"On the space shuttle one of the astronauts has to have an advanced medical license and they carry a first aid kit that would probably make your local ambulance company drool"
It's a simulation. All they have to do is give the guy a couple of little silvery salt-shakers that he can wave over patients to instanantly perform brain surgery or cure the Denebian trots (or, if things go bad in the simulation, he can arch an eyebrow and say "He's dead (sim)".
"I swear it's true, even though the documentation is forged. Why? Because I just know it.". Yessiree, and all fossil scandals to the contrary, Piltdown Man and the Cardiff Giant were actual creatures who lived in the past.
Looks rather decent, all the way around. None of the bizarre smaller-than-chicklet buttons in funky curved arrays that mar similar devices. It even has a standard touch-tone pad for phone functions (something many regular cell phones even lack).
"Ha ha, you fell for the fake "Bush Mars mission" designed to get science believers to quiet down their skepticism about Bush Sr in an election year. Bush Sr pulled the same thing, but Americans weren't as gullible then"
Rather than wonder what Bush Sr did compared to Bush Sr, I realized that there really is no Bush Sr. Because the Bush's actually have different middle names, neither one is Sr or Jr to the other.
"My college chemistry professor also said the same thing. He said that evolution appears to violate the law of entropy."
There are instances of appearance movement from disorder to order all the time, such as ocean water drying into nice salt crystals. But perhaps the problem here is in trying to apply the measurement of "ordered" vs "disordered" to something where it might not even apply (or we have no idea how it applies) such as the taxonomy of life forms. There can be quite a subjective call here:
What do you call more "ordered": a situation where there are a few species of single-celled organisms, or a situation where you have a wide variety of multi-celled organisms?
There's no such thing as too much television, radio, books, magazines, opera, whatever. Show me a TV-smasher, and sure enough a book-burner will be right around the corner.
"me want to do a big Chomsky catch-up (gotta confess I haven't read anything of his for years.)"
Here's a hint: nothing he has ever said since he branched out from linguistics has made any sense or has been defensible. A low point was when he supported Pol Pot and "the killing fields".
"Bill Clinton is generally considered "centrist" by all but the most radical conservatives."
If you measure from the exact political center, ol' Bill is to the left of it, which makes him on the left-wing. Even if he is not as far out on the wing as some others are. Recognizing this has less to do with whether someone is radical left or radical right. It has more to do with resisting the arrogance that calls one to measure their own position as the reasonable "center" no matter how far off in the wings they are.
"I thought that both the Nokia 770 and the Mylo were wireless information access devices, not phones?"
It is a multi-function device, and "phone" is one of these functions. CmdrTaco mentioned "phone" once in his summary, and it appears twice in the actual linked article. Therefore, it is well within range to comment on its suitability as a phone.
"Gotta listen to Fox News, because, you know, they're Fair and Balanced."
I prefer to listen to them instead because, out of all the cable networks, they have the louduest logos. They whiz, roar, and kerchunk all over the screen with deafening volume. It is really quite mesmerizing. That, and Bill O'Reilly appears to have the most fascinatingly bad pancake-makeup job.
It does not appear to pass muster as a phone. Unless it was hidden on a back-side not in the pictures, or comes up as part of a touch screen, I saw no evidence of the basic 9 x 4 touch-tone right-angles-touch tone layout that has been standard for decades. You shouldn't have to learn different phone button layouts, and have to look to see where some "form over function" design-school failure randomly placed these buttons. It's not rocket science.
Do you get to choose which 18 month period you will select from? I'm hoping for something like Jul 2003 - Dec 2004: no P(uff) D(a/i)iddy videos to worry about, and I might pick up a cool Peter Gabriel video or two.
I couldn't have said it better, my friend-freak. All evidence supports evolution, and more keeps rolling in all the time. No evidence contradicts evolution: all of the "man and dino footprints in stone" type of claims always turn out to be hoaxes or examples of deliberate and gross misinterpretation. No evidence supports the "Creation Science" theories, and these "theories" only find what very little strength they can muster on the far, far end of "What started it all in the first place?"
You have to be correct on this one. If the CIA made a mistake, they'd correct it immediately. If there is any organization that is known for it, the CIA is nothing if exceedinly open and ready to quickly admit mistakes and revise reports.
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"On the space shuttle one of the astronauts has to have an advanced medical license and they carry a first aid kit that would probably make your local ambulance company drool"
It's a simulation. All they have to do is give the guy a couple of little silvery salt-shakers that he can wave over patients to instanantly perform brain surgery or cure the Denebian trots (or, if things go bad in the simulation, he can arch an eyebrow and say "He's dead (sim)".
"There was a UK reality show based around a bunch of people thinking they were off in to space."
There was a wildly popular reality show similar to this that ran on American TV in the late 1960s.
But where are the oil riggers? That's one survival skill needed in outer space. You never known when Phobos might decide to crash into Mars.
"I swear it's true, even though the documentation is forged. Why? Because I just know it.". Yessiree, and all fossil scandals to the contrary, Piltdown Man and the Cardiff Giant were actual creatures who lived in the past.
What's wrong with the tried-and-true "Wimp and Chimp"?
Looks rather decent, all the way around. None of the bizarre smaller-than-chicklet buttons in funky curved arrays that mar similar devices. It even has a standard touch-tone pad for phone functions (something many regular cell phones even lack).
"I wonder if the Times is lying about the whole thing"
This would be a shocking development. I'm not sure it has ever happened before. Perhaps Dan Rather could investigate it.
"Ha ha, you fell for the fake "Bush Mars mission" designed to get science believers to quiet down their skepticism about Bush Sr in an election year. Bush Sr pulled the same thing, but Americans weren't as gullible then"
Rather than wonder what Bush Sr did compared to Bush Sr, I realized that there really is no Bush Sr. Because the Bush's actually have different middle names, neither one is Sr or Jr to the other.
"My college chemistry professor also said the same thing. He said that evolution appears to violate the law of entropy."
There are instances of appearance movement from disorder to order all the time, such as ocean water drying into nice salt crystals. But perhaps the problem here is in trying to apply the measurement of "ordered" vs "disordered" to something where it might not even apply (or we have no idea how it applies) such as the taxonomy of life forms. There can be quite a subjective call here:
What do you call more "ordered": a situation where there are a few species of single-celled organisms, or a situation where you have a wide variety of multi-celled organisms?
In an argument where things so often get hung up on points about missing links, it might be better to slay the opponent with accuracy.
Oink.
"I'm also quite content with being the descendant of chimps."
If you know anything about the subject, you will know that humans and chimps descended from a common ancestor.
"Dude, stay in there! It's not worth it, they just dragged me out by my legs and spanked me!"
In your best Cartman voice, of course!
Because there is no such thing as too early.
"Too much fucking television"
There's no such thing as too much television, radio, books, magazines, opera, whatever. Show me a TV-smasher, and sure enough a book-burner will be right around the corner.
"me want to do a big Chomsky catch-up (gotta confess I haven't read anything of his for years.)"
Here's a hint: nothing he has ever said since he branched out from linguistics has made any sense or has been defensible. A low point was when he supported Pol Pot and "the killing fields".
"Bill Clinton is generally considered "centrist" by all but the most radical conservatives."
If you measure from the exact political center, ol' Bill is to the left of it, which makes him on the left-wing. Even if he is not as far out on the wing as some others are. Recognizing this has less to do with whether someone is radical left or radical right. It has more to do with resisting the arrogance that calls one to measure their own position as the reasonable "center" no matter how far off in the wings they are.
"I thought that both the Nokia 770 and the Mylo were wireless information access devices, not phones?"
It is a multi-function device, and "phone" is one of these functions. CmdrTaco mentioned "phone" once in his summary, and it appears twice in the actual linked article. Therefore, it is well within range to comment on its suitability as a phone.
"Gotta listen to Fox News, because, you know, they're Fair and Balanced."
I prefer to listen to them instead because, out of all the cable networks, they have the louduest logos. They whiz, roar, and kerchunk all over the screen with deafening volume. It is really quite mesmerizing. That, and Bill O'Reilly appears to have the most fascinatingly bad pancake-makeup job.
It does not appear to pass muster as a phone. Unless it was hidden on a back-side not in the pictures, or comes up as part of a touch screen, I saw no evidence of the basic 9 x 4 touch-tone right-angles-touch tone layout that has been standard for decades. You shouldn't have to learn different phone button layouts, and have to look to see where some "form over function" design-school failure randomly placed these buttons. It's not rocket science.
"in which parts of the Bible, such as Jesus' parables, swim"
? Wasn't he known for walking on the water, not swimming in it?
"Just because you can't duplicate it in a lab doesn't mean you can't come up with a huge body of supporting evidence."
What???? Does this mean I can't anymore say "The sun does not exist" since it can't be created at Bell Labs???
"every music video ever created within 18 months"
Do you get to choose which 18 month period you will select from? I'm hoping for something like Jul 2003 - Dec 2004: no P(uff) D(a/i)iddy videos to worry about, and I might pick up a cool Peter Gabriel video or two.
Why, maybe their overwhelmingly left wing politics might, but hey.
I couldn't have said it better, my friend-freak. All evidence supports evolution, and more keeps rolling in all the time. No evidence contradicts evolution: all of the "man and dino footprints in stone" type of claims always turn out to be hoaxes or examples of deliberate and gross misinterpretation. No evidence supports the "Creation Science" theories, and these "theories" only find what very little strength they can muster on the far, far end of "What started it all in the first place?"
You have to be correct on this one. If the CIA made a mistake, they'd correct it immediately. If there is any organization that is known for it, the CIA is nothing if exceedinly open and ready to quickly admit mistakes and revise reports.