The government CAN'T solve them no matter what. These things would be great if they worked, but it doesn't matter how well-intentioned or clever a politician is: top-down welfare doesn't work. The end results will always be a huge bureaucracy and a stagnated economy. We (the USA) are $9,639,791,665,927.94 in debt at the time of this posting (more by the time you read it) and our financial economy is in meltdown (just turn on a money channel and watch for a while). No matter how much compassion we have, we cannot spend any more money we don't have.
Remember, there is no law of the universe saying you aren't allowed to starve. Yes, it sounds heartless, and yes, I know 2% of the poor people in the US really do want to work (Ok, I made that statistic up, but you get the idea), but if we enter a total depression, guess who gets hit worst? The people the government was trying to help when it spent itself into oblivion.
Even if the Guardian summary ("Teachers need to accommodate the differing world views of students from Jewish, Christian or Muslim backgrounds â" which means openly discussing creationism and intelligent design as alternatives to evolutionary theory") were true, I don't think it warrants the kind of Muslim-esque head-on-a-platter firestorm we saw yesterday.
He didn't endorse Creationism. He simply said that teachers in the classroom should be able to answer questions concerning it, instead of the current policy of ignoring them. Get your facts straight, then criticize.
The article is sparse on details, but I understood it as "JAVA programs will run every time you play the disk (checking the memory and such), but there is native execution available for patching compromised devices."
We could make a 45mpg car that has decent numbers back in the 80's, but we can't make anything comparable now? Bullshit. There's something behind the scenes.
That's because back then you got better mileage by putting a smaller engine in a lighter car. Nowadays, the though of putting an exhaust pipe from the cylinders to the rear of the car without some kind of expensive cork in it to make the engine work harder and and defeat the purpose of the pipe (to dump byproducts outside) causes certain classes of city-dwelling people to have serious ulcers.
If you want to make a modern car get better gas mileage, you have to do the above plus write a neat computer system that can force fuel into the engine and keep it from stalling since its exhaust pipe is clogged with a fancy wildfire starter.
All of that sarcasm said, I don't think we should go out and demolish our environment, but I find it somewhat hypocritical to plog the tailpipe and demand better gas mileage.
I haven't excommunicated anyone (nor can I or anyone else). I'm simply saying that his beliefs are something he has made up and not true Christianity.
Suppose someone claims to be a Free Software Advocate and posts "It is immoral to release source code for software, since it means the author doesn't control what he made and might starve." There wouldn't be anything terrible about you saying that he isn't a Free Software Advocate based what he says in his post.
I certainly don't hate dada21 or want to ship him to Siberia or anything, I'm just saying that he is claiming to be part of a something he doesn't actually believe.
I know this is a bit offtopic, but that Wikipedia page says that the BD+ format includes a VM in playback devices and allows native code execution for patching hacked devices.
Sound like fun! (Disks that automatically "patch" devices...?)
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. -Exodus 20:11
You must not be talking about the God of Christianity.
Neither Evolution nor Creation are scientific, since they both (or rather, the right one) took place in the past. This is what science students should be taught.
I'd love to know what evidence could falsify Evolution. Even something as straightforward as the Law of Biogenesis isn't enough to falsify so eminent a theory as Evolution.
And as another commenter said, how does one test evolution?
Neither Evolution nor Creation are scientific, since they both (or rather, the right one) took place in the past. This is what science students should be taught.
Well, let's see you predict something that evolution will make. Now let's see it come true.
Neither Evolution nor Creation are scientific, since they both (or rather, the right one) took place in the past (you can't say Evolution is taking place right now since you can't fulfill the above challenge). This is what science students should be taught.
Neither Evolution nor Creation are scientific, since they both (or rather, the right one) took place in the past. This is what science students should be taught.
Wikipedia link:
1. Define the question
2. Gather information and resources (observe)
3. Form hypothesis
4. Perform experiment and collect data
5. Analyze data
6. Interpret data and draw conclusions that serve as a starting point for new hypothesis
7. Publish results
8. Retest (frequently done by other scientists)
One kind of animal changing into another is the basic proposition of evolution. Call me when you've observed that (#2). Also, call me when you've done an experiment that shows how the first cell came to life or how a fish grows lungs (#4).
Neither Evolution nor Creation are scientific, since they both (or rather, the right one) took place in the past. This is what science students should be taught.
I'm a Christ-follower, and a deep studier of Scripture, and I firmly disavow any belief or support of Creationism in whole or in most parts. When one studies how the ancient Israelites translated Genesis, one can not even begin to understand how modern Evangelicals and other groups of the mass deluded would even begin to believe it was written as an explanation of anything except for what Scripture was meant to do: open the doorway to why Jesus had to do what He did when He did it, and that's that.
I hate to break it to you, but the ancient Israelites didn't translate Genesis.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
According to 1 Corinthians 15:45-46, Christ was the "last Adam", who is a "quickening spirit". (Through your deep study, you should know that "quickening" in 17th-century English means "making alive".) The first Adam was made a living soul, and according to verse 46 was "of the earth". This quite plainly shows that Adam was a real man (living soul) with a real body (of the earth).
Example: most Christians would hold the Bible up in the air and call it "the Word of God." The problem is that the Bible is NOT the Word of God. Read Scripture, one sees this thing called the Word, and it is not written or spoken. In fact, this Word is a person/part of God/God who would come to human form as Jesus, the Messiah/Savior of the Ancient Israelites. Holy Scripture is NOT the Word. So when God through Scripture tells one to stick to the Word, most of the deluded Christians believe they must stick to Scripture as fact and as literal, when in fact this is completely the wrong way to go about life.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. -John 1:1-2 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: -2 Timothy 3:16 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. -2 Peter 1:21
You are correct in saying that Jesus is the Word, but you miss the point. Scripture is the Word. If you deny the literal inspiration of the Scriptures, then your faith is in vain. You are left with nothing to believe in but whatever you yourself make up.
Even Jesus Himself bemoans His own Apostles when they try to force Scripture into the physical realm: "My Kingdom is not of this world," He said.
Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. -John 18:33-37
Jesus is NOT "bemoaning" his apostles. His apostles aren't even in the picture. Jesus is saying that if he had come to be an earthly king, then his servants would use force to overthrow the Roman empire (what the chief priests accused him of plotting). But that isn't why Jesus came into this world.
So as one Christian to the many others who are reading this: stop wi
Does this Flash problem everyone gripes about exist in only in GNOME or something? I am using Kubuntu 8.04 KDE 4.1 and Flash seems to work just as well as in XP.
It's a terminal server, so it doesn't have a MAC address. It's connected to the back of some router somewhere, if it even exists. Last I read on Paul Venezia's blogs, they've found some modems Childs could use to access the network remotely, which doesn't seem unreasonable.
Childs had designed the network so only he could do anything to it, even when he had to do funky routing to maintain his centralized control. He had set up the routers with their config stored only in memory, so if rebooted they would loose their configuration. He also set up some components with "no service password-recovery", which means the devices would everything if you try to reset or recover the passwords (fairly logical on a maximum security network).
Apparently Childs, a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert, was way ahead of everyone else in the San Fran IT, and he trusted nobody but himself to touch the FiberWAN. According to his coworkers, it was known and accepted for months (maybe years) that he was the only one with access to the network configuration, and he was on call 24/7/356 and had some serious social problems with his bureaucratic supervisors.
So a newly-created security-something-or-other department finally decided to wrest control from him and put him in jail and got a $5 million dollar bail on him, which seems downright looney. They then hired a flock of expensive contractors to tear the place apart, after they threw Childs in jail before asking him for passwords (more weirdness). It don't want to believe conspiracy theories, but some of these things just don't make sense, even from a the standpoint of office politics.
They also raided his office and house and found (ooo shock!) some ammunition and a clip for a different kind of ammunition, along with network schematics and such, and the infamous VPN login and password lists which they entered into the publicly-accessible exhibit.
The city claims that the access devices Childs attached to the network exposed it to hackers, which would make one think SF just proved contamination of anything resembling evidence and has made itself look really moronic in knucking-down an introverted network genius who has difficulty dealing with authority.
A Cisco engineering commenting on Paul Venezia's blog said it pretty well:
* Joel Helgeson
* 07/27/2008
* 03:05:00 PM
As a Cisco Engineer, the modem is plugged into the AUX port and it still requires a person to log into the console. It is the same thing as using the console port on the back of the router, but just through the modem. No difference. IT does sound like Childs was possessive of 'his network' that 'he built'... sounds to me like he built it and maintained it himself and one minor ACL change or BGP tweak and it could really screw things up. So he then took the next step of security of No Service Password Recovery, whoa... Am i ever glad that feature exists. With equipment located at customer sites, I do NOT want some engineer to reboot my router, modify my config, then reboot it back with his modifications in place - that is precisely how data leaks begin and every network that carries TS or even LES information should have that feature. Seriously, to my ear, this guy sounds like he's got some territorial issues and regarded the network as belonging to him. Every bit of information i've heard thus far only supports this case... it is like i'm reading a breathless news report stating that the janitor was found to have keys to EVERY SINGLE ROOM IN THE BUILDING, including the LOCKED CLOSETS that NOBODY ELSE HAS KEYS TO... that upon inspection were found to contain TOXIC CHEMICALS that could be combined to create an EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE, where what they really found was the janitorial closet with cleaning supplies, including some drain cleaner and other things that if MacGyver found them he could effect his escape.
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The government CAN'T solve them no matter what. These things would be great if they worked, but it doesn't matter how well-intentioned or clever a politician is: top-down welfare doesn't work. The end results will always be a huge bureaucracy and a stagnated economy. We (the USA) are $9,639,791,665,927.94 in debt at the time of this posting (more by the time you read it) and our financial economy is in meltdown (just turn on a money channel and watch for a while). No matter how much compassion we have, we cannot spend any more money we don't have.
Remember, there is no law of the universe saying you aren't allowed to starve. Yes, it sounds heartless, and yes, I know 2% of the poor people in the US really do want to work (Ok, I made that statistic up, but you get the idea), but if we enter a total depression, guess who gets hit worst? The people the government was trying to help when it spent itself into oblivion.
Just wait. IPv6 will make this much easier to enact. Much as I like IPv6 over 4, it has some very scary privacy implications.
You (and the Slashdot editors) committed a serious blunder: you failed to read what he actually said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2008/sep/11/michael.reiss.creationism
http://royalsociety.org/news.asp?id=8004
Even if the Guardian summary ("Teachers need to accommodate the differing world views of students from Jewish, Christian or Muslim backgrounds â" which means openly discussing creationism and intelligent design as alternatives to evolutionary theory") were true, I don't think it warrants the kind of Muslim-esque head-on-a-platter firestorm we saw yesterday.
He didn't endorse Creationism. He simply said that teachers in the classroom should be able to answer questions concerning it, instead of the current policy of ignoring them.
Get your facts straight, then criticize.
Because silly news sites often have ads that give the submitter money.
For whatever reason, apparently "economist" is a field that attracts liberals
Conservative economists get labeled libertarians.
This is ancient news. I submitted a (rejected) story about this last year.
The article is sparse on details, but I understood it as "JAVA programs will run every time you play the disk (checking the memory and such), but there is native execution available for patching compromised devices."
We could make a 45mpg car that has decent numbers back in the 80's, but we can't make anything comparable now? Bullshit. There's something behind the scenes.
That's because back then you got better mileage by putting a smaller engine in a lighter car. Nowadays, the though of putting an exhaust pipe from the cylinders to the rear of the car without some kind of expensive cork in it to make the engine work harder and and defeat the purpose of the pipe (to dump byproducts outside) causes certain classes of city-dwelling people to have serious ulcers.
If you want to make a modern car get better gas mileage, you have to do the above plus write a neat computer system that can force fuel into the engine and keep it from stalling since its exhaust pipe is clogged with a fancy wildfire starter.
All of that sarcasm said, I don't think we should go out and demolish our environment, but I find it somewhat hypocritical to plog the tailpipe and demand better gas mileage.
I haven't excommunicated anyone (nor can I or anyone else). I'm simply saying that his beliefs are something he has made up and not true Christianity.
Suppose someone claims to be a Free Software Advocate and posts "It is immoral to release source code for software, since it means the author doesn't control what he made and might starve." There wouldn't be anything terrible about you saying that he isn't a Free Software Advocate based what he says in his post.
I certainly don't hate dada21 or want to ship him to Siberia or anything, I'm just saying that he is claiming to be part of a something he doesn't actually believe.
I know this is a bit offtopic, but that Wikipedia page says that the BD+ format includes a VM in playback devices and allows native code execution for patching hacked devices.
Sound like fun! (Disks that automatically "patch" devices...?)
I've haven't heard any of the people I've upgraded to FF3 complain about the AwesomeBar. It's probably my favorite feature.
For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. -Exodus 20:11
You must not be talking about the God of Christianity.
Neither Evolution nor Creation are scientific, since they both (or rather, the right one) took place in the past. This is what science students should be taught.
I'd love to know what evidence could falsify Evolution. Even something as straightforward as the Law of Biogenesis isn't enough to falsify so eminent a theory as Evolution.
And as another commenter said, how does one test evolution?
Neither Evolution nor Creation are scientific, since they both (or rather, the right one) took place in the past. This is what science students should be taught.
Well, let's see you predict something that evolution will make. Now let's see it come true.
Neither Evolution nor Creation are scientific, since they both (or rather, the right one) took place in the past (you can't say Evolution is taking place right now since you can't fulfill the above challenge). This is what science students should be taught.
Creationism is not science. Period.
Straw man fallacies are not logical. Period.
Neither Evolution nor Creation are scientific, since they both (or rather, the right one) took place in the past. This is what science students should be taught.
Wikipedia link:
1. Define the question
2. Gather information and resources (observe)
3. Form hypothesis
4. Perform experiment and collect data
5. Analyze data
6. Interpret data and draw conclusions that serve as a starting point for new hypothesis
7. Publish results
8. Retest (frequently done by other scientists)
One kind of animal changing into another is the basic proposition of evolution. Call me when you've observed that (#2). Also, call me when you've done an experiment that shows how the first cell came to life or how a fish grows lungs (#4).
Neither Evolution nor Creation are scientific, since they both (or rather, the right one) took place in the past. This is what science students should be taught.
I'm a Christ-follower, and a deep studier of Scripture, and I firmly disavow any belief or support of Creationism in whole or in most parts. When one studies how the ancient Israelites translated Genesis, one can not even begin to understand how modern Evangelicals and other groups of the mass deluded would even begin to believe it was written as an explanation of anything except for what Scripture was meant to do: open the doorway to why Jesus had to do what He did when He did it, and that's that.
I hate to break it to you, but the ancient Israelites didn't translate Genesis.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
According to 1 Corinthians 15:45-46, Christ was the "last Adam", who is a "quickening spirit". (Through your deep study, you should know that "quickening" in 17th-century English means "making alive".) The first Adam was made a living soul, and according to verse 46 was "of the earth". This quite plainly shows that Adam was a real man (living soul) with a real body (of the earth).
Example: most Christians would hold the Bible up in the air and call it "the Word of God." The problem is that the Bible is NOT the Word of God. Read Scripture, one sees this thing called the Word, and it is not written or spoken. In fact, this Word is a person/part of God/God who would come to human form as Jesus, the Messiah/Savior of the Ancient Israelites. Holy Scripture is NOT the Word. So when God through Scripture tells one to stick to the Word, most of the deluded Christians believe they must stick to Scripture as fact and as literal, when in fact this is completely the wrong way to go about life.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. -John 1:1-2
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: -2 Timothy 3:16
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. -2 Peter 1:21
You are correct in saying that Jesus is the Word, but you miss the point. Scripture is the Word. If you deny the literal inspiration of the Scriptures, then your faith is in vain. You are left with nothing to believe in but whatever you yourself make up.
Even Jesus Himself bemoans His own Apostles when they try to force Scripture into the physical realm: "My Kingdom is not of this world," He said.
Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
-John 18:33-37
Jesus is NOT "bemoaning" his apostles. His apostles aren't even in the picture. Jesus is saying that if he had come to be an earthly king, then his servants would use force to overthrow the Roman empire (what the chief priests accused him of plotting). But that isn't why Jesus came into this world.
So as one Christian to the many others who are reading this: stop wi
What's wrong with Microsoft making stupid commercials? I'm tagging this "bias".
Does this Flash problem everyone gripes about exist in only in GNOME or something? I am using Kubuntu 8.04 KDE 4.1 and Flash seems to work just as well as in XP.
It's a terminal server, so it doesn't have a MAC address. It's connected to the back of some router somewhere, if it even exists. Last I read on Paul Venezia's blogs, they've found some modems Childs could use to access the network remotely, which doesn't seem unreasonable.
Childs had designed the network so only he could do anything to it, even when he had to do funky routing to maintain his centralized control. He had set up the routers with their config stored only in memory, so if rebooted they would loose their configuration. He also set up some components with "no service password-recovery", which means the devices would everything if you try to reset or recover the passwords (fairly logical on a maximum security network).
Apparently Childs, a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert, was way ahead of everyone else in the San Fran IT, and he trusted nobody but himself to touch the FiberWAN. According to his coworkers, it was known and accepted for months (maybe years) that he was the only one with access to the network configuration, and he was on call 24/7/356 and had some serious social problems with his bureaucratic supervisors.
So a newly-created security-something-or-other department finally decided to wrest control from him and put him in jail and got a $5 million dollar bail on him, which seems downright looney. They then hired a flock of expensive contractors to tear the place apart, after they threw Childs in jail before asking him for passwords (more weirdness). It don't want to believe conspiracy theories, but some of these things just don't make sense, even from a the standpoint of office politics.
They also raided his office and house and found (ooo shock!) some ammunition and a clip for a different kind of ammunition, along with network schematics and such, and the infamous VPN login and password lists which they entered into the publicly-accessible exhibit.
The city claims that the access devices Childs attached to the network exposed it to hackers, which would make one think SF just proved contamination of anything resembling evidence and has made itself look really moronic in knucking-down an introverted network genius who has difficulty dealing with authority.
A Cisco engineering commenting on Paul Venezia's blog said it pretty well:
* Joel Helgeson
* 07/27/2008
* 03:05:00 PM
As a Cisco Engineer, the modem is plugged into the AUX port and it still requires a person to log into the console. It is the same thing as using the console port on the back of the router, but just through the modem. No difference. IT does sound like Childs was possessive of 'his network' that 'he built'... sounds to me like he built it and maintained it himself and one minor ACL change or BGP tweak and it could really screw things up. So he then took the next step of security of No Service Password Recovery, whoa... Am i ever glad that feature exists. With equipment located at customer sites, I do NOT want some engineer to reboot my router, modify my config, then reboot it back with his modifications in place - that is precisely how data leaks begin and every network that carries TS or even LES information should have that feature. Seriously, to my ear, this guy sounds like he's got some territorial issues and regarded the network as belonging to him. Every bit of information i've heard thus far only supports this case... it is like i'm reading a breathless news report stating that the janitor was found to have keys to EVERY SINGLE ROOM IN THE BUILDING, including the LOCKED CLOSETS that NOBODY ELSE HAS KEYS TO... that upon inspection were found to contain TOXIC CHEMICALS that could be combined to create an EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE, where what they really found was the janitorial closet with cleaning supplies, including some drain cleaner and other things that if MacGyver found them he could effect his escape.
In my opinion, this case is beyond absurd.
With lack of atmosphere comes a very significant problem: falling junk. How do you think all those craters got there?
You're talking as if "scientist" be definition are not Creationists. Here is a very short list of Creationists you'll know:
Isaac Newton
Johannes Keplar
Robert Boyle
Yes, that would be more accurate.
I'm a Creationist, and I've never heard that from anyone before. You, sir, are trolling.