Renewed activity...

I know...

I do in fact realize that even since I posted the new blogging schedule that I haven't been staying true to it. Hopefully that will change starting today, it's just that I've been very busy since my last blog, but hopefully everything will work out now! note: I did say hopefully.

So...

Recently I've resubscribed to my CoH (City of Heroes) account and have gotten back into the swing of things there and to be perfectly honest, I'm loving it! For those of you who do play the game and know about the new expansion, no I haven't gotten it yet, but do plan to (hopefully out of my next paycheck). And for those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about check out this website City of Heroes.

And...

Well nothing really else has been going on that is noteworthy in my book, and by book I don't mean the kind that you read, basically I mean my brain. But I'm sure you all would have assumed as much even if I hadn't been clear about what it is that I really meant. Feel free to comment your thoughts below and remember life is a roller coaster it has it's ups and downs, it's fast times and slow times, just follow the current, you'll eventually get to your destination. (Not really sure if anyone said that before or if it's just my own little "Original" saying. Note: I put original in quotation marks because it is my belief that you can't ever have something that is in fact truly original, because as I see it, everything has been at least somewhat inspired by something else.

What is life?

I've been thinking alot about this perticular question, and it seems to me that the answer is life is but a series of choices with a hopeful ending many times influenced by religion, society, those around us, and many other things. I also believe that these choices are what gives life it's meaning. At each cross road, so to speak, we have to choose right or left. Sometimes we choose between good and evil, sometimes we choose the greater of various goods, but it seems more often then not we are forced to choose the lesser of two evils. This thought has been awakening for me as I think about why it is we are often forced to choose the lesser of two evils, and I believe that perhaps it isn't that that is what we do most of but that those choices are the most memorable ones. That is my thought what is yours?

Are we willing to convert?

I realize that with all the flourishing technology there are many people who are afraid of what's happening, is this a fear that we really need to have? Technology for the most part helps to make our lives easier, better, etc. But it also takes away a lot of the available jobs. For instance My Uncle used to drive for the Pepsi Company and nearly every thing in the store was ran through automation rather then good old back breaking labor. This isn't a bad thing mind you seeing as how machines when working correctly, built true, and tried are less error prone then we as humans are (I.E. they don't drop stuff like we do). Don't take me wrong here I'm not calling machines perfect, I'm just saying they are less error prone then I am, so why should I worry that they are taking my job, after all it's just like having your job taken by the first guy who can do it better then I can right?

Science fiction authors for a long time now have written about futuristic technology, and one of the very interesting concepts are machines that are capable of making better machines. Is this a possibility, at the time I say nay, because machines as a whole can not think for themselves, at least not yet. If we were able to give them this ability, and them being machines (so less error prone) would be more capable of building a better machine then we could. And as this machine builds a better machine, the better machine builds a better machine, and the saga continues until eventually reaching the long sought after goal of perfection. My question though, will perfection ever be reached?

Please by all means feel free to answer both questions in a post! Also by all means let's discuss this idea often posed by science fiction authors in more detail. Well everyone my answers to the questions are simple. Question 1.) Being that isn't a more perfect machine taking my job the same as another human who can do better then me taking said job. My answer is yes it's virtually the same thing. Question 2.) Will perfection ever be reached? Well I think at the very least not in my lifetime, but it depends on what you see as perfection I suppose. I don't think that there will ever be a perfect being rather human or mechanical, if your thought for the idea of perfection is error free so much so that there is no possibility of error for the remainder of said beings existence. Unless of course the Christian religion is correct or many religions for that matter (I personally hold to the Christian faith perhaps I will talk more of my views in a later post, but only if it is something you would like to hear) are correct.

Playlist

I just read this ...

Okay, so I was talking to my friend Wayne a few hours ago and he sent me a link to this thing he found on craigs list, I found it to be for the most part true, and I think it could open some eyes, so I'll put the link here.

Link to Thing

Also, I wanted to give a quick update while I was here, so I was checking on my cell phone from where I'm supposed to be getting a new one soon, and I will be, but I'm not at this moment entirely sure when, as it will cost $50.00 to get the phone replaced. So anyway how are you guys and girls?

Is the present the only truth?

This is just a random thought that just occurred to me. Okay so the present is quite possibly the only thing we know for sure, the future is never clear and anything can happen, and the past is often obscured through our human mind. We can never be completely sure and often times many ... many details are uncertain. I'm curious does this mean that the present moment is the only absolute, and if so, how do we know what things in our past are true, and what is being obscured?

Complements

Okay, so I got an email today from Dr. Baily my Intro to Computer Science instructor, and I really thought it was going to be something serious. The email just said, Daniel, Do you think you could come by and talk to me for a few minutes sometime? Anyway I went and talked with the guy for a few minutes. As it turned out all he wanted to do was talk me into changing my major to Computer Science, which I already planned on doing so, but I left it as undeclared to avoid a class I didn't need. So anyway, the reason why I called this Complements, is because shortly after he told me why I was there he told me he wanted me to switch majors because I was very gifted in computer science. That to me was the biggest compliment I have ever been given by an instructor, keep in mind this is a man who has spent is entire life in the feild of Computer Science, and he tells me I'm Gifted.