"macroevolution is not the rock solid and proven law of nature some claim it to be"
WTF? I think in your tiny deluded realm, 'many folks' == 'fundy church folks who know dickshit about science' and 'macroevolution blah blah' == 'AIG rulez because Jesus!'
And please, list ONE plausible alternative to evolution. I've yet to see a single theory of 'creation.'
"Biologists are the only scientists that throw a big hissy fit about having to explain and contrast their theories."
Tough I agree with the point of your post, I think that biologist at the only ones who are asked to defend their science. Astronomer, physicist and chemist do not face the same level of religious FUD as biologist.
Imagine if there was a serious religiously motivated geocentric movement. Would astronomers be happy to have to explain and contrast their theories?
Sure, creationist do not want student to think critically except when it comes to 'debunking' evolution.
Maybe students should be given a list of proofs for evolution and a list of proofs for creationism and let them draw their own conclusion. But I guess that is unfeasible. How would you squeeze the equivalent of thousands of pages worth of proofs in a student science textbook? At least, the creationist side would add no more that 0 page of proofs to that manual. Maybe half a page if you include bananas and crocoducks.
Here's the list of Linux downloadable on my account: A Virus Named TOM, Air Forte, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, And Yet It Moves, Anodyne, Anomaly Korea, Anomaly Korea, Anomaly Warzone Earth, Anomaly Warzone Earth: Mobile Campaign, Aquaria, Atom Zombie Smasher, Avadon: The Black Fortress, Avadon: The Black Fortress, Awesomenauts, BIT.TRIP BEAT, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Bastion, Battle Frogs, Beat Hazard Ultra, Blocks That Matter, Botanicula, Braid, Broken Sword: Director's Cut, Brütal Legend, Canabalt, Capsized, Catacomb Snatch, Cave Story+, Chocolate Castle, Closure, Cogs, Cortex Command, Costume Quest, Crayon Physics Deluxe, DEFCON, Darwinia, Dear Esther (CodeWeavers Port), Dear Esther (Native Port), Dungeon Defenders + All DLC, Dungeons of Dredmor, Dustforce, Dynamite Jack, EDGE, Eets Munchies, Endless Nuclear Kittens, English Country Tune, Eufloria HD, FEZ, FTL: Faster than Light, Fieldrunners, Fractal, Cipher Prime Studios, Frozen Synapse, Funky Smugglers, Gish, Gratuitous Space Battles, Greed Corp, Hammerfight, Hotline Miami, Incredipede, Indie Game: The Movie, Intrusion 2, Jack Claw, Jamestown, Jasper's Journeys, LIMBO, Legend of Grimrock, Little Inferno, Lone Survivor, Low Light Combat, Lugaru HD, Machinarium, Mark of the Ninja, McPixel, Multiwinia, NightSky, Nicalis, Nuclear Pizza War, Offspring Fling, Oil Rush, Organ Trail: Director's Cut, Osmos, Penumbra Overture, Proteus, Psychonauts, RUSH, Revenge of the Titans, Rochard, Rochard + Hard Times DLC, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, Rogue Legacy, Samorost 2, Amanita Design, Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds: Survivor, Frozenbyte, Shank, Shank 2, Shatter, Sleepwalker's Journey, Snapshot, Snuggle Truck, Solar 2, Space Pirates and Zombies, SpaceChem, Spirits, Splice, Stacking, Stealth Bastard Deluxe, Steel Storm: Burning Retribution, Super Hexagon, Super Meat Boy, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Swords & Soldiers HD, TRAUMA, The Bard's Tale, The Basement Collection, The Binding Of Isaac, The Binding of Isaac + Wrath of the Lamb DLC, The Broadside Express, Thomas Was Alone, Ticket to Ride, Tiny & Big in Grandpa's Leftovers, Toki Tori, Torchlight, Trine, Trine 2: Complete Story, Uplink, VVVVVV, Vessel, Voxatron, Waking Mars, Wizorb, World Of Goo, Worms Reloaded, Zen Bound 2, Zen Puzzle Garden
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Very very cool!
I'm sure you meant very very hot! ;)
My mother (who is a grandmother!) has been using Kubuntu for years now. No complains from her.
If I were to reinstall the OS today, I would consider Mint.
I though games were _supposed_ to be fun...not feel like work!
That's because evolution is not found in books, but on stone tablets.
Cars serve a purpose beyond killing. What purpose do guns serve outside of killing?
It's Jaeger! Not Jagger!
Gypsy Danger is a giant mecha (Jagger to be precise) and not a robot. :P
I hate to make it sound like I'm pissing on the protesters, but how is it the fault of techies that house pricing is going up?
...and I should add that you can choose which OS you want on it...
http://www.eurocom.com/
Best fully upgrade-able workhorses out there. Not sexy like a Mac, but damn good machines.
Ex-MacBook user. Written from my Eurocom Racer.
"macroevolution is not the rock solid and proven law of nature some claim it to be"
WTF? I think in your tiny deluded realm, 'many folks' == 'fundy church folks who know dickshit about science' and 'macroevolution blah blah' == 'AIG rulez because Jesus!'
And please, list ONE plausible alternative to evolution. I've yet to see a single theory of 'creation.'
"Biologists are the only scientists that throw a big hissy fit about having to explain and contrast their theories."
Tough I agree with the point of your post, I think that biologist at the only ones who are asked to defend their science. Astronomer, physicist and chemist do not face the same level of religious FUD as biologist.
Imagine if there was a serious religiously motivated geocentric movement. Would astronomers be happy to have to explain and contrast their theories?
"And it doesn't move the question to another galaxy, where Aliens are simply created by God."
--FTFY ;)
"Is a pair of double-standards called quadruple standards?"
If you can't make Creationism a science, then make it a standard. AIG should go to ISO instead of the Texas school board.
ISO-6000BC, here we come!
Really? Citation please?
Sure, creationist do not want student to think critically except when it comes to 'debunking' evolution.
Maybe students should be given a list of proofs for evolution and a list of proofs for creationism and let them draw their own conclusion. But I guess that is unfeasible. How would you squeeze the equivalent of thousands of pages worth of proofs in a student science textbook? At least, the creationist side would add no more that 0 page of proofs to that manual. Maybe half a page if you include bananas and crocoducks.
Citation?
If that's the case, I would feel better.
What is this 'google'?
Oups! Bad counting on my part... Lots of dups.
Here's the list of Linux downloadable on my account: A Virus Named TOM, Air Forte, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, And Yet It Moves, Anodyne, Anomaly Korea, Anomaly Korea, Anomaly Warzone Earth, Anomaly Warzone Earth: Mobile Campaign, Aquaria, Atom Zombie Smasher, Avadon: The Black Fortress, Avadon: The Black Fortress, Awesomenauts, BIT.TRIP BEAT, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Bastion, Battle Frogs, Beat Hazard Ultra, Blocks That Matter, Botanicula, Braid, Broken Sword: Director's Cut, Brütal Legend, Canabalt, Capsized, Catacomb Snatch, Cave Story+, Chocolate Castle, Closure, Cogs, Cortex Command, Costume Quest, Crayon Physics Deluxe, DEFCON, Darwinia, Dear Esther (CodeWeavers Port), Dear Esther (Native Port), Dungeon Defenders + All DLC, Dungeons of Dredmor, Dustforce, Dynamite Jack, EDGE, Eets Munchies, Endless Nuclear Kittens, English Country Tune, Eufloria HD, FEZ, FTL: Faster than Light, Fieldrunners, Fractal, Cipher Prime Studios, Frozen Synapse, Funky Smugglers, Gish, Gratuitous Space Battles, Greed Corp, Hammerfight, Hotline Miami, Incredipede, Indie Game: The Movie, Intrusion 2, Jack Claw, Jamestown, Jasper's Journeys, LIMBO, Legend of Grimrock, Little Inferno, Lone Survivor, Low Light Combat, Lugaru HD, Machinarium, Mark of the Ninja, McPixel, Multiwinia, NightSky, Nicalis, Nuclear Pizza War, Offspring Fling, Oil Rush, Organ Trail: Director's Cut, Osmos, Penumbra Overture, Proteus, Psychonauts, RUSH, Revenge of the Titans, Rochard, Rochard + Hard Times DLC, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, Rogue Legacy, Samorost 2, Amanita Design, Shadowgrounds, Shadowgrounds: Survivor, Frozenbyte, Shank, Shank 2, Shatter, Sleepwalker's Journey, Snapshot, Snuggle Truck, Solar 2, Space Pirates and Zombies, SpaceChem, Spirits, Splice, Stacking, Stealth Bastard Deluxe, Steel Storm: Burning Retribution, Super Hexagon, Super Meat Boy, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Swords & Soldiers HD, TRAUMA, The Bard's Tale, The Basement Collection, The Binding Of Isaac, The Binding of Isaac + Wrath of the Lamb DLC, The Broadside Express, Thomas Was Alone, Ticket to Ride, Tiny & Big in Grandpa's Leftovers, Toki Tori, Torchlight, Trine, Trine 2: Complete Story, Uplink, VVVVVV, Vessel, Voxatron, Waking Mars, Wizorb, World Of Goo, Worms Reloaded, Zen Bound 2, Zen Puzzle Garden
I'm counting 396 products in my Humble library. That includes all games, books, videos, etc...
The Humble Store is not competing with Steam. Most games that it sells can/have to be activated on Steam.
I must have over one hundred games in my Steam library that come from the Humble Bundle.
There is a difference between an invention and an idea. There is also a difference licensing and extortion.
If Microsoft is making $2,000,000,000 off Android, how much is Google and the manufacturers making off the platform?
I thought Texas and most of the southern US already passed a law against evolution...
Sorry, forgot the in my post.
I was just being annoyed at everyone bitching about everything except the very thing it is made for: playing games.