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on Sunday May 08 2016, @11:49PM
from the I-can't-solve-DiffEq-with-a-computer dept.
from the I-can't-solve-DiffEq-with-a-computer dept.
This just in from the front lines of the War on the Unusual:
University of Pennsylvania economics professor Guido Menzio was solving a set of differential equations on a plane departing the Philadelphia airport when the woman next to him surreptitiously passed a note to a flight attendant telling them she thought he was a terrorist because of the strange things he was writing on a pad of paper. The plane returned to the gate where he was questioned. At least this time the pilot had enough sense not to kick him off the flight.
Remember folks, if you see something say something!
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Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday May 09 2016, @02:49AM
You're looking at this all wrong. Europeans have always known about alchemy, and various magical conversions. But, the thing is, all that magic only works when it is scratched out in the Devil's tongue - Arabic. If an Arabic imam were to be permitted to write chicken scratches on a notepad during takeoff, he might turn the engines into vulture wings, which wouldn't be strong enough to lift the aircraft, resulting in a crash. Everyone knows that you need roc wings to lift an aircraft.
Crazy talk, you say? Well, my observation is very valid for a population of superstitious, uneducated fools. And, for that reason, if I ever board another plane, I'll leave my writing instruments in my luggage. I'll definitely not pull out an electronic device, and fire up a terminal.
Which one of the famous (busted) hackers was it, someone reported that his computer didn't run Windows, but had a strange black screen with strange runes on it?
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2016, @03:36AM
he might turn the engines into vulture wings
What sauce should I use? Would incorporating rice wine or just plain vinegar be appropriate? As far as the scoville rating, should I restrain myself to the realm of the jalapeño pepper, or should I create a nuclear-class sauce?
These vulture wings are gonna be delicious when I get done with them!
Everyone knows that you need roc wings to lift an aircraft.
Even better! I'll prepare my best sauce for the occasion! Just add some molasses here, some serano peppers there, and ah! There we have it. Just needs a little butter to help it stick to the wings. Cook at 375°F for 35 minutes, turning once.
I think an egg mission is in order.... For science!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2016, @04:56AM
Cognitive dissonance alert!
Cognitive dissonance alert!
Post contradicted by sig.
User brain pressure approaching critical levels!
Fatal head assplode event in 5 minutes!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday May 09 2016, @05:42AM
Oh, how cute! The tiny AC with his tiny mind has attempted to enter into an adult discussion!
Well, AC, allow me to point out that Islam is predicated upon superstitious bullshit. Eating a bacon bit will dirty your soul for all eternity, and Allah will blast you out of existence? Feel free to rephrase that in the meaningless modern Progressive vernacular. Doing so may prevent your head from assploding.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2016, @06:52AM
Eating a bacon bit will dirty your soul for all eternity,
Well, at least they agree with the Jews about something!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2016, @01:22PM
> Well, AC, allow me to point out that Islam is predicated upon superstitious bullshit.
> Eating a bacon bit will dirty your soul for all eternity, and Allah will blast you out of existence?
Warning!
Warning!
This area contains dangerous levels of cognitive dissonance!
Permanent mental impairment detected!
Seek treatment immediately for fatal levels of teh stupid!
Leviticus 11:7-8
and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you.
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday May 09 2016, @01:30PM
And . . . ? You're still attempting to make some kind of a point? Well, please, spell it out for us. All of Soylent is waiting expectantly, just hoping that you are capable of making a point.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2016, @03:13PM
The point seems clear, your religion is just as much whackdoodle superstition as your enemy's religion. Denial ain't just for egyptians.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday May 09 2016, @03:59PM
No matter how whackdoodle it is, or however whackdoodle you think it is, Christians today do not run about shooting little children for cursing - http://aranews.net/2016/05/isis-extremists-execute-7-year-old-boy-syrias-raqqa/ [aranews.net]
Or, paying blood debts with their virgin daughters - http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/baad-afghanistan-virgin-slaves-given-away-end-disputes-n567696 [nbcnews.com]
I could go on all day. Oh - another gay man was thrown from a rooftop in Raqqa, yesterday I think.
Christianity seems to have matured, while Islam clings to those old tribal superstitions to justify the rivers of blood they love.
I'm not much into relativism, but relatively speaking, which system would you rather live under?
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by urza9814 on Monday May 09 2016, @05:55PM
No, they just go around planting bombs to kill doctors who provide medical care and executing people for showing affection towards someone of the wrong gender...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2016, @06:17PM
Check out the crazy shit american christians [deathandtaxesmag.com] have exported to uganda [theguardian.com] because they didn't have enough of a majority to make it happen here. And of course there is all the shit in christian majority Russia.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2016, @06:10PM
You are a broken record dude.
You cherry pick the worst of the worst and pretend it is the common case.
Someone else comes up with equally bad shit done by people of your religion and you hide behind the no true scottsman fallacy - one rule for your tribe, another rule for your enemy's tribe. You proclaim ethical superiority by demonstrating mental inferiority.
You may now proceed playing your record:
50,000 children abused, tortured, sometimes to the point of murder [ibtimes.co.uk] by christians in the congo (and London) for being inconvenient.
In 87% christian Brazil: 300 LGBT people murdered in 2012 [washingtonblade.com]
Gay youth stoned to death by mob [gaystarnews.com] in 69% christian Jamaica. They then post video to facebook. Not really [hrw.org] anything new. [archive.org]
WRT to ba'ad in afghanistan, your own citation says:
"It is contrary to Islam and humanity"
...
Mohammad Salim Hassani, a Shiite cleric backing the campaign, said baad encourages "the culture of immunity" among rural communities.
If it were islamic, rather than tribal, that shit would be going on in all the muslim majority nations, not just the backwaters of one backward country.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday May 09 2016, @02:04PM
I doubt either Islam or Judaism say you're screwed for eternity after one pig incident. You just need to ceremonially cleanse yourself (i.e. take a bath) and ask for forgiveness or something.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 09 2016, @07:48AM
magic only works when it is scratched out in the Devil's tongue - Arabic
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a population of superstitious, uneducated [USAian] fools
This might be a good point to mention that, for a bunch of centuries, the Catholic Church was in charge of everything in Europe.[1]
When they wrote, they did that in Latin--specifically so the masses wouldn't understand what was going on without the priesthood to decode it.
...and anything that deviated from Divine Writ, got burned.
If it wasn't for the Arabs, all scientific and mathematical knowledge might have been lost.
[1] ...and when Europeans (the most zealous of the bunch, of course) invaded the Western Hemisphere, they brought their silly superstitions with them.
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