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Earthlink Offers Alternate DNS Without "Dead DNS"
Joshua Flory writes, "In response to the story about Earthlink and their version of 'Site Finder', I learned today that Earthlink has provided alternate DNS servers that will remain outside of their 'dead DNS' service. However, this is a completely unsupported service, which begs the question, WHY? Everyone can gain access to public DNS servers, or create their own. The point is that people wanted DNS servers supported by EL that do not include this dead DNS service." Sounds like it's time for Earthlink users to check out OpenDNS.com... they make it easy to turn off the bad-URL behavior.
If I disapprove of muslim extremists, i.e., don't tolerate them, am I just stooping to their level? Possibly even lower?
Now that I've got some pretty strong "modeling or sculpting" clay from the 15 foot hole in the yard (I can make a 12"x1" rod and swing it around without the rod breaking), is there a faster/more efficient way to refine the dirt from the hole into clay than what I'm doing now?
In particular, I first lift the dirt from the bottom of the hole. Then I mix it with the water from the hole that the water pump is pumping out of the hole in a bucket, and remove the large rocks by hand (those break the filter). I then pour the dirt/water mix through a "mosquito netting" screen, into another bucket. This removes the smaller rocks. Then from the bucket, I pour the water into a large cooking pot, leaving the sand-like sediment in the bucket. Then I boil the water until it all evaporates, leaving squishy, stretchy clay. (Incidentally, I bake the clay in the microwave oven on 'high' for a few minutes...does this cook glaze too?) Is there a faster or more efficient way to do this, prefereably without heavy machinery? This kind of clay sells for ~ $10 / pound, but it takes all day to make a few pounds, and it's always dirt colored. Is there a way to make it colors other than brown, as the clay in the stores is? (Short of removing the dirt from around the hole) The clay is the right colors in the earth, gray, red, tan, etc, but somehow dirt gets mixed in. Finally is there a trick to getting something large to not crack when cooked? I'm going to try sun-baking the clay, to see if it cracks less, but cracking is a big issue for me, especially when I try to make thicker, stronger items from clay.
People want to kill you for no other reason than you are not a Muslim. Your trite little mental gymnastics routine wont stop them from trying.
Pope says muslims violent, muslims claim that is not true and burn and bomb churches in protest.