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Professor Richard Dawkins [author of The God Delusion], responding, said education about religion has value, but no child should ever be labelled by the faith of her parents.
Yet RD himself is happy to call himself a 'Cultural Anglican'. If a convinced atheist can be labelled with a religion representative of his background then why not label children for similar reasons. I for one never think that the term 'Christian child' or 'Muslim child' means anything other than 'a child from a Christian or Muslim community background. Are not children entitled to a community or cultural identity like Richard?
Permalink Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:04:16 UTC | #921592
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RE. Comment 2 by EvilConservative..."Last but not least, don't tell me that because I haven't posted any links myself, that I'm making this up."
Mate....I guarantee you'll receive at least one reply which simply says "Evidence?!! I didn't think so!!."
Permalink Thu, 23 Feb 2012 20:35:17 UTC | #921230
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Comment 88
If its not a limited company then it should be the equivalent of going round to someones house for tea and a case of buyer beware. People can always look for food hygiene certificates.
Permalink Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:26:04 UTC | #918616
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Jump to comment 85 by digofthedump
For the record...I happen to think that we must encourage a social atmosphere of tolerance and respect to all individuals. I find bullying abhorrent and I would like to see folk be understanding to those who are different from the norm. But I don't think the state should errode basic freedoms to achieve this.
Permalink Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:13:28 UTC | #918600
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Jump to comment 84 by digofthedump
You may think that society would be better off if a proprietor of a gas station or eatery was allowed to tell a black person, or a Jew, or a homosexual to fuck off and try their luck with the next place 3 hours down the road, but most people don't.
No actually I don't either for the gas (petrol) station but then people don't usually store gasoline in their living room (limited companies and monopoly utilites requiring license should follow civic codes)...as for the eatery....if it was in someones kitchen then yes I do....why? because I think that protection from the state to tell you what you can do with your own private home (include earn a living from it...one of the most fundamental freedoms) trumps someones right not to be inconvenienced because someone doesn't want them in their house.
I know, more totalitarian bullshit.
Yes it is....but hey...it's for the gays....it wears a rainbow flag....what could possibly go wrong?!!
Permalink Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:05:34 UTC | #918598
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Jump to comment 82 by digofthedump
Comment 79 by Ignorant Amos...What age are you?
Old enough not to take seriously someone who uses the terms..."Pwned" and "Spoooiiiiinnnng",
Permalink Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:36:55 UTC | #918591
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Jump to comment 81 by digofthedump
Comment 78 by Schrodinger's Cat...Thus your objection to the claim that liberals, not Christians, brought about the end of slavery is itself ridiculous.
No No!!! My objection is to people who have the same mentality as the French Terror or the Bolsheviks claiming credit for the enlightenment.
Permalink Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:33:58 UTC | #918589
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Jump to comment 77 by digofthedump
No, they are not being punished or singled out. They are being asked to adhere to the same laws that everyone else has to. That silly law is - if you are providing a public service, you are not allowed to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sexual orientation, religion.
Or put another way, society has deemed it a rational law to require providers of public services to not discriminate of the basis of race, religion, etc.
Oh well!! Forgive me....of course it does....but then that's how totalitarianism operates doesn't it....abolish the distinction between public and private. Since when has a private bed and breakfast been a 'public service'? What is the difference between private business or contract between citizens (specifically a non-limited livelihood in a persons home) and a 'public service'? Economic transactions themselves are not automatically defined as 'public services'...at least not in a free society they aren't.
Permalink Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:13:19 UTC | #918582
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Jump to comment 75 by digofthedump
Case in point...Secularists in olden days were standing up to genuine
tyranny...as in being burnt alive for translating the bible sort of thing.
If you want to play hard done by get your facts right...
Could anyone really regard my statement, including the words "[that]....sort of thing", as intended to be taken as factual? Hardly....It's called rhetoric mate...I was contrasting the real struggle against combined church & state tyranny with the pathetic non-issues of todays "freedom-fighters". Most reasonable people would regard the fight against execution for religious conscience an early example of secularism even if it wasn't called so by name.
again check your facts before making an idiot of yourself...oops too late!
Oh dear oh dear....you should really check your comments before posting. I actually stated up-front that I made my example up as an illustration.
They broke the law...they displayed xian bigotry and gross homophobia and got their sorry 'souls' into strife...quite right.
Good people my case rests. Thankyou strangebrew for quite literally demonstrating the reality of my argument. Whether they broke the law is in fact irrelevent to this argument. Presumably many poor souls actually really did break some law or other associated with heresy before paying the ultimate (legally sanctioned) price. You illustrate nicely the problem...they are to be punished for what they think and feel...xian bigotry, homophobia...your words, interesting choice!!!.....exercising conscience in their own home is what they were doing not that it is any business of anyone elses...I very much doubt it was a limited company they were trading under...not that it greatly matters considering it was their own private space. You want the state to interfere in areas where no true secularist would want it putting its colossal snout.
Permalink Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:38:58 UTC | #918571
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Jump to comment 71 by digofthedump
The current anti-religion -so-called secular- movement has more in common with the dark side of the enlightenment than the light side. Heirs to Robespierre rather than Jefferson.
Case in point...Secularists in olden days were standing up to genuine tyranny...as in being burnt alive for translating the bible sort of thing....Current secularists are complaining about Songs of Praise on the BBC...that sort of thing (okay I technically made that up but it is a pretty good summary of you guys is it not?). Also, how many enlightenment secularists would have supported a motion to extract a fine of some £3000 from a couple who used their private property to make a living running a bed and breakfast because they refused two men to share a double bed in accordance with their conscience...and demand that noone could earn a living from their private property in such a way unless they enforce the moral values (or rather lack thereof) of the state?
It's time to call bullshit on you people it really is.
Permalink Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:19:36 UTC | #918540
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Jump to comment 70 by digofthedump
[Comment 12] I believe that the rediscovery of the classical Greek and Roman world during the Renaissance followed by the Enlightenment gave birth to the society of today.
It's a good job the world of classical Greece and Rome wasn't translated exactly though isn't it?
The modern world is not an automatic product of Christianity....but it did grow from Christian soil. Nor did it grow in opposition to Christianity...the established Church perhaps, but this is true of all vested interests, but not the faith itself. The Enlightenment was preceeded by the Reformation and the Reformation was a product of Christian people inspired by personal devotion to their faith.
[Comment 7] Our liberal values come from the Enlightenment movement. Of course many of its writers were self-described Christians, but it was not Christianity that got rid of slavery, but liberalism. Christianity ignored slavery for over a thousand years, so too did Islam.
There's something almost ridiculous about this comment although I can't quite put my finger on it. If I were to say "Europeans ignored slavery for over four thousand years"...this would be true....as would the statement "Abolitionists abolished slavery". The idea that liberalism abolished slavery is almost true by definition...to the degree that it's virtually a pointless statement....like saying that the winner wins the race.
The current anti-religion -so-called secular- movement has more in common with the dark side of the enlightenment than the light side. Heirs to Robespierre rather than Jefferson.
Permalink Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:53:15 UTC | #918534
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Jump to comment 81 by digofthedump
and let tradition dominate the public sphere because it's tradition that brought us to where we are now....
That sounds like reason enough to demand that tradition be damned and exchanged for more rational rituals.
Ha Ha Point Taken.
I Should have chosen my words more carefully.
Permalink Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:33:04 UTC | #917347
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I consider deism to be a mistaken belief, as it requires that some form of mind can exist without substance.
An equally mistaken belief might be whether some form of substance can exist without mind, keeping in mind that everything ever known is ONLY known, by definition, because some mind or other is perceiving it.
I personally regard 'self' as pre-existent....but not pre-existing in the form of complex mind. Mind is increasingly complex perceptions of self...it exists as a continuum. Let's face it SOMETHING has to be the basis of reality. One view, your view, places emphasis on 'out there'...it is an 'outside in' philosophy. I don't entirely disagree with it. But another way of seeing things is to literally turn reality 'inside out'. This is my philosophical basis for theism (I regard deism to be a variety of theism).
Permalink Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:16:43 UTC | #917340
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Jump to comment 75 by digofthedump
There should be no practices/rituals based on superstion, and tradition is not a valid excuse for its inclusion.
Yes it is....Society is nothing but tradition, we are an historical process, we are the result of our past...reform for a reason not for the sake of it. Society is not teleologically obliged to become neutral or universal (even if such a nonsense were possible).
People are still free to go to a Christian church if they wish, and practice their faith in complete freedom within their own home.
Everyone should be free within their private sphere....but this is about who controls the public sphere....and let tradition dominate the public sphere because it's tradition that brought us to where we are now....only if tradition inhibits freedon should it be reformed. Bolsheviks should go and build their Utopia elsewhere.
Permalink Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:08:33 UTC | #917316
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So this is criminal sanction not just the self regulation that the ASA does.
Well surely this is a matter of interpretation and common sense...unless we want to legally identify prayer and belief as medical "treatment" or "remedy".
Permalink Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:58:58 UTC | #914524
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Comment 2 & 13 by Alan4discussion
Thankyou Alan....Again interesting.
See comment 19 regarding the Bath Christians although if, as the Mail article says, they said that "scores of people have been physically healed" as opposed to "we believe that scores of people have been physically healed"...then yes, technically there is case against them (although it's strange to think that such a claim would need to be qualified in this way but then given their use of medical jargon it is not just a technical requirement but morally necessary).
As for the BBC Wales piece...this is a matter of criminal fraud pure and simple and susceptible people must be protected from such scams.
Permalink Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:45:36 UTC | #914519
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Comment 12. But it seems the ASA thought they weren't presented in this way
Thankyou Michael.....Hmmmmmm!! Interesting. It is, I guess, a matter of the difference between the letter and the spirit of the law. If an organization is technically presenting their point of view as art (or belief) yet realistically trying to get people to emotionally relate to it as factual then it is a case of determining whether there is any intention to mislead. I don't think this is the case with the Christian organization here but on the otherhand I do see the ASA's concern...namely the inclusion of a list of medical terms of specific disorders and invoking medical authority as well (albeit in a "don't stop taking your prescriptions" and "contact your GP" sort of way).
Permalink Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:28:34 UTC | #914513
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Comment 6. Making medical claims in this manner [my emphasis] without training or license ought, in my view, to be a matter for the courts.
It's precisely the manner in which it's done why it ought not to be a matter for the courts.
No matter how wild the claims, if they are presented in the context of "we believe this" or "if you have faith that..." then they should be effectively immune from such things as the ASA. They are not falsly making claims for the technical efficacy of a product they are selling.
The difference here is similar in kind to the difference between something presented as art and something presented as factual...in other words the former has 'artistic license' the latter does not.
This isn't even a case of 'Buyer Beware'.
Permalink Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:51:46 UTC | #914499
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Permalink Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:12:11 UTC | #910797
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Jump to comment 95 by digofthedump
Re Comment 93 by Peter Grant
Thanks for link....a bit braver :-)...now let him go for the big one...a song specifically ridiculing Muhammad.
The song in the link was again very clever..but I didn't find it as funny as Woody Allen Jesus....Thanks anyway.
Permalink Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:08:26 UTC | #903073
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I'm not atheist but I would suppose that atheists are born....or at least the sort of mentality that gives rise to atheism is born. I say this because my theism comes naturally to me. I was not raised in a religious household...in fact my parent never even mentioned God or the supernatural to me as far as I remember (although my mum did knit a nativity scene). But I have never not believed...it's always been with me I think...just sort of comes naturally....I don't see why an atheist shouldn't be the same way.
Permalink Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:29:42 UTC | #903003
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Jump to comment 104 by digofthedump
Thankyou Steve Zara for your last response....I will close my argument on this particular thread with a final reply to a point you made.
If you will excuse a poor analogy, the theology lizard can't escape from the predator that is the complexity argument by dropping the tail of the mind and running away.
Actually I enjoyed this analogy.
The complexity predator is dealt with by invoking gradualism. You will agree with this I trust? We begin with a simple point of origin, let's say..and end with a complex destination via a gradual journey of increasing complexity.
From a materialist point of view, we start with a simple material state...and via a gradual process (natural selection of survivability) there is the accumulation of complex properties.
From the spiritualist point of view, we start with a simple spiritual state...(remember I define spiritual as reality in subjective terms so a simple spiritual state would be let's say 'being prior to mind' so rather like the subjective state prior to mental development or a subjective state of practical non awareness in deep-sleep)...and via a gradual process (self realization of 'I AM' by means of 'mental' symbolic representation) we accumulate complex perceptions of being.
Permalink Tue, 27 Dec 2011 14:56:43 UTC | #902992
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Jump to comment 101 by digofthedump
Alan4discussion. Thanks yet again for your reply...I feel this is still going round in circles...we are plainly poles apart here but you have kindly responded to my posts even though you must be getting quite frustrated with the apparent lack of progress. But I think perhaps we should just agree that we differ. Rather than respond point by point to your last post...I'll just present here a summary of our discussion as I percieve it...you may or may not agree and please respond with your own version that I will respectfully read but might not necessarily respond to.
Your view is that..although I have provided an internally consistant model of a supposed reality, I have not connected it to anything in the real world and so this invalidates my claim that my position has equal validity with the materialist position.
My view is that...although you have made a superb defence of a rational reality, revealed by science and empirical evidence....this is not the same as a proof for materialism (that the self is essentially a mental phenomenon and mind is essentially a physical phenomenon...As opposed to sense experience as essentially a mental phenomenon and mental phenomenon as essentially a shadow of the self).
Your view is that I am invoking something 'magical' for which there is no evidence.
My view is that a spiritual view of reality invokes nothing that we are unfamiliar with already...and that it merely interprets what we actually know (the fact of perception) in terms of 'that which percieves (subject)' instead of 'that which is percieved (object)'.
Thanks again for your patience and detailed responses.
Permalink Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:34:00 UTC | #902783
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Jump to comment 99 by digofthedump
Thanks Alan4discussion
You are once again confusing the validity of the reasoning process with the material validity of conclusions.
No I am not!! You are though (although I would rephrase the ending as '...with the actual definitive truth of conclusions'). You are confusing the content of perception (the way reality appears to us) with the origin of perception itself. You're assuming that because of the fact that reality can be revealed as rational...it naturally follows that the subject is simply a passive observer of a fundamentally object-based reality....this despite the fact that reality only ever consists of subject and object. If you want to call reality 'material' fine go ahead...but the same thing can equally be called 'spiritual'...not because there's evidence of anything external beyond what we already know....but because the subject HAS ALWAYS AND WILL ALWAYS BE PART OF WHAT WE KNOW....by definition.
Reasoning works like arithmetic. It is possible to follow a correct process (formula) of calculation, but unless the initial numbers are correct the conclusion is false.
I couldn't agree more....!!!....(you can fill in the rest of the sentance I trust).
Permalink Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:34:43 UTC | #902764
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Jump to comment 96 by digofthedump
Thankyou Alan4discussion
Your argument only shows rational self-consistency, not validity.
The validity of my position is derived from its acknowlegement that reality can be understood equally in terms of object and subject. Your unfounded assumption is that the rational object corresponding as it does with a rational subject must be interpreted to mean that the rational subject is a product of the rational object rather than the other way around. I don't know how I can make my position any more simple. The rational self consistency IS the validity in this argument...unless I was trying to prove one position over the other which I am not...you are though...and this fact makes your position a "Castle in the air".
All the evidence shows the "mind" to simply be the electro-chemical properties of the brain.
Not so. This assumes materialism. Let's agree however that brain and mind are synonymous...this is rational. The assumption lies in asserting that the object (in this case electro-chemical processes) is the basis for the subject (the cognitive processes) rather than the other way around.
Permalink Mon, 26 Dec 2011 12:01:08 UTC | #902754
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Jump to comment 95 by digofthedump
Thanks Steve Zara
Something can exist and be as simple as you like but it can't have a mind and be simple.
Oh but it can!! Something can BE simple and HAVE a complex mind (or even a simple mind)...it can't BE simple and BE a complex mind...by definition. You equate self or being with mind itself...because any sort of awareness requires mind. But the spiritual world-view does not ultimately equate self or being with mind...mind is a reflection of self (self here refers to the singular 'universal self' rather than a personal self that is distinct from other 'selves'). An illustration. Imagine having the most powerful torch in the universe and shining it into empty space...you wouldn't see the light, no matter how bright it was. Only if the light shines on to something will you be able to see the light reflected back at you. Supposing a speck of dust is in the way of the torch beam. The speck of dust would appear to be the source of light itself...whereas it would only be reflecting the light coming from your torch.
This is simply an illustration of course...here the light represents the self, and the speck of dust represents mind, through which the self is percieved. Since the mind is not actually the self, but only the lense through which we 'see' the self...the self does not depend on some pre-existing mental structure capable of manifesting human self-awareness....mind exists as a continuum of complexity, mind grows but the self is unchanging and eternal.
Incidentally...I'm describing self and mind as distinct from one another here for the purpose of describing the nature of life but ultimately they are closely related to the extent that they are different aspects of the same thing...this is what is meant by life being a process of becoming or self realization.
God is necessarily of vast complexity, no matter what you believe about mind, being, naturalism and so on. This is inescapable, and it is one of the reasons why the belief that God is simple is logically false. It's impossible.
Certain notions about God are not logical...this I grant you...but this is ultimately a theological debate. The spiritual notion that places life or being at the beginning of our enquiry so to speak is perfectly logical.
What is 'higher' or 'real' meaning supposed to be?
This was a discussion concerning our attitude to human values, experience and culture. I was simply pointing out that human celebrations will naturally have more significance to people who believe that life is the basis of reality...much in the same way that particle physics will be regarded differently by those who think that reality is based on fundamental particles....but we weren't discussing particles, we were discussing Christmas.
Permalink Mon, 26 Dec 2011 11:13:52 UTC | #902748
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Jump to comment 90 by digofthedump
Steve Zara thanks for your comment
That's impossible. Even if reality was subjective, it doesn't make logic any less false, and it is logically impossible for a being to be simple, because complexity is independent of subjective opinion - it's a logical statement. A being has to be complex because of what a being has to do to be a being, such as to think, and have knowledge. Those are logically complex, no matter what labels you use for reality (natural, supernatural, objective, subjective).
This I would have to disagree with. The attributes of being you mention...thinking...knowledge etc are of course complex...but these are manifestations of being rather than the basis of being itself (the subject or I AM). Similarly...atoms, molecules and other increasingly complex material phenomenon are all based on a simple reality we are happy to call material and come about by evolutionary means (according to materialism). Or alternatively...complex subjective phenomenon (mind)...manifestations of a simple spiritual (forgive my use of this term) reality...come about by means of what might be compared to self discovery...(I AM THAT WHICH BECOMES ITSELF)
The crucial religious idea here is that life is pre-existent...even if all material sensation, memory and thoughts were to cease...the I AM would still exist to be reborn another 'day'....life to a religious mind being like waking from sleep....the state of deep sleep is as simple as it gets from a subjective point of view...it is still 'being' though.
Permalink Sun, 25 Dec 2011 23:22:00 UTC | #902694
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Jump to comment 88 by digofthedump
Alan4discussion. Thanks for your response...
I hope you are finding this discussion interesting.
Yes I am. As you said in an earlier post though I'm not sure we're going to agree...As I've said...some of my earlier posts were confusing due to my use of terms...I'm not sure I can make my terms clearer. Now I think our disagreement stems from fundamentally different world-views which requires an unfeasible amount of discussion to overcome.
You have only produced claims and contradictions, too vague to be tested or falsified and no evidence whatever to support them.
This sums up our difference I think....you are a dyed in the wool empiracist...you require empirical evidence to support a claim. The argument I'm presenting is a rational argument...by which I mean it derives its validity (you may think I'm flattering myself here but you take my point I trust) from rational axioms...first principles if you will. I am playing the part of the ancient greek philosopher whereas you are the enlightenment scientist...to use a historical analogy.
My position cannot provide empirical evidence for anything...by definition...it's an argument which addresses the nature of perception itself.
It's a bit like Descartes and his question concerning the nature of what can be known....how do we KNOW that this isn't all just a dream? We can't use empirical evidence since anything we percieve might just be part of the dream itself...what's required is a rational analysis. Basically this is the sort of thing my position addresses...it's not one that makes use of (or can make use of) empirical evidence.
I hope we can simply agree that we differ on this subject.
Permalink Sun, 25 Dec 2011 21:30:45 UTC | #902673
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Jump to comment 92 by digofthedump
This song is genius...very clever and funny...wrong to prohibit its broadcast after the watershed.
Jonathan Ross tells him he is brave to sing this song on a Christmas show!!....No No Mr Ross!! He would be brave to sing a similar song about Muhammad at any time of year at any point in his career.
Permalink Sun, 25 Dec 2011 20:08:29 UTC | #902669
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Jump to comment 86 by digofthedump
Alan4discussion. Thanks for your responses... ...It's good to practice the dialectic method...talking to you has made me aware of the short-comings in my use of terms...it happens I suppose when one develops ideas in ones own head that one uses terms which are meaningful to the self but confuse the issue for others who relate the terms to something else.
The word subjective I have used in it's basic sense to mean relating to the capacity to percieve...the 'I' as opposed to 'objective' which I have used to mean the object of perception...the thing which the 'I' percieves....'I see the world'...'I' is subjective...the world is 'objective'. I realise these terms are not perfect...'subjective' and 'objective' have alternate meanings which probably suit the words better....'subjective' can refer to something relating to a person that might not have anything to do with anyone else...'objective' can refer to something that is not dependant on a particular point of view...something that anyone can percieve. Hence forth I'll use the terms 'subjective' and 'objective' in accordance with this latter definition. The basic quality of perception relating to 'that which percieves' I will now refer to as 'the subject' and the quality of perception relating to 'that which is percieved' I will now refer to as 'the object'.
Subjective views and dreams have been repeatedly proved to be unreliable and regularly wrong in relation to material existence. Mental images detached from objectivity are clearly dreamy delusions.
Yes I agree. As per above I've redefined my terms for clarity..the misunderstanding is my fault. I wish to affirm that I'm not suggesting that each individual persons subjective experience (in that it differs from his/her neighbours) has equal claim to 'truth' in an objective sense. There IS such a thing as reality that unites individual subjective perceptions...although I would say this is relative...what we call objective reality could also perhaps be refered to as 'collective subjective reality'. My claim is that ultimately, subject and object are mutually dependant and neither defines reality more than the other.
This is unclear as to if you have shifted the meaning of "subjective" to mean a god, of if you are suggesting the cosmos is a figments of imagination.
The term 'God' I am taking to mean the ultimate subject, the basis of all life and individual subjective experience. It is the impersonal subject upon which the personal subjective experience has it's being. The phrase 'figment of the imagination' is not an unreasonable interpretation but it is not entirely correct for the following reason...It pre-supposes an imagination that creates reality according to its desire. This poses a problem of course...it shifts the problem of complexity back one.
No! rather it would be more accurate to say that the cosmos IS the imagination. The subject and object are mutually dependant remember...it's not logical to consider them seperately.
Please bare in mind that I am not advocating a view of reality that is psychotic...I am not saying that the world outside is a product of the mind...the mind is just as much a product of the world outside...how could it be otherwise? rather, I am saying that the subject and object are ultimately two aspects of the same thing... and that they quite logically mirror one another.
This is simply a confused misunderstanding. No such argument about gods being 747s was ever made by RD. The "whirlwind in a scrapyard creating a 747 by chance", argument, was a creationist argument illustrating their lack of understanding of evolution, which he quoted in his books.
Dawkins did challange the creationist argument about evolution being the equivalent of a whirlwind in a junkyard...but if memory serves he then turned the argument against creationists by claiming that God must be 'the ultimate boeing 747'...his point being that the idea of God doesn't explain anything as God would have to be at least as complex and the thing he was creating. My point is that God is not complex...he is simple...yet still qualifies as the Supreme Being...because reality is subjectively based....and any complexity (be it apparent external sensation or intelligence) is not the basis of life...but the means through which life manifests.
There is no evidence whatever of any supernatural properties or intrusions in the material universe, but there is abundant evidence of spiritual feelings and subjective imagery arising in brains.
According to the argument I have outlined...you are looking in the wrong place for "supernatural...intrusions in the material universe". The point being that the universe ITSELF is 'supernatural' (defined I guess as meaning that the material world is a reflection of the spirit or 'ultimate subject' to use my above terminology). One way of looking at the brain is that it is the symbol used to represent 'mind' to the subject...in other words...brain doesn't produce mind...mind produces brain (actually my view is that, as spoken of above, they are mutually dependant).
There are therefore two ways of viewing reality...one which empasizes the subjective (most religion proceeds from this view) and one which emphasizes the objective (philosophy and materialism proceeds from this view).
Thankyou for saying have a good mid-winter celebration...you too.
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For 14 years (1977-91), he was at the helm of the sales efforts of the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority as their national sales manager. During that period of time, he got more than his share of major conventions for the hall on South Virgina Street while competing against sales reps from such major locations as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Miami. One such convention was the outdoor retailers.
He started his tenure with the RSCVA at the behest of a contingent of local businessmen here who got together and journeyed to Sun Valley, Idaho, where Burke was then serving as national sales manager for that famous ski resort.
The main reason the locals wanted Burke back was that the huge MGM hotel was due to open in 1978, doubling the number of Reno/Sparks top flight hotel rooms and for the first time giving the Biggest Little City and environs a legitimate shot at getting major conventions to come here.
Burke was well suited to represent the northern Nevada area since he began his local affiliation when then-owner of the Holiday Hotel (now the Siena), Newt Crumley, inveigled Burke to leave the Bay Area business in which he had been involved since an injury ended his football career with the San Francisco 49ers. Burke had been recruited by the Niners after a stellar collegiate football career at the University of Southern California.
Shortly after taking on the chores of representing the Holiday Hotel in the Bay Area, Burke's connection with Reno suffered a blow as Crumley and local banking giant Eddie Questa perished in a plane crash with Crumley at the controls.
At that particular time, the Reno Chamber of Commerce was under the direction of Jud Allen, who was a promotion-minded, former Hollywood press agent. Allen had watched the success Burke had in representing the Holiday and immediately recruited him for a much larger undertaking — representing the entire city of Reno in the San Francisco area. Shortly after Allen had taken the chamber of commerce reins, he created a promotion committee made up of the public relations and advertising men of the major properties. The core of that group were Ray Powers of Harold's Club, Mark Curtis of Harrah's, Fred Davis of the Sparks Nugget and myself, representing the Mapes Hotel. Another property that was considered "major" at that time was the Riverside Hotel, but that facility had a revolving door approach to its representative and the only one I can recall was Nick Bourne.
To make a big splash in San Francisco, which at that time was considered this area's prime market, a large storefront space was rented on Market Street the busiest thoroughfare in the city.
Burke and his staff operated out of this location and it was festooned with signs of the Reno properties, giveaway trinkets and the ability to book rooms and buy show tickets. To say it did a booming business would be an understatement of the most extreme kind.
A born promotion man, Burke was always on the cutting edge of developing new tourist programs, which he would pitch to the promotion committee to get the community's backing.
His hallmark effort occurred when he did some homework with Southern Pacific Railroad officials and conceived of starting a weekly "Fun Train" from the Bay Area to Reno during the often-snowbound winter months. As he loved to recount how he made his pitch to us, it went something like this: He gave the detailed presentation along with the tentative contract that Southern Pacific approved and as all of us sat there in stunned silence he closed his pitch by saying, "I will accept your lack of comment as an endorsement of this idea!" All of us returned to our principals, relayed the Fun Train proposal and as Burke correctly surmised, it was approved unanimously.
I recall vividly the preparation and actual riding of the original Fun Train. Burke had plotted out with Southern Pacific the maximum number of cars that could be pulled over Donner Summit on the round trip. To his passenger cars he then added formal dining cars, a bar car, a stripped-down car for dancing with a live trio providing the music and an old-fashioned observation car on the end that we used to entertain the press and other dignitaries that we could get to take the ride — which was a seven-hour adventure. The idea was a hit from the start and through Burke's connections, many groups and organizations from the Bay Area would book entire cars. They were also free to bring their own food and booze if they so desired and on many occasions I would find Burke hunkered down with them sampling their tasty victuals. The Fun Train still runs today and is sold out on every excursion. The chamber of commerce lost control of the train when room tax funds that had originally gone to the chamber were transferred to the RSCVA. However, another company immediately picked it up and it has run unabated to the present day.
The Fun Train established a successful format from which Burke was able to develop the Fun Flight and the Reno Drive-Up package. All three programs had similar offerings to purchasers in that they included a two-night stay at a major hotel, floor shows, several meals, drink tokens, gaming slips and novelty giveaways. It was considered the biggest tourist bargain ever.
Although he could point to hundreds and hundreds of benchmarks in his long career, one of Burke's favorites was getting together with a gifted mechanic during his chamber of commerce days and producing the giant slot machine. The huge contraption, more than 6 feet tall, was a faithful reproduction of the "one-armed bandits" of that era. On its reels were posted various prizes from the major Reno establishments. The handle offered a "free" pull and the player would get a certificate of the prizes he was able to line up and then take the receipt to Reno to collect. Once the slot was built, a custom trailer was fashioned to carry it and then Burke would take it on busy weekends to major shopping centers in Northern California.
"I was like Mohammad," he used to say. "If the mountain (meaning California tourists) won't come to me, I will go to the mountain!"
To date, no one locally has eclipsed Don Burke's marvelous record in tourism.
Harry Spencer is a freelance writer in Reno. His column about the past and present of northern Nevada appears weekly in the Tribune.
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Young gun Casey Currie has visited just about every corner of the off-road world. He's gone fast: Casey has spent time sharing driving duties with his father Ray behind the wheel of their bright yellow JeepSpeed Cherokee. He's assaulted the Glamis dunes in a sandrail and raced pro Supermoto on a lime green Kawasaki KXF. He's gone slow, too, as a rockcrawling competition spotter for Kevin Hawkins. "I have a well-rounded background in the off-road world," he comments.
Although Casey has spent lots of time in the wide-open desert, his most recent focus turned toward the closed courses of Championship Off Road Racing (CORR). As a driver for Art Schmitt Racing, Casey has campaigned in CORR's Pro Lite division behind the wheel of a Nissan Frontier. His varied off-road background gives him a unique perspective. "In short-course, there's no excuse for a bad race or a bad move. If you make a mistake, you don't have time to make up for it. Desert racing is all about endurance, and there's no aspect of endurance in CORR."
Driving in both the desert and on CORR's closed courses has also hammered home the demanding, precise nature of short-course driving. "Any CORR racer could go out and win a desert race. Most desert drivers, with the exception of guys like Jerry Whelchel, couldn't go out and win a CORR race."
Strong words? Absolutely, but they're spoken by someone who's seen both ends of the racing spectrum. Casey has found a way to carry over his racing credentials into the business spectrum. In addition to running a full CORR schedule, he owns two businesses. The first, Active Motosport, is a purveyor of accessories and performance parts for dirt bikes, street bikes, quads, and UTVs. The second, Moto 247, is "a social networking website for moto sports fanatics."


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First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
LG Electronics revealed its new Optimus G Pro on Monday, marketing it as a direct challenge to Samsung Electronics' successful Galaxy Note 2.
The new device will have a 5.5-inch screen, similar to the Note, but will boast a much higher resolution of 1,920 by 1,080, giving it 400 pixels per inch, on an IPS (in-plane switching) screen with stronger colors and wider viewing angles, LG said. The Note's screen has a 267 pixel-per-inch Super AMOLED screen with resolution of 1,280 by 720.
The new Optimus G Pro will go on sale Wednesday in South Korea for 968,000 won (US$898). The company expects to launch it in Japan and North America in the second quarter, said Chang Ma, vice president of marketing strategy at the company, during a news conference in Seoul. The company also said it will show the phone at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, next week.
With the introduction of another device in its high-end Optimus G series, LG is attempting to squeeze into the premium smartphone market already dominated by Samsung and Apple. It also competes with cheaper Chinese brands such as Huawei Technologies and ZTE in the low-end market.
Ma said that as the number of smartphone users rises globally, the Korean company sees demand for different features globally.
"In Korea, a large screen is in demand, while in the neighboring countries, users prefer a better grip, so we have different specs for local and global markets," Ma said.
The Optimus G Pro also features a 3,140mAh battery, which is removable and supports wireless charging. It is equipped with a 13 megapixel camera and has a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor running Android OS 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
LG's new device supports features including automatic response to texts. The company showed a demonstration where users can send messages from a separate device with questions such as "Where are you?" and "What's the phone number of my wife?" directly to the handset.
It also supports dual recording from its two cameras, so the person wielding the device can appear along with the video they are recording.
First impression on unpacking the Q702 test unit was the solid feel and clean, minimalist styling.
For work use, Microsoft Word and Excel programs pre-installed on the device are adequate for preparing short documents.
The Fujitsu LifeBook UH574 allowed for great mobility without being obnoxiously heavy or clunky. Its twelve hours of battery life did not disappoint.
The screen was particularly good. It is bright and visible from most angles, however heat is an issue, particularly around the Windows button on the front, and on the back where the battery housing is located.
My first impression after unboxing the Q702 is that it is a nice looking unit. Styling is somewhat minimalist but very effective. The tablet part, once detached, has a nice weight, and no buttons or switches are located in awkward or intrusive positions.
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Head shaking---
Wichita State scored more points in the last 0:41 seconds than they did in the first 14 minutes of the game in Normal, IL last night. Those last 0:41 were a perfect storm producing a technical, two free throws and back to back triples to finish the game on an 8-0 run. The technical call was one of the most interesting I've ever seen and Gregg Marshall gets the credit for getting it called.
First time for everything---
Illinois State was up 5 with 0:51 seconds left, when the Redbird's Jackie Carmichael rebounded a Shocker miss. As he came down his foot made contact with WSU's Tekele Cotton, it didn't appear to be much at the time, but after WSU fouled Johnny Hill at the other end—Marshall, saying he thought Carmichael had kicked Cotton, asked officials for a review of the play. They obliged and agreed—awarding two free throws and the ball, all of which was converted into five points. I can honestly say that I've never seen a call like that; neither had Illinois State head coach Dan Muller who was incredulous. Of course that leads to the Shockers forcing a turnover, which prompted Cleanthony Early's heave for a winning triple with 0:05 seconds left. It was simply incredible.
Lost in the heroics---
WSU was superb defensively, holding Illinois State to 34% shooting and not allowing them a basket over the last 6:16 of the game.
Shock waves---
The win keeps the Shocks one game up with three to play in the Valley race. WSU is trying to win back to back conference titles for the first time since 1964-'65. More than that, it's another road win against a top 100 team and that's important stuff in the at large world of the NCAA Tournament. Now it's on to a suddenly faltering Indiana State, a win there and they'll come home to face Evansville with a piece of the MVC title on the line. Wouldn't that be something in a season where they lost, arguably, their best player for seven games and still are without the services of two other starters.
Sore necks---
The Shockers gave up 27 runs in three games to Pittsburgh this weekend and were swept at home in a three game series for the first time in the 36 years of the Stephenson era. The lack of timely pitching, or any pitching at all is of most concern. Generally, the one thing you can count on at Wichita State is pitching. There are few people I have more confidence in than WSU pitching coach Brent Kemnitz, he'll get it figured out. I'm not as sure of the Shocker offense--bats are always behind arms this early in the season, but the production last weekend wasn't too encouraging. All in all, it was a humbling weekend against a team that wasn't highly regarded coming in.
Danica on the rail---
As a casual fan of NASCAR---Danica Patrick's claiming of the pole for next weekend's Daytona 500 will give me a reason to watch.
KSU on Big Monday---
Bob Huggins comes into Manhattan for the first time since he bolted the program for West Virginia six years ago. I hope he's greeted warmly; Huggins doesn't get enough credit for the renaissance of K-State basketball. Besides, his team should be a relatively easy win for his old one.


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BattleStations: Midway Gets Sequel
Last year's Battlestations: Midway was a great idea! Letting you jump from ship to plane to submarine in a battle is every History Channel junkie's dream. It's just a shame the execution couldn't quite match the idea. Oh well! It sold well enough, and had enough potential, that Eidos are taking another crack at it, announcing today the game's sequel, Battlestations: Pacific. It's largely the same deal, though interestingly it's also letting you take control of the Japanese forces, with two single-player campaigns on offer, one for each side (the first game only had a US campaign). Virtually distasteful kamikaze, anyone? Eidos reassumes Battlestations [GameSpot]
Leipzig Might (*Might*) Still Go Ahead in 2009
Well, somebody doesn't know when they're beat. Despite the announcement of a new major international games show in 2009, which is backed by the German industry and will be held in the city of Cologne, the organisers of the Leipzig Games Convention just don't know how to quit. A Leipzig spokesperson has told Eurogamer.de: steht die Games Convention 2009 weiterhin im Kalender (For now, the 2009 Games Convention is still on the calendar).
Defiant! Though to be fair, they say they'll be taking a longer look at the show's survival prospects after speaking with publishers at this year's show, where they'll no doubt be told thanks, really, it's been a great seven years. Leipziger Messe: Games Convention 2009 vorerst noch weiter eingeplant [Eurogamer.de]
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With retailers slashing Xbox 360 HD DVD Player prices, now is a good time to pick one up! (Thinking of doing that myself.) But what about those who paid full price? They must be kinda bummed out. Or worse yet, those who paid full price for a lot of HD DVD stuff. Those like this poor bastard. Why Me [Danny Choo]
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Oh, PS3 SingStar, how are you managing to blow such a sure thing? Since the game's launch late last year it's been a shell of an experience, with a crummy, limited tracklist making it a poor relation to the PS2′s varied and expansive libraries. In an effort to remedy this, Sony have been trying a little harder to update the game's online SingStore recently, and will on March 7 continue this with a massive update, featuring 67 "new" songs. I say "new", though, because they're not new at all: most (might even be all) songs are already featured on the PS2 versions of the game.
Pity, that. Was really hoping for something new, and if not new, then at least varied. Ah well. Better luck next time, eh Sony?
EA Aren't The Only Ones Trying To Buy Take-Two
Why, Take-Two, you hussy! Here EA were, thinking they were the only ones vying for your affections, when from out of nowhere, you reveal that EA aren't the only ones. There are others. Scandalous! Take-Two aren't revealing just who these others are, however, and won't unless they are "legally required to do so". All they are saying is that there are others, and that at the moment, they're no more than "informal indications of interest in a business combination." Which may be true, I don't know, but from here that all sounds like a convenient way to drive EA's offering price up by a few bucks. Take-Two Reports Other Buyout Offers [AP][Pic]
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Whew! Our Patapon contest is so over. We didn't plan for this one to be tricky, we wanted it to be easy! But, apparently, we are tricky bastards. A buncha entries we got only answered one question — the first one. Not much of a scavenger hunt if there's only one question, don't cha think? Reading comprehension is so important. Too bad more folks didn't read the Totoro post! What's more, too bad some people gave SEVERAL ANSWERS to number seven. The four folks who hit all the high notes and got everything right are: nolifedopestar, Paul M., Pat O., sander_dutch
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Long time no write, been busy with my master thesis project for the past few months :)
However, in the final coding stage, I stumbled upon a small problem I can't seem to solve: I get an unresolved external symbol when compiling a class that has a private member function template with the function definition in the .cpp file.
I already know that templates can't be exported and should be placed in the header (!!), but this case is different: The corresponding function is inlined and only used in the corresponding .cpp file.
In particular,
// file.h
class SomeClass
template <typename A, typename B>
__forceinline shared_pointer<A> doSomething
(B& b, weak_pointer<T> a);
// file.cpp
template <typename A, typename B>
__forceinline shared_pointer<A> SomeClass::doSomething
(B &b, weak_pointer<T> a)
// ...
shared_pointer<BaseOfA> SomeClass::callMethod()
return doSomething(myb, mya); // only use of doSomething here
Up to now, I was of the opinion that this is possible in standard
However, I get a linker error (unresolved external symbol) once I include the appropriate .cpp file into compilation. I guess this is a bug (VS2010 SP1) or some cross-influence from another code problem.
Placing the function definition into the header works, but the function is quite intricate, and I'd rather keep it hidden from potential header users.
Up to now, I haven't been able to google up anything relevant…
Ideas / suggestions / known bugs / or should this generally not work ?
Thank you for your time! :)
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Wahpeton roads show rough out-of-town snow conditionsWahpeton, ND (WDAY TV) -- It's been an exhausting 30 plus hours for plow drivers, troopers and stranded motorists.
Wahpeton, ND (WDAY TV) -- It's been an exhausting 30 plus hours for plow drivers, troopers and stranded motorists.
Overnight, so many drivers were stuck and stranded crews closed highway 13 between Wahpeton and I-29 and today's relentless weather made for a wicked dig-out.
For those of you who were driving around Fargo-Moorhead today, you might have been saying what blizzard? You needed to just go one mile outside of town to find out.
This vehicle is one of 25 in the Wahpeton area to get stuck and abandoned overnight.
Will Wright, Fargo: "It just became whiteout conditions."
Will Wright was on his way back to Fargo from South Dakota.
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I'm trying to build a project using OpenCV with alchemy (that's a tough topic, I know). My idea was to isolate the parts I need from OpenCV (v.2.2), comile them with alchemy g++ and link with my code statically. So here's what I do:
I have several parts of openCV 2.2 (core, imgproc) built file by file with the following string:
alc-on; for src in *.cpp ; do g++ -I../../include -DOSX -c -Wall -O3 -o ${PWD##*/}_`basename $src .cpp`.o $src ; done ; mv -v *.o ~/dev/cut/obj/
(Basically, I compile all the needed parts file-by-file and copy the resulting .o's into a specific folder)
After that, I take a simple OpenCV test file with the following contents:
#include <opencv/cv.h>
#include "AS3.h"
void testCV()
cv::Mat a(3,3,CV_8UC1,cv::Scalar(1.0));
cv::Mat b(3,3,CV_8UC1,cv::Scalar(2.0));
cv::Mat c;
static AS3_Val test(void* self, AS3_Val args)
return 0;
int main()
AS3_Val testMethod = AS3_Function(NULL,test);
AS3_Val result = AS3_Object("test: AS3ValType",testMethod);
return 0;
And when I try to link it against all the *.o I have (assuming they are in the same folder):
g++ -I../include -Wall -O3 -DOSX -swc test_cv.cpp *.o -o cvtest.swc
I get the following error report:
WARNING: While resolving call to function 'main' arguments were dropped!
WARNING: While resolving call to function 'stub_null' arguments were dropped!
WARNING: While resolving call to function 'stub_zero' arguments were dropped!
WARNING: While resolving call to function 'stub_zero' arguments were dropped!
WARNING: While resolving call to function 'stub_zero' arguments were dropped!
WARNING: While resolving call to function 'stub_zero' arguments were dropped!
WARNING: While resolving call to function 'stub_zero' arguments were dropped!
Assertion failed: (TLI.isTypeLegal(VT) && "Intrinsic uses a non-legal type?"), function visitTargetIntrinsic, file /Volumes/data/dev/FlaCC/llvm-2.1/lib/CodeGen/SelectionDAG/SelectionDAGISel.cpp, line 2465.
0 llc 0x00636dfe _ZNSt8_Rb_treeIN4llvm3sys4PathES2_St9_IdentityIS2_ESt4lessIS2_ESaIS2_EE13insert_uniqueERKS2_ + 6078
1 llc 0x006373a2 _ZNSt8_Rb_treeIN4llvm3sys4PathES2_St9_IdentityIS2_ESt4lessIS2_ESaIS2_EE13insert_uniqueERKS2_ + 7522
2 libSystem.B.dylib 0x9125e05b _sigtramp + 43
3 ??? 0xffffffff 0x0 + 4294967295
4 libSystem.B.dylib 0x912eb5a5 raise + 26
5 libSystem.B.dylib 0x913016e4 abort + 93
6 libSystem.B.dylib 0x912ee20f __assert_rtn + 252
7 llc 0x003f3e2a _ZN4llvm11StoreSDNodeD1Ev + 90026
8 llc 0x003f5256 _ZN4llvm11StoreSDNodeD1Ev + 95190
9 llc 0x003f817c _ZN4llvm11StoreSDNodeD1Ev + 107260
10 llc 0x0040bc68 _ZN4llvm11StoreSDNodeD1Ev + 187880
11 llc 0x0040d3f2 _ZN4llvm11StoreSDNodeD1Ev + 193906
12 llc 0x0040f92e _ZN4llvm11StoreSDNodeD1Ev + 203438
13 llc 0x005d1926 _ZN4llvm12FunctionPassD1Ev + 20998
14 llc 0x005d1f3a _ZN4llvm12FunctionPassD1Ev + 22554
15 llc 0x005d20c5 _ZN4llvm12FunctionPassD1Ev + 22949
16 llc 0x00002e44 0x0 + 11844
17 llc 0x00001f36 0x0 + 7990
18 ??? 0x00000006 0x0 + 6
Can anybody explain what is it all about and where should I look to fix it somehow?
Ok, I've got some more info on the topic. The problem seems to come from matop.cpp from opencv2.2 core module. Currently I tried to exclude it from linking list and now I'm getting the following message while further linking:
Couldn't allocate output reg for contraint '{ax}'!
What is it about?
One more exclude (system.cpp from core module) and all I get is an undefined sym for lrint at runtime
Wrote lrint as in here: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2448603#2448603
excluding matop.cpp is not a good idea, cause it has some necessary functions (thus runtime undef sym errors). Need to fix something inside matop
Dirty hack:
remove all between
#if SSE_2
and leave only the else-section in opencv/core/arithm.cpp
This will allow you to compile the example...
Just in case I point out that we have basic OpenCV stuff working in alchemy...
Did you finally succeed ?
I'm trying to compile from your github repository on cygwin (windows).
I achieved to compile each C++ and C sources from opencv / zlib / lapack (without DOSX option)
Now i'm stuck at compiling the C++ wrapper from the flash folder as it seems the llvm fails resulting in a llvm-ld.stackdump file
I tried with and without core_system.o as stated in readme with same result.
I don't see any "SSE_2" in core/arithm.cpp but a grep command shows there are lots of "CV_SSE2" in mathfuncs.cpp
I'm sorry, but the project has been (temporarily?) suspended, so no work has been done since my last commit (However, someone forked it).
I didn't manage to set up the toolchain for cygwin either.
I suggest you try compiling C++ sources one by one to determine which one actually causes the compiler fail and then look into it, or look at the log file I create in build commands, that could clear things a bit.
The reason for removing SSE_2 was simply to get rid of assembly code. I'm pretty sure you will have to remove any of it you come across in order to alchemy-compile OpenCV, so don't hesitate to remove that stuff if compiling fails in files with assembly insertions.
OK thank you for your answer.
I'll try to investigate further, following your advices, or maybe ask for some help of C/C++ coders coworkers...
If i succeed in any way, i'll try to document the process.
I got some success at this time : achieved to compile and run the AS3 Sample from your repository (converting webcam frames to grayscale)
I used ar to find where the llvm problem come from and found that the lapack/slas*.cpp are in cause.
Simply excluding all theses + core/system.cpp from compilation it works
I also used ar llvm archiver to compile first an archive library from all .o files
Right now i'm trying to setup a simple face detection test...
That's pretty cool, I was also aiming at face detection at the time I started porting.
It would be great if you made a kind of example on face detection if it works out, so it would be possible to extend the repository with it along with your observations and instructions.
About FaceDetection, at this time, i'm stuck at loading HaarCascades xml files. A coworker gave me his working version, but he works with opencv2.0, so it doesn't seem correct. And the supplyFile method of alchemy doesn't seem to work with HaarCascade.load from opencv...
I spend some time testing image processing methods, like medianblur, flip, etc. (didn't achieve to make work methods like GaussianBlur that needs some "border data" (?) on the source image.
I found that in the sample code on your repo, width and height of the frame (corresponding to rows and cols in opencv) where inverted, and that the color space of Flash frame is actually ARGB, and not RGBA.
I also tried not to pass the ByteArray from flash to C and C to flash, but using returned pointer to read/write directly to memory. But that didn't change a lot about performances. MedianBlur on 640x480 gives me a 3fps rate. I will try to compare with native execution performances.
Actionscript and alchemy require additional workarounds for file operations, and it could happen that you would need to make a wrapper for openCV loader functions, like here: http://blog.debit.nl/2009/03/using-bytearrays-in-actionscript-and-alch emy/#more-79
Yes it seems it is not as simple as using supplyFile...
I tried with a static cpp version of haarcascade xml that a coworker gave me, but they work with opencv2.0. So at this time i started back compiling opencv2.0...
./configure didn"t work because of the "adl stuck" bug so i took the same way as yours with opencv2.2, compiling every .cpp to .*and so on.
I know have a working opencv2.0.swc... let's hope i achieve to make a basic facedetection working sample today...
For the medianblur comparison with native c application here are my results : (sigh)
- Alchemy OpenCV (lapack) : ~400ms
- C OpenCV (IPP) : ~10ms
I begin to think that it won't be possible to get realtime tracking simply porting opencv with alchemy...