Somehow you confused corn with oil. The idea of carbon neutrality is that the plants collect carbon dioxide when growing, release carbon dioxide when burned, collect when growing.......
I think he was referring to the fact that corn takes energy to process. We get that energy usually from coal, which takes carbon.
I go to the US Naval Academy, and I know all the US's military academies and many civillian ones (e.g. CalTech) have some sort of an honor code. Ours contains the following: "Midshipmen are persons of integrity. I will not lie steal or cheat." Those who do are often, although not always, faced with being kicked out or severe punishment.
At a military institue, this is especially important because I don't want to entrust my life to someone willing to sign his name to a safety check he didn't actually complete. Because of this, we actively monitor each other and are willing to councel each other and turn each other in. If an engineer lies, people can die; if a doctor lies, people can die; a lawyer lies, innocent men can be jailed, and guilty men set free; etc. Every serious profession requires a strict code of ethics beyond simply a knowledge of the subject, and therefore every serious university student should be willing to monitor each other for these sorts of breaches in ethics.
Honestly, I'm sure there are a number of human rights violations in the Middle East right now, but was this really one of them? It's a sport like any other. Are children in the US not going to be allowed to ride horses anymore? or play soccer or little league? Somehow I doubt the kids were being tortured, although their parents might have been the soccer-mom equivalents of Kuwait.
I think in this sense, low torque is roughly equivalent with low power. It can get us moving really damn fast, really damn effeciently, but it can't do it very quickly. Therefore, we can't use it to escape earth's gravity.
Letting the weakest die off might seem un-pc and mean in the short term, but in the long term it's helping the human race.
The human race is not necessarily made better by selecting only for intelligence. In your example, modern society has begun placing an increased emphasis on selecting for compassion, team work, and similar less self-centric ideals. I would rather live in a society of stupid nice people that inteligent asses.
I highly recommend all the coders out there check out CodeZoo. Just browsing around I found some extremely nifty little programs that I know I'll be using in the near future. Since I missed the first article, thanks for pointing me to it Slashback.
I think you both have a slightly incorrect concept of the Bible.
The Old Testament tells the story of the Israelites, and tries to show that man cannot function properly without God. All the bad things that people do, people are told to do, happen to people, etc are the direct result of turning away from God and/or following the other religions of the time. The only major exception being the book of Job, which attempts to prove that material concerns should pale in comparisson with Godliness. Christians follow the teachings of Christ, and the Bible contains both good and bad examples of that.
BTW, The Old Testament is actually a very interesting story if you sit down and read it like a novel. I highly recommend it as an interesting peace of literature, even to the non-religious types.
3. It's a gay/liberal/$BUGBEAR conspiricy to undermine "traditional family values" (Fallacy: Appeal to Hatred )
There are really two arguments here:
a. It's a gay/liberal/$BUGBEAR conspiricy
b. it undermines "traditional family values"
Most everyone I know who is against gay marriage uses point b as their reasoning, and IMHO it is a valid argument. Whether or not "traditional family values" are a necessary or good thing may be debatable, but this is certainly no logical fallacy.
On the contrary, they are mutually exclusive. Religion means building a view of the universe based on myths, old-wives tales and cult brainwashing. In religion, nothing can be questioned or challenged, for example Christians cannot challenge what is written in the Bible, even if it is obviously false. Religion tries to explain things by making up absurd stories about gods rather than looking for the simplest logical explanations. Even when these stories are found to be false, anyone claiming such is persecuted.
Almost everything in the preceding paragraph goes against the typical modern Christian beliefs. First of all, contrary to popular belief, the Bible is almost entirely a collection of stories passed down from previous generations to make points about morality and God (especially the Old Testament). Very rarely does the Bible specifically say you should or should not behave a certain way without providing a story to demonstrate why following such a view will make you more spiritually "in tune" with God. Whether the minute details are historically accurate or not is irrelivant for this purpose.
As for the New Testament, whether you accept or deny Christ, the gospels are a collection of eye witness accounts of Jesus's miracles and messages. They should be read as such; it is the messages and trends that are important (of which I've never heard anyone claim inconsistencies), not the minute details (of which I've never found any inconsistencies).
If it refers to optical properties, I imagine this could be the next bullet-proof glass for when you really need to be protected. Could make for some excellent blast shields, a truely bullet-proof helmet w/ face shield, and certainly as windows in the Presidents limo.
Dude, how much karma did you get from this story? All I see is:
dbirchall (191839) +5 Funny
dbirchall (191839) +5 Insightful
dbirchall (191839) +5 Interesting
dbirchall (191839) +5 Informative
I haven't gotten that many +5's in my entire slashdot career!
As an aside, a friend in college was religious because of this very issue. He hated the fact that science couldn't "make up its mind" abut what was true or not
Somehow, I doubt he decided to suddenly become a Christian, Buddist, or Muslim just because a new subatomic particle was discovered that "updated" scientific knowledge. More likely, he had already found some sort of spiritual faith. When explaining that faith to you (or someone else), he noticed that many "non-religious" people seem to dedicate themselves to science in a religious, almost spiritual manner. They believe that the creation is more important than the creator, so to speak, and devote themselves to its study. Despite what many a/non-theists seem to believe, most religious people actually have an IQ above 2 and can think critically for themselves.
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There's supposed to be 9 brains at the end of the song. You only put 8. Chump.
Somehow you confused corn with oil. The idea of carbon neutrality is that the plants collect carbon dioxide when growing, release carbon dioxide when burned, collect when growing .......
I think he was referring to the fact that corn takes energy to process. We get that energy usually from coal, which takes carbon.
I go to the US Naval Academy, and I know all the US's military academies and many civillian ones (e.g. CalTech) have some sort of an honor code. Ours contains the following: "Midshipmen are persons of integrity. I will not lie steal or cheat." Those who do are often, although not always, faced with being kicked out or severe punishment.
At a military institue, this is especially important because I don't want to entrust my life to someone willing to sign his name to a safety check he didn't actually complete. Because of this, we actively monitor each other and are willing to councel each other and turn each other in. If an engineer lies, people can die; if a doctor lies, people can die; a lawyer lies, innocent men can be jailed, and guilty men set free; etc. Every serious profession requires a strict code of ethics beyond simply a knowledge of the subject, and therefore every serious university student should be willing to monitor each other for these sorts of breaches in ethics.
Honestly, I'm sure there are a number of human rights violations in the Middle East right now, but was this really one of them? It's a sport like any other. Are children in the US not going to be allowed to ride horses anymore? or play soccer or little league? Somehow I doubt the kids were being tortured, although their parents might have been the soccer-mom equivalents of Kuwait.
the best way to avoid a war is to make sure that the US has overwhelming military superiority
Last I checked, huge devistating wars have only been fought by people with overwhelmingly huge militaries.
I think in this sense, low torque is roughly equivalent with low power. It can get us moving really damn fast, really damn effeciently, but it can't do it very quickly. Therefore, we can't use it to escape earth's gravity.
Letting the weakest die off might seem un-pc and mean in the short term, but in the long term it's helping the human race.
The human race is not necessarily made better by selecting only for intelligence. In your example, modern society has begun placing an increased emphasis on selecting for compassion, team work, and similar less self-centric ideals. I would rather live in a society of stupid nice people that inteligent asses.
I highly recommend all the coders out there check out CodeZoo. Just browsing around I found some extremely nifty little programs that I know I'll be using in the near future. Since I missed the first article, thanks for pointing me to it Slashback.
I think you both have a slightly incorrect concept of the Bible.
The Old Testament tells the story of the Israelites, and tries to show that man cannot function properly without God. All the bad things that people do, people are told to do, happen to people, etc are the direct result of turning away from God and/or following the other religions of the time. The only major exception being the book of Job, which attempts to prove that material concerns should pale in comparisson with Godliness. Christians follow the teachings of Christ, and the Bible contains both good and bad examples of that.
BTW, The Old Testament is actually a very interesting story if you sit down and read it like a novel. I highly recommend it as an interesting peace of literature, even to the non-religious types.
Couldn't the intense energy vaporize it?
Without TV lets hope that they... do something about their situation.
You don't need money to be happy.
You don't need money to contribute to society.
Poverty != Useless.
Dude, they gave you an offer to attract more new customers. Every company runs "for a limitted time only" or "sign on bonus" campeigns. TANSTAAFL.
I was thinking organized crime in a different way:
1. Sony hacks and releases the codes for their competitors
2. ???
3. Profit!
Don't think I didn't notice the ref=ase_anydistancecom in that little link of yours. For shame.
3. It's a gay/liberal/$BUGBEAR conspiricy to undermine "traditional family values" (Fallacy: Appeal to Hatred )
There are really two arguments here:
a. It's a gay/liberal/$BUGBEAR conspiricy
b. it undermines "traditional family values"
Most everyone I know who is against gay marriage uses point b as their reasoning, and IMHO it is a valid argument. Whether or not "traditional family values" are a necessary or good thing may be debatable, but this is certainly no logical fallacy.
The article might have well said it is probably cold in Antartica too.
Don't forget to tell the Chinese.
Most people would not spend the hours to write the program if they knew it was infringing a patent.
http://snopes.com/sports/football/election.asp According to Snopes, Redskins have had magical powers since 1936.
On the contrary, they are mutually exclusive. Religion means building a view of the universe based on myths, old-wives tales and cult brainwashing. In religion, nothing can be questioned or challenged, for example Christians cannot challenge what is written in the Bible, even if it is obviously false. Religion tries to explain things by making up absurd stories about gods rather than looking for the simplest logical explanations. Even when these stories are found to be false, anyone claiming such is persecuted.
Almost everything in the preceding paragraph goes against the typical modern Christian beliefs. First of all, contrary to popular belief, the Bible is almost entirely a collection of stories passed down from previous generations to make points about morality and God (especially the Old Testament). Very rarely does the Bible specifically say you should or should not behave a certain way without providing a story to demonstrate why following such a view will make you more spiritually "in tune" with God. Whether the minute details are historically accurate or not is irrelivant for this purpose.
As for the New Testament, whether you accept or deny Christ, the gospels are a collection of eye witness accounts of Jesus's miracles and messages. They should be read as such; it is the messages and trends that are important (of which I've never heard anyone claim inconsistencies), not the minute details (of which I've never found any inconsistencies).
Finally! An insightful comment on slashdot.
If it refers to optical properties, I imagine this could be the next bullet-proof glass for when you really need to be protected. Could make for some excellent blast shields, a truely bullet-proof helmet w/ face shield, and certainly as windows in the Presidents limo.
Dude, how much karma did you get from this story? All I see is:
dbirchall (191839) +5 Funny
dbirchall (191839) +5 Insightful
dbirchall (191839) +5 Interesting
dbirchall (191839) +5 Informative
I haven't gotten that many +5's in my entire slashdot career!
As an aside, a friend in college was religious because of this very issue. He hated the fact that science couldn't "make up its mind" abut what was true or not
Somehow, I doubt he decided to suddenly become a Christian, Buddist, or Muslim just because a new subatomic particle was discovered that "updated" scientific knowledge. More likely, he had already found some sort of spiritual faith. When explaining that faith to you (or someone else), he noticed that many "non-religious" people seem to dedicate themselves to science in a religious, almost spiritual manner. They believe that the creation is more important than the creator, so to speak, and devote themselves to its study. Despite what many a/non-theists seem to believe, most religious people actually have an IQ above 2 and can think critically for themselves.
So what you're saying is that women are like evil hiring managers?
No, he's blaming India that slashbots can't get jobs.