101. Fleabytes

Comment #132397 by markg on February 24, 2008 at 5:41 pm

Geoff, I got a good laugh at your wooter comment.

Maybe that's wooters' problem; he's putting his native tongue through a bad translator into English.

On second thought, he's probably just an idiot.

edit: Frankus1122 sort of beat me to the punch.

102. Fleabytes

Comment #132377 by markg on February 24, 2008 at 4:55 pm

Thanks for the translation, Cartomancer.

103. Fleabytes

Comment #132368 by markg on February 24, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Jesus Sarcologos! It's hard enough keeping up with all the brainiacs at RD.net, now you're posting in Latin.

Could someone please point me to a good free online Latin to English translator? I've found this:
http://www.translation-guide.com/free_online_translators.php?from=Latin&to=English

But putting in Cartomancers poem comes out as:

The flea depraved scales to write , Upon from nichil novel dixit , Donation us , unskilled bard , Sophism , not truthfulness. To believe himself redarguisse , Argumentation she holy mass , But drives him moving through defendant , Upon fatuitate her : Her free is upon territory , Nugatoris to hominem , Odit too much Dawkins our , Vast system bolt. Why so thorough consideration not to know , If not bear shrine Virus virulens upon mind , He the making suddenly , Presumption sumere , Until capitis content aere. Bid farewell , the flea , man empty , Free your intensely vanis!

markg

104. Fleabytes

Comment #132263 by markg on February 24, 2008 at 2:26 pm

Goldy wrote:

"It is Krisking we are talking about here. Nice enough but seemingly rather dim. Languages teacher, he describes himself. Makes one wonder about his lessons..."

Krisking wrote:

"Is this what is referred to on this website as an "ad hominem" comment?"


Is this what is referred to on this site as "Nice enough but seemingly rather dim."(?)

105. Cutting Edge: Baby Bible Bashers

Comment #132169 by markg on February 24, 2008 at 11:48 am

Double Bass Atheist wrote:

"dloubet and Bonzai
I had the very same thought, but since no one else commented on this, I just assumed that this was a UK usage. You know, more of that 'separated by a common language' thing. Would any of our friends from the other side of the pond care to shed some light on this?"

This is a British expression and confused me at first. See this thread from Dec. 2007 for more clarification (and an in-depth analysis of the use of the word piss):
http://richarddawkins.net/article,2062,Bible-bashing-dying-out-in-Kansas,BBC-News

106. Machines 'to match man by 2029'

Comment #128697 by markg on February 17, 2008 at 4:56 pm

JD Cherry: "The man thinks that the solar system will be disassembled into nanocomputers by the end of the century. . . I really wish that the BBC report would have included that."

Where does that come from and what does it mean?

Not that I'm some some big fan of Kurzweil and trying to defend him, just trying to point out the positive things he's done.

107. Machines 'to match man by 2029'

Comment #128689 by markg on February 17, 2008 at 4:22 pm

Not only is Kurzweil an amazing intellectual, he's made a huge number of career and technological achievements.

How many of us can claim 16 technological firsts, over 17 patents and founding/co-founding 10 companies, just to mention a few things?

http://www.kurzweiltech.com/raycv.html

I think the negative comments on this thread are unfounded.

108. Machines 'to match man by 2029'

Comment #128504 by markg on February 17, 2008 at 8:59 am

Machines will match our intelligence by 2029?

Thankfully we won't have to wait that long to have sex with them.

For some laughs, check out this video link of the TV show, The Colbert Report, where David Levy predicts people will be making love to machines within five years:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=147893&title=interview-david-levy

109. The argument from oranges

Comment #128278 by markg on February 16, 2008 at 4:53 pm

I don't know if this man is related to any fruit, but he certainly is nuts.

110. Battle of the Chambersburg billboards

Comment #124783 by markg on February 10, 2008 at 8:34 am

Fundamentalists (aka, conservative Christian Republicans) always use the "hate America" slogan on anyone that doesn't follow their narrow-minded religio-political view. It's the same brain mush that comes up with the idiotic "homosexuals threaten traditional marriage and family" and "terrorists want to destroy America because they hate our freedoms" and "the French hate America", and so on.

When a rational person thinks about these they make absolutely no sense. For instance, how does a homosexual threathen "traditional marriage?" They don't, unless we're talking about someone like the Rev. Ted Haggard, who is a closet homosexual. Even then the idea is still nonsense.

111. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #119047 by markg on January 31, 2008 at 9:29 am

Double Bass Atheist

Agree.

Becomethewheelbarrow and Karrydashovel

Please go back to your house of worseshit and spread the gospel in your own backyard.

112. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #119006 by markg on January 31, 2008 at 9:03 am

I've got it.

Vox Day is so full of shit he sent his psycho-phants, Wheelbarrow and Karrydashovel to dispense his "wisdom" upon us.

113. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118936 by markg on January 31, 2008 at 7:40 am

If I may be serious for a moment (only a moment.)

Steve

I admire your knowledge, wisdom and patience dealing with these people. I agree this is a great site.

al rawandi

Your formula last night took me a minute to understand, but cracked me up. I'm also impressed with your knowledge (saw the debate with Fanusi(sp?) on another thread.

114. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118904 by markg on January 31, 2008 at 6:37 am

What happened here?

Apparently a bus full of "special people" from Vox Day, on a field trip to the zoo, crashed outside the gates of RD.net

115. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118898 by markg on January 31, 2008 at 6:22 am

prayer beads

I think he's pulling some pretty big beads out of his ass.

116. Happy Birthday Josh Timonen!

Comment #118869 by markg on January 31, 2008 at 5:19 am

Happy Birthday Josh!

Excellent website, Thanks!

117. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118667 by markg on January 30, 2008 at 8:22 pm

Diacanu

Same thing happened to me.

118. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118636 by markg on January 30, 2008 at 7:56 pm

Yeah

Yeah

Yeah

119. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118631 by markg on January 30, 2008 at 7:53 pm

Hey lady,

I called it back at 494: Begonetodaynow's acquaintance with his mothers box.

Yeah

120. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118590 by markg on January 30, 2008 at 7:22 pm

Cartomancer

Maybe he was mesmerised by the shiny light in back of your head?

121. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118578 by markg on January 30, 2008 at 7:13 pm

Begonetodaynow

Here is a question for you: Can you bend spoons (with your moms permission, of course?)

Oh, I just reread your post. That was a physics question you wanted, not a psychic question.

122. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118549 by markg on January 30, 2008 at 6:48 pm

Begonetodaynow

If we go back to VD's shitblog, are we going to find posts from you where you've slept with your mother?

123. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118491 by markg on January 30, 2008 at 5:40 pm

Darknut

One question before you leave. Is PrettyLady's (earlier poster from VD's blogsite) mouth stuck in that pucker from this?

http://ohprettylady.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-give-good-christian-blowjob.html

124. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118432 by markg on January 30, 2008 at 4:53 pm

Great post Cartomancer.

I can tell you're into that book larnin'

125. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118418 by markg on January 30, 2008 at 4:42 pm

Check this gem out: http://ohprettylady.blogspot.com/2006/07/how-to-give-good-christian-blowjob.html

This would explain PrettyLady's avatar.

126. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118374 by markg on January 30, 2008 at 4:11 pm

Here's the link: http://voxday.blogspot.com/

127. 'Irrational Atheist' trounces God-deniers

Comment #118368 by markg on January 30, 2008 at 4:08 pm

For anyone interested (I followed some links from WorldNetDaily) and found VD's blog. It's Vox Popoli, and they are encouraging their idiots (like Darknuts and UglyBroad) to come here.

128. A Letter From Hell

Comment #117644 by markg on January 29, 2008 at 9:36 am

al rawandi

I don't think omega369 answered much of anything, except the question of whether he is bonkers.

Thanks for noticing the avatar, lady. It may be more suitable for omega though, since he is yanking everyones' crank here.

129. A Letter From Hell

Comment #117621 by markg on January 29, 2008 at 8:44 am

Here's my two cents (maybe we can start a collection for omega's bus ride back to the asylum.) Didn't Darwin'sPitbull.net tear this little puppy to shreds yesterday? And yet, somehow he survived and has, unbelievably, come back for more.

130. A Letter From Hell

Comment #117158 by markg on January 28, 2008 at 10:53 am

omega369

You remind me of comedian Jim Gaffigan when he says (paraphrasing) "I'm a vegetarian. Not a strict vegetarian, I eat beef and pork...and chicken, but not fish, that's disgusting. ...Don't get me wrong, I love animals. I just like them better when they're cooked...because they're delicious..."

131. A Letter From Hell

Comment #116859 by markg on January 27, 2008 at 4:27 pm

Double Bass Atheist

By the description on page one of this thread, it appears as if this kid only mentioned the website to other kids?
As far as getting your son's school involved, they probably would not be able to do or say anything, since this (unfortunately) is a 1st Amendment/free speech issue. If this kid had given your son a religous tract, or brought a laptop to school and was showing others the video, that would be something you could tell the school.

132. Loneliness Breeds Belief in Supernatural

Comment #116596 by markg on January 26, 2008 at 7:30 pm

Richard Morgan
"...He thought he was God and I didn't."

When my wife says "Oh God" in exasperation, I reply, "Yes, you called?" She doesn't laugh.

133. Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #116490 by markg on January 26, 2008 at 3:43 pm

"I suspect it is a deep misunderstanding of what science is about."

Exactly, we continually hear them spouting evolution is "just a theory" and so on, meaning in their minds they don't think it's a proven fact. In the states I hear that all the time, from politicians and fundamentalists.

134. Interview with Richard Dawkins

Comment #116476 by markg on January 26, 2008 at 3:12 pm

righton

Righton, that's why I find it futile to argue with these people. Besides, do I look like a debater?

I'll leave that to smarter people, like Paula. Oh, wait she's taking a break this evening? Where is Steve Zara when you need him.

135. Ore. Court: Boy Has Say in Circumcision

Comment #116459 by markg on January 26, 2008 at 2:46 pm

Bertybob

Judging by your avatar, if your feet were that big when you were a baby, I'd hate to hear about your circumcision.

Ba dum bum. Thank You, I'm here all week too.

136. Ore. Court: Boy Has Say in Circumcision

Comment #116350 by markg on January 26, 2008 at 9:41 am

My wife and I made a decision before our son (now almost 3 yrs. old) was born not to have this done to him. We researched and found it is medically unnecessary and really only a religous or cultural thing. Here in the U.S. I think less people are choosing this these days than previously.

That didn't stop my mother-in-law from calling after he was born and asking why and making comments such as, "won't he be embarassed in a school lockerroom when he's older?" As if that were a worthwhile reason for a circumcision.

However, when my son is of legal age, if he should chose to have that done to himself, so be it.

137. Loneliness Breeds Belief in Supernatural

Comment #116337 by markg on January 26, 2008 at 9:08 am

To paraphrase Robert Di Niro's character in (Heat,) "I am alone, but I'm not lonely.

Yes, some of us are confusing loneliness and solitude. I think Sam Harris is refering to solitude when he talks about meditation, etc. He probably uses it to disconnect temporarily from the stresses of everyday life.

I can understand both. I was raised in a "Xtian home" (Northern Baptist - which is only slightly less nutty than Southern Baptist) in the U.S. I'm the only one of four children to have left that belief system and been "born-again" as an unbeliever. My mom used to say my sister and I liked to play by ourselves. My two brothers, however, would rather have had someone play with them. And my brothers are still outgoing and friendly more so than my sister or me.

Cartomancer, Home8896, Paula and others I certainly can relate to your comments. I lived alone for five years before I met my wife. I didn't have a problem living alone. I've been married 7 years, but still consider myself a loner. I have few friends and don't socialize that much.

My wife, son, job and all my interests (one being spending too much time at this website) keep me busy enough that I guess I don't feel lonely.

Mark

138. Huckabee Wants A 'Faith-based' Constitution

Comment #112135 by markg on January 16, 2008 at 12:24 pm

For those who need some comic relief after reading this depressing story, check this out:

http://www.theonion.com/content/opinion/i_got_what_america_needs_right#email_this

139. Bible bashing dying out in Kansas

Comment #102347 by markg on December 22, 2007 at 12:44 pm

At first I took this as bad news in a different way - bible bashing dying out. In the states we call them bible thumpers. Bashing the bible would be saying something negative. Then I realized this must be a British expression.