let's estimate just about how far i was really off... let's see... 100,000,000,000 stars in our galaxy.. we'll just say the stars account for half of the atoms, so the equivalent of 200,000,000,000 stars... earth is 100,000 times smaller than 1 average star, so earth accounts for 1 2*10^16th of the mass in the galaxy. let's see you can see 1/1,000,000,000 of the way through the surface of the earth... so if i could see the entire surface, that'd be 1 2*10^25th of the earth. i'd say this room, with the air molecules included, accounts for about 1/1,000,000,000th of the surface.
no, how would it know what to show you? but people who have reminded me that time doesn't have to go at the same rate are right. you're wrong about it just having to show me stuff, because how would it know what to show me?
your math skills must really suck since you claim that 10^34/10^68 is about 1/2... 10^34/10^64 is quite a bit smaller than half... especially since it's almost zero... 10^(-34)
all of this is a good backup of why it's more than likely that there is a God, and a heaven, and all that good stuff. This was a big mistake by the author because it shows why no matter what evidence you come up with, it is always possible that there is a creator (God), heaven, etc... Science proves religion possible - amazing.
HOWEVER, i do agree with you on the fact that they create how we percieve time. so you just proved it possible. you're right, i was wrong, mod my original post down.
that is, of course judging that this person is saying that WE will be able to do it eventually. I don't doubt that it's possible that processors are a lot faster beyond the matrix (since they use optic processors where the speed of light is a trillion times faster there than it is here)
that is, of course judging that this person is saying that WE will be able to do it eventually. I don't doubt that it's possible that processors are a lot faster beyond the matrix (since they use optic processors where the speed of light is a trillion times faster there than it is here)
it still has to simulate all the stuff that we percieve. How will it know to show us a butterfly? how will it know to make the stick hot? it has to simulate that as well.
my thought exactly. There's no way processor speed can continue at its current pace to that point. It would have to be nearly infinately fast to simulate all the 10000000000000000000000000000000000's of atoms i can see right now, and even put an electron microscope up to and see formations of. There's just too much to simulate, that is, of course judging that this person is saying that WE will be able to do it eventually. I don't doubt that it's possible that processors are a lot faster beyond the matrix (since they use optic processors where the speed of light is a trillion times faster there than it is here). But for someone or something in our universe to accomplish something like that would be ridiculous. There's way too much going on.
giving away $1 billion wouldn't hurt microsoft any more than giving away $50 million (probably around the cost of making CD's and packaging and shipping) so why does it matter? all that matters is what they're giving, not what they're losing. MS isn't going to suffer from that.
what do they have to upgrade? XP will be around for a LONG time. The day they stop supporting XP with new software is a day when that organization won't need any upgrades cus they'll be pretty well settled in. Have you been to a dentist lately? most of them still use folders to keep records. the only ones that are pure computerized are the brand new ones - and they'll keep that same software until they go out of business. organizations are the same way. they get settled into something then they don't need upgrades.
And it isn't like they are giving away $1 billion in cash. They are giving away the worth of the costs of CDs enough to store software worth $1 billion.
who cares how much MS loses? it doesn't make a difference. you, not being a part of MS, should only care about what they're giving. they are giving a billion dollars worth of software whether you like it or not.
The second thought that pops into my head - will the upgrades be given away too?
i would think so. if they're giving away a copy of windows XP, all the organization has to do is have a connection to the internet and it gets updated automatically. The same goes for everything else. If they have the CD with the CD key, they own the product which means they can upgrade it the same way any other person, who bought the same product, can upgrade it.
it doesn't matter here at slashdot... MS can't do a thing without getting bashed. If they do something good, you'll say "well it's just an attempt to do this and that".
i wonder what'll happen if/when MS becomes open source./. will say 'oh, it's another attempt to monopolize the industry"
a few rocks? they were killed. They had no choice but to leave. Governor Boggs of Missouri made it LEGAL to kill mormons. And they did just that.
All churches are nothing but lies? ok, suit yourself. You must be pretty full of yourself to assume that you know everything about everything. You'll find out when you die that you're an idiot. You have been judging me the entire time here. "Your church is a lie" - that's not judging me? you got it backwards. I'd be perfectly fine if everybody just didn't comment on my church at all; but since you do, i'll defend it to the death.
the only reason they were able to bounce back is because they went to freaking Utah, yet there weren't as many of them as native americans, and they didn't have any problems with being in the United States. It sucks what happened to the Indians, but you can't compare that to Mormons. It was not that they were mostly white. Your opinion, even though it's "just" an opinion, is wrong.
why is that a finally? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints... have you just been mentally ill? He is still a God, but he also came down as half human to save the world.
and please get this straight, it's The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The Jesus Christ is important because that's who we base our religion on. People need to understand this religion better because they get lied to and mislead 99% of the time that they hear "information" about it
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big deal. intel built their own CPU. so did AMD. IBM built their own computer. So did HP.
let's estimate just about how far i was really off... let's see... 100,000,000,000 stars in our galaxy.. we'll just say the stars account for half of the atoms, so the equivalent of 200,000,000,000 stars... earth is 100,000 times smaller than 1 average star, so earth accounts for 1 2*10^16th of the mass in the galaxy. let's see you can see 1/1,000,000,000 of the way through the surface of the earth... so if i could see the entire surface, that'd be 1 2*10^25th of the earth. i'd say this room, with the air molecules included, accounts for about 1/1,000,000,000th of the surface.
i'm right, you're wrong.
no, how would it know what to show you? but people who have reminded me that time doesn't have to go at the same rate are right. you're wrong about it just having to show me stuff, because how would it know what to show me?
sorry, "10^34/10^64" should be "10^34/10^68"
your math skills must really suck since you claim that 10^34/10^68 is about 1/2... 10^34/10^64 is quite a bit smaller than half... especially since it's almost zero... 10^(-34)
don't act smart when you're not, retard.
all of this is a good backup of why it's more than likely that there is a God, and a heaven, and all that good stuff. This was a big mistake by the author because it shows why no matter what evidence you come up with, it is always possible that there is a creator (God), heaven, etc... Science proves religion possible - amazing.
HOWEVER, i do agree with you on the fact that they create how we percieve time. so you just proved it possible. you're right, i was wrong, mod my original post down.
from my original post:
that is, of course judging that this person is saying that WE will be able to do it eventually. I don't doubt that it's possible that processors are a lot faster beyond the matrix (since they use optic processors where the speed of light is a trillion times faster there than it is here)
from my original comment:
that is, of course judging that this person is saying that WE will be able to do it eventually. I don't doubt that it's possible that processors are a lot faster beyond the matrix (since they use optic processors where the speed of light is a trillion times faster there than it is here)
it still has to simulate all the stuff that we percieve. How will it know to show us a butterfly? how will it know to make the stick hot? it has to simulate that as well.
my thought exactly. There's no way processor speed can continue at its current pace to that point. It would have to be nearly infinately fast to simulate all the 10000000000000000000000000000000000's of atoms i can see right now, and even put an electron microscope up to and see formations of. There's just too much to simulate, that is, of course judging that this person is saying that WE will be able to do it eventually. I don't doubt that it's possible that processors are a lot faster beyond the matrix (since they use optic processors where the speed of light is a trillion times faster there than it is here). But for someone or something in our universe to accomplish something like that would be ridiculous. There's way too much going on.
really??? when was that? how'd we get it back? i knew Gray Davis was cutting more from my education than necessary!
giving away $1 billion wouldn't hurt microsoft any more than giving away $50 million (probably around the cost of making CD's and packaging and shipping) so why does it matter? all that matters is what they're giving, not what they're losing. MS isn't going to suffer from that.
what do they have to upgrade? XP will be around for a LONG time. The day they stop supporting XP with new software is a day when that organization won't need any upgrades cus they'll be pretty well settled in. Have you been to a dentist lately? most of them still use folders to keep records. the only ones that are pure computerized are the brand new ones - and they'll keep that same software until they go out of business. organizations are the same way. they get settled into something then they don't need upgrades.
And it isn't like they are giving away $1 billion in cash. They are giving away the worth of the costs of CDs enough to store software worth $1 billion.
who cares how much MS loses? it doesn't make a difference. you, not being a part of MS, should only care about what they're giving. they are giving a billion dollars worth of software whether you like it or not.
The second thought that pops into my head - will the upgrades be given away too?
i would think so. if they're giving away a copy of windows XP, all the organization has to do is have a connection to the internet and it gets updated automatically. The same goes for everything else. If they have the CD with the CD key, they own the product which means they can upgrade it the same way any other person, who bought the same product, can upgrade it.
it doesn't matter here at slashdot... MS can't do a thing without getting bashed. If they do something good, you'll say "well it's just an attempt to do this and that".
/. will say 'oh, it's another attempt to monopolize the industry"
i wonder what'll happen if/when MS becomes open source.
a few rocks? they were killed. They had no choice but to leave. Governor Boggs of Missouri made it LEGAL to kill mormons. And they did just that.
All churches are nothing but lies? ok, suit yourself. You must be pretty full of yourself to assume that you know everything about everything. You'll find out when you die that you're an idiot. You have been judging me the entire time here. "Your church is a lie" - that's not judging me? you got it backwards. I'd be perfectly fine if everybody just didn't comment on my church at all; but since you do, i'll defend it to the death.
abuse? what are you talking about, buddy?
the only reason they were able to bounce back is because they went to freaking Utah, yet there weren't as many of them as native americans, and they didn't have any problems with being in the United States. It sucks what happened to the Indians, but you can't compare that to Mormons. It was not that they were mostly white. Your opinion, even though it's "just" an opinion, is wrong.
so you've never heard of any religion that bases their beliefs on Christ? do you live in a hole?
why is that a finally? The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints... have you just been mentally ill? He is still a God, but he also came down as half human to save the world.
research the subject yourself buddy. Yes, "slaughtered" is the right word.
and please get this straight, it's The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The Jesus Christ is important because that's who we base our religion on. People need to understand this religion better because they get lied to and mislead 99% of the time that they hear "information" about it
sure, what's wrong with a church influencing people to do what they believe is God's will? and how does it hurt anybody?
finding a home for a minority who were slaughterred in the eastern states shouldn't ashame anyone. and I'd say that's pretty interesting.