Apple's OSX releases are named after sleek, powerfull, and exotic jungle cats.
Microsoft's new OS is name after, well....a cow.
Hmmm. I think that says a lot.
Whenever fundie Christians get in my face about creationism and how evolution is a joke, I just hit em this simple question:
Do you believe in Dogs?
They are at first puzzled by this, and think about it for a few moments in case it is a trick question.
"Uh, yeah, sure. I believe in dogs. GOD made dogs."
"Yes, yes," answers I. "Im sure he did."
But lets look at dogs, shall we. There are big ones, small ones, smart ones and dumb ones. Most of the dogs we keep as pets could not survive very well in the wild. These traits in our furry four-legged friends were bred into them, by man no less. Not God. So lets take, for example, ten greyhounds, ten bullgogs, ten yellow labs, and ten terriers. Stick all those critters on an island with nothing to eat on it but rabbits. Come back in 100 years to check up on them. I bet you five bucks the dogs on that island will end up looking NOTHING like the original breeds. And you can bet none of them will look anything like the bullgogs or terriers, because they would have died out/been unable to breed beacuse their stubby legs where not swift enough to catch the rabbits.
The Fundie cannot refute this of course. I ask said fudie:
"Do you take what I just said as true?"
Still thinking this is a trick, he thinks a bit, checks his bible for scripture concerning dogs, and gives in.
"Yes" he answers.
"Aha!" says I. What our fine fundamentalist friend has just agreed to is the underlying premise of evolution! Survival of the fittest. You see, most fundies who try to refute evolution do not, in fact, know what the word means. They have been too busy clamping theirs hands over their ears to learn this.
But in the end it does not matter. The fundie has made up his made long ago. To argue is moot. The best thing for the free thinking American to do is to do what I did...
Move to Japan.
The author is being unfair here. Now, I have been using an eMac for almost a year now, and I dont seem to find it underpowered at all. I do freelance graphic design and illustrate childrens books, and do all my Photoshop/Illustraror work with it. Yeah, a G5 with a cinema display would be preferable, but I didnt have $6000 laying around. But I did have a thousand bucks, and that bought me this here eMac which is a pretty nice little platform for Photoshop and Illustrator.
Oh yeah, Rainbow Six 3 runs great on it.
I was obsessed with Star Wars when I was a kid and had a shitload of figures. When I got older it was Transformers and GI Joe. Boys will always love Action figures, so long as there a cool franchises to base them on.
oh yeah model kits a fun too.
Can the recent Final Fantasy games really be classified as Role Playing games anymore? Ever since FF7 the series has been reduced to just fighting monsters inbetween CG cutscenes. Too many games gave been trying to bridge the gap between the movie and the game. It may seem like a good idea, but IMHO it just makes a really boring game. Metal Gear Solid 2 suffered from this. Snake opens door-watch 10 minute movie. Snake walks down hallway-watch 15 minute movie. The entire game was just walking Snake from one cuscene to the next. If I want to watch a movie, I'll go to the video store and rent one. If I want to play a game, then I want to PLAY, not sit through 20 minutes of cutscenes.
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Apple's OSX releases are named after sleek, powerfull, and exotic jungle cats. Microsoft's new OS is name after, well....a cow. Hmmm. I think that says a lot.
Whenever fundie Christians get in my face about creationism and how evolution is a joke, I just hit em this simple question: Do you believe in Dogs? They are at first puzzled by this, and think about it for a few moments in case it is a trick question. "Uh, yeah, sure. I believe in dogs. GOD made dogs." "Yes, yes," answers I. "Im sure he did." But lets look at dogs, shall we. There are big ones, small ones, smart ones and dumb ones. Most of the dogs we keep as pets could not survive very well in the wild. These traits in our furry four-legged friends were bred into them, by man no less. Not God. So lets take, for example, ten greyhounds, ten bullgogs, ten yellow labs, and ten terriers. Stick all those critters on an island with nothing to eat on it but rabbits. Come back in 100 years to check up on them. I bet you five bucks the dogs on that island will end up looking NOTHING like the original breeds. And you can bet none of them will look anything like the bullgogs or terriers, because they would have died out/been unable to breed beacuse their stubby legs where not swift enough to catch the rabbits. The Fundie cannot refute this of course. I ask said fudie: "Do you take what I just said as true?" Still thinking this is a trick, he thinks a bit, checks his bible for scripture concerning dogs, and gives in. "Yes" he answers. "Aha!" says I. What our fine fundamentalist friend has just agreed to is the underlying premise of evolution! Survival of the fittest. You see, most fundies who try to refute evolution do not, in fact, know what the word means. They have been too busy clamping theirs hands over their ears to learn this. But in the end it does not matter. The fundie has made up his made long ago. To argue is moot. The best thing for the free thinking American to do is to do what I did... Move to Japan.
The author is being unfair here. Now, I have been using an eMac for almost a year now, and I dont seem to find it underpowered at all. I do freelance graphic design and illustrate childrens books, and do all my Photoshop/Illustraror work with it. Yeah, a G5 with a cinema display would be preferable, but I didnt have $6000 laying around. But I did have a thousand bucks, and that bought me this here eMac which is a pretty nice little platform for Photoshop and Illustrator. Oh yeah, Rainbow Six 3 runs great on it.
TO CONTRA?
I for one welcome our robot cockroach overlords.
I was obsessed with Star Wars when I was a kid and had a shitload of figures. When I got older it was Transformers and GI Joe. Boys will always love Action figures, so long as there a cool franchises to base them on. oh yeah model kits a fun too.
Can the recent Final Fantasy games really be classified as Role Playing games anymore? Ever since FF7 the series has been reduced to just fighting monsters inbetween CG cutscenes. Too many games gave been trying to bridge the gap between the movie and the game. It may seem like a good idea, but IMHO it just makes a really boring game. Metal Gear Solid 2 suffered from this. Snake opens door-watch 10 minute movie. Snake walks down hallway-watch 15 minute movie. The entire game was just walking Snake from one cuscene to the next. If I want to watch a movie, I'll go to the video store and rent one. If I want to play a game, then I want to PLAY, not sit through 20 minutes of cutscenes.
...but $300 bucks is a little much for flower speakers. I don't see it catching on except with maybe the Ikebana crowd.