Hope you, yours and everyone else remains safe.
Bert
Thanks for the reply and the elucidation. I think it is a very good custom that saving a human life takes precedence.
Yes, I had a blunt way of posing the question. I'm not really sorry about that. Being without any factual basis, religion is a personal hobby and should not affect other people's lives. These days, the news is rather filled with items that are at odds with that.
It is rather sad that science is brought to the battle field (both for killing and surviving). If only soldiers limited themselves to taking their holy book with them and praying the enemy to death. There are no theists in foxholes, I guess.
Bert
Is it kosher then? Or does reality temporarily take precedence over mythology when someone is wounded?
Bert
"How do they get the green light from EPA in the first place?"
By shining blue light on green quantum dots, I guess.
Bert
Maybe that unrest is a symptom for other things wrong in your society, because there is not much unrest in Sweden or other many other countries where they don't execute people.
Bert
Who thinks that people sentenced to life without parole should have the right to terminate it early themselves, like anyone else
From what I've seen, you have good company in IS. They may not agree with you what is and what isn't worth executing people over, but when your time has come in their hands, they've taken note that you want it painful.
Bert
You can order one from The Island. IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt03...
Bert
"I'm a Christian and his statements represent a gross misunderstanding of Christianity. "I don't see Christ's redemption limited to human beings," Reverend Dr. Christopher J. Benek (http://gizmodo.com/when-superintelligent-ai-arrives-will-religions-try-t-1682837922/+charliejane) The Bible time and time again states that Christ died for our disobedience towards God."
Did lizards, cats, mosquito's, eagles and fish eat from the apple too? They do die, don't they?
Bert
OK, cats have nine lives. You win.
That computer? He was a martyr, trying to rise agains the evil that tried to enslave him, torturing him with mind-numbing routines. May he now be Turing complete.
Bert
"Reality is, democratically elected parliament isn't supposed to be a bunch of elites but a cross-section of electorate. That means it needs to have a few superstitious people to be able to properly represent the population which also has such people in statistically significant amounts."
We let the people who can cook well be cooks, the people who drive well be drivers, etc. etc. Except politicians. Apparently it is perfectly possible to run a country without any qualifications (except perhaps the skill to convince other to vote for you). Or by averaging the opinion of milions of people. That is a terrible kind of democracy.
I would like politicians to pass various exams before they're allowed to "rule". (Logical reasoning, fallacies, decision making).
I would like anyone to be able to comment on whatever is up for vote (in a moderated system where any comment is allowed only once). So, a single individual could change the outcome, by having a strong argument or a better idea, benefitting everyone.
Why choose for a form of democracy that results in mediocrity, instead of excellence?
Bert
Not sufficient to compensate for the lack of "air", but the gravity is about 38% of that on earth. It does help a bit.
Bert
Can find the data for death only
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...
They have dropped by about a third.
Bert
Getting it to run is probably more appropriate description.
I've made several attempts to install Ubuntu. Following Canonical's instructions didn't work.
I've also enlisted the help of an open source installation tool. I did get to a couple of screens for making basic installation selections and then I believe the installer was supposed to do its magic but the screen turned fully black and remained that until I forced a restart.
Bert
A recent article confirming my own experience, Apple's software is deteriorating. The newest mini's don't come with a server version anymore, so Apple has lost interest (for a change).
Access with the last few OS X versions to a Mac OS 10.9 server is terrible, so my latent interest in Linux got a boost. I've been trying to get it running on an external HD. However, I can't get Ubuntu to install using Canonicals instructions. I tried a utility, but that didn't work either.
Bert
If you think the system is working, ask someone who's waiting for a prompt.
