Could anyone tell me exactly how Genesis and the theory of evolution are incompatable? Besides the word choice that has resulted from semiaccurate transalation, there really isn't anything. There is a difference between believing that the Bible is the literal word of God (I believe that too) and to believe that, because of some poor diction in your KJV Bible, that the universe was made in 144 hours. To put it another way, there are quotes in the Bible that state that the Sun "rises" and "sets". Does this mean that a geocentric solar system is the correct interpretation of the Bible? Of course not. You can believe (without being a heretic) that Jesus and Darwin can dance on the head of a pin, as it were.
FTFA.
There was an article about this in Discover July 2004, with aerospace engineer Brad Edwards.
"Hurricanes can be thwarted by making the ribbon's face narrower (and increasing its thickness) for the first five miles. Terrorists are a concern, but the anchor station in the equatorial Pacific wouild be remote, with 'no way to sneak up on it,' [Edwards] says. 'It would be protected like any other valuable piece of property, in this case probably by the U.S. military.'"
But wait, there's more.
"What if the thing should snap and fall? Most of it would stay in space or burn up in Earth's atmosphere, says Edwards, adding that because the ribbonwould weigh 26 pounds per mile, any pieces that fell to earth would have 'about the same terminal velocity as that of an open newspaper page falling.'"
Wow. If they did that, this would be like a four hour videogame
Most playtimes estimates were closer to 10-15 hours, rather than eight. Maybe they were factoring in time for doing nothing but playing with the physics.
I had heard, however, that new professional content would be introduced over Steam, and you can be sure of at least a couple high-quality SP mods sometime in the future.
Let's see, the retail version is $55 or $60 dollars, and that's the equivalent of the Steam bronze verion, which is $50. The retail collectors edition is $80, and it's roughly analogous to the Steam silver version (a t-shirt instead of DoD: Source, I believe), which is $60. The Steam gold version is $90, and it's filled with random tidbits. I guess there's a little bargain from cutting the middle-man.
I played the Descent 2 demo on Windows XP without hacks, only everything in the game happened three times as fast (player speed and firing rate went up, enemy movement speed as well, and even the rotating power-ups were spinning aroud like eggbeaters.) No game had gotten me motion sick before that, but I was definately queasy after just a few minutes.
Doesn't the boost phase last for only a few minutes? The 747 would have to be flying directly over Pyongyang to be of any use, so it still isn't going to be much more effective then a counter-missile system..
I would assume it would be disasterous, diplomatically, if you set up defenses along the borders of your ally. Secondly, the Flemish lines had a fortress that was claimed to be invincible.
When the Germans laid siege to it and started firing 88 shells, it surrendered in eight days.
Of course,even by the time the Sturmovik went into production, the bi-planes were still being used by a group of women pilots called the "Night Witches". You could certainly make a case for the incompetance of the Soviet bereacracy.
Despite the fun of French-bashing, it should be pointed out that French Army wasn't all that incompetant. It was just that the Germans bypassed the Maginot line by steamrolling Holland and Belgium.
The radar system on this hypothetical 747 would probably be advanced enough to deal with chaff, but most every ICBM would have MIRV's with one warhead and several decoy warheads. The radar wouldn't be able to deal with the decoys.
Yeah, if an actual, feasible, missile defence system is implemented, then MAD won't be a deterrent to American generals. Forget the Nazis, it would be a Pax Americana. All in all, it's a good thing this project is just a brilliant way for the U.S. government to waste money.
Of course. The movie is going to suck compared to the book, sure. But the the fact that it came from HHGTTG means that it'll be better than many of the movies coming out next summer.
Of course, given as the Bush administration doesn't regard bunker-busters as "weapons of mass destruction", as they can be classified as directed weapons, I sure hope they don't try any creative interpretations of this treaty.
If I remember correctly, the term originated in Vietnam, when shell-shocked soldiers would toss fragmentation grenades into their officer's tents or quarters.
I realize you're probably being facetious, but please don't think, even for a second, that just because something refers to itself as an authority, that means you should believe it unquestioningly.
Well, now that we've all learned that a Half-Life movie isn't being considered,I think they should think about something different. Now this may sound crazy, but hear me out; Half-Life: the Broadway Musical. Come to think about it, take that one step further, dub everything into Italian, and write an opera.
The cartesian coordinate system is used for flat surfaces, yep. It was in vented by Rene Descartes (1596-1650). Mapping the globe with longitude and latitude was Gerhardus Mercator's (1620-1687) idea.
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You smell like a Chinese bigot.
First off, I'm not Chinese,and every Chinese person I have met has impeccable hygiene. Can you say the same for members of your race?
What is evil? You have seen it when you see a Chinese or Korean.
I have seen may Chinese people, and many Korean people. I am friends with both Chinese and Korean people. None of them are evil in any way.
I hope this clarifies things for you.
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Just to clarify, that's what a lobotomy is, isn't it? Just wanted to make sure.
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Well, it's just the Judeo-Christian heritage of America. The Tower of Babel Bible story teaches us that trying to be better than God, or do the same things that God does, is sinful. Also there is the Judeo-Christian belief that since God created Man in his own image, then not following God's plan for creating Man (i.e. having sex outside of marriage, having sex with someone of your own gender, having sex while using some type of contraceptive, as well as cloning) is sinful. Other countries don't have that heritage, so those things are not instinctively branded as evil.
Well, neurons are living cells, so sooner or later they would die. To keep one of these networks running efficiently, you would need to be constantly replacing the dying cells. If this technoloogy ever becomes widespread, we'll need a steady supply of brains to keep our computers running. You don't have much to worry about, though, as we would lifely be cloning these neurons.
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Could anyone tell me exactly how Genesis and the theory of evolution are incompatable? Besides the word choice that has resulted from semiaccurate transalation, there really isn't anything. There is a difference between believing that the Bible is the literal word of God (I believe that too) and to believe that, because of some poor diction in your KJV Bible, that the universe was made in 144 hours. To put it another way, there are quotes in the Bible that state that the Sun "rises" and "sets". Does this mean that a geocentric solar system is the correct interpretation of the Bible? Of course not. You can believe (without being a heretic) that Jesus and Darwin can dance on the head of a pin, as it were.
It's not just testing. There's plenty of useful metals that are rare on the Earth and more common on the Moon.
FTFA.
There was an article about this in Discover July 2004, with aerospace engineer Brad Edwards.
"Hurricanes can be thwarted by making the ribbon's face narrower (and increasing its thickness) for the first five miles. Terrorists are a concern, but the anchor station in the equatorial Pacific wouild be remote, with 'no way to sneak up on it,' [Edwards] says. 'It would be protected like any other valuable piece of property, in this case probably by the U.S. military.'"
But wait, there's more.
"What if the thing should snap and fall? Most of it would stay in space or burn up in Earth's atmosphere, says Edwards, adding that because the ribbonwould weigh 26 pounds per mile, any pieces that fell to earth would have 'about the same terminal velocity as that of an open newspaper page falling.'"
Emphasis added.
How would a space elevator built on the moon cause this apocalypse?
Wow. If they did that, this would be like a four hour videogame
Most playtimes estimates were closer to 10-15 hours, rather than eight. Maybe they were factoring in time for doing nothing but playing with the physics.
I had heard, however, that new professional content would be introduced over Steam, and you can be sure of at least a couple high-quality SP mods sometime in the future.
Let's see, the retail version is $55 or $60 dollars, and that's the equivalent of the Steam bronze verion, which is $50. The retail collectors edition is $80, and it's roughly analogous to the Steam silver version (a t-shirt instead of DoD: Source, I believe), which is $60. The Steam gold version is $90, and it's filled with random tidbits. I guess there's a little bargain from cutting the middle-man.
I played the Descent 2 demo on Windows XP without hacks, only everything in the game happened three times as fast (player speed and firing rate went up, enemy movement speed as well, and even the rotating power-ups were spinning aroud like eggbeaters.) No game had gotten me motion sick before that, but I was definately queasy after just a few minutes.
Descent 3 did nothing but profane the memory of the great and hallowed Descent 2!
Doesn't the boost phase last for only a few minutes? The 747 would have to be flying directly over Pyongyang to be of any use, so it still isn't going to be much more effective then a counter-missile system..
I would assume it would be disasterous, diplomatically, if you set up defenses along the borders of your ally. Secondly, the Flemish lines had a fortress that was claimed to be invincible.
When the Germans laid siege to it and started firing 88 shells, it surrendered in eight days.
The soviets flew bi-planes.
Of course,even by the time the Sturmovik went into production, the bi-planes were still being used by a group of women pilots called the "Night Witches". You could certainly make a case for the incompetance of the Soviet bereacracy.
Despite the fun of French-bashing, it should be pointed out that French Army wasn't all that incompetant. It was just that the Germans bypassed the Maginot line by steamrolling Holland and Belgium.
The radar system on this hypothetical 747 would probably be advanced enough to deal with chaff, but most every ICBM would have MIRV's with one warhead and several decoy warheads. The radar wouldn't be able to deal with the decoys.
Dude, we outsourced child slave labor to Thailand years ago.
Yeah, if an actual, feasible, missile defence system is implemented, then MAD won't be a deterrent to American generals. Forget the Nazis, it would be a Pax Americana. All in all, it's a good thing this project is just a brilliant way for the U.S. government to waste money.
Of course. The movie is going to suck compared to the book, sure. But the the fact that it came from HHGTTG means that it'll be better than many of the movies coming out next summer.
Of course, given as the Bush administration doesn't regard bunker-busters as "weapons of mass destruction", as they can be classified as directed weapons, I sure hope they don't try any creative interpretations of this treaty.
If I remember correctly, the term originated in Vietnam, when shell-shocked soldiers would toss fragmentation grenades into their officer's tents or quarters.
...but apparently I'm wrong.
I realize you're probably being facetious, but please don't think, even for a second, that just because something refers to itself as an authority, that means you should believe it unquestioningly.
Well, now that we've all learned that a Half-Life movie isn't being considered,I think they should think about something different. Now this may sound crazy, but hear me out; Half-Life: the Broadway Musical. Come to think about it, take that one step further, dub everything into Italian, and write an opera.
The cartesian coordinate system is used for flat surfaces, yep. It was in vented by Rene Descartes (1596-1650). Mapping the globe with longitude and latitude was Gerhardus Mercator's (1620-1687) idea.
You smell like a Chinese bigot.
First off, I'm not Chinese,and every Chinese person I have met has impeccable hygiene. Can you say the same for members of your race?
What is evil? You have seen it when you see a Chinese or Korean.
I have seen may Chinese people, and many Korean people. I am friends with both Chinese and Korean people. None of them are evil in any way.
I hope this clarifies things for you.
Just to clarify, that's what a lobotomy is, isn't it? Just wanted to make sure.
Well, it's just the Judeo-Christian heritage of America. The Tower of Babel Bible story teaches us that trying to be better than God, or do the same things that God does, is sinful. Also there is the Judeo-Christian belief that since God created Man in his own image, then not following God's plan for creating Man (i.e. having sex outside of marriage, having sex with someone of your own gender, having sex while using some type of contraceptive, as well as cloning) is sinful. Other countries don't have that heritage, so those things are not instinctively branded as evil.
Well, neurons are living cells, so sooner or later they would die. To keep one of these networks running efficiently, you would need to be constantly replacing the dying cells. If this technoloogy ever becomes widespread, we'll need a steady supply of brains to keep our computers running. You don't have much to worry about, though, as we would lifely be cloning these neurons.