i wouldnt ever think an $80 dvd set of a tv show is worth buying, because id never watch it enough. in fact, i may not watch it but once a year...or every 2 years or some such.
if i want tv series on dvd, i get it on netflix. i watched the entire sopranos season one in a couple of weeks, and still had a few more movies that month, all for $20. My aunt bought 3 seasons of west wing on dvd...i don't want to know what it cost her, but i know it'll cost me about 11 bucks to see each season considering my turnaround with netflix, and i probably wouldn't ever watch it again.
I found last night the most interesting thing I have ever read in the Bible. I'm not sure if that should be a testament to the uselessness and ridiculousness of the Bible, of of myself.
I was raised Christian, though I no longer hold faith in any religion. But I was, of course, well aware of the animosity towards homosexuality; despite the rare mention of it in the Bible, and the regular mention of a dozen other things that Christians should be far more concerned with.
All that being said, I have recently realized that God Hates Shrimp
He hates them so much, that he calls them an "abomination" just as when referring to homosexuals.
If you didn't think the Bible was ridiculous before, please think again. Shellfish are an abomination. This also provides me another answer when my father asks why I no longer go to church: I like shrimp, dad, and God hates them.
you'll have it in a few days without any type of problem: it's amazingly simple. you can do the same at pretty much any place online that sells any type of cutlery. clickety-click and you can have any number of knives or in a few days.
You can go to martial arts equipment sites and do the same to get various weaponry, as long as it isn't illegal in your state.
as far as im concerned, comparing one immensely rich man who donates billions to charity to thousands (perhaps millions?) of people who favor a particular OS and that it should be freely availalbe is a bit silly.
this is typical of a/.'er not familiar with wimmin. females are an enourmous amount of trouble to deal with, for a *chance* at touching their boobs. now you can print boobs and put them on yourself....or your pillow. Now you have boobs...and you dont have the trouble of trying to get to them.
Telling school children that scientific theory is just theory is a game of dishonest semantics. The sense of the word theory in a scientific context is quite different from its common usage. In everyday usage, theory means an opinion based upon sketchy evidence.
I was sent to a christian school as a child, from kindergarten up to the 11th grade; and that is exactly the kind of "Education" i recieved in regards to evolution and creationism.
I was taught that evolution was a theory in that people just believed in it even with a lack of evidence, or a "missing link". They taught us that the geologic table was a lie, and scientists use rocks to date fossils, and fossils to date rocks. They called that "circular reasoning" and said it couldn't possibly work.
For a while, as young as I was and being brought up in it, I believed them. Until one day I realized they use the same circular reasoning with their faith in god: The bible tells us theres one god, and he created everything, and we know it's true because god said so...in the bible.
The thing is, had I not had access to the internet that allowed me to examine other people's ideas and beliefs, I would have still believed in the bible, and that evolution was a lie, despite the fact that there's no actual proof of the existence of god, and there's enourmous amounts of evidence to support evolution.
I dont think some people understand that "belief is contagious", especially when one belief is all you are allowed to be exposed to. It makes it very difficult to think or learn about new things when you can't even get to a place to hear about them. After all, muslims believe in Allah and only (and certainly) allah, and other religions believe in their deities and creation stories, and only that it happened that way....because for hundreds of years that's all people have been taught.
It's a shame, really. Critical thinking could bring so much to some places or peoples, and yet sometimes they refuse to have much, or anything, to do with it.
my absolute worst was from Homeworld. When I got it, it was christmas break and i was 15 or so; so i had a straight week to play this great game.
I didn't notice it had a "wobble" to the view, albeit it slight. I spent hours a day playing the campaign and skirmish missions; when I went back to school the first day after vacation, everything had a slight "wobble" to it until wednesday....i had to cut back =(
The second worst was splinter cell. I work at a drycleaning plant with flourescent lights all over the place; after i played that game over a weekend i had 2 weeks of a reflex wanting to blow out the lights EVERYWHERE i walked in the building.
My father recently finished building his new home, and being that he's a handy guy and.....well cheap; I tried talking him into setting up his own home theatre which would allow him a huge screen with a great picture for cheap. He didn't want to; thinking such a huge screen would be annoying.
So, he puts in a fireplace with a space over it for a Television, the space is 48" wide, and when he moved in he put in a new 34" flat screen television; enourmous, heavy....and small considering his living room is some 25 ft wide.
So, a friend of his at sears has a customer who wants to return a 36" sony WEGA tv, he said my dad could have it for $1000 (at the time sears was selling it for about $1600) but he didn't want to lose 2 inches of height for the 2" gain in width and passed it over.
Then he goes out last week, buys a Samsung 46" projector screen TV....refinishes his space so he can fit in the TV AND his dvd player; and wound up spending as much time changing and reworking things for his tv, as he would have spent on a separate projector and screen.
Oh, and the picture on this samsung is grainy as hell; is that normal for this kind of tv? The color is great, but the picture is lousy.
What makes it worse is that when he wired his 5.1 sound, he didn't follow the diagram i drew up for him.....he has the center channel speaker in the REAR....so when watching movies theres a noticeably awful "lag" from when the characters speak on the TV to when you hear the sound (how much extra wiring he has in the ceiling to cause that is beyond me; but I suppose that's the problem) so not only does the sound lag, but it's awkward as hell when someone 8 feet in front of you is speaking over your head.
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if i want tv series on dvd, i get it on netflix. i watched the entire sopranos season one in a couple of weeks, and still had a few more movies that month, all for $20. My aunt bought 3 seasons of west wing on dvd...i don't want to know what it cost her, but i know it'll cost me about 11 bucks to see each season considering my turnaround with netflix, and i probably wouldn't ever watch it again.
I was raised Christian, though I no longer hold faith in any religion. But I was, of course, well aware of the animosity towards homosexuality; despite the rare mention of it in the Bible, and the regular mention of a dozen other things that Christians should be far more concerned with.
All that being said, I have recently realized that God Hates Shrimp
He hates them so much, that he calls them an "abomination" just as when referring to homosexuals.
If you didn't think the Bible was ridiculous before, please think again. Shellfish are an abomination. This also provides me another answer when my father asks why I no longer go to church: I like shrimp, dad, and God hates them.
because they havent been able to get rid of the guns that people would use to fill them with bullets if they did? ;)
then again, old or not, he'd make a better one than mos def. /python fan
i'll see it,and it may be good...but the books will be great every time :)
Jesus christ....how do they manage to find so many virgins? I haven't been able to find one in years!
they were planning to raise that tax later anyway; this is going to let them establish a *new* tax.
been years since i have heard anyone say "high end 486"...and they were lying about it then, too ;)
what's even more interesting is that I can't recall a time when the train didn't run on time...
jesus went geocaching
MAYBE I WILL...GOSH!
No, we dont. Practice photoshop with a star wars screencap for christs sake.
jesus h christ...she thought canada sent troops to vietnam? i know better than that....why is *she* the one on tv and getting books deals?
you'll have it in a few days without any type of problem: it's amazingly simple. you can do the same at pretty much any place online that sells any type of cutlery. clickety-click and you can have any number of knives or in a few days.
You can go to martial arts equipment sites and do the same to get various weaponry, as long as it isn't illegal in your state.
reconsider: it's very, very simple.
as far as im concerned, comparing one immensely rich man who donates billions to charity to thousands (perhaps millions?) of people who favor a particular OS and that it should be freely availalbe is a bit silly.
this is typical of a /.'er not familiar with wimmin. females are an enourmous amount of trouble to deal with, for a *chance* at touching their boobs. now you can print boobs and put them on yourself....or your pillow. Now you have boobs...and you dont have the trouble of trying to get to them.
I was sent to a christian school as a child, from kindergarten up to the 11th grade; and that is exactly the kind of "Education" i recieved in regards to evolution and creationism.
I was taught that evolution was a theory in that people just believed in it even with a lack of evidence, or a "missing link". They taught us that the geologic table was a lie, and scientists use rocks to date fossils, and fossils to date rocks. They called that "circular reasoning" and said it couldn't possibly work.
For a while, as young as I was and being brought up in it, I believed them. Until one day I realized they use the same circular reasoning with their faith in god: The bible tells us theres one god, and he created everything, and we know it's true because god said so...in the bible.
The thing is, had I not had access to the internet that allowed me to examine other people's ideas and beliefs, I would have still believed in the bible, and that evolution was a lie, despite the fact that there's no actual proof of the existence of god, and there's enourmous amounts of evidence to support evolution.
I dont think some people understand that "belief is contagious", especially when one belief is all you are allowed to be exposed to. It makes it very difficult to think or learn about new things when you can't even get to a place to hear about them. After all, muslims believe in Allah and only (and certainly) allah, and other religions believe in their deities and creation stories, and only that it happened that way....because for hundreds of years that's all people have been taught.
It's a shame, really. Critical thinking could bring so much to some places or peoples, and yet sometimes they refuse to have much, or anything, to do with it.
why oh why couldnt they have sent all that to me =(
I didn't notice it had a "wobble" to the view, albeit it slight. I spent hours a day playing the campaign and skirmish missions; when I went back to school the first day after vacation, everything had a slight "wobble" to it until wednesday....i had to cut back =(
The second worst was splinter cell. I work at a drycleaning plant with flourescent lights all over the place; after i played that game over a weekend i had 2 weeks of a reflex wanting to blow out the lights EVERYWHERE i walked in the building.
that chocolate bunnies MUST DIE
i barely watched it once, that movie annoyed the hell out of me.
Don't be a smartass here, we don't like that type of attitude!
you mean we left one? wtf....outta my way boys; we're puttin tyres back on the camaro tonight!
So, he puts in a fireplace with a space over it for a Television, the space is 48" wide, and when he moved in he put in a new 34" flat screen television; enourmous, heavy....and small considering his living room is some 25 ft wide.
So, a friend of his at sears has a customer who wants to return a 36" sony WEGA tv, he said my dad could have it for $1000 (at the time sears was selling it for about $1600) but he didn't want to lose 2 inches of height for the 2" gain in width and passed it over.
Then he goes out last week, buys a Samsung 46" projector screen TV....refinishes his space so he can fit in the TV AND his dvd player; and wound up spending as much time changing and reworking things for his tv, as he would have spent on a separate projector and screen.
Oh, and the picture on this samsung is grainy as hell; is that normal for this kind of tv? The color is great, but the picture is lousy.
What makes it worse is that when he wired his 5.1 sound, he didn't follow the diagram i drew up for him.....he has the center channel speaker in the REAR....so when watching movies theres a noticeably awful "lag" from when the characters speak on the TV to when you hear the sound (how much extra wiring he has in the ceiling to cause that is beyond me; but I suppose that's the problem) so not only does the sound lag, but it's awkward as hell when someone 8 feet in front of you is speaking over your head.