I agree. In a historical context small girls were probably given away (sold) as spouses in Arabia. And that is history. But all islamic schools insist that the behaviour of Mohammed is perfect and should not put into a historical context. And that is exactly my point. It is good that the parts of the life of Mohammed that are totally unacceptable in the world today are drawn into the clear sunlight. It must be made clear that if muslims want to live in harmony with the rest of the World they have to abandon the notion that the Quran is perfect and is not part of any historical context.
"Frankly, these provocations won't help anyone."
I agree that the Mohammed film in question is terrible. But it does address some important issues with Islam. And that will help us non-believers in the long run. For example the issue of child marriage. Aisha, one of Mohammeds wifes were 9 or 10 when the marriage was consummated. And we should of course (also as non-muslims) be free to debate if that is behaviour befitting for a prophet. Another example is the glorification of violence against non-muslims. At least as long as the main schools of Islam argue that the behaviour of Mohammed is perfect and should form an ideal guideline on how muslims should live in the 21st century.
Another point is that this film is only one pearl in a series of incidents where muslims are threatening fellow muslims or non-muslims over perceived blasphemy. The last example was a documentary on Channel 4 (examining the historical roots of Islam) where a planning screening was cancelled due to threats to the historian behind the film:
I believe everyone with two eyes can see which religion produces the most violence. That is a no-brainer.
But no, I believe that you can find recent isolated acts of Christian violence due to perceived blasphemy. But I am also sure that you cannot find it at the scale that we see Islamic violence due to perceived blasphemy. And also on the everyday level: People are regularly executed for blasphemy in some islamic states. I haven't heard of any executions performed by Buddhists for blasphemy. Why is this the case if all religions share the same propensity for violence against those who don't share their faith?
Yes, blasphemy is an important filter for me in this discussion. As an atheist I believe that the best shield against oppresive tendencies in religions is the deconstruction of the religions. And Islam is the only major religion which is hindering this through organised violence at a larger scale.
And Anders Behring Breivik was a cultural Christian (according to himself) who committed a heinous crime. But for political and not religious reasons (as mentioned he was not very religious).
I believe it speaks for itself that you have to go back 24 years to find a single instance of (non-deadly) Christian violence. And to compare that with the rampant killings performed in Islams name due to blasphemy is in my opinion ridicolous.
Or to make it clear: Yes, people from religions other than Islam are also offended by perceived blasphemy. And yes, they will at a few rare occasions resort to violence. But the scale of the violence originating from Islam is in a totally different league. It is effectively silencing critics all over the globe.
I believe this onion cartoon explains the difference between Islam and the other major religions well:
http://www.theonion.com/articles/no-one-murdered-because-of-this-image,29553/?ref=auto
Wrong. Japan officially annexed the formerly uninhabitated islands in 1895. Japan furthermore claims that the islands were not under Chinese control prior to that. The Chinese claim that they have been a part of China since at least 1534. This is obviously not a clear cut case.
"I would probably buy one, and I live in the US. It would depend on how much it costs to run the pump and get a full tank."
What about safety? It seems like your only criteria fuel costs.
My guess is that safety for this car is terrible. The Tata Nano is for example without airbags and features only a single wing mirror. Personally I would be quite worried about the safety of such a car.
"What happens when there is any slight movement whatsoever the HFT will overdo the moves."
I don't buy this. You need to realize that HFTs are in fierce competition against each other. If one of their algorithms overshot the equilibrium price other HFTs can take advantage of this and make a fortune. In short: Even HFTs have to aim for the market price. Otherwise they will lose out.
I do realize that there are some other issues with HFT. But I do recognize that they are very beneficial in price discovery.
Would it not be possible for the stock exchanges to make a trading system where bids and offers are resolved at the end of fixed time slots? Let us say 1 second per slot. At the end of the time slot the trades are performed. This would avoid the issue of government intervention and taxation. In other words: It would be a technical fix which is in the interest of stock exchanges (in so far as they want to prevent some of the problems associated with HFT).
That guy should go fork himself...
"When the time comes that the US decides to stop managing an empire of satellite states and dependencies abroad, that'll be the time you can stop worrying about anything but local news."
No. That is exactly the moment when you will be forced to worry about World politics. Just like the Pax Romana and the Pax Britannica ended so will the Pax Americana also end when the USA stops protecting client/allied states.
Only around 10 americans from 0-19 years die each year due to lightning strikes. My guess is that calling the kids inside during rain will in fact indirectly (more likely to avoid exercise in rain in the future etc.) result in many more fatalities than just leaving them out (of course avoiding reckless behaviour like climbing trees when lightnings are near).
But then again I live in a really rainy country and like rainy weather. And my kids really like to play outside when it rains. In fact they love it. And that is mainly because we as parents have shown them that it is fun to play in the rain.
From TFA it is clear that the spinning heatsink has a hole in the middle and that it is actually this hole which is situated over the CPU while the surrounding part of the cooler rests on a structure made for that. So the spinning heatsink will never touch the CPU.
Neutrinos have bad breadth.
