Uh, we don't live in the 80s anymore. Why would I want a physical copy when I can view the pictures on an good hi-def screen and backup effortlessly, without wasting huge amounts of resources to print and ship them around?
As for my techno-illiterate grandmother, she has a big picture viewer with a single button that connects to the city-provided Wifi network and downloads the pictures, so that we can talk about them that night when I call her. It's cheaper (bigger upfront payment, but almost free from then on), less resource intensive, faster and easier.
The broadcasters have a state-given license to use a scarce resource (certain frequencies). Damn right citizens are entitled to put conditions on that. If the broadcaster doesn't like them he can transmit inside his own property.
Also, your argument is making the error that Ignosticism warns about: all of that is meaningless because "God" isn't well defined.
Because the "frame of reference" is different for almost every theist, since they "see" God as a different thing, and in reality all theists are blind to others' Gods.
As it's often quoted,
"I contend we are both atheists, I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
Yes, that's why there are agnostic atheists, agnostic theists, etc. But I was replying to parent's assertion that a lack of proof means a proof of non-existence.
Yes, I know, but I have nothing to prove to you, unlike you who apparently are in need of social validation.
And if you want to take this as an admission of my "worthlessness", be my guest, I literally couldn't care less. I know the programmers I admire and they ain't the authors of Shareware #4352 on some god-awful Windows 'zine. And they certainly don't have such a low self-esteem to be constantly showing how big their balls are.
But I see my case is hopeless, so I'll stop wasting my time with it. And you can stop wasting yours too, since your posts will be invisible to me from now on.
The ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet, had no distributed host name database. Each network node maintained its own map of the network nodes as needed and assigned them names that were memorable to the users of the system. There was no method for ensuring that all references to a given node in a network were using the same name, nor was there a way to read the hosts file of another computer to automatically obtain a copy.
The small size of the ARPANET kept the administrative overhead small to maintain an accurate hosts file. Network nodes typically had one address and could have many names. As local area TCP/IP computer networks gained popularity, however, the maintenance of hosts files became a larger burden on system administrators as networks and network nodes were being added to the system with increasing frequency.
Nobody cares what you've done. We just don't want to get hit by you constantly self-masturbating over your own stuff. If you're a great programmer and you have nothing to prove, why do you insist on doing so? It's just sad.
Anti-Semitism or anti-Zionism? The two are not the same, or else Jewish anti-Zionism wouldn't exist.
In any case, it's a false equivalence. Idiots are everywhere, but the Socialist and Social Democratic positions don't themselves advocate for it, unlike that little shit's ideology.
It's not a binary state; books leave more to the imagination than movies. Which doesn't make them necessarily better - some stories may work better as a movie - but when the movie was made from the book, that's usually the case.
I certainly don't agree with your last comment. Regardless of the writing - which I'm not ready to judge - the books just have a better story; the movies sound like Cliff's Notes of the original.
If you don't send em, someone else will and the future will be colonised by them not you.
We have enough children being born every day. One can help that "journey" better by making others' children lives better. The only thing that doesn't do is inflate one's ego on how they're somehow better because they're "colonizing" and others aren't.
If I can specialize in X, I can produce Xes in 20% the time other people can. So I make 5 Xes, and sell four and use the proceeds to buy one Y, Z, A, B. That's economics.
It's economics, but if we count value as just cash + assets, it doesn't make economical sense, because most people have a fixed number of X they can produce each day - they have a fixed salary - and so their (cash + assets) are maximized if they can produce those "Ys, Zs, As and Bs" for themselves outside of their normal working hours.
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Uh, we don't live in the 80s anymore. Why would I want a physical copy when I can view the pictures on an good hi-def screen and backup effortlessly, without wasting huge amounts of resources to print and ship them around?
As for my techno-illiterate grandmother, she has a big picture viewer with a single button that connects to the city-provided Wifi network and downloads the pictures, so that we can talk about them that night when I call her. It's cheaper (bigger upfront payment, but almost free from then on), less resource intensive, faster and easier.
Bluetooth links are encrypted. As long as you pair the devices in a safe place, you should be fine, but YMMV.
The broadcasters have a state-given license to use a scarce resource (certain frequencies). Damn right citizens are entitled to put conditions on that. If the broadcaster doesn't like them he can transmit inside his own property.
So, what does a gnostic atheist "see"?
Also, your argument is making the error that Ignosticism warns about: all of that is meaningless because "God" isn't well defined.
Because the "frame of reference" is different for almost every theist, since they "see" God as a different thing, and in reality all theists are blind to others' Gods.
As it's often quoted,
Yes, that's why there are agnostic atheists, agnostic theists, etc. But I was replying to parent's assertion that a lack of proof means a proof of non-existence.
No, it means we don't fucking know what the answer is. Which apparently is something that plenty of people have trouble accepting.
No, I asked what YOU have done
Yes, I know, but I have nothing to prove to you, unlike you who apparently are in need of social validation.
And if you want to take this as an admission of my "worthlessness", be my guest, I literally couldn't care less. I know the programmers I admire and they ain't the authors of Shareware #4352 on some god-awful Windows 'zine. And they certainly don't have such a low self-esteem to be constantly showing how big their balls are.
But I see my case is hopeless, so I'll stop wasting my time with it. And you can stop wasting yours too, since your posts will be invisible to me from now on.
Take care.
Maybe you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet. Some of those texts aren't even part of the Talmud.
Sure, man, whatever you say.
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The ARPANET, the predecessor of the Internet, had no distributed host name database. Each network node maintained its own map of the network nodes as needed and assigned them names that were memorable to the users of the system. There was no method for ensuring that all references to a given node in a network were using the same name, nor was there a way to read the hosts file of another computer to automatically obtain a copy.
The small size of the ARPANET kept the administrative overhead small to maintain an accurate hosts file. Network nodes typically had one address and could have many names. As local area TCP/IP computer networks gained popularity, however, the maintenance of hosts files became a larger burden on system administrators as networks and network nodes were being added to the system with increasing frequency.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)
Nobody cares what you've done. We just don't want to get hit by you constantly self-masturbating over your own stuff. If you're a great programmer and you have nothing to prove, why do you insist on doing so? It's just sad.
Anti-Semitism or anti-Zionism? The two are not the same, or else Jewish anti-Zionism wouldn't exist.
In any case, it's a false equivalence. Idiots are everywhere, but the Socialist and Social Democratic positions don't themselves advocate for it, unlike that little shit's ideology.
Gifting is illegal? Isn't it just selling?
Go away, APK, and stop shilling your software.
FSF.org doesn't offer software. You'd have a point if they had blocked Gnu.org.
Not if you use Ksplice.
They're not owned by Nast anymore, they're now a direct subsidiary of its parent company.
I don't think your comment makes any sense, so I'm unable to reply.
Try Walter Miller's translations: http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Walter%20Miller&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3AWalter%20Miller%2Cp_lbr_one_browse-bin%3AJules%20Verne&page=1
It's not a binary state; books leave more to the imagination than movies. Which doesn't make them necessarily better - some stories may work better as a movie - but when the movie was made from the book, that's usually the case.
I certainly don't agree with your last comment. Regardless of the writing - which I'm not ready to judge - the books just have a better story; the movies sound like Cliff's Notes of the original.
I like plenty of SF books, yet I can't stand most sci-fi TV shows (yes, including Star Trek and Babylon 5). SF is not all created equal.
And I'm sure that's a real problem for chauvinists, but not for me.
If you don't send em, someone else will and the future will be colonised by them not you.
We have enough children being born every day. One can help that "journey" better by making others' children lives better. The only thing that doesn't do is inflate one's ego on how they're somehow better because they're "colonizing" and others aren't.
Schools are useless if children don't attend them due to social pressures. It's not that simple.
I disagree.
It's economics, but if we count value as just cash + assets, it doesn't make economical sense, because most people have a fixed number of X they can produce each day - they have a fixed salary - and so their (cash + assets) are maximized if they can produce those "Ys, Zs, As and Bs" for themselves outside of their normal working hours.