Is it just me, or does anyone else find Q3's PB won't update by itself and "pbweb.exe" is the only way to update? And for the love of *insert deity of choice* why does it need updating so often? Honestly, this is the worst thing ever. If I'm on a server and someones cheating, I leave. No flames, no rhetoric, just go find someone else who ACTUALLY wants to play. PB is simply a waste of my time

As a side note, don't know what "Q3" and "pb" are? Just go. Google something and leave. Finding out will not help you.

Today I was confronted by an exhibition of blind, unwavering faith that I found quite alarming. My brother in law told my son (James - he has a keen interest in dinosaurs) that according to the Bible, not only did man once co-exist with dinosaurs, but that some dinosaurs were present on Noahs' Ark.
My son, who is quite well read on the scientific points of evolution, quickly pointed out how absurd this was based on the geological records' clear indication that the last dinosaurs died 65 million years ago, whereas modern humans only appeared 10 thousand or so years ago.
My own reading (in particular Stephen Hawkings' "Brief History of Time") has cast serious doubts on my own faith. The uncertainty principle of quatum mechanics would, from a mathematical viewpoint, appear to be a veritable disproval of the existance of a God who cared to take any active role in the development of creation. Quantum mechnics implies that if there is a God, He created the Universe and left it to run under a strict set of laws set at the moment of creation. The "big" point being that if this is the case, He chose to have no further dealings with the development of the Universe and "free will" (for instance, the ability to choose between following a religion, or not following one) does not even exist. The particles that make up our bodies, the life around us, our planet, everything are simply following paths set at the moment of creation (the Big Bang).
So, as a father, what do I tell my son? To believe, blindly, in the Bible, or to believe what he can see (and what science can "prove" is real).
The belief in a God precludes the need for proof. Proof of a God would deny the existance of such a being by removing the need for belief.
If there is a "God" and a "Heaven", what is the real purpose of this existance? Simply to make God know we believe and then to get the ultimate prize of immortality? Sounds like a cheap way to get what we all really crave - and if life has taught me anything, nothing cheap is really worthwhile. Why would God treat humans any differently from all the other myriad ilfeforms on this sphere (including the Moselms, Jews, Hindus you name it).
I'm sorry, but this is the worst kind of false hope imaginable. Am I really to believe that all the people who lived prior to Christs birth are condemned to eternal damnation, or just cold death, whereas thos born after Him, and follow his faith can be "saved" and rewarded withh eternal life? It's gotta be bollocks. I'm sticking with Jediism for now.

So a glass of wine gets spilled on my Belkin wireless router and it dies. Hurrah! Time for a new, and hopefully better wireless router. The options are seemingly endless these days, and they are cheap too. There was, however, only one choice. Once you've seen the Linksys WTR54GS you'll fall in love with it. It's absolutely tiny, and yet the PSU is integrated so no unsightly power brick (this is one of the aspects of the NEC 93v 19" monitor I have at work that I really like). The underside of my computer desk is awash with power bricks, so losing one is great.

Oddly, I didn't want it because I want to use it away from home (although the option is now a practical one if I do). I just wanted to save space and boy does this ever fit the bill. Looks cool too. Get one.

One word of caution - doesn't work well with VPN - still working on that.