Recent content by Swammerdami

"Stupid ... stupid ... stupid." Speaking of STUPID, this latest rant by you puts you in a tie with the peculiar Steve whose grasp of one debate has led him to claim I am in the Carrierist camp! :aliens: I posted a DICTIONARY entry that used centimillionaire as the Example for "centi-." It...

My favorite dictionary is wiktionary. What's yours? It's fun and instructive to look at etymologies. Mega- and Micro- ultimately derive from Greek words meaning 'large' and 'small.' No ambiguity there! Hecto- (shown as a synonym of Centi-) derives from an Ancient Greek word (ἑκατόν...

I have answered this repeatedly. Looking back through the thread, it appears I answered this question as recently as #1654. But just for you I will answer One.More.Time. Please pay attention. What I believe is what Richard Carrier calls the Minimal Jesus Historicity Hypothesis (hereafter...

Wrong again. Is a centipede a creature with only 1/100 of a leg? Is a century a period of 3.65 days? And once every 3.65 days we celebrate a centennial? Recently Dick Van Dyke became a centenarian. Does that mean he's 3.65 days old? Hunh?? Didn't you even notice the "in 3000 years"...

I'm bumping this thread because some of our centibillionaires are the height of evil. Their status as cunning master criminals is in contrast to DJ Trump, a petty grifter thrust into prominence through a combination of Putin's KGB-taught skills and the stupidity of Americans. And due to the...

??? So what's your stance on thread topic? Is the Historicity Hypothesis as defined by Richard Carrier true or false? If you answer, please do us a favor and adhere to His Teachings:

What your rhetoric seems to overlook is that (a) housing provides a platform where medical and mental health care can be delivered; and (b) the stability and safety provided by housing can itself help improve mental health. Of course affording this housing may be difficult in post-rational...

Jen Psaki summarizes some of the amazing grift and most recent malfeasance of Kristi Noem. For amusing example, Noem and her lover(?) Lewandowski had to change planes, but Noem's blankie was left behind on the first plane. The pilot was fired for leaving the blankie behind... But eventually...

I've taken time off from my busy schedule of watching TV series to watch two feature movies on Netflix. It was only after watching CTHD, and being confused about the multiple versions of S&S that I became aware both were directed by Ang Lee. I'd never heard of Ang Lee but have now watched and...

Watching four detective/spy series concurrently. I enjoy a variety of detective show types, as long as they're well done. The Pink Panther shows starring Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau are great. I enjoyed the story Death of the Nile (1978) even though it didn't seem realistic. But I do...

Yes, off-hand I can't think of a single fictional character who did shit. Michael Corleone went to the bathroom, but while there he only retrieved a gun. Fictional detainees who claim bodily needs are often hoping to escape through a window. Perhaps this sub-discussion should move to...

As someone who has interacted with patent examiners I can say that among the requirements for a patent -- novelty, utility, non-obviousness, invention, and enablement -- utility is probably of least interest to the examiner. And rightly so, since useless patents are least likely to be litigated.

I almost clicked on the Laughing icon, but given the banal stupidities of this "Administration," yours might be an accurate prediction. I may be overly pessimistic but with Greenland and Canada to the North both being mean to widdle baby, my bingo card has a slot for Two-Front War.

Speaking of the brilliant Mrelania movie, it turns out the producers used copyrighted music without permission. No surprise. The GOP has repeatedly used songs, e.g. by Bruce Springsteen, without permission. Why aren't these crooks prosecuted for this? Melania herself presented at the 2016...