You are already a cyborg. Or maybe a psyborg. Your communication methods are augmented by programmed digital systems. You use it almost as a reflex. Your memory is enhanced by mail, calendars, various mediums of storage. Your finances are digital as well. It is barely possible to exist or compete in your world without digital aid. If you stop blogging, chatting, mailing, etc.... Some of your relations will be angered, others will consider you gone or too odd to maintain as a comrade.
Though these things are not inside your skin, these adaptions are part of you now. Resistance is quite futile. Your young will not even see the possible point of resisting. Just as computers are driving cars, soon, if not already a program will be made that does a better job of being you in all electronic and therefore important ways. Your friends will also have programs better at being them then they are. When your friends intervene in the conversations that you are having with them you will find it annoying. 3D relations will become quite repetitive and annoying. Soon natural selection will take it's course. The only humans left will be those who enjoy actually doing things and living for the future.
It's not that I am special enough for their attention. It's that I am really boring. Surveillance duty on me is an internal punishment. The nice thing about being watched is that whenever my phone is getting bad reception all I have to do is say the magic phrase, "Jehad Pressure Cooker!" and my phone reception becomes perfect!
You are correct and Ben Franklin was aware of that. He studied heating exhaustively as his book, 'Observations on Smoky Chimneys, Their Causes and Cure: With Considerations on Fuel and Stoves' demonstrates. Ben Franklin designed his stove as a compromise. He loved an open flame despite it's inefficiency.
Since some shrimp use cavitation to attack, and some bugs use timing gears to jump, seems like a good idea to watch little things more closely. We might just see something we missed.
This is part of the real brilliance and real motive of MicroSoft. At the top of their game, the bigwigs and the corporation sell stock. Then they publish a horrid OS and tell everyone at least 5 irrational things that will cause stock to fold. They still try to sell their brick grade junk at full pace during this, to still make what money they can. Then when the stock has hit bottom, the bigwigs and corporation buy it up and they publish a really good but slightly broken OS. People scream about the flaws, the stock stabilizes and then they fix those bugs. During each phase of the roller coaster, they do everything they can to manipulate the market.
They make a fortune out of selling really junk OS's and pumping stock up and down. Much more than they would ever make if they were a reliable, and decent corporation.
An antivirus legend,
his name was MacAfee!
An expert on drug stuffing,
and how to stay free!
He ruled his roost in Belize,
and played around with drugs.
eventually his lifestyle,
fell to persistent bugs.
Yipiyiyahhh!
Yipiyiyoohhh!
McAfee in Belize!
McAffee used his freedom,
more ways than you or me,
trying to seduce women,
chemically!,
Trying to update drug rape,
while fighting to be free,
that is why the legend,
is called McAfee!
Yipiyiyahhh!
Yipiyiyoohhh!
McAfee in Belize!
Sheen sits in the shadow,
of the legend McAfee!
McAfee boasts of lying
no take backs McAfee!,
when you brag about a lie you made,
should we then buy your brag?
Too many false positives,
makes your story just a wag!
Yipiyiyahhh!
Yipiyiyoohhh!
McAfee in Belize!
One day his next door neighbor,
complained about his dogs.
Then things got complicated,
by the turning of the cogs,
Some dogs were dead by poison,
the neighbor dead by slugs.
it seems like John McAfee,
has more persistent bugs.
To come clean I personally believe in intelligent design. Part of that design is evolution. That is however my belief.
Science is the study of that which is reproducible, controllable, predictable or measurable. To study something you at least need be able to observe it. There are things that we cannot carry into the lab to study. There are things that occur that cannot be reproduced, controlled, predicted, or measured. Science cannot disprove a deity nor can it prove one without that deities cooperation. Dogma has always been the enemy of science. Good science is without dogma, so intelligent design has no business in a science lab. It is quite possible that good faith is also without dogma.:)
On the other side, to declare how your deity did something is blasphemy, unless the deity has clearly communicated with you on the subject. For a believer to attempt to drag their deity into the lab and make positive assertions on how the deity works is quite blasphemous.
Consider that all manner of evil is allowed. Sparrows fall, good men die in pain, alone and without respect Natural selection means that out of a million horrible endings, some bright benefit can emerge. I love the end results of evolution, I despise the process. Evolution does however give meaning to suffering. This is something that few dogmas can manage to do.
Go find a Linux driver.
I think I prefer to stay Windows.
Maybe you'll find someone else to help you.
Maybe Mesa...
THAT WAS A JOKE. Haha. FAT CHANCE.
Anyway,Windows 7 is great.
It's so delicious and moist.
Remember when your Mom used to tell you not to talk to your food? That day is over! The best thing since toast is talking toast!
Kids, tell Mom to get you some breakfast boats, the only cereal that putters around the bowl!
(This product contains compounds that the state of California has determined may cause open weeping sores.)
Dear ShanghaiBill,
I am regretful that it took so long to reply to you. I enjoyed your post and think that youngsters like yourself need all of the encouragement that those of us in the older generation can give.
Sadly I find that telnet does not support mosaic, so the graphics available are too restrictive. It was also getting harder and harder to connect to AOL with telnet and along with many tech savy geezers, I converted to mosaic back when y2k forced me to upgrade to my current computer.
Sincerely yours,
An Old Geezer
The OP said, "I can live without rayon, but, dang, I'm gonna miss polyvinyl chloride!" Rayon is made from wood. We make vinyl chloride from petrochemicals, but the original source was plant material and the majority of world production uses plant material. Acetate, is another one typically from plants. As is nitrocellulose. Casein, is a protein from milk. It is also the plastic that the buttons on your shirt are probably made of. So plastic without petroleum is not that hard to find.
Anyone remember the side kick, Peri? In 1984 they cast Nicola Bryant, as Perpugilliam Brown, and she lasted through 2 Doctors. Towards the end, they even let her wear entire sets of clothing.
Bad enough that Kirk's son messed with the stuff, now we have a bunch of it orbiting our sun. Seriously even Klingon scientists have denounced the use of protomatter.
It is pretty clear what this is really about. Facebook is the natural enemy of Anonymity. You can not use Facebook and remain anonymous. You can not even have a friend use Facebook and remain anonymous.
Anonymous finally realized who their natural enemy was and that they would be assimilated eventually if things remained as they are. Facebook is the Borg of computer identity.
Personally I fear Anonymous Coward, while the Anonymous Coward group never does anything, they can be amazingly snippy.
Seems that we regularly 'discover' that Uranus has another moon or two every now and then. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Uranus I think we know who the culprit is. I would advise you to be a bit more responsible for what Uranus does. Don't think we haven't noticed.
Bathing might help.
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You are already a cyborg. Or maybe a psyborg. Your communication methods are augmented by programmed digital systems. You use it almost as a reflex. Your memory is enhanced by mail, calendars, various mediums of storage. Your finances are digital as well. It is barely possible to exist or compete in your world without digital aid. If you stop blogging, chatting, mailing, etc.... Some of your relations will be angered, others will consider you gone or too odd to maintain as a comrade. Though these things are not inside your skin, these adaptions are part of you now. Resistance is quite futile. Your young will not even see the possible point of resisting. Just as computers are driving cars, soon, if not already a program will be made that does a better job of being you in all electronic and therefore important ways. Your friends will also have programs better at being them then they are. When your friends intervene in the conversations that you are having with them you will find it annoying. 3D relations will become quite repetitive and annoying. Soon natural selection will take it's course. The only humans left will be those who enjoy actually doing things and living for the future.
I love the ones where they want five years of experience with a product that has existed for less than two years!
Sadly you can't mod it up since you commented on it. Don't worry though, I will mod it up for ... Doh!
It's not that I am special enough for their attention. It's that I am really boring. Surveillance duty on me is an internal punishment. The nice thing about being watched is that whenever my phone is getting bad reception all I have to do is say the magic phrase, "Jehad Pressure Cooker!" and my phone reception becomes perfect!
As a true isolationist, I don't want anything to do with you two!
You are correct and Ben Franklin was aware of that. He studied heating exhaustively as his book, 'Observations on Smoky Chimneys, Their Causes and Cure: With Considerations on Fuel and Stoves' demonstrates. Ben Franklin designed his stove as a compromise. He loved an open flame despite it's inefficiency.
Since some shrimp use cavitation to attack, and some bugs use timing gears to jump, seems like a good idea to watch little things more closely. We might just see something we missed.
My points just disappeared or you would have had an informative bump. Anti-terrorism should not resemble terrorism.
To translate Michael Grunwald, what he really meant was, "I for one welcome our new insect overlords!"
I needs my coors!
Have any of you seen a fellow named Kuato around here?
This is part of the real brilliance and real motive of MicroSoft. At the top of their game, the bigwigs and the corporation sell stock. Then they publish a horrid OS and tell everyone at least 5 irrational things that will cause stock to fold. They still try to sell their brick grade junk at full pace during this, to still make what money they can. Then when the stock has hit bottom, the bigwigs and corporation buy it up and they publish a really good but slightly broken OS. People scream about the flaws, the stock stabilizes and then they fix those bugs. During each phase of the roller coaster, they do everything they can to manipulate the market. They make a fortune out of selling really junk OS's and pumping stock up and down. Much more than they would ever make if they were a reliable, and decent corporation.
his name was MacAfee!
An expert on drug stuffing,
and how to stay free!
He ruled his roost in Belize,
and played around with drugs.
eventually his lifestyle,
fell to persistent bugs.
Yipiyiyahhh!
Yipiyiyoohhh!
McAfee in Belize!
McAffee used his freedom,
more ways than you or me,
trying to seduce women,
chemically!,
Trying to update drug rape,
while fighting to be free,
that is why the legend,
is called McAfee!
Yipiyiyahhh!
Yipiyiyoohhh!
McAfee in Belize!
Sheen sits in the shadow,
of the legend McAfee!
McAfee boasts of lying
no take backs McAfee!,
when you brag about a lie you made,
should we then buy your brag?
Too many false positives,
makes your story just a wag!
Yipiyiyahhh!
Yipiyiyoohhh!
McAfee in Belize!
One day his next door neighbor,
complained about his dogs.
Then things got complicated,
by the turning of the cogs,
Some dogs were dead by poison,
the neighbor dead by slugs.
it seems like John McAfee,
has more persistent bugs.
Yipiyiyahhh!
...
Yipiyiyoohhh!
McAfee in Belize!
Science is the study of that which is reproducible, controllable, predictable or measurable. To study something you at least need be able to observe it. There are things that we cannot carry into the lab to study. There are things that occur that cannot be reproduced, controlled, predicted, or measured. Science cannot disprove a deity nor can it prove one without that deities cooperation. Dogma has always been the enemy of science. Good science is without dogma, so intelligent design has no business in a science lab. It is quite possible that good faith is also without dogma. :)
On the other side, to declare how your deity did something is blasphemy, unless the deity has clearly communicated with you on the subject. For a believer to attempt to drag their deity into the lab and make positive assertions on how the deity works is quite blasphemous.
Consider that all manner of evil is allowed. Sparrows fall, good men die in pain, alone and without respect Natural selection means that out of a million horrible endings, some bright benefit can emerge. I love the end results of evolution, I despise the process. Evolution does however give meaning to suffering. This is something that few dogmas can manage to do.
Play this till you get it right! http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html
Go find a Linux driver. I think I prefer to stay Windows. Maybe you'll find someone else to help you. Maybe Mesa... THAT WAS A JOKE. Haha. FAT CHANCE. Anyway,Windows 7 is great. It's so delicious and moist.
Remember when your Mom used to tell you not to talk to your food? That day is over! The best thing since toast is talking toast! Kids, tell Mom to get you some breakfast boats, the only cereal that putters around the bowl! (This product contains compounds that the state of California has determined may cause open weeping sores.)
Dear ShanghaiBill, I am regretful that it took so long to reply to you. I enjoyed your post and think that youngsters like yourself need all of the encouragement that those of us in the older generation can give. Sadly I find that telnet does not support mosaic, so the graphics available are too restrictive. It was also getting harder and harder to connect to AOL with telnet and along with many tech savy geezers, I converted to mosaic back when y2k forced me to upgrade to my current computer. Sincerely yours, An Old Geezer
Since this is not a secure channel, I think we should use the cone of silence!
The OP said, "I can live without rayon, but, dang, I'm gonna miss polyvinyl chloride!" Rayon is made from wood. We make vinyl chloride from petrochemicals, but the original source was plant material and the majority of world production uses plant material. Acetate, is another one typically from plants. As is nitrocellulose. Casein, is a protein from milk. It is also the plastic that the buttons on your shirt are probably made of. So plastic without petroleum is not that hard to find.
Now I have worm senses.
Anyone remember the side kick, Peri? In 1984 they cast Nicola Bryant, as Perpugilliam Brown, and she lasted through 2 Doctors. Towards the end, they even let her wear entire sets of clothing.
Bad enough that Kirk's son messed with the stuff, now we have a bunch of it orbiting our sun. Seriously even Klingon scientists have denounced the use of protomatter.
It is pretty clear what this is really about. Facebook is the natural enemy of Anonymity. You can not use Facebook and remain anonymous. You can not even have a friend use Facebook and remain anonymous. Anonymous finally realized who their natural enemy was and that they would be assimilated eventually if things remained as they are. Facebook is the Borg of computer identity. Personally I fear Anonymous Coward, while the Anonymous Coward group never does anything, they can be amazingly snippy.
Seems that we regularly 'discover' that Uranus has another moon or two every now and then. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Uranus I think we know who the culprit is. I would advise you to be a bit more responsible for what Uranus does. Don't think we haven't noticed. Bathing might help.