Science is there to tell us the how of the world, religion is there to tell us the why.
Philosophy is there to tell us the why. Religion is just a small subset of philosophy. You do not need to bring in deities to explain anything, they are entirely superfluous.
You may choose to believe in them if you like, but you do so on a less logical or testable basis than that of my six year old believing in the Tooth Fairy. At least she does actually get her shiny coin when she leaves a tooth under her pillow, even I can see that.
Anyway, there is a load of people out there who don't like the future, neither their present, they are looking at the good ol' time. Only nerds like the future.
The future will only be better if everyone tries to make it so. If you just assume that the future will magically be good, it won't.
Design patents are concerned with how things look rather than how they function, and are thus inherently ridiculous. Human progress would not be affected in the slightest if an iPad was a bit fussier or came in a crappy brown case.
Anyway, the Samsung Galaxy Tablet and the iPad are almost indistinguishable from each other when the power is off.
So what? So are most laptops, TVs, washing machines and so on.
You don't see Zanussi suing Indesit because they both sell six feet high refrigerators with rounded corners, in white, with a matching white handle on the door and a light that comes on when you open it..
iPhone owner: but my phone doesn't crash and hang, doesn't drain the battery in a day and generally lasts longer than 6 months even under heavy abuse.
Anecdotes about crashing and hanging can be swapped until Doomsday, but from my observations of other people's iPhones they most certainly do need re-charging once a day (unless you turn them off...) and they are physically quite fragile.
Apple from a profit standpoint would much rather have a big cheap battery than the incredibly expensive light thin batteries they have. Heck they would rather sell the phone hooked up to a car battery and give you 1000 hrs talk time. Light and thin is costing them money, this isn't about penny pinching.
That serves them right for twatting on about how fucking thin and light their products are, when it actually makes zero practical difference to most people if their phone is a few millimetres thicker and a few grammes heavier.
I heard that in some states if you ignore it, they drop the ticket.
That sounds very urban mythy to me. Here in the UK, if you ignore the original ticket they increase the fine for late payment (or, depending on your point of view, reward you with a lower fine for paying on time).
I don't see how this wouldn't be common knowledge in the era of the internet, with no one ever paying a fine in those states.
That's not quite right, it was his ex that used the service and not just an open wi-fi. He was fined because he cooperated with police and the court. What this tells me is when they come knocking the answer is always NO get a warrant.....
Yes, because obviously if he had been as obstructive and un-cooperative as possible, he would have received a much more lenient sentence than a whopping 150 euro fine.
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Who the fuck buys a home for such a precise figure as $578100?
I smell a rat!
Science is there to tell us the how of the world, religion is there to tell us the why.
Philosophy is there to tell us the why. Religion is just a small subset of philosophy. You do not need to bring in deities to explain anything, they are entirely superfluous.
You may choose to believe in them if you like, but you do so on a less logical or testable basis than that of my six year old believing in the Tooth Fairy. At least she does actually get her shiny coin when she leaves a tooth under her pillow, even I can see that.
It's not a question of scientists v. non-scientists: it's rationality v. superstition.
I 'm not a scientist (I don't work researching physics, biochemistry or whatever) but I would declare myself rational.
In the UK, dahn Sahf they have flat beer, and Oop t'North they have a two inch head on their drinks. Also, they apparently keep whippets.
Anyway, there is a load of people out there who don't like the future, neither their present, they are looking at the good ol' time. Only nerds like the future.
The future will only be better if everyone tries to make it so. If you just assume that the future will magically be good, it won't.
"Without compass, an ancient invention, we won't even comprehend the North from the South"
Ever notice how moss grows on one side of a tree but not the other? I don need a compass.
Yeah, that's a really good way of navigating when you're on top of a bare mountain or in the middle of an ocean.
Yah, even God's clay tablets given to Moses had rounded corners.
Even as an atheist, I would love to see God sue Apple.
The UK. I guess I could establish a business, acquire the appropriate permits, fill in the healthy & safety forms and pass the security clearances.
But the barriers to entry are just too high for someone as lazy as me, and having a bash in my back garden is indeed illegal.
In related news, the evil socialist tyranny in the UK forbids people from experimenting with atomic weapons in their garden sheds too.
Stop getting your information from Die Hard 2.
Yeah, just the "fax" ma'am!
I would guess that he works for SanRio, the company that makes Hello Kitty products.
You say that like it's a reasonable excuse or something.
Design patents are concerned with how things look rather than how they function, and are thus inherently ridiculous. Human progress would not be affected in the slightest if an iPad was a bit fussier or came in a crappy brown case.
Anyway, the Samsung Galaxy Tablet and the iPad are almost indistinguishable from each other when the power is off.
So what? So are most laptops, TVs, washing machines and so on.
You don't see Zanussi suing Indesit because they both sell six feet high refrigerators with rounded corners, in white, with a matching white handle on the door and a light that comes on when you open it..
Apple's market capitalization is still unrealistically high unless you assume it is basically going to expand for ever.
"The best lube is your own spit" - Jenna Jameson
Who said the Age of Romance was over?
Picasso made great, original works of art. Steve Jobs made a lot of money. I think there's a slight difference.
Brother, if you are picking up chicks with a Blackberry I hate to see what you are bringing home.
If he's in the UK, it will be teenagers. The main problem will be ensuring they're over 16. Blackberry is the phone of choice for under twenties.
iPhone owner: but my phone doesn't crash and hang, doesn't drain the battery in a day and generally lasts longer than 6 months even under heavy abuse.
Anecdotes about crashing and hanging can be swapped until Doomsday, but from my observations of other people's iPhones they most certainly do need re-charging once a day (unless you turn them off...) and they are physically quite fragile.
Cue Dom Joly:
I'm out on a boat watching fish! It's rubbish!!
Still, imagine a phone that would need charging less than once a week!
You can still get phones with battery life of two weeks or more. What you can't get is a pocket-sized internet-connected computer that does the same.
Of course, it will be another 50 years before we realize that access to the "communication core" is a basic civil right.
I'd rather we had a society where some people didn't own/earn hundreds or thousands of times more than other people as a basic civic principle first..
I'm still running an original iphone as my main phone. I still haven't seen anything worth upgrading for, yet, on either side of the isle.
It still works perfectly and holds a days charge.
LOL, I read that as "my mains phone" i.e. it now has such a short battery life you have to use it plugged into the mains.
Apple from a profit standpoint would much rather have a big cheap battery than the incredibly expensive light thin batteries they have. Heck they would rather sell the phone hooked up to a car battery and give you 1000 hrs talk time. Light and thin is costing them money, this isn't about penny pinching.
That serves them right for twatting on about how fucking thin and light their products are, when it actually makes zero practical difference to most people if their phone is a few millimetres thicker and a few grammes heavier.
I heard that in some states if you ignore it, they drop the ticket.
That sounds very urban mythy to me. Here in the UK, if you ignore the original ticket they increase the fine for late payment (or, depending on your point of view, reward you with a lower fine for paying on time).
I don't see how this wouldn't be common knowledge in the era of the internet, with no one ever paying a fine in those states.
That's not quite right, it was his ex that used the service and not just an open wi-fi. He was fined because he cooperated with police and the court. What this tells me is when they come knocking the answer is always NO get a warrant.....
Yes, because obviously if he had been as obstructive and un-cooperative as possible, he would have received a much more lenient sentence than a whopping 150 euro fine.
Buffoon.
And then the other entrepreneurs get rich and have to leave the country as well.
If growing rich turns you into a sociopathic, self-centred, equality-hating turdbasket, then good riddance.