>I recommend you show love by letting others live.
it would be nice if your god would do the same.
I don't care about whether you use swear words or not, but if you believe that the world was created by a powerful being that discriminates between the "worthiness" of people on the basis of their sex, sexuality, skin colour, not chopping off foreskin, sex before marriage, etc etc or any other personal matter then you are being far more insulting than if you had simply said "fuck off you cunt".
creationists spread many very offensive ideas themselves, even if they use "pollite" words to phrase it.
but while christian and other religious prejudices are annoyingly stupid, I don't believe people have a right to not be offended.
>So you're still receiving 100% of the benefits of paying that special tax, right?
obviously not.
your argument would only be true if: 1. the BBC didn't have a charter 2. the BBC didn't already deliver online content to non-Windows users 3. development and implementation of the iPlayer costs nothing
>the range and quality of Mac games is poor in comparison
I don't understand why this argument still comes up.
surely the range of mac games is ALL games, whereas PCs can run almost, but not quite, all games (no linux or mac-only games).
or is the current iMac's limitation of 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256MB GDDR3 just too bad to be of any use? I don't know, it's been years since I've followed "hardcore" games and specs. any good benchmarks would be appreciated.
>So get over it, quit the pointless bickering and figure out what to release into the atmosphere to reduce the energy influx instead.
that's easy, I don't remember which specific compound/s, but whatever the russian sulphur plants were pumping out before the revolution shut them down is supposed to have an observable effect on the temperature graph - before they were shut down they had a cooling effect, presumably through encouraging cloud formation.
>Your judgemental ignorance and sweeping generalizations about a large and varied country have convinced me that you are a fucking genius. Thank you, sir, for the opportunity to flex my strained sarcasm muscles.
well I may be mistaken, but the polls I've seen actually point to a majority of people believing in creationism over evolution, atheism is the worst possible trait for a politician, no equality for homosexual relationships etc.
your post is interesting and the following thought occured to me: since other media aren't so heavily regulated could they be used as some sort of delivery mechanism? e.g. buy Manhunt 2 the book and by the way get a free shiny disk that allows access to bonus material when inserted into certain computers with specific requirements.
it's clearly not a solution to the true problem though, but it would be interesting to see how the censors would respond when the freedom of speech issue is so clearly highlighted.
>Let parents and consumers decide what's right, not overly conservative right ring politicians.
are you some sort of completely retarded left-wing hippy? the right-wing typically advocates personal freedoms and responsibilities, as well as a generally small government with few restrictions on commerce. how could this law possibly be associated with right-wing politicians? they'd have to be totally ignorant of the facts, too stupid to think about things logically, and complete hypocrites. and you think people would ever vote for such politicians.
>The problem I have is that like many here on slashdot I do happen to know a thing or two about computers. To put it plainly, when your big evidence is a computer model, then I will continue to wait until the evidence is something more substantial.
when scientists use computers for numerical modelling they don't open up Word and ask clippy what the weather will be like in a few years.
I would like to know what "I do happen to know a thing or two about computers" means. if you have specific problems with the models that are used then please state them, or are you simply refering to the fact that your computer might not always work perfectly therefore you just can't trust them?
>So not only do I choose to wait, but my attitude is now skeptical - this seems like a typical "america bad" attitude on the side of the global warming proponents.
the problem with America (USA) is scientific ignorance - a significant fraction of the population would rather believe that extreme weather is a sign that society is showing too much respect for homosexuals than possible evidence for climate change. plus, scientists tend to take the high road and admit that such events cannot logically be used as proof of climate change.
basically, scientists admit they could be wrong and people think that means they are. whereas the people claiming to know something absolutely will invariably actually be wrong yet sound more convincing. also, if Americans won't accept evolution, which is about the past and has millions of years of data plus practical uses in modern medicine, then how will they accept something that is about the future, only has hundreds of years of data and a few decades of research, and whose main application is to tell you to not be so wateful with resources?
whatever, even if America declared war on climate change then it would still only be a small piece of the solution.
>...those of us who are able to drive and talk safely...
scientific studies have proven that talking on a phone while driving is dangerous even when completely hands free. even more so than a real life conversation because the lower quality signal requires more concentration to process.
these are scientifically proven facts. I notice that you, on the other hand, only seem to offer the fact that you haven't killed anyone yet as evidence of your super-human brain functions.
isn't this a bit pointless in the sense that anyone who knows anything about Macs knows if you just wait a bit longer to buy one then you'll get the upgrade to Leopard for "free" (all new Macs come with a full version of the latest OS)?
I'm waiting until Leopard to get a new Mac, and would expect others to also intentionally NOT buy a new Mac soon. on the other hand, I'm already a Mac user and would not count as growth when I do upgrade (except that I'll then have 2 instead of 1). but I think a lot of people thinking about switching would bear this in mind.
>I can show documentation that shows that you could change Nazi Germany for China and Jews for women, and find China to be far worse in every possible way.
if a government is going to exist at all, then it should protect the people.
if you're a proper capitalist and think all law enforcement and national security should be done by private armies then fair enough, you have a consistent policy.
but if you want taxes to be used to protect people from fires, criminals, terrorists, wars and so on then on what basis do you think people don't deserve protection from illness?
btw, I live in the UK and have been brought up with the assumption of the NHS. I find the US's health system genuinely disgusting.
imagine if America ran its police like it does with health: we found the guy who raped and tried to murder you and have him locked up. but your insurer is denying coverage because you didn't predeclare on your application that you had once refused to go out with him so they're claiming it's self-inflicted. you can pay the $100,000 a year yourself to keep him locked up, or we can just let him go? this is the great country of America: where you're FREE you make that CHOICE yourself - don't you feel priviledged?
America could be so great if you guys would just catch up with the civilised world and have universal health care. oh, and reinstate the separation of church and state - such a genius idea I don't know why you let it go.
so is slashdot going the way of digg in that every thread will soon be filled with self-obsessed retards proclaiming their lack on interest in the thread topic?
a major tech company has just released a brand new product line in a new market for them. and their product also builds on the most popular portable music player in the history of the world. if you don't think this deserves some slashdot bandwidth then you're just plain wrong.
>I don't mind so much the giving of the ticket. It's the pointless/loaded questions like "Why were you driving that fast?", and "Do you know how fast you were going?", and being lectured at as if I were their retarded 6 year old step-child.
or maybe he was just following his training, you know - the thing that makes the difference between a random guy with a gun and badge and an actual officer? also the point of such questions is to check that you are sober and aware of your situation, he doesn't care if you're an idiot who can't plan a journey in time.
sounds like you're just bitching cos you had to pay out.
How many books have been burned or banned by Christians?
How many hospitals have been attacked by anti-abortionists? How many people died by praying instead of seeking help? How many people dying in Africa from AIDS because Christians tell them condoms don't prevent the spread of disease, God does? How many people killed in the various inquistitions and crusades?
More people have been fed by a single scientist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug) than the entire history of religious charity.
Mother Teresa was an evil bitch. It's well documented that she thought ill people SHOULD suffer as a means of getting closer to Christ. And she took money from murderers.
so what's the answer then? how do you know it to be true? how many people agree and disagree?
science may not give a nice simple answer, but it gives more meaningful insight.
why was I born? because my parents had sex which involved tranfer of genetic material... and so on...
if you're going to start talking BS about "higher purpose" then please bear in mind that just because you might feel some emotional hole that needs filling by your god or beliefs doesn't mean that we all do.
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I looked at the first two lines of your spec lists and since they aren't even remotely close I ignored the rest of your post.
feel free to try again.
>I recommend you show love by letting others live.
it would be nice if your god would do the same.
I don't care about whether you use swear words or not, but if you believe that the world was created by a powerful being that discriminates between the "worthiness" of people on the basis of their sex, sexuality, skin colour, not chopping off foreskin, sex before marriage, etc etc or any other personal matter then you are being far more insulting than if you had simply said "fuck off you cunt".
creationists spread many very offensive ideas themselves, even if they use "pollite" words to phrase it.
but while christian and other religious prejudices are annoyingly stupid, I don't believe people have a right to not be offended.
>Take whatever specs your mac is and build one comparable from Dell or wherever
yes, this has been done. over and over. and either Apple wins bit a little bit or loses by a little bit.
so how about YOU show us the numbers that say otherwise?
>Yes, cos I don't like apple hardware, it's expensive
you must be old here
"remarkably usable"
lol, what a strange compliment
>So you're still receiving 100% of the benefits of paying that special tax, right?
obviously not.
your argument would only be true if:
1. the BBC didn't have a charter
2. the BBC didn't already deliver online content to non-Windows users
3. development and implementation of the iPlayer costs nothing
>the range and quality of Mac games is poor in comparison
I don't understand why this argument still comes up.
surely the range of mac games is ALL games, whereas PCs can run almost, but not quite, all games (no linux or mac-only games).
or is the current iMac's limitation of 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme and ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256MB GDDR3 just too bad to be of any use? I don't know, it's been years since I've followed "hardcore" games and specs. any good benchmarks would be appreciated.
>So get over it, quit the pointless bickering and figure out what to release into the atmosphere to reduce the energy influx instead.
that's easy, I don't remember which specific compound/s, but whatever the russian sulphur plants were pumping out before the revolution shut them down is supposed to have an observable effect on the temperature graph - before they were shut down they had a cooling effect, presumably through encouraging cloud formation.
>Your judgemental ignorance and sweeping generalizations about a large and varied country have convinced me that you are a fucking genius. Thank you, sir, for the opportunity to flex my strained sarcasm muscles.
well I may be mistaken, but the polls I've seen actually point to a majority of people believing in creationism over evolution, atheism is the worst possible trait for a politician, no equality for homosexual relationships etc.
your post is interesting and the following thought occured to me: since other media aren't so heavily regulated could they be used as some sort of delivery mechanism? e.g. buy Manhunt 2 the book and by the way get a free shiny disk that allows access to bonus material when inserted into certain computers with specific requirements.
it's clearly not a solution to the true problem though, but it would be interesting to see how the censors would respond when the freedom of speech issue is so clearly highlighted.
>Let parents and consumers decide what's right, not overly conservative right ring politicians.
are you some sort of completely retarded left-wing hippy? the right-wing typically advocates personal freedoms and responsibilities, as well as a generally small government with few restrictions on commerce. how could this law possibly be associated with right-wing politicians? they'd have to be totally ignorant of the facts, too stupid to think about things logically, and complete hypocrites. and you think people would ever vote for such politicians.
go home troll, no way it'd ever happen...
>The problem I have is that like many here on slashdot I do happen to know a thing or two about computers. To put it plainly, when your big evidence is a computer model, then I will continue to wait until the evidence is something more substantial.
when scientists use computers for numerical modelling they don't open up Word and ask clippy what the weather will be like in a few years.
I would like to know what "I do happen to know a thing or two about computers" means. if you have specific problems with the models that are used then please state them, or are you simply refering to the fact that your computer might not always work perfectly therefore you just can't trust them?
>So not only do I choose to wait, but my attitude is now skeptical - this seems like a typical "america bad" attitude on the side of the global warming proponents.
the problem with America (USA) is scientific ignorance - a significant fraction of the population would rather believe that extreme weather is a sign that society is showing too much respect for homosexuals than possible evidence for climate change. plus, scientists tend to take the high road and admit that such events cannot logically be used as proof of climate change.
basically, scientists admit they could be wrong and people think that means they are. whereas the people claiming to know something absolutely will invariably actually be wrong yet sound more convincing. also, if Americans won't accept evolution, which is about the past and has millions of years of data plus practical uses in modern medicine, then how will they accept something that is about the future, only has hundreds of years of data and a few decades of research, and whose main application is to tell you to not be so wateful with resources?
whatever, even if America declared war on climate change then it would still only be a small piece of the solution.
I find it far more interesting that the Wii is 2nd in an hourly chart despite being out of stock
>...those of us who are able to drive and talk safely...
scientific studies have proven that talking on a phone while driving is dangerous even when completely hands free. even more so than a real life conversation because the lower quality signal requires more concentration to process.
these are scientifically proven facts. I notice that you, on the other hand, only seem to offer the fact that you haven't killed anyone yet as evidence of your super-human brain functions.
Since it's WORLD of warcraft, not DEVELOPED COUNTRY of warcraft, it should really be more of a 95/5 split
isn't this a bit pointless in the sense that anyone who knows anything about Macs knows if you just wait a bit longer to buy one then you'll get the upgrade to Leopard for "free" (all new Macs come with a full version of the latest OS)?
I'm waiting until Leopard to get a new Mac, and would expect others to also intentionally NOT buy a new Mac soon. on the other hand, I'm already a Mac user and would not count as growth when I do upgrade (except that I'll then have 2 instead of 1). but I think a lot of people thinking about switching would bear this in mind.
>I can show documentation that shows that you could change Nazi Germany for China and Jews for women, and find China to be far worse in every possible way.
Go on.
if a government is going to exist at all, then it should protect the people.
if you're a proper capitalist and think all law enforcement and national security should be done by private armies then fair enough, you have a consistent policy.
but if you want taxes to be used to protect people from fires, criminals, terrorists, wars and so on then on what basis do you think people don't deserve protection from illness?
btw, I live in the UK and have been brought up with the assumption of the NHS. I find the US's health system genuinely disgusting.
imagine if America ran its police like it does with health: we found the guy who raped and tried to murder you and have him locked up. but your insurer is denying coverage because you didn't predeclare on your application that you had once refused to go out with him so they're claiming it's self-inflicted. you can pay the $100,000 a year yourself to keep him locked up, or we can just let him go? this is the great country of America: where you're FREE you make that CHOICE yourself - don't you feel priviledged?
America could be so great if you guys would just catch up with the civilised world and have universal health care. oh, and reinstate the separation of church and state - such a genius idea I don't know why you let it go.
nice post
so is slashdot going the way of digg in that every thread will soon be filled with self-obsessed retards proclaiming their lack on interest in the thread topic?
a major tech company has just released a brand new product line in a new market for them. and their product also builds on the most popular portable music player in the history of the world. if you don't think this deserves some slashdot bandwidth then you're just plain wrong.
>I don't mind so much the giving of the ticket. It's the pointless/loaded questions like "Why were you driving that fast?", and "Do you know how fast you were going?", and being lectured at as if I were their retarded 6 year old step-child.
or maybe he was just following his training, you know - the thing that makes the difference between a random guy with a gun and badge and an actual officer? also the point of such questions is to check that you are sober and aware of your situation, he doesn't care if you're an idiot who can't plan a journey in time.
sounds like you're just bitching cos you had to pay out.
no I'm not twisting anything. spend 15 mins on google.
a good start might be the penn and teller episode on her where you hear it from her own mouth that she likes it when people suffer.
she did not help anyone with their suffering. she provided a roof to die under and that's all.
How many books have been burned or banned by Christians?
How many hospitals have been attacked by anti-abortionists? How many people died by praying instead of seeking help? How many people dying in Africa from AIDS because Christians tell them condoms don't prevent the spread of disease, God does? How many people killed in the various inquistitions and crusades?
More people have been fed by a single scientist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug) than the entire history of religious charity.
Mother Teresa was an evil bitch. It's well documented that she thought ill people SHOULD suffer as a means of getting closer to Christ. And she took money from murderers.
No Christianity, no KKK.
Just something to think about.
at least they're still better than the Catholics who force you to side with terrorism if you like free speech:i vera
http://www.google.com/search?q=church+terrorist+r
I strongly disagree with you.
>What would motivate Albert Einstein to write...
poetry.
>Religion answers Why you were born.
so what's the answer then? how do you know it to be true? how many people agree and disagree?
science may not give a nice simple answer, but it gives more meaningful insight.
why was I born? because my parents had sex which involved tranfer of genetic material... and so on...
if you're going to start talking BS about "higher purpose" then please bear in mind that just because you might feel some emotional hole that needs filling by your god or beliefs doesn't mean that we all do.