I remember perfectly a lot of threads in which you participated, and I'll remember SamH immortal words when you talked about self-hating jews. If you want I can make a short recollection of your deeds. My glasses are extremely fine, and the search function too.
Edit: I think no one should argue about your disruptive nature when talking about politics. It's self evident, as your accusation of being an anti-semite to the author of the video is. Stop spreading political FUD.
Evolutionist ideas aren't changing, they are evolving. Science has always worked that way.
From Wikipedia:
Scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena and acquiring new knowledge, as well as for correcting and integrating previous knowledge. It is based on gathering observable, empirical, measurable evidence, subject to specific principles of reasoning.
And this means science doesn't acknowledge its perfection. Still, it's the best method that suits our nature of observing, reasoning, measuring beings. I'll stick to Dante's words, which came from a darker age:
Consider the seed from which you sprang;
You were not made to live like unto brutes,
But for pursuit of virtue and knowledge.
You come here spitting hatred (as usual) and you talk about disagreement? Get real! Or better, start reading and thinking.
No, you usually get flamed for saying silly (and sometimes hideous) things and lowering the level of a debate.
No problem at all.
I say this as an agnostic, and being raised as a catholic.
I have been baptised and confirmed, and for the Italian state I'm still a catholic. I must add that however I never felt coherced by my family into catholicism, it was more a tradition.
We (three brothers) didn't have a single problem expressing doubts or beliefs (even atheist ones) in the family, and we've never been adversed by our parents.
So, all in all, we were free, although, as Catholics, theroretically stricter than Christians. But I recognise we experienced levels of freedom that other people may not have experienced.
Fabri91, I'm sure we have lots of bigots here in Italy. The situation is far worse than in other so called civilised countries because there are institutional ties between secular powers and the catholic church.
The last episode was when Rivera's satire about the Vatican has been dubbed as terrorism: Rivera (a humorist) was only saying obvious things with which you could strongly disagree, but they were intended only as a humorous critic. But instead of meeting a simple disagreement his words have been dubbed as an act of terrorism by L'Osservatore Romano (which is the Roman Church's newspaper). Such labels should ALWAYS be strongly resisted because they are false, misleading and completely taken out of context. Rivera has a guitar in his hands, not a handgun, and his words were nowhere inciting to violence.
There should have been a strong global political answer condemning the Vatican for such hideous labelling, but the answers were at best weak. Too many politicians applauded the Vatican for such a loathsome use of words.
I'm for a strong, individual intellectual reaction in these cases.
The last episode was when Rivera's satire about the Vatican has been dubbed as terrorism: Rivera (a humorist) was only saying obvious things with which you could strongly disagree, but they were intended only as a humorous critic. But instead of meeting a simple disagreement his words have been dubbed as an act of terrorism by L'Osservatore Romano (which is the Roman Church's newspaper). Such labels should ALWAYS be strongly resisted because they are false, misleading and completely taken out of context. Rivera has a guitar in his hands, not a handgun, and his words were nowhere inciting to violence.
There should have been a strong global political answer condemning the Vatican for such hideous labelling, but the answers were at best weak. Too many politicians applauded the Vatican for such a loathsome use of words.
I'm for a strong, individual intellectual reaction in these cases.
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Mmmm... probably you're right.
The country as a whole, just like here. Watch the video, feel the presence of the angels and the sense of unity. Ahhh, the peace. What would Jesus say?
Edit: I suddenly realise that despite the date on the site this video is very, very old. My apologies go to those who know it already.
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When I read the title of the thread I thought "Oh, not another uninspired thread with a ridiculous title"...
I'm glad my expectations were wrong, General Lee. And congrats to hectic too for the short answer
I'm glad my expectations were wrong, General Lee. And congrats to hectic too for the short answer
At this time it doesn't look like a sound card problem. First ensure you installed the latest stable drivers for your ATI. Second, if that doesn't help, try lowering down to 4X the AGP acceleration in the BIOS, and disable Fast Write. You may disable VPU recover too. There are plenty of discussions about these issues on the 'net.
Disable the soundcard if you can. Anyway, first try the following:
Start, Run
type dxdiag, then enter
go to the audio section
drag the acceleration slider completely to the left. This sorts out problems with some chipsets, as I said in my previous post.
To disable the soundcard: either you do it from the control panel (hardware management or whatever it's called in English) disabling it in the OS (but I would recommend a more radical hardware disabling approach in this case, or the above method to see if Directx sound hardware acceleration is the cause), or you do it in the BIOS configuration if you have onboard sound, as previously mentioned by IHateBureacracy. On some mobos you have to disable it phisically moving a jumper. Refer to the manual of your motherboard.
Not exactly, or better, this is only part of the answer to your question. I just don't think that this particular mentality applies only to the U.S.A., although the conscience of having huge firepower abilities helps a lot.
But this would be a long, troublesome explanation that would hurt the feelings of too many people here and would be just blindly dubbed as antiamericanism. I'm generally fed up of the abysmal ignorance of people who still believe that Al Qaeda had strong ties with Saddam Hussein, there's no use in talking to them, so I'll let the IEDs talk and convince them with the onlly language they understand.
Not exactly, that's the nature of an asymmetrical war, or tipical guerrilla, if you like. The ones with lesser firepower resort to means that are usually criticised by the ones who previously overwhelmed them with a rain of bombs. Read the funny comments about cowardice posted by viewers of those clips, they remind me a lot of people have no brain.
Or try disabling sound acceleration with dxdiag. Nforce2 chipsets are known to have problems with hw accel.
My notion of nation is neither sentimentalistic nor idealistic, studying Friulian history would help. Anyone there's no use to talk about this again, it's far from being useful, and far from being philologically correct. Hence, I stay out, since you like attributing me characteristics I can't recognise while changing (to my eyes) the original denotational notion of Nation, resorting only to connotation. This is far from being a correct use of the term. I agree with most of Pasolini's conclusions but I don't have his sense of opportunistic unity when it comes to times where political action is needed. This is a bad habit of the Italian left, and Pasolini, while critic, never realised completely its fallacies. Nevertheless some critics say that Pasolini owes many of his political and literary beliefs to the Gramscian concept of national-popular, the biggest Gramscian heritage in literature. Now I call it quits.
Borgata is just a quarter. Borgatari is the correct definition, or Gente di Borgata.
Borgata is just a quarter. Borgatari is the correct definition, or Gente di Borgata.
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Again, you're mistaking a philosophical concept with an administrative one. A nation must not necessarily have political or economic meanings, and this is by definition. Look at the Ambiguity in usage section in Wikipedia at the voice Nation.
As for the usage of the word 'cafoni', unfortunately using in such a context is far from being correct as it's closer to the derived derogatory term than to its original meaning, lacking all the philological depth. As such, Pasolini wouldn't have used it, or would have used it referring to southern Italian peasants, not to Roman suburban people. Words have a meaning, or better, they have denotations and connotations. The word 'cafoni' is used in its proper meaning by Ignazio Silone, and in Italian literature and critique it's used only when referring to Silone's works, with no derogatory meaning. No one would dare calling the Ragazzi di Vita 'cafoni': it's imprecise, derogatory and extremely far from the mentality of Pasolini.
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Pasolini's ideas about dialects and cultures to preserve were more cultural than simply political. Pasolini had much a broader vision than simply contrapposing bourgeoises to pre-bourgeoises, along with a deep understanding of the Italian society which is - historically - multinational until recent times. I find much more interesting the fact that you refer to Pasolini interested in 'cafoni', all the references to 'cafoni' I can find - related to Pasolini - are in English language. This is the first reference I can find tying that word critically to Pasolini, and I read some of his books and watched some of his movies, along with some critical stuff... Interestingly enough the word (which has a precise meaning) is used completely out of context when related to Ragazzi di Vita in an English article I saw on the 'net.
Even more interesting is this concept:
This early interest in native nationalism and agrarian culture is also a central element in Pasolini's politics.
Mmmm. I perfectly understand the concept and the context, so this sentence is, to my eyes, correct.
For instance I am an Italian who lives in the Nation of Friuli, which is part of the administrative region called Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Few people would argue that Friuli is a Nation, but then again Friulian nationalists are quite rare and mostly focused in preserving the Friulian culture rather than fighting futile political battles.
Besides that, I would argue once again that the concept of Nation is very different from what we generally think, and this confusion is partly due to political manipulation that generates a wrong idea of a concept.
Even more interesting is this concept:
This early interest in native nationalism and agrarian culture is also a central element in Pasolini's politics.
Mmmm. I perfectly understand the concept and the context, so this sentence is, to my eyes, correct.
For instance I am an Italian who lives in the Nation of Friuli, which is part of the administrative region called Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Few people would argue that Friuli is a Nation, but then again Friulian nationalists are quite rare and mostly focused in preserving the Friulian culture rather than fighting futile political battles.
Besides that, I would argue once again that the concept of Nation is very different from what we generally think, and this confusion is partly due to political manipulation that generates a wrong idea of a concept.
Estonia has all the rights to self determination. Being an EU country, EU fellow countries should express anger at what's happening, not urging restraint. This is an extremely bad atmosphere.
I can't see anything contrasting to what I've said in what you say, nihil. I just happen to recognise that the familiar and cultural climate surrounding me, including everything related to the places I've lived in, has had a huge impact on my formation. I had lots of possibilities, and that's part of my evolution. I see the positive side, you see the negative one. I thought I had been clear about it in my previous post, but maybe you wrongly mistake me as a blind nationalist while, in reality, just like Pasolini, I believe in the preservation (but not forcible) of cultural values without transforming them into matters of dispute.
Edit: if you focus on the budget you won't see the brilliance, Becky. It's not a tribute, and it's not a mockery. It's political satire.
Edit: if you focus on the budget you won't see the brilliance, Becky. It's not a tribute, and it's not a mockery. It's political satire.
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In reality, the concept of nation is quite different. You're confusing the definitions of Nation and State, the latter one having an administrative meaning which is lacking in the former.
And one should never confuse pride in one's origins with hatred; totalitarianism sometimes begins there, and sometimes receives unconscious totalitarian answers. Want proof? Read here.
One man one goal one mission
One heart one soal just one solution
One flash of light yeah one God one vision
One flesh one bone
One true religion
One voice one hope
One real decision
Wowowowo gimme one vision
No wrong no right
Im gonna tell you theres no black and no white
No blood no stain
All we need is one world wide vision
Apparently Queen's lyrics point to a perfect world in their vision, but it screams totalitarianism. Total dullness. No wonder Laibach covered it in one of their funniest and most intelligent videos.
Learning to appreciate differences is one of the best things I can do in my life. At the same time I consider myself lucky, I'm quite proud of my origins. But you seem to be more than me, judging from your avatar.
While I'm happy science tries to deal with these matters in a scientific way, I'm quite convinced that an investigation about the existence of God cannot be performed with some sort of human measurement. Science as a whole can be taken as a system that is constantly adapted during centuries. Many theories have been proved to be false or incomplete and have been dissed and replaced, or corrected and completed. But this happens, always, only to the extent of our knowledge. That is: I am unwilling to put so much faith in human abilities. I'm, overall, an optimist, but that doesn't make me a blind believer in science.
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There are two small and simple freeware applications you could use to test your hard disk in windows, HDD health and HD Tune. I recommend using the latter, but it sometimes gave me some false positives about SMART parameters, so a few times I used HDD Health to additionally check them.
IN HD Tune you can benchmark the performance of your HD, do a SMART check, do a full scan to see if there are surface faults.
In absence of major problems or additional disk access there should be a fairly consistent performance, SMART parameters within the norm, if they're not HD Tune shows them in yellow or red. Yellow is a warning (sometimes even a false alarm, there are some bugs at least in older versions) and red is definitely critical, indicating the need for a replacement.
A full surface scan should give no damaged sectors at all, while having damaged sectors (especially in the very first section of the hard disk) would suggest immediate replacement or at least extreme caution and future checks to see if the situation deteriorates.
Generally I go for a hard disk replacement if there is something wrong, even minor (except obviously for false alarms). I like sleeping safe, when I can.
As long as data and files aren't compromised (or are easily fixed) you can use applications such as Norton Ghost (or whatever it's called now) or Acronis Migrate Easy to make an image (snapshot) of the entire hard disk without having to reinstall completely, if the situation is still fine.
As additional note, for hard disk failure or pre-failure analysis unfortunately there's a rule: it's never 100% safe. Tests could say everything's okay, but it isn't, or could say there's something wrong: for instance some temp sensors on some hard disks are prone to severe errors, indicating impossible temperatures, but everything is nonetheless fine.
IN HD Tune you can benchmark the performance of your HD, do a SMART check, do a full scan to see if there are surface faults.
In absence of major problems or additional disk access there should be a fairly consistent performance, SMART parameters within the norm, if they're not HD Tune shows them in yellow or red. Yellow is a warning (sometimes even a false alarm, there are some bugs at least in older versions) and red is definitely critical, indicating the need for a replacement.
A full surface scan should give no damaged sectors at all, while having damaged sectors (especially in the very first section of the hard disk) would suggest immediate replacement or at least extreme caution and future checks to see if the situation deteriorates.
Generally I go for a hard disk replacement if there is something wrong, even minor (except obviously for false alarms). I like sleeping safe, when I can.
As long as data and files aren't compromised (or are easily fixed) you can use applications such as Norton Ghost (or whatever it's called now) or Acronis Migrate Easy to make an image (snapshot) of the entire hard disk without having to reinstall completely, if the situation is still fine.
As additional note, for hard disk failure or pre-failure analysis unfortunately there's a rule: it's never 100% safe. Tests could say everything's okay, but it isn't, or could say there's something wrong: for instance some temp sensors on some hard disks are prone to severe errors, indicating impossible temperatures, but everything is nonetheless fine.
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Yes, I know, trust me.
Sometimes I hurry posts, so stuff like that happens when your brain is sssllllooowweerrr than your fingers or your tongue
It is true. I'm no greek scholar either, but I've done my share of linguistics.
Antithesis is by definition derivative, but it's in no way logical in this case. It's purely theoretical. You cannot apply a certain logical value to sentences like "God exists" or "God doesn't exist". Logic - at least binary logic - wants certainty, either true or false, and this isn't exactly the case.
Antithesis is by definition derivative, but it's in no way logical in this case. It's purely theoretical. You cannot apply a certain logical value to sentences like "God exists" or "God doesn't exist". Logic - at least binary logic - wants certainty, either true or false, and this isn't exactly the case.
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Semantically the greek suffix 'a' defines absence, not negation; as in moral, amoral, immoral. Therefore atheism resolves in a system of thought devoid of the presence of God, not in its derivative negation (with or without implied acceptance of the existence of a system with subsequent opposition). That's called antitheism. Anyway the formulation of an antithesis doesn't exist as a formal acceptance of the validity of a thesis, but rather as a formal acceptance of the existence of a thesis whose validity isn't accepted.
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You shall not make wrongful use of the name of your God. But as long as there is free speech (something you don't seem to like) no one here is going to burn you or torture you for that.
FGED GREDG RDFGDR GSFDG