I still have some but they're relics, haven't been played in years.

Good option if you have it, but optical media is dead to me.

flash is dead too, and about time

silence, fool! you will summon the wrath!

Until it runs in Linux natively, I'm not reinstating my subscription. Bite me, Netflix.

Exactly. When I make a vat of chili I like to use at least 4 varieties of peppers (preferably 5 or 6, whatever I can find), fresh and dried, to get that well-rounded burn that starts at the lips and goes all the way down the throat. Each pepper has its own type of burn; different durations and different areas of the mouth.

Grew my own bird's eyes last year, came out great. Dried them out and they developed a really nice smokiness to the flavor. Good heat too. Next year I'm going to try a few more types.

Unknown (or unknowable) and uncertain aren't exactly the same thing, and I don't think Heisenberg's principle applies to the discussion. There's still plenty we don't understand about QM, but we will figure it out, given enough time. If the Universe is essentially "digital" as Planck would lead us to believe, that may just be an effect of the holographic principle. Once we start considering higher order dimensionality, damn near anything is possible.

I like that. :)

You're right, it's not an attack against God, it's simply the effort to make him unnecessary. Belief in the supernatural came about from primitive people trying to understand natural phenomena and lacking the tools to do so. As knowledge has grown, the importance of the supernatural has proportionally decreased. You yourself say that "Religion is about the mystery and that which can not be known." Science rejects the notion that there is anything which can't be known, there is only that which we do not understand yet. Unfortunately, the supernatural became institutionalized very early on when ambitious people realized they could use it to control others. "Do this because [deity] commands it! Else his wrath you shall suffer!" And they succeeded and grew powerful, so powerful that now there is a very large vested interest in maintaining that power, by whatever means. I admire that you see science for what it is, at the same time I am dismayed that you cling to the supernatural as well. The Universe loses none of its wonder when you understand how it works, and I for one don't feel any desire to believe in something "greater" than myself. I don't have to. I can observe greatness all around me at all times. Reality is much more impressive than magic.

One is part of a system of thought that espouses that everything can be understood and explained. The other specifically states that there are things which are unknowable. Sounds pretty separate to me.

They prefer the euphemism "faithful."

It's not just depressing, it's downright disturbing. People that hold irrational views in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary are dangerous, pure and simple.

Or try to blow us up and send us there personally. Barbarism.

Humans were also meant to live in utter ignorance without any thought or contemplation, never questioning anything. To live forever like that? No thanks. I'll take knowledge and death. Thank you, Mr. Snake.

This, to me, shows that "God" is not all-good, he wanted a subjugated race of dull-witted worshipers. Speaks volumes about his mental state. And beyond that, it demonstrates to me why the entire concept of religion is a bunch of bullshit. From its very core it is simply about controlling people.

Why not come up with designs for a 3D printed bike? Or an ultralight airplane? Or agricultural tools? Or furniture? Or a cotton gin? Or houses? Or any of a million other things which have functions other than killing?

Fucking Texas... full of barbarians in stupid hats. You have in your hands the greatest revolution in fabrication since the assembly line and all you can think of to do with it is make guns. Just fuck off. Civilization doesn't need you.

Spot on, but you're pretty wordy for a Vorlon. Can't you be more enigmatic?