Posts by Tim Roberts

no need to spend lots of money on a "laptop"

I bought an eePC for my daughter - last year of high school - two weeks ago. It runs linux .... open office etc...and had no HD, but is quite adequate for what she needs for day to day stuff. She tells me that her friends thought she had brought a toy to school until she showed them what it can do. And the best thing is that it was AU$315 not AU$1200+ which is what the laptops that her friends have. To my way of thinking she can "lose" 4 of these little beauties before I'm out of pocket to the same extent as the parents of her friends. There is no good reson that I can think of to have anything else in a school bag. At home, well that's a different matter as you need whatever is appropriate for the software that you want to run. In my daughters case she uses Sibelius for her music. So, she runs that at home and not on her "laptop'

Tim R

the obligatory lame limerick

oh my God! that new keyboard from Dell

has made all my type go to hell

now when I type @

I only get " that

no wonder I'm struggling to spell

@ Webster Phreaky

I wont bother to actually respond to your rant, but I would like to know why it would be necessary to patch a "whole".

I can only presume you meant to write:

" Apel dusn't no how 2 pach hols an bugs"

@ Webster Phreaky

OK OK whats with the rash of ****tards? It must be the new way to pretend that you know something when actually you dont. So, which *tard are you mate? Wintard, PCtard, Linuxtard, F**ktard, mactard, appletard, Webster_Phreaky_tard? Or are you just a tard?

timtard

What ???

WHAT ! quote " I think I might just go into a car dealership and ask to buy a car without the wheels because I might want to buy different ones, screw the engine (the bundled one isn't up to my liking) and I'll take it without paint please because I don't like the standard colours. Oh I also expect Peugeot to cover it under warranty if it starts to rust early or the engine doesn't work as well as I'd hoped"

This has nothing to do with essentials such as the car and its wheels. Windows OS is NOT vital to the running of the computer. Having wheels on a car is. Many (??most) car retailers offer different wheels and tyres when you buy. I would hazard a guess that if you really wanted to, you could take your favourite mag wheels to the dealer and tell them you'll have the car if they fit the wheels (especially if you have the cash).

Besides which, if you dont like the colour/wheels/engine/exhaust/seats don't buy the car ..... or is that a bit obvious for you. This is about being forced to buy crap softare with you computer, rather than having the choice about what is or is not installed.

Quote "Europe really is full of morons. Why cases like this even go to court and even worse get resolved in favour of the plaintiff I will never know."

I can only assume that you are from the US. If ever there was a F***** legal system they have it.

you can buy the iDust .....

.... on EBay of course

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=170129995323&rd=1&rd=1

who cares?

well ... who cares?

some questions

I hope the museum will be able to answer some questions for me, and I'll focus only on the idea that man co-existed with dinosaurs :

1) if man co-existed with dinos, where is the evidence? I'm talking human bones in with dino bones, or the remains of dinos in old human settlements, dino bones with obvious human activity marks (cutting, scraping etc), artifacts made of dino bones. And, dont bother me with a single dubious "footprint" in sediments for which there are other credible explanations.

2) How did Noah fit all the dinos on the ark? It must have been massive by any standards, and it was supposed to have been built of wood.

3) What wiped out the dinos? If it was so catastrophic to them why not to humans? Perhaps it was because Noah didn't get them onto the ark at all, so the Bible is wrong?

4) What happened to the water dwelling dinos during the great flood? If other water dwelling animals survived, why did they not?

5)Why does none of the ancient rock art anywhere in the world feature dinosaurs? Some of it is easily old enough to have been done by Adam and Eve's close relatives.

6) How did humans cope with animals that the evidence suggests, were fast moving carnivores that lived and hunted in packs?

7) Why were none of the dinosaur species domesticated for food, protection, transport etc.

As soon as someone comes up with substantial credible evidence that humans co-existed with dinosaurs, I'll believe it.

You see, Science is about first collecting evidence, and then formulating theories that explain what the evidence means and how the pieces of evidence are connected. ( ever heard of alternative theories as to why giraffes have long necks? ) Then, when further evidence is collected, the theory is modified to accomodate it. The key here is the word THEORY. The THOERY of evolution fits the evdience best.

ID is not a science, it is much more as it is based on faith. ID starts with an assumption that the Bible is the absolute source of all truth. Then evidence is collected to support that belief. This is not the way the scientific method works.

So, I challenge ID'ers to answer my questions coherently and without referring to the Bible, God, Jesus or any other deity or religious tome.

There are probably plenty of further questions other posters will think of.