. I thank God that it was done by a group of people that had as much foresight as the founding fathers did.
These attempts at "tearing down society" sicken me, since folks who do this do this in the name of "preserving culture" with complete disregard to actuall doing any preserving of culture. The folks who are waving their arms up and down are the new liberals... "whine until you get your way" is the new mantra.
Ah well... it's time for me to have a drink and to toast our downfall into the second dark age.
I make no distinction between "sci-fi" and "science fiction". They are the same. Hell, one is an abreviation of the other. The nits being picked here are literally making me nauseous.
Nope. Try again. Evolution can occur incrementally. You hypothesis implies that it connot. Um, no, sorry. Please come back again later when you can pay the tab.;^)
The problem with the theory wasn't so much you couldn't move faster than the speed of light (apparently this was a valid way to "cheat" according to the calculations). It was that the amount of energy required to maintain such a bubble would be powerful enough to instantly destroy any event causing this phenomenon in the first place (aka a warp drive). It was akin to being inside a extremely unstable black hole.
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Sometimes there are services that don't have another option for online payment *other* than PayPal. It kind of sucks, but there it is. Just make sure you never keep any money in the account. PayPal's been pulling this kind of shit for years. I'm surprised no one has taken them to court over it yet (or if they had, why it hasn't made the news).
Observational science doesn't disprove ideas about origins. Those ideas can't be tested scientifically. All that can be done really is to interpret the data in the context of your preferred presuppositional research framework. That's what materialistic scientists do... that's what scientists who believe in a young universe do.
Again, this is wrong. The "Young Universe" so-called theory can easily be tested scientifically, and every bit of data says that it's false. In fact, it is for that reason it should not even be called a theory since theories are supposed to have the benefit of empirical data to back them up.
People familiar with evolution do not assume creationists are wrong. We know they are wrong based on observational science. Creation myth may be an interesting story to tell and an important part of our (or any other) culture, but for people to even take it seriously as fact is delusion held to the highest form of grandeur.
I... I just learned something new!
I can't wait to tell my friends and family. "Hey guys, I just learned a new term for 'masturbational'!"
Clearly we need to be feeding the youth of America more Corn Flakes, since they have been scientifically proven to subdue the carnal desires of young men and reduce their masturbational tendencies!
I love Perl, but I'm curious. Whatever happened to Perl 6? I remember hearing about it way back when I was in grad school, which was a long time ago.
Perl 6 isn't dead, per se. A quick google search shows that there are a few implementations running around, although none are even close to production-ready yet. Here's the Perl 6 portal, in case you were wondering.
I did run and download one of the more complete implementations, and part of the problem I think is that perl 6 is not ANYTHING like perl 5. The reason I use perl at all, and the only reason I still use perl 5 TO THIS DAY is the regex capabilities. They completely ripped that out of perl 6 and re-implemented it to make it more user-friendly, and they did so poorly, IMHO. Instead of calling htis perl 6, they should have named it something completely different. Call it "perl" does a disservice to what made perl so powerful in the first place.
Yes, never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of disks hurtling down the highway. The latency, on the other hand, leaves much to be desired, and I've heard the packet loss can be downright fatal.
Not only is it possible that those statements you made are true, we have direct evidence, through DNA testing (voluntary of course) that showed common ancestery across vast swaths of populations. It does teeter on the edge of "dangerous" discussion, but it's true that if you go far back enough we're all related to each other somehow. Isaac and the rest of the people you mentioned have lived long enough ago for them to be true ancestors, so to speak.
What does it mean in the long run? In my opinion, not a whole lot. Other people's opinions may differ from mine.
Here's an example for the curious.
Relativity is felt by orbitting GPS sattelites all the time. If they had relied totally on Newtonian physics without taking into account Einsteinian physics to make the adjustments, the accumulative error would render the satellites useless within days. The reason is that the clocks in those satellites are counting time slightly slower (to our perspective) when compared to the ones we have lying around on Earth. There was also that gravity probe sent up to measure "frame-dragging", one of the more obscure of Einstein's conclusions. Relativity is well observed by now.
Quantum physics is also well-observed and well-proven. Ask any CPU engineer at Intel, IBM, AMD, or Sun and ask them if "Quantum Tunneling" can be a problem for their ever-shrinking capacitors in the CPU core. Electrons that are supposed to be held in capacitors (sort of like a short-term holding tank for an electric charge). Quantum tunneling is a phenomenon where one or more electrons in the holding tank "spill out" of the capacitor. This leakage can be disasterous for the reliability of traditional computer systems.
Also they are already building proof-of-concept quantum computers TODAY. Right now they are very primitive and can't perform any task too complex, but the same could be said for the original microprocessor when they built that, too. But they do exist and they do function.
So, Relativity and Quantum physics/mechanics/etc are all well-known and are felt in real-life scenarios. Just because they are wierd doesn't make them false or "unproven". I do think String Theory needs to get into a lab as a testable solution to the answer of the Universe it was supposed to bring us before I give it too much creedence, however.
Ok, no problem. I can do it.
:^)
You first.
Sir, your reply gets three snaps and one "You go, girl!"
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*snap* snap* snap* You go, girl!
"Quick guys, we gotta find a way to spin the Earth up really fast so we can call our elevator geosyncronous. There's $50,000 at stake, people!"
In physics, the simpler answers tend to be the correct ones. Note that General Relativity is far more complex than Newtonian physics, though it's universally accepted that the former is the correct theiry. Newtonian physics is regarded as a reasonable approximation most times. It's why it's still taught in schools (you don't need to take relativity into account when measuring the momentum of a car going down the freeway, for example).
When someone performs this behavior online, they get banned, most of the time when you're talking about web blogs (not news groups ;). It seems fitting that engaging in this behavior results in similar circumstances in the real world as well.
Are we living in a more beligerent society these days? I know it's off-topic slightly but it's a side note worth mentioning.
I tried my company's ticker symbol, and got "invalid result". Then I remembered we merged with someone else, and all was well again.
Boxey will come back... he apparently, um, grew a bit. "Shot up like a weed" was the term used IIRC.
I did like the one line he was given in the new show.
Colonel Tigh: Hey kid, where's your mother?
Boxey: She's dead. Where's yours?
Point 1: God is god of us all, even those that don't worship Him.
How I wish more American Christains take this view (I speak as an American Christain, though not a horribly faithful one... in the institution that is, not God himself).
Point 2: The vikings were rather thoroughly Christianized. It's actually where the baptists come from (to grossly oversimplify.)
The impression I got from studying history was that though many Viking literary works were Christainized, the Vikings themselves were not until very late in the game. Granted, this probably helped end their plundering, barbaristic ways, but stating the Viking were "thoroughly Christain" is sort of like saying my dog is "thoroughly feline". Last I checked, there isn't a modern tendency to worship Thor, the Thunder God.
Point 3: Even before christianization, the norsemen (inclusive of vikings) had the most Christian of pagan religons. "Life sucks, but live well anyway" is a powerful moral.
Except for that whole plundering, looting, and raping thing that they were famous for...
Um, not to take the wind out of your sails or anything, but the Vikings were not Christain. Though I suppose God loves all, of course, but the meaning of your argument tends to lean towards the ludicrous. ;)
China's not happy since they are the fireworks experts. They don't want to be outdone.
;^)
I kid.
I disagree with you. If I had mod points I would mod this down, not up.
Folks, *someone* had to write the rules. I thank God that it was done by a group of people that had as much foresight as the founding fathers did.
These attempts at "tearing down society" sicken me, since folks who do this do this in the name of "preserving culture" with complete disregard to actuall doing any preserving of culture. The folks who are waving their arms up and down are the new liberals... "whine until you get your way" is the new mantra.
Ah well... it's time for me to have a drink and to toast our downfall into the second dark age.
I would guess this has already happened. ;)
I am guessing, by the way. However, I'd be surprised if I wasn't right.
I make no distinction between "sci-fi" and "science fiction". They are the same. Hell, one is an abreviation of the other. The nits being picked here are literally making me nauseous.
Nope. Try again. Evolution can occur incrementally. You hypothesis implies that it connot. Um, no, sorry. Please come back again later when you can pay the tab. ;^)
The problem with the theory wasn't so much you couldn't move faster than the speed of light (apparently this was a valid way to "cheat" according to the calculations). It was that the amount of energy required to maintain such a bubble would be powerful enough to instantly destroy any event causing this phenomenon in the first place (aka a warp drive). It was akin to being inside a extremely unstable black hole.
I replaced the guy who invented the small Perl script to replace the snooze button with a small Perl script.