Further research has show that providing the mice with booze resulted in an even greater number of offspring. Especially among the less attractive mice.
"I just like having proof of something before I let it shape my worldview. I'm silly like that." would seem to contradict "I don't see how you could not generalize." on one hand when a idea conflicts with your point of view you need cold hard facts and proof. However when an idea supports yours argument generalisations are enough? You sound like a smart guy, to throw those two things into the same post is just silly.
"The difference is that if you eat McDonald's every day, it will probably kill you, but it won't have any direct effect on me. However, if some nut with a suitcase bomb steps onto my subway train with a plan to get his 72 virgins, that is very much everyone else's problem." Well actually some fats arses problem with weight will impact on the medical system in someway, it can potentially also lower work performance and set a bad example for his children etc. that then go on to impact on society in other more subtle ways. How about that fat people consume more all round, more material for clothes, more unbiodegradable wate from his supersized breafkast, more fossil fuels to haul his big arse rear and family around? His problem is not in a vacum. That said it isn't religion causing the guy to step on the bus, its his stupid mental state, his brainwashing and attitude. It may be under the guise of religion but the fact that millions of people are religious and do not act like this nor support it, even in the muslim community shows that the 'bomber' in question is an exception, not the norm, an abnormality, and that is FACT not a generalisation.
Regarding the Spanish etc. the wars they initiatied were about conquest of land, not the soul, the fact that religion followed doesn't mean that it was about religion, its like saying that they also raped a lot of the women of the country they invaded so it must have been about sex.
"Its main use was (and continues to be) as a device allowing a select, manipulative few to gain control over and wealth from the gullible masses" have you seen a political election machine in process? Every president I can think of uses devices such as TV, advisors, money, PR firms and carefully crafted speeches to be placed in control of the gullible masses and their money. Does that mean that all presidents are bad? No. Same applies to religions. "And the fact that you're saying anarchy is 'more evolved,' even rhetorically, just proves that you don't understand my point." I thought it had enough sarcasm to be tounge in cheek, obviously it was you that missed my point.
If this was about adults and the government all slashdot would be up in arms. Kids shouldn't have less rights in this matter than adults nor because it is a school and not the government.
First up atheism takes as much faith as religion. So I applaude that you have a faith based system integrated into your life.
"Religion threatens us in a very serious way" so do saturated fats, should we hold McDonalds (religion) accountable for all the fat, unhealthy people (zealots) in the world? Or instead should we say that how people interact with McDonalds is the real problem? A burger a month... no problem... three a day every day... big problem. Like wise faith and religion implemented as caring and sharing, or implemented as a holy war against everyone.
"The world would be so much better off if people would just see it for what it was"... the world is a brilliant magnificent place, screwed up by people, just like everything else.
"Religion has had a role in almost every war in human history" WTF? Mongols? Roman? Spanish? Cold war? Way go to with the generalisations.
"A higher evolutionary state than theism" so its more evolved? More evolved would indicate some kind of advantage over lesser evolved entities, so why aren't the 'evolved' running and governing the world in a athiest way? Aparently you guys are 'the elite' yet your not at the top (most western politicals leaders are affiliated with some religion as are a large number of business people)... go figure?
" Its main use was (and continues to be) as a device allowing a select, manipulative few to gain control over and wealth from the gullible masses" oh you mean like politics? So we should ditch that was well and all revert to anarchy? Because thats more eveolved right?
"religion has generally been the biggest impediment to scientific progress" generally, generally, generally, the catch cry of someone with no idea. Generally people that generalise generally have no idea... in general.
Ummm... like... can you... ummm... tell me who your dealer is... cause ummm... I want what your smoking...
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"Don't winge to me, its your fault you voted for him, or at the very least you didn't kill the people who did."
Maybe it's because as we all keep being told we are in the middle of an obesity epidemic and when you have a fat arse its easier to sit at home and watch tv or surf the internet than it is to go out, run around, chat, have a laugh, met people and shake said arse, and the people that are doing that aren't at home on the internet. Plus on the internet its easier to convince people your a filthy rich professional model than it is when your in their face, tripping over your man boobs.
Well I never thought I would see the day. Slashdot condoning and infinging on intellectual property rights! How dare you support and post about a guy who so obviously sneaked into Redmond (insert mission impossible music), tip toe past a sleeping Bill gates and stole his autobiography and published as an original work... I mean what a nerve...
"Since most electricity is still generated by burning fossil fuels" also fails to recognise nuclear power, which would then put the electric car miles ahead when it comes to fossil fuel consumption.
Hundreds or years ago men jumped on horses and smashed each other with longs poles in the name of comptetition and combat. Every year there is the superbowl, grandfinal or similiar. Business isn't personal, its business. It's combat, its stragety its winner takes all. Get off the guys case because he is a better businessman than you will ever be. He didn't go into those companies and slash the directors and buring their buildings, he out played them, if they were smarter and more driven they would have beat him. Now he is giving away more money than most people will ever see. If you think he cares what people think about him your wrong, he doesn't because he doesn't have to. He is doing what he is doing because he's wants to.
Has anyone on dot actually had any business dealings with Russia? Russia is a place where you can not scratch your arse without paying a bribe to do so. Bribes are an every day business process. There is a very tight association between the Russian mob and business, so when the Russian police haven't found any illegal activity there is a very good chance that it is due to them looking the other way, same for Government officials. It brings a smile to my face to know that RIAA may have me their match, "welcome to the jungle commrade RIAA".
The only thing I buy over the internet now are kinky products for my girlfriend. I constantly find myself targeted with lingerie advertising involving next to naked women looking seductive, which is never gonna get boring. Ah... the joy one feels of beating the system...
"If teenagers consistently enter in fake data to these websites after midnight, while 30 somethings enter fake data during working hours, you can quite reasonably conclude that the teenager demographic has different sleeping patterns than the 30 something crowd."
How do you know they are 13? The data is fake. What if you stood on the scale and some days it was out anywhere between 5 and 20 pounds? Unless you work to assumption that they are consistent in their fake data entry. Also this isn't person data, it's demographic data which is already available through many more sources than the web.
The suggestion that noise can be filtered out is all well and good. But in order to do that you have to define what noise is, and in doing so there is a suggestion that you already know to a degree what you are looking for (so you can exclude what you are not looking for). If you are altering your base data to suit what you want to see then you are skewing your own results.
No. China has developed an imitation internet using sweat shop labour. Chinese officials have described it as 'very very authentic' and are marketing it under the 'you want? you buy? all original!' slogan.
Duke Nukem 3D was the perfect blend of humor and FPS. With classic lines like "Im here to kick as and chew bubble gum... damn I'm all outta gum." Handing fifties to strippers... smut, guns and one liners... that said being cartoon in nature and shooting wild boar invaders there was never any question about realism to be upset over.
If you analyse the bible and look at the life expectancy of people around the time that Christ is stated to have been born (if you lived to forty you were doing well) and the fact that its a middle eastern culture Mary gave birth in her teens. Mary was a teenage mother, Joseph was a teenage father, all around them were teenage parents. People didnt have kids in their thirties, they were either deceased or on their way. Fact is many 'primitive' cultures the world over see no problem with teenage pregnancy... its the norm, and if you disaggree with this kind of thing then congratulations on sticking to you narrow minded social conditioning. The same conditioning that makes many western teenagers soft and irresponsible and bad parents in their teens. That said murder (outside of conflict) is frowned upon in most cultures and has been througout most of history I expect.
"has no place in my brain" well reality check the rest of us live in a world that doesn't involve constructs of your brain. Just because you can't get your head around syntax (no doubt because of your comfort zone limitations) doesn't invalidate a language. Japanese differs greatly from latin and both of those differ from english... does that mean that only one of them is a 'real' language and the others are invalid?
The main point is that the guy heading the project and putting up the cash has stated a business requirement. Your paid to provide a solution, which is an application that meets the business requirements, so deal with it, unless you want to tell the stakeholder determining the requirements that you know more about what his business needs and how his business runs than he does. Corporate software exists to support business not the other way around.
Having had such a positive response with their VoiceCode products the designers are moving onto a second widespread cause of RSI... a voice powered vibrator.
The designers are toying with the slogan "The more you scream the more you cr..."
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Further research has show that providing the mice with booze resulted in an even greater number of offspring. Especially among the less attractive mice.
The password for the defense department computers in question was 'Joshua'.
If you don't get this your not geek enough, hang your head in shame.
"I just like having proof of something before I let it shape my worldview. I'm silly like that." would seem to contradict "I don't see how you could not generalize." on one hand when a idea conflicts with your point of view you need cold hard facts and proof. However when an idea supports yours argument generalisations are enough? You sound like a smart guy, to throw those two things into the same post is just silly.
"The difference is that if you eat McDonald's every day, it will probably kill you, but it won't have any direct effect on me. However, if some nut with a suitcase bomb steps onto my subway train with a plan to get his 72 virgins, that is very much everyone else's problem." Well actually some fats arses problem with weight will impact on the medical system in someway, it can potentially also lower work performance and set a bad example for his children etc. that then go on to impact on society in other more subtle ways. How about that fat people consume more all round, more material for clothes, more unbiodegradable wate from his supersized breafkast, more fossil fuels to haul his big arse rear and family around? His problem is not in a vacum. That said it isn't religion causing the guy to step on the bus, its his stupid mental state, his brainwashing and attitude. It may be under the guise of religion but the fact that millions of people are religious and do not act like this nor support it, even in the muslim community shows that the 'bomber' in question is an exception, not the norm, an abnormality, and that is FACT not a generalisation.
Regarding the Spanish etc. the wars they initiatied were about conquest of land, not the soul, the fact that religion followed doesn't mean that it was about religion, its like saying that they also raped a lot of the women of the country they invaded so it must have been about sex.
"Its main use was (and continues to be) as a device allowing a select, manipulative few to gain control over and wealth from the gullible masses" have you seen a political election machine in process? Every president I can think of uses devices such as TV, advisors, money, PR firms and carefully crafted speeches to be placed in control of the gullible masses and their money. Does that mean that all presidents are bad? No. Same applies to religions. "And the fact that you're saying anarchy is 'more evolved,' even rhetorically, just proves that you don't understand my point." I thought it had enough sarcasm to be tounge in cheek, obviously it was you that missed my point.
If this was about adults and the government all slashdot would be up in arms. Kids shouldn't have less rights in this matter than adults nor because it is a school and not the government.
First up atheism takes as much faith as religion. So I applaude that you have a faith based system integrated into your life.
"Religion threatens us in a very serious way" so do saturated fats, should we hold McDonalds (religion) accountable for all the fat, unhealthy people (zealots) in the world? Or instead should we say that how people interact with McDonalds is the real problem? A burger a month... no problem... three a day every day... big problem. Like wise faith and religion implemented as caring and sharing, or implemented as a holy war against everyone.
"The world would be so much better off if people would just see it for what it was"... the world is a brilliant magnificent place, screwed up by people, just like everything else.
"Religion has had a role in almost every war in human history" WTF? Mongols? Roman? Spanish? Cold war? Way go to with the generalisations.
"A higher evolutionary state than theism" so its more evolved? More evolved would indicate some kind of advantage over lesser evolved entities, so why aren't the 'evolved' running and governing the world in a athiest way? Aparently you guys are 'the elite' yet your not at the top (most western politicals leaders are affiliated with some religion as are a large number of business people)... go figure?
" Its main use was (and continues to be) as a device allowing a select, manipulative few to gain control over and wealth from the gullible masses" oh you mean like politics? So we should ditch that was well and all revert to anarchy? Because thats more eveolved right?
"religion has generally been the biggest impediment to scientific progress" generally, generally, generally, the catch cry of someone with no idea. Generally people that generalise generally have no idea... in general.
Ummm... like... can you... ummm... tell me who your dealer is... cause ummm... I want what your smoking... --- "Don't winge to me, its your fault you voted for him, or at the very least you didn't kill the people who did."
Maybe it's because as we all keep being told we are in the middle of an obesity epidemic and when you have a fat arse its easier to sit at home and watch tv or surf the internet than it is to go out, run around, chat, have a laugh, met people and shake said arse, and the people that are doing that aren't at home on the internet. Plus on the internet its easier to convince people your a filthy rich professional model than it is when your in their face, tripping over your man boobs.
See thats the kind of attitude shareholders love... lets go get 'em!!!
Well I never thought I would see the day. Slashdot condoning and infinging on intellectual property rights! How dare you support and post about a guy who so obviously sneaked into Redmond (insert mission impossible music), tip toe past a sleeping Bill gates and stole his autobiography and published as an original work... I mean what a nerve...
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Funniest shit ever!
"bridge a damaged spinal cord" so if anyone is thinking of sticking their head in a life sized rat trap... good news!
"Since most electricity is still generated by burning fossil fuels" also fails to recognise nuclear power, which would then put the electric car miles ahead when it comes to fossil fuel consumption.
Hundreds or years ago men jumped on horses and smashed each other with longs poles in the name of comptetition and combat. Every year there is the superbowl, grandfinal or similiar. Business isn't personal, its business. It's combat, its stragety its winner takes all. Get off the guys case because he is a better businessman than you will ever be. He didn't go into those companies and slash the directors and buring their buildings, he out played them, if they were smarter and more driven they would have beat him. Now he is giving away more money than most people will ever see. If you think he cares what people think about him your wrong, he doesn't because he doesn't have to. He is doing what he is doing because he's wants to.
I've set up my email server to run over IEEE 802.11i, its completely free of spam from China.
Has anyone on dot actually had any business dealings with Russia? Russia is a place where you can not scratch your arse without paying a bribe to do so. Bribes are an every day business process. There is a very tight association between the Russian mob and business, so when the Russian police haven't found any illegal activity there is a very good chance that it is due to them looking the other way, same for Government officials. It brings a smile to my face to know that RIAA may have me their match, "welcome to the jungle commrade RIAA".
The only thing I buy over the internet now are kinky products for my girlfriend. I constantly find myself targeted with lingerie advertising involving next to naked women looking seductive, which is never gonna get boring. Ah... the joy one feels of beating the system...
"If teenagers consistently enter in fake data to these websites after midnight, while 30 somethings enter fake data during working hours, you can quite reasonably conclude that the teenager demographic has different sleeping patterns than the 30 something crowd."
How do you know they are 13? The data is fake. What if you stood on the scale and some days it was out anywhere between 5 and 20 pounds? Unless you work to assumption that they are consistent in their fake data entry. Also this isn't person data, it's demographic data which is already available through many more sources than the web.
The suggestion that noise can be filtered out is all well and good. But in order to do that you have to define what noise is, and in doing so there is a suggestion that you already know to a degree what you are looking for (so you can exclude what you are not looking for). If you are altering your base data to suit what you want to see then you are skewing your own results.
No. China has developed an imitation internet using sweat shop labour. Chinese officials have described it as 'very very authentic' and are marketing it under the 'you want? you buy? all original!' slogan.
Why do you see a doctor about YOUR body? Because there are gaps in YOUR knowledge, just like there was a gap in THEIR knowledge. Duh!
Duke Nukem 3D was the perfect blend of humor and FPS. With classic lines like "Im here to kick as and chew bubble gum... damn I'm all outta gum." Handing fifties to strippers... smut, guns and one liners... that said being cartoon in nature and shooting wild boar invaders there was never any question about realism to be upset over.
If you analyse the bible and look at the life expectancy of people around the time that Christ is stated to have been born (if you lived to forty you were doing well) and the fact that its a middle eastern culture Mary gave birth in her teens. Mary was a teenage mother, Joseph was a teenage father, all around them were teenage parents. People didnt have kids in their thirties, they were either deceased or on their way. Fact is many 'primitive' cultures the world over see no problem with teenage pregnancy... its the norm, and if you disaggree with this kind of thing then congratulations on sticking to you narrow minded social conditioning. The same conditioning that makes many western teenagers soft and irresponsible and bad parents in their teens. That said murder (outside of conflict) is frowned upon in most cultures and has been througout most of history I expect.
"Hey buddy how about a curtesy flush?"
"has no place in my brain" well reality check the rest of us live in a world that doesn't involve constructs of your brain. Just because you can't get your head around syntax (no doubt because of your comfort zone limitations) doesn't invalidate a language. Japanese differs greatly from latin and both of those differ from english... does that mean that only one of them is a 'real' language and the others are invalid?
The main point is that the guy heading the project and putting up the cash has stated a business requirement. Your paid to provide a solution, which is an application that meets the business requirements, so deal with it, unless you want to tell the stakeholder determining the requirements that you know more about what his business needs and how his business runs than he does. Corporate software exists to support business not the other way around.
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Having had such a positive response with their VoiceCode products the designers are moving onto a second widespread cause of RSI... a voice powered vibrator.
The designers are toying with the slogan "The more you scream the more you cr..."