Not it isn't. Creationism is a HYPOTHESIS. There's a big difference between theory and hypothesis, which Bill Nye didn't even raise.

Bill Nye didn't even challenge Ham's assertion that "all dating methods are fallible" and there's "nothing in science to contradict a short age Earth". Nye didn't do a very good job at all. Anyway, point is Creationism is FAITH BASED, simple as that. Science is not based on faith, it is based on observation, experiment repeatability and prediction. The Vatican has no problem with evolution (another thing Nye failed to mention).

Evolution is based on many, many observations and reinforcing studies. Creationism is based on faith in words written in a book.

The problem here is the science community has failed to communicate WHAT IS SCIENCE. Even Nye failed to do so, in terms anyone with half a brain can understand. "Teaching controversy" has little place in the science classroom. Teaching "critical thinking", creativity and problem-solving are different things. Every science classroom teaches the difference between hypothesis and theory, and not making too many assumptions - that's controversy enough for kids just trying to pass their exams and have a life for fucks sake.

Creationism belongs in Literature & Religion classes. Kids shouldn't be made the battleground for political ideologies. It's fucking shameful. And Nye failed to mention that as well.

You had my interest there.

Made me wonder how your mind works.

Turned me off completely. Any teacher speaking casually about banning things is not one I want teaching MY kids.

If you're a Republican voter (no prizes there), at least show some balance by also suggesting banning corporate influences on politics, which they do ONLY for their own power and enrichment. If you think corporate lobbies and super PACs are the only allowable influence on policy, again you are no worthy teacher for my kids.

Outside of teachers & academics, who do you think really cares about quality of education? Politicians? Corporations? Religions? And in what way exactly are those institutions different from unions? They all battle each other for influence, but I'd rather put my hat in with a group of teachers than groups ONLY interested in power and money.

Aren't you forgetting the Chinese language, used by a fair number of billions of people?

> the worst part is that the comments are in a VERY narrow box, and all the useless framing takes up a significant chunk of space.

Not defending the Beta layout, but why have I not seen any comments posting Stylish modifications for the beta site? We're geeks after all, isn't that better than leaving?

This has a hopeful quality to it, as one who has finally identified the type of person who may be inclined go near their genitals.

I take it God didn't create punctuation.

Just in case you're not simply a troll... you're a hypocrite as well as ignorant. Do you eat any modern foods - bread, milk, cereal, etc? They're all made with "unnatural" things, like preservatives and have gone through "unnatural" processes in factories.

Truth is, EVERYTHING is natural. What can possibly exist which isn't made from naturally occurring materials? Chemicals exist because your God created them. We are MADE OUT OF chemicals. All science does is examine what is already there, and find solutions to problems using - again - stuff which is already there. Stuff "God made".

God made cyanide too, and bacteria and viruses. You can't have it both ways. That house you live in, to protect you from God's diseases and beasts that would kill you, and God's extreme weather that would also kill you, was made thanks to science.

If you believe God doesn't like science, then that's your right. But don't bitch about it on the internet in your comfortable chair. Go live in a cave, like God intended, and stop bothering us normal, sensible people. Remember to take a few sharp stones, if you can find some. If you get into trouble, just pray and all will be fine, I'm sure.

> I remember thinking "too little, too late" when IBM launched its x86 line (the IBM 5150 PC with 8088 CPU) in 1981.

Memories! I cut my programming teeth on an IBM 5120, entering Star Traders (like Starlanes only text-ier) and Star Trek from hobbyist coding books. The days!

> I am never for BIG GOVERNMENT, but there are times the government does need to step in to assure the safety of the food people buy and eat

Really? What's wrong exactly with industry self-regulation and/or privatising food safety testing?

Otherwise, why stop with the government telling us what to eat? They already contaminate drinking water with fluoride and spend your Socialist Tax dollar repairing roads you'll never use. Soon they'll make marrying your dog legal and if that don't make Jesus appear to sort them out, well I just don't know.

Thank god for Stylish is all I can say.

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Much better.

> So I guess whether I end up spending much time on Trove will depend immensely on how the discussion system works in practice.

For me, it's whether I can get it to look readable in Stylish.

The latest style of web design seems intent on making you actually move your head to look around at the content. And that line spacing, yeesh.. the trend had gone beyond "a bit more spacing makes reading easier" to "MOAR SPACING!"

Because a bank is much less prone to being hacked or otherwise leaking sensitive information than a major technology company.

Exactly. Just how banks took steps to avoid collapsing, by becoming "too big to fail". The banks survived, thanks to bailouts from taxpayers. So that turned out well - except for those very same taxpayers who lost their homes. I don't recall them being paid back. But basically you're correct, large companies are very good at "avoiding" (ie. displacing) risk.

It's important to note that right now in US politics one party is completely and totally committed to the idea that winning an election against the Democrat vote is to appeal to the equally large segment of the population that responds enthusiastically to religious rhetoric above all else.

FTFY.

Except the function is not gone at all. If you search for a location, then type a product - eg. "pizza" - then it will find all the pizza places around that area. It doesn't need the extra button, it works anyway. A button is useful as a visual clue for the clueless, but perhaps they want to use that button for something else later, or just want to "simplify" the interface (for certain product managers' values of "simplify").

Bullshit. If someone didn't get murdered, then you can say "the underlying problem is escalation to violence".

The underlying problem here is that it was *easy to kill someone out of anger*.

People get angry all the time. Fights happen all the time. The problem is it's too easy to completely end someone's life by getting mad.