Blimey. I wonder if you're for real. Regardless, lets go step by step here:
> A) he inspired people to write it over a period of 2000 years
>> So are we, like, talking Jesus now, or what? Jesus is God? I'm confused.
The two are one in the same. Jesus is God.
> B) An the reason it's distribution is so good is because it's the truth.
>> Go on...
As people listen and read it, it changes their lives, after these changes they in turn want to share what happened to them with others. Hence the distribution.
> I mean common, 20+ people writing a book over 2000 years, including prophecies that are fulfilled hundreds (if not thousands) of years after they are written,
>> Like a nursery rhyme?
Hardly, for instance, the destruction of Tyre was foretold years before it happened. And it was prophesied at a time when it was rediculous to even think of the city being destoried. Years later, Nebucadnezzer started the job, and it was finished by Alexander the Great. The Bible even foretold that when it was destroyed the army that razed it would sow salt upon their fields. And guess what, that's what the Babylonians did. Read the book of Daniel. It's full of prophecies of what would happen 100-500 years after the life of the writer.
> with no contradictions in the book.
>> Like Harry Potter
Maybe, but HP was written by one person in less than 50 years. Try claiming that for a book written by 20+ people over 1000 years. The only way that can be explained is if one being (God) inspired all the writers.
> No wonder it's so popular.
>> Like Harry Potter
Hardly, the Bible is the most printed book in the world. HP doesn't even come close.
> Not to mention that it has the power to change lives
>> Like Harry Potter
When was the last time you heard of someone giving up drinking, beating their wife, doing drugs, cheating on their husband because of HP?
> (bring about world peace, etc.).
>> Yeah, let me know when that happens.
It's happening, slowly.
>> Anyway, I'm off to walk on some water...
Have a nice swim!
"No contradictions? Are you joking? Have you actually read the thing and thought about things?"
Yes I have read it through. Some parts more times than I can count. And I have thought about some parts to the extent that I have them memorized. So, if you are interested in debating this logically , feel free to e-mail me at tbaldridge at gmail dot com. Otherwise, I have to ask if you are just spouting off what you have been told about the Bible without researching and studying it yourself.
This is OT, but it's simple. A) he inspired people to write it over a period of 2000 years. B) An the reason it's distribution is so good is because it's the truth. I mean common, 20+ people writing a book over 2000 years, including prophecies that are fulfilled hundreds (if not thousands) of years after they are written, with no contradictions in the book. No wonder it's so popular. Not to mention that it has the power to change lives (bring about world peace, etc.).
And let me amend my last comment by saying that Halo is just a game, and I don't agree with those who would say I'm more violent because I enjoy crushing the aliens under my steel shod boot. All I was intending to say in the parent was that even if Halo were real, it still wouldn't violate scripture's command to abstain from murder.
It's actually a common misconception that the Bible condemns killing. The misquoted verse from the 10 commandments was mis-translated in the KJV as "thou shalt not kill". Instead it should have been translated as "thou shalt not murder". The Bible (and God it's author) does not condemn killing in defence, punishment for a crime, or in wartime. What it does condemn is murder. So with this in mind Halo doesn't violate the 10 commandments at all.
Yes, I'm a Christian, and yes I love playing Halo.
In a way EVE is sharded. See each solar system can run on only one CPU. Once one system gets too loaded, CCP will move agents/quests to different systems to spread out the load. At no point will a weapon, ship, etc really go from one system to another. Whenevery they jump, their data is actually just picked and moved to a different CPU. So in a way EVE Online is made up of thousands of shards with the ability to swap data back and forth. Now once we have 10,000 players in one world/shard/star system, that's something to get excited about.
I don't think taking a pool is going to make Apple's "protection" last any longer or shorter. In fact, pools and electronics don't work well together. Just FYI.
Take Warhammer Online http://www.warhammeronline.com/. That looks like the first MMO that'll actually be fun to play IMO. PVP with some clear cut goals and accomplishments. But really, it's about time someone said this, the MMO genre is really boring right now.
I have a friend from Australia. Seems like he told me that they have a country wide provider for cable, telephone, internet....Any Aussies want to help me out? Or am I just off my rocker.
"but I would argue that Lindens are worthless until there is an interface with a non-virtual good, service, or money, and that's the point at which tax could be assessed."
And if not, then it can't be be taxed anyway right? Because what would the government to with Lindens anyway?
I really loved playing GW. But the thing I didn't like was that all the characters are human. It would be really nice if there could be multiple races. Plus add the ability to customize the character at the beginning a little more. Give the character 10 points to spend on strength, speed, mental powers etc. The whole primary/secondary profession thing is nice, adds allot of options. Now just throw in races and a little more point allocation at the beginning, and that would be nice. Being a Charr W/E would be really cool.
I think the problem with homework is that it ignores the fact that the school system is incapable of teaching the kids what they need to know, at the school itself. I was home schooled for grades 1-12. Never had a problem getting a job, and scored at least a 50 in every area of my ACT test (in some areas it was more like 80). And that with never really having to do more than 8 hours of studying a day. I think if teachers were doing their job, or perhaps there was a higher teacher/student ratio in the schools, there would be no need for homework.
And no, I didn't take the time to read the article.
In a way you are correct, toys may never die, just like how movies didn't kill off the book market. However, how big is the movie market compared to the book market? The thing that games have going for them is that they are way more immersing and hence more addicting. And remember the debate is over which will be more popular, not which is better for you. Back to the book/tv analogy, you are going to find way more people watching a movie on a weekend then you are going to find curled up and reading a book. Sure books are better for you but since when has the human race done anything because it was good for them?
The thing about computer games is that they allow you to go places you can't normally go. Toys are simply a object you manipulate in one way or annother. Why play with a single toy soldier when I can create an army of gun toting robots in SupCom? Same sort of thing with some logic circuit design I do in my spare time, I can design it on the computer, and there's no way I can destroy a part, do I need more parts, just duplicate one. It's cheap, fun, and allows me to learn. With computer games it's the same way. Toys break, games don't (at least not in the same way that toys do).
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Blimey. I wonder if you're for real. Regardless, lets go step by step here: > A) he inspired people to write it over a period of 2000 years >> So are we, like, talking Jesus now, or what? Jesus is God? I'm confused. The two are one in the same. Jesus is God. > B) An the reason it's distribution is so good is because it's the truth. >> Go on... As people listen and read it, it changes their lives, after these changes they in turn want to share what happened to them with others. Hence the distribution. > I mean common, 20+ people writing a book over 2000 years, including prophecies that are fulfilled hundreds (if not thousands) of years after they are written, >> Like a nursery rhyme? Hardly, for instance, the destruction of Tyre was foretold years before it happened. And it was prophesied at a time when it was rediculous to even think of the city being destoried. Years later, Nebucadnezzer started the job, and it was finished by Alexander the Great. The Bible even foretold that when it was destroyed the army that razed it would sow salt upon their fields. And guess what, that's what the Babylonians did. Read the book of Daniel. It's full of prophecies of what would happen 100-500 years after the life of the writer. > with no contradictions in the book. >> Like Harry Potter Maybe, but HP was written by one person in less than 50 years. Try claiming that for a book written by 20+ people over 1000 years. The only way that can be explained is if one being (God) inspired all the writers. > No wonder it's so popular. >> Like Harry Potter Hardly, the Bible is the most printed book in the world. HP doesn't even come close. > Not to mention that it has the power to change lives >> Like Harry Potter When was the last time you heard of someone giving up drinking, beating their wife, doing drugs, cheating on their husband because of HP? > (bring about world peace, etc.). >> Yeah, let me know when that happens. It's happening, slowly. >> Anyway, I'm off to walk on some water... Have a nice swim!
"No contradictions? Are you joking? Have you actually read the thing and thought about things?"
Yes I have read it through. Some parts more times than I can count. And I have thought about some parts to the extent that I have them memorized. So, if you are interested in debating this logically , feel free to e-mail me at tbaldridge at gmail dot com. Otherwise, I have to ask if you are just spouting off what you have been told about the Bible without researching and studying it yourself.
This is OT, but it's simple. A) he inspired people to write it over a period of 2000 years. B) An the reason it's distribution is so good is because it's the truth. I mean common, 20+ people writing a book over 2000 years, including prophecies that are fulfilled hundreds (if not thousands) of years after they are written, with no contradictions in the book. No wonder it's so popular. Not to mention that it has the power to change lives (bring about world peace, etc.).
And let me amend my last comment by saying that Halo is just a game, and I don't agree with those who would say I'm more violent because I enjoy crushing the aliens under my steel shod boot. All I was intending to say in the parent was that even if Halo were real, it still wouldn't violate scripture's command to abstain from murder.
It's actually a common misconception that the Bible condemns killing. The misquoted verse from the 10 commandments was mis-translated in the KJV as "thou shalt not kill". Instead it should have been translated as "thou shalt not murder". The Bible (and God it's author) does not condemn killing in defence, punishment for a crime, or in wartime. What it does condemn is murder. So with this in mind Halo doesn't violate the 10 commandments at all.
Yes, I'm a Christian, and yes I love playing Halo.
In a way EVE is sharded. See each solar system can run on only one CPU. Once one system gets too loaded, CCP will move agents/quests to different systems to spread out the load. At no point will a weapon, ship, etc really go from one system to another. Whenevery they jump, their data is actually just picked and moved to a different CPU. So in a way EVE Online is made up of thousands of shards with the ability to swap data back and forth. Now once we have 10,000 players in one world/shard/star system, that's something to get excited about.
I don't think taking a pool is going to make Apple's "protection" last any longer or shorter. In fact, pools and electronics don't work well together. Just FYI.
...welcome our new Clippy killing overlords.
Take Warhammer Online http://www.warhammeronline.com/. That looks like the first MMO that'll actually be fun to play IMO. PVP with some clear cut goals and accomplishments. But really, it's about time someone said this, the MMO genre is really boring right now.
1. Load rough drafts into shotgun 2. Fire shot gun into wall 3. Paste shreds randomly together 4. ??? 5. Profit!
...the law of Energy Conservation breaks you!
Correction: Shouldn't that be hurd?
I have a friend from Australia. Seems like he told me that they have a country wide provider for cable, telephone, internet....Any Aussies want to help me out? Or am I just off my rocker.
What would love to see on this is a bit more storage, and just plain old linux. Kindof like project BlackDog Linux project.
Well some of them were. You see this guy named John Smith appeared to one of them and told them to get out of the village.
Either that or I've been watching too much TV lately, hmmm....
Well, if you were his girlfriend, you'd want to know of he had violated Eula wouldn't you? That goes a bit beyond your basic cheating sort of thing.
"but I would argue that Lindens are worthless until there is an interface with a non-virtual good, service, or money, and that's the point at which tax could be assessed."
And if not, then it can't be be taxed anyway right? Because what would the government to with Lindens anyway?
I really loved playing GW. But the thing I didn't like was that all the characters are human. It would be really nice if there could be multiple races. Plus add the ability to customize the character at the beginning a little more. Give the character 10 points to spend on strength, speed, mental powers etc. The whole primary/secondary profession thing is nice, adds allot of options. Now just throw in races and a little more point allocation at the beginning, and that would be nice. Being a Charr W/E would be really cool.
I think the problem with homework is that it ignores the fact that the school system is incapable of teaching the kids what they need to know, at the school itself. I was home schooled for grades 1-12. Never had a problem getting a job, and scored at least a 50 in every area of my ACT test (in some areas it was more like 80). And that with never really having to do more than 8 hours of studying a day. I think if teachers were doing their job, or perhaps there was a higher teacher/student ratio in the schools, there would be no need for homework.
And no, I didn't take the time to read the article.
Good post. Mod Parent up.
Really that's what I read at first. For a moment I thought, "YEAH BABY! You find those DRM guys, you take those DRM guys down!"
Okay, time to lay off the Halo books for a while (and maybe of the caffeine).
In a way you are correct, toys may never die, just like how movies didn't kill off the book market. However, how big is the movie market compared to the book market? The thing that games have going for them is that they are way more immersing and hence more addicting. And remember the debate is over which will be more popular, not which is better for you. Back to the book/tv analogy, you are going to find way more people watching a movie on a weekend then you are going to find curled up and reading a book. Sure books are better for you but since when has the human race done anything because it was good for them?
The thing about computer games is that they allow you to go places you can't normally go. Toys are simply a object you manipulate in one way or annother. Why play with a single toy soldier when I can create an army of gun toting robots in SupCom? Same sort of thing with some logic circuit design I do in my spare time, I can design it on the computer, and there's no way I can destroy a part, do I need more parts, just duplicate one. It's cheap, fun, and allows me to learn. With computer games it's the same way. Toys break, games don't (at least not in the same way that toys do).
I haven't yet, and I ordered them weeks ago.
Okay, everyone listen, this is important...when we get there and raise the city of Atlantis, don't even think about waking up the goth aliens.