jcd11235

What is the point of a quick reply button? Shouldn't readers have the ability to see which post your reply pertains to? Quick reply does imply that one is replying to a post, does it not? Forum posts that lack the means to easily see the post to which the reply is directed are annoying. Many times the response could pertain to multiple posts, and thus have multiple, sometimes contradicting meanings. DZ.com,s forum software is far superior to vBulletin software IMO for this (and other) reasons. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

So true. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

To do what, exactly? Considering that France openly opposed our invasion/occupation of Iraq from the beginning, it hardly seems reasonable to expect them to help out. It hardly seems reasonable to expect the Iraqi Shiites to trust the US after they trusted GHW Bush to help them rise up against Saddam in '91, after Desert Storm. Is it reasonable to expect Turkey to help the Iraqi Kurds? We failed in Iraq because of the poor planning by the WH administration. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I think line item veto would allow the president to eliminate riders. Unfortunately, it would also allow the president the power to gut legislation to the extent that it does not resemble what Congress intended to be signed into law, riders notwithstanding. If it only allowed elimination of pork, I think there would be a lot less opposition, but line item veto takes too much power from Congress and hands it over to the president. I agree that there needs to be some reform in how some spending legislation s passed, but I don't believe the line item veto is the answer. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I've known "dope dealers" that were complete jackasses, and I've know "dope dealers" that were truly first class people. I've known "dope dealers" that could be accurately classified somewhere in the middle. I can say exactly the same thing about law abiding citizens that don't so much as drive faster than the posted speed limit. The point is, being a "dope dealer" offers zero insight into the character of a person. They may be, by definition, criminals, but not all laws are just, nor are all law abiding citizens "class" people. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Out of curiosity, did you charge interest? The sale of a car and a car loan should be treated as separate transactions by the government, and in company books. The purchaser of the car had to pay sales tax on a $4000 car, not a $500 car. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Are special ops intended to work this slowly? If so, things have certainly changed since I was in. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I never implied the similarities were significant. I just was not in denial that such similarities existed. Thanks for the science review, though. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

By what definition of religion are you basing your statement? One of these or something else entirely? Are you referring to anything that night have been referred to as a religion in 1791? New Oxford American: religion noun the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, esp. a personal God or gods Dictionary.com: re·li·gion [ri-lij-uhn] –noun a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs. Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary: religion noun 1 [C or U] the belief in and worship of a god or gods, or any such system of belief and worship: the Christian religion Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Does that include secularism? That is secularism. secularism noun the belief that religion should not be involved with the ordinary social and political activities of a country Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

The definition I was using for solid was: "not hollow or containing spaces or gaps". Wasn't it Ernest Rutherford that first demonstrated that (Au) atoms were not solid by this definition? Is electro-magnetic radiation not energy? Hmmm…kinetic, potential, thermal, mass, chemical, nuclear, etc.- it seems that science's definition of energy is sufficiently broad. I agree. Science has (usually) strict definitions of things, which is important to maintain scientific methodology. Out of curiosity, what doesn't science consider energy? Mass (resting) is energy divided by the square of the speed of light, momentum is energy per velocity unit, velocity is the square root of energy per mass unit, etc. You might be surprised to find that many ancient religions considered the sun a major source of energy. Of course if that's "pure 100% bollocks", then I guess in your opinion, as a theoretical physicist, we receive no energy from the sun, right? Just as science considers some things energy that mystics wouldn't, and mystics consider some things (likely far fewer, considering E_0=m·c²) energy that physicists don't, there are also things that both groups would agree to be energy. As do scientists who appear so insecure about the validity of their field they are afraid to acknowledge similarities with fields with which they have absolutely nothing in common except for asking some of the same questions about some of the same stuff. I confess that I find the reflexive denial of such trivial similarities quite baffling, and quite inconsistent with a scientific outlook. It's too much like someone arguing that my conclusion that the sky is blue is wholly different from a scientific conclusion that the sky is blue, because I arrived at my conclusion by comparing the sky to crayons and found the crayon labeled blue to offer the closest match instead of measuring the wavelength of the light wave (or momentum of the photons) reflected back from the atmospheric gases. That one method is scientific does not change the fact that the same conclusion can be reached with an unrelated, and possibly invalid, method. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

It was tough to understand Plato's explicit explanation. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

How would that settle the "rock-is-solid" issue? The rock isn't solid. Even while consisting primarily of empty space, the rock has energy, and can exert force in interaction with other energetic spaces. Did someone deny that rocks conform to Newton's third law while I wasn't looking? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

More accurately, I said that your description of purpose of religion sounded similar to the purpose of science. I'm having trouble understanding why that is such a difficult concept for you to understand. How is it mind boggling to note that science an religion both seek to explain the world around us but their methodologies are different? If you can't see the difference between comparing two explanations of energy, and comparing a sheep and a cloud, then I'm not sure I can explain it to you. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I'm not saying anything like that, but there are sure enough people trying to put words into my mouth. I said there were similarities in the explanations, and that it is interesting to note. I didn't say one had anything to do with the other beyond the fact that both science and religion attempt to explain the world around us. Nothing, you are reading way too much into my posts. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I'd suggest you drop a really big one on your toe to find out. Otherwise this post is the perfect opening for the warning to "Put the elephant bong down." I'm guessing that you have either never read Plato's Allegory of the Cave, or it has been a LONG time since you read it. Otherwise, you would see the irony of your post! Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Are you denying that the purpose of science is to better understand the world around us? The methodology is what makes science different, but the questions are much older than DesCartes. Enlighten us. To what energy were they referring? You're trying to make it sound like I claim religion and science are the same, and have reached the same conclusions. I've said nothing similar to that. I've said that there are religious explanations that are similar to some scientific explanations (but specifically not scientific theory). That doesn't lessen the validity of science, nor does it strengthen the case for religion. It is, nonetheless, interesting (at least for some) to note the similarities. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Not paying his or her way? How much more do you want? How about I just give the Govt my entire check and they can give me what they think I deserve? Would that be paying my way? Sounds perfect! Any other volunteers? Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

I've not claimed otherwise. You might be surprised to find that light is energy. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Who said it was useful for anything? It's interesting; that's all. Sounds a lot like science. The methodology is (significantly) different, but the goals are largely the same. The only thing we know for certain is that we don't know anything for certain. Sooner or later science will even come to understand the determining cause of what is now considered to be random positions of particles. Eventually, quantum theory and/or relativity will be abandoned for something more consistent between cosmological and quantum scales, that models things more accurately. The theories change, but the explanations sometimes stay pretty much the same, western interpretations involving bearded men meddling in the affairs of humans notwithstanding. I'm really surprised to find such insecurities about similarities in explanations between ancient religions and modern science. Is it not the same natural world being explained? Explanations are nothing but convenience in science, an aid to visualization. The credibility of science lies in the theory, the means of predictions. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Yes, I'm not a fan of non-sensical analogies. Then you should be able to follow the reasoning of your peers. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Come on down to Texas and let me throw a rock at you. Remeber it's only imagined solid. BTW that pain is only in your imagination. Let me shine a big bright light in your eyes. Don't worry you aren't really seeing it your imagining it, so it really doesn't hurt, your imagining the pain. This philosophy is fun. Why don't you come on over so I can hit you over the head with an imagined baseball bat. There's nothing like mindless banter in absence of a valid point. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

How is this a tax? Interest is the cost of borrowing money. If one owes taxes, and does not pay them on time, they are effectively borrowing money. It isn't taxation to charge rent on those funds, any more than it is taxation when a mortgage owner charges interest on a home mortgage. This one might be a little out of date. I think many people would rather be taxed instead of arrested for their cannabis use. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

You will notice that I previously emphasized that it is scientific explanations, and not theories, that share similarities with eastern religions. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!

Everything in the world is imagined. Do you think a rock is really solid? Do you think you see things as they actually are? Do you really believe that it is possible to experience now? When are our imaginings reality and when are they not? All we have are our explanations, and they serve us no better (or worse) than they did the prisoners in Plato's cave. Math tutoring available. Only $6! per hour! First lesson: Factorials!