In other news, several security bigwigs have recommended using IE or Opera until 3.6.2 is released... wait, no... as the faulty product is not from MS, we don't care... keep using FireFox.
That's an interesting website. I would love to have a perfect system, but that does not exist. Statistically, there is plenty evidence to suggest that capital punishment deters murderers, and in a majority of cases capital punishment is reserved for unrepentant confessions. I'm sorry for those tragic cases of innocent people being executed, but as a whole, the system works. Anyhow, I'm not really interested in debating this topic, but thanks for that resource anyhow.
Back to the point that democrats support abortion, I'm not sure where the confusion is? Do you realize that the democratic party supports funding abortions?
It's not that I refuse to have a conversation or make a friend with a democrat, but to those democrats I hang out with, this issue does not matter (and they are not christian). To me, as a christian, it's huge - considering the staggering number of murders this causes. And there really is no argument that as a political party, the democrats support abortion and the rupublicans oppose it. It's not MY brush painting democrats as abortionists, but rather the majortiy of abortionists within the party who give the rest a bad name. Republicans supporting abortion are rather rare (if they want to keep their position within the party). Therefore, as a Christian, I simply cannot support a democratic candidate.
I actually support capital punishment for the statistical lives saved, but either way, it's a small number compared to abortions.
I wouldn't argue that the USA has made no mistakes, but your examples are mostly VERY weak. The "proof" of our actual involvement is often nothing more than accusations. And our support in these various cases was not always misplaced. We armed Iran? Well, we supported Iranian moderates who opposed Ruhollah Khomeini, which I think was ok giving the current situation. (But again, helping Iraq was not the best move in our history.) The point really is that any administration would have handled these cases the same.
Bush did not break the starwars treaty. It's legality was disputed anyway and then the USA withdrew from the treaty appropriately, as defined therein.
Your "sources" for the US supplying chemical weapons say nothing more than the US having knowledge that Iraq was importing biological samples. Not exactly something we could have done anything about. I mean, do you think we should have invaded them for that? I'll admit, you're not making this up, but your sources are blowing this out of proportion.
Insightful. Indeed MS doesn't really need to care to continue to make profit. But back to the parent:
Educating users is not a simple task and they do put efforts into this. You're right. I'm not a fan of extensions determining how something should behave either. However, this is RARELY used by malware to infect PCs. ActiveX has a lot of value and is used in many good applications. Firefox plug-ins (or whatever format it has now switched to) has the same vulnerabilities and yes, it IS being exploited on a daily basis... at least Firefox has a faster patch-deployment. ActiveX is really a problem with the user-training again. Windows already does that via the alternate data stream. It's that message that informs users that this executable may not be trustworthy. Again, user training issue.
It's a bummer that MS has little motivation to bump this up.
They harbor/supply terrorists. As far as Iraq goes, we had a treaty in place that allowed us to investigate them at will and they broke that treaty. In retrospect, it would have been better not to support Iraq in their conflict with Iran, but the point was to keep Iran's military in line. At that time there was also a threat by the Soviets against northern Yemen (after they invaded Afghanistan) and Iraq was prepping to fight with Saudi Arabia to defend against them. Any president would have handled that situation in a similar manner, just as Obama continues to send more troops oversees. This is really not a partisan issue. By the way, the USA did NOT give Saddam chemical weapons. Did you just make that up?
Well, at least you're not hiding the fact that democrats typically do support abortion and that's enough more me as a Christian to not support democrats. That make sense to you? And sure, there's republicans who also support abortion, but as a political party we do not.
Sorry, why? Are the democrats NOT in favor of abortion? On a personal level Jesus made a point to forgive, but He never spoke on either war or capital punishment (very common in those times) on a government level. I will agree with you though that God generally would prefer us not to fight, but I don't see anything in the Bible condemning violent bahvior when it comes to protecting one's own society/nation.
No, God does. His Bible does. His value of human life does. And if any christian wants to argue the issue of abortion, be my guest. I simply find it impossible to support abortionists (democrats) as a Christian, regardless of (relatively) petty economic or foreign policies.
Hate to break it to ya pal, but going to church once a year does not make you christian. However, standing up against abortionists might be an indication that you actually have a personal relationship with God. Also, you have the states' rights bit the wrong away around. Any politician, republican or democrat, will inform you that democrats favor federal government more than republicans.
It's too bad if artists can't turn their compositions into money; but at the same time, a true artist doesn't need compensation - he/she does it for the sake of art, no? What do you think?
This has been going on for two years... I don't think "lack of time" is the problem here. They even had time to plant some stuff and put up a cool fence. I think they're making an honest effort, but they still need to compy with the 40% clause.
I don't see how it reflect conservatism. Conservatists are often the first to save energy, even if they only do it for the money savings. But that's besides the point. The only reason the Has are having trouble is because the city is demanding they hold to city code and they are unable to do so after two years... I think the code needs to be updated to allow for more conservative usage of resources.
When I purchased my property there was a bit in the legal docs about keeping the lawn in good shape and not building any other permanent structure on my property (no, I am not allowed to expand). Also, any natural resources found on my property belongs to the city. But, I don't mind these stipulations. I got a nice house for little cost and I know my neighbors will continue to have nice homes also. Based on the summary, the penalties are fairly slim I'd say (they will never get the jail time unless they piss on the court, and $1000 is a reasonable sum). However, if the Has are trying to appease the city by planting bushes and are not skipping court then the court should rule in their favor, IMO.
Picnik is a pretty neat tool. I mean... I'm cool with paint.net so my needs are simple anyway, but it's also nice to have a web-based tool available anywhere. I just hope they don't eventually pull out of flickr and go exclusively with Picasa now....seems to me at one point google supported Firefox. I know this isn't the same, but it also would not surprise me to see picnik removed from flickr eventually.
Hey, that's awesome. I knew there are definitely people like you out there and said so in my previous post. I'm all about giving people the chance to succeed with their talents. I work with a sys admin who loves extreme sports and is by no means nerdy, but I also work with several nerdy white dudes (myself including, I suppose).
My gripe is that our beloved government thinks demographics have no influence on peoples desires and strengths. I would contend that men are more apt to be drawn to technology, especially the nerdy (white) type. It's simply not beneficial for anyone if a company is forced to hire a less qualified man just because there are so few male nurses or hire a female engineer (such as my wife) just because their quota is unbalanced. If that person is also the most qualified, then of course... hire her/him, but why discriminate against the majority demographic?
...and please take no offense to the "temperament" bit, I did not mean it negatively.
Black people have a different temperament than white people, women are sensitive and men are practical, and yes, younger people do learn faster, while older people have more wisdom. I'm sure there are some out there, but I have never met a black woman who likes working on computers... it's too nerdy;-). Though we all have strengths to contribute, we are NOT all equal, so why should a commercial business be forced to hire equally? Hire based on qualifications and maximize peoples' strengths. Sorry if it doesn't look good on paper, but it benefits everyone.
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MS haters - please mod parent troll.
In other news, several security bigwigs have recommended using IE or Opera until 3.6.2 is released... wait, no... as the faulty product is not from MS, we don't care... keep using FireFox.
That's an interesting website. I would love to have a perfect system, but that does not exist. Statistically, there is plenty evidence to suggest that capital punishment deters murderers, and in a majority of cases capital punishment is reserved for unrepentant confessions. I'm sorry for those tragic cases of innocent people being executed, but as a whole, the system works. Anyhow, I'm not really interested in debating this topic, but thanks for that resource anyhow.
Back to the point that democrats support abortion, I'm not sure where the confusion is? Do you realize that the democratic party supports funding abortions?
It's not that I refuse to have a conversation or make a friend with a democrat, but to those democrats I hang out with, this issue does not matter (and they are not christian). To me, as a christian, it's huge - considering the staggering number of murders this causes. And there really is no argument that as a political party, the democrats support abortion and the rupublicans oppose it. It's not MY brush painting democrats as abortionists, but rather the majortiy of abortionists within the party who give the rest a bad name. Republicans supporting abortion are rather rare (if they want to keep their position within the party). Therefore, as a Christian, I simply cannot support a democratic candidate.
I actually support capital punishment for the statistical lives saved, but either way, it's a small number compared to abortions.
I wouldn't argue that the USA has made no mistakes, but your examples are mostly VERY weak. The "proof" of our actual involvement is often nothing more than accusations. And our support in these various cases was not always misplaced. We armed Iran? Well, we supported Iranian moderates who opposed Ruhollah Khomeini, which I think was ok giving the current situation. (But again, helping Iraq was not the best move in our history.) The point really is that any administration would have handled these cases the same.
Bush did not break the starwars treaty. It's legality was disputed anyway and then the USA withdrew from the treaty appropriately, as defined therein.
Your "sources" for the US supplying chemical weapons say nothing more than the US having knowledge that Iraq was importing biological samples. Not exactly something we could have done anything about. I mean, do you think we should have invaded them for that? I'll admit, you're not making this up, but your sources are blowing this out of proportion.
Insightful. Indeed MS doesn't really need to care to continue to make profit. But back to the parent:
Educating users is not a simple task and they do put efforts into this.
You're right. I'm not a fan of extensions determining how something should behave either. However, this is RARELY used by malware to infect PCs.
ActiveX has a lot of value and is used in many good applications. Firefox plug-ins (or whatever format it has now switched to) has the same vulnerabilities and yes, it IS being exploited on a daily basis... at least Firefox has a faster patch-deployment. ActiveX is really a problem with the user-training again.
Windows already does that via the alternate data stream. It's that message that informs users that this executable may not be trustworthy. Again, user training issue.
It's a bummer that MS has little motivation to bump this up.
They harbor/supply terrorists. As far as Iraq goes, we had a treaty in place that allowed us to investigate them at will and they broke that treaty. In retrospect, it would have been better not to support Iraq in their conflict with Iran, but the point was to keep Iran's military in line. At that time there was also a threat by the Soviets against northern Yemen (after they invaded Afghanistan) and Iraq was prepping to fight with Saudi Arabia to defend against them. Any president would have handled that situation in a similar manner, just as Obama continues to send more troops oversees. This is really not a partisan issue. By the way, the USA did NOT give Saddam chemical weapons. Did you just make that up?
Well, at least you're not hiding the fact that democrats typically do support abortion and that's enough more me as a Christian to not support democrats. That make sense to you? And sure, there's republicans who also support abortion, but as a political party we do not.
Sorry, why? Are the democrats NOT in favor of abortion?
On a personal level Jesus made a point to forgive, but He never spoke on either war or capital punishment (very common in those times) on a government level. I will agree with you though that God generally would prefer us not to fight, but I don't see anything in the Bible condemning violent bahvior when it comes to protecting one's own society/nation.
No, God does. His Bible does. His value of human life does. And if any christian wants to argue the issue of abortion, be my guest. I simply find it impossible to support abortionists (democrats) as a Christian, regardless of (relatively) petty economic or foreign policies.
mods are rediculously anti-christian (or liberal). Look at my post compared to the parent - exactly the same, but mine is modded down and his is up ;-P
Hate to break it to ya pal, but going to church once a year does not make you christian. However, standing up against abortionists might be an indication that you actually have a personal relationship with God. Also, you have the states' rights bit the wrong away around. Any politician, republican or democrat, will inform you that democrats favor federal government more than republicans.
We're all thinking it, so I'll say it: "Hey, let's let our government handle healthcare to increase effeciency"
some do. some don't. Same could be said of artists I guess...
nice ;)
It's too bad if artists can't turn their compositions into money; but at the same time, a true artist doesn't need compensation - he/she does it for the sake of art, no? What do you think?
It should make you happy ;-) Afterall, you have more rights. I'm ok with my land ownership stipulations (not necessarily happy).
This has been going on for two years... I don't think "lack of time" is the problem here. They even had time to plant some stuff and put up a cool fence. I think they're making an honest effort, but they still need to compy with the 40% clause.
-1 disagree ;P
I don't see how it reflect conservatism. Conservatists are often the first to save energy, even if they only do it for the money savings. But that's besides the point. The only reason the Has are having trouble is because the city is demanding they hold to city code and they are unable to do so after two years... I think the code needs to be updated to allow for more conservative usage of resources.
When I purchased my property there was a bit in the legal docs about keeping the lawn in good shape and not building any other permanent structure on my property (no, I am not allowed to expand). Also, any natural resources found on my property belongs to the city. But, I don't mind these stipulations. I got a nice house for little cost and I know my neighbors will continue to have nice homes also. Based on the summary, the penalties are fairly slim I'd say (they will never get the jail time unless they piss on the court, and $1000 is a reasonable sum). However, if the Has are trying to appease the city by planting bushes and are not skipping court then the court should rule in their favor, IMO.
Picnik is a pretty neat tool. I mean... I'm cool with paint.net so my needs are simple anyway, but it's also nice to have a web-based tool available anywhere. I just hope they don't eventually pull out of flickr and go exclusively with Picasa now. ...seems to me at one point google supported Firefox. I know this isn't the same, but it also would not surprise me to see picnik removed from flickr eventually.
Hey, that's awesome. I knew there are definitely people like you out there and said so in my previous post. I'm all about giving people the chance to succeed with their talents. I work with a sys admin who loves extreme sports and is by no means nerdy, but I also work with several nerdy white dudes (myself including, I suppose).
...and please take no offense to the "temperament" bit, I did not mean it negatively.
My gripe is that our beloved government thinks demographics have no influence on peoples desires and strengths. I would contend that men are more apt to be drawn to technology, especially the nerdy (white) type. It's simply not beneficial for anyone if a company is forced to hire a less qualified man just because there are so few male nurses or hire a female engineer (such as my wife) just because their quota is unbalanced. If that person is also the most qualified, then of course... hire her/him, but why discriminate against the majority demographic?
Black people have a different temperament than white people, women are sensitive and men are practical, and yes, younger people do learn faster, while older people have more wisdom. I'm sure there are some out there, but I have never met a black woman who likes working on computers... it's too nerdy ;-). Though we all have strengths to contribute, we are NOT all equal, so why should a commercial business be forced to hire equally? Hire based on qualifications and maximize peoples' strengths. Sorry if it doesn't look good on paper, but it benefits everyone.
hmmm... http://chooseyoursurrogate.com/