"Therefore we have proven that the existence of gods is irrelevent."
It is not irrelevant to those who believe in an afterlife, because for some their conduct (and/or faith/lack of faith) determines their worthiness to the afterlife.
So that would be their motivation for not stealing once God's existence is proven - they don't wanna burn in Hell.
Relevancy is subjective. You cannot state that God's existence is irrelevant to humans and their moral conduct unless you can prove that a god who does exists has no bearing on the lives of humans.
"I don't mind what rms calls the system. I don't think his arguments for the naming are very valid, but hey, at the same time I really couldn't care less."
...let's think about what war has done for technology.
Look at the myriad advances made in aviation during WWII. Those advances were made because they had to be made if we were to offset the more advanced tech of the Nazis (Panzer tanks, superior artillery, and the V1 and V2 rockets were the forerunners of today's ICBMs). The British came up with the Spitfire and the bouncing bomb, the US fielded the flying fortress and made huge leaps in bombsight tech.
Then of course there's the nuclear weaponry that evolved during WWII and the Cold War.
One incremental advance in our age is that the US is not placing nearly as much stock in laser-guided munitions as they did in 1991. Now it seems they're relying on GPS to guide bombs to their targets.
I wonder what technological advances we might see due to war, either now or in the future?
...The People's Republic of China launched their first intergalactic starship toward the red blob, on a mission to begin diplomatic relations with this clearly Communist star cluster.
One political analyst pointed out the remarkable similarity between the cluster and the birthmark on Mikhail Gorbachev's head.
Publication of a Little Red Datacube has been started in Shanghai.
"I suggest you read Intel's Annual Report. Buy a share of stock and you will get one for free."
To which was replied:
"And when it comes to stock prices, the two for one deal you mentioned certainly can't help things. I don't even know if what you say is true, but if Intel is giving two for one deals then one of two things must be true. Either Intel is purchasing the second stock with some of their billions (basically a stock buy back) or they are diluting the value of the stock that their investors already own. Neither of these scenarios are good (in the long run).
You see, basically what Intel is saying (if this is true) is that their stock is really worth half of what it is currently listed (otherwise they wouldn't be giving stock away)."
Oh dear, oh dear... He was talking about the annual report, not the stock. Such a shame, you sounded so knowledgable too.
"And then you could have Internet Terminals all over the city that could be used to [...] turn on your water heater at home because you are comming home early!"
Could I plug my wife into the wall and turn her on from work?
The installation of surveillance cameras is to deter/prevent/record crime.
The involvement of alcohol is irrelevant to the use of cameras.
Being drunk is no excuse for committing a crime. If you can't control your drinking or yourself after you have been drinking, then you shouldn't drink. That's why alcohol is a controlled substance - because mature adults are supposed to be able to act more or less responsibly.
Police use camera systems to catch car thieves, muggers, shoplifters, drug-dealers and violent individuals. Drunk and disorderlies are the least of their problems.
This just shows Handspring have realized that their previous line-up, while having some nice features, looked clunky and old-school compared to the Palm V range.
Handspring had a chance to leap ahead here and grab some market share from Palm. All they had to do was make it sexy and increase the spec by, say, 30%.
I have a Palm V and I would be tempted away if the Edge had a significantly higher spec or was about $150 cheaper.
Give us a cool-yet-useless built-in laser pointer. How about a headphone jack and a memory pack to have mp3 capability? Give me the ability to hold the speaker up to a phone and tone-dial numbers from my address book...
Without sexy features to match the sexy design, you can forget that $400 price tag.
MiniDisc is certainly not dead. Almost all new albums released in the last year in Europe have been released on CD and MiniDisc. Some places will sell you a MiniDisc but not a music cassette.
Every time someone has given me a home-burned compilation CD, it has spurred me to make one or more store-bought CD purchases. This is because I decided I really liked a certain band's style and wanted more of their music.
I guess the music industry does not care about this "word-of-mouth" promotion of their overpriced products.
It is legal to have a TV or other visual electronics installed in your car for the use of passengers.
However you would not catch a break from a Highway Patrol officer if he thought you were distracted by it, whether it's a TV, Playstation or laptop.
I really want to tell Scott Kirsner (the author of the article) that the car is not called a Mercedes "Kompressor" - the Kompressor badge on the back simply denotes (in German) that the car is equipped with a supercharger. I suspect the vehicle is a Mercedes-Benz SLK230.
"The pulp and paper industry is one of the largest and most polluting industries in the world; it is the third most polluting industry in North America."
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You mean they're not? Someone should tell Wal-Mart about this missed opportunity.
...didn't Satanism get the code 666?
:)
Surely that would have been logical and memorable for the census processors.
It is not irrelevant to those who believe in an afterlife, because for some their conduct (and/or faith/lack of faith) determines their worthiness to the afterlife.
So that would be their motivation for not stealing once God's existence is proven - they don't wanna burn in Hell.
Relevancy is subjective. You cannot state that God's existence is irrelevant to humans and their moral conduct unless you can prove that a god who does exists has no bearing on the lives of humans.
Meanwhile, in an RMS office somewhere:
"Okay, so Windows 2001 it is then."
...let's think about what war has done for technology.
Look at the myriad advances made in aviation during WWII. Those advances were made because they had to be made if we were to offset the more advanced tech of the Nazis (Panzer tanks, superior artillery, and the V1 and V2 rockets were the forerunners of today's ICBMs). The British came up with the Spitfire and the bouncing bomb, the US fielded the flying fortress and made huge leaps in bombsight tech.
Then of course there's the nuclear weaponry that evolved during WWII and the Cold War.
One incremental advance in our age is that the US is not placing nearly as much stock in laser-guided munitions as they did in 1991. Now it seems they're relying on GPS to guide bombs to their targets.
I wonder what technological advances we might see due to war, either now or in the future?
...The People's Republic of China launched their first intergalactic starship toward the red blob, on a mission to begin diplomatic relations with this clearly Communist star cluster.
One political analyst pointed out the remarkable similarity between the cluster and the birthmark on Mikhail Gorbachev's head.
Publication of a Little Red Datacube has been started in Shanghai.
And that's when the Government copied all your data. ;)
To which was replied:
"And when it comes to stock prices, the two for one deal you mentioned certainly can't help things. I don't even know if what you say is true, but if Intel is giving two for one deals then one of two things must be true. Either Intel is purchasing the second stock with some of their billions (basically a stock buy back) or they are diluting the value of the stock that their investors already own. Neither of these scenarios are good (in the long run).
You see, basically what Intel is saying (if this is true) is that their stock is really worth half of what it is currently listed (otherwise they wouldn't be giving stock away)."
Oh dear, oh dear... He was talking about the annual report, not the stock. Such a shame, you sounded so knowledgable too.
Two for one deal... BWAHAHAHA!!!
Asikaa
...I seem to have cooled my drink with your copy of The Matrix.
Asikaa
Could I plug my wife into the wall and turn her on from work?
Asikaa
The involvement of alcohol is irrelevant to the use of cameras.
Being drunk is no excuse for committing a crime. If you can't control your drinking or yourself after you have been drinking, then you shouldn't drink. That's why alcohol is a controlled substance - because mature adults are supposed to be able to act more or less responsibly.
Police use camera systems to catch car thieves, muggers, shoplifters, drug-dealers and violent individuals. Drunk and disorderlies are the least of their problems.
Asikaa
I'd like to see the business model that relies on retailing a Palm Vx-spec'd PDA for $30 apiece.
Asikaa
Handspring had a chance to leap ahead here and grab some market share from Palm. All they had to do was make it sexy and increase the spec by, say, 30%.
I have a Palm V and I would be tempted away if the Edge had a significantly higher spec or was about $150 cheaper.
Give us a cool-yet-useless built-in laser pointer. How about a headphone jack and a memory pack to have mp3 capability? Give me the ability to hold the speaker up to a phone and tone-dial numbers from my address book...
Without sexy features to match the sexy design, you can forget that $400 price tag.
Asikaa
And where did you say you're parked? ;)
Asikaa
Let's hope they don't read /. then. :)
Asikaa
MiniDisc is certainly not dead. Almost all new albums released in the last year in Europe have been released on CD and MiniDisc. Some places will sell you a MiniDisc but not a music cassette.
Asikaa
Uh, MiniDisc?
'"It's time to do something new, something smaller, better and more versatile."'
Uh, MiniDisc again?
Nothing quite like conveniently forgetting something for marketing purposes.
Asikaa
Less "legal", more "justifiable".
Having a so-called cause has been used as an excuse for many illegal acts. Some more socially acceptable than others.
- Welding a steel panel over an ocean outflow pipe because it is spewing toxic waste into the ocean (a Greenpeace favorite).
- Bombing an unarmed group of Army musicians because during combat duty they enforce a political situation you don't agree with.
- Blocking access to corporate buildings because you disagree with capitalism.
- Bombing corporate buildings because you disagree with capitalism.
How far does your cause allow you to go? Who decides what is justified?
Asikaa
Electrical interference? With a purely optical transmission medium?
Asikaa
Not according to the DCMA (if it's an encrypted digital signal). :)
Couldn't resist.
Asikaa
I guess the music industry does not care about this "word-of-mouth" promotion of their overpriced products.
Asikaa
However you would not catch a break from a Highway Patrol officer if he thought you were distracted by it, whether it's a TV, Playstation or laptop.
I really want to tell Scott Kirsner (the author of the article) that the car is not called a Mercedes "Kompressor" - the Kompressor badge on the back simply denotes (in German) that the car is equipped with a supercharger. I suspect the vehicle is a Mercedes-Benz SLK230.
Asikaa
Guess who just got Die Hard II on DVD? :)
Asikaa
...and send a military satellite to Pluto in place of the cancelled NASA mission.
Asikaa
"The pulp and paper industry is one of the largest and most polluting industries in the world; it is the third most polluting industry in North America."
Asikaa