You can see ads? I almost forgot what those were like... Perhaps you shouldn't be using the internet...
Gosh I guess, I've just reinstalled a now Win7 OS (clean) and using the basics, a 455 line HOSTS file from http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/ho... and no ads (something works better as my old HOSTS file blocks too much).
They were in a rush to get them up, a popular story was the critical job of building the dome to one of them, 24 hour round the clock overtime to gold plate that puppy. A friend of mine was studying to operate the reactors when in class they were told to grab their stuff as they no longer had a job and don't let the door swing into you on the way out. The dome was later cut up and sold as salvage, as was the rest of the equipment used.
"Energy Northwest (formerly Washington Public Power Supply System) is a United States public power joint operating agency formed by State law in 1957 to produce at-cost power for Northwest utilities. Headquartered in Richland, Washington, the WPPSS became commonly known as "Whoops" due to over-commitment to nuclear power in the 1970s which brought about financial collapse and the second largest municipal bond default in U.S. history."
"$2.25 billion. Washington State. Bonds issued to finance a nuclear power plant defaulted. Bondholders recovered about 40 percent of their principal and interestnearly 10 years later."
IE uses an ActiveX plugin for Flash, Firefox uses an nsplugin, Chrome has it built in. So yes, three different flash plugins, and three ways to update.
I've always seen the ActiveX as not installed
Flash Driver: ActiveX Version: Not Installed Plug-in Version : latest version
I show no default ActiveX running on my Win system other than HHCtrl Object - hhctrl.ocx Microsoft RPD Client Control - mstscax.dll ( Remote Desktop ActiveX control - go figure) Which I've disabled.
And thanks for the word on the flash update, one of the requirements anymore, like it or not; I can't even access my router with out flash.
I don't allow Internet explorer to run, nor have I since Win 3.x. To do so is an equivalent of Russian roulette, it may be good today, but tomorrow it's in the news for a hack out a week ago.
My first use of IE was to log on to Microsoft. I went to the downloads, found a game that sounded good and downloaded it. Only it didn't download, it started installing itself; I unplugged the computer.
It went against everything I saw as safe hex. I know now it was due to ActiveX another bad news MS creation.
I went to Netscape, then to Opera (neither run ActiveX) - Now I guess FireFox as Opera has stepped out.
I use Winpatrol and disable all ActiveX (but two that are required for a game I play (for features I don't use)). My firewall is set to block IE (first thing I do), it will load but it can't cause any damage.
"An abundance of documentation", despite the fact that the guy who created the game, who knew everyone who worked at Atari at the time, had no knowledge of it happening. What documentation do you have that's more credible than that? Made up documentation, perhaps?
I've always taken the burial as fact, (by whatever article I read of it at the time). The author was told by one who had been in the party that buried them. Difference being it was said they were taken out and disposed of "where nobody could ever find them again", never mentioned it being a garbage dump.
Well I have been Samsung. Nice Smart TV with decent processor+application set.
HOWEVER....
They no longer update it. I got my two updates and that is all I get. Netflix has new but NO the update is unavailable on this model.
I have a nice Android phone but wait I have been Samstung again. They no longer update it. The version of the Android kernel does not use the graphics accelerator and the battery life STINKS.
In all fairness there are two troublesome actors here: AT&T and Samsung.
My tablet is not exactly as bad but it also has hit its update limit for the core Android bits.
I have a Motorola Xoom tablet very nice, much nicer due to CyanogenMod, Team Win (TWRP) and now Omni (thank you). I rooted it long ago, it stopped getting updates at 4.1, Omni took it to 4.2.2 and right into the openSSL problem (Netflix); but Motorola said it couldn't take it past 4.1; Omni reformatted the drive structure, ah hacker's gotta appreciate em.
T-Mobile MyTouch is my cell phone and a bear to root, it updated just after I got it and that was it, stuck at 2.3.4. The update was just to block rooting and a good one it was.
The pre-installed software assumes I'm a social fanatic, I don't have Google+ as I told them I don't do the social crap (at which point they joined two of my accounts into one -Grin- (when I log in to youtube, I'm given a choice between the two)).
$55 Drone that could have your kid in jail, or hero for finding lost "stuff"; it's hit or miss. WLToys V959 Future Battleship 4-Axis Gyro IR RC Remote Control UFO Quadcopter Helicopter Camera http://www.newegg.com/Product/...
Ethan Kidnapping (child kidnapping case in Alabama. ):
"The FBI had borrowed from the U.S. military high-tech detection equipment similar to the technology used to discover homemade bombs in war zones, three Defense Department officials told CNN.
It was unclear whether the equipment, which is not readily available to civilian law enforcement, had been used by the FBI.
One of the defense officials said no members of the military were involved in the rescue. They would have been acting a technical advisers, the official said."
and we are one step closer to a 1984 'Big Brother is watching' world....
Or a jump...
I bought a SAMSUNG UN32F6300AFXZA smart HDTV as a computer monitor.
If you don't like what the product does, just don't buy them.
That wasn't a complaint. I bought exactly what I wanted (well it was to be 120 Hz) and it suits my needs perfectly, it's the features that you start getting into tracking. I don't use the any of the features, nor have I acquiring an account, and as long as I don't hook the lan into it (allow it's WiFi) I'll have no problems.
I've read the ToS (there are two), and Privacy Policy I know what I can and can't do, and how to prevent the shout-outs.
I posted about the HDTV to show that other people have the same system in their domiciles, and no clue to what is happening, it's very rare for "anybody" to read a ToS or Privacy Policies, I do.
It was a comparison to the Xbox and it's kinetic whose ToS and Privacy policy I haven't read yet know it will be much less of a tracker due to public opinion and all the noise about it, Have you heard a thing about a HDTV as a tracker? Of course not, they are under the radar.
Like I said my HDTV is one hell of a data miner if used as it's meant to be used, I use it as a computer monitor.
I have *0* respect for a person who submits to photographs, fingerprints, credit checks or drug tests to get a job.
I have an FBI file, being cleared by them for a job I enjoyed and got lots of money doing it. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad -Meat Loaf. The loss of your respect was comforted by the money being made.
Was required to obtain a Q clearance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q... before 1993, after that date there is no FBI involvement There was also only one type of Q clearance (the link mentions two); I was a Q clearance with assess to vital areas.
On the bright side I now have a list of all the places I've lived, even their addresses which were many, (Air Force Brat). My Mom worked there as well so she did the leg work for past residences required for the PSQ (what needs to be filled out, and your request for a clearance).
You can request all of the information they have on file for you, through the Freedom of Information act. I wanted to see what others said about me:} so got mine - You can pick up the paper work for the request at any government office, and it doesn't take that long to be mailed to you.
While I haven't read the Xbox ToS and Privacy statements; I have read the ones for this HDTV, it's one hell of a data miner that claims it's jurisdiction in some city in South Korea.
It can match the Xbox and Kinetic for intrusiveness and I'm sure surpass it.
The difference is you must supply a webcam for the HDTV, this is used for gestures (no joke).
With a built in WiFi, it will most likely be connected to the Internet 100% of the time, this is to use it's features, which includes social applications; so when someone hits a like button of yours somewhere it shows on your screen -being an example.
Everything you do, and watch with this HDTV is monitored and saved, this is for it's "S Recommendation" feature.
I only use it as a monitor (the price was right), and have yet to establish an account for it; which is part of it's features set-up.
Some of it's features (which I have no use for).
Smart TV The Samsung Smart TV finds the movies and TV shows you like – and more. Navigate within the 5 Smart Hub content panels. Easily discover movies, shows, and social posts with less searching and more watching.
Smart Hub Our new interface organizes your entertainment and content into 5 convenient panels: On TV, Movies and TV Shows, Social, Apps, and a panel for your Photos, Videos and Music.
S Recommendation Find something good to watch. Simply click the recommend button on the remote to get instant recommended shows that are on now.
Full Web Browser All the benefits of full web browsing, right on your TV. From social sites like Facebook and Twitter to news, weather, entertainment, blogs and more. Discover even more content possibilities with your Smart TV.
Built-in WiFi With WiFi built right into the TV, no additional equipment is needed to connect with an existing wireless router in your home network and start browsing the web, accessing Samsung Apps or other Smart TV features.
It's also not 120Hz as claimed but 60Hz, I watch TV with my Plasma 600Hz HDTV which is also 60Hz.
that is because of the Obama's administration ineptitude.
Obama has really turned the tables.
I think it was wrong to go into Iraq, more so for the reason(s) given. But a show of force is never a bad thing.
China said it was going to set up a permanent base on the Moon, a week later the U.S. is once again on the lets go to the Moon band wagon. This lasted as long as there was the "money was no object" attitude of the U.S. people.
With the with problems in Ukraine recently. Obama's weak and harmless "conditions", had Vladimir Putin grinning. You can read Putin in Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin statement of "now lets go to Mars" approach of US. space flight. which I see as Obama being mooned (Grin).
lobbying is such a sterile word that it's taken in stride, but if another word with the same meaning were to be used, it would take on a different air. like say, influencing.
Filled in all the spaces (not phone, not required) hit sign me up and nothing happened. I'd expected to be taken to another page or some acknowledgment.
When we played Civilization 1 we just assumed the next version would involve the Moon at least, as to win the game; was to conquer the world, or be the first to launch a space ship, when it takes off that's game.
And play it we did, but how much of a step can it be to continue on the moon.
Play the heck out of the Civilization, Microsoft did jump in with Ages of Empires 1 and 11 (only ones I played) which I felt a much better game, but they did have one to copy from.
That said, naming names of an engineer is a really bad precedent. What is the goal GM is trying to achieve here. Do they want people to go break the guy's windows? Burn down his house? Call him in the middle of the night or deliver pizza? Apart from potentially removing the guy's livelihood for the remainder of his life because no-one wants to hire 'that guy' ever again, and a lot of abuse being targeted his way, what will this achieve?
In all fairness the company didn't name the employees.
Reading the first article in the summery; right after they are named, the next paragraph has a link from "GM was first aware of a switch problem in 2001, then in 2004 Altman experienced the ignition-switch problem firsthand."
Following that link it's mentioned: GM didn't identify the two suspended engineers, but people familiar with the matter said they are Ray DeGiorgio, the switch engineer for the small cars in the recall, and Gary Altman, the chief development engineer from 2000 to 2005 for the cars.
"I would assume Catholics alone would have a history of it" You sir or madame are an ignorant bigoted ass hole.
I'm favor no religion but have followed many (not been part of) the Catholics ruled the word for ages. Catholics chased off the Pilgrims who came to the U.S. to avoid religious prosecution. Even now while it's been very peaceful, the Catholics (IRA) have been fighting against the Protestants in Belfast Ireland since the early 1970's.
Catholics were responsible for the crusades, and when the "new world" was being plundered, the heathen were killed in the name of the Catholic church. The Catholic church sent many priest to teach the new people the ways of the Catholic religion.
Mesoamerican's who used Amaranth as part of their pagan celebrations were banned from growing it under penalty of death , starving them as this was a major food staple of theirs (80% of their caloric consumption before the conquest). - This would be akin to outlawing wheat. Amaranth is slowly becoming renowned for it's food value once more.
Bernardino de Sahagún (1499 – October 23, 1590) was a Franciscan friar, who participated in the Catholic evangelization of colonial New Spain (now Mexico); was one that made the locals burn the Aztec Codex (their Culture) vast piles of these were burned (day and night it was said). 20 years later, he took it upon himself (guilt) to put the Mesoamericans history back in order by creating a Codex from memory and asking the locals for help. It's known as the Florentine Codex of which he is now renowned (...).
No I don't think the Catholic religion had much use for the handicapped back then. The article says the Deaf can't go to heaven cause they can't know faith, can you imagine how the deaf were seen by the Catholic's?
Searching for "famous deaf people throughout history" The earliest I find - not working that hard at it, (but they should be obvious) was: Teresa de Cartagena, 15th Century Spanish nun who had become deaf, was exceptional in her time in confronting her deafness and gaining fame as a religious writer (example of God's humor). Other than her, the list starts out around 1866 with Cadwallader Washbum. Something stunted their talents in the past.
People expect Linux to look like Windows. I'm just starting out with Linux (Mint) I think I have the version that will work for me linuxmint-16-kde-dvd-64bit but I don't know - not a problem there are 6 other versions of the same OS http://www.linuxmint.com/downl...
I've installed it before, wanting to get into the terminal (to learn it) is a chore, everything is set up in a GUI, the terminal you can't short cut to, no easy way to access it other than going into the menu and selecting it. Because it's suppose to look like Windows.
<quote><p>I would recommend plain ol' Ubuntu since, imho, they have made the most polished Linux desktop experience for those with no prior linux experience. If you're worried that Unity may be sensory overload for some of your users -- consider installing Xubuntu and doing a little customization to give it the same general feel that your user's XP desktop would have.</p></quote>
And there it is, another version of Linux that better than the one mentioned. As sure as Salt is next to Pepper there is always a better Linux than what your running or being suggested.
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>I don't allow Internet explorer to run, nor have I since Win 3.x
IE was introduced with Windows 95 OSR 2.1, IIRC.
Your right it wasn't 3.1, but 95. I don't know what version, it was the client that came with NT 4.0.
You can see ads? I almost forgot what those were like... Perhaps you shouldn't be using the internet...
Gosh I guess, I've just reinstalled a now Win7 OS (clean) and using the basics, a 455 line HOSTS file from
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/ho... and no ads (something works better as my old HOSTS file blocks too much).
They were in a rush to get them up, a popular story was the critical job of building the dome to one of them, 24 hour round the clock overtime to gold plate that puppy. A friend of mine was studying to operate the reactors when in class they were told to grab their stuff as they no longer had a job and don't let the door swing into you on the way out. The dome was later cut up and sold as salvage, as was the rest of the equipment used.
"Energy Northwest (formerly Washington Public Power Supply System) is a United States public power joint operating agency formed by State law in 1957 to produce at-cost power for Northwest utilities. Headquartered in Richland, Washington, the WPPSS became commonly known as "Whoops" due to over-commitment to nuclear power in the 1970s which brought about financial collapse and the second largest municipal bond default in U.S. history."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...
A lot of people got hurt over that one.
"$2.25 billion. Washington State. Bonds issued to finance a nuclear power plant defaulted. Bondholders recovered about 40 percent of their principal and interestnearly 10 years later."
http://money.usnews.com/money/...
IE uses an ActiveX plugin for Flash, Firefox uses an nsplugin, Chrome has it built in. So yes, three different flash plugins, and three ways to update.
I've always seen the ActiveX as not installed
Flash Driver:
ActiveX Version: Not Installed
Plug-in Version : latest version
I show no default ActiveX running on my Win system other than
HHCtrl Object - hhctrl.ocx
Microsoft RPD Client Control - mstscax.dll ( Remote Desktop ActiveX control - go figure)
Which I've disabled.
And thanks for the word on the flash update, one of the requirements anymore, like it or not; I can't even access my router with out flash.
I don't allow Internet explorer to run, nor have I since Win 3.x. To do so is an equivalent of Russian roulette, it may be good today, but tomorrow it's in the news for a hack out a week ago.
My first use of IE was to log on to Microsoft. I went to the downloads, found a game that sounded good and downloaded it. Only it didn't download, it started installing itself; I unplugged the computer.
It went against everything I saw as safe hex. I know now it was due to ActiveX another bad news MS creation.
I went to Netscape, then to Opera (neither run ActiveX) - Now I guess FireFox as Opera has stepped out.
I use Winpatrol and disable all ActiveX (but two that are required for a game I play (for features I don't use)). My firewall is set to block IE (first thing I do), it will load but it can't cause any damage.
"An abundance of documentation", despite the fact that the guy who created the game, who knew everyone who worked at Atari at the time, had no knowledge of it happening. What documentation do you have that's more credible than that? Made up documentation, perhaps?
I've always taken the burial as fact, (by whatever article I read of it at the time). The author was told by one who had been in the party that buried them. Difference being it was said they were taken out and disposed of "where nobody could ever find them again", never mentioned it being a garbage dump.
I looked at Snopes yet the page doesn't show for me, http://www.snopes.com/business... so I don't know what others thought of it.
Person who created the game pry wasn't the most popular person around Atari at that time.
"Nevertheless, police raided this home and intend to charge whoever was responsible for the account for false impersonation of a public official."
I have a hotspot up (as per EFF https://www.eff.org/), at this time 3 people are using it, I may have hassles over it but I've got the time.
Since 99% of the people have never read a ToS, it's safe to assume it won't be a problem, ignorance of the law is a defense.
My rights to sue are forbidden.
I don't have a cite but it's been challenged in court and found to be an unobtainable right (USA).
"technical advisers"
technical adviser = either a 0 or a 1
technical adviser = apply the bandage to the wound
technical adviser = just pull the trigger
That one put me on the list...
Well I have been Samsung.
Nice Smart TV with decent processor+application set.
HOWEVER....
They no longer update it. I got my two updates and that is
all I get. Netflix has new but NO the update is unavailable
on this model.
I have a nice Android phone but wait I have been Samstung again.
They no longer update it. The version of the Android kernel does
not use the graphics accelerator and the battery life STINKS.
In all fairness there are two troublesome actors here: AT&T and Samsung.
My tablet is not exactly as bad but it also has hit its update
limit for the core Android bits.
I have a Motorola Xoom tablet very nice, much nicer due to CyanogenMod, Team Win (TWRP) and now Omni (thank you).
I rooted it long ago, it stopped getting updates at 4.1, Omni took it to 4.2.2 and right into the openSSL problem (Netflix); but Motorola said it couldn't take it past 4.1; Omni reformatted the drive structure, ah hacker's gotta appreciate em.
T-Mobile MyTouch is my cell phone and a bear to root, it updated just after I got it and that was it, stuck at 2.3.4. The update was just to block rooting and a good one it was.
The pre-installed software assumes I'm a social fanatic, I don't have Google+ as I told them I don't do the social crap (at which point they joined two of my accounts into one -Grin- (when I log in to youtube, I'm given a choice between the two)).
$55 Drone that could have your kid in jail, or hero for finding lost "stuff"; it's hit or miss.
WLToys V959 Future Battleship 4-Axis Gyro IR RC Remote Control UFO Quadcopter Helicopter Camera
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...
Doh! it's deeper than it reads.
Ethan Kidnapping (child kidnapping case in Alabama. ):
"The FBI had borrowed from the U.S. military high-tech detection equipment similar to the technology used to discover homemade bombs in war zones, three Defense Department officials told CNN.
It was unclear whether the equipment, which is not readily available to civilian law enforcement, had been used by the FBI.
One of the defense officials said no members of the military were involved in the rescue. They would have been acting a technical advisers, the official said."
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/04/...
and we are one step closer to a 1984 'Big Brother is watching' world....
Or a jump...
I bought a SAMSUNG UN32F6300AFXZA smart HDTV as a computer monitor.
If you don't like what the product does, just don't buy them.
That wasn't a complaint. I bought exactly what I wanted (well it was to be 120 Hz) and it suits my needs perfectly, it's the features that you start getting into tracking. I don't use the any of the features, nor have I acquiring an account, and as long as I don't hook the lan into it (allow it's WiFi) I'll have no problems.
I've read the ToS (there are two), and Privacy Policy I know what I can and can't do, and how to prevent the shout-outs.
I posted about the HDTV to show that other people have the same system in their domiciles, and no clue to what is happening, it's very rare for "anybody" to read a ToS or Privacy Policies, I do.
It was a comparison to the Xbox and it's kinetic whose ToS and Privacy policy I haven't read yet know it will be much less of a tracker due to public opinion and all the noise about it, Have you heard a thing about a HDTV as a tracker? Of course not, they are under the radar.
Like I said my HDTV is one hell of a data miner if used as it's meant to be used, I use it as a computer monitor.
I have *0* respect for a person who submits to photographs, fingerprints, credit checks or drug tests to get a job.
I have an FBI file, being cleared by them for a job I enjoyed and got lots of money doing it. Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad -Meat Loaf.
The loss of your respect was comforted by the money being made.
Was required to obtain a Q clearance http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q... before 1993, after that date there is no FBI involvement There was also only one type of Q clearance (the link mentions two); I was a Q clearance with assess to vital areas.
On the bright side I now have a list of all the places I've lived, even their addresses which were many, (Air Force Brat). My Mom worked there as well so she did the leg work for past residences required for the PSQ (what needs to be filled out, and your request for a clearance).
You can request all of the information they have on file for you, through the Freedom of Information act. I wanted to see what others said about me :} so got mine - You can pick up the paper work for the request at any government office, and it doesn't take that long to be mailed to you.
and we are one step closer to a 1984 'Big Brother is watching' world....
Or a jump...
I bought a SAMSUNG UN32F6300AFXZA smart HDTV as a computer monitor.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...
While I haven't read the Xbox ToS and Privacy statements; I have read the ones for this HDTV, it's one hell of a data miner that claims it's jurisdiction in some city in South Korea.
It can match the Xbox and Kinetic for intrusiveness and I'm sure surpass it.
The difference is you must supply a webcam for the HDTV, this is used for gestures (no joke).
With a built in WiFi, it will most likely be connected to the Internet 100% of the time, this is to use it's features, which includes social applications; so when someone hits a like button of yours somewhere it shows on your screen -being an example.
Everything you do, and watch with this HDTV is monitored and saved, this is for it's "S Recommendation" feature.
I only use it as a monitor (the price was right), and have yet to establish an account for it; which is part of it's features set-up.
Some of it's features (which I have no use for).
Smart TV
The Samsung Smart TV finds the movies and TV shows you like – and more. Navigate within the 5 Smart Hub content panels. Easily discover movies, shows, and social posts with less searching and more watching.
Smart Hub
Our new interface organizes your entertainment and content into 5 convenient panels: On TV, Movies and TV Shows, Social, Apps, and a panel for your Photos, Videos and Music.
S Recommendation
Find something good to watch. Simply click the recommend button on the remote to get instant recommended shows that are on now.
Full Web Browser
All the benefits of full web browsing, right on your TV. From social sites like Facebook and Twitter to news, weather, entertainment, blogs and more. Discover even more content possibilities with your Smart TV.
Built-in WiFi
With WiFi built right into the TV, no additional equipment is needed to connect with an existing wireless router in your home network and start browsing the web, accessing Samsung Apps or other Smart TV features.
It's also not 120Hz as claimed but 60Hz, I watch TV with my Plasma 600Hz HDTV which is also 60Hz.
Obama has really turned the tables.
I think it was wrong to go into Iraq, more so for the reason(s) given. But a show of force is never a bad thing.
China said it was going to set up a permanent base on the Moon, a week later the U.S. is once again on the lets go to the Moon band wagon. This lasted as long as there was the "money was no object" attitude of the U.S. people.
With the with problems in Ukraine recently. Obama's weak and harmless "conditions", had Vladimir Putin grinning. You can read Putin in Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin statement of "now lets go to Mars" approach of US. space flight. which I see as Obama being mooned (Grin).
This is as close as I get to politics.
lobbying is such a sterile word that it's taken in stride, but if another word with the same meaning were to be used, it would take on a different air. like say, influencing.
Filled in all the spaces (not phone, not required) hit sign me up and nothing happened. I'd expected to be taken to another page or some acknowledgment.
When we played Civilization 1 we just assumed the next version would involve the Moon at least, as to win the game; was to conquer the world, or be the first to launch a space ship, when it takes off that's game.
And play it we did, but how much of a step can it be to continue on the moon.
Play the heck out of the Civilization, Microsoft did jump in with Ages of Empires 1 and 11 (only ones I played) which I felt a much better game, but they did have one to copy from.
That said, naming names of an engineer is a really bad precedent. What is the goal GM is trying to achieve here. Do they want people to go break the guy's windows? Burn down his house? Call him in the middle of the night or deliver pizza? Apart from potentially removing the guy's livelihood for the remainder of his life because no-one wants to hire 'that guy' ever again, and a lot of abuse being targeted his way, what will this achieve?
In all fairness the company didn't name the employees.
Reading the first article in the summery; right after they are named, the next paragraph has a link from "GM was first aware of a switch problem in 2001, then in 2004 Altman experienced the ignition-switch problem firsthand."
Following that link it's mentioned:
GM didn't identify the two suspended engineers, but people familiar with the matter said they are Ray DeGiorgio, the switch engineer for the small cars in the recall, and Gary Altman, the chief development engineer from 2000 to 2005 for the cars.
Whew thought I had posted already - no need for you to search for a link - http://www.usatoday.com/story/...
I foresee, they will find cheaper ingredients as time past.,, the hard part is what to call it, "Man made fake shrimp" or plawns a whole new word.
"I would assume Catholics alone would have a history of it"
You sir or madame are an ignorant bigoted ass hole.
I'm favor no religion but have followed many (not been part of) the Catholics ruled the word for ages. Catholics chased off the Pilgrims who came to the U.S. to avoid religious prosecution. Even now while it's been very peaceful, the Catholics (IRA) have been fighting against the Protestants in Belfast Ireland since the early 1970's.
Catholics were responsible for the crusades, and when the "new world" was being plundered, the heathen were killed in the name of the Catholic church. The Catholic church sent many priest to teach the new people the ways of the Catholic religion.
Mesoamerican's who used Amaranth as part of their pagan celebrations were banned from growing it under penalty of death , starving them as this was a major food staple of theirs (80% of their caloric consumption before the conquest). - This would be akin to outlawing wheat. Amaranth is slowly becoming renowned for it's food value once more.
Bernardino de Sahagún (1499 – October 23, 1590) was a Franciscan friar, who participated in the Catholic evangelization of colonial New Spain (now Mexico); was one that made the locals burn the Aztec Codex (their Culture) vast piles of these were burned (day and night it was said).
20 years later, he took it upon himself (guilt) to put the Mesoamericans history back in order by creating a Codex from memory and asking the locals for help. It's known as the Florentine Codex of which he is now renowned (...).
No I don't think the Catholic religion had much use for the handicapped back then. The article says the Deaf can't go to heaven cause they can't know faith, can you imagine how the deaf were seen by the Catholic's?
Searching for "famous deaf people throughout history"
The earliest I find - not working that hard at it, (but they should be obvious) was:
Teresa de Cartagena, 15th Century Spanish nun who had become deaf, was exceptional in her time in confronting her deafness and gaining fame as a religious writer (example of God's humor).
Other than her, the list starts out around 1866 with Cadwallader Washbum. Something stunted their talents in the past.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...ún
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...
http://deafpeople.com/history/
Sure it can... but for the love of God--why??
People expect Linux to look like Windows. I'm just starting out with Linux (Mint) I think I have the version that will work for me linuxmint-16-kde-dvd-64bit but I don't know - not a problem there are 6 other versions of the same OS http://www.linuxmint.com/downl...
I've installed it before, wanting to get into the terminal (to learn it) is a chore, everything is set up in a GUI, the terminal you can't short cut to, no easy way to access it other than going into the menu and selecting it. Because it's suppose to look like Windows.
<quote><p>I would recommend plain ol' Ubuntu since, imho, they have made the most polished Linux desktop experience for those with no prior linux experience. If you're worried that Unity may be sensory overload for some of your users -- consider installing Xubuntu and doing a little customization to give it the same general feel that your user's XP desktop would have.</p></quote>
And there it is, another version of Linux that better than the one mentioned. As sure as Salt is next to Pepper there is always a better Linux than what your running or being suggested.