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  Erich Vieth on Fans, Freedom, and Frustration
  Ben: I agree with you about Hillary Hahn. But would we find her as "interesting" if she was actually an old fat guy with protruding nose hairs? »
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  Erich Vieth on The inevitable march toward equality continues
  We've got to protect marriage, you know--see here: http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1966/sanctityofmarriage.jpg »
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  Erich Vieth on Matt Tabbi goes to war against Goldman Sachs
  On DemocracyNow, Amy Goodman speaks to McClatchy reporter Greg Gordon:In 2006 and 2007, the bank reportedly peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in US housing prices would send the value of those securities plummeting. See, Go... »
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  Erich Vieth on Court reporters and multitasking
  Dan: That is often not my experience. When I use Dragon, it spits out the closest fit to the words I utter, and they can sometimes be dramatically different than what I utter. It doesn't display any sort of confidence level--Dragon is ALWAYS confident! The exception would be if I were to cough, at which point Dragon doesn't recognize any te... »
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  Dan Klarmann on Court reporters and multitasking
  Dragon may not yet be perfect in transcription, but it could easily tell when it is having trouble, as in mumbling, indistinct word separations, and overall volume (the causes of "speak up"). »
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  Project Chanology on The beliefs of Scientologists
  For anyone interested.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Chanology »
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  Ben on Fans, Freedom, and Frustration
  Two words:HilaryHahn:D »
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  Erich Vieth on Court reporters and multitasking
  Dan: I would add that in addition to oral evidence a second major category of evidence is documentary evidence (including written statements, photographs and business records) which, in fact, drives the verdict in many cases. Other types of evidence are also important (e.g., physical objects, scientific tests), though these things do rely upon h... »
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  Brynn Jacobs on Drugs, the CIA and Afghanistan
  PressTV reports: »
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  Mark Tiedemann on Who created hell and why?
  Reverend,That's good Milton, but ultimately just fiction. »
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  Dan Klarmann on Court reporters and multitasking
  Legacy is the basis of jurisprudence. One example that bugs me is that eyewitness accounts are considered the only legal form of evidence. But it has been thoroughly proven that this is the least reliable form of evidence. My experience sitting on juries is that testimony falls somewhere between a) An account of what the witness thinks they remembe... »
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  Niklaus Pfirsig on Thinking through global warming
  There is no doubt that global climate change is real. However the idea of instituting carbon credits as a commodity to trade between nations is ridiculous at best, and fraudulent at worst. Assuming the nations in the agreement actually abide by the Kyoto protocols, it becomes a bidding process by the wealthy nations for the excess carbon credits of... »
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  Dan Klarmann on Court reporters and multitasking
  Back in the 1990's it was conclusively proven that our brains multitask at the symbolic level. That is, many things are busily going on while the little piece that runs your conscious awareness only monitors one. The mind can be trained much like the body, allowing reflexes to handle many complex functions without oversight of the conscious mind. W... »
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  Mark Tiedemann on The beliefs of Scientologists
  Good for Martin Bashir. The fact is, Scientology is an invention of a Golden Age era science fiction writer---and not a very good one at that. That later "disciples" may have turned some of these principles and ideas into useful methods which some people have found beneficial has no bearing on the cock-eyed nonsense Hubbard came up with, in just ... »
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  Karl on Maine makes it 5/50
  Without any doubt Maine is headed back into the dark ages and the Neanderthals aren't all gone after. »
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  Rev. Claude Bordeleau on Who created hell and why?
  Hell was created by God way before the garden and man was ever created. Lucifer and his followers were striped of their first estate (angel status) and were given a kingdom to rule called hell. Hell was not meant for mankind. That's why hell wasn't mention in Genesis chapter 1 - man was innocent and had no knowledge of evil or Lucifer or even Satan... »
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  Erich Vieth on The sounds of freedom at night in Iran
  Andrew Sullivan has continued to post on the situation in Iran. In the accompanying video, you'll hear continuing protesting from the rooftops by Iranians who are tired of their corrupt government. http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/tomorrow-is-a-big-day-in-iran.html »
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  Well... on What do you do when a cat poops on the airplane after you almost die in a plane crash?
  I suppose I have empathy on you. But, it's hard to when someone practically demands such sympathy. We should all universally care for one another, and care for cats when in presence isn't too much to ask. If a cat is put down in cargo it possible that the cat can die. So, I'm sure that you could handle being uncomfortable for only a short while. Th... »
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  Erich Vieth on Thinking through global warming
  Mark: Excellent points. I think that Craven's point is that we should consciously choose our default position in this issue, where we are operating in a state of ignorance, especially when the stakes are potentially so high. Hence, my comment regarding Pascal's Wager.But now you've gone a thrown a monkey wrench into the process by pointing out ... »
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  Kris on If Women Ruled the World?
  Might I suggest that these women are not matriarchical women, but patriarchical women? Please let me explain. Although you have given many examples of females in power being ruthless, they are not particularly feminine. We aren't monkeys. Plenty of archeologists and anthropologists have uncovered from societies, such as the tribal societies of that... »
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