Update: The link below doesn’t seem to do anything. This link can remedy the issue of seeing people on your chat who aren’t even online.
Since it seems that every company in the world wants to make minor tweaks to their programs, there are always little annoyances that crop up. And as everyone has known for a little while now, the latest annoyance is Facebook’s awful chat function. Here are the issues:
It takes up 87% of the screen
It pops up with one click, but no longer takes one click to minimize
It shows random people who aren’t even online
It combines chat messages with inbox messages
Solution? Greasemonkey. Presuming you are aware it is not 1998, it will revert the FB chat function back to most of its old self for Firefox and Chrome users. If you are an IE user, you probably don’t know what Facebook is and you may want to consider suicide. Or at least stop (double) clicking ads because you think someone has sent you a message.
Anyway. Greasemonkey. Install, close your browser, open it back up, voila.
Listen, BlackBerry Facebook Mobile, I appreciate that this most recent update is a real update that has actually vastly improve things, but seriously, stop adding my number to my profile every time something changes. If I have deleted my number the past 6 times you updated, then why would things change this 7th time?
I have some issues with the movie Signs. First, why would an alien race capable of inter-stellar space travel need to rely upon crop circles for navigation? Second, why would an alien race capable of inter-stellar space travel not come equipped with gear that protects them from their deadly nemesis water? Third, why would an alien race capable of inter-stellar space travel choose a planet that is 70% water if that is something which kills them?
There really is no good evidence that shows anything in the Bible is both true and not trivial. And, yes, I know it’s a popular thing nowadays to insist that Jesus was a real historical figure, but that evidence is not notably better today than it was any time in the past.
And while I’m on this, C.S. Lewis and a number of other Christians actually try to put forth an argument that the resurrection of Jesus is proof of his existence, his divinity, his saving of the world, and probably cute puppies. Or at least they say “Well, IF it really happened, then it must all be true!” So? So the hell what? If the Pope poops golden blueberries that enrich and feed the world, then he’s a heck of a guy, but that doesn’t mean he has done it.
When a young child is throwing a fit or just getting restless, parents will often say, “Oh, she’s just tired.” For reasons unknown, parents seemingly make a point of saying this in front of the child. The predictable result is that the kid gets all the more cranky, throwing an ever increasing fit. Now I’m not a parent, but this strikes me as really, really, really friggin’ dumb. Maybe there isn’t anything the parent can say to remedy the situation, but come on. Aside from being rather condescending, announcing to everyone that your child is tired has never made anything better. Quit being idiots, parents.
For the Sake of Science 