Oh I see you haven't done any rigor either..
You would find some world history and literature classes beneficial.
This is the problem with religious nut jobs. Because you have something missing in your life that your fairy tale resolves, you think everyone else is in the same boat too.
I've got a fairly good grasp on history, and not just middle eastern history. And in the when you put all of human history over thousands of years into context, the bible is merely one text in thousands that all have the same old myths in them. Nothing special there, just a brief footnote that yet another primitive culture believed in magic invisible goblins at the bottom of the garden, just like all the rest of them.
The harder part is an understanding of the Bible as a book of history as well as the word.
Before we even get that far you need to tell why I should even care? Just I feel no need to watch Desperate Housewives, Harry Potter, or study Barraiya, Maui, or Asmat, why would I even waste my time with these fairy tales?
As for the "Skeptics Bible, it is an Atheist book by book refutation of the Bible
Again who cares? Atheism isn't a religion (I know this is obvious but it seems to be a hard point to get through to some people). If one Atheist decides to publish some crap doesn't mean anyone else believes it or cares. In fact most literature I've come across on Atheism is a waste of space.
Personally I find historical study to be a lot more fulfilling when you learn from an independent point of view, rather than any one particular fairy tale.
Or without the banking industry (and therefore the bankers) we might all still be living in a 19th century disease-ridden agrarian society.
As much as it pains you and most of Slashdot to read this, 20th century banking practices (ie credit) is one of the main driving forces behind innovation, and innovation drives progress and prosperity. Sure we might hit a road block every couple of decades, but if you prefer the other option (no bankers, more murderers) go live in Mogadishu for a while and let me know how it compares.
The last Chinese revolution was only 40 years ago, the one before that was only 60 years ago. "Change nothing" is hardly the right phrase to use when talking about Chinese political history.
I know there is a round ball which some girly men dance around and fall over, grabbing their faces as if they've been shot, but apart from that no, not really. I certainly have no idea how big the circles are on the dancing surface.
Who said they had to be long range? And who said I have to carry them?
WW2-era cruise missiles could be built from scratch in any garage and there's a few countries within range of the US that I might want disposed of.
At $5k/missile that means I need a budget of only $50m to have Mexico wiped off the face of the earth?
So are you saying if I fire my 10k small missles from within my enemy's territory into the US, then the US will win my war for me?
This US of which you speak doesn't sound very smart.
I'd take a punt and say the Taliban are slightly more battle savvy and resourceful than your average overweight American suburbanite with a gun in his hand.
Closed markets don't work very well either. The trick is finding that happy middle ground of just enough 'free' to thrive, but not too much to be corrupt.
Whenever I see comments about "What is the govt doing?" my immediate response is, try living in a country with no govt and see how it compares (Somalia, Afghanistan etc).
Sure the govt is far from perfect, but if you live in a western country then it is probably providing a net gain for you as a citizen. What is your bank providing you?
And Facebook is #1 with 95% of the global populace. The other 5% who didn't use Facebook were nerds who spent all day telling everyone in various other forums how they don't use Facebook.
But the business world and the consumer world have different needs. For the love of everything holy, WHY CAN'T THEY BRING OUT TWO PRODUCT LINES, ONE FOR BUSINESS AND ONE FOR CONSUMERS.
Yeh fragmentation, because that is working so well for Linux on the desktop right now...
Microsoft has *got* to come out with a "business edition" of Windows that doesn't change as rapidly as the consumer versions.
They do. It's called stick with the previous version. Any business bigger than Ma and Pa Kettle's House of Black Pots should have an 'SOE' which is a working, well understood version of the OS and apps that gets imaged onto all new machines when they come in the door.
We got 8 years out of WinXP, and plan to do the same with Win7. We'll skip 8 altogether and hope 9 works better, otherwise it'll be 7 for a few more years longer.
The Surface has a place. 90% of the corporate world use x86 apps, good luck running those on any other tablet. I've worked a few places that tried to do the iPad or Galaxy Tab thing and it never works because productivity requires a keyboard, a mouse, and corporate apps (which just happen to mostly be x86).
We currently pay $1500 for a corporate laptop and another $500 for an iPad for a lot of our users. Even at $1100 (incl some accessories this is a win for us). I'm sure we're not the only company in the world in this situation.
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Oh I see you haven't done any rigor either.. You would find some world history and literature classes beneficial.
This is the problem with religious nut jobs. Because you have something missing in your life that your fairy tale resolves, you think everyone else is in the same boat too. I've got a fairly good grasp on history, and not just middle eastern history. And in the when you put all of human history over thousands of years into context, the bible is merely one text in thousands that all have the same old myths in them. Nothing special there, just a brief footnote that yet another primitive culture believed in magic invisible goblins at the bottom of the garden, just like all the rest of them.
The harder part is an understanding of the Bible as a book of history as well as the word.
Before we even get that far you need to tell why I should even care? Just I feel no need to watch Desperate Housewives, Harry Potter, or study Barraiya, Maui, or Asmat, why would I even waste my time with these fairy tales?
As for the "Skeptics Bible, it is an Atheist book by book refutation of the Bible
Again who cares? Atheism isn't a religion (I know this is obvious but it seems to be a hard point to get through to some people). If one Atheist decides to publish some crap doesn't mean anyone else believes it or cares. In fact most literature I've come across on Atheism is a waste of space. Personally I find historical study to be a lot more fulfilling when you learn from an independent point of view, rather than any one particular fairy tale.
Or without the banking industry (and therefore the bankers) we might all still be living in a 19th century disease-ridden agrarian society. As much as it pains you and most of Slashdot to read this, 20th century banking practices (ie credit) is one of the main driving forces behind innovation, and innovation drives progress and prosperity. Sure we might hit a road block every couple of decades, but if you prefer the other option (no bankers, more murderers) go live in Mogadishu for a while and let me know how it compares.
The last Chinese revolution was only 40 years ago, the one before that was only 60 years ago. "Change nothing" is hardly the right phrase to use when talking about Chinese political history.
While you are learning about Amazon, you might want to check BB's stock price...
BBRY up 100% in 6 months. I think I missed your point?
I'm going to hazard a guess here and say that IBM and Sun are both doing better than you are. Perhaps there is a reason for that?
I know there is a round ball which some girly men dance around and fall over, grabbing their faces as if they've been shot, but apart from that no, not really. I certainly have no idea how big the circles are on the dancing surface.
That explains why there is no more gun violence in the US. All the bad guys were too easy to hunt down and deal with....
Who said they had to be long range? And who said I have to carry them? WW2-era cruise missiles could be built from scratch in any garage and there's a few countries within range of the US that I might want disposed of. At $5k/missile that means I need a budget of only $50m to have Mexico wiped off the face of the earth?
Don't live in Europe, and my version of football has none of those things you mentioned either.
Quality vs Quantity I'll take 100 corrupt bankers any day over 10 guys with guns raping and murdering at will.
So are you saying if I fire my 10k small missles from within my enemy's territory into the US, then the US will win my war for me? This US of which you speak doesn't sound very smart.
Sorry, I live in the 95% of the world that doesn't use imperial units. What's a yard?
The "need" for msoffice is and always has been grossly overblown.
We don't "need" to speak English either, but it generally makes doing business a whole lot easier...
I'd take a punt and say the Taliban are slightly more battle savvy and resourceful than your average overweight American suburbanite with a gun in his hand.
Yes much like the finance industry. Except swap the cocaine and hookers for pizza and porn.
Closed markets don't work very well either. The trick is finding that happy middle ground of just enough 'free' to thrive, but not too much to be corrupt.
Whenever I see comments about "What is the govt doing?" my immediate response is, try living in a country with no govt and see how it compares (Somalia, Afghanistan etc). Sure the govt is far from perfect, but if you live in a western country then it is probably providing a net gain for you as a citizen. What is your bank providing you?
Because animals watching porn is a huge problem in today's society...
And Facebook is #1 with 95% of the global populace. The other 5% who didn't use Facebook were nerds who spent all day telling everyone in various other forums how they don't use Facebook.
Life is better for me, and it sucks for you.
Not sure if you seen how much MS is worth these days, but I'd hazard a guess that it sucks more to be you than them right now.
But the business world and the consumer world have different needs. For the love of everything holy, WHY CAN'T THEY BRING OUT TWO PRODUCT LINES, ONE FOR BUSINESS AND ONE FOR CONSUMERS.
Yeh fragmentation, because that is working so well for Linux on the desktop right now...
Microsoft has *got* to come out with a "business edition" of Windows that doesn't change as rapidly as the consumer versions.
They do. It's called stick with the previous version. Any business bigger than Ma and Pa Kettle's House of Black Pots should have an 'SOE' which is a working, well understood version of the OS and apps that gets imaged onto all new machines when they come in the door.
We got 8 years out of WinXP, and plan to do the same with Win7. We'll skip 8 altogether and hope 9 works better, otherwise it'll be 7 for a few more years longer.
The Surface has a place. 90% of the corporate world use x86 apps, good luck running those on any other tablet. I've worked a few places that tried to do the iPad or Galaxy Tab thing and it never works because productivity requires a keyboard, a mouse, and corporate apps (which just happen to mostly be x86). We currently pay $1500 for a corporate laptop and another $500 for an iPad for a lot of our users. Even at $1100 (incl some accessories this is a win for us). I'm sure we're not the only company in the world in this situation.
These young whipper snappers and their rock and roll music. Get off my lawn!