Read the bible (bare with me) there are a multitude of instructions that say "do this, and that will happen" so I went and did what it said and lo and behold, what the bible said would happen happened.
Isn't that as good as the proof Science needs as stated in previous posts?
"then you have to equally admit that to watch a TV show (which is provided to you free on the assumption that you will watch commercials) and don't watch the commercials (turn off the tv, leave the room, switch channels...), then you are "stealing" that TV program"
What about Cable, I am paying a monthly fee in order to watch the programs on the channels I get for themoney I pay... I don't remember any agreement that said I have to watch commercials...
not that I disagree with you but it pisses me off that I pay for cable but yet they still edit out what I want see (laguage and nudity) and put commercials in that I don't want to see.
ianal but im pretty sure that entrapment defined by law is when the police create an environment where a normal person would be enticed into committing a crime they otherwise would not commit.
That is why it is entraptment for any police officer to offer to sell you or buy drugs from you, but not if you make the offer to them.
E.g. if the cop says "hey wanna buy some *drugs*", or "can you score some *drugs* for me" then that is entraptment.
If you ask a cop if they want to buy *drugs* or if they can get you *drugs*, even if they do it is not entraptment...
watch "COPS" sometime and notice what the undercover cops actually say, it is usually along the lines of:
Female Cop posed as prostitute- "hey so what are you doing out here" OR "hey, what are you looking for?"
Male cop posed as hitman - "So want did you want me to do?" or "I heard you had a problem you needed help with?"
You can usually get someone to incriminate themselves pretty easily when they are looking to commit a crime.
I dunno, personally I thought Halo stunk, ok storyline, shitty guns (machine guns that shoots like a shotgun, wtf!?!?) redundant gameplay (how long do I have to shoot these flood guys?) the only cool thing was the usable vehicles...
SO when i heard of Halo 2 i was like, who cares?
But now that I hear hoobastank likes it I HAVE TO GET THIS GAME... and if britney spears was on the list I would pre-order.
"Weather reporting is remarkably accurate, actually. "
Day to day I would agree with you but you originally said 5 day forcasts which I would say are less than 50% accurate for any of them (4th and 5th day being accurate when given the next 5 days of weather) which is basically the same as guessing...
"What a sadistic deity it is who, once you get eternally cursed for a "gift" won't even let you reap its benefits for sixty centuries!"
Well he didn't want us to have it in the first place now did he, that was the price, you get unlimited ability to learn, but only a short life span. Adam didn't have to eat it...
I could see sadistic if he gave us the gift then punished us also.. it was a choice that was made.
"And the Fundie God is disprovable since a worldwide Noah-scale deluge never happened."
Well if anything it would only disprove that the deluge didn't happen as described in the book (or interpreted), not that there is no christian God...
I have seen some documentaries that try to prove a flood did occur but I don't remember enough of them to make any valid points:)
"while now we determine days in advance what the weather is likely to be using scientific methods."
Determine? Um yah we all can attest to how accurate weather reporting is....
"The greatest triumph of science over religious philosophy in our time, though, has been the revolution of medicine."
In genesis the serpant says that:(paraphrasing) "God doesn't want you to eat from the tree of knowledge because you will become like gods, you will surely not die"
Which is both a lie and the truth (which all great lies are) as we were punished and killed for eating the fruit but because of the gift of knowledge we are becoming like gods, able to predict the weather, cure disease, and control procreation.
If you were going to truely look at it from a scientific standpoint you would not be calling him stupid since there is no "proof" to most of your claims ("and a prior supernova explosion.") just as their is no proof that there isn't a God, so both "theories" are equally valid.
"just as it isn't a leap of faith to go some place devoid of hills (like the ocean), and see that the horizon ends about 26 miles away no matter where you are"
I think it is more telling that they built the Acropolis (sp?) with columns that were slightly bent to compensate for the curvature of the earth, so when looking at the building from far away the columns looked straight.
which shows that even then they could tell the earth wasn't flat.
Actually I believe I saw a news article where bush WAS eating a baby but then it got stuck in his throat and he passed out for a few minutes... I think he hit his head on the barrel of babies beside his easy chair on the way down.
"My momma always told me, when your eating babies always remember to chew THEN swallow" -George Bush
hmmm that might be a good idea, create a p2p network that only shares to other trusted friends, like a "buddy list" then if a RIAA shill tries to find out who is sharing they will be out of luck...
"As far as your claim they aren't working, get a clue. Do some research [internetnews.com]."
LOL, or people just declined to be interviewed when it came to answering questions about shairng music on the internet... seeing as how it is illegal i can see why they would and those who don;t would be more willing to take the survey... there results explained and your arguement is moot...
seriously tho, when i look for a file online I still see thousands of people who have the file and are sharing it.. pretty much anything is out there and available, and now there are multiple networks with true anonimity (sp?) right around the corner.. do you really think these laws will have an effect?
yah but how long until it is a crime to let your kids play games that are deemed "inappropriate"?
The orignial verse of the bill was to not allow kids to purchase any game that is of a certain rating (M and above) so if this passed and I bought the game and gave it to my kids would I be guilty of a crime?
no, it will have a ton of people playing it.... on the imperial side... then you'll have like 3 people on the trooper saide saying "FAIR TEAMS!!! FAIR TEAMS!!!!"
how about my kids can go to any movie I deem appropriate?
As it is right now there is nothing stopping me from renting a R or NC-17 movie and showing it to my kids... same with buying video games for my children... why then should I be stopped from enjoying a movie at a theater with my children when i deem it ok for my kids to see just because of how other people have rated it?
that this is a California law and most of the P2P programs are developed by persons who don't reside in California so then not subject to California's laws and regs?
How can California force a german company to comply in regards to a freeware program distributed on the internet? How can california enforce that when i download this program (I live in CA)and install it I just don't choose to give an email?
"So if you're too lazy to take an active role in parenting your own damned kids, don't expect us to do it for you."
But the problem is noone ever says this, whether it is a company OR public official.
This is why movies restrict viewers, games and music have big labels and now signs and pamphlets, and people can't curse on TV.
Modern day parents are happy enough to have sex and bring children into the world because it helps to boost their ego or social image or for whatever actual reason, but when it comes down to actually raising the child they couldn't be bothered, then they piss and moan when something in the world makes their life harder (because their kid saw it on TV or emulates a game that they played).
Ill make you a deal.. i'll raise my children and protect them from what I deem is harmful, you unfilter my world and stop telling me what is right and wrong.
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"Science is testable, religion isn't"
Read the bible (bare with me) there are a multitude of instructions that say "do this, and that will happen" so I went and did what it said and lo and behold, what the bible said would happen happened.
Isn't that as good as the proof Science needs as stated in previous posts?
I thought man WAS made from dust, cosmic dust that is ....
AND he isn't saying evolution isn't valid, just that god started it all...
"then you have to equally admit that to watch a TV show (which is provided to you free on the assumption that you will watch commercials) and don't watch the commercials (turn off the tv, leave the room, switch channels...), then you are "stealing" that TV program"
What about Cable, I am paying a monthly fee in order to watch the programs on the channels I get for themoney I pay... I don't remember any agreement that said I have to watch commercials...
not that I disagree with you but it pisses me off that I pay for cable but yet they still edit out what I want see (laguage and nudity) and put commercials in that I don't want to see.
"Sorry, but CS:S and DOD:S are (will be) way more fun than HL1:DM ever was or could be."
but the whole point was that CS and DOD were free add-on mods, now you are paying for them.
"And to be fair, the SP is being called one of the best PC FPS games yet concieved."
They also said that about Halo which IMO sucked...
Or you could just buy windows XP corp edition, just enter a key, no activation needed.
ianal but im pretty sure that entrapment defined by law is when the police create an environment where a normal person would be enticed into committing a crime they otherwise would not commit.
That is why it is entraptment for any police officer to offer to sell you or buy drugs from you, but not if you make the offer to them.
E.g. if the cop says "hey wanna buy some *drugs*", or "can you score some *drugs* for me" then that is entraptment.
If you ask a cop if they want to buy *drugs* or if they can get you *drugs*, even if they do it is not entraptment...
watch "COPS" sometime and notice what the undercover cops actually say, it is usually along the lines of:
Female Cop posed as prostitute- "hey so what are you doing out here" OR "hey, what are you looking for?"
Male cop posed as hitman - "So want did you want me to do?" or "I heard you had a problem you needed help with?"
You can usually get someone to incriminate themselves pretty easily when they are looking to commit a crime.
I dunno, personally I thought Halo stunk, ok storyline, shitty guns (machine guns that shoots like a shotgun, wtf!?!?) redundant gameplay (how long do I have to shoot these flood guys?) the only cool thing was the usable vehicles...
SO when i heard of Halo 2 i was like, who cares?
But now that I hear hoobastank likes it I HAVE TO GET THIS GAME... and if britney spears was on the list I would pre-order.
"Lol. I'm not an MSCE at all (I think that's what you meant to say, not MCSE)."
Isn't is Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer?
"he managed to get the game through a friend what are the chances he won't let you play?"
OR what are the chances he won't just download the ISO from bitorrent or Kazza?
"Weather reporting is remarkably accurate, actually. "
:)
Day to day I would agree with you but you originally said 5 day forcasts which I would say are less than 50% accurate for any of them (4th and 5th day being accurate when given the next 5 days of weather) which is basically the same as guessing...
"What a sadistic deity it is who, once you get eternally cursed for a "gift" won't even let you reap its benefits for sixty centuries!"
Well he didn't want us to have it in the first place now did he, that was the price, you get unlimited ability to learn, but only a short life span. Adam didn't have to eat it...
I could see sadistic if he gave us the gift then punished us also.. it was a choice that was made.
"And the Fundie God is disprovable since a worldwide Noah-scale deluge never happened."
Well if anything it would only disprove that the deluge didn't happen as described in the book (or interpreted), not that there is no christian God...
I have seen some documentaries that try to prove a flood did occur but I don't remember enough of them to make any valid points
"while now we determine days in advance what the weather is likely to be using scientific methods."
Determine? Um yah we all can attest to how accurate weather reporting is....
"The greatest triumph of science over religious philosophy in our time, though, has been the revolution of medicine."
In genesis the serpant says that:(paraphrasing) "God doesn't want you to eat from the tree of knowledge because you will become like gods, you will surely not die"
Which is both a lie and the truth (which all great lies are) as we were punished and killed for eating the fruit but because of the gift of knowledge we are becoming like gods, able to predict the weather, cure disease, and control procreation.
If you were going to truely look at it from a scientific standpoint you would not be calling him stupid since there is no "proof" to most of your claims ("and a prior supernova explosion.") just as their is no proof that there isn't a God, so both "theories" are equally valid.
"just as it isn't a leap of faith to go some place devoid of hills (like the ocean), and see that the horizon ends about 26 miles away no matter where you are"
I think it is more telling that they built the Acropolis (sp?) with columns that were slightly bent to compensate for the curvature of the earth, so when looking at the building from far away the columns looked straight.
which shows that even then they could tell the earth wasn't flat.
"the scientific debate is closing against us."
Sounds a lot like the tobacco lobby pre-admittance that tobacco causes cancer and is addictive...
"eat babies"
Actually I believe I saw a news article where bush WAS eating a baby but then it got stuck in his throat and he passed out for a few minutes... I think he hit his head on the barrel of babies beside his easy chair on the way down.
"My momma always told me, when your eating babies always remember to chew THEN swallow" -George Bush
nope, I pre-ordered UT2004 and when they actually came into stock they didn;t have enough copies and refunded my money..
hmmm that might be a good idea, create a p2p network that only shares to other trusted friends, like a "buddy list" then if a RIAA shill tries to find out who is sharing they will be out of luck...
"As far as your claim they aren't working, get a clue. Do some research [internetnews.com]."
LOL, or people just declined to be interviewed when it came to answering questions about shairng music on the internet... seeing as how it is illegal i can see why they would and those who don;t would be more willing to take the survey... there results explained and your arguement is moot...
seriously tho, when i look for a file online I still see thousands of people who have the file and are sharing it.. pretty much anything is out there and available, and now there are multiple networks with true anonimity (sp?) right around the corner.. do you really think these laws will have an effect?
yah but how long until it is a crime to let your kids play games that are deemed "inappropriate"?
The orignial verse of the bill was to not allow kids to purchase any game that is of a certain rating (M and above) so if this passed and I bought the game and gave it to my kids would I be guilty of a crime?
"exclusive sexual relationship"
I don't think this is part of prostitution.
"Plain text works are not included. "
.mp3 to .txt and then share it.. will this be enforcable under the law since by defenition i am sharing a text file?
so if I rename my
no, it will have a ton of people playing it.... on the imperial side... then you'll have like 3 people on the trooper saide saying "FAIR TEAMS!!! FAIR TEAMS!!!!"
how about my kids can go to any movie I deem appropriate?
As it is right now there is nothing stopping me from renting a R or NC-17 movie and showing it to my kids... same with buying video games for my children... why then should I be stopped from enjoying a movie at a theater with my children when i deem it ok for my kids to see just because of how other people have rated it?
that this is a California law and most of the P2P programs are developed by persons who don't reside in California so then not subject to California's laws and regs?
How can California force a german company to comply in regards to a freeware program distributed on the internet? How can california enforce that when i download this program (I live in CA)and install it I just don't choose to give an email?
"So if you're too lazy to take an active role in parenting your own damned kids, don't expect us to do it for you."
But the problem is noone ever says this, whether it is a company OR public official.
This is why movies restrict viewers, games and music have big labels and now signs and pamphlets, and people can't curse on TV.
Modern day parents are happy enough to have sex and bring children into the world because it helps to boost their ego or social image or for whatever actual reason, but when it comes down to actually raising the child they couldn't be bothered, then they piss and moan when something in the world makes their life harder (because their kid saw it on TV or emulates a game that they played).
Ill make you a deal.. i'll raise my children and protect them from what I deem is harmful, you unfilter my world and stop telling me what is right and wrong.
but you COULD sign up for one of the temporary email addresses, you know the one's that expire after so many hours... how they gonna track that?