... connect the AppleTV to network shares... sorta.

I have a gen1 AppleTV. I have a NAS with all my video files on it.
In iTunes on my desktop, I have added the NAS-stored files to the iTunes library (by link, not by copying).

Now when I use the AppleTV to play "Shared Movies" from the linked iTunes on my desktop - those movies show up and play just fine.

From what I've read on the new AppleTV, it will be able to stream files from an iTunes library... so this should still be usable.

Now if only it did DLNA so I could watch Hulu/Amazon/etc. via PlayOn.

Anyone know if Roku does DLNA? don't see anything on it so far on their website.

Um.. last time I checked - intelligence was the ability to learn - and is not the same thing as knowledge.

None of us are naturally good at being married - we have to learn how to do it. Some of that learning can come from books, but those books will not tell you exactly what your fiance is like nor will they tell her exactly what you are like. And this learning can take a lifetime.

As a geek - you know what it's like to study a subject and know it inside and out. Study your fiance. How does she receive love? It's likely different than how you receive love. Does she know about the male need for respect? Ya'll should read the book "Love and Respect" together - it's a HIGHLY valuable book that talks about a man's need for respect and a woman's need for love (and in this "love over all"/"men are stupid" culture - information like this is desperately needed).

Understand what your own needs are, and she should understand what her needs are. When you understand that and can communicate it lovingly/respectfully - you'll go a long way. If you've never been married before - it will take a while for you to really understand what your needs are.

And - this is SUPER important - it is not your job to make sure your needs are met. You should love your future wife unconditionally whether or not she shows love/respect to you. And she should do the same. Because if you are always reacting in-kind - you are in for a crazy cycle that can be very hard to get off. In the traditional marriage vows - we say "in sickness and in health, for better/for worse, forsaking all others, until we are parted by death" - you pledge your love regardless of the circumstances. And she does the same. If you do this (it is not easy to love unconditionally) - you will go very far in your marriage. If you meet her needs and she meets yours - you will both be very satisfied.

An important point too - don't look for advice from those that AREN'T married themselves! Would you ask a non-computer geek how you should go about fixing your computer? Um.. no.

Seek wisdom from those that you view as having a successful marriage. Get pre-marital counseling from a pastor or counselor. Read REAL books on marriage, not "self-help" trash, but those that really get at deep things. Talk to each other about what you've learned.

Others have mentioned you will mess up and given that - be quick to forgive and be slow to anger. You are NOT the same as each other - if you were, one of you would be irrelevant :) . Cherish the 80% of her you love, and overlook the 20% you don't like.

Here's a few great books I suggest (in no particular order):

The Five Love Languages (there are variants of this.. I think one for married couples too)
Boundaries in Marriage (not what you would think from the title)
Love and Respect (my wife and I are going through this right now and it is helping us relate IMMENSELY)
The Total Money Makeover (this is Dave Ramsey's book on finances, but given that finances are #1 in reasons for divorce - make sure you are on the same page in that area)
Marriage on the Rock

I didn't say evolution was TRYING to solve any of those things (hope, joy, meaning, etc.). I was simply stating that it does not provide them.

Evolution as a scientific theory has many holes. If it is to be presented - it should be balanced, as with any overarching theory that is presented in science education. To simply state it as fact is false. It is still most certainly a theory, and again - it has many holes. If you want to apply the label - you could call creationism a "theory" too... so why no present it beside evolution in the classroom? Both have their detractors and adherents. Creationism has been around for um.. lets see... since Creation. Evolution has been around since... um.. when was that again? like a hundred years ago? And yet it is presented as fact - even though in the course of human history creationism has been held much more widely. I'm not saying that popularity has any bearing on validity - but to completely exclude what most of humanity has believed and many still believe fervently today is a travesty.

Science is about determining the way the world/universe works. That is totally compatible with a faith in God. He says to "fill the Earth and subdue it". So learning how it all works is a great first step in subduing it. But evolution is poor science. It has been plagued by many deceptions and outright lies. And many of the comments I've seen here in relation to it and those "crazy creationists" indicate the egalitarian view that pure science should have wrt the myriad theories simply is not present. Many people write off creationism and ID as "simply not science". They are more science than evolution IMO.

And while SCIENCE does not take away joy or meaning or things like that - scientists certainly try to. There are some scientists that are utterly on a mission to have a reckoning of sorts and remove God from the world's thinking. It is unfathomable to them to have a faith in God. If they remove meaning and purpose to existence by supporting things like evolution (which by definition states that there is no meaning in anything, just random chance and natural selection) - they "remove God". They don't remove meaning and God in reality - it's just what they are *trying* to do.

You are right - we don't get to choose how the world is, we do get to choose what we believe in. But what if I believe in what is categorically not true? Many people believed that the earth was flat. Many people believed that the sun revolved around the Earth. So those people believed in what they wanted even though is was not reality. Evidence for the existence of God is all around us. As the scriptures say "the heavens declare his majesty". I submit that those that accept rather blindly that evolution just "is the truth" are being deceived. I can pretty much guarantee you that the majority of people that will give their right eye testifying that evolution is correct don't know much about the actual declarations of the theory.

You said the first is unaffected by the second. Quite true. You will find that an entirely uncommon belief these days. The whole idea of post-modern thinking is that "whatever I believe in is real for me". The notion is ludicrous - that what I believe defines reality. One cannot believe in something that is not true and expect reality to conform to their beliefs such that it is true. The reality is - God either exists as the God of the Bible or He does not. One or the other, not both. He existed before you were even a twinkle in your parents eyes. He existed before time.

Given the radical claims of the Bible.. again - you must give a personal verdict. If the Bible is correct and if God exists.. then the breath that you take and the keystrokes you make in opposition to Him are enabled by the very God you don't believe in. No other information / fact in history has eternal claims associated with it.

Observation has never contradicted what is in the Bible. It is the *truth*. It is not meant for a morality lesson. This is a common misconception of the Bible. Many consider it akin to other religious texts.. "they all say the same thing". While it is true that many of the world's religious texts may contain similar moralities, the Bible defines one and only one way to eternal fellowship with the creator. It declares that Christ is the only way. If all the books were basically the same, then much of the Bible would be extraneous. The declaration of God as creator of the universe, creator of mankind, the sovereign Lord of the Old Testament, the loving Father that gave up His son for a brutal atoning death in the New Testament... well - where's the morality there? That makes up the bulk of the Bible - the deity of God not the rules/morals that He hands out. Why would a book simply intended for morality have so much about defining who that morality came from and what the implications of His story are? Why did Jesus have to die on the cross as an innocent man? Wouldn't it have been "moral" for Christ to go free? Or is it moral that the Jewish population that called for him to be crucified instead of Barabbas (a known violent criminal) would receive loving ministry from the disciples later instead of condemnation? yet these things are immensely important .. helping to define the entire message of the Bible. Is it moral that John the Baptist was beheaded on a whim by Herod to satisfy a woman's power lust when all he was doing was preaching about a savior? God's plan for salvation is not about living a moral life.. it is about living in truth and in relationship with a loving father who created the universe and created time itself - and living a "moral" (righteous) life is an act we do in loving response to that.

To say that evolution was architected by God does not make sense. Evolution, in the layman use of it given this context, is the *unguided* natural process of life. Not guided. Period. It's random happenstances that occurred in an unbelievably lucky sequence to form life.

That is completely contradictory to the Biblical account in Genesis. So it doesn't "kind of solve" it. Evolution is antithetical to Biblical teaching.

And "cummon".. evolution is a theory. It is not a scientifically proven fact. I'm sorry, but can you go back a few million years and tell me what you see? There is "evidence" that supports it, of course - but that's a pretty weak ladder to hold yourself up on. I can concoct any theory I want and include elements of some empirical data that "supports" the theory, but that doesn't mean it's a valid propositional statement.

And you're right - there are some "born again types" that won't be satisfied until (name your list). But do you then condemn all those who identify themselves as Christians as insane? Should people in a foreign country condemn all Americans as drunks if they see a few college kids on a spring break trip get themselves wasted and make fools of themselves? I would guess you'd think that's not a fair representation of the majority of this country. Not even the majority of college students. Yet you lump all "born again types" into the same category.

From a scientific perspective (I'm an engineer, not a scientist, but CE4GW) I have no problem with the theory of evolution in the sense that it is a theory, an interesting one, and while easily dismantled given false claims and erroneous data - it is quite .. um.. popular. So let's study it.. as a THEORY. Not as incontrovertible fact. Present the evidence for and against. Present alternate "theories", with their evidence for and against. If you think that allowing Creation in schools as a valid "theory" to be taught alongside evolution strains credibility b/c of the element of faith.. well - then you don't seem to understand the level of faith it takes to believe in evolution. May I remind you that Darwin himself recanted?

Evolution doesn't demand a verdict. It doesn't matter what I do with it.. I can "learn" about it in school, study it, answer questions on a standardized test, move on and forget about it. It has no impact on my life (or it has only a depressing impact).

But faith in God DEMANDS a verdict. If you earnestly seek out the truth and read and study the Bible.. the claims made by it and those that follow its teaching .. well - those claims DEMAND a verdict. You must choose whether or not you believe. You will either have eternal life with the Father (eternal joy) or with the condemned (weeping and gnashing of teeth galore). Christ was either who the Bible claims, a liar, or crazy. You must decide. Evolution presents nothing similar. That alone distinguishes faith in God.

To me, it is "insane" and foolish to believe in the tenants of evolution.

Evolution does not give any meaning to life - God does.
Evolution does not give any purpose to MY life - God does.
Evolution does not give any hope (for anything) - God gives hope for eternal life.
Evolution does not give joy - only depression at the meaninglessness of life - God gives joy both now and eternally.
But God only does this if we choose to believe in Him, His Son, and the Biblical claims of them.


I choose meaning and purpose and hope and joy and TRUTH over a theory filled with innumerable holes.

What do you choose?