Puhleeze with the socialist cr@p! The market hasn't driven them to offer greater service because the market is satisfied with their slow speeds. Look at all of the dial up users that still exist. Frankly, I'm happy with my 10M/1M service. I wait for nothing; movies start immediately, etc. I'd like more upload speed but I'm not banging down my ISP's doors to get it.
If the U.S. is happy with what it has, there's no reason for the government to step in. If on the other hand someone develops an application that requires more bandwidth that the market must have, then the market will demand it. But right now, it's just us techies who are dissatisfied. We know where to get more so it's PRETTY MUCH all good.
...and one more thing. The post I was responding to was referring to taking the Bible literally, not just one passage like the Genesis creation account which has a poetic sense to it. It's not my intention to take away from the true historicity of Scripture which does not.
I think you need to read up on what "literally" actually means.
Gee, I had no idea! Now if literal in general usage means something is interpreted word-for-word exactly how it's written, then non-literal has the connotation of being ficticious. I chose to nuance nonliteral as "poetic" because while some fundamentalists don't believe in a six-day creation, they do believe that the Genesis 1 account is a record of what happened from God's point of view. That can't translate literally or scientifically, and it's not a myth. Are there only two categories in y'all's minds?
I know a couple of scientists who are religious (Christian) and none of them understand what the deal is with the fundamentalists who insist on a literal interpretation of the Bible.
And I know many "fundamentalist" scientists who believe the Bible literally and still subscribe to an old Earth. They (we) just read it poetically where it is obviously intended to be poetic, like Genesis 1 where the only witness/participant, i.e. God, is an eternal, transcendent being, to whom time has no meaning, creating in a universe where, according to Einstein, absolute time does not exist. Six days? Unsupportable on those grounds or even on Biblical grounds, but that's a discussion for another time and place.
What's the problem with Michael Bay? Let me see.
# Armageddon (1998)
# Pearl Harbor (2001)
# Bad Boys II (2003)
# The Island (2005)
Amen! My Gold Standard for bad is Armageddon (I have NEVER been more disgusted by a movie), followed closely by Pearl Harbor.
Just look at this thing - a touch sensitive surface with a nipple thingy in it. How am I supposed to know where the different "buttons" are?
Oh no! I guess they didn't think of that! Just goes to show you can't satisfy a Democrat or a Wintel junkie.;-)
Looks pretty obvious to me. The squeeze points are separated from the rest of the shell. And there's a nipply thingie between the two main buttons. Personally, I can't wait to get my hands on one.
I'm not a big fan of tolerance either, but what I was speaking of was not religious tolerance, but the practice of painting Texans/Christians with a broad brush because of the actions of an extreme minority in a society that cherishes tolerance above all things.
I'm sorry if I accused the author of the great-grandparent post of being a hypocrit.;-)
The only way to truly win is to get the hell out of a state where vandalism is a religious custom.
Puh-leeze. If that's not an intolerant remark, I don't know what is. There are whackos, Christian and otherwise, in every state. I hear more about religious bumper stickers being vandalized here in Texas than I do about anti-religious. Get a grip.
You had me until Shrek. The reason Pixar animation works is because they aren't trying to be hyper-realistic like they were in Shrek, especially in skin tone and texture. With Pixar movies, your mind fills in the gaps just like it does in traditional animation.
That's it! I'm going to come and take your parenthesis keys off your keyboard. If you use them more than once in a post, you've done it too much, much less if you've nested them! These are quick-read posts, not algebraic theses!:-)
Puhleeze. Give us a little credit. It's more sophisticated than that. The bookmarks sync up automatically and I don't have to go through all those stages that you mention. I can go to any Mac that I can put an account on (friends, work, Powerbook) and duplicate my settings on that machine and all the changes I make in one place get propogated to all the other Macs. Even if I'm using a Pea Sea, I can pull up my personal bookmarks and make all the changes I want and forget about it.
Think of two kids and a little sail boat in a small tub of water. Each kid is trying to blow the boat to the opposite side. As the boat nears one side, the "defender" has a clear advantage. The boat will ping-pong back and forth, never reaching either side.
It's not ping pong. You'd accelerate away from the solar system and you would slow down to a stop (or close to it) at your destination. You would need to do a mid course reverse though, but that's ideal for moving from here to nearby stars of similar radiant energy.
The problem is if you want to go intragalactic distances with many stars in between your origin and destination. You'd be speeding up and slowing down a lot.
Why is it that when anyone mentions the name of Jesus in a favorable light, everyone assumes he's screaming it or cramming him down their throats. Perspective, people. The man was civil.
Besides, Jesus was not civil to the hypocrits of his day. He was very forceful, thank you very much. He's the same guy that said, "You brood of vipers! How can you speak good when you are evil For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. It tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned."
Sounds like there are some sensitive people here who'd like us all to think they're above all this "God" stuff.
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Puhleeze with the socialist cr@p! The market hasn't driven them to offer greater service because the market is satisfied with their slow speeds. Look at all of the dial up users that still exist. Frankly, I'm happy with my 10M/1M service. I wait for nothing; movies start immediately, etc. I'd like more upload speed but I'm not banging down my ISP's doors to get it. If the U.S. is happy with what it has, there's no reason for the government to step in. If on the other hand someone develops an application that requires more bandwidth that the market must have, then the market will demand it. But right now, it's just us techies who are dissatisfied. We know where to get more so it's PRETTY MUCH all good.
They could get Ben Affleck. He's done young Harrison before!
...and one more thing. The post I was responding to was referring to taking the Bible literally, not just one passage like the Genesis creation account which has a poetic sense to it. It's not my intention to take away from the true historicity of Scripture which does not.
What's the problem with Michael Bay? Let me see. # Armageddon (1998) # Pearl Harbor (2001) # Bad Boys II (2003) # The Island (2005) Amen! My Gold Standard for bad is Armageddon (I have NEVER been more disgusted by a movie), followed closely by Pearl Harbor.
You had me until Shrek. The reason Pixar animation works is because they aren't trying to be hyper-realistic like they were in Shrek, especially in skin tone and texture. With Pixar movies, your mind fills in the gaps just like it does in traditional animation.
I pay taxes for iTunes in Texas.
That's it! I'm going to come and take your parenthesis keys off your keyboard. If you use them more than once in a post, you've done it too much, much less if you've nested them! These are quick-read posts, not algebraic theses! :-)
Puhleeze. Give us a little credit. It's more sophisticated than that. The bookmarks sync up automatically and I don't have to go through all those stages that you mention. I can go to any Mac that I can put an account on (friends, work, Powerbook) and duplicate my settings on that machine and all the changes I make in one place get propogated to all the other Macs. Even if I'm using a Pea Sea, I can pull up my personal bookmarks and make all the changes I want and forget about it.
Think of two kids and a little sail boat in a small tub of water. Each kid is trying to blow the boat to the opposite side. As the boat nears one side, the "defender" has a clear advantage. The boat will ping-pong back and forth, never reaching either side. It's not ping pong. You'd accelerate away from the solar system and you would slow down to a stop (or close to it) at your destination. You would need to do a mid course reverse though, but that's ideal for moving from here to nearby stars of similar radiant energy. The problem is if you want to go intragalactic distances with many stars in between your origin and destination. You'd be speeding up and slowing down a lot.
Not true or funny considering the 101st's accomplishments.
Why is it that when anyone mentions the name of Jesus in a favorable light, everyone assumes he's screaming it or cramming him down their throats. Perspective, people. The man was civil. Besides, Jesus was not civil to the hypocrits of his day. He was very forceful, thank you very much. He's the same guy that said, "You brood of vipers! How can you speak good when you are evil For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil. It tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak, for by your words you will be justified and by your words you will be condemned." Sounds like there are some sensitive people here who'd like us all to think they're above all this "God" stuff.