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The theme is from Dionisio Aguado's Rondo in A minor. Years ago in a music theory class, we were analyzing a Mozart Sonata with the very same first few measures as Aguado's Rondo. I no longer remember which Sonata it was that Aguado borrowed the theme from. Any help would be appreciated. Below is a link to the passage (short and sweet).

Rondo in A Minor - first phrase

A very common thread among the religious, and especially Creationists is that because scientific facts and theories are always subject to change, then at any moment all of Science will be overturned, black will become white, up will be down, and nothing will be real but today's immutable religious Truths or the next hot topic in metaphysical musings. Especially annoying is the claim of some philosophers is the idea that philosophy is the ultimate arbiter of the validity of the Scientific Method and on a whim and a turn of phrase can shake the very foundations of Science itself (3rd paragr

[Feel free to substitute soul with immaterial mind] Does brain damage mean the soul is also damaged? If you lose the ability to feel physical or mental pleasure or pain, is the soul no longer able to feel those things? If one loses sight or hearing, can the soul can no longer see or hear? If the amygdala is damaged or undeveloped causing problems with empathy and emotion control, is the soul also unable to empathize or emotion control (to the extent that one can normally control emotional states)?

Or Does the soul not have any part in any of this? What is the point of it?

tl;dr Bad hard drive, missing hal.dll, no Windows XP disk, hoping to live boot with knoppix but it's not working.

A year and a half ago, my old PC (brand new in 2003/4) was hit with a power surge that fried the power supply and apparently corrupted the the hard drive. I only recently decided to see if I could get it working and recover some data on it.

I replaced the power supply and got it up and running, but when it boots up, It throws a message stating hal.dll is missing. I no longer have the Windows XP disk or a repair disk. My fault for going full Apple. I tried my hand at booting live from a CD with the current Knoppix version, however the system can't find a boot version on t

Since the Christians of this subreddit are determined that atheists follow their debate guidelines, I propose in fairness that there be a simple guideline for them to follow, as well.

1. Any post making a positive claim for God's existence or describing any properties of God (omniscience, omnipresence, immortality, etc) must include in the post references to peer reviewed scientific journals that prove either the veracity or very least plausibility of the claim. Citing unscientific theistic pseudo-journals run by organizations like the Discovery Institute or Answers in Genesis is grounds for immediate and permanent banning. Failure to cite your sources will result in a temporary ban to l