Posts by HintOfLime

i've heard it said from the platform that "man can't rule himself".. satan challenged god's authority and god left man to rule himself.. unfortunately, god changed the rules and man now dies.

so each generation or two* needs a new ruler with new rules.. it seems that either man dies or god is ruler in the mind of a jw.

this isn't true - mathematically this creates four scenarios:.

HintOfLime

It's another case of primitive black and white thinking in a multi-dimentional scenario.

Black and White:

Humans rules successfully
God rules successfully

In reality, there are a lot of variables governing the success of man beyond just rulership.

Humans rule and immediately fail.
Humans rule for a time then fail.
Humans rule successfully, but an difficult to survive natural occurance kills him (say, a giant solar flare or meteor impact)
Humans rule about the amount of time you would expect him to be able to, comparitive to the typical coming and going of species on this planet.
Humans rule successfully, and overcomes difficult to survive natural occurances through technology.
Humans escapes planet earth to propagate on multiple planets, creating multiple redundent civilizations that can survive localized disasters.
Humans escape fragile biological exsistance into a more robust virtual existance. Rulership becomes less relevant in an environment where pain, death, sickness, and possibly even wealth are all irrelevant.

Likewise, there are shades for god's rulership:

God rules, and he immediately fails.
God rules successfully for a time, then fails.
God rules successfully for about the time you'd expect, then gets bored with and accesses the 'Natural Disasters" menu for a little fun.
God rules successfully, but his personality is that of a heartless dictator that believes in 'my way or die'. You live forever, but you are miserable.
God rules successfully forever, and everyone is happy - especially the ponies and butterflies! God never tires of micro-managing the Earth.

Etc.

Voting for 'invisible gods' is like like folding a pair of 2's at a poker table where you are the only player. "But... there might be an invisible player that might have a better hand!"

- Lime

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New US Government Petition re: Cults and Tax Exemptions

by mind blown in

this is on the official us government site.. note: someone was under the impression this was unconstitutional and it wouldn't pass, however, steven unthank replyed that tax exempt status (re: usc title 26 501 tax exemptions requirements) is not a constitutional right and can indeed be regulated by the us government through the irs.

freedom of religion does no mean freedom from tax.

https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/protect-americans-dangerous-cults-modify-usc-title-26--501-tax-exemptions-requirements/zhpbvhfx.

HintOfLime

Personally, I would just prefer it if non-profit entities (all of them) are required to publically disclose what money comes in and what it is spent on.

That alone would be a big step forward in allowing the public to make more informed decisions before giving money to a non-profit - both for businesses as well as charities, etc.

- Lime

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What Are The Motivations Of Old Men?

by metatron in

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a subject i (sadly) may have some expertise in !.

if you are an old dude, what motivates you?

not sex, generally.

HintOfLime

Hope

False hope, but hope is powerful.

- Lime

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Are YOU a consumer, or an artist?

by HintOfLime in

do you create, or consume?.

an ipad has somewhere around 1 gigaflops of processing power.. apple's ads brag about this.

1 whole gigaflop of processing power!

HintOfLime

In the 80's, the game development bubble burst... Nintendo, Sega, Atari... everything fell.

It's all about to happen again - right now. Because there is a new market for sub-par shit - the apple market.

That's it really. (Personally, I work in a niche market, and so I'm isolated...) but shitty apps tell consumers that apps 'suck'... and those consumers give up on apps for a long time. Gabe - of Valve inc, (which is more profitable per employee that Microsoft, google, etc.) commented on it this week... and I share his opinion.

Iphone apps suck. They are way below par compared to any other modern platform. They are the 'walmart' of apps. They teach potential new audiences that software sucks, and they teach new developers to just make shit. Hell, people are stupid enough to buy it. Sadly, one of my good friends who now lives in Hong Kong pressures me daily to drop PC development and join him making shit for iPads. (And I really do mean shit - at $5, it doesn't matter if it doesn't even work as long as the shots look good!)

Apple has created a short-term bubble for it's own short-term gain, and it has throw dedicatedcontent inovators under the bus in favor of short-term shit.

I wrestle with that daily. Should I make shit for stupid people... or something complex and functional? Please - tell me.

- Lime

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Are YOU a consumer, or an artist?

by HintOfLime in

do you create, or consume?.

an ipad has somewhere around 1 gigaflops of processing power.. apple's ads brag about this.

1 whole gigaflop of processing power!

HintOfLime

Sorry, it's been a few days since I had a drink. Sip.... ah, that's better. So.. what was the issue again?

Ah yes...

The Ipad and android tablets are as poweful as supercomputers from 30 years ago!! How amazing! Want to buy some tech from the 80's? I have an AMIGA in my basement.

How about purchasing my HAM radio for $600!!! It's available in both black and white... with a custom laser-engraving on the back! It's cutting edge!

Nobody needs more than 512 megs of memory!!! Wow - Apple has a new ipad with a couple gigs of memory and a multi-core 64 bit ARM processor?! Multi-core 64-bit is sooo ahead of the times.

Why aren't PC's multi-core and 64-bit like the iPad is? Why, with a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, perhaps with a folding design so I wouldn't have to cart around a bunch of loose parts - I'd never need a PC ever again!

Apple is innovative!

- Lime PS: For those that aren't aware, Microsoft proposed the idea of a DRM-laden "store" in the early 2000 era that was highly critized by consumer... pre-emptive monopolistic lawsuits were filed to prevent Microsoft from limiting software from running on it's OS based on digital rights management schemes (pendulum). Apple, on the other hand... did exactly that - and is heartidly embrased by consumers that are restricted by them... DRM, YAY!

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I too have been charged with apostasy! Stunned.

by FinchAndWeston in

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my wife and i got a letter sent to me stating we are being called before a judical hearing to discuss allegations of apostasy!

we haven't gone to the meeting in 5 years.

are the jw's on a witchhunt lately?

HintOfLime

I believe the correct response is to ship a box of Hot Pockets to the KH with the message "Lol, Please don't wait for us."

(Yes, of course they won't be frozen anymore.)

- Lime

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Are YOU a consumer, or an artist?

by HintOfLime in

do you create, or consume?.

an ipad has somewhere around 1 gigaflops of processing power.. apple's ads brag about this.

1 whole gigaflop of processing power!

HintOfLime

Uh...

64 bit will be arriving soon?

Windows XP 64 bit arrived in 2002.

That's windows XP. That's before Vista even!

That..... that's "new tech" from freaking 10 years ago!!!

- Lime

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Are YOU a consumer, or an artist?

by HintOfLime in

do you create, or consume?.

an ipad has somewhere around 1 gigaflops of processing power.. apple's ads brag about this.

1 whole gigaflop of processing power!

HintOfLime

Unfortunately so. Adobe is more-less the same on both platforms (and Apple is actively trying to chase Adobe off their platforms altogether in favor of their own product lines)..

With a Wacom tablet (the industry standard for media production), it's even less relevant.

It basically comes down to laziness on the school's part to know the few differences.

At the end of the day - the artists I hire all work on PC's, and that is the growing trend.

- Lime