You Pay, Computer Prays For You

[garbon]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090326/sc_livescience/youpaycomputerpraysforyou

Information Age Prayer is a site that charges you a monthly fee to say prayers for you. A typical charge is $4.95 per month to say three prayers specified by you each day.

"We use state of the art text to speech synthesizers to voice each prayer at a volume and speed equivalent to typical person praying," the company states. "Each prayer is voiced individually, with the name of the subscriber displayed on screen."

Prices, however, are dictated by the length of the prayer. As noted in the Information Age Prayer FAQ, "A discounted prayer will cost less than other prayers of similar length."

Handmaid's Tale?

[Valmy]

Since the whole point of prayer is to focus you in a sort of meditation this kinda defeats the whole purpose.

But I guess if you think praying has some sort of magical effect I guess you might do it, a fool and his money are soon parted.

[Malthus]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090326/sc_livescience/youpaycomputerpraysforyou

Information Age Prayer is a site that charges you a monthly fee to say prayers for you. A typical charge is $4.95 per month to say three prayers specified by you each day.

"We use state of the art text to speech synthesizers to voice each prayer at a volume and speed equivalent to typical person praying," the company states. "Each prayer is voiced individually, with the name of the subscriber displayed on screen."

Prices, however, are dictated by the length of the prayer. As noted in the Information Age Prayer FAQ, "A discounted prayer will cost less than other prayers of similar length."

Handmaid's Tale?

Low-tech version:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_wheel

[garbon]

Low-tech version:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_wheel

OMG, really?

[Slargos]

Since the whole point of prayer is to focus you in a sort of meditation this kinda defeats the whole purpose.

But I guess if you think praying has some sort of magical effect I guess you might do it, a fool and his money are soon parted.

If you really believe this is effective, it may have some of the same effects [as actually praying].

"a sort of meditation" is certainly far from the entire point of prayer.

[The Minsky Moment]

Handmaid's Tale?

THX-1138?

[Valmy]

If you really believe this is effective, it may have some of the same effects [as actually praying].

"a sort of meditation" is certainly far from the entire point of prayer.

Good point actually.

[Martinus]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20090326/sc_livescience/youpaycomputerpraysforyou

Information Age Prayer is a site that charges you a monthly fee to say prayers for you. A typical charge is $4.95 per month to say three prayers specified by you each day.

"We use state of the art text to speech synthesizers to voice each prayer at a volume and speed equivalent to typical person praying," the company states. "Each prayer is voiced individually, with the name of the subscriber displayed on screen."

Prices, however, are dictated by the length of the prayer. As noted in the Information Age Prayer FAQ, "A discounted prayer will cost less than other prayers of similar length."

Handmaid's Tale?

This will lead directly to concentration camps for gays.

[PDH]

This will lead directly to concentration camps for gays.

About damn time.

[Malthus]

Low-tech version:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_wheel

OMG, really?

You learn something new every day. 

[Brazen]

But what will I do with my Electric Monk?

[garbon]

You learn something new every day. 

We're so good at teaching one another.

[garbon]

But what will I do with my Electric Monk?

The rest of that article delved into that, but I found that part boring and snipped it out.

[derspiess]

I pray for Martinus's soul every day.

[Ed Anger]

I pray for Martinus's soul every day.

I pray for a Russian invasion of Poland and an American double cross.