Well, I haven't studied ALL other religions on the planet, but there is one that stands out as different than all the others I have looked at. All the religions I have studied require sacrifice to their god(s), except Christianity. So far, that's the only religion where a God sacrificed himself for us, instead of the other way around. Because He loves us so much, he says we are worth that price. Do any other gods make that statement, and then back it up by sacrificing themselves, just so we would have the OPTION to choose a relationship with Him?
I know the bible is mostly misused in the world....and Christians give Christ a bad name, but the actual sons of God, don't live by laws that demand anything. Jesus fulfilled the law. It is finished. We live in the understanding of who God is, and that He paid a high price for us to be able to call ourselves Sons. I know what my value is, and I know that it's such a high price, that nothing, and no-one could ever pay more. Because of that, I know I am secure as a Son. I can never be purchased away from God.
That means we have the ability to walk around stomping Hell for a living, just like Jesus did, because Jesus is the example of what it looks like to walk in total submission to a good, good Father. It's not about laws that never change, it's about Grace that always abounds, it's about being free from...everything that tries to control us. We are controlled by nothing, bound by nothing, because we willingly submit to the one thing that gives us the ability to be free from that control -- God. My God doesn't demand, doesn't control, doesn't require. He just loves me, and wants to hang out with me. He recommends and suggests -- but I choose. Sometimes I still choose my way and usually end up in face down in the mud. But he picks me up, cleans me up, forgives me for not taking his advice, and we carry on.
Don't pick a religion - make a friend! Try it and see. What do you have to lose? The bible already covers all of the updates and revisions. First everything was perfect, then we screwed up. Next there is some 4000 years of showing us what it would take to come back to that perfect relationship, through the Law, Then came Jesus, and the law was fulfilled. Replaced by a ministry of reconciliation. No more righteousness through the law, but through faith in Jesus. That's a pretty big update/revision. 613 laws and 10 commandments -- break 1 and you're toast. Replaced by falling in love with Jesus -- screw up 1 time, and get another chance... There is actually lots of proofs in the statements that the bible makes. Many times, I had to go back to the original greek or hebrew translations to get the meaning of the word that was used, but there are no contradictions, nor anything that can be proven false in the bible. To the contrary, there are many documents that have been discovered throughout the years that corroborate some of the "questionable" statements in the bible.
Not all, but many times the VERY religious people tend to be the modern day pharisees. A thinking person creates 'religion' because they overthink a love affair that blows your mind. They are full of rules to keep you in line, so you don't 'upset' God, but really they just don't know who they are. If they could only see their own value to God, and how much He wants to just sit and talk for a while, they would see that it's not religion that changes a person, it's a relationship with the one true God. I grew up "religious", and all religion ever did for me was convince me I was "just a sinner". After I dumped the Christian religion, and pursued a relationship with Jesus, I realized I am NOT "just a sinner", I'm a SON !!I became a real Christian - a little Christlike one.
All the other religions are product of man, but a true man is a product a of personal relationship with his creator, because it allows him to know what he was created for.
jump up and down 20 times?! I'd think they were crazy too. Tell me how amazing the
let the ignorant teacher go, and bring charges against the IT staff.
it's a pretty fucking simple equation. Block ALL traffic = safe. Allow ONLY specific, approved traffic to specific, approved destinations through specific, approved ports = safe surfing without porn pop-ups via accidental clicks.
Coupled with a signed AUP, there is only one way that this teacher could be held liable for any porn on that machine. Intentional circumvention of the safeguards through direct violation of the AUP.
/rant/ It absolutely infuriates me that this teacher is being blamed for something that may or may not have been her fault, simply because of the incompetence of the IT staff. I don't care if the entire staff is made up of teachers and janitors. You cannot convince me that there isn't a single person on the face of the planet that would volunteer to implement these types of safeguards./end rant/
You are absolutely right about that view being too common.
I have extremely strict rules set up on my network. I am pretty sure that the only one that hasn't been broken (with my authorization) is the pr0n rule.
I constantly take shit from other admin's who pride themselves on being an ass about their rules, but I have found that the best way to get business done is for every rule to have an exception.
All webmail is banned, blocked, filtered, and otherwise prohibited on my network. However, there have been times when it was "necessary" and has been allowed. Times like family medical situations, when one of our employees mother in law was near death and the only information he was receiving was via webmail. I could have been a dick and said "sorry that's against company policy", but I pushed authorization through management channels and got him his webmail so he could focus on work, knowing that he wouldn't miss the important email about his family. This particular gentleman is now the General Manager of the office, and I am still just as mean to him as I am to everyone, with his full support, because he knows first hand that I am aware of when the exception should be invoked.
So, my response to the question at hand would be Yes, and No. Hope that helps clear things up for some of the young admins who are teetering on the decision of allowing exceptions, or not. You don't make the company money, you make it possible for the company to make MORE money in LESS time. Do your job and increase user efficiency, don't be an ass.
Speaking of efficiency, I feel refreshed after this brief visit to/. so I think I'll go find some websites to block from my users!!!!!
"Could you imagine your favorite OS installed on something as fast or faster then today's RAM?"
Not with PRAM, but with MRAM I can!
"with access times on the order of 2 ns, somewhat better than even the most advanced DRAMs built on much newer processes. The differences compared to Flash are far more significant, with similar performance for reads, but as much as thousands of times faster for writes."
Let me counter that counter with a bit of sarcasm, laced with some humor.
1. Speed limits should not only be posted, they should be broadcast via RFID or similar short range transmission (sue the city, county, state, etc. responsible for posting speed limits). Ford should have a receiver in their vehicle to constantly monitor the broadcast of speed limits and adjust the governor accordingly (sue Ford). The Ford Dealer sold the vehicle without expressly informing the buyer that it would be possible to break the speed limit due to the lack of the "smart governor" (sue the Dealer). where does it end?
2. IANAL, but from conversations with EMS, Fire, PD, and Sheriff's Officers (-- they are all friends and family --- I'm not an arsonist who gets burned by my own fires and caught often:) ) there is never a time where it is legal to break the posted speed limit. It is generally accepted by society as everyone would want the emergency response teams to disregard the speed limits if it was "their" life on the line.
"What happens for companies that don't host their own e-mail, particularly smaller companies?"
I run a small exchange server at my office, but due to limitations imposed by our ISP (the only monetarily feasible one available), our website and email are hosted on a shared server. I use exchangewall to download all of the POP3 mail, filter out spam (based on my own rules), and dump it into the exchange server. It was (i think) $150.00 US, and integrates beautifully with exchange. This allows me to have all the "benefits" (I use the term very loosely) of my own in-house exchange server including being able to archive all emails sent and received. I keep multiple.pst archives (new archive when the old one gets to about 2gig) on the hard drive as well as tape backups, and one off-site copy.
I have no legal requirement to adhere to these policies yet, but I agree it will only be a matter of time before data retention policies remove the delete button completely. With the size and price of data storage devices getting lower all the time, it wont be long before Big Brother says "you CANNOT delete ANYTHING" I'm trying to get as far ahead of the game as I can, so I don't hear "I'm sorry, it's not in the budget this year. You'll just have to break the law and keep re-using the same old tapes to back everything up...sure hope you don't get caught"
Maybe man's perception of time is not the same as God's perception. Perhaps those millions of years worth of "proof of evolution" that we see only cover 6 days worth of creation for a God who exists in Eternity?
Thus it's possible that a time difference is all that separates the creationist from the evolutionist.
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Well, I haven't studied ALL other religions on the planet, but there is one that stands out as different than all the others I have looked at. All the religions I have studied require sacrifice to their god(s), except Christianity. So far, that's the only religion where a God sacrificed himself for us, instead of the other way around. Because He loves us so much, he says we are worth that price. Do any other gods make that statement, and then back it up by sacrificing themselves, just so we would have the OPTION to choose a relationship with Him?
I know the bible is mostly misused in the world....and Christians give Christ a bad name, but the actual sons of God, don't live by laws that demand anything.
Jesus fulfilled the law. It is finished.
We live in the understanding of who God is, and that He paid a high price for us to be able to call ourselves Sons. I know what my value is, and I know that it's such a high price, that nothing, and no-one could ever pay more. Because of that, I know I am secure as a Son. I can never be purchased away from God.
That means we have the ability to walk around stomping Hell for a living, just like Jesus did, because Jesus is the example of what it looks like to walk in total submission to a good, good Father. It's not about laws that never change, it's about Grace that always abounds, it's about being free from ...everything that tries to control us. We are controlled by nothing, bound by nothing, because we willingly submit to the one thing that gives us the ability to be free from that control -- God.
My God doesn't demand, doesn't control, doesn't require. He just loves me, and wants to hang out with me. He recommends and suggests -- but I choose. Sometimes I still choose my way and usually end up in face down in the mud. But he picks me up, cleans me up, forgives me for not taking his advice, and we carry on.
Don't pick a religion - make a friend! Try it and see. What do you have to lose? The bible already covers all of the updates and revisions. First everything was perfect, then we screwed up. Next there is some 4000 years of showing us what it would take to come back to that perfect relationship, through the Law, Then came Jesus, and the law was fulfilled. Replaced by a ministry of reconciliation. No more righteousness through the law, but through faith in Jesus. That's a pretty big update/revision. 613 laws and 10 commandments -- break 1 and you're toast. Replaced by falling in love with Jesus -- screw up 1 time, and get another chance... There is actually lots of proofs in the statements that the bible makes. Many times, I had to go back to the original greek or hebrew translations to get the meaning of the word that was used, but there are no contradictions, nor anything that can be proven false in the bible. To the contrary, there are many documents that have been discovered throughout the years that corroborate some of the "questionable" statements in the bible.
Not all, but many times the VERY religious people tend to be the modern day pharisees. A thinking person creates 'religion' because they overthink a love affair that blows your mind. They are full of rules to keep you in line, so you don't 'upset' God, but really they just don't know who they are. If they could only see their own value to God, and how much He wants to just sit and talk for a while, they would see that it's not religion that changes a person, it's a relationship with the one true God. I grew up "religious", and all religion ever did for me was convince me I was "just a sinner" .
After I dumped the Christian religion, and pursued a relationship with Jesus, I realized I am NOT "just a sinner", I'm a SON !!I became a real Christian - a little Christlike one.
All the other religions are product of man, but a true man is a product a of personal relationship with his creator, because it allows him to know what he was created for.
jump up and down 20 times?! I'd think they were crazy too. Tell me how amazing the
Hey Anonymous Coward,
--Or because we were with friends and/or loved ones as they took their last breaths on a hospital bed--
I'm sorry, Bro.
The Devil is a jerk!
from TFA
"We at Byte and Switch are on the trail of the world's biggest SAN, and this article reveals our initial findings."
and this
"Again, this list is meant to be a starting place for further endeavor. If you've got a big SAN story to tell, we'd love to hear it."
oh, and this too
"we present five of the world's biggest SANs:"
notice how everything in TFA clearly says this is not THE 5 BIGGEST SAN's in the world but the 5 largest they have found SO FAR.
I know -- I must be new here, but I'm getting there. I didn't read the whole article, just a few sentences from the first page.
dude, you should see the windshield of my SUV.
I kill more mosquitoes with my SUV than any other method I've used.
let the ignorant teacher go, and bring charges against the IT staff. it's a pretty fucking simple equation. Block ALL traffic = safe. Allow ONLY specific, approved traffic to specific, approved destinations through specific, approved ports = safe surfing without porn pop-ups via accidental clicks.
/rant/ It absolutely infuriates me that this teacher is being blamed for something that may or may not have been her fault, simply because of the incompetence of the IT staff. I don't care if the entire staff is made up of teachers and janitors. You cannot convince me that there isn't a single person on the face of the planet that would volunteer to implement these types of safeguards. /end rant/
Coupled with a signed AUP, there is only one way that this teacher could be held liable for any porn on that machine. Intentional circumvention of the safeguards through direct violation of the AUP.
You are absolutely right about that view being too common.
/. so I think I'll go find some websites to block from my users!!!!!
I have extremely strict rules set up on my network. I am pretty sure that the only one that hasn't been broken (with my authorization) is the pr0n rule.
I constantly take shit from other admin's who pride themselves on being an ass about their rules, but I have found that the best way to get business done is for every rule to have an exception.
All webmail is banned, blocked, filtered, and otherwise prohibited on my network. However, there have been times when it was "necessary" and has been allowed. Times like family medical situations, when one of our employees mother in law was near death and the only information he was receiving was via webmail. I could have been a dick and said "sorry that's against company policy", but I pushed authorization through management channels and got him his webmail so he could focus on work, knowing that he wouldn't miss the important email about his family. This particular gentleman is now the General Manager of the office, and I am still just as mean to him as I am to everyone, with his full support, because he knows first hand that I am aware of when the exception should be invoked.
So, my response to the question at hand would be Yes, and No. Hope that helps clear things up for some of the young admins who are teetering on the decision of allowing exceptions, or not. You don't make the company money, you make it possible for the company to make MORE money in LESS time. Do your job and increase user efficiency, don't be an ass.
Speaking of efficiency, I feel refreshed after this brief visit to
Not with PRAM, but with MRAM I can!
"with access times on the order of 2 ns, somewhat better than even the most advanced DRAMs built on much newer processes. The differences compared to Flash are far more significant, with similar performance for reads, but as much as thousands of times faster for writes."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mram
MRAM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRAM
Let me counter that counter with a bit of sarcasm, laced with some humor.
:) ) there is never a time where it is legal to break the posted speed limit. It is generally accepted by society as everyone would want the emergency response teams to disregard the speed limits if it was "their" life on the line.
1. Speed limits should not only be posted, they should be broadcast via RFID or similar short range transmission (sue the city, county, state, etc. responsible for posting speed limits). Ford should have a receiver in their vehicle to constantly monitor the broadcast of speed limits and adjust the governor accordingly (sue Ford). The Ford Dealer sold the vehicle without expressly informing the buyer that it would be possible to break the speed limit due to the lack of the "smart governor" (sue the Dealer). where does it end?
2. IANAL, but from conversations with EMS, Fire, PD, and Sheriff's Officers (-- they are all friends and family --- I'm not an arsonist who gets burned by my own fires and caught often
let's all go back to dial-up. then it's all "safe" in our phone records (also sarcasm)
"What happens for companies that don't host their own e-mail, particularly smaller companies?"
.pst archives (new archive when the old one gets to about 2gig) on the hard drive as well as tape backups, and one off-site copy.
I run a small exchange server at my office, but due to limitations imposed by our ISP (the only monetarily feasible one available), our website and email are hosted on a shared server. I use exchangewall to download all of the POP3 mail, filter out spam (based on my own rules), and dump it into the exchange server. It was (i think) $150.00 US, and integrates beautifully with exchange. This allows me to have all the "benefits" (I use the term very loosely) of my own in-house exchange server including being able to archive all emails sent and received. I keep multiple
I have no legal requirement to adhere to these policies yet, but I agree it will only be a matter of time before data retention policies remove the delete button completely. With the size and price of data storage devices getting lower all the time, it wont be long before Big Brother says "you CANNOT delete ANYTHING"
I'm trying to get as far ahead of the game as I can, so I don't hear "I'm sorry, it's not in the budget this year. You'll just have to break the law and keep re-using the same old tapes to back everything up...sure hope you don't get caught"
Maybe man's perception of time is not the same as God's perception. Perhaps those millions of years worth of "proof of evolution" that we see only cover 6 days worth of creation for a God who exists in Eternity? Thus it's possible that a time difference is all that separates the creationist from the evolutionist.