BiCoastal Kid

If you really understood evolution, or any of the ideas around it or anything about probability, you wouldn't have said those things unless you were going out of your way to sound like you didn't understand. I'm sorry if I'm mistaken, but as said before, you shouldn't post these kinda of things without anticipating a response.

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This is said with all due respect, but the Bible is nothing but a collection of stories written by men that were either divinely inspired, going off of passed-down stories, or more than likely writing of of what they witnessed(or observed) and yet you believe it is fact. Scientific theories are presented in the exact same way, and also provide with a means to test the presented ideas. So the problem isn't their methodology, it's simply your decision to place more faith in one than the other. If you would just leave it as "I don't believe in evolution" or more correctly "I don't understand evolution" instead of trying, and failing, to debase it you probably wouldn't have received so many responses.

I've lived in GA for about 12 years now and I'm still Atheist.

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I don't see how somebody not knowing about Linux would put our argument in trouble, since if they don't know about Linux they wouldn't be looking for Linux support. It just makes it non-applicable to said user. I also don't think you can say that Linux is at a lack of demand considering that most people don't even know about it. Give it the same amount of advertising and preinstallations as Windows and Mac and I think you'd see it do just as well. The problem is exposure, not desire. Most of the off the street people you're talking about are basically going to like, or at least handle, what you give them. That's why Windows still does so well with the uninformed even though it's the devil. Also, the professional assistance is expensive yeah, but you'd really only need it in cases of like DIRE emergency. Most problems can be easily addressed by asking about it on the free forum.

Oh I definitely understand Mac market to the less-savvy crowd who need a system(and want an image). However, for the average user I do think the desktop version Ubuntu would be recommendable. More than likely, if somebody is told about Linux or researches it their own, they will be told about the support community and know how to get to it. The main thing I saw in that article that would have been complex was altering a file for resolution and dual monitors, but the average user isn't going to use a dual monitor and will more than like use the default resolution anyway. And if he can't connect to the internet, as in doesn't have it, he probably won't have Linux anyway, but even if it's a connectivity issue he could still reboot to his Windows installation, which we're assuming he would leave installed until after he had all of his desired files properly transported to Linux, and connect there(as he is probably able to do, and probably downloaded Linux this way) and access the forums there for support. It may not be ready for "grandmas," but in the sense this is meant, these people aren't going to be able to do much on computers in general and would probably need some form of help regardless of the system they're running. Also, where did you get the $250 for support from? I can't find anywhere where you're charged to access the Ubuntu documentation or the community.

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Here is the thread you are looking for.

BK has better chicken.

I don't think this is put the best of ways. It's one thing to say that there is a high percentage of minorities in the correctional system, but it's a far leap in logic to apply those numbers to society. It's also ignoring a lot of sociological aspects, as well. The number of minorities in jail is a small percentage of minorities in general. To make a statement like this is the equivalent of saying "Christians priests and ministers like to touch children, it happens all the time, and this is supported by facts." Or maybe even, "Africa is AIDS free!" and that's dealing on a larger scale, with multiple races, and there's a larger percentage of "clean" Africans than there are American minorities in jail, and yet you still hear about how Africa is riddled with HIV/AIDS(which it is, but I'm using the numbers here to make a connection). I don't think it's indecent or rude at all to politely ask if you could get in front of somebody GRANTED you have a good reason, like riding with a train full of family. In fact, I would say it's more indecent for somebody to deny them in that situation when all it would cost is a few minutes of somebody's time to be nice to somebody. Also, just a quick comment on a lot of the racist talk in this thread: I think a lot of why people being offended here is context. I agree that pointing out somebody's race in this situation was entirely pointless. Robb brought the example of Joey's "Jew" screen name and how we joke around here. Just because it's okay in one context doesn't necessarily make right in all of them. This isn't just for race related thing either. It's kind of like how you can call your a friend a bitch when joking around, but if you're actually arguing calling her a bitch becomes scathing. This is to posts with a lack of tact.

I'm glad we have the same line of thinking on this matter.

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Ubuntu is extremely easy to use nowadays. You can find anything with very little trouble and most commonly used things that aren't packaged with the OS are available through various package managers (as well as Ubuntu's own package manager) that just require a click to install. I've been Windows-free for a couple of months now (have dabbled with different distros of Linux since sometime in 2001 and got a CS degree from a school that mainly programmed in a UNIX environment though) and honestly I've had a few minor issues with wireless networking and filesharing, but those were worked through in less than an afternoon with a little bit of patience and a little bit of help from the Ubuntu community, which is second to none in support. I don't quite know that Linux is ready for our grandmas yet, but Ubuntu is making great strides towards that area and the average somewhat-informed computer user should be able to manage it fairly easily, at least in my opinion. This whole post is quoted for truth. Ubuntu is probably the easiest I've seen. I'll be making the switch here as soon as I can get an external hard drive, since I plan on running Linux(Probably Ubuntu desktop, or the unofficial multimedia version) on my laptop when I get it for school. Yeah, there plenty of Linux distributions that require FAR more know-how, like my friend Daniel who uses the Slackware distribution(he also knows like, 8 code languages so he can go jump off a cliff in that respect), but with some look in the community, as mentioned, you can basically find anything you need.

Well for the same cost you can get a non-mac laptop with better specs, install a Linux distribution on there, and still have the ease of use and security that a Mac has since the Linux kernel is very similar to the Unix kernel that forms the base of the Mac operating system. Also, Linux is freeeeeeeeeeeeee. Also, there are tons of variations depending on what type of functionality you need for yourself, and they're all still freeeeeeeeeeeeee. Also, there are tons of freeeeeeeeeee programs for it. Also, you can get freeeeeeee apps and run mac AND windows programs on Linux, and still have the security and fanciness.

So basically you are getting a Mac because it's pretty?

A worker at Medical College of Georgia came and spoke to my AP Biology class last semester and talked to us about their studies with fruit flies, too. They're very common in genetic research because of their fast reproduction, which I cannot think of the word right now. It all seems very interesting, but I'd rather read about it than do it. More power to you. Your avatar made this post just that much better.

Ed, that cake is AWESOME.

Applauds.

Like noted earlier in the thread, the thing that would mostly separate cheer leading from dancing or marching is what the activity highlights. Competitive cheering highlights the coordination and athleticism of the cheer leaders, where as ballet, and break dancing to a far lesser degree, tries to highlight the artistic movements in coordination with the music. Cheering music is more of a crack-fest of excitement, but you could easily change the music and use the same routine. Dancing relies directly on the music for its inspiration. However, ballet dancing is in the Olympics and that still confuses me to a massive degree.

American Football isn't in the Olympics, either.

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I was bored the other day. Indeed.

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