It's not immaculate conception, it's a virgin birth. They are different. Immaculate conception means born without original sin (as in Mary was born without original sin and thus Christ was too). If you want more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception
I know this is a common misunderstanding but it is incorrect. I'm not Catholic, I've just been corrected about it in the past and thought I'd pass on the knowledge.
"People with stronger party affiliation, conservative political views, and greater interest in politics proved more likely to click on articles with opposing views, according to the Ohio State study. 'It appears that people with these characteristics are more confident in their views and so they’re more inclined to at least take a quick look at the counterarguments,' Knobloch-Westerwick noted. However, Knobloch-Westerwick added that her latest study was not designed to assess reader motives, and that she hopes to more carefully study the issue in the future. The Brigham Young University survey found that journalists also tended to read liberal blogs — perhaps a reflection of journalists' political beliefs, although even conservatives said liberal blogs were often better-written, Davis pointed out. Among the political blog readers, a similar trend emerged in which 'liberals read almost exclusively liberal blogs, but conservatives tend to read both,' Davis said." (emphasis added).
I have to disagree. I research - in vivo MRI - the brains of people with Parkinson's and those with Alzheimer's disease. There are obvious gross (above cellular level) brain differences between them and "normals". It's not all genetic or mitochondria (besides that mitochondria & PD hypothesis/theory has not been verified; I'm not saying it's wrong, it's just too early to many definitive statements). My point is that none of this is useless with AD or PD or other things like that. Macrostructure of the brain is just as important as microstructure. With H.M.'s brain they can look at all of it. Plus they have years of cognitive test data for him to try and correlate with brain structures.
That's not a good comparison. What other previously open (at least as open as OS X) platforms has Apple locked down like the iPhone? Or what other previously open products (not just platforms) has Apple done this with? If anything, Apple has made OS X even more open since its first iteration. Macs are even more "open" because they basically use the same parts as most other computers rather than special ones. They are more user serviceable than they used to be.
Those are quite respectable processor speeds for notebooks of that size. For example, an Alienware "gaming" ultra-portable laptop (http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-m11x/pd) has a 1.3GHz Core2Duo (or a 1.06GHz i7 or i5). And that's in a 4.5 lb. computer. I know that's one example but the Air is an ultra-portable, which have to sacrifice processor speed for thinness and weight.
That's called a slippery slope fallacy. Now, just because it is a logical fallacy does not mean that it is wrong (it just means that it is a faulty way to make your case) but at this stage it is nothing but trolling.
I don't get (like some other posters have stated) how adding more and different functionality to what is existent is a step towards locking down Macs. Could it happen? Yes, it could. All of the nuclear warheads in the U.S. could also detonate tomorrow, obliterating all of us Americans. That's possible but extremely improbable.
You should be modded all the way to 6. Seriously. I'm tired of people stating that this is the beginning of the end of OS X as a "useful" platform. Not at all. The UNIX core is still there. The App store won't negate you from installing applications from elsewhere. All Apple is doing is adding more easy to use (for the general population) features. The UNIX core (which is one of the main reasons I use OS X instead of Linux) will always be there for OS X. As you said, Apple is not locking down the computer.
There are many more. Yes, there are some conservatives that are calling Obama Messiah (or at least implying that liberals think he is) but there are plenty of liberals who actually believe it.
That's because most M.D.s do not have strong statistical and scientific research backgrounds. They get clinical training, not theoretical training, so when most of those who do research try to do their studies, they don't always understand the statistics behind what they are doing (and the same goes for those editing and reviewing the articles).
For example, I'm proposing a model of cognitive dysfunction in patients with Parkinson's disease (for my dissertation) that flies in the face of what most people who deal with Parkinson's disease believe is the case. My dissertation is not complete so I cannot say if my findings match my hypotheses but preliminary data are encouraging.
My point is that we have certain set beliefs about the way things are and some people (myself included) have a hard time challenging those beliefs. What I've seen is that many researchers don't actually follow the scientific method and so at the core, their research has methodological weaknesses.
The other nice thing about this is by using one of the VoIP apps, you can use the iPad as a "cell phone" if needed (or you can purchase an iPod Touch + MiFi + a VoIP app and have something similar in a small form factor).
How come so many people here are all for science except for when it comes to food. How about we just use natural building materials instead of ones that science and technology gave us? Why should people cook food? That alters the basic properties of the natural food. What if we can create food that is better than what is naturally out there?
It depends on your definition of brain activity. The neural tube closes at about week 6. There is movement by 8 weeks. Brain activity controls movement (unless the movement is only spinal reflex, but that would be difficult to determine). In any case, there is rudimentary brain function very early in development.
The i7 cores are hyperthreaded so you effectively have 8 cores. I'd rather have 6 real cores than 4 real + 4 hyperthreaded though. However, in practice (I use a computer with an i7) I haven't found a case when I've maxed out all "8" i7 cores before I run out of RAM (even with 8GB).
Don't lump all of us conservatives together. I am in favor of government spending on research - the more money spent the better even on research that seems stupid. Science spending is one of the most worthwhile investments the government makes. I also know many liberals who are opposed to a lot of research spending because it takes money away from social programs.
First, it's an Elsevier journal; they produce good journals. Second, the journal has an impact factor of 3.17, which is quite respectable. It's not Nature or Science or the New England Journal of Medicine but then again, very few journals are in that class.
Don't knock the article just because the site hosting the article is distasteful to you. Or maybe you just have something against UCLA and the type of research they produce. Or, maybe you don't agree with the findings so you resort to ad hominem attacks.
Where's your evidence that refutes the findings in the article? I'd love to read it (seriously).
Technically "Aerosmith" is a single entity (of individuals) so it is not incorrect to say "is". This rule gets fuzzy when you have a group like The Beatles because then it sounds wrong to say "The Beatles is..." even though it is technically correct if you view a band as a single entity but incorrect if you view a band as a group of individuals. People say "data is" because they do not know the word "data" is plural. It's just like the misuse of alumni and criteria that also occur frequently.
"Of course, it is a problem that you need to jailbreak an Iphone to enable basic functionality."
If you think jailbreaking is necessary to enable "basic functionality" on an iPhone, I'd love to see what your definition of basic functionality is. I think you meant to write "advanced and technical functionality that relatively few people really need [want]." While I don't have an iPhone, I have an iPod Touch that I use constantly for school, work, and fun. After jailbreaking it to see what the hype was about, I quickly reverted to normal because for me jailbreaking interfered with the functionality of my iPod. Frankly, many (not all) people jailbreak for access to pirated apps. I know that's stereotyping a bit but it is the case for many people.
I know people like to hate (and love Apple) on here but I have yet to read a comment pointing out that the iPhone 4 has fewer dropped calls than previous iPhones. It holds onto low signals better than previous iPhones (http://www.anandtech.com/show/3821/iphone-4-redux-analyzing-apples-ios-41-signal-fix/2). There is the bridging effect that can kill the signal if it is low but if you look at the early reports, very few people are complaining about this. It only happens in certain situations and with a specific hold.
Ceteris paribus (all things being equal), the iPhone 4 antenna is better than any previous iPhone's (and better than more other smartphones if you look at the comparisons).
Religions are special in a large part because of the 1st Amendment. How many other group/entities are mentioned specifically in the Constitution and given special protection?
Then change the Constitution. Religion is treated specially because of the 1st Amendment.
These Westboro Baptist folks are not Christians. They don't act Christian (they actually act like a group who will remain unnamed because people would think I'm flamebating); all they do is spread hate like you said. This isn't a religious thing as much as a hateful protest thing. This group masquerades as a church but they do not act like a church, especially not a Christian church.
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It's not immaculate conception, it's a virgin birth. They are different. Immaculate conception means born without original sin (as in Mary was born without original sin and thus Christ was too). If you want more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception
I know this is a common misunderstanding but it is incorrect. I'm not Catholic, I've just been corrected about it in the past and thought I'd pass on the knowledge.
Just to keep your post going. Conservatives are more likely to read both left wing and right wing news sources than liberals are: http://www.livescience.com/culture/090608-media-message.html.
"People with stronger party affiliation, conservative political views, and greater interest in politics proved more likely to click on articles with opposing views, according to the Ohio State study. 'It appears that people with these characteristics are more confident in their views and so they’re more inclined to at least take a quick look at the counterarguments,' Knobloch-Westerwick noted. However, Knobloch-Westerwick added that her latest study was not designed to assess reader motives, and that she hopes to more carefully study the issue in the future. The Brigham Young University survey found that journalists also tended to read liberal blogs — perhaps a reflection of journalists' political beliefs, although even conservatives said liberal blogs were often better-written, Davis pointed out. Among the political blog readers, a similar trend emerged in which 'liberals read almost exclusively liberal blogs, but conservatives tend to read both,' Davis said." (emphasis added).
I have to disagree. I research - in vivo MRI - the brains of people with Parkinson's and those with Alzheimer's disease. There are obvious gross (above cellular level) brain differences between them and "normals". It's not all genetic or mitochondria (besides that mitochondria & PD hypothesis/theory has not been verified; I'm not saying it's wrong, it's just too early to many definitive statements). My point is that none of this is useless with AD or PD or other things like that. Macrostructure of the brain is just as important as microstructure. With H.M.'s brain they can look at all of it. Plus they have years of cognitive test data for him to try and correlate with brain structures.
That's not a good comparison. What other previously open (at least as open as OS X) platforms has Apple locked down like the iPhone? Or what other previously open products (not just platforms) has Apple done this with? If anything, Apple has made OS X even more open since its first iteration. Macs are even more "open" because they basically use the same parts as most other computers rather than special ones. They are more user serviceable than they used to be.
Those are quite respectable processor speeds for notebooks of that size. For example, an Alienware "gaming" ultra-portable laptop (http://www.dell.com/us/p/alienware-m11x/pd) has a 1.3GHz Core2Duo (or a 1.06GHz i7 or i5). And that's in a 4.5 lb. computer. I know that's one example but the Air is an ultra-portable, which have to sacrifice processor speed for thinness and weight.
That's called a slippery slope fallacy. Now, just because it is a logical fallacy does not mean that it is wrong (it just means that it is a faulty way to make your case) but at this stage it is nothing but trolling.
I don't get (like some other posters have stated) how adding more and different functionality to what is existent is a step towards locking down Macs. Could it happen? Yes, it could. All of the nuclear warheads in the U.S. could also detonate tomorrow, obliterating all of us Americans. That's possible but extremely improbable.
That's a completely different environment. Besides, it was predictable because it's what Apple (and Google) do with their mobile OSes.
Steve also said the opposite. He said something to the effect of, "This won't be the only way to get software. We just think it is the best way."
You should be modded all the way to 6. Seriously. I'm tired of people stating that this is the beginning of the end of OS X as a "useful" platform. Not at all. The UNIX core is still there. The App store won't negate you from installing applications from elsewhere. All Apple is doing is adding more easy to use (for the general population) features. The UNIX core (which is one of the main reasons I use OS X instead of Linux) will always be there for OS X. As you said, Apple is not locking down the computer.
That's because it's not really being actively developed. The main developer left or switched to something else. There are better alternatives.
I know this is a foreign site and only one sample but there were (and are) left-wingers who believe Obama is the Messiah, or ever better: http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/article868683.ece
Also, check out the first photo here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/Photostream-Business-and-Pleasure-in-August/ - that's from the White House's official photostream.
Also, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2008/06/06/notes060608.DTL
There are many more. Yes, there are some conservatives that are calling Obama Messiah (or at least implying that liberals think he is) but there are plenty of liberals who actually believe it.
That's because most M.D.s do not have strong statistical and scientific research backgrounds. They get clinical training, not theoretical training, so when most of those who do research try to do their studies, they don't always understand the statistics behind what they are doing (and the same goes for those editing and reviewing the articles).
For example, I'm proposing a model of cognitive dysfunction in patients with Parkinson's disease (for my dissertation) that flies in the face of what most people who deal with Parkinson's disease believe is the case. My dissertation is not complete so I cannot say if my findings match my hypotheses but preliminary data are encouraging.
My point is that we have certain set beliefs about the way things are and some people (myself included) have a hard time challenging those beliefs. What I've seen is that many researchers don't actually follow the scientific method and so at the core, their research has methodological weaknesses.
The other nice thing about this is by using one of the VoIP apps, you can use the iPad as a "cell phone" if needed (or you can purchase an iPod Touch + MiFi + a VoIP app and have something similar in a small form factor).
How come so many people here are all for science except for when it comes to food. How about we just use natural building materials instead of ones that science and technology gave us? Why should people cook food? That alters the basic properties of the natural food. What if we can create food that is better than what is naturally out there?
It depends on your definition of brain activity. The neural tube closes at about week 6. There is movement by 8 weeks. Brain activity controls movement (unless the movement is only spinal reflex, but that would be difficult to determine). In any case, there is rudimentary brain function very early in development.
The i7 cores are hyperthreaded so you effectively have 8 cores. I'd rather have 6 real cores than 4 real + 4 hyperthreaded though. However, in practice (I use a computer with an i7) I haven't found a case when I've maxed out all "8" i7 cores before I run out of RAM (even with 8GB).
Don't lump all of us conservatives together. I am in favor of government spending on research - the more money spent the better even on research that seems stupid. Science spending is one of the most worthwhile investments the government makes. I also know many liberals who are opposed to a lot of research spending because it takes money away from social programs.
Here's the journal (Preventive Medicine) website: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/622934/description
First, it's an Elsevier journal; they produce good journals. Second, the journal has an impact factor of 3.17, which is quite respectable. It's not Nature or Science or the New England Journal of Medicine but then again, very few journals are in that class.
Don't knock the article just because the site hosting the article is distasteful to you. Or maybe you just have something against UCLA and the type of research they produce. Or, maybe you don't agree with the findings so you resort to ad hominem attacks.
Where's your evidence that refutes the findings in the article? I'd love to read it (seriously).
Mormons actually live longer than the general population: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=148&sid=10378579
That's not the actual research article but this is: http://www.scientificintegrityinstitute.org/prevmed2008lifestyle&mormonmortalityenstrom.pdf
. Here are the tables from the article: http://www.scientificintegrityinstitute.org/prevmed2007lifestyle&mormonmortalityenstromappendix.pdf
Or, British (from Great Britain).
Technically "Aerosmith" is a single entity (of individuals) so it is not incorrect to say "is". This rule gets fuzzy when you have a group like The Beatles because then it sounds wrong to say "The Beatles is..." even though it is technically correct if you view a band as a single entity but incorrect if you view a band as a group of individuals. People say "data is" because they do not know the word "data" is plural. It's just like the misuse of alumni and criteria that also occur frequently.
"Of course, it is a problem that you need to jailbreak an Iphone to enable basic functionality."
If you think jailbreaking is necessary to enable "basic functionality" on an iPhone, I'd love to see what your definition of basic functionality is. I think you meant to write "advanced and technical functionality that relatively few people really need [want]." While I don't have an iPhone, I have an iPod Touch that I use constantly for school, work, and fun. After jailbreaking it to see what the hype was about, I quickly reverted to normal because for me jailbreaking interfered with the functionality of my iPod. Frankly, many (not all) people jailbreak for access to pirated apps. I know that's stereotyping a bit but it is the case for many people.
I know people like to hate (and love Apple) on here but I have yet to read a comment pointing out that the iPhone 4 has fewer dropped calls than previous iPhones. It holds onto low signals better than previous iPhones (http://www.anandtech.com/show/3821/iphone-4-redux-analyzing-apples-ios-41-signal-fix/2). There is the bridging effect that can kill the signal if it is low but if you look at the early reports, very few people are complaining about this. It only happens in certain situations and with a specific hold.
Ceteris paribus (all things being equal), the iPhone 4 antenna is better than any previous iPhone's (and better than more other smartphones if you look at the comparisons).
Religions are special in a large part because of the 1st Amendment. How many other group/entities are mentioned specifically in the Constitution and given special protection?
Then change the Constitution. Religion is treated specially because of the 1st Amendment.
These Westboro Baptist folks are not Christians. They don't act Christian (they actually act like a group who will remain unnamed because people would think I'm flamebating); all they do is spread hate like you said. This isn't a religious thing as much as a hateful protest thing. This group masquerades as a church but they do not act like a church, especially not a Christian church.