Well, me for one. Mid-twenties, reasonably large disposable income, but not large enough that I can justify keeping my computer modern enough to play all the latest games when I just play casually. $400 every 5 years is next to nothing as far as I'm concerned, and it's worth getting it early so I can show off my new shiny toys to my friends.
Creationism and Evolution aren't actually exclusive - if God did create the world 6000 years ago in 6 days, he did a bloody good job of making it look like it's been around for billions of years - and if he is capable of making a world in 6 days, he's certainly capable of making it look like it's been around for a long time.
Now since he's gone to all the effort of making it look like it's been around for billions of years, don't we owe it to him to study it as much as possible?
The thing that no-one seems to answer is, if there is a supreme being who created the universe etc., etc., then who created the supreme being? Where did he/she/it come from? What laws of physics does the supreme being obey? If none, why not?
Just because there might be a big white beard in the sky, it doesn't answer the questions about the origin, it just moves them.
I have been idly contemplating buying myself a mac box for some time now, however after seeing Apple's increasingly Microsoft-like stance, I'm going to stick to what I know.
It appears to me that Apple are resting on their laurels with the iPod. There hasn't been any major innovation for some time now - sticking on a colour screen doesn't count as innovation I'm afraid. And personally I dislike the interface - for example, if someone needs to tell me how to turn the damn thing off, that's not a good design. So basically, Apple have got the dominant position, then stagnated. Exactly what happened with Internet Explorer.
The fact that Apple doesn't license their DRM scheme to anyone is surely exactly the type of behaviour that caused such hatred towards Microsoft?
I'm sorry, Apple are far too much like Microsoft nowadays. I will not be buying a Mac.
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Well, me for one. Mid-twenties, reasonably large disposable income, but not large enough that I can justify keeping my computer modern enough to play all the latest games when I just play casually. $400 every 5 years is next to nothing as far as I'm concerned, and it's worth getting it early so I can show off my new shiny toys to my friends.
Creationism and Evolution aren't actually exclusive - if God did create the world 6000 years ago in 6 days, he did a bloody good job of making it look like it's been around for billions of years - and if he is capable of making a world in 6 days, he's certainly capable of making it look like it's been around for a long time.
Now since he's gone to all the effort of making it look like it's been around for billions of years, don't we owe it to him to study it as much as possible?
Rubbish. The reason people like the iPod is because of all the advertising. It's interface really isn't anything special.
The thing that no-one seems to answer is, if there is a supreme being who created the universe etc., etc., then who created the supreme being? Where did he/she/it come from? What laws of physics does the supreme being obey? If none, why not?
Just because there might be a big white beard in the sky, it doesn't answer the questions about the origin, it just moves them.
I have been idly contemplating buying myself a mac box for some time now, however after seeing Apple's increasingly Microsoft-like stance, I'm going to stick to what I know.
It appears to me that Apple are resting on their laurels with the iPod. There hasn't been any major innovation for some time now - sticking on a colour screen doesn't count as innovation I'm afraid. And personally I dislike the interface - for example, if someone needs to tell me how to turn the damn thing off, that's not a good design. So basically, Apple have got the dominant position, then stagnated. Exactly what happened with Internet Explorer.
The fact that Apple doesn't license their DRM scheme to anyone is surely exactly the type of behaviour that caused such hatred towards Microsoft?
I'm sorry, Apple are far too much like Microsoft nowadays. I will not be buying a Mac.