If anyone's looking for a Bible that strives to be a bit more accurate (literal, to some) while remaining accessible, they might be interested in the CSB (or HCSB: Holman Christian Standard Bible). It's interesting to note that the CSB "...translation originated with Arthur Farstad, formerly general editor of the New King James Version."
but, what about the monopoly/cartel aspect? if you believe that monopolies and cartels are immoral, and i do, then the recording industries are certainly immoral, and that justifies anything, in my mind.
So... who made you judge, jury, and executioner?
Hypothetical Time
Let's say we agree abortion is immoral. In your mind, is anything still justified? Like, oh... stealing the abortionist's car so they can't kill?
Bob Mandel @ The Adrenaline Avault wrote an article on this problem.
As a game reviewer, I'm fed up with misleading and sometimes downright fraudulent system requirements for computer games. In my mind, the problems surrounding these rarely accurate specifications have gotten worse over time, with consumers basically playing a form of Russian roulette when it comes to whether an offering will run on their PCs. Industry observers privately admit that system requirements are most often unrealistically low. In many ways, these specifications are part of the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on computer users, making people possessing lame machines have false hope that state-of-the-art entertainment will run seamlessly on their machines.
Just last month I heard a guy on radio, discussing some topic relating to education, mention that the best teachers usually quit or leave within their first few years.
At the time I thought to myself "hhmm, maybe..." Only now do I fully realize how true this statement/claim was.
I'm trying to place a source to this information, and I've found a couple that seem to confirm:
On the flip side, my wife (a 6th grade teacher), would love to have all of her parents keep real-time tabs on the progress and coursework of their children... but, a large number of those parents just don't seem to care much to even do it on a weekly basis.
And, it's not for lack of communication or trying on my wife's part. She writes a weekly email newsletter and maintains a regularly updated class website. Of course, that's in addition to the requisite open-house and conferences...
You can have all of the neatest, latest, greatest tools at your disposal... but unless the parents take responsibility and interest, it's all for naught.
I'll tell you what would really make a difference for my wife (to improve quality of education, not just her "social" or "home" life): more time for teaching and less everything else. Less administrative B.S., less committee B.S., etc. I know a lot of us can say something similar, but I'm telling you it's bad! Hearing about her day is like watching Office Space while at the same time reading Dilbert!
All of that ancillary stuff is killing her. We're both tired of her 10-hour days... and, it's all leading us to the decision that she very likely won't be teaching next school year.
While she's sad about not continuing teaching in public schools, she's very excited about home-schooling our own children.
However, I can't help but feel sad for the students she would have had over the next N years... she's one of the best teachers, ever. It's her God-given talent.
Well, I say that because I use PCs all the time... and every day I get so bored at work that I try running 50 copies of Word. But, you know what? No matter how many times I try to run it, I just get the first instance of Word brought into the foreground.
Same thing with my favorite text editor, TextPad.
Anyway, afaik, it's the application's choice whether or not to create a new, instance.
Well, in Washington State... I'm not so worried about RFID, etc., on those size 10 panties you're buying. I'm worried about them being able to video record/photograph the panties you were already wearing when you came in.
Shall the Oval Office be renamed the Oral Office? I think Clinton would be proud.
Because of Mike Espy, we should call the Agriculture Department the Tyson Foods Outlet.
The Internal Revenue Service should be called Clinton Auditing Service, as he directed many audits aimed at his critics.
There is now a new form of temporary, selective amnesia that is being researched in honor of Hillary Clinton's performance when she testified to the House.
The Fifth Amendment is now to be called the "Friend-of-Clinton CYA Opt-Out" in honor of Johnny Chung, James Riady, John Huang, and Charlie Trie.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary will soon be editing its dictionary entry for the word "is." It seems that Bill Clinton was an amature etymologist in a past life, and has reminded the folks at M-W that the word "is" has a recursive, self-cancelling, and meaningless definition which can be traced back to nothing, ever.
During the early years of Hillary's, er... , Bill's presidency, The White House Travel Office was renamed the "Arkansas Reunion Travel Office" when Hillary fired the existing Office staff to make room for new blood.
Gore seems to bring out the best in people, including large cash donations from monks that have taken a life-long oath of poverty. Let's call them moneysteries instead of monasteries.
I'd post more, but I'm tired. Maybe next time I'll take on other funny ones.
This will not help with services that require you give the phone number (206-555-1212) and the wireless carrier (yourwireless co) and then go about determining the email address (2065551212@sms.email.yourwireless.co.com) on their own.
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Sure, but then you can't reply from each individual account's address. If you reply, it'll come from your gmail account's email address.
This page seems to accurately describe the CSB: http://www.bible-researcher.com/csb.html.
The CSB is currently available as a printed book and in HTML at http://www.broadmanholman.com/hcsb/bible-index.asp .
To quote an article: "This is aimed at those who want serious Bible study but in a version that is more readable than others on the market".
smeghead :)
Hypothetical Time
Let's say we agree abortion is immoral. In your mind, is anything still justified? Like, oh... stealing the abortionist's car so they can't kill?
Good list, but you forgot the initiatives passed by the people but attacked by the legislature and judiciary.
Why not volunteer to help out the IT staff & school district, as mentioned in this other /. story?
But what do you do when the IT guy puts a Compaq on your desktop? ;)
Instead of repeating myself, I'll simply link to a post I made during a similar discussion.
Honestly, I wouldn't hold anything past Locke... he is the prototype for conniving politicians.
I think you'd get a hefty return on your bet.
. cf m?slug=07voices.h11/ opinion/editorials/20 03-01-22-gerstner_x.htm
Just last month I heard a guy on radio, discussing some topic relating to education, mention that the best teachers usually quit or leave within their first few years.
At the time I thought to myself "hhmm, maybe..." Only now do I fully realize how true this statement/claim was.
I'm trying to place a source to this information, and I've found a couple that seem to confirm:
http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/tm_printstory
http://www.usatoday.com/news
On the flip side, my wife (a 6th grade teacher), would love to have all of her parents keep real-time tabs on the progress and coursework of their children... but, a large number of those parents just don't seem to care much to even do it on a weekly basis.
And, it's not for lack of communication or trying on my wife's part. She writes a weekly email newsletter and maintains a regularly updated class website. Of course, that's in addition to the requisite open-house and conferences...
You can have all of the neatest, latest, greatest tools at your disposal... but unless the parents take responsibility and interest, it's all for naught.
I'll tell you what would really make a difference for my wife (to improve quality of education, not just her "social" or "home" life): more time for teaching and less everything else. Less administrative B.S., less committee B.S., etc. I know a lot of us can say something similar, but I'm telling you it's bad! Hearing about her day is like watching Office Space while at the same time reading Dilbert!
All of that ancillary stuff is killing her. We're both tired of her 10-hour days... and, it's all leading us to the decision that she very likely won't be teaching next school year.
While she's sad about not continuing teaching in public schools, she's very excited about home-schooling our own children.
However, I can't help but feel sad for the students she would have had over the next N years... she's one of the best teachers, ever. It's her God-given talent.
D'oh, I see why, now... the mall I frequent, the Supermall of the Great Northwest (silly, long name), has an oval, never-ending design that works well for people who walk either direction.
I find this mall much more pleasing to walk through than others in the area, especially Bellevue Square. I always get lost in there.
Hi there, don't use PCs often, do you?
Well, I say that because I use PCs all the time... and every day I get so bored at work that I try running 50 copies of Word. But, you know what? No matter how many times I try to run it, I just get the first instance of Word brought into the foreground.
Same thing with my favorite text editor, TextPad.
Anyway, afaik, it's the application's choice whether or not to create a new, instance.
P.S. I don't really get *that* bored at work.
Not sure why anyone would want a phone that looks like a piece of a jigsaw puzzle with the words "Click Here To Get The Plugin" written on it.
Weird.
Well, in Washington State... I'm not so worried about RFID, etc., on those size 10 panties you're buying. I'm worried about them being able to video record/photograph the panties you were already wearing when you came in.
wish I had mod points today. damn, damn, damn. good post.
Shall the Oval Office be renamed the Oral Office? I think Clinton would be proud.
Because of Mike Espy, we should call the Agriculture Department the Tyson Foods Outlet.
The Internal Revenue Service should be called Clinton Auditing Service, as he directed many audits aimed at his critics.
There is now a new form of temporary, selective amnesia that is being researched in honor of Hillary Clinton's performance when she testified to the House.
The Fifth Amendment is now to be called the "Friend-of-Clinton CYA Opt-Out" in honor of Johnny Chung, James Riady, John Huang, and Charlie Trie.
The Merriam-Webster dictionary will soon be editing its dictionary entry for the word "is." It seems that Bill Clinton was an amature etymologist in a past life, and has reminded the folks at M-W that the word "is" has a recursive, self-cancelling, and meaningless definition which can be traced back to nothing, ever.
During the early years of Hillary's, er... , Bill's presidency, The White House Travel Office was renamed the "Arkansas Reunion Travel Office" when Hillary fired the existing Office staff to make room for new blood.
Gore seems to bring out the best in people, including large cash donations from monks that have taken a life-long oath of poverty. Let's call them moneysteries instead of monasteries.
I'd post more, but I'm tired. Maybe next time I'll take on other funny ones.
This will not help with services that require you give the phone number (206-555-1212) and the wireless carrier (yourwireless co) and then go about determining the email address (2065551212@sms.email.yourwireless.co.com) on their own.
This reminds me of Mr. Tuttle, from Terry Gilliam's Brazil .
Ok, so we didn't learn the first time? Well, let's just give this guy some more free advertising.
media: stone tablets
storage location: the Ark of the Covenant
Why couldn't the CEO just catch the recipient before the message is read... then just apologize, pre-emptively?
...anyway...
Maybe a sticky-note? A phone call?