Random Thought #8

The most annoying thing about Skyrim is not being able to climb even the smallest of boulders and having to jump over and over again just to climb mountains.

Random Thought #7

Are humans the only animal that is afraid of their own dung?

Random thought #6

Today I found the lower half of a paiute ground squirrel. Its guts were hanging out. They looked like giant slugs, but they were just bloated guts.

I suppose a hawk killed it. I guess he wasn't a fan of eating squirrel butts. I don't blame him, neither am I.

Proving the Existence of God is Easy: a Logic-Based Proof

It always makes me laugh when I hear people say, "You can't prove or disprove the existence of God."

I just think it's one of the funniest and least logical things a person could say.

Logically speaking if something does exist you by definition can prove that it exists.

If there is no evidence for something's existence then it by definition does not exist.


It also makes me laugh because proving God exists is actually super easy. Here goes:

First we need to define what God is:

God

ɡäd/

noun

1. 1.

   (in Christianity and other monotheistic religions) the creator and ruler of the universe and source of all moral authority; the supreme being.

Thanks google. I'm not Christian, but we'll go with this definition since it's a popular one in the US and Europe.

Given: God is the creator and ruler of the universe and a supreme being.

Given: the force of gravity is real.

Also given: it has been shown through direct observation, and logical and mathematical extrapolation that the force of gravity and the electromagnetic forces are the primary means by which stars, planets and all matter beyond lithium form and were formed.

The entirety of the universe was formed through a handful of forces but the force primarily responsible for forming stars and planets was gravity. Every particle of matter takes part in the force of gravity therefore everything that exists is the creator.

Everything that exists is the creator and the creator is God therefore God by definition exists (transitive property of equality).

Proof that God is all powerful:
Given: Power is defined by energy per unit time.

If one possessed all the energy in the universe one would be all powerful.

Given: energy is defined by the ability to do work and work is defined by moving matter a certain distance with a certain force.

If one were defined as everything in the universe one would by definition include all matter and all forces and therefore all energy and all power.

Conclusion: My God is all powerful (i.e. supreme)


Now you might say, "Hold on there just a minute! That's not what God is like at all!"

But hey, that's what my god is like and I can prove my god exists, and I can prove my god is all powerful. So, if you think your god is better then prove it.

How to use a controller, keyboard and mouse at the same time in Skyrim

I really love the video game Skyrim. I found it such an awe inspiring human creation. It's such a beautiful game.  Having said that, I really dislike one thing about it: Skyrim completely disables the keyboard and mouse when you connect an Xbox controller. Why? It makes no sense!

I searched from forum to forum to find a way around this and I found only partial solutions that were reasonable complicated, but I decided to figure out a simple solution that not only works, it gives me full control of all keyboard functions with my controller.

It's actually pretty simple. The first thing I had to do is disable the controller support in the game.

1. Click View in a file explorer window and check "Hidden items"
2. Go to the follow path C:\Users\your_name_here\Documents\My Games\Skyrim
3. Right click on SkyrimPrefs.ini and select edit
4. Search for the line bGamepadEnable=1 and change it to bGamepadEnable=0
5. Download Antimicro and install it.
6. Turn your controller on.
7. Map the keys to whatever keyboard and mouse functions you want or download the one I use (which I think is totally awesome).
8. Play Skyrim and enjoy your freedom to switch back and forth from keyboard, mouse and controller at your whimsy. 

The Antimicro file I use for skyrim does the following:

A jumps, B sneeks/crouches, x picks stuff up, Y equips weapon

start is escape

back is the character menu

left stick is WASD

right stick is the mouse

right trigger is attack/left mouse

left trigger is left hand attack/right mouse

left stick button is run.

The D-pad is mapped to the map, the C key and some other stuff.

But the really cool thing is what the left and right shoulder buttons do. Hold down the left shoulder button and it shifts all the buttons to the shortcut keys 1-8.

Hold down the right shoulder button and the left shoulder button becomes the shout key and the other buttons become unused keys on the keyboard that can be mapped to whatever you want if your using mods like Convenient horses etc.

Anyway, if this brightens the day of a single Skyrim fanatic out there then my joy is full.

Random Thought #5

Have you ever noticed how the phrase "I'm addicted" sounds a lot like "I'm a dick head?"

Random Thought #4

The world teaches to embrace the light and shun the darkness, but it is the darkness that makes the tiny specks of light in the night sky beautiful.

There is no beauty without light, and no beauty without darkness.