JoelKatz

If God is all-powerful, he can make anything happen merely by willing it to be. He has no need for plans, contrivances, or the like. All of these things are needed by humans because we have only limited power. We put nails in with a hammer because we can't just will the nail into the board. We build airplanes because we can't just will ourselves across the planet.

But God can achieve anything just by willing it. Christianity claims God send Jesus to Earth to forgive man's sins. But God has need for a mechanism to forgive man's sins. He could simply have forgiven them. This way, his Son wouldn't have been tortured and nobody would have been nailed to anything.

The only explanation I can think of is that sending Jesus to Earth to be suffer makes a better story than God just willing sins to be forgiven. If there's any other plausible explanation, it completely escapes me.

Can anyone help?

Is there a tool that actually *repairs* registry *errors*? I've looked at about a dozen tools that claim to fix errors that can cause incorrect operation and all they actually do is remove keys that go to non-existent files. Well, since those files don't exist, those keys don't do anything. So removing them is *not* going to fix any errors.

I have a Windows XP system with some registry damage. I believe what happened is it was infected by malware and the malware replaces some Active Directory 'InprocServer32' keys in the registry to ensure that the malware would get launched. Then, a tool removed the malware but left the InprocServer32 keys. Then a registry cleaner remove the InprocServer32 keys because the files they went to were gone. But now, with both the malware and the registry keys gone, active directory doesn't work.

These are the most basic keys that every Windows XP machine should have and any decent registry *REPAIR* tool would make sure they're there and put them there if they're not. But I can't find even *one* that does.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Free is preferred, because most paid registry "optimizers" or "fixers" are scams, in my experience.

eBay removed a listing after I had bid on an item, won it, and paid for it.

"We're sorry to tell you that the item isn't available for purchase anymore. We removed the listing because it likely fell into one of these three categories:

-- The listing doesn't follow eBay guidelines.

-- The item isn't allowed on eBay or can only be listed under certain conditions.

-- The listing contains pictures or words that may have violated copyright or trademark rights.

This is disappointing for everyone, but sometimes it's an action we have to take to protect you as a buyer.

Important: If you won the item and haven't paid for it yet, you don't need to complete the transaction. If you've already paid for the item, we encourage you to contact the seller to get more information about the transaction. If you don't receive the item, your purchase price plus original shipping may be covered by the eBay resolution process:"

Now, I know my bid is a contract with the seller to buy the item at the offered price. What I want to know is, specifically, do I still have a contract with the seller?

The reason I ask is this: If I do, then why would eBay tell me I don't have to pay? And if I don't, why can't the seller just keep my money as a "gift"?

I can't see how the situation can be that I can either pay or not pay, but that if I pay the seller is obligated to give me the item. How can we have half a deal?

What's 4 divided by a half?

If I confess to killing someone, in the United States, but refuse to tell them where the body is. Can I be compelled to tell them where it is so they can find evidence against me? Or can I exercise my right to remain silent and not help them prosecute me?

Assuming that I have no intention of testifying if they charge me. Assume I freely confessed to the the killing but implied that it was self-defense. Assume they are willing to charge me with murder, but find it hard without the body.

Can they use a subpeona or other mechanism to compel me to tell them or can I rest on my fifth amendment right to remain silent?

This is clearly nothing like a fingerprint, DNA, or handwriting. They don't want to identify me, they want to refute my self-defense implication with forensics.

Are pilots of commercial jet planes conscious of the risk of fuel freezing? Do they monitor the outside air temperature and/or fuel temperature gauges to ensure their fuel is not at risk of freezing? Or is the general belief that the freezing point of jet fuel is so low that it is basically impossible for it to freeze during normal operation? Do most pilots of jets even know the freezing point of jet fuel?

In passenger jet design, is fuel freezing a factor? Are fuel lines insulated? Heated? Are there systems to monitor fuel temperature and alert the crew if the fuel gets close to the freezing point? If not, is it because it is considered impossible for the fuel to get cold enough to freeze?

Thanks in advance for helpful, knowledgeable answers.

Should extremely humerous but unhelpful answers get thumbs downs? Assume there is no chance that they might mislead or endanger the person asking the questions.

I've answered a few questions with answers that I thought were very, very funny. I've gotten several thumbs downs and I don't think a single thumbs up. I've given thumbs ups to answers that made me laugh. So long as they don't tell the person asking the questions to do something dangerous, I think they improve the experience for everyone.

Am I just not funny? Or are there a lot of really serious people out there? Or am I wrong to think that people who entertain you deserve a thumbs up?