A Philosophical moment..

[Halcyon]

Buy a mac.

a big one?

[Bunk]

I've got 3 already but a 4th would be good.

Was thinking of the quad processor Mac with 16G of RAM, I've got a couple of excel sheets I'd like to run on it.

Ha, see! A PC would only need 8GB and dual processors to run Excel

[EternalOptimist]

Plato is rolling in his grave

[ratewhore]

It Monday the 19th 2010 9:39am and thought seems clear to me at the minute so I wonder...

If nostalgia appeared before you and said 'Welcome back', I wonder if a tear would be shed for the loss of today and the days that follow. A history reminisced is one worthy of preservation, whether good or bad; without this how else can righteous that we seek become us?

Am I the only one who wasn't got a fooking clue what you're talking about?

[EternalOptimist]

Am I the only one who wasn't got a fooking clue what you're talking about?

what is true
what is good
are we a real personality or just a set of memories

[NickFitz]

What is good ?

In our world form and substance dominate all. Good is a relatively minor branch of knowledge called ethics where reason, logic, knowledge are our primary concerns. The Hindu concept of the good is dead and we bequeath to our children science, logic and 'the system'.

The good used to be the source of everything, in everything you do try to be excellent. Its been relegated

You are Robert M. Pirsig and I claim my five motorcycles

[EternalOptimist]

You are Robert M. Pirsig and I claim my five motorcycles

absolutely. actually a montage of Platos dialectic with phaedrus, Aristotles apologia of Plato, Pirsigs take on the Sophists
and EO's humble view of story telling

[scooterscot]

what is true
what is good
are we a real personality or just a set of memories

The truth..

We're nothing more than a collection of complex structures which must dissipate through the shortest path available, whether that path be distance or energy spent, there can be no escaping it.

The good.

Standing out from the crowd - This chap from Zanzibar had the good

[threaded]

I've got 3 already but a 4th would be good.

Was thinking of the quad processor Mac with 16G of RAM, I've got a couple of excel sheets I'd like to run on it.

Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro3,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 3.2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 2
Total Number Of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per processor): 12 MB
Memory: 32 GB
Bus Speed: 1.6 GHz

And 4TB disk

I've not tried excel, but is very good for FarmVille.