Jesus's middle name is Hume! Caution: Some NSFW images within!

[biostud]

Utter crap.

http://www.strangenotions.com/gods-philosophers/

Because this thread is full of scientific graphs...... :sneaky:

 

[NetWareHead]

Yes because all scientific advancements stopped with the fall of Rome. The Muslims, Arabs, Persians, Indians & Chinese all became stupid too and had zero contributions

 

[IronWing]

http://www.strangenotions.com/gods-philosophers/

I'm going to have to give this book a read. I read Freeman's book so this would seem a fair counterpoint.

 

[Atreus21]

I'm going to have to give this book a read. I read Freeman's book so this would seem a fair counterpoint.

 

[Ichinisan]

Image doesn't work. "thelibertarianrepublic.com" blocks hotlinking. It didn't work when I copy-pasted the URL to a new tab either. :hmm:

[edit]
Had to do Ctrl+F5 in my new tab to make it work.

The only reason the image works for you is because your browser already has it in the cache.

 

[Atreus21]

Image doesn't work. I was gonna say "thelibertarianrepublic.com" blocks hotlinking, but it didn't work when I copy-pasted the URL to a new tab either. :hmm:

You can't see the image? Odd. I can.

 

[Ichinisan]

You can't see the image? Odd. I can.

It's that way every time someone links to a site that blocks hotlinking. You see it because it's already in your browser's cache.

 

[Jodell88]

I see it.

 

[Jodell88]

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I see it too, and I guarantee you the libertarian republic was not in my browser cache.

 

[Fritzo]

Yes because all scientific advancements stopped with the fall of Rome. The Muslims, Arabs, Persians, Indians & Chinese all became stupid too and had zero contributions

There's actually some validity to this. Science was repressed and technology would have been several hundred years more advanced if it weren't for th repression. The Muslims, Arabs, and Persians were fighting the Christians, so there wasn't much room for learning

 

[Ichinisan]

I see it too, and I guarantee you the libertarian republic was not in my browser cache.

I just tested with another browser...

• Loaded this thread in IE: no picture
• Copied the URL and pasted into a new tab in IE: "403 forbidden"
• Ctrl+F5 in the new tab in IE: picture appears
• Reload the thread: Picture appears from browser cache

So IE behaves exactly as Google Chrome did.

 

[Train]

There's actually some validity to this. Science was repressed and technology would have been several hundred years more advanced if it weren't for th repression. The Muslims, Arabs, and Persians were fighting the Christians, so there wasn't much room for learning

"repressed" or just wasn't advanced?

Most analysis I've seen only points to a de-prioritization of science in favor of survival, due to things like famine and plague, which led to mass illiteracy.

 

[Ichinisan]

There's actually some validity to this. Science was repressed and technology would have been several hundred years more advanced if it weren't for th repression. The Muslims, Arabs, and Persians were fighting the Christians, so there wasn't much room for learning

Did this kind of repression predate the dark ages? :hmm:

I think it probably did.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

"repressed" or just wasn't advanced?

Most analysis I've seen only points to a de-prioritization of science in favor of survival, due to things like famine and plague, which led to mass illiteracy.

Right.

In fact, the "dark ages" saw quite a lot of progress in certain areas, such as agriculture and architecture.

 

[Train]

 

[KMFJD]

 

[Ichinisan]

It changed from a motherboard, to iPod headphones, to some kind of modified headphones.

Loaded with IE and it showed a solid state Walkman player. Refreshed and saw the circuit board with capacitors again.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

I dont get it....

 

[Ketchup]

I dont get it....

Ichinisan just explained it. If I refresh my browser, the picture changes.

 

[chubbyfatazn]

I dont get it....

refresh your browser

 

[ctbaars]

Can I get a highly low technical OT explanation of that picture effect?

 

[phucheneh]

When the server gets a request for that picture, it looks at a predefined set of pictures and chooses one at random (or, probably more accurately, 'pseudorandom,' but that's needlessly technical).

 

[TurtleCrusher]

 

[RampantAndroid]

Can I get a highly low technical OT explanation of that picture effect?

The URL is this:
http://lorempixel.com/500/300/technics/Only you can see this picture/

A simple way to get this is just have a php script that outputs the bits of of an image...that way you can do the randomness in a php script.