Comments for Cynics Unlimited http://cynicsunlimited.com Dissecting What You Choose to Ignore Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:02:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Backup your DVD movies! by Peter http://cynicsunlimited.com/2006/05/29/backup-your-dvd-movies/#comment-72883 Peter Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:02:46 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2006/05/29/backup-your-dvd-movies/#comment-72883 Well its really a grey area . Are u copying for personal use or business use. Business use is obvious piracy Well its really a grey area . Are u copying for personal use or business use. Business use is obvious piracy

]]> Comment on Using Firefox and Modify Headers Plugin to View Blocked Video Streams by Hoeras http://cynicsunlimited.com/2010/03/28/using-firefox-and-modify-headers-plugin-to-view-blocked-video-streams/#comment-70183 Hoeras Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:51:27 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/?p=856#comment-70183 Have Firefox 11.0 and can't get it work on Daily Show... I used 12.13.14.15 as suggested. Has anything changed? Have Firefox 11.0 and can’t get it work on Daily Show… I used 12.13.14.15 as suggested. Has anything changed?

]]> Comment on Using Firefox and Modify Headers Plugin to View Blocked Video Streams by Jed http://cynicsunlimited.com/2010/03/28/using-firefox-and-modify-headers-plugin-to-view-blocked-video-streams/#comment-59880 Jed Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:46:33 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/?p=856#comment-59880 Have modified headers some time ago and all worked fine until today (29.02). Get into the site, get the message about flash player (but it works fine everywhere else). Ideas ? Have modified headers some time ago and all worked fine until today (29.02).
Get into the site, get the message about flash player (but it works fine everywhere else). Ideas ?

]]> Comment on Using Firefox and Modify Headers Plugin to View Blocked Video Streams by margaux http://cynicsunlimited.com/2010/03/28/using-firefox-and-modify-headers-plugin-to-view-blocked-video-streams/#comment-58325 margaux Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:13:21 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/?p=856#comment-58325 Hello, any idea why i can't get it to work on ABC.com ? :( thank you margaux Hello,

any idea why i can’t get it to work on ABC.com ? :(

thank you
margaux

]]> Comment on The Duggars and the “Full Quiver” Movement by Emilia http://cynicsunlimited.com/2008/06/15/the-duggars-and-the-%e2%80%9cfull-quiver%e2%80%9d-movement/#comment-57070 Emilia Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:59:00 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/?p=454#comment-57070 Actually, these predictions about the end of the world have been happening for a long time (ex. Jehovah Witnesses, Paul Ehrlich's The Population Bomb) and never have panned out. If you read my latest essay about the Duggars,you'll note that one reason they get the attention they do is because they're so rare. Birth rates have fallen to the point where many countries - including Canada - aren't even at replacement level. So I have to put predictions like humans warring over lack of resources in the same vein as Harold Camping's prophecies. Actually, these predictions about the end of the world have been happening for a long time (ex. Jehovah Witnesses, Paul Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb) and never have panned out. If you read my latest essay about the Duggars,you’ll note that one reason they get the attention they do is because they’re so rare. Birth rates have fallen to the point where many countries – including Canada – aren’t even at replacement level. So I have to put predictions like humans warring over lack of resources in the same vein as Harold Camping’s prophecies.

]]> Comment on Using Firefox and Modify Headers Plugin to View Blocked Video Streams by Tom http://cynicsunlimited.com/2010/03/28/using-firefox-and-modify-headers-plugin-to-view-blocked-video-streams/#comment-57052 Tom Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:19:15 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/?p=856#comment-57052 Still works for me in England, allowing me to watch Borgen from an American site. Still works for me in England, allowing me to watch Borgen from an American site.

]]> Comment on Tribute to Whitney Houston – Top 5 Songs of all Time by Emilia http://cynicsunlimited.com/2012/02/12/tribute-to-whitney-houston-top-5-songs-of-all-time/#comment-56519 Emilia Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:44:06 +0000 http://cynicsunlimited.com/?p=996#comment-56519 It's a good list, but I'll admit my favourite Whitney Houston song is 'It's Not Right But It's OK.' I have to say that unlike many other artists, Houston didn't confine herself to one 'style' of music. For example, she had romantic ballads ('The Greatest Love,' 'Saving All My Love for You'), tunes with a good dance beat ('It's Not Right But It's OK') and so on. May she rest in peace. It’s a good list, but I’ll admit my favourite Whitney Houston song is ‘It’s Not Right But It’s OK.’ I have to say that unlike many other artists, Houston didn’t confine herself to one ‘style’ of music. For example, she had romantic ballads (‘The Greatest Love,’ ‘Saving All My Love for You’), tunes with a good dance beat (‘It’s Not Right But It’s OK’) and so on.

May she rest in peace.

]]> Comment on Tutorial: Internet Gaming with Age of Mythology and Hamachi by tripodas http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/06/30/tutorial-internet-gaming-with-age-of-mythology-and-hamachi/#comment-56123 tripodas Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:58:43 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/06/30/tutorial-internet-gaming-with-age-of-mythology-and-hamachi/#comment-56123 u have to first install aom patch 1.10 nad aomTT patch 1.3! care u have to first install aom patch 1.10 nad aomTT patch 1.3! care

]]> Comment on Movie Review: Zeitgeist – The Movie by Dane Dahl (Author and lay historian) http://cynicsunlimited.com/2007/11/28/movie-review-zeitgeist-the-movie/#comment-50372 Dane Dahl (Author and lay historian) Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:24:49 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/2007/11/28/movie-review-zeitgeist-the-movie/#comment-50372 The movie titled Zeitgeist is like a stopped clock: its assertions are correct two times out of every twenty-four hours. The rest of the time it is wrong! Legitimate scholars disagree with its conclusions and one even called it: “fringe nonsense.” As a lay historian with a university degree in history, I can best summarize my low opinion of the long list of claims made in this movie by limiting my comments to three topics. All of them pertain to the opening part of the movie. The astonishing and absurd nature of the claims made by Zeitgeist concerning these three topics causes me to conclude the entire movie may have no validity. 1. Horus: A precursor of Christ? Zeitgeist says: Born on Dec 25 of a virgin mother, crucified, buried and resurrected These ideas originated with a 19th century writer named Gerald Massey who was self-taught and had no formal training in Egyptian history. An example of the stopped clock: the ancient Egyptians worshiped a god named Horus; everything after that is WRONG! According to Wikipedia: twenty leading Egyptologists, including Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Liverpool Kenneth Kitchen, and Professor of Egyptology at the University of Toronto Ron Leprohan. The scholars were unanimous in dismissing any similarities (born on Dec 25 of a virgin mother, crucified, buried and resurrected) suggested by Massey, and one Egyptologist criticized the comparison as "fringe nonsense." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ_in_comparative_mythology 2. Mithra of Persia: Prototype of Christ? Another example of a stopped clock: the ancient Persians worshiped a god named Mithra. Everything after that is WRONG! Regarding Zeitgist’s claims: 12 disciples, died, buried three days , resurrected, Wikipedia says: “No written narratives or theology from the religion survive, with limited information to be derived from the inscriptions, and only brief or passing references in Greek and Latin literature. Interpretation of the physical evidence remains problematic and contested.”[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraic_mysteries More fringe nonsense? 3. Attis: Prototype of Christ? Yet another example of the stopped clock: the ancient Greeks worshiped a god named Attis; everything after that is WRONG! Regarding Zeitgrist claims: Born of a virgin on Dec 25, crucified, dead 3 days, resurrected. Wikipedia says: Nana who was a daughter of the river-god Sangarius picked an almond and laid it in her bosom. The almond disappeared, and she became pregnant. Nana abandoned the baby (Attis). The infant was tended by a he-goat. As Attis grew, his long-haired beauty was godlike, and Agdistis as (an ancient Anatolian goddess also called) Cybele, then fell in love with him. But the foster parents of Attis sent him to Pessinos, where he was to wed the king's daughter. According to some versions the King of Pessinos was Midas. Just as the marriage-song was being sung, Agdistis/Cybele appeared in her transcendent power, and Attis went mad and cut off his genitals. (His self-inflicted wound was fatal). Attis' father-in-law-to-be, the king who was giving his daughter in marriage, followed suit, prefiguring the self-castrating corybantes who devoted themselves to Cybele. But Agdistis (Cybele) repented and saw to it that the body of Attis should neither rot at all nor decay.[4] Born of a virgin on Dec 25, crucified (???), dead 3 days(???), resurrected(???) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attis More fringe nonsense? The movie titled Zeitgeist is like a stopped clock: its assertions are correct two times out of every twenty-four hours. The rest of the time it is wrong! Legitimate scholars disagree with its conclusions and one even called it: “fringe nonsense.”
As a lay historian with a university degree in history, I can best summarize my low opinion of the long list of claims made in this movie by limiting my comments to three topics. All of them pertain to the opening part of the movie. The astonishing and absurd nature of the claims made by Zeitgeist concerning these three topics causes me to conclude the entire movie may have no validity.
1. Horus: A precursor of Christ?
Zeitgeist says: Born on Dec 25 of a virgin mother, crucified, buried and resurrected These ideas originated with a 19th century writer named Gerald Massey who was self-taught and had no formal training in Egyptian history.
An example of the stopped clock: the ancient Egyptians worshiped a god named Horus; everything after that is WRONG! According to Wikipedia: twenty leading Egyptologists, including Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Liverpool Kenneth Kitchen, and Professor of Egyptology at the University of Toronto Ron Leprohan. The scholars were unanimous in dismissing any similarities (born on Dec 25 of a virgin mother, crucified, buried and resurrected) suggested by Massey, and one Egyptologist criticized the comparison as “fringe nonsense.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ_in_comparative_mythology
2. Mithra of Persia: Prototype of Christ?
Another example of a stopped clock: the ancient Persians worshiped a god named Mithra. Everything after that is WRONG! Regarding Zeitgist’s claims: 12 disciples, died, buried three days , resurrected, Wikipedia says: “No written narratives or theology from the religion survive, with limited information to be derived from the inscriptions, and only brief or passing references in Greek and Latin literature. Interpretation of the physical evidence remains problematic and contested.”[10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithraic_mysteries
More fringe nonsense?
3. Attis: Prototype of Christ?
Yet another example of the stopped clock: the ancient Greeks worshiped a god named Attis; everything after that is WRONG! Regarding Zeitgrist claims: Born of a virgin on Dec 25, crucified, dead 3 days, resurrected. Wikipedia says: Nana who was a daughter of the river-god Sangarius picked an almond and laid it in her bosom. The almond disappeared, and she became pregnant. Nana abandoned the baby (Attis). The infant was tended by a he-goat. As Attis grew, his long-haired beauty was godlike, and Agdistis as (an ancient Anatolian goddess also called) Cybele, then fell in love with him. But the foster parents of Attis sent him to Pessinos, where he was to wed the king’s daughter. According to some versions the King of Pessinos was Midas. Just as the marriage-song was being sung, Agdistis/Cybele appeared in her transcendent power, and Attis went mad and cut off his genitals. (His self-inflicted wound was fatal). Attis’ father-in-law-to-be, the king who was giving his daughter in marriage, followed suit, prefiguring the self-castrating corybantes who devoted themselves to Cybele. But Agdistis (Cybele) repented and saw to it that the body of Attis should neither rot at all nor decay.[4] Born of a virgin on Dec 25, crucified (???), dead 3 days(???), resurrected(???) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attis
More fringe nonsense?

]]> Comment on The Duggars and the “Full Quiver” Movement by Iniezione http://cynicsunlimited.com/2008/06/15/the-duggars-and-the-%e2%80%9cfull-quiver%e2%80%9d-movement/#comment-48634 Iniezione Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:56:21 +0000 http://www.cynicsunlimited.com/?p=454#comment-48634 The world does not need more human larvae. The Earth is way beyond a sustainable carrying capacity as it is. Soon all these humans will be warring over their lack of resources or differences in their theocracy. Get ready, it's coming, thank you Duggars. The world does not need more human larvae. The Earth is way beyond a sustainable carrying capacity as it is. Soon all these humans will be warring over their lack of resources or differences in their theocracy. Get ready, it’s coming, thank you Duggars.

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