What am I going to do in heaven anyhow? Is there sex in heaven? And what about Widows and Widowers? Pets? Beer?
An eternity spent doing anything would be the most horrible, sadistic torture imaginable.
Most people get bored trying to figure out what to do on a rainy Sunday afternoon, to spend an eternity praying and praising some magical sky-god would be the very definition of "hell" for most sane people.
In Christianity, one does not "love" God like one "loves" a person -- or a dog -- or a sandwich. It's not the same thing.
Lol, anyone that "loves" me enough to drown the entire planet and kill everyone, including babies and innocent people on other continents, is someone whose love I can do without, thankyouverymuch.
"Indeed, strictly speaking, Earth itself should not exist, according to the computer model..."
Which kind of blows this whole "model" out of the water and makes it something we should laugh at instead of take seriously.
With literally billions of planets in this crummy little backwater galaxy alone it stands to reason that that there are numerous other Earth-like planets in existence, but extrapolate that to the entire universe and I think we can dispense this whole line of "reasoning".
"Scientific Study Shows Earth Doesn't Exist, And Neither Do You, So Stop Reading Scientific Studies", would be just as credible a headline.
I have pretty specifically said that I do not have any direct experience with Linux Mint -- you could at least finish reading my entire post before "calling bullshit" (unless you think I am making everything up?).
Okay, fair enough- I was a little quick on the trigger there.:)
With that said, I'd recommend giving Mint a try. I've had nothing but success with it so far.
Not until they want wireless to work -- and are then told on all discussion forums that they have to recompile the kernel for that. I am sure they will notice the difference then
I call bullshit.
I've done 8 or 9 installs of Mint in the last month on a variety of hardware (laptops and desktops) and the wireless functions have worked without a hitch every single time. In fact everything has worked every single time, I've not had a problem with any hardware yet. Scanners, USB ports, wireless, bluetooth, printers, it all seems to work fine without any problem.
The Baidu search spider is relentless...I see thousands of connections and scans from it every day on many of the sites I own and admin. The logs often contain literally tens of thousands of lines of Baidu requests, and the spider completely ignores the robots.txt file. For example, this usually does not work:
#Baiduspider User-agent: Baiduspider Disallow:/...and neither do most of the other snippets and directives that are supposed to block the Baidu search spider, because it often misrepresents itself.
The only relief is to block the IPs that Baidu comes from, but it's a huge range, hundreds of IPs. It's almost easier just to block all of China.
1. How do you propose funding websites, if not with ads?
I run some sites that are primarily ad-supported. I use plain ol' Google ads, no flashy crap, no pop-ups or pop-unders, no interstitials, and no video ads. I do my best to keep them low-key and not annoying.
With that said, if people want to block the ads, that's fine. That's my problem, and if the site dies because of ad-blockers, so be it. That's just life.
The reason I do it is because tech gadgets are my hobby and I enjoy using them a lot and like to use the new features.
That sounds entirely reasonable to me. I think that's great and I'm glad you enjoy that as a hobby.
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Do I really have a problem? Is it really hard to understand that I just like playing with and utilizing new toys?
No, I don't think you have a problem, but you're also not the kind of person that I was speaking of in general. I was speaking more of the fashionistas who claim they need that new phone or car or shoe or whatever, but can't really explain why.
Bitcoin is digital cash. You lose it, it's gone. That's part of the design, a feature, not a bug.
That's a feature I'd pay not to have.
If my bank loses my money, they'll replace it and in the end I still have my money. I like that feature.
The last thing I want is for my bank to call me and say, "Errr, yeah...you know all that money you had in your account? Well, umm, we lost it, and it's gone forever."
Well, I like the advent of things like $50 dashcams, decent phones for $100 or less*, inexpensive GPS devices, stuff like that. I like the fact that capable laptops are available for $300 or so. LED bulbs are down to $4 ~ $6 or so, and good photo scanners are under $50. There's a lot of good, low-cost stuff available. Whether it lasts or not remains to be seen, but a lot of it seems to be of reasonable quality for the money.
I'm not a Luddite, I just find something I like and use it until it breaks or until I feel the need to get something else. I had my home automated decades ago and appreciate all the new medical technology in use. I just don't feel driven to upgrade every time the number on the box changes or every time something new is released.
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* I recently "upgraded to a Samsung Rugby Pro for $99. Great phone for my use, mil-spec rugged, water resistant, etc. It's by no means the fanciest phone available, but it's perfect for me. I don't load any apps or junk on it, it's just for calling and the occasional picture. And I could buy 5 or 6 of them for the price of a new iPhone or Galaxy S-series. What's not to like about that?:)
iTunes is probably the single worst software abortion I've personally ever dealt with. It's the mother lode of shitty, craptastic UI-design concepts, wrapped in a stinking shell of "how-the-fuck-do-I-do-this?" Doing the simplest goddamn things are an exercise in frustration.
It's hard to believe that a company that makes such impressive hardware churns out such execrable software.
Ditto. Older stuff work better and is cheaper like analog hearing aids, Y2K KVMs, VGA, VCRs, etc.
I like the new stuff, and often it's better than something a few revs/generations back...it's just that when I find something I like I tend to stick with it for a long time.
On the other hand, a lot of the newer stuff is often made so cheaply that it either barely works or it doesn't work for very long.
Like what happened on PCs, it used to be that the next model was a significant upgrade over the last but that's getting less and less true.
Yep, we're hitting the long plateau in computing. There's little to be gained in upgrading every year like it has been for the past decade or so.
If I upgraded my PC now I'd get a little more memory, a slightly bigger hard drive (mostly useless space) and a marginally faster processor. The difference would be minimal in terms of the actual perceived experience. Not like going from an XT to an AT to a Pentium.
Anything still working will be resold into secondary markets--everything else is recycled as best as possible.
No true. The vast majority of electronics ends up in landfills because most of it is nowhere near valuable enough to spend the time and money necessary to recycle it. Most of it just gets dumped.
that you derive some holier than thou pleasure by pointing and laughing at other people's consumerism.
Not at all, I merely said that I was kind of baffled by it. Perhaps you should try reading what I wrote without the bias.
What does make you an elitist is looking down your nose at everyone else. It also makes you a dick.
I wasn't looking down my nose at anyone, like I said, I was more baffled by the preoccupation of having the latest and greatest gadget than anything else.
But it sure sounds like you're one of those guys who camps out at the Apple store day in advance in anticipation of the next iphone, so I'm not surprised you took offense.:)
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You can choose an eternity with God, or an eternity apart from Him, which is the lake of fire. It is your choice, not something He did to you.
Only if you believe in this bullshit from a 2000-year old book of toxic fairy tales.
The fact is that a world in which your god cannot be sensed, seen, or shown to exist is identical to a world where He doesn't exist at all.
What am I going to do in heaven anyhow? Is there sex in heaven? And what about Widows and Widowers? Pets? Beer?
An eternity spent doing anything would be the most horrible, sadistic torture imaginable.
Most people get bored trying to figure out what to do on a rainy Sunday afternoon, to spend an eternity praying and praising some magical sky-god would be the very definition of "hell" for most sane people.
In Christianity, one does not "love" God like one "loves" a person -- or a dog -- or a sandwich. It's not the same thing.
Lol, anyone that "loves" me enough to drown the entire planet and kill everyone, including babies and innocent people on other continents, is someone whose love I can do without, thankyouverymuch.
"Indeed, strictly speaking, Earth itself should not exist, according to the computer model..."
Which kind of blows this whole "model" out of the water and makes it something we should laugh at instead of take seriously.
With literally billions of planets in this crummy little backwater galaxy alone it stands to reason that that there are numerous other Earth-like planets in existence, but extrapolate that to the entire universe and I think we can dispense this whole line of "reasoning".
"Scientific Study Shows Earth Doesn't Exist, And Neither Do You, So Stop Reading Scientific Studies", would be just as credible a headline.
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I did do an install of Linux Mint where it seemed like the mouse, of all things, didn't work. WTF?
And then I realized I was using an optical mouse on a glass table. I put a piece of paper under it and it started working.
I had to wait 30 days to get my Geek Card back. :(
Does anyone know how this differs from Cloudflare?
FWIW, I'm using Cloudflare on several of my sites, and it's been extremely useful so far.
I'd love to see a comparison between Shield and Cloudflare, especially any features that one might have that the other doesn't.
I have pretty specifically said that I do not have any direct experience with Linux Mint -- you could at least finish reading my entire post before "calling bullshit" (unless you think I am making everything up?).
Okay, fair enough- I was a little quick on the trigger there. :)
With that said, I'd recommend giving Mint a try. I've had nothing but success with it so far.
Not until they want wireless to work -- and are then told on all discussion forums that they have to recompile the kernel for that. I am sure they will notice the difference then
I call bullshit.
I've done 8 or 9 installs of Mint in the last month on a variety of hardware (laptops and desktops) and the wireless functions have worked without a hitch every single time. In fact everything has worked every single time, I've not had a problem with any hardware yet. Scanners, USB ports, wireless, bluetooth, printers, it all seems to work fine without any problem.
And I "QUOTE" Get fun facts,tips,tricks and more on your lock screen END QUOTE"
It's the "and more" part, that's the loophole.
"And more", now with 50% more ads!
The Baidu search spider is relentless...I see thousands of connections and scans from it every day on many of the sites I own and admin. The logs often contain literally tens of thousands of lines of Baidu requests, and the spider completely ignores the robots.txt file. For example, this usually does not work:
#Baiduspider / ...and neither do most of the other snippets and directives that are supposed to block the Baidu search spider, because it often misrepresents itself.
User-agent: Baiduspider
Disallow:
The only relief is to block the IPs that Baidu comes from, but it's a huge range, hundreds of IPs. It's almost easier just to block all of China.
1. How do you propose funding websites, if not with ads?
I run some sites that are primarily ad-supported. I use plain ol' Google ads, no flashy crap, no pop-ups or pop-unders, no interstitials, and no video ads. I do my best to keep them low-key and not annoying.
With that said, if people want to block the ads, that's fine. That's my problem, and if the site dies because of ad-blockers, so be it. That's just life.
The reason I do it is because tech gadgets are my hobby and I enjoy using them a lot and like to use the new features.
That sounds entirely reasonable to me. I think that's great and I'm glad you enjoy that as a hobby.
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Do I really have a problem? Is it really hard to understand that I just like playing with and utilizing new toys?
No, I don't think you have a problem, but you're also not the kind of person that I was speaking of in general. I was speaking more of the fashionistas who claim they need that new phone or car or shoe or whatever, but can't really explain why.
...another vector for someone to steal my money, meddle with my finances, or break into my bank account.
Nothing could possibly go wrong with this idea. Because, you know, smartphones are SO secure and everything.
DO. NOT. WANT.
Who gives a FUCK who she sides with?
I'll side with the constitution, thankyouverymuch.
Bitcoin is digital cash. You lose it, it's gone. That's part of the design, a feature, not a bug.
That's a feature I'd pay not to have.
If my bank loses my money, they'll replace it and in the end I still have my money. I like that feature.
The last thing I want is for my bank to call me and say, "Errr, yeah...you know all that money you had in your account? Well, umm, we lost it, and it's gone forever."
I call bullshit. Show me how to do this and I'll retract my statement and issue an apology.
Otherwise, tell me just exactly how would my wife and I could receive "$75,000 in benefits and credits". From who, from where, and how?
"Murderers, pedophiles, drug dealers and the others are already using this technology to cover their tracks."
As are Senators, Congressmen, and some presidential candidates. *cough*
Which newer stuff do you like?
Well, I like the advent of things like $50 dashcams, decent phones for $100 or less*, inexpensive GPS devices, stuff like that. I like the fact that capable laptops are available for $300 or so. LED bulbs are down to $4 ~ $6 or so, and good photo scanners are under $50. There's a lot of good, low-cost stuff available. Whether it lasts or not remains to be seen, but a lot of it seems to be of reasonable quality for the money.
I'm not a Luddite, I just find something I like and use it until it breaks or until I feel the need to get something else. I had my home automated decades ago and appreciate all the new medical technology in use. I just don't feel driven to upgrade every time the number on the box changes or every time something new is released.
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* I recently "upgraded to a Samsung Rugby Pro for $99. Great phone for my use, mil-spec rugged, water resistant, etc. It's by no means the fanciest phone available, but it's perfect for me. I don't load any apps or junk on it, it's just for calling and the occasional picture. And I could buy 5 or 6 of them for the price of a new iPhone or Galaxy S-series. What's not to like about that? :)
...there are .ru URLs where you need to enter your credit card information
Oh yeah, that's something I'd do without hesitation, lol. No one in Russia would ever do anything bad with my credit card number.
Oh, and iTunes is terrible.
"Terrible" is really too kind.
iTunes is probably the single worst software abortion I've personally ever dealt with. It's the mother lode of shitty, craptastic UI-design concepts, wrapped in a stinking shell of "how-the-fuck-do-I-do-this?" Doing the simplest goddamn things are an exercise in frustration.
It's hard to believe that a company that makes such impressive hardware churns out such execrable software.
Ditto. Older stuff work better and is cheaper like analog hearing aids, Y2K KVMs, VGA, VCRs, etc.
I like the new stuff, and often it's better than something a few revs/generations back...it's just that when I find something I like I tend to stick with it for a long time.
On the other hand, a lot of the newer stuff is often made so cheaply that it either barely works or it doesn't work for very long.
Like what happened on PCs, it used to be that the next model was a significant upgrade over the last but that's getting less and less true.
Yep, we're hitting the long plateau in computing. There's little to be gained in upgrading every year like it has been for the past decade or so.
If I upgraded my PC now I'd get a little more memory, a slightly bigger hard drive (mostly useless space) and a marginally faster processor. The difference would be minimal in terms of the actual perceived experience. Not like going from an XT to an AT to a Pentium.
Anything still working will be resold into secondary markets--everything else is recycled as best as possible.
No true. The vast majority of electronics ends up in landfills because most of it is nowhere near valuable enough to spend the time and money necessary to recycle it. Most of it just gets dumped.
that you derive some holier than thou pleasure by pointing and laughing at other people's consumerism.
Not at all, I merely said that I was kind of baffled by it. Perhaps you should try reading what I wrote without the bias.
What does make you an elitist is looking down your nose at everyone else. It also makes you a dick.
I wasn't looking down my nose at anyone, like I said, I was more baffled by the preoccupation of having the latest and greatest gadget than anything else.
But it sure sounds like you're one of those guys who camps out at the Apple store day in advance in anticipation of the next iphone, so I'm not surprised you took offense. :)