No, no mockery implied. I actually am Catholic and believe in the fairy tales.

My question was rhetorical, though. Non-believers, like most of /., would reject God even if they believed he existed because they don't agree with his words and actions. They don't like him. My point was the main example we have of one sentient being creating another, the creations don't seem to like their creator much.

They should have called it the "GOD GUNS JESUS THE BIBLE AMERICA FUCK YEAH" bill.

And no I'm not going to try to make up an acronym expansion for that.

There are exists to the N, E, and S. There is a bears here.

To be honest, I just don't know if most apps are worth paying for.

I recently switched to Android and wanted to make an app, mostly for fun. But I wasn't sure what I wanted to make. I can't think of any needs I have from my phone that I don't already have met, and I don't want to make a game. I browsed through the Play store looking for inspiration. Maybe I'd see something that would spark an idea, or would make me think "it would be fun to develop a free version of that."

Nothing. I scrolled through hundreds of apps. Didn't find a single one I'd want to use, let alone develop.

Perhaps I'm just unimaginative, and I'm the the patent clerk who quit because "everything good's been invented." But I didn't see a thing I wanted.

Also doesn't help that 50% of the apps are "social," which translates to "we'll rape all your personal information and sell it for malicious purposes."

Yeah, you know who takes criticism great? Baby Boomers.

Oh wait, no, they're narcissists completely full of their own shit.

But those Gen-Xers!

No wait, they're precious snowflakes, too.

Really, can you show me a group of people who does handle criticism well?

Google and FaceBook give you "free" services but take it out of your ass. So yes, you're whoring yourself out to them for cheap.

But with Uber you're still paying for the service. They're not going to start giving you free rides in exchange for mining your data. So you're still getting fucked, but you're paying them for the privilege. That's not a john, either. The john pays for it, but he wants the fuckening.

Is there a word for that even? Where you pay somebody and they unwelcomingly shag you? Only thing I can think of is "taxpayer."

Absolutely. The people are wonderful, the climate's amazing, the country is beautiful. And oh, ho ho, the sheep, the sheep! The sexiest little fluffy...WOMEN I MEANT WOMEN!

Two words: Drop bears.

If it can think for itself and have its own opinions, ever think it might just not like you?

Assume the Bible is true. How much do you like your Creator? You been doing a good job serving His divine will lately?

1) Souls are magic.
2) Quantum mechanics is spooky.
3) Ergo, quantum computers are alive. Ya know, because of the quantums.

You forgot "vacuum metastability event."

I've always wondered where Mr. Fusion's boiler and turbine were.

My dad was reluctant to buy my brother and I a computer when we were kids in the mid 80s. "What do we need a computer for? What do we compute? And if you want to play with one, isn't there one in the school library?" But we whined and whined and begged and he gave in.

Big mistake. We spent all our time on that thing, taking it apart, putting it back together, programming it, instead of doing good, wholesome American activities like sportsball and racism. Now we're both screwed-up adults with engineering and computer science degrees, stuck in the dead-end tech industry.

And she's in the UK. We know what's harming the children in the UK: the pedophiles in the government.

An Egyptian legend relates that when the god Thoth shared his invention of writing with King Thamos, the good king decried it as the enemy of civilization. "Children and young people," he bemoaned, "who hitherto labored to memorize their studies will fail to exercise their minds and become lazy and stupid!"

Kids these days. Ruining civilization since civilization began.

Oh woe is me. If only my parents hadn't ruined my childhood by giving me an Apple IIe that I could program and play games on, I would have grown up normal and healthy, with a real job like "child psychotherapist." Instead I'm stuck in a dead-end, worthless career in data warehousing and software development.

I'll make sure my kid never has a smartphone. He'll do much better in life growing up without instant access to all the world's knowledge. And I'm sure it won't limit his social interactions, either, as when the neighborhood kids text each other to set up a ball game, they'll be sure to bike over and knock on his door, too.