That hockey-puck-thing on the iMacs is the classic example....Gives you tunnel-carpal if you use it for more than 5 seconds.
Heh. See, the thing about the hockey-puck, that few people realized, was that it was a fingertip mouse. You take your fingertips, put them in the middle of the mouse, and stuck your wrist and palm somewhere else. It was actually easy to use like that--except that it rotated to easily. So, basically, it was still a crappy design.
Remember though, forgiving him does not mean you allow him to do it again.
Au contraire, you are explicitly instructed to "turn the other cheek" and let him try to kill you again. The eye-for-an-eye thing was from the Old Testament, i.e., deprecated.
Mind you, this does not seem like a wise policy to me. But then again, I turned atheist a long time ago.
It won't be long before someone (maybe Apple, maybe not) sets up a template repository. Then it's just a matter of waiting for people to submit their own templates that you can download.
What I'm getting at, though, is this: remember when internet usage was metered? AOL et al gave you 20 (or whatever) hours free a month, and beyond that it was 25c a minute (again, or whatever). People did a lot less on-line back then than they do today, now that cable and DSL are "always-on".
But you still have to pay a flat rate for cable or DSL, and if you don't pay, they can shut off your service. With Tesla's wireless power system, they can't shut off your service. No-one would pay, except through altruism.
Broadcast television works the same way--it's free to anyone with a receiver--but TV stations can show advertising to pay for the broadcast.
Unless someone comes up with an orthogonal system like that for Tesla power, it ain't gonna happen.
Murdering someone (that is, killing them without their consent) deprives them of their ability to bring suit against you in court. The victim cannot bring charges, so the State (the People) feels it is dutiful to do that in place of the victim.
Wow, that's an interesting interpretation. I don't know that I've ever heard it before. But mod up!
Welcome to the godless society. Without God, orginal sin, accountability to the creator, we have no basis for morality except what is the desire of the human kind and what we are willing to tolerate.
Civilization began long before Christianity. The desire of humankind, and what a society is willing to tolerate, is a fully sufficient basis for morality.
When you catch yourself being rude, do you stop because you are pissing off other people, or because you are pissing off God? Do you mow your lawn on a regular basis to be considerate towards your neighbors, or to live in accordance with that one Bible verse about mowing lawns? Society's expectations are enough to curb your behavior in those, minor, things.
But what about something more serious, like speeding? Maybe God cares about speeding, maybe he doesn't. But the cops do. And, when you don't speed, you are worrying about the cops, not God. The cops are enforcing a law passed in accordance with the will of the people. Now, of course, the people in general don't care quite so much, but the law remains from inertia. But the point is, society provided a basis for that particular bit of morality.
Now, off-hand, I can't think of anything more serious than speeding, that God doesn't care about but society does. But doesn't it stand to reason that society's punishment for more serious things would scale up, enough to discourage the behavior? So you see, God isn't necessary for a moral standard.
The Mac doesn't even have a bundled solitaire game
Pff. Solitaire. How declassé. Mac OS X, my dear, includes a little game called Chess. I should think that you might have heard of chess, even in the barbaric Windows lands.
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It's like in sports. Referees "call a foul." People can "call shenanigans" as easily.
Now, a "shenanigan" is...a shenaigan is to a cheating what a misdemeanor is to criminal activity.
OS 8 introduced contextual menus. OS 8's Finder had much better contextual menus than OS X's Finder does.
The problem is not with how the right-click works, but with what OS X's Finder includes on the right-click menu.
That hockey-puck-thing on the iMacs is the classic example....Gives you tunnel-carpal if you use it for more than 5 seconds.
Heh. See, the thing about the hockey-puck, that few people realized, was that it was a fingertip mouse. You take your fingertips, put them in the middle of the mouse, and stuck your wrist and palm somewhere else. It was actually easy to use like that--except that it rotated to easily. So, basically, it was still a crappy design.
Remember though, forgiving him does not mean you allow him to do it again.
Au contraire, you are explicitly instructed to "turn the other cheek" and let him try to kill you again. The eye-for-an-eye thing was from the Old Testament, i.e., deprecated.
Mind you, this does not seem like a wise policy to me. But then again, I turned atheist a long time ago.
Greeks are here, as well. I can read the 'ancient' Greek, which is not that ancient to me anyway.
I asked a Greek friend of mine about this. He confirms what is obvious to me: modern Greeks don't have much in common with ancient Greeks.
Didn't you see the article that said the point of no return was only a decade away?
It won't be long before someone (maybe Apple, maybe not) sets up a template repository. Then it's just a matter of waiting for people to submit their own templates that you can download.
If it can withstand the martian surface, it can withstand my girlfriends...well..yah know.
Oh, I wouldn't assume that. The Martian surface is dry and cold, but your girlfriend's you-know is...
Wait. Blow-up doll?
It sure would be. Maybe life'll actually be interesting.
Its so cute when my girlfriend drops dead mice on me!
Well, it's better than the cute little mind games that human girls play...but I'm not bitter. Nope, not me!
What I'm getting at, though, is this: remember when internet usage was metered? AOL et al gave you 20 (or whatever) hours free a month, and beyond that it was 25c a minute (again, or whatever). People did a lot less on-line back then than they do today, now that cable and DSL are "always-on".
But you still have to pay a flat rate for cable or DSL, and if you don't pay, they can shut off your service. With Tesla's wireless power system, they can't shut off your service. No-one would pay, except through altruism.
Broadcast television works the same way--it's free to anyone with a receiver--but TV stations can show advertising to pay for the broadcast.
Unless someone comes up with an orthogonal system like that for Tesla power, it ain't gonna happen.
Nicely analyzed! Mod up, insightful.
Murdering someone (that is, killing them without their consent) deprives them of their ability to bring suit against you in court. The victim cannot bring charges, so the State (the People) feels it is dutiful to do that in place of the victim.
Wow, that's an interesting interpretation. I don't know that I've ever heard it before. But mod up!
Welcome to the godless society. Without God, orginal sin, accountability to the creator, we have no basis for morality except what is the desire of the human kind and what we are willing to tolerate.
Civilization began long before Christianity. The desire of humankind, and what a society is willing to tolerate, is a fully sufficient basis for morality.
When you catch yourself being rude, do you stop because you are pissing off other people, or because you are pissing off God? Do you mow your lawn on a regular basis to be considerate towards your neighbors, or to live in accordance with that one Bible verse about mowing lawns? Society's expectations are enough to curb your behavior in those, minor, things.
But what about something more serious, like speeding? Maybe God cares about speeding, maybe he doesn't. But the cops do. And, when you don't speed, you are worrying about the cops, not God. The cops are enforcing a law passed in accordance with the will of the people. Now, of course, the people in general don't care quite so much, but the law remains from inertia. But the point is, society provided a basis for that particular bit of morality.
Now, off-hand, I can't think of anything more serious than speeding, that God doesn't care about but society does. But doesn't it stand to reason that society's punishment for more serious things would scale up, enough to discourage the behavior? So you see, God isn't necessary for a moral standard.
Do STDs make unprotected sex with prostitutes any less fun?
Nope, they sure as hell don't! It's still fun!
Um...or so I've heard.
You bought the G4 so the rest of us would get the G5? Thanks man! Way to "take one for the team."
The Mac doesn't even have a bundled solitaire game
Pff. Solitaire. How declassé. Mac OS X, my dear, includes a little game called Chess. I should think that you might have heard of chess, even in the barbaric Windows lands.
Yeah, go mammals! We rawk! Suck it, dino-chumps!
Woot! Woot! Representin' in the Mesozoic!
I read that as "fully tentacled 3D VR."
I am ashamed.
But not very...
the single move battle system
If you mean there are no combos or ultra-kill kind of attacks, try playing a rogue.
I don't mind telling you that I'm scared.
StarCraft: Ghost. They need to finish StarCraft: Ghost, dammit!
Well, judging from Star Trek, I'd say sometime in the 25th century. Crusher was a pioneer in this area.
Duke sets new standards for vapour. A true legend in the making, haha!
God, that's awful. Mod parent up!
Is 56 trans. per sq. inch a big deal? You can double the density by slapping another layer on. They are transparent, after all.