I feel the same way. I just picked up an old iMac 500 MHz (with 640 MB of RAM though) and it has become my primary "everyday use" machine. When I was playing with it, I was trying to do things the "windows way," and then when I figured out the Mac way I often thought, "why didn't Windows do it that way?"
Maybe I'm missing a beat here, but TFA says that the communications between Bluetooth devices ARE encrypted...it's simply a Bluetooth device's "heartbeat" that's unencrypted, and it allows for hacking.
Now, if they maybe wanted to use more encryption so the key isn't as breakable, that would be an idea...but it would probably mean more expensive hardware, and longer PINs.
My boss always says security and ease of use are on two opposite ends of a line, and with any system you have to put the 'x' somewhere. Bluetooth chose to plant their 'x' pretty close to the Ease of Use side, which cost them security.
But then again, if I see the little "B" icon on my v600 and my headset's not on my ear, I know SOMETHING's up...
Ah, a fellow math nerd. This just got more interesting!
The problem is, God is outside of a realm we can fully understand, but parts of Him can be revealed through analogies to this world. I'll stick with your function example. Instead of assuming God is a 2-dimensional function, I would call this universe and existence a 2-dimensional plane. God, however, is a gigantic, complex, 3-D surface that intersects our 2-D plane at various points and lines and curves.
It would be like us trying to build a HyperCube. Sure, we can make a 2-D stereographic drawing of one, or we can even try to make a 3-D model, but we could never actually build a 4-D HyperCube. In the same sense, we have a limited understanding of God in our world's terms, but not the full picture of Him. The picture we DO have is based on what He's revealed to us through the Bible and personal experience. (I promise that's all I'll say about Christianity right now...back to more abstract theology.)
In reference to your conclusion, I submit that we don't disagree as much as you think. Many people find it easier to just fall in line behind some sort of religious authority and do whatever he/she says. But if you read the textbook, we're supposed to follow God's will and God's will alone...this means that sometimes, parents and priests are going to be wrong. And the Bible might even be 'wrong' on some little things, but not theology, which is another story entirely--but don't tell that to the fundamentalists!
When I say "comprehend," I mean fully and completely understand. When you get right down to it, every human is at least a bit of an agnostic, because we can't 100% know if God exists or not. That's that whole "faith" thing us Christians are always talking about. I'll save discussion about whether or not God exists for another thread, but as Christians we feel like He's out there and deserves some respect.
Us educated Christians are the ones hanging out with the educated atheists who can just simply not say the words "under God" in the pledge instead of putting up a big stink about it. But I digress...
Here comes a handful of theistic evolutionary creationism, and my first slashdot post ever!
This is being done by a minority of Christians who think that a long time ago, God made every animal in exactly the form it is today. Luckily, that's not how most educated Christians think.
In reality, Christianity and science are in perfect harmony, because the God we worship created science in the first place. I have absolutely no problem with God creating creatures that can become better as time goes by...as a matter of fact, that's pretty damn impressive if you ask me.
If Christians need to make a stink about something, instead of just teaching their kids at home like a responsible parent should anyway, let's talk about the origin of the universe. I've read scientific explanations of the Big Bang, and it still sounds sketchy to me. But if that's the way it happened, what's to say it wasn't some sort of God who made it happen that way? I mean, the theory basically says there was some stuff, it blew up, and it made the universe. The stuff had to come from somewhere, and the 'boom' had to come from somewhere too.
The problem is, as humans we can never comprehend the idea of God, at least the God presented by Christianity. But that debate belongs in a different thread...
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I feel the same way. I just picked up an old iMac 500 MHz (with 640 MB of RAM though) and it has become my primary "everyday use" machine. When I was playing with it, I was trying to do things the "windows way," and then when I figured out the Mac way I often thought, "why didn't Windows do it that way?"
Whatever happened to a little web blip I saw a few months ago about an integrated RSS reader in the Gmail web interface?
I guess I should have clarified--my BLUETOOTH headset is on my ear...
Maybe I'm missing a beat here, but TFA says that the communications between Bluetooth devices ARE encrypted...it's simply a Bluetooth device's "heartbeat" that's unencrypted, and it allows for hacking.
Now, if they maybe wanted to use more encryption so the key isn't as breakable, that would be an idea...but it would probably mean more expensive hardware, and longer PINs.
My boss always says security and ease of use are on two opposite ends of a line, and with any system you have to put the 'x' somewhere. Bluetooth chose to plant their 'x' pretty close to the Ease of Use side, which cost them security.
But then again, if I see the little "B" icon on my v600 and my headset's not on my ear, I know SOMETHING's up...
"What created the earth?
-God.
What created god?
-.."
-NOTHING. He's eternal. It's that whole "I AM" thing, and the reason there's not an answer to that question.
Ah, a fellow math nerd. This just got more interesting!
The problem is, God is outside of a realm we can fully understand, but parts of Him can be revealed through analogies to this world. I'll stick with your function example. Instead of assuming God is a 2-dimensional function, I would call this universe and existence a 2-dimensional plane. God, however, is a gigantic, complex, 3-D surface that intersects our 2-D plane at various points and lines and curves.
It would be like us trying to build a HyperCube. Sure, we can make a 2-D stereographic drawing of one, or we can even try to make a 3-D model, but we could never actually build a 4-D HyperCube. In the same sense, we have a limited understanding of God in our world's terms, but not the full picture of Him. The picture we DO have is based on what He's revealed to us through the Bible and personal experience. (I promise that's all I'll say about Christianity right now...back to more abstract theology.)
In reference to your conclusion, I submit that we don't disagree as much as you think. Many people find it easier to just fall in line behind some sort of religious authority and do whatever he/she says. But if you read the textbook, we're supposed to follow God's will and God's will alone...this means that sometimes, parents and priests are going to be wrong. And the Bible might even be 'wrong' on some little things, but not theology, which is another story entirely--but don't tell that to the fundamentalists!
When I say "comprehend," I mean fully and completely understand. When you get right down to it, every human is at least a bit of an agnostic, because we can't 100% know if God exists or not. That's that whole "faith" thing us Christians are always talking about. I'll save discussion about whether or not God exists for another thread, but as Christians we feel like He's out there and deserves some respect.
Us educated Christians are the ones hanging out with the educated atheists who can just simply not say the words "under God" in the pledge instead of putting up a big stink about it. But I digress...
By the way, being my first post and all, I didn't realize I needed to put those pesky "br" tags in there to separate lines.
Here comes a handful of theistic evolutionary creationism, and my first slashdot post ever! This is being done by a minority of Christians who think that a long time ago, God made every animal in exactly the form it is today. Luckily, that's not how most educated Christians think. In reality, Christianity and science are in perfect harmony, because the God we worship created science in the first place. I have absolutely no problem with God creating creatures that can become better as time goes by...as a matter of fact, that's pretty damn impressive if you ask me. If Christians need to make a stink about something, instead of just teaching their kids at home like a responsible parent should anyway, let's talk about the origin of the universe. I've read scientific explanations of the Big Bang, and it still sounds sketchy to me. But if that's the way it happened, what's to say it wasn't some sort of God who made it happen that way? I mean, the theory basically says there was some stuff, it blew up, and it made the universe. The stuff had to come from somewhere, and the 'boom' had to come from somewhere too. The problem is, as humans we can never comprehend the idea of God, at least the God presented by Christianity. But that debate belongs in a different thread...