Actually, Coward, I *do* to some extent believe in ghost, vampires, witches, etc.
I mean I realize, to some extent, you were just flinging shit all over the wall hoping some of it would stick, but you can't say you don't believe in witches...
Do you believe that darkness exists? Can darkness be seen? Measured? Etc? Darkness is more or less the absence of light. Time and time again peeps say "RELIGIONZ HAVE NO PLACE IN SCIENCE" but then try to use scientific reasoning to disprove religion. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Kind of a double edged sword really.
There is nothing irrational about finding the whole God thing absurd, especially since there isn't a shred of scientific evidence in support of any supernatural deity.
I admit that there could in fact be a supernatural being that we are not aware of or able to perceive
Problem with that is that all those things allegedly in the box, you know what they look like, etc. Even if there is a God that you cannot prove exists because you have no physical evidence of his existence, by same definition, if you did have proof you may not even know what it was. If someone told you there was hydrogen in the box, or some other random gas that you can't see, what would your answer be then? Probably the better analogy.
And maybe you should reexamine what you perceive as the two sides. As one of the few I suppose you would call a "thumper" (niggers, fags, muties anyone?), I vehemently *OPPOSE* any such legislation as this. Maybe its against the law to blaspheme my religion today, but maybe tomorrow my religion *IS* the blasphemy. That slippery slope will become vertical.
...when a sentence is structured as such "If this theory holds up, these dinosaurs would be the only ones that made it to the Paleocene Age" as if they just arrived in that age yesterday.
They are now the only ones who made it into the next age, until the next theory holds up, at which point another group will have made it into the next age.
As if it is an ongoing present day process.
If this theory holds up, then these dinosaurs will be the only ones that we know of that made it into the next age.
Isn't it strange that people are still surprised that their computers are fast? Computers have gotten ridiculously fast compared during the last 20 years, and still they seem slow to many of us. Is that just the result of crappy programming, or is there more to it?
That's what I want to know, too. If I had known in 1995 what the specs for my 2009 system would be, I would have freaked out and expected it to boot in milliseconds and do everything else instantly.
and if you install DOS 6.3 on it and windows 3.1, it will.
no, really. cancel your membership. now. everyone. then they will change. consumer whining does nothing. comsumers taking their money elsewhere does everything.
You want to help those of us in the business world migrate towards linux?
Get support for the.Net Framework built into Wine. From what I understand, it does decent with.Net 2.0, but I couldn't get it to install.Net 3.0 to save my life. We have lots of proprietary apps here that require.Net X to even install.
Everything I've seen on the effects of marijuana on driving indicate that yes, it's mildly impairing, but that impairment never reaches a level equivalent to that of a 0.8 bac. So if it's legal to drive under a similarly impairing amount of alcohol, it should be ok to drive stoned. Also, unlike alcohol, marijuana users know how impaired they are, and compensate. This is why marijuana is *underrepresented* in accident statistics.
Man, what is that smell? OMG!! ITS A MASSIVE PILE OF BULLSHIT!!!!
Seriously dude. I have driven when I probably shouldn't have because I had a few too many beers, and I set cruise control 1 mph under the speed limit, had the A/C on full blast and concentrated my way home with no problem. Had I been pulled over by a cop, I feel I would probably have been over the limit. (having never been breathalyzed I can't guarantee it).
However. I have take a few hits off a water bong, left the dudes house, immediatly pull into the steakhouse (that was 12 miles away), go in, sit down and order, never touch my food, don't have any idea what the people I was with talked about (or if I was even at their table for that matter), went outside, threw up in the bushes, got in my car, fell asleep, dreamed I was driving stoned and wrecked, woke up freaking out because I was parked in front of shrubbery, cranked the car, went down the road, waited probably 3 minutes at a stop sign waiting for it to turn green, went down the road some more, forgot where the fuck I was going, watched the road signs until one fo them was the street I lived on and I was like 'fuck it i'll just go home', went home, sat in the car for like 5 more minutes thinking about how it felt like I was in a stadium, went inside, fell down on the floor, and passed out until the next morning.
The next day at work, the dude who's house I got wasted at asked me if everything was ok after I left. I was like 'yeah, why?' (see above where I remember NOTHING between his driveway and the steakhouse 12 miles away). He said "Dude, when you pulled out my driveway, you went the wrong way down to the cul de sac, and then you went around it like 4 or 5 times before you came out going the right way. You were pretty fucked up dude, I don't know how you made it home".
And I still don't know.
So yeah, back when I did hit it once in a while, I may have been a lightweight. But don't try to sell me on "mildly impairing, but that impairment never reaches a level equivalent to that of a 0.8 bac" when a few pulls off a bong impairs me hundreds of times worse than a six pack and a few shots of Crown EVER did.
OR you could just simply install XP OEM with any random XP OEM license, without actually buying XP OEM, and use telephone activation and explain that you are downgrading from Vista, and MS will give you an activation code. Assuming, of coarse, you are downgrading from vista business or ultimate.
For either or both reasons, we can and should use the law to force parents to vaccinate their children.
Whoa there, buddy. I'm going to have to call bullshit here. The law has no business forcing me or any member of my family to take any medicine, vaccine, food, drink, or anything else for that matter.
For either or both reasons, we unfortunatly can, but under almost no circumstances should we use the law to force parents to vaccinate their children.
DISCLAIMER: I am an independant protestant with what is probably an unintended bias.
*sigh*
I'm tired of having to go over this with my atheist friends.
Please. Remember this, if you remember nothing else.
The term "Zombie Jesus" makes no sense.
The religious belief is that Jesus "came back from the dead", or "rose from the dead". The angel said "Why seek ye the living among the dead?".
Zombies, on the other hand, are not living OR dead. They are the undead, which is a different thing entirely.
You would think since atheists believe both are make believe, they would be able to distinguish among the two.
Then again maybe the real issue is that most of them don't understand the belief, so most of their comments sound like retardedness to those of us who do believe.
Case in point: The last time I explained this to an atheist, their response was "Well why didn't he just come back again the 2nd time he died?"
Really? If you are ignorant enough to be able to make that comment, you are too ignorant to argue against that establishment of religion.
To say "We theorize it is X amount old", that's science. To say "It's x BILLION years old, and anyone who says it looks y THOUSAND years old is wrong" is just complete horse crap.
It is IMPOSSIBLE for us to KNOW that its BILLIONS of years old, OR that it is thousands of years old.
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Actually, Coward, I *do* to some extent believe in ghost, vampires, witches, etc.
I mean I realize, to some extent, you were just flinging shit all over the wall hoping some of it would stick, but you can't say you don't believe in witches...
HAHAHA oh, the irony. Most atheists believe stuff has been around for how many millions/billions of years? Whats another million I guess.
My god, someone mod parent up (I promise the pun isn't intended)
Do you believe that darkness exists? Can darkness be seen? Measured? Etc? Darkness is more or less the absence of light. Time and time again peeps say "RELIGIONZ HAVE NO PLACE IN SCIENCE" but then try to use scientific reasoning to disprove religion. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Kind of a double edged sword really.
ahem.
Child = fun being that we all enjoy, cute, cuddly
Pornography = fun thing that some enjoy, adjective, adjective...
Child Pornography = ???
There is nothing irrational about finding the whole God thing absurd, especially since there isn't a shred of scientific evidence in support of any supernatural deity.
I admit that there could in fact be a supernatural being that we are not aware of or able to perceive
So you admit to being irrational then?
Problem with that is that all those things allegedly in the box, you know what they look like, etc. Even if there is a God that you cannot prove exists because you have no physical evidence of his existence, by same definition, if you did have proof you may not even know what it was. If someone told you there was hydrogen in the box, or some other random gas that you can't see, what would your answer be then? Probably the better analogy.
I believe that there are no gods because I see no evidence of them and I see no useful reason to assume that there are any.
FAITH 3: something that is believed especially with strong conviction
So apparently faith is not the anti-reasoning. Or else, you wish your foot was made of chocolate.
And maybe you should reexamine what you perceive as the two sides. As one of the few I suppose you would call a "thumper" (niggers, fags, muties anyone?), I vehemently *OPPOSE* any such legislation as this. Maybe its against the law to blaspheme my religion today, but maybe tomorrow my religion *IS* the blasphemy. That slippery slope will become vertical.
For some reason I'm thinking that you must identify yourself, not that you must show a drivers license/ID...
...when a sentence is structured as such "If this theory holds up, these dinosaurs would be the only ones that made it to the Paleocene Age" as if they just arrived in that age yesterday.
They are now the only ones who made it into the next age, until the next theory holds up, at which point another group will have made it into the next age.
As if it is an ongoing present day process.
If this theory holds up, then these dinosaurs will be the only ones that we know of that made it into the next age.
There.
That's what I want to know, too. If I had known in 1995 what the specs for my 2009 system would be, I would have freaked out and expected it to boot in milliseconds and do everything else instantly.
and if you install DOS 6.3 on it and windows 3.1, it will.
Should I assume that was hyperbole? SP3 takes like 30 minutes on even a crap machine... Newer machines can do it in like 10.
oh my gawd, mod parent up funny
no, really. cancel your membership. now. everyone. then they will change. consumer whining does nothing. comsumers taking their money elsewhere does everything.
You want to help those of us in the business world migrate towards linux?
Get support for the .Net Framework built into Wine. From what I understand, it does decent with .Net 2.0, but I couldn't get it to install .Net 3.0 to save my life. We have lots of proprietary apps here that require .Net X to even install.
We name ours after Harleys.
Springer, Deuce, Wideglide, Ultraglide, Fatboy, Rocker, etc.
Everything I've seen on the effects of marijuana on driving indicate that yes, it's mildly impairing, but that impairment never reaches a level equivalent to that of a 0.8 bac. So if it's legal to drive under a similarly impairing amount of alcohol, it should be ok to drive stoned. Also, unlike alcohol, marijuana users know how impaired they are, and compensate. This is why marijuana is *underrepresented* in accident statistics.
Man, what is that smell? OMG!! ITS A MASSIVE PILE OF BULLSHIT!!!!
Seriously dude. I have driven when I probably shouldn't have because I had a few too many beers, and I set cruise control 1 mph under the speed limit, had the A/C on full blast and concentrated my way home with no problem. Had I been pulled over by a cop, I feel I would probably have been over the limit. (having never been breathalyzed I can't guarantee it).
However. I have take a few hits off a water bong, left the dudes house, immediatly pull into the steakhouse (that was 12 miles away), go in, sit down and order, never touch my food, don't have any idea what the people I was with talked about (or if I was even at their table for that matter), went outside, threw up in the bushes, got in my car, fell asleep, dreamed I was driving stoned and wrecked, woke up freaking out because I was parked in front of shrubbery, cranked the car, went down the road, waited probably 3 minutes at a stop sign waiting for it to turn green, went down the road some more, forgot where the fuck I was going, watched the road signs until one fo them was the street I lived on and I was like 'fuck it i'll just go home', went home, sat in the car for like 5 more minutes thinking about how it felt like I was in a stadium, went inside, fell down on the floor, and passed out until the next morning.
The next day at work, the dude who's house I got wasted at asked me if everything was ok after I left. I was like 'yeah, why?' (see above where I remember NOTHING between his driveway and the steakhouse 12 miles away). He said "Dude, when you pulled out my driveway, you went the wrong way down to the cul de sac, and then you went around it like 4 or 5 times before you came out going the right way. You were pretty fucked up dude, I don't know how you made it home".
And I still don't know.
So yeah, back when I did hit it once in a while, I may have been a lightweight. But don't try to sell me on "mildly impairing, but that impairment never reaches a level equivalent to that of a 0.8 bac" when a few pulls off a bong impairs me hundreds of times worse than a six pack and a few shots of Crown EVER did.
Oh come on, someone mod the parent flaimbait AND irrelevant.. My own personal beliefs aside, how does this belong here?
PICNIC Problem In Chair, Not In Computer
OR you could just simply install XP OEM with any random XP OEM license, without actually buying XP OEM, and use telephone activation and explain that you are downgrading from Vista, and MS will give you an activation code. Assuming, of coarse, you are downgrading from vista business or ultimate.
http://news.cnet.com/The-XP-alternative-for-Vista-PCs/2100-1016_3-6209481.html?tag=nefd.lede
For either or both reasons, we can and should use the law to force parents to vaccinate their children.
Whoa there, buddy. I'm going to have to call bullshit here. The law has no business forcing me or any member of my family to take any medicine, vaccine, food, drink, or anything else for that matter.
For either or both reasons, we unfortunatly can, but under almost no circumstances should we use the law to force parents to vaccinate their children.
There, fixed that for you.
Well, as far as criticality goes, it may not be number 1, but it's certainly number 2!!
DISCLAIMER: I am an independant protestant with what is probably an unintended bias.
*sigh*
I'm tired of having to go over this with my atheist friends.
Please. Remember this, if you remember nothing else.
The term "Zombie Jesus" makes no sense.
The religious belief is that Jesus "came back from the dead", or "rose from the dead". The angel said "Why seek ye the living among the dead?".
Zombies, on the other hand, are not living OR dead. They are the undead, which is a different thing entirely.
You would think since atheists believe both are make believe, they would be able to distinguish among the two.
Then again maybe the real issue is that most of them don't understand the belief, so most of their comments sound like retardedness to those of us who do believe.
Case in point: The last time I explained this to an atheist, their response was "Well why didn't he just come back again the 2nd time he died?"
Really? If you are ignorant enough to be able to make that comment, you are too ignorant to argue against that establishment of religion.
It's not precision or accuracy, it's bullshite.
To say "We theorize it is X amount old", that's science. To say "It's x BILLION years old, and anyone who says it looks y THOUSAND years old is wrong" is just complete horse crap.
It is IMPOSSIBLE for us to KNOW that its BILLIONS of years old, OR that it is thousands of years old.