One of my friends actually likes talking to telemarketers. She gets a call, says "Oh, hi!" Then rambles on about her life. She's talked to a couple telemarketers for hours about pretty much nothing. I prefer to attempt to sell the telemarketer something. "Would you like to buy life insurance?" "No, but I have this great deal on a computer for you, only $500!"
First, you aren't allowed to say someone else needs more dictionaries and english lessons. I'll correct your post for you. "It's "duct" tape. I think you need more dictionaries and english lessons." That reads much better. Second, "duck" tape is correct. While it is no longer used to refer to the overall type of tape, it would still refer to the tape manufactured by Duck Products.
What makes it new is that the entire print head is created in one piece. It used to consist of several components created separately, then assembled. The new process lets it print faster and at higher quality. I would guess the cost of the new print heads is high enough it would noticably increase the cost of producing an ink cartridge, so they're putting it in the printer instead, where the cost is less noticable. With no print head attached to the cartridge, they can probably sell the cartridge for a bit less while substantially reducing production expenses.
While I am not knowledgable about the Roman Catholic Church, I'll attempt to address this with speculation based on the little I do know.
One major reason for the hierarchy of the church is to assure all congregations are cared for. Some churches are located in poor areas, and the congregation is unable to support themselves. The bishop should be aware of this, and able to allocate funds to support the congregation. Another situation where the bishop is important is when a church's priest retires or dies. The bishop is aware of which priests are available in the area, and which would be best-suited to the task. This provides a smoother transition than occurs in some independent churches, who can spend years looking for a new pastor. With over 1 billion members, there is no way the pope could handle all of this, and due to the wide distribution of churches, individual priests don't have the necessary connections. Therefore, bishops must fill the gap.
I feel the horrible handling of sexual abuse from priests was not a result of a flawed system, but a failure of individuals. Those individuals (both the priests and the bishops who failed to investigate/report as they should have) need to be prosecuted both within the church and criminally. I don't believe the organization as a whole is at fault.
Hope my completely uninformed typing provides some insight into why middle management within a church is necessary.
As a Preacher's Kid, I can address this to some extent. Churches usually pay their ministers the average income of their memberships. So, if you live in a wealthy area, the ministers are going to be comparably well-off. This would be my guess as to why the local minister drives a Lexus. Or there may be a member of the congregation who left their estate to the church when they died, leaving a rather nice car behind. The church decided it would be more cost-effective to provide the minister with the car than to sell it.
As far as churches having so much money... that varies greatly with the church. The church I currently attend is renting a building, and consistently running in the red. Churches with more stable finances usually find things to do with that money, whether it's supporting missions or stocking the local food bank. Very few are simply hoarding money.
I don't know about the first part, but they're way ahead of you on the Klingon part. They also have "hacker", "Bork, bork, bork!", and many real languages.
In response to your second point, I know athiests aren't the sole people opposed to removal of the 10 commandments, but the majority are athiests. It is a good parallel for the example of Christians protesting gay marriage, as they are also not the sole people doing it, but are the primary component.
It goes both ways. Athiests vandalize churches, and Christians break windshields. Christians wave gay hate signs, and athiests try to get every reference to the 10 commandments removed. Yet, on both sides, it is a very small minority committing acts of violence. The issue is not Christians or athiests, but individuals within both worldviews. Neither side is committing significantly worse offenses than the other.
My guess (I really have no idea, but it seems reasonable) would be that they can tell it's a gas giant, and may even be able to determine the type of gas by the reflected light. This means they can rule out the planet in its entirety being superdense. Then, based on the wobble of the star, they can determine the planet's mass. Since they already know the possible mass for a gas giant of its size, they know there is something within it that must have far greater gravitational attraction, and hence greater mass. Therefore, it must have a superdense core of some type.
Let me reiterate, I really have no idea what I'm talking about. Then again, that doesn't mean I'm not right ^_^.
The Josephus passage to which you are referring is not the one I quoted. The one I quoted is generally accepted as authentic, instead of a partial or complete interpolation. Keeping in mind that I am not a scholar, or an expert on this time period, here are some other writings. Tranquillas: "Because the Jews of Rome caused continous disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, [Claudius] expelled them from the city." Jewish Talmud: "On the eve of the Passover Yeshu was hanged." Lucian: "The Christians, you know, worship a man to this day--the distinguished personage who introduced their novel rites, and was crucified on that account."
These are a few of the nonchristian sources I've found, and I cannot speak to their authenticity, as I have not studied them.
Note that the Josephus passage I quoted was not the one suspected to be an interpolation, but the quote referring to James, the brother of Jesus. This quote, as far as I know, has not had its authenticity questioned. According to the article you linked to, it is confirmed by Origen. While these texts are not proof for the existence of Jesus, they most definitely are evidence. Regardless of whether or not Jesus existed, there is substantially more evidence than the GP was suggesting.
There is substantially more evidence for the existence of Jesus than you appear to believe. For example, the writings of the Jewish historian Josephus refer to "...the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James...". This is from a book written around 94 as a history of the Jews. Tacitus, a Roman historian, also supports the existence of Jesus. Neither of these people would have any incentive to introduce a fictitious character into their histories. These, among other writings, have provided scholars with convincing evidence that there was a Jewish teacher named Jesus who was executed under Pontius Pilate, and whose followers claimed he was the Messiah.
I would suspect the majority of betas we're seeing out of Google are from that 20% of time employees get to work on whatever they want to. Employee A says he wants to work on a video search tool. A couple dozen other employees agree. Several months later, video search beta! So Google isn't trying to be all things to all people, Google's employees are sharing their pet projects.
Nor is there evidence showing life arose first on Earth. Both hypotheses are equally untestable. Yet, extraterrestrial origin is the more likely of the two, due to the FAR greater length of time and quantity of resources in the set.
I am in disagreement with a couple aspects of your post. I'll address the simpler issue first.
"Firstly, the word day is not a very good translation." The word "day" is the correct translation. The original word was "yom", and a review of usage throughout the Bible shows that any time it is preceded by a number it refers to a 24 hour period. Also, Genesis also specifies "evening and morning". This is not consistent with the day-age hypothesis. For further reading: Answers in Genesis. Also, figures throughout the Bible state a belief in a literal six days, including Jesus.
...My next point was going to be that science and religion are not entirely separate, as both make truth statements. Then I decided that, while scientists make many claims contradictory to Biblical teaching, science itself does not. So I'm in agreement with that point, just in dissent with a certain interpretation of what constitutes science (I feel science can only speak regarding the present, not the past, as its roots are in experiment).
I will disagree that science explains to us the reasons we exist. I could agree that it explains how our existence is continued, but that isn't how your statement (paragraph 5) reads. Science can explain how certain chemicals interact within us, but fails to explain what actually provides that spark of life.
I will agree on the first point. However, I am not convinced the blacklists are targeting innocents. I would see it more an indifference to innocents. They are targeting spammers, and have deemed others as "acceptable casualties". The collateral effect does have benefits for them also, but that isn't their goal.
On the second point, assuming they were targeting innocents, it still isn't terrorism. There is no terror involved. It is far closer to an embargo than terrorism.
I am in agreement that blacklists are not the best approach, but felt comparing it to "terrorism" was drastically overreaching the truth.
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One of my friends actually likes talking to telemarketers. She gets a call, says "Oh, hi!" Then rambles on about her life. She's talked to a couple telemarketers for hours about pretty much nothing. I prefer to attempt to sell the telemarketer something. "Would you like to buy life insurance?" "No, but I have this great deal on a computer for you, only $500!"
I AM a beowulf cluster of these things, you insensitive clod!
Maybe you should find a new doctor.
Worst. Pun. Ever.
Yet, for some reason, I thought it was hilarious.
First, you aren't allowed to say someone else needs more dictionaries and english lessons. I'll correct your post for you. "It's "duct" tape. I think you need more dictionaries and english lessons." That reads much better. Second, "duck" tape is correct. While it is no longer used to refer to the overall type of tape, it would still refer to the tape manufactured by Duck Products.
What makes it new is that the entire print head is created in one piece. It used to consist of several components created separately, then assembled. The new process lets it print faster and at higher quality. I would guess the cost of the new print heads is high enough it would noticably increase the cost of producing an ink cartridge, so they're putting it in the printer instead, where the cost is less noticable. With no print head attached to the cartridge, they can probably sell the cartridge for a bit less while substantially reducing production expenses.
While I am not knowledgable about the Roman Catholic Church, I'll attempt to address this with speculation based on the little I do know.
One major reason for the hierarchy of the church is to assure all congregations are cared for. Some churches are located in poor areas, and the congregation is unable to support themselves. The bishop should be aware of this, and able to allocate funds to support the congregation. Another situation where the bishop is important is when a church's priest retires or dies. The bishop is aware of which priests are available in the area, and which would be best-suited to the task. This provides a smoother transition than occurs in some independent churches, who can spend years looking for a new pastor. With over 1 billion members, there is no way the pope could handle all of this, and due to the wide distribution of churches, individual priests don't have the necessary connections. Therefore, bishops must fill the gap.
I feel the horrible handling of sexual abuse from priests was not a result of a flawed system, but a failure of individuals. Those individuals (both the priests and the bishops who failed to investigate/report as they should have) need to be prosecuted both within the church and criminally. I don't believe the organization as a whole is at fault.
Hope my completely uninformed typing provides some insight into why middle management within a church is necessary.
As a Preacher's Kid, I can address this to some extent. Churches usually pay their ministers the average income of their memberships. So, if you live in a wealthy area, the ministers are going to be comparably well-off. This would be my guess as to why the local minister drives a Lexus. Or there may be a member of the congregation who left their estate to the church when they died, leaving a rather nice car behind. The church decided it would be more cost-effective to provide the minister with the car than to sell it.
As far as churches having so much money... that varies greatly with the church. The church I currently attend is renting a building, and consistently running in the red. Churches with more stable finances usually find things to do with that money, whether it's supporting missions or stocking the local food bank. Very few are simply hoarding money.
I don't know about the first part, but they're way ahead of you on the Klingon part. They also have "hacker", "Bork, bork, bork!", and many real languages.
Point ceded. I overstated.
Er... "...athiests aren't the sole people in support of removal of the the 10 commandments..."
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In response to your second point, I know athiests aren't the sole people opposed to removal of the 10 commandments, but the majority are athiests. It is a good parallel for the example of Christians protesting gay marriage, as they are also not the sole people doing it, but are the primary component.
It goes both ways. Athiests vandalize churches, and Christians break windshields. Christians wave gay hate signs, and athiests try to get every reference to the 10 commandments removed. Yet, on both sides, it is a very small minority committing acts of violence. The issue is not Christians or athiests, but individuals within both worldviews. Neither side is committing significantly worse offenses than the other.
My guess (I really have no idea, but it seems reasonable) would be that they can tell it's a gas giant, and may even be able to determine the type of gas by the reflected light. This means they can rule out the planet in its entirety being superdense. Then, based on the wobble of the star, they can determine the planet's mass. Since they already know the possible mass for a gas giant of its size, they know there is something within it that must have far greater gravitational attraction, and hence greater mass. Therefore, it must have a superdense core of some type.
Let me reiterate, I really have no idea what I'm talking about. Then again, that doesn't mean I'm not right ^_^.
The Josephus passage to which you are referring is not the one I quoted. The one I quoted is generally accepted as authentic, instead of a partial or complete interpolation. Keeping in mind that I am not a scholar, or an expert on this time period, here are some other writings. Tranquillas: "Because the Jews of Rome caused continous disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, [Claudius] expelled them from the city." Jewish Talmud: "On the eve of the Passover Yeshu was hanged." Lucian: "The Christians, you know, worship a man to this day--the distinguished personage who introduced their novel rites, and was crucified on that account."
These are a few of the nonchristian sources I've found, and I cannot speak to their authenticity, as I have not studied them.
That the AC is incorrect in his belief that there is no corroborating evidence for the existence of Jesus.
Note that the Josephus passage I quoted was not the one suspected to be an interpolation, but the quote referring to James, the brother of Jesus. This quote, as far as I know, has not had its authenticity questioned. According to the article you linked to, it is confirmed by Origen. While these texts are not proof for the existence of Jesus, they most definitely are evidence. Regardless of whether or not Jesus existed, there is substantially more evidence than the GP was suggesting.
There is substantially more evidence for the existence of Jesus than you appear to believe. For example, the writings of the Jewish historian Josephus refer to "...the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James...". This is from a book written around 94 as a history of the Jews. Tacitus, a Roman historian, also supports the existence of Jesus. Neither of these people would have any incentive to introduce a fictitious character into their histories. These, among other writings, have provided scholars with convincing evidence that there was a Jewish teacher named Jesus who was executed under Pontius Pilate, and whose followers claimed he was the Messiah.
Well, it could have two curved walls that come to a point where they meet. Then it would have two corners.
I would suspect the majority of betas we're seeing out of Google are from that 20% of time employees get to work on whatever they want to. Employee A says he wants to work on a video search tool. A couple dozen other employees agree. Several months later, video search beta! So Google isn't trying to be all things to all people, Google's employees are sharing their pet projects.
Nor is there evidence showing life arose first on Earth. Both hypotheses are equally untestable. Yet, extraterrestrial origin is the more likely of the two, due to the FAR greater length of time and quantity of resources in the set.
I am in disagreement with a couple aspects of your post. I'll address the simpler issue first.
...My next point was going to be that science and religion are not entirely separate, as both make truth statements. Then I decided that, while scientists make many claims contradictory to Biblical teaching, science itself does not. So I'm in agreement with that point, just in dissent with a certain interpretation of what constitutes science (I feel science can only speak regarding the present, not the past, as its roots are in experiment).
"Firstly, the word day is not a very good translation." The word "day" is the correct translation. The original word was "yom", and a review of usage throughout the Bible shows that any time it is preceded by a number it refers to a 24 hour period. Also, Genesis also specifies "evening and morning". This is not consistent with the day-age hypothesis. For further reading: Answers in Genesis. Also, figures throughout the Bible state a belief in a literal six days, including Jesus.
I will disagree that science explains to us the reasons we exist. I could agree that it explains how our existence is continued, but that isn't how your statement (paragraph 5) reads. Science can explain how certain chemicals interact within us, but fails to explain what actually provides that spark of life.
I will agree on the first point. However, I am not convinced the blacklists are targeting innocents. I would see it more an indifference to innocents. They are targeting spammers, and have deemed others as "acceptable casualties". The collateral effect does have benefits for them also, but that isn't their goal.
On the second point, assuming they were targeting innocents, it still isn't terrorism. There is no terror involved. It is far closer to an embargo than terrorism.
I am in agreement that blacklists are not the best approach, but felt comparing it to "terrorism" was drastically overreaching the truth.
Oh, come on. Do we need a new version of Godwin's Law? Blocking a website and blowing up innocent people are not comparable.