Ah about holding up: Seagate holds up way better, and is a million times more silent after a few months of use. They recently started giving 5-year warranties too. (although my drive doesn't have a SeaShield cover...)
I don't like Maxtor either. My drive is still working (seems to have some bad sectors though), and doesn't give any errors really. But the SOUNDS the thing makes! Sometimes I really feel like turning off the machine when it's doing some heavy loading, just to relieve it of the pain and strain. You know, the kind of sound that makes your spine twist into knots. Not loudly either, just some eerie krt-whhhhhhztkrt-krr-rrt-ghzaaaauuuwhhzzhtt-krrrrr t. No I don't think it's the heads scraping, it's not a whining sound. In fact, it reminds me of the exotic sounds of the disk drive on my Amiga, but in a spooky new high-speed way.
If god created the world, then investigating the world should give insight into god, shouldn't it?
Fuck yeah, man. Way to be.
That's why I love science -- I believe completely in this basic postulate of Creationism: God did it. What he did is what I see science as discovering -- and the more we learn, the more complex, beautiful, and amazing God's creation becomes. Belief in God is a motivation toward scientific curiosity for me, not a discouragement as many atheists (and Christians!) believe.
This has to some of the most insightful stuff I have ever seen on this site. You two are like SO my friends now!
To me it seems that most people are narrow-minded. (Shock!) Some people are even so narrowminded, as to narrow themselves out of their own religion. I wonder why it is so hard to accept a broader view of God, such as this one. Will God be offended? In that case, he must be severely pissed of by now. Will someone else be offended? Not if one has the common sense to shut up.
I don't think you can really provide an at worst scenario, if only because of my previous statement.
Good point. But I just got an idea: isn't it possible to construct a hypothesis, such as to explain the origins of religion, and point out that Christianity (as a religion) is a hoax? This would be difficult to prove, since evidence is probably long-lost. But wouldn't it still be easier to prove than the religion itself?
And interestingly: there are many hoaxes, rumours and myths going around the world, and have been probably for a very long time. One of them has to be the most succesful (i.e. the most popular). Couldn't various religions (not restricted to christianity here) conceivably have this property?
And (going out on a limb here... ^_^;), when thinking about collection and missionaries, collecting funds and spreading the word: couldn't christianity be thought of as the biggest pyramid scheme ever? (overlapping with several roots).
I'd say is IS actually a belief at best, and a hoax at worst. The only thing that can take away the hoax possibility would be profound evidence in support of the bible.
Also, this will only occur when you stir around the crap a bit. Unless the crap is of the kind that's really fluid and spurts everywhere regardless (including the nearby fan). Interesting...
I think sharp could do a good job too, but I'm not sure about English... At least in Japanese, I can get a wide box that I can write an entire sentence in, which is then recognized in one go. It actually seems to work better than char-to-char, whi is already pretty good. I think English is more difficult because there are way fewer differences between the average English letter, than the average Japanese char, and even fewer when stringed together into sentences. 'Th' can get transformed into 'R', 's' becomes a period etc. Wonderful for languages with complex handwriting, cumbersome for others.
Maybe, but that's how it's referred to in the Windows world: a shell. At least in Win 9x you could change it freely by editing the line shell=Explorer.exe in system.ini.
"Clarke mentions there is an enormous visual discrepancy between the light side and the dark side... of course in 2001 there was an eye like object on one side with a ginormous monolith as the pupil."
Exactly. My first thought was: "My god, it's the still unopened eye of Iapetus!"
They are of practical use to their respective audiences. See, I won't use the blue hammers, I dislike the finger position it forces me to use. Now the green hammers, that's the way to go! But hey, they're basically the same, and if there were only blue hammers, I'd obviously use them. They're just tools.
If you say that there is a component of art in vim or emacs, that just means that there is something non-functional in there somewhere, that could be removed or perfected away. (most of emacs, I suppose:)
Heh, as a side note: I just noticed that Opera is called "Opera Internet Browser", not www browser... which makes sense, since it has rss reader, irc client, news reader, mail reader, www browser, and ftp client (and more?).
In fact, it's quite a massive piece of application, but even so, I've never noticed it. It has the feel of a small and efficient browser (I get the same feeling with Firefox for sure).
It almost feels like a work of art.
Which is my on-topic point; some programs are just amazing. I'm similarly impressed by StarCraft. I've never managed to get the thing to crash, despite abusing it with heavy levels on a 486 with crappy hardware. I've never seen a graphical glitch. The gameplay balancing in the game is so meticulous, that you actually have to study it for months, if you want to be really good. Similarly, it feels like a work of art in design. Should something so perfect be free?
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Actually, I thought it was the fisherman's gender that got bent, after quick retribution by the lobster's claws.
Old beasts die when you turn them off.
Ah about holding up: Seagate holds up way better, and is a million times more silent after a few months of use. They recently started giving 5-year warranties too. (although my drive doesn't have a SeaShield cover...)
I don't like Maxtor either. My drive is still working (seems to have some bad sectors though), and doesn't give any errors really. But the SOUNDS the thing makes! Sometimes I really feel like turning off the machine when it's doing some heavy loading, just to relieve it of the pain and strain. You know, the kind of sound that makes your spine twist into knots. Not loudly either, just some eerie krt-whhhhhhztkrt-krr-rrt-ghzaaaauuuwhhzzhtt-krrrrr t. No I don't think it's the heads scraping, it's not a whining sound. In fact, it reminds me of the exotic sounds of the disk drive on my Amiga, but in a spooky new high-speed way.
Last time I had something download automatically, it made me irate.
What part of "tag [items|files|stuffs] in a way that should not hopefully be better understanding to persons" is sensible English?
I'm confused!
To me it seems that most people are narrow-minded. (Shock!) Some people are even so narrowminded, as to narrow themselves out of their own religion. I wonder why it is so hard to accept a broader view of God, such as this one. Will God be offended? In that case, he must be severely pissed of by now. Will someone else be offended? Not if one has the common sense to shut up.
And interestingly: there are many hoaxes, rumours and myths going around the world, and have been probably for a very long time. One of them has to be the most succesful (i.e. the most popular). Couldn't various religions (not restricted to christianity here) conceivably have this property?
And (going out on a limb here... ^_^;), when thinking about collection and missionaries, collecting funds and spreading the word: couldn't christianity be thought of as the biggest pyramid scheme ever? (overlapping with several roots).
I'd say is IS actually a belief at best, and a hoax at worst. The only thing that can take away the hoax possibility would be profound evidence in support of the bible.
Scroll further down to Alsee's post on ring species. It may prove very useful.
Possibly so, but creationism is at best a belief, and at worst a HOAX.
Also, this will only occur when you stir around the crap a bit. Unless the crap is of the kind that's really fluid and spurts everywhere regardless (including the nearby fan). Interesting...
I think sharp could do a good job too, but I'm not sure about English... At least in Japanese, I can get a wide box that I can write an entire sentence in, which is then recognized in one go. It actually seems to work better than char-to-char, whi is already pretty good. I think English is more difficult because there are way fewer differences between the average English letter, than the average Japanese char, and even fewer when stringed together into sentences. 'Th' can get transformed into 'R', 's' becomes a period etc. Wonderful for languages with complex handwriting, cumbersome for others.
I'm confused... doesn't the crap always fall through to the bottom??
Ok. You can all stop now, I got a bunch :).
The search in M2 (Opera) is really fast btw, it seems to index every mail as it is received, and presents the possibilities as you type.
Ey! Throw one at slashdotteds9.fbjon@xoxy.net, if you're not too out-of-invites, please.
But note that it searches EXIF tags too! Now that is useful.
Maybe, but that's how it's referred to in the Windows world: a shell. At least in Win 9x you could change it freely by editing the line shell=Explorer.exe in system.ini.
Uptime pissing contest?
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Ah, but in that case, just replace all instances of ';' with ";;;;;;;;;;".
So how do you actually count lines? One statement = one line?
They are of practical use to their respective audiences. See, I won't use the blue hammers, I dislike the finger position it forces me to use. Now the green hammers, that's the way to go! But hey, they're basically the same, and if there were only blue hammers, I'd obviously use them. They're just tools.
:)
If you say that there is a component of art in vim or emacs, that just means that there is something non-functional in there somewhere, that could be removed or perfected away. (most of emacs, I suppose
(disclaimer: I don't use vim either)
Heh, as a side note: I just noticed that Opera is called "Opera Internet Browser", not www browser... which makes sense, since it has rss reader, irc client, news reader, mail reader, www browser, and ftp client (and more?).
In fact, it's quite a massive piece of application, but even so, I've never noticed it. It has the feel of a small and efficient browser (I get the same feeling with Firefox for sure).
It almost feels like a work of art.
Which is my on-topic point; some programs are just amazing. I'm similarly impressed by StarCraft. I've never managed to get the thing to crash, despite abusing it with heavy levels on a 486 with crappy hardware. I've never seen a graphical glitch. The gameplay balancing in the game is so meticulous, that you actually have to study it for months, if you want to be really good. Similarly, it feels like a work of art in design. Should something so perfect be free?