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As for the Creationism canard, this was an offhand comment she made that she later clarified.
Creationism and Evolution - In a televised debate in 2006, Palin said she supported teaching both crea ...

My older son who's in his second year doing Computer Science has failed three out of eight exams; he has just started a year of work experience where he's set up his own programme enabling those less ...

Even if you regard a university degree as a job qualification it's clear that there's little job security and a consequent need for flexibility where any knowledge is useful; my son is interested in o ...

Actually, it seems that they want to raise the grades in computer science and math:

The BBC obtained an email sent several months ago by the academic standards manager at Manchester Metropolitan Un ...

I was wondering about the word fish. It apparently comes from the OE fisc. I looked up fish in Welsh and it said it was pysg and pysodyn. How is pysg pronounced - "pissing" or "piss ...

...there are the first glimmerings of eighteen-year-olds actually regarding not-going-to-university as something to brag about.
I don't know about the UK, but in Canada and the US, the braggart is ...

At one point he would partially quote a Bible verse and then the people would finish it, just like when Bono holds out the microphone for the people at a U2 concert.
Was that a random example, or a ...

So it turns out some Jesus Freaks do vote Democrat. I was wondering around Portland a few days ago, and by chance came across a festival by the water.

There were lots of young people and their ...

Some kind of loyalism taints the view of almost every revisionist historian, and almost every orthodox historian as well. That doesn't mean that everything they say is wrong.

Either that or the development of written language occurred much later than we assume so that there weren't really any earlier documents.

Bingo. We have a winner.
But you believe that the alphabet ...

Is English closer to Old Saxon or Dutch? Or can you not really quantify such a comparison?

I agree that Fomenko is weakest in the area of linguistics. But it is needlessly insulting to apply phrases like "out to lunch".
Sorry, didn't mean to offend you. Just for the record, th ...

But I thought things didn't percolate up to the gentry because they want to separate themselves from the lowly.
I guess things can trickle up, as is the case with Sheng:

It has moved upwards in t ...

Here's a quote from Diacu about Fomenko's interpretation of the Almagest, which shifts some dates forward by a millennium:

On shifting dates forward based on a new interpretation of the Almagest:
...

I recently finished reading a book called The Lost Millennium by Florin Diacu, a Romanian-Canadian mathematician from Victoria. I liked it; it's calm and not written in gobbledygook.

He takes a ...

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Topic: Getting people to vote against themselves
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 474 Views: 149511	Forum: Politics Posted: 5:04 pm Subject: Getting people to vote against themselves
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 474 Views: 149511	As for the Creationism canard, this was an offhand comment she made that she later clarified. Creationism and Evolution - In a televised debate in 2006, Palin said she supported teaching both crea ...
Topic: Varsity Blues
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 342 Views: 167623	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:24 am Subject: Varsity Blues
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 342 Views: 167623	My older son who's in his second year doing Computer Science has failed three out of eight exams; he has just started a year of work experience where he's set up his own programme enabling those less ...
Topic: Varsity Blues
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 342 Views: 167623	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 5:44 am Subject: Varsity Blues
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 342 Views: 167623	Even if you regard a university degree as a job qualification it's clear that there's little job security and a consequent need for flexibility where any knowledge is useful; my son is interested in o ...
Topic: Varsity Blues
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 342 Views: 167623	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 9:34 pm Subject: Varsity Blues
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 342 Views: 167623	Actually, it seems that they want to raise the grades in computer science and math: The BBC obtained an email sent several months ago by the academic standards manager at Manchester Metropolitan Un ...
Topic: Seven Words
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 23 Views: 52213	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 6:11 am Subject: Seven Words
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 23 Views: 52213	I was wondering about the word fish. It apparently comes from the OE fisc. I looked up fish in Welsh and it said it was pysg and pysodyn. How is pysg pronounced - "pissing" or "piss ...
Topic: Varsity Blues
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 342 Views: 167623	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:50 am Subject: Re: Varsity Blues
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 342 Views: 167623	...there are the first glimmerings of eighteen-year-olds actually regarding not-going-to-university as something to brag about. I don't know about the UK, but in Canada and the US, the braggart is ...
Topic: Getting people to vote against themselves
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 474 Views: 149511	Forum: Politics Posted: 5:30 pm Subject: Getting people to vote against themselves
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 474 Views: 149511	At one point he would partially quote a Bible verse and then the people would finish it, just like when Bono holds out the microphone for the people at a U2 concert. Was that a random example, or a ...
Topic: Getting people to vote against themselves
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 474 Views: 149511	Forum: Politics Posted: 6:30 am Subject: Getting people to vote against themselves
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 474 Views: 149511	So it turns out some Jesus Freaks do vote Democrat. I was wondering around Portland a few days ago, and by chance came across a festival by the water. There were lots of young people and their ...
Topic: Did The Dark Ages Exist?
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 1318 Views: 472797	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:27 am Subject: Did The Dark Ages Exist?
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 1318 Views: 472797	Some kind of loyalism taints the view of almost every revisionist historian, and almost every orthodox historian as well. That doesn't mean that everything they say is wrong.
Topic: Did The Dark Ages Exist?
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 1318 Views: 472797	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:59 pm Subject: Did The Dark Ages Exist?
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 1318 Views: 472797	Either that or the development of written language occurred much later than we assume so that there weren't really any earlier documents. Bingo. We have a winner. But you believe that the alphabet ...
Topic: How Fast Do Languages Change?
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 735 Views: 335784	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 6:02 pm Subject: How Fast Do Languages Change?
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 735 Views: 335784	Is English closer to Old Saxon or Dutch? Or can you not really quantify such a comparison?
Topic: Did The Dark Ages Exist?
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 1318 Views: 472797	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:25 pm Subject: Did The Dark Ages Exist?
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 1318 Views: 472797	I agree that Fomenko is weakest in the area of linguistics. But it is needlessly insulting to apply phrases like "out to lunch". Sorry, didn't mean to offend you. Just for the record, th ...
Topic: Flying Chaucers
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 1119 Views: 391722	Forum: Linguistics Posted: 6:53 pm Subject: Flying Chaucers
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 1119 Views: 391722	But I thought things didn't percolate up to the gentry because they want to separate themselves from the lowly. I guess things can trickle up, as is the case with Sheng: It has moved upwards in t ...
Topic: Did The Dark Ages Exist?
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 1318 Views: 472797	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 7:17 am Subject: Did The Dark Ages Exist?
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 1318 Views: 472797	Here's a quote from Diacu about Fomenko's interpretation of the Almagest, which shifts some dates forward by a millennium: On shifting dates forward based on a new interpretation of the Almagest: ...
Topic: Did The Dark Ages Exist?
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 1318 Views: 472797	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:51 am Subject: Did The Dark Ages Exist?
EndlesslyRocking Replies: 1318 Views: 472797	I recently finished reading a book called The Lost Millennium by Florin Diacu, a Romanian-Canadian mathematician from Victoria. I liked it; it's calm and not written in gobbledygook. He takes a ...