Recent content by johnny appleseed

Not that I am an old-school creationist (I personally believe the point of Genesis is purely allegorical, regardless of its historical accuracy), but what Theobald fails to realize is that his probabilities mean nothing to discredit the theory that man was created separately by God. If we take a...

I have a philosophical(ish) question. What makes profanity profane? Is it purely the exact meaning of the words, or is it the intent? Or maybe it's just the vulgar association we give them? First are a set of statements that would hardly offend anyone over the age of twelve: "I'm gonna...

Here's my frank advice: if you have to ask, then you don't want either one of them enough. Be friends. Be best friends. I am dating my best friend from high school (sounds like that's where you're at), and it's great. If you hurt either girl by being honest, then she's not worth it. You have no...

claymorez, you ask why no one can divide by 0. You yourself proved this in your initial post. There are rules in math, and they must always hold true. Sometimes this necessitates exceptions. For any integer n, it is true that n*0 = 0 It is also true that n/n = 1 It is also true that...

Something you all have failed to realize is that none of the numbers exist. Yes. That's right. Not 0, nor 1, nor -2, nor 893, 2.445 or 3.14159265349798... You see, all mathematics is simply a model. That's why we have things like an endless decimal in pi and e, as well as other...

The problem with ultra-realism is that it oftentimes is just boring. Long, extended firefights without satisfying kills, waiting hours on end before finding a target, no respawns, you take a half-hour to actually die, etc. Many concessions have to be made, and while I do have beef with some of...