Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
While I was browsing around the net looking for something to take my mind off revision I came across a site called fundies say the darndest things. It’s a site with collections of quotes from all over the internet from people trying to argue against science. And by ‘people’ I mean mainly religious people. Although, non-religious people do say stupid things they don’t have a collective agenda against science and reason. Some of these comments are funny but a lot are just plain disturbing, the stupidity of some people out there never ceases to amaze me. Below are some of my favourite comments.
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“One of the most basic laws in the universe is the Second Law of Thermodynamics. This states that as time goes by, entropy in an environment will increase. Evolution argues differently against a law that is accepted EVERYWHERE BY EVERYONE. Evolution says that we started out simple, and over time became more complex. That just isn’t possible: UNLESS there is a giant outside source of energy supplying the Earth with huge amounts of energy. If there were such a source, scientists would certainly know about it.” [emphasis added]
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[Replying to 'as for not seeing evolution it takes several million years... incase you missed that memo...']
“several million years for a monkey to turn into a man. oh wait thats right. monkeys dont live several million years. “
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“I’ll do my own humorous summary
“Debating with an atheist”
Atheist: I deny the existence of air
Facilis: what?? You’re breathing now. Air is the necessary precondition for breathing.
A: No. I see no reason why air is necessary for breathing. I am breathing now and i don’t believe in air.
F: It the impossibility of the contrary. What else could you be breathing.
A: That is just an air of the gaps fallacy.You just insert air into the gaps since you do not know how people breathe.
F:But how else can you account for breathing?
A:I’m just breathing because that is the way it is. I’m still going to deny the existence of air.”
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You can read more comments like the above over at fundies say the darndest things.
Windows 7 vs Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04: Boot Time
When I heard Microsoft were giving away Windows 7 free for a year I decided to put it on my EEE PC 1000H and see what it was like. There has been a lot of buzz surrounding it, people were claiming it was much better than Vista. I was very surprised at how fast it run on my netbook, I had tried Vista previously and can remember how slow that was. I also had Ubuntu Jaunty already installed on the system so I decided to time both OS’s boot time and see how they fared.
I expected Jaunty to be faster since Ubuntu put in a lot of effort to make things speedier but it turns out so did Microsoft. Both system booted in almost exactly 25 seconds, see for yourself in the videos below.
Windows 7 booting:
Ubuntu Jaunty booting:
I have to give Microsoft credit for Windows 7, it felt faster overall and it looks great too but after using Ubuntu for so long it felt a little awkward using Windows again. While the 25 second boot may seem impressive now, just wait until October when the next version of Ubuntu, which promises to be even faster, will come out. Sorry about the video quality I used my Sony Ericsson P1i to record it.
Runcore Pro IV: Super Fast SSD
JKK Mobile has managed to get hold of soon-to-be released 2.5″ Pro IV SSD drive from Runcore and from the video and speeds tests it looks super fast.
Check out the video below.
For more information on the specs, pricing and availability goto JKK mobile.
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Samsung I7500: 5 Megapixel Android Phone Official
So the rumours turned out to be true. Samsung have made their first Android based phone official. The I7500 has a far more impressive feature set than the lackluster offerings from HTC.
The device features a 3.2″ AMOLED touch screen and the first decent speced camera for an Android based phone. The I7500 should offer smartphone enthusiasts who also want a decent camera an alternative to the Iphone and G1.
Full Samsung I7500 specifications:
This phone has the looks and specs to be an awesome device and is the first Android phone that I might actually buy.
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Nokia Photo Browser Available for Symbian S60 Smart Phones
The cool Nokia photo browser which until now was only available for the 5800 XpressMusic has now been released for all Symbian S60 3rd edition phones.
The software has a 3-D interface and some nice effects to make viewing your images easier and prettier. It may not look as good on non touchscreen phones but it should be better than the current photo browsers available. Check out the video demo below:
You can download the software from Nokia Beta Lab.
LG GC900 Viewty Smart Announced
Having been an owner of the first Vewity I am keen to see what improvements LG have made to its recently announced successor the LG GC900 Viewty Smart.
The first Viewty had a lot of problems including being underpowered which meant the software was very sluggish and a pain to use. The user interface was inconsistent and poorly designed. Worst of all for me was LGs support for their phones, fixing bugs and releasing software updates doesn’t seem to be a priority for them. If there’s software problems with a model they’ll just release a new model with better software instead of fixing the old one. The only good thing about the first Viewty was it’s brilliant 5 megapixel camera. Which included 120 fps video recording and slow motion playback.
The Viewty Smart increases its megapixel count to 8 but has dropped Xenon flash for LEDs. Like its predecessor, the Viewty Smart won’t actually be a smart phone but run on LGs proprietary OS with their S-Class touch UI which I have heard a lot of good things about. Hopefully they will give the Viewty Smart enough processing power so that it does’nt lag like the older model.
Other LG Viewty Smart Specifications include:
- GSM Quad-band (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) UMTS European/Asian 3G (2100 MHz)
- Data: GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA 1.8 Mbit/s/HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s/HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s
- 3-inch WVGA touchscreen with 800 x 480 px resolution
- 8 megapixel camera with Xenon Flash, manual and auto focus, image stabilizer, face tracking, Blink shot, Smile Detection and high speed video recording.
- S class 3D interface
- MPEG4, WMV, AVI, DivX, XviD and H.264
- microSD/microSDHC, up to 32GB
- FM Radio
- Built-in Wi-Fi
- 2.0, Stereo Bluetooth with A2DP
- USB 2.0
- A-GPS
- Accelerometer
- size: 100.8 x 55.8 x 12.4 mm
- Weight: 3.17 oz (90 g)
The LG Viewty Smart is likely to come out sometime in June 09.
Samsung S8000: 5 Megapixel Android Phone
I am a big fan of Android and I think it provides a decent alternative to Apples Iphone OS and Symbian which has not been delivering the goods in my opinion. That’s why I’m happy to see apparent details of a 5 megapixel Samsung Android phone leaked recently. Once again I am glad to see Samsung pushing OLED technology forward which should give this phone a good battery life. The phone is also very thin, only 12mm. More info coming soon.
Nothing is official yet but the Samsung S8000 is said to have the following features:
The weird cube shaped button may suggest that Samsung will add their own 3D UI touch on this.
We are Linux
The Linux foundation has just announced the winner of the “We’re Linux” video contest. The video created by Amitay Tweeto, called “What does it mean to be free”, was chosen by a panel of judges as the winner.
The contest was set up by the Linux foundation to get people to create a one minute video showcasing what Linux meant to them, essentially an “I’m a Pc, I’m a Mac” type thing. Linux doesn’t get a lot of advertising or promotion in the public sphere, it’s usually through word of mouth that people find out about and try Linux. The aim of this contest was to make people aware of Linux and to encourage them to try it.
I really liked the winner because it not only told people that Linux was out there and they had a choice but it also portrayed the core ideas and ethos of Linux. Linux is not just software but also a community of people who believe in sharing, the ability to use your OS as you want and making it better together for everyone. Here is the winning video:
