"...then the law is an ass" - Charles Dickens

I don't think Dora was adopted with the intent to woo & marry later. At least I didn't get that from from the story.

I don't believe that to be true. Anytime I've had a discussion -not online, but a real-life face-to-face discussion - I've been able to make my case and it is often well received. Not 100% of the time, but I'm not right 100% of the time, either. Online? well, exaggeration seems the rule, more often than not. ;) For me, the key is this: If I want others to listen and respect my views, I've found it most helpful to listen and respect them and theirs.

C'mon, this is Slashdot. No one reads the articles :)

Bill Nye is an entertainer. Just because he used to play a character called "The Science Guy", that doesn't give him credibility on all matters pertaining to science. (yes I know he has an engineering degree-but that's a long time ago. He hasn't been paid as an engineer in decades) His opinion carries the same weight I would give to any entertainer's

They do have ipv6 gateways, so it isn't completely ignored.

FWIW, the also offer a way to use encryption with their infrastructure

Windows, Mac & Linux clients are available

You misunderstand. I'm not stating anything of the sort, I'm trying to clarify who the couplet/poem was referring to.

Oh c'mon, mods! I wouldn't consider this flame-bait; a much better description is an "Inconvenient Truth"

Effectively anonymous scientists don't count. It means people like Al Gore and Will.I.Am.

"Advertising" is the answer.

Kennedy was a great of example of wealth disparity.

Advertising?

Unfortunately, the ideal utopia where people "learn to resist" doesn't seem to exist. It sounds good, but I don't know of consistently demonstrated examples showing how people can learn such a skill and then execute that skill on a regular basis.

Before we can make the world we want, we need to be honest with ourselves about the world (and people) as it is (they are)

should've spelt "principle" properly

I'm often both amazed and confused, but not on this topic. I meant what I said. "Founding principal" - look in chapter 4.

(emphasis mine).

I've been to many meetings (my rough estimate is 3042) and at nearly all of those we refuse to allow the Lord's prayer. The whole group exercises that tradition 2 you referred to and determines that we don't want to use it since it is tied to Christianity. We don't really give much consideration to an individual's expressed faith. (or lack thereof)

To be fair, there is wide variation across the whole of the fellowship, so as always YMMV