Feh. Who said anything about cults? I can group them together under the umbrella of religions, you know. But you wouldn't like it. Them cult people are freaky.
"The reason for WWI & II wasn't about converting everybody to become Christians, was it? "
No, it was economic issues and the oppression and murder of the jewish people. *points at the obvious religious slant*
How about war of Iraq? I don't know. Ask Mr. Bush. Only he knows the real reason we went to war with iraq (it's 'cos Saddam stole his daddy's pocket watch.)
"If you look closely almost all religions ask people to be good to each other, and not to kill. Don't you think if people abide to the statement above, will they start a war?"
Hehehe. I'm sorry, you've not been in IT for very long. The more you tell people not to do something, the more likely they are to be willing to do it, if asked. I call it the 'big, red, shiny, candy-like button' principle.
You're somehow confusing church (an establishment organized to handle religious services) for religion (a set of personally held beliefs). Quitting one does not mean abandoning the other.
Me? I'm all for the separation of church and religion (google for Unitarian Universalists).
The scribblings of a long dead gnostic bishop, as edited and 'rumorified' by several prechristian monks, never ever actually counts as evidence of anything.
I'll put it down to this: "I'm in competition with a LOT of other gnostics for people's attention... it's ok. I'll just call them false prophets; that'll do them in."
Y'see, back in the early 00's, EVERYONE was trying to start a religion (and it's true today, too - as I'm sure it was true in the intervening time). Good old bishie pete had to cover his ass and keep his new followers from the 'falsehoods' of the other gnostics. Hey, it was an innovative technique for the time, but it still smacks of modern advertising practices (ever wanted to find out who invented the technique and curse his name?)
The bible is full of ass-covering and circular logic like this. It should, as such, never be used as more than an analogical reference. Try to take any of it literally, and you're just going to look like an idiot.
Hmm... I dunno. I seen a lot of wars fought for religious purposes, and not many that could be attributed to a "lack of true faith / religion" - that is, unless by 'true faith' you mean your faith.
Really, it just goes to show how fragile a thing faith is anymore. All that's needed is to be told that its cheaper not to have it. Like any other luxury, most people will say, "Oh. Well, I don't need it."
"Subversive" means an action intended to overthrow authority.
Now, I may be wrong, but I've always rather defined "civilized nation" as one that doesn't have a religion in authority.
Hear me out. Rule 1) Religion, of any sort, breeds a zealotous portion of the 'believer' population Rule 2) Corruption of government usually only takes a small number of aligned individuals Rule 3) Zealotous behavior involves cruel punishment for those who break even the smallest religious edict. Rule 4) Zealots often like to surround themselves with others who 'understand them', ie more zealots Rule 3) Given rules 1 and 2, and the concept of having a religion in charge of government, it is likely that the government will eventually impose cruel punishment on even the smallest of dissenters. The governmental body will shrink into a small gorup of extremely religious people, and the country will fall under oligarchy / monarchy.
What's that? Not being robbed is more important than some dead guy? Well yeah. Most things are more important than dead people. Would you argue against, for example, an XBox 360 being more important than muhammad?
It's true. He's dead. I don't want a muhammad or a jesus, mostly 'cos I'm pretty sure a dessicated corpse may attract flies as it absorbs atmospheric moisture. You know, that's if either was buried properly.
Hell, jesus' internment was done so sloppily that his headstone fell off. Honestly, no craftsmanship anymore. Things haven't been the same since bhudda died.
Best Buy's 'Geek Squad' are a marketing front that, while it was initially supposed to give the appearance of consisting of knowledgable techs, usually consists of useless 'hey, I'm a teenager who knows everything, gimme a job' types.
Essentially, they're pointless fuckers who look at your computer, say 'I'm going to have to take this into the shop', drop it off at the local computer repair shop (almost never actually best buy), and charge the user 125% cost for the service of moving it from one place to another.
So, how hard is it to convert a truetype font into a tar.gzipped series of svg documents, each named according to its octal unicode index, boldness, italicness, etc.?
Determine what the item is worth to me and pay a maximum of what others think it's worth?
Naw. I'm a consumer. It is in my best interest to maximize value, and by corollary, minimize cost. If I percieve I can minimize cost by sniping - reserving my entry into a contest until the last moment - that's what I'll do.
Yeah. Just so you know, people, in general seek to minimize cost / maximize value. You can assume the same of ebayers.
That's why I snipe with my maximum. If theirs was higher, they were bidding right and I've been outbit. If not, the guy was a 'bid an extra buck until I've got it' type, and I've avoided a bidding war that would have cost one of us more than the item was worth.
I'm getting the feeling that all these 'sniping doesn't do you any good' people are either inexperienced or professional sellers.
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Feh. Who said anything about cults? I can group them together under the umbrella of religions, you know. But you wouldn't like it. Them cult people are freaky.
"The reason for WWI & II wasn't about converting everybody to become Christians, was it? "
No, it was economic issues and the oppression and murder of the jewish people. *points at the obvious religious slant*
How about war of Iraq? I don't know. Ask Mr. Bush. Only he knows the real reason we went to war with iraq (it's 'cos Saddam stole his daddy's pocket watch.)
"If you look closely almost all religions ask people to be good to each other, and not to kill. Don't you think if people abide to the statement above, will they start a war?"
Hehehe. I'm sorry, you've not been in IT for very long. The more you tell people not to do something, the more likely they are to be willing to do it, if asked. I call it the 'big, red, shiny, candy-like button' principle.
You're somehow confusing church (an establishment organized to handle religious services) for religion (a set of personally held beliefs). Quitting one does not mean abandoning the other.
Me? I'm all for the separation of church and religion (google for Unitarian Universalists).
So, and I may be afraid to ask (I can't tell), what's the waxed goat for?
*sigh*
The scribblings of a long dead gnostic bishop, as edited and 'rumorified' by several prechristian monks, never ever actually counts as evidence of anything.
I'll put it down to this:
"I'm in competition with a LOT of other gnostics for people's attention... it's ok. I'll just call them false prophets; that'll do them in."
Y'see, back in the early 00's, EVERYONE was trying to start a religion (and it's true today, too - as I'm sure it was true in the intervening time). Good old bishie pete had to cover his ass and keep his new followers from the 'falsehoods' of the other gnostics. Hey, it was an innovative technique for the time, but it still smacks of modern advertising practices (ever wanted to find out who invented the technique and curse his name?)
The bible is full of ass-covering and circular logic like this. It should, as such, never be used as more than an analogical reference. Try to take any of it literally, and you're just going to look like an idiot.
Hmm... I dunno. I seen a lot of wars fought for religious purposes, and not many that could be attributed to a "lack of true faith / religion" - that is, unless by 'true faith' you mean your faith.
Really, it just goes to show how fragile a thing faith is anymore. All that's needed is to be told that its cheaper not to have it. Like any other luxury, most people will say, "Oh. Well, I don't need it."
Virginia? Modern?
oh kay...
"Subversive" means an action intended to overthrow authority.
Now, I may be wrong, but I've always rather defined "civilized nation" as one that doesn't have a religion in authority.
Hear me out.
Rule 1) Religion, of any sort, breeds a zealotous portion of the 'believer' population
Rule 2) Corruption of government usually only takes a small number of aligned individuals
Rule 3) Zealotous behavior involves cruel punishment for those who break even the smallest religious edict.
Rule 4) Zealots often like to surround themselves with others who 'understand them', ie more zealots
Rule 3) Given rules 1 and 2, and the concept of having a religion in charge of government, it is likely that the government will eventually impose cruel punishment on even the smallest of dissenters. The governmental body will shrink into a small gorup of extremely religious people, and the country will fall under oligarchy / monarchy.
See? Not civilized.
I pay about 26% of my income.
Really, it's rediculous.
What's that? Not being robbed is more important than some dead guy? Well yeah. Most things are more important than dead people. Would you argue against, for example, an XBox 360 being more important than muhammad?
It's true. He's dead. I don't want a muhammad or a jesus, mostly 'cos I'm pretty sure a dessicated corpse may attract flies as it absorbs atmospheric moisture. You know, that's if either was buried properly.
Hell, jesus' internment was done so sloppily that his headstone fell off. Honestly, no craftsmanship anymore. Things haven't been the same since bhudda died.
Wheee! Tangent! Someone mod this joker offtopic.
Feh. I know of plenty of embedded cisc chips. I'm specifically after a relatively powerful ARM, but the best I've found is a gumstix.
And you're an Anonymous Coward. Now that we're done name calling, maybe you could make a point.
Heh. If Dell were making it, there'd be 'consumer branding' involved.
Gotta make sure those gateway rustlers don't steal their cattle.
Well, if it runs windows and linux, I would venture a 'maybe'. You know, assuming they could fit SSE3 into that little thing.
*blinks*
I actually find that hard to believe. The serial mouse was one of the first batch of drivers written for Linux.
Did you try enabling the serial port in the BIOS? They often aren't on by default.
Best Buy's 'Geek Squad' are a marketing front that, while it was initially supposed to give the appearance of consisting of knowledgable techs, usually consists of useless 'hey, I'm a teenager who knows everything, gimme a job' types.
Essentially, they're pointless fuckers who look at your computer, say 'I'm going to have to take this into the shop', drop it off at the local computer repair shop (almost never actually best buy), and charge the user 125% cost for the service of moving it from one place to another.
The question is: will the studios be providing high-quality unfettered downloads?
Query:
Do you know of a powerful (> 1GHz) and inexpensive (< $200) ARM mobo/chipset solution?
Naw. Instead, he dropped a joke grenade. Wait ten seconds, THEN laugh.
So, how hard is it to convert a truetype font into a tar.gzipped series of svg documents, each named according to its octal unicode index, boldness, italicness, etc.?
He's a 'lawyer'. What do you expect?
And I have no intention of doing that. I intend to pay the maximum of what the cheap guy thinks its worth.
Determine what the item is worth to me and pay a maximum of what others think it's worth?
Naw. I'm a consumer. It is in my best interest to maximize value, and by corollary, minimize cost. If I percieve I can minimize cost by sniping - reserving my entry into a contest until the last moment - that's what I'll do.
Yeah. Just so you know, people, in general seek to minimize cost / maximize value. You can assume the same of ebayers.
That's why I snipe with my maximum. If theirs was higher, they were bidding right and I've been outbit. If not, the guy was a 'bid an extra buck until I've got it' type, and I've avoided a bidding war that would have cost one of us more than the item was worth.
I'm getting the feeling that all these 'sniping doesn't do you any good' people are either inexperienced or professional sellers.