MBNA sucks (though not as bad as my first CC company). I have two of their cards. They...
1. don't have a website where you can view your transaction history, balance, pay online, etc...
2. are in the east coast so it takes a few days for mail to get there from the Northwest
3. assume their customers are morons by sending "Convenience Checks" that you'd have to be a complete imbecile to use
4. telemarket. This hasn't happened in a while, but they have done it. When I moved recently, I refused to give them my new phone #. I've *never* received a call from a CC company except for telemarketing. SCREW them.
Anyone know of a CC company that doesn't beleive their customers are idiots? I'll change in a heartbeat.
But if I stick with MBNA, I *might* switch to the Penguin card.:-)
Has anyone had any success running windows program installers under Wine? I've tried several - from M$ Office 4.3 to IBM's VAJava to Stardock's Entrepreneur to several rather minor ones. They ALL failed at various places!
And I've heard that M$ Office 4.3 is supposed to work...
So... do people install stuff under 'Doze and copy the binaries over or is there a better way to get install programs to work?
BTW I haven't tried Wine since sometime in April. Gave up on it after that.
There's something out there called SpecTcl, with a derivative called SpecPerl that sort of does that. I played with it a bit a while ago. It seemed like it could do the basics but I never really learned it much because I didn't have the need.
It only builds Tk applications though... in any case, Perl/Tk is *very* cool. GTK and Qt aren't the only choices.
There are MANY churches that unfortunately just take Christianity to be a religion. It is no such thing! It is a relationship. I don't know that you can ping God on the Internet (I don't think he has an IP address!) but you sure can pray to Him and He answers!
Try a more charismatic church. Say, Assemblies of God, Christian & Missionary Alliance, or any number of good independent churches and there are other good denominations also.
The important thing to look for in a church is that it preaches the Bible as the word of God - nothing else. It should emphasize small groups for study and accountability. It should have the form of worship YOU feel most comfortable with.
Stay away from the ones that don't emphasize community and just seem to be reciting the same Bible verses over and over.....
Actually the Hebrew word for 'day' in Genesis *does* mean a literal 24 hour time span.
Some people argue the "day-age" theory which means a day == millions of years. Who knows, it could happen, but I tend not to agree with that philosophy.
Yes, it's about time! We need to unite! If there are any other Jesus Freak Geeks out there, please E-mail me (remove the obvious from my address). I'm brainstorming about something you may find interesting...
That was interesting. Of course, I'm not totally convinced.:-)
The article did a great job of saying how bad Setterfield screwed up documenting his original hypothesis. But it had little explanation of why this phenominum couldn't happen.
Ironically, the creationist page linked to from your page has a LOT more useful information on the subject! Check out http://ldolphin.org/cdkconseq.html Interesting stuff (although I admit I understand somewhat less than 25% of it...)
However, I do have one more theory. Even if we can't nail down the c-decay to an exponential curve, so what? Setterfield picked arbitrary begins and ends to the decay. So what?
God could have increased and decreased the seed of light (and other constants) as much as He jolly well wanted! He didn't have to abide by some stinking asymptotic curve.
Call me a cop-out if you want (and I'm sure you will) but I think it's a very real possibility.
I missed this one:-( but I did see the one last year from Venezuela. I was completely convinced that I would be able to see the moon's shadow coming a few seconds before totality and that there would be an instantaneous difference between 99.9% and 100.0% total. Unfortunately, I saw none of that, and didn't even realize it was total until about a minute into totality. Aaaargh!
It *does* seem like you should be able to see it coming. I had a good view too.
I am planning to see the June 21, 2001 eclipse from Zimbabwe. I need another chance!!!
Question: What do you people think of the theory/hypothesis that says that the speed of light started out infinite at creation and has been decreasing exponentially ever since?
I know, I've been through physics classes and I know that c is supposed to be constant from all vantage points. But is it PROVEN? There's a lot of weird science out there we don't have any clue about yet.
Basically, if this were true, it would pretty much remove all barriers to belief in creationism. It would explain the light from stars billions of light years away and the billion+ year old rocks. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that 6 day creationism is true if and only if this is true. They're pretty much inseperable.
I've heard plenty of people try to knock it down, but not to my satisfaction. Is there conclusive proof that there's no way in the world it could be possible?
Some of the evidence for it (observations made over many years) was quite interesting. Unfortunately, I don't remember where I read it.
>>If creation is also a good model, we should see some biological/scientific use for it. Does it help predict behaviors? Does it help explain similarities in plant and animal species? Does it yield a method of classification?
Good question actually.
Actually creationism probably can't be DIRECTLY applied to science since God is not bound by the laws of physics and therefore not predictable (in that sense).
But he did tell everything to reproduce "after its own kind". Perhaps that accurately predicts the behavior that we're not seeing new species evolve.:-)
Yep... if evolution was decisively proven (and it's not by a long shot), I could believe God used evolution to create... no problem. It would just mean parts of the Bible are a little more interpretive than we currently think.
Theistic evolution is a rather common explanation actually.
As for myself, I'll stick with 6 day creationism until it's TOTALLY disproven... God said it, and I see no reason to not believe it.
With regards to the flood and several other things in the Bible (for the discussion, especially the Old Testament), you've gotta remember something:
We're talking about GOD here. He can do anythink He jolly well wants! He is not bound by the laws of physics.
The creation and the flood were clearly supernatural events. God made ways for them to happen as recorded in the Bible. After they happened, God helped get things started [again].
Believe what you want, just have an open mind... that's all I ask... Believe me, I've thought about it a LOT. But the more I think about it the more sure I am that God exists!
So you think it's no big deal that we evolved purely by chance?
Go to your Linux box and type this:
$ dd if=/dev/random of=~/runme bs=500M
The chance that all the conditions were perfect on their own for us to exist is about the same probability that this command just created an office suite executable that will beat the crap out of M$ Office!!!
Let's face it: The *ONLY* reason today's "intellectuals" insist on beleiving and teaching evolution is because they don't want to believe in God. And apart from God, evolution is the only possible way we could exist, faulty as it might seem. That's it.
No, I don't think so. You only have to transfer the copyright to the FSF if you want it added to the mainstream distribution of a GNU program - like gcc, etc.
Linux is NOT a GNU program. AFAIK, everyone who submits code to Linux still has complete control of it and must agree to license changes.
Uuugh. Who *doesn't* want a part of the set-top-box market? Come to think of it, who *does* want a set-top-box itself? I know I couldn't care less about them.
I think Be is a long shot to go anywhere. I sincerely hope it does (but at the expense of 'Doze, not Linux). But this stock will ONLY do good if they start to get some mainstream marketshare.
Good question. I know I want RHAT partly for the emotion/religious aspects of it. But I also think it can make money. Enterprise support doesn't sell for peanuts.
I *AM* willing to bet my money - and pretty much all of it - that Linux will eventually become one of the main dominant OSs (if not THE dominant one). That's why I bought Corel, and that's why I'll buy RHAT. It won't happen overnight, but when it does, it should pay off.
What needs to be decided is this: When Linux becomes the dominant OS (not 'if' - I'm quite sure it will happen), what will that mean to RHAT? It will have lots of competition, sure, but people will still be willing to fork out $50-$100 for a nice box, manual, and support. Especially when more newbies start using Linux. And they will. And RHAT has the distribution channels to get most of those sales.
It *does* have telnet? Seriously? What do you get when you telnet to an NT box? (I've never tried it successfully, just curious...) Surely you get more than a c:\windows> prompt? A bash on NT wouldn't be TOO bad if you had Perl to edit the registry and stuff... Or is it some kind of proprietary M$ text-mode menu system for administration?
Of course it would still suck compared to Linux...
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MBNA sucks (though not as bad as my first CC company). I have two of their cards. They...
:-)
1. don't have a website where you can view your transaction history, balance, pay online, etc...
2. are in the east coast so it takes a few days for mail to get there from the Northwest
3. assume their customers are morons by sending "Convenience Checks" that you'd have to be a complete imbecile to use
4. telemarket. This hasn't happened in a while, but they have done it. When I moved recently, I refused to give them my new phone #. I've *never* received a call from a CC company except for telemarketing. SCREW them.
Anyone know of a CC company that doesn't beleive their customers are idiots? I'll change in a heartbeat.
But if I stick with MBNA, I *might* switch to the Penguin card.
Has anyone had any success running windows program installers under Wine? I've tried several - from M$ Office 4.3 to IBM's VAJava to Stardock's Entrepreneur to several rather minor ones. They ALL failed at various places!
And I've heard that M$ Office 4.3 is supposed to work...
So... do people install stuff under 'Doze and copy the binaries over or is there a better way to get install programs to work?
BTW I haven't tried Wine since sometime in April. Gave up on it after that.
There's something out there called SpecTcl, with a derivative called SpecPerl that sort of does that. I played with it a bit a while ago. It seemed like it could do the basics but I never really learned it much because I didn't have the need.
It only builds Tk applications though... in any case, Perl/Tk is *very* cool. GTK and Qt aren't the only choices.
There are MANY churches that unfortunately just take Christianity to be a religion. It is no such thing! It is a relationship. I don't know that you can ping God on the Internet (I don't think he has an IP address!) but you sure can pray to Him and He answers!
Try a more charismatic church. Say, Assemblies of God, Christian & Missionary Alliance, or any number of good independent churches and there are other good denominations also.
The important thing to look for in a church is that it preaches the Bible as the word of God - nothing else. It should emphasize small groups for study and accountability. It should have the form of worship YOU feel most comfortable with.
Stay away from the ones that don't emphasize community and just seem to be reciting the same Bible verses over and over.....
You found a Christian, single, female geek???
:-) )
Where???? WHERE???? PUUUHHHLLLEEEEAAASSSEE tell me where they are!!!!!
(I don't sound desperate do I?
I'm with you on two of the three!
:-)
I am fiscally right wing. If I was made dictator of America, I'd ruthlessly hack the budget of EVERYTHING! Lower taxes to about 5%.
Everyone would be fuming mad at me until they realized they had a lot more money in their pockets.
There's actually one geek in my church group, and several others who are at least interested in Linux. Lots of 'Doze users. :-(
Actually the Hebrew word for 'day' in Genesis *does* mean a literal 24 hour time span.
Some people argue the "day-age" theory which means a day == millions of years. Who knows, it could happen, but I tend not to agree with that philosophy.
Yes, it's about time! We need to unite! If there are any other Jesus Freak Geeks out there, please E-mail me (remove the obvious from my address). I'm brainstorming about something you may find interesting...
Thanks,
Micah
That was interesting. Of course, I'm not totally convinced. :-)
The article did a great job of saying how bad Setterfield screwed up documenting his original hypothesis. But it had little explanation of why this phenominum couldn't happen.
Ironically, the creationist page linked to from your page has a LOT more useful information on the subject! Check out http://ldolphin.org/cdkconseq.html
Interesting stuff (although I admit I understand somewhat less than 25% of it...)
However, I do have one more theory. Even if we can't nail down the c-decay to an exponential curve, so what? Setterfield picked arbitrary begins and ends to the decay. So what?
God could have increased and decreased the seed of light (and other constants) as much as He jolly well wanted! He didn't have to abide by some stinking asymptotic curve.
Call me a cop-out if you want (and I'm sure you will) but I think it's a very real possibility.
I missed this one :-( but I did see the one last year from Venezuela. I was completely convinced that I would be able to see the moon's shadow coming a few seconds before totality and that there would be an instantaneous difference between 99.9% and 100.0% total. Unfortunately, I saw none of that, and didn't even realize it was total until about a minute into totality. Aaaargh!
It *does* seem like you should be able to see it coming. I had a good view too.
I am planning to see the June 21, 2001 eclipse from Zimbabwe. I need another chance!!!
Looks like SGI may be the purest Linux play next to RedHat...
Question: What do you people think of the theory/hypothesis that says that the speed of light started out infinite at creation and has been decreasing exponentially ever since?
I know, I've been through physics classes and I know that c is supposed to be constant from all vantage points. But is it PROVEN? There's a lot of weird science out there we don't have any clue about yet.
Basically, if this were true, it would pretty much remove all barriers to belief in creationism. It would explain the light from stars billions of light years away and the billion+ year old rocks. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that 6 day creationism is true if and only if this is true. They're pretty much inseperable.
I've heard plenty of people try to knock it down, but not to my satisfaction. Is there conclusive proof that there's no way in the world it could be possible?
Some of the evidence for it (observations made over many years) was quite interesting. Unfortunately, I don't remember where I read it.
>>If creation is also a good model, we should see some biological/scientific use for it. Does it help predict behaviors?
:-)
Does it help explain similarities in plant and animal species? Does it yield a method of classification?
Good question actually.
Actually creationism probably can't be DIRECTLY applied to science since God is not bound by the laws of physics and therefore not predictable (in that sense).
But he did tell everything to reproduce "after its own kind". Perhaps that accurately predicts the behavior that we're not seeing new species evolve.
Yep... if evolution was decisively proven (and it's not by a long shot), I could believe God used evolution to create... no problem. It would just mean parts of the Bible are a little more interpretive than we currently think.
Theistic evolution is a rather common explanation actually.
As for myself, I'll stick with 6 day creationism until it's TOTALLY disproven... God said it, and I see no reason to not believe it.
With regards to the flood and several other things in the Bible (for the discussion, especially the Old Testament), you've gotta remember something:
We're talking about GOD here. He can do anythink He jolly well wants! He is not bound by the laws of physics.
The creation and the flood were clearly supernatural events. God made ways for them to happen as recorded in the Bible. After they happened, God helped get things started [again].
Believe what you want, just have an open mind... that's all I ask... Believe me, I've thought about it a LOT. But the more I think about it the more sure I am that God exists!
So you think it's no big deal that we evolved purely by chance?
Go to your Linux box and type this:
$ dd if=/dev/random of=~/runme bs=500M
The chance that all the conditions were perfect on their own for us to exist is about the same probability that this command just created an office suite executable that will beat the crap out of M$ Office!!!
I love it...
Let's face it: The *ONLY* reason today's "intellectuals" insist on beleiving and teaching evolution is because they don't want to believe in God. And apart from God, evolution is the only possible way we could exist, faulty as it might seem. That's it.
There. I said it. Flame me.
No, I don't think so. You only have to transfer the copyright to the FSF if you want it added to the mainstream distribution of a GNU program - like gcc, etc.
Linux is NOT a GNU program. AFAIK, everyone who submits code to Linux still has complete control of it and must agree to license changes.
Is that the same company that used to make C-64 software? I thought they went belly up LONG ago...
*That's* how low it could go.
Uuugh. Who *doesn't* want a part of the set-top-box market? Come to think of it, who *does* want a set-top-box itself? I know I couldn't care less about them.
I think Be is a long shot to go anywhere. I sincerely hope it does (but at the expense of 'Doze, not Linux). But this stock will ONLY do good if they start to get some mainstream marketshare.
Good question. I know I want RHAT partly for the emotion/religious aspects of it. But I also think it can make money. Enterprise support doesn't sell for peanuts.
I *AM* willing to bet my money - and pretty much all of it - that Linux will eventually become one of the main dominant OSs (if not THE dominant one). That's why I bought Corel, and that's why I'll buy RHAT. It won't happen overnight, but when it does, it should pay off.
What needs to be decided is this: When Linux becomes the dominant OS (not 'if' - I'm quite sure it will happen), what will that mean to RHAT? It will have lots of competition, sure, but people will still be willing to fork out $50-$100 for a nice box, manual, and support. Especially when more newbies start using Linux. And they will. And RHAT has the distribution channels to get most of those sales.
***** THIS IS ONLY A GUESS. Do not make investment decisions based on it *****
Offer price: $12
Starts trading in midday: $25
Peaks at: $40 (probably an hour after open)
Closes on first day: $30
You mean pcAnywhere? Hehehehehe...
It *does* have telnet? Seriously? What do you get when you telnet to an NT box? (I've never tried it successfully, just curious...) Surely you get more than a c:\windows> prompt? A bash on NT wouldn't be TOO bad if you had Perl to edit the registry and stuff... Or is it some kind of proprietary M$ text-mode menu system for administration?
Of course it would still suck compared to Linux...