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  1. montheism existed before Constantine on New Zealand Tree Stuck In Evolutionary Time Warp · · Score: 1
    The Roman emperor you refer to is Constantine. Its true that he made Christianity the official religion of the empire. His mother was Christian at the time, but he wasn't. Indeed, its said he himself did not convert until on his deathbed.

    In Constantine's time, the the Eastern empire was indeed under his political control. Later, after his death, the empire fractured. The eastern half became vulnerable to invasion by Islamic nations and was decimated. Islam is monotheistic and not dictated by Constantine or any Roman Emperor.

    Monotheism pre-existed Constantine by about 2100 years. Books of the hebrew bible, which represent God monotheistically, were written perhaps as early as 1800 BC.

    Monotheism was not selected over polytheism only because Constantine said so.

  2. unity is perfect on New Zealand Tree Stuck In Evolutionary Time Warp · · Score: 1

    Theologically: unity is perfect, God is perfect, hence, there is one God. Whether unity is perfect is a philosophical question.

  3. eclipse shared editor on Collaborative Software For Pair Programming? · · Score: 1

    eclipse has shared editor capability: http://wiki.eclipse.org/DocShare_Plugin I saw a demo about a year ago. I thought it was pretty cool. I don't have much need for it. I'm a loner. Regards.

  4. Re:YNet isn't the only one who's picked it up.. on Cure For Radiation Sickness Found? · · Score: 1

    "picked it up"? This BBC article is dated April 2008. I guess news is slow in Israel.

  5. screenshots? on UK's National Portrait Gallery Threatens To Sue Wikipedia User · · Score: 1

    If I grabbed a screenshot of a picture of a painting, who would own it by UK law?

  6. Re:Exactly -- is the software the means, or the en on Is Apache Or GPL Better For Open-Source Business? · · Score: 1

    Well, the customer management system is both a tool and a product. A tool for the 'food maker', a product for the customer management system vendor. How does this help us justify whether the software should be gpl or not?

  7. One person's tool is another person's product on Is Apache Or GPL Better For Open-Source Business? · · Score: 1

    or, one person's junk is another person's treasure.

  8. daitomaceous earth on Town Fights Cricket Plague With Led Zeppelin · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hints from Helen: diatomaceous earth (from a pool store) and borax scratch open the shell of these bugs and they dry up. Little is needed unless it blows away. D.E. can irritate the nose, but otherwise earth friendly. D.E. is tiny fossils. I guess it can take out other insects, too, but in that town, it doesn't seem that there are any other insects.

  9. use math to choose on Future of Financial Mathematics? · · Score: 2, Funny

    If math can be used to tell us which stocks/companies will profit, can't math also tell you which outcome is best for you?

  10. more then Americans on Shouldn't Every Developer Understand English? · · Score: 1

    The ugly American thinks that only Americans speak English.

  11. behavior has its consequences on Should Job Seekers Tell Employers To Quit Snooping? · · Score: 1

    Who would have thought?

  12. Re:Oh rly? on Obama Looking At Open Source? · · Score: 1

    Seems to work for the recording industry.

  13. just a pig with lipstick on Is Microsoft Improving Its Image? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Has reviews of Windows 7 said anything other than: 'this is a prettier hog than vista, but still a hog.'? If so, I would agree, the image is improving, at least.

  14. five year answer: on Is Open Source Software a Race To Zero? · · Score: 1

    The software industry today is not what it was 5 years ago. What does that say about what the software industry will be like 5 years from now? If your business model depends on the software industry staying the same for five years, you are sunk.