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  1. just found out my Computer Graphics course uses Java ( as well as C++ though thankfully). Why? The horror!

  2. does not like having to point out to his lecturer that he is teaching things the stupid way. Velocity is VECTOR quantity, not a scalar and no *college level* paper should present it as if it was simply a scalar.

  3. Me : "So what exactly is a feild?" Physicist : "It is a physical event described by a mathematical field". Me : "So...WHAT IS it?" Physicist : "It is a physical event describ..." Me : "No, I mean what is it...it cant be just maths...." Physicist gives me a blank look as if I had just asked him what color the concept of "force" is.

  4. loves Spaceballs. Has to wonder why the Spaceballs never put a backup Sel-Destruct Cancellation button on that ship though or why everything in the freaking future needs a Self-Destruct button.

  5. the left and right brain myth? Its not right! Seriously though : How many brain scans do people need to see before it clicks that the brain uses BOTH sides of the brain for most tasks, before people realize this is fantasy.

  6. some have said that physics *is* math. This view depends on the confusion that physics can only describe a mathematical abstraction of reality , and that reality itself is not [necceasirly] knowable. Physics is not math, it *uses* math to study *reality*.

  7. you dont have to like making an error and having to be corrected. But only a fool prefers to instead *remain* in error.

  8. Sorry those people that are against Oism being a closed system : But Objectivism is a closed system. It is finished, done and dusted, nothing will change it or its contents now that Ayn Rand has passed away. Dont like it and want to amend it anyway? Good luck trying to make A not A....

  9. Ninite ( ninite.com) is an awesome tool if you find yourself needing to a Windows reinstall and want an easy way to reinstall a lot of those common stuff everyone seems to like to install. There is a Linux version too, but it includes less apps.

  10. I caught myself feeling nostalgic about the technology of the 90s, just like my grandparents about the tech of their youth. Does this mean I am feeling old? No, it proves that technology is a speeding forward despite the opposition of those that would destroy it and those that refuse to think. It is an unstoppable force, unless that is man continues to allows his rational faculty to be destroyed by modern philosophy.

  11. Context is the foundation of an argument : without it your statements are like a disconnected scattering of bricks scattered all over the room by a child that finds he cannot build a tower on thin air.

  12. lost another FB "Friend" , apparently because they objected to it being demonstrated that his objections to my arguments for my POV were mistaken, arbitrary and involved taking my statements out of context. Well, if one wishes to ignore their own errors when they are made clear to them and remain deluded, thats their business I guess...but I will not associate with them if it is possible to avoid doing so.

  13. so thats why this Computer Graphics class uses Java : Cause it is focuses on OpenGL and using Java is certainly an improvement over C. For once I am glad to be using Java...

  14. ""How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality?" (Albert Einstein allegedly) - because it isnt. If it was independent of experience, it would not be a science but arbitrary speculation with no [meaningful] connection to reality.

  15. since when did some fish that did not die when they were not feed for ages become *international* news? Apparently it is. REALITY CHECK : They are just stupid goldfish.

  16. Dear college lecturers : Passing an exam does no good if the entire subject matter is a floating abstraction and one simply memorizes ways to pass previous exams.

  17. had a situation with his backup drive where he stored * a lot * of file. That backup drives partition was damaged and I thought I lost those files. Stella Phoenix Data Recovery seems able to save them all (or at least most of them). I highly reccommend this program if you ever need to recover deleted files/data from a corrupted partition. Well worth the $50 I paid so far.

  18. Philosophy is the greatest tool available to man. It can either teach men to become genius creators so that they create boundless prosperity. Or it can poison the minds of men and reduce them to unthinking savages digging in the dirt. The fundamental alternative must either in either case remains unchanged : To apply reason or not. Upon this choice the future of all mankind relies...

  19. Did you flunk kindergertan? Are you sick of having to ever make any sense at all? Tired of thinking for yourself ? Is your idea of an honest days work playing Robin Hood games? Do you like reaping unlimited economic destruction? Then boy do I have the job for you : Become a government official and you can get paid for ruining everyones lives!

  20. Why does a single instance of Chrome (with one tab) need to start ten processes on my computer (thats with one tab open) that collectively do not use a lot less memory than Firefox...

  21. apparently facts dont matter to some people. I wish I could say that none of these people matter. Also for the record : Even in NZ ( which is on the Pacific Rim of Fire and is really prone to earthquakes), nuclear power is safer than your TV.

  22. I am working on game development theory again! Specifically educational games which are better able to adapt to the users perceived strengths and weaknesses. I think too many such games make too many assumptions and do not do enough to take into account the users cognitive strengths and weaknesses.

  23. time-travel is about the most nonsensical "concept" I have ever heard of it. Think about it for a second. Time is a relationship between motions, it is not a dimension. So what, one is going to hop in a phone booth and navigate an abstract concept used to isolate/compare motions/events? Right , that makes no sense at all.....

  24. wants to do a quick survey here : Who trusts Apple in regards to OS X security ( I will be frank, I happen to know that their track record here is appalling and I have talked about this here before) and why?

  25. "That's unfortunate that you never progressed beyond destructive nihilism." - what other kind is there?

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