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    Scientists On Trial For.... Earthquakes?

    I still feel as though any credible geologist -- even one whose knowledge of the subject was twenty years out of date, would not be so foolish as to say the earthquakes of the region posted "no danger". That was their wording: a direct quote. In fact, even small earthquakes can cause serious...
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    Scientists On Trial For.... Earthquakes?

    That seems to contradict with what the Economist, a highly trusted international news publication seems to think. Read the article. This is nothing personal against you, but they've done their research and have two credible and respected scientists backing up their statement, so I'm leaning...
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    Scientists On Trial For.... Earthquakes?

    That's correct. Apologies if my post implied he was executed by the Church. To be honest, I was in a hurry when I was typing that out, so I would not be surprised if it sounded that way. EDIT: I checked, and you're right! I can't believe I said "the real reason he was executed". I meant to say...
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    Scientists On Trial For.... Earthquakes?

    Galileo was only brought to trial over his heliocentric viewpoint as a pretense. The real reason he was tried was because he personally insulted the Pope himself. If it was about the heliocentric theory, he would have been executed much earlier, or at least brought to trial earlier. He was...
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    Scientists On Trial For.... Earthquakes?

    Jerusalem is actually a pretty peaceful place right now. The only ongoing conflict they're in is with the Palestinians, and I haven't heard of any fighting going on near Jerusalem. The cause of tensions surrounding Israel actually have more to do with British Imperialism than they do with...
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    Scientists On Trial For.... Earthquakes?

    I'm surprised Godwin's Law hasn't been invoked yet. In fact, no one has referenced Mussolini either. We might just me making SOME progress, after all.
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    Scientists On Trial For.... Earthquakes?

    I don't mean to interject with your conversation, but I just thought I'd mention that you've actually fallen prey to a common misconception there. Don't worry, it's one people fall into all the time. You see, during the Middle Ages, the Catholic church was actually the source of the majority of...
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    Scientists On Trial For.... Earthquakes?

    If you'd like to read this story from a less *ahem* "impassioned" source, you can read it here: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/311759 It makes the important distinction that the scientists had told the government that a major earthquake was "improbable", so I can see why they'd be a...
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    Why do people care about piracy?

    It absolutely blows my mind how stupid people can be on the internet. Now, I don't want to impose, because you're probably just a kid, and you didn't think about what you said before you pressed "post", but consider, for a moment, that all of ethics and moral philosophy is based on morality as...
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    Not Caring About the Right Countries [World Disasters Discussion]

    As an isolationist, I do not advocate supporting foreign nations through donations. Thus, I didn't donate to either Japan or Barbados, and while I certainly would never try to stop people who wanted to donate from doing so, I would also support candidates for office who would discourage US...
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    Why do publishers still bother with DRM?

    I would confirm that you are delusional if you are saying that your use of the word "ever" is rendered moot by the fact that we're talking about recent games. Even then, if you think Assassin's Creed 2 isn't "recent" enough to warrant being talked about in the timeframe of "still", I think...
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    Why do publishers still bother with DRM?

    If you read the earlier posts in the thread, you would've seen at least two examples of when major AAA game releases prevented zero-day cracks. Specifically, AC2 and SC:CT were given as examples. It's not like there's more than one page in this thread. You could've at least read the one page...
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    Is a PS3 worth it?

    I suppose the PS3 is an alright Blu Ray player, but I would recommend getting a gaming console, personally.
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    Assumptions you hate.

    The dangerously common misconception that Christians stand in the way of science. Off the top of my head. Christianity is responsible for the father of modern science (Galileo), the father of modern astrology (Galileo), the father of all genetics (Mendel), father of modern philosophy...
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    TV News & "Expert" Blame Violent Games For Teen Killer

    Or any news source, really. "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics." - Various (popularized by Mark Twain) It is easiest to profit off of stories surrounding hysteria-- especially if you can make it look like people are supposed to be afraid of something in their...