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  1. Time Travel's no big deal... by nido · · Score: 2 · on How to Build a Time Machine

    A couple of weeks ago I was in a used bookstore, and happened across a copy of Robert Monroe's Far Journeys, which spends a few words on the subject of time travel. Mr. Monroe was one of the first people to write about Out of Body Experiences in western society. To make what could be a very long post much shorter - time travel is real, it can be experienced - you just need to learn how to leave your physical body behind. OOBE's are just another way to hack your wetware. To quote the K5 story, "... anything is possible, when you have root access to your mind's /dev/."

  2. Re:who gives a flying fuck? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on 100 Meter OWL Telescope Project
    Dear Patrick,

    Thank you for the wake-up call. I've changed my mind about ET.

    I appreciate the scientific insights provided by your website. Now I have a reason to fix my dad's old ham radio. Once it is repaired I will send messages to our brothers and sisters in outer space.

    your friend,

    Burton

  3. Re:who gives a flying fuck? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on 100 Meter OWL Telescope Project
    Dear friend. Why are you so full of hate towards our brothers and sisters from space? I hope reading this site will change your mind.

    Love, Patrick

  4. Actually, I'm not a karma whore. by TheFlu · · Score: 1 · on Interview With Hideo Kojima, Designer of Metal Gear Solid 2
    I most certainly am not a karma whore. I'm just trying to relay a little historic information to my fellow Slashdot readers. Is that so wrong?

    Speaking of Karma, did you know that the entymology of the word karma is Sanskrit. Not only that, but the word itself only dates back to 1827. The word whore, as you can imagine, dates back much earlier than that, however.

    The yin and yang of Penguins. The Linux Pimp

  5. Re:What about user identification? by Steeltoe · · Score: 1 · on Freenet 0.3 Released
    I wouldn't recommend Christianity to an atheist. There are more general and personal religions out there that makes much more sense than the confusion presented in the bible. Guilt seems to be the cornerstone of many's beliefs, completely misunderstanding the real meaning of what Jesus Christ spoke and (supposedly) did. The bible has been translated and written down by so many conservative priests and scholars, the real meaning has been lost to the heavy beliefs of the Church (a religious government and power-structure).


    Those interested can head over to http://www.spiritweb.org. This is a fairly extensive center of many religions and beliefs. If you think religion is all about Mary, Jesus and lambs, you're sadly mistaken. There are many sound religions out there, but also many crackpots or confused people.


    - Steeltoe

  6. Re:Life without sleep by Ventilator · · Score: 1 · on Coffee's Caffeine-Producing Gene Isolated

    There are times, when I wish to be able to keep staying awake for as long as I want.

    But to all you thinking sleeping is a waste of time, besides (as some other slashdotters pointed out) that our body needs the rest, have you ever heard of lucid dreaming? Alternate Reality anyone?

  7. Re:Science is religion by Steeltoe · · Score: 1 · on Freeman Dyson Wins Templeton Prize For Religion
    Without religion or beliefs our society as well as science has no direction. These two windows to view the world through do not oppose each other, rather they can be made to complement each other to make life fuller. However, this demands tolerance and the ability to adapt to new ideas in _both camps_. When someone from either camp disregards something from the other or competes with someone from their own camp, he or she views reality in a much narrower sense than the total. For example by using too much of one half of the brain. Or you can look at it as cutting and chipping away essential parts of the Big Picture.

    You don't have to submit to higher powers, leaders or governments to be religious or spiritual. You don't have to spam people showing up at their door, just to score extra points for an eventual afterlife. Karma does not mean you will be punished for your misdeeds. Religion does not necessarily imply intoleration to the views and life of others. You don't have to accept authorative views, give away all your money, live in poverty or anything you don't want at all. Everyone has the right to choose their own way of life, and everyone eventually live life based on their choices. So let's make those choices better. It's only a matter of shifting your focus, away from things that makes you unhappy or dopes you down (in front of a computer).

    There are many paths to a better life. A site that takes up the issue pretty broadly can be found at: http://www.eu.spiritweb.org/. There's much misinformation about new age/spirituality floating around the net, but this is one of the best sites around IMHO.

    Ultimately, whatever resonates with your mind, is right for you (believe me you will FEEL it when you encounter it!). Not everyone is supposed to become a guru or something, that is a misbelief. There's more than one truth, the trick is to extract out your truth. Ie, what is necessary as truth today may become totally false tomorrow. That doesn't make the previous truth false yesterday. We're basically children in our playground Earth, but that doesn't necessarily mean we're not destined for greatness (whatever that means ;). It's all up to ourself. We have to learn to assume responsibility, cooperate and love without expecting anything in return.

    What makes you happy? New technology? For how long. Searching for externals, ie money, fame etc, will never fullfill anyone completely..

    Btw, have you listened to the text of popular music lately? The world IS changing now!

    - Steeltoe

    What do you do to limit yourself today?