Philocthetes

Philocthetes

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Reply to Science and God (One and the same?) in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="Jafo" reply="691" id="3042251"]The use of 'man', 'mankind', and even 'men' has always been accepted as inclusive of both sexes....in spite of the idiots of political correctness that would have prayers end in "Apersons"[/quote] Well frak you X ways from sideways. That "always" is presumptuous when you compare recently existing humans with estimates of the total historical human population, and more importantly, you're being a brat to respond lik

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Reply to Science and God (One and the same?) in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="k10w3" reply="688" id="3042216"]Scientists don't function as the mouth piece of God. Scientists don't claim to have the ability to absolve someone of their sins. Furthermore, scientists don't claim that they are getting their orders from an all-powerful, all-loving, all-knowing supreme being--they admit they are fallible men. [/quote] First, many scientists are not standard XY humans--plenty of them are ovary owners, and a share are probably neither XY nor XX.

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Reply to SOPA may go to House for vote on 12/21/11 in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

No disrespect, but the byte-centered media outlets might not be the only folks to read on the subject, especially because they have a vested interest in appearing to have a thorough understanding of systems that are far too complex for anyone to discuss accurately using plain English. I recommend mixing in articles like this one at Politico.com http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70554.html . My main complaint wi

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Reply to SOPA may go to House for vote on 12/21/11 in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

I haven't read any estimated vote counts for the final versions of the bills, but the tone of discussion about the markup in the House and the upcoming procedural floor vote in the Senate make it sound like some version will pass early next year. But this is a tricky one because there are big-money players on both sides of the argument. Google and Facebook vs. Big Media and drugmakers--maybe if someone chopped just the counterfeiting stuff out we could get that passed and stop thi

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Reply to Finaly the vulcans are an endangered species in Star Trek 2009. I can finally safely say>>> in Movies & TV & Books Elemental Forums

I'd just like to take this opportunity to say again that, as much as I like some of J.J. Abrams' TV work, what he did in that Farce Trek flick deserves some serious instant karma punishment. The brewery in the guts of a starship alone is worth ten thousand lashes with a wet noodle, and yet it is trumped by having water pipes large enough to beam a human into, and watch him freak out because said ludicrous tubes are, even more ludicrously, partially transparent. B

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Reply to You're Banned!: The Forum Game in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

Banned because if you're being mean to anyone, it's to those of us who have no idea about (or interest in) "Teamspeak." I have no doubt that Mrs. Starkers would let us know if anyone in this silly thread was actually abusing His Crustiness.

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Reply to You're Banned!: The Forum Game in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="starkers" reply="39241" id="3041255"]Banned for thinking you can't help it and letting your animal nature take swipes at people because you feel grading student papers is such a chore.[/quote] Banned because I thought part of the reason for this perversely long-lived thread was indulging animal weaknesses. Also, grading is a chore, but one that I enjoy overall. The swiping is just because of the details of my current chore. I'd make entirely different swipe

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Reply to SOPA may go to House for vote on 12/21/11 in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote who="psychoak" reply="5" id="3041213"]Morons are still morons regardless of the party system, it's a lost cause expecting society to be intelligent...[/quote] Ah, the soothing tones of a a reliable psychoak trope. Reassurances of your continuity aside, did you actually have an opinion on the SOPA bill? If you, me, and the Doc all agreed that it needed stopping, I'd have some hope that it might actually fail. Then again, if you agree with Doc & me &

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