And even there, a lot of the brown bread is just colored white bread; the mild taste and soft texture of white bread, and the healthy feeling of brown bread (win / "win"!).

Not only the guests... it could be an undocumented feature. Or maybe someone could hack Samsung and update the software.

No killer app, and I'm not so sure about a generation 2 or 3. Without game developers getting behind it, VR is going to have a hard time getting anywhere. The problem is that it takes a lot of work to make a game do 3D properly, and most don't seem to want to invest.

For now it is looking similar to the 3D gaming from a few years ago. That tech never matured and quietly died.

I love to play games on my 3D tv, but it usually takes me a whole evening to configure just one game right. Same thing with many games on VR.

Heh. Slashdot caught me by surprise and I was actually going along with it, until "created it for use on Mars".

What I meant to say is that believing is fundamental to religion, but not to science. Depending on your definition, believing means that you accept something as truth without proof. And science is pretty much the opposite of that. A lot of people nowadays seem to have embraced "science" as an alternative religion. The accept a lot of things without thinking, just because "science" says so.

A philosophy is not something to believe in either. Philosophies are studies. The philosophy of science is a study of topics like "what is this science thing and what is it good for?" This does mean that you can reject parts of science as being trustworthy or meaningful, but if you are building a rocket, then you are using still using science. You're assuming all those formulas and things like aerodynamics will work once more.

This rocket man is actually doing his own research and is questioning the principles of science. He is a scientist and a philosophist. He chooses not too stand on the shoulders of the great scientists and philososophers before him. That makes all this rather strange and redundant, but I respect him more than those people who make fun of him "because he is an idiot who doesn't believe in science".

I am not, care to guess again?

You are placing your trust in the ancient greeks and western philosophy and reasoning. That is ok, so do I. But not taking those things for granted and trying to see for yourself, even when starting from a completely different viewpoint, is not anti-science.

True, so we agree!

An apple is not an orange, it is not a banana... Just because something is an orange, doesn't make it a banana.

Well, I mostly agree with you. Believing that you can learn from your senses and experience certainly helps to get you started on a scientific career.

But you can practise science even when you say that you do not believe in it.Science doesn't depend on believing. Science thrives on questioning beliefs. Some people see scientists as an organized group with a specific agenda. And then they do all kinds of experiments to prove "the scientists" wrong. Those are the first steps to science.

How is being nuts relevant to whether you are a scientist or not?

I don't understand this reasoning. Science is not something to believe in, it is not a religion. It is like saying you don't need to believe in dough to be a good pastry chef. As an engineer you are building on science. If you are building a rocket that can go 500 MpH, you are definately using science.

He's not conjuring up a rocket out of thin air is he? He's building something, predicting the what it will do, testing and evaluating the results, improve and repeat. Science.

Furthermore, he is questioning the assumption that the earth is round. He is going to test his assumption that it is flat. Science.

He is also nuts, but that is hardly relevant.

It surprises me that you think that they sell that as used. I guess you never worked in retail. No, it is checked and repackaged and sold "as new". Note that hardly any store explicitely sells something as "new, never been touched before". And rightfully so in my opinion. It is still the exact same product. Also, brick and mortar stores do exactly the same. If a returned product doesn't clearly show signs of use, it goes right back on the shelves.

Speaking at someone who has worked at at least a dozen on- and offline stores.

I have another reason:
Returning items online is easier than returning to a brick and mortar store nowadays. So I prefer to buy higher risk items online AND I take more risks when buying something online. When in doubt, in a brick and mortar store I will probably not buy. Online, I will.

Result: "Shoppers more likely to return items online". It is a feature, and it is why online shopping is winning.

Over here several online clothing stores actually advertise with this. They encourage you to order several items and try them on. The package has the return label already included.

It is selfish in the same way as using the fitting room in a store. "the rent of the floor space has to be paid from the sales. All customers pay the same, even the ones who do not use the fitting room".

It's part of my morning routine. Wake up, take a shower, eat a sandwich, do some jackhammering, go to work. Isn't his how everyone does it?

So why not give him that price in writing? I went through the same thing a while ago. Called several dealerships, they gave prices. I told them I was going to ask around. They immediately offered a lower price on the condition that I took the offer right away. I told them I would consider the lower price if they'd mail it to me AND that I wouldn't even consider a new offer if their first offer was much higher than their competitors.

They all mailed me much lower prices than the best offer they made by phone. I forwarded the best offer to the other dealerships. Most offered slightly lower prices, some said they couldn't match. I went with the original best offer because the difference was marginal and I felt best about it (because their first offer seemed fair as the others didn't go much lower). Which I also told them and they seemed to appreciate. Got friendly and helpful service.

I do hate negotiating, but when it's about a lot of money I feel I have no choice.

Incidently, a little while later, as I was still in a negotiating "rush", I tried to negotiate the price on groceries and it actually worked. I felt like a cheapskate and probably won't do that again, but it really surprised me how this is possible while most people won't even think about it.

My children like broccoli too. Actually they like all vegetables. I think it depends on the way they are prepared. A lot of people treat vegetables as a necessary evil which has to be boiled down to a mush and has to be eaten to be granted the reward of a big chunk of meat.

Don't get me wrong, I love meat. But I love vegetables too. You just have to prepare them well. For example broccoli is easy to overcook and you cannot keep it fresh for more than a few days.