1551. Richard Dawkins lecture at ASU's Tempe Campus

Comment #192057 by mordacious1 on June 12, 2008 at 12:09 pm

Oh it's back.

After the posts were removed, there are a series of Goldy saying: "Have a banana" "Have a banana", now that is funny.

Josh

Gotta block this guy, too.

1552. Analysis of SB 733: 'LA Science Education Act'

Comment #192046 by mordacious1 on June 12, 2008 at 11:35 am

room101

Another Federal Court case on the horizon methinks. Not suprised, it is LA after all.

1553. Richard Dawkins lecture at ASU's Tempe Campus

Comment #192039 by mordacious1 on June 12, 2008 at 11:12 am

Al

That was weird. First you distract me with your link, and then some bible thumpers knock on the door. These guys were looking for deaf people to teach bible lessons to in sign language.

Devil in one ear, god in the other...or should I use "ear" in this case?

edit: I just realized...if they are looking for deaf people, why did they knock? hmmm

1554. Richard Dawkins lecture at ASU's Tempe Campus

Comment #192032 by mordacious1 on June 12, 2008 at 10:59 am

Richard and Quetz

It's one thing being a troll and not being funny, it's another when the troll is out to be offensive. I do not mean in the normal name calling sense, but he made a post on "Tribute to a Beloved Mentor" that was over the line. It suggested that Richard was posting this in order to sell more books. This guy is a real a-hole and I am suprised he hasn't been banned yet.

1555. Physicist Claims First Real Demonstration of Cold Fusion

Comment #192028 by mordacious1 on June 12, 2008 at 10:52 am

Vergil

..."But I think the same is still true of most message boards".

I like to watch NOVA on TV. But according to your thinking, NOVA sucks, because most TV sucks. I think this is called "generalizing".

1556. Debating creationism in Louisiana schools

Comment #192013 by mordacious1 on June 12, 2008 at 10:05 am

Purps

Sorry, they don't have stereo in LA yet. Probably never will if they teach ID in their schools instead of real science.

1557. New British Petition: Stop the Nightmares

Comment #192007 by mordacious1 on June 12, 2008 at 9:52 am

Szymanowski

My son was born with autism. Per your comments, I could spend all day calling him a fucking retard, and I would be within my free speech/parental rights. Thankfully, this isn't the case. If Child Protective Services found out I was doing that, he'd be gone faster than you could say "First Ammendment".

1558. Holiday in Hellmouth

Comment #191997 by mordacious1 on June 12, 2008 at 9:24 am

phatbat

I would agree with you, if this hadn't been tried before. Everyone has tried to use logic/reasoning with him, and he just ignores it and goes on about his rants. The solution is to totally ignore him, as some have suggested, or throw an insult his way once in awhile. Ignoring is probably best, but insulting can be fun...

He probably needs more material for his next "book", and the man surely has to make a living off the mindless who would buy his drivel. (Ah, got my insult in).

1559. Holiday in Hellmouth

Comment #191842 by mordacious1 on June 12, 2008 at 1:18 am

David

Have you noticed that your posts don't get deleted from this site, even though most of it is drivel? Your site however cannot take the criticism, and you delete entire threads. You seem to be able to dish it out, but not take it. Still sensitive about being teased in high school (not sure of the equivalent in UK)?

1560. Discussion between Richard Dawkins and Paula Kirby

Comment #191841 by mordacious1 on June 12, 2008 at 1:10 am

Oh, I wish I would have known about the "rake off" last week, just ordered a pile of books from amazon. I was waiting for them to get "Modern Science Writing" in. In the future, I will certainly head there from here.

As an aside, does anyone here read David Eller's books? I find them to be well written and not just rehash. He comes to Atheism from an Anthropologist's point of view. He is not a top seller, I do not understand why not.

Cheers.

1561. Physicist Claims First Real Demonstration of Cold Fusion

Comment #191825 by mordacious1 on June 11, 2008 at 11:40 pm

Vergil

"Unfortunaltely, the posters in this forum are really not that much different from posters in most forums, or people in general. People just like to give opinions on things about which they know little to nothing".

I beg to differ. Posters on this site fall into 3 types: 1) the type you mentioned. IMHO this is a small %. 2) Posters, like myself, who know quite a bit about science, but are not experts in everything. Hard to be polymathic today, with all the info out there. I make stupid posts, and ask stupid questions, but my purpose is to learn. If it is pointed out to me that I am wrong, I research the topic to the best of my ability, and become more informed on the subject. 3) People who really know their shit, ie. Steve Zara has corrected me on a few things in physics, not to put me down, but to teach. I appreciate it. A lot of our posters are Phd's or students in many fields. Generally it is a bright bunch.

I think your comment says more about you, than the posters here. No offense.

I've read alot about cold fusion since this topic has been posted. I think it is far from meeting "the test" of which you guys speak. The onus is on you to prove otherwise, and not just dismiss posters out-of-hand.

Cheers

1562. New British Petition: Stop the Nightmares

Comment #191807 by mordacious1 on June 11, 2008 at 8:56 pm

fizhburn

They can have as many kids as they like, unless a court says they can't, ie. condition of probation for crack use, but it isn't a "god-given" right.

1563. Debating creationism in Louisiana schools

Comment #191803 by mordacious1 on June 11, 2008 at 8:07 pm

ghuckin

Thanks for the link. How did I miss this, it is excellent, although parts of it made me cringe. I'd rather watch the scariest zombie movie, than watch a moronic creationist explain his views.

1564. Debating creationism in Louisiana schools

Comment #191801 by mordacious1 on June 11, 2008 at 7:53 pm

Gene Mills= mole. Still have my mallet in my hand.
whack whack whack WHACK. OOOO That last one got 'em.

1565. New British Petition: Stop the Nightmares

Comment #191799 by mordacious1 on June 11, 2008 at 7:29 pm

fizhburn

Nope.

But you know that.

1566. New British Petition: Stop the Nightmares

Comment #191786 by mordacious1 on June 11, 2008 at 6:00 pm

I've always thought that threatening your kids with hellfire or anything else that isn't true like this, is a sure sign that the parents lack any parenting skills whatsoever. This goes for corporal punishment too. The problem is, these guys are not as smart as their kids, so they have to result to something "scarey" to get CONTROL. It backfires later when the kid realizes the parent can't control him/her that way anymore and metaphoricaly gives the parents the finger.

With a rational upbringing the child will grow into adulthood respecting their parents.

Unfortunately, I don't think you can legislate away stupidity. If you outlaw corporal punishment, then they make threats. If you outlaw threats, then they will use something else just as abusive. Therefore: IQ tests for parents!

1567. Tribute to a Beloved Mentor

Comment #191780 by mordacious1 on June 11, 2008 at 5:24 pm

Is anyone else flagging this guy as a troll. Why is it taking so long to zap his stupid ass?

1568. Analysis of SB 733: 'LA Science Education Act'

Comment #191778 by mordacious1 on June 11, 2008 at 5:15 pm

Oh shit, where did I put the whack a mole mallet? Oh, there it is. This kind of crap is going to keep popping up. whack whack WHACK WHACK...

1569. New British Petition: Stop the Nightmares

Comment #191590 by mordacious1 on June 11, 2008 at 9:15 am

If you sign this, you will burn in Hell!! Your skin will peel off for eternity (don't worry they have lots of extra skin down there).

For those of you up north:

If you sign this, you will freeze in Hell!

edit: So where's the american version?

1570. Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind

Comment #191577 by mordacious1 on June 11, 2008 at 8:58 am

Jeffers

The best daft (and incorrect) sentence in English I know:

There is a god!

1571. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #191404 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 9:06 pm

These guys would rather have a "born again virgin" who is lying her ass off, than have a woman who tells them the truth. I think that this culture raises very immature men.

1572. A word for nonbelievers

Comment #191392 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 7:54 pm

Guys

google David Robertson and find his web site, you'll find where he is coming from. He is basicly a troll who uses circular logic and doesn't answer direct questions. He is also known for writing bad checks. He also put out a really crappy book about responses he gets from this site.

1573. Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind

Comment #191363 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 5:07 pm

Promnitz

Didn't see your post, beat me to it.

1574. Kluge: The Haphazard Construction of the Human Mind

Comment #191360 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 4:59 pm

I don't see the reasoning behind the word "Kluge". In German, Kluge means prudently or sagaciously. Ein Kluger Mann is a wise man. Is this opposite day again?

edit: or are they referring to General Feldmarshall Guenther von Kluge of WWII fame? Can't see that either.

1575. Court Claim: Chimps Are People, Too

Comment #191327 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 3:13 pm

So, how long does it usually take to get a troll bumped off this site?

1576. Logical Proof of the Existence of a Divine Creator, Why Atheism is Not Logically Sound

Comment #191325 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 3:09 pm

Ahem...I actually found this article quite useful (read on before sticking a trident in me).

I had lunch with an xian today, who always gives me the blah blah blah crap that they do. So I printed this article and when he started up, I handed it to him and said: "All your arguments are contained in here". He read it and shut up.

We had a peaceful lunch for a change.

1577. Court Claim: Chimps Are People, Too

Comment #191313 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 2:39 pm

John McCain has just come out opposed to chimp marriage. He stated that they can monkey around all they want to, but the government is not going to condone marriage, unless it is between a male
H. Sapien and a female H. Sapien.

In other news, the Drudge Report, is reporting that McCain has fathered an illegitimate child with "Daisy", a Chimp at the Phoenix Zoo.

1578. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #191274 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 1:39 pm

Peacebeuponme

I hit the troll button on Richard_Dawkins on another thread.

1579. Hints of structure beyond the visible universe

Comment #191169 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 10:08 am

7Fred7

Yes, I realize your point. But the word "inflation", can be used either way. For example, Some suggest that we have: inflation, crunch, inflation, crunch...These guys use inflation to mean expansion, including the rapid inflation immediately after the BB. I know it's just semantics, but I prefer: rapid inflation, or rapid expansion for right after the BB. Then inflation or expansion there after, though you're right when you suggest that most cosmologists use expansion for the later time, it gets confusing for people who don't understand the diff.

1580. Bacteria make major evolutionary shift in the lab

Comment #191160 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 9:56 am

Josh

Summer re-runs already?

1581. Regime change in heaven

Comment #191158 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 9:54 am

Did I upset the negotiations when I mooned him the other night? See what happens when the government does things without telling the populace.

1582. Court Claim: Chimps Are People, Too

Comment #191139 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 9:30 am

Duff

You just insulted my neighbor's jackass! Take it back!

The problem here is: where do you draw the line. Are we related to chimps? Yes. Do we have common ancestor's with my neighbor's jackass? Yes. Bacteria? Yes. So on and so on...

1583. Loyal to Its Roots

Comment #191127 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 9:08 am

This is one of those articles that makes me roll my eyes. The science behind it is probably good, but the wording annoys me. Journalists! The plant recognizes its kin (that you Harry?), it hunts its prey (okay, quiet everyone, so we can sneak up on this weed, GOT HIM! Yea!) and so on...

edit: Can plants learn? No, no, and no. Can natural selection prefer those that do a certain thing a certain way, chemically, mechanicly? Duh of course.

edit, edit: My mom, and many others, believed, that if you talk to your house plants, they grow better. I tried to explain, that if you're spending that much time with your damn plant, you're more likely to notice when it needs water or more light, or that it has bugs. Hence the plant grows better.

edit edit edit: "Society of Plant Neurobiology"!!!!! Give me a break, my mother would probably have belonged to this.

1584. Hints of structure beyond the visible universe

Comment #191123 by mordacious1 on June 10, 2008 at 9:00 am

I like the caveat, that this is only the "framework of a theory". This area of cosmology is getting a lot of interesting info lately, but it's going to be awhile before solid theories can be put forth.

Does anyone know if this asymmetry was predicted by anyone? or was a complete suprise? I would expect the big bang to have been symmetrical, maybe because everyone else did. Interesting stuff.

"A rapid growth spurt called inflation". Well, that part I can argue with, inflation continues today, and hopefully for awhile still. Big crunches are hard to deal with.

1585. Logical Proof of the Existence of a Divine Creator, Why Atheism is Not Logically Sound

Comment #190843 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 5:50 pm

Wow. It amazes me, how many people made it through the first few lines. I started reading and the voice in my head started chanting blah blah blah blah blah. Then some were able to go all the way through it and analyze it line by line (granted, it's not difficult if you can stomach it).

I was on David Robertson's site and then this, in one day. Gotta go find a very tall, intelligently designed building, to throw myself off.

1586. Logical Proof of the Existence of a Divine Creator, Why Atheism is Not Logically Sound

Comment #190661 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 10:46 am

croatcat

This is off-topic, but why not, the article is so f-ing stupid.

Your post reminded me of once when I was renting a house from a fundie. He wouldn't let me even change a washer in the faucet, even though I helped construct a 3 story building previously. He would only hire people from his church. What a group of losers these guys were.

The best example was the painter. He only charged the guy $50, or so he said, to paint 3 rooms. First, he dribbled paint all over my clothes in the closet, I settled w/ the landlord for $500. Then he was painting behind the toilet, and his weight crushed the toilet, that cost $200 . Then he was painting the bedroom, and I asked why it was taking so long, and he said he had to put 7 coats on this "dark spot" and it still wouldn't go away. I explained that the dark spot was a shadow.

After all that, the landlord rehired him to seal my deck. He took stain and thinned it out with kerosene, so it would "soak in better". During his break, he lit up a smoke...well you know what happened.

After all this, the landlord still hired him to do more work because "he's a fellow christian and is doing the lord's work". I was moving out by then so I said "the lord does some pretty shitty work, if you ask me."

1587. Holiday in Hellmouth

Comment #190646 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 10:25 am

SG

Well, now I have a face to put with the comments (wish I didn't). Does this guy look like the guy in high school that all the kids would stick "kick me" signs on? Maybe his turning to god was due to no friends, imaginary ones work if you have no others.

1588. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190623 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 9:50 am

Al

Trust me. Once your in, and if you're willing to "play ball", you can get all the action you want. Contrary to popular belief, these agencies often work hand in hand. From my personal experience though, you might want to stick to the analysis part, the rest can get very murky, morally. The one hangup for "action", if I read that word correctly, is that usually these guys are recruited from the military, proven ability to keep one's mouth shut and follow orders and all that.

Good luck with your job hunt. NSA probably has an online application. When I worked for them, it was still called "No Such Agency", but times have changed since "The Puzzle Palace" was published.

I wish I could elaborate, but I can't.

1589. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190601 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 9:34 am

Al

You do speak arabic or a middle eastern language? If so, with your knowledge of the islamic world, have you tried the NSA?

1590. Complex Synapses Drove Brain Evolution

Comment #190553 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 8:51 am

Steve13

Welcome.

Irate

Have you taught your son your catch word? When he is a teenager he'll be using it on you. Ha ha

Article

The brain.......The Last Frontier (sorry Star Trek fans)

1591. Logical Proof of the Existence of a Divine Creator, Why Atheism is Not Logically Sound

Comment #190543 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 8:44 am

Same old tripe, instead of a 747 it's 10,000 hundred story buildings. Rehash, repeat, regurgitate. on and on and on and on....

1592. Trailer for Religulous

Comment #190535 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 8:40 am

Oh, so I won't go see his film because he is a critic of disease research on animals? He is a comedian and satarist exposing religious people, enough for me. Oh, and the fact that he's good at it too.

1593. Holiday in Hellmouth

Comment #190502 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 7:58 am

scottishgeologist

Thanks. I only got 3 hrs. sleep last night and I took your link and watched David's video. Ah, way to start my morning, barfing.

David Robertson

You are a low-life, scum-bag, fucktard. You can quote me in your next book.

1594. Holiday in Hellmouth

Comment #190395 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 2:32 am

Juxta

It must be at least 3:30 am where you are. Too much caffeine?

1595. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190389 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 2:26 am

alabasterocean

Cursing and bad language? What fucking cursing? I haven't noticed much of that shit here.

1596. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190386 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 2:22 am

Tyler

...and I thought for sure McCain was going to pick Joe Lieberman (a jew) as his running mate, since Joe's had his nose so far up McCain's butt lately, but he can't do that now can he?

edit: these guys are best friends, I wonder how Joe feels about being insulted like this.

1597. Holiday in Hellmouth

Comment #190378 by mordacious1 on June 9, 2008 at 2:07 am

Spelling Bee results: 1 pt. for juxtamonkey for getting the American spelling right. 2 pts for clearthinker for knowing both English and American spellings. Sorry Juxta you lose this round.

Unfortunately, that is not as bad as burning in hellfire. Since there is a commandment for stealing, Thou shalt not steal, and since knowingly writing bum checks (american sp.) is stealing, then clearthinker is toast. Oh wait, you can always be forgiven by god for that, so I guess clearthinker can write as many rubber checks as he wants, as long as god gets a cut.

2 a.m. here, g'nite all.

Juxta You used the British spelling for therefor, I'll give you half a pt. for that.

1598. Holiday in Hellmouth

Comment #190346 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 11:00 pm

thewhitepearl

Mind went blank?

Border

Actually I was referring to epeeist, I told you he was from England, I just hope he is. You didn't check out his link about sailing? Your loss I think, he is one lucky fellow.

1599. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190302 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 7:04 pm

thewhitepearl

Umm....In god We Trust was first put on the 2 cent piece in 1864, I think Samuel P. Chase was the Sec. of the Treasury back then and approved it.

edit: I know, I know: who gives a (FIB).

1600. John McCain: America a Christian nation, needs Christian president

Comment #190292 by mordacious1 on June 8, 2008 at 6:05 pm

man: "So this is the Frank Lloyd Wright House?".
lady: "Yes, it is.".
man: "Boy, it's in great shape.".
lady: "Well, we just had a contractor renovate the whole place.".
man: "What was his name?".
lady: "Bud Smith.".
man: "How come it's not called the Bud Smith House then?".