burning a whole what in my mattress? --------------------------------------- ------------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
The measurement was made from the inertial time frame we are in. For all practical purposes everyone here on earth is in the same intertial time frame. And this is the frame from which the measurements were made. ------------------------------------------- --------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
OK, fine. Believe whatever you want to believe. Just remember that more than a few times science has proved religion inaccurate, to put it mildly. For example, do you still believe in creationism?
You show your ignorance with this statement. The debate is not "science vs. religion." That's absurd. Science is not in opposition to Christianity. Both are about what the Truth is. In fact, science, in it's purist form (which we rarely see) can do nothing but affirm Christianity, since they are both about Truth.
Do I belive in Creationism? That depends on what you mean. I don't like believing "isms." I choose to spend my life seeking out what is True, not which "ism" fits me best. Evolutionism vs. Chreationism is another absurd debate. I believe the Universe was created by God ex nihilo. I don't know exactly what means he used to create it. I personally tend to doubt the belief that he created it in a literal 6 day period. Given the nature of the language of Genesis 1, it's very likely it is poetic, like the Psalms, rather then meant to be a scientific account of how God created the Universe. The Bible was not meant to replace science, or to be in opposition to it. Not at all. Science has never proven Christianity wrong, ever..and it never will. In fact science has affirmed it. I can dig up examples if you want.
I'm glad we are in agreement: You and I both realize that we can believe whatever we want, and no one can convince us otherwise. And we both realize that we can't believe whatever we want and and be right. Truth is not dependant on what we believe. In fact it doesn't give a damn about what we believe. No matter how hard you believe that God doesn't exist, it won't affect his existence. And no matter how hard I believe that God exists, it won't affect his existence.
Peace,
------------------------------------------------ ---- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Man does not seem to be able to reproduce a soul . No one has made a 1 Terabyte hard drive yet either. Does that mean that man is incapable of it? Wait and see.
I wasn't saying it is impossible for man to create a soul. I purposefully chose the language I did to imply that it is possible. My point is that the soul is something far beyond our understanding at this time. What is the mechanism behind self-awareness? Can you achieve this with matter alone? Can you achieve this with mathematics alone? Can you achieve this with a mathematical simulation residing on hardware made of matter? What need you to reproduce the soul? It is my belief and understanding that a soul is more than mathematics or matter, however complex. I'm not saying I can't be proven wrong. I'm just stating an opinion and belief.
What makes a soul immortal? How do you know a soul is immortal? I would like to see a demonstration of this. How does a soul work? What is it made of? These are impossible to answer until some concrete test-able definition of a soul is proposed. I'm not holding my breath.
What makes a soul immortal is that it is not made of matter. It is not a mathematical model on the hardware of humanity. It is beyond that. As far as proof of immortality, well...I think you and I would agree that it is beyond the scope of the provable at this time... ----------------------------------------- ----------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
It is 3pm, Eastern. I checked moviefone.com. ---------------------------------- ------------------ Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Is it just the fact that we think better that distinguishes us from the animals? I think not. While it is possible to simulate a sentient creature, one that appears to be self-aware, the fact remains it will still be a machine. Obviously we come from different worldviews, and this is something that does not seem provable by any ordinary means. But I ask you to consider yourself for a moment, and then think about what you are doing.
According to the Christian worldview, which is the view that I hold, man is fundamentally different from all other life-forms and simulated life-forms, in that we are created in God's image. We have imagination, a universal sense of morality which is ingrained in us from birth, the ability to create, and we are self-aware. These attributes arrise from our soul, something that fundamentally man does not seem able to reproduce in our inventive attempts. The soul is immortal; the fact that you are self-aware means you are immortal. A machine simulating self-awareness (even a darn good simulation, one that cannot be distinguised observationally to be any different from a human), is not immortal. If the hardware it is running on is destroyed and no copy of it is made, it is gone. Yet if you were to destroy every molecule in my body, my soul would survive, and one day my body would be knit back together. --------------------------------------- ------------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
I have had much greater stability with my Netscape on my Linux (RedHat 5.2 and now 6.0) box than with my HP-UX box at work. And my HP-UX box is a much faster machine. Go figure. ----------------------------------------- ----------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Anyone going to the Expo have a solution?
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I'm going to be at the Expo. But I also *really* want to see P.M. Any solutions? Can you order tickets in advance over the web or something? Or is anyone planning a group theatre rental? If anyone has info about how I can get 3 tickets for a theatre near the research Triangle, lemme know.
-jamin ---------------------------------------- ------------ Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
I checked cheapbytes, linuxcentral, and linuxmall. Didn't see it available yet. Anyone know of a place where I can buy it on CD now? -------------------------------------------- -------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Have you used any other GUIs? GTK, for example is an excellent widget set far exceeding Win9x/NT in features. QT is also excellent. ------------------------------------------------ ---- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Pardon my ignorance, but could someone please explain what a "journaled filesystem" is? I have not heard this term before. ------------------------------------------------ ---- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Can we set the threshold to filter out crappy *stories*??? I don't like offending people when I can avoid it, but I don't think this story should have been posted. I look to Slashdot for intelligent, well thought-out articles and useful links. And then I come to an article like this one with enough typo's to make it painful to read, and frankly the author didn't have anything interesting to say. -------------------------------------------- -------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Anyone know if this will be offered on CD either by Redhat or someplace like cheapbytes? ------------------------------------- --------------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
No monitor makes sense
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Indeed it does make sense. I personally would rather purchase a monitor separately anyway. I've been burnt too many times with cheap monitors dying on me. The computer itself I can nurse along, and I know enough places to get free/cheap hardware that I'm constantly tinkering with my system. But the monitor...I don't know beans about fixing them...I pretty much have to buy a new one when mine dies. ------------------------------------------- --------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Anyone know if an Open Source solution similar to what VMWare has done would be feasible (not just technically, but also legally). Is any project similar to it underway?
-Jamin P. Gray -------------------------------------------- -------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
I don't think we have to worry about running out any time soon. 26^10 is over 140 trillion. ------------------------------------------------ ---- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Actually, I'm thinking it will be a couple of months..at least if they are intelligent. Gnome 1.0 is pretty unstable still, but well on its way to being a good desktop. As far as the kernel, it needs some more hammering before it will be ready for showtime on the majority of systems. There are just too many issues still. I'm predicting RH 6.0 will come out in May. If they really wanted a good, stable release they'd wait until June or July, though. Oh, well, they'll learn. ------------------------------------------ ---------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Irregardless is not only a word because of improper use. The prefix "in" is sometimes used as an intensifier. This is derived from a language called, LATIN. Ever heard of it? In that language, the prefix "in" is sometimes used to intensify the root word. In words that come from the Latin, "in" often becomes "il" before "l", "ir" before "r", and "im" before any labial. This is not from some "bastardized" dictionary as you suggest. This is the rich heritage of English as a Romance language derived from Latin. Get a clue. ------------------------------------------- --------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Irregardless is a synonym for regardless. The prefix "ir" is a form of the prefix "in" which sometimes is used to negate, but often used to intensify. Irregardless is a more intense form of the word regardless. ------------------------------------- --------------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
I'd have to agree: KDE lacks configurability
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Sure Gnome is not as far along in development, and as a result is probably not as stable (although I haven't tried it since 0.99.3), but the direction GNOME is heading in is incredible. It's far more configurable and has far more potential then the KDE model.
Mark my words, neither KDE nor GNOME are going away anytime soon. I just personally am a person with a taste for variety. KDE doesn't (at least yet) give me that configurability. I feel like I'm using Winblows all over again.
-Jamin P. Gray -------------------------------------------- -------- Jamin Philip Gray jgray@writeme.com http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Question about Redhat and Mandrake compatibility
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I've heard that Mandrake is 100% compatible with Redhat. Does that mean that I can "upgrade" a RedHat 5.2 system (which I just installed about a week ago) to Mandrake 5.3 easily? If so, how? Just boot the CD and choose "upgrade"? Also does Mandrake 5.3 include *all* of the packages that Redhat 5.2 does? I don't want to lose any functionality if I choose to install it on another box instead of RH 5.2. Thanks in advance,
--Skeezix
GNOME may be close in *numbers* to 1.0, but....
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GNOME is not close to ready for a stable, consummer release. I've been using gnome for a while now, and I very much like the direction it is going, but it's still very buggy. Very buggy. Given some time to mature, I think it will be an excellent desktop environment, but until then...
Slashdot Mirror
burning a whole what in my mattress?- -------------
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
What channel/net?- ----------------
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
The measurement was made from the inertial time frame we are in. For all practical purposes everyone here on earth is in the same intertial time frame. And this is the frame from which the measurements were made.- ---------
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
OK, fine. Believe whatever you want to believe. Just remember that more than a few times science has proved religion inaccurate, to put it mildly. For example, do you still believe in creationism?
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You show your ignorance with this statement. The debate is not "science vs. religion." That's absurd. Science is not in opposition to Christianity. Both are about what the Truth is. In fact, science, in it's purist form (which we rarely see) can do nothing but affirm Christianity, since they are both about Truth.
Do I belive in Creationism? That depends on what you mean. I don't like believing "isms." I choose to spend my life seeking out what is True, not which "ism" fits me best. Evolutionism vs. Chreationism is another absurd debate. I believe the Universe was created by God ex nihilo. I don't know exactly what means he used to create it. I personally tend to doubt the belief that he created it in a literal 6 day period. Given the nature of the language of Genesis 1, it's very likely it is poetic, like the Psalms, rather then meant to be a scientific account of how God created the Universe. The Bible was not meant to replace science, or to be in opposition to it. Not at all. Science has never proven Christianity wrong, ever..and it never will. In fact science has affirmed it. I can dig up examples if you want.
I'm glad we are in agreement: You and I both realize that we can believe whatever we want, and no one can convince us otherwise. And we both realize that we can't believe whatever we want and and be right. Truth is not dependant on what we believe. In fact it doesn't give a damn about what we believe. No matter how hard you believe that God doesn't exist, it won't affect his existence. And no matter how hard I believe that God exists, it won't affect his existence.
Peace,
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Man does not seem to be able to reproduce a soul . No one has made a 1 Terabyte hard drive yet either. Does that mean that man is incapable of it? Wait and see.
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I wasn't saying it is impossible for man to create a soul. I purposefully chose the language I did to imply that it is possible. My point is that the soul is something far beyond our understanding at this time. What is the mechanism behind self-awareness? Can you achieve this with matter alone? Can you achieve this with mathematics alone? Can you achieve this with a mathematical simulation residing on hardware made of matter? What need you to reproduce the soul? It is my belief and understanding that a soul is more than mathematics or matter, however complex. I'm not saying I can't be proven wrong. I'm just stating an opinion and belief.
What makes a soul immortal? How do you know a soul is immortal? I would like to see a demonstration of this. How does a soul work? What is it made of? These are impossible to answer until some concrete test-able definition of a soul is proposed. I'm not holding my breath.
What makes a soul immortal is that it is not made of matter. It is not a mathematical model on the hardware of humanity. It is beyond that. As far as proof of immortality, well...I think you and I would agree that it is beyond the scope of the provable at this time...
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
It is 3pm, Eastern. I checked moviefone.com.- ------------------
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Is it just the fact that we think better that distinguishes us from the animals? I think not. While it is possible to simulate a sentient creature, one that appears to be self-aware, the fact remains it will still be a machine. Obviously we come from different worldviews, and this is something that does not seem provable by any ordinary means. But I ask you to consider yourself for a moment, and then think about what you are doing.
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According to the Christian worldview, which is the view that I hold, man is fundamentally different from all other life-forms and simulated life-forms, in that we are created in God's image. We have imagination, a universal sense of morality which is ingrained in us from birth, the ability to create, and we are self-aware. These attributes arrise from our soul, something that fundamentally man does not seem able to reproduce in our inventive attempts. The soul is immortal; the fact that you are self-aware means you are immortal. A machine simulating self-awareness (even a darn good simulation, one that cannot be distinguised observationally to be any different from a human), is not immortal. If the hardware it is running on is destroyed and no copy of it is made, it is gone. Yet if you were to destroy every molecule in my body, my soul would survive, and one day my body would be knit back together.
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
I have had much greater stability with my Netscape on my Linux (RedHat 5.2 and now 6.0) box than with my HP-UX box at work. And my HP-UX box is a much faster machine. Go figure.- -----------
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
I'm going to be at the Expo. But I also *really* want to see P.M. Any solutions? Can you order tickets in advance over the web or something? Or is anyone planning a group theatre rental? If anyone has info about how I can get 3 tickets for a theatre near the research Triangle, lemme know.
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-jamin
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
I checked cheapbytes, linuxcentral, and linuxmall.- --------
Didn't see it available yet. Anyone know of a
place where I can buy it on CD now?
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Have you used any other GUIs? GTK, for example is an excellent widget set far exceeding Win9x/NT in features. QT is also excellent.- ----
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Pardon my ignorance, but could someone please explain what a "journaled filesystem" is? I have not heard this term before.- ----
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Can we set the threshold to filter out crappy *stories*??? I don't like offending people when I can avoid it, but I don't think this story should have been posted. I look to Slashdot for intelligent, well thought-out articles and useful links. And then I come to an article like this one with enough typo's to make it painful to read, and frankly the author didn't have anything interesting to say.
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Anyone know if this will be offered on CD either by Redhat or someplace like cheapbytes?- ---------------
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Indeed it does make sense. I personally would rather purchase a monitor separately anyway. I've been burnt too many times with cheap monitors dying on me. The computer itself I can nurse along, and I know enough places to get free/cheap hardware that I'm constantly tinkering with my system. But the monitor...I don't know beans about fixing them...I pretty much have to buy a new one when mine dies.- ---------
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Anyone know if an Open Source solution similar to what VMWare has done would be feasible (not just technically, but also legally). Is any project similar to it underway?
-Jamin P. Gray
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
I don't think we have to worry about running out- ----
any time soon. 26^10 is over 140 trillion.
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Actually, I'm thinking it will be a couple of months..at least if they are intelligent. Gnome 1.0 is pretty unstable still, but well on its way to being a good desktop. As far as the kernel, it needs some more hammering before it will be ready for showtime on the majority of systems. There are just too many issues still. I'm predicting RH 6.0 will come out in May. If they really wanted a good, stable release they'd wait until June or July, though. Oh, well, they'll learn.- ----------
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Irregardless is not only a word because of improper use. The prefix "in" is sometimes used as an intensifier. This is derived from a language called, LATIN. Ever heard of it? In that language, the prefix "in" is sometimes used to intensify the root word. In words that come from the Latin, "in" often becomes "il" before "l", "ir" before "r", and "im" before any labial.- ---------
This is not from some "bastardized" dictionary as you suggest. This is the rich heritage of English as a Romance language derived from Latin. Get a clue.
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Irregardless is a synonym for regardless. The prefix "ir" is a form of the prefix "in" which sometimes is used to negate, but often used to intensify. Irregardless is a more intense form of the word regardless.- ---------------
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
Sure Gnome is not as far along in development, and as a result is probably not as stable (although I haven't tried it since 0.99.3), but the direction GNOME is heading in is incredible. It's far more configurable and has far more potential then the KDE model.
- --------
Mark my words, neither KDE nor GNOME are going away anytime soon. I just personally am a person with a taste for variety. KDE doesn't (at least yet) give me that configurability. I feel like I'm using Winblows all over again.
-Jamin P. Gray
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Jamin Philip Gray
jgray@writeme.com
http://students.cec.wustl.edu/~jpg2/
hmm...turn all my windows and windshield in my car into speakers....
I want.
I've heard that Mandrake is 100% compatible with
Redhat. Does that mean that I can "upgrade" a RedHat 5.2 system (which I just installed about a week ago) to Mandrake 5.3 easily? If so, how? Just boot the CD and choose "upgrade"? Also does Mandrake 5.3 include *all* of the packages that Redhat 5.2 does? I don't want to lose any functionality if I choose to install it on another
box instead of RH 5.2. Thanks in advance,
--Skeezix
GNOME is not close to ready for a stable, consummer release. I've been using gnome for a while now, and I very much like the direction it is going, but it's still very buggy. Very buggy. Given some time to mature, I think it will be an excellent desktop environment, but until then...