The Romans kept very good records of criminal trials and executions. Many, but not all, of these records survive today. That the Romans did use crucifixion in Palestine as a form of capital punishment is historical fact. That a Jewish carpenter-turned-rabbi called Jesus of Nazareth was crucified, during the Passover celebrations, sometime between 20BC and 50AD, is not - the dated records don't survive.
Palestine was a bit of a backwater in the Roman Empire, so it is not surprising that a lot of the records were lost, assuming they were even properly kept. IIRC, it was only recently (last decade or two) that any real proof was discovered that Pontius Pilate existed and was stationed there around the time of Christ. The records in Rome and places that were under good control would be carefully kept and preserved, but places where revolutions are constantly fomenting might have some trouble with their records.
Although, as a side, one thing tyrannical despotisms all share is a love of keeping good, careful records.
Um, people pay an ass-load of taxes (and then some, especially in NJ) to send kids to school. And you are saying that, because some fundie nut-job wants to proseletyze kids rather than, say, actually teach, people should take their kids out of school. I have a better idea. Why not fire the stupid jackass and get someone who can actually teach in the class.
Quite the contrary. Dawkins talks a lot about the 'moderate' Christians, as he considers that a large number of those have a 'soft' belief that is succeptible to rational argument. He describes the antics of the fundamentalists in an attempt to get through to the millions. And good luck to him.
But that's just it. Dawkins is treating the non-fundamentalists as if they are simply not "real" Christians. To him (and many fundamentalist atheists) only modern fundamentalist Christianity is "real" Christianity. All the subtelty of 2000 years of Christian theology, including the various divergent ideas between the Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant forms of Christianity, are utterly lost on him. Even on the rare occasions when he mentions someone like Thomas Aquinas, he shows his complete misunderstanding of the philosophical structure underlying Aquinas's work and addresses Aquinas as though he were a modern scientist setting forth a precise scientific treatise, rather than discussing philosophy in a particular context.
IIRC (someone help me out here), as a third party you can have a patent re-examined. You need to pay the appropriate fee and show a solid reason why it needs to be re-examined. Also, while an application is still pending, you can send in a list of prior art to the patent office, but this also costs money and has to be in some specific format. So, my question is, is it not possible to set up some kind of technology non-profit that accepts donations and uses its money to file prior art for questionable applications and pay for re-exams of questionably granted patents, especially in the computer area?
Um, what do cops ask for over there when they pull you over for a u-turn? Licence, registration, and credit card???
Well, you have to pay the traffic ticket somehow! US Cops are just getting with the times and making everything convenient so you don't have to fuss with all that annoying traffic court stuff.
Touché! It is admittedly difficult to carefully type when you are as drunk and pissed off as I am. But, do you not have anything better to do than respond to every fucking thing on slashdot? And, are you simply the latest virtual incarnation of this loser.
Someone I know had an important data disc that he used with no problems. Everything was going fine until he decided to get a little more educated about computer commands. He read a statement somewhere that said you need to "format discs before you use them." After reading this, he made sure to format the data disc before the next time he tried to access it.
So, he's like krell. Learn a tiny bit about something, and thing your a fucking expert.
Jews can be some of the worst anti-semites you will ever encounter.
Yeah, just like some white people can oppose white supremicists. Geez, you're so fucked in the head, I'm surprised you haven't got jizz bleeding out of your fucking Medula Oblong-fucking-gobla you cum-gobbling prick!
You don't think what you are watching on TV might matter, do you? I don't think that the GP was implying that watching TV is always mentally stimulating and enriching, but rather that it can be, and I have to agree with him: a good movie or an informative documentary, tends to be much more intellectually advanced and mentally stimulating than a MMORPG.
I think this is really more the point whether you watch TV, read or play MMORPG. It is the content that matters. Reading only seems more stimulating than TV now since TV has taken the place of crappy dime novels with the same tired plot. Thoreau actually devoted a sizable portion of Walden to the need to read intelligent books, and not just read. If you simply read detective novels or rubbish, you may as well not read. It's better for your eyes. Likewise, television and movies can be very intellectually stimulating if you watch the right stuff.
But the fact that they are punishing students for anything illegal or offensive after such actions have been brought to the attention of the school is downright draconian and offensive
Has a different ring, don't you think?
So yes, you video-taping yourself lighting cats on fire and cutting yourself might get you in trouble now with your school.
If it is illegal, then it is a matter for the police. If it is offensive, it's no one's damn business. This isn't a matter for the school, dumbass. But, what do I care? I would say that I hate your freedom, but it doesn't look like you really have much for me to hate anymore.
Well, that is one thing to explain to them. You need to send video data. I used to burn CD's and DVD's of my data results when I was in the research world. Apparently now they would root through all my burned DVDs of results to see if I am shipping movies. It is ridiculous in the extreme. I plan to write to them and tell them that they have just lost all business from me, and other people should do the same. Tell them that you are doing purely legitimate work that has to be sent by disc and you can't abide them peeking into your mail, so you will use a different carrier.
It's one thing for me to hate your freedom. It's my job description. Apparently, FedEx and the MPAA hate your freedom as well.
Now there's an idea! Can I patent a device which censors sounds on the radio which are offensive to my ears, but magically fills the gaps with things I like?
Or better yet, fill it with the sound of church bells and Ned Flanders exclaiming, "Dear Lord, that's the loudest blasphemy I've ever heard!"
Chinese? You say that like it is a single language or something - you do realize that many people on Mainland China do not actually understand each other's language, right?
Sorry, you are right. By "Chinese" I actually meant Mandarin. While what you are saying is true about the local Chinese languages, Mandarin is generally taught as "Standard Chinese" in Mainland China. There is a Chinese couple I knew what are from different provinces, so they speak completely different native languages, but they both speak Mandarin to each other as they learned in school. IIRC, I think even the Taiwanese mostly learn Mandarin now, even though the local language is very different.
I would say that Chinese would be the best one to learn overall. The Chinese I have known tend to take it as a compliment if you speak even some Chinese.
The Japanese I have known seem to be offended, even if your Japanese is perfect. Plus, if your resume does not have you in the precise little required sub-group, they won't even consider you for a particular job. And I'm not even getting into the whole racism issue. The Chinese aren't perfect, but I've been treated a damn sight better by them than any of the Japanese I have ever dealt with.
***note to mods: This is not meant as a troll. I am simply explaining my own personal experience...
One thing you have failed to consider is that no one here has yet figured out that this is only an application. The title of the article itself states that Philips has patented the technology, even though Philips has not been allowed to do any such damn thing. Sure, they are trying, but you can apply for any stupid thing you want to. And I doubt any of the whiny retards here have any clue what the PAIR system is, let alone how to use it.
Dude, we gotta definitely license that!
- Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony
Actually, his comment would probably be more like: "Most people don't understand the technology behind the forced ad viewing, so why should they worry about it?"
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It's amazing, krell. How do you type so much with Rush Limbaugh's cock rammed down your throat?
Although, as a side, one thing tyrannical despotisms all share is a love of keeping good, careful records.
In short, you're a friggin' idiot.
IIRC (someone help me out here), as a third party you can have a patent re-examined. You need to pay the appropriate fee and show a solid reason why it needs to be re-examined. Also, while an application is still pending, you can send in a list of prior art to the patent office, but this also costs money and has to be in some specific format. So, my question is, is it not possible to set up some kind of technology non-profit that accepts donations and uses its money to file prior art for questionable applications and pay for re-exams of questionably granted patents, especially in the computer area?
Yeah, just like some white people can oppose white supremicists. Geez, you're so fucked in the head, I'm surprised you haven't got jizz bleeding out of your fucking Medula Oblong-fucking-gobla you cum-gobbling prick!
How ... canyoupossibly...compare David Hasselhof to the Rock-it-man!
I think this is really more the point whether you watch TV, read or play MMORPG. It is the content that matters. Reading only seems more stimulating than TV now since TV has taken the place of crappy dime novels with the same tired plot. Thoreau actually devoted a sizable portion of Walden to the need to read intelligent books, and not just read. If you simply read detective novels or rubbish, you may as well not read. It's better for your eyes. Likewise, television and movies can be very intellectually stimulating if you watch the right stuff.
Has a different ring, don't you think?
So yes, you video-taping yourself lighting cats on fire and cutting yourself might get you in trouble now with your school.
If it is illegal, then it is a matter for the police. If it is offensive, it's no one's damn business. This isn't a matter for the school, dumbass. But, what do I care? I would say that I hate your freedom, but it doesn't look like you really have much for me to hate anymore.
Or, it could be called "a day on the job at Dept of Homeland Security".
It's one thing for me to hate your freedom. It's my job description. Apparently, FedEx and the MPAA hate your freedom as well.
Or better yet, fill it with the sound of church bells and Ned Flanders exclaiming, "Dear Lord, that's the loudest blasphemy I've ever heard!"
Sorry, you are right. By "Chinese" I actually meant Mandarin. While what you are saying is true about the local Chinese languages, Mandarin is generally taught as "Standard Chinese" in Mainland China. There is a Chinese couple I knew what are from different provinces, so they speak completely different native languages, but they both speak Mandarin to each other as they learned in school. IIRC, I think even the Taiwanese mostly learn Mandarin now, even though the local language is very different.
I would say that Chinese would be the best one to learn overall. The Chinese I have known tend to take it as a compliment if you speak even some Chinese.
The Japanese I have known seem to be offended, even if your Japanese is perfect. Plus, if your resume does not have you in the precise little required sub-group, they won't even consider you for a particular job. And I'm not even getting into the whole racism issue. The Chinese aren't perfect, but I've been treated a damn sight better by them than any of the Japanese I have ever dealt with.
***note to mods: This is not meant as a troll. I am simply explaining my own personal experience...
One thing you have failed to consider is that no one here has yet figured out that this is only an application. The title of the article itself states that Philips has patented the technology, even though Philips has not been allowed to do any such damn thing. Sure, they are trying, but you can apply for any stupid thing you want to. And I doubt any of the whiny retards here have any clue what the PAIR system is, let alone how to use it.
- Howard Stringer, CEO of Sony
Actually, his comment would probably be more like: "Most people don't understand the technology behind the forced ad viewing, so why should they worry about it?"