It's like when they claim that applying the brakes of a car make it go slower or stop. However, this can not be taken to mean that any car that goes slower has its brakes applied. Some cars also slow down or stop because they ran out of fuel, the engine cut out, they ran into a tree, or a multitude of other reasons. (However, it is still true for the vast majority of cases where the car slows down or stops, the brakes where used by the driver.)
And I surely hope that this has not been thought of by someone previously, because as true as hell I just sucked it out of my thumb this minute.
Hey, I know a guy whom it would be somewhat of a stretch to call "conservative". I mean, his house is really messy. That's probably how the fire started that burned it down, come to think of it.
He had insurance, but was really p'd to loose his book collection. Especially since he hadn't finished the colouring the second of the two yet.
As a non-USian, I might be clueless, but wouldn't it be easier for congress to simply stop said department (an extension of the US government) snooping people's data? It's not as if child pron (as an example) will make a plane fall out of the sky or crash into a building. And if they have good reason to believe one carries such data, aren't the normal, legal routes (warrants etc.) sufficient?
Seems this politico does not want the state to give up it's unlawfully usurped power over the population - just make it seem more palatable without needing any real action - DHS is a branch of government after all, and who else will the complaints go to than the government?
It still depends on the size of the field. Is that Soccer, Rugby or American Football? Aussie Football, Gaelic football? Perhaps harpastum, episkyros, kemari, Shrovetide football?:-)
How private is it if you boss can still look over your shoulder and see where you're at. Now if "privacy mode" can prevent that, THAT would be really privacy.
As a human, you are hard wired to live in a society no big than roughly 400 people. That is the limit of how many faces you can keep track of at a time
I recall drinking raw milk regularly until at least teenage and thereafter on every occasion when being back at my parents'. Come to think of it, our water came straight out of a bore hole - no chlorine anywhere near it. My grandparents are buried not exactly in the back yard, but about 300m from the house. I also recall my brother building a car from some square tubing and a lawnmower engine - great fun!
I think you very eloquently hit the nail on the head regarding the third world's problems. Problem is that one should think about the morrow even before having kids (including planning for cyclical periods of a relative lack of prosperity).
On the other hand, decades of socialist welfare conditions seems to have robbed westerners of the will to do their own forward planning too.
I'm not a chemist, but I understand that unleaded gasoline contains additives that are even more harmful to human health than the lead-based additives in leaded gas. Problem is that the lead "poisons"/renders useless the catalytic converter, while the cat will break down the harmful substances in unleaded.
Or to put it in other words: unleaded with cat is better than leaded without cat, but unleaded without cat is worse than leaded without cat.
In my locale, "unleaded" often meant the addition of a manganese compound, which while not harming the cat chemically, over time does clog up the fine honeycomb structure physically, rendering the thing useless. A well-known german marque (a three letter acronym) of luxury vehicles did some tests locally which brought this to light (not that anything was done about it).
Many vehicles are in a bad state of repair, due to the financial burden, and I can't see many vehicle owners replacing the (very expensive) cat if it gets clogged up or physically damaged. (Vehicles are also driven for longer before being replaced than in the Western countries in which they where designed.) Even the mentioned TLA marque unofficially will insert a normal section of pipe into the gap in your exhaust system once the cat comes out after 5 years or so.
Depends on your understanding of the word "church". Problem is that the word "church" can mean different things to different people, as the meaning has drifted from the original denoting "a church building" and has acquired more meanings.
I know many English translations write "church", but the translation I use (not English) translates it with the equivalent of "congregation", which IMO is closer to the original Greek and avoids much of the confusion.
So, if by "church" you mean a large overbearing organisation having the final say over every little detail from dogma to costume, I don't think the epistles support that. If by "church" you mean practically independent congregations, as you seem to be saying, then I would agree with you, although many mainstream denominations probably wouldn't.
What I see is that many denominations (even new ones that try to get out of (some of) the traps that mainstream denominations seem to have fallen in) still think that they need to put an authoritarian organisation in place as a first priority. Soon they realise that this requires money, employees, organisational structures, movable assets and real estate, investments, etc. etc. It doesn't take long before most of the organisation's time, energy and other resources are taken up again by just the upkeep of the organisation, to keep it running - as opposed to living and preaching the gospel.
Just to continue the pedanticism: the original Greek that is translated with "church" is "ekklesia", which means as much as "the congregation of the elect". Various dictionaries point out that the word "church" actually derives from the Greek "kuriakon", meaning "the Lord's house" (which incidentally is never used in the Greek manuscripts).
One could argue that "ekklesia" does not include buildings or organisational hierarchies, for instance. When I read the Epistles and the Acts, it would seem to me that congregations gathered in private houses, and that all where considered equal in status.
I've had the privilege of experiencing firsthand, for a number of years now, that a congregation can function very well without owning real estate or paying salaries or even fixing dogma on every little thing. Well, I suppose that the RCC will continue selling their franchises as long as there is demand for it, not that it bothers me.
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It's like when they claim that applying the brakes of a car make it go slower or stop. However, this can not be taken to mean that any car that goes slower has its brakes applied. Some cars also slow down or stop because they ran out of fuel, the engine cut out, they ran into a tree, or a multitude of other reasons. (However, it is still true for the vast majority of cases where the car slows down or stops, the brakes where used by the driver.)
And I surely hope that this has not been thought of by someone previously, because as true as hell I just sucked it out of my thumb this minute.
Hey, I know a guy whom it would be somewhat of a stretch to call "conservative". I mean, his house is really messy. That's probably how the fire started that burned it down, come to think of it.
He had insurance, but was really p'd to loose his book collection. Especially since he hadn't finished the colouring the second of the two yet.
If I could tag comments, goodluckwiththat would apply.
Not to worry, your cynicism with government will reach a sufficient level in due course. Give it a couple of years.
That's only if you disregard the 2 inch-thick windows with the funny greenish tint :-)
Nothing says "mean" like a machine gun mounted in your sunroof.
that will fly like a lead zeppelin. What next? Roll-down windows for submarines?
I guess slashdotters have been able to post first posts as soon as they type them for some time now.
Anyhow, WHY isn't this under Idle???? (Says me, who was interested in 3 stories earlier today and all of them where under Idle.)
How are the terrorists gonna claim responsibility after this???
As a non-USian, I might be clueless, but wouldn't it be easier for congress to simply stop said department (an extension of the US government) snooping people's data? It's not as if child pron (as an example) will make a plane fall out of the sky or crash into a building. And if they have good reason to believe one carries such data, aren't the normal, legal routes (warrants etc.) sufficient?
Seems this politico does not want the state to give up it's unlawfully usurped power over the population - just make it seem more palatable without needing any real action - DHS is a branch of government after all, and who else will the complaints go to than the government?
It still depends on the size of the field. Is that Soccer, Rugby or American Football? Aussie Football, Gaelic football? Perhaps harpastum, episkyros, kemari, Shrovetide football? :-)
How private is it if you boss can still look over your shoulder and see where you're at. Now if "privacy mode" can prevent that, THAT would be really privacy.
Oh, wait! Nevermind.....
A sure-fire (sorry) way of getting rid of the irritation that is so poetically referred to as a pebble (or pinch) in the shoe.
Seems that I did all those pesky logarithmic decay problems for Physics 101 in vain....
On a more serious note, how does this influence all those archaeological and geological dating techniques that are based on radioactive decay rates?
not the least of which is heat resistance to welding temperatures....
Facebook to the rescue...
And no, I'm only in my thirties now :-)
I think you very eloquently hit the nail on the head regarding the third world's problems. Problem is that one should think about the morrow even before having kids (including planning for cyclical periods of a relative lack of prosperity).
On the other hand, decades of socialist welfare conditions seems to have robbed westerners of the will to do their own forward planning too.
I'm not a chemist, but I understand that unleaded gasoline contains additives that are even more harmful to human health than the lead-based additives in leaded gas. Problem is that the lead "poisons"/renders useless the catalytic converter, while the cat will break down the harmful substances in unleaded.
Or to put it in other words: unleaded with cat is better than leaded without cat, but unleaded without cat is worse than leaded without cat.
In my locale, "unleaded" often meant the addition of a manganese compound, which while not harming the cat chemically, over time does clog up the fine honeycomb structure physically, rendering the thing useless. A well-known german marque (a three letter acronym) of luxury vehicles did some tests locally which brought this to light (not that anything was done about it).
Many vehicles are in a bad state of repair, due to the financial burden, and I can't see many vehicle owners replacing the (very expensive) cat if it gets clogged up or physically damaged. (Vehicles are also driven for longer before being replaced than in the Western countries in which they where designed.) Even the mentioned TLA marque unofficially will insert a normal section of pipe into the gap in your exhaust system once the cat comes out after 5 years or so.
So much for good intentions.....
I hear that on average, the Dutch are the tallest people. Now we know why.
I know many English translations write "church", but the translation I use (not English) translates it with the equivalent of "congregation", which IMO is closer to the original Greek and avoids much of the confusion.
So, if by "church" you mean a large overbearing organisation having the final say over every little detail from dogma to costume, I don't think the epistles support that. If by "church" you mean practically independent congregations, as you seem to be saying, then I would agree with you, although many mainstream denominations probably wouldn't.
What I see is that many denominations (even new ones that try to get out of (some of) the traps that mainstream denominations seem to have fallen in) still think that they need to put an authoritarian organisation in place as a first priority. Soon they realise that this requires money, employees, organisational structures, movable assets and real estate, investments, etc. etc. It doesn't take long before most of the organisation's time, energy and other resources are taken up again by just the upkeep of the organisation, to keep it running - as opposed to living and preaching the gospel.
Just to continue the pedanticism: the original Greek that is translated with "church" is "ekklesia", which means as much as "the congregation of the elect". Various dictionaries point out that the word "church" actually derives from the Greek "kuriakon", meaning "the Lord's house" (which incidentally is never used in the Greek manuscripts).
One could argue that "ekklesia" does not include buildings or organisational hierarchies, for instance. When I read the Epistles and the Acts, it would seem to me that congregations gathered in private houses, and that all where considered equal in status.
I've had the privilege of experiencing firsthand, for a number of years now, that a congregation can function very well without owning real estate or paying salaries or even fixing dogma on every little thing. Well, I suppose that the RCC will continue selling their franchises as long as there is demand for it, not that it bothers me.
Judging from the prevalence of ladies with said attributes in said city, I would say word-of-mouth advertising would be quite sufficient.
Then again, I only spent 3 months there, so maybe I missed something...
Not that I have RTFA or even the B'ing Summary, but still....
Or they could just post the link on /. when they're done.... What's the Mayan word for "slashdotting"?