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Global Christianity and the Rise of the Cellphone
Hugh Pickens writes "Alan Jacobs writes in the Atlantic about Every Tribe Every Nation, an organization whose mission is to produce and disseminate Bibles in readable mobile-ready texts for hundreds of languages including Norsk, Potawatomie, Bahasa Indonesia, and Hawai'i Pidgin as the old missionary impulse is being turned towards some extremely difficult technical challenges. The Bible is a large, complicated text containing three quarters of a million words and the typesetting is quite complex because of the wide range of literature types found in scripture and the need for several types of note. 'For all the issues that are still to be solved, ETEN is trying to do things that the world's biggest tech companies haven't cracked yet, such as rendering minority languages correctly on mobile devices,' says Mark Howe. 'There's a unity among Bible translators and publishers that stands in stark contrast to the fractured, fratricidal smartphone industry.' But once these technical challenges are met, it won't be only Bibles only that people can get on their mobile devices, but whole new textual worlds."
Like many slashdotters, you're completely dismissing the amount of benifical influence on Western civilization brought about by pornography.
At least Porn is a reality......
"The hands that help are better far than lips that pray." - Robert Ingersoll (1833-1899)
Crowd: OMG 4000 dudes 7 loaves 2 fish
Jesus: Lotsa food now LOL
Crowd: WTFBBQ!
I really want to read a million-word document on my cell phone screen! Maybe reading the Bible while I'm driving will sort of cancel out, karma wise, sort of...
Sorry, but gray text on gray background is making my eyes bleed.
Let's find out. I hereby present The Holy Book of the Church of Brevity. Here are its contents:
Don't be a douchebag.
Love,
God
Random Thoughts From A Diseased Mind (Not For Dummies)
So for some reason I want to be raped, killed with the skull of an animal wielded like a club, and then turned into a pillar of salt?
Random Thoughts From A Diseased Mind (Not For Dummies)
At least Porn is a reality......
I used to be a pizza delivery driver, and let me tell you porn is NOT reality!
There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
Yes, it would be most inspiring to read the bible in the original Klingon.
Please do not read this sig. Thank you.
so anything with deceitful motivation is bad no matter what they do?
so anything with spiteful motivation is bad no matter what they do?
so anything with racist motivation is bad no matter what they do?
so anything with murderous motivation is bad no matter what they do?
I'm reminded of the old moral teaser: If you could go back in time to before Hitler went into politics, and you had the opportunity to murder him, should you? Maybe murder isn't always bad?
(Godwin smodwin.)
Religion is bad, even when there is a coincident good.
Hello Godwin.
Be excellent to each other!