Are [laws of nature] merely fancy bookkeeping, a way of organizing facts about the world? Do they govern nature or just describe it? And does it matter that we don't know and that most scientists don't seem to know or care where they come from? The book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintanence explores this subject directly, starting with how scientific method seems not to overlap with philosophy, but when the discussion digs deeper to the roots of both, it uncovers their intimate relation. Where current thinking puts Science and Art and Religion into three very seperate Venn diagram circles, philosophy encompassess them all if you go deep enough, and that's what the book is about. However; enlightenment cannot help anyone, not even yourself. It is all about the application of wisdom, of philosophy, and that is the author's motive: how philosophy not only unites Science, Art, and Religion, but how it can benefit them all. Anyone interested in TFA and the thinking behind it, owe themselves to read this book.
One day a bottle of mountain dew that was in my backpack with the laptop burst, undiscovered until I get out to post and find a screen that shows only a brightly lit tie-dye pattern, and reeks of mountain dew.
It goes to compusa then to HP, and a month and a half later I receive the laptop back with the same broken screen, they refuse to fix it.
The screen is readable but infuriatingly broken, so after a month I'm forced to try again.
I turn it into compusa, they turn it into HP, and a month and a half later they give me a brand new screen, but not the 1400x1050 screen I purchased, they install a standard 1024x768 screen the same size.
I'm tired of being parted from my laptop months at a time so I live with it for a few more months. On my way to natnl guard drill, I leave the laptop on the top of my car while loading up. I drive off and get a good mile down the road before I hear the sound of a laptop sliding off of my convertable top and crashing to the pavement behind me, treated to the sight of it in my rear-view, pieces flying everywhere. I pick up the pieces and go to drill anyway.
I go to compusa again and my best friend is working behind the tech counter. I show him the battered and smashed laptop, with the battery and cd drive ripped from its chassis, and the techs can hardly contain themselves. I fill in under 'customer's description of problem' "Severe Gravity Induced Trauma", and when my friend goes to fill in 'technicians description of problem' he stalls and just puts "See laptop"
Long story later, I am refunded and buy a new Gateway laptop with the difference.
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One day a bottle of mountain dew that was in my backpack with the laptop burst, undiscovered until I get out to post and find a screen that shows only a brightly lit tie-dye pattern, and reeks of mountain dew.
It goes to compusa then to HP, and a month and a half later I receive the laptop back with the same broken screen, they refuse to fix it.
The screen is readable but infuriatingly broken, so after a month I'm forced to try again.
I turn it into compusa, they turn it into HP, and a month and a half later they give me a brand new screen, but not the 1400x1050 screen I purchased, they install a standard 1024x768 screen the same size.
I'm tired of being parted from my laptop months at a time so I live with it for a few more months. On my way to natnl guard drill, I leave the laptop on the top of my car while loading up. I drive off and get a good mile down the road before I hear the sound of a laptop sliding off of my convertable top and crashing to the pavement behind me, treated to the sight of it in my rear-view, pieces flying everywhere. I pick up the pieces and go to drill anyway.
I go to compusa again and my best friend is working behind the tech counter. I show him the battered and smashed laptop, with the battery and cd drive ripped from its chassis, and the techs can hardly contain themselves. I fill in under 'customer's description of problem' "Severe Gravity Induced Trauma", and when my friend goes to fill in 'technicians description of problem' he stalls and just puts "See laptop"
Long story later, I am refunded and buy a new Gateway laptop with the difference.