Since you're at the cathouse, feel free to knock her up!

I never had the opportunity to use OS9/68k. I remember an Australian company sold copies for the Atari ST line, but I didn't have a neither an Amiga nor ST. Otherwise, I was happy with OS-9 Level 2 from Tandy up until PCs caught up with its ability to multitask.

While I'm not certain about OS-9 that was sold by other vendors, but BASIC09 came with OS9 Level 2 that was sold by Tandy for it's Color Computer 3. NitrOS9 (OS-9's spiritual successor) I think also includes it.

No problems. Just felt "off" when reading it and needed to voice it out, but again, thanks for the advice just the same! :D

Thanks for the reply. You could have mentioned all this in your OP without the run-a-round, so I assumed you were just fishing for answers yourself or one of those "I got mine, so I'm not telling" types, but the "If you wake up..." part wasn't warranted and could have been easily worded as "If you think about..."

Again, what would YOU suggest then?

Looking at the picture in the link, I'm inclined to agree.

I'm guessing you're excluded from your own advice since it seems you're looking down on others as if you're doing a lecture at a TEDTalk.

At least share with the everyone how YOU maximized your self reliance and minimized your government dependency.

I apologize for the earlier formatting gaffs in my prior posts. Still not used to this comment system... Now with that said...

I agree with that part, but a god is STILL an figment of HUMAN imagination. Crimes of Passion, greed, and even killing over overpriced sneakers was also causes death and misery, but there is no central group of people raging against those specifically, either. Death, regardless of the numbers is still death. people still mourn for their lost love ones. It shouldn't be a numbers game to begin with.

While I do appreciate your candor in all this, I would like you not to label me. Even if you think it's in the positive. Thank you.

As you said an Atheist is "literally not believe a god exist", but as we speak, there is no variant for Santa for example. God doesn't exist, we agree on that, but the label is baffling to say the least since there no analogue for other mythical beings, just that one.

Again, we agree on that, but from what I've seen it's certain "humans" that they do not "agree" with, not just those who has a specific gender or orientation. There were cases in the past that black and other non-Caucasian people were killed (yes, men, women, children, and non-heteros come in non-Caucasian varieties, shocking!) and even their churches ironically were burned down in the Americas and that was as recent as the 20th century. Let's not forget the innocents during WWII and other conflicts, and not just those that died by Nazi hands.

Humanity as a whole is plagued by this, not just specific groups is what I'm trying to imply. It's a human sickness that can only be stopped by humans. No one is dismissing certain areas of humanity, but unfortunately like any out of control fire, if you focus on one area, the rest will still burn.

Then why feel the need to label yourself at all? I don't label myself, and reject said labels for that very reason, nor do i have a need to announce my non-beliefs to others. It's none of their personal business anyways, nor do I think they want to hear about it to begin with.

Again, it can be considered indoctrination or even a mental illness, and as such, instead of raging (your choice of word) about people believing in the sky princess, maybe a better use of one's time would be working with others in finding a cure in stopping it. Sometimes even talking to people will go a long way (Like what we are doing here). It may not get the numbers, but waking up one single person from their delusions is better than none, and more effective than pointing and screaming that they believe in foolish tales.

Aside of all the labeling, I guess what I was trying to say was that I feel that both religion and atheism tends to gravitate over the idea of a deity (or lack of) regardless if said deity is Christian or what not. That's why I made the comparison to Harry Potter fans and detractors and the Bible (for example) is as real as Potter and as its fans and detractors. I don't call myself an atheist though i'm not a believer in (any) religion and not just Christianity (which seems to be the focus for a lot of atheists), but for the reason of why since also, for example, there's no atheist analogue to Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, the Easter Bunny and the Gumdrop Princess. All are equally not real, but for gods of religion it seems to be a special case. For me it's odd to see someone believe in something that's clearly not real, but equally odd that that the detractors have created a name for themselves based on that. To my knowledge no one on Slashdot ever got into arguments over the existence of the Easter Bunny or the Tooth Fairy, nor have a group of people created a label for themselves based on that belief or lack thereof , but yet religion has somehow garnered both. Yet, I don't wake up in the morning loving or hating the the tooth fairy, so why do it for any god? It has no relevance to my day-to-day and just because one is more popular than the others don't mean I should give it preference for by disdain. I don't hate Santa, the Easter bunny, the tooth fairy, or even gods for that matter, and why should I? They're not real! Humanity on the other hand is deserving of it. It's easy to blame imaginary things for the woes of the world, but it seems harder to blame humanity for creating them in the first place.

I don't understand this religion/atheist circle jerk that I see in these posts. A clarification might help, but I see both sides as mentally ill. One side believes in a fictional sky man, the other side hates said fictional sky man even though they know he's not real? Religion is a human-made construct. It wasn't made out of thin air, but you have people who will follow the words of a book of fiction and on the other end you have those that want said book of fiction burned because it was made by some invisible man that supposed to not exist in the first place. It's like watching Harry Potter fans and their detractors bickering back and fourth. Would it be easier to, I don't know, Just accept the world as is and move on with your lives without the labels?

You know no-one here is going to get the reference even if the hint is in the header. That said, better find my copy of it.

While, admittedly, I was taken aback from your initial response (telling someone to stay silent and not vote) and still feel that an alternative response should have been given, you did respond back in a mature manner (and some reading material) so I'll leave it at that and an apology. Thanks!

Not to change the subject, but you might be the first person I've seen on ./ that mentioned the company they worked for and not the go-to "I work for a Fortune 100 company, and refuse to mention which one because [reasons]" types. Sorry, I was impressed just by you mentioning your place of work on here.

So, instead of debate and dialog, your ORDERS were to TELL someone to "stay silent and stop voting" !? It don't matter if you didn't like what was said, that right there is some next level discrimination and pure hate. That's something I would expect to hear from the KKK. You sound like the type of person who locks their car doors when a black person happens to walk past your car, but not the white person that walked by earlier. You sound like the very people you yourself linked to: The typical holier-than-thou, rich, white person complaining about another rich white person.