Christmas is a Christian holiday. Yes there was a pagan holiday at the same time that the Pope tried to cover up. Regardless, Christmas is a Christian holiday. Covering up a pagan one doesn't change that.
I read an interesting article recently, I think in the USA Weekend (comes in the Washington Post), that some astronomers now believe the real birthdate was June 17th, 2 BC. Appearently Jupiter was in the correct place to make a bright "star" appear to drift across the sky a pace that people would notice (and possibly follow). I'd try to go in deeper from what they said, but I'm no astronomer:-)
Sure, if he wanted us to. He never says he doesn't want us to. What's most important is his death for our sins, which is likely why Jesus mentioned it.
We might as well celebrate his birth too. You can't die if you're never born.
It's not in the Bible. December 25th is what people long ago figured it to be. Though, it must be incorrect (or someone horribly messed up somewhere). His birth started the AD era, so it'd have to be on January 1st if it precisely began the era. December 25th is the day that Jesus Christ's birthday is celebrated, let's put it that way.
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Jesus never said to celebrate his birthday. But why wouldn't we? He never said that we should not, and Jesus is the basis of Christianity, which would makes his birth vital.
Feel free to disagree with me. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
Christmas has become less important to me... so many people just recognize it for the commercial side, but not the birth of Jesus Christ. What it originally was for. Regardless of religious believes, that's is what Christmas was intended for.
Sure, I hang out with my family and friends. I have also have a few days off. It just makes me sad to see money and greed taking away a beautiful day. I don't have a problem with gift giving, as long as you don't forget what this day is about.
I'm not sure why, but many apartment complexes near college campuses have high speed internet connections in each apartment. It's worth a look. Besides checking local apartment listings, see if a university nearby has a guide to apartments nearby. Virginia Tech, for instance, has a database that includes things like internet connection, LAN, etc.
If MS is forced to give software in the settlement, that'll just increase our reliance on their monopoly. With giving hardware, they'll have to pay up and not be increasing their installed base. Giving out free software would probably be a benefit to them in the long run - kids telling their parents they need to get Windows, "it's what the school uses!".
Not sure on the Red Hat part... but I'm mostly saying that because I'm a Mac shill:-) Red Hat is damn good too though, and definetly better than Winblows!
I started domain hosting with HostOnce recently ( http://www.hostonce.com ) and have had no luck. My account was activated, and I can access my storage through FTP (which doesn't use my domain). I have also transferred my doamins to their DNS servers as instructed. It's been 2 weeks since the longest time period for it to be updated has past.
Multiple emails to their tech support yielded no response. I WHOISed their nameservers, and contacted the administrator listed, and he responded that he's actually a customer and isn't involved with them (in terms of working for them). I did get a response from their Sales Team once - they said my message would be forwarded to tech.
Anyone have this problem with HostOnce, or any possible solutions? I'd appreciate an email if you do, I'm desperately trying to get my hosting fully working! Thanks.
If you'd like to check out their site: http://www.hostonce.com
Thanks again,
-William ( SHOULD be at http://www.hostonce.com )
P.S. Maybe it's called HostOnce, cause you only ever use them once!;-)
Pioneer was the first to make the drive, Apple was the first computer company to start selling them. Though, the way ZDNet is most of the time, I'm not at all surprised about this article. They frequently ignore Apple.
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great post. of course, i'm slanted too:-)
oh, by the way [fellow mac users]. Cocoa's killer app: http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=113 61&db=mac
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I'll definetly agree to that :-)
Christmas is a Christian holiday. Yes there was a pagan holiday at the same time that the Pope tried to cover up. Regardless, Christmas is a Christian holiday. Covering up a pagan one doesn't change that.
-William
Good compilation there.
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I read an interesting article recently, I think in the USA Weekend (comes in the Washington Post), that some astronomers now believe the real birthdate was June 17th, 2 BC. Appearently Jupiter was in the correct place to make a bright "star" appear to drift across the sky a pace that people would notice (and possibly follow). I'd try to go in deeper from what they said, but I'm no astronomer
Sure, if he wanted us to. He never says he doesn't want us to. What's most important is his death for our sins, which is likely why Jesus mentioned it.
We might as well celebrate his birth too. You can't die if you're never born.
-William
It's not in the Bible. December 25th is what people long ago figured it to be. Though, it must be incorrect (or someone horribly messed up somewhere). His birth started the AD era, so it'd have to be on January 1st if it precisely began the era. December 25th is the day that Jesus Christ's birthday is celebrated, let's put it that way.
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Jesus never said to celebrate his birthday. But why wouldn't we? He never said that we should not, and Jesus is the basis of Christianity, which would makes his birth vital.
Feel free to disagree with me. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
-William
Christmas has become less important to me... so many people just recognize it for the commercial side, but not the birth of Jesus Christ. What it originally was for. Regardless of religious believes, that's is what Christmas was intended for.
Sure, I hang out with my family and friends. I have also have a few days off. It just makes me sad to see money and greed taking away a beautiful day. I don't have a problem with gift giving, as long as you don't forget what this day is about.
God Bless.
-William
Merry Christmas, God bless.
-William
good point. broadband never fails to spoil :-)
I'm not sure why, but many apartment complexes near college campuses have high speed internet connections in each apartment. It's worth a look. Besides checking local apartment listings, see if a university nearby has a guide to apartments nearby. Virginia Tech, for instance, has a database that includes things like internet connection, LAN, etc.
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Stupid people, doing stupid stuff - on video. Check it out, it's f'n funny.
If MS is forced to give software in the settlement, that'll just increase our reliance on their monopoly. With giving hardware, they'll have to pay up and not be increasing their installed base. Giving out free software would probably be a benefit to them in the long run - kids telling their parents they need to get Windows, "it's what the school uses!".
:-) Red Hat is damn good too though, and definetly better than Winblows!
Not sure on the Red Hat part... but I'm mostly saying that because I'm a Mac shill
Happy Thanksgiving!
I started domain hosting with HostOnce recently ( http://www.hostonce.com ) and have had no luck. My account was activated, and I can access my storage through FTP (which doesn't use my domain). I have also transferred my doamins to their DNS servers as instructed. It's been 2 weeks since the longest time period for it to be updated has past.
;-)
Multiple emails to their tech support yielded no response. I WHOISed their nameservers, and contacted the administrator listed, and he responded that he's actually a customer and isn't involved with them (in terms of working for them). I did get a response from their Sales Team once - they said my message would be forwarded to tech.
Anyone have this problem with HostOnce, or any possible solutions? I'd appreciate an email if you do, I'm desperately trying to get my hosting fully working! Thanks.
If you'd like to check out their site: http://www.hostonce.com
Thanks again,
-William ( SHOULD be at http://www.hostonce.com )
P.S. Maybe it's called HostOnce, cause you only ever use them once!
I was wondering that too... what happened chrisd?
-william
So how much is it gonna cost to get that backbone connection at one end?
Pioneer was the first to make the drive, Apple was the first computer company to start selling them. Though, the way ZDNet is most of the time, I'm not at all surprised about this article. They frequently ignore Apple.
great post. of course, i'm slanted too :-)
oh, by the way [fellow mac users]. Cocoa's killer app: http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=113 61&db=mac
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I can't wait to see the RIAA start putting everything out on vinyl to slow down ripping. ;-)