"Religions all require you to believe in things that cannot be proven, despite their being unlikely"

Sounds like quantum physics... which also has a large number of people (spending money) that believe in something that can not be seen or proven. Physicists around the world a dedicating a large amount of their lives to theories many of which ARE MUTALLY EXCLUSIVE meaning someone is going to be wrong. Mathematically 'proof' exists of a 4th dimension... but just because the maths 'adds up' and it could be possible doesn't mean that it does exist, yet many many smart people believe that it does. Before you bust on religion I suggest you educate yourself some more belief in things that do not exists is not limited to relion but also a healthy chunk of the scientific domain. The irony is that Steven Weinberg IS JEWISH and a physicist that believed in the Higgs boson at one point... to date no one has seen any traces of the Higgs boson.

Yes, please, define "mainstream". Just because an organization makes the news frequently doesn't make them "mainstream".

Reminds me of Linux users... only not in the news as much.

Ummm... given that he has used numerous machines compared to a single typewriter nothing. Further a greater awareness of Cormac McCarthys work exists within the general public.

"...we understand 'the incomprehensible'..." and yet so many are unable to meet and seduce attractive women... something that people of average intelligence and sometimes low intelligence have been doing for tens of thousands of years.

"so we are less oppressed in some ways" just not when it comes to social integration.

"They expect us to be weird, so we don't have to hide it as much in order to get by." or maybe there are no other equally qualified but less weird people available at that time.

Drugs = Dopamine release

Gambling = Dopamine release

Erowid / Casino = different pathways to same result

Although casino probably has a cleaner comedown and less nausea (mushies, Ayahuasca etc.)

"but also every last installed application" ... yeah all .01% of them (comparative to every last installed windows application).

Those were the days. Even without memmaker QEMM's days were limited though. Memmaker just brought it about faster. Those were also the days when having 'Norton' on a product was a good thing.

... if a game was created that had the faces and bodies of various judges (this judge in particular) and politicians and played like GTA complete with hookers and drug use I don't think that said figures would care very much about the first amendment. What if a game about hookers was created with a character that looked like the judges wife? Would he care as much then?

Infinite has various contexts. One being intersection and in theory all things being equal GUIDS should never technically intersect. Just as two parallel lines run parallel for infinity, although the two lines clearly have a start and end. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity Still for the problem in the thred GUIDs are the solution. Nitpicking of english aside.