Maybe there's something I'm missing, but I'm pretty sure all the energy that the sun will dump into these greenhouses was going to end up there anyway...
In the '90s the cartoons were not made for braindead children and channels like Discovery were not made of consumerist bullshit centered around the average idiot.
Yeah, they were. Everything on TV has pretty much been brain-numbing garbage since TV was invented.
What I'm trying to say is it's not your lawn, so quit telling people to get off it.
What's so special about any given device? It meets the needs of the people who bought it. If it doesn't meet your needs, that's cool - it doesn't diminish the value to people who aren't you. If that answer isn't satisfying to you, then I don't know what to say. You aren't the arbiter of taste and never will be.
I often wonder why people have to deride those who like the iPhone, and similarly have never received a satisfying answer. Care to take a reciprocal crack at it for me?
What is the tendency to deride people for liking something? What do you gain from that? I've asked this probably 80 times and never really received a response, but like any old fool I'm ever hopeful.
Also it originally cost 600 dollars + a required 2 year contract, and actually sold pretty well, just not into the stratosphere like it started to after it got cheaper, faster, and loaded to the gills with apps.
The problem, of course, is that T-Mobile's service has a reputation (possibly deserved, possibly not) as making AT&T seem reliable. Also they are definitely behind the big boys in coverage. I considered switching to them until my brother told me I could expect dead zones all over my city - and this is not a small city by any means.
Or pretty much any browser in full screen mode, which kills off damn near all the chrome. I know that extra keystroke would probably cause someone to have a conniption, though.
"Truly conscientious" is a completely subjective term, just like evil (as used in this case.) Your morals are yours alone and have no bearing on anything but your actions.
Legal fictions, similar to religions, have no bearing on actual mindsets. US courts have also declared that corporations are persons. Have you ever shaken a corporation's hand or asked its daughter on a date?
Because a person of religious inclination has already made the determination that religion is not only valid, but necessary, it follows that a person of religious inclination would tend to interpret another person's lack of religion as somehow being a missing piece. However, a person with no religious inclination does not necessarily feel the same way. Basically, requiring an atheist to defend their point of view as a belief is somewhat equivalent to asking "who put this dirt in my hole?" There is no hole, and it does not belong to anybody.
Atheism is only a religion from the perspective of a religious person, who by definition holds religion to have importance. Atheists who give no importance to religion (such as me) don't treat it as a religion. We don't treat it as anything in normal day-to-day dealings, because by definition it is nothing. It only comes up in a religious context when religious people try to pigeonhole things into labels they understand.
I don't expect you to understand that if you grant importance to religion, as your mind is already formed around the way you think and it's not terribly likely you're able to step outside of it. Few people are.
I guess we need a Department of Telling People What They're Allowed to Sell at What Price. With a centrally planned and approved economy there's no limit to how awesome everything will be.
And I singlehandedly repelled the Nazi invasion of Russia while simultaneously impregnating 10,000 good Russian peasant women with the next generation of scientifically correct socialists.
The moral of the story is that my story has just as much to do with the topic as yours does - except mine is true!
It seems like all you "I want everything for free" guys should get together and get your story straight. You never quite seem to make the point as to why you deserve this stuff without paying for it. You just keep complaining that you want it. Not exactly a compelling argument.
Luckily for you, you aren't forced to pay for the service. Sure, you don't actually get the service then - but you do get to bitch about it (for free!), and I'm gonna guess that for you, it's probably even more satisfying that way.
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Good luck solving any problems without causing new ones. Unfortunately for the human race, perfect foresight is fictional.
Maybe there's something I'm missing, but I'm pretty sure all the energy that the sun will dump into these greenhouses was going to end up there anyway...
IT is not computer science. Computer science is not programming. Software engineering is not engineering.
Nothing is what it seems.
In the '90s the cartoons were not made for braindead children and channels like Discovery were not made of consumerist bullshit centered around the average idiot.
Yeah, they were. Everything on TV has pretty much been brain-numbing garbage since TV was invented.
What I'm trying to say is it's not your lawn, so quit telling people to get off it.
You tell em! This space is reserved for losers who drool over Android phones.
The iPhone OS is the same as the original Unix just like an heirloom axe with a replacement head and handle is still the same axe.
What's so special about any given device? It meets the needs of the people who bought it. If it doesn't meet your needs, that's cool - it doesn't diminish the value to people who aren't you. If that answer isn't satisfying to you, then I don't know what to say. You aren't the arbiter of taste and never will be.
I often wonder why people have to deride those who like the iPhone, and similarly have never received a satisfying answer. Care to take a reciprocal crack at it for me?
"Loser" is most definitely the wrong term to use in contrast to "technical elite."
What is the tendency to deride people for liking something? What do you gain from that? I've asked this probably 80 times and never really received a response, but like any old fool I'm ever hopeful.
Also it originally cost 600 dollars + a required 2 year contract, and actually sold pretty well, just not into the stratosphere like it started to after it got cheaper, faster, and loaded to the gills with apps.
You might want to focus on the reference to Microsoft. It makes people around here edgy.
I hope this was a serious post. I get a real thrill out of knowing people actually think like this.
The problem, of course, is that T-Mobile's service has a reputation (possibly deserved, possibly not) as making AT&T seem reliable. Also they are definitely behind the big boys in coverage. I considered switching to them until my brother told me I could expect dead zones all over my city - and this is not a small city by any means.
Or pretty much any browser in full screen mode, which kills off damn near all the chrome. I know that extra keystroke would probably cause someone to have a conniption, though.
"Truly conscientious" is a completely subjective term, just like evil (as used in this case.) Your morals are yours alone and have no bearing on anything but your actions.
There is no reason to teach any of the precepts, just mention the existence. I learned a hell of a lot about World War II without learning any German.
Legal fictions, similar to religions, have no bearing on actual mindsets. US courts have also declared that corporations are persons. Have you ever shaken a corporation's hand or asked its daughter on a date?
Because a person of religious inclination has already made the determination that religion is not only valid, but necessary, it follows that a person of religious inclination would tend to interpret another person's lack of religion as somehow being a missing piece. However, a person with no religious inclination does not necessarily feel the same way. Basically, requiring an atheist to defend their point of view as a belief is somewhat equivalent to asking "who put this dirt in my hole?" There is no hole, and it does not belong to anybody.
Like all rules, it needs to be expressed as a one-liner. I propose:
If you feel like you should pat yourself on the back, slap yourself in the face instead.
Atheism is only a religion from the perspective of a religious person, who by definition holds religion to have importance. Atheists who give no importance to religion (such as me) don't treat it as a religion. We don't treat it as anything in normal day-to-day dealings, because by definition it is nothing. It only comes up in a religious context when religious people try to pigeonhole things into labels they understand.
I don't expect you to understand that if you grant importance to religion, as your mind is already formed around the way you think and it's not terribly likely you're able to step outside of it. Few people are.
Sure, but some would argue that shit tastes just fine and the texture is otherworldly.
Which is to say that opinions are like assholes. Fuck em.
I guess we need a Department of Telling People What They're Allowed to Sell at What Price. With a centrally planned and approved economy there's no limit to how awesome everything will be.
And I singlehandedly repelled the Nazi invasion of Russia while simultaneously impregnating 10,000 good Russian peasant women with the next generation of scientifically correct socialists.
The moral of the story is that my story has just as much to do with the topic as yours does - except mine is true!
It seems like all you "I want everything for free" guys should get together and get your story straight. You never quite seem to make the point as to why you deserve this stuff without paying for it. You just keep complaining that you want it. Not exactly a compelling argument.
You forgot to throw the word "sheeple" in there somewhere to really hammer your point home.
Luckily for you, you aren't forced to pay for the service. Sure, you don't actually get the service then - but you do get to bitch about it (for free!), and I'm gonna guess that for you, it's probably even more satisfying that way.