You make it sound like he must have paid in $1 bills. Most likely he paid in $50 bills and $100 bills, unless he was walking around with a suitcase of cash. If someone working at a University can't count to 60 (or better yet, count to 10 six times) fairly quickly and painlessly that's pretty sad.
I get the impression that doubt in scientific circles is heresy.
It depends on the topic in question really. Doubt in well established topics is quite often frowned upon. However, doubt in new ideas is usually quite well accepted. This unfortunately has both the effects of stabilizing good scientific knowledge and stifling new discoveries. Strangely, string theory of all things seems to have dodged the doubt bullet.
IANAL. It would, but does that hold up in court? I don't know why, but I vaguely recall something about you having to sue all parties directly responsible or you risk the case being thrown out. Though I admit this could all be in my head. IANAL.
IANAL. It would seem to me that if you are going to sue someone for causing you harm, you would need to sue everyone involved. In this case, that would mean sueing almost everyone in the world. It's not fair to target one small group just because they have money. IANAL.
I agree that as a service it's a great idea. The concern I would have here is why is the government getting involved? The cost of regulation and enforcement for a government certification is not cheap. It would be better to simply let the customers of Utah tell their ISPs what they want. Sooner or later, an ISP will see the business opportunity and run with it.
Then why not make the parents aquire their own software for this if they want it? It's not as though the tools for doing this don't already exist. This is not something that everyone should be burdened with.
There tends to be a public perception problem with Anti-depressants and other psychotropic drugs in general, and the blatent over prescribing of these drugs does nothing to help their image. By and large, from my unscientific observation, anti-depressants are widely over prescribed and abused (which may actually account for a skew in the data discussed in this article. However, this does not invalidate their usefullness and effectiveness for those with a severe chronic depression problem. My personal opinion is that anti-depressants should only be used in conjunction with regular visits to talk with a psychotherapist.
Because when parents are expected to NOT monitor their child's computer usage, that's how we get hair brained ideas that the government should do it instead. Children need to be taught about what is appropriate online as well as what is appropriate in the real world. They need to be taught to not give out personal information, not talk to weirdos who WANT personal information, etc. And if they violate these rules, the parents need to be able to find out so that they can deal out appropriate punishment to reenforce the seriousness of those rules. If the parents don't do it, then the government will step in and do it for them. Take your pick.
Unfortunately all of my journal subscription money goes to IEEE. I'm just not interested enough in topics of nature to fork out that kind of money. I leave it to those who hold a stake in evolution to inform me of interesting studies and findings like this. So far their efforts have been sadly disappointing. My own college biology professor who adamently believed in evolution did not provide a single human observed example of reproductively isolated speciation. If they want to make skeptics who are already leaning their way take that last step across the line, biologists need to put these findings in the spot light.
So all that proves is that after messing around with fruit flies for a number of generation, they screwed them up enough so they could no longer reproduce.
No, it show that they ended up with a group of fruit flies capable of reproduction in that group, but incapable of reproducing with other groups that spawned from the same original group. This is typically the final line at which no one disputes that a species separation exists. Granted, I assume this from the title of the article and have not read it for myself. On the same token, without reading the article and finding out what their methods were, neither you nor I can make any reasonable assumption as to the cause of the speciation.
Actually no I hadn't. You are the first person to present me with actual examples of reproductively isolated speciation. I retract my previous statements about having no observed examples of one species evolving into another.
I have always assumed it was. However, this point may be the fatal flaw in my comprehention of what the scientific community means when they say "theory"
The biggest problem with this whole "it's just a theory" argument is that the word "theory" is ambiguous. It's just like "free speech" vs. "free beer".
In science "theory" and "fact" do not necessarily stand in opposition. A theory is a logical explanation or a testable model for a given natural phenomenon.
String theory is the former, but it is incomplete.
I will concede to that point. Perhaps a better way of explaining my stance that evolution is not fact, but theory is that it is my opinion that the Theory of Evolution is not complete. I do not disbelieve in evolution, but I have not seen testing of this theory that satisfies what I would consider conclusive proof.
What you describe is still not one species evolving into a new species, incapable of breeding viable offspring with the previous species under natural conditions.
It seems like people believe that if you don't accept evolution as science fact, then you must view it as science fiction. This is simply not the case.
Regardless, evolution is still just a theory. It's a good theory based on solid observed evidence, but without being able to see the process in nature, it is difficult to justify calling it scientific fact. On the otherhand, we are able to observe gravity in nature. We have been able to quantify gravity; modeling it and testing those models. We can not quite yet say the same for Evolution.
Apparently the article forgot that assembly is still widely used in embedded software for controlling microcontrollers. C might be starting to take hold, but many systems still use assembly, especially when the microcontroller isn't very sophisticated.
It is interesting to note that most of the old great composers made the bulk of their money through commission and sponsorship. It wasn't until Beethoven that simplified copies of music (in the form of sheet music) were made available for general consumer consumption.
I don't personally have much against him. My best guess (and it's only a guess) would be that it's the evangelical social conservatives that are the driving opposition to him within the Republican party. They have basically hijacked the entire party at the national level.
Amusingly I have heard from a handful of diehard Republicans that if it comes down to John McCain and Hilary Clinton, they just might vote for Clinton.
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You make it sound like he must have paid in $1 bills. Most likely he paid in $50 bills and $100 bills, unless he was walking around with a suitcase of cash. If someone working at a University can't count to 60 (or better yet, count to 10 six times) fairly quickly and painlessly that's pretty sad.
I like children, but only in small doses. I doubt I'm alone on that. I have a business plan for Rent-a-Kid.
Thanks for the clarification. This at least tells me that my conceptions were probably wrong.
IANAL. It would, but does that hold up in court? I don't know why, but I vaguely recall something about you having to sue all parties directly responsible or you risk the case being thrown out. Though I admit this could all be in my head. IANAL.
IANAL. It would seem to me that if you are going to sue someone for causing you harm, you would need to sue everyone involved. In this case, that would mean sueing almost everyone in the world. It's not fair to target one small group just because they have money. IANAL.
Can anyone tell me why is there an article from The Onion on here? Is Slashdot trying to join the ranks of sensationalist reporting?
I agree that as a service it's a great idea. The concern I would have here is why is the government getting involved? The cost of regulation and enforcement for a government certification is not cheap. It would be better to simply let the customers of Utah tell their ISPs what they want. Sooner or later, an ISP will see the business opportunity and run with it.
Then why not make the parents aquire their own software for this if they want it? It's not as though the tools for doing this don't already exist. This is not something that everyone should be burdened with.
There tends to be a public perception problem with Anti-depressants and other psychotropic drugs in general, and the blatent over prescribing of these drugs does nothing to help their image. By and large, from my unscientific observation, anti-depressants are widely over prescribed and abused (which may actually account for a skew in the data discussed in this article. However, this does not invalidate their usefullness and effectiveness for those with a severe chronic depression problem. My personal opinion is that anti-depressants should only be used in conjunction with regular visits to talk with a psychotherapist.
We most certainly ARE organic matter. And in a sense, we are also food. I for one do not desire to be digested by my own pants.
Because when parents are expected to NOT monitor their child's computer usage, that's how we get hair brained ideas that the government should do it instead. Children need to be taught about what is appropriate online as well as what is appropriate in the real world. They need to be taught to not give out personal information, not talk to weirdos who WANT personal information, etc. And if they violate these rules, the parents need to be able to find out so that they can deal out appropriate punishment to reenforce the seriousness of those rules. If the parents don't do it, then the government will step in and do it for them. Take your pick.
Unfortunately all of my journal subscription money goes to IEEE. I'm just not interested enough in topics of nature to fork out that kind of money. I leave it to those who hold a stake in evolution to inform me of interesting studies and findings like this. So far their efforts have been sadly disappointing. My own college biology professor who adamently believed in evolution did not provide a single human observed example of reproductively isolated speciation. If they want to make skeptics who are already leaning their way take that last step across the line, biologists need to put these findings in the spot light.
Actually no I hadn't. You are the first person to present me with actual examples of reproductively isolated speciation. I retract my previous statements about having no observed examples of one species evolving into another.
I have always assumed it was. However, this point may be the fatal flaw in my comprehention of what the scientific community means when they say "theory"
What you describe is still not one species evolving into a new species, incapable of breeding viable offspring with the previous species under natural conditions. It seems like people believe that if you don't accept evolution as science fact, then you must view it as science fiction. This is simply not the case.
The only reason theories come about is because of a fact. You mean like string theory?
Regardless, evolution is still just a theory. It's a good theory based on solid observed evidence, but without being able to see the process in nature, it is difficult to justify calling it scientific fact. On the otherhand, we are able to observe gravity in nature. We have been able to quantify gravity; modeling it and testing those models. We can not quite yet say the same for Evolution.
Apparently the article forgot that assembly is still widely used in embedded software for controlling microcontrollers. C might be starting to take hold, but many systems still use assembly, especially when the microcontroller isn't very sophisticated.
Then the RIAA will definitely delete the posting because it poses a dangerous risk to their business model.
It is interesting to note that most of the old great composers made the bulk of their money through commission and sponsorship. It wasn't until Beethoven that simplified copies of music (in the form of sheet music) were made available for general consumer consumption.
I don't personally have much against him. My best guess (and it's only a guess) would be that it's the evangelical social conservatives that are the driving opposition to him within the Republican party. They have basically hijacked the entire party at the national level.
Amusingly I have heard from a handful of diehard Republicans that if it comes down to John McCain and Hilary Clinton, they just might vote for Clinton.