This is just the "science doesn't know everything" argument in another form. People who believe in things like ghosts and magic and things, often say that science doesn't know everything and act, as parent has, as if science is some bogeyman, out to destroy everything they believe in.
Science is about the pursuit of TRUTH. If ghosts were real, science would eventually find them. People don't believe in evolution because they want to. They believe in it because it MAKES SENSE. People don't think that Einstein was right because they think he was great. They think he was right because the theory worked and thousands of repeatable experiments have agreed with the theory.
Science isn't out to get you. Science is out to find the truth. And if science doesn't agree with you, then it is up to you to persuade scientists that you are right. Perform experiments, come up with coherent, verifiable theories. PERSUADE WITH COLD HARD FACTS. Don't just whinge and whine and complain that scientists have too much respect. They have respect because their work has been proven to within an inch of it's life to either be correct or as damn near correct as anything anyone can come up with.
Totally incorrect. Please don't ever breed. Or speak to other humans. It's bastards like you who think they're so damn clever and spread stuff like this around cos they heard it on some talk show or they think they understand physics and engineering better than people who studied it at university for years then went on to study it when designing cars that get thousands of people killed each and every year.
Shying away from the nonsense that is calling any part of a car "natural", your father seems to have a basic misunderstanding of what anti-lock brakes do. Under normal circumstances it is totally impossible to tell the difference. The ABS kicks in if you slam the brakes on a slippy road. When they sense you are about to skid (something which is obviously bad) they cut the brakes then reapply them in a split-second. This has two main effects:
When reapplying the brakes there is less chance of it skidding again
While the brakes are out, you can steer whereas if you were skidding you would have no control whatsoever, which might just save that child who ran out in front of you
If you don't have ABS, you have to judge how hard you can hit the brakes - possibly under-braking and killing someone. If you have ABS, you just slam the brakes 100% and the car brakes exactly as hard as it's possible to do so - slowing you down in the quickest time and stopping you going into an uncontrollable skid.
If you father thinks they feel different it's either in the mind or he's routinely braking far far too hard and is a menace to those around him.
Oh please. You can dress it up all you like - it doesn't affect the fact that you didn't actually say anything in your original post. It was just a load of intellectual-sounding words with a healthy dose of teenage anger.
Exactly! And if you're looking for any new research on the subject, you'll look for it in a peer-reviewed journal, not some wiki full of people who think they know what they're talking about.
I'm sorry, but the repeated sports titles in the US and European markets are far far worse than the repeated Final Fantasys and Megamans.
Even though some of the megaman games are VERY similar, at least you get a truckload more levels. The Final Fantasy games are always similar, but compare the battle systems and plots and you'll see they are very different beasts.
What's the difference between two versions of FIFA or Madden? New team sheets? Maybe a new type of pass? Certainly nothing that makes much difference to gameplay. My favourite sports game is Pro Evolution Soccer, which is now on number 5 (though in Japan it's called Winning Eleven and is up to something like 10) and every single time they release a new game it's wildly more realistic, while also being more fun. And that's what a sports sequel should be.
Well yes, but Yahoo makes no mention of the fact that the servers are so dodgy, and as far as I can see, it's not a beta.
Email is a service and Yahoo is claiming to provide that service. If you're losing emails then you're not doing as you claim, full-stop. Gmail manages, hell - even hotmail manages. Why can't yahoo?
Exactly! It reminds me of an advert that used to be on the wall in our IT labs at school. It was by IBM, in response to people complaining about being put out of a job by computers:
A man was watching a mechanical digger digging a hole on a building site and said to his friend, "If it wasn't for that machine, six men with shovels could be working on that, to which his friend replied, "And if it wasn't for your shovels, 36 men with spoons could be."
I've heard that a technology for seeing news offline already exists. It's very cheap, disposable (so don't worry if you leave it on the train) and can even keep you dry for a short period of time if it starts to rain. What's more - it's made from trees! How clever is that!!!
True, but at least megacorporations don't randomly throw people in prison (e.g. Thet Win Aung)...
And when megacorps behave badly at least there are people trying to do something about it - most of the Chinese people at my university (Cambridge, UK) don't seem to be aware / care about the terrible human rights breaches that go on back home.
Almost all the time when I recieve an email with the "Sent from my Blackberry...." it is in response to something quite inane, and easily could (and probably should) have waited until they were back at the office. Yes, but maybe people don't really want to have to track you down when they get into the office just to tell you whatever it was. If it is trivial, as you said, then it's better for them to be able to send a message on their way to work (when they have nothing to do), so they can get on with the important stuff when they get in. That way they waste less of their time on inane little things.
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It's true. Q-tips (as you apparently call them in the US) are one of the leading causes of damage to the ear drum.
Science is about the pursuit of TRUTH. If ghosts were real, science would eventually find them. People don't believe in evolution because they want to. They believe in it because it MAKES SENSE. People don't think that Einstein was right because they think he was great. They think he was right because the theory worked and thousands of repeatable experiments have agreed with the theory.
Science isn't out to get you. Science is out to find the truth. And if science doesn't agree with you, then it is up to you to persuade scientists that you are right. Perform experiments, come up with coherent, verifiable theories. PERSUADE WITH COLD HARD FACTS. Don't just whinge and whine and complain that scientists have too much respect. They have respect because their work has been proven to within an inch of it's life to either be correct or as damn near correct as anything anyone can come up with.
erm... I'm pretty sure they were using kilo and mega a bit before the invention of the computer....
Since when did "obscure" mean "given away in cereal packets"?!
Totally incorrect. Please don't ever breed. Or speak to other humans. It's bastards like you who think they're so damn clever and spread stuff like this around cos they heard it on some talk show or they think they understand physics and engineering better than people who studied it at university for years then went on to study it when designing cars that get thousands of people killed each and every year.
If you don't have ABS, you have to judge how hard you can hit the brakes - possibly under-braking and killing someone. If you have ABS, you just slam the brakes 100% and the car brakes exactly as hard as it's possible to do so - slowing you down in the quickest time and stopping you going into an uncontrollable skid.
If you father thinks they feel different it's either in the mind or he's routinely braking far far too hard and is a menace to those around him.
I assume you would also like this page removed as well?
Grow up.
Exactly! And if you're looking for any new research on the subject, you'll look for it in a peer-reviewed journal, not some wiki full of people who think they know what they're talking about.
Rape: forced or manipulated nonconsensual sexual contact, including vaginal or anal intercourse, oral sex, or penetration with an object.
Dream: a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep
raping our dreams: ????
Care to help define that?
Even though some of the megaman games are VERY similar, at least you get a truckload more levels. The Final Fantasy games are always similar, but compare the battle systems and plots and you'll see they are very different beasts.
What's the difference between two versions of FIFA or Madden? New team sheets? Maybe a new type of pass? Certainly nothing that makes much difference to gameplay. My favourite sports game is Pro Evolution Soccer, which is now on number 5 (though in Japan it's called Winning Eleven and is up to something like 10) and every single time they release a new game it's wildly more realistic, while also being more fun. And that's what a sports sequel should be.
Jesus Christ; I did read the article - I was just making a fucking joke. Go die in a fire.
... if you replace "search engine" with "the sun"
Well yes, but Yahoo makes no mention of the fact that the servers are so dodgy, and as far as I can see, it's not a beta. Email is a service and Yahoo is claiming to provide that service. If you're losing emails then you're not doing as you claim, full-stop. Gmail manages, hell - even hotmail manages. Why can't yahoo?
...things in England found to be older than things in the USA. Film at eleven.
A man was watching a mechanical digger digging a hole on a building site and said to his friend, "If it wasn't for that machine, six men with shovels could be working on that, to which his friend replied, "And if it wasn't for your shovels, 36 men with spoons could be."
Congratulations! You godwinned a thread about computer game programmers! Quite a feat...
Higher megapixel count = better film, which is obviously a good thing but no magic bullet.
Sorry, but even most drunken sots would notice a fly with a *14-inch* wingspan.
Post this when the wingspan is 1/16th inch.
It's pretty small compared to most man-made flying machines - a 747 for example...
In England, we don't have guns and have a far lower crime rate than you. Sorry to spoil your little theory...
I've heard that a technology for seeing news offline already exists. It's very cheap, disposable (so don't worry if you leave it on the train) and can even keep you dry for a short period of time if it starts to rain. What's more - it's made from trees! How clever is that!!!
I don't get it. Is the planet's name scheduled to be changed in 2620?
Is it a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey? I don't remember anything happening to Uranus in the books...
Now I'd like you to think very carefully. You're asking: could something have happened to Uranus in the year 2620 in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey...
And when megacorps behave badly at least there are people trying to do something about it - most of the Chinese people at my university (Cambridge, UK) don't seem to be aware / care about the terrible human rights breaches that go on back home.
I know where I'd rather live.
Almost all the time when I recieve an email with the "Sent from my Blackberry...." it is in response to something quite inane, and easily could (and probably should) have waited until they were back at the office.
Yes, but maybe people don't really want to have to track you down when they get into the office just to tell you whatever it was. If it is trivial, as you said, then it's better for them to be able to send a message on their way to work (when they have nothing to do), so they can get on with the important stuff when they get in. That way they waste less of their time on inane little things.
I imagine they've got enough genes by now! If they haven't I'm sure they could just use some frog DNA, anyhow. That should do the trick.