you sound a little confused. evolution (the observed fact and the Darwinian theory) says absolutely nothing about the beginning of life. this is just one of the FUD arguments by creationists - that because we don't understand everything about life there is some doubt and that doubt applies equally to all areas of research.
I'm not going to start talking about "adaptation". creationists often try to change the language used to mislead people. they have phrases like "just a theory" to make "theory" sound like "idea" when in fact in science a "theory" is something that is well developed and supported by evidence.
evolution is a fact. sorry if you don't like me saying that but it's simply true by the very best standards of human knowledge.
>Who the hell are you to tell this guy his belief system is wrong?
it doesn't matter who am I it matters the facts I am basing my opinion on. who the fuck are you to suggest that just because someone has a "belief system" I'm not allowed to point out that they are factually wrong and saying untrue things? what kind of idiot are you that you think it's best to just accept lies because you might hurt someone's feelings if you dare to speak up? do you think Galileo was being a prick for saying the Earth goes around the Sun when he was clearly insulting the belief system of people around him?
evolution is a fact. you are wrong if you claim otherwise. Darwinian natural selection is a scientific theory that very successfully explains the fact of evolution, just like Einstein's general relativity very successfully explains the fact of gravitational attraction.
>To say, "I don't have any evidence for a God, thus will not use such a concept to guide my life IS rational.
yes this is true. (and further to just discounting the gods I can "discount them with prejudice" due to having specific logical/historical/scientific reasons against specific gods).
>You advocate a concept that is very similar to a religion, and one that is equally dangerous.
>Our supposition that Christianity is not pure fantasy is just as irrational as your supposition that it is fantasy.
Christians say this kind of bollocks all the time. it's like you guys are freaking brainwashed. just read what you said and actually THINK about it. if you find there is any part of you that thinks something about it is slightly odd, then I suggest you read some books on logic and philosophy. if you're completely content that you're right then please just try to focus on any parts of the bible that say don't fuck up other peoples' lives.
>Besides, the key to salvation is... blah, blah, blah
look, you can shove your "salvation" up your arse. I do not NEED salvation. just because I'm not perfect doesn't mean there's anything wrong with me. nobody's perfect.
the one thing I am sure of though is that I'm a far better person than that evil, spiteful, vengeful bastard in the bible. and I'm better than the disgusting drones that harm people in "His" name.
you can start with moses. in fact, he went one further and killed non-believers who WOULD convert, but he said (paraphrasing) "too late fucktards" and still slaughtered them all.
that PC users who have insecurities about not being young, attractive or cool don't enjoy being forced to confront those feelings by Apple's marketing campaign?
I didn't think he was smug at all, and he obviously wouldn't have been designed as smug. so it's really just in the hostile minds of the insecure but Apple still wants to sell to those people.
it's like the way you always get people in ipod threads complaining that the ipod is cool and so people buying it is some sort of problem. I'm fairly certain the problem is with complainers' perceptions rather than Apple's products.
>Like most of the next-gen systems, the Wii will nickel and dime you to death on accessories and connectivity.
no, the Wii is very different from all the other next-gen consoles in an important way: you can use your previous-gen peripherals and games. I'm going to get rid of my GameCube but keep Super Smash Bros., my 2 extra controllers and my memory card. all of these will be 100% compatible out of the box with no further purchase necessary. (unlike a certain rootkit-installing company who wants you to buy special converters to use PS2 memory cards on the PS3.)
learn something about what you're talking about or shut the fuck up.
the opinion on global warming of someone who doesn't even know the definitions of "weather" and "climate" (Austin...) is not just worthless, but actually causes a noticable drop in your country's GDP.
so someone who happens to have no time commitments on the day of launch is more deserving than someone who planned ahead and preordered (often with deposit and/or a pick-up-by time) as soons as they were able to?
online preorders are also limited, by account or even delivery address.
Opera's low-spec experience means they make efficient browsers, not PC-bloatware that use lots of resources just because they can. always a bonus for non-upgradable platforms.
when I say you can back it up I mean you can copy the actual file as many times as you want, with no loss at all. some people with no experience of DRM think it means you have one and only one file and if it gets corrupted or you lose your ipod or you accidentally delete it then you've lost thousands of dollars for ever oh noes!!! it's not like that at all. the first thing you get after buying from iTMS is a reminder from Apple to back up your files.
160kps AAC should be enough to replace your 256kps mp3. 256kps AAC will be better quality.
I don't know why you would want FLAC or OGG when you can have Apple Lossless and AAC, unless you're a OSS-freak and philosophy is more important than quality or battery life, but it doesn't sound like it since you use mp3 anyway.
>But you have accused me of being a thief when I actually have only legal MP3s without DRM.
no. I have accused you of being a liar, a troll and possibly the friend of an idiot, but not a thief. my media library is 1746 items, of which 168 are from the iTunes Music Store. the rest are from my CDs and music DVDs.
>I will not spend $1 for a song that sucks
futher to the above, I now accuse you of being a retard for making this statement. neither would I, or anyone. I have, however, bought from the iTMS 3 complete albums that are only available to buy from the iTMS, an album not easily available in my country, and many individual songs and music videos I like.
I haven't said anything about anything in this topic, except that you are lying about iTunes and its features. if you need to lie to make your argument, or you're too stupid to understand the facts then you must have a pretty pathetic case anyway.
you are a lying troll. you can use as many ipods as you want. and you can use music you didn't buy from the itunes store. you can make as many backups as you want, and you can play on 5 computers simulataneously.
your friends are idiots or are lying to you because they hate you and don't want you to enjoy ipods like they do.
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you sound a little confused. evolution (the observed fact and the Darwinian theory) says absolutely nothing about the beginning of life. this is just one of the FUD arguments by creationists - that because we don't understand everything about life there is some doubt and that doubt applies equally to all areas of research.
I'm not going to start talking about "adaptation". creationists often try to change the language used to mislead people. they have phrases like "just a theory" to make "theory" sound like "idea" when in fact in science a "theory" is something that is well developed and supported by evidence.
evolution is a fact. sorry if you don't like me saying that but it's simply true by the very best standards of human knowledge.
>Who the hell are you to tell this guy his belief system is wrong?
it doesn't matter who am I it matters the facts I am basing my opinion on. who the fuck are you to suggest that just because someone has a "belief system" I'm not allowed to point out that they are factually wrong and saying untrue things? what kind of idiot are you that you think it's best to just accept lies because you might hurt someone's feelings if you dare to speak up? do you think Galileo was being a prick for saying the Earth goes around the Sun when he was clearly insulting the belief system of people around him?
evolution is a fact. you are wrong if you claim otherwise. Darwinian natural selection is a scientific theory that very successfully explains the fact of evolution, just like Einstein's general relativity very successfully explains the fact of gravitational attraction.
>As a creationist, I'd be content with a statement saying that evolution isn't proven
so you'd be content with a lie, then?
evolution is a fact. get over it. you are wrong about creationism and no amount of whinging can change a fact.
>To say, "I don't have any evidence for a God, thus will not use such a concept to guide my life IS rational.
yes this is true. (and further to just discounting the gods I can "discount them with prejudice" due to having specific logical/historical/scientific reasons against specific gods).
>You advocate a concept that is very similar to a religion, and one that is equally dangerous.
when? where? how? wtf?
"see" is a bit vague. but yes, the only things that exist are those that can be demonstrated (in practice or in principle).
that's sort of the definition of "exist".
if you cannot possibly demonstrate the existence of a soul or spirit to me, then in what way does it make any sense to talk of one?
>But we humans are more than a brain. We have a spirit...
no we don't. but if you actually show me your spirit, or anyone else's, then I'll gladly change my mind.
>Our supposition that Christianity is not pure fantasy is just as irrational as your supposition that it is fantasy.
Christians say this kind of bollocks all the time. it's like you guys are freaking brainwashed. just read what you said and actually THINK about it. if you find there is any part of you that thinks something about it is slightly odd, then I suggest you read some books on logic and philosophy. if you're completely content that you're right then please just try to focus on any parts of the bible that say don't fuck up other peoples' lives.
>Besides, the key to salvation is... blah, blah, blah
look, you can shove your "salvation" up your arse. I do not NEED salvation. just because I'm not perfect doesn't mean there's anything wrong with me. nobody's perfect.
the one thing I am sure of though is that I'm a far better person than that evil, spiteful, vengeful bastard in the bible. and I'm better than the disgusting drones that harm people in "His" name.
you can start with moses. in fact, he went one further and killed non-believers who WOULD convert, but he said (paraphrasing) "too late fucktards" and still slaughtered them all.
no but the wheelchair ramps that do the actual allowing access are.
get it?
are the readers free?
yeah but even Newtonian physics was good enough to put a man on the moon. in science, mistakes are discovered and corrected.
in religion, mistakes are discovered and covered-up, usually by killing or otherwise silencing the discoverer.
which method do you think is most likely to produce results consistent with reality?
oh my god you're going a phd in a science and don't even understand the scientific method.
what an appalling indictment of your education system you are.
let's start at the start.
the 7-day creation myth vs. the adam and eve creation myth.
they can't both be right. things are created on different days.
>Just because I can't represent my evidence with data is no grounds for me not to believe it.
yes it it.
you're talking about anecdotes and opinions, which don't necessarily have any positive correlation with the truth.
and then there are holy books such as the Bible, which are disgusting, immoral, contradictory, illogical and can be shown to simply be wrong.
that PC users who have insecurities about not being young, attractive or cool don't enjoy being forced to confront those feelings by Apple's marketing campaign?
I didn't think he was smug at all, and he obviously wouldn't have been designed as smug. so it's really just in the hostile minds of the insecure but Apple still wants to sell to those people.
it's like the way you always get people in ipod threads complaining that the ipod is cool and so people buying it is some sort of problem. I'm fairly certain the problem is with complainers' perceptions rather than Apple's products.
try reading the article SUMMARY and you'll find out the answer to this question and more!
>Like most of the next-gen systems, the Wii will nickel and dime you to death on accessories and connectivity.
no, the Wii is very different from all the other next-gen consoles in an important way: you can use your previous-gen peripherals and games. I'm going to get rid of my GameCube but keep Super Smash Bros., my 2 extra controllers and my memory card. all of these will be 100% compatible out of the box with no further purchase necessary. (unlike a certain rootkit-installing company who wants you to buy special converters to use PS2 memory cards on the PS3.)
so they're copying google 100% except that their version won't work on my mac.
oh my god, it hurts to think of all the wasted energy in reproducing something badly.
you're an idiot.
learn something about what you're talking about or shut the fuck up.
the opinion on global warming of someone who doesn't even know the definitions of "weather" and "climate" (Austin...) is not just worthless, but actually causes a noticable drop in your country's GDP.
you aren't making sense.
so someone who happens to have no time commitments on the day of launch is more deserving than someone who planned ahead and preordered (often with deposit and/or a pick-up-by time) as soons as they were able to?
online preorders are also limited, by account or even delivery address.
omg the "article" is only about 3 sentences long and still none of you even bothered.
>please tell me what this technology does for me?
no, go RTfuckingA you lazy bastard (that goes for the rest of you too).
Opera's low-spec experience means they make efficient browsers, not PC-bloatware that use lots of resources just because they can. always a bonus for non-upgradable platforms.
no keyboard = restricted interface.
when I say you can back it up I mean you can copy the actual file as many times as you want, with no loss at all. some people with no experience of DRM think it means you have one and only one file and if it gets corrupted or you lose your ipod or you accidentally delete it then you've lost thousands of dollars for ever oh noes!!! it's not like that at all. the first thing you get after buying from iTMS is a reminder from Apple to back up your files.
160kps AAC should be enough to replace your 256kps mp3. 256kps AAC will be better quality.
I don't know why you would want FLAC or OGG when you can have Apple Lossless and AAC, unless you're a OSS-freak and philosophy is more important than quality or battery life, but it doesn't sound like it since you use mp3 anyway.
>But you have accused me of being a thief when I actually have only legal MP3s without DRM.
no. I have accused you of being a liar, a troll and possibly the friend of an idiot, but not a thief. my media library is 1746 items, of which 168 are from the iTunes Music Store. the rest are from my CDs and music DVDs.
>I will not spend $1 for a song that sucks
futher to the above, I now accuse you of being a retard for making this statement. neither would I, or anyone. I have, however, bought from the iTMS 3 complete albums that are only available to buy from the iTMS, an album not easily available in my country, and many individual songs and music videos I like.
I haven't said anything about anything in this topic, except that you are lying about iTunes and its features. if you need to lie to make your argument, or you're too stupid to understand the facts then you must have a pretty pathetic case anyway.
you are a lying troll. you can use as many ipods as you want. and you can use music you didn't buy from the itunes store. you can make as many backups as you want, and you can play on 5 computers simulataneously.
your friends are idiots or are lying to you because they hate you and don't want you to enjoy ipods like they do.