Allow me to be Captain Obvious - some cell phones don't hold a charge for very long (iPhone, I'm looking at you). Even with a phone that does, the likelihood that you just charged your phone to full capacity when the power outage occurs probably isn't high. In either case, once the battery's drained, you're SOL. You could charge it in a car I suppose, but you'd have to run your engine for several hours to do so.
But is it worth the number of cats you'll encounter? And, will Eidos track whether you attempt to learn their secret names (pacifist), name them yourself (problem solver), or ignore them (runner)?
While I don't disagree with gnick, I'll offer my experience for comparison. I did drink Apple Kool-Aid with the iPhone about 2 months ago (not going to talk about liking or hating them here), and my deal with AT&T is as follows: 450 minutes/month, no SMS, and a data plan for roughly the same price you pay. Prior to the iPhone, I had twice the minutes with no data and no SMS with AT&T for the same price. While I still feel they could lower the price for everyone, I think you're getting the very bad end of the deal here unless you really *really* need all the SMS (even then, 35 bucks to text??? WTF?). No criticism, just sayin' you might want to renegotiate with them at the very least.
Damn. That currently is equivalent to US $41. I pay twice that to AT&T for only 450 minutes/month + unlimited 3G. It would be another US $5 if I wanted to get 250 sms/month. I dunno, maybe they look at average per capita income and milk the user base as much as possible (no, I haven't checked my chart of national incomes lately, just floating a random guess out there).
I've long enjoyed your sig:) But in this case, I don't think I'll follow it. Maybe I used an absolute where one should avoid it, but my point is not to state that once someone claims to have found a truth through science that all others must abandon all attempts at further discovery in that direction. It is to state that I don't feel that God and science contradict one another. In fact, your statement
Science doesn't say whether evolution is driven by random mutation or the hand of God
is directly in line with my thoughts on the subject. Still, I don't care if God decided to make the universe look old even if it was created 10 minutes ago. Maybe Hitler (and therefore 80% of all History Channel programming:D ) didn't "actually" exist until 13 seconds ago, and then all of our memories collectively have been modified to fit that new "reality." Big deal. For simplicity's sake, I'm not going to fret about it.
Religion and philosophy help me to interact with you. Science helps me to interact with my physical environment. Blindness and close-mindedness in either field sometimes have dire consequences.
The statement that Slashdot as a whole is hostile to religion is not true. There are certainly individuals here who respect neither faith nor organized religion, some to the extreme. There are some who are neutral, some who are a bit overzealous, and some who probably have made the choice to not proclaim for all to hear but do take comfort in their beliefs. To classify everyone based on a vocal few is short-sighted.
What I don't understand, on both sides of this argument, is the following:
I am a Christian (and, horror of horrors, Catholic!!!!!, OH NOES!), and do happen to believe that God created the universe, etc. However, I have every conviction that belief in evolution, natural selection, a billions-of-years-old universe, and all that goes with it is absolutely acceptable and true. In fact, it's due to my belief in God that I accept this. We have brains that are capable of grasping the laws of nature and puzzling out the mysteries of existence in the physical world. That is a gift.
I do accept that my belief in God itself is not scientific and therefore based on faith without proof. That is my choice, and I cannot force anyone to believe nor can I argue that non-believers are wrong. I can only state my personal reasons for belief. But the fact that I choose to believe in a deity without proof does not preclude that I also accept scientifically verifiable facts. The reverse is also true - trust in science does not preclude the ability to believe in God on faith alone. The trouble seems to be introduced when blind "because God wanted it that way" answers are provided to difficult (but ultimately, I believe, discoverable) scientific questions.
I don't have mod points, otherwise I'd attempt to remove the "troll" rating from your post.
I don't absolutely love MS, but I think the ribbon, overall, is useful to me in ways that make in an improvement. No software design is likely to ever get a 100% approval rating, but if the majority of business users don't reject it (and this CAN happen, witness Vista) that's a decent sign (I didn't say absolute) that it's a change for the better.
I like your thought process. Perhaps they're already spread out amongst the stars, living the same way they do here, being not stupid enough to tell us where they went.
I have to agree with the parent here - mainstream scientists usually state that the life they are seeking is indeed the type of life we know here on Earth, i.e. carbon-based and requiring water and temperatures in roughly the same amounts that we do. "Alive" is defined by our own experience, and science will only expand that definition if other forms of life - life that, for example, could exist in Saturn's chemical bath and doesn't require water and direct sunlight - are discovered and then understood to actually be living beings. But it's not what they're looking for today, even if the unimagined and never-encountered is out there.
So, you've obviously met this individual and are in a position to judge immediately, I see.
Have a little compassion. While I agree that it's not a lot of fun to listen to someone who has a "poor me" attitude, most of these individuals are depressed and need help. That means the person needs medical help and/or therapy. Often times they have to realize this on their own; it's much nicer if they have a friend who will reach out to them, but for obvious reasons, those people don't usually exist in their lives.
So while I actually do agree with your "...built that into a character trait" statement, the rest of your post reveals that you yourself have some very negative character traits too.
Oh, and next time you want to hate on people, have the balls or vagina to sign in rather than hide behind AC.
For most companies, there probably won't be formal training, but there will be a lot of time spent by help desks/desktop techs walking individuals through tasks, usually more than once per person. At least that's my experience after 15 years in the industry. A major upgrade (and from the viewpoint of an "I don't know computers I just use them to do my job" employee, this would be major) is much more expensive than the initial purchase price.
Okay, rare feeding here...
He was so good at what he did that he also had a new show on Discovery Channel - Pitchmen. While I don't put him up there with the biggest entertainment stars, you don't get your own show if you're just an average salesperson.
Also, please don't presume to know the quality of others' lives unless you know them very very well. It speaks ill of your own. Thanks.
Glad I read comments before posting, because I would have simply echoed you (well, guess I'm doing that anyway).
If I have new, fast hardware, I want it to do things for me. I don't care if Office/OpenOffice opens.9 seconds faster, but I do care about better features. If a new OS (Mac, Linux, Win7, whatever) offers better features at the same performance level (one I was already happy with) then fine by me as long as the OS in question is free of major problems (no software is perfect so I expect minor bugs to exist). If I have old hardware, I'm not going to blame the newest OS for that old hardware's lack of relative computing power.
I expect that if I was to run DOS on a modern machine and ran "dir/s" against it, I'd see the entire contents of my hard drive listed hella-fast. Sure as crap doesn't mean I want to go and use DOS 6.6 again.
Okay, so this thread is entirely off-topic, but I'll reply here.
I am Catholic, and I do wish the government would prosecute these men as criminals. Money might give the alleged victims a sense that they are okay, but it doesn't take a dangerous person off the streets. I have found the Church's solution of simply moving the priests to another location in many of these cases to be disappointing to say the very, very least.
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Well, *I* laughed at that :)
Allow me to be Captain Obvious - some cell phones don't hold a charge for very long (iPhone, I'm looking at you). Even with a phone that does, the likelihood that you just charged your phone to full capacity when the power outage occurs probably isn't high. In either case, once the battery's drained, you're SOL. You could charge it in a car I suppose, but you'd have to run your engine for several hours to do so.
You had me until "it's not about money."
But is it worth the number of cats you'll encounter? And, will Eidos track whether you attempt to learn their secret names (pacifist), name them yourself (problem solver), or ignore them (runner)?
"Good, goooood! Use your aggressive feelings, boy. Let the hate flow through you."
While I don't disagree with gnick, I'll offer my experience for comparison. I did drink Apple Kool-Aid with the iPhone about 2 months ago (not going to talk about liking or hating them here), and my deal with AT&T is as follows: 450 minutes/month, no SMS, and a data plan for roughly the same price you pay. Prior to the iPhone, I had twice the minutes with no data and no SMS with AT&T for the same price. While I still feel they could lower the price for everyone, I think you're getting the very bad end of the deal here unless you really *really* need all the SMS (even then, 35 bucks to text??? WTF?). No criticism, just sayin' you might want to renegotiate with them at the very least.
Damn. That currently is equivalent to US $41. I pay twice that to AT&T for only 450 minutes/month + unlimited 3G. It would be another US $5 if I wanted to get 250 sms/month. I dunno, maybe they look at average per capita income and milk the user base as much as possible (no, I haven't checked my chart of national incomes lately, just floating a random guess out there).
Science doesn't say whether evolution is driven by random mutation or the hand of God
is directly in line with my thoughts on the subject. Still, I don't care if God decided to make the universe look old even if it was created 10 minutes ago. Maybe Hitler (and therefore 80% of all History Channel programming :D ) didn't "actually" exist until 13 seconds ago, and then all of our memories collectively have been modified to fit that new "reality." Big deal. For simplicity's sake, I'm not going to fret about it.
Religion and philosophy help me to interact with you. Science helps me to interact with my physical environment. Blindness and close-mindedness in either field sometimes have dire consequences.
The statement that Slashdot as a whole is hostile to religion is not true. There are certainly individuals here who respect neither faith nor organized religion, some to the extreme. There are some who are neutral, some who are a bit overzealous, and some who probably have made the choice to not proclaim for all to hear but do take comfort in their beliefs. To classify everyone based on a vocal few is short-sighted.
What I don't understand, on both sides of this argument, is the following:
I am a Christian (and, horror of horrors, Catholic!!!!!, OH NOES!), and do happen to believe that God created the universe, etc. However, I have every conviction that belief in evolution, natural selection, a billions-of-years-old universe, and all that goes with it is absolutely acceptable and true. In fact, it's due to my belief in God that I accept this. We have brains that are capable of grasping the laws of nature and puzzling out the mysteries of existence in the physical world. That is a gift.
I do accept that my belief in God itself is not scientific and therefore based on faith without proof. That is my choice, and I cannot force anyone to believe nor can I argue that non-believers are wrong. I can only state my personal reasons for belief. But the fact that I choose to believe in a deity without proof does not preclude that I also accept scientifically verifiable facts. The reverse is also true - trust in science does not preclude the ability to believe in God on faith alone. The trouble seems to be introduced when blind "because God wanted it that way" answers are provided to difficult (but ultimately, I believe, discoverable) scientific questions.
I don't have mod points, otherwise I'd attempt to remove the "troll" rating from your post.
I don't absolutely love MS, but I think the ribbon, overall, is useful to me in ways that make in an improvement. No software design is likely to ever get a 100% approval rating, but if the majority of business users don't reject it (and this CAN happen, witness Vista) that's a decent sign (I didn't say absolute) that it's a change for the better.
That reminds me, I can't wait 'til the Large Hadron Collider comes back onli... #`%${%&`+'${`%&NO CARRIER
I like your thought process. Perhaps they're already spread out amongst the stars, living the same way they do here, being not stupid enough to tell us where they went.
I have to agree with the parent here - mainstream scientists usually state that the life they are seeking is indeed the type of life we know here on Earth, i.e. carbon-based and requiring water and temperatures in roughly the same amounts that we do. "Alive" is defined by our own experience, and science will only expand that definition if other forms of life - life that, for example, could exist in Saturn's chemical bath and doesn't require water and direct sunlight - are discovered and then understood to actually be living beings. But it's not what they're looking for today, even if the unimagined and never-encountered is out there.
In that case, buy new computer...
I might have missed something, but wouldn't the new computer likely cost more than the repair? Your logic seems flawed somehow.
So, you've obviously met this individual and are in a position to judge immediately, I see.
Have a little compassion. While I agree that it's not a lot of fun to listen to someone who has a "poor me" attitude, most of these individuals are depressed and need help. That means the person needs medical help and/or therapy. Often times they have to realize this on their own; it's much nicer if they have a friend who will reach out to them, but for obvious reasons, those people don't usually exist in their lives.
So while I actually do agree with your "...built that into a character trait" statement, the rest of your post reveals that you yourself have some very negative character traits too.
Oh, and next time you want to hate on people, have the balls or vagina to sign in rather than hide behind AC.
For most companies, there probably won't be formal training, but there will be a lot of time spent by help desks/desktop techs walking individuals through tasks, usually more than once per person. At least that's my experience after 15 years in the industry. A major upgrade (and from the viewpoint of an "I don't know computers I just use them to do my job" employee, this would be major) is much more expensive than the initial purchase price.
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You can learn a few things in the prisons here in America, too. I'm just not certain that you really want that type of education!
Okay, rare feeding here... He was so good at what he did that he also had a new show on Discovery Channel - Pitchmen. While I don't put him up there with the biggest entertainment stars, you don't get your own show if you're just an average salesperson.
Also, please don't presume to know the quality of others' lives unless you know them very very well. It speaks ill of your own. Thanks.
Yes. The Ayatollah got his one vote - thus the outcome.
I just want a condom with frikkin' laser beams on it. Is that so difficult???
If I have new, fast hardware, I want it to do things for me. I don't care if Office/OpenOffice opens .9 seconds faster, but I do care about better features. If a new OS (Mac, Linux, Win7, whatever) offers better features at the same performance level (one I was already happy with) then fine by me as long as the OS in question is free of major problems (no software is perfect so I expect minor bugs to exist). If I have old hardware, I'm not going to blame the newest OS for that old hardware's lack of relative computing power.
I expect that if I was to run DOS on a modern machine and ran "dir /s" against it, I'd see the entire contents of my hard drive listed hella-fast. Sure as crap doesn't mean I want to go and use DOS 6.6 again.
Okay, so this thread is entirely off-topic, but I'll reply here. I am Catholic, and I do wish the government would prosecute these men as criminals. Money might give the alleged victims a sense that they are okay, but it doesn't take a dangerous person off the streets. I have found the Church's solution of simply moving the priests to another location in many of these cases to be disappointing to say the very, very least.
Both. At the same time.
Oops, I DID think I saw "-1, troll" -- but still, it was only a joke and undeserving of the label :)