I just wanted to say thanks for pointing that video out to me. I had never heard of Jason Scott and I found his talk very interesting, even though it was over an hour long. I'll definitely be checking his site out: http://textfiles.com/.
Allah is one weird entity. Apparently, under traditional Muslim belief, Allah is so other that one can never communicate with It directly. Errr...so how do they explain Muhammad? Dunno.
I'm not religious, but I'm a student of religion. According to legend, Muhammad was recited the passages of the Koran by the arch-angel Gabriel (acting as an intermediary of sorts I suppose). I don't believe Muhammad ever talked directly to god.
Anyhow, Muslims are fond of saying "if Allah wills it" to apply to any of their wishes. Okay, so..this Allah entity, he apparently willed Jews to create modern Israel? Or the Saudi royal family? Or forces making Muslims "victims" in the modern world? The schism between Sunnis and Shi'ites? What about the Alawis, Sufis, or any of the other innumerable Islamic sects?
The same B.S. so many other religious espouse... "God works in mysterious ways." It's childishly easy to come up with a reason for god letting these things happen. Persecution as a test of faith. Let an enemy rise to power so they have someone to conquer and become stronger. Etc. etc. Typically it's all "test of faith" as the usual reason.
If Allah is so just, how to explain the status of women in the Islamic world? What about the infidels? Islam is supposed to be a tolerant religion. Okay, where are the Christian churches in Saudi Arabia or the Jewish Temples? How come the Ba'hai are persecuted in Iran? What's with the Fatwas for killing whomever the Fatwa-er deems deserving of death? If Allah is It's cracked up to be, how come It cannot defend Its own turf and must rely on Muslims to do Its dirty work? And if It is so other, how can Muslims be relied on to interpret what It wants?
Women get the short end of the stick because, well, it's a power and control thing. Lots of religions had it (and still have it), although Islam is the only major religion that suppresses so many minority and women's rights so egregiously.
As for why Muslims have to do God's dirty work, well... the same reason that the Crusaders did god's work (in their view). If there is a god he's either unwilling or unable to influence the world on a large scale.
As for the inconsistencies in logic, well, that's Religion 101 for you. Logical fallacies left and right. Thankfully the majority of Muslims are moderates, otherwise we'd have car bombs and Jihadists everywhere. After all, you don't see evangelical Christians blowing up Planned Parenthoods and headshotting abortion doctors every day, do you?
Couldn't that whole problem be solved with a legal waiver? "I understand that undercooked (rare) steak may potentially put my health at risk" yadda yadda.
A bit of a hassle yes but it allows restaurants to cover their asses as well as let patrons make their choice (no matter how ill-advised some may believe it to be.)
LibreOffice (if it's good) will gets its marketing the same way OpenOffice did. The geeks will preach the gospel, and the quality (pretty good) and price (free!) will seal the deal.
Agreed, they're not going to lose a significant amount of customers IMO.
I imagine most people buy a PS3 to play the games on PS3. They don't care about things like Other OS or running emulators. So long as it can play the games they purchase they don't care.
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They smack you about the head with a billyclub for being a smartass.
They were probably the first site to steal that picture.
It's probably better that way. A Deadpool OLPC would just continually make fun of you and randomly explode.
Epic Games couldn't predict getting wet if they fell out of a boat in the middle of the ocean.
I just wanted to say thanks for pointing that video out to me. I had never heard of Jason Scott and I found his talk very interesting, even though it was over an hour long. I'll definitely be checking his site out: http://textfiles.com/.
Right, because public defenders and District Attorneys make six figure salaries all the time.
Because you'd have to look around a little bit, and that shit does NOT fly with advanced computer users like us.
As a favor to a brother in the computer repair hellho-, er, business...
"Why the hell are you figuring out things on your own?!"
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"You can't have my first born fuck off twitter."
<darkhumor> So, a Jew, a Coptic Christian, and a gay dude? </darkhumor>
Allah is one weird entity. Apparently, under traditional Muslim belief, Allah is so other that one can never communicate with It directly. Errr...so how do they explain Muhammad? Dunno.
I'm not religious, but I'm a student of religion. According to legend, Muhammad was recited the passages of the Koran by the arch-angel Gabriel (acting as an intermediary of sorts I suppose). I don't believe Muhammad ever talked directly to god.
Anyhow, Muslims are fond of saying "if Allah wills it" to apply to any of their wishes. Okay, so..this Allah entity, he apparently willed Jews to create modern Israel? Or the Saudi royal family? Or forces making Muslims "victims" in the modern world? The schism between Sunnis and Shi'ites? What about the Alawis, Sufis, or any of the other innumerable Islamic sects?
The same B.S. so many other religious espouse... "God works in mysterious ways." It's childishly easy to come up with a reason for god letting these things happen. Persecution as a test of faith. Let an enemy rise to power so they have someone to conquer and become stronger. Etc. etc. Typically it's all "test of faith" as the usual reason.
If Allah is so just, how to explain the status of women in the Islamic world? What about the infidels? Islam is supposed to be a tolerant religion. Okay, where are the Christian churches in Saudi Arabia or the Jewish Temples? How come the Ba'hai are persecuted in Iran? What's with the Fatwas for killing whomever the Fatwa-er deems deserving of death? If Allah is It's cracked up to be, how come It cannot defend Its own turf and must rely on Muslims to do Its dirty work? And if It is so other, how can Muslims be relied on to interpret what It wants?
Women get the short end of the stick because, well, it's a power and control thing. Lots of religions had it (and still have it), although Islam is the only major religion that suppresses so many minority and women's rights so egregiously.
As for why Muslims have to do God's dirty work, well... the same reason that the Crusaders did god's work (in their view). If there is a god he's either unwilling or unable to influence the world on a large scale.
As for the inconsistencies in logic, well, that's Religion 101 for you. Logical fallacies left and right. Thankfully the majority of Muslims are moderates, otherwise we'd have car bombs and Jihadists everywhere. After all, you don't see evangelical Christians blowing up Planned Parenthoods and headshotting abortion doctors every day, do you?
In Soviet Russia, Android illegally copies YOU!
Oh God... that's it! It all makes sense now!
Google is owned by RepliCarter!
I don't know about that, Aerosmith seems pretty against cryogenics.
I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
Couldn't that whole problem be solved with a legal waiver? "I understand that undercooked (rare) steak may potentially put my health at risk" yadda yadda.
A bit of a hassle yes but it allows restaurants to cover their asses as well as let patrons make their choice (no matter how ill-advised some may believe it to be.)
So that's what they mean by burping infants...
LibreOffice (if it's good) will gets its marketing the same way OpenOffice did. The geeks will preach the gospel, and the quality (pretty good) and price (free!) will seal the deal.
Thankfully for there are sites for people like us - www.oldversion.com. Quoting them - "Because newer is not always better".
(There is no better Winamp than Winamp 2.91...)
I would have posted a reply before simcop2387 did... time dilation is a bitch.
Someone at the DoD must be a Minecraft addict.
Agreed, they're not going to lose a significant amount of customers IMO.
I imagine most people buy a PS3 to play the games on PS3. They don't care about things like Other OS or running emulators. So long as it can play the games they purchase they don't care.
I guess you think ornithopters...
...are for the birds.
YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I didn't know there was a National Cyber Security lobby.
On a side note I'm curious how the US postal service survives.
Government subsidies and a monopoly on first-class mail are a couple of the reasons.
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