SemiAntics

Are we what we do, what we’re made of, or are we what we think? We must be partly what we’re made of; flesh, bones, blood, genes, etc. We must be what we do, because our experience is the foundation for our thought. We must be what we think, because in the absense of thought we would do very little beyond what our instincts compell us.

But we think based on our acts, and we act based on our thoughts, so are we one, both or neither? Maybe we are born like a snowball on the top of a hill, just a tiny speck of snow at first, and then, given a mothers nudge into the world and our instincts, we roll in some initial direction. We gather snow and roll along, but if we hit a bump we lose snow. Finally we come to rest at the bottom of the hill.

For a brief moment we sit in tranquility, and our heart gladdens as the sun comes out and shines down upon us, bringing a wonderful peace to the world. Then we melt.

Whether or not you agree with Al Gore in the movie “An Inconvenient Truth” is not important. That is, it’s not important that you believe that global warming is real or not. Suppose it’s not true, that global warming is a myth created by some crazed scientists (all of whom agree, and are conspiring together). So, what do we humans do differently? Do we say, forget the fuel-efficient cars, forget trying to reduce coal-burning power plants (or at least clean them up)? Not exactly. We will still recognize that these things are generally good for the world (our home). So we’ll keep trying to do good things for the world.

The real issue with global warming isn’t what we do, but how fast we do it, and how high a priority we make it to improve pollution problems, etc. While I don’t agree that Al Gore was 100% objective in his documentary, I do think his point is still valid; we have to take action now, and that goes for global warming or just keeping our world clean. We can never focus our efforts on keeping our home green, clean and beautiful if our government and corporations are busy killing people in foreign countries. There just isn’t enough money for both things. How about switching gears?

I guess I lied above. I think it is important that we all recognize there is a problem. We should demand that our governments take an objective stance and make real plans to stop polluting so much. I’m tired of the government downplaying environmentalists as radicals and spreading fear that the economy depends on us polluting.

I recently came across a bug with IE 7. It is one that is quite obvious, having to do with sublist list elements. It doesn’t matter what it is. What matters is that you, too, can submit a bug report for your pet bug. Read on, brave soul, to find out how!

So, the first step is to search around on the website. I’m not linking there; I hope you will forgive me. You know the url. Yes, search around for a place to submit bugs.

Next, you’ll want to Google for it. I found a link for an IE 7 bug submitting site. Yep. Well, that site is closed. (Why?)

Next…

So, in the end I just gave up. I guess it’s not that important. I have never been to a website of some product like Firefox, say, that doesn’t clearly label how to submit bugs. Maybe this is why Microsoft has inferior products. They just don’t care about what their customers think.