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Not really. Obviously most of the time I spend using the computer it's through standard windows, but it makes things much easier for quickly sorting things out. I'm starting to get used to just saving files to the desktop and then being able to group them into piles appropriately as and when I need to - it's surprisingly intuitive to use, and is really well designed, for instance you can just start typing on the desktop and it'll match files accordingly, that you can then sort into separate pile. It's very, very easy, despite a few minor graphical glitches.

There once was a girl who was bored
She decided to try out discord
Her memes, they were lame
But she found instant fame
When we brutally stabbed her multiple times in the chest for being so annoying, breaking multiple major arteries as well as her poem's rhythm. Fnord.

My version

Quite possibly the better version. Mittens to you, good sir. Now to get this in print...

As Regret and I discussed on IRC, the continuing annoyance of Discordian new-comers mindlessly repeating tired old meme's in an attempt to be funny or to 'fit in' needs to be stopped. Given that they are getting these meme's from the PD, we thought it wise that every new version of the PD released should carry this small disclaimer at the beginning. We composed it in the form of a limerick, so that it can be matched to a catchy tune or sung in a silken voice at a whim. It goes as such:

"There once was a girl who was bored
She decided to try out discord
And quoth her each meme
Even ones that were lame
Until we brutally stabbed her multiple times in the chest for being so annoying, breaking both her major arteries as well as her poem's rhythm. Fnord."



We thank you.

[whether there are parts that shut down.]

I am extremely interested in brain function during online forum use... I mean, there's the reading, and also a level of interaction, and I wonder how active the brain is and whether there are parts that shut down.

I assume that you're aware of the Apple Talk board?

A bit of work gives me this:





Also check out these images, they really show off what you can do with this BumpTop thing. Everything operates like proper objects, allowing you to stack them and create piles and all sorts of cool little features. Not necessarily productivity enhancing, but undoubtedly cool.

http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq9/WindupHarlequin/desktop_win2.jpg
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq9/WindupHarlequin/PILED.jpg
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq9/WindupHarlequin/fan.jpg
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq9/WindupHarlequin/folderised.jpg

Recently got invited to the BumpTop closed beta. Very shiny indeed. Every icon on the desktop is physics enabled, meaning you can drag them around, fling icons into the recycling bin to delete, spread them all out, have all your icons on your desktop organised into piles. Very intuitive, very shiny.

Science is Science. It is a method of working.


People are People. They are subjective machines.


One can hope that, in the ideal situation, the objective and subjective aspects of scientists balance out. This is rarely, if ever, the case. Should Science be used for moral choices? No. Should moral choices be used for Science? No. They are co-dependant. They need to inform each other.


But then, once again, you realise that humans are part of the equation and it all fucks up, because there are some idiots who confuse the singular with the whole ("This science guy wants to cut up my dead gran to study! All of science is terrible!"). And, perhaps more tragically, confuse 'Scientists' with Science. People who practise the Scientific method of enquiry are Scientists. When they stop using Scientific methods and begin to add their own human means of deciding theories, then they are no longer Scientists. This can be both positive and negative. But it's something that needs to be accounted for, which it quite clearly is not in most media.

Have you got a supporting model for your hypothesis?

http://www.mazapan.se/games/BurnTheRope.php

Do what it says. Burn the rope.

Pics or gtfo...

Undoubtedly, and that manifests itself in numerous ways through the law/religion, where certain phrasings (usually stemming from older times) are simply too black and white to deal effectively in a dynamic world.

And of course, you have to deal with multi-layered morality - issues of the 'greater good' or judging actions through quantity of life saved, etc. I'm not attempting to say if that's a good or bad thing (I'm leaning towards bad) but it seems that morality is an incredible vague term to be used here. Maybe if the OP could clarify their position here, and justify some of their statements (such as a rational approach to discussion is wrong).

Sure - the image is way too large to post here, but here's the link: Super Massive Awesome Space Thing

Well true, my examples were quickly thought up and obviously are far more complex in reality. That wasn't really the point, though.

[arbitrary]

Thanks for the emphasis, Burns. That's exactly what I was saying. If people just follow arbitrary code

Why is it arbitrary? I'd argue that most 'morals', which are in effect social programming, stem from quite obvious and reasonable origins. Codes such as "do not kill", "do not steal" etc allow cohesion within an expanded social environment - by getting people to play nice, the game can continue. I'd say that most basic morals are designed around the preservation of social order, and are not arbitrary in the slightest.

instead of morality, then they are not being moral, but rather amoral, since to defy the code would hurt their conscience and they don't want that.

I think you need to define the difference a bit more. between 'morality' and 'moral coding'.

When I said to stop moralising, I meant that to rationally discuss morality is silly because if you scrape a nerve or point out inconsistencies people get defensive, and may just start laughing at you to make you go away; if we want people to conform to our way of morality, then rationality is not the way to go.

No. You just discuss morality in a rational sense with other rational people.
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Pssh. I'd like to see it do a bit-shift to the left.