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Ricky
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 Posted - 02/12/2005 : 17:41:03 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
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Originally posted by Ricky
From Here:
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Other illuminaries featured in the Big Question series include materialistic brain expert Susan Greenfield, occult hypnotist Ian Stewart, and Atheistic physicist Stephen Hawking -- notorious frequenter of nudie bars and maker of obscene and violent rap songs who once, on one of his TV specials, boasted of betting pornography over the existence of black holes.
No comment needed.
Eh... well, I don't know about him being a notorious frequenter at nudie bars and I seriously doubt obscene and violent rap songs, but betting the subscription of a skin-magazine over the existence of black holes seems to be right.
A subscription of Hustler, if I recall correctly.
I think I found where they got all of this from.
But they failed to read the disclaimer:
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Disclaimer
This shouldn't be necessary, but just to be on the safe side I would like to make one thing perfectly clear:
Professor Stephen Hawking is a brilliant, courageous, remarkable man... he is not, however, a gangsta rapper.
Professor Hawking had absolutely nothing to do with the creation of this site or the songs on it.
If any of this came as a surprise to you, I suggest that you have a talk with your parents; they have some bad news for you about the Easter Bunny.
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And this is the only thing I can find about Hawking going to a strip club. |
Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
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Dr. Mabuse
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Sweden
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Posted - 02/12/2005 : 17:52:30 [Permalink]
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The story about the skin-magazine is, Hawking made a bet with a collegue that black holes did not exist. If conclusive evidence was found of the existance of black holes Hawking would lose, and pay for a subscription in his friends name.
Should Hawking be wrong about black holes, then most of his work would have been in vain, but at least he'd win a subscription... A win-win situation.  |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 02/13/2005 : 01:23:00 [Permalink]
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Mab, Hawking paid up on that bet last July, no porno involved.
See, for example, the BBC:The U-turn cost Professor Hawking a reference book called Total Baseball. He and Kip Thorne made a bet on the subject with an opponent of the idea, John Preskill, also of Caltech.
Just before he handed over the book Hawking said: "I had great difficulty in finding one over here, so I offered him an encyclopaedia of cricket as an alternative, but John wouldn't be persuaded of the superiority of cricket." |
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tkster
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 02/13/2005 : 10:06:52 [Permalink]
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Dell > Mac.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
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Posted - 02/13/2005 : 12:48:58 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
Mab, Hawking paid up on that bet last July, no porno involved.
Ah, good for him.
I didn't think it important enough to follow up. The deal was mentioned in his book "A brief History of Time" IIRC.
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Apparently the whole deal has been blown out of proportion. (accidental puns intended ) |
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Starman
SFN Regular
Sweden
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Posted - 02/16/2005 : 04:06:42 [Permalink]
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I love this one from objective.jesussave.us :A Godly U.S. Flag!
Wrap your self in that one and who could argue against you?
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Ricky
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woolytoad
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Posted - 02/16/2005 : 05:04:02 [Permalink]
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I'd love to use a Mac but they're insanely expensive, so I'll just go with my good friend Linux, oh yeah.
Naw. If you do a price/performance comparison to Dell you'll find they are just as expensive. The Mac are expensive reputation was gained during the non Steve Jobs years.
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Does anybody really believe that the Mac is subliminally drawing them to The Dark Side?
Let us examine which of the 7 deadly sins my Mac has made me guilty of.
Pride: Yes. My computer is pretty than yours.
Envy: Yes. I wish I had a Dual G5 Powermac too.
Gluttony: Almost. I desire to spend more money on Macs. But I cannot afford it so I don't.
Lust: Yes. I must have an even better Mac. I must!
Wrath: No. I am much less stressed now.
Greed: Yes. I desire more Macs.
Sloth: Yes. I do less to get things to work. It just works.
6/7 is not bad.
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Starman
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Posted - 02/16/2005 : 05:04:59 [Permalink]
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It is satire, but a clever one.
I think they have been outed here once before.
How about this page:
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Jesus Action Figure:
'Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed!'
Jesus has just risen and He's ready for adventures in Faith! Behold His nail holes (John 20:27)! Whether helping your children save Mr. Gruff or just hanging out on the dashboard of your car, this Jesus action figure will bring hours of enjoyment and Faith-based fun!
Requires: 1 sheet of paper or card stock, scissors, hobby knife, scoring tool, glue.
Coming soon: Doubting Thomas figure with finger-poking action and Galilee playset!
Edit to add: Just check out "Professor Giraffenstein's Clockwork Creation Science Factoids"quote:
God designed bananas to fit your hand!
Here's a blog that talk about the site.
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
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leoofno
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 02/16/2005 : 06:07:39 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
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It is satire, but a clever one.
I guess that only leads to the real question:
How do you tell the difference between Creationist crap and satire? Is there a difference?
I may be showing my age, but in the old days at talk.origins, it was considered a courtesy to include a mention of the Large Mouth Bass in any satire of creationist writings. Of course, you would put it near the end to keep 'em guessing |
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Siberia
SFN Addict
Brazil
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Posted - 02/16/2005 : 07:06:28 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by woolytoad
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I'd love to use a Mac but they're insanely expensive, so I'll just go with my good friend Linux, oh yeah.
Naw. If you do a price/performance comparison to Dell you'll find they are just as expensive. The Mac are expensive reputation was gained during the non Steve Jobs years.
Not here. Here they're still too expensive for my pocket (which, admittedly, it's not that big). |
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