901. PLEASE WRITE IN SUPPORT OF PZ MYERS

Comment #209248 by mordacious1 on July 12, 2008 at 1:11 am

Clod

You left the italics open I think.

902. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #209232 by mordacious1 on July 12, 2008 at 12:36 am

Goldy

Well, if you're able to wash the baby, the chiro must have done some good.

903. Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary

Comment #209216 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 10:16 pm

Hey, what happened to Edouard's post? Someone troll him by mistake? We were just talking about "theory" being used too much by physicists, nothing to get upset about. I think Steve has too much power on this site (ha ha ha).

904. Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary

Comment #209214 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 10:04 pm

I know just the dummy too.

David, oooooh David....

[edit] I don't know how much equipment we could put on Robertson though.

905. Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary

Comment #209204 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 8:46 pm

Edouard

True, they should use the word "model" instead of the overused "theory".

906. An Irishman's Diary

Comment #209203 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 8:41 pm

If you want to see how language is "evolving" just watch Judge Judy. I preferred Judge Wapner of People's Court, because he'd spend half of his time correcting people's grammar.

907. PLEASE WRITE IN SUPPORT OF PZ MYERS

Comment #209200 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 8:30 pm

Me too, I don't think they will though, other than to say there are some obscene atheists on the web.

{edit} Unfortunately, they won't direct quote you. They will turn "FUCK THE POPE" into: "There are many atheists who have stated that they really want to love the Pope".

908. PLEASE WRITE IN SUPPORT OF PZ MYERS

Comment #209197 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 8:13 pm

8teist

I know they've been reading PZ's site, probably this one too. This way they can quote mine, it's what they do. My wife has a friend who is active in the church and the catholic league, and she sends emails about them occassionally eg. the Golden Compass boycott. Some have quotes from PZ's site.

You should see what I email her back. Her husband emailed and told me to stop annoying his wife. I zipped him back, that since she was using a public school email account, I paid for it, and could use it anytime I wanted.

909. Flatfish Fossils Fill In Evolutionary Missing Link

Comment #209192 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 7:57 pm

evotruth

Thanks for the vid, must be an (erm, cough) older video.

I find the platypus the most interesting of organisms, how they've evolved, but flatfish are up there too.

910. PLEASE WRITE IN SUPPORT OF PZ MYERS

Comment #209183 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 7:34 pm

steveroot

Better erase your address or, at the least, you'll lose your catholic patients. It's amazing, how once your name and address are put on line, where it might end up.

[edit] I'm sure the minions of the catholic league are monitoring this thread, or is this paranoid?

911. An Irishman's Diary

Comment #209180 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 7:22 pm

njwong

I just took the philosophy test, Existentialism/Satre. I received 20% on religion, don't know how that could happen.

[edit] Some questions were not geared for me, I had to go ask my son what Warcraft was. I think this may have skewed the results.

912. PLEASE WRITE IN SUPPORT OF PZ MYERS

Comment #209048 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 2:28 pm

PZ, expelled from Expelled, expelled from the Republican National Convention, expelled from the univesity link to his web site, and next? Expelled from his job. Soon GW will take away his American citizenship.

Why? Because he called a cracker a cracker. First he should be castrated, shot, and sent to the Russian front.

913. PLEASE WRITE IN SUPPORT OF PZ MYERS

Comment #208951 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 12:29 pm

As intelligent atheists, we can each decide when to use the "good cop" or the "bad cop" method of response. We all use both. In writing to PZ's boss, the good cop is IMHO the better, when confronting people like Robertson use the bad cop. I don't understand what the fuss is about.

914. An Irishman's Diary

Comment #208939 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 12:12 pm

Peace,etc.

I am a language genius, not a computer genius.

915. An Irishman's Diary

Comment #208929 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 11:59 am

Hey, I scored 100% on everything but expert which was 97%, but it did not rate me with my peers. I guess I have none.

[edit] I meant to type:

Hay, eye scoured a 100 precinct un every thing butt esprit, witch was 97 precinct, butt it did'nt reight me with my piers. Eye gus eye have nun.

916. An Irishman's Diary

Comment #208919 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 11:40 am

Rod

Agreed, unless he was using the word loosely, as in "a group with a common purpose", like a corps of reporters, and not in the military sense. But methinks he was using it in the military sense, so he's a twat.

917. An Irishman's Diary

Comment #208908 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 11:18 am

"addressing issues" has been in dictionaries for some time now, so one can't fault the original writer for using it. Take it up with the publishers of the dictionaries.

918. Weak US dollar hits papal profits

Comment #208899 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 11:06 am

Crap, this must mean my stock holdings in Pope.inc have gone down. Better go check the DOW. NYSE id= cathchBS

919. An Irishman's Diary

Comment #208895 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 11:00 am

Erm, I don't remember reading about the Romans "shooting" every tenth mutinous soldier. They indeed were advanced.

920. PLEASE WRITE IN SUPPORT OF PZ MYERS

Comment #208875 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 10:44 am

Everyone has been very busy posting overnight.

Reading the criticisms of the young man who was GIVEN the cracker, but refused to swallow, reminds me of the things that I did to the catholic church as a young person. Being forced to go and not wanting to, I rebelled. It took many years to get the pent up anger out of my system. Some of the things I did make this act by the young man seem tame. I won't even mention them here. It was fun at the time and the church certainly was asking for it, my young self regrets not having thought this one up.

I ran into a lady yesterday with a "I survived catholic school" bumper sticker. We talked about what we did, when we were kids, to rile up the priests and nuns, and try not to get caught. She also had some good antics.

My point is, that the catholic church should be used to this kind of behavior from young people by now. They can no longer stick them with hot pokers to get them to toe the line, just threaten them with hell. I'm sure what this young man did, has been done countless of times in the past. The fuss over it is just giving kids like I was, some good ideas.

921. Bisexual Species: Unorthodox Sex in the Animal Kingdom

Comment #208768 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 8:24 am

Well, these penguins may not be gay. They are in the zoo, like a prison. A lot of heteros, when put in prison for a long period, develop similar relationships. How many females were available to them? Penguin females are picky and they mate for life. These two may be gay, or they may not have the opportunities they'd have in nature to mate with females. This article points this out quite well.

922. Thousands Flock to Revival in Search of Miracles

Comment #208761 by mordacious1 on July 11, 2008 at 8:13 am

Cutting edge reporting by ABC news here.

It's easy for them to report on this kind of thing, even most xians will say, "oh, that's funny, glad I don't believe in silly things like that."

Why won't ABC news take it a step further and show how it is the bible and the moronic belief system that these people are raised with, that allows this kind of crap to exist? It's like a lot of naked people standing around laughing at the king, because he has no clothes.

923. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #208368 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 9:54 pm

Goldy

Good luck with your back tomorrow, hope it helps.

924. PLEASE WRITE IN SUPPORT OF PZ MYERS

Comment #208266 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 7:20 pm

Cracker?

I hardly know her.

Of course, that hasn't stopped me before.

925. Religious bigotry upheld in court

Comment #208259 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 7:10 pm

If only I had her job. My beliefs prohibit me from marrying anyone who believes in anything supernatural. So unless two atheists want to get married, I can kick back and blog on the internet all day.

926. Flatfish Fossils Fill In Evolutionary Missing Link

Comment #208246 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 6:52 pm

This is cool, although let me check "Ancestor's Tale". Seems like there is a chapter on this.

One gap filled in, two created.

[edit] No, just a small blurb there about flounders, definately not designed though, unless god was on a bender.

927. Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary

Comment #208229 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 6:25 pm

Steve

I said NEW.

(Runs for door again, crap I just got home).

928. PLEASE WRITE IN SUPPORT OF PZ MYERS

Comment #208223 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 6:13 pm

Letter sent, I was as diplomatic as possible, given my nature. I also found out that my 13 year old daughter can't address an envelope. I KNOOOW! They don't teach that in school anymore. Who uses snail mail anyway?

929. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #208011 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 1:26 pm

Steve

Great, here come the "second coming" jokes.

930. Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary

Comment #207970 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 11:03 am

Steve

Perhaps, but Penrose has stated that a true theory of quantum gravity SHOULD replace our present concept of spacetime at a singularity. He wants a better way of talking about what we now call a singularity, but this shouldn't be a nonsingular spacetime. I haven't read anything where he has come up with a new theory.

I think they do agree with you, but my point is, that they are still discussing it. It seems they can't avoid the term either. hee hee

[edit] Grabs hat and gas mask (CA smoke from fires) and runs for door.

931. Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary

Comment #207951 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 10:35 am

Steve

"Can we cut back on talk of singularities?".

Nope. If you can convince Hawking, Penrose, etc. into cutting back, we can talk about it.

[edit]

bujin

I found Talbot's book, I made it to page 144 . I only picked it up because it had an endorsement on the back by Fred Wolf, who's "Taking the Quantum Leap" I enjoyed. So much for endorsements.

932. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #207930 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 10:11 am

epeeist

I'm sure there are some muslim Nobel Laureates in Literature and Peace, I can think of a few in these categories off the top of my head. Science no.

933. Conversation between Richard Dawkins and John Lennox

Comment #207582 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 3:08 am

8teist

Now you show up...missed it.

934. Conversation between Richard Dawkins and John Lennox

Comment #207580 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 3:04 am

Boy, that was easy. What a wimp.

935. Conversation between Richard Dawkins and John Lennox

Comment #207573 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 2:58 am

ah, now we're a crowd of assholes.

I hate it when people posting here call other posters names. They don't do that on the other lilly white sites I visit.

I suppose you want me to be specific and name names:

"I guess this site got all the assholes". JAnderson

936. Conversation between Richard Dawkins and John Lennox

Comment #207558 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 2:44 am

ah, "assholes", now there's a worthy comment.

[edit] and I think it's Dr. Lennox

937. Conversation between Richard Dawkins and John Lennox

Comment #207547 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 2:29 am

Good thing irate's not around.

938. Conversation between Richard Dawkins and John Lennox

Comment #207540 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 2:20 am

I think the most distasteful comments were reserved for the trolls. I'm sorry, but if you're going to troll then you deserve what you get. The comments about Lennox have been fairly mild. But again, if you make idiotic statements, be prepared to be called an idiot.

939. Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary

Comment #207537 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 2:15 am

Steve

Yes, I've read this article about Hadley's theory before. I've also seen something similar in a book about String Theory. It is an interesting concept.

What I meant by beautiful, is that, if true String Theory would solve some essential problems in QM, and could have led to GUT. Some of the research and models are pretty cool.

940. An Original Confession

Comment #207514 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 1:41 am

I have to admit, I originally read "Origin" just so I could say I read it, the same with "Moby Dick". Personally, I would recommend "Origin" of the two. It has been awhile, I was planning on reading it again this year, but it's in a box in my garage/hell.

941. Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary

Comment #207511 by mordacious1 on July 10, 2008 at 1:28 am

bujin

That's funny, I just went to look for Talbot's book to see where the bookmark is. I quit reading after awhile too, just too far out there. The book is obviously lost in my stacks now.

YssiBoo

Yes, I find that "each equation halves the book sales rule" applies to a lot of physics books on the market. If they would just have an appendix for the math, it would satisfy everyone (sigh).

Steve

I agree with your summation of String Theory. It is just so damn beautiful, one has to hope it is reality, but lately it appears to be going nowhere, even with Susskind pushing it. I've heard him referred to as one of the fathers of String Theory, which is a little BSy to begin with. He's done a lot of work on it in the last 2 decades, but I wouldn't call him the dad.

942. Conversation between Richard Dawkins and John Lennox

Comment #207489 by mordacious1 on July 9, 2008 at 11:58 pm

Richard

I understood what you were doing and I was embarrassed for Lennox, but I repeat: It was difficult to listen to. I suppose the discussion can now be referred to at future "debates".

"This Lennox character actually said: blah blah blah, do you agree?". Point being though, Lennox is discredited, but the others will still avoid answering those questions.

943. Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary

Comment #207479 by mordacious1 on July 9, 2008 at 11:29 pm

phil

Hawking believed, as I understand it, that when black holes evaporate, no trace of the information survives. Susskind believes that the information survives, just in a different form. Does that make sense?

[edit] I think what Susskind is referring to is Hawking Radiation, and if he is, I don't see how that could amount to enough to sustain the information in a black hole.

944. New legal threat to school science in the US

Comment #207466 by mordacious1 on July 9, 2008 at 10:39 pm

Jindal is such a twat. If he becomes VP he could easily be President, with John McCain barely alive. This would mean we'd be replacing a bush with a twat...if we wanted that, we should have voted for Hilary, she has the real deal.

945. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #207464 by mordacious1 on July 9, 2008 at 10:29 pm

"Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels,..."

Speaking of which...David Robertson, how's it going?

946. Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary

Comment #207462 by mordacious1 on July 9, 2008 at 10:20 pm

Didn't Susskind get in a big to-do with Lee Smolin about the anthropic principle?

He also has a lot of his career wrapped up in string theory, which I've always liked, but some other posters here have stated it's going down the tube. If string theory goes, alot of Susskind's work goes with it.

He's making a big thing about Hawking being wrong, but I'm not sure that's correct. I think, if I remember, that Hawking agreed that information is not "totally" lost after a black hole evaporates.

I know all you physicists out there will point out where I'm wrong, the argument between these two is out of my league, I'm afraid.

947. Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary

Comment #207448 by mordacious1 on July 9, 2008 at 8:44 pm

Debate in this area is good, I will acquire Susskind's book. I think though, that I lean towards Hawking's views about black holes.

Oystein?

[edit] The Holographic Principle is so new that I haven't quite got a grasp of it yet. Guess I'll "have to read the book".

948. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #206966 by mordacious1 on July 9, 2008 at 3:08 am

Clearmind

Why do you post here, no one listens to your drivel, you won't answer direct questions about proving your imaginary god, and you just make a fool of yourself. Is it that you like it when people tell you to fuck off? Is it like self-flagilation? OK, this is what you want, fine.

clearmind: Fuck off.

I hope that makes your day.

949. IT'S A GODDAMNED CRACKER!

Comment #206942 by mordacious1 on July 9, 2008 at 2:14 am

Would they get pissed if someone took in a can of cheese whiz and put a dab on the cracker before popping into their mouth? After all, jesus said, "blessed are the cheesemakers".

950. McDonald's Makes Jesus Cry

Comment #206937 by mordacious1 on July 9, 2008 at 1:56 am

Barry

The problem there is, being catholics, they all make the sign of the cross and then say amen after your done speaking, so they turn whatever you say into a prayer. I don't want to be involved in this, and I won't bow my head. In all, it's just an excercise in conformity.