What's honestly funny about that is my "false prophet" never once uttered a word of intolerance. Please point out a relevant passage where Jesus suggests that persecution and murder were OK if the person wasn't a Christian.
I have a strong dislike for the Catholic Church, and I think they have gone very far throughout history and today to make Christianity look evil, but as a quiet Protestant who hardly ever discusses religion, let alone force it upon anyone, I fail to see how those like me (Christians) contribute at all to the negative things in this world you speak of.
That's very true. We are all human and no matter what group we claim to belong to, there are always bad ones amoung us. You can single out any group you like and find them.
What is funny about all of this is that while you claim to be trying to start a dialog and not be offensive, I have yet you see you respond to anyone without insulting, swearing, and ranting.
Anyway, I'm certainly not defending the crusades, but I fail to see how that applies today. Are the Christians currently destroying civilizations? Has that happend recently? You know, the white man destroyed some civilizations as well, in fact we enslaved them here in America. Do you hold the same distain for all white Americans today because of something that actually happend recently in our history?
I can go back in history, and attribute plenty of atrocities to nearly every religious/ethnic/regional group. What bearing does this have in our world today? Do you see Christians raping and plundering somewhere? Do you feel that since groups of people who were out for their own gain plundered and raped under the guise of being "good Christians" hundreds of years ago, all Christians today are just itching to do likewise?
I think if you actually look at history, you will find that rape and plunder are not confined to the crusades. What you are suggesting is the equavilant of me saying that everyone from the Netherlands should be killed. Have you ever heard some of the things those vikings used to do?
Seriously, no offense but maybe it would be better if your friend never got out.
For someone who abhors death and violence as you seem to, suggesting that it would be better if this person's friend dies makes you every bit a hypocritical as the Christians you hold so much distain for.
For a good history on the FBI, check out. http://www.fbi.gov/yourfbi/history/hist.htm
It's not complete (nobody's anyobiography is), but It shows how it has grown way out of it origional roles.
And no matter what the movies show, Ness and his untouchables left most of the dirty work to the police (which made their job much more difficult considering the police were on Capone's payroll), and primarily did investigation.
These opinions will not be those of Penn State until it pays my retainer.
Penn State DOES pay my salery, but I don't imagine they want to adopt my opinions:)
The FBI is a law enforcement, or 'police' agency, and has no power on its own to order wiretaps.
*sigh* I guess that is what they have become. The FBI is SUPPOSED to be an investigative agency. They were supposed to only investigate and turn over evidence to the proper authorities for the actual arrest. They were NEVER to get into enforcement, hell, they were never supposed to carry guns.
Contrast that with today's FBI. They have been know to have some of the best firepower in the business, and they are not afriad to use on suspect's wives while they are holding children (see ruby ridge). They are out of control, folks, and no one can do anything about it.
That's enough from me, though. I'd prefer not to vanish one night and be found later having "committed suicide".
Yes, it has a better chance in a collision (the weight will see to that) however, there is a big trade off. Specifically, you will roll ever very easily, then all that additional weight isn't your friend anymore. My father flipped his Bravada on a flat road simply by jerking the wheel in an attempt to swerve around an accident that took place in front of him. My little honda civic would have taken that manuver in stride, but bravada ended up on it's side.
Safety wise, you are both right and wrong. Yes, it has a better chance in a collision (the weight will see to that) however, there is a big trade off. Specifically, you will roll ever very easily, then all that additional weight isn't your friend anymore. My father flipped his Bravada on a flat road simply by jerking the wheel in an attempt to swerve around an accident that took place in front of him. My little honda civic would have taken that manuver in stride, but bravada ended up on it's side.
It's called "freedom"
That I agree with you on. If people want to drive them, they will. Sometimes their reasoning in a little off, but like you said, it's freedom.
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that only the dying embrace Open Source/GPL/whatever.
That does seem to be true with existing companies moving previously closed source projects to open source (projects that start as open don't fall into this, only someone truely ignorant could claim Apache/Linux/Perl/etc are dying). However, be that as it may, it can still only help existing open source projects, so heck, dying or not, we'll take 'em.:)
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OK, I understand a little better where you are coming from.
(IMHO) You have quite a lot of hatred to work out.
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What's honestly funny about that is my "false prophet" never once uttered a word of intolerance. Please point out a relevant passage where Jesus suggests that persecution and murder were OK if the person wasn't a Christian.
I have a strong dislike for the Catholic Church, and I think they have gone very far throughout history and today to make Christianity look evil, but as a quiet Protestant who hardly ever discusses religion, let alone force it upon anyone, I fail to see how those like me (Christians) contribute at all to the negative things in this world you speak of.
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That's very true. We are all human and no matter what group we claim to belong to, there are always bad ones amoung us. You can single out any group you like and find them.
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That's funny, I can go out and buy WordPerfect for Linux and it runs on every Linux distrobution, no porting needed.
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Actually that is a valid concern that has been visited and revisited several times on this forum.
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What is funny about all of this is that while you claim to be trying to start a dialog and not be offensive, I have yet you see you respond to anyone without insulting, swearing, and ranting.
Anyway, I'm certainly not defending the crusades, but I fail to see how that applies today. Are the Christians currently destroying civilizations? Has that happend recently? You know, the white man destroyed some civilizations as well, in fact we enslaved them here in America. Do you hold the same distain for all white Americans today because of something that actually happend recently in our history?
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That's odd. I'm a Christian and I don't hate anyone. I have never tried to convert anyone and it's been ages since I've raped and plundered.
I must be doing it wrong.
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Now what the hell is your excuse for being a projecting, slf-righteous, hypocrite?
Let's see, The Christians murdered people long ago. You dislike murder so much you think it would be better if Christians were murdered today.
hmmmmmmm I guess the real question here is, what's YOU'RE excuse?
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You get on my case about speaking my mind in a polite way.
"maybe it would be better if your friend never got out"
Sounds like you might have been too polite.
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I can go back in history, and attribute plenty of atrocities to nearly every religious/ethnic/regional group. What bearing does this have in our world today? Do you see Christians raping and plundering somewhere? Do you feel that since groups of people who were out for their own gain plundered and raped under the guise of being "good Christians" hundreds of years ago, all Christians today are just itching to do likewise?
I think if you actually look at history, you will find that rape and plunder are not confined to the crusades. What you are suggesting is the equavilant of me saying that everyone from the Netherlands should be killed. Have you ever heard some of the things those vikings used to do?
Seriously, no offense but maybe it would be better if your friend never got out.
For someone who abhors death and violence as you seem to, suggesting that it would be better if this person's friend dies makes you every bit a hypocritical as the Christians you hold so much distain for.
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Hey, in Spies Like Us, they managed to fool the Russians with pig latin.
:)
They also showed us that a TV will blow up if it loses it's signal.
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Simply the title "Digital Voices From Rogue Nations" has a Katz ring to it.
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Thanks, rub it in. :)
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I cared. I cared alot. I harrassed the HFA for months after that.
:)
I'm with you on this one
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The palm screen is a perfect square, go ahead, measure it :)
Don't count the silkscreen area, just the display.
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Actually I installed the hack in my III to make it reverse the text when the backlight comes on (Palm V like), I've found that to be easier to read.
:)
Oh well, to each his own. That is why there are hacks
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For that matter, the Palm IIIe has a full sized screen and starts at $150 ($130 if you look hard enough.
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For a good history on the FBI, check out.
:)
http://www.fbi.gov/yourfbi/history/hist.htm
It's not complete (nobody's anyobiography is), but It shows how it has grown way out of it origional roles.
And no matter what the movies show, Ness and his untouchables left most of the dirty work to the police (which made their job much more difficult considering the police were on Capone's payroll), and primarily did investigation.
These opinions will not be those of Penn State until it pays my retainer.
Penn State DOES pay my salery, but I don't imagine they want to adopt my opinions
Finkployd
I worked for Taco Bell in 97. My paychecks still said Pepsi.
:)
Course, that might just have been carryover from earlier days, as I left early that year.
Oh well, I'm not always right
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Actually, they are all owned by Pepsi. TGR inc is just a subsidiary of Pepsi Corp. (IIRC)
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The FBI is a law enforcement, or 'police' agency, and has no power on its own to order wiretaps.
*sigh* I guess that is what they have become. The FBI is SUPPOSED to be an investigative agency. They were supposed to only investigate and turn over evidence to the proper authorities for the actual arrest. They were NEVER to get into enforcement, hell, they were never supposed to carry guns.
Contrast that with today's FBI. They have been know to have some of the best firepower in the business, and they are not afriad to use on suspect's wives while they are holding children (see ruby ridge). They are out of control, folks, and no one can do anything about it.
That's enough from me, though. I'd prefer not to vanish one night and be found later having "committed suicide".
Finkployd
Does anyone know any others?
Saturn services (saturnservices.com) also allows ssh with every hosting package.
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Yes, it has a better chance in a collision (the weight will see to that) however, there is a big trade off. Specifically, you will roll ever very easily, then all that additional weight isn't your friend anymore. My father flipped his Bravada on a flat road simply by jerking the wheel in an attempt to swerve around an accident that took place in front of him. My little honda civic would have taken that manuver in stride, but bravada ended up on it's side.
Finkployd
Safety wise, you are both right and wrong. Yes, it has a better chance in a collision (the weight will see to that) however, there is a big trade off. Specifically, you will roll ever very easily, then all that additional weight isn't your friend anymore. My father flipped his Bravada on a flat road simply by jerking the wheel in an attempt to swerve around an accident that took place in front of him. My little honda civic would have taken that manuver in stride, but bravada ended up on it's side.
It's called "freedom"
That I agree with you on. If people want to drive them, they will. Sometimes their reasoning in a little off, but like you said, it's freedom.
Finkployd
that only the dying embrace Open Source/GPL/whatever.
:)
That does seem to be true with existing companies moving previously closed source projects to open source (projects that start as open don't fall into this, only someone truely ignorant could claim Apache/Linux/Perl/etc are dying). However, be that as it may, it can still only help existing open source projects, so heck, dying or not, we'll take 'em.
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