Panem et circenses is far more effective than anything else at keep a population quiet and complacent. Now take away their American Idol and fast food....then would see an uprising.
No one should have to 'notify the relevant authorities' to research anything. If someone is using research as an excuse to get off looking at dirty pictures, then they are and there's nothing that can done (short of investiaging every researcher). I imagine there are plenty of law enforcement folks that get their jollies 'investigating' illegal prostitution, child porn, or (as is the case in my city) bikini baristas that give big tippers the 'whole show'.
God help you if you are researcher (private or government) and search for naughty terms. At my local library they tried this a few years ago and some high school girl almost arrested because she was searching for terms like 'child porn' and 'naked kids'. Turns out she was actually writing a report on how easy it was to find illicit porn online. She even made to the local talk show circuit for a while.
I suppose that's true. But a corporation is actually independent. Whereas a quango, like NASA, just does what they are told by their leash holders. That's not necessarily bad, but it sure ain't independence. Maybe a better comparison would be like a 'wholly-owned subsidiary'; they do what they want, but only within well defined boundaries.
...on very good authority that, in two weeks, Mars will appears as big as the MOON in the night sky!!
I swear I have assuage my Mom's fear about that one every year. I would just send her to Snopes. But the copious pop-under ads, malware, etc. makes me think I would be causing more problems that I would solve.... "No Mom. You cannot make win a free XBox by punching that monkey...". But I digress.
Don't forget the Christian minority that promote the idea of 'creative days' being possibly millions of years long (each), and that organisms do indeed adapt and change over time.
The tricky part that, as a earlier Slashdot article covered, many in the scientific community are in the God closet (e.g. they are religious, but keep it a secret).
TFA makes it sound as though a corp will send a $400/hr legal team across the country for a $250 claim:
Moreover, they will spare little expense no matter the magnitude of claims brought against them...
They won't. I had a dispute with Dell a few years back over a part they insisted I purchased (I hadn't). Spent nearly a year writing letters, insisting I did not purchase the item. Eventually they sent me to collections. I had had enough and filed a SCC action. Within three weeks the charges were reversed, the collection agency was called off, and they sent me a check to cover 'credit repair costs'. No lawyers, no courtroom appearances, no nothing...
Highly, highly paid administrators pull the strings. The actual work that's done is done on the backs of people who are often just a paycheck away from being in a homeless shelter themselves. And should the State decide to take away the tax incentives to the administrators, nearly all the charity would end overnight.
I watch several HD streaming movies every week, download any number of Windows service packs/Linus distros for work, and of course do lots and LOTS of casual surfing and gaming. I have Comcast 50Mbps and rarely even get to 50% of my cap.
I prefer my pirated War movies to be like Saving Private Ryan: all white, all the American soldiers are noble and good, all the Germans are monsters, and all the deaths are stunningly dramatic.
All things are unknowable, until they are not. Faith is Belief. Blind faith is not. Faith (at least for the Christian religion) has a very specific definition: Faith is the assured expectation of something one hopes for, or the evident demonstration of a reality, though one has never seen it.
Like I have faith that my children will always love me, but I cannot see the future. If one day I face a reality that they hate me, then that faith will be gone. A person with blind faith will never allow themselves to believe anything else.
The former leads to enlightenment and elevated ways of thinking. The latter leads to ignorance, wars, and death for millions.
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Panem et circenses is far more effective than anything else at keep a population quiet and complacent. Now take away their American Idol and fast food....then would see an uprising.
No one should have to 'notify the relevant authorities' to research anything. If someone is using research as an excuse to get off looking at dirty pictures, then they are and there's nothing that can done (short of investiaging every researcher). I imagine there are plenty of law enforcement folks that get their jollies 'investigating' illegal prostitution, child porn, or (as is the case in my city) bikini baristas that give big tippers the 'whole show'.
They should just get self-inking rubber stamps that say 'Please'.
God help you if you are researcher (private or government) and search for naughty terms. At my local library they tried this a few years ago and some high school girl almost arrested because she was searching for terms like 'child porn' and 'naked kids'. Turns out she was actually writing a report on how easy it was to find illicit porn online. She even made to the local talk show circuit for a while.
I suppose that's true. But a corporation is actually independent. Whereas a quango, like NASA, just does what they are told by their leash holders. That's not necessarily bad, but it sure ain't independence. Maybe a better comparison would be like a 'wholly-owned subsidiary'; they do what they want, but only within well defined boundaries.
Oh, you're adorable.
For those of us not nerdy enough to actually know what the crap CSIRO is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Scientific_and_Industrial_Research_Organisation
...on very good authority that, in two weeks, Mars will appears as big as the MOON in the night sky!!
I swear I have assuage my Mom's fear about that one every year. I would just send her to Snopes. But the copious pop-under ads, malware, etc. makes me think I would be causing more problems that I would solve.... "No Mom. You cannot make win a free XBox by punching that monkey...". But I digress.
...but I am sure there is a 'hand up their ass' joke in this somewhere.
Just like when Bill did his two-step with Jerry on TV...or maybe not at all. Oh god...I just threw up in my mouth a little....
Sorry, you lost me at 'Second Life'....
It's exceeding rare for biological scientific facts to be discovered without having to destroy something (or someone).
I don't know. I presumed it was the majority. My brother is a pastor for some (seemingly) mainstream church and he is hard-core Young Earth.
Don't forget the Christian minority that promote the idea of 'creative days' being possibly millions of years long (each), and that organisms do indeed adapt and change over time.
The tricky part that, as a earlier Slashdot article covered, many in the scientific community are in the God closet (e.g. they are religious, but keep it a secret).
Oh, the irony!
That's why for all my side work, my best friends call me 'cash' ;)
Wake me up when they discover/remember Greek fire.
They won't. I had a dispute with Dell a few years back over a part they insisted I purchased (I hadn't). Spent nearly a year writing letters, insisting I did not purchase the item. Eventually they sent me to collections. I had had enough and filed a SCC action. Within three weeks the charges were reversed, the collection agency was called off, and they sent me a check to cover 'credit repair costs'. No lawyers, no courtroom appearances, no nothing...
Highly, highly paid administrators pull the strings. The actual work that's done is done on the backs of people who are often just a paycheck away from being in a homeless shelter themselves. And should the State decide to take away the tax incentives to the administrators, nearly all the charity would end overnight.
I watch several HD streaming movies every week, download any number of Windows service packs/Linus distros for work, and of course do lots and LOTS of casual surfing and gaming. I have Comcast 50Mbps and rarely even get to 50% of my cap.
Yes. It's here: https://customer.comcast.com/Secure/UsageMeterDetail.aspx
If you use Comcast (at least directly), you have a meter:
https://customer.comcast.com/Secure/UsageMeterDetail.aspx
Not sure if EL allows that though.
I prefer my pirated War movies to be like Saving Private Ryan: all white, all the American soldiers are noble and good, all the Germans are monsters, and all the deaths are stunningly dramatic.
All things are unknowable, until they are not. Faith is Belief. Blind faith is not. Faith (at least for the Christian religion) has a very specific definition: Faith is the assured expectation of something one hopes for, or the evident demonstration of a reality, though one has never seen it.
Like I have faith that my children will always love me, but I cannot see the future. If one day I face a reality that they hate me, then that faith will be gone. A person with blind faith will never allow themselves to believe anything else.
The former leads to enlightenment and elevated ways of thinking. The latter leads to ignorance, wars, and death for millions.