> - OSX - anybody who tells you that this is somehow a better working environment than ms windows honestly is just lying.
Quit trolling. Do you even _use_ OSX on a daily basis?
I've been using computers since the early 80s and have used a ton of OSes: Apple DOS 3.3, Apple ProDos, DOS 2.x - 6.x, Win3.1.. Win8 (inclusive), Irix, BeOS. For the past 2 years I've been using OSX as part of my day job.
My thoughts based on _experience_: As a power user OSX is pretty darn good. You can Alt-Tab into & out-of games all day long without _any_ hiccups. On Windows alt-tabbing back INTO the game almost always forces a 1 or 2 second hiccup. The way Windows manages devices & scheduler in Windows is wonky.
+ The UI is good. Clean and (mostly) well designed (although Apple appears to be making more and more bone-headed decisions lately.) The 4 hot-corners of the desktop (Expose) is fantastic. Borders are only 1 pixel thick in OSX in contrast to the fugly 8 pixel width on Win 8. OS also has the advantage that MS Office shows the menu bar ALONG with the stupid ribbon.
+ On the MBP the trackpad blows away any Windows laptop I've tried.
+ BSD under the hood which makes porting to Linux helluva a lot easier for command line apps. XCode is a decent IDE.
- OSX Virtual Memory still stinks (I've been able to completely hard-lock OSX once about every 6 months) on 10.6 and 10.7.
- GPUs have always sucked on the MacBook. TF2 with everything turned down and barely able to get 20+ fps on a 3 yr old 17" MBP.
= When needed the majority run Windows in a VM (Parallels) and we have a few dedicated Windows boxes. A lot of developers (~20) also run Linus inside a VM (VMWare or VirtualBox) (no Plus nor Neg, equal = tie)
We have an office of ~70 people who use OSX on a daily basis and would also basically agree you are completely talking out of your ass. So yes, OSX is _good_ enough for daily use.
> I don't see anyone questioning TV actors and actresses getting paid.
Riiight, because no one has ever questioned how the majority of society pseudo-lives through a fake virtual life (TV/Movies) instead of focusing on a living real one.
I prefer the word 'ePenis' instead of 'eSports' because it more accurately describes the situation:
Somebody's over inflated sense of ego who thinks they are good in extremely narrow/limited set of skills that the vast majority couldn't give a shit about.
But then again we're talking about a society where people would rather watch someone else's fake virtual life (actor) then focus on living their own.
> How do you feel about people getting paid for playing other games?
Largely a waste of money.
Society would rather be entertained for a few few minutes/hours rather then give a shit about investing in the future of its country (children) by supporting the most important people in any society: Teachers and fix a broken indoctrination system.
> But if you got no story, no characters to get engaged in, no enemies with any personality I'll guarantee you'll get bored quickly even if the gameplay is fine.
Minecraft and the 80's disagree with you.
Narrative should ALWAYS take a BACK_SEAT to gameplay.
You can have a fantastic game without narrative, but you can't have good game with narrative without gameplay. Gameplay is necessary, Narrative is sufficient.
> , the bill of rights is not the end-all be-all of rights.
Try READING the 10th amendment sometime.
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Monsanto should be sued to kingdom come for
1. irrevocable damage against nature and
2. due negligence of being unable to contain their contaminated seeds.
To bad the general public are bunch of pussies for wanting justice.
>>âoeThis is true four years after the initial test, and regardless of the type of autism treatment the children received,â she said. > In other words, the autism treatments don't work.
This is incorrect thinking. Autism is NOT something to be "cured."
It is a DIFFERENT way of THINKING. See the movie "Temple Grandin" if you want to understand how Asperger's / Austistic children see the world.
It seems to me that governments are trying to hold onto an archaic model of control based on fear. People need to stand up and tell the government to literally "But Out" of their business. The same shit happened with encryption before the government got a clue stick and realized that they have absolutely NO business trying to regulate how people use Math.
It seems to me that the design of Bitcoins is designed for both accountability and authority. I've yet to see a better digital design. What are _valid_ criticism of bitcoins?
> The Mac itself still mostly has a proper desktop windowing system.
* No title-bar roll ups * Title bar still ways ALL the horizontal window width space. See BeOS "tab" window title if you want to the PERFECT window title (hold shift to drag the window title ALONG the top of the window) * Close button is grouped with minimize, maximize buttons (at least they are color coded with good colors)
OSX has nice THIN 1 pixel black border around windows. Win8 has this fugly 8 pixel window border. Win8 looks FAR worse then PreSkool WinXP. At least with WinXP and Win7 you can adjust the window border thickness.
> As someone who *has* up from support, your opinion is, quite frankly, ludicrous:
And as someone who has been programming since the early 80's AND done support work you are STILL missing the point: You are treating the SYMPTOM and not the CAUSE.
gstoddart point is Valid: (Almost) Any software that forces the user to reboot / restart to "fix" the problem was _designed_ AND _implemented_ by an idiot.
Yes, we all "know" that the running joke of the way to "treat" software on Windows is to reboot. Which just proves the original point. Yes, there are a lot of smart IT out there -- hell I work with some of them. HOWEVER they do NOT understand the technical details of HOW the systems interact, WHY they do the way they do ALL THOUGH the good ones are damn good at "reverse engineering" how the systems interact. Kudos to them!
Them problem is the stupid script monkeys in "IT" that just tell users to reboot without thinking about what the REAL problem is. Of course there are some developers whose "dev box" doesn't match the "test box" which doesn't match the "production box". We are not talking about that case -- we are talking about assuming all things are equal you are completely failing to understand the point of software: TO HELP PEOPLE DO THEIR JOB. Again I repeat: Only lazy & idiot developers _AND_ support force people to reboot / tell people to "restart the app" in order to "fix" the problem. BOTH sides need to understand that they are on the same team.
Let me give you a perfect example. On OSX if you open multiples copies of TextEdit, type some text, do not save, and force a power-reboot, OSX will come back with ALL your windows & text just as you left them EVEN though the user never saved them. THIS is what computers are supposed to be about: Streamlining the user experience!! Microsoft's retarded "Windows Update Reboot" cycle can't even show you WHICH patches will force a reboot like OSX does! Again more idiotic design. Yes, IT has to support bone-headed design and implementation but choosing to remain ignorant about stupid developers and not holding them responsible to fix their shit is not helping anyone.
Hell, I can even upgrade my (nVidia) GPU drivers without rebooting. This is the correct way to design software: By focusing on the end user experience. THAT is what gstoddart was pointing out that you completely failed to understand.
To repeat a broken cliche: "It is about the users, stupid!"/rant off.
> I am not sure Apple would gain anything buy paying to push iTunes.
Considering that YouTube is already starting to show links for music to iTunes, Amazon, etc. one would assume that they are simply tapping into another market -- the ability to just purchase the dam song(s) used in the video. There have been many videos that have interesting music but I have no clue who the artist is/was.
Because Governments are supposed to be stewards for the country. They should be looking at the _long_ term. By setting a good example they show that they actually give a dam about spending efficiently instead of justifying mercenary assassination for "things" such as oil, power, control, etc.
There is a reason we have _standards_ in the first place: So we don't force everyone to keep wasting energy re-inventing the wheel. Open Source has it own set of problems (usually poor documentation) but the ROI on it is a major advantage when governments routinely spend other people's money. For using software that follows the standards we keep the vendor's implementation honest, and the money normally spent on licensing can be instead spent on hardware + people.
Open Source _can_ make good business sense. By having governments use it whenever possible it "legitimizes" / removes the stigma from OSS. How long did it take Microsoft to wean off Hotmail off FreeBSD ?
There are a lot of good OSS based on technical code quality. Of course there is also a lot of crap. But at least the difference is one can do a code audit and literally SEE the bugs in the code in contradistinction to closed source where you have no idea what kind of data they are selling behing the scenes.
In this analogy:
Fate = Gravity,
Free-Will = Choice to left or right
It is quite easy to (literally) see they are independent of one another.
Now to get to your question...
Key concepts:
* You are like a neuron in the mind of The Source.
* We are dealing with multiple levels of omniscience / consciousness. (Whether there is 1 or many doesn't change the answer but hopefully you can see how they all tie in.)
Now to answer your question:
While the omniscient being already _knows_ the COMPLETE reality from the "beginning" through the "end" (by definition being outside of space/time) he/she has not yet _experienced_ the totality of reality "yet". It would be more accurate to say that is he/she is ALSO _experiencing_ reality THROUGH you (again by definition since you are an _extension_ of The Source.) In computer science this would be: Theory vs Implementation.. No disrespect/trivializing to The Source is meant, but "The omniscient being is the theory, you are the implementation.":-) That is not technically accurate but you get the idea.
Your sub-conscious, sadly and unfortunately, has been mislabeled. It really is your "Super-Conscious". It is a "window" into your Higher Self. i.e. Your Higher Self already is aware of all the choices you will make. That in no manner detracts from the power given to you to make your own choices. Why? Your _own_ level of consciousness is not _aware_ of the greater choices available to you until you experience them! Let me give you an example. Can you teach a baby Calculus? No, because their mind is not yet developed enough to understand the concepts. But as they grow they are able to understand more and make their own choices on how they wish to understand the field of Mathematics.
If you are finding that explanation difficult to understand keep in mind it quite difficult to discuss meta-physics without a valid frame of reference since the human brain was only really designed to operate inside atemporal reality and only has brief glimpses / accesses to non-temporal reality which our Higher Self takes care of that aspect. Our brain is freed up from having to deal with the "big picture" stuff and our primary purpose is to focus on the "little picture" stuff. That is, the "soul" reason (pardon the pun) the universe exists at all is to explore one thing: relationships !
So no, infinite knowledge is not dependent on free-will. Free-Will _augments_ the learning process; it doesn't replace it.
Maybe another incomplete explanation will help. Part of the confusion comes from not knowing how meta-reality works:
* While in physical form you are given the gift of free-will and are basically in a "sandbox". While you are free to do what you want and can/do basically screw up your little sliver of reality (some more then others, some less then others) you are not allowed to fuck up the rest of reality (due to fate of death.) The "buffer of time" is a gift so we don't have to immediately experience our bad choices.
* Once you leave your physical form you lose your free-will but have access to the rest of reality. You are literally "in-tune" with "the Will of The Source." Since learning is infinite (knowledge has no bounds), you still have to go through the exp
This is just more proof that Microsoft is blindly copying Apple without thinking about it.
* iPad 3 is called "The New iPad" when it really is the 3rd generation * Xbox 3 is called "Xbox One" when it is really the 3rd generation./sarcasm Fuck clarity for consumers -- let's confuse everyone!
Can we get a sudden-outbreak-of-common-sense for idiotic marketers please. There is a reason we _require_ precise _unambiguous_ names.
> It seems to me that our emotional reasoning is the biggest enemy humanity has... need to learn to set feelings aside
Having been called "Spock" for being completely unemotional / detached when interacting with people, I think I can provide a different perspective. I shared your conclusion most of my life but within the past year I have seen why that is an incomplete view.
You are indeed correct emotions are a problem but you are (partially) solely focusing on the negative and ignoring the positive. i.e. Don't toss the baby out with the bathwater. There is a saying "Show me your strength, and I'll show you your weakness." and vice versa.
When you take away emotion you also take away the joy. I have 4 loves in my life. Programming is and always has been the first. When I program I literally enter into a "time warp" because I so engaged in writing / debugging in solving an interesting problem (applied math.) The "time warp effect" also happens in other things I love doing such as riding motorcycles, playing drums. This weird perception of time is your soul's way of communicating to you that you are practicing applied meditation -- "Becoming one with the Source." To lose access to the joy that programming enriches would be a extremely boring life.
Regardless of the spiritual over-tones EVERYONE has a passion in life.The hard part is knowing what the hell it is!
Emotion is not the enemy. It is a "symptom", not the cause. Emotions _almost_ always follow beliefs. The TWO biggest problems with humanity are:
* Greed
Greed is due to an archaic belief system: "There is never enough." Ask people the simple question "How much money is enough?" WHY do they have such a difficult time pinning down an exact answer?
Greed is like a cancer upon everything it touches. It corrupts politics, entertainment, art, science. Humanity keeps killing and fighting one another petty wars over idiotic objects due to greed and sometimes you have to wonder "When the hell are we going to get 'it'?" One of the main problems is that we as humanity have not realized the next level of truth -- "The Universe Will Provide For You." This century we will discover free-energy. This will be the catalyst to help people understand how to use this power responsibly. We are already starting to see this different perspective with respect to software. All code+data is just a number! Why is it "illegal" to share/trade numbers??
* Free-Will
You may think it quite tripe but Neo in the Matrix 2 said "The problem is choice." and he is spot on. Earth is one of the few places where humans have free-will. You can't as truly allow someone to be who they are / decide who they really are unless you give them the freedom to make their own choices. Which means they will make ignorant (based on lack of experience), stupid (based on lack of wisdom) choices from time to time.:-/ Would we better without our free will? Partially, Yes, but then we would lose a sense of our individuality. When you cross over you will find out you no longer have free will. You will still be unique but your "direction" will be more focused.
One thing that helped me to "just let it go" was "Why am I unable to respect another people's choices whether it be regarding greed, free-will, etc even if I disagree with it?? They don't know any better!! Yes sometimes there totally awful consequences but they are eventually learning 'What NOT to do.' (which is JUST as important.)"
So nay, emotions are not the biggest enemy. Would we do better to keep our emotions in check? Absolutely! Being balanced in both sides: Love & Logic is THE key to our spiritual growth / ascension / enlightenment. Humans are still spiritually immature compared to the truly advanced species -- the difference is that we are exploring the "negative" side and are now ready to start exploring the "positive" side. As we "grow the fuck up" -- we will start
Slashdot Mirror
s/Linus/Linux off-by-character-typo :-/
> - OSX - anybody who tells you that this is somehow a better working environment than ms windows honestly is just lying.
Quit trolling. Do you even _use_ OSX on a daily basis?
I've been using computers since the early 80s and have used a ton of OSes: Apple DOS 3.3, Apple ProDos, DOS 2.x - 6.x, Win3.1 .. Win8 (inclusive), Irix, BeOS. For the past 2 years I've been using OSX as part of my day job.
My thoughts based on _experience_: As a power user OSX is pretty darn good. You can Alt-Tab into & out-of games all day long without _any_ hiccups. On Windows alt-tabbing back INTO the game almost always forces a 1 or 2 second hiccup. The way Windows manages devices & scheduler in Windows is wonky.
+ The UI is good. Clean and (mostly) well designed (although Apple appears to be making more and more bone-headed decisions lately.) The 4 hot-corners of the desktop (Expose) is fantastic. Borders are only 1 pixel thick in OSX in contrast to the fugly 8 pixel width on Win 8. OS also has the advantage that MS Office shows the menu bar ALONG with the stupid ribbon.
+ On the MBP the trackpad blows away any Windows laptop I've tried.
+ BSD under the hood which makes porting to Linux helluva a lot easier for command line apps. XCode is a decent IDE.
- OSX Virtual Memory still stinks (I've been able to completely hard-lock OSX once about every 6 months) on 10.6 and 10.7.
- GPUs have always sucked on the MacBook. TF2 with everything turned down and barely able to get 20+ fps on a 3 yr old 17" MBP.
= When needed the majority run Windows in a VM (Parallels) and we have a few dedicated Windows boxes. A lot of developers (~20) also run Linus inside a VM (VMWare or VirtualBox) (no Plus nor Neg, equal = tie)
We have an office of ~70 people who use OSX on a daily basis and would also basically agree you are completely talking out of your ass. So yes, OSX is _good_ enough for daily use.
Besides, Linux _already_ won on the mobile space.
http://techland.time.com/2013/04/16/ios-vs-android/
> I don't see anyone questioning TV actors and actresses getting paid.
Riiight, because no one has ever questioned how the majority of society pseudo-lives through a fake virtual life (TV/Movies) instead of focusing on a living real one.
I prefer the word 'ePenis' instead of 'eSports' because it more accurately describes the situation:
Somebody's over inflated sense of ego who thinks they are good in extremely narrow/limited set of skills that the vast majority couldn't give a shit about.
But then again we're talking about a society where people would rather watch someone else's fake virtual life (actor) then focus on living their own.
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Only Cowards use Censorship
> How do you feel about people getting paid for playing other games?
Largely a waste of money.
Society would rather be entertained for a few few minutes/hours rather then give a shit about investing in the future of its country (children) by supporting the most important people in any society: Teachers and fix a broken indoctrination system.
i.e.
http://johntaylorgatto.com/underground/
--
Only Cowards use Censorship
> But if you got no story, no characters to get engaged in, no enemies with any personality I'll guarantee you'll get bored quickly even if the gameplay is fine.
Minecraft and the 80's disagree with you.
Narrative should ALWAYS take a BACK_SEAT to gameplay.
You can have a fantastic game without narrative, but you can't have good game with narrative without gameplay. Gameplay is necessary, Narrative is sufficient.
I agree. She would be an improvement. At least she couldn't be any worse! /zing
> , the bill of rights is not the end-all be-all of rights.
Try READING the 10th amendment sometime.
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Monsanto should be sued to kingdom come for
1. irrevocable damage against nature and
2. due negligence of being unable to contain their contaminated seeds.
To bad the general public are bunch of pussies for wanting justice.
>>âoeThis is true four years after the initial test, and regardless of the type of autism treatment the children received,â she said.
> In other words, the autism treatments don't work.
This is incorrect thinking. Autism is NOT something to be "cured."
It is a DIFFERENT way of THINKING. See the movie "Temple Grandin" if you want to understand how Asperger's / Austistic children see the world.
Didn't we just see something like this on /. recently?
http://www.wired.com/opinion/2013/05/silicon-valley-coders-and-autism-and-asperbergers-maybe-its-a-new-kind-of-design-thinking/
> > If that's your definition, though, the real question is "why is legitimacy necessary?"
That's exactly the root of the problem!
Why do we need a government to decide what is Legitimate Digital Currency?
In many countries citizens ARE allowed to use a local currency:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_currency
It seems to me that governments are trying to hold onto an archaic model of control based on fear. People need to stand up and tell the government to literally "But Out" of their business. The same shit happened with encryption before the government got a clue stick and realized that they have absolutely NO business trying to regulate how people use Math.
It seems to me that the design of Bitcoins is designed for both accountability and authority. I've yet to see a better digital design. What are _valid_ criticism of bitcoins?
> The Mac itself still mostly has a proper desktop windowing system.
* No title-bar roll ups
* Title bar still ways ALL the horizontal window width space. See BeOS "tab" window title if you want to the PERFECT window title (hold shift to drag the window title ALONG the top of the window)
* Close button is grouped with minimize, maximize buttons (at least they are color coded with good colors)
OSX has nice THIN 1 pixel black border around windows. Win8 has this fugly 8 pixel window border. Win8 looks FAR worse then PreSkool WinXP. At least with WinXP and Win7 you can adjust the window border thickness.
> As someone who *has* up from support, your opinion is, quite frankly, ludicrous:
And as someone who has been programming since the early 80's AND done support work you are STILL missing the point:
You are treating the SYMPTOM and not the CAUSE.
gstoddart point is Valid:
(Almost) Any software that forces the user to reboot / restart to "fix" the problem was _designed_ AND _implemented_ by an idiot.
Yes, we all "know" that the running joke of the way to "treat" software on Windows is to reboot. Which just proves the original point. Yes, there are a lot of smart IT out there -- hell I work with some of them. HOWEVER they do NOT understand the technical details of HOW the systems interact, WHY they do the way they do ALL THOUGH the good ones are damn good at "reverse engineering" how the systems interact. Kudos to them!
Them problem is the stupid script monkeys in "IT" that just tell users to reboot without thinking about what the REAL problem is. Of course there are some developers whose "dev box" doesn't match the "test box" which doesn't match the "production box". We are not talking about that case -- we are talking about assuming all things are equal you are completely failing to understand the point of software: TO HELP PEOPLE DO THEIR JOB. Again I repeat: Only lazy & idiot developers _AND_ support force people to reboot / tell people to "restart the app" in order to "fix" the problem. BOTH sides need to understand that they are on the same team.
Let me give you a perfect example. On OSX if you open multiples copies of TextEdit, type some text, do not save, and force a power-reboot, OSX will come back with ALL your windows & text just as you left them EVEN though the user never saved them. THIS is what computers are supposed to be about: Streamlining the user experience!! Microsoft's retarded "Windows Update Reboot" cycle can't even show you WHICH patches will force a reboot like OSX does! Again more idiotic design. Yes, IT has to support bone-headed design and implementation but choosing to remain ignorant about stupid developers and not holding them responsible to fix their shit is not helping anyone.
Hell, I can even upgrade my (nVidia) GPU drivers without rebooting. This is the correct way to design software: By focusing on the end user experience. THAT is what gstoddart was pointing out that you completely failed to understand.
To repeat a broken cliche: "It is about the users, stupid!" /rant off.
Just needs a looped trance beat and you might have a shot. Hell, it worked for the Gummy Bear song ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=astISOttCQ0
/sarcasm ... :-)
I jest, I jest.
Yup - agree 100% !
Sadly, most people have forgotten the in-a-lien-able part, that is, not able to place a lien against basic fundamentals.
The correction model designations were: Apple ][, Apple ][+, or //e. There was never a ][e as far as I know.
Alkabeth was Ultima 0. Written in Applesoft Basic and slow but it worked and launched the Ultima series each one refining the previous game. i.e. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.emulators.apple2/2NHj_6azS_g/FQsC_q-JHAEJ
> I am not sure Apple would gain anything buy paying to push iTunes.
Considering that YouTube is already starting to show links for music to iTunes, Amazon, etc. one would assume that they are simply tapping into another market -- the ability to just purchase the dam song(s) used in the video. There have been many videos that have interesting music but I have no clue who the artist is/was.
/Oblg. http://theoatmeal.com/comics/apple
Unity _engine_, not the Unity _UI_.
As in a _game_ engine that runs on Windows, mobile, etc.
Because Governments are supposed to be stewards for the country. They should be looking at the _long_ term. By setting a good example they show that they actually give a dam about spending efficiently instead of justifying mercenary assassination for "things" such as oil, power, control, etc.
There is a reason we have _standards_ in the first place: So we don't force everyone to keep wasting energy re-inventing the wheel. Open Source has it own set of problems (usually poor documentation) but the ROI on it is a major advantage when governments routinely spend other people's money. For using software that follows the standards we keep the vendor's implementation honest, and the money normally spent on licensing can be instead spent on hardware + people.
Open Source _can_ make good business sense. By having governments use it whenever possible it "legitimizes" / removes the stigma from OSS. How long did it take Microsoft to wean off Hotmail off FreeBSD ?
There are a lot of good OSS based on technical code quality. Of course there is also a lot of crap. But at least the difference is one can do a code audit and literally SEE the bugs in the code in contradistinction to closed source where you have no idea what kind of data they are selling behing the scenes.
Yeah I'm kind of wondering that myself. Hopefully the OP can give more details.
> I would like to have your perspective on whether the existence of an omniscient being and free will are mutually exclusive.
Sure. First some context if I may beg your indulgence:
It is a common fallacy to assume Free-Will and Fate are mutually exclusive. They are not. The perfect example would be an inverted Quincunx or inverted "Galton Board".
Picture: http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/images/quincunx.jpg
Interactive Flash: http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/quincunx.html
In this analogy:
Fate = Gravity,
Free-Will = Choice to left or right
It is quite easy to (literally) see they are independent of one another.
Now to get to your question ...
Key concepts:
* You are like a neuron in the mind of The Source.
* We are dealing with multiple levels of omniscience / consciousness. (Whether there is 1 or many doesn't change the answer but hopefully you can see how they all tie in.)
Now to answer your question:
While the omniscient being already _knows_ the COMPLETE reality from the "beginning" through the "end" (by definition being outside of space/time) he/she has not yet _experienced_ the totality of reality "yet". It would be more accurate to say that is he/she is ALSO _experiencing_ reality THROUGH you (again by definition since you are an _extension_ of The Source.) In computer science this would be: Theory vs Implementation.. No disrespect/trivializing to The Source is meant, but "The omniscient being is the theory, you are the implementation." :-) That is not technically accurate but you get the idea.
Your sub-conscious, sadly and unfortunately, has been mislabeled. It really is your "Super-Conscious". It is a "window" into your Higher Self. i.e. Your Higher Self already is aware of all the choices you will make. That in no manner detracts from the power given to you to make your own choices. Why? Your _own_ level of consciousness is not _aware_ of the greater choices available to you until you experience them! Let me give you an example. Can you teach a baby Calculus? No, because their mind is not yet developed enough to understand the concepts. But as they grow they are able to understand more and make their own choices on how they wish to understand the field of Mathematics.
If you are finding that explanation difficult to understand keep in mind it quite difficult to discuss meta-physics without a valid frame of reference since the human brain was only really designed to operate inside a temporal reality and only has brief glimpses / accesses to non-temporal reality which our Higher Self takes care of that aspect. Our brain is freed up from having to deal with the "big picture" stuff and our primary purpose is to focus on the "little picture" stuff. That is, the "soul" reason (pardon the pun) the universe exists at all is to explore one thing: relationships !
So no, infinite knowledge is not dependent on free-will. Free-Will _augments_ the learning process; it doesn't replace it.
Maybe another incomplete explanation will help. Part of the confusion comes from not knowing how meta-reality works:
* While in physical form you are given the gift of free-will and are basically in a "sandbox". While you are free to do what you want and can/do basically screw up your little sliver of reality (some more then others, some less then others) you are not allowed to fuck up the rest of reality (due to fate of death.) The "buffer of time" is a gift so we don't have to immediately experience our bad choices.
* Once you leave your physical form you lose your free-will but have access to the rest of reality. You are literally "in-tune" with "the Will of The Source." Since learning is infinite (knowledge has no bounds), you still have to go through the exp
This is just more proof that Microsoft is blindly copying Apple without thinking about it.
* iPad 3 is called "The New iPad" when it really is the 3rd generation /sarcasm Fuck clarity for consumers -- let's confuse everyone!
* Xbox 3 is called "Xbox One" when it is really the 3rd generation.
Can we get a sudden-outbreak-of-common-sense for idiotic marketers please. There is a reason we _require_ precise _unambiguous_ names.
> It seems to me that our emotional reasoning is the biggest enemy humanity has. .. need to learn to set feelings aside
Having been called "Spock" for being completely unemotional / detached when interacting with people, I think I can provide a different perspective. I shared your conclusion most of my life but within the past year I have seen why that is an incomplete view.
You are indeed correct emotions are a problem but you are (partially) solely focusing on the negative and ignoring the positive. i.e. Don't toss the baby out with the bathwater. There is a saying "Show me your strength, and I'll show you your weakness." and vice versa.
When you take away emotion you also take away the joy. I have 4 loves in my life. Programming is and always has been the first. When I program I literally enter into a "time warp" because I so engaged in writing / debugging in solving an interesting problem (applied math.) The "time warp effect" also happens in other things I love doing such as riding motorcycles, playing drums. This weird perception of time is your soul's way of communicating to you that you are practicing applied meditation -- "Becoming one with the Source." To lose access to the joy that programming enriches would be a extremely boring life.
Regardless of the spiritual over-tones EVERYONE has a passion in life. The hard part is knowing what the hell it is!
Emotion is not the enemy. It is a "symptom", not the cause. Emotions _almost_ always follow beliefs. The TWO biggest problems with humanity are:
* Greed
Greed is due to an archaic belief system: "There is never enough." Ask people the simple question "How much money is enough?" WHY do they have such a difficult time pinning down an exact answer?
Greed is like a cancer upon everything it touches. It corrupts politics, entertainment, art, science. Humanity keeps killing and fighting one another petty wars over idiotic objects due to greed and sometimes you have to wonder "When the hell are we going to get 'it'?" One of the main problems is that we as humanity have not realized the next level of truth -- "The Universe Will Provide For You." This century we will discover free-energy. This will be the catalyst to help people understand how to use this power responsibly. We are already starting to see this different perspective with respect to software. All code+data is just a number! Why is it "illegal" to share/trade numbers??
* Free-Will
You may think it quite tripe but Neo in the Matrix 2 said "The problem is choice." and he is spot on. Earth is one of the few places where humans have free-will. You can't as truly allow someone to be who they are / decide who they really are unless you give them the freedom to make their own choices. Which means they will make ignorant (based on lack of experience), stupid (based on lack of wisdom) choices from time to time. :-/ Would we better without our free will? Partially, Yes, but then we would lose a sense of our individuality. When you cross over you will find out you no longer have free will. You will still be unique but your "direction" will be more focused.
One thing that helped me to "just let it go" was "Why am I unable to respect another people's choices whether it be regarding greed, free-will, etc even if I disagree with it?? They don't know any better!! Yes sometimes there totally awful consequences but they are eventually learning 'What NOT to do.' (which is JUST as important.)"
So nay, emotions are not the biggest enemy. Would we do better to keep our emotions in check? Absolutely! Being balanced in both sides: Love & Logic is THE key to our spiritual growth / ascension / enlightenment. Humans are still spiritually immature compared to the truly advanced species -- the difference is that we are exploring the "negative" side and are now ready to start exploring the "positive" side. As we "grow the fuck up" -- we will start