A and B meet. A behaves like this to B, causing a "first impression". However, C a long term knower of A says A behaves like that to everyone.

Should B:
1) Continue with existing preception of it's relationship with A
2) Augment it's perception of A based on new information from reliable source C.

I personally pick option 1. Although C may seem to know A longer, his information is not useful in the relationship between A and B. What C says could be trusted information or it could be gossip or it could be C's augmented perception of A which C believes to be true. In the case of such uncertainty I'd find it safer to trust my own perceptions and discard C's information rather then act upon it.

Option 2 seems somewhat more the popular option, especially when discussing negative behaviour. Since A is like that to everyone, B should cut A some slack, A could be a nice person still. Notice it doesn't work as well with positive behaviour though, nobody says a bubbly person isn't bubbly because she (only she's can be bubbly i think) is bubbly all the time.

non-nerds please stop reading here
Apparently after long discussion with D we can conclude that option 2 should follow soemthing like this:
B perception of A, X, and C perception of A, Y, should be augmented considering A perception of C,I, to develop a final perception value of A to B, Z. To such effect as determined by one's personal weight function.

Z = X + weight_function(I) * (Y-X)
where weight_function ranges from 0....1
e.g. weight_fucntion(X) = atan(X)/90

another road trip for the holden commodore. Each one could be it's last, but its a real tropper sticking in for the whole trip. It was good to get out on a saturday finally and do something brisbaney.
Maloobala beach is a nice little beach, i liken it to maroubra. Quiet, small but not 2 big waves and a barbie right by the beach. Nothing like a barbie at the beach i gotta say =)

Okay. thursdays nights are gonna be awesome from now on.

Rock climbing at Kangaroo Point Cliffs is an awesome experience. It's got some great rock and friendly people about. It's also by the river with a bbq and a great view of the city, if you get up there =)

Man, life rarely gets better then this! 1.5 climbs later, my arms and legs are so pumped...
EDIT: Go google power!

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argh! I must resist!... until the weekend.

Tuesdays from now on shall be a day for the body and mind.

Today i had my first few games of squash, which was awesome fun. Though i'm fast on the court it means nothing to my opponents. It seems like such a fun game, running aorund smacking the ball, i occasionally even won a game. A work mate, Zim invited me to a few games, though he was taking it easy on me he still managed to give me a huge run round the court. If it wasn't so bad on knees i might actually get serious playing it =)

Another new thing, Go! Another recommendation by Zim, its a game that basically revolves around white and black stones on a grid. It's so simple and so hard!! So little rules and so many levels of complexity. Anyway played a few 9x9 games with a 3rd qu and some other guy, basically got my arse handed to me everytime. Great fun! MUST THINK HARDER!

Not sure why its fun to get my arse handed to me =) but Tuesdays are now for squash and go!!

C is so not near S, search my name in quotation marks to reveal a monumental typo. *sigh* maybe SSIRO should go get some skills

Another funny one is using googlemaps to get directions from New York to London.
24. Swim Across the Atlantic Ocean, just 3,462 miles.

Google estimates it'll take around 29 days, so if you got a spare month, go for it =)

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05 Beijing	03 Thailand [July - August 04]	02 Spain - Thailand [July 04]

Some choices are just out of reach
I really like this t-shirt design, and it's so true as well. Threadless rocks!

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Click here for full article. i will just highlight a few dubious quotes that are probably the reason why the phrase "bible-bashing" was invented.

Most people equate atheism with intellectualism," explained Comfort in a statement, "but it's actually an intellectual embarrassment. I am amazed at how many people think that God's existence is a matter of faith. It's not, and I will prove it at the debate – once and for all. This is not a joke. I will present undeniable scientific proof that God exists."

haha very funny, sorry mate, doesnt exist. Though there isn't any proof that God doesn't exist, but then theres the whole fallacy its much harder to prove a negative then a positive statement. I'm quite sure his proof will be denied in about 0.5 seconds.

"Evolution is unscientific. In reality, it is a blind faith that's preached with religious zeal as the gospel truth. I'm embarrassed to admit that I was once a naïve believer in the theory," said the former television star in a statement. "Atheism has become very popular in universities – where it's taught that we evolved from animals and that there are no moral absolutes. So we shouldn't be surprised when there are school shootings."

ignorance, sheer ignorance. Evolution is not a blind faith, the fossils in the ground are pretty good evidence despite a large number of discrepancies, not to mention dna evidence, micro-biology and the Neanderthals. What do christians have? Intelligent design? "oh look its sooooooooo complicated, how can it possibly have evolved, some thing must have made it" It could just as easily be aliens, flying spaghetti monster or God? What a stupid position to push. Secondly, the link between evolution and "no moral absolutes" is very weak, random evolution doesn't rob the human race of it's humanity. Morals can be explained as evolved pre-programmed behaviour, i.e. people try to be nice to each other for self-preservation rather then a religious belief.

In addition, the sheer manipulation embedded in the statement disgusts me. Draws strong correlation between the two sides of the debate, admits that he was of the other side but through his "intellect" has already chosen the correct choice. Finishing off by tying a emotional and tragic event to his cause. Disgusting manipulation in a zero fact statement.

i feel for the Christian cause, perhaps this media event will help convert people to Christianity but most likely atheist will hand our arses to us. I hope i'm wrong.. i pray there is a purpose to this madness.

btw, Mr. Comfort, IF ANYTHING IS A BLIND FAITH, it's Christianity.

"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe."
John 20:19-29