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http://www.expelledthemovie.com/

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Basically he’s done a documentary ranting about science teachers being fired/reprimanded for teaching “Intelligent Design” in science class in public schools.

And? It’s a Science class, not a Conjecture class. Although most people think of a theory as just someone’s idea of how something works, the scientific definition of theory is entirely different. From wikipedia (because I know it to be accurate, and if you doubt me, go spend the time to look it up on m-w.com, I’m too lazy):

In science, a theory is a testable model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise verified through empirical observation.

Testable is the operative word here. There no way to test “The magic man in the sky created everything”. That’s not a fucking theory, it’s conjecture, and has no place in a science classroom. Indoctrinate your children at home. Let’s keep Science classes focused on crazy shit like facts, objective observation, and the scientific method.

Not surprisingly, the only positive reviews for this abortion of a “Documentary” have come from religious publications/websites.

I saw on Paul Ryburn’s site that the CCC is looking for feedback on the patrols started in April to curb the aggressive panhandling on Main. The full story on his site is here and the direct link to the CCC site is here.

Apple introduced the new iPhone today in a WWDC keynote speech. This is thing is freakin awesome. I didn’t even consider the first gen because the lack of 3G data speeds left it crippled IMO. The new gen has 3G, GPS, a slimmer profile, better battery life, and a bunch of cool apps coming soon. I know what I’m buying on July 11th, when they’re released.

Sorry for the slowness, I screw up my hand the other day and it’s been kinda hard to type a whole lot. Starting to feel better now, so I figured it was time for an update.

Tuesday I went to Rob and Christina’s wedding, here’s a few pics from the aftermath.

Also, I’m considering an iPhone, word is that they’ll be announced Monday, and there are rumors that they may start as low as $200 with a new contract/contract extension.

Birthday celebrations generally last me about a week

ATT will be FIRST.

I’m trying to upgrade my DSL because the basic package has shit speed.

I go to log in, and tells me my SSN is wrong.

Um, no, but ok.

“Optionally, you can log on with your PIN”

Great! What the fuck is my PIN?

“Your pin is located on your bill”

Ok, no bill yet, just got service two weeks ago.

“You can see your PIN on the online version of your bill, click here!”

Great!

“Please log in to view your bill”

FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!!

Just picked up this bomber yesterday at raffe’s.

It’s decent, overall a good taste, a little strong on the Hazelnut, but I guess that’s to be expected. It’s not my favorite, but not bad at all either. I would give it a 6/10, slightly above average.

I like this a lot more than winflip, it’s called objectdock.

It seems companies now exist to provide bad service at whatever rate they can get away while providing the bare minimum of customer service to keep them from being sued.

In the last two days, I’ve experienced this twice.

First, Bank of America. Bank of america ATM kiosks require a card to unlock the door. The one right across the street from my apartment utilizes this system. Naturally, it doesn’t work. Ever. So I send an email to BOA graphically detailing the issue. Of course, I get the standard “We’re sorry your ATM is malfunctioning, we’ll address the issue”. Wonderful, fix the ATM for me. Don’t worry about the fact that it’s not the ATM that’s malfunctioning.

Now ATT. I recently got ATT DSL. It’s not that fast, but it was stable and cheap. The last few days, it’s gone down at least once an hour, and the only thing that gets it back up is a modem reset. Not a huge deal if you’re sitting there. Huge deal if you’re at work trying to remote desktop to your home PC.

I go to their website to try and get it addressed as Customer Service is closed right now. I try to log in, and they tell me my SSN is incorrect. Then that there’s no SSN associated with the account, and that I should log in using my PIN. Which is located on my bill. Which I have yet to recieve. Excellent.