It's also a good place to put the whole thing under close public inspection.

But public inspection could never be allowed to happen, since the information in question is classified.
Thus he would have to be tried in a FISA court, and they would hang him for sure.

Civilized countries don't behave the way the Likud does.

Well said!

KozmoStevnNaut wrote:

Would you be able to back up your perception of this difference with a double blind ABX test?

and you replied:

Yes. Just try it yourself when you have the opportunity

He didn't mean "do you imagine you could back up your perception of this difference with a double blind ABX test",
he meant "have you actually done it?".

Because if you haven't, then you are just making shit up.

If you'd RTFA, you would know that the elephants in this experiment were responding to recordings of people speaking different languages.

Scientists in what field? There is no scientific field that concerns itself with the definition of "conscious".
That's pure philosophy, and philosophers don't agree on anything.

It's a "valid" third option because there are hundreds of Kurzweil fanboys who really do believe this.

Einstein showed that Newton's laws of motion were wrong

That is where you are wrong.

Einstein merely showed that, when applying Newton's laws, measurements of space and time can be substantially more complicated than previously thought.

WTF?????

Exactly. The referenced article talks about a free upgrade.
Timothy didn't RTFA.

The article doesn't say anything about Microsoft offering a "free as in gratis" version of Windows 8.1.
It talks about a free upgrade to Windows 8.1 from Windows 7.

Next time, read the fucking article, Timothy.

This article does not say anything about a free version of Windows 8.1!

The article only talks about a free upgrade from Windows 7.
Too bad the poster didn't actually RTF article.

Something that nobody seems to have noticed is that this version of Windows 8.1 is only free if you already have Windows 7.
In other words, it's a free "upgrade" to something not as good.

Believing in God is not silly nonsense.
Maintaining that the earth is less than 10000 years old, and that humans and dinosaurs coexisted, is silly nonsense.

And because freighter crews are merchant sailors and not trained warriors.
Ask any navy sailor: it takes a years of training before a crew can safely and competently protect a large ship from outside attack.
And, the navy guys volunteer knowing that they may face deadly risk. Merchant sailors don't.