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Can I begin with a few disclaimers? I believe that people who create things deserve to be rewarded for their efforts. Which means that I think that stealing.

Image by Swamibu via FlickrBy Ty H Philips For over two thousand years, western society has been influenced by the teachings of an obscure mythical figure known as Jesus of Nazareth. Why he was called this, is unknown, aside from his disciples trying to fulfill prophecy on their own, because he was neither born there, had family from there, nor ever lived there. Many, including myself, will

“The Philippines is the only Catholic country in Asia. But it is poorer than the other non-Catholic Asian neighbors. Is there anything wrong with the Faith of the Filipino Catholics that makes their country poor?”“JDV finally spills beans”, a commonplace type of headline which comes as expected in daily broadsheets and tabloids, let us question the roots and the fruits of such. As the prev

If you've never heard of Paul McCartney's side project the Fireman -- or if you have and never connected the dots -- you're not to blame. The first two LPs, 1993's 'Strawberry Oceans Ship Forest' and 1998's 'Rushes,' created in partnership with producer and fellow bass player Youth, formerly of Killing Joke and currently working with the Orb, were more than credible takes on ambient electronic mus

Last night the argument about the bail out for the big 3 automakers hit our living room. A heated discussion between my husband and myself started during the NBC Nightly News. I am against loaning them any money and he is for it. We ended our discussion with the plain fact that we both had valid reasons for our positions but we still disagree with each other on the bail out. Below I have listed

The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear arguments this morning from the NC Medical Board and the Department of Correction in their ongoing lawsuit over the role of doctors in executions.  State law requires that a doctor be present during lethal injection, but the Board asserts that participation in executions violates a doctor’s oath to [...]

Arsenal 0 - 2 Aston Villa 0 - 1 Clichy o.g. (70) 0 - 2 Agbonlahor (80) After the match, Arsene said: You cannot speak about whether you will be champions or not at this stage but to be champions you need to be consistent - and we are not. That sums up Arsenal’s current position succinctly. Despite inconsistencies, the [...]

Image via WikipediaSome religious believers have no problem whatsoever with admitting that there is no evidence to support their belief. They perceive their faith as virtuous and recognize that it is precisely the absence of evidence that permits faith in the first place. Other believers accept that evidence would strengthen their case dramatically and are not eager to appear irrational. Such beli

C# Command Line Arguments The parameter of the Main method is a String array that represents the command-line arguments. Check for the existence of the arguments by testing the Length property and iterate through the array to get the arguments if (args.Length == 0) { Console.WriteLine("No Arguments Passed"); } else

Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson have hit a rocky patch in their relationship - just weeks after going public with their romance. The Hollywood pair, who have been inseparable for months, are said to be drifting apart and bickering on a daily basis. Insiders tell MailOnline DJ Ronson has made it clear to that she wants Lohan to step out of the limelight amid fears the actress may have lapsed

There is a lot of talk burning up the internet about the Presidential and Vice Presidential debates. Discussion and debate are a good thing. Of course I wish there was a lot more concentration by the candidates on what they will do or what their plan is. I know I can go to their respective websites and read their plan for the economy, the wars, healthcare, the environment, etc. but honestly I want

Our Class Inheritance Parser has just received a major update. Among the changes is the support for Constructor Arguments. Most programming languages allow you to pass parameters when you create an instance of your class. These are called constructor arguments. VBScript’s constructor (the Class_Initialize sub) can not receive parameters, so usually we must resort to solutions as a “Build” o

Sent in by StefanHi everyone. My name is Stefan and I'm an atheist. (HI Stefan: lol )Sorry, had to break the ice there. My story isn't that unique to be brutally honest. I'm posting it none the less, because I truly believe there are people out there in that very ugly but necessary phase, where you start to raise serious doubts about your religious convictions, but are simply too afraid to jump of

Command Line Arguments :The values passed to the main method are called command line arguements (String args[]): This means Java will take the values as String array[]. Related Posts No Related Post

I thought I’d share a great post on the Queers United Blog about how to coutner the arguments against Gay Marriage: Its well worth a read, and reiterates a lot of arguments I’ve previously made myself on various web forums so I’m very happy to recommend it.

The type of one argument in a method does not match the type that was passed when the class was instantiated.The best overloaded method match for 'System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(string)' has some invalid arguments Solution : One possible solution is to check if the ‘ToString’ has braces System.Text.StringBuilder CompleteAddress1 = new System.Text.StringBuilder();

Have I told you how long Andy and I have been married?? Yes? I guess I keep repeating myself because I can't believe I've lived with someone, who is not my blood relation, for so long.We've been married SEVEN LONG YEARS..To say they've all been a basket of jelly beans would be like saying you can eat bacon off a living pig while it's still rolling around in mud..Sometimes one or the other of us i

There is a new FREE report in our firm's online library.  Get it today.  Common Insurance Industry Arguments [PDF]   Description: Learn the excuses used by insurance companies to avoid paying a fair and reasonable settlement. If you have been injured in a car accident insurance companies may try to defeat or diminish the value of your claim with a laundry list of arguments

There is a new FREE report in our firm's online library.  Get it today.  Common Insurance Industry Arguments [PDF]   Description: Learn the excuses used by insurance companies to avoid paying a fair and reasonable settlement. If you have been injured in a car accident insurance companies may try to defeat or diminish the value of your claim with a laundry list of arguments

Whenever I get into arguments with people on the Left regarding capitalism and free markets, I give them such a thrashing that they eventually get backed into a corner. When their weak arguments have nowhere else to turn, they attempt to change the subject by asserting that all capitalism's progress is going to cause global warming; then I know I have won the debate.Nevertheless, I often get into

Fair trade products are one of the fastest growing branches of food items. Initially focused on coffee growers, fair trade now includes many agricultural products such as bananas, chocolate, honey and tea.In 2006, UK retail sales of fair trade products accounted for £300 million up from £20 million in 1998.The market is expected to keep growing as consumers increasingly choose products based on

There are few mainstream reporters that frustrate me as much as the Toronto Star’s Haroon Siddiqui. As an editorial page writer, I do realize he is allowed more leniency in his lack of explanation or supporting material; still, the Toronto Star is the city’s largest newspaper and because it serves a diverse population, with diverse [...]

'Public Sub New(handle As Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle, access As System.IO.FileAccess)': Argument not specified for parameter 'handle'. 'Public Sub New(handle As System.IntPtr, access As System.IO.FileAccess)': Argument not specified for parameter 'handle'. 'Public Sub New(path As String, mode As System.IO.FileMode)': Argument not specified for parameter 'path'. O

Editor’s Note: Recently we’ve been hearing a lot about ’staycations’. So we asked Viator’s founder (Rod) and one of Viator’s most travel-loving staffers (Kelly) to ponder the following resolution. Resolved: That staycations are the new hot trend in travel. In true Lincoln-Douglas debate style Kelly argues the affirmative, Rod argues the negative. (What, you didn

Then friends, are trying hard for CAT or not? I am giving away lots of tips for cat which I know & read in various books. In this article we will take a GD topic, I will give arguments & counter arguments, you think over it, if you do have some points just tell me in comments, justify your points & if you want me to reply you leave back your email id.A good discussion will try to arriv

Closing arguments in the R. Kelly trial concluded with strong words. The singer's fate is now in the jury's hands.

"It is still my fervent hope that R. Kelly's attorneys sum up his defense with the catch phrase 'If you don't see a mole, then it's not his pole'."~Steve Dahl

The Defense in the R.Kelly case will likely rest this thursday after calling a dozen witnesses. Some of the Defense's witnesses were relatives of the young girl in the infamous video. Jurors will return to court today to hear two rebuttal witnesses for the Prosecution's closing. Closing arguments are expected thursday. If convicted Kels faces up to 15 years in prison. He's going to be braidin

Did you know that part of NASA’s shuttle funding is for “earth-directed environmental research” rather than space exploration? What about the computer programs that can’t accurately predict global warming? It’s all here. www.fdrs.org Tags: Earth, global warming, iron, NASA, research Related Posts Report: NASA Manipulated Global Warming Studies (0) Alan Caruba’

Just got back from a run outside near my apartment complex, and I am feeling ... alright. I wouldn't say that I'm a runner, or even that I like running, but every once in a while I do feel a sense of accomplishment for having run farther and better than I ever have before. And I think it makes my heart happy.Speaking of happy, my best friend Zack Bogaczyk and his wife Liz stopped in here yesterd

If you are unaware of default argument in function then you should know that you candefine the function with default arguments in PHP as you can do it C and C++. Providing default arguments in the function can be very useful when you’ve to extend the the functionality of the previously written functions.   Example of using [...]

I find this talk of genetically modified food being necessary to feed the world's population incredible ('As the world begins to starve it's time to take GM seriously', Comment, last week). Yes, it would get us out of a scrape in the short term, but we have to realise that we cannot carry on expanding the population and consuming resources without consequences. If the population continues to grow, we will reach a situation where even GM cannot feed everyone, never mind competing for space, water, a clean environment and the chance for other species to exist. Overpopulation is the biggest single cause of our environmental woes and we cannot make significant improvements without addressing this.Ryan Taylor, London SW9Crop yields need to increase by 1.6 per cent per year (compounded) to avoid

Yesterday’s appearance by Hillary Clinton on This Week has received the most coverage for her once again supporting the gas tax holiday and saying she’s not going to listen to all the economists who disagree with her. Even someone asking a question at the Town Hall realized she was pandering: I have — Sen. Clinton, I [...]

For those who hadn’t noticed our earlier post, Capitol Annex has started a companion book review site, Capitol Annex’s Book Salon. We’ve got our first review of a new title up today. Check it out here.

When you know you want a pair of pink sling backs in a size six you don’t go into a shop and ask for “something with heels”, do you? Be as explicit as this in arguments. Don’t be afraid to let people know exactly what you want from the start. It makes your argument more [...]

"The Thirteen American Arguments" takes a sweeping look at the fundamental debates that, Fineman argues, have shaped America from its seventeenth-century colonial roots. Who, for instance, is a person? Who, for that matter, is an American? What is the role of faith in public life, or the role of the individual vis as vis an expansive, growing state? How, ultimately, can we make sure our system is equitable and "fair"? Fineman's years as a high-level political reporter have armed him with a library of up-close-and-personal anecdotes that give the book its flavor, but the real meat of each chapter comes from the condensed--in some cases, one wishes they were less so--historical perspective offered on each debate. Whether it comes to the Supreme Court's many contradictory rulings on

I had lunch with my brother at an Asian noodle place a few days ago and the subject of money came up. Somehow our conversation turned to credit cards, which prompted me to pull out my wallet and enthusiastically display my collection of multiple reward credit cards that I use to make virtually all of [...]

Patrick O. Kennedy, 43, is one of two people facing execution in the United States for a crime other than murder. According to his lawyers, Kennedy's sentence is unconstitutional and should be deemed cruel and unusual punishment. The U.S. Supreme...

The medication wars: By Nadine Thomas-Brown, Guardian Lifestyles Reporter - Nassau, Bahamas: There's a war raging in the world of medicine as many people are opting for the path of "natural" or "herbal" remedies, as opposed to taking prescribed medicines from their medical practitioner. Many doctors are perplexed as to why patients would stop taking prescribed medication and opt for the "natural route". Their advise is not to. They say that while natural remedies may have their place, they may not be the safest bet. Dr. Martin Brown, a general practitioner cautions that while natural medicines have their uses, they have just as many side effects as natural ones. The difference he says is that pharmaceutical medicines have been researched and the side effects noted. In fact the dru

Basically, Sean Hannity's argument is that we're going to have peace if we have to kill everyone to do it.

A Canadian judge is currently hearing final arguments at the inquiry of a medical doctor and expert witness who was once considered to be the leading mind in the field of pediatric pathology. Dr. Charles Smith previously testified at the...

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Un lien vers une ressource qui devrait être bookmarkée par chaque bon développeur Java ;-) : la liste de toutes les options des différentes versions (1.3.1 à 1.6.0) de JVM pour SPARC/Solaris (environnement de stabilité de référence): A Collection of JVM Options (Août 2007 - Sun...

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in District of Columbia v. Heller, a case the Court has stated is "limited to the following question: Whether Washington, D.C.'s bans [on handguns, on having guns in operable condition in the home and...

Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments over reimbursement for paralegal costs in Richlin Security Service v. Chertoff, and I, for one, am holding my breath until July, when a decision will be made.Surely other paralegals are anxious, too. In one fell swoop, the Supreme Court could validate the existence and use of paralegals -- or relegate them to unreimburseable and therefore unusuable status. If the Court decides in favor of Richlin, which is claiming $52,000 in paralegal fees, paralegal utilization will be seen as efficient and cost-effective. If the Court decides in favor of Chertoff, who will want to use paralegals in litigation against the Federal government?Under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), litigants against the Federal government, if they prev

DON’T APPORTION BLAME. It’s unlikely to be 100 percent the other person’s fault, so acknowledge your part in it and explain how the other person’s actions have made you feel. BE AN ADULT. Don’t whine like a child or become stubborn. And don’t be condescending or cruel. You’ll only weaken your own position. DON’T SET OUT TO [...]

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling in coming weeks that will determine whether necrophilia is a crime that falls under the state’s sexual assault statute. The debate stems from a Sept. 2006 criminal case, involving three...

The oral arguments in the California Supreme Court's same-sex marriage case were heard a few days ago, on Tuesday, March 4, in a full three and a half hours of arguments, and now can be seen on the The California Channel (click on March 4, California Supreme Court: Same Sex Marriage). If, like me, you don't have the time or inclination to watch the whole thing, you can instead read Dale

The oral arguments in the California Supreme Court's same-sex marriage case were heard a few days ago, on Tuesday, March 4, in a full three and a half hours of arguments, and now can be seen on the The California Channel (click on March 4, California Supreme Court: Same Sex Marriage). If, like me, you don't have the time or inclination to watch the whole thing, you can instead read Dale

Nathan at Very Special Monkeys has an interesting post on the subject of "rational Christianity" and why it is inherently flawed. The crux of his argument centers on the nature of ex post facto discourse and how Christians are often guilty of using it to defend their beliefs. I thought this was worth highlighting here since it is likely to be a concept with which many people are unfamiliar.Briefly, an ex post facto argument is a logically flawed claim in which claimant begins by assuming that an unsupported claim is true and then reasons backward from the claim in order to support it. Students of logic will immediately recognize the problems with such an approach. Instead of offering premises which lead to a conclusion, the ex post facto claim begins with the conclusion, assumes it to be t

"Ron Paul Breaks Records but Still Fringe (They Tell Me)"You knew they'd come, didn't you? The headlines and comments that wonder at Paul's fundraising feat while at the same time repeating the claims of "those who know" that he has no chance to win. To many, especially the Guy Smileys of the world, these hack opinion-makers are the only barometer of what is possible and what isn't, what is credible, and so forth.But as I cruise the news sites and blogs this morning I find reason to be hopeful. It's no longer easy to relegate Paul to the margins. He is breaking through the barriers set by political operatives and dinosaur journalists.And you know what? Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic Online just officially endorsed Paul. He joins John Derbyshire and David Freddoso at National Review Online. I personally couldn't be happier with that lineup.Maybe Pat Buchanan will be the next to make it official?From Sully's post this morning:I do not believe that an endless military, economic a

Hardbeatnews, BROOKLYN, NY, Thurs. Nov. 29, 2007: Oral arguments are set to begin tomorrow in the US’ case against accused Guyanese drug lord, Shaheed Roger Khan, HBN has learnt.

I found the New York Times editorials relating to the Annapolis summit disappointing. I read Thomas Friedman twice to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Even after my double-check I’m still left with the impression that he didn’t say much. It can be summed as “Yay, Annapolis” along with an obligatory pessimism, in case the process ends like all other Israeli-Palestinian accords. From someone who’s considered one of the world’s leading columnists, I’d expect something more insightful.The editorial titled “Starting from Annapolis” was even more problematic. Its expectation that an Israeli-Palestinian agreement “could also diminish the appeal of Islamic extremists and begin to repair America’s battered reputation in the Muslim world” is a complete misreading of reality. If anyone on the editorial board of the NYT truly thinks that Israel / Palestine is the main reason for Islamic-American confrontation (and more specifically Iranian-American conflict), then world-

Whenever the debate turns to e-book readers – and especially, of late, the Kindle – people seem to divide sharply for or against, with few concessions. By way of clarification, as a library/information consultant I am largely ‘for’ e-book readers – I can see plenty of advantages and uses, but can also see some faults – or improvements that should be made.Siva Vaidhyanathan (according to Wikipedia) is a cultural historian and media scholar, and is currently an associate professor of Media Studies and Law at the University of Virginia. … and is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities and the Institute for the Future of the Book. Last Friday, ben vershbow posted Thoughtful comments from Siva Vaidhyanathan on the Kindle on if:Book, being the tail end of Siva's own posting on The Googlization of Everything: Amazon's new book reader destined to fail. Among other things, Siva says (referring to the Newsweek article he quotes): And, as Levy points out in the artic

Have you ever wanted to be able to process an arbitrary number of command-line arguments in your Bash scripts? Well, fear not! It is actually quite easy. All you need is one of the special built-in variables of the Bash shell. The “$@” variable gives you the parameters passed on without any expansion and seen as separate words. This means you can iterate through them without much fuss. #!/bin/bash if [ -z "$1" ]; then echo -e " Usage: `basename $0` arg 1 [arg 2] [etc.]..." exit 1 fi echo "Found $# Command-Line Arguments" idx=1 for arg in "$@" do echo "Arg[$idx] = ${arg}" let "idx += 1" done exit 0 The first part of this script uses the “-z” test to see if the first positional command-line argument is null. If it is then the script simply outputs a usage statement and exits with a non-zero return value. Otherwise the script goes into a for loop which simply outputs the value of each command-line argument in turn. Notice I also used the “$#&rd

Do you know that arguments in a relationship slow down the body's ability to heal? With the stress added on, it will reduce the process even more.I saw an article which I happened to read during one of the work courses in NIE. The researchers (both husband and wife), study 42 couples with blisters. During the 1st visit, they were told to discuss something that encourages each other. While the 2nd visit, they were instructed to resolve a disagreement.After each visit, their levels of cytokines were measured. Cytokines are messengers that pass messages to cells, to heal the wound. The researchers discovered that the amount of cytokines is lower during the 2nd visit compared to the 1st. Furthermore, those most hostile couple took two days longer to heal.However, arguments in a relationship are a formula for staying together =) Just don't be overboard.

The Kentucky Supreme Court is going live and online.The high court started showing oral arguments yesterday through a Web site, joining at least 16 other states in employing the technology. The court estimated it had about 1,700 online viewers for its first Webcast, said Susan Clary, a spokeswoman for the court.It's gone great. No hitches," Clary said.Kentucky joins states from Alaska to Florida in Webcasting oral arguments."Broadcasting Supreme Court oral arguments live gives every citizen access to our proceedings and an opportunity to see their highest court doing its work," Chief Justice Joseph Lambert said.To see a Webcast, viewers go to the Supreme Court Web site, www.courts.ky.gov, and click on "Supreme Court LIVE."Kentucky's high court finally had the technology in place to start Webcasting after studying the idea for several years, Clary said. The court is also looking into having attorneys file court records online, which is similar to what many federal courts require, Clar

I've been dating for 4 years, and of course it's a norm that relationships are full of ups and downs. There will be countless arguments even over a slightest issue. But do not be surprised that is it actually a formula for staying together.One should not be too egoistic and the main thing is to learn how to say "sorry". Just like what Dr Clio Cresswell said, "Couples who compromise the least usually stay together the longest. A conversation between a couple will always be bursting with patterns, just like mathematics." Therefore, if you and your partner can't reach an easy conclusion, agree to disagree and move on. Don't dwell on it for a few days till if affect your work or others. Perhaps that's why my arguments with him doesn't last for more than 24 hours =P

Ayant écouté avec attention cette émission, j'ai été trés étonné par certains arguments avancés, aussi j'ai fait les recherches suivantes que je vous partage. Je les ai classées par affirmation. 1ere affirmation : 60% de la population issue de l'immigration est concentrée dans trois régions e[…]

I was able to attend the oral argument at the U. S. Supreme Court yesterday in the IDEA case of Board of Education of City of New York v. Tom F., Case No. 06-637. Despite my many years practicing law, I am always awestruck when I enter that Courtroom. The highest court in the land does an impressive job of creating a special atmosphere.When the oral argument began, Justice Kennedy left the Courtroom. Apparently he recused himself from the case and will not take part in the decision. The most active questioners were Justices Alito, Scalia and Chief Justice Roberts. Souter and Ginsburg asked a few questions, and Bryer, Stevens only asked about one area each. Thomas said nothing, although at one point he and Bryer had a very polite private conversation for few moments. I was more surprised by their civility than anything.The thrust of the questions from Alito, Scalia and Roberts to the school district attorney concerned what purpose could be served by reading the statute to mean t

I was able to attend the oral argument at the U. S. Supreme Court yesterday in the IDEA case of Board of Education of City of New York v. Tom F., Case No. 06-637. Despite my many years practicing law, I am always awestruck when I enter that Courtroom. The highest court in the land does an impressive job of creating a special atmosphere.When the oral argument began, Justice Kennedy left the Courtroom. Apparently he recused himself from the case and will not take part in the decision. The most active questioners were Justices Alito, Scalia and Chief Justice Roberts. Souter and Ginsburg asked a few questions, and Bryer, Stevens only asked about one area each. Thomas said nothing, although at one point he and Bryer had a very polite private conversation for few moments. I was more surprised by their civility than anything.The thrust of the questions from Alito, Scalia and Roberts to the school district attorney concerned what purpose could be served by reading the statute to mean t

There are speculation that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt had political arguments to a certain point that the actress allegedly threw wine over Brad’s face but there is a truth on the speculations. (more…)

So Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie do argue over politics. Reports from a few weeks back claimed that one debate got so heated that Jolie tossed a glass of red wine in Brad's face over a debate on the US presidential elections. Now Angelina is coming clean in an interview with the German Magazine Spiegel.She told the magazine in a lengthy question and answer interview: "We're trying to learn more about global issues and politics together. That's the only thing we ever argue about. Brad is really focused on his production company and films, but we both plan to do a lot less of that in the next few years."She added that political causes and actors usually don't mix. "don't necessarily think that's a natural role for an actor. Sometimes acting and politics make a very bad combination. I think that sometimes people take me less seriously in my work for the UNIn the most ridiculous question of the interview Jolie was asked, "In many Western countries people don't trust politicians an

As true now as it was then:Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages, are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defence of custom. But the tumult soon subsides."Thomas Paine Common Sense, January 1776Why are so many so heatedly opposed to homeschooling? I truly believe it boils down to two factors: a reaction to the unknown (custom) and a reaction to stereotypes (the process of classifying the unfamiliar in relation to the familiar). Public school is our common experience and thus has the "superficial appearance of being right."I am not sure why this organizisation finds it "surprising" that there is so little evidence indicating that homeschooling is "detrimental" to children, but at least they point out that the arguments are philosophical rather than actual. And they quote one of the more interesting argument

Console applications created using .NET can accept arguments during runtime/debugging. These arguments are known as command line arguments. This article describe how to specify these argument using Visual Studio 2005 C#.NET arguments are accepted by the Main(string args []) function . Arguments are passed into the program as strings separated by spaces and are stored and accessed [...]

Have a look at the following code: #include<iostream.h> #define MAX 10 void main(void) { for(int i=1;i<=MAX;i++) cout<<i<<endl; } Above we have used the type of macro expansion that we learnt in the article Introduction to C++ Preprocessor Directives Do you know that just like functions we can have arguments in the macros too! The following code shows how: #include<iostream.h> // this is how macros with // arguments are defined // NOTE: THERE SHOULD NOT BE // ANY SPACE BETWEEN THE // MACRO TEMPLATE (i.e. AREA) // AND THE PARANTHESIS // CONTAINING THE ARGUMENTS // (i.e. (x)) #define AREA(x) (x*x) void main(void) { // calling a macro // is almost similar // to calling a function cout<<AREA(10); } It is that simple! However, keep one thing in mind as stated in the comments not to put any space between the macro template and the braces containing the argument. #define AREA(x)

An article refuting many of the claims made by Sam Harris in his books The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reasonand Letter to a Christian Nationcan be found in the latest edition of Biola Connections, the alumni magazine of Biola University. The article, with contributions by Christian scholars Douglas Geivett and William Lane Craig, can be found online here. A pdf of the entire issue can be found here. apologetics, Christianity, CultureCopyright © 2007 Prudent Musings. This Feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not reading this material in your news aggregator, the site you are looking at is guilty of copyright infringement. Please contact legal@www.prudentmusings.com so we can take legal action immediately.

C# 2.0 provides greater flexibility in terms of simplicity. You can pass a block of code to a delegate just like a method, but here no method name exists. Imagine sending methods signature and code body to the delegate, but not the name. This signature and block of code without a name is called an anonymous method. It may sound a bit confusing why to send a method to a delegate without its name? Well, anonymous methods basically reduce the amount of code that is required first to declare a method and then to assign it to a delegate. But you cannot use anonymous method again n again in your code, anonymous methods are best suitable in conditions where you need to execute a block of code just once. Take a look at the following example.delegate int calculator(int a,int b); //Declare a delegate. class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { //Instance of delegate assigned an annoym

In the third chapter of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins meets all the most famous arguments that theologians through time have put forth to validate their belief in God. On the first few pages Dawkins goes through Thomas Aquinas (see picture) five proofs of God. The first three are essentially the same and all says that something cannot be created from nothing, ergo God. The response here is simply that God is also something and therefore, according to the logics, cannot come from nothing so this is not really a solution. Dawkins also finds space to cite what I think was a funny little paradox that Karen Owens once posted. Can omniscient God, who Knows the future, find The omnipotence to Change His future mind? An omniscient God must know what will happen in the future, including what he will, himself, do. If the entire future is already spelled out, then it should be pretty hard to change your mind right? Aquinas also gave the argument from degree which is not really an argument

There are arguments against abortion. And then there is this. Intellectuals these days often argue that a woman has a right to choose. Our holy spirit says if she knew what was really going on beneath all surface appearances, a woman would not have a question of choice. Abortion or Birth? Who Believes There is a Choice? And the anti-intectuals argue what? “Oh look at the cute baby! Such a cutie. Yes you are.” Some literary examples? “Izzum’s ickle heart a-beatin’ so floppity! Um’s own mumsy make ums all right, um’s p’eshus Flopit!” — Booth Tarkington ./a> “A Peke, the ickle angel pet, wiv his gweat big soulful eyes and his ickle black nosie — oh so ducky-duck!” — George Orwell. By the way, I really love when people use ‘intellectual’ as a pejorative. The implication is what? That you have no respect for the intellect? For education? For intelligence? For reason?

The New York Times reported yesterday that the British military, after allowing homosexuals to serve in 2000, has encountered no complications with the policy. According to members of the Ministry of Defense, the biggest news of the policy is that "there is no news." There has been no evidence of harassment or loss of morale.Of course, this stands in stark contrast to the U.S. military, which continues its policy of forbidding gays to serve openly. Even though we are allegedly engaged in the fight for our civilization in the war on terror, homosexuals are apparently not welcome in such an important fight. But it appears that all the arguments against allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the military are mere phantom arguments.Just as in the gay marriage debate, critics couch their opposition in the language of the horrible effects such a policy will have on the population at large and America. But these arguments lack empirical data to back them up. Let's put the policy in place, s

Lately I’ve started reading mainstream conservative blogs like Michelle Malkin and Little Green Footballs. Not just to see what they’re up to. And not just for that masochistic thrill of reading opinions that offend me (I know some of you know what I mean). Not to make my attacks sharper. Not even necessarily to be more broad-minded. No, I read to get a sense of their style of writing and thinking. Because I don’t always understand how they get from A to B - or should I say, from A to A, because all too often in the black-and-white world of party-line pundits there is only room for one kind of thinking. Take, for example, this amazing essay (kindly publicized by LGF) by columnist Bill Whittle. Emphasizing the value of “critical thinking,” Whittle builds from a de-bunking of the Loch Ness Monster myth to the remarkable conclusion that we should not question our government or big business. Furthermore, those who have questions about 9/11 or the JFK assassin

Oral argument in the Florida Supreme Court regarding the paralegal regulation proposal was conducted on April 16, 2007. You can view the video through Windows Media Player or Real Player or read the transcripts at the following link: http://www.wfsu.org/gavel2gavel/archives/07-04.html

The Benefits of the EU.1. ReformsCAP is being reformed, albeit slowly, prices are being brought closer to world levels; the EU is targeting subsidies to those farmers who need. This process is not complete but it shows reforms can be made. This will lead to better trade negotiations in the future.2. Bureaucracy Costs Relatively LowBureaucracy costs represent a very small % of the EU budget. The UK contribution to the EU is also quite small, only 1.5% of GDP. The UK makes a contribution of £14.2 billion (£4.7 billion net after rebates and grants). This comprises payments of £2.2 billion to European institutions, £15 billion for the Common Agricultural Policy, £1 billion for the Common Fisheries Policy.3. Benefits of Free Movement of LabourFree Movement of Labour and People has many benefits. The UK has had labour market shortages. Immigrants have filled in various undesirable jobs. It also enables UK residents to travel and work abroad, without restrictions.4. Increased Trade and

Disadvantages of European Union include:1. Common Agricultural Policy.The CAP has been reformed, but arguably it still is an inefficient method of subsidising the declining agricultural sector.For a long time the EU has maintained target prices for agricultural goods above the market price; this has various disadvantages:Higher prices for consumersHigher Tariffs on Imports required, this has been a stumbling block to tradeHigh prices encouraged oversupply. EU had to buy surplus that was created.Expensive for EU Taxpayer. - CAP budget accounts for nearly 50% of total EU budget. It costs UK £14 billion per year.The UK has a relatively small but efficient agricultural sector, therefore it benefits the least from CAP.2. High levels of Bureaucracy and Administration within the EU.The Bruges Group, a Eurosceptic think-tank, estimated that the combined direct and indirect costs in 2007 will amount to £100,000 a minute, or £52.4 billion — about £2 billion more than this year. This includ

The Supreme Court of Florida has ordered oral arguments to be heard on April 16, 2007 regarding proposed legislation for paralegal regulation. Both the South Florida Paralegal Association and the Florida Bar Association have filed briefs.

Regardless of the type of man you are — strong with bold opinions, moderate with no taste for confrontation or passive with a gelatinous backbone — guess what? Unless you’re made of wood, you are going to be dating, you are going to get into arguments, and the expectation (at least from the female perspective) is that you are going to lose those arguments. Any type of man could, at any time, find himself in any kind of an argument. Maybe your pants were off when they really should have been on. Perhaps you zigged when you should have zagged, or, despite your best intentions, you just spoke out of turn. The trick to saving face in a fight is to always be prepared. You wouldn’t go out for a night on the town without some cash and a pressed shirt, would you? So why would you head into a relationship battle without your best artillery? There are rules to follow. Nobody wants to be that guy in the corner getting a lecture from his best gal, especially when he could have co

The Headline says it allFBI used Patriot Act to invade privacy, intimidate businessesAll it took to do this was to scare the living crap out of Americans long enough to enact this law. There is no reason for this, they did not gather this information. This country has been had...and you can hear the Democrats who opposed the Patriot Act and were called unpatriotic and defeatist screaming a rousing "WE TOLD YOU SO!"I can see right through Robert Mueller;“We strive to exercise our authorities consistent with the privacy protections and civil liberties that we are sworn to uphold,” Mueller said. “Anything less will not be tolerated. While we’ve already taken some steps to address these shortcomings, I am ordering additional corrective measures to be taken immediately.” translation: "Ah, you caught us, sorry, ok, we'll stop"The Patriot Act needs to be repealed, or at the very least, heavily altered.

Here's something from the International Herald Tribune (Hat tip: Dawnsblood), and I think he's got something going here: "My values are yours, those of the republican right," Sarkozy said. "These are the values of fairness, order, merit, work, responsibility. I accept them. But in these values in which I believe, there is also movement. I am not a conservative. I do not want an immobile France. I want innovation, creativity, the struggle against injustices." Despite the French republican ideal that ignores religious and ethnic differences, for example, Sarkozy broke with tradition by referring to the French as the "heirs of 2000 years of Christianity." He said that Turkey "does not have its place" as a member of the European Union. In a veiled reference to those Muslims and immigrants who resist the French model of integration, he said it was unacceptable to "want to live in France without respecting and loving France," and learning the French language. He added, "If you live in Fran

The mega-slanted Captain Comics writes about 3 trends he's tired of seeing for his Comics Buyer's Guide column. Like his Scripps-Howard newsaper column, this too is fairly sensationalized, but I'll just be commenting on the third and last in the line here, that being on resurrections in comics. He says:I don’t really have to explain this one do I? After all, most comics fans no longer believe any character is dead any more. Even if we see a body.Well in my case, I don't want them do be dead. If I did, then they wouldn't be my favorites, now would they? Yeesh.Actually, as silly as it’s become, I can live with the repeated resurrection of Jean Grey – after all, “phoenix” is in her name. Ditto Donna Troy and Hawkman, whose origins (well, some of them) posit that they are always reincarnated. But Green Arrow is a quite ordinary fellow, who was blown to tiny bits, and replaced by a successor -- but he’s back. Most of the Green Lanterns and the Guardians were quite thoroughl