^^^ Yum, word salad.
Goodness me you are certainly full of yourself. Shame you are so eminently full of something else too.
Firstly, could you explain to me what your point '3' is meant to be a take-down of? It appears to be solely a way for you to brag about how awesome you were as a student. Doesn't really address anything else though, does it?
You suggested I learn more about the 'scientific method' and 'fallacious argument,' so I'm being equally passive-aggressive. |
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It is absolutely possible to reason about god or . . . No, because if you employ critical thinking and reasoning about the concept of 'God' you swiftly find that the notion falls apart as, in order to maintain the notions required for this topic of conversation, one has to become intellectually dishonest. What you could say, instead, is, "It is absolutely possible to speculate about God . . ." Which is just making shit up basically. Anything beyond that falls outside the bounds of intellectual honesty. any other subject science can't explore including the study of the very large (I.e. the universe as a whole), the very small (subatomic and quantum levels), extremely rare events (e.g. Alien encounters, UFOs, God manifesting the body of a single individual, etc.). Can't explore? I suspect you misunderstand what the scientific method actually is. Science, aside from being a method, is simply one of many theories of knowledge acquisition, and by no means is it the best Actually it is. You're just making false claims now in order to attempt to rubbish science and the scientific method so your ooky-spooky woo can be painted equally as valid a concept. It is not. I suggest you learn a bit more about both the scientific method and fallacious argument. Addressing responses to each quote: 1) Actually, God is a logical *necessity*, but unless you're actually curious about why this is, I'll spare you a lengthy explanation. For example, if you can prove absolute truth exists (this is ludicrously easy as any attempt to deny absolute truth only reaffirms its existence), and you set 'absolute truth'='God' or 'x' or 'Allah' or whatever else, then you're no longer speculating -- instead, you are reasoning about something that is demonstrably provable. If you have any doubts about the existence of absolute truth, I can dispell all of them in a few sentences. 2) Please tell me how science can explore something abstract (hint: it can't). I also hope you realize that science carries unfalsifiable (at least by its own methods) assumptions, e.g. we live in a Positivistic Universe. This is particularly interesting because a Positivistic Universe is provably illogical since invoking a Positivistic Universe requires invoking a logical fallacy, namely the assertion that any two relands 'x' and 'y' can actually be absolutely independent of one another; this is wrong. |
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They are so stupid... And still trying to prove or disprove something that couldn't be proved or disproved.  You can't "disprove" existence of Cthulhu or Flying Spagetty Monster through using a scientific approach. Science can't disprove existence of God because this statement does not apply to scientific knowledge. These two areas couldn't be overlapped, any attempt to merge scientific and religious knowledge doesn't make any sense. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FalsifiabilityScience is science, religion is religion. That's the point here. Science is science and religion is religion, yes. The problem is that the scientific method is often considered (by true scientists as well as the 'parrots' that regurgitate their findings) the *best* method of acquiring knowledge for all subjects. Accordingly, all other methods of knowledge acquisition are rendered inferior; and, if there's a subject science can't explore, the subject itself is rendered inferior or unworthy of discussion. This is where scientists become complete idiots. It is absolutely possible to reason about god or religion or any other subject science can't explore including the study of the very large (I.e. the universe as a whole), the very small (subatomic and quantum levels), extremely rare events (e.g. Alien encounters, UFOs, God manifesting the body of a single individual, etc.). Thankfully, we do have disciplines (e.g. Philosophy) that can soundly explore these topics in a reasonable, methodical way. Science, aside from being a method, is simply one of many theories of knowledge acquisition, and by no means is it the best or most comprehensive in scope for all topics. In short, science can't explore religion or religious claims because it is entirely ill-equipped to do so. But, don't be a fool in thinking this makes the topic unworthy of consideration, but instead recognize that science is unworthy of exploring it. |
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I'm in canada... How much for the 30 USB BEs?
I currently have an offer for 0.26 BTC for the entire lot (including hubs, fans, and shipping to continental US). I will leave this thread open for another 12 hours from the time of this post. If I don't field an offer higher than 0.26 BTC within 12 hours, then that bid wins. The bidder may confirm this if he/she chooses. |
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Karma is just another primitive anti-intellectual superstition. My $.02.  it can't be proven or disproven though. i would like to believe that there is some sort of universal order admist the chaos though. There are two. Mathematics and physics. My $.02. What do you call the system of order that encompasses both mathematics (abstract) and physics (physical)? |
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Karma is just another primitive anti-intellectual superstition. My $.02. I disagree with this. Karma is most often (mistakeably) interchanged with the phrase "what goes around comes around." I believe this is incorrect. Karma is just another word for "cause and effect." If I'm walking down the sidewalk and decide to randomly punch some stranger, karma doesn't imply that I, too, will be punched at some point, nor does it mean that I will necessarily face any legal repercussions. But, *some* effect is bound to happen. For example, the fact that I decided to randomly punch someone suggests that I'm carrying around some type of negative thoughts/emotions/feelings, etc. Punching someone will both 1) reinforce these negative thoughts/emotions/feelings, and 2) will make it more probable that I will act aggressively towards someone in the future. Both of these effects are negative consequences that I will endure, and accordingly I will have to deal with the resulting stress that comes from having angry thoughts/feelings or aggressive intentions. |
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Back in my undergraduate, college years, I worked at a smoothie place in Santa Barbara. They had all these additives and supplements customers could purchase for a small fee to add to their smoothies. As employees, we were entitled to one free smoothie per shift.
One of the available supplements was guarana, an energy supplement with high concentrations of caffeine. Unlike the other powdered supplements which were scooped out of cups with plastic teaspoons, the guarana was kept in a shaker (e.g. like salt or pepper). I tried shaking a little guarana into my daily smoothie during one of my shifts, but the cap was loose and I ended up dumping the whole shaker of guarana into my drink.
I didn't want to waste the other ingredients I had already put into my drink, so instead I decided to use a spoon to scoop out the excess guarana. Big mistake; apparently, I didn't get nearly enough guarana out.
I was fortunate that I decided to make the smoothie at the end of the shift so that, 30 minutes later, I was out of work and back at my apartment when all of the vomiting and shitting began.
I remember it was one of the worst physical sicknesses I've ever experienced. I felt ice cold and my body was shaking profusely for several hours, and although my body felt completely exhausted and the slightest movement would make me puke instantly, finding a comfortable position, let alone sleeping, was impossible. I ended up calling poison control and very nearly went to the hospital. About six hours later, I had finally recovered.
TL;DR: Don't overdose on caffeine.
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My take on eating meat:
1) If you eat plants, you're not killing, but you are raping and pillaging the food source and/or homes of other animals and insects.
2) By eating higher up the food chain, you can extract more energy per creature eaten. Do you know how many vegetables you would need to eat have to consume same number of calories in a single cow?
3) It's nutritious and healthy.
Finally someone pointed out a few valid points. Also it isn't that unhealthy to eat meat. 1) Many plants have a symbiotic relationship with people, we make sure their offspring thrive; market based corporative evolution at play. We kill pests at our expense, the more we do it the more we need to manage the process. Here diversity and sustainable growing techniques like horticulture is your friend. 2) Calories come from plants, for every 10 calorie fed to an animal you get 1 calorie back, if you are into consuming just calories, go eat high fructose corn syrup, it is plant based and more rich in calories than any meat. 3) Meat is nutritious if you are among the unlucky who don't know any better. On health coming from a meat and potatoes diet and just cur out meat, that is unhealthy, or substituting meat protean with refined carbohydrates that is unhealthy, but if you take the effort to balance your diet vegetarianism is way healthier. If you are malnourished, meat is a good food substitute, when you trade off the higher levels of consciousness you can enjoy at the expense of the lower levels animals. 1) The point is simply that vegetarians aren't exempt from the moral landscape. 2) Again, animals are going to eat plants regardless of whether we kill them for food or not. And to the previous poster who mentioned the number of cows on farms is likely larger than the number of cows capable of being naturally sustained in the wild is starting to veer off-topic. The question is whether it's wrong to eat meat, not which methods of global food production/distribution are most efficient. 3) I trained as an amateur bodybuilder for four years under the direct supervision of a former Mr. Universe champion who also had experiences training the Detroit Lions minor league football team, etc. My diet during those four years consisted of eating ~300-400g protein per day of which about 80% came directly from meat, and most of the rest came from oatmeal. During those four years, over 95% of my daily caloric intake came from steak, tuna, oatmeal, and nothing else. At one point, I had integrated about 16-24 oz. of mixed vegetables per day into my diet, but the difference it made, though noticeable, wasn't all that significant. I'm still in great health and am able to do 100 consecutive push-ups, 35 pull-ups, and run 8.5 miles in just under an hour. I have not had any vegetables in my diet for about two years excluding a few salads and asparagus sides at restaurants. |
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His points don't make much sense at all. And try eating a diet of only meat and see what happens.
1) That's his personal view. 2) Is correct, you need to eat a lof of plants to make up for eating a single cow. 3) This is also correct. What are you talking about? A cow which you had to feed with much more plants than you would have needed if you ate them directly... But you seem to be missing the fact that a cow is going to eat plants whether you knock its head with a brick or not. |
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My take on eating meat:
1) If you eat plants, you're not killing, but you are raping and pillaging the food source and/or homes of other animals and insects.
2) By eating higher up the food chain, you can extract more energy per creature eaten. Do you know how many vegetables you would need to eat have to consume same number of calories in a single cow?
3) It's nutritious and healthy.
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I believe a nice way to conceptualize the current state of the market is to understand the difference between 'perception' and 'reality'.
The 'perception' lately is that Bitcoin has been under attack and is running into obstacle after obstacle, setback after setback. This is most notably reflected in recent news stories about China and Mt. Gox, the IRS tax ruling, etc.
The 'reality' is that there has been a steady level of growth on all fronts in recent months -- new users are using, new businesses are accepting, new infrastructure is developing, and new investors are investing.
When perception catches up to reality, up we go.
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Bump |
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I am mining with enough GH/s to make a payout.. I tested my theory and mined with 100GH/s and seen the payout, Then I mined with 500GH/s ...The payout per shares was much higher..
Thanks for your feedback.
Let me get this straight -- you're saying that you believe mining with a higher hashrate actually increases the amount of BTC awarded *per share*? No. Using hypothetical numbers, let's say that you receive, on average, ~1 BTC per 100 GH/s per 24/hr. period. This means that with 500GH/s you will receive, on average, ~5 BTC per 500GH/s per 24/hr. period. The reward per share is not higher; you simply have a larger proportion of the pool's hashrate and are compensated according to that ratio. The only purpose your proposal serves is to make it a hassle for miners to receive the same payout they would otherwise receive by being smart and staying the hell away from your deal. |
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My recommendation: *AVOID*
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HI,
Im interested in buying some bitcoin related articles and tutorials for my website Jtech4you.com
-Must be 100% your own writing
- paying 0.015 per 1000 words
- Article must use good gamma and well written
- Must be member or higher ranked to write article
The articles can also be tutorials for other tech things such as the raspberry pi .....
Send me a topic you would like to write about and i will ether confirm or decline
Thanks,
JT
I might be interested at 10x-15x the rate you are proposing. |
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Everybody says same thing. " We know bitcoin system. "
If you know the system of bitcoin why don't you fix mtgox problem? Where is 850.000 bitcoins?
Why bitcoin value depens on buy and sell orders? Was bitcoin depends on difficulty? Why bitcoin need buyers?
Come on guys face to real!
Mt. Gox is a business, Bitcoin is not. ALL bitcoins and bitcoin transactions are visible on the Blockchain where they will forever stay. Go throw $850,000 paper cash into a fire and see what happens. Anything in the world, not just bitcoins, are valued by what people are willing to exchange for them. "Was bitcoin depends on difficulty?" is a question I don't understand, so I won't respond to it. "Why bitcoin need buyers?" is just a *bad* question. TL;DR: You have no idea what you're talking about. |
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In my opinion Bitcoin is a big scam which created by drug dealers, hackers, illegal money resources[/b].We buy bitcoin to sell it. It likes gambling. Everyone wants to make money easly. But there is no way to make money with buy bitcoin. We just beleive it and pray like the religion. Nobody really knows how to work bitcoin system.It is just there is a thing that value XXX or XXXX. But need to realize that we do that. There is no real thing.
I am lucky because I quit bitcoin buy and sell.
Do not angry me it is reality. I respect if you agree or disagree.
It's really not a matter about agreeing or disagreeing. I'm just not sure you understand the difference between an opinion and a guess. You can have an opinion that Bitcoin is bad or good, but 'opinion' is irrelevant to things like whether it's a scam, who it's created by, etc. It seems nobody here really knows who created it, but we do know that the code is open-source and can be demonstrably proven to not be a scam. If someone creates a scam using Bitcoin, then the scam is the scam, not Bitcoin. You're also demonstrably wrong that there is no way to make money buying BTC. I bought, I made money, so you're demonstrably wrong there, too. There is nothing to have an opinion about, here. Comparing Bitcoin to religion is absurd. I assume you mean that people pray for the price to go up just like people pray to God and hope for a positive outcome. What do you think 'any' investor 'anywhere' does? They buy into an investment because they believe the price will go up, and they pray/hope it does. When you ask a girl out on a date, you pray/hope she says yes. When you apply for a job, you pray/hope you get hired. Your analogy is entirely useless. "It" likes gambling? Who? Bitcoin? Do you think Bitcoin is a person or something?  I know how to "work bitcoin system." I've never been scammed, hacked, or anything, and every transaction I've ever made has been flawless and more cost-effective than traditional payment systems. Regarding your comment that "there is no real thing," what do you mean by "real"? Do you mean something needs to be physical to have value or be real? If that's what you believe, and if you are correct (hint: you're not), then it follows that your thoughts and opinions aren't real, thereby rendering this entire thread useless. I am lucky because I quit bitcoin buy and sell. Now THAT'S an opinion! |
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