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CmdrTaco
on from the is-twenty-years-old-classic-yet dept.
Silas writes "According to CNN, twenty years after NBC's hit sci-fi miniseries "V" invaded the small screen, the network is bringing the aliens back with "V: The Second Generation," a three-hour TV movie from the original creator Kenneth Johnson."
Germany/Linux status?
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Anonymous Coward
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So, has Germany collapsed yet? I figure it won't be long after they adopt Linux as their OS of choice.
In fact, I'll wager that in 18 months they will be switching back to Windows - and paying full price too. Hey, maybe we can charge them an Anti-American penalty tariff as well. That will set the example for these lesser nations that try to mess with us.
At least we know North Korea will never switch - all those illegal copies of Starcraft won't run on Linux now will they?
Re:Germany/Linux status?
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Anonymous Coward
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Actually, it works just fine for me on Linux.
Re:Germany/Linux status?
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gilesjuk
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Yeah, how Anti-american of them to sign a Linux deal with IBM, that famous bulgarian computer giant.
Re:Germany/Linux status?
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eurostar
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you haven't twigged it yet ?
the game is to use linux as a threat to get large discounts from microsoft.
yes no
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Anonymous Coward
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wtf?
Yawn...
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Anonymous Coward
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i read about this yesterday, what took so long for this to make it to slashdot?
What the hell ever happened to NEWS for Nerds?
This is old news.
The Horror
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Anonymous Coward
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OMG, I just came across the infamous goat.cx page
Hrm.
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Anonymous Coward
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Something about hot grits...
Has anyone else noticed...
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Anonymous Coward
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That slashdot is becoming yesterday's CNN.
My uncle
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Anonymous Coward
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said it was juat a fishing trip, but my bum hurt when we got home. We never caught any fish.
no, no, no. you got it all wrong. remember haiku is 7 5 7. should be:
my uncle took me fishing
We never caught any fish.
now my anus is bleeding
-- Sig (appended to the end of comments you post, 120 chars)
Witchcraft and the Demise of Our Society
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Christianity+Troll
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INTRODUCTION
Witchcraft is known as the "Old Religion" and is an ancient practice dating back to biblical times. Witchcraft can be defined as the performance of magic forbidden by God for non-biblical ends. The word witchcraft is related to the old English word (wiccian), "practice of magical arts."
It was during the Middle Ages that witchcraft experienced a great revival. It was an age where everyone believed in the supernatural and superstition abounded.
If someone wanted to become a witch, there was an initiation process. Some of the techniques were simple and some were complicated, but there were usually two requirements. The first requirement was that the would-be witch must join of his or her own free will. The second requirement was that the prospective witch must be willing to worship the devil.
One writer decsribed a witch in the following manner:
Witches are those who, because of the magnitude of their crimes, are commonly called (malefici) or evil doers. These Witches, by the permission of God, agitate the elements, and disturb the minds of men less trusting in God. Without administering any poison, they kill by the great potency of their charms....For they summon devils and dare to rouse them so that everyone kills his enemies by evil stratagems. For these witches make use of the blood of victims, and often defile the corpses of the dead....For the devils are said to love blood, and so when the witches practice the black arts, they mingle blood with water, so that by the color of blood they can more easily conjure up the devils (Gratian, Decretum).
WITCHCRAFT TODAY
The modern witch does not fit the stereotype of the old hag, for many people who are practicing this art are in the mainstream of society. The question is why? Why a renewed interest in this ancient art among both the educated and the ignorant? Daniel Cohen list a couple of possible reasons:
First, there is the eternal appeal of magic, the promise, however muted, that there are secrets available that will give a person power, money, love, and all those things he or she desires but cannot seem to obtain. Second, witchcraft is a put-down and a revolt against some of the establishment beliefs in organized religion, science, and rational thinking. The historic connection between witchcraft and drugs and sex also has undoubted appeal. Here is a set of beliefs that claim to be part of an extremely ancient religion. Yet this is a religion in which drugs and free sexuality are not condemned, but might be encouraged. (Daniel Cohen, A Natural History of Unnatural Things, New York; McCall Pub. Co., 1971, pp. 31,32).
Modern witchcraft bears little resemblance to the witchcraft of the Middle Ages or to witchcraft in still primitive, preliterate societies. Modern witchcraft is a relatively recent development (the last 200 years), embraces hundreds of beliefs and practices and has hundreds of thousands of adherents. The one common theme running through modern witchcraft is the practice of and belief in things forbidden by God in the Bible as occultic.
Today, in a massive spin-off from the culture-wide interest in the occult, this has changed. Tens of thousands across America - some of them with university degrees - are dabbling in witchcraft, Satanism, voodoo, and other forms of black and white magic. Witches sppear openly on television. Every high school is said to have its own witch. In Cleveland you can rent a witch to liven up a party. There are some 80,000 persons practicing white magic in the United States, with 6,000 in Chicago alone. (George Vandeman, Psychic Roulette, Nashville TN}}}, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1973, pp. 99, 100).
Witchcraft is not dead today as can be observed by an article appearing in the Los Angeles Times concerning the goddess movement:.....Eerie monotones...reverberated on the UC Santa Cruz camous.
Cheers and whoops went up for the goddesses of yore - Isis, Astara, Demeter, Artemis, etc....The event wa
-- (Negative moderation will be considered religious persecution.)
Indoctrination...
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smack_attack
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... to Totalitarianism will start on TV.
Idol worship, national pride and race-thinking.
This is just one more step down the road, and if you think Bush is at the lead you are wrong. Just as in Nazi Germany, the mob ruled.
Yeah, well, I have SF and I never watch it. Mostly low-budget horror films there. Their original stuff is mostly abysmal, although Dune was an obvious exception.
As a friend of mine said, they didn't even show Space:1999 on May 13, 1999. What an obvious chance to do something cool.
Oh, yeah, and I'll never forgive them for cancelling MST3K.
-- You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
Aliens...Aliens...Aliens!
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alchemist68
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...slima...Would you be my [nuck]Dork?...February 7, 1990: that was a good week for chunky rotten milk...salt water got you down?
Oops, wrong "Alien" series.
...Leave her alone you BITCH!...[Alien head shot, mean pissed-off hissing sound]...
Oops, wrong "Alien" series again.
...Nanu Nanu...floating eggs delivering envelopes at the front door...
Wrong Again!
...Oh my, it's the BIG HEAD...
Ack, wrong!
I wish they would re-televise the Martian Chronicles. Now THAT was cool. At least there was a story, theme, and plot. This made for TV series stuff is really not that great. Star Trek is great. When will NBC come up with something that is TRULY original? At least most Nerds here on Slashdot have a book on Star Fleet Academy, and at least one book describing the history of events that happened in Star Trek, listing the episode, and people involved, well, at least I do.
Slashdot Mirror
In fact, I'll wager that in 18 months they will be switching back to Windows - and paying full price too. Hey, maybe we can charge them an Anti-American penalty tariff as well. That will set the example for these lesser nations that try to mess with us.
At least we know North Korea will never switch - all those illegal copies of Starcraft won't run on Linux now will they?
wtf?
What the hell ever happened to NEWS for Nerds?
This is old news.
OMG, I just came across the infamous goat.cx page
Something about hot grits...
That slashdot is becoming yesterday's CNN.
said it was juat a fishing trip, but my bum
hurt when we got home.
We never caught any fish.
INTRODUCTION
.....Eerie monotones...reverberated on the UC Santa Cruz camous.
...The event wa
Witchcraft is known as the "Old Religion" and is an ancient practice dating back to biblical times. Witchcraft can be defined as the performance of magic forbidden by God for non-biblical ends. The word witchcraft is related to the old English word (wiccian), "practice of magical arts."
It was during the Middle Ages that witchcraft experienced a great revival. It was an age where everyone believed in the supernatural and superstition abounded.
If someone wanted to become a witch, there was an initiation process. Some of the techniques were simple and some were complicated, but there were usually two requirements. The first requirement was that the would-be witch must join of his or her own free will. The second requirement was that the prospective witch must be willing to worship the devil.
One writer decsribed a witch in the following manner:
Witches are those who, because of the magnitude of their crimes, are commonly called (malefici) or evil doers. These Witches, by the permission of God, agitate the elements, and disturb the minds of men less trusting in God. Without administering any poison, they kill by the great potency of their charms....For they summon devils and dare to rouse them so that everyone kills his enemies by evil stratagems. For these witches make use of the blood of victims, and often defile the corpses of the dead....For the devils are said to love blood, and so when the witches practice the black arts, they mingle blood with water, so that by the color of blood they can more easily conjure up the devils (Gratian, Decretum).
WITCHCRAFT TODAY
The modern witch does not fit the stereotype of the old hag, for many people who are practicing this art are in the mainstream of society. The question is why? Why a renewed interest in this ancient art among both the educated and the ignorant? Daniel Cohen list a couple of possible reasons:
First, there is the eternal appeal of magic, the promise, however muted, that there are secrets available that will give a person power, money, love, and all those things he or she desires but cannot seem to obtain. Second, witchcraft is a put-down and a revolt against some of the establishment beliefs in organized religion, science, and rational thinking. The historic connection between witchcraft and drugs and sex also has undoubted appeal. Here is a set of beliefs that claim to be part of an extremely ancient religion. Yet this is a religion in which drugs and free sexuality are not condemned, but might be encouraged. (Daniel Cohen, A Natural History of Unnatural Things, New York; McCall Pub. Co., 1971, pp. 31,32).
Modern witchcraft bears little resemblance to the witchcraft of the Middle Ages or to witchcraft in still primitive, preliterate societies. Modern witchcraft is a relatively recent development (the last 200 years), embraces hundreds of beliefs and practices and has hundreds of thousands of adherents. The one common theme running through modern witchcraft is the practice of and belief in things forbidden by God in the Bible as occultic.
Today, in a massive spin-off from the culture-wide interest in the occult, this has changed. Tens of thousands across America - some of them with university degrees - are dabbling in witchcraft, Satanism, voodoo, and other forms of black and white magic. Witches sppear openly on television. Every high school is said to have its own witch. In Cleveland you can rent a witch to liven up a party. There are some 80,000 persons practicing white magic in the United States, with 6,000 in Chicago alone. (George Vandeman, Psychic Roulette, Nashville TN}}}, TN: Thomas Nelson, Inc., 1973, pp. 99, 100).
Witchcraft is not dead today as can be observed by an article appearing in the Los Angeles Times concerning the goddess movement:
Cheers and whoops went up for the goddesses of yore - Isis, Astara, Demeter, Artemis, etc.
(Negative moderation will be considered religious persecution.)
... to Totalitarianism will start on TV.
Idol worship, national pride and race-thinking.
This is just one more step down the road, and if you think Bush is at the lead you are wrong. Just as in Nazi Germany, the mob ruled.
Origins of Totalitarianism can give anyone who cares much more insight.
Hammer of Truth
Yeah, well, I have SF and I never watch it. Mostly low-budget horror films there. Their original stuff is mostly abysmal, although Dune was an obvious exception.
As a friend of mine said, they didn't even show Space:1999 on May 13, 1999. What an obvious chance to do something cool.
Oh, yeah, and I'll never forgive them for cancelling MST3K.
You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
...slima...Would you be my [nuck]Dork?...February 7, 1990: that was a good week for chunky rotten milk...salt water got you down?
...Leave her alone you BITCH!...[Alien head shot, mean pissed-off hissing sound]...
...Nanu Nanu...floating eggs delivering envelopes at the front door...
...Oh my, it's the BIG HEAD...
Oops, wrong "Alien" series.
Oops, wrong "Alien" series again.
Wrong Again!
Ack, wrong!
I wish they would re-televise the Martian Chronicles. Now THAT was cool. At least there was a story, theme, and plot. This made for TV series stuff is really not that great. Star Trek is great. When will NBC come up with something that is TRULY original? At least most Nerds here on Slashdot have a book on Star Fleet Academy, and at least one book describing the history of events that happened in Star Trek, listing the episode, and people involved, well, at least I do.