Planeshift (from www.planeshift.it) is an open-source graphical RPG which runs on Windows, Linux and Mac! It is still in alpha stages, but plays great and has a wonderful role-playing community.
I remember when I migrated from Win98...
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... to Linux. Haven't had any upgrade issues since.
I have always gotten my rebate cheques also. I will have to assume that people that don't get them are just not following the instructions on the rebate carefully enough, meaning they don't include all the required bits or then they waited too long after purchasing and missed the rebate deadline.
I am married and have a child now myself. I gave up 20+ years of christianity, and yes, it was very hard. My wife is still a devote christian and brings my son to church... but that is fine with me. We have agreed that when he gets older we will explain to him our positions on the topic and he can choose the path he wants to take. I won't be upset whatever his choice is... everybody is entitled to believe what they want. But I will make sure he does nothing stupid because of his religion (at least until he turns 18, but there's a decade or so to still go for that).
I was once in the same boat as you. Eventually, I gave all my religious notions to the point that I now probably consider myself an atheist. The more knowledge you acquire, the more you realize a god is not a requirement to live a happy and moral life (if you so choose).
Slashdot throws in a political left/right or religious fundamental story just to get 1000+ replies (and hence also attract attention to the other stories). This story is complete crap to start with. One has to wonder how this data was obtained, as it is clearly not even close to truth!
Flame away!
I have long ago switched every computer related thing in my life to Linux, including my career. Linux and opensource is how I make a living. And it's how I play. And entertain. And I love it! Microsoft?! What's that?
You may be modded as a troll, but you ask a valid question. Can they solve anything themselves? Seems to me they just copy others innovations... which I guess can be considered solving something, albeit not with much honor.
I believe in God.
I believe in science.
The two are not mutually exclusive.
I hear this all the time from so-called scientists that are also Christians. The two ARE mutually exclusive. Yes, I've read all the books of people like Hugh Ross. I don't understand why this "god-of-the-gaps" is required... and that is ALL you can make God out to be.
I also use Verbatim AZO CDR's and DVDR's. I'm hoping their marketing hype is not just hype.... but so far I've had no AZO discs die on me. I will keep crossing my fingers.
Also, is it getting harder to find high quality blank media in the major retail outlets? Nobody around me seems to be selling Verbatim anymore.
I've been earning a living programming in PHP/MySQL for about 6 years now. Don't see any need to switch.
Will this Java web dev thing catch on? Probably not. Will I be flamed for mentioning PHP? Probably. I don't care. I like PHP and am not interested in what the elitist programmers have to say about it.
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I believe what we will see are computers which just have a bootloader and rom chip with a very simple custom OS on it for fetching GUI components from google's web servers. The interface the user will see will be completely virtual, meaning their machine is just a dumb client running google OS remotely. There is no need for a hard drive, as all user data will be stored on google servers. No need to upgrade any software, as the software is kept up-to-date on the google servers. Virtual dumb terminals or thin-clients or whatever you want to call it, is what Google is planning... and I think they may be able to pull it off.
1 The placebo effect
The power of the human mind is amazing in what it can manifest by just concentrated thought alone. This will become more evident in time as research is done into it. It will also explain healings, premonitions, so-called ESP, etc...
2 The horizon problem
They will eventually find out that time is not a constant... it is currently changing speed very slowly, and possibly changed very fast close to the big bang.
4 Belfast homeopathy results
Once again, just more proof of the power of the human mind to manifest impossible results.
5 Dark matter
There is no dark matter. Our understanding of gravity is just wrong.
6 Viking's methane
Created by microscopic organic material that survived the trip from earth aboard the Viking module.
8 The Pioneer anomaly
Once again, we do not properly understand gravity yet.
9 Dark energy
Our understanding of time/gravity is not complete and is not the same in all places and moments in the universe.
10 The Kuiper cliff
Yes, there are more large planets in our solar system that have not yet been found.
11 The Wow signal
The signal was terrestrial and mistaken for one coming from space.
12 Not-so-constant constants
In different places and different moments in time, nothing is guaranteed constant.
13 Cold fusion
Cold fusion is possible, but the conditions required to create the reaction keep changing because of reasons we do not yet understand.
Now let's hope Slashdot preserves my theories so people of the future can see them come true.
They will call me a prophet.
I have a relative that owns Green@Work Magazine (greenatworkmag.com) and he has very large corporations coming to him all the time wanting to advertise or whatnot. So, it seems that "green" is really catching on, and in the process I'm sure we'll see lot of innovation in the field.
When society actually starts coming up against the IP for these genes a lot.. meaning it is interfering with living, people are just going to start blatently ignoring IP. Everybody will become criminals. Monsanto will have to start prosecuting a lot of people. There will be bloodshed in the streets.
BWAH HA HA! This is hilarious! She's no greenie, yet she spends 400% more on organic?! She must see some value in eating green organic since she is sacrificing something in order to do it. This guy is blinded by ignorance and hard-headedness. Again, hilarious!
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Planeshift (from www.planeshift.it) is an open-source graphical RPG which runs on Windows, Linux and Mac! It is still in alpha stages, but plays great and has a wonderful role-playing community.
... to Linux. Haven't had any upgrade issues since.
Linus gets my vote! Screw gates and jobs.
I have always gotten my rebate cheques also. I will have to assume that people that don't get them are just not following the instructions on the rebate carefully enough, meaning they don't include all the required bits or then they waited too long after purchasing and missed the rebate deadline.
I am married and have a child now myself. I gave up 20+ years of christianity, and yes, it was very hard. My wife is still a devote christian and brings my son to church... but that is fine with me. We have agreed that when he gets older we will explain to him our positions on the topic and he can choose the path he wants to take. I won't be upset whatever his choice is... everybody is entitled to believe what they want. But I will make sure he does nothing stupid because of his religion (at least until he turns 18, but there's a decade or so to still go for that).
Hence proving that Dennis Miller is just dense and ignorant. HA HA.
I was once in the same boat as you. Eventually, I gave all my religious notions to the point that I now probably consider myself an atheist. The more knowledge you acquire, the more you realize a god is not a requirement to live a happy and moral life (if you so choose).
Slashdot throws in a political left/right or religious fundamental story just to get 1000+ replies (and hence also attract attention to the other stories). This story is complete crap to start with. One has to wonder how this data was obtained, as it is clearly not even close to truth! Flame away!
Watch as you get many replies from ignorant nerds saying there are no facts in the textbooks to support evolution!
I have long ago switched every computer related thing in my life to Linux, including my career. Linux and opensource is how I make a living. And it's how I play. And entertain. And I love it! Microsoft?! What's that?
You may be modded as a troll, but you ask a valid question. Can they solve anything themselves? Seems to me they just copy others innovations... which I guess can be considered solving something, albeit not with much honor.
... but you are completely correct!
Did I specifically say science disproves "god"?! What I said was that science makes "god" pointless. So why bother with believing in a "god"?
I hear this all the time from so-called scientists that are also Christians. The two ARE mutually exclusive. Yes, I've read all the books of people like Hugh Ross. I don't understand why this "god-of-the-gaps" is required... and that is ALL you can make God out to be.
Also, is it getting harder to find high quality blank media in the major retail outlets? Nobody around me seems to be selling Verbatim anymore.
I've been earning a living programming in PHP/MySQL for about 6 years now. Don't see any need to switch. Will this Java web dev thing catch on? Probably not. Will I be flamed for mentioning PHP? Probably. I don't care. I like PHP and am not interested in what the elitist programmers have to say about it.
I believe what we will see are computers which just have a bootloader and rom chip with a very simple custom OS on it for fetching GUI components from google's web servers. The interface the user will see will be completely virtual, meaning their machine is just a dumb client running google OS remotely. There is no need for a hard drive, as all user data will be stored on google servers. No need to upgrade any software, as the software is kept up-to-date on the google servers. Virtual dumb terminals or thin-clients or whatever you want to call it, is what Google is planning... and I think they may be able to pull it off.
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1 The placebo effect
The power of the human mind is amazing in what it can manifest by just concentrated thought alone. This will become more evident in time as research is done into it. It will also explain healings, premonitions, so-called ESP, etc...
2 The horizon problem
They will eventually find out that time is not a constant... it is currently changing speed very slowly, and possibly changed very fast close to the big bang.
4 Belfast homeopathy results
Once again, just more proof of the power of the human mind to manifest impossible results.
5 Dark matter
There is no dark matter. Our understanding of gravity is just wrong.
6 Viking's methane
Created by microscopic organic material that survived the trip from earth aboard the Viking module.
8 The Pioneer anomaly
Once again, we do not properly understand gravity yet.
9 Dark energy
Our understanding of time/gravity is not complete and is not the same in all places and moments in the universe.
10 The Kuiper cliff
Yes, there are more large planets in our solar system that have not yet been found.
11 The Wow signal
The signal was terrestrial and mistaken for one coming from space.
12 Not-so-constant constants
In different places and different moments in time, nothing is guaranteed constant.
13 Cold fusion
Cold fusion is possible, but the conditions required to create the reaction keep changing because of reasons we do not yet understand.
Now let's hope Slashdot preserves my theories so people of the future can see them come true. They will call me a prophet.
I have a relative that owns Green@Work Magazine (greenatworkmag.com) and he has very large corporations coming to him all the time wanting to advertise or whatnot. So, it seems that "green" is really catching on, and in the process I'm sure we'll see lot of innovation in the field.
by a shill for Monsanto.
Your "legitamite science" stems from listening to too much right-wing propaganda. Try getting your science from real scientists some time.
When society actually starts coming up against the IP for these genes a lot.. meaning it is interfering with living, people are just going to start blatently ignoring IP. Everybody will become criminals. Monsanto will have to start prosecuting a lot of people. There will be bloodshed in the streets.
BWAH HA HA! This is hilarious! She's no greenie, yet she spends 400% more on organic?! She must see some value in eating green organic since she is sacrificing something in order to do it. This guy is blinded by ignorance and hard-headedness. Again, hilarious!
Holy crap, dada21, you are a corporation brainwashed cog! Oh well, all hail the almighty dollar!