The problem is just because you can mathematically simulate how it COULD be, does not mean you have any actual proof that it IS that way. Sigh.... the media sucks at science, even the people who are supposed to cover it specifically. Seriously, what's with the quote of THIS DISCOVERY WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYA! Get f'in real.
All I heard was, wah wah wah people aren't doing it the way that I did it when I was kid. And the rebels come full circle to being traditionalists.....
It actually comes down to being about free will. The whole point of the story is to point out that humans are not fighting against good and evil, but either choosing God's path or not choosing our own path. It was suppossed to be a choice, and God does not punish us for not choosing him, its that without him we make decisions that hurt each other and ourselves. That's the actual theology of it, for any of you who are interested.
I'm pursuing a physics degree at the moment, but I am not a supporter of evolution, I am not a supporter of Bush either though. While the fields are unrelated, I would ask the Slashdot community a question, if the Bush administration was attacking "science" as some have been so bitterly protesting, why is it just evolutionary science he's attacking?
Evolution has a great many valid points, but it is far from flawless, and by far I would have to say that there are certain holes within it that if they cannot be explained show a failing for the theory, not in reference to natural selection or in mutations producing species, but in the macro-evolutionary perspective of "ape to man."
Let the flames begin....
They can do what true revolutionaries have done for hundreds of years, be willing to give their lives for something.
This my friend is anti-american.....
I have 200,000 buddies who aren't useless in the slightest and I rely on them every day to do their job effectively and without complaint, the military is full of amazing hard working people a great many of them are very mindful patriots as well, a great many of them disagree with the war, but they go anyway, why? Because they love their country, and could care less about the stupid partisan politics that the people of this country refuse to involve themselves in other than cursory complaining.
Their is a democracy, but the people refuse to vote there, the people refuse to involve themselves in their countries politics, so tell me, who's fault is it, me and my 200,000 buddies all working our asses off to better our country in at least some way, or you, mocking my friends and my fellow men/women at arms?
Last I checked I was an American citizen who does not own a credit card. Its really not all that uncommon either. Don't believe everything you see on TV.
I'm still playing Diablo 2 and its graphics were in fact never good....
In fact most of the games I play the graphics mean very little to me. I bought Oblivion, but let me tell you the graphics were the furthest thing from my mind when I did.
No I didn't RTFA, but quite frankly the games I enjoy the least are the most realistic. I want a game that is just fun. I don't need good graphics or huge content, just something is fun, what is with developers thinking I want to have a life away from the real world. One life is a enough.... I don't need two.
Definitely interesting, and very satisfying to read. It also sheds light on why bad habits may continually nag at us, since more or less a habit and addiction are the same thing.
Another thing you need to understand is, look at the rapid advances in tech, how long do you think an electromagnetic society would last in any given alien culture. For us, its only been going on for what 100 years? Now extrapolate that, electromagnetic communication is getting more and more specific, and soon(define soon however you want) we may even break into communication devices operating on a quantum level, how long do you think a society will last using communication methods that you can observe over the vast reaches of space? 200 years, 400 years? Not much time at all, because we would have to be listening for it, and how much longer will we be listening before we just move onto expanding into space?
I'm sure there is a lot of room for arguments on both sides, but to me it seems less likely that we haven't seen evidence because seeing the evidence would take FAR more coincidence than forming life from the soup does.
You contradict yourself Pete, if the house of commons is full of decent and moral people who is to say that the HoL is not? You can elect officials or not elect them, but neither one implies that they will look out for the interests of the people. Democracy is entirely over-rated, if it is so successful why is the US choking on its own corruption? You cannot make a perfect governmental system, you cannot make a system that will ensure moral and just leaders, so arguing about whether elected officials or non-elected officials have your best interests in mind is entirely off base, since you cannot guarantee either one will care about the best interests of the country.
"If you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about."
It is the citizens DUTY, to stand up against oppression in all forms. The difference between our system of government is primarily the citizens rights. Which anyone can notice are slippin out the window a little bit at a time. If it wasn't particularly obvious exactly what was happening, I could imagine all these outraged./ers would just be whining. But it is perfectly clear that this is just one of the many actions where the government is too firmly in the business of its people.
I was one of those Alice's, but to be honest, I never had a problem with setting goals and doing work. Yeah, I would readily understand a subject, but that essay still had to be written or that homework still had to be turned in. Last I checked being intelligent did not save any ACTUAL work, more or less it just saved me having to waste time on concepts and I ended up with more time spent on the actual work.
I think I had success because when I was working on homework, I was working on hoemwork, not trying to catch up on what was taught in class. Maybe its just me....
Also I do believe that most of a lack of understanding about subjects is the way that schools avoid the difficult concepts until later. Kids are smarter than we give them credit for, and we do them a disservice by not trying to push them to achieve.
That's my 2 cents.
I think its entirely innapropriate for the government to have a hearing about companies who chose to do business with China while there is no embargo. Of course we bend to their rules, otherwise we would not be allowed to do business, if the US government has a problem with that, they can make a law themselves, instead of pretending like its a corporations job to decide foreign policy.
Scientists don't change their opinions quickly. Even though the media might have you believe that. Coming up with a complete theory of gravity though, has been hundreds of years of work, or guessing and trying and guessing some more. This is just one scientists guess, BLOWN up by the media. Revolution happens one peer review at a time.
Just cause somethign is reported in the news does not mean that the whole of the scientific community jumped on the bandwagon, it normally means that once again another paper is off to peer review.
I think something these news articles don't always portray well is how long it probably took him to test his own theory, before he even decided to submit it to peer review. Imagine if he did what us cowboy programmer's do and submit out programs to official testing without ever unit testing anything. Now that could ruin your career. I seem to get away with it though.... Hmmmmmm....
Engineer's and nurses work in well defined fields of expertise, where there are knowables, and constants. Last I checked, building an elevator was pretty much the same process everywhere. The same goes for being a doctor, most of what goes on in these fields are set in stone, and while there is advancement in both, it is not the daily fair.
Science on the other hand, doesn't care about what it already knows, its constantly seeking to find out things it doesn't know, or can't figure out. Tell me, how can you force someone to be accountable for something that nobody knows?
If anyone should be held accountable its the media, and their amazing ability to sensationalize one man's good idea that he may have the chance of proving when the funds come in from the grant.
Last I checked there is a sizable portion of Christians that do not subscribe to having a lack of reason. Maybe you could try not bundling us all in the same package? I may bear the same title as some of my more unseemly brothers, but it doesn't mean I believe what they do, or even think it bears any resemblance to logical thought.
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The problem is just because you can mathematically simulate how it COULD be, does not mean you have any actual proof that it IS that way. Sigh.... the media sucks at science, even the people who are supposed to cover it specifically. Seriously, what's with the quote of THIS DISCOVERY WILL GO DOWN IN HISTORY YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYYAYAYAYA! Get f'in real.
All I heard was, wah wah wah people aren't doing it the way that I did it when I was kid. And the rebels come full circle to being traditionalists.....
It actually comes down to being about free will. The whole point of the story is to point out that humans are not fighting against good and evil, but either choosing God's path or not choosing our own path. It was suppossed to be a choice, and God does not punish us for not choosing him, its that without him we make decisions that hurt each other and ourselves. That's the actual theology of it, for any of you who are interested.
Seriously PLEASE THINK of the children! The creationists will destroy our society!
Won't someone please think of the CHILDREN!!! The big bad scary creationists are gonna get us!
The article writer doesn't even know the story of WoW. The horde are not evil, neither are the alliance good.
I'm pursuing a physics degree at the moment, but I am not a supporter of evolution, I am not a supporter of Bush either though. While the fields are unrelated, I would ask the Slashdot community a question, if the Bush administration was attacking "science" as some have been so bitterly protesting, why is it just evolutionary science he's attacking? Evolution has a great many valid points, but it is far from flawless, and by far I would have to say that there are certain holes within it that if they cannot be explained show a failing for the theory, not in reference to natural selection or in mutations producing species, but in the macro-evolutionary perspective of "ape to man." Let the flames begin....
They can do what true revolutionaries have done for hundreds of years, be willing to give their lives for something. This my friend is anti-american.....
I have 200,000 buddies who aren't useless in the slightest and I rely on them every day to do their job effectively and without complaint, the military is full of amazing hard working people a great many of them are very mindful patriots as well, a great many of them disagree with the war, but they go anyway, why? Because they love their country, and could care less about the stupid partisan politics that the people of this country refuse to involve themselves in other than cursory complaining.
Their is a democracy, but the people refuse to vote there, the people refuse to involve themselves in their countries politics, so tell me, who's fault is it, me and my 200,000 buddies all working our asses off to better our country in at least some way, or you, mocking my friends and my fellow men/women at arms?
Last I checked I was an American citizen who does not own a credit card. Its really not all that uncommon either. Don't believe everything you see on TV.
I'm still playing Diablo 2 and its graphics were in fact never good.... In fact most of the games I play the graphics mean very little to me. I bought Oblivion, but let me tell you the graphics were the furthest thing from my mind when I did.
No I didn't RTFA, but quite frankly the games I enjoy the least are the most realistic. I want a game that is just fun. I don't need good graphics or huge content, just something is fun, what is with developers thinking I want to have a life away from the real world. One life is a enough.... I don't need two.
Definitely interesting, and very satisfying to read. It also sheds light on why bad habits may continually nag at us, since more or less a habit and addiction are the same thing.
Another thing you need to understand is, look at the rapid advances in tech, how long do you think an electromagnetic society would last in any given alien culture. For us, its only been going on for what 100 years? Now extrapolate that, electromagnetic communication is getting more and more specific, and soon(define soon however you want) we may even break into communication devices operating on a quantum level, how long do you think a society will last using communication methods that you can observe over the vast reaches of space? 200 years, 400 years? Not much time at all, because we would have to be listening for it, and how much longer will we be listening before we just move onto expanding into space? I'm sure there is a lot of room for arguments on both sides, but to me it seems less likely that we haven't seen evidence because seeing the evidence would take FAR more coincidence than forming life from the soup does.
You contradict yourself Pete, if the house of commons is full of decent and moral people who is to say that the HoL is not? You can elect officials or not elect them, but neither one implies that they will look out for the interests of the people. Democracy is entirely over-rated, if it is so successful why is the US choking on its own corruption? You cannot make a perfect governmental system, you cannot make a system that will ensure moral and just leaders, so arguing about whether elected officials or non-elected officials have your best interests in mind is entirely off base, since you cannot guarantee either one will care about the best interests of the country.
Christianity is indeed based upon the New Testament. Any fundamentalist out there who wants to disagree, please feel free.
Base 2 was used because that is the language computers speak in, its called binary. Welcome to Computer science.
"If you're not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about." It is the citizens DUTY, to stand up against oppression in all forms. The difference between our system of government is primarily the citizens rights. Which anyone can notice are slippin out the window a little bit at a time. If it wasn't particularly obvious exactly what was happening, I could imagine all these outraged ./ers would just be whining. But it is perfectly clear that this is just one of the many actions where the government is too firmly in the business of its people.
return to life as usual, nothing to see here.
I was one of those Alice's, but to be honest, I never had a problem with setting goals and doing work. Yeah, I would readily understand a subject, but that essay still had to be written or that homework still had to be turned in. Last I checked being intelligent did not save any ACTUAL work, more or less it just saved me having to waste time on concepts and I ended up with more time spent on the actual work. I think I had success because when I was working on homework, I was working on hoemwork, not trying to catch up on what was taught in class. Maybe its just me.... Also I do believe that most of a lack of understanding about subjects is the way that schools avoid the difficult concepts until later. Kids are smarter than we give them credit for, and we do them a disservice by not trying to push them to achieve. That's my 2 cents.
I think its entirely innapropriate for the government to have a hearing about companies who chose to do business with China while there is no embargo. Of course we bend to their rules, otherwise we would not be allowed to do business, if the US government has a problem with that, they can make a law themselves, instead of pretending like its a corporations job to decide foreign policy.
Scientists don't change their opinions quickly. Even though the media might have you believe that. Coming up with a complete theory of gravity though, has been hundreds of years of work, or guessing and trying and guessing some more. This is just one scientists guess, BLOWN up by the media. Revolution happens one peer review at a time. Just cause somethign is reported in the news does not mean that the whole of the scientific community jumped on the bandwagon, it normally means that once again another paper is off to peer review.
I think something these news articles don't always portray well is how long it probably took him to test his own theory, before he even decided to submit it to peer review. Imagine if he did what us cowboy programmer's do and submit out programs to official testing without ever unit testing anything. Now that could ruin your career. I seem to get away with it though.... Hmmmmmm....
Engineer's and nurses work in well defined fields of expertise, where there are knowables, and constants. Last I checked, building an elevator was pretty much the same process everywhere. The same goes for being a doctor, most of what goes on in these fields are set in stone, and while there is advancement in both, it is not the daily fair. Science on the other hand, doesn't care about what it already knows, its constantly seeking to find out things it doesn't know, or can't figure out. Tell me, how can you force someone to be accountable for something that nobody knows? If anyone should be held accountable its the media, and their amazing ability to sensationalize one man's good idea that he may have the chance of proving when the funds come in from the grant.
Last I checked there is a sizable portion of Christians that do not subscribe to having a lack of reason. Maybe you could try not bundling us all in the same package? I may bear the same title as some of my more unseemly brothers, but it doesn't mean I believe what they do, or even think it bears any resemblance to logical thought.