it would actually be MORE PAINFUL for Lois to be caught by Superman than to simply fall to her death. I don't know why,
I'd imagine that he flies upwards really fast, while she falls down at her terminal velocity. Then he catches her - with double or more the impact of her hitting the (stationary) ground - since the relative velocity would be so much larger.
Like hitting an oncoming car as opposed to a parked one.
Speaking for myself as an atheist, I beleive that morals are probably at least somewhat instilled in me by a combination of genetics and social conditioning. However, I am a self-aware consciousness, and capable of reason - so this does not bother me much.
I would like to point out that a christian's belief that his morals were instilled in him by God does not really seem like a better option to me, and nor does it really provide an answer.
How does a christian know what is "Right"? God tells him. But he still doesn't have an actual *reason* for it - it's just that instead of saying "I don't know, it just feels right", he can say "The bible told me".
The question is, how did God decide what was "right" ?
Hear hear, Amstrad Action! The type-ins were awesome! Even the pure machine-code ones with 10 lines of BASIC for a loader/checksum and then line after line of 'DATA "0A10C9000032FF20C029"'.
There was a section where they published '10-liners' - programs in 10 lines of basic. I was often very impressed with what people could squeeze in, and I learnt a LOT.
I learnt my first bit of assembly language from Amstrad Action - Z80 assembler of course.
Those were the days.
You wouldn't get a MASM tutorial in today's PC magazines.
I find it hard to imagine something that small either rescuing or destroying - I'd say the flier would be limited to "search" with step 2 taken care of by whatever is controlling it.
I'd somewhat agree with you. My feeling is that VB is good for quick hacks, or for people who just want to dabble in programming. I'd recommend it to people who just want to learn to write excel macros, or assemble simpleish point-n-click utilities.
I'd probably recommend java for people who actually want to learn to code - it's a relatively easy-in, but pretty powerful and structured, and also introduces you to c-style syntax (so much cleaner than VB's clunky verbosity).
The GP was pointing out the irony of a *Christian* teaching children to doubt the theory of evolution on the basis that they were not there to see it - they weren't there to see God create the earth either, but he wants them to believe *that* instead.
Gah. Okay, so I guess you people like to carry around a phone, camera and mp3 player.. Personally, I am happy carrying as few physical devices as possible. My phone has a 2MP camera, plays mp3s, and I stuck a 2GB card in it. So now I have a decent digital camera, mp3 player and phone in the same device. They are actually integrated well and all, so what's the problem?
Right, but that wasn't really an analogy. It was just putting the information in a context with which this guy was familiar. A 16MB usb key is not *analogous* to 16 floppies, it is (relatively) equivalent (in size).
No-one is saying technical accuracy is funny. It is just that Lack of technical accuracy detracts from the funniness of a comedy. If there is no technical content, then fine - but if there is, it should be accurate. We don't want to be too busy groaning to laugh.
How about a device that 'does video' via tv-out, rather than on a tiny little lcd screen? It could even have tv-IN as well - a mobile tivo kinda thing. That'd be real useful.
Now go ahead and post links to the already existing devices that do this, but that I am unaware of:)
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Maybe we need a "-1, Informative" mod :)
I'd imagine that he flies upwards really fast, while she falls down at her terminal velocity. Then he catches her - with double or more the impact of her hitting the (stationary) ground - since the relative velocity would be so much larger.
Like hitting an oncoming car as opposed to a parked one.
Speaking for myself as an atheist, I beleive that morals are probably at least somewhat instilled in me by a combination of genetics and social conditioning. However, I am a self-aware consciousness, and capable of reason - so this does not bother me much.
I would like to point out that a christian's belief that his morals were instilled in him by God does not really seem like a better option to me, and nor does it really provide an answer.
How does a christian know what is "Right"? God tells him. But he still doesn't have an actual *reason* for it - it's just that instead of saying "I don't know, it just feels right", he can say "The bible told me".
The question is, how did God decide what was "right" ?
I think he meant JavaScript.
.. who said anything about dinosaurs? Way to attack a strawman for karma.
But that's approximately how I solved the problem when I installed it the other week.
Incidentally, does anyone know if they have a legal leg to stand on regarding deep linking?
Hear hear, Amstrad Action! The type-ins were awesome! Even the pure machine-code ones with 10 lines of BASIC for a loader/checksum and then line after line of 'DATA "0A10C9000032FF20C029"'.
There was a section where they published '10-liners' - programs in 10 lines of basic. I was often very impressed with what people could squeeze in, and I learnt a LOT.
I learnt my first bit of assembly language from Amstrad Action - Z80 assembler of course.
Those were the days.
You wouldn't get a MASM tutorial in today's PC magazines.
Shyah, now that wouldn't look suspicious on an X-ray..
Nice.
Uh, how about all the tax we pay? You know, for public services?
Seems like the system works to me.
For a second there, I thought the article was about a controversial game coming out on a future release of Ubuntu.
I find it hard to imagine something that small either rescuing or destroying - I'd say the flier would be limited to "search" with step 2 taken care of by whatever is controlling it.
No.
One lego brick.
Some lego.
THAT is how it is.
Do you say "sheeps"? "Legos" sounds just as dorky as that to me.
Only kinda though.
I'd somewhat agree with you. My feeling is that VB is good for quick hacks, or for people who just want to dabble in programming. I'd recommend it to people who just want to learn to write excel macros, or assemble simpleish point-n-click utilities.
I'd probably recommend java for people who actually want to learn to code - it's a relatively easy-in, but pretty powerful and structured, and also introduces you to c-style syntax (so much cleaner than VB's clunky verbosity).
The GP was pointing out the irony of a *Christian* teaching children to doubt the theory of evolution on the basis that they were not there to see it - they weren't there to see God create the earth either, but he wants them to believe *that* instead.
Gah. Okay, so I guess you people like to carry around a phone, camera and mp3 player.. Personally, I am happy carrying as few physical devices as possible. My phone has a 2MP camera, plays mp3s, and I stuck a 2GB card in it. So now I have a decent digital camera, mp3 player and phone in the same device. They are actually integrated well and all, so what's the problem?
Right, but that wasn't really an analogy.
It was just putting the information in a context with which this guy was familiar.
A 16MB usb key is not *analogous* to 16 floppies, it is (relatively) equivalent (in size).
PS. Car analogies suck!
No-one is saying technical accuracy is funny.
It is just that Lack of technical accuracy detracts from the funniness of a comedy.
If there is no technical content, then fine - but if there is, it should be accurate. We don't want to be too busy groaning to laugh.
It's also illegal to actually use the gun, which is not the case with lawsuits.
How about a device that 'does video' via tv-out, rather than on a tiny little lcd screen? It could even have tv-IN as well - a mobile tivo kinda thing. That'd be real useful.
:)
Now go ahead and post links to the already existing devices that do this, but that I am unaware of
Or just look at the bookmarks under 'Quick Searches', and note the 'keyword' property :)