I prefer the idea of permanently equipping every steering wheel with a giant spike directed at the driver's chest. Now who's gonna risk even a fender bender for the sake of a little text-gossip?
And Google and others are pushing cloud computing as the way of the future whilst protection of private data continues to degrade. Does this convergence not upset anyone else?
Also in North-Western NY: I could pay $30*/mo. for 10/1Mb or $20*/mo. for 1Mb/128kb, both through Time-Warner.
*These are prices to me; my apartment complex pays for basic cable for everyone, so I don't see that part of the charge.
Since I can call anytime TW 24/7 to up- or downgrade, I opted for the 1/.128. That may sound unreasonably unbearable, however: I Skype several hours a day with family and it's mostly pretty good; Hulu isn't the best, but I let it buffer and go on with life. For anyone living like myself on a tight budget, looking into a slower package may not be the end of the world.
What do atheists hold as "objects of reverence"? (This isn't meant as a rebuttal, but is asked simply out of curiosity.) I am under the assumption (misunderstanding?) that because atheists don't believe in a higher being, they view everything on the same material plane. "To desecrate" means to make common things that are holy or sacred. What is holy without a god? What is sacred without a higher being to impart some meaning of sanctity?
(Note that I'm not saying that atheists have no *beliefs*. I'm not speaking of the immaterial, because neither was the original article.)
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I prefer the idea of permanently equipping every steering wheel with a giant spike directed at the driver's chest. Now who's gonna risk even a fender bender for the sake of a little text-gossip?
And Google and others are pushing cloud computing as the way of the future whilst protection of private data continues to degrade. Does this convergence not upset anyone else?
Also in North-Western NY: I could pay $30*/mo. for 10/1Mb or $20*/mo. for 1Mb/128kb, both through Time-Warner.
*These are prices to me; my apartment complex pays for basic cable for everyone, so I don't see that part of the charge.
Since I can call anytime TW 24/7 to up- or downgrade, I opted for the 1/.128. That may sound unreasonably unbearable, however: I Skype several hours a day with family and it's mostly pretty good; Hulu isn't the best, but I let it buffer and go on with life. For anyone living like myself on a tight budget, looking into a slower package may not be the end of the world.
What do atheists hold as "objects of reverence"? (This isn't meant as a rebuttal, but is asked simply out of curiosity.) I am under the assumption (misunderstanding?) that because atheists don't believe in a higher being, they view everything on the same material plane. "To desecrate" means to make common things that are holy or sacred. What is holy without a god? What is sacred without a higher being to impart some meaning of sanctity? (Note that I'm not saying that atheists have no *beliefs*. I'm not speaking of the immaterial, because neither was the original article.)