Recent content by deciusbrutus

Standard practice in most US states: Drive on the right side. At most light-controlled intersections, if you are turning from the closest lane, to the closest lane, you may do so after coming to a complete stop and yielding to all other traffic, including pedestrians. It's not just right...

BZZT! WRONG! I have absolutely no obligation to society, at all, ever, in any circumstance, period. I AM society, at least as much as you are, and one cannot be obliged to oneself. Also, police ostensibly serve the government, not the society. You have no obligations toward the government except...

The moral question is, quite simply, "Do you think that you should get something without any compensation to the people who made it?" The fact that there is no marginal cost to them for your benefit is relevant. The fact that nobody is made poorer by the act of making you richer is important...

My deal has always been "I'll keep my government out of your religion if you keep your religion out of my government." I consider the various gay marriage bans to be violations of the second half of that; Right now I support the repeal of the tax-exempt status of any religious organization...

Whoa there troll. Don't say that you have to support the president to be a good American. Quite the opposite; To be a good American, you must question your government and ensure that they are carrying out their mandate.

The difference between a scientific theory and a scientific law is purely nomenclature. Theories get thrown out as soon as evidence is found which is incompatible with the theory. Laws are called such because nobody is looking for evidence against them anymore.

For sufficiently vague definitions of "god", I might agree. Science has this one blind spot: It cannot conceive of, nor test, any question of "Why?" as regards a first principle. So, you can say "God is the reason that all objects with mass expert an attractive force on all other objects...

From Wikipedia: The phrase also appears as "Che sera, sera / What will be, shall be" in the sixteenth century English play Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe (Act 1, scene 1). I was about to call him on the same thing, but Googled it first...

No, Darwinism will be replaced by a more refined theory, and that one will be replaced, and so on, until the scientific method dies from entropy.

They are called theories because they are falsifiable. That means that there is some possible observation that could be made that would demonstrate that they are false. For gravity, that observation would be that objects do not fall down. For evolution, that observation would be a...

One word: Gunblade-chucks. When there is a fighting game with nunchaku-that-are-also-swords-that-are-also-guns, THEN there will be nothing left new in fighting games. Provided, of course, that we have a full selection. If you don't offer an epee-sniper rifle-seven section staff, don't even bother.

Having read and translated the bill+amendments into English: It would be illegal if: -The company advertised "We follow ESRB guidelines" AND EITHER -The company sold games in violation of the guidelines on two separate instances OR -The company has a training program in place to prevent...

Deadly shadows "Dropped the sprawling non-linear levels"? WTF are you smoking? Did you play it long enough to explore the city? Perhaps you didn't notice the vast expanse of side jobs available in just about any order, or the ability to just perform general banditry on the side, or the sheer...