Forum: Geeks' Lounge Jan 4th, 2009 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 566 The cleaning lady?
Seriously, it is necessary to assume the houses are ordered 1-5 (first to fifth) from left to right. Then a bit of persistence with eliminating anything that contradicts any... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Dec 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 378 It has to be. If guys and gals actually paid attention to what the other is really like, they would run a mile. Love is therefore nature's way of bringing members of the opposite sex together so... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Dec 19th, 2008 |
| Replies: 24 Views: 2,339 Naming a child James Bond is actually defendable: there were families named Bond for several generations who had a long-standing tradition of alternating children's names (a kid gets his... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Nov 3rd, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 699 So you're now a man without a country? |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Nov 1st, 2008 |
| Replies: 136 Views: 8,983 OK.... I'll concede that there are some who argue that science disproves creationism.
However, if you read most serious published work on the topic, most scientists conclude that the creationism... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Nov 1st, 2008 |
| Replies: 136 Views: 8,983 Only if you insist on imposing your own definitions of what science is. Manipulation of definitions is quite a convenient tool in discrediting competing ideas without having to resort to complete... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Oct 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 136 Views: 8,983 My definition of "fact" came straight from an english-language dictionary. I suppose I can't stop you questioning veracity of a dictionary to support your argument.
wiki has it's value, but I... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Oct 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 136 Views: 8,983 Neither am I. I am simply pointing out it is possible to construct a testable argument for evolution without relying on existence or not of a creator.
That's a self-fulfilling argument though. ... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Oct 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 136 Views: 8,983 No. Evolution is not the opposite of creationism, so proving one does not disprove the other. |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Oct 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 136 Views: 8,983 A fact is something established beyond all doubt, on the basis of evidence and reasoning, to exist or have happened. To establish something beyond doubt, there must be some awareness of doubt. ... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Oct 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 136 Views: 8,983 If you read my post again, you will see that I did not claim my theory is proven. I noted the way to disprove my theory is to prove the existence of a creator, and then prove that creator does not... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Oct 30th, 2008 |
| Replies: 136 Views: 8,983 My case in support of evolution is much simpler. And it works whether the creationists are right or not. ;)
1) If there is no creator, then things must have evolved somehow.
2) No... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Sep 16th, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 731 Stepping through a MS-DOS based program in an IDE trying to find the source of a bug. Next thing: the computer did a warm boot, but was unable to come up again because it couldn't find a system... |
Forum: Geeks' Lounge Sep 15th, 2008 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 1,285 While tempted to suggest "draw and quarter", the fairest treatment would be forcing them to pay my internet bill. After all, if they consume my bandwidth and quota without my permission, they... |