Very true, but I didn't want to name any faiths, as I really don't care to discuss them. In general, most Christians currently seem to associate the middle east as the current enemy to their faith.

Thanks for the reminder though..... that chapter in the bible didn't cite it's sources, so I breezed over it.

I stand corrected. The theory will see changes, and it does have holes. I do expect changes, albeit minor compared to what we have learned thus far.

"It has been proven beyond all reasonable doubt"

I guess I was only interested in challenging reasonable arguments. I don't care to converse with those in the intelligent design crowd (or those with PhD in Medicinal/Organic Chemistry from UCSD). I still say "denying" evolution is ignorant. Challenging it scientifically is encouraged.

Yahoo had an early lead and blew it, but has made a comeback!
Google Vs Yahoo

"the" vs "of" is also exciting......I will be following this contest for the rest of my life.
The vs Of

Is another worth more common than "the"?

This is exactly correct! It seems like every 3rd department has some access database that they use.....IT doesn't find out about it until someone broke it or deleted it. In the end, we ends up supporting it. Here is how it works.

1. A single user creats a simple access database for their own use.
2. That user shares this with their most trusted sidekick.
3. The sidekick takes over when the original user dies from intestinal parasites.
4. The entire department now uses this tool, and is fully reliant on it.
5. Requests now come into IT from other departments asking for access to the tool.
6. IT says "oh man, this sucks".

"If people want to push their religion of evolution (it's a religion... it has not been and cannot be absolutely PROVEN)"

Sorry, but this is just plain wrong. Evolution has been 100% proven. Yup, it is still a "theory", because theory has a different definition to a scientist than the general public.

Everything we currently know about genetics, biology, anatomy, geology, ...... coincides with the theory of evolution. It is fact. Denying evolution at this stage simply shows that one is not educated in any of the sciences.

If you don't believe in evolution, then you throw out everything we know about genetics and inheritance. I expect you will then decline any medical treatments that have been discovered through our knowledge of evolution and genetics.

Would you feel differently if this theme park was promoting another faith? One from the middle east perhaps? What about those tax dollars now? How about when those tax dollars fund cancer research, which is founded upon what we know about genetics and evolution.

Simply put, evolution and genetics are now the same subject.

I agree, except one can still go to Walmart and buy Ps2 and xbox games that advertise online support right on the package. I try to buy PS2 games with LAN support, but it is hard to tell which ones actually support LAN without the online server.

It should be more like 10-15 years, but your 6 year lifespan is probably correct for many games.

My little brothers favorite game is Sam-n-Max Hit the road. The game is now 15+ years old, 4 years older than he is. It ran on a 386. I use DosBox to run it although some versions work okay in Windows if you can switch to 256 colors.

Age of Empires II is my favorite game (something like 12 years old). It plays fine under Windows 7 which means it will survive past the 15-year mark.

On the contrary, my copy of RISK has worked on every coffee table I have owned!

"Do you grow your own food, or cede control of that to others?"

Makes sense. It is annoying when I can't eat my food because they took down the server and now I can't activate it. It is even worse that I can't give my food to someone else or resell it; I should have purchased it on DVD or downloaded the installer. Perfect analogy.

You can't keep track of your stuff, thus those who prefer having a local installer that doesn't need activation or an internet connection must leave society. Makes sense.

I agree with Bengal. I buy a game and play it for years. I still have a PS2 which works great for LAN parties.......sadly only a few dozen games support LAN without going through an online server.

Bengal and I are in the minority I believe, which means my days of buying video games are over. Almost everything I play is now FOSS.

There are too many great open source projects out there to be willing to buy games.

I am a grandpa you insensitive clod!

Try http://www.bricklink.com/ if you want to find some great sets of the past.

Sadly, Lego did recently discontinue some great product lines, like the 9v lego trains.