Posts by drwtsn32

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Is Aspartame bad for you?????

by asilentone in

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take a look at www.aspartame.org they said it is not bad for you.

i am confused.

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No one thinks diet pop is good for you...but bad? Everything is bad at some point when consumed in excess. Even water. Diet soda is no more harmful than regular soda, actually better in that you don't get a ton of empty calories from it.

As far as aspartame goes, it isn't bad for you. Well, unless you have the rare genetic disorder phenylketonuria. Aspartame is made up of two amino acids... the same ones that are found naturally in certain foods. For some reason people are just ideologically opposed to the idea of aspartame and want to blame everything on it and insist that it is some sort of poison.

The internet is full of misinformation.

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The upside of atheism

by paul from cleveland in

i realize whether you believe in god or the non-existence of god it has to be taken on faith since both positions are unknowable and unprovable.

however, i can understand faith in god as basically a hope for something better.

i can also understand agnosticism; admitting it's unknowable but still leaving the door open (perhaps the only intellectually honest option).

drwtsn32

The upside of atheism for me is the satisfaction of not believing in something for which there is no objective evidence, and not believing in something simply because social pressures tell me I should.

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Thinking About Buying Webspace

by Nosferatu in

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does anybody have any suggestions about this?

i've never bought webspace before.

the main purpose is simply to host pictures and audio files.

drwtsn32

I've used MyHosting.com for over 10 years. They are a Canadian company and support Linux. Not the cheapest around but they have been great to me!

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The upside of atheism

by paul from cleveland in

i realize whether you believe in god or the non-existence of god it has to be taken on faith since both positions are unknowable and unprovable.

however, i can understand faith in god as basically a hope for something better.

i can also understand agnosticism; admitting it's unknowable but still leaving the door open (perhaps the only intellectually honest option).

drwtsn32

I am an atheist, but not a gnostic atheist. I know many other atheists and none are gnostic atheists, either. Most of us define ourselves as simply someone who lacks any theistic belief. I do not believe most atheists think they know for certain that god(s) do not exist.

I'm an agnostic atheist. As someone said earlier in the threat, it's all semantics.

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"Autobiography of a Died-Again Christian"

by leavingwt in

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i enjoyed a number of the points in this essay.

dr. jaco gericke's deconversion story: "autobiography of a 'died-again' christian<snippets>.

it was a little late in the day, however, when i realised that studying theology can be a downright dangerous business for any believer.

drwtsn32

If you exercise your free will and stop being a Christian, folks will say that you were never really a Christian. You'll never be able to convince them otherwise. It would likely annoy you at first.

Reminds me of the "No True Scotsman" logical fallacy.

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Review: Installed my free Windows 7 upgrade on my laptop

by Elsewhere in

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first, i'll answer the question that most everyone seems to be asking: .

q: should i upgrade to windows 7. a: if your xp or vista is working for you, don't waste your time or money upgrading.

(if it ain't broke don't fix it) if you plan on buying a new computer, certainly try windows 7.. .

drwtsn32

Windows 7 is definitely a winner.

No classic menus :(

You mean the Start Menu? I recommend you try to get used to the new menu. Clicking the button and being able to type in the search field is awesome. You can type in a partial program name and it will show you a list of matches you can quickly click on. This works with control panel applets and other stuff like emails and documents. The search is performed instantly. Once I got used to that I stopped using the "old" start menu and am addicted to the new one. I never manually search the Start Menu program list any more.

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Security is a pain...

by Cthulhu in

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...in the ass.

i like the fact that i have a debit card company that is up on keeping my money safe.

but have any of you had the experience of buying lunch...or should i say trying to.. .

drwtsn32

Security conflicts with convenience. That's the whole point.

But I hate it when credit card companies try to spot unusual activity and put a hold on your account. So I can sympathize! I usually carry a couple credit cards, so I can fall back on another if one fails. Hardly ever happens though. And I rarely carry cash.

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Recs for a media PC?

by AK - Jeff in

i am thinking of putting a pc on my entertainment center, with a wireless keyboard and mouse so that my flatscreen becomes another computer when i want to watch internet vids or use educational ppv for the grandkids.. i use a belkin g router, and tested it today by moving my desktop [compaq xp] over and hooking it up with a wireless adapter for a test.

worked great.

videos were fast and did not jerk, in fact perhaps better than when i was hooked to ethernet on my desk.. someone at work suggested a 'media center' computer for this use.