I can't tell you how often I've gone for a day or two without being reachable simply because I was trying to scrub the memory of The Santa Clause 3 out of my brain.
The Eee PC is Asus' line of netbooks. The Eee Box is Asus' line of nettops. While in some ways they are similar, in other important ways they are very different products.
This article appears to have been written by a high-school freshman. An freshman who likes to skip class to smoke whatever he can get his hands on out back.
I know this is just, y'know, the Internet, but for Christ's sake, doesn't anyone proofread any more?
The Atom processor is specifically designed to do one thing at a time, for low-end applications such as the Eee and the E-box. It is a very low-powered single-core chip. So, yes, the fact that it can actually handle a little multitasking is something to take note of.
You'd be shocked how little science can actually explain. We know next to nothing about the history of our species, of our planet, of our galaxy.
To paraphrase Bill Bryson, if someone were to take a pair of tweezers and pull you apart atom by atom, when the last two were separated you'd be left with a pile of inanimate matter -- none of which is alive but all of which was you.
Science has no provable explanation for how the Big Bang occured (assuming it did), simply that it looks like that's probably what happened. Science can't explain how the 20 amino acids we require to exist form on their own, nor how they combine and fold themselves into the hundreds of various proteins we require to function, nor why all the thousands of processes that occur within a cell occur. This all appears to happen "just for the hell of it".
As for there only being room for God in the gaps science can't cover -- I submit to you that if we were to learn everything there is to know about everything, we would become Gods.
For the record, I'm a confirmed athiest and devil's advocate.
...but I can't help being reminded of the Brad Bird animated film The Iron Giant featuring a self-reassembling visitor from the stars.
All they need to do now is add a power plant fueled by raw metal and we'll be set!
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I can't tell you how often I've gone for a day or two without being reachable simply because I was trying to scrub the memory of The Santa Clause 3 out of my brain.
Seems like one viewing would be enough...
Justin Long: Hi, I'm a Mac.
Jeri Ryan: And I'm a PC.
Justin Long: Oh, hey there, PC. What's, uh... what's going on?
Jeri Ryan: Not much, just polishing my Start Orb.
Justin Long: That's cool, that's cool. So... that suit fits you really well.
Jeri Ryan: Oh, thanks! *flutters eyelashes*
Justin Long: You know, uh, I can run Windows, now.
Jeri Ryan: *giggles* You're pretty cute for a laser-carved hunk of aluminum.
Justin Long: Unnngghhhh...
I'm guessing the same reason it's tagged 'portable' - someone is very confused.
"Eee PC" =/= "Eee Box"
The Eee PC is Asus' line of netbooks. The Eee Box is Asus' line of nettops. While in some ways they are similar, in other important ways they are very different products.
This article appears to have been written by a high-school freshman. An freshman who likes to skip class to smoke whatever he can get his hands on out back.
I know this is just, y'know, the Internet, but for Christ's sake, doesn't anyone proofread any more?
The Atom processor is specifically designed to do one thing at a time, for low-end applications such as the Eee and the E-box. It is a very low-powered single-core chip. So, yes, the fact that it can actually handle a little multitasking is something to take note of.
Why on Earth would you buy the Windows Eee if you're just going to install a Linux distro anyway?
New game: stop appending "in bed" to fortune cookie fortunes, start appending "on the Internet".
Examples:
A thrilling time is in your immediate future (on the Internet).
Good things are being said about you (on the Internet).
The greatest danger could be your stupidity (on the Internet).
You'd be shocked how little science can actually explain. We know next to nothing about the history of our species, of our planet, of our galaxy.
To paraphrase Bill Bryson, if someone were to take a pair of tweezers and pull you apart atom by atom, when the last two were separated you'd be left with a pile of inanimate matter -- none of which is alive but all of which was you.
Science has no provable explanation for how the Big Bang occured (assuming it did), simply that it looks like that's probably what happened. Science can't explain how the 20 amino acids we require to exist form on their own, nor how they combine and fold themselves into the hundreds of various proteins we require to function, nor why all the thousands of processes that occur within a cell occur. This all appears to happen "just for the hell of it".
As for there only being room for God in the gaps science can't cover -- I submit to you that if we were to learn everything there is to know about everything, we would become Gods.
For the record, I'm a confirmed athiest and devil's advocate.
Religion exists to explain what science cannot.
...but I can't help being reminded of the Brad Bird animated film The Iron Giant featuring a self-reassembling visitor from the stars. All they need to do now is add a power plant fueled by raw metal and we'll be set!
Ah, so their "secret" news isn't even accurate.
I can't help but care less and less that I've never heard of this site.
From TFA:
Before we start, let's take a look at what we have posted in the past about Service Pack 3 for Windows XP.
At least read what you're trying to disparage.
That said, about the only thing of (remote) interest is the fact that the installer package is only 72 megs.
What good is April Fool's Day on /. if we're just going to get real articles?
I'll take my prank-hungry business elsewhere, thank you very much.