In an admittedly short search, the only address I could find by Pope John Paul II to a Cosmology conference is this one, which was given at a conference in 1985. It does not say anything about avoiding any particular aspect of the creation of the Universe.
Another side note, it was never the teaching of the Church that the Universe revolved around the sun. This is a common misconception.
This article reminds me of the news stories about the effects of Doom on the guys who killed so many kids at Columbine.
While I do not, in any way, believe that this sort of thing could bring about a reduced culpability for crimes committed, I wonder if there was any truth to the news claims about a link between Doom and Columbine.
The "freedom of speech" that the ACLU is protecting in the case of the KKK protest is drastically different than the "speech" of spammers.
Suppose a KKK rally group walked in your front door and "demonstrated" in your living room. Freedom of speech certainly doesn't protect the action of trespassing.
The root of the difference is that the KKK demonstration is held in a public place. You can go home to get away from it. Spammers send spam to your email account. Your particular email address/server/ISP, etc are all privately "owned" things, similar to your house. Freedom of speech and demonstration of the masses do not trump the right to privacy (or the property rights) of the individual.
501(c)3 organizations are prohibited by the tax exempt tax laws from making any endorsement of, or any published statement against any candidate for an upcoming election.
This all could be related to IRS suspecting a violation of tax law.
Not being too informed about indymedia in particular, this is just a guess on my part. However, the way that other/.'ers portray indymedia in posts, it seems possible to me that indymedia has made or published direct support for or direct statements against candidates for election.
Should Linux be marketed as Linux (kernel only) touting the power, efficiency, customizability? Or should it be associated with popular programs such as XFree86, Apache, GNOME/KDE, etc? It seems that the association with other packages could be detrimental to the overall image of Linux. One of the biggest selling points (in my opinion) is the versatility and open options that Linux allows. Is the association with these packages good or bad as far as marketing Linux is concerned?
Blaming guns for the actions of people is just as stupid and ridiculous as blaming video games. Both video games and guns are inanimate objects and thus can not be blamed for anything. People ultimately are responsible for their actions, whether they be good, bad, indifferent... whether they use a gun, a fork, a knife, a car, a pipe bomb, a chainsaw, or any other inanimate object that could be used to cause someone harm.
Think about the logistics of blaming inanimate objects for human actions. In the meantime, I'll be as responsible with my guns as you are with your chainsaw.
Can we possibly trust closed source software to run our own voting systems? The source should be open both to ensure that it is reliable and sound and also as a tool for the general public to reference for similar projects.
It still amazes me... what the hell is our government doing? Asking Microsoft to write software within a YEAR of our courts finding them guilty of violating antitrust laws?
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Bank routing numbers and account numbers appear on any check you write or receive. This information is just one step away from being public anyway.
In an admittedly short search, the only address I could find by Pope John Paul II to a Cosmology conference is this one, which was given at a conference in 1985. It does not say anything about avoiding any particular aspect of the creation of the Universe. Another side note, it was never the teaching of the Church that the Universe revolved around the sun. This is a common misconception.
This article reminds me of the news stories about the effects of Doom on the guys who killed so many kids at Columbine.
While I do not, in any way, believe that this sort of thing could bring about a reduced culpability for crimes committed, I wonder if there was any truth to the news claims about a link between Doom and Columbine.
The "freedom of speech" that the ACLU is protecting in the case of the KKK protest is drastically different than the "speech" of spammers.
Suppose a KKK rally group walked in your front door and "demonstrated" in your living room. Freedom of speech certainly doesn't protect the action of trespassing.
The root of the difference is that the KKK demonstration is held in a public place. You can go home to get away from it. Spammers send spam to your email account. Your particular email address/server/ISP, etc are all privately "owned" things, similar to your house. Freedom of speech and demonstration of the masses do not trump the right to privacy (or the property rights) of the individual.
501(c)3 organizations are prohibited by the tax exempt tax laws from making any endorsement of, or any published statement against any candidate for an upcoming election.
/.'ers portray indymedia in posts, it seems possible to me that indymedia has made or published direct support for or direct statements against candidates for election.
This all could be related to IRS suspecting a violation of tax law.
Not being too informed about indymedia in particular, this is just a guess on my part. However, the way that other
I fail to see why this is newsworthy? So some LUG president gets upset about politics, does anyone really care?
Should Linux be marketed as Linux (kernel only) touting the power, efficiency, customizability? Or should it be associated with popular programs such as XFree86, Apache, GNOME/KDE, etc? It seems that the association with other packages could be detrimental to the overall image of Linux. One of the biggest selling points (in my opinion) is the versatility and open options that Linux allows. Is the association with these packages good or bad as far as marketing Linux is concerned?
Uhh... You should rethink a few things man...
Blaming guns for the actions of people is just as stupid and ridiculous as blaming video games. Both video games and guns are inanimate objects and thus can not be blamed for anything. People ultimately are responsible for their actions, whether they be good, bad, indifferent... whether they use a gun, a fork, a knife, a car, a pipe bomb, a chainsaw, or any other inanimate object that could be used to cause someone harm.
Think about the logistics of blaming inanimate objects for human actions. In the meantime, I'll be as responsible with my guns as you are with your chainsaw.
-Quin
In regards to what? Looking out for my best interests and preserving my freedoms? Neither does a satisfactory job in either catagory.
Can we possibly trust closed source software to run our own voting systems? The source should be open both to ensure that it is reliable and sound and also as a tool for the general public to reference for similar projects.
It still amazes me... what the hell is our government doing? Asking Microsoft to write software within a YEAR of our courts finding them guilty of violating antitrust laws?