What do you do on Sundays?
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: 7 days a week @ home. coding. Coding. coding. I should point out one bad thing about this way of working; it puts a damper on your social life. :(( I left most of my friends at uni with my only free way of contact is via IM so it doesn't bother me much. :) James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki
James T. Johnson wrote: it puts a damper on your social life So? Big deal! 10 years from now everyone's social life will be on chat rooms and web boards. I am just 10 years ahead, that's all. Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
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Yup. It used to be shown at 5:30 PM on cartoon network. I used to watch it while having my lunch [which I had at 5:30 PM and not at 2:00 PM like everyone else does] Pretty cool cartoon series I must say. Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
BTW, I like the new sig... reminds me of a toast we used to say when I lived in Crestline, " Here's to them that love us - to them that don't, f%^fk them!" It was carved in a marble tombstone above the bar in my favorite hangout.
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James T. Johnson wrote: it puts a damper on your social life So? Big deal! 10 years from now everyone's social life will be on chat rooms and web boards. I am just 10 years ahead, that's all. Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: chat rooms and web boards Don't forget about webcams :) I thought about putting one up, then I thought of all the things I do that I don't want other people to see! :-P James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki "My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT. I may make you feel but I can't make you think." - Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull 1972
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I think you are quite right, Nish, but I couldn't resist the opportunity:laugh: Our Qomi seems to be quite an exceptional lady. I'm glad we have the benefit of her input!
Roger Wright wrote: Our Qomi seems to be quite an exceptional lady. I'm glad we have the benefit of her input! Yes. I agree :-) Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
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BTW, I like the new sig... reminds me of a toast we used to say when I lived in Crestline, " Here's to them that love us - to them that don't, f%^fk them!" It was carved in a marble tombstone above the bar in my favorite hangout.
Roger Wright wrote: BTW, I like the new sig Thanks, Roger :-) I thought of using a different color for the sig, then decided against it. Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: chat rooms and web boards Don't forget about webcams :) I thought about putting one up, then I thought of all the things I do that I don't want other people to see! :-P James Sonork ID: 100.11138 - Hasaki "My words but a whisper -- your deafness a SHOUT. I may make you feel but I can't make you think." - Thick as a Brick, Jethro Tull 1972
James T. Johnson wrote: thought about putting one up, then I thought of all the things I do that I don't want other people to see! Yup, I understand ;-) Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
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I know it's not Sunday yet for all of you. It is sunday morning for me. I'll be going for work today, as is usual with me. I wonder what you guys do? (1) Go to work [meaning office] (2) Sit at home and code? (3) Go to Church (4) Sleep throughout the day (5) Sit at home and do some non-programming type work (6) Take kids out (7) Get drunk (8) Anything else??? Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
I have a wife and a five year old daughter, so I don't spend too much time on the computer out of hours. I just do boring (to others, but intersting to me) things with the family. today i'm taking my daughter to the pictures Paresh Solanki You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be lead - Stan Laurel
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Jason Hooper wrote: Nish, I have one overriding objective in my life, from which all other objectives are derived: (1) World domination. That's what Brain does in Pinky and the BRain. Pinky keeps messin up his plans though :-) When I was a kid I used to think of being emperor of the universe. Nowadays I dont dare to dream, cause it makes me feel nostalgic when I think of my child-hood days. Then I used to dream and behave as if I'd actually realize the dream :-) Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: When I was a kid I used to think of being emperor of the universe. Nowadays I dont dare to dream, cause it makes me feel nostalgic when I think of my child-hood days. Nothing wrong with thinking about your childhood days. One of these days I'm going to go rent all the movies I remember from when I was < 6 years old, movies I associate really nostalgic feelings to, and spend the day on my own watching them all. It's a date! :) - Jason Do you have a Pulse? SonorkID: 100.12194 :bob:'s your uncle
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Shows you are a nice loving dad I try to be. Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Shows you are either religious or you like to meet other churchers Have you missed all the epic religious flame wars around here ? Just say there's no proof of God, and I'll be happy to do a replay for you :-) Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Shows you are a normal nice guy who is totally sane and doing the right thing But of course. I'm on holidays, but part of me can't wait to get home and start writing some C# code. Of course initially I'll be more doing a refresher on ATL in preparation for my new job... Christian I have come to clean zee pooollll. - Michael Martin Dec 30, 2001 Picture the daffodil. And while you do that, I'll be over here going through your stuff.
****Christian Graus wrote: Just say there's no proof of God Christian, who's this 'god' character? I've never seen him post before. ;P "to dream perchance to live (unplug me let me sleep) funhouse mirror algorithms count electric sheep" - Wasted Sky by Numb
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Shows you are a nice loving dad I try to be. Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Shows you are either religious or you like to meet other churchers Have you missed all the epic religious flame wars around here ? Just say there's no proof of God, and I'll be happy to do a replay for you :-) Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Shows you are a normal nice guy who is totally sane and doing the right thing But of course. I'm on holidays, but part of me can't wait to get home and start writing some C# code. Of course initially I'll be more doing a refresher on ATL in preparation for my new job... Christian I have come to clean zee pooollll. - Michael Martin Dec 30, 2001 Picture the daffodil. And while you do that, I'll be over here going through your stuff.
There is no, to my knowledge, proof of god. ;P If he/she/it will not show him/her/it self to me, then why should I belive in it? And I don't buy any of those not-to-the-point explanations about god not being an individual but rather something within us. Christians believe whatever is in the bible. The bible is the sole foundation of their religion. Some people even call it the words of god. Preachers preach the bible. They talk about "his love", "his this" and "his that". Clearly, god is an individual (and I'll assume that god is a he, last time I checked, fathers were male) - he speaks, he loves, he ses, he hears, and probably lot more if you read the bible more closely. Now, why is it that I have not seen nor heard this guy? Surely, after 26 years I should by now have seen at least one sign of him. Please enlighten me on this subject. For me to believe in something, I need to see it. If I cannot see it, I have to trust other credible evidences. (And no, 1800+ year old stories are not credible to me). Logical proof that god cannot exist: Assume god exists according to christian beliefs. This implies the following: God is almighty (meaning: nothing is impossible for god) Since god is almighty, he must be able to create a stone so large and heavy that he cannot lift it. From this we can conclude: a) If he cannot lift the stone, he is not almighty b) If he cannot create the stone, he is not almighty Hence, the statement "God is almighty" is a contradiction. Since a contradiction can never be fulfilled, the assumption that god is almighty (christian beliefs) is wrong.
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I know it's not Sunday yet for all of you. It is sunday morning for me. I'll be going for work today, as is usual with me. I wonder what you guys do? (1) Go to work [meaning office] (2) Sit at home and code? (3) Go to Church (4) Sleep throughout the day (5) Sit at home and do some non-programming type work (6) Take kids out (7) Get drunk (8) Anything else??? Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
(1) Read the CompUSA and electronic store ads in the Sunday paper (2) Catch up with CP and EBay (3) Hack (4) Watch TV (5) Play guitar (and if I'm inspired, piano) (6) Shower as late as possible (7) Do laundry /ravi "There is always one more bug..." http://www.ravib.com ravib@ravib.com
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Roger Wright wrote: BTW, I like the new sig Thanks, Roger :-) I thought of using a different color for the sig, then decided against it. Nish Nish was here, now Nish has gone; He left his soul, to turn you on; Those who knew Nish, knew him well; Those who didn't, can go to hell. I like to :jig: on the Code Project Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org
Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: I thought of using a different color for the sig, then decided against it. From what you've been telling us about your monitor, I doubt that you'd notice the color:-D
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There is no, to my knowledge, proof of god. ;P If he/she/it will not show him/her/it self to me, then why should I belive in it? And I don't buy any of those not-to-the-point explanations about god not being an individual but rather something within us. Christians believe whatever is in the bible. The bible is the sole foundation of their religion. Some people even call it the words of god. Preachers preach the bible. They talk about "his love", "his this" and "his that". Clearly, god is an individual (and I'll assume that god is a he, last time I checked, fathers were male) - he speaks, he loves, he ses, he hears, and probably lot more if you read the bible more closely. Now, why is it that I have not seen nor heard this guy? Surely, after 26 years I should by now have seen at least one sign of him. Please enlighten me on this subject. For me to believe in something, I need to see it. If I cannot see it, I have to trust other credible evidences. (And no, 1800+ year old stories are not credible to me). Logical proof that god cannot exist: Assume god exists according to christian beliefs. This implies the following: God is almighty (meaning: nothing is impossible for god) Since god is almighty, he must be able to create a stone so large and heavy that he cannot lift it. From this we can conclude: a) If he cannot lift the stone, he is not almighty b) If he cannot create the stone, he is not almighty Hence, the statement "God is almighty" is a contradiction. Since a contradiction can never be fulfilled, the assumption that god is almighty (christian beliefs) is wrong.
Wow - I didn't think anyone would be so brave :-) Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: If he/she/it will not show him/her/it self to me, then why should I belive in it? And I don't buy any of those not-to-the-point explanations about god not being an individual but rather something within us. The Bible is explicit about the fact that God DOES offer to show Himself to individuals, in a way which He rigidly defines in the Bible. This offer makes it easy to prove if there is or isn't a God. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Now, why is it that I have not seen nor heard this guy? Surely, after 26 years I should by now have seen at least one sign of him. I've never seen or heard your wife ( assuming you're married ). Does this lack of proof mean she does not exist, or that I have not looked ? If I decide to believe she does not exist, will that stop her from existing ? Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Please enlighten me on this subject. For me to believe in something, I need to see it. If I cannot see it, I have to trust other credible evidences. (And no, 1800+ year old stories are not credible to me). It's quite simply really. The Bible states that people who ask God in the proscribed manner will recieve a personal, phyiscal experience of God which is not limited to, but always includes, the ability to pray in a new language which we do not learn or understand. It's an excellent system - it IS true that some faith is required, but prebelief in God is not, I know people who recieved this experience when they asked God in order to prove He did not exist. This works well because the proof I speak of is compelling to the individual, but is unlikely to make the 6 o clock news, as external proof such as making people levitate or glow in the dark most certainly would. In other words, each person must come to a point of being willing to find out for themselves, and then they will receive physical proof from God. I'm sure your experience of religion is such that you'll come back and say 'so there is proof for the preconvinced', but this is not what I said. If you think that, please read my statement again. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Assume god exists according to christian beliefs. The god of organised religion ( such as the Catholic churches ) is made up. Their god is one of ritual, and stands for exactly the things Jesus oppossed while He was on the earth. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
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Wow - I didn't think anyone would be so brave :-) Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: If he/she/it will not show him/her/it self to me, then why should I belive in it? And I don't buy any of those not-to-the-point explanations about god not being an individual but rather something within us. The Bible is explicit about the fact that God DOES offer to show Himself to individuals, in a way which He rigidly defines in the Bible. This offer makes it easy to prove if there is or isn't a God. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Now, why is it that I have not seen nor heard this guy? Surely, after 26 years I should by now have seen at least one sign of him. I've never seen or heard your wife ( assuming you're married ). Does this lack of proof mean she does not exist, or that I have not looked ? If I decide to believe she does not exist, will that stop her from existing ? Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Please enlighten me on this subject. For me to believe in something, I need to see it. If I cannot see it, I have to trust other credible evidences. (And no, 1800+ year old stories are not credible to me). It's quite simply really. The Bible states that people who ask God in the proscribed manner will recieve a personal, phyiscal experience of God which is not limited to, but always includes, the ability to pray in a new language which we do not learn or understand. It's an excellent system - it IS true that some faith is required, but prebelief in God is not, I know people who recieved this experience when they asked God in order to prove He did not exist. This works well because the proof I speak of is compelling to the individual, but is unlikely to make the 6 o clock news, as external proof such as making people levitate or glow in the dark most certainly would. In other words, each person must come to a point of being willing to find out for themselves, and then they will receive physical proof from God. I'm sure your experience of religion is such that you'll come back and say 'so there is proof for the preconvinced', but this is not what I said. If you think that, please read my statement again. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Assume god exists according to christian beliefs. The god of organised religion ( such as the Catholic churches ) is made up. Their god is one of ritual, and stands for exactly the things Jesus oppossed while He was on the earth. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
****Christian Graus wrote: Wow - I didn't think anyone would be so brave You made a challenge, and since I'm not convinced of the existance of anything supernatural, I had to respond. Please note that I respect other peoples beliefs. I just need hard evidence to tag along.. ****Christian Graus wrote: The Bible is explicit about the fact that God DOES offer to show Himself to individuals, in a way which He rigidly defines in the Bible. This offer makes it easy to prove if there is or isn't a God. Ok, if I understand you correctly; the bible says (and ultimately God) that if I show faith in him, he'll show himself before me. Fair enough. I think I can counter this one. In my mid teens I was knee deep in sh*t. I had really bad friends. I don't know how I got them, but I had them. I was never a problem child before that, but from that point I was securing my path down (way down in the gutter). I did not see then that those people were not true friends of mine. We just hung out and did things (mostly stupid things). My mom and dad couldn't do much, since at that time I was pretty much in a "parents are clueless"-phase. But then all of a sudden, everything changed. I don't know why or how, but I got away from those people and got new friends. These friends happened to be members a local church. I don't know the english name of the organization the church was involved in, but I know that the centre of their beliefs was in Jesus as the saviour and the new testament was the book. Their bible didn't contain a single page from the old testament. You're the expert, you figure it out. ;) Anyhow, all of a sudden life started to point upwards again. School started to work out, grades begun being numbers instead of ticks. My new friends asked me to tag along to a youth christian once-a-week meeting thingie. We hung out, eating snacks, watching movies, playing ping pong, and of course praying. The normal teenage stuff (except for praying, depending on where you come from). I was cool with everything but praying. It felt really awkward because I had always figured that God is Santa Claus, and we all know what you learn at 6. Santa Clause doesn't exist. The guy knocking on the door each christmas was actually dad. Putting my hands together and praying felt really bizzarre. But I started thinking, maybe there was some truth in what they were saying. Maybe this Jesus guy was the one straightening out my life, so I started to w
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****Christian Graus wrote: Wow - I didn't think anyone would be so brave You made a challenge, and since I'm not convinced of the existance of anything supernatural, I had to respond. Please note that I respect other peoples beliefs. I just need hard evidence to tag along.. ****Christian Graus wrote: The Bible is explicit about the fact that God DOES offer to show Himself to individuals, in a way which He rigidly defines in the Bible. This offer makes it easy to prove if there is or isn't a God. Ok, if I understand you correctly; the bible says (and ultimately God) that if I show faith in him, he'll show himself before me. Fair enough. I think I can counter this one. In my mid teens I was knee deep in sh*t. I had really bad friends. I don't know how I got them, but I had them. I was never a problem child before that, but from that point I was securing my path down (way down in the gutter). I did not see then that those people were not true friends of mine. We just hung out and did things (mostly stupid things). My mom and dad couldn't do much, since at that time I was pretty much in a "parents are clueless"-phase. But then all of a sudden, everything changed. I don't know why or how, but I got away from those people and got new friends. These friends happened to be members a local church. I don't know the english name of the organization the church was involved in, but I know that the centre of their beliefs was in Jesus as the saviour and the new testament was the book. Their bible didn't contain a single page from the old testament. You're the expert, you figure it out. ;) Anyhow, all of a sudden life started to point upwards again. School started to work out, grades begun being numbers instead of ticks. My new friends asked me to tag along to a youth christian once-a-week meeting thingie. We hung out, eating snacks, watching movies, playing ping pong, and of course praying. The normal teenage stuff (except for praying, depending on where you come from). I was cool with everything but praying. It felt really awkward because I had always figured that God is Santa Claus, and we all know what you learn at 6. Santa Clause doesn't exist. The guy knocking on the door each christmas was actually dad. Putting my hands together and praying felt really bizzarre. But I started thinking, maybe there was some truth in what they were saying. Maybe this Jesus guy was the one straightening out my life, so I started to w
Wow - huge post :-) Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Ok, if I understand you correctly; the bible says (and ultimately God) that if I show faith in him, he'll show himself before me. That is essentially correct. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Their bible didn't contain a single page from the old testament. You're the expert, you figure it out. Not even Psalms or Proverbs ? Gideons bibles often have Psalms, Proverbs and the NT. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Friends helping me. Real friends that I could see and hear. Those were the one who helped me, not God, not Jesus, no holy spirit. This is obviously the case, in this case. You've not mentioned anything that seperates these people from any youth group that isn't religious, apart from their BELIEF in God. the idea is to do what He says, not just believe in Him. This involves telling people how to become a Christian, which comes back to the proof I've been talking about, and which these people obviously did not have or even understand. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: It is the same with me and god, there is no connection. I've chosen to not believe because that makes most sense since I have no evidence of his existance. The point is that regardless of my belief, ( and I realised as I wrote it I was making an assumption that stood a good chance of being wrong, but assuming you had a wife ), if you had a wife, she would exist, and nothing I believed would change the fact. And if I had some NEED to meet your wife, then it would not be her fault I did not believe in her, but mine for not putting myself in a position to see proof of her existance. Obviously, there are areas where the analogy falls down, but that is the point I'm trying to make. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: What is the proscribed manner? Isn't believing and praying enough? I was told that if are willing to believe, God would be willing to accept me and "let me in". I did that. Why didn't anything happen? You were told rubbish. The Bible pattern is this: 1/ Repent - this means to be willing to do things Gods way. It does NOT mean to be 'truly sorry' for the way you've lived your life to date. 2/ Be baptised - this is immersion in water at an age of comprehension of what you are doing, and is indicative of willingness to bury your old life if God gives you a new one 3/ Recieve the Holy Spirit - Jesus said to ask and keep on asking, so it's not
