Wow! I learned so much from that! I had been wondering why weird smoke had been coming out of my computer everytime I booted Windows XP. It must be really magical. Gee, Billy Gates must be a genie or something. Cause all his programs make even more magical smoke billow out of my computer! Gosh, I'm so glad that you taught me all about my computer. I was beggining to think that the smoke was a problem...
You have a flaw in your arguments. You assume quite a bit. First off, you assume that an all-knowing God would solve a problem in a human way. Yes, I know God made man in His image. That does not mean that we are as smart as God. That means that we -- like Him -- can think creatively, design, research, and do many other abstract things that are not a part of insticts that animals have. Isaiah says in chapter 55 verse 8: "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways," saith the LORD. However, the problem is really that your logic doesn't even make sense from human terms. Since when do designers always do things in interest of the simplest solution? Most things are created purely because the designer wanted the product to feel a certain way. In no way do these features enhance the abilities of the product, yet they make it better in a different way. Perhaps, aesthetic reasons. God is creative enough to come up with so many different ways for systems to work together to keep an organism alive. He probably had other creative reasons for making humans the way we are. Likely, having all the knowledge would help with that. And secondly, why would an all-knowing, all-powerful God need to do something in the simplest way? If He could speak it into existence, why would He worry about getting it designed in the quickest amount of time? God is creative and therefore enjoyed designing both protista and Homo sapiens (of course, humans are quite different in Gods' eyes. You can substitute human for dolphin, ape, etc.) Both of these, can exist on Earth and live, but both do so differently. Obviously, this implies that God designed creatures because He wanted to. It makes no sense for the clay to ask the potter why they were formed this way. Really, I think the main problem with these statements is the far too many logic jumps you take. However, it seems that your posting is cut off so I could be wrong. The complexity of organisms can only support Intelligent Design because if an all-knowing God created everything as it is, there would be no problem with them being complex. Irreducible complexity is a major problem for evolution though. Especially on body parts such as the eye. Read Darwin's Black Box for a look at a great argument against evolution and for intelligent design. I wish that people would finally take a few moments to realize that ID is a very good scientific theory, instead of always saying: "There is no proof for ID! Evolution is completly correct in all ways and anyone saying different knows nothing about science!"
Let's look at logic here. I think this is the correct statement being said here:
If bees don't fly, then intelligent design is not true.
Umm... that doesn't exactly make sense. It also seems that not many ever think about a big reason why intelligent design is a very acceptable theory: irreducible complexity. I believe that a book was written on this and other reasons (biochemical reasons) for a disbelief in evolution, entitled Darwin's Black Box. A link for the book on Amazon can be found here. Perhaps, this will open some minds here to the fact that intelligent design is a very legitamate argument. I don't think many people here really consider the bee thing to be much of a problem for intelligent design, anyway. It is obviously not true to say that intelligent design is false because we are understanding more and more things about the universe. Even if we knew everything about the universe (which is, of course, in defiance of philosphy), it does not neccesarily mean that God would not exist. That could be one of those discoveries. I hope some people will take the time to read Darwin's Black Box and several of the other books that are listed as "others were also interested in:" to realize, at the very least, that intelligent design is a very legitamate theory that is not as easily squashed as so many here seem to believe.
I do find that it is quite entertaining to set up your own email server and IM servers and everything like that. I set up qmail and tinkered around with it for fun a little while ago to learn more about how e-mail servers work and everything. I didn't want to leave my computer on at all times, though, so I just played with it and learned how e-mail works and everything. Good time. And e-mail servers you definitely can run and they will work just fine, as you can use it for hosting an account for just you and a few friends and you can still communicate to the world at large. The same is not true for IM servers. They work great for communication between different members of companies, groups of friends, and the like. But imagine that I want to communicate with someone from slashdot or something. It does not make sense to ask someone that I really don't know to use my server for chatting. It makes a lot more sense to use something that is very well known. Using ICQ you can communicate to a much larger group of people than a personal server. So there will always be a use for them. Third parties are sometimes a neccesary evil in order to communicate with the world at broad.
And I agree, every company does censor to some degree. I guess my main though there was that I would they didn't unless there were gravely illegal actions taking place.
Umm... why would non-bloggers and people over 16 rejoice that blogging sites were censored?
one day. seriously, with the amount of people using Google, it will probably be exploited and the hole found quickly and then we can use our purchases fully again:-). I, for one, will not however attempt to break it or anything because although I don't like this move by Google, they are otherwise generally a good company and have created what is probably the best search engine on the net. Live with the DRM (however, frustrating it may be) or crack it if you must. But continue to give Google their hits:-).
Who cares whether or not you like myspace? The problem is that a company was blocking people from using the names of its competitors through its communication service. What if this started to happen on all the real blog sites? Like what if you couldn't post a link from Livejournal to Blogspot or Greatest Journal? That's why this is definitely a case of something that could become really bad. Imagine if this happened to IM. This, to me, shows a willingness of communications companies to censor. Hopefully, this will not ever occur.
someguy789: My ___ is someguy789@msn.com
somepersn325: Awesome, where can I download _______________
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I love how the NSA and everyone is busy snooping around and reading e-mails, wire-tapping, etc. Yet, they aren't doing anything about someone selling personal information on the internet. This is definitely a privacy concern and a direct invasion of it, but not that it matters now, the NSA already taps phones, e-mails, computers, etc. So, I guess this is now legal to do? All right, everyone let's start a root password site. We'll go around collecting all the root passwords and posting them for everyone to see, for a price, of course. Aww... I love capitalism.;-)
I simply can't believe this. Agreeing to censor a blog because of China? They aren't exactly the greatest government in the world. You have persecution of pretty much every belief that doesn't agree with theirs. They hold that country in something of an iron fist. I just can't imagine microsoft agreeing with them. That's how you know they are truly all about money. Censorship must die! To the guillotine!
that is quite an excellent point you bring up. and an even better idea that i only wish would actually be tried. if they are going to use cameras or another snooping devices for good purposes, then i think it's only fair that there be no question in their motives. if they truly only wish to stop the man from possibly hitting someone and causing an accident or messing with the traffic flow, they would never object to sending the fine directly to some charitable cause or something. it would stop people from running lights because they would still be losing money (don't worry, most people aren't that charitable;-)), while at the same time it would ensure that the system isn't just for government profit. good idea and i think there'd a few other areas where it could be of quite some use, as well.
this depresses me deeply, but the truth is none of our information is private anymore. I will continue to encrypt everything I write to someone who uses pgp or gpg. Perhaps I will even flood the web with thousands of encrypted e-mail stating what time to meet for lunch and then one will have something important in it. That will at least make them mad after brute-forcing through a thousand pointless e-mails. Encrypt everything, even though they can probably decrypt it because they're likely nosy and they have the cash for the computing power. This will one day be resolved as we start using thirty increasingly complicated encryption methods stacked up on each other for all our messages.
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Yes, it was most definitely a great year for open source. I believe more people will start using it now than ever before! Onward and upward! Long live, Firefox and Thunderbird! Now we've begun to invade that territory where the Gates had been shut before. Now sites will have to start changing their page so Firefox can see them well too. Oh, I can hardly wait...
completely agreed. it also shows something of a lack of effort on microsoft's part. i believe that the problem has still not been fixed with an official patch (others have to do the dirty work) and i think the vulnerability was known about four days ago! That is unheard of on open source systems because their creators aren't busy marketing the newest XBox game. I recommend gaim or naim (if you don't mind console) for the aim and everything. I hear Trillian is good but have not gotten around to trying it yet. I believe it is for windows, no? Probably has better protection against this stuff than MSN does though (that doesn't say too much...)
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If bees don't fly, then intelligent design is not true.
Umm... that doesn't exactly make sense. It also seems that not many ever think about a big reason why intelligent design is a very acceptable theory: irreducible complexity. I believe that a book was written on this and other reasons (biochemical reasons) for a disbelief in evolution, entitled Darwin's Black Box. A link for the book on Amazon can be found here. Perhaps, this will open some minds here to the fact that intelligent design is a very legitamate argument. I don't think many people here really consider the bee thing to be much of a problem for intelligent design, anyway. It is obviously not true to say that intelligent design is false because we are understanding more and more things about the universe. Even if we knew everything about the universe (which is, of course, in defiance of philosphy), it does not neccesarily mean that God would not exist. That could be one of those discoveries. I hope some people will take the time to read Darwin's Black Box and several of the other books that are listed as "others were also interested in:" to realize, at the very least, that intelligent design is a very legitamate theory that is not as easily squashed as so many here seem to believe.
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And I agree, every company does censor to some degree. I guess my main though there was that I would they didn't unless there were gravely illegal actions taking place.
Umm... why would non-bloggers and people over 16 rejoice that blogging sites were censored?
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somepersn325: Awesome, where can I download _______________
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Yes, it was most definitely a great year for open source. I believe more people will start using it now than ever before! Onward and upward! Long live, Firefox and Thunderbird! Now we've begun to invade that territory where the Gates had been shut before. Now sites will have to start changing their page so Firefox can see them well too. Oh, I can hardly wait...
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completely agreed. it also shows something of a lack of effort on microsoft's part. i believe that the problem has still not been fixed with an official patch (others have to do the dirty work) and i think the vulnerability was known about four days ago! That is unheard of on open source systems because their creators aren't busy marketing the newest XBox game. I recommend gaim or naim (if you don't mind console) for the aim and everything. I hear Trillian is good but have not gotten around to trying it yet. I believe it is for windows, no? Probably has better protection against this stuff than MSN does though (that doesn't say too much...) (-hrair-)