I believe the inquisition revolved around practicing other religions. Galileo wasn't executed for claiming the earth revolved around the sun, But he was given a hard time.
No, but Giordano Bruno was executed for claiming that there might be other worlds than ours habiting intelligent species in the universe. This was too much for the church, which could not accept such a claim, and he was burned at the stake alive for it.
Ubuntu I have heard nothing but good things about.
That may be true, but I'm turned off of Ubuntu by all the Ubuntu fanatics that criticize every other distribution for "not being Ubuntu", and calling people stupid for using a distribution that isn't their beloved Ubuntu. I'm happy that they found a distro that they like, but their aggressiveness towards users of non-Ubiuntu distros can periodically be intense.
While your nitpick may be technically correct, you are fighting a battle that was already lost a long time ago, kind of like the battle to call the OS "GNU/Linux."
Or the battle to make media use the word hacker in the right way.
I don't know any details of the church's real stance on heliocentrism vs geocentrism, but the church has been very bad indeed in other cases. Have you ever heard about the inquisition? This was a branch of the Roman Catholic Church that prosecuted and executed "heretics", just for speaking up against the church. One of their common methods of execution was burning the heretic live at the stake. This is not bad?
The bubble theory of evolution says that once a species was a species it alway is that species but it had developed over the years from the primordial soup that life started in. In this case, we would only be related to the monkey in that we shared the same pool of resources were life began.
So what you are actually saying is that all species developed completely into their current form in that primordial soup?
So it would be like walking into a mine field, maybe I'll be OK and navigate the field correctly, but maybe I'll download something and BOOM, stupid me, that track has Apple's DRM all over it and I can only play it on iPod.
Except that the DRM:ed tracks will be 128 kbps and 99 cents apiece, while the non-DRM:ed tracks will be 256 kbps and 1.29 dollars apiece. If you cannot read before you buy, that's your problem.
I don't own a TV (the high pitch noises they make annoy me -- sensitive ears
The high-pitched noise is generated by the scan line oscillator. This noise only exist on CRTs, so flat-screen LCDs and plasma screens do not emit these noises. In addition, the noise level varies significantly with the quality of the television set. Some sets emit such a loud noise that even I can hear, and some more expensive sets are so silent that not even my brother (who has sensitive ears) can hear it.
Also note that this noise can only be heard from 50-60 Hz televisions, because higher frequency television sets, such as those utilizing a 100Hz update frequency, is too high to be heard by humans. The frequency can be computed by multiplying the number of scan lines with the update frequency. My 50 Hz PAL set has 576 lines, but only half of them are updated on each picture refresh (PAL = Phase Alternating Line, also known as interlaced). So for my set, the frequency is 50*576/2 Hz = 14400 Hz. A 100Hz set with the same number of scan lines would emit a noise with a 28800 Hz noise, which is too high to be heard even by sensitive (human) ears.
But casting a very wide net and calling everyone a thief, and then when asked to produce evidence, claiming that you'd have it if you could go searching for it
In fact, there is little to no direct correlation to designing anything electronic and man being the illegitimate son of a monkey.
Except that both electronics and evolution are subfields of natural science. If you are prepared to reject evidence of evolution in biology, why not reject scientific evidence in physics (of which electronics is a subset) too if it goes contrary to your belief?
Furthermore, the "man being the illegitimate son of a monkey" part says a good part of your picture of the fact that man descended from monkeys. Why is this so offensive to some people? I don't see why.
It isn't like it is fact that evolution exists, we haven't witnessed it
Yes we have, just not in the way the creationists try to misrepresent it. We have seen evolution happen in bacteria and viruses, and in animal domestication and plant horticulture. The creationists excuse this by calling it microevolution, while claiming that macroevolution (evolving a new species from another to the point that they cannot interbreed) does not exist. The difference between the two is just the timespan involved though, as macroevolution is just the aggregate of a large number of steps of microevolution. Arguing that we have one without the other is therefore absurd, which gives the creationists the credibility they deserve, i.e. very low, among the educated part of the population.
Why is people believing in god such a big problem for some?
Actually, believing in god is not the problem. The problem is rejecting evidence of and old earth and gripping for straws to fit the evidence into the creationists' world-view. Genesis could actually be a metaphorical description of the creation of the earth, and does not have to be at odds with the scientific evidence. It is all based on interpretation.
but there are some holes in evolution just like there are some holes in creationism
There ain't just "some holes" in creationism, the whole idea of creationism is simply one enormous hole. There isn't a single shed of evidence for creationism. The creationists don't care though, since it is based on faith, not science.
The problem is that macroevolution is the aggregate of thousands of steps of microevolution. The whole notion of microevolution but not macroevolution is absurd.
I know how fashionable it is to bash the USA, but if you think we're ahead in that race, then you need to visit a few more countries.
The difference is that the USA aspires to be a world leader in almost every field. Compared to other western countries, the USA certainly has the most religious influence on politics and daily life. The high-tech profile and the importance of religion looks somewhat strange in the eyes of other industrialized/high-tech countries.
If fact, it even allows for DRM to co exist freely with GPLed code and it protect software freedom at the same time.
Now I haven't read the new draft in its entirety, but how can DRM coexist freely with GPL code and still protect software freedom?
Have you ever heard why he opposed it
I read several interviews with him where he stated that the DRM clauses would be an attempt to control the hardware, and that he didn't think it was right for a software license to try to enforce restrictions upon the hardware where it runs. I can just say that I disagree with this opinion.
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Because you said you like "hacking"? Or did you do something more?
No, but Giordano Bruno was executed for claiming that there might be other worlds than ours habiting intelligent species in the universe. This was too much for the church, which could not accept such a claim, and he was burned at the stake alive for it.
That may be true, but I'm turned off of Ubuntu by all the Ubuntu fanatics that criticize every other distribution for "not being Ubuntu", and calling people stupid for using a distribution that isn't their beloved Ubuntu. I'm happy that they found a distro that they like, but their aggressiveness towards users of non-Ubiuntu distros can periodically be intense.
And thus, it would make sense for such a campaign to really have been orchestrated by a certain Redmond, WA-based software company.
Or the battle to make media use the word hacker in the right way.
No no no, they will argue for another alternative, that is going back to the stone age, living in huts and caves.
I don't know any details of the church's real stance on heliocentrism vs geocentrism, but the church has been very bad indeed in other cases. Have you ever heard about the inquisition? This was a branch of the Roman Catholic Church that prosecuted and executed "heretics", just for speaking up against the church. One of their common methods of execution was burning the heretic live at the stake. This is not bad?
And I find it so funny that almost all trolls post as anonymous cowards.
So what you are actually saying is that all species developed completely into their current form in that primordial soup?
And you were wrong. EMI will make their entire catalogue available without DRM, albeit at a slightly higher price, but also with the bitrate doubled.
Except that the DRM:ed tracks will be 128 kbps and 99 cents apiece, while the non-DRM:ed tracks will be 256 kbps and 1.29 dollars apiece. If you cannot read before you buy, that's your problem.
The high-pitched noise is generated by the scan line oscillator. This noise only exist on CRTs, so flat-screen LCDs and plasma screens do not emit these noises. In addition, the noise level varies significantly with the quality of the television set. Some sets emit such a loud noise that even I can hear, and some more expensive sets are so silent that not even my brother (who has sensitive ears) can hear it.
Also note that this noise can only be heard from 50-60 Hz televisions, because higher frequency television sets, such as those utilizing a 100Hz update frequency, is too high to be heard by humans. The frequency can be computed by multiplying the number of scan lines with the update frequency. My 50 Hz PAL set has 576 lines, but only half of them are updated on each picture refresh (PAL = Phase Alternating Line, also known as interlaced). So for my set, the frequency is 50*576/2 Hz = 14400 Hz. A 100Hz set with the same number of scan lines would emit a noise with a 28800 Hz noise, which is too high to be heard even by sensitive (human) ears.
Lots of people don't think that far.
Sounds exactly like SCO. :)
I had hoped it would be, but of course, the US is at least (Eastern Standard Time, that is) six hours after me (Central European Time).
Except that both electronics and evolution are subfields of natural science. If you are prepared to reject evidence of evolution in biology, why not reject scientific evidence in physics (of which electronics is a subset) too if it goes contrary to your belief?
Furthermore, the "man being the illegitimate son of a monkey" part says a good part of your picture of the fact that man descended from monkeys. Why is this so offensive to some people? I don't see why.
It isn't like it is fact that evolution exists, we haven't witnessed itYes we have, just not in the way the creationists try to misrepresent it. We have seen evolution happen in bacteria and viruses, and in animal domestication and plant horticulture. The creationists excuse this by calling it microevolution, while claiming that macroevolution (evolving a new species from another to the point that they cannot interbreed) does not exist. The difference between the two is just the timespan involved though, as macroevolution is just the aggregate of a large number of steps of microevolution. Arguing that we have one without the other is therefore absurd, which gives the creationists the credibility they deserve, i.e. very low, among the educated part of the population.
Why is people believing in god such a big problem for some?Actually, believing in god is not the problem. The problem is rejecting evidence of and old earth and gripping for straws to fit the evidence into the creationists' world-view. Genesis could actually be a metaphorical description of the creation of the earth, and does not have to be at odds with the scientific evidence. It is all based on interpretation.
Not to mention the egyptians. They even managed to compute the circumference of the earth with an astonishing precision.
Evolution does not deal with the origin of life. It rather covers how life have evolved from the first instance of life and onwards.
There ain't just "some holes" in creationism, the whole idea of creationism is simply one enormous hole. There isn't a single shed of evidence for creationism. The creationists don't care though, since it is based on faith, not science.
...is the timespan involved. Macroevolution is just an aggregate of thousands of steps of microevolution.
The problem is that macroevolution is the aggregate of thousands of steps of microevolution. The whole notion of microevolution but not macroevolution is absurd.
Your link is wrong. Remove the last slash and it works fine.
I think an even more blatant example is the effect various ingested substances (such as food or drugs) can have on your mind.
The difference is that the USA aspires to be a world leader in almost every field. Compared to other western countries, the USA certainly has the most religious influence on politics and daily life. The high-tech profile and the importance of religion looks somewhat strange in the eyes of other industrialized/high-tech countries.
Now I haven't read the new draft in its entirety, but how can DRM coexist freely with GPL code and still protect software freedom?
Have you ever heard why he opposed itI read several interviews with him where he stated that the DRM clauses would be an attempt to control the hardware, and that he didn't think it was right for a software license to try to enforce restrictions upon the hardware where it runs. I can just say that I disagree with this opinion.