I wasn't aware of the soul as being defined by that, at least for Christians/Jews the Bible barely makes any mention of its properties. Considering the "soul" is metaphysical, the explanation can be simply explained away as a supernatural copy of our state of mind that is restored after death in a new supernatural body. Who knows though, I sure as hell don't know anything about souls and to discuss it is pure guessing.

This is why outsourcing is a good thing; it systematically eliminates poverty throughout the world. I'm an American but outsourcing has allowed family in China to have a chance at being middle class. I guess what it comes down to is that as long as people out there are seriously benefiting from this, maybe it's a good thing. Yes people lose their $80,000/year jobs, but on the same hand hundreds of millions in impoverished nations are building a strong middle class and enjoying a life where they might have a chance to not be poor.

For the sake of stability in a country, if most people were unemployed the government would implement a minimum guaranteed income, otherwise you'd have rampant uprisings and riots.

He has a legit point though. Google not only can give you multiple routes to take depending on what you want, but also knows in real time the traffic on every street in the city and can dynamically change your route to avoid it. Technology is constantly replacing jobs and freeing up money for other parts of the economy, this is a good thing but the transition can be difficult for some.

If anything, the IRS is pretty awesome. As long as you come to them first, they'll work with you to get your debt paid, even if they could have pursued much harsher legal action.

That's why you sell by bandwidth and not by data size, which is the whole point of what he just said...

The problem with caps for internet is that you are restricting the flow of information, which is harmful for society as a whole. Internet is something far beyond any other utility and is so revolutionary that you can't just simplify it down to being another utility that goes by usage, especially when the cost to the company is not by data amount but by bandwidth, which can justifiably be charged for.

I'm pretty sure the GeForce GT 750M is not a workstation GPU, unless I am mistaken? It seems to be meant for gaming/desktop use. If, instead, you are trying to be pedantic about his use of the word "card" instead of GPU, then your completely missing the point of his statement and just being an asshole.

At least for 8's release the upgrade only cost around $60, which for those of us with a decent paying job is only the cost of a video game, negligible to improve the performance and support for something I personally use everyday for several hours. If you can't invest $60 in something that you see as a small but noticeable benefit to your everyday life, then that's your own choice. Of course, this only applies to those who see it as an improvement (which I'm assuming will be the case for 9 over 7).

You have to remember that the surface area to volume ratio of tiny plastic particulate is magnitudes greater than a water bottle, which completely changes the rate at which bacteria can reach and metabolize the plastic.

It's just a discussion, he is not literally asking slashdot.

Waterproof connectors exist, and as far as shorting 5V to ground, it just needs a built in current limiter so that it won't drive enough current to damage anything.

Considering this is focused on a huge change to the hardware, the fact that it even can start booting shows they have significant progress in it. I have a feeling you have no idea how much work it takes to get to that point. Hell, the original iPhone barely managed to boot and had to follow a strict order of actions when doing it at the original Apple unveiling or else it would crash. This is still a phone very much in development, you need to respect that.

You save the initial values that created it then any changes to it must be saved separate and appended after its creation each time.

Exactly, people have to remember that the constitution was purposely kept vague enough to be interpreted differently based on the times and culture (which is why rulings can change over a long enough time period).