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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 1st October 2014, 08:25 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 3,971
Posted By X
:jaw-dropp ...yeah. Scratching Sweden off of...

:jaw-dropp
...yeah. Scratching Sweden off of my bucket list.






Get an exterminator. I know you don't want to kill them (a sentiment I enthusiastically do not share), but it sounds as if...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 30th September 2014, 06:05 PM
Replies: 1,047
Views: 53,383
Posted By X
Maybe it's a language issue, Yrreg, but Giordano...

Maybe it's a language issue, Yrreg, but Giordano was quite clearly being rhetorical when he asked that question. his point was that it is non-sensical. You are the only person in this thread who...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 28th September 2014, 05:37 PM
Replies: 1,047
Views: 53,383
Posted By X
Is it just me, or does Yrreg seem to conflate...

Is it just me, or does Yrreg seem to conflate "proper thinking" with "agreeing"?

If I may ask a counter-question, Yrreg:
When you posit a cause of the universe, why do you settle on God, and not...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 11th May 2014, 06:47 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 18,126
Posted By X
Am I the only one who finds those things horribly...

Am I the only one who finds those things horribly uncomfortable?

Anyway, I always figured they were a sort of massage with the road vibrations.
Forum: Computers and the Internet 2nd August 2013, 10:01 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,512
Posted By X
For updates and apps, mostly. I don't want to...

For updates and apps, mostly.
I don't want to sync my music. I just want to be able to add, remove and change it.

I used to have a Palm Pilot. Two, actually; a IIIe and an m130. Still have...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 2nd August 2013, 04:36 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,512
Posted By X
That worked! Thank you! (why was it under a...

That worked!
Thank you!
(why was it under a completely different menu/thing than the music section?)
Forum: Computers and the Internet 2nd August 2013, 03:57 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,512
Posted By X
Help! (or: I'm bad at iTunes)

I need help. The iTunes user-interface continues to perplex me. I fid it awkward, unnecessarily confusing and truculent.

I have some podcasts (very nice lectures from the CBC on the history of...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 19th July 2013, 02:13 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,329
Posted By X
Thanks for the input, everyone. I figure...

Thanks for the input, everyone.


I figure I owe an update:

I ended up taking an even lazier approach, and approximating the bucket as a cylinder (diameter 10.75").
I had the cylinder formula...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 19th July 2013, 10:28 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,329
Posted By X
Thanks everyone. I should be more clear: ...

Thanks everyone.

I should be more clear:
The dimensions I gave are for the pail in question.

What I want to know is, if I have a given volume of liquid, how high will it fill the pail?

So...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 19th July 2013, 09:45 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 6,329
Posted By X
Hiehgt of truncated cone as function of volume

I need some help.
It should be basic algebra, but I'm not having luck.

I have a pail. It can be represented as a truncated cone.
Base diameter is 10.25" (r = 5.125")
Top diameter is 11.25" (r...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 11th June 2013, 09:53 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 7,509
Posted By X
Who? I'm not being facetious, I've honestly...

Who?

I'm not being facetious, I've honestly never heard of this guy. Why would/should I (or anyone) care what ignorant views he holds? Is he pulling a Jenny McCarthy (a name I only know through...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 2nd June 2013, 06:49 PM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
Or taken a more patient approach, and simply...

Or taken a more patient approach, and simply rendered everyone except Noah & co infertile. A thousand years (given the claimed life-spans) would be as a day to god. And it has the added benefit of...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 28th May 2013, 05:49 PM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
You sort of answered your own question... ...

You sort of answered your own question...






Methinks god's definition of righteous just ain't so.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 26th May 2013, 04:33 PM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
How is this an answer to Akhenatens question?

How is this an answer to Akhenatens question?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 16th May 2013, 04:10 AM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
This is irrelevant, off-topic, dishonest and...

This is irrelevant, off-topic, dishonest and wrong.
(Hint: the 6,000 year figure calculated by Ussher and others was taken from the ages of biblical characters. Human biblical characters. Thus we...
Forum: Computers and the Internet 15th May 2013, 09:45 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,022
Posted By X
When I got my new, custom-built computer, I had...

When I got my new, custom-built computer, I had trouble turning it on.
I called the shop the next day, explaining my problem. Just as they were telling me to bring it in, there was a series of...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 9th May 2013, 04:21 AM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
I think there are two flood stories, intermixed. ...

I think there are two flood stories, intermixed.
One has pairs of everything, the other has seven pairs of clean animals.







5.) He has had to admit that he has never actually thought...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 8th May 2013, 04:26 PM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
I dearly hope I'm wrong, but I fear that what DOC...

I dearly hope I'm wrong, but I fear that what DOC means is that he learned carbon-14 dating has problems.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th May 2013, 03:23 PM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
Then you admit what myself and others have...

Then you admit what myself and others have deduced from your posts: That you've never actually put any thought into your beliefs regarding the flood.

You created a thread to "put information out...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 7th May 2013, 04:32 AM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
OK, let me try. You see, even your...

OK, let me try.




You see, even your OP admits that the Biblical flood could never have happened.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 5th May 2013, 07:34 PM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
This is the reason several posters in this thread...

This is the reason several posters in this thread have been repeatedly asking DOC to clarify what his position actually is.


Is he asking if the fossils in Peru are evidence of the Noachian...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 2nd May 2013, 04:20 PM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
And when? Did it happen recently? Did it...

And when?

Did it happen recently?
Did it happen in ancient times?
Were the mountains formed before, during, or after?
What about continental drift?

You don't get to imply that the flood...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 30th April 2013, 06:21 PM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
The tempter (serpent/snake/lizard/whatever) in...

The tempter (serpent/snake/lizard/whatever) in Genesis is not the topic of this thread. You don't get to stand on a box and preach whatever random associations spring to mind in an attempt to prove...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 26th April 2013, 10:25 AM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
What about the rest of the question? WHEN...

What about the rest of the question?

WHEN was the Earth created?
WHEN did humans first appear?
WHEN did the flood occur?
HOW BIG was the flood?


In other words: What, specifically, are you...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 26th April 2013, 04:14 AM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
This. Until you answer it, DOC, all that's...

This.

Until you answer it, DOC, all that's going to happen is you posting random tidbits of what "some Christians believe", and when someone debunks it you'll say that it isn't necessarily what...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 24th April 2013, 09:25 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 3,113
Posted By X
When I last read through the bible, it seemed to...

When I last read through the bible, it seemed to me that Yahweh was constrained by certain fundamental rules.
Such as the requirement of sacrifice for atonement.
And limits on how he could...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 24th April 2013, 03:34 PM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
I was thinking about making a post like this on...

I was thinking about making a post like this on the drive in to work today.
You beat me to it.

I second this request.

Please DOC, lay out for us exactly what you are arguing for.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 23rd April 2013, 07:53 PM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
Conservapedia is, if anything, worse than the...

Conservapedia is, if anything, worse than the AIG-associated site you linked to earlier for credibility.

Want to know why? It's because Conservapedia (ugh, I've typed the name twice now)...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 23rd April 2013, 04:32 AM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
This is the second time you've gone on the record...

This is the second time you've gone on the record as implying that it is preferable to kill people than to impose limitations and corrections on their behaviour. Also, it's not really "free" will if...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 22nd April 2013, 07:45 PM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
DOC, before you embarrass yourself any further,...

DOC, before you embarrass yourself any further, do a little reading on plate tectonics. And truly, you ARE embarrassing yourself.

No one is proposing that the mountains were under water. That's...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 20th April 2013, 09:28 PM
Replies: 2,959
Views: 187,151
Posted By X
Interesting articles. Thanks for linking them. ...

Interesting articles. Thanks for linking them.
It's unfortunate, however, that you chose to illustrate your disingenuous posting habits, dishonest quote mining and selective reading in this manner....
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 17th April 2013, 03:02 PM
Replies: 2,425
Views: 131,927
Posted By X
May I quote myself, here?

May I quote myself, here?
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 16th April 2013, 08:26 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,724
Posted By X
Forgive me for my ignorance, but what does that...

Forgive me for my ignorance, but what does that mean?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 15th April 2013, 06:15 PM
Replies: 2,425
Views: 131,927
Posted By X
I know. But I'm an optimist.

I know. But I'm an optimist.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 15th April 2013, 04:57 PM
Replies: 2,425
Views: 131,927
Posted By X
Hey look! It does say servant! Well, it makes...

Hey look! It does say servant! Well, it makes it quite clear that the intent is a bonded servant; a person who is as property.


I find it odd that a person who has defended the practice of...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 10th April 2013, 03:15 PM
Replies: 285
Views: 19,906
Posted By X
Those are shrines to Communism (actually, a...

Those are shrines to Communism (actually, a subset of communism). An entirely different ideology than atheism (if you can even call atheism an ideology; it really doesn't meet the definition).
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th March 2013, 06:37 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 1,854
Posted By X
What about an inflatable building? Air...

What about an inflatable building?

Air Supported (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-supported_structure)
Inflatable (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflatable_building)

Might be cheaper than...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 28th March 2013, 06:31 AM
Replies: 2,425
Views: 131,927
Posted By X
Done.

Done.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 28th March 2013, 06:00 AM
Replies: 2,425
Views: 131,927
Posted By X
I'm going to paraphrase that in my sig. ...

I'm going to paraphrase that in my sig.






Oops. Oh well. :o
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 28th March 2013, 05:17 AM
Replies: 2,425
Views: 131,927
Posted By X
Thanks Pakeha and ddt. It's true that there...

Thanks Pakeha and ddt.

It's true that there are limitations on what can be inferred from what I provided. In addition, I know little about genetics (thanks Pakeha ddt for the explanation of what...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 27th March 2013, 08:30 PM
Replies: 166
Views: 14,312
Posted By X
Bananas bequeath unto apples the Autumn. And...

Bananas bequeath unto apples the Autumn. And frogs do billow in the breeze.

Like your posts, those sentences hint at meaning, but nothing more. The words individually can be understood. The...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 27th March 2013, 08:25 PM
Replies: 2,425
Views: 131,927
Posted By X
Here's something relevant to the thread: In...

Here's something relevant to the thread:

In the Bible (Old Testament), the Hebrews split into separate Kingdoms (Isreal and Judea) after their exodus from Egypt. Further, there were separate...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 25th March 2013, 05:45 AM
Replies: 2,425
Views: 131,927
Posted By X
This. Read it, apologists. And answer it.

This.
Read it, apologists. And answer it.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 20th March 2013, 06:42 AM
Replies: 2,425
Views: 131,927
Posted By X
And among certain societal classes such as...

And among certain societal classes such as nobility.
Making a connection between that and Genesis is, to put it mildly, a MASSIVE stretch.

ETA: Not that that will stop such organizations as AiG...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 14th March 2013, 10:08 AM
Replies: 3,619
Views: 506,953
Posted By X
[/QUOTE] Translation: The owner...

[/QUOTE]



Translation: The owner backed out when his banker buddy pointed out that he would get no money.
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 14th March 2013, 05:43 AM
Replies: 166
Views: 14,312
Posted By X
Squirrel?

Squirrel?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 6th March 2013, 02:34 PM
Replies: 108
Views: 5,397
Posted By X
ftfy

ftfy
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 28th February 2013, 10:12 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 900
Posted By X
So we're the fevered wet-dream of a void? ...

So we're the fevered wet-dream of a void?


voidiness
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 28th February 2013, 02:11 PM
Replies: 108
Views: 5,397
Posted By X
Needs a small picture of a sweater, and a jock...

Needs a small picture of a sweater, and a jock strap. With a star-window proudly exclaiming "Improved! 20% fewer demons than the next leading brand!".


Where is the pharaoh when we need him?
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 28th February 2013, 02:08 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 895
Posted By X
Free Will - Does God really care about it?

Inspired by the exchange below:






To summarize:
Everything in the world (plant/human/animal/mineral) was corrupt.
This corruption was caused by fallen angels' bad behaviour(s).
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