Twitter Updates for 2009-12-15
by Paul Fischer- Chapter 1 of Spite, the follow up to Serve It Cold by @RonnieBlackwell has been edited on the first path. I'm feeling virtuous. #
- Good morning Twitterville #
- @Nobilis Excellent work in Metamor. Dee too. Loved it. in reply to Nobilis #
- @VividMuse if you don't care about risk you can fedex cash. Moneygram. Western union. Wire xfer to their bank. in reply to VividMuse #
- @WryneckStudio Good Morning Dr. Sound Crusher in reply to WryneckStudio #
- I found some old audio streams I have permission to archive from 1996. Thanks to @dsawyer and Hugh Brackett they may see the light of day #
- The audio in question is from SCO Forum 97. In the days before "SCO = Evil" #
- @Nobilis Yes Maestro in reply to Nobilis #
- @encaf1 You really don't understand the Skeptic (yes, with a capital S) movement. I'd be happy to help you understand if you care. #
- @PhilRossi If I'm remembering the news right, they're also not paying the artists who used MySpace music either. Definitely criminal. in reply to PhilRossi #
- @BRKyle What type of iPod is it? What generation? in reply to BRKyle #
- @BRKyle USB or Firewire? in reply to BRKyle #
- @BRKyle How are you connecting it to the iMac? in reply to BRKyle #
- @BRKyle How are you connecting it to the iMac? USB or Firewire? in reply to BRKyle #
- @BRKyle You will need to copy the data over from your old computer and re-sync new from this machine. in reply to BRKyle #
- @BRKyle The best way is to setup file sharing between the new machine and the old, then "Add to Library" and grab the files over the net… in reply to BRKyle #
- @BRKyle directly into iTunes and have it setup a brand new iTunes library. in reply to BRKyle #
- @BRKyle Odd. Firewire should have worked. Maybe you need to upgrade the firmware. in reply to BRKyle #
- @BRKyle Bring it back to the old machine and look at it in iTunes. The page for the iPod should tell you if you need to update the firmware. in reply to BRKyle #
- @encaf1 I didn't say I would "make you understand" I said I was offering help. Which is to say a different viewpoint on the movement. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 I ain't no fundamentalist in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 Oh, I know what you mean. I can do pompous, especially if I don't seem to be getting my point across. It's a problem that was with in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 me long before I was a skeptic. But there are definitely places where verifyable, repeatable proof really does trump hearsay. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 When I "attack" something skeptically it's almost always a specific person or group making extraordinary claims. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 I think people who make extraordinary claims must provide extraordinary proof to justify their claims. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 That is the part, which if you miss it, might lead you to think Skeptics where stuck up a**holes in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 Occam's Razor is a good start. But no one using it should ever leave it there. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 That's the scientific method. That's the same process that was used to discover, refine, and prove just about every item you rely on in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 I think the proof is there for many many things, if you look for it. If not proof, then is belief enough? in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 Give me an example of something with "unreasonable" proof? in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 Do you even know what Occam's says? The simplest answer is usually right. That's it in a nut shell. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 And no, it's not a proof. It's not a law. Occam's isn't 100%. It doesn't claim to be. It's a starting point. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 More often than not, the guy standing over the dead body with the bloody knife is the killer. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 What's the difference between absolute and any proof? in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 Because many of the things I've seen people try and fail to prove they have been trying to get any type of proof. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 Give me an example of these events? You mean like what happened with the lights in the sky over northern europe recently? in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 What other methods are there for finding proof? I'm serious. I don't know any and I'd like to look into them. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 That's statistics. And I've never seen anyone say, "that drug interaction only happen 1:1,000,00 therefore it never happens" in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 But you did say there were other methods than the scientific method. I'm happy to look one of them up and read about it. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 Sorry, just read "we must find it" post. No sci meth can't answer everything. Somethings are just too hard to test. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 I'm even willing to admit that some things are untestable because of size, scope, cash, or scarcity. I think blowing up the sun in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 will allow me to form a stable wormhole to another solar system. But I doubt anyone would want me to test that idea if I could in reply to encaf1 #
- @WryneckStudio Dude, you have no idea. I have audio from a 96 tech conference. The visions of the future were so totally off base. in reply to WryneckStudio #
- @encaf1 Then you've created a catch 22. Let's say I make the extraordinary claim that aliens gave me an anal probe and now I can shoot fire in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 out of my a$$ but only on the full moon and only under specific unmonitorable circumstances. But I offer to teach you how to do in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 it for $5000, which I send directly to the aliens. Oh, and I won't submit myself for proof either. I know I can do it and that's in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 good enough for me. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 I think you would be right to ridicule me a scammer who just wants your money. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 I'll admit that presumption, although not the on-demand part in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 This is where you need to do your homework. Lots of private, public, and govt individuals have studied things like UFOs, aliens, etc in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 But when they come back with viable, non extraordinary explanations, many times with proof they get ignored or accused of coverup in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 On career suicide, you are unfortunately right. Many things we now know are scientifically true have cost people big time. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 The geologist who came up with plate techtonics spent decades coming up with proof and answering his critics. If I remember in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 correctly his career suffered big time for it. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 And that is all I ask. If you make an extraordinary claim, submit yourself for testing. in reply to encaf1 #
- @indianajim @encaf1 We do it because we love you. Someone must dominate Twitter. I claim dominance over northern hemisphere #
- @encaf1 I've met a lot of skeptics and I hang out with them. I personally don't know anyone who sneers where it isn't appropriate in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 Scientific fraud happens. And it's usually the end of that person's career and I think that appropriate. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 @indianajim Did not! #
- @encaf1 I have to justify my end of year purchases before I loose my budget remainder. I'll be back online later. Hope you're still awake in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 You're assuming we haven't already reviewed the evidence and sneer after we have proof. in reply to encaf1 #
- @encaf1 Too late. It's all mine. I don't know why you're complaining, you get all the clean air on the planet. in reply to encaf1 #
- @indianajim @encaf1 Nanny nanny poo poo on you #
- @WryneckStudio I want a personal jet pack. Now! in reply to WryneckStudio #
- @WryneckStudio Can a brother get a six pack of jet packs? in reply to WryneckStudio #
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