Funny how even the word "spirituality" refers to the spirit (this fuzzy thing), not the allegiance to a superior all encompassing being. Thus confirming the "state of mind or feeling" I was referring to. It's all in your head in the end. Not real.
The problem is you are looking outward instead of inward.
There are as many paths to find God as there are religions, that is, infinite ways.
Here is but one path: When you have a hobby where you are so caught up in the pure enjoyment that time seems to stops, you are *starting* your journey.
There is no *single* right answer, because everyone has the ability to experience god in their own unique way.
Right. This answers perfectly my question. God is a feeling or a state of mind, nothing else. Most certainly not a superior being all powerful and forgiving.
It's not security vs ease of use. It the proof that you should not let a hardware company reinvents itself as a software company. At least not for critical stuff. Whether the car lock is critical or not is another debate.
Look at drivers for printers or scanners, or GC to see that hardware companies have no shame at all when it comes to releasing software that any software developer would qualify as a pile of smoking shit.
I have an IRL friend who recently found God after being raised as an athiest.
Care to explain how someone can "find" God? For the elephants, I can bring you to a zoo and show you one. You'll be able to touch it, smell it, see it. How is it so with God?
If anything, God is a concept, nothing more.
As for "Saint Thomas" having existed, what does it have to do with anything? John Malkovitch does exists, it doesn't mean everything in the movie "Being John Malkovitch" is true. Stop confusing the issues.
We should forbid birth and thus make reproduction illegal. It is proven that birth leads in 100% of cases to death, hence, we will defeat death itself by this move.
In the context of my post, having balls is not being afraid to fight and/or resist. Having brains is being capable of recognizing when to stop fighting/resisting because it will cost you and nobody will ever gain anything for it. In other words, it helps you recognize when it becomes pointless.
Plus, getting out of your country could give you a unique perspective on it. Seeing other cultures could help you figure out what is wrong in yours. It isn't necessarily "running away from authoritarians" as you put it. It can also be seen as "taking a breadth of fresh air". Feeding your brain.
One more thing, about my ability to make excuses, you are pretty good too. "Were I a rich man, I might just do that." All it takes is a plane ticket or even just your feet. I'm sure you're that rich.
Well, cowing to fascists may work for you, but I would rather risk the further illegal harrassment (which I WILL be documenting and reporting) than drop to my knees every time Big Brother jiggles his zipper.
If for you spending 1 hour talking to cops is the equivalent of sucking big brother dick, I think the problem is on you. Moreover, you'll be glad you taped the whole thing when they smash your Galaxy SIII on the floor before getting on your way to Guantanamo. BTW, if you despise your police force that much, maybe it's time to move to another country... From your comment, you seem to have balls. If you have brains as well, you'll be on your way soon enough, because by the looks of it, the situation is not getting any better.
Plus we were on an H1b VISA and believe or not, the same laws don't apply to immigrants.
Considering the widely accepted (at least on/.) belief that H1B visas exist solely so that American corporations can get away with hiring low-wage foreign workers instead of skilled Americans, I doubt you'll garner much support by admitting to holding one.
My pay was equivalent to the other workers at my workplace. Moreover, I'm not trying to garner support but just explaining a situation. Do you understand the concept of context? Given the tone of your post, I'm not really sure. For you, not answering the cop would have meant at worst that they came back the next day with a warrant. With the bit of context I added, you were supposed to understand that it was not my case and that the consequence could have been far worse. But you conveniently blinded that information from your clueless first answer while nitpicking only part of the information for your second answer. How dumb can you be running around a tree and claiming around "There is no tree". You're pathetic.
At least tell me you used your visa to become a full-fledged taxpayer, er, citizen.
I didn't. Is that bad? I sucked your country dry and then I left. Does it hurt?
Ah, one more thing: While I was there, sucking your country dry, I paid the same taxes as an American citizen for nearly no benefits (apart from infrastructure etc). So you see? You actually sucked me dry. Feel better now?
Best advice I can give: Never talk to cops. Sounds like your wife got first hand experience on why.
I'm sure that you think you're right, but if I ask for a warrant, then two things can happen: A/ They don't get one. They may however remember my name and address, but otherwise I'm safe. B/ They get a warrant. Then I'm sure I'm toast as hell. They'll put my house in such a mess it'll take a week to clean the place up.
All in all, my wife lost 1:15 of her morning and now we've got a story to tell. Plus we were on an H1b VISA and believe or not, the same laws don't apply to immigrants. Immigrants just get deported to Guantanamo (or at least were at the time) without a warrant, a phone call or the chance to kiss their kids goodbye.
The DOJ came knocking to my door one morning because 3 weeks earlier (11-sept-2003) my dad rented a car and was in northern California taking pics of a landscape at a major tourist location. In the landscape, there was a dam. My father is perfectly white-skinned but doesn't speak much English.
My wife answered the door (I was at work) and they kept her busy for a good 1h15m playing bad cop good cop and not telling her what it was all about. Only in the end did they reveal the purpose of their visit and we were able to piece it all together.
If you don't care who your next president will be, you probably shouldn't bother counting all the ballots. Otherwise, I see no other option. Statistics will tell you nothing accurate, just because, you know, they are statistics.
In my country, each ballot is viewed by at least 3 persons. Two other persons count the votes.
As per how many ballots there are, they are counted out of the urn and then the number of people signing the register is also counted. Until that matches, nothing happens. If there is a mismatch, the whole vote from the voting "bureau" is cancelled.
10x the votes to count, but maybe it would be worth it. If you can mark an X, you're my kind of people.
If you don't give a rat's ass about who your next president will be, you probably shouldn't bother counting all the ballots. Otherwise, I see no other option.
Well, if a hacker can go to jail for hacking some online system then disclosing how they did it (to improve security, without even charging service fees), then Lawyers should face the same punishment too.
I've got a few of them. They all died within 4 years. The first time I actually lost valuable data over a hdd failure: 80GB of all my stuff did go *poof*.
Since then, I have a real backup system plus "hand made RAID" consisting of a crontabbed rsync every night btw my main drive and its twin.
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Funny how even the word "spirituality" refers to the spirit (this fuzzy thing), not the allegiance to a superior all encompassing being. Thus confirming the "state of mind or feeling" I was referring to. It's all in your head in the end. Not real.
It all comes down to that in the end, doesn't it?
I'm just saying; if you want to believe in either Santa or God, Santa would be your best bet.
Agreed. At least, he distributes gifts !
> Care to explain how someone can "find" God?
The problem is you are looking outward instead of inward.
There are as many paths to find God as there are religions, that is, infinite ways.
Here is but one path: When you have a hobby where you are so caught up in the pure enjoyment that time seems to stops, you are *starting* your journey.
There is no *single* right answer, because everyone has the ability to experience god in their own unique way.
Right. This answers perfectly my question. God is a feeling or a state of mind, nothing else. Most certainly not a superior being all powerful and forgiving.
Thanks for the clarification.
It's not security vs ease of use. It the proof that you should not let a hardware company reinvents itself as a software company. At least not for critical stuff. Whether the car lock is critical or not is another debate.
Look at drivers for printers or scanners, or GC to see that hardware companies have no shame at all when it comes to releasing software that any software developer would qualify as a pile of smoking shit.
The study is on several billions of human beings. None have survived (so far) after 150 years. And that's taking some margin ;-)
Good luck with your endeavors.
Jesus also is now widely believed to have existed. Which is completely irrelevant to the issue.
John Malkovitch exists beyond any shred of doubt. Does that means "Being John Malkovitch" is to be taken literally?
I have an IRL friend who recently found God after being raised as an athiest.
Care to explain how someone can "find" God? For the elephants, I can bring you to a zoo and show you one. You'll be able to touch it, smell it, see it. How is it so with God?
If anything, God is a concept, nothing more.
As for "Saint Thomas" having existed, what does it have to do with anything? John Malkovitch does exists, it doesn't mean everything in the movie "Being John Malkovitch" is true. Stop confusing the issues.
I consider fairy tales to be out of the realm of possibilities, but you're right, many people still believe in Santa ... errrrr ... God.
We should forbid birth and thus make reproduction illegal. It is proven that birth leads in 100% of cases to death, hence, we will defeat death itself by this move.
You have a surprisingly high number of productivity apps for the iPad. Not so for Kindles.
See this for example http://golden-shellback.com/
Pretty much ends the "water proof, coffee proof" naysayers core argument. See the video for a nice Demo. YMMV
Maybe it's slashdotted, but there's no video to be seen there.
In the context of my post, having balls is not being afraid to fight and/or resist. Having brains is being capable of recognizing when to stop fighting/resisting because it will cost you and nobody will ever gain anything for it. In other words, it helps you recognize when it becomes pointless.
Plus, getting out of your country could give you a unique perspective on it. Seeing other cultures could help you figure out what is wrong in yours. It isn't necessarily "running away from authoritarians" as you put it. It can also be seen as "taking a breadth of fresh air". Feeding your brain.
One more thing, about my ability to make excuses, you are pretty good too. "Were I a rich man, I might just do that." All it takes is a plane ticket or even just your feet. I'm sure you're that rich.
Well, cowing to fascists may work for you, but I would rather risk the further illegal harrassment (which I WILL be documenting and reporting) than drop to my knees every time Big Brother jiggles his zipper.
If for you spending 1 hour talking to cops is the equivalent of sucking big brother dick, I think the problem is on you. Moreover, you'll be glad you taped the whole thing when they smash your Galaxy SIII on the floor before getting on your way to Guantanamo. BTW, if you despise your police force that much, maybe it's time to move to another country... From your comment, you seem to have balls. If you have brains as well, you'll be on your way soon enough, because by the looks of it, the situation is not getting any better.
Plus we were on an H1b VISA and believe or not, the same laws don't apply to immigrants.
Considering the widely accepted (at least on /.) belief that H1B visas exist solely so that American corporations can get away with hiring low-wage foreign workers instead of skilled Americans, I doubt you'll garner much support by admitting to holding one.
My pay was equivalent to the other workers at my workplace. Moreover, I'm not trying to garner support but just explaining a situation. Do you understand the concept of context? Given the tone of your post, I'm not really sure. For you, not answering the cop would have meant at worst that they came back the next day with a warrant. With the bit of context I added, you were supposed to understand that it was not my case and that the consequence could have been far worse. But you conveniently blinded that information from your clueless first answer while nitpicking only part of the information for your second answer. How dumb can you be running around a tree and claiming around "There is no tree". You're pathetic.
At least tell me you used your visa to become a full-fledged taxpayer, er, citizen.
I didn't. Is that bad? I sucked your country dry and then I left. Does it hurt?
Ah, one more thing: While I was there, sucking your country dry, I paid the same taxes as an American citizen for nearly no benefits (apart from infrastructure etc). So you see? You actually sucked me dry. Feel better now?
Best advice I can give: Never talk to cops. Sounds like your wife got first hand experience on why.
I'm sure that you think you're right, but if I ask for a warrant, then two things can happen:
A/ They don't get one. They may however remember my name and address, but otherwise I'm safe.
B/ They get a warrant. Then I'm sure I'm toast as hell. They'll put my house in such a mess it'll take a week to clean the place up.
All in all, my wife lost 1:15 of her morning and now we've got a story to tell. Plus we were on an H1b VISA and believe or not, the same laws don't apply to immigrants. Immigrants just get deported to Guantanamo (or at least were at the time) without a warrant, a phone call or the chance to kiss their kids goodbye.
The DOJ came knocking to my door one morning because 3 weeks earlier (11-sept-2003) my dad rented a car and was in northern California taking pics of a landscape at a major tourist location. In the landscape, there was a dam. My father is perfectly white-skinned but doesn't speak much English.
My wife answered the door (I was at work) and they kept her busy for a good 1h15m playing bad cop good cop and not telling her what it was all about. Only in the end did they reveal the purpose of their visit and we were able to piece it all together.
Only when both, the software you choose, and the one you loose, costs $0.
No, not only. How do you differentiate those that voted for Linux from those that didn't vote?
Problem is, there are at least 5 persons watching you put the ballot in, from all sides. But yes, this is one of the flaw of the system.
If you don't care who your next president will be, you probably shouldn't bother counting all the ballots. Otherwise, I see no other option. Statistics will tell you nothing accurate, just because, you know, they are statistics.
In my country, each ballot is viewed by at least 3 persons. Two other persons count the votes.
As per how many ballots there are, they are counted out of the urn and then the number of people signing the register is also counted. Until that matches, nothing happens. If there is a mismatch, the whole vote from the voting "bureau" is cancelled.
10x the votes to count, but maybe it would be worth it. If you can mark an X, you're my kind of people.
If you don't give a rat's ass about who your next president will be, you probably shouldn't bother counting all the ballots. Otherwise, I see no other option.
Well, if a hacker can go to jail for hacking some online system then disclosing how they did it (to improve security, without even charging service fees), then Lawyers should face the same punishment too.
But but but, they are not piraaates!
Yaaaaaaar. We aaaaaar.
*goes away limping*
If you don't put a SIM card in it, the phone part of your device will be effectively disabled.
I have a software RAID-5 array that gives me 500mbps sequencial read off of WDC Green 2TB drives. No need for zfs here.
I've got a few of them. They all died within 4 years. The first time I actually lost valuable data over a hdd failure: 80GB of all my stuff did go *poof*.
Since then, I have a real backup system plus "hand made RAID" consisting of a crontabbed rsync every night btw my main drive and its twin.
I do believe only the host name is readable in an https request.