i immediately thought of squirrels that have begun to band together and go after humans now. i suppose they have a good reason, considering they have a tendancy to become tire traction for our SUV's.
Everyone 'knows' that gravity exists. we know how it works. But the truth of the matter is that we only see the effects of gravity second hand. When a person's parachute doesn't open when he jumps an airplane, we dont blame the impact on gravity. we blame the malfuntion of the parachute that caused him to become a ball of fire and crater 10 feet into the earth's crust. Why? because we can disect the parachute and figure out what went wrong. Where is the gravity that caused this? everywhere and no where. can you put it in a box and label it? no. all we see is the secondary effects of gravity, and no one can point to gravity and say "this is gravity". it is that same belief of someone who believes in God. so how different is the belief in science from that of religion?
As much as I respect other's celebrations, I myself do not celebrate christmas, however, I am of the christian faith. I just decided to look into the events of christmas, and ask what each means.
Everything, from the christmas tree, to wreaths, to mistletoe, to burning yule log, to holly, to santa clause, to the date on which it is celebrated has nothing to do with the birth of Jesus Christ. Most are pagan rituals, with a dash of druidism and lots of superstition. Even the word 'christmas' is the joining of 'christ' and the pagan ritual of Mass.
I find it ironic that supposedly "christian" people would celebrate pagan rituals. But they will hate you for even mentioning any of this.
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Who modded this up? It all depends on how you set up your system, there is NO standard filesystem structure for XFree86 configuration files.
/Documents\ and\ Settings/
;)
i prefer putting every thing in
Must have been an unemployed Elvis Impersonator.
If you dont want to register with NYTimes, here is a mirror.
Note they used Linux on the server that ran the ordeal.
Next phase: penalties. How about 5 million hand-written apology letters?
...make that per day.
when you turn my cold, dead body into one.
Whats a girlfriend?
i seem to only use the 3.5 floppy drive when installing debian off the internet.
...they've been telling me there is only 24 hours in a day; i knew they were lying!
This is a great fictional advertisement (high bandwidth)...
:)
high bandwidth? not anymore
i wonder if it can stop the government from sending radiowaves into my brain, too? maybe then i can stop wearing this aluminum helmet!
only terrorists uncap their bandwidth!
perhaps we have the intro to Short Circuit 3 now!
here is a mirror
I almost blacked out on a roller coaster at magic mountain.
I almost shit my pants on one at Valley Fair
but no one reports it because they aren't "harmed".
well, duh. no harm, no foul.
-benb
...$15/mile to operate
..Which dwindles in comparison to my gas guzzling '72 Buick Riviera with the 455ci engine.
they try to sell me siding, roofing, windows, remodeling, lawn care, etc. and i live in an apartment.
id hate to see what they try to sell you if you own a home.
scientists yet again find proof that eggs are bad for you.
i havent heard of this until i just loaded up slashdot.
id be a little pissed off, too.
Everyone 'knows' that gravity exists. we know how it works. But the truth of the matter is that we only see the effects of gravity second hand. When a person's parachute doesn't open when he jumps an airplane, we dont blame the impact on gravity. we blame the malfuntion of the parachute that caused him to become a ball of fire and crater 10 feet into the earth's crust. Why? because we can disect the parachute and figure out what went wrong.
Where is the gravity that caused this? everywhere and no where. can you put it in a box and label it? no. all we see is the secondary effects of gravity, and no one can point to gravity and say "this is gravity".
it is that same belief of someone who believes in God. so how different is the belief in science from that of religion?
Anyone else remember when Microsoft had their own unix, Xenix?
How long before they start trashing Windows 3.1/95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP ?
Merrill Lynux ?
IBM/HAL, Santa/Saten, its all part of a biiig plot...
it's ingrates like you that make satan smile!
As much as I respect other's celebrations, I myself do not celebrate christmas, however, I am of the christian faith. I just decided to look into the events of christmas, and ask what each means.
Everything, from the christmas tree, to wreaths, to mistletoe, to burning yule log, to holly, to santa clause, to the date on which it is celebrated has nothing to do with the birth of Jesus Christ. Most are pagan rituals, with a dash of druidism and lots of superstition. Even the word 'christmas' is the joining of 'christ' and the pagan ritual of Mass.
I find it ironic that supposedly "christian" people would celebrate pagan rituals. But they will hate you for even mentioning any of this.