Star Wars Characters Astrological Readings 128
Nathaniel R. Merriam
sent us an amusing bit about the astrological signs
of various star wars charachters.
If you were disappointed by the lack-of-trailer yesterday,
this might tide you over until Wing Commander opens. Its
always nice to know that Chewie is a Taurus and Yoda is a
Sagitarius, although I'm not exactly sure why exactly.
no.. (Score:1)
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"One World, One Web, One Program" - Microsoft Promotional Ad
Sometimes I wonder (Score:1)
An anonymous coward wrote..
here's an interesting poll:
[ ] I read my horoscope today
[ ] I read a SINGLE bible verse today
You forgot..
[ ] I haven't read any fiction today
Thou shalt give unto Rob no shit. (Score:1)
Don Negro
Me and Han, Baby (Score:1)
BTW, I hope we get a manned mission to Mars soon, and that from there it's a quick jump to colonization, 'cause quite a few of the posters above need to be living in a place that's O.38 G.
Don Negro
Non-Trailer (Score:1)
i tried finding it on starwars.countingdown.com, since i got an e-mail saying it was there, but i couldn't find it anywhere.
Non-Trailer (Score:1)
Link to Non-Trailer Mirror Sites (Score:1)
Sometimes I wonder (Score:1)
(here's an interesting poll:
[ ] I read my horoscope today
[ ] I read a SINGLE bible verse today
^^ A *MUCH* better quality counterfeit for people seeking higher guidance in life.
Three main problems. (Score:1)
Yes, I know, it was all in fun. But since other people were poking at it....
<tim><
Three main problems... and one more... (Score:1)
But if machines are capable of having signs, all the Windows boxes at work are definitely Aries. (inflicting pain on people)
-mickey
Dumb waste of space (Score:1)
The Zodiac is a sham - really (Score:1)
The Zodiac signs in the newspapers are based on the sky about 2500 years ago. Now, the Sun passes through thirteen constellations, not twelve:
Pisces -> March 13 - April 19
Aries -> April 20 - May 12
Taurus -> May 13 - June 20
Gemini -> June 21 - July 19
Cancer -> July 20 - August 11
Leo -> August 12 - September 17
Virgo -> Sepetember 18 - October 31
Libra -> November 1 - November 21
Scorpius -> November 22 - November30
Ophiuchus -> December 1 - December 18
Sagittarius -> December 19 - January 18
Capricorn -> January 19 - February 17
Aquarius -> February 18 - March 12
What about The Matrix (Score:1)
The difference between science and religion (Score:1)
Though few people realize it the essential quality of proof is the ability to instill belief. (This is a mathematical definition as given by Femat). This definition is a sensible consequence of the (self-contradictory) 'fact' that we can never truly know anything (a 'truth' that is self evident to any philosopher).
>horoscopes are just as valid as anything else [including science]
Crap.
Science like horoscopes are imperfect. Scientific theory like the theory of horoscopes is imprecise, and sometimes downright wrong. As we can never really know anything believing in these theories is a matter of faith.
However the Scientific process is different from (though inspired by) Religious practice. Scientific theories aren't accepted unless
1) They can be used to predict measurable phenomena
(eg The theory of gravity predicts that masses will be attracted to each other by a measurable amount).
2) The results of experiments agree with the predictions made by using the scientific theory.
(Gauss predicted where an asteriod Ceres? would reappear in the sky the next year after observing its position over a short duration of time).
Now horoscopes do make a lot of predictions, but I can't measure their accuracy, hence horoscopes aren't scientific.
The same goes for Religion which deals with the supernatural.
Now historically religious persons would disagree with this, this is what miracles are all about (God exists since supernatural events occur). I think the jury will be out indefiinitely on this, though the Catholic church seems to be declaring less miracles nowadays.
I don't disbelieve in horoscopes, or religion, but I sure as hell don't believe in them
Or a more serious note I've noticed people putting down religion, abstract mathematics and philosphy in this thread.
I find this lack of repect disconcerting. As a friend of mine once pointed out, philosophy isn't a waste of time it gave us our system of logic!
Far far away (Score:1)
Still, it's a cute page...
Mathematicians (Score:1)
I object to my kind being lumped together with philosphers and theologians. While philosophers and theologians believe that the crap they spew can help to understand the natural world (which I agree is a completely faulty notion), mathematicians understand that from the get-go they are dealing with the world of the imagination, not anything "real." We've just chosen to recede into our heads, as opposed to surrounding ourselves with delusions about the Universe.
-josh
Why not? (Score:1)
:-P
Sometimes I wonder (Score:1)
Even if there are gremlins, if there is no theoretical way to distinguish between the gremlin theory and the sound wave theory, then *it doesn't matter which is true*. Theories are only a means of explaining and predicting things that happen in the real world. They have meaning only in that they help us to perform predictions and they help our anthropomorphic minds latch onto concepts.
If you want your gremlins, go ahead, but the effect of a gremlin and sound waves will be the same, so it doesn't matter which you pick.
--John
Dumb waste of space (Score:1)
It would be definitely better than wasting space for this absolute BS...
Why not? (Score:1)
so do us all a favor and don't assume that you're a better representative of the linux community
What about The Matrix (Score:1)
But why not include news/tid-bits about The Matrix? If this is Linux-heavy news for nerds with room to stray off topic, why not look at the movie that promises to question reality while pleasing nerds and dragging up memories of Blade Runner and Dune?
Check out the strip at http://www.whatisthematrix.com/
Great story line and illustration.
Or get back to kernal speak.........
peas
caut10n
Vader's sign (Score:1)
ROFL!
Hmmm
I rock! (Score:1)
-J.Pierpont
http://dino.res.cmu.edu [cmu.edu]
Why not? (Score:1)
The Bald Wookie has the same sign as the real one (Score:1)
Three main problems. (Score:1)
2: Oh. Right. So all the ewoks were born under the same sign!
3: And here's the kicker: I assume that different planets (non Earth) have different year-lengths. Also different lunar periods... hell, Tatooine even has 2 moons! How would the astrological signs even apply in this case???
Aside from that, it was a nice morning diversion!
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- Sean
Three main problems. (Score:1)
My bad
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- Sean
Sometimes I wonder (Score:1)
--Corey
Hey, I share it with the emperor (Score:1)
cool, though. I'll just use those electrical
bolts to fry these people that infest MY Aries
hating universe.
Three main problems... and one more... (Score:1)
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by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March >I would have to agree, since I read the bible so >as to further be capable of demonstrating
>the utter stupidity of the religions which use
>it as a foundation.
If you read the book I mention, you may learn that the Bible is not a book to be read literally.
>If you read Martin Luther's "On The Jews and >Their Lies", I will read "Sermon on the
>Mount". The bible isn't necessarily paranormal >nonsense, it's just nonsense with some
>history mixed in for good measure. I would >consider it superstition before I would
>consider it paranormal.
I sure will. However, it sounds like the book may have a few anti-semitic overtones. I don't believe you'll find Emmet declaring anybody a liar in his book. It's interesting to note that he was largely criticized by a large part of the christian community for taking a radical departure from alot of the commonly held beliefs of his time.
I used to talk alot like you, and was a hardcore atheist. It changed for me (I'm not saying it will or won't for you).
SPiKe
Ex street rat/gutter punk
Sometimes I wonder (Score:1)
>almost became a priest. A complete
>waste of youth, more than you can understand.
>I'm forever atheist. God didn't create >morals, reciprocal altruism did. All animals have >a kind of morality and we are clearly >animals.
I also was an ex-catholic. However, I'm not a
catholic and I feel that it's unfair to compare
our situations. I didn't turn to a higher power
(what I choose to call God) because someone
preached at me, but because it (I believe ) was
the thing that saved me from myself.
I spent endless nights at the age of 15 in alleys
in Tacoma, Washington. I knew drinking was
killing me and getting me in to more trouble, but
I couldn't stop. I found myself all of sudden
sent to a detox and rehab program, and people
helped me out, where my family wouldn't. I can
only call that a miracle. After two years of
being off drugs and alcohol, I was going crazy,
and I was beyond wanting a drink. I wanted to
kill myself. I felt myself asking for help in
prayer (I was still pretty atheist at this point)
, and I got relief. I am now 18. I've gone from
a 16 year old kid picked off the street with a
GED and one year of high school to being in charge
of a department of web developers and Senior
Unix administrator.
Call it luck, but I believe it was God working in
my life. I trust that my God will work it all
out, and I don't have to struggle anymore. That's
all. A simple reliance upon a power greater than
myself and trying to be of use wherever I go. No
preaching.
If you want to discuss this via email,
it's justin@pajo.com
Sometimes I wonder (Score:1)
>sugar packets.
Well, we don't seek the same things from the
book.
>A few? That's an understatement.
>"Therefore be on your guard against the Jews,
>knowing that wherever they have their
>synagogues, nothing is found but a den of
>devils in which sheer self-glory, conceit,
>lies, blasphemy, and defaming of God and men
>are practiced most maliciously and
>veheming his eyes on them."
I don't understand the point of reading this book.
>He was the first Hitler. There is a stronger
>link between Hitler and Luther than there is
>between Hitler and Darwin, by far.
How did Hitler become a part of this? That's
really extreme, and would probably belittle the
suffering the Jewish people went through. I never
attacked Darwin's system. For all I know,
evolution happened.
Listen, I never said I associate with a church.
I also said that the Bible doesn't neccesarily
have anything to do with the church. Upon further
examination, you'll find that Christ never went
on about any setting up of a church or theological
discussions.
I presonally do not find God in the worldly
clamors and singing of church, nor in the dogma
or the legislation of morals into law by the likes
of Jesse Helms. I find my faith in helping
others. I found my faith through my own life experiences.
I have read The Moral Animal. I've also read
alot of Chomsky, a lot of Marx, all of Nietsche,
Darwin. I used to believe strongly in all of
what these writers wrote. It got me to a life
of hell on Earth (read below). I have a reliance
on a higher power now that relieves me. I don't
try to push it like an addictive drug on to
small children and Linux geeks.
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Also, no offense, I do not believe you have read The Moral Animal. I'm guessing, but
given your age and the fact that the book is relatively new, it would have overlapped
(most probably) with your religious years.
I am constantly challenged to read such books.
Also, please note I do not make any religious arguments. I expound upon my spirituality. I do not believe in the church.
It is also not typical to read when you are 16.
I am not your typical 16 year old, if you've read the above. Again, we can continue via email, if you wish.
justin@pajo.com
Stupid (Score:1)
Idiot.
Three main problems. (Score:1)
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It's just sad.
Zagmar