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Nonsense and poppycock. Here's why. Assume you have a Red and Blue team. Now assume that the players are all males. Because the players are male you have one huge elephant in the room which cancels out your "color-win" theories. - A large percentage of males are color deficient or color blind. Now let's make this even more confusing for the color clinds: introduce two more teams; a green and a light brown. Now you have thoroughly confused the color blind males. Let's make it even more possible to disprove your color hypotheses by controlling the teams so that all the players on all teams have at least some variation of color blindness.
In order for something to reach "theory" status in science it must be controlled and as many variables as possible thrown at it in an attempt to DISPROVE it. When that happens, and third parties do the same or even other tests (peer review) it is elevated to the status of theory, which is the closest thing to "fact" that science will say.
Simply because some studies show that "red" has an advantage does NOT mean that all possibilities were actually thrown at it to disprove it. You can find all sorts of studies on a myriad of topics with a conclusion but that doesn't mean their conclusion is true or even sound. For example, if the media and Victoria's Secret is believed then it would seem that that late 20th century men (and apparently women want to be like) preferred tall women with blond hair, blue eyes and a medium to large breast build, yet every weekend there are marriages to woman with dark hair, dark eyes and flat chests who their mate thinks is the most gorgeous woman on the planet.
"the hackers took over?" - what a bunch of molarchy. I and the rest of my generation cut our teeth on Commodore64's and AppleII's. Those had no gui, or wysiwyg tools in the beginning. BASIC was taught in 7th grade as a class! Kid's today don't even have "computer science" class where they actually learn how to use a computer and why it does and how it does what it does. Instead they have "MSFT Office class". As a result they don't know that the Word icon is actually telling the computer to run c:\program files\office\word.exe (for example) so they are stumped when an icon gets deleted and wonder why they get viruses after using KAzaa so much.
OLPC is an attempt to go back to really teaching computers. The system isn't "hard" it's just not familiar because we've let MSFT hold people's hand to freaking long which has made us all lapdogs.
nonsense. "e-paper" isn't "rapidly" gaining momentum at all. Years ago I had a Palm Pilot and I used it for note taking in classes, writing rough drafts, and e-book writing and I loved it. Then for rather unknown reasons the format just died. People wanted to carry stupid cell phones instead which don't have near the screen size nor a stylus.
If "e-paper" is actually advancing it will come from the only truly useful phone/palm-pilot/mp3 player device ever made - the iPhone.
EULA's on hardware like the game consoles should be illegal. We buy those, they are not returnable later if we discover a feature of it we don't agree with. They shouldn't give a damn if I mod it or even find a way to make it control the temperatures on my refrigerator. I have had it with these proprietary attitudes companies have and have slowly come to fully understand "freedom" that OSS-only people talk about.
The problem is that with DRM chips like this starting to come out its only a matter of time before the computer motherboards have EULA's on them like game consoles do as well and forbid us to use them for anything but an "approved" OS. The stupid code built into DELL motherboards and their version of Windows is bad enough as it is. Equally stupid is having to re-activate windows everytime we change hardware. I even had to call MSFT for re-activation after I upgraded RAM!
they won't learn. The announcement is just a marketing ploy to get the suits at the software companies to pressure the motherboard makers to include this chip thereby causing Bushnell to make lots of money. The end result will be (as usual) that the paying customer will have a bitch of a time actually installing the game as it will likely be like windows and other encrypted games that only work on the first set of hardware installed and only activate once. IOW the legitimate user will be inconvinienced while the "pirates" have an easier time using it. So then the legitimate user will seek out the pirated versions to actually play the game they bought.
Old Testament! Fun. I can do that too. Take a gander at this OT family "value" that you'll never hear preached on or read in your church:
Abraham married his sister and god blessed the marriage: Gen ch. 17 and 20
Abe had many slave sluts Gen. 25:6
Jacob "has" both sisters Gen 29
god kills Er, Judah tells Onan to rape Er's wife but Onan at least has the decensy to not ejaculate in her which makes god mad that he didn't ejaculate in her so god kills him Gen. 38. This wonderful story you'll never hear in Sunday school yet it is the basis for church teachings against masturbation and birth control.
God murders children Gen. 12
God decides girl babies are dirtier than boy babies Gen 12
Kids who yell at their parents should be killed Gen. 20
If your son is stubborn and rebellious don't use Dr. Dobson's "Tough Love" - just stone them Deut. 21.
many more wonderful "family values" can be quickly found then verified at http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/fv/long.html
and yes, I read all those long before I ever even discovered that handy Concordance.
Well it depends on how the word is used. In general I agree with your assessment of the word but in broader academic sense it applies to any religion but the difference between cult and religion is something more subtle - secrecy and mystery. It is when one considers secrecy that even groups like the Mormons fall into the category. Granted, their secrets are actually out due to those who escaped it but the Mormons, like the Scientologists do their best to discredit them and damage control the "secrets" they spill.
In contrast, we can go to a public library to find out the full doctrines of the Catholics, Lutherans, and various evangelicals. Granted we can do that for Scientology and Mormonism too but the difference is they discredit or condone only those they "approve." In other words they don't allow independent inquiry and full disclosure.
so true but the use of the word in the vernacular has rendered the meaning of the word useless. We live in a state of "feelings" now instead of rationality thus the "politically incorrect" movement which seeks to gag freedom of speech in the US. Although it seems obvious now that Britain still doesn't have freedom of speech so perhaps my point is moot.
Yea I hear you hedwards. Apart from programmers who would probably use a full VM program anyway I don't see the use of this "application." Windows on Linux is useful for obvious reasons, there are things Windows can do that Linux can't (for various reasons) but there's nothing Linux can do that Windows can't.
you forgot:
3) because they blocked you from watching their show they kept you from seeing the products they advertise so their advertisers paid for a set of eyeballs that didn't get the chance to see it. Therefore not only did customer b (you) get pooped on by the network but so did customer a (their advertiser).
The premise of the argument is incorrect because the broadcasters are also a customer of MicroSoft.
The cat was let out of the bag long ago that Vista had far more DRM features than XP so when they accepted the EULA they signed away their rights to manage their own computer too and made it a dumb terminal subject to the whims of MSFT and everyone else involved with its technologies.
ehh 1) child porn has nothing to do with DMCA (which many of us US Citizens see as an illegal law anyway)and 2) Canada has an extradition policy and your mounties take crime more seriously than we do.
It's just the typical Democratic party cry wolf "we gotta do something!!!!" syndrome again. In this case it's also putting Sen. Biden back in the spotlight after his poor performance in the Iowa caucus.
Political moves aside though let's think about what they are really asking. What is child porn? The government even lacks a definition of "porn" much less child. I have a serious problem believing that "child porn" is an epidemic requireing the black helecoptors so to speak. What likely is popular though is teen-fascination which psychiatry has an entirely different definition for. Our society in fact is geared toward that even between cheerleaders and dancers being just short of being nude, Disney channel turning tweens into glamored up pop stars, and shows like Dawson's Creek, Gossip Girls and the like having more adult themes than Desperate Housewives. This is nothing new though; in fact society used to marry their women off between 14 and 17 anyway.
My point is I really wonder if real child porn actually is as bad as the fear mongers claim or if people's collective conscious is simply equating teen-fascination with it when they hear of those cases (which has increasingly been from female teacher - male student lately). The result of which is the "we gotta do something!!!" panic which then grants the government sweeping powers to do all kinds of spying with a fictional and ultimately false pretense.
Good point.
Perhaps the so called "musicians" will have to work for their money now by doing concerts more. Gotta love how they've even re-labeled the singers who are actually just lip-syncers like Disney singer stars - "performing artists" with emphasis on "performing" cuz they are really just acting up there.
Our tax dollars at magnificent work again! Yes you too can spend 8 years+ in college, come out with $100,000+ in school debt and do studies with results you could have concluded without all that time and money.
". I didn't like feeling that I could get in trouble for something as simple as posting a home video for my friends and family to see.'"
It's an example of how outdated our copyright and patent system is in the digital age. They need to be modified to accept that people are going to make fan stuff with them and see it as free advertising for that matter.
No Apple is not doing all it can to beat Vista nor are they trying.
Dell laptop: $499 (Inspiron 1501) Apple MacBook: $1099
No contest on price Dell wins, therefore the college kids and Dillberts use Dell's. Apple has already turned into an electronic appliance company and already killed off their computer market. It won't be long until they shut it down completely.
Good point. Not to mention is that most of town/city light pollution is the stupid lights meant for streets -- HELLO cars have headlights, those street lights every block are not necessary.
"Simply purchasing an iPhone does not convey complete ownership and the right to dismantle protections under such law"
Brainwashed into little fascists clearly. Not name calling either, it's a specific word with a specific definition. Modern day fascism is leaning more toward cow-towing to big industry more than ever before.
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Nonsense and poppycock. Here's why. Assume you have a Red and Blue team. Now assume that the players are all males. Because the players are male you have one huge elephant in the room which cancels out your "color-win" theories. - A large percentage of males are color deficient or color blind. Now let's make this even more confusing for the color clinds: introduce two more teams; a green and a light brown. Now you have thoroughly confused the color blind males. Let's make it even more possible to disprove your color hypotheses by controlling the teams so that all the players on all teams have at least some variation of color blindness. In order for something to reach "theory" status in science it must be controlled and as many variables as possible thrown at it in an attempt to DISPROVE it. When that happens, and third parties do the same or even other tests (peer review) it is elevated to the status of theory, which is the closest thing to "fact" that science will say. Simply because some studies show that "red" has an advantage does NOT mean that all possibilities were actually thrown at it to disprove it. You can find all sorts of studies on a myriad of topics with a conclusion but that doesn't mean their conclusion is true or even sound. For example, if the media and Victoria's Secret is believed then it would seem that that late 20th century men (and apparently women want to be like) preferred tall women with blond hair, blue eyes and a medium to large breast build, yet every weekend there are marriages to woman with dark hair, dark eyes and flat chests who their mate thinks is the most gorgeous woman on the planet.
sad but that is likely the way it would/will go.
"the hackers took over?" - what a bunch of molarchy. I and the rest of my generation cut our teeth on Commodore64's and AppleII's. Those had no gui, or wysiwyg tools in the beginning. BASIC was taught in 7th grade as a class! Kid's today don't even have "computer science" class where they actually learn how to use a computer and why it does and how it does what it does. Instead they have "MSFT Office class". As a result they don't know that the Word icon is actually telling the computer to run c:\program files\office\word.exe (for example) so they are stumped when an icon gets deleted and wonder why they get viruses after using KAzaa so much. OLPC is an attempt to go back to really teaching computers. The system isn't "hard" it's just not familiar because we've let MSFT hold people's hand to freaking long which has made us all lapdogs.
nonsense. "e-paper" isn't "rapidly" gaining momentum at all. Years ago I had a Palm Pilot and I used it for note taking in classes, writing rough drafts, and e-book writing and I loved it. Then for rather unknown reasons the format just died. People wanted to carry stupid cell phones instead which don't have near the screen size nor a stylus. If "e-paper" is actually advancing it will come from the only truly useful phone/palm-pilot/mp3 player device ever made - the iPhone.
EULA's on hardware like the game consoles should be illegal. We buy those, they are not returnable later if we discover a feature of it we don't agree with. They shouldn't give a damn if I mod it or even find a way to make it control the temperatures on my refrigerator. I have had it with these proprietary attitudes companies have and have slowly come to fully understand "freedom" that OSS-only people talk about. The problem is that with DRM chips like this starting to come out its only a matter of time before the computer motherboards have EULA's on them like game consoles do as well and forbid us to use them for anything but an "approved" OS. The stupid code built into DELL motherboards and their version of Windows is bad enough as it is. Equally stupid is having to re-activate windows everytime we change hardware. I even had to call MSFT for re-activation after I upgraded RAM!
they won't learn. The announcement is just a marketing ploy to get the suits at the software companies to pressure the motherboard makers to include this chip thereby causing Bushnell to make lots of money. The end result will be (as usual) that the paying customer will have a bitch of a time actually installing the game as it will likely be like windows and other encrypted games that only work on the first set of hardware installed and only activate once. IOW the legitimate user will be inconvinienced while the "pirates" have an easier time using it. So then the legitimate user will seek out the pirated versions to actually play the game they bought.
whoops a couple Gen. verses should be Exodus actually, my bad. See the link then crack open your Bible to get the full disgusting contexts.
Old Testament! Fun. I can do that too. Take a gander at this OT family "value" that you'll never hear preached on or read in your church: Abraham married his sister and god blessed the marriage: Gen ch. 17 and 20 Abe had many slave sluts Gen. 25:6 Jacob "has" both sisters Gen 29 god kills Er, Judah tells Onan to rape Er's wife but Onan at least has the decensy to not ejaculate in her which makes god mad that he didn't ejaculate in her so god kills him Gen. 38. This wonderful story you'll never hear in Sunday school yet it is the basis for church teachings against masturbation and birth control. God murders children Gen. 12 God decides girl babies are dirtier than boy babies Gen 12 Kids who yell at their parents should be killed Gen. 20 If your son is stubborn and rebellious don't use Dr. Dobson's "Tough Love" - just stone them Deut. 21. many more wonderful "family values" can be quickly found then verified at http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/fv/long.html and yes, I read all those long before I ever even discovered that handy Concordance.
Well it depends on how the word is used. In general I agree with your assessment of the word but in broader academic sense it applies to any religion but the difference between cult and religion is something more subtle - secrecy and mystery. It is when one considers secrecy that even groups like the Mormons fall into the category. Granted, their secrets are actually out due to those who escaped it but the Mormons, like the Scientologists do their best to discredit them and damage control the "secrets" they spill. In contrast, we can go to a public library to find out the full doctrines of the Catholics, Lutherans, and various evangelicals. Granted we can do that for Scientology and Mormonism too but the difference is they discredit or condone only those they "approve." In other words they don't allow independent inquiry and full disclosure.
so true but the use of the word in the vernacular has rendered the meaning of the word useless. We live in a state of "feelings" now instead of rationality thus the "politically incorrect" movement which seeks to gag freedom of speech in the US. Although it seems obvious now that Britain still doesn't have freedom of speech so perhaps my point is moot.
correct potmosgracaecus. "Linux" is a proper noun - a name so it uses the same rules for a name.
Yea I hear you hedwards. Apart from programmers who would probably use a full VM program anyway I don't see the use of this "application." Windows on Linux is useful for obvious reasons, there are things Windows can do that Linux can't (for various reasons) but there's nothing Linux can do that Windows can't.
Bingo! Microsoft's customers are the tv broadcasters that want to use the DRM technology.
you forgot: 3) because they blocked you from watching their show they kept you from seeing the products they advertise so their advertisers paid for a set of eyeballs that didn't get the chance to see it. Therefore not only did customer b (you) get pooped on by the network but so did customer a (their advertiser).
The premise of the argument is incorrect because the broadcasters are also a customer of MicroSoft. The cat was let out of the bag long ago that Vista had far more DRM features than XP so when they accepted the EULA they signed away their rights to manage their own computer too and made it a dumb terminal subject to the whims of MSFT and everyone else involved with its technologies.
ehh 1) child porn has nothing to do with DMCA (which many of us US Citizens see as an illegal law anyway)and 2) Canada has an extradition policy and your mounties take crime more seriously than we do.
It's just the typical Democratic party cry wolf "we gotta do something!!!!" syndrome again. In this case it's also putting Sen. Biden back in the spotlight after his poor performance in the Iowa caucus. Political moves aside though let's think about what they are really asking. What is child porn? The government even lacks a definition of "porn" much less child. I have a serious problem believing that "child porn" is an epidemic requireing the black helecoptors so to speak. What likely is popular though is teen-fascination which psychiatry has an entirely different definition for. Our society in fact is geared toward that even between cheerleaders and dancers being just short of being nude, Disney channel turning tweens into glamored up pop stars, and shows like Dawson's Creek, Gossip Girls and the like having more adult themes than Desperate Housewives. This is nothing new though; in fact society used to marry their women off between 14 and 17 anyway. My point is I really wonder if real child porn actually is as bad as the fear mongers claim or if people's collective conscious is simply equating teen-fascination with it when they hear of those cases (which has increasingly been from female teacher - male student lately). The result of which is the "we gotta do something!!!" panic which then grants the government sweeping powers to do all kinds of spying with a fictional and ultimately false pretense.
Good point. Perhaps the so called "musicians" will have to work for their money now by doing concerts more. Gotta love how they've even re-labeled the singers who are actually just lip-syncers like Disney singer stars - "performing artists" with emphasis on "performing" cuz they are really just acting up there.
wow! Run one app at a time that boots instantly! Reminds me of my Apple 2, the only technology that 1-12th graders still need.
Walmart selling crap? You don't say?
Our tax dollars at magnificent work again! Yes you too can spend 8 years+ in college, come out with $100,000+ in school debt and do studies with results you could have concluded without all that time and money.
". I didn't like feeling that I could get in trouble for something as simple as posting a home video for my friends and family to see.'"
It's an example of how outdated our copyright and patent system is in the digital age. They need to be modified to accept that people are going to make fan stuff with them and see it as free advertising for that matter.
No Apple is not doing all it can to beat Vista nor are they trying.
Dell laptop: $499 (Inspiron 1501)
Apple MacBook: $1099
No contest on price Dell wins, therefore the college kids and Dillberts use Dell's. Apple has already turned into an electronic appliance company and already killed off their computer market. It won't be long until they shut it down completely.
The king is dead, all hail the king.
Good point. Not to mention is that most of town/city light pollution is the stupid lights meant for streets -- HELLO cars have headlights, those street lights every block are not necessary.
"Simply purchasing an iPhone does not convey complete ownership and the right to dismantle protections under such law" Brainwashed into little fascists clearly. Not name calling either, it's a specific word with a specific definition. Modern day fascism is leaning more toward cow-towing to big industry more than ever before.