However their history as well as the history of the rest of the nations is not yet complete.
Okay, true, no history is complete, but selling your message with those words is silly, due to that fact. It's like reciting multiplication tables, and segueing into "therefore math is proof that God exists and will smite the disbelievers with hellfire for all eternity"; a myth of destruction or a myth of hope is just that -- a myth.
God does not enjoy the destruction of sinners [...]
How can you possibly profess to understand what God does and does not enjoy? I assume based on your use of Jesus and Messiah that you're some form of Christian. Isn't your God supposed to be unknowable and random? Asking fathers to kill children, kings to split babies in two, destroying whole cities because of the actions of a few, and turning people into rocks just because of where they happen to be looking?
You can read the relevant passage in Isaiah 2:1-4
I can read lots of made-up shit in lots of places, thanks. Any historical book that professes to tell the future is not worth wiping with, let alone the paper it's printed on. (And calling the Bible historical is like trying to do science, using Santa Claus as one of the variables.)
I saw some awesome pictures earlier today, drawn by a woman who wants to help people think critically about religion, by depicting the nonsense that is taught in churches as reality. One is "Jesus Does His Nails" with him sitting, with nail polish; the joke is that he's painting the metal nail that was driven into the back of his hand. Another is "Silly Rabbit, Myths are for Kids", with Jesus sitting in an Easter bunny outfit (with egg under him), and a small child fawning over his stories. Then there are two"Divine Wine", taking the sacrament literally and bleeding Jesus directly into bottles.
Anyway, it's very, very clear that we will never see eye-to-eye on this topic, because I require evidence to believe something (or, rather, to know something); whereas you have been blinded by your religion's parlor trick, "You can only believe without evidence; evidence eliminates faith".
Which is patently absurd; by this logic, the less evidence the better, so kids would be better off never reading the Bible because it contains "evidence" in it as well. Kids should not be exposed to any sort of religion, and then the religion that they get is the best kind of no-evidence religion, evar!
Perhaps in a one-on-one setting, "watching the other party make typos" is useless. However, a decade ago when I participated in a Quake (2, 3? don't recall) clan, being able to have "party mode" where we could all type at the same time was somewhat useful. Now, I can see how this could translate directly to business productivity, like a shared whiteboard, which I think is similar to the concept of Google Wave (although I haven't looked into it yet myself). But one-on-one? Yeah, stick to the boring old IM-style -- but it's good to have the indicator "other party is typing" so that you'll better know when they've "hung up without saying goodbye", something of a half-way measure.
I'm reading Mark Twain's works (thanks, Project Gutenberg!), having finished Tom Sawyer and now about 60% through Huck Finn, and I have to say I much preferred the government of his day. I, too, am viewed as a "libertarian nutjob" (lower-L for me, having worked with several capital-L Libertarian groups that went nowhere). I'm also in favor of significantly higher taxes, IFF said taxes went 100% towards preserving citizens so that, once the Singularity hits, they will not have needed to have died. However, that's not at all what the healthcare debate is about; it's more about forcing citizens to pay for insurance they don't really need, instead of actually FIXING the issue. I know people in the industry who say they HAVE to bill higher amounts, because there's a maximum amount the insurance will cover, and if they try to be frugal and responsible, and bill less than that maximum, they'll only be reimbursed for the amount they billed -- in other words, the system is a game, and they (and everyone else playing!) know how to play it correctly.
Trouble is, convincing the legislators (and the public!) about the coming Singularity is a significantly uphill battle. They're fairly well convinced that nanotechnology will happen and is worth funding, but the elimination of money as the determination of wealth, well, that'll take some getting used to. (And, with the RepRap, a large amount of wealth can be printed for the cost of the plastic feedstock and electricity -- and an Internet connection, to download the blueprints.)
And perhaps it is all moot; we're in the middle of two wars, and earlier today the President verbally attacked Iran for their previously-undisclosed nuclear reactor. So, we might find ourselves in a third war, which may not be quite as expensive as the second one, since we have already moved a bunch of machinery into the theater, but even so it might bankrupt us -- causing us to enter a fourth war, against China, to destroy their banking records.
Even if other sources would replace USA eventually, removing the easiest source of weapons means that the prices would be a lot higher from other sources.
Yeah, and just like Washington state taxing Microsoft for their tax avoidance activity of booking their licenses in another state -- the increased expense would just be passed on to the consumers of the respective product.
In other words, your quarter just got more expensive.
That's one of the things I'd try; especially with Vista, it's generally a good idea to disable it unless it is needed as it "tends to break stuff" (the technical term). See http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/09/09/disable-and-turn-off-ipv6-support-in-vista/ ; note that I generally use "ffffffff" ("eight foxes") for the Registry value, although it appears that only 0xff is necessary from this article.
Yeah, the Communism part was a joke -- but I did like the similarity between way-old-school philosophy, and a modern corporation, and also find it easy to believe that the Google motto was influenced/written by someone familiar with Confucious' works.
I have contributed time, not money, in their sister Distributed Proofreading project. And your tone could be improved, if you're actually with them and turfing for donations.
It seems to me that your government is trying to undo the damage done throughout the ages by all those Catholics, Jews, Muslims, etc. But, sure, continue on your holy crusade.
You have something of a point, but the root of the instruction is: the testosterone will out itself, in some manner. Either through nocturnal emissions (i.e., laundering your sheets before your parents find out), through masturbation, or through sex, consensual or not.
Just look to the animal kingdom; it's healthy and natural for organisms to rid themselves of excess hormones, and unfortunately we can't just sweat them out. So cutting off the tip of your children's manhood, in the false hope that they won't take up "that sin" is the height of not only hypocrisy, but also child abuse.
Off on a tangent, perhaps, but the root of circumcision was to reduce masturbation. Which is completely natural, as our more-hairy ancestors demonstrate in the zoos. The UK government has it right, and thank you for playing.
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Smaller shops can grow a pair, and get more than one supplier... Or go out of business, doesn't really matter.
I call BS (or, less confrontationally, perhaps simply "you know of very few companies"). Microsoft uses Perl throughout their build environment.
Okay, true, no history is complete, but selling your message with those words is silly, due to that fact. It's like reciting multiplication tables, and segueing into "therefore math is proof that God exists and will smite the disbelievers with hellfire for all eternity"; a myth of destruction or a myth of hope is just that -- a myth.
How can you possibly profess to understand what God does and does not enjoy? I assume based on your use of Jesus and Messiah that you're some form of Christian. Isn't your God supposed to be unknowable and random? Asking fathers to kill children, kings to split babies in two, destroying whole cities because of the actions of a few, and turning people into rocks just because of where they happen to be looking?
I can read lots of made-up shit in lots of places, thanks. Any historical book that professes to tell the future is not worth wiping with, let alone the paper it's printed on. (And calling the Bible historical is like trying to do science, using Santa Claus as one of the variables.)
I saw some awesome pictures earlier today, drawn by a woman who wants to help people think critically about religion, by depicting the nonsense that is taught in churches as reality. One is "Jesus Does His Nails" with him sitting, with nail polish; the joke is that he's painting the metal nail that was driven into the back of his hand. Another is "Silly Rabbit, Myths are for Kids", with Jesus sitting in an Easter bunny outfit (with egg under him), and a small child fawning over his stories. Then there are two "Divine Wine", taking the sacrament literally and bleeding Jesus directly into bottles.
Anyway, it's very, very clear that we will never see eye-to-eye on this topic, because I require evidence to believe something (or, rather, to know something); whereas you have been blinded by your religion's parlor trick, "You can only believe without evidence; evidence eliminates faith".
Which is patently absurd; by this logic, the less evidence the better, so kids would be better off never reading the Bible because it contains "evidence" in it as well. Kids should not be exposed to any sort of religion, and then the religion that they get is the best kind of no-evidence religion, evar!
Anyway, see my sig.
Perhaps in a one-on-one setting, "watching the other party make typos" is useless. However, a decade ago when I participated in a Quake (2, 3? don't recall) clan, being able to have "party mode" where we could all type at the same time was somewhat useful. Now, I can see how this could translate directly to business productivity, like a shared whiteboard, which I think is similar to the concept of Google Wave (although I haven't looked into it yet myself). But one-on-one? Yeah, stick to the boring old IM-style -- but it's good to have the indicator "other party is typing" so that you'll better know when they've "hung up without saying goodbye", something of a half-way measure.
"Whose on first?"
Yes. Well, that is: it is as true today as it was when written, not exactly the answer you were looking for. ;)
It's laughable that people will point to ambiguous prophecies and chant, "toldyaso!"
Cool, thanks for the update. (I'm currently looking for work, and would be nice to be able to say "I helped Chaos Manor" :) )
Oh, I don't know; in my head I hear a deep British voice singing, "I have to push the PRAM a lot"...
(It's only a model! Shh!)
I realize this thread is weeks old, but: did it help?
I'm reading Mark Twain's works (thanks, Project Gutenberg!), having finished Tom Sawyer and now about 60% through Huck Finn, and I have to say I much preferred the government of his day. I, too, am viewed as a "libertarian nutjob" (lower-L for me, having worked with several capital-L Libertarian groups that went nowhere). I'm also in favor of significantly higher taxes, IFF said taxes went 100% towards preserving citizens so that, once the Singularity hits, they will not have needed to have died. However, that's not at all what the healthcare debate is about; it's more about forcing citizens to pay for insurance they don't really need, instead of actually FIXING the issue. I know people in the industry who say they HAVE to bill higher amounts, because there's a maximum amount the insurance will cover, and if they try to be frugal and responsible, and bill less than that maximum, they'll only be reimbursed for the amount they billed -- in other words, the system is a game, and they (and everyone else playing!) know how to play it correctly.
Trouble is, convincing the legislators (and the public!) about the coming Singularity is a significantly uphill battle. They're fairly well convinced that nanotechnology will happen and is worth funding, but the elimination of money as the determination of wealth, well, that'll take some getting used to. (And, with the RepRap, a large amount of wealth can be printed for the cost of the plastic feedstock and electricity -- and an Internet connection, to download the blueprints.)
And perhaps it is all moot; we're in the middle of two wars, and earlier today the President verbally attacked Iran for their previously-undisclosed nuclear reactor. So, we might find ourselves in a third war, which may not be quite as expensive as the second one, since we have already moved a bunch of machinery into the theater, but even so it might bankrupt us -- causing us to enter a fourth war, against China, to destroy their banking records.
Please, seriously, have a passenger help you with this quest for information.
Yeah, and just like Washington state taxing Microsoft for their tax avoidance activity of booking their licenses in another state -- the increased expense would just be passed on to the consumers of the respective product.
In other words, your quarter just got more expensive.
That's one of the things I'd try; especially with Vista, it's generally a good idea to disable it unless it is needed as it "tends to break stuff" (the technical term). See http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/09/09/disable-and-turn-off-ipv6-support-in-vista/ ; note that I generally use "ffffffff" ("eight foxes") for the Registry value, although it appears that only 0xff is necessary from this article.
My favorite moment from the 1992 debates: "And if you have a better idea [waitforit] ... I'm all ears!"
Yeah, the Communism part was a joke -- but I did like the similarity between way-old-school philosophy, and a modern corporation, and also find it easy to believe that the Google motto was influenced/written by someone familiar with Confucious' works.
I have contributed time, not money, in their sister Distributed Proofreading project. And your tone could be improved, if you're actually with them and turfing for donations.
Did he turn off IPv6?
I'm currently reading Confucious' works (thank you, Project Gutenberg), and in "The Sayings of Confucious" book 2 appears the quote, "Think no evil."
I think Google is secretly a communist organization. :)
Left out the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What's_Opera,_Doc%3F
Mine will chant "kill the wabbit, kill the wabbit"
It seems to me that your government is trying to undo the damage done throughout the ages by all those Catholics, Jews, Muslims, etc. But, sure, continue on your holy crusade.
This sounds reasonable. I wonder if that's a component of the government mind control that is couched as "flu shots"?
Great Simpsons/Starcraft reference. :)
Minds are chemicals.
You have something of a point, but the root of the instruction is: the testosterone will out itself, in some manner. Either through nocturnal emissions (i.e., laundering your sheets before your parents find out), through masturbation, or through sex, consensual or not.
Just look to the animal kingdom; it's healthy and natural for organisms to rid themselves of excess hormones, and unfortunately we can't just sweat them out. So cutting off the tip of your children's manhood, in the false hope that they won't take up "that sin" is the height of not only hypocrisy, but also child abuse.
Off on a tangent, perhaps, but the root of circumcision was to reduce masturbation. Which is completely natural, as our more-hairy ancestors demonstrate in the zoos. The UK government has it right, and thank you for playing.