Can't recall where I found this link and it's also almost a month old, but this is a good read on attempts to trace back the origins of the virus and why the authors believe it to be naturally occurring and not man-made:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0820-9

Give the free version of DaVinci Resolve a try. It's a fully functioning video editor.

https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve/

Some very nice drawings there.

I particularly like the drawing showing the Earth viewed from off planet, with the tree growing in the foreground. To me this represents new life on another planet. Does your son think humans will be living on the Moon or Mars in the near future?

[conspiracy hat on]

Probably because he was given a vaccine before the US released the virus around 6 months ago.

[/conspiracy hat on]

Nah!!! It's velcro. 

I'm not only saying that it's okay, I'm saying that the bulk of individuals on the planet already make this determination for themselves based on factors I outlined in my previous post.

We already have a number of social consensus's on what is acceptable; laws and religion are two of the more dominant examples. Laws will differ from state to state and country to country, while religion will differ from person to person. Both will evolve or change over time to suit societal needs. This leaves no absolute common ground on which to form a solid consensus on what is right and wrong.

As an atheist, I can't agree with the last part of your last sentence. If you base your God's morality on any religious scripture, then you're basing it on morality of the human(s) who transcribed/wrote it at the time.

For me, there is no such thing as right and wrong when it comes to morality; there is simply accepted and unaccepted.

Each individual will determine for themselves what they will or won't accept, and will base their actions accordingly. Society, religion, culture, upbringing, environment, laws, individual traits and even current state of mind will all influence what an individual will perceive as acceptable.

As such morality is both subjective and relative.

Reading comprehension isn't one of your strong points, so let me highlight what you missed in your quote from wikipedia.

"...The first successful tests were carried out in 1962 when a team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology succeeded in observing laser pulses reflected from the Moon's surface using a laser with a millisecond pulse length..."

So the early experiments bounced the lasers directly off the Moon itself, not the reflectors the Apollo missions left on the Moon.

What exactly are you saying is ridiculous? The use of transponders to identify aircraft? Or when an aircraft has no transponder it is a potential threat?

Contrary to your belief, aircraft can not do whatever they want in international airspace; read up on what the International Civil Aviation Organization does.

The whole point of a transponder is it allows identification of an aircraft, so by default any aircraft without an active transponder is a potential threat regardless of the airspace it occupies.

The bottom line here is it was an UAV designed solely for the purpose of surveillance which was shot down with no loss of human life. It's the equivalent to someone flying a drone with a camera over/near your property and filming you while you shoot it down with your shotgun.

The sooner Huawei release their own OS the better as far as I'm concerned. It will open up an alternative to both Android and iOS.

Regardless of which OS you use though, data mining is here to stay and it boils down to which OS and apps you feel more comfortable with.

The restriction has been withdrawn:

https://www.ieee.org/about/news/2019/statement-update-ieee-lifts-restrictions-on-editorial-and-peer-review-activities.html

Most people ask this question without going into any details about what they want to use their PC for, which makes it difficult to offer a reply that can be helpful to the use case.

After saying this though, I would personally recommend a processor from the AMD Ryzen 2nd generation, or if you can wait a few months, the upcoming 3rd generation which will soon to be released. While Intel have had the IPC advantage for some time, as of right now that advantage is negligible and Intel really only has higher clocks speeds to keep them in front performance wise.

If processor security is a concern for you, then current Intel processors have a number of outstanding issues that still need to be addressed that make AMD a more secure choice. It's quite likely that Intel processors IPC will be degraded when addressing these security issues.

From a price and performance perspective, AMD wins hands down over Intel, and you'll get a better value product for your money.

If you're purely a gamer, then Intel currently offers a marginal advantage, but this will vary game to game and is largely dependent on your GPU more-so that the CPU. You'd actually be hard pressed to notice any difference between an Intel or AMD processor when playing most games if all other hardware components were identical.

Heat isn't a concern for either AMD or Intel processors currently, unless you start playing around with overclocking. Then you need to start looking at upgrading your cooling options over any factory offerings. It's also worth noting, that higher end Intel processors generally don't come with cooling included, while AMD processors do.

If you're into video editing, 3D modelling, content creation, CAD or need to run a specific application, then do some research on the application you use and find some benchmarks for the processor you're looking at buying. For example, here's a roundup for Premiere Pro which shows how a number of processors perform different tasks:

        https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Premiere-Pro-CC-2019-CPU-Roundup-Intel-vs-AMD-vs-Mac-1320/

For the record, I currently use an AMD Ryzen 1700. Prior to this I had both an Intel i5-3570K and an AMD FX-8350, I actually still have the FX-8350.

Jesus is neither God or the son of God.

If he existed at all, he was a man, plain and simple.

Gods only exist in our imaginations, if we chose so to believe. If you're of the inclination that God exists, ask yourself one question, why would only a single god exist? There's either many or none and there exists no physical evidence to support the existence of any. Many people will say that I'm wrong and there is plenty of evidence to support a god, but this evidence is subjective at best, or the doings of men to twist human kind to their will at worst.

At the end of the day I have no issue with anyone who believes in a supreme being if it makes them a better person. Unfortunately any existence of gods is tainted with the man made sect of religion, which sours any and all positives in this regard, as religion is the most intolerant, sexist, violent and judgemental creation ever to have been thought into existence.

Happy New Year from down under!!!! That wonderful place where we see constellations that only exist in a Flattards worst nightmare.  

And yes, it's just gone midnight down here. Cheers!!!!!

You should really listen to notbatman when he points out a scam. His scam radar detector is right on the money. /s

How much money did you lose on the Black Arrow ASIC miner pre-order again notbatman??? 

I'd expect the list of things that notbatman has penetrated to be a short one. 

I think it's interesting that notbatman has actually stated he believes the Sun is 32 arcminutes in size, as this is a constant value that contradicts his Flat Earth model.

Why only a couple of days ago he posted a gif of the Sun changing size as it moved as his proof that the Sun is close.

 

Unfortunately notbatman isn't interested in anything but picking fights with those who don't share his/her views on the shape of the Earth.

You can try and engage him/her in an open discussion but as you've witnessed, you'll get ridiculed, abused, told to go kill yourself, ignored, have the conversation point changes mid discussion or any combination of the aforementioned.

As you've mentioned, the best thing attempting to have this discussion with notbatman is that you get to push your own understandings.

And when conditions are such that no mirages are present?