I own a W500 and use Arch Linux on it. At first I too was disappointed at the short battery life, when I found a BIOS option to enable extra powersaving.
I now enjoy 3+ hours of battery life under normal work conditions.
Evolution is not put forth as an explanation for the origins of matter or life.
As a matter of fact, once one has properly grasped the theory of evolution, it is not very difficult to imagine how life might have sprung into existence. Evolution is all about the most complex things evolving from the simplest organisms. Now it stands to reason that these organisms must have evolved from even simpler things, so trivial that we would not even call them "alive". Even these chemicals, before there was anything alive around, followed the same natural laws than us mammals, and still do.
The point being, we observe evolution on every level everywhere in the universe, not merely in biology.
The fact that the earth revolves around the sun isn't as obvious as people like to claim, If it is, why did it take until Galileo, which was more than thousands of years after the Greek had access to math? Actually the idea of a heliocentric model did come up in ancient Greece: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristarchus_of_Samos
I don't want an anti-science creationist. I don't want a pro-science eugenicist. While I am quite confident that most extreme creationists are also against science (since the Theory of Evolution is pretty much accepted as fact in the scientific community), I find it rather unlikely that most scientists are in fact latent antisemites.
Most modern racists are strong supporters of science, genetics, and evolution, as they claim it validates their immoral beliefs. Most modern racists will use anything to rationalize their beliefs. I doubt that even a substantial minority of them knows what they are talking about when using terms such as Darwinism or Evolution.
I don't really need to mention that there are actually very little - if any - scientific reasons for racism, do I?
Eugenics programs are immoral, but they do improve the gene pool. I doubt that, because even our moral values have emerged from some evolutionary process. Believe it or not: there is substantial evidence that our sense of what is good is actually very useful, both from the genetic perspective as well as considering the evolution of us as a species.
Someone who believes the government should strictly adhere to scientific principles will ultimately attempt another Holocaust. Indeed, because science = antisemitism. Gotcha.
What Cicero would say was indeed "Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam". This translates (roughly) to "Furthermore, I think that Carthage must be destroyed. The "C. esse delendam" part of the quote is what one calls an "Accusativus cum infinitivo" and usually follows verbs of dialogue, reflection or counsel.
I believe that "SCO delenda est" really translates to "SCO must be deleted".
Of course my Latin is a bit rusty, so I may wrong.
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I own a W500 and use Arch Linux on it. At first I too was disappointed at the short battery life, when I found a BIOS option to enable extra powersaving.
I now enjoy 3+ hours of battery life under normal work conditions.
Evolution is not put forth as an explanation for the origins of matter or life.
As a matter of fact, once one has properly grasped the theory of evolution, it is not very difficult to imagine how life might have sprung into existence. Evolution is all about the most complex things evolving from the simplest organisms. Now it stands to reason that these organisms must have evolved from even simpler things, so trivial that we would not even call them "alive". Even these chemicals, before there was anything alive around, followed the same natural laws than us mammals, and still do.
The point being, we observe evolution on every level everywhere in the universe, not merely in biology.
In the GNU religion, guilt comes from taking pleasure in using "non-free software".
Quite the opposite is true. If there were no problems with proprietary drivers or software, we wouldn't be trying to get rid of them.
In other words: using non-free software is specifically *not* something most of us take pleasure in.
What Cicero would say was indeed "Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam". This translates (roughly) to "Furthermore, I think that Carthage must be destroyed. The "C. esse delendam" part of the quote is what one calls an "Accusativus cum infinitivo" and usually follows verbs of dialogue, reflection or counsel.
I believe that "SCO delenda est" really translates to "SCO must be deleted".
Of course my Latin is a bit rusty, so I may wrong.