Also, keep in mind that a lot of them don't like to rock the boat of their personal lives. Saying you don't believe in god is a good way to distance yourself from your family and or spouse -- so many either lie, or, more likely, just avoid thinking down that path a lot because it has no positive benefit.
I strongly agree with your statement. Many of my classmates don't like to speak with me, or even "look down" on me for my un-Christian views. In addition, I've had multiple girls refuse to date me simply because I'm not Christian. Although one could argue that the girls are using that as an excuse to just not date me, I'm talking about the cases when I've become very close to the girl, and the next logical step would be to date.
Whatever the case may be, I certainly have heard people at least claim that they don't want to spend time/go out/talk with me because I'm not Christian. People think it's wrong to discriminate based on race, but when discrimination occurs based on religion (on a small scale, I'm not talking about the holocaust), it's suddenly justified because that's part of the religious doctrine?
I used to be Christian, and at my church, we were told as kids to only have close friends with people within the church. Having friends with anyone else would supposedly cause us to turn away from the "truth" and fall into temptation.
Well, you make a good point. I didn't understand much myself. After playing a lot of the games for the Gamecube, I didn't like them. Not sure exactly what it was, but I always prefered the N64 variants (if they had an N64 variant). Take Super Smash Bros. for instance. I love that game on the N64, hate it on the Gamecube. Another game is Mariokart. Played 3 generations of Mariokart: SNES, N64, Gamecube. Liked all of them except the Gamecube one. Maybe somebody else who's experienced this can explain it better. Trust me, I tried to like the Gamecube games, it just wasn't happening for some reason.
I'm so glad to see Nintendo doing something innovative and getting back in the game. I was raised on NES, SNES, and N64, but hated what Nintendo did with the Gamecube. A lot of gamers my age (college-aged) complain that Nintendo is only for kids and doesn't have the hardcore gaming that they look for. Now I don't enjoy the really kiddie games, but I love how creative Nintendo's games can be. Sure, you can have all sorts of realistic high-end FPS, even some with twists (like Prey), but after years of playing those games, it's fun to play something where you run around jumping on walking mushrooms or ride a dinosaur that has a tongue like a chameleon. Sony has a lot of fantasy games, but they don't appeal to me as much as the Nintendo games did.
I just hope that with the Wii, I can get creative, quirky-as-hell games that are actually challenging and entertaining. I think the Wii-mote will open up tons of doors for some very interesting games. Hopefully developpers pull it off.
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With such a cheap price-tag on the Wii, I'd rather get a Wii and Xbox than spend that combined money to get a PS3.
I second this motion. I can't stand it when I read an article about a judge or congress making a decision on science or technology they don't even understand. Basically, some lobbyist or guy with lots of money(or money to be gained) makes a statement about how some form of technology or science is a threat to society, and everyone ignorantly believes him without hearing the other side. Sure a lot of these ideas sound good on paper and in principle, but when actually applied, they're worthless. Can anybody say proxy server?
Plus, there's no way I'm paying over $40,000/year for college and getting a censored internet. NOT going to happen.
I feel ya. People definitely need to understand that "normal" doesn't exist... it simply refers to the preference of the majority. Just because you deviate from "normal" doesn't mean something is wrong.
To answer your question, I think I would still be a hermit. Since I was little, my parents always had me around adults, so I had to entertain myself or die of boredom. Eventually, I got very used to entertaining myself (no pervertedness intended) using my imagination and creativity to make things, like drawings or lego structures. The computer is just another tool to help me make things. I don't have the money to have a wood or metal shop, but I do have enough to get the hardware for a PC, and all the software required is free (linux and compilers). The Internet is just icing on the cake, allowing me to see what's going on in the rest of the world and keep up to date on things that interest me.
I'm happy with the way I am.
I confess, I'm a hermit. I'm probably one of the very few people who goes to college and spends all his time in his room. I'm not a full-hermit, though, since I do go out to buy groceries and things like that, but my social life is basically non-existent. I don't even have friends in college, and I have maybe a total of 5 people I talk to through IM. Being a hermit isn't that bad, but most importantly, it's my choice. Some people may prefer to hermit themselves due to social anxieties or phobias. At least the Internet makes hermitting more entertaining.
The biggest draw-back is probably the lack of physical contact. I haven't received a hug in years. I don't miss talking out-loud much though. As a matter of fact, since I haven't talked in so long, when I talk out-loud my throat gets sore. Ouch.
Who does MS have working on IE? Believe it or not, I know a guy from my college ( freshmen ) who is interning at Microsoft, working on IE. I was jealous that I didn't get picked ( I don't have much of a job right now ). Anyways, interesting part about this: during the interview, they asked the guy what Microsoft applications he uses most often and what he would change about them. This boy responds, "I don't know, because I'm an Apple user. I've never used Microsoft software." This guy actually gets picked for the fucking internship. He doesn't even know what IE does WRONG, and now he's supposed to help make it rigt? I understand that it's good to get a different perspective when developing software, especially from people who are familiar with the competition, but this is a bit much, don't you think?
I haven't kept up much on IE 7, but I hope they are treating it like Vista: dump the old code, and start from scratch. If they don't, then the entire effort is pointless.
You can only build on old code for so long before it's a good idea to start fresh again.
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I strongly agree with your statement. Many of my classmates don't like to speak with me, or even "look down" on me for my un-Christian views. In addition, I've had multiple girls refuse to date me simply because I'm not Christian. Although one could argue that the girls are using that as an excuse to just not date me, I'm talking about the cases when I've become very close to the girl, and the next logical step would be to date.
Whatever the case may be, I certainly have heard people at least claim that they don't want to spend time/go out/talk with me because I'm not Christian. People think it's wrong to discriminate based on race, but when discrimination occurs based on religion (on a small scale, I'm not talking about the holocaust), it's suddenly justified because that's part of the religious doctrine?
I used to be Christian, and at my church, we were told as kids to only have close friends with people within the church. Having friends with anyone else would supposedly cause us to turn away from the "truth" and fall into temptation.
I wonder how many people got that.
Well, you make a good point. I didn't understand much myself. After playing a lot of the games for the Gamecube, I didn't like them. Not sure exactly what it was, but I always prefered the N64 variants (if they had an N64 variant). Take Super Smash Bros. for instance. I love that game on the N64, hate it on the Gamecube. Another game is Mariokart. Played 3 generations of Mariokart: SNES, N64, Gamecube. Liked all of them except the Gamecube one. Maybe somebody else who's experienced this can explain it better. Trust me, I tried to like the Gamecube games, it just wasn't happening for some reason.
I'm so glad to see Nintendo doing something innovative and getting back in the game. I was raised on NES, SNES, and N64, but hated what Nintendo did with the Gamecube. A lot of gamers my age (college-aged) complain that Nintendo is only for kids and doesn't have the hardcore gaming that they look for. Now I don't enjoy the really kiddie games, but I love how creative Nintendo's games can be. Sure, you can have all sorts of realistic high-end FPS, even some with twists (like Prey), but after years of playing those games, it's fun to play something where you run around jumping on walking mushrooms or ride a dinosaur that has a tongue like a chameleon. Sony has a lot of fantasy games, but they don't appeal to me as much as the Nintendo games did.
I just hope that with the Wii, I can get creative, quirky-as-hell games that are actually challenging and entertaining. I think the Wii-mote will open up tons of doors for some very interesting games. Hopefully developpers pull it off.
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With such a cheap price-tag on the Wii, I'd rather get a Wii and Xbox than spend that combined money to get a PS3.
I second this motion. I can't stand it when I read an article about a judge or congress making a decision on science or technology they don't even understand. Basically, some lobbyist or guy with lots of money(or money to be gained) makes a statement about how some form of technology or science is a threat to society, and everyone ignorantly believes him without hearing the other side. Sure a lot of these ideas sound good on paper and in principle, but when actually applied, they're worthless. Can anybody say proxy server?
Plus, there's no way I'm paying over $40,000/year for college and getting a censored internet. NOT going to happen.
I feel ya. People definitely need to understand that "normal" doesn't exist... it simply refers to the preference of the majority. Just because you deviate from "normal" doesn't mean something is wrong.
To answer your question, I think I would still be a hermit. Since I was little, my parents always had me around adults, so I had to entertain myself or die of boredom. Eventually, I got very used to entertaining myself (no pervertedness intended) using my imagination and creativity to make things, like drawings or lego structures. The computer is just another tool to help me make things. I don't have the money to have a wood or metal shop, but I do have enough to get the hardware for a PC, and all the software required is free (linux and compilers). The Internet is just icing on the cake, allowing me to see what's going on in the rest of the world and keep up to date on things that interest me. I'm happy with the way I am.
I confess, I'm a hermit. I'm probably one of the very few people who goes to college and spends all his time in his room. I'm not a full-hermit, though, since I do go out to buy groceries and things like that, but my social life is basically non-existent. I don't even have friends in college, and I have maybe a total of 5 people I talk to through IM. Being a hermit isn't that bad, but most importantly, it's my choice. Some people may prefer to hermit themselves due to social anxieties or phobias. At least the Internet makes hermitting more entertaining. The biggest draw-back is probably the lack of physical contact. I haven't received a hug in years. I don't miss talking out-loud much though. As a matter of fact, since I haven't talked in so long, when I talk out-loud my throat gets sore. Ouch.
Who does MS have working on IE? Believe it or not, I know a guy from my college ( freshmen ) who is interning at Microsoft, working on IE. I was jealous that I didn't get picked ( I don't have much of a job right now ). Anyways, interesting part about this: during the interview, they asked the guy what Microsoft applications he uses most often and what he would change about them. This boy responds, "I don't know, because I'm an Apple user. I've never used Microsoft software." This guy actually gets picked for the fucking internship. He doesn't even know what IE does WRONG, and now he's supposed to help make it rigt? I understand that it's good to get a different perspective when developing software, especially from people who are familiar with the competition, but this is a bit much, don't you think?
I haven't kept up much on IE 7, but I hope they are treating it like Vista: dump the old code, and start from scratch. If they don't, then the entire effort is pointless.
You can only build on old code for so long before it's a good idea to start fresh again.