You learn the meaning of the columns by the teacher saying "this is the 1s column, this is the 10s column" etc.. The whole thing with boxes is a run-around, not getting to the point but doing something else.

Or are you saying you don't think kids can understand that? They need it dumbed down to grok it? You're selling humanity way short, if so.

That is not more accurate; it is incorrect. The stance of the agnostic is that we CAN NOT know. We also DO NOT know, of course, because we can not.

There is no contradiction. The agnostic believes it is impossible to KNOW, but the agnostic can still BELIEVE.

You are equating belief and knowledge, a common misconception. They are not the same. I can believe I can not know, yet still believe, or I can believe I can not know and not believe. No contradiction.

Yeah, but how do they fucking work?

I am not speaking for the OC, but I have need of software which will not run on the glibc in stable. For example Scrivener, which still has no viable competitor.

Except they are not "copying". The Braun designs are different in shape and size, and only look similar from specific angles or when cutting out parts of a photo.

They're about as similar as any two brands of sports cars. If you search for just the right angle you'll be able to dupe people who do not know better than sports car manufacturers only copy each other, but anyone actually seeing them next to each other would wonder what the heck you're on about. The same goes for Braun's products and Apple products.

1) Is the screen small enough to fit in my pocket?
2) Will the battery last long enough for me to use it actively, more or less all day long, for 24-36 hours on a charge?
3) Does it have a physical, qwerty keyboard?

The answers are:

No.

Proof is not in the domain of science. You will only find proof in formal systems. Therefore your whole post contains no meaning, and you put nothing at stake even though you clearly feel that you do.

Reality is that which exists whether you believe in it or not. Man is an animal. Life has only the value we place on it. And this life is all you get, then it ends. Belief is a coping mechanism, nothing more.

And in the US most of them hold belief in god, so that is no incentive to not do it either.

Causing pain to others is bad because the response I get is likely to cause me discomfort. And because just doing it causes me discomfort. It's called "empathy" and is fairly common in humans, even if it's not as common as one might want it to be.

Please, provide a few of those "bizarre factors". Your own listing, and not a link to a time cube site, please. It would be interesting to see what it takes to convince you.

The vast difference compared to Prime Music is that if you do not listen to music, Prime Music does not shove songs onto your phone using your data plan.

By default, Apple does. No clicking on the cloud required. If you have not changed a single setting since you bought your phone, it will download the U2 album for you.

Living in a country where the majority of the population are atheists I find your statement rather incredulous. Sure, there is faith around, but it's on a completely different level than in, say, the US or Syria.

I suspect this has a lot to do with an education system which does not focus on teaching trust in authority, but instead tries (even if it isn't working even near perfectly) to induce critical thinking.

Calculus is not true. It can not be true. GÃdel has shown that to be impossible.

Reality is what exists whether you believe in it or not. If you need faith for something to be true, it does not exist.

Agnostic means "without knowledge". It is the stance that we can not know whether god exists or not. You can be an agnostic atheist or an agnostic theist.

An agnostic atheists holds that we can not know whether or not god exists, and lacks belief in god.

An agnostic theist holds that we can not know whether or not god exists, and holds a belief in god.

Actually, what we'd have is a pwned Linux monoculture. The diversity serves as a vast advantage, providing a heterogenous attack surface.

What we need is more forks and more diversity at a fundamental level, allowing for competition and progress. The last thing we need is nearly everyone placing a vast, monocultural attack surface at the centre of their Linux distributions.