Sticky floors, loudmouthed fuckheads showing off their expensive $0.01 cellphones, and 25 minutes of commercials (on top of the 15 minutes of previews and assorted crappy movie trivia) if you want to get there early enough to get seats that aren't 10 feet from the screen or behind a pillar...you're right, I can't get that kind of experience from a PC monitor. Well, I probably could if I tried hard enough.
"A large object which is capable of containing a smaller object must have a larger surface area than the smaller object."
The great thing about three dimensions is that you can do things like stuff something with a surface area of n into an object with a surface area less than n. You can verify it yourself with a couple of pieces of paper.
When I start a railroad and charge exorbitant fees to ship things across states, the government can step in and use the interstate commerce act. That was why it was created. Until then, they can suck my ass.
"Is it worth sticking out the few weeks I already told him I worked, or should I just cut my losses and leave early?"
[Trollmode="off"]
It depends on how you want future employers to see you. Do you want to be known as the guy who stuck with a tough situation and honored his obligations, or the guy who "cut his losses" (as other people are suggesting) and ran?
"These are my own views, and little to do with I.D."
Surely, and I understand that there are lots of people who share those ideas, but the grandparent was specifically referring to proponents of ID. And it's apparent that you are both talking about the origin of life itself--something Darwin's theory doesn't concern itself with.
Oddly enough, I couldn't find anything to support your claim that Yockey is a proponent of ID. I did find this, however:
"Hubert Yockey has long studied life's programming from the perspective of information theory. His sceptical conclusions about origin-of-life theories are often cited by proponents of creationism / intelligent design (ID). But in his new book, Yockey is sceptical about some of their theories, too. For example, against Michael Behe he says that protein sequences cannot be irreducibly complex (p 179).
Regarding ID he comments that, according to information theory, "Once life has appeared,... genetic messages will not fade away and can indeed survive for 3.85 billion years without assistance from an Intelligent Designer" (p 181, 184)."
But this is a moot point. Evolution is unconcerned with the origin of life, and makes no theories or predictions regarding it.
Like every single other proponent of "Intelligent" Design, you are unable to support your own wild ideas with any facts whatsoever, instead choosing to focus on the (perceived) weaknesses of evolution as if those are the only two possibilities. You've nicely illustrated this by claiming my background of ID is wrong without offering a shred of evidence to back you up. Congrats.
"Intelligent" design evolved (heh) from Christians who wanted their god (and only theirs) taught in school alongside science. When they got slapped in court they removed all references to the Christian god, but at the end of the day that's who they believe created the universe. And I do not want that superstitious nonsense taught in a school my tax dollars help fund. Schools are for teaching facts. If you want to teach your kids about your invisible sky fairy, do it on your own goddamn time.
"However, another group who I think desperately need to get lives are those who are frantically seeking life on Mars, purely/primarily because they hope they can use such proof to discredit creationism altogether."
Name one.
The only thing the existence of life on mars disproves is the statement "mars can't support life."
"If the creationists insist on having their beliefs promoted in the classroom, fine. Simply withdraw and let them have it. This might mean that a certain percentage of one or two generations will grow up with a belief in creationist thinking,"
No, because narrow creationist garbage in the classroom absolutely undermines the foundations of good scientific thinking. I'm kind of tired of our schoolchildren falling behind those of every other developed nation in the world as it is.
Slashdot Mirror
"CNN reports on horribly obvious, banal, or trivial news!!!" ...which then wanders to the front page of Slashdot, and gets duped 3 days later.
Sticky floors, loudmouthed fuckheads showing off their expensive $0.01 cellphones, and 25 minutes of commercials (on top of the 15 minutes of previews and assorted crappy movie trivia) if you want to get there early enough to get seats that aren't 10 feet from the screen or behind a pillar...you're right, I can't get that kind of experience from a PC monitor. Well, I probably could if I tried hard enough.
You're right. I bet lots of trojans run on port 80.
"I wonder how long until people start noticing that the zombies trying to compromise their systems are located in Microsoft's network."
Because, of course, not one person at MS has ever heard of egress filtering, right?
Verify? Facts? On Slashdot?
In other up-to-the-minute news, Slashdot adds the ability to post comments.
The story above this one says: "Second Round of Serenity Screenings Sold Out."
People just don't care what the MPAA does, as long as Hollywood keeps delivering the latest in digital explosion rendering technology.
"A large object which is capable of containing a smaller object must have a larger surface area than the smaller object."
The great thing about three dimensions is that you can do things like stuff something with a surface area of n into an object with a surface area less than n. You can verify it yourself with a couple of pieces of paper.
In Soviet Russia, oil PCs you!
No, wait...Imagine a greasy Beowulf...shit. Listen, I'll get back to you.
Welfare queen?
"America is booming, the economy is on the up swing"
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!
And I thought I was a good troll. I bow to your ingenuity, sir.
When I start a railroad and charge exorbitant fees to ship things across states, the government can step in and use the interstate commerce act. That was why it was created. Until then, they can suck my ass.
Try reading what he wrote, instead of what you think he wrote. I'll give you a big hint here: "this" doesn't refer to the dry ice.
"How to Cool your PC with Bose-Einstein Condensate"
How fast do electrons go at a few thousandths of a degree over 0 K? Better overclock that sucker.
"Dry ice doesnt melt"
He never claimed it did.
Since he got that new parrot.
"Tu Quoque! Tu Quoque! Awrk!"
"Is it worth sticking out the few weeks I already told him I worked, or should I just cut my losses and leave early?"
[Trollmode="off"]
It depends on how you want future employers to see you. Do you want to be known as the guy who stuck with a tough situation and honored his obligations, or the guy who "cut his losses" (as other people are suggesting) and ran?
"These are my own views, and little to do with I.D."
Surely, and I understand that there are lots of people who share those ideas, but the grandparent was specifically referring to proponents of ID. And it's apparent that you are both talking about the origin of life itself--something Darwin's theory doesn't concern itself with.
"My surveillance tells me that the UK is moving towards a nation of illiteracy."
I thought continental drift was moving it AWAY from America.
Oddly enough, I couldn't find anything to support your claim that Yockey is a proponent of ID. I did find this, however:
"Hubert Yockey has long studied life's programming from the perspective of information theory. His sceptical conclusions about origin-of-life theories are often cited by proponents of creationism / intelligent design (ID). But in his new book, Yockey is sceptical about some of their theories, too. For example, against Michael Behe he says that protein sequences cannot be irreducibly complex (p 179).
Regarding ID he comments that, according to information theory, "Once life has appeared,... genetic messages will not fade away and can indeed survive for 3.85 billion years without assistance from an Intelligent Designer" (p 181, 184)."
But this is a moot point. Evolution is unconcerned with the origin of life, and makes no theories or predictions regarding it.
Like every single other proponent of "Intelligent" Design, you are unable to support your own wild ideas with any facts whatsoever, instead choosing to focus on the (perceived) weaknesses of evolution as if those are the only two possibilities. You've nicely illustrated this by claiming my background of ID is wrong without offering a shred of evidence to back you up. Congrats.
"Why is this posted now?"
Welcome to Slashdot!
Be prepared to ask this question again when the story is duped in a couple of days.
"God did not set out to design a perfect species."
Wait, that's not what your bible says. Is God perfect?
Oops, I forgot:
"(Some are atheists...)"
Name one.
"Intelligent" design evolved (heh) from Christians who wanted their god (and only theirs) taught in school alongside science. When they got slapped in court they removed all references to the Christian god, but at the end of the day that's who they believe created the universe. And I do not want that superstitious nonsense taught in a school my tax dollars help fund. Schools are for teaching facts. If you want to teach your kids about your invisible sky fairy, do it on your own goddamn time.
"However, another group who I think desperately need to get lives are those who are frantically seeking life on Mars, purely/primarily because they hope they can use such proof to discredit creationism altogether."
Name one.
The only thing the existence of life on mars disproves is the statement "mars can't support life."
"If the creationists insist on having their beliefs promoted in the classroom, fine. Simply withdraw and let them have it. This might mean that a certain percentage of one or two generations will grow up with a belief in creationist thinking,"
No, because narrow creationist garbage in the classroom absolutely undermines the foundations of good scientific thinking. I'm kind of tired of our schoolchildren falling behind those of every other developed nation in the world as it is.