...it would certainly make sense that they learn how to study the Bible, and make sure that that they do so carefully instead of relying on whatever "their preacher says". At least we agree on this point. I once went to an Easter Assembly of God service, only to hear the assistant pastor rant for 15 minutes about how terrible it was that shows like "Will and Grace" were allowed to portray homosexuality as a valid lifestyle choice. Yes, your preacher, or other people professing to be good Christians, may have their own agendas, and those agendas may or may not be Godly. Ultimately, one has to decide on whether or not what they are saying makes sense based on one's own experience.
Right, then... so according to the Holy Bible, it is ok for me to have sex with my mother, provided I get her drunk first? (You are of course correct about the daughters instigating the incest, not Lot himself.)
Youe ignorance is appalling. Not everyone has a copy of their birth certificate available. Guess what is required to get a copy? You merely need to know when and where someone was born (as well as their name, of course), then send a check to the state department of records for that location. That's right, birth certificates are accepted as proof of identity, but NO proof of identity is required to get a copy of someone's birth certificate! And no, when I was born, SSN's weren't issued at birth; I didn't get mine until I was 15 and applying for my first job.
Yeah, a government issued ID card sounds exactly like a Social Security Card, something we've had here in the States since 1936. Generally people don't refuse them because you can't get a frickin' job without one.
Lot was a hero in the Bible, spared from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah for befriending an angle. Afterwards, while living in a cave, Lot got drunk and got both his daughters pregnant. The message here is clear: God wholeheartedly approves of incest! Especially so if you get drunk first!
Yeah, I think any book that gives people funny ideas should probably be banned...
It depends. If you give them a dollar hoping to see tits, but then you don't see tits, then that is unethical. If, however, they deliver tits as expected, then that is perfectly ethical.
In the case of a reports-for-hire service, it is the customers that are being unethical, not the report writers.
Microsoft has a really tough time coming up with anything with a future outside of Windows Desktops. XBox appears to be one the few exceptions to that rule. I really thought it would die a horrible death, but they persevered long enough that now it seems to actually be profitable. Zune was a fool's errand, Kin was a distraction. I really thought their tablet had some promise, but they killed that. As a company, Microsoft appears to suffer from ADHD.
a.) Name was horrible and made no sense.
Market research was all done in West Virginia.
b.) What was the point of the device again?
Same as any device -- to sell it and make money. In this case by convincing people they could do things on a phone that are much easier to do on a real PC.
c.) Ads were annoying and made no sense.
And how is that different than any other Microsoft advertising? E.g. the Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Ad
"I don't want war! All I want is peace...peace...peace...!
A little piece of Poland,
A little piece of France,
A little piece of Austria
And Hungary, perchance!
A little slice of Turkey
And all that that entails,
And then a bit of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales!"
Spot on. According to the Wall Street Journal, helmets increase the rate of injury in American Footbal Leg injuries have gone way up since they started using astroturf as well. The Law of Unintended Consequences is a bitch!
"The Wisdom of Crowds" requires a good filter, one that only lets through the 1% of ideas that aren't complete crap. E.g. a filter that would have quickly blocked this particular post.
Yeah, it's kinda like Rugby, only the players are so wimpy that they wear protective padding and follow rules. Most movement of the ball is done with the hands, but apparent those delusional chaps thought the name "handball" was already taken, whereas the name "football" wasn't. On the plus side, it has frequent pauses in action of just the right length to insert commercials, so it televises well.
Using it to connect to the internet requires someone providing an access point -- which can always be shut down. I don't see this as being any different than an unsecured WiFi router.
Since this is an extremely young star system, is it possible that this planet is on an extremely eccentric orbit, and over the next few years will move much closer to it's star?
I'd like to see the text of the agreement. I suspect they could break it very easily by not calling the new phone an "iPhone", or by offering it indirectly through another company, or by simply licensing the iPhone technology to other Cellular companies to manufacture their own phone, or...
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...it would certainly make sense that they learn how to study the Bible, and make sure that that they do so carefully instead of relying on whatever "their preacher says". At least we agree on this point. I once went to an Easter Assembly of God service, only to hear the assistant pastor rant for 15 minutes about how terrible it was that shows like "Will and Grace" were allowed to portray homosexuality as a valid lifestyle choice. Yes, your preacher, or other people professing to be good Christians, may have their own agendas, and those agendas may or may not be Godly. Ultimately, one has to decide on whether or not what they are saying makes sense based on one's own experience.
Right, then... so according to the Holy Bible, it is ok for me to have sex with my mother, provided I get her drunk first? (You are of course correct about the daughters instigating the incest, not Lot himself.)
Right... so the moral of the story is that righteous people have sex with their own family members?
Youe ignorance is appalling. Not everyone has a copy of their birth certificate available. Guess what is required to get a copy? You merely need to know when and where someone was born (as well as their name, of course), then send a check to the state department of records for that location. That's right, birth certificates are accepted as proof of identity, but NO proof of identity is required to get a copy of someone's birth certificate! And no, when I was born, SSN's weren't issued at birth; I didn't get mine until I was 15 and applying for my first job.
Yeah, a government issued ID card sounds exactly like a Social Security Card, something we've had here in the States since 1936. Generally people don't refuse them because you can't get a frickin' job without one.
Lot was a hero in the Bible, spared from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah for befriending an angle. Afterwards, while living in a cave, Lot got drunk and got both his daughters pregnant. The message here is clear: God wholeheartedly approves of incest! Especially so if you get drunk first!
Yeah, I think any book that gives people funny ideas should probably be banned...
Oh, so they are printing the ID number on a tag attached to their ear! That explains the revulsion these people have to getting an ID!
Are they tattooing this unique identifier on their foreheads, or on their hands?
Those images look shopped!
Seriously, are these images of actual hardware, or 3D models?
It depends. If you give them a dollar hoping to see tits, but then you don't see tits, then that is unethical. If, however, they deliver tits as expected, then that is perfectly ethical.
In the case of a reports-for-hire service, it is the customers that are being unethical, not the report writers.
Microsoft has a really tough time coming up with anything with a future outside of Windows Desktops. XBox appears to be one the few exceptions to that rule. I really thought it would die a horrible death, but they persevered long enough that now it seems to actually be profitable. Zune was a fool's errand, Kin was a distraction. I really thought their tablet had some promise, but they killed that. As a company, Microsoft appears to suffer from ADHD.
a.) Name was horrible and made no sense.
Market research was all done in West Virginia.
b.) What was the point of the device again?
Same as any device -- to sell it and make money. In this case by convincing people they could do things on a phone that are much easier to do on a real PC.
c.) Ads were annoying and made no sense.
And how is that different than any other Microsoft advertising?
E.g. the Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld Ad
"I don't want war! All I want is peace...peace...peace...!
A little piece of Poland,
A little piece of France,
A little piece of Austria
And Hungary, perchance!
A little slice of Turkey And all that that entails,
And then a bit of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales!"
You've never heard anyone say, "Hey man, this is some really good shit!"
It's all good, clean fun until you lose an eye; then it's just good fun.
Spot on. According to the Wall Street Journal, helmets increase the rate of injury in American Footbal Leg injuries have gone way up since they started using astroturf as well. The Law of Unintended Consequences is a bitch!
"The Wisdom of Crowds" requires a good filter, one that only lets through the 1% of ideas that aren't complete crap. E.g. a filter that would have quickly blocked this particular post.
It seems to be a universal rule: 99% of anything is crap.
But if a man is tired of looking at glossy, retouched pictures and videos of food, he isn't necessarily tired of eating.
Yeah, it's kinda like Rugby, only the players are so wimpy that they wear protective padding and follow rules. Most movement of the ball is done with the hands, but apparent those delusional chaps thought the name "handball" was already taken, whereas the name "football" wasn't. On the plus side, it has frequent pauses in action of just the right length to insert commercials, so it televises well.
So it's a threat to national security because it has greater range than WiFi? Where do you draw the line?
Using it to connect to the internet requires someone providing an access point -- which can always be shut down. I don't see this as being any different than an unsecured WiFi router.
Soliciting bribes is personal business, not official government business!
Since this is an extremely young star system, is it possible that this planet is on an extremely eccentric orbit, and over the next few years will move much closer to it's star?
I'd like to see the text of the agreement. I suspect they could break it very easily by not calling the new phone an "iPhone", or by offering it indirectly through another company, or by simply licensing the iPhone technology to other Cellular companies to manufacture their own phone, or...