The concept of hell is fascinating because its origins are not really biblical at all. There are literally only a handful of passages in the entire Bible on which we pin this whole concept of eternal damnation, and their interpretation is questionable at best.
Hell comes from the blending of Roman and Greek understandings of the afterlife into Christianity theology/mythology i.e. post-Constantine. It makes sense: culture shouldn't change just because the state suddenly changes religion. The problem is that after several generations of indoctrination, many treat these little historical quirks as if they were important (nigh unquestionable) points of doctrine, rather than curiosities.
The current trend in theology is that the resurrection is all about the restoration of the universe itself (i.e. Earth, or wherever we end up), rather than an ethereal non-physical existence somewhere else--making this place irrelevant. Instead, the tendency is towards believing that part of the point of Christianity is to make this place better, whatever that might mean.
Of course, in order to accept that, you have to get past the mindless shouting of those who are threatened by differing opinions about irresolvable issues.
To be fair, the two different discussions that you've mentioned are examples of the proposed solutions to the the problem of copyright (as it exists today), so it is all part of the same discussion. And based on my limited sample-set, most of us would be happy with a change in either direction.
I recently spent some time working with Drupal/Ubercart.
As far as shopping-cart software goes, I'd say that the Drupal system has been the most friendly to me as a developer. Magento is (debatably) better structured, but has literally no documentation (and tries to create a ridiculous namespacing system in a language which does not support this). Joomla/Virtuemart and especially Zen-Cart and osCommerce are just a little bit ridiculous in organisation, with similarly limited documentation.
Almost everything else I've worked with in the last few months (10 or so of them) is not so friendly. I'm surprised at how many people are making money off this kind of software, especially when their products are often poorly planned/documented and limited in functionality at best.
At 16nW, you'd want several hundred of them. However, if we decrease the draw of the phone's hardware (aside from radio usage, at least), we could see something like this replacing conventional battery systems.
It looks good, but I really wish web-comic authors would choose reasonable web-interfaces. Blog software makes for irritating comics, and having to scroll down to see the most important part of the page is ridiculous, let alone having to scroll to see a three-panel comic.
Power cord insertions and removals cause significant strain on the components involved. I've had several devices where the solder has eventually broken, making the device much harder to use.
You haven't had too many good discussions with Theologians, have you?
Theology and science are sibling disciplines, addressing different issues. You find lots of curiosity, reason and doubt in both.
Seven days, 6k years, etc. aren't theology. I agree entirely with your conclusion there. These kind of small, restrictive ideas come from the same kind of (selective) mindlessness that you can often find in militant atheism.
I agree with your response to the GP, for the record.
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That's not quite how it works. You wont need to turn the car off for it to draw no power: that'd be automatic when there's no movement.
Your point about comfort is valid, but might be irrelevant, depending on the draw of air-con compared to engine draw and battery capacity. Without the details, it's difficult to say.
Given that this is the substance used in mood rings--cosmetic devices which change colour according to minor variations in body temperature--I don't think burns will be an issue.
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The concept of hell is fascinating because its origins are not really biblical at all. There are literally only a handful of passages in the entire Bible on which we pin this whole concept of eternal damnation, and their interpretation is questionable at best.
Hell comes from the blending of Roman and Greek understandings of the afterlife into Christianity theology/mythology i.e. post-Constantine. It makes sense: culture shouldn't change just because the state suddenly changes religion. The problem is that after several generations of indoctrination, many treat these little historical quirks as if they were important (nigh unquestionable) points of doctrine, rather than curiosities.
The current trend in theology is that the resurrection is all about the restoration of the universe itself (i.e. Earth, or wherever we end up), rather than an ethereal non-physical existence somewhere else--making this place irrelevant. Instead, the tendency is towards believing that part of the point of Christianity is to make this place better, whatever that might mean.
Of course, in order to accept that, you have to get past the mindless shouting of those who are threatened by differing opinions about irresolvable issues.
The concept that you're referring to is a recent addition too, for that matter.
To be fair, the two different discussions that you've mentioned are examples of the proposed solutions to the the problem of copyright (as it exists today), so it is all part of the same discussion. And based on my limited sample-set, most of us would be happy with a change in either direction.
And I did misread the GP.
Django is wonderful. Never used Django-cms.
I recently spent some time working with Drupal/Ubercart.
As far as shopping-cart software goes, I'd say that the Drupal system has been the most friendly to me as a developer. Magento is (debatably) better structured, but has literally no documentation (and tries to create a ridiculous namespacing system in a language which does not support this). Joomla/Virtuemart and especially Zen-Cart and osCommerce are just a little bit ridiculous in organisation, with similarly limited documentation.
Almost everything else I've worked with in the last few months (10 or so of them) is not so friendly. I'm surprised at how many people are making money off this kind of software, especially when their products are often poorly planned/documented and limited in functionality at best.
+1 Hypocritical "science"
At 16nW, you'd want several hundred of them. However, if we decrease the draw of the phone's hardware (aside from radio usage, at least), we could see something like this replacing conventional battery systems.
pdftohtml + some fancy find & replace regex magic in nedit.
Infinite God by definition is not restricted to a subjective point of observation.
The GP is playing the subjective/objective game.
It looks good, but I really wish web-comic authors would choose reasonable web-interfaces. Blog software makes for irritating comics, and having to scroll down to see the most important part of the page is ridiculous, let alone having to scroll to see a three-panel comic.
Your nick suits you.
One language per application is old hat.
That one is called an asterisk. *
Power cord insertions and removals cause significant strain on the components involved. I've had several devices where the solder has eventually broken, making the device much harder to use.
Solved any other eternal questions with your sample-set of one?
Someone is. Or at least, is allowed to at any point. See: Great Britain.
It's ridiculous that this transparency should not go both ways.
It should be okay for any citizen to stalk another, on or off the job, given that it is seems to be okay for the government to stalk any citizen.
You haven't had too many good discussions with Theologians, have you?
Theology and science are sibling disciplines, addressing different issues. You find lots of curiosity, reason and doubt in both.
Seven days, 6k years, etc. aren't theology. I agree entirely with your conclusion there. These kind of small, restrictive ideas come from the same kind of (selective) mindlessness that you can often find in militant atheism.
I agree with your response to the GP, for the record.
Hehe.
From his terms and conditions:
Unfortunately, the US scares me a lot more than North Korea does.
Why lucky? That's presumably part of the reason why you didn't purchase their service.
That's not quite how it works. You wont need to turn the car off for it to draw no power: that'd be automatic when there's no movement.
Your point about comfort is valid, but might be irrelevant, depending on the draw of air-con compared to engine draw and battery capacity. Without the details, it's difficult to say.
I'd say you're looking at it the wrong way. The solar panels aren't a primary source of power, they're just a bonus trickle-charge input.
Good thermal design could potentially reduce the need for constant cooling. The electric engine may also produce less heat.
Given that this is the substance used in mood rings--cosmetic devices which change colour according to minor variations in body temperature--I don't think burns will be an issue.
The technology actually looks quite promising.