Random stuff
Woot, we should have our PCB designed by tonight - my partner is currently drawing on it while I'm fighting the temptation to play War3 (Nelson isn't making it any easier, argh!) But instead of openly being a bastard and slacking off, I've decided to write a brief blog/comment.
1) Mozilla's find link/text feature is awesome - I almost don't have to use a mouse anymore! Unfortunately, their bookmarking system can use some improvement, especially since we have to manually enter in the keywords (their keymarker is pretty nifty too, but I don't need to use it yet) ourselves and I've just imported my IE bookmarks and ugh, I don't have time for that. That and blogger and some other sites don't work too well with it. Ah well, I can only hope it'll be fixed eventually.
2) I was using Spymac to host my images as Tripod was being a prick and once in a while, making my images into an ad saying "Image hosted by Tripod". Unfortunately, Spymac's been flaky lately and my UW account is maxed out, so back to Tripod I go. I think I figured out a way around their stupid advertisement for off-site image linking, but I'm not too sure if that dumb ad will come back, so please let me know if you see their ads instead of my pics :D The method was pretty dumb too actually - simply remove the file extension =D
3) I've realized something a while back, and that it's we all have a problem with letting things go. My family, for example, keeps everything - my old living room (now a computer room) is filled with old newspapers and stuff. I do the same thing as I still have tons of old clothes and toys (hey, Lego and Transformers rock, so shut it!) But at the same time, I've got many things which I should just get rid of somehow. I don't know why we tend to keep things - I know for me, it's usually because I think "ah, I can use this later" or "I'll fiddle with that when I have time" or whatnot. Yet I never do. All they've been doing is sitting there and collecting dust and creating havoc 'cause I'm running out of room. Why do I even bother keeping these things when there are much cooler and better things out there. Maybe I should save myself the trouble and have a garage sale. I know I'll eventually run into problems if I keep up like that. (I can't afford 2 flats right now...) Yeah, letting go sucks, hrmmm, anyone want an Astroboy belt? Actually, screw that, it might be worth something later on...
4) I've gotten into way too many debates like this and if I've learned anything, it's that we're stubborn and won't change. However, after reading Matt's response, most of which I agree with, I'd have to say that after observing and experiencing my family's religious life (both Christianity and Buddhism), I think atheists live as much of a filtered life as religious people, or similarly, religious people live an unfiltered life like atheists. Why? Quite simply, it becomes their way of life - it becomes the norm and it's no longer a set of rules that they must work hard to follow. I'll let it be known that I am so far an atheist in case it matters. I'd also like to point out that the religious will think the same way of us, wondering how we can live like that when the majority have some form of a religion. At the risk of sounding ignorant, to them, we're all going to Hell (or somewhere like that), so they'll be wondering how can we live knowing that we'll go there. Also, I firmly believe religion or some form of it is necessary as I shudder to think what it must be like to have to follow a leader who has his (or her, to be fair, ha ha) own set of morals. Definitely not everyone would consider the consequences of their actions. And even if one does, there are far reaching consequences that we currently are not thinking of. A simple one would be to not finish our antibiotics as prescribed. Or even using anti-bacterial soap. I was pro anti-bacterial soap, but now I'm a little wiser (hopefully =D)
Also, in response to humans are animals - yes, we are, but that does not mean we can't evolve and better ourselves. I'm sorry, but I really get annoyed when people say something like "oh well, we screwed up because we're only human." To me, that is such a cop out as we are given the intelligence, the ability to further ourselves as a whole, so why not make the best use of it? Believing that we are faulty to begin with serves to only allow us to be lax. Anyway, I'd love to discuss this with any of you, but right now there's an emergency with our design project. Maybe I should study philosophy next term - Chris says it's pretty good. An eye opener at the very least. Anyhow gotta jet!
1) Mozilla's find link/text feature is awesome - I almost don't have to use a mouse anymore! Unfortunately, their bookmarking system can use some improvement, especially since we have to manually enter in the keywords (their keymarker is pretty nifty too, but I don't need to use it yet) ourselves and I've just imported my IE bookmarks and ugh, I don't have time for that. That and blogger and some other sites don't work too well with it. Ah well, I can only hope it'll be fixed eventually.
2) I was using Spymac to host my images as Tripod was being a prick and once in a while, making my images into an ad saying "Image hosted by Tripod". Unfortunately, Spymac's been flaky lately and my UW account is maxed out, so back to Tripod I go. I think I figured out a way around their stupid advertisement for off-site image linking, but I'm not too sure if that dumb ad will come back, so please let me know if you see their ads instead of my pics :D The method was pretty dumb too actually - simply remove the file extension =D
3) I've realized something a while back, and that it's we all have a problem with letting things go. My family, for example, keeps everything - my old living room (now a computer room) is filled with old newspapers and stuff. I do the same thing as I still have tons of old clothes and toys (hey, Lego and Transformers rock, so shut it!) But at the same time, I've got many things which I should just get rid of somehow. I don't know why we tend to keep things - I know for me, it's usually because I think "ah, I can use this later" or "I'll fiddle with that when I have time" or whatnot. Yet I never do. All they've been doing is sitting there and collecting dust and creating havoc 'cause I'm running out of room. Why do I even bother keeping these things when there are much cooler and better things out there. Maybe I should save myself the trouble and have a garage sale. I know I'll eventually run into problems if I keep up like that. (I can't afford 2 flats right now...) Yeah, letting go sucks, hrmmm, anyone want an Astroboy belt? Actually, screw that, it might be worth something later on...
4) I've gotten into way too many debates like this and if I've learned anything, it's that we're stubborn and won't change. However, after reading Matt's response, most of which I agree with, I'd have to say that after observing and experiencing my family's religious life (both Christianity and Buddhism), I think atheists live as much of a filtered life as religious people, or similarly, religious people live an unfiltered life like atheists. Why? Quite simply, it becomes their way of life - it becomes the norm and it's no longer a set of rules that they must work hard to follow. I'll let it be known that I am so far an atheist in case it matters. I'd also like to point out that the religious will think the same way of us, wondering how we can live like that when the majority have some form of a religion. At the risk of sounding ignorant, to them, we're all going to Hell (or somewhere like that), so they'll be wondering how can we live knowing that we'll go there. Also, I firmly believe religion or some form of it is necessary as I shudder to think what it must be like to have to follow a leader who has his (or her, to be fair, ha ha) own set of morals. Definitely not everyone would consider the consequences of their actions. And even if one does, there are far reaching consequences that we currently are not thinking of. A simple one would be to not finish our antibiotics as prescribed. Or even using anti-bacterial soap. I was pro anti-bacterial soap, but now I'm a little wiser (hopefully =D)
Also, in response to humans are animals - yes, we are, but that does not mean we can't evolve and better ourselves. I'm sorry, but I really get annoyed when people say something like "oh well, we screwed up because we're only human." To me, that is such a cop out as we are given the intelligence, the ability to further ourselves as a whole, so why not make the best use of it? Believing that we are faulty to begin with serves to only allow us to be lax. Anyway, I'd love to discuss this with any of you, but right now there's an emergency with our design project. Maybe I should study philosophy next term - Chris says it's pretty good. An eye opener at the very least. Anyhow gotta jet!
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