Sorry, 'world wide flood' was a very bad choice of words. I didn't mean to suggest there actually was some armageddon type flood, but rather a very specific rise in the world's water levels caused disproportionately large floods at a relatively specific time in history.
Your sig is interesting. Seeing as how you would have had to have posted for someone to say "Fixed that for you", how do you intent to mod them into oblivion?
Are you kidding? The flood is the one part of the Bible I do find interesting. While surely not at the same time they list in the Bible (determined by tracing back the lineage), there are many, many corroborating sources on a flood.
Looking at various early creation myths, we see flood myths mentioned almost universally. While some are no doubt local floods that caused a minor inconvenience (but enough to write down) there are many that employ the 'and so were our people wiped out, except for a few saved'.
Off the top of my head: Babylon, Sumer, Greece, Rome, Hebrew, Assyrian, Celtic, Cherokee (Great Lakes area), Pomo (California), China (22 year flood), Inuit (Alaska)...
I'm probably forgetting a lot, but the idea is that Yes, there was probably a major world wide flood at some point in prehistory. It was probably around the end of the last glacial period (about 10,000 years ago). The time scale is skewed in myth because no one keeps track of time on the 500+ year scale. Things become 'in my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's time'.
You know what there is a market for? Touch screen Netbooks. The iPhone has brushed against that market but is still too smart phone-ey to really dominate it. It's too small. The Kindle is closer in some ways but can't handle the real computing even a basic Netbook could do. As soon as there is a real, viable touch screen netbook for !outrageous prices, that will be the Next Big Thing (tm).
Droid gives you more features and more convenience - plus you don't have to take 7 seconds to boot.
I'll admit I don't have a Droid - I have the G1 - but a 7 second boot would be far superior to what I experience.
What are people talking about with 'instant on smartphones'? The only thing 'instant-on' that I've seen is turning the screen back on. If you ever have to actually reboot the thing it takes at a least a MINUTE (haven't timed it, could be longer).
That's a very valid point. They're essentially just trying to extend what they already do on television to the next popular medium. I suppose we could hope for an option to turn it off, but I doubt that'd happen.
This is the same thing as them running the emergency broadcast during your favorite show. Annoying, yes, but apparently people think it helps more than it hurts.
Invasion of privacy? How are they invading your privacy here? This is no more an invasion then sending you email without permission is an invasion of your privacy.
This is actually a great idea. It was done on radio when everyone had a radio, then TV to reach the masses.
Now? There are a lot of people who will be reached only by this medium and aren't tuning into prime time cable to find out about the flash flood in the area or tornado on its way.
Obviously he should go to the grocery store and only buy the two slices of bread, four strips of bacon, single leaf of lettuce and tablespoon of mayo he needs.
Or maybe, just maybe, the point was that there is a certain minimum amount of purchasing required to make food at home, a minimum that makes the occasional sandwich ridiculously expensive.
If I only eat a sandwich once a week or less, it is much more cost effective to buy one at the deli then try and store perishable goods I won't be using.
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Sorry, 'world wide flood' was a very bad choice of words. I didn't mean to suggest there actually was some armageddon type flood, but rather a very specific rise in the world's water levels caused disproportionately large floods at a relatively specific time in history.
Your sig is interesting. Seeing as how you would have had to have posted for someone to say "Fixed that for you", how do you intent to mod them into oblivion?
Are you kidding? The flood is the one part of the Bible I do find interesting. While surely not at the same time they list in the Bible (determined by tracing back the lineage), there are many, many corroborating sources on a flood.
Looking at various early creation myths, we see flood myths mentioned almost universally. While some are no doubt local floods that caused a minor inconvenience (but enough to write down) there are many that employ the 'and so were our people wiped out, except for a few saved'.
Off the top of my head: Babylon, Sumer, Greece, Rome, Hebrew, Assyrian, Celtic, Cherokee (Great Lakes area), Pomo (California), China (22 year flood), Inuit (Alaska)...
I'm probably forgetting a lot, but the idea is that Yes, there was probably a major world wide flood at some point in prehistory. It was probably around the end of the last glacial period (about 10,000 years ago). The time scale is skewed in myth because no one keeps track of time on the 500+ year scale. Things become 'in my grandfather's grandfather's grandfather's time'.
Can you do that again as a car analogy?
You fixed it by misspelling General Relativity?
Or maybe you actually meant the theory would be better than 'Reletivity'. That could work.
You know what there is a market for? Touch screen Netbooks. The iPhone has brushed against that market but is still too smart phone-ey to really dominate it. It's too small. The Kindle is closer in some ways but can't handle the real computing even a basic Netbook could do. As soon as there is a real, viable touch screen netbook for !outrageous prices, that will be the Next Big Thing (tm).
Droid gives you more features and more convenience - plus you don't have to take 7 seconds to boot.
I'll admit I don't have a Droid - I have the G1 - but a 7 second boot would be far superior to what I experience.
What are people talking about with 'instant on smartphones'? The only thing 'instant-on' that I've seen is turning the screen back on. If you ever have to actually reboot the thing it takes at a least a MINUTE (haven't timed it, could be longer).
I don't get what that saying is all about. I mean, doesn't it even get cold enough to snow in Texas? Seems cold enough to me.
NY State uses an opt-in system. So, yes, they will 'track' you by a much smaller area, but you're going to have to ask for it.
Neighbors? Are those the bipedal creatures that live in this 'outside' place I keep hearing of?
now I can hear children blaming race, sexual preference, lag, and DHS broadcasts for their sub-par performance.
How does this one work, exactly? "You're so gay that you keep winning all the time!" Sounds like an incentive to me ;)
Hopefully they add some kind of app that you can configure (thus giving people opt-in/opt-out) with your zipcode or the like.
That's a very valid point. They're essentially just trying to extend what they already do on television to the next popular medium. I suppose we could hope for an option to turn it off, but I doubt that'd happen.
This is the same thing as them running the emergency broadcast during your favorite show. Annoying, yes, but apparently people think it helps more than it hurts.
Invasion of privacy? How are they invading your privacy here? This is no more an invasion then sending you email without permission is an invasion of your privacy.
This is actually a great idea. It was done on radio when everyone had a radio, then TV to reach the masses. Now? There are a lot of people who will be reached only by this medium and aren't tuning into prime time cable to find out about the flash flood in the area or tornado on its way.
Come on, you're not even trying to troll anymore.
And yet you had better ideas than the ones everyone else posted. Bravo.
It's a secret to everyone.
Obviously he should go to the grocery store and only buy the two slices of bread, four strips of bacon, single leaf of lettuce and tablespoon of mayo he needs.
Or maybe, just maybe, the point was that there is a certain minimum amount of purchasing required to make food at home, a minimum that makes the occasional sandwich ridiculously expensive.
If I only eat a sandwich once a week or less, it is much more cost effective to buy one at the deli then try and store perishable goods I won't be using.
Only mammals and their distant cousins the marsupials, have hair as humans do.
Strange, I always thought marsupials were mammals.
...disabled / immobile ...?
Hey, I think Japan is developing an exo-suit for that!
That's it! We send Pauly Shore!
'-1 Takes Himself Way Too Seriously'
you cant have your cake and launch it too.
Unless it's yellow cake.