Romantiphobia, I suppose. Or you could just say 'dago hater,' or anti-roman. I think people are more likely to hate ideas than people. Racist, maybe. I mean, there's not a word for someone who hates blacks, that I know of. But you do have the term 'White Supremicist' which describes a particular notion which includes disliking/subordinating blacks.
I didn't say the film causes anti-semitism. On the contrary, I was arguing that the controversy stemmed more from the life of the director and his (perceived) beliefs.
It is anti-semetic to blame all Jews for all time for somthing that happened over 2000 years ago. It's even anti-semetic to blame all Jews when Jesus was alive. The Sanhedrin was a Roman puppet.
Should I say "The Christians were responsible for killing Jews during the Holocaust" because some Christians were involved in it. And should I conclude from this that all Christians for all time are murderers until they change their religion? The notion is absurd.
Perhaps 'first contact' will spark a re-enacment of how so-called 'tribal' religions came to be replaced, violently or non violently by 'great religions.' (the Aiwa (sp?) in Japan were mostly replaced by the Japanese, the Hopi were replaced by Christians. Muslims spread over N. Africa replacing whatever proto-voodo gods were native there (I don't know) etc.)
The theme is this - religions for small, racially similar groups of people are replaced by religions for larger, less racially similar groups of people. Religion helps justify this takeover.
Great religions often deal more with conversion than tribal religions.
I wonder if this trend will apply to extra-terrestrial religions. Will such religions tend to be converting religions? Will Extra terrestrials have eliminated the notion of 'race' from their religion and culture?
If so, will such a culture focus on genetically assimilating creatures along with religious and cultural conversion?
Considering how universal Nietzche's 'Will to Power' is likely to be, I sometimes wonder if aliens will be like Nazis, but with forcible genetic engineering rather than gas chambers.
Furthermore, since religion and nationalism have always been strongly linked, what kind of religion will a space-faring race have, considering that they will be the first intelligent creatures who aren't bounded by nations and territory as we know it.
I think living in space will have a profound impact on nationality, and thus religion, because it will eliminate the notion of fixed land, which is the basis of nationality. If sattelites can become self-supporting it will allow people to redefine how they organize themselves and choose citizenship.
That's odd. I think a lot of the shit surrounding "Passion of the Christ" stemmed from the fact that Gibson rejected some of the Vatican's reforms. In particular, his splinter group of Catholisim ignores the reforms which absolved the Jewish people, collectivly, of culpability for Jesus's death.
Historically, there have been many pogroms and a lot of anti-sematism which stemmed from the notion that 'the Jews killed Jesus' and should collectivly be punished for it till they convert.
I was just wondering if you met anyone in Japan named Tom Kodiak or Sarah Rasher. They're friends of mine from way back, both were in Japan. Yeah, I know it's a big place and all, but they tend to stand out and you seemed like the type of person who might strike up a conversation with them.
That's certainly a big part of the cause, but it represents a huge change regarding how people relate to their environment. As life becomes more fluid, objects lose value. You can't pay for somthing with silver silverware like you used to be able to. Money becomes more important, which means the printers of money have more power. I understand ( and mentioned ) that there were clear reasons for this change, but the effect is still noteworthy because it marks a larger change in how people relate to the world around them and even to other people (like their dead relatives.)
When I was young and foolish, I bought MS Frontpage. I also have two computers running Windows XP (thinking of switching one to Mandrake, if I can manage it). Microsoft has refused to let me reinstall both Frontpage and their OS because they said I "reinstalled it too many times already."
I bought and paid for the crappy program, and now I can't even install it on my computer?
I'd like to see a few more lemon laws on softeware if they want to start treating IP as real property.
Heck, I'd like to see imported IP properly subject to tarrifs as well, thanks. I mean, if it is actually property and all...
there is no universal method of detecting emotions in humans. This impressed Smith, who had independently noticed that years of research in psychology had failed to uncover the Rosetta stone of human emotions.
Violence is the only language that Clippy understands.
I don't want a computer that reacts to my emotions because such a system is likely to be poorly used and to make my user experience less predictable and less useful. I want a system that works the same way every time, or else changes in some particularly predictable way (virus updates).
On a side note, I think Americans are becoming more 'promiscuous' with objects (I'm an American) since they're easily aquired and mass produced. It seems to me that people living a long time ago were more likely to assign emotional value to objects and hand things down in their families.
I have some plates that I got from my grandmother. They're handmade. I'm going to give them to my grandkids if I don't break the things first. We have a table from my grandfather that was made in the Black Forest. It's still in good condition. But I doubt I'm going to start many such traditions because most of the things I own are not unique, not made to last, and not particuarly valuable. The table my parents gave me when they moved is broken now, and I'll be selling my couches when I move or else trashing them. etc.
In the past, the existance of a thing prior to the patent seeker's discovery invalidates the patent. You can't patent somthing if there is prior art, i.e. "if it's been done before". If you find somthing occuring naturally in nature, it's been 'done before.' The purpose of a patent is to move information related to such things as fabrications or industrial processes into the public domain. As someone else mentioned 'there are no transistors in nature', and scientific laws cannot be patented just because they're discovered. You have to apply them for a particular application in a new way.
Yeah, but you can patent particular genes by patenting the nucleic acid strings used to find/identify them. So it may not be possible to patent a dodo bird, but you can patent "the act of looking at a dodo bird" apparently, at least on the genetic level.
If it's really that bad, maybe consider a trip to Tslibli?
The old Soviet Union used bacteriophages (virus which kill bacteria) to treat common bacterial infections like Cholera. There may be available that can kill your infection and most doctors don't think to proscribe them.
The biggest downside to phages is that you have to know EXACTLY what strain of what bacteria you're dealing with, but in your case it sounds like it'd be worthwhile to go through the process.
It's really a pity they don't have this stuff available in the US yet, though there are a few companies trying to find some application that they can patent (like long-cycling phages that you could inject)
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How do you want me to say "the desire of people to have power over their own lives, and the lives of others might be universal?"
I realize that Nietzsche wasn't anti-semetic, but there's more to the Nazis than anti-semetism.
Romantiphobia, I suppose. Or you could just say 'dago hater,' or anti-roman. I think people are more likely to hate ideas than people. Racist, maybe. I mean, there's not a word for someone who hates blacks, that I know of. But you do have the term 'White Supremicist' which describes a particular notion which includes disliking/subordinating blacks.
I didn't say the film causes anti-semitism. On the contrary, I was arguing that the controversy stemmed more from the life of the director and his (perceived) beliefs.
It is anti-semetic to blame all Jews for all time for somthing that happened over 2000 years ago. It's even anti-semetic to blame all Jews when Jesus was alive. The Sanhedrin was a Roman puppet.
Should I say "The Christians were responsible for killing Jews during the Holocaust" because some Christians were involved in it. And should I conclude from this that all Christians for all time are murderers until they change their religion? The notion is absurd.
Perhaps 'first contact' will spark a re-enacment of how so-called 'tribal' religions came to be replaced, violently or non violently by 'great religions.' (the Aiwa (sp?) in Japan were mostly replaced by the Japanese, the Hopi were replaced by Christians. Muslims spread over N. Africa replacing whatever proto-voodo gods were native there (I don't know) etc.)
The theme is this - religions for small, racially similar groups of people are replaced by religions for larger, less racially similar groups of people. Religion helps justify this takeover.
Great religions often deal more with conversion than tribal religions.
I wonder if this trend will apply to extra-terrestrial religions. Will such religions tend to be converting religions? Will Extra terrestrials have eliminated the notion of 'race' from their religion and culture?
If so, will such a culture focus on genetically assimilating creatures along with religious and cultural conversion?
Considering how universal Nietzche's 'Will to Power' is likely to be, I sometimes wonder if aliens will be like Nazis, but with forcible genetic engineering rather than gas chambers.
Furthermore, since religion and nationalism have always been strongly linked, what kind of religion will a space-faring race have, considering that they will be the first intelligent creatures who aren't bounded by nations and territory as we know it.
I think living in space will have a profound impact on nationality, and thus religion, because it will eliminate the notion of fixed land, which is the basis of nationality. If sattelites can become self-supporting it will allow people to redefine how they organize themselves and choose citizenship.
That's odd. I think a lot of the shit surrounding "Passion of the Christ" stemmed from the fact that Gibson rejected some of the Vatican's reforms. In particular, his splinter group of Catholisim ignores the reforms which absolved the Jewish people, collectivly, of culpability for Jesus's death.
Historically, there have been many pogroms and a lot of anti-sematism which stemmed from the notion that 'the Jews killed Jesus' and should collectivly be punished for it till they convert.
And finds a circle hidden in the digits of pi.
Sorry. I meant your postings on Slashdot. That's all. You give me too much credit. *grin*
Not stalking so much. I read through the messages you'd left on various user forums.
Does that count as stalking?
It seemed more like doing proper research before asking a question, but I suppose there's a fine line.
Thanks for answering.
Hey,
I was just wondering if you met anyone in Japan named Tom Kodiak or Sarah Rasher. They're friends of mine from way back, both were in Japan. Yeah, I know it's a big place and all, but they tend to stand out and you seemed like the type of person who might strike up a conversation with them.
You're also one of those people who wrote the assembly instructions for my bunk bed, and my 1040 form.
If the amount on line C is non-zero and greater than the amount on line B subtract the amount on line A from line D and write on line E.
Try now we can only lose
Should be "running out of folks to sue."
That's certainly a big part of the cause, but it represents a huge change regarding how people relate to their environment. As life becomes more fluid, objects lose value. You can't pay for somthing with silver silverware like you used to be able to. Money becomes more important, which means the printers of money have more power. I understand ( and mentioned ) that there were clear reasons for this change, but the effect is still noteworthy because it marks a larger change in how people relate to the world around them and even to other people (like their dead relatives.)
Of course, in all fairness if Linux had 90% of the users out there it would have better hardware support too, for starters.
Temporary benefits are temporary benefits just as much as temporary annoyances are temporary annoyances.
Life isn't fair.
When I was young and foolish, I bought MS Frontpage. I also have two computers running Windows XP (thinking of switching one to Mandrake, if I can manage it). Microsoft has refused to let me reinstall both Frontpage and their OS because they said I "reinstalled it too many times already."
I bought and paid for the crappy program, and now I can't even install it on my computer?
I'd like to see a few more lemon laws on softeware if they want to start treating IP as real property.
Heck, I'd like to see imported IP properly subject to tarrifs as well, thanks. I mean, if it is actually property and all...
You can't have it both ways.
there is no universal method of detecting emotions in humans. This impressed Smith, who had independently noticed that years of research in psychology had failed to uncover the Rosetta stone of human emotions.
Violence is the only language that Clippy understands.
I don't want a computer that reacts to my emotions because such a system is likely to be poorly used and to make my user experience less predictable and less useful. I want a system that works the same way every time, or else changes in some particularly predictable way (virus updates).
On a side note, I think Americans are becoming more 'promiscuous' with objects (I'm an American) since they're easily aquired and mass produced. It seems to me that people living a long time ago were more likely to assign emotional value to objects and hand things down in their families.
I have some plates that I got from my grandmother. They're handmade. I'm going to give them to my grandkids if I don't break the things first. We have a table from my grandfather that was made in the Black Forest. It's still in good condition. But I doubt I'm going to start many such traditions because most of the things I own are not unique, not made to last, and not particuarly valuable. The table my parents gave me when they moved is broken now, and I'll be selling my couches when I move or else trashing them. etc.
How about "Freedom of the press belongs to whomever owns the press?"
amitofu = "buddist" monk in Chinese?
Or do I misinterpret
No, I'm jealous about the Sweedish bikini team.
And we can import chocolate.
In the past, the existance of a thing prior to the patent seeker's discovery invalidates the patent. You can't patent somthing if there is prior art, i.e. "if it's been done before". If you find somthing occuring naturally in nature, it's been 'done before.' The purpose of a patent is to move information related to such things as fabrications or industrial processes into the public domain. As someone else mentioned 'there are no transistors in nature', and scientific laws cannot be patented just because they're discovered. You have to apply them for a particular application in a new way.
Yeah, but you can patent particular genes by patenting the nucleic acid strings used to find/identify them. So it may not be possible to patent a dodo bird, but you can patent "the act of looking at a dodo bird" apparently, at least on the genetic level.
In a place where drugs and prostitution can be gotten legally, most of the best reasons to spam are eliminated.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do.
You've never driven in Pittsburgh.
If it's really that bad, maybe consider a trip to Tslibli?
The old Soviet Union used bacteriophages (virus which kill bacteria) to treat common bacterial infections like Cholera. There may be available that can kill your infection and most doctors don't think to proscribe them.
The biggest downside to phages is that you have to know EXACTLY what strain of what bacteria you're dealing with, but in your case it sounds like it'd be worthwhile to go through the process.
It's really a pity they don't have this stuff available in the US yet, though there are a few companies trying to find some application that they can patent (like long-cycling phages that you could inject)
but... I don't want another penis.
The one I have gets me into enough trouble as it is.