Agreed. Atheism is not a religion. But some atheists proselytize their lack of religious beliefs with a fervor that can equal that of the most outspoken evangelicals.
But Christianity in the US and Europe is not "polite": its adherents and officials constantly insult non-members, and, worse, churches misuse taxes paid by non-members to finance their operations and recruit.
No, the vocal minority does this including subscribers to particular faiths whose beliefs require them to do this.
The silent majority is silent - they keep their beliefs to themselves. You don't hear about it, so you make the mistake of believing that they don't exist or that they believe (or don't) as you do.
But your contrived example goes directly against the actual example that GP provided. Every indication is that his boss is not the type of person to support Prop 8, because he understands his personal beliefs are not suitable for everyone.
Would you still be as favorably disposed toward his "free" exercise of religion, given his demonstration that he couldn't keep his delusions out of the voting booth?
Straw man. That's not what happened, it's a completely made-up example. Obviously someone who is forcing his religious views into law is a twat. This does not negate GP's point or experience.
The only valid point that can be inferred from your statement is that yes - militant atheists are marginally more tolerable in that they are annoying and try to force their beliefs on others, but do *not* try to codify their beliefs as law.
Given the rest of your troll, i think I'm giving you too much credit;)
Actually, come to think of it, try out this perspective: you fervently believe in the Christian mythos. You *know* that it's your duty to save the soul of everyone who can be saved. But some people are trying with equal fervor to keep your perspective out of schools. Looked at that way, atheists too are trying to use legislation to enforce their beliefs -- at least from the perspective of a subset of people.
There are four links (2x thenextweb, ycombinator, and reddit) in the summary and none of them actually point to the web site or the actual statement. Was this really the best submission for this story?
The reason why the elderly who are in medical care don't have dignity is because we as a civilization have setup a structure where such people are considered a drain on society.
Ever watched someone die of cancer? No matter how well cared-for they are, there is absolutely nothing dignified about it.
The "drain on society" has nothing to do with people dying a slow, painful and drawn-out death that can't be averted with modern medicine. Nice attempt to confuse the issue though.
Possible, but hardly "with dignity". You could still be found and rushed to a hospital, stomach pumped and kept alive. Plus quite likely getting forced into some kind of psychological treatment.
Even if not, there are other nasty side effects associated with any of the easily available methods.
So while it's possible to suicide on your own, it's difficult to manage with a minimum of discomfort.
You realize that the article you linked to agrees with the general story if not the specifics around stenographers:
To solve the jamming problem, Sholes and company, who had originally arranged their keyboard in alphabetical order, decided to put the most commonly used letters (or what they thought were the most commonly used letters) as far apart as possible in the machine's innards.
The design was then never changed, even though subsequent typewriter designs made it unnecessary.
Anyone got a citation for this, that Congress does not have the power to limit patents which already have been granted? AFAIK patent exist completely at the pleasure of Congress.
Doesn't matter if they have the power - they won't do it. Too many companies have spent too much money on the registration of patents - invalidating them all would piss off far too many constituents. .
I think there should definitely be surveillance cameras in the rooms where the other cameras are monitored, which are monitored at a different location by a separate agency.
Those secondary monitoring cameras should in turn be displayed on monitors located near to the original cameras...
The most annoying thing about Cardholder Services is that I know the bank I used to work for actually branded themselves as "Cardmember Services" for customer service, because they had so many cobrands and partners (airlines, hotels, etc - each with their own card branding). Which means that the legitimate bank using that name lent credence to the frauds who followed after.
I raised a concern about it back when they first started doing it (years ago), but was just a lowly programmer who clearly couldn't understand the intricacies and nuances of branding.
I went to register - can't go wrong for $8 -- in spite of Android and BlackBerry, BlackBerry 10 being free -- then I saw this:
Windows Phone 8 is out, the tools are available, and devices are about to be released—it’s time to get coding. As an added incentive, for the next 8 days individual developers can register for a Dev Center account for just $8 (a 92 percent savings). Please note because this is a very limited time offer. You’ll be charged $99 USD or equivalent in your local currency, and we’ll refund the difference in the next 30 to 45 days. Watch for more details on Dev Center soon.
WTF? This is $8 in the same way that 'property tax rebates' are a discount on property tax: in the most inconvenient, inefficient way possible. I think I'll pass.
Now, how would Microsoft feel about doing that . . . is another matter . . . but it would get folks like me to try to develop for it. And, *gasp*, maybe folks might even like it . . . ?
RIM has already done it - it's that easy for BB10. Give it a try;)
I don't know what the happened there either, but I think this from TFA says all we need to know:
Toronto is a mean town when you're looking for a bolthole. The operation was blown, and the agent was running. No ordered retreat here—this was panicked flight, strung out on adrenaline. Far beyond the threshold of fear and desperation, it is when the quarry knows his pursuers are close and all he wants in life is a place to go to ground. -Fairfax reporter Neil Chenoweth.
This kind of gawful prose can only happen when you force a writer who didn't make the cut into a job reviewing books.
And they're all rated for much more severe storms than Sandy. Not sure why the fearmongering article, which goes out of its way to imply that meltdown is imminent...
It's amazing the number of people who assume that believing in a god or God automatically means one does not accept evolution as fact. Who is really the ignorant one?
You're a dick and you got called on it. I don't know why you got modded up and all the replies didn't. "Don't panic" is good advice, but people die in storms a lot less forceful than this one.
Being appropriately prepared is not running in circles. Having some supplies so you don't have to risk flooded roads when you run out of milk is a sensible precaution.
See above where I said I took basic precautions - but also see where I said I take these precautions anyway, because unforeseen things are unforeseen.
I got modded up because I'm right - the media blows this out of proportion, the same way that they do every time there's a "Weather Event" to talk about. They build up hype and hysteria to the point where otherwise-reasonable people are out getting in fist-fights over the last of the D batteries. And you're buying into it.
I'm not saying that there's no cause for concern - I am saying that the world's not ending, and if you're calm and take *reasonable* precautions, your world will still be here tomorrow.
So when you take the drama out of the ridiculous article, here's what you get:
Dude finds phone. Some drama round giving the phone back,
Dude finds a phone. Talks to a friend. Friend contacts google. Google wants to get the phone right now, bartender wants to do it next day. Google security dude goes out ot the bar to pick it up. Bartender is out playing a gig somewhere else. Bartender's coworker for some reason tells security dude that bartender is at the police station.
Security dude goes to police station in the middle of a riot. Calls a random lawyer who gets involved for some reason - or at least makes a statement to Wired.
Then they meet up and after the security dude proves his ID, bartender returns the phone to him.
WTF?
Why was this made to sound like the bar was stormed by Google Secret Service or some such crap?
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Agreed. Atheism is not a religion. But some atheists proselytize their lack of religious beliefs with a fervor that can equal that of the most outspoken evangelicals.
But Christianity in the US and Europe is not "polite": its adherents and officials constantly insult non-members, and, worse, churches misuse taxes paid by non-members to finance their operations and recruit.
No, the vocal minority does this including subscribers to particular faiths whose beliefs require them to do this.
The silent majority is silent - they keep their beliefs to themselves. You don't hear about it, so you make the mistake of believing that they don't exist or that they believe (or don't) as you do.
But your contrived example goes directly against the actual example that GP provided. Every indication is that his boss is not the type of person to support Prop 8, because he understands his personal beliefs are not suitable for everyone.
Would you still be as favorably disposed toward his "free" exercise of religion, given his demonstration that he couldn't keep his delusions out of the voting booth?
Straw man. That's not what happened, it's a completely made-up example. Obviously someone who is forcing his religious views into law is a twat. This does not negate GP's point or experience.
The only valid point that can be inferred from your statement is that yes - militant atheists are marginally more tolerable in that they are annoying and try to force their beliefs on others, but do *not* try to codify their beliefs as law.
Given the rest of your troll, i think I'm giving you too much credit ;)
Actually, come to think of it, try out this perspective: you fervently believe in the Christian mythos. You *know* that it's your duty to save the soul of everyone who can be saved. But some people are trying with equal fervor to keep your perspective out of schools. Looked at that way, atheists too are trying to use legislation to enforce their beliefs -- at least from the perspective of a subset of people.
There are four links (2x thenextweb, ycombinator, and reddit) in the summary and none of them actually point to the web site or the actual statement. Was this really the best submission for this story?
The reason why the elderly who are in medical care don't have dignity is because we as a civilization have setup a structure where such people are considered a drain on society.
Ever watched someone die of cancer? No matter how well cared-for they are, there is absolutely nothing dignified about it.
The "drain on society" has nothing to do with people dying a slow, painful and drawn-out death that can't be averted with modern medicine. Nice attempt to confuse the issue though.
Possible, but hardly "with dignity". You could still be found and rushed to a hospital, stomach pumped and kept alive. Plus quite likely getting forced into some kind of psychological treatment.
Even if not, there are other nasty side effects associated with any of the easily available methods.
So while it's possible to suicide on your own, it's difficult to manage with a minimum of discomfort.
You realize that the article you linked to agrees with the general story if not the specifics around stenographers:
To solve the jamming problem, Sholes and company, who had originally arranged their keyboard in alphabetical order, decided to put the most commonly used letters (or what they thought were the most commonly used letters) as far apart as possible in the machine's innards.
The design was then never changed, even though subsequent typewriter designs made it unnecessary.
Anyone got a citation for this, that Congress does not have the power to limit patents which already have been granted? AFAIK patent exist completely at the pleasure of Congress.
Doesn't matter if they have the power - they won't do it. Too many companies have spent too much money on the registration of patents - invalidating them all would piss off far too many constituents. .
I think there should definitely be surveillance cameras in the rooms where the other cameras are monitored, which are monitored at a different location by a separate agency.
Those secondary monitoring cameras should in turn be displayed on monitors located near to the original cameras...
The most annoying thing about Cardholder Services is that I know the bank I used to work for actually branded themselves as "Cardmember Services" for customer service, because they had so many cobrands and partners (airlines, hotels, etc - each with their own card branding). Which means that the legitimate bank using that name lent credence to the frauds who followed after.
I raised a concern about it back when they first started doing it (years ago), but was just a lowly programmer who clearly couldn't understand the intricacies and nuances of branding.
Please link upon completion...
Exception that proves the rule.
cephalocaudal impaction, sometimes compounded by a sucking chest wound.
Beholders don't have boobs you insensitive clod!
And this will not itself reflect, adding more visual confusion?
The problem I am referring to is not inability to discern the paint, but the fact of too much light already present. This will add more.
I do like the idea of glow in the dark roads for increased visibility, but not for reading the temperature.
HAve you ever driven on clean black pavement in the rain at night, in a well-lit area?
The reflections make it really hard to discern markings. I can only imagine that in the right circumstances, this will make it worse.
I went to register - can't go wrong for $8 -- in spite of Android and BlackBerry, BlackBerry 10 being free -- then I saw this:
Windows Phone 8 is out, the tools are available, and devices are about to be released—it’s time to get coding. As an added incentive, for the next 8 days individual developers can register for a Dev Center account for just $8 (a 92 percent savings). Please note because this is a very limited time offer. You’ll be charged $99 USD or equivalent in your local currency, and we’ll refund the difference in the next 30 to 45 days. Watch for more details on Dev Center soon.
WTF? This is $8 in the same way that 'property tax rebates' are a discount on property tax: in the most inconvenient, inefficient way possible. I think I'll pass.
Now, how would Microsoft feel about doing that . . . is another matter . . . but it would get folks like me to try to develop for it. And, *gasp*, maybe folks might even like it . . . ?
RIM has already done it - it's that easy for BB10. Give it a try ;)
https://developer.blackberry.com/develop/platform_choice/bb10.html
Hah! Well-played, sir!
You've obviously never been poor in your life.
The people for whom TV costs too much are exactly the people who need it.
Are you seriously suggesting that any people, anywhere actually need pay-per-view television content?
I don't know what the happened there either, but I think this from TFA says all we need to know:
Toronto is a mean town when you're looking for a bolthole. The operation was blown, and the agent was running. No ordered retreat here—this was panicked flight, strung out on adrenaline. Far beyond the threshold of fear and desperation, it is when the quarry knows his pursuers are close and all he wants in life is a place to go to ground.
-Fairfax reporter Neil Chenoweth.
This kind of gawful prose can only happen when you force a writer who didn't make the cut into a job reviewing books.
And they're all rated for much more severe storms than Sandy. Not sure why the fearmongering article, which goes out of its way to imply that meltdown is imminent...
It's amazing the number of people who assume that believing in a god or God automatically means one does not accept evolution as fact. Who is really the ignorant one?
You're a dick and you got called on it. I don't know why you got modded up and all the replies didn't. "Don't panic" is good advice, but people die in storms a lot less forceful than this one.
Being appropriately prepared is not running in circles. Having some supplies so you don't have to risk flooded roads when you run out of milk is a sensible precaution.
See above where I said I took basic precautions - but also see where I said I take these precautions anyway, because unforeseen things are unforeseen.
I got modded up because I'm right - the media blows this out of proportion, the same way that they do every time there's a "Weather Event" to talk about. They build up hype and hysteria to the point where otherwise-reasonable people are out getting in fist-fights over the last of the D batteries. And you're buying into it.
I'm not saying that there's no cause for concern - I am saying that the world's not ending, and if you're calm and take *reasonable* precautions, your world will still be here tomorrow.
So when you take the drama out of the ridiculous article, here's what you get:
Dude finds phone. Some drama round giving the phone back,
Dude finds a phone. Talks to a friend. Friend contacts google. Google wants to get the phone right now, bartender wants to do it next day. Google security dude goes out ot the bar to pick it up. Bartender is out playing a gig somewhere else. Bartender's coworker for some reason tells security dude that bartender is at the police station.
Security dude goes to police station in the middle of a riot. Calls a random lawyer who gets involved for some reason - or at least makes a statement to Wired.
Then they meet up and after the security dude proves his ID, bartender returns the phone to him.
WTF?
Why was this made to sound like the bar was stormed by Google Secret Service or some such crap?