you can't have things like "circuits and digital code" without someone intelligent to design them.
I present Windows 8 ("digital code") and the Zune ("circuits") as counter examples.
You've hit upon my new theory of Creationism - Dumbass design. Examples -the toxic dump (ass) is too close to the playground (genitals); if corn is food, why does it come out substantially the same as it went in?
If it's bullshit, there would be proof it's bullshit. Since it's a possibility, but not a probability, it still remains as worth teaching.
S
So, according to you, everything that is a possibility is worth teaching. There isn't enough time in eternity to teach everything that is a possibility. There are an infinite number of possible gods, for example. Since they might be out there, teach them. I think not.
Doesn't everyone have to fly through DFW? That's hardly representative of Texas.
If it's a freakshow, it's probably the best showcase of the flying public in the US.
Um, no. The freakshow to which I refer is Texans. They are quite obvious. And no, you don't have to fly through DFW, unless you're flying American Airlines (not direct). There may be other airlines with hubs there, too. Many airlines use other cities as their hubs.
ten-gallon hat wearers at DFW?
You know, I live in Oklahoma, and fly through DFW from time to time, and I can't remember the last time I saw someone wearing a cowboy hat, ten gallon or otherwise. I'm sure the last time I saw one was probably in a movie about Oklahoma or Texas, though.
Okay, I admit I exaggerate about the size, but whenever I fly through DFW, it's a total freak show of Texas stereotypes.
By and large, Texas' legendary racism virtually ensures the Chinese will keep migrating to sunny Cali, NY/NJ, Seattle, Chicago, and the Capitol....like many Asian immigrants, they seem to prefer the Blue States
I take it your experience with Texas is limited to Hollywood documentaries, Texas politicians, Internet postings from Texans, and ten-gallon hat wearers at DFW?
To each his own, but it does mean you miss out on an awful lot of stuff and aren't very knowledgeable of the market.
I can certainly appreciate games with depth, it's just that they tend not to be on iOS. I could certainly kill time with scrabble, it's just not that enaging or rewarding to me when I know there's better stuff out there, even on iOS. Life's too short for boring games.
You don't have to buy something every five minutes to be knowledgeable about the market. There are plenty of games with depth on iOS; if you can't find them, it's you who isn't very knowledgeable about the market.
Most of the stuff on iOS is only good for five minutes. Occaisonly you'll find a gem worth playing much longer. That's kind of the beauty of it, exploring what's out there and finding new stuff. I can certainly spend hours on a game that's only marginally enjoyable, but why should I if there's so much else out there to discover?
I would have to disagree with fervor. I download something new at most once every two weeks. You must be stricken with a bad case of ADD.
If someone wanted to get a piece of [tainted] paper into physical contact with the president or other important US political figure, sending it using the mail system is not the way to do it and I should think it would be more than obvious to anyone. Even without specific knowledge of the fact, various sniffing technologies can and should naturally be presumed as part of the normal mail screening and sorting processes. And even without that, isn't it hard to imagine the president actually opening his own mail?! He must receive 50lbs or mail or more a day from all the concerned citizens and crackpots out there. No way HE goes through it all personally. In which case, even without sniffing and detection technologies, it would likely get to someone else first.
So the perpetrator was either immeasurably stupid and thoughtless or this is something else.... more 'theater' for another cause supporting the loss of freedom and liberty.... or both.
There's a constitution in the way, so it has to be (okay, well, it SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE) a Constitutional amendment.
But that hasn't stopped anyone lately, it seems.
Except the 2nd doesn't say what kind of arms. One could easily argue that ricin ownership is protected under the 2nd, as is nuclear bomb ownership. Do you think there should be no limit?
And yet the 3D action and racing games are only good for 5 minutes? My kids have plenty of games to play. I was talking about games I consider playing more than 5 minutes.
You'd be surprised. Kids today will watch the same movie dozens of times. And there are many apps out there with hours and hours of playability, such as Scrabble and all its clones, not to mention the games I write (couldn't resist).
Some people still think AAPL stock is a magical money making machine. I remember one guy on TV saying that now was the time to buy, when it was at $700. I wonder how that worked out for his followers.
He probably bought at $690 - that's why he was saying it was a buy at $700.
In case you didn't know this, Apple's App store uses the "walled-garden" model. Basically they review all software and developers need to obey strict guideline to be approved. Between online porn, social networks and cyberbullying I don't really think malware on the App store is much of an issue.
PCs are of course different, but consider that before Windows XP there was hardly such thing as restricted accounts on PCs. Sure, malware was sometimes a problem (even without user interaction) but we grew up fine with the "reckless" amount of control we had on our PCs. If anything things have gotten much much safer between improved Windows security, firewalls and paranoid anti-virus software.
If you really want to have total control over what your kids do then I guess that's up to you. The technology of today makes it possible to completely monitor them, in the digital as well as the real world. Being overprotective is probably a natural kind of development.
I'm well aware of all that. The appearance of Administrative rights on personal computers is a direct result of all the malware out there. If you're allowing all users on your computers to be administrators, you're very naive. Just like anyone who allows their kids to have their iTunes passwords is naive. It's not as if you need the password to USE the device; only for installation of software. Of course that flies in the face of your rant about requiring "passwords for everything." You claimed that iOS bugged you for your password every five minutes. I guess you must have been installing software every five minutes. Or more likely, you are just spouting hyperbole to support your rant.
No, not crazy. I'd say you just like being authoritarian. If you don't trust your kids with a computer maybe you should just not let them have one. Almost every computer/game machine made so far has operated in a way that "trusts" kids to use them. What sort of harmful stuff can they get on the App store anyway which they couldn't get on the web?
Credit card info is of course another matter, one which I would put on a different level of security than "let my kids download doodle jump on their iPad".
It's not authoritarian to protect them, dipwad. Do your kids have administrative privileges on their PC's? If they do, they've got metric shitloads of malware installed.
This is the same problem 99% of security experts seem to not understand: If you require passwords for everything that dilutes the security for when it's really needed.
If the parents only had to type the password when they spend real money, they would realize that they need to keep it safe. Heck, the amount of times iOS bugged me about my password I wouldn't be surprised if some parents just said "screw it, the password's hunter2. Don't buy anything though". Just to stop their kids from bugging them every 5 minutes.
Nonsense. You do not have to enter your password unless you are installing software (free or paid). You let your kids install software of any kind? Crazy, I say. My kids can't install jack without me showing up to enter the password - if I approve. And they know not to ask to install everything in the world. The answer is no.
Seems to think we need to change EVERYTHING but our selves.
"Here, we've been first-rate buggers and pissed all over this trash heap.Let's move n to our next noble and inspiring endeavour - locating the next places where we can foul our own nest."
Why doesn't he get out and run around a little more often? Fresh air and sunshine! It'd clear the cobwebs in that addled brain of his.
You are aware that his ability to "run around a little more often" is severely limited, aren't you?
(If you'd like to read more email me; I'm about 75% done with a tiny eBook on money and it's development. There will eventually be a bitcoin section in there).
I'd never pay for your eBook with Bitcoin, but I do have a nice sack of potatoes here.
I might not accept bitcoins, but I will certainly accept potatoes:)
Good to hear. I will never own bitcoins, but I will certainly own potatoes. I might even grow my own.
(If you'd like to read more email me; I'm about 75% done with a tiny eBook on money and it's development. There will eventually be a bitcoin section in there).
I'd never pay for your eBook with Bitcoin, but I do have a nice sack of potatoes here.
I counter this anecdote with my own, less than 10% wear watches during the day. Why would you? There are clocks all over the place to tell you the time (there are 4 in my office alone (desktop, desk phone, wall clock, mobile)). Pulling a phone from your pocket is just a little slower then uncovering your wrist. The only people that "use" watches, consider them to be luxury jewelry to impress others (which makes it easier to spot people you can't trust).
Nonsense. The $10 Walmart item on my wrist is purely for timekeeping. I make no attempt to impress anyone with it, I assure you. Uncovering your wrist takes time? Where do you live, Antarctica?
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you can't have things like "circuits and digital code" without someone intelligent to design them.
I present Windows 8 ("digital code") and the Zune ("circuits") as counter examples.
You've hit upon my new theory of Creationism - Dumbass design. Examples -the toxic dump (ass) is too close to the playground (genitals); if corn is food, why does it come out substantially the same as it went in?
If it's bullshit, there would be proof it's bullshit. Since it's a possibility, but not a probability, it still remains as worth teaching. S
So, according to you, everything that is a possibility is worth teaching. There isn't enough time in eternity to teach everything that is a possibility. There are an infinite number of possible gods, for example. Since they might be out there, teach them. I think not.
Dude, I can totally hack that and make it output infinite cash.
Great. You are now a millionaire, nay a billionaire. Congrats.
Doesn't everyone have to fly through DFW? That's hardly representative of Texas.
If it's a freakshow, it's probably the best showcase of the flying public in the US.
Um, no. The freakshow to which I refer is Texans. They are quite obvious. And no, you don't have to fly through DFW, unless you're flying American Airlines (not direct). There may be other airlines with hubs there, too. Many airlines use other cities as their hubs.
ten-gallon hat wearers at DFW? You know, I live in Oklahoma, and fly through DFW from time to time, and I can't remember the last time I saw someone wearing a cowboy hat, ten gallon or otherwise. I'm sure the last time I saw one was probably in a movie about Oklahoma or Texas, though.
Okay, I admit I exaggerate about the size, but whenever I fly through DFW, it's a total freak show of Texas stereotypes.
By and large, Texas' legendary racism virtually ensures the Chinese will keep migrating to sunny Cali, NY/NJ, Seattle, Chicago, and the Capitol....like many Asian immigrants, they seem to prefer the Blue States
I take it your experience with Texas is limited to Hollywood documentaries, Texas politicians, Internet postings from Texans, and ten-gallon hat wearers at DFW?
FTFY
is it about 8-10% of US debt they own? They could just move in to a state and call it even.
They can have Texas.
To each his own, but it does mean you miss out on an awful lot of stuff and aren't very knowledgeable of the market. I can certainly appreciate games with depth, it's just that they tend not to be on iOS. I could certainly kill time with scrabble, it's just not that enaging or rewarding to me when I know there's better stuff out there, even on iOS. Life's too short for boring games.
You don't have to buy something every five minutes to be knowledgeable about the market. There are plenty of games with depth on iOS; if you can't find them, it's you who isn't very knowledgeable about the market.
Most of the stuff on iOS is only good for five minutes. Occaisonly you'll find a gem worth playing much longer. That's kind of the beauty of it, exploring what's out there and finding new stuff. I can certainly spend hours on a game that's only marginally enjoyable, but why should I if there's so much else out there to discover?
I would have to disagree with fervor. I download something new at most once every two weeks. You must be stricken with a bad case of ADD.
If someone wanted to get a piece of [tainted] paper into physical contact with the president or other important US political figure, sending it using the mail system is not the way to do it and I should think it would be more than obvious to anyone. Even without specific knowledge of the fact, various sniffing technologies can and should naturally be presumed as part of the normal mail screening and sorting processes. And even without that, isn't it hard to imagine the president actually opening his own mail?! He must receive 50lbs or mail or more a day from all the concerned citizens and crackpots out there. No way HE goes through it all personally. In which case, even without sniffing and detection technologies, it would likely get to someone else first.
So the perpetrator was either immeasurably stupid and thoughtless or this is something else.... more 'theater' for another cause supporting the loss of freedom and liberty.... or both.
Never underestimate the stupidity of people.
There's a constitution in the way, so it has to be (okay, well, it SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE) a Constitutional amendment.
But that hasn't stopped anyone lately, it seems.
Except the 2nd doesn't say what kind of arms. One could easily argue that ricin ownership is protected under the 2nd, as is nuclear bomb ownership. Do you think there should be no limit?
And yet the 3D action and racing games are only good for 5 minutes? My kids have plenty of games to play. I was talking about games I consider playing more than 5 minutes.
You'd be surprised. Kids today will watch the same movie dozens of times. And there are many apps out there with hours and hours of playability, such as Scrabble and all its clones, not to mention the games I write (couldn't resist).
Some people still think AAPL stock is a magical money making machine. I remember one guy on TV saying that now was the time to buy, when it was at $700. I wonder how that worked out for his followers.
He probably bought at $690 - that's why he was saying it was a buy at $700.
Thanks - my current workplace is not QUITE as bad as prison.
Yeah, they ream us, but not literally.
In case you didn't know this, Apple's App store uses the "walled-garden" model. Basically they review all software and developers need to obey strict guideline to be approved. Between online porn, social networks and cyberbullying I don't really think malware on the App store is much of an issue.
PCs are of course different, but consider that before Windows XP there was hardly such thing as restricted accounts on PCs. Sure, malware was sometimes a problem (even without user interaction) but we grew up fine with the "reckless" amount of control we had on our PCs. If anything things have gotten much much safer between improved Windows security, firewalls and paranoid anti-virus software.
If you really want to have total control over what your kids do then I guess that's up to you. The technology of today makes it possible to completely monitor them, in the digital as well as the real world. Being overprotective is probably a natural kind of development.
I'm well aware of all that. The appearance of Administrative rights on personal computers is a direct result of all the malware out there. If you're allowing all users on your computers to be administrators, you're very naive. Just like anyone who allows their kids to have their iTunes passwords is naive. It's not as if you need the password to USE the device; only for installation of software. Of course that flies in the face of your rant about requiring "passwords for everything." You claimed that iOS bugged you for your password every five minutes. I guess you must have been installing software every five minutes. Or more likely, you are just spouting hyperbole to support your rant.
No, not crazy. I'd say you just like being authoritarian. If you don't trust your kids with a computer maybe you should just not let them have one. Almost every computer/game machine made so far has operated in a way that "trusts" kids to use them. What sort of harmful stuff can they get on the App store anyway which they couldn't get on the web? Credit card info is of course another matter, one which I would put on a different level of security than "let my kids download doodle jump on their iPad".
It's not authoritarian to protect them, dipwad. Do your kids have administrative privileges on their PC's? If they do, they've got metric shitloads of malware installed.
This is the same problem 99% of security experts seem to not understand: If you require passwords for everything that dilutes the security for when it's really needed. If the parents only had to type the password when they spend real money, they would realize that they need to keep it safe. Heck, the amount of times iOS bugged me about my password I wouldn't be surprised if some parents just said "screw it, the password's hunter2. Don't buy anything though". Just to stop their kids from bugging them every 5 minutes.
Nonsense. You do not have to enter your password unless you are installing software (free or paid). You let your kids install software of any kind? Crazy, I say. My kids can't install jack without me showing up to enter the password - if I approve. And they know not to ask to install everything in the world. The answer is no.
Seems to think we need to change EVERYTHING but our selves.
"Here, we've been first-rate buggers and pissed all over this trash heap.Let's move n to our next noble and inspiring endeavour - locating the next places where we can foul our own nest."
Why doesn't he get out and run around a little more often? Fresh air and sunshine! It'd clear the cobwebs in that addled brain of his.
You are aware that his ability to "run around a little more often" is severely limited, aren't you?
(If you'd like to read more email me; I'm about 75% done with a tiny eBook on money and it's development. There will eventually be a bitcoin section in there).
I'd never pay for your eBook with Bitcoin, but I do have a nice sack of potatoes here.
I might not accept bitcoins, but I will certainly accept potatoes :)
Good to hear. I will never own bitcoins, but I will certainly own potatoes. I might even grow my own.
(If you'd like to read more email me; I'm about 75% done with a tiny eBook on money and it's development. There will eventually be a bitcoin section in there).
I'd never pay for your eBook with Bitcoin, but I do have a nice sack of potatoes here.
Number One piece of evidence: people in scheme denying vehemently that it's a pyramid scheme.
Yeah watches are ~$20 Billion market. Someone is buying them all.
Obviously, all those watch fanbois out there, standing in line to buy the latest thing from Timex or Casio.
"MOST people DO wear watches. Still."
I counter this anecdote with my own, less than 10% wear watches during the day. Why would you? There are clocks all over the place to tell you the time (there are 4 in my office alone (desktop, desk phone, wall clock, mobile)). Pulling a phone from your pocket is just a little slower then uncovering your wrist. The only people that "use" watches, consider them to be luxury jewelry to impress others (which makes it easier to spot people you can't trust).
Nonsense. The $10 Walmart item on my wrist is purely for timekeeping. I make no attempt to impress anyone with it, I assure you. Uncovering your wrist takes time? Where do you live, Antarctica?
I am. I'm a straight white man.
Discrimination against us is legal and encouraged.
Bullshit. You are a privileged crybaby. You do not have to put up with constant berating and discrimination at every turn.