Yeah, and I only use my grenades to juggle.

Seriously... once it's assigned a SSN, it exists.

While I agree it'd be nice to be able to set a default browser, the vast majority of my browsing sessions start with me tapping the Safari icon and visiting one of my bookmarks. Maybe 1 out of 20 sessions start with a link from another app, to put an arbitrary number to it. Simplifying the majority of my ipad browser usage would be a welcome upgrade (i.e. not pointless).

I've heard this line before, and it makes a lot of sense as a player. But as a developer, I know that I have a LOT more fun working on new content and features than hunting down and fixing bugs. When I'm working on new content, it's more fun, my progress feels more traceable, I feel more productive, and the result is a new shiny feature. Conversely, when I'm hunting down bugs, it can be tedious, aggravating work, and even when I fix the bug, all of my headaches can be attributed to some stupid error or design flaw made many, many months ago. Essentially, it's easier and more rewarding for me to add features vs fix bugs.

I know this sounds superficial and/or unprofessional, but it no doubt affects how I work. Granted, the projects I work on are much smaller than Skyrim, so it's hard to compare to the mindset of a multimillion dollar project.

This American Life did a piece earlier this month on working conditions at Foxconn called "Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory":

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/454/mr-daisey-and-the-apple-factory

I don't remember the details, but a couple economists at the end shrug off the horrible conditions because the whole process of industrialization benefits the population overall. It sucks, but they're better off for it. They note that while the manufacturing industry made it over to China, workers rights didn't go with it, but conditions ARE improving. It's a good listen if you have an hour.

Unfortunately, the moon lacks the atmosphere necessary to produce a "whooshing" noise.

For an underground base on both the moon and Mars, you would just need to bring a healthy supply of wood. I imagine in both places, there should be plenty of stone to harvest, so you'd be able to craft a pickaxe (and other tools) fairly quickly. I'd bring a copy of the crafting wiki just to be sure. Assuming a 3 man crew and a well planned design, a modest underground bunker should be possible within a few hours, depending on whether you run into bedrock or whatnot.

For a trip to Mars, you'd want to bring a good amount of coal to make use of the iron that's available, too. I would think the biggest risk factor would be creeper defenses, but that can be designed into the bunker.

I appreciate the response. My follow up question is this: could the same direction be accomplished without all of the dogma? Could you have found the same morality and courage without any ancient tradition or worship? (And an even more meta question: would there be any difference?)

Your anecdote seems to agree with my observation that athieists like to claim the same moral high ground but are less organized/motivated than religious organizations to charitably contribute to their communities. It makes sense, I guess, but could the same be accomplished without religion? and would it be better?

That doesn't really get to the crux of the GP's question, though. WHY is the Christian you more generous and courageous? WHAT is the Christian you's motivation for being more generous and courageous?

If a deep, engaging, well written script were to fall in your lap, would you take a role in a Star Wars movie or TV show? Why or why not?
 
Personally, I think you would make a great Jedi.

Turtleneck of Power is bop

I agree. I'd really like to see a Web 1.0 (1.1 maybe) movement get some legs. I'm getting really sick of bloated websites, flash ads, and facebook integration everywhere. Slashdot's latest makeover is a good example of this. Just a lot of unwanted scripting that gets in the way more than it helps. Sure, there are addons to get rid of most of it, but they also simply break a lot of pages and can be tedius to manage. Mobile pages sort of achieve a web 1.1 feel, but they aren't made for a desktop experience (obviously). I end up preferring to read the "printable" version of online news articles than the actual page. Am I alone in this?