Which is more important: world hunger, a cup of coffee, or me not getting my morning coffee and going apeshit and bringing down destruction on the entire world?
I'm wondering that since the earth's internal is slowly cooling would that not over time cause a decrease in outward pressure and result in a slow contraction thus greater density?
How can something good for the gene not be good for the individual/group and vice-versa? I cannont imagine something that would allow a gene to propogate that did not also confer increased fitness upon the individual and/or group. That is the fundamental thesis of evolution and natural selection. I think you imagining genes that have effects good for themselves smells like hocus-pocus and demonstrates your lack of scientific understanding.
I don't think that you're the kind of "Conservative" that people rail against. I think you are a reasonable person and you and I would agree on many things and disagree on some.
If you are paying for health insurance out of your salary and become too sick to work, where is your insurance? HINT: YOU'RE FUCKED! Make no mistake if this ever happens to you, your tune will change instantly. You just haven't thought it through nor do you recognize the tenuous nature of the current health-care (laughable) system.
Well, I do, and I have NEVER seen this problem in any modern JS implementation. This might be something from JS/ECMAScript 1.x or somesuch, but, I just don't believe it is true anymore.
That Sucks! Really. Not kidding. But, most people don't give a shit. They could give a fuck less if you get run over repeatedly by a BMW. Fuck you for being less than perfect.
deserve to be hated. Most of "us" are lazy and stupid. Just like most of the rest of the world. The people who hate stupid, lazy Americans are the same people who hate the stupid and lazy of their own country. The world is 80% stupid and lazy people. Deal with it. That's the way the world works.
Ubuntu 9.10 puts my 4 laptops into/out of Suspend/Hibernate perfectly. Has since 9.04. I have 3-D accelerated Desktop with Cube rotation, glassy effect, wobbily windows, snapping windows, etc, etc. Have had all of that for about 2 years now. Wireless (Wifi) works perfectly. VPN works perfectly. Networking works perfectly, also, CDMA Broadband through Verizon with a USB dongle. I can sleep/suspend/hibernate my laptop at work, come home, open it up, it automatically connects to my home Wi-Fi. I click the VPN and I pick up right where I left off without skipping a beat. I can even sleep/suspend/hibernate, go somewhere without Wifi, plug in my USB Dongle for Verizon, click my VPN button, and still pick up where I left off (though slightly slower). I have 64-Bit Firefox. 64-Bit Epiphany/Webkit with HTML5 video support (including h.264), 64-Bit Flash support, 64-Bit Java support (that I use extensively) for both Java 1.5 and Java 6. JBoss, Glassfish, Eclipse, etc, etc. Lots of highly useful programming languages, compilers, scripting environments, etc. Databases (PostgreSQL, FUCK YEAH!). All with a simple click in Synaptic. It beats Windows HANDS FUCKING DOWN! Anyone who can't get Linux to work for them is a Fuck-Tard! I don't even have to try.
...how does hiding in the shadows help any of this. Doesn't anyone believe in standing up and being counted for their beliefs? Especially when those beliefs are rationality and reality? What, do we just let those who insist on living in a fantasy world win? If so, then all is lost anyway.
And your point is? How hard would that be to do anyway? What does knowing all this information have to do with anything. Also, how do you know I won't do everthing in my power to hunt you and your family down and kill you. How do you know I don't have hidden security cameras, etc. Seriously, knowing my name, address, and where I work is pretty much public information for anyone. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves.
You actually are more intelligent than religious people.
I'm not so certain that would be true in all cases. In fact, I'm certain there are religious people who are more intelligent than I. I am not exceptionally intelligent. It seems to me that intelligence can, and often is, orthogonal (to some extent) to the ability to delude oneself with religion.
In fact, I think I am not religious not because I am more intelligent than the average religious person, rather, it is because my brain does not produce enough (or, depending on your perspective, not too much) oxytocin and other related *pleasure* neuro-chemicals when confronted with mythological and fantastic thoughts. It is also why I believe I am mostly immune to any sort of drug addiction or prediliction. I've tried, on many occassions, many drugs of both the narcotic and hallucinogenic variety, including alcohol. In all cases, I experience a very low increase in pleasure. Alcohol is probably the best, but, the effect is so little compared to feeling all dehydrated the next day, that I don't partake very often.
Honestly, sometimes I wish that I did have religious feelings. Life would probably *feel* better. Unfortunately, it wouldn't BE better.
That is the problem with religion, drugs, and artificial stimulation of *pleasure* chemicals in the brain, it makes people, even intelligent people, substitute fantasy for reality because, IT FEELS GOOD!
In some ways I envy people who get so much pleasure from Religion, Drugs, watching sports, watching television, reading, exercising, music, whatever. I find that I get very little pleasure out of most things. Mostly I feel pain. It has always been this way and always will be. I face reality because I must. I have no other choice. I am seemingly unable to delude myself because my brain does not produce chemicals in quantities to make me feel a false sense of accomplishment and happiness.
Those who are in the throes of religion, to me, are dangerous because, due to the pleasure chemicals released in their brain whenever they wrap themselves in their religious fervor, are utterly convinced that fantasy is reality. Their brain WANTS it to be reality because reinforcing the idea results in a feedback loop that release more pleasure inducing DRUG into their system. Really, they're mostly just drugs addicts. No different than compulsive gamblers, sex addicts, drug abusers, alcoholics etc. That being said, religion is *MUCH* less destructive to the individual themselves, and to society in generally (usually) that it's net effect is generally positive for society.
That being said, the human brain has evolved to seek the release of pleasure chemicals that coincide with life giving and progeny preserving acquisition of resources. As part of this evolution, certain subsidiary chemical and neurological pathways have developed that allow/permit the artificial release of those chemicals. These methods/pathways include art, music, religion, intellectual pursuit and other things that most would call, "The Humanities". There are also additional artificial stimulations like drugs and alcohol. Of all the "Addictions" the one that is probably most closely related to true release of pleasure chemicals in the brain for there true intended purpose is sex (the most maligned of course). Why is that?
Religion, it seems to me, provides a somewhat benign (usually) way for individuals to artificially stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain. This artificial stimulation is less self-destructive than drugs and alcohol, and even less self-destructive (due to disease etc) than rampant sexuality. It is, however, quite a bit more dangerous to the society in general, though generally (except for extreme cases like martyrdom and Jim Jones style Kool-Aid fiascos) not the individual, than art, music, and intellectual pursuits (such as mathematics and science). It is more dangerous to society in general in the long-term for the same reason that pleasure through drugs, alcoho
If Americans don't care I don't see why any one else should either.
...they [we] have the world's largest supply of nuclear weapons. Do you really want a bunch of religious zealots in control of those? Religious zealots who pray for THE RAPTURE!
Please don't ruin my beloved Foundation Series! Why would everything need to be CG? A great adaptation of these stories should focus on the dialog and characters. There should be little to no flashy action!
What you described are all examples of things religious people do routinely. Yes, some non-religious might do these things as well (mostly socio-paths though). I never said that non-religious people are automatically truthful or altruistic. In fact, many are not. But, religious people, by the fact that they routine suspend reality in pursuit/defense of their beliefs, are particularly dangerous because you can never have a rational discussion with them about anything meaningful. They attempt to dominate all political discourse with their irrational hold on the body politic. They insist on ramming stupidity and ignorance down the throats of the unwilling. It is they that reject science and objective reality while living off the benefits it provides. They deny the scientific method, intellectual honesty, and rationality though they routinely rely upon the benefits provided by the technologies that objective observation creates and maintains. They are a danger to the progress of humanity. I sympathize with them. They want to feel better. They cannot face the unforgiving reality that they are faced with each and every day. So, they retreat into the warm blanket of their fantasy world! If that were all they did it would be fine. But, no, they insist on ripping down and destroying that which provides the ability for humankind to have a better life and for humanity to persist into the future. Frankly, the mailiciously ignorant religious SCARE ME!
Normally your name or at least your address is something you keep away from random strangers on the Internet,...
Why? Seriously. When I was a child, and still to this day, anyone who has a phone can be looked up in the phone book. What is the danger of random strangers on the internet knowing your name and address? Most violent crimes (something like 99%) are committed by "friends" or family. Why is everyone so damned paranoid?
By the way, my name is: Gerald E. Butler, I live at 2807 Summit Road, Copley, Ohio 44321.
As I've always said:
It is clear to me that religious people cannot be trusted. They are liars. They lie to themselves. They CHOOSE to believe in fantasy instead of established, observable facts. In other words, they lie to themselves and everyone around them. Any mind/personality capable of such thorough and depraved lying, cannot be trusted. Ergo, I never trust religious people. "God Fearing" = "Liar" as far as I'm concerned. It is malicious ignorance. Nothing more. They will be the downfall of society and humanity.
It is clear to me that religious people cannot be trusted. They are liars. They lie to themselves. They CHOOSE to believe in fantasy instead of established, observable facts. In other words, they lie to themselves and everyone around them. Any mind/personality capable of such thorough and depraved lying, cannot be trusted. Ergo, I never trust religious people. "God Fearing" = "Liar" as far as I'm concerned. It is malicious ignorance. Nothing more. They will be the downfall of society and humanity.
Grandparent though a Giga-Byte wa 1,024 Mega-Bytes. You said, that's a "gibibyte". Actually a "gibibyte" is 1,024 "mebibytes" which is 1,024 "kibibytes" which is 1,024 bytes. Mega-byte is 1,000 Giga-bytes which is 1,000 kilo-bytes, which is 1,000 bytes.
$32 million sounds like a pittance to bring something like this to production ready. I'm glad to see something like this getting some of my tax dollars though. Wish more of them went for nuclear/alternative energy though.
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Which is more important: world hunger, a cup of coffee, or me not getting my morning coffee and going apeshit and bringing down destruction on the entire world?
Are we talking about MY cup of coffee or YOURS?
I'm wondering that since the earth's internal is slowly cooling would that not over time cause a decrease in outward pressure and result in a slow contraction thus greater density?
How can something good for the gene not be good for the individual/group and vice-versa? I cannont imagine something that would allow a gene to propogate that did not also confer increased fitness upon the individual and/or group. That is the fundamental thesis of evolution and natural selection. I think you imagining genes that have effects good for themselves smells like hocus-pocus and demonstrates your lack of scientific understanding.
I don't think that you're the kind of "Conservative" that people rail against. I think you are a reasonable person and you and I would agree on many things and disagree on some.
If you are paying for health insurance out of your salary and become too sick to work, where is your insurance? HINT: YOU'RE FUCKED! Make no mistake if this ever happens to you, your tune will change instantly. You just haven't thought it through nor do you recognize the tenuous nature of the current health-care (laughable) system.
I don't code with the brace on its own line.
Well, I do, and I have NEVER seen this problem in any modern JS implementation. This might be something from JS/ECMAScript 1.x or somesuch, but, I just don't believe it is true anymore.
That Sucks! Really. Not kidding. But, most people don't give a shit. They could give a fuck less if you get run over repeatedly by a BMW. Fuck you for being less than perfect.
deserve to be hated. Most of "us" are lazy and stupid. Just like most of the rest of the world. The people who hate stupid, lazy Americans are the same people who hate the stupid and lazy of their own country. The world is 80% stupid and lazy people. Deal with it. That's the way the world works.
Ubuntu 9.10 puts my 4 laptops into/out of Suspend/Hibernate perfectly. Has since 9.04. I have 3-D accelerated Desktop with Cube rotation, glassy effect, wobbily windows, snapping windows, etc, etc. Have had all of that for about 2 years now. Wireless (Wifi) works perfectly. VPN works perfectly. Networking works perfectly, also, CDMA Broadband through Verizon with a USB dongle. I can sleep/suspend/hibernate my laptop at work, come home, open it up, it automatically connects to my home Wi-Fi. I click the VPN and I pick up right where I left off without skipping a beat. I can even sleep/suspend/hibernate, go somewhere without Wifi, plug in my USB Dongle for Verizon, click my VPN button, and still pick up where I left off (though slightly slower). I have 64-Bit Firefox. 64-Bit Epiphany/Webkit with HTML5 video support (including h.264), 64-Bit Flash support, 64-Bit Java support (that I use extensively) for both Java 1.5 and Java 6. JBoss, Glassfish, Eclipse, etc, etc. Lots of highly useful programming languages, compilers, scripting environments, etc. Databases (PostgreSQL, FUCK YEAH!). All with a simple click in Synaptic. It beats Windows HANDS FUCKING DOWN! Anyone who can't get Linux to work for them is a Fuck-Tard! I don't even have to try.
...how does hiding in the shadows help any of this. Doesn't anyone believe in standing up and being counted for their beliefs? Especially when those beliefs are rationality and reality? What, do we just let those who insist on living in a fantasy world win? If so, then all is lost anyway.
And your point is? How hard would that be to do anyway? What does knowing all this information have to do with anything. Also, how do you know I won't do everthing in my power to hunt you and your family down and kill you. How do you know I don't have hidden security cameras, etc. Seriously, knowing my name, address, and where I work is pretty much public information for anyone. Anyone who thinks otherwise is deluding themselves.
You actually are more intelligent than religious people.
I'm not so certain that would be true in all cases. In fact, I'm certain there are religious people who are more intelligent than I. I am not exceptionally intelligent. It seems to me that intelligence can, and often is, orthogonal (to some extent) to the ability to delude oneself with religion.
In fact, I think I am not religious not because I am more intelligent than the average religious person, rather, it is because my brain does not produce enough (or, depending on your perspective, not too much) oxytocin and other related *pleasure* neuro-chemicals when confronted with mythological and fantastic thoughts. It is also why I believe I am mostly immune to any sort of drug addiction or prediliction. I've tried, on many occassions, many drugs of both the narcotic and hallucinogenic variety, including alcohol. In all cases, I experience a very low increase in pleasure. Alcohol is probably the best, but, the effect is so little compared to feeling all dehydrated the next day, that I don't partake very often.
Honestly, sometimes I wish that I did have religious feelings. Life would probably *feel* better. Unfortunately, it wouldn't BE better.
That is the problem with religion, drugs, and artificial stimulation of *pleasure* chemicals in the brain, it makes people, even intelligent people, substitute fantasy for reality because, IT FEELS GOOD!
In some ways I envy people who get so much pleasure from Religion, Drugs, watching sports, watching television, reading, exercising, music, whatever. I find that I get very little pleasure out of most things. Mostly I feel pain. It has always been this way and always will be. I face reality because I must. I have no other choice. I am seemingly unable to delude myself because my brain does not produce chemicals in quantities to make me feel a false sense of accomplishment and happiness.
Those who are in the throes of religion, to me, are dangerous because, due to the pleasure chemicals released in their brain whenever they wrap themselves in their religious fervor, are utterly convinced that fantasy is reality. Their brain WANTS it to be reality because reinforcing the idea results in a feedback loop that release more pleasure inducing DRUG into their system. Really, they're mostly just drugs addicts. No different than compulsive gamblers, sex addicts, drug abusers, alcoholics etc. That being said, religion is *MUCH* less destructive to the individual themselves, and to society in generally (usually) that it's net effect is generally positive for society.
That being said, the human brain has evolved to seek the release of pleasure chemicals that coincide with life giving and progeny preserving acquisition of resources. As part of this evolution, certain subsidiary chemical and neurological pathways have developed that allow/permit the artificial release of those chemicals. These methods/pathways include art, music, religion, intellectual pursuit and other things that most would call, "The Humanities". There are also additional artificial stimulations like drugs and alcohol. Of all the "Addictions" the one that is probably most closely related to true release of pleasure chemicals in the brain for there true intended purpose is sex (the most maligned of course). Why is that?
Religion, it seems to me, provides a somewhat benign (usually) way for individuals to artificially stimulate the pleasure centers of the brain. This artificial stimulation is less self-destructive than drugs and alcohol, and even less self-destructive (due to disease etc) than rampant sexuality. It is, however, quite a bit more dangerous to the society in general, though generally (except for extreme cases like martyrdom and Jim Jones style Kool-Aid fiascos) not the individual, than art, music, and intellectual pursuits (such as mathematics and science). It is more dangerous to society in general in the long-term for the same reason that pleasure through drugs, alcoho
If Americans don't care I don't see why any one else should either.
...they [we] have the world's largest supply of nuclear weapons. Do you really want a bunch of religious zealots in control of those? Religious zealots who pray for THE RAPTURE!
Please don't ruin my beloved Foundation Series! Why would everything need to be CG? A great adaptation of these stories should focus on the dialog and characters. There should be little to no flashy action!
What you described are all examples of things religious people do routinely. Yes, some non-religious might do these things as well (mostly socio-paths though). I never said that non-religious people are automatically truthful or altruistic. In fact, many are not. But, religious people, by the fact that they routine suspend reality in pursuit/defense of their beliefs, are particularly dangerous because you can never have a rational discussion with them about anything meaningful. They attempt to dominate all political discourse with their irrational hold on the body politic. They insist on ramming stupidity and ignorance down the throats of the unwilling. It is they that reject science and objective reality while living off the benefits it provides. They deny the scientific method, intellectual honesty, and rationality though they routinely rely upon the benefits provided by the technologies that objective observation creates and maintains. They are a danger to the progress of humanity. I sympathize with them. They want to feel better. They cannot face the unforgiving reality that they are faced with each and every day. So, they retreat into the warm blanket of their fantasy world! If that were all they did it would be fine. But, no, they insist on ripping down and destroying that which provides the ability for humankind to have a better life and for humanity to persist into the future. Frankly, the mailiciously ignorant religious SCARE ME!
I must not be that intelligent because I'm having trouble understanding what you mean?!?
Normally your name or at least your address is something you keep away from random strangers on the Internet,...
Why? Seriously. When I was a child, and still to this day, anyone who has a phone can be looked up in the phone book. What is the danger of random strangers on the internet knowing your name and address? Most violent crimes (something like 99%) are committed by "friends" or family. Why is everyone so damned paranoid?
By the way, my name is: Gerald E. Butler, I live at 2807 Summit Road, Copley, Ohio 44321.
What kind of intelligent designer puts the recreation area adjacent to the sewage plant?
As I've always said: It is clear to me that religious people cannot be trusted. They are liars. They lie to themselves. They CHOOSE to believe in fantasy instead of established, observable facts. In other words, they lie to themselves and everyone around them. Any mind/personality capable of such thorough and depraved lying, cannot be trusted. Ergo, I never trust religious people. "God Fearing" = "Liar" as far as I'm concerned. It is malicious ignorance. Nothing more. They will be the downfall of society and humanity.
It is clear to me that religious people cannot be trusted. They are liars. They lie to themselves. They CHOOSE to believe in fantasy instead of established, observable facts. In other words, they lie to themselves and everyone around them. Any mind/personality capable of such thorough and depraved lying, cannot be trusted. Ergo, I never trust religious people. "God Fearing" = "Liar" as far as I'm concerned. It is malicious ignorance. Nothing more. They will be the downfall of society and humanity.
Yeah Babe, my, errrm, "equipment" is 5/100,000ths of a Kilometer! America, Fuck Yeah!
Grandparent though a Giga-Byte wa 1,024 Mega-Bytes. You said, that's a "gibibyte". Actually a "gibibyte" is 1,024 "mebibytes" which is 1,024 "kibibytes" which is 1,024 bytes. Mega-byte is 1,000 Giga-bytes which is 1,000 kilo-bytes, which is 1,000 bytes.
$32 million sounds like a pittance to bring something like this to production ready. I'm glad to see something like this getting some of my tax dollars though. Wish more of them went for nuclear/alternative energy though.
orientate
v : determine one's position with reference to another point
[syn: orient] [ant: disorient]