1. Apparently you failed to learn the lesson on: "Judge not, lest ye be judged"
2. Why do you spew hatred towards an inanimate object? There are informed Theists and Atheists, likewise there are ignorant Theists and Atheists. Of-course you are free to be myopic as you want to believe, but I think it is fair throwing out the baby with the bathwater is extremely short-sighted.
3. ./sarcasm Oh Noes, we must stop the "toxin" of "The Golden Rule". But let's conveniently ignore all the GOOD that people do, regardless of their belief system.
4. I think it is fair to treat all Atheists as having ZERO knowledge about religions and supernatural belief systems. Asking an Atheist to define Religion is about as fucking stupid as like asking a Blind Man to define Color. They have no frame of reference to even understand the question, let alone the answer.
> Slysoft is not in US jurisdiction, so it doesn't have to follow US law. Full stop.
Unfortunately the government will use the excuse that if a business engages in commerce in the US then that entity is also obligated to follow US commerce law.
Even if they aren't selling any physical good the US will try to claim jurisdiction electronically.
Case in point, look what happened to the excellent Lik Sang
Blaming others because you are looking in the wrong place, is well, let's just leave it at that.
The Source is found inside, not outside as Jesus summarized in Luke 17:21:
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
He clarified:
And Jesus answered: "Seek not the law in your scriptures, for the law is life, whereas the scripture is dead. I tell you truly, Moses received not his laws from God in writing, but through the living word. The law is living word of living God to living prophets for living men. In everything that is life is the law written. You find it in the grass, in the tree, in the river, in the mountain, in the birds of heaven, in the fishes of the sea; but seek it chiefly in yourselves. For I tell you truly, all living things are nearer to God than the scripture which is without life. God so made life and all living things that they might by the everlasting word teach the laws of the true God to man. God wrote not the laws in the pages of books, but in your heart and in your spirit. They are in your breath, your blood, your bone; in your flesh, your bowels, your eyes, your ears, and in every little part of your body. They are present in the air, in the water, in the earth, in the plants, in the sunbeams, in the depths and in the heights. They all speak to you that you may understand the tongue and the will of the living God. But you shut your eyes that you may not see, and you shut your ears that you may not hear. I tell you truly, that the scripture is the work of man, but life and all its hosts are the work of our God. Wherefore do you not listen to the words of God which are written in His works? And wherefore do you study the dead scriptures which are the work of the hands of men?"
The principles which can be found earlier in the Torah at Deuteronomy 30:6:
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live.
One of the few things Paul the Corruptor got right was in 1 Cor 6:19-20
Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?
>> "Something" just "magically" appeared from nothing without any cause ??? > Why not?
You keep using this word nothing. It doesn't mean what you think it means. You just might want to re-take that Logic & Mathematics course until you understand.
> We don't know that existence itself must have a cause.
Aside from the All-Parent, show me _anything_ that exists without a cause. I got time for you enumerate and exhaust the universe...
What about it? "Something" just "magically" appeared from nothing without any cause ??? Can I have some of what you're smoking please?
> Where have you been these last 100 years, hiding in a church?
Considering a Catholic Priest Georges Lemaitre invented the Big Bang theory your lame attempts to be condescending are misguided at best. There are numerousproblemswith it but let's conveniently ignore those.
'How can you say, "We are wise, for we have the law of the LORD," when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?
Blaming God because (some) Men distort the truth is tossing the baby out with the bathwater. i.e. Sacrifices were nevercommanded (Jer 7:22)
For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices:
Jesus clarified the spiritual immaturity & stupidity of Judaism when he quotes Hosea 6:6
But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
> But instead he hides
If everyone knew God existed it wouldn'tchange a single thing. Why? Because you're forgetting about a little experiment called Earth:
Free Will
> because it is possible to explain this universe... without there ever being some kind of supernatural entity required.
And the Laws of Physics just "magically" appeared one day?? Or are you saying they have always existed ??
The first law of Thermodynamics tells us:
Energy can not be created nor destroyed.
Ergo, the universe has always existed, which implies the Laws of Physics have always existed.
Either way it takes faith to believe in an Eternal Universe or Eternal God. Infinity is curiouser and curiouser that way.
What you are missing is that, at the end of the day, who cares where your faith is placed?? What DOES matter is your _actions_ towards others. There is a reason ALL the major religions teach The Golden Rule. Look, ALL Religions bibles, holy works, and theology can be summarized in 2 words:
Love Unconditionally
THAT'S the point of pure Spirituality, not the corrupted versions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam selling Heaven Insurance.
And all the people who died before Jesus go where?
Just because (some) Christian Theology is so full of logic & doctrinal holes doesn't mean you toss the baby out with the bathwater.
> That's all you need to know about Christianity.
Incorrect. All one needs to know about Christianity, in fact the ENTIRE bible can be summed up in 5 words per when the Lawyer asked "What shall I do to inherit eternal life? @ Luke 10:27
Love God. Love Your Neighbor.
Or in the modern colloquialism: Be excellent to each other
Anything more is over-complicating it. Gee, I wonder why ALL the major religions teach the same thing: The Golden Rule/sarcasm, But let's conveniently ignore that fact.
Thanks, but nope, that was a different demo on a different platform.
The one I'm talking about specifically ran on BASCI and early PC's between ~1984.. 1990. Some of the machines didn't support the 4 graphic pages so it didn't work on all machines. It might have also been a specialized GWBASIC version of BASIC for that PC.
/asrcasm "Sorry, your speech has been flagged for being subversive and causing dissent. For blasphemy of original thought, Citizen, you are charged with the Crime of Heresy; you have been re-assigned for Re-Indoctrination of Censorship and Sensitivity Training until you learn to express yourself in only official approved conduct that "We, the powers that be, Deem Fit." Have a nice day."
Translation: We're a bunch of wussies intolerant of other people expressing their opinion and instead want to dictate to others our myopic and idiotic viewpoints because everyone is a special snowflake that is offended by everything and everyone.
> ~~I~~Clearly all the stuff I was doing was working before.
FTFY. Except maybe a grammar checker.:-)
Anyways, enough being snarky.
Maybe _you_ don't "need" high performance 3D graphics nor anything above say 2D 1024x800 @ 32-bpp resolution either, but as a graphics programmer / game dev I want to be able to target SoC devices without having to worry about a crappy OpenGL drivers that don't expose features or have horrible performance.
It basically means that game / graphic devs targeting cross-platforms such as OSX or Linux have one less barrier of entry to worry about. We can can get get back to writing shaders that just work across a multitude of devices without having to cut/hack out tons of (graphics) features because they are not supported by the driver, or the performance is abysmal.
The importance of a high performance OpenGL ES 2.x+ implementation can not be underestimated. It _enables_ a ton cool graphics features and games.
> Netflix's search interface isn't all that hot either (idiosyncratic, strangely limited results, IMO),
Yup, it's retarded. Supposedly the "justification" is that they don't want to show results for what they don't have the license too. On the PS3 they also don't list titles that are *only* available on DVD/BluRay -- in that case technically Netflix's has it, you just can't stream it, which is again dumb -- why can't they upsell the DVD/BluRay like they do on the Web Version ??
Gee, how about letting me tag "I want this" for a movie/video you currently don't have but I *do* want to watch instead of not listing it all?!?! That way you could get customer demand/feedback for what you don't have (yet)./sarcasm It's not like anyone wants to watch Big Bang Theory, Downton AbbeyFriends, Seinfield, South Park, etc.
Complete UI fail when you put in Soldier Blue. It isn't rocket science. If it is listed on imdb, search should find it, period. Omitting results is a broken search.
Frankly, I'm getting sick and tired of greed forcing every online distributor to half-ass it. i.e. You can watch X on Amazon, Y on Netflix, and Z on Cable, with some overlap.
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Yup, it is funny how every "next technology" is always scapegoated by the last generation. I've pointed this out in the past:
1900 Film 1920 Prohibition (Alcohol), Phonographs 1930 Jazz, Movies 1940 Radio 1950 Dancing 1960 Psychedelic Drugs, Sex 1970 Rock n Roll, Movies (again) 1980 MTV, DnD, Heavy Metal, Comic Books 1990 Computer Games 2000 Internet and "strangers online" 2010 Guns
> People wouldn't pay for your service? Then it is by definition worthless for some.
FTFY. While I don't disagree ads are of limited (zero) value, the price == value is a fallacy.
1. The *same* service/thing can and does have *different* value to many people. 2. Ergo, not *everyone* is a customer. To the people who _don't_ use it, the service is worthless. To the people who _do_ use it, it has value.
Wake me up when the rest of society stops watching 2 men beating/boxing/fighting the living shit out of each other, because there are far bigger problems to worry about then someone having fun asking nonsense questions to a machine to see what the data set is.
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1. Apparently you failed to learn the lesson on: "Judge not, lest ye be judged"
2. Why do you spew hatred towards an inanimate object? There are informed Theists and Atheists, likewise there are ignorant Theists and Atheists.
Of-course you are free to be myopic as you want to believe, but I think it is fair throwing out the baby with the bathwater is extremely short-sighted.
3. . /sarcasm Oh Noes, we must stop the "toxin" of "The Golden Rule". But let's conveniently ignore all the GOOD that people do, regardless of their belief system.
4. I think it is fair to treat all Atheists as having ZERO knowledge about religions and supernatural belief systems. Asking an Atheist to define Religion is about as fucking stupid as like asking a Blind Man to define Color. They have no frame of reference to even understand the question, let alone the answer.
> Slysoft is not in US jurisdiction, so it doesn't have to follow US law. Full stop.
Unfortunately the government will use the excuse that if a business engages in commerce in the US then that entity is also obligated to follow US commerce law.
Even if they aren't selling any physical good the US will try to claim jurisdiction electronically.
Case in point, look what happened to the excellent Lik Sang
> But instead he hides and
Blaming others because you are looking in the wrong place, is well, let's just leave it at that.
The Source is found inside, not outside as Jesus summarized in Luke 17:21:
He clarified:
The principles which can be found earlier in the Torah at Deuteronomy 30:6:
One of the few things Paul the Corruptor got right was in 1 Cor 6:19-20
Even Rabbi's know this.
These shenigans of paywalls are bullshit.
It is ironic that for a system that is built on being "open" (Scientific) that the modern trend is for research to be "closed."
. /sarcasm Oh noes! We can't let anyone get the original data so that you can _replicate_ and _verify_ the results for yourself.
This is anti-Science by definition.
-- /Why does /. fuck up formatting when a new paragraph starts with "/" such as this one?
>> "Something" just "magically" appeared from nothing without any cause ???
> Why not?
You keep using this word nothing. It doesn't mean what you think it means. You just might want to re-take that Logic & Mathematics course until you understand.
> We don't know that existence itself must have a cause.
Aside from the All-Parent, show me _anything_ that exists without a cause. I got time for you enumerate and exhaust the universe ...
> What happens to all the babies that went to hell over the last ~2000 years?
. /sarcasm Because obviously a man gets to decide what happens post-death to others ... oh wait, he doesn't.
> What about the big bang???
What about it? "Something" just "magically" appeared from nothing without any cause ??? Can I have some of what you're smoking please?
> Where have you been these last 100 years, hiding in a church?
Considering a Catholic Priest Georges Lemaitre invented the Big Bang theory your lame attempts to be condescending are misguided at best. There are numerous problems with it but let's conveniently ignore those.
> He's insecure and jealous. Not my idea, his own manual says so.
His/Her manual also says in Jer 8:8:
Blaming God because (some) Men distort the truth is tossing the baby out with the bathwater. i.e. Sacrifices were never commanded (Jer 7:22)
Jesus clarified the spiritual immaturity & stupidity of Judaism when he quotes Hosea 6:6
> But instead he hides
If everyone knew God existed it wouldn't change a single thing. Why? Because you're forgetting about a little experiment called Earth:
Free Will
> because it is possible to explain this universe ... without there ever being some kind of supernatural entity required.
And the Laws of Physics just "magically" appeared one day?? Or are you saying they have always existed ??
The first law of Thermodynamics tells us:
Ergo, the universe has always existed, which implies the Laws of Physics have always existed.
Either way it takes faith to believe in an Eternal Universe or Eternal God. Infinity is curiouser and curiouser that way.
What you are missing is that, at the end of the day, who cares where your faith is placed?? What DOES matter is your _actions_ towards others. There is a reason ALL the major religions teach The Golden Rule. Look, ALL Religions bibles, holy works, and theology can be summarized in 2 words:
Love Unconditionally
THAT'S the point of pure Spirituality, not the corrupted versions of Judaism, Christianity, Islam selling Heaven Insurance.
And all the people who died before Jesus go where?
Just because (some) Christian Theology is so full of logic & doctrinal holes doesn't mean you toss the baby out with the bathwater.
> That's all you need to know about Christianity.
Incorrect. All one needs to know about Christianity, in fact the ENTIRE bible can be summed up in 5 words per when the Lawyer asked "What shall I do to inherit eternal life? @ Luke 10:27
Love God. Love Your Neighbor.
Or in the modern colloquialism: Be excellent to each other
Anything more is over-complicating it. Gee, I wonder why ALL the major religions teach the same thing: The Golden Rule /sarcasm, But let's conveniently ignore that fact.
Exactly.
You can fix ignorant. You can't fix stupid.
* Strong Intergalactic Force, or the
* Weak Intergalactic Force.
When are white holes going to be discovered? :-)
Thanks, but nope, that was a different demo on a different platform.
The one I'm talking about specifically ran on BASCI and early PC's between ~1984 .. 1990. Some of the machines didn't support the 4 graphic pages so it didn't work on all machines. It might have also been a specialized GWBASIC version of BASIC for that PC.
Anyone remember that wireframe rolling ball demo for GWBASIC (?) that looked tron-esque? It used the 4 graphics pages to give the illusion of rolling.
IIRC the land showed lines getting closer together to simulate distance.
* http://www.abandonia.com/files...
The ball wasn't transparent -- it used hidden line removal IIRC.
* https://s-media-cache-ak0.pini...
Now-a-days we would use a wireframe like this:
* http://eleganthack.com/wp-cont...
I remember typing in the "Haunted House" by hand from Write your own adventure programs for your microcomputer"
The games I wrote never looked like anything the pretty illustrations -- I imagine they helped sell the book. :-)
Your're forgetting this is another fluff piece by timothy.
Nothing to see. Move along.
That's why I used the smiley :-) to know that I wasn't being TOO serious.
But yeah, it sucks when I don't catch bad grammar either. :-/
If only there was technology to edit a post after submitting it ... *cough*
/asrcasm "Sorry, your speech has been flagged for being subversive and causing dissent. For blasphemy of original thought, Citizen, you are charged with the Crime of Heresy; you have been re-assigned for Re-Indoctrination of Censorship and Sensitivity Training until you learn to express yourself in only official approved conduct that "We, the powers that be, Deem Fit." Have a nice day."
Translation: We're a bunch of wussies intolerant of other people expressing their opinion and instead want to dictate to others our myopic and idiotic viewpoints because everyone is a special snowflake that is offended by everything and everyone.
Yeah, fuck you Twitter.
> ~~I~~ Clearly all the stuff I was doing was working before.
FTFY. Except maybe a grammar checker. :-)
Anyways, enough being snarky.
Maybe _you_ don't "need" high performance 3D graphics nor anything above say 2D 1024x800 @ 32-bpp resolution either, but as a graphics programmer / game dev I want to be able to target SoC devices without having to worry about a crappy OpenGL drivers that don't expose features or have horrible performance.
It basically means that game / graphic devs targeting cross-platforms such as OSX or Linux have one less barrier of entry to worry about. We can can get get back to writing shaders that just work across a multitude of devices without having to cut/hack out tons of (graphics) features because they are not supported by the driver, or the performance is abysmal.
The importance of a high performance OpenGL ES 2.x+ implementation can not be underestimated. It _enables_ a ton cool graphics features and games.
Obviously not everything is "new." Next time I'll add a disclaimer "Don't take everything literally".
> Netflix's search interface isn't all that hot either (idiosyncratic, strangely limited results, IMO),
Yup, it's retarded. Supposedly the "justification" is that they don't want to show results for what they don't have the license too. On the PS3 they also don't list titles that are *only* available on DVD/BluRay -- in that case technically Netflix's has it, you just can't stream it, which is again dumb -- why can't they upsell the DVD/BluRay like they do on the Web Version ??
Gee, how about letting me tag "I want this" for a movie/video you currently don't have but I *do* want to watch instead of not listing it all?!?! That way you could get customer demand/feedback for what you don't have (yet). /sarcasm It's not like anyone wants to watch Big Bang Theory, Downton Abbey Friends, Seinfield, South Park, etc.
Complete UI fail when you put in Soldier Blue. It isn't rocket science. If it is listed on imdb, search should find it, period. Omitting results is a broken search.
Frankly, I'm getting sick and tired of greed forcing every online distributor to half-ass it. i.e. You can watch X on Amazon, Y on Netflix, and Z on Cable, with some overlap.
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StackOverflow sucks ass: Hostile to fixing simple spelling mistakes such as 1 letter.
Yup, it is funny how every "next technology" is always scapegoated by the last generation. I've pointed this out in the past:
> People wouldn't pay for your service? Then it is by definition worthless for some.
FTFY. While I don't disagree ads are of limited (zero) value, the price == value is a fallacy.
1. The *same* service/thing can and does have *different* value to many people.
2. Ergo, not *everyone* is a customer. To the people who _don't_ use it, the service is worthless. To the people who _do_ use it, it has value.
Apples & Oranges comparison.
You're forgetting Head Mounted Displays have been tried over and over again, and failed miserably each time to gain critical mass.
Video Games are fundamentally (more) accessible. You don't need some stupid set of bulky goggles to play them.
> It's very sad and very disturbing.
According to _whose_ standards? Yours?
Wake me up when the rest of society stops watching 2 men beating/boxing/fighting the living shit out of each other, because there are far bigger problems to worry about then someone having fun asking nonsense questions to a machine to see what the data set is.
/sarcasm Because that worked for Rosa Parks.
Oh wait, there is a time and place for civil disobedience; namely when the laws are fucking stupid.
Get off your high horse. What a person tells Siri in the privacy of their home is none of your business. No one is getting injured here.