Hmmm... we have one set up right now (okay, so it has an external hard drive, but still). The base unit is a sparcbook, hooked up to the ethernet in our dorm room. Solaris is the OS (the only one that will currently boot, since the graphics chipset wasn't supported) and music exported through nfs and samba. 'tis a beautiful thing...
The Spamkilling Personal Interface (Tactical, Enhanced). Tis a very nice tool.
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Earlier today, I was at a funeral for a friend.
Her name was Cassie. I met her when she walked into my youth group two years ago, where she continued to come until she was murdered last tuesday. She was a wonderful person, and I've never seen her say anything that would 'make life hell' for anyone, including verbal abuse or talking behind someone's back. She was a person you could always call on if you needed someone to talk with, and spent a lot of her spare time downtown at Victory Outreach, a ministry in Five Points that helps people fresh out of prision that want to change. But, I guess that according to you she was heartless, cold and evil.
I don't think that anyone deserved to die in this situation. Did you know any of the victims -or- the killers? If so, then you can say that they deserved to die- then that would be an valid opinion. But if you don't know them, how can you say they all deserved to die?
I guess I'm kinda at the epicenter of all of this. Last year I graduated from Chatfield, a school thats about ten miles away from Columbine- we were the school that was built after Columbine got too crowded back in '85. I go to church locally there. There were forty people in the youth group that went to Columbine. Today, we're short one. The girl that was praying in the library was my friend- they came in, held up a gun to her head and asked her if she believed in God. She said yes, and was shot. Murdered for her beliefs. One of the nicest people I've ever met.
So people are throwing fingers in every which way, trying to find out what caused this. I don't know exactly what it was caused by, but I know that many of the things they point at are simply symptoms, not the problem itself. So the kids liked to dress darkly and write death poetry. Was this the cause? I doubt it. And to pointing at the jocks as the reason? Heh. I got teased as much as anyone while I was in school. That may have been a contributing factor, something that pushed them over the edge, but again I don't think it was the overlying cause.
There are many factors to this. Everyone seems to be trying to find something to point the finger at. That ain't the way. This is much too complex to have just one single cause. I wish people would stop trying to classify people by group and start looking at them as people. Listen to 'Unity' by Op Ivy sometime. Thats what I'm talkin about. We are all different, but we are all the same.
I am shaking as I look back over the events of the last few days. I personally believe that the problem is much deeper than it seems- that gun laws will not solve it. But I digress.
I go to West Bowles Community Church, in Littleton, Colorado. Last year, I graduated from Chatfield High School, about ten miles away from Columbine. We were the sister school, the one that was built when Columbine ran out of room. We have about ninty regulars in the high school youth group. Forty of those were from Columbine. Three were in that library.
Two came out.
One of my friends was murdered. In cold blood. She was not some jerk, but one of the sweetest people I've ever met. She was in the library studying and when they came in, she started praying. They came over to her and placed the gun to her head and asked her if she believed in God. She said yes. They shot her. Killed for her belief.
Quite frankly, I would be shocked if the church did not do their part. There was a need for some place to greive. For everyone to find out. I'm sorry if this sounded like an attack, it was not meant as one. I just wanted to clarify where we're coming from.
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Hmmm... we have one set up right now (okay, so it has an external hard drive, but still). The base unit is a sparcbook, hooked up to the ethernet in our dorm room. Solaris is the OS (the only one that will currently boot, since the graphics chipset wasn't supported) and music exported through nfs and samba. 'tis a beautiful thing...
The Spamkilling Personal Interface (Tactical, Enhanced). Tis a very nice tool.
Earlier today, I was at a funeral for a friend.
Her name was Cassie. I met her when she walked into my youth group two years ago, where she continued to come until she was murdered last tuesday. She was a wonderful person, and I've never seen her say anything that would 'make life hell' for anyone, including verbal abuse or talking behind someone's back. She was a person you could always call on if you needed someone to talk with, and spent a lot of her spare time downtown at Victory Outreach, a ministry in Five Points that helps people fresh out of prision that want to change. But, I guess that according to you she was heartless, cold and evil.
I don't think that anyone deserved to die in this situation. Did you know any of the victims -or- the killers? If so, then you can say that they deserved to die- then that would be an valid opinion. But if you don't know them, how can you say they all deserved to die?
I guess I'm kinda at the epicenter of all of this. Last year I graduated from Chatfield, a school thats about ten miles away from Columbine- we were the school that was built after Columbine got too crowded back in '85. I go to church locally there. There were forty people in the youth group that went to Columbine. Today, we're short one. The girl that was praying in the library was my friend- they came in, held up a gun to her head and asked her if she believed in God. She said yes, and was shot. Murdered for her beliefs. One of the nicest people I've ever met.
So people are throwing fingers in every which way, trying to find out what caused this. I don't know exactly what it was caused by, but I know that many of the things they point at are simply symptoms, not the problem itself. So the kids liked to dress darkly and write death poetry. Was this the cause? I doubt it. And to pointing at the jocks as the reason? Heh. I got teased as much as anyone while I was in school. That may have been a contributing factor, something that pushed them over the edge, but again I don't think it was the overlying cause.
There are many factors to this. Everyone seems to be trying to find something to point the finger at. That ain't the way. This is much too complex to have just one single cause. I wish people would stop trying to classify people by group and start looking at them as people. Listen to 'Unity' by Op Ivy sometime. Thats what I'm talkin about. We are all different, but we are all the same.
I am shaking as I look back over the events of the last few days. I personally believe that the problem is much deeper than it seems- that gun laws will not solve it. But I digress.
I go to West Bowles Community Church, in Littleton, Colorado. Last year, I graduated from Chatfield High School, about ten miles away from Columbine. We were the sister school, the one that was built when Columbine ran out of room. We have about ninty regulars in the high school youth group. Forty of those were from Columbine. Three were in that library.
Two came out.
One of my friends was murdered. In cold blood. She was not some jerk, but one of the sweetest people I've ever met. She was in the library studying and when they came in, she started praying. They came over to her and placed the gun to her head and asked her if she believed in God. She said yes. They shot her. Killed for her belief.
Quite frankly, I would be shocked if the church did not do their part. There was a need for some place to greive. For everyone to find out. I'm sorry if this sounded like an attack, it was not meant as one. I just wanted to clarify where we're coming from.
Her name was Cassie Bernal.
I'm pretty sure KDE does the same thing. For example, try to open up the Kpanel under Window Maker version 0.20.3- for me, it didn't work.