Posts by konceptual99

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Education, Indoctrination, or Propaganda?

by stuckinarut2 in

can anyone remember that classic magazine article that stated:.

"education teaches one how to think, but propaganda tells one what to think" ?.

(if someone can post that quote and article that would be great!).

konceptual99

Just caught this thread. It's short but very sweet. Thanks all.

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I conclude evolution is guided

by KateWild in

your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

konceptual99

Giles...

k99-" I appreciate you trying to support mine and notsures' line of reasoning..."
I wasn't actually supporting either of you. I wouldn't be so rude as to assume such a roll. Both of you are more than competent at looking after your own affairs.

I guess I meant taking up the mantle of trying to get Kate to provide more reason and logic about why and how she came to her conclusion on guided evolution. I think Coded Logic has finally said what I couldn't be arsed to say and good on him, you, cofty et al for keeping it going.

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Possible Military Coup in Turkey!

by cofty in

if this does turn out to be the case it could have very serious implications.... turkey hovers between western freedom and democracy and an islamic hell.

europe has been bending over backwards to keep turkey on-side and promising it fast-tracked entry to the eu in return for it's cooperation in controlling mass migration from the east.. the situation is unclear at the moment but there are tanks on the streets....

konceptual99

I get your point CL but the West's repeated bombing and incursions into the middle east have never ended well as they have always seemed simply to be the will of the US. I have no aversion to seeing Western peacekeepers on the ground and don't think the west should not be involved in the democratic process but if the locals are going to pissed off I'd rather they were pissed off with each other rather than us.

So far the Arab world has been piss poor at policing themselves and it's about time they stepped up and supported the West (and even Russia) in trying to get some stability back. Right now they are happy to blame the US and take a back seat.

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Mobile Hotspot - JWFACTS.COM - Assembly & Conventions

by thedepressedsoul in

here is an idea i tested.

works at both assemblies and conventions.

i have noticed at the last convention and at my last assembly that when i opened up my wifi setting, tons of hotspots came up for people tethering their tablets to their smart phones.

konceptual99

I prefer to think of it as livin' the dream stan.......

....as I sit huddled, shaking in the corner....

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Possible Military Coup in Turkey!

by cofty in

if this does turn out to be the case it could have very serious implications.... turkey hovers between western freedom and democracy and an islamic hell.

europe has been bending over backwards to keep turkey on-side and promising it fast-tracked entry to the eu in return for it's cooperation in controlling mass migration from the east.. the situation is unclear at the moment but there are tanks on the streets....

konceptual99

If anyone should be sorting Syria and ISIS out it's the rest of the Arab world. The only real chance of restoring the area back to some semblance of order is if Muslim peacekeepers are there. Where the hell are the Saudis, the UAE and so on? They should be leading things. We've given them enough weapons.

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Possible Military Coup in Turkey!

by cofty in

if this does turn out to be the case it could have very serious implications.... turkey hovers between western freedom and democracy and an islamic hell.

europe has been bending over backwards to keep turkey on-side and promising it fast-tracked entry to the eu in return for it's cooperation in controlling mass migration from the east.. the situation is unclear at the moment but there are tanks on the streets....

konceptual99

I don't think that's an impossible scenario by any stretch of the imagination SBF but I think there's a way to go before it becomes a real danger. I think Putin would be very wary of going into Turkey. He took a risk with the Crimea but kept the lid on the support for the proxy war in the east of Ukraine. He's a master brinksman. I think he knows unilateral encroachment into Turkey would really be risking the wrath of NATO and even he doesn't want an actual war with the West.

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Mobile Hotspot - JWFACTS.COM - Assembly & Conventions

by thedepressedsoul in

here is an idea i tested.

works at both assemblies and conventions.

i have noticed at the last convention and at my last assembly that when i opened up my wifi setting, tons of hotspots came up for people tethering their tablets to their smart phones.

konceptual99

There was talk about that earlier in the thread. The best way of doing that would probably to use a Arduino or Raspberry Pi based device. You would create a low power PC basically with a Wifi AP. People connect and can see a web page and/or get documents.

There might be some merits to this but I think it's the law of diminishing returns. A non accessible SSID message is a very simple and safe way of letting people know there are dissenters within the midst. I suspect the majority of curious ones would want to follow a link when there are no other people around.

What would be even more powerful is if at every CA and RC each person awake to TTATT did it. Seeing a handful or more SSIDs when searching for Wifi would be fantastic in my book. I encourage everyone who still has to go to an event to do it.

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Possible Military Coup in Turkey!

by cofty in

if this does turn out to be the case it could have very serious implications.... turkey hovers between western freedom and democracy and an islamic hell.

europe has been bending over backwards to keep turkey on-side and promising it fast-tracked entry to the eu in return for it's cooperation in controlling mass migration from the east.. the situation is unclear at the moment but there are tanks on the streets....

konceptual99

I would wait and see. It might not be as bad as we fear. Turkey is an unusual place where the army is essentially given the duty of protecting the secular nature of the state if it seems like a religious theocracy is taking too much of a hold. The whole creation of the republic under Ataturk set the benchmark and he and his approach is still revered greatly.

There is of course a greater risk of attention being deflected from control of the border with Syria and the Kurds may see an opportunity to further their ends in the area but I suspect whoever is doing this is looking to swing the pendulum back towards democracy and secularism. Keeping the West onside and minimising risk of decreased security in the south east would seem key to that aim.

Of course we will see what transpires...

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I conclude evolution is guided

by KateWild in

your qualifications are way above mine so i'd love to hear more about the specifics of what you have researched and how that supports the existence of a deity.

k99, i am not really convinced that you're interested in my conclusions.

in nature amino acids formed to then form dna.

konceptual99

Ruby -

I personally felt that Kate tried to deflect my questions on the basis that she didn't think my motives were open several times. She also reasserted her claim I was not genuine on page 7:

When you first enquired I knew you weren't genuine, the place to discuss conclusions is somewhere that suits everyone. Cantleave and I talk on the phone about this we have different conclusions and remain friends.
Your problem is that you're not genuine about your interest. Perhaps you think you are but you're not.

I did challenge her on this and she did apologise again, which is the end of it for me.

I have no beef with Kate. My life is easier respecting the positive things she has done over the years here rather than trying to force her to answer every one of my questions.

Giles -

I appreciate you trying to support mine and notsures' line of reasoning however I am happy that I have got all I going to get from the discussion and for me to continue to prod Kate has no positive angles.

The interesting bit of the discussion now is the debate between Cofty and Kate as it exposes me to the technicalities of a subject I have little real knowledge of.

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Mobile Hotspot - JWFACTS.COM - Assembly & Conventions

by thedepressedsoul in

here is an idea i tested.

works at both assemblies and conventions.

i have noticed at the last convention and at my last assembly that when i opened up my wifi setting, tons of hotspots came up for people tethering their tablets to their smart phones.

konceptual99

Well I did a hotspot today at Brighton...

#kevinlyclass - jwfacts.com

I did not let anyone join it to prevent any risk of being hacked or me accidentally outing myself but I did get a message from one person on this board saying they saw it. Hopefully others did too.

The only thing is that the HS turns off after a while due to lack of connections and I've not found a way of keeping it on. Another thing I would like to do is change the SSID every hour or so to a new message but it's a bit difficult to do that safely at my seat and I don't want to be up and down all the time. Perhaps there is an app for that :-)

When I last did it at Haysbridge the attendents saw it and there was loads of activity as they thought there was about to be an apostattack any second :-) Didn't notice the same activity at the Amex though...