It seems to me is that what you are stopping short of saying is something along the lines of... "The United States was founded by Christian interests and therefore freedom of religion really means the protection of Christian denominations..." When in reality our founding fathers (of whome I am quite proud of) were far less concerned with religion (see Jefferson and Franklin as prime examples) and far more concerned with ending trade controls and the economic hardships placed on them (taxes) by a foreign body in which their interests were not represented (remember "taxation without representation is tyranny"???). These men were business men that ranged from the those born into great wealth (i.e. Washington and Jefferson), to those who were self made wealthy from humble beginnings(i.e. Franklin), but their objective was to free themselves from the economic burden placed on them the the British monarchy.
I suspect that the parent used the word "from" as emphasis since everybody knows the word is "of". "Freedom of Religion," had nothing to do with what you have posted and had everything to do with the habit of monarchs enforcing official religions at their whim (for instance when they wanted a divorce) and making other religions illegal and used to what ever purpose may be suitable such as extorting those who were out of their favor (many people were hung for herecy). The intent was to bar the ruling body from exerting any influences over an individual's thoughts on religion and to keep rulers from using this as a tool for extortion. This was also meant to keep the ruling body from forming power aliances with the clergy, since even by then, the monarchs understood the control the clergy held over the masses through the use of religion...and yes, rejecting the notion of an almighty humanistic God is also protected by this. By the way, Atheists aren't the only people who don't believe in "God", Buddists and Taoists also come to mind...
If one were to use your reasoning and the fact that out of the 56 founding fathers, 51 were slave owners combined a few other tidbits of information, and one could argue that America was meant to be a nation where blacks were slaves and women were posessions of their husbands.
I'm not going to comment on the machine or its merits, since the article was nice and fluffy like a new down pillow. I wish they would have included maybe some properly conducted taste tests or maybe some lab essays on how (if at all) the wine changed after it passed the machine.
What I did find interesting was the word "Electrolyse", which if they are using the correct definition means they are subjecting the wine to electrolysis. Mind you, I am no chemist and know nothing about wine, however I do have some hands on experience in large business and it me that any Joe Schmoe without his machine could just say "Gee thanks Bob, but we aren't interested..." and plug in a cathode and an electrode a beaker full of wine and start to experiment with different voltages and times and have a really good time testing their results. These days distillers have staffs of chemists and it wouldn't cost them any more or any less to say,"Hey Pete! Put that PhD. in chem of yours to good use and electrolyze some of that Night Train Express you got there and then if you don't go blind after you drink it we'll send it to a tasting panel." Plus, I don't think you can patent electrolysis...see child-hood chemistry sets for prior art.:-D
I've google it and looked it up on wikipedia, but I can't find something that explains what "Burning Plasma" is and how it is different from what I guess I think of as regular plasma: plasma that is created by applying large large amounts of energy to matter so that its electrons are in a disassociated state. I am certainly no expert in this stuff (but the subject is very interesting to me), so if I am wrong about my regular notion of plasma I would really appreciate it to be corrected.
Thanks!
Frank
2+2*2 is indeed 6...believe it or not. And while yes, every "dipshit" does "know" that 2+2*2=8, I would venture to guess that a small percentage of the population (those with at least a 5th grade understanding of arithmetics) would recognise that Excel is simply implementing standard order of operations. It's complicated, but it breaks down like this:
I personally don't use MS Office or Windows, I try not to give them my business willingly...however, in the spirit of fairness, I just checked my OpenOffice Calc and yes, it agrees "=2+2*2" is equal to 6. Oh geesh, I guess someone should file a bug report.
(I hope this isn't taken as a flame, I'm just poking a little fun.):-D
Well, I was being a little funny when I posted it, but I didn't put the invite criteria because it really isn't explained in the Analytics site. However, that being said, if I were a betting man, I'd say the obvious thing for them to do is just to hand out invitations (as their capacity permits) to those who signed into their waiting list on a first come - first server (I kill myself:-D ) basis. They may also be giving priority to users who are already using Adwords, which would make perfect sense, since integration to Adwords is really what makes Analytics stand out (beside the fact that its a full-featured service that is free).
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It seems to me is that what you are stopping short of saying is something along the lines of... "The United States was founded by Christian interests and therefore freedom of religion really means the protection of Christian denominations..." When in reality our founding fathers (of whome I am quite proud of) were far less concerned with religion (see Jefferson and Franklin as prime examples) and far more concerned with ending trade controls and the economic hardships placed on them (taxes) by a foreign body in which their interests were not represented (remember "taxation without representation is tyranny"???). These men were business men that ranged from the those born into great wealth (i.e. Washington and Jefferson), to those who were self made wealthy from humble beginnings(i.e. Franklin), but their objective was to free themselves from the economic burden placed on them the the British monarchy.
..and yes, rejecting the notion of an almighty humanistic God is also protected by this. By the way, Atheists aren't the only people who don't believe in "God", Buddists and Taoists also come to mind...
I suspect that the parent used the word "from" as emphasis since everybody knows the word is "of". "Freedom of Religion," had nothing to do with what you have posted and had everything to do with the habit of monarchs enforcing official religions at their whim (for instance when they wanted a divorce) and making other religions illegal and used to what ever purpose may be suitable such as extorting those who were out of their favor (many people were hung for herecy). The intent was to bar the ruling body from exerting any influences over an individual's thoughts on religion and to keep rulers from using this as a tool for extortion. This was also meant to keep the ruling body from forming power aliances with the clergy, since even by then, the monarchs understood the control the clergy held over the masses through the use of religion.
If one were to use your reasoning and the fact that out of the 56 founding fathers, 51 were slave owners combined a few other tidbits of information, and one could argue that America was meant to be a nation where blacks were slaves and women were posessions of their husbands.
I'm not going to comment on the machine or its merits, since the article was nice and fluffy like a new down pillow. I wish they would have included maybe some properly conducted taste tests or maybe some lab essays on how (if at all) the wine changed after it passed the machine. What I did find interesting was the word "Electrolyse", which if they are using the correct definition means they are subjecting the wine to electrolysis. Mind you, I am no chemist and know nothing about wine, however I do have some hands on experience in large business and it me that any Joe Schmoe without his machine could just say "Gee thanks Bob, but we aren't interested..." and plug in a cathode and an electrode a beaker full of wine and start to experiment with different voltages and times and have a really good time testing their results. These days distillers have staffs of chemists and it wouldn't cost them any more or any less to say,"Hey Pete! Put that PhD. in chem of yours to good use and electrolyze some of that Night Train Express you got there and then if you don't go blind after you drink it we'll send it to a tasting panel." Plus, I don't think you can patent electrolysis...see child-hood chemistry sets for prior art. :-D
I've google it and looked it up on wikipedia, but I can't find something that explains what "Burning Plasma" is and how it is different from what I guess I think of as regular plasma: plasma that is created by applying large large amounts of energy to matter so that its electrons are in a disassociated state. I am certainly no expert in this stuff (but the subject is very interesting to me), so if I am wrong about my regular notion of plasma I would really appreciate it to be corrected. Thanks! Frank
2+2*2 is indeed 6...believe it or not. And while yes, every "dipshit" does "know" that 2+2*2=8, I would venture to guess that a small percentage of the population (those with at least a 5th grade understanding of arithmetics) would recognise that Excel is simply implementing standard order of operations. It's complicated, but it breaks down like this:
:-D
2+2*2 = 2+4 (perform multiplication first)
2+4 = 6 (perform addition last)
I personally don't use MS Office or Windows, I try not to give them my business willingly...however, in the spirit of fairness, I just checked my OpenOffice Calc and yes, it agrees "=2+2*2" is equal to 6. Oh geesh, I guess someone should file a bug report.
(I hope this isn't taken as a flame, I'm just poking a little fun.)
Well, I was being a little funny when I posted it, but I didn't put the invite criteria because it really isn't explained in the Analytics site. However, that being said, if I were a betting man, I'd say the obvious thing for them to do is just to hand out invitations (as their capacity permits) to those who signed into their waiting list on a first come - first server (I kill myself :-D ) basis. They may also be giving priority to users who are already using Adwords, which would make perfect sense, since integration to Adwords is really what makes Analytics stand out (beside the fact that its a full-featured service that is free).