Good point. Perhaps the opportunity is for another company to act as a *standard* escrow manager and overseer for those projects that want it. Then, the project team can advertise that in their kickstarter promotion. If it's obvious that their project should use such a service, then they might attract more investors by committing to doing that.
First of all, in this case, that position would be hard to defend. I've shown the upside -- show me the downside. Second, neither you nor I know if it is false hope.
Right. It would not be moral to do if you didn't believe it to be true. Therefore, I would have won the bet with Hitchens. If you are trying to argue that it's not a moral thing for someone who believes to do -- then you are flat-out wrong. I see the peace and happiness that it brings to the elderly in our church. Sure, remind them of the lives they have touched. That's nice, but it doesn't provide the hope and joy that the belief in an afterlife brings to these people.
I see it all of the time. Giving hope to someone approaching death that there is an afterlife. Only someone who truly believes this can do it morally. An atheist would be lying. If the basis of this particular action is a lie (stating something to be true, while believing it is not), then in my opinion, it would not be moral. So, the moral act would be giving hope to someone (and truly making their life better by that act) and believing that you've done it truthfully.
Of course, the counter will be that an atheist could have performed the same act (while lying). But, the result is not the same. Perhaps it is for the person to whom they are "preaching". But, the effect is not the same for the person doing the preaching. When a religious person does it, they are exalted (or at least would feel that way). An atheist would be be lying and would be debased. How could it be moral if an atheist were to do this?
I'd like to take this moment to patent the "jet-stream keel". Just put your sail up into one layer of the jet-stream, your keel down into another, and tack!
Okay, I'm not going to cite the project, because I don't want to look like an astroturfer, but where can one go to promote a Kickstarter project of more-than-niche interest?
I'm a minor backer of an embedded hardware Kickstarter project that doesn't appear to be likely to make its funding goal. I really think that it's a great project and I submitted a Slashdot article with little expectation that it would get picked up, and it didn't. The developer posted about his Kickstarter project to the core chipset forum (which is where I came across it), but that's too narrow of focus for this product.
I doubt that people that should be targeted for this are browsing through Kickstarter looking for projects to back. Any suggestions?
The proposed plan would fence off a majority of the initial blueprint laid out in the final days of the George W. Bush administration. It faces a 30-day protest period and a 60-day process to ensure it is consistent with local and state policies. After that, the department would render a decision for implementation.
“This proposal will place further limitations on the exploration and development of our country’s natural resources and is yet another example of how this administration continues to stand in the way of North American energy independence," Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), the chairman of House Energy and Commerce's subcommittee on Energy and Power, said in a statement to The Hill.
But, doesn't the fact that they can use eminent domain if they really want your property, mean that saying "no" is kind of pointless? Just because people are apparently agreeing to sell their property without forcing the gov't to resort to eminent domain, doesn't mean that in any particular case the strategy will be worthwhile.
Exactly. And it's becoming obvious that Dark Matter and Dark Energy are just a couple of hacks that were thrown in to make the simulation "look right".
Interesting enough that I thought I'd take a look at abcnews.com. So, in the search I type "DNC russian ship" first and then "DNC soviet ship". In neither case did their search return the story that we are discussing (at least on the first page).
However, in both cases the first story presented (sorting by relevance) has the headline "Puckish Russian Offers Romney a Plane Whose Windows Open". At least the story did admit that Romney was joking.
The slow movement stuck out to me as well. My mother works in a factory and I hear all the time about how they expect everyone to work incredibly quickly. Given the speed at which this robot moves and the speed at which factory workers are expected to move, they'll each need ten of these things working on a single task just to keep up with them.
We should arrange a race. I know this really good factory worker by the name of John Henry...
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Great idea!
Wouldn't it be nice to have a touchscreen phone with an (enhanced) HP calc app *and* a slide-out HP calculator keyboard?
What about PySide? Is it mature enough to use for full-blown apps? Did PyQT change the licensing to make PySide irrelevant?
Good point. Perhaps the opportunity is for another company to act as a *standard* escrow manager and overseer for those projects that want it. Then, the project team can advertise that in their kickstarter promotion. If it's obvious that their project should use such a service, then they might attract more investors by committing to doing that.
First of all, in this case, that position would be hard to defend. I've shown the upside -- show me the downside. Second, neither you nor I know if it is false hope.
Right. It would not be moral to do if you didn't believe it to be true. Therefore, I would have won the bet with Hitchens. If you are trying to argue that it's not a moral thing for someone who believes to do -- then you are flat-out wrong. I see the peace and happiness that it brings to the elderly in our church. Sure, remind them of the lives they have touched. That's nice, but it doesn't provide the hope and joy that the belief in an afterlife brings to these people.
I see it all of the time. Giving hope to someone approaching death that there is an afterlife. Only someone who truly believes this can do it morally. An atheist would be lying. If the basis of this particular action is a lie (stating something to be true, while believing it is not), then in my opinion, it would not be moral. So, the moral act would be giving hope to someone (and truly making their life better by that act) and believing that you've done it truthfully.
Of course, the counter will be that an atheist could have performed the same act (while lying). But, the result is not the same. Perhaps it is for the person to whom they are "preaching". But, the effect is not the same for the person doing the preaching. When a religious person does it, they are exalted (or at least would feel that way). An atheist would be be lying and would be debased. How could it be moral if an atheist were to do this?
If they were just trying to do this to satisfy George Bush, why were the same conclusions drawn during the Clinton administration?
I'd like to take this moment to patent the "jet-stream keel". Just put your sail up into one layer of the jet-stream, your keel down into another, and tack!
:-) Okay. It's called XDev ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1102382800/xdev-the-new-standard-in-hobby-development-boards?ref=live) . It's using an XMOS processor to develop a full-blown extensible embedded processing system. The developer is targeting it to address some deficiencies with the Arduino platform.
Okay, I'm not going to cite the project, because I don't want to look like an astroturfer, but where can one go to promote a Kickstarter project of more-than-niche interest?
I'm a minor backer of an embedded hardware Kickstarter project that doesn't appear to be likely to make its funding goal. I really think that it's a great project and I submitted a Slashdot article with little expectation that it would get picked up, and it didn't. The developer posted about his Kickstarter project to the core chipset forum (which is where I came across it), but that's too narrow of focus for this product.
I doubt that people that should be targeted for this are browsing through Kickstarter looking for projects to back. Any suggestions?
No go on my Nokia N900.
Actually, Michael Medved has gone after Amtrak quite a bit lately: http://townhall.com/tipsheet/michaelmedved/2012/10/29/billions_for_burgers . I don't know about the others -- I prefer to listen to Medved.
The proposed plan would fence off a majority of the initial blueprint laid out in the final days of the George W. Bush administration. It faces a 30-day protest period and a 60-day process to ensure it is consistent with local and state policies. After that, the department would render a decision for implementation.
“This proposal will place further limitations on the exploration and development of our country’s natural resources and is yet another example of how this administration continues to stand in the way of North American energy independence," Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), the chairman of House Energy and Commerce's subcommittee on Energy and Power, said in a statement to The Hill.
I imagine that their database helped determine who needed a taxpayer-paid-for-lift to the polls. http://www.redstate.com/briansikma/2012/11/06/federal-job-corps-vans-used-to-bus-voters-in-wisconsin/
Election Judge wearing an Obama cap and allegedly handing out extra ballots.
But they can kill you with a sword. How weird is that?
But, doesn't the fact that they can use eminent domain if they really want your property, mean that saying "no" is kind of pointless? Just because people are apparently agreeing to sell their property without forcing the gov't to resort to eminent domain, doesn't mean that in any particular case the strategy will be worthwhile.
If they want it, how do you not sell your land to the government?
Few people still remember when National Lampoon broke the story about the massive leak in the Daylight Savings Reserve.
Exactly. And it's becoming obvious that Dark Matter and Dark Energy are just a couple of hacks that were thrown in to make the simulation "look right".
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/360436/were-sorry
Interesting enough that I thought I'd take a look at abcnews.com. So, in the search I type "DNC russian ship" first and then "DNC soviet ship". In neither case did their search return the story that we are discussing (at least on the first page).
However, in both cases the first story presented (sorting by relevance) has the headline "Puckish Russian Offers Romney a Plane Whose Windows Open". At least the story did admit that Romney was joking.
Vampire alertl
The slow movement stuck out to me as well. My mother works in a factory and I hear all the time about how they expect everyone to work incredibly quickly. Given the speed at which this robot moves and the speed at which factory workers are expected to move, they'll each need ten of these things working on a single task just to keep up with them.
We should arrange a race. I know this really good factory worker by the name of John Henry ...