>For us mortals, 800x600
Not for this one, 1600x1280 on a 15inch and wishing I had more. There's no such thing as too much screen real-estate.
Heck, I can't think of anything I could do at 800x600, I haven't had a PC at that res in the last ten+ years. Even my old Atari Falcon back in 1992 had 1024x800.
My 5150 has a classic design - the main air intake is underneath. When you put it on your lap, your legs cover the intake, the fan goes nuts and after a while the CPU and/or mobo does a meltdown. I'm on my 3rd mobo/cpu. Whenever you call with a hardware issue their first question is 'are all the rubber feet on?' because if they're not, you can bet its overheated jus sitting on a desk.
For good measure it also sucks up all the crud and deposits on to the heatsink/fan reducing their effectiveness.
Young people tend not to care much about what a government may have on them because they've never had to deal with the threat or actuality of an unfriendly government. When people start getting hauled off the streets and 'disappearing' c/o the state then suddenly that DNA and fingerprints you so willingly handed over, will seem rather more precious.
The awful truth is that in the 60's students knew that intervening would be a bit of a beating and a night in the cells. In todays climate, intervening in police business would put you on a track that would pretty much finish any chance you have of a life/career/future.
And what's the betting some idiot replies to my previous msg with 'Oh no, I don't recall ever seeing or hearing about such a rule, I think you must be mistaken on that'.
Is there some unwritten rule about being on slashdot that you have to take everything literally and disable any humour functions in your brain before posting?
>dcraw.c
Hey, there's a funny file on this disk called dcraw.c. Hang on.. it says it needs a C compiler? WTF is C?
Oh man, they used to use that to write software back in the day. No idea where you find one now.
OK but as someone else pointed out, even if it is a history, how do you reconcile God's change of views on so many things between the OT and NT? If he's allowed to change his mind somuch, how can you be sure what you believe is current in his eyes?
>Bible is not a literal rule book
The trouble is, you ask ten Christians about that and you'll get ten answers ranging from it's a bunch of hints through to its the literal word and must be adhered to in its entirety. And to add to the fun, they'll all claim only they are the true christian and all the others are wrong.
Interesting stuff. I've read a lot of articles and books that cite Clinton balancing the books but I'm always happy to read more on the subject so thanks for the pointer.
The bit about eating fish was just a 'top of my head' thought to save me looking up a real one. One could get in to a discussion about OT versus NT but a quick look at e.g. Leviticus will reveal a whole bunch of 'laws' which most modern Christians choose to ignore yet others which they hold to be absolute truths to live their lives by.
As for the bible's comment on homosexuality:
18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
In other places the bible notes death as a good solution for abominations..
How about stoning to death for non-virgin wives?
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her... and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: And the damsel's father shall say... these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.... But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die. Deuteronomy 22:13-21
Christians like to ignore all this stuff yet claim the good stuff. It doesn't wash.
I wouldn't disagree although I suspect his intolerence stems from logical rather than theistic reasons which I feel slightly safer with. On balance, I like his reasoning but not his lack of compassion for those 'blighted' with the God Gene.
Anyone interested in the possibilities of a world without faith could so worse than read the book "End of Faith" by Sam Harris. This book puts forward a powerful argument against all religions whilst putting forward insightful ideas for an alternative way to add value to our lives. It also has interesting views on radicalism within religion, primarily that the only true believers of any religion are the fanatics as they take the entire bible/koran/whatever at face value and live it whereas more moderates cherry pick the bits they like and ignore the bits they don't (stoning the neighbour for eating fish on a tuesday, nah, ignore that one. Hate gays? yup, tick) resulting in the vast majority of any given religions followers as basically failing that religons requirements.
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I suppose I was thinking of the tail end of those involved with WW2 and to a lesser extent stuff like Korea and the Cold War.
>For us mortals, 800x600
Not for this one, 1600x1280 on a 15inch and wishing I had more. There's no such thing as too much screen real-estate.
Heck, I can't think of anything I could do at 800x600, I haven't had a PC at that res in the last ten+ years. Even my old Atari Falcon back in 1992 had 1024x800.
You'd expect an article headed 6 laptops that do burn not 6 that don't - like it's news some aren't going to explode.
My 5150 has a classic design - the main air intake is underneath. When you put it on your lap, your legs cover the intake, the fan goes nuts and after a while the CPU and/or mobo does a meltdown. I'm on my 3rd mobo/cpu. Whenever you call with a hardware issue their first question is 'are all the rubber feet on?' because if they're not, you can bet its overheated jus sitting on a desk.
For good measure it also sucks up all the crud and deposits on to the heatsink/fan reducing their effectiveness.
>can be interpreted as that of a dinosaur
Interpereted being the operative word.
Young people tend not to care much about what a government may have on them because they've never had to deal with the threat or actuality of an unfriendly government. When people start getting hauled off the streets and 'disappearing' c/o the state then suddenly that DNA and fingerprints you so willingly handed over, will seem rather more precious.
Heh, heh ;-)
The awful truth is that in the 60's students knew that intervening would be a bit of a beating and a night in the cells. In todays climate, intervening in police business would put you on a track that would pretty much finish any chance you have of a life/career/future.
OK, who clicked on 'informative'. Duh!
And what's the betting some idiot replies to my previous msg with 'Oh no, I don't recall ever seeing or hearing about such a rule, I think you must be mistaken on that'.
Is there some unwritten rule about being on slashdot that you have to take everything literally and disable any humour functions in your brain before posting?
>dcraw.c
Hey, there's a funny file on this disk called dcraw.c. Hang on.. it says it needs a C compiler? WTF is C?
Oh man, they used to use that to write software back in the day. No idea where you find one now.
Someone famous whose name I forget once said 'More and more people are leaving the church... and returning to God'. Which sums things up nicely.
OK but as someone else pointed out, even if it is a history, how do you reconcile God's change of views on so many things between the OT and NT? If he's allowed to change his mind somuch, how can you be sure what you believe is current in his eyes?
>Bible is not a literal rule book
The trouble is, you ask ten Christians about that and you'll get ten answers ranging from it's a bunch of hints through to its the literal word and must be adhered to in its entirety. And to add to the fun, they'll all claim only they are the true christian and all the others are wrong.
If the OT is to be ignored, why include it in the Bible? Otherwise what's it there for?
Interesting stuff. I've read a lot of articles and books that cite Clinton balancing the books but I'm always happy to read more on the subject so thanks for the pointer.
This is what mod point were invented for. Give the man a funny +2
The bit about eating fish was just a 'top of my head' thought to save me looking up a real one. One could get in to a discussion about OT versus NT but a quick look at e.g. Leviticus will reveal a whole bunch of 'laws' which most modern Christians choose to ignore yet others which they hold to be absolute truths to live their lives by. ... and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: And the damsel's father shall say ... these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. ... But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die. Deuteronomy 22:13-21
As for the bible's comment on homosexuality:
18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
In other places the bible notes death as a good solution for abominations..
How about stoning to death for non-virgin wives?
If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her
Christians like to ignore all this stuff yet claim the good stuff. It doesn't wash.
I wouldn't disagree although I suspect his intolerence stems from logical rather than theistic reasons which I feel slightly safer with. On balance, I like his reasoning but not his lack of compassion for those 'blighted' with the God Gene.
>Of course there are other kickbacks, but nothing compared to what he is worth
>or earns now.
Not everyone's motivation is the size of their paycheck.
>Bush has had a better economic expansion that even Clinton had despite
>inheriting a bigger recession
Except Clinton balanced the books..
Anyone interested in the possibilities of a world without faith could so worse than read the book "End of Faith" by Sam Harris. This book puts forward a powerful argument against all religions whilst putting forward insightful ideas for an alternative way to add value to our lives. It also has interesting views on radicalism within religion, primarily that the only true believers of any religion are the fanatics as they take the entire bible/koran/whatever at face value and live it whereas more moderates cherry pick the bits they like and ignore the bits they don't (stoning the neighbour for eating fish on a tuesday, nah, ignore that one. Hate gays? yup, tick) resulting in the vast majority of any given religions followers as basically failing that religons requirements.
Ferris Bueller for president!
Over here it's:
Happy Birthday to you
Squashed tomato and stew
Bread and butter in the gutter
Happy birthday to you.