Three quick questions!!!

codeDV

Why are we here?
What gives us a sense of self?
and
How do we define forever?

LordShryku

1) Cuz "we" don't want to do any work right now

2) Beer. And lots of it.

3) How? I use dictionary.com to define things

dta

Originally posted by LordShryku
1) Cuz "we" don't want to do any work right now

2) Beer. And lots of it.

3) How? I use dictionary.com to define things

amen, although merriam-webster.com is my preference

Merve

1) because we like PHP
2) our Canadian heritage (me, Moonglobe, jebster, bastien, etc.)
3) 'Forever' is an adjective that means: during a period of time equal to eternity

jebster

Originally posted by dta
amen, although merriam-webster.com is my preference

Same, I use that plugin were you just highlight the word and then right click and hit "Define" 😃

dta

whoa, theres a plugin?!?!! why wasn't i invited to the release party..

time to hunt- and you're my new hero 🙂

Moonglobe

in firebird just type in 'dict [word]' and it shoves you off to dictionary.reference.com ..........😃

LordShryku

I was intrigued also, til I read the system requirments

dta

Originally posted by LordShryku
I was intrigued also, til I read the system requirments

yeah i saw that too.. damn MS.

how can people not see that netscape is so much better than IE ? you would think IE would adopt tabbed browsing because its limited taskbar space but .........

LordShryku

It's gotten damn near impossible to live without the tabbed browsing. At work, I'm using IE for my test base, and you can always hear a hardy "F*CK!" come from my office every time I hit Cntrl T and nothing happens.

Moonglobe

work wont let you install firebird?

LordShryku

No, I got it installed, and I use it for most of my browsing. But all of my scripts are going to be running on IE in production, so I use IE for testing. It's just a force of habit to press Cntrl T when I want to open up a new session, since I live by the tabbed browsing.

drawmack

Originally posted by codeDV
Why are we here?

This is two questions:
first why - I don't know how can you expect me to answer a question man has been asking since the begining of time?

second, are we here? - yes

What gives us a sense of self?

Thinking - according to Decarte anyway.

How do we define forever?

1 second past the largest finite time possible.

jayant

Originally posted by codeDV
Why are we here?

to kill time, money, bandwidth and other resources

What gives us a sense of self?

shhhhhh... lets not leak this

How do we define forever?

I use the new hip thing. the "define:" operator from google. just use "define: forever" as google query and you'll know what i mean.

Doug_G

Thinking - according to Decarte anyway.

"I think I'm Thinking, therefore I Think I Am"

codeDV

"I think, therefore, I am"

That's the confusing part of living. Becuase lets assume for the sake of argument that when I'm dead, I'm dead and that's it. It begs the question. All that I thought was all that I was but I am no more.

It makes living seem pointless. Which brings me back to -

Why are we here?

Our sense of self is derived from our experiences and interactions of the world around us. It allows us to distinguish our selves as separate unique entities. As its our brain that does all this for us (or so it is thought) it means that our entire grasp of everything is a picture conjured up by our brain.

One of the most confusing aspects of life (for me anyway) is my perception. Not only of people but of the world around me and the subtle changes of that perception.

dalecosp

Originally posted by codeDV
Why are we here?

The Anthropic Principle seems to indicate that the universe was designed for us to be here. Hence, there is a Designer, and it is the Designer's intent that we are here....

What gives us a sense of self?

If we're here by Design, then the Designer likely also gave this to us. This would at least get us around the issue of annihilation.....

How do we define forever?

Ten dimensional string theory gets pretty close.

Seems strange that the 400+ year divorce between Science and Theology is heating back up into a romance again.....

dalecosp

Regarding the dictionary, does no one use the MIT dictionary server?

There's a builtin client for GNOME - I've got it locked into the upper panel....

LordShryku

I don't use Gnome :p

Elizabeth

Originally posted by codeDV
Why are we here?
What gives us a sense of self?
and
How do we define forever?

1) Are you sure we really are here?
2) A mirror usually gives me a good look at myself, so I know I'm there.
3) According to Michael Bolton, "forever ain't a place we can find;
We'll know how we've tried; And that forever's just a matter of time." But that's Michael Bolton.

-Elizabeth