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From: Eeyore on 14 Dec 2006 01:48 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: > >Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >>Secularism is speading. I believe what we are seeing may be no more than a > >>religious backlash against 'modern thought'. I rather feel it's dommed to > >>fail. > >> > >>As a kid I recall it was unheard of not to be Christian. Now no-one even > >>blinksan eye about it but I would like to see our first atheist Prime > Minister > >>though. > > > >The trend is the other way in the US. A smallish fraction of "christian" > >thinking has gained a large following and significant power since the > >1940s. The real threat (long term) of extremists is from the home grown > >ones. > > That danger is now secondary in a list of priorities. The danger > will disppear if Western civilization is destroyed. And who's exactly going to *destroy* it ? Graham
From: JoeBloe on 14 Dec 2006 02:47 On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:10:51 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >JoeBloe wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >> >Ken Smith wrote: >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >JoeBloe wrote: >> >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >> >> >> >> >> >> >The reason Europe's doing Galileo is of course because the USA can't >> >> >> >be trusted. >> >> >> >> >> >> Your knowledge of the world is such a hideous joke. >> >> > >> >> >" With Galileo, the European Union (EU) intends to achieve independence from >> >the >> >> >> >USA's GPS (Global Positioning System) and the Russian Federation's >> >> >Global Navigation >> >> >Satellite System GLONASS. Whilst Galileo, as a joint project undertaken >> >> >by the EU and >> >> >the European Space Agency ESA, is compatible and interoperable with GPS, it >> >> >guarantees independent and reliable usability. " >> >> > >> >> >http://www.bmvbs.de/en/Transport/Integrated-transport-policy-,2069/Galileo.htm >> >> > >> >> >*independent* and *reliable* >> >> >> >> BTW: Do you know if the Galileo system has the same intentional >> >> distortions as the GPS system? If not, it could be combined with the GPS >> >> to make better estimates. >> > >> >I'm not aware of any equivalent to selective availability etc. It's apparently been >> >designed for 1 metre accuracy from the start as well. >> > >> > >> >Unlike the US and Russian equivalents it's targeted primarily at commercial use AIUI. >> > >> >Graham >> >> It won't even be around for well over three more years, and GPS is >> already ubiquitous. It (Galileo) has lost before even arriving at the >> gate. > >On the contrary. > >Galileo offers higher precision so can be used for entirely new applications. > >Graham > Tell me what you *think* the precision of our GSP system is, and tell what you *think* the precision of your system is going to be three plus years from now when it just starts coming online. I'll bet that you get both answers incorrect.
From: JoeBloe on 14 Dec 2006 02:48 On Mon, 11 Dec 2006 14:12:39 +0000, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > >Well....... you haven't mentioned the movie "Total Retard" yet, so maybe your >programming's been improved ? > >Graham You didn't star in the movie. It was about you.
From: jmfbahciv on 14 Dec 2006 08:17 In article <elqdjs$8mh$2(a)blue.rahul.net>, kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: >In article <elp63h$8qk_007(a)s896.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote: >>In article <elmh2m$88k$3(a)blue.rahul.net>, >> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: >>>In article <457D707B.125ED31C(a)hotmail.com>, >>>Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>[.....] >>>>Secularism is speading. I believe what we are seeing may be no more than a >>>>religious backlash against 'modern thought'. I rather feel it's dommed to >>fail. >>>> >>>>As a kid I recall it was unheard of not to be Christian. Now no-one even >>blinks >>>>an eye about it but I would like to see our first atheist Prime Minister >>though. >>> >>>The trend is the other way in the US. A smallish fraction of "christian" >>>thinking has gained a large following and significant power since the >>>1940s. The real threat (long term) of extremists is from the home grown >>>ones. >> >>That danger is now secondary in a list of priorities. The danger >>will disppear if Western civilization is destroyed. > >No, that danger is the one that has the greatest odds of being the one >that destroys western civilization. I'm not talking about odds. I'm talking about setting priorities. >The rot from within is by far the greated danger. Not any more. If there is no Western civilization, there is none of this rot by defintion. You have a piece of wood. It a bit of rot in the middle. So you spend your time working on removing the rot. All of sudden, you find you are in the middle of a forest fire. Is it prudent to spend your time working on the spot of rot or put out the fire so that the rot spot will still exist so can work on it? /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 14 Dec 2006 08:19
In article <4580F3D5.389037B1(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: >> >Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >>Secularism is speading. I believe what we are seeing may be no more than a >> >>religious backlash against 'modern thought'. I rather feel it's dommed to >> >>fail. >> >> >> >>As a kid I recall it was unheard of not to be Christian. Now no-one even >> >>blinksan eye about it but I would like to see our first atheist Prime >> Minister >> >>though. >> > >> >The trend is the other way in the US. A smallish fraction of "christian" >> >thinking has gained a large following and significant power since the >> >1940s. The real threat (long term) of extremists is from the home grown >> >ones. >> >> That danger is now secondary in a list of priorities. The danger >> will disppear if Western civilization is destroyed. > >And who's exactly going to *destroy* it ? It is a stated goal by people we call Islamic extremists. If you haven't noticed, they have been making a lot of progress towards that goal. /BAH |