2) Web users don't grok it. Let's face it, most Web users think AOL is the Web. They don't know about.gov or.org, they don't even know.mil exists, and if you throw a.ru or a.uk at them, they can't cope.
I bet these are the same people think that www.whitehouse.com is the correct page for the real White House in Washington D.C. instead of www.whitehouse.gov.
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I personally like carryon luggage as I usually pack light and don't want to wait for it at the luggage claim. I agree with you you on all other aspects. I don't mind checking my stuff if it helps prevent another problem like this.
I think that Slashdot is getting close to being/.ed today. I came to this site to find more information about this. All other avenues of looking up information are down, so this is the obvious choice.
I don't know how low my number is, but I haven't used ICQ in quite a few years. If anyone wants to buy it from me, let me know and its yours! What is the going price on it anyways?
I don't know why everyone keeps saying that he is hiding. He is not hiding, he just keeps a low profile. He is not very social. Maybe everyone thinks he went into hiding because he refused to defend the world chess title after he won it from Spassky.
Also, the only reason he does not live in the U.S. is because he played in a chess tournament in Yugoslavia in 1992 after President Bush (the elder) said that any U.S. citizen would face criminal charges if they help the Yugoslavia economy, similar to the embargo on Cuba. The only reason Bobby Fischer was gone after was because of his high profile.
It is really depressing to see that Bobby Fischer finally went over the edge mentally. In 1999 he accused Jews of causing all of his problems. Here is a transcript of the radio interview where he first talked about it.
It's our own fault that if by then there aren't a few heavy players who would rally against that argument. If big companies with a stake in Linux or anything else sit on their hands during this, the WE DESERVE to be "forced to run windows" or even to have computers outlawed.
I wonder what IBM would do with their recent push for Linux?
I do not judge an entire community based on a couple of people. I was merely pointing out that there are both gay and straight assholes. A lot of homosexual advocates try to pretend that they are all victims and that straight people should do everything they want to, as a gesture of tollerance.
They had rejected God, as he exists. They may have their own idea of God who lets them do what they want and still feel justified in sinning.
I once saw a T.V. evangelist telling everone that sinnning was ok, as long as it was done in moderation. He then went on to explain that adultery is fine, even doing crack was ok, as long as you didn't do too much of it.
I am not opposed to civil unions, as they are the legal equiviant to marriage. However marriage is more of a religious nature and both my church (LDS) and I are against it.
What most professed christians forget is that when Jesus Christ died, the Law of Moses died with him. That means that all the stuff that you referred to in Leviticus was done away with. Also, I do not judge people because of their actions or beliefs. I consider it quite sacreligious to take over Heavenly Father's role. Anyways, I believe somewhere in the bible it says love the sinner but hate the sin (or something like that).
I did not mean to use my example of 2000 square feet to mean that we need to consume more resources, but to show that earth isn't overcrowded. (yet)
You will probably laugh at me, but my main reason is religion. I am LDS and it is against the teachings of my church. Also on a personal level, the thought of 2 guys/girls going at it repulses me. I know that I do not have a right to dictate to others what should and should not be moral, all I ask is that others do not do the same to me.
BTW, if you give everyone in the world (all 6+ billion) 2000 square feet to live on, it would take up less than the state of Texas with the rest of the world devoid of human life. (If you don't believe me, do the math.) Texas is about 2.5 million square miles.
What I was trying to point out is that our society has certain morals. Our (the U.S.) society say that is is wrong (immoral) for an adult to have sexual relations with someone under a certain age. All I wanted to say is that there are limits to what is ok and what isn't. For me, homosexuality is past the limit of ok.
Also, I am not one of those bible-thumping idiots who do not think for themselves.
Most of the homosexual men (or women for that matter) I've known (not as many as it used to be since I got out of college and the restaurant industry) just want be left alone to live normal lives.
I agree with you and one of my good friends is homosexual.
Living your life as what you are is not forceing your views on anyone else, it's just living.
I do not want to know about other people's sex lives, however I have heard more about sex from homosexuals than heterosexuals. One example of this happened about 2 months ago at work. 2 homosexual lovers sit next to me. They started talking about creating a pr0n video and went into details about it. I asked them to please not talk about it as this was not appropriate at work. (I would have done the same if this was a heterosexual couple.) They got upset at me and accused me of being homophobic.
Could you ellborate a bit more how "the homosexuality community tries to force their views on" you?
One of the biggest ways is trying to legitimatize gay marriage. I do not have a problem if two people are living together if they are homo or hetero. I draw the line at marriage as I hold that sacred. I do not ask the homosexual community to tarnish any of their cherished beliefs and I ask that they do not ask me to tarnish any of mine in return.
First of all, I do not discriminate against homosexuals and I don't have any negative feelings towards them at all.
With that said, I believe that homosexuality is morally wrong. I do not try to force my views on others, but I get upset when the homosexuality community tries to force their views on me.
Now I will probably get modded down for saying something politically incorrect... oh well
I think that you are describing 2 different books that have this same issue (at least partly). The 2 books are 1984 by George Orwell, and Anthem by Ayn Rand.
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2) Web users don't grok it. Let's face it, most Web users think AOL is the Web. They don't know about .gov or .org, they don't even know .mil exists, and if you throw a .ru or a .uk at them, they can't cope.
I bet these are the same people think that www.whitehouse.com is the correct page for the real White House in Washington D.C. instead of www.whitehouse.gov.
I personally like carryon luggage as I usually pack light and don't want to wait for it at the luggage claim. I agree with you you on all other aspects. I don't mind checking my stuff if it helps prevent another problem like this.
You were right, Bin Laden has been linked to the attacks.
PS-> Why is Slashdot fucked up today?
/.ed today. I came to this site to find more information about this. All other avenues of looking up information are down, so this is the obvious choice.
I think that Slashdot is getting close to being
I don't know how low my number is, but I haven't used ICQ in quite a few years. If anyone wants to buy it from me, let me know and its yours! What is the going price on it anyways?
I don't know why everyone keeps saying that he is hiding. He is not hiding, he just keeps a low profile. He is not very social. Maybe everyone thinks he went into hiding because he refused to defend the world chess title after he won it from Spassky.
Also, the only reason he does not live in the U.S. is because he played in a chess tournament in Yugoslavia in 1992 after President Bush (the elder) said that any U.S. citizen would face criminal charges if they help the Yugoslavia economy, similar to the embargo on Cuba. The only reason Bobby Fischer was gone after was because of his high profile.
It is really depressing to see that Bobby Fischer finally went over the edge mentally. In 1999 he accused Jews of causing all of his problems. Here is a transcript of the radio interview where he first talked about it.
It's our own fault that if by then there aren't a few heavy players who would rally against that argument. If big companies with a stake in Linux or anything else sit on their hands during this, the WE DESERVE to be "forced to run windows" or even to have computers outlawed.
I wonder what IBM would do with their recent push for Linux?
hey, I'll take the virtual money, as long as it is money.
hot girls? I haven't seen any of them around my campus... Of course I go to an engineering school, so that may explain that.
I do not judge an entire community based on a couple of people. I was merely pointing out that there are both gay and straight assholes. A lot of homosexual advocates try to pretend that they are all victims and that straight people should do everything they want to, as a gesture of tollerance.
They had rejected God, as he exists. They may have their own idea of God who lets them do what they want and still feel justified in sinning.
I once saw a T.V. evangelist telling everone that sinnning was ok, as long as it was done in moderation. He then went on to explain that adultery is fine, even doing crack was ok, as long as you didn't do too much of it.
I know that the phrase "love the sinner, not the sin" is not in the bible.
"I agree that there are people out there that will believe anything you say comes from the bible, as long as you quote the passage." Matt 23:5
Not all the laws were done away, after all, it is still a sin to kill, commit adultry (both heterosexual and homosexual), steal, lie, etc.
I am not opposed to civil unions, as they are the legal equiviant to marriage. However marriage is more of a religious nature and both my church (LDS) and I are against it.
What most professed christians forget is that when Jesus Christ died, the Law of Moses died with him. That means that all the stuff that you referred to in Leviticus was done away with. Also, I do not judge people because of their actions or beliefs. I consider it quite sacreligious to take over Heavenly Father's role. Anyways, I believe somewhere in the bible it says love the sinner but hate the sin (or something like that).
I did not mean to use my example of 2000 square feet to mean that we need to consume more resources, but to show that earth isn't overcrowded. (yet)
You will probably laugh at me, but my main reason is religion. I am LDS and it is against the teachings of my church. Also on a personal level, the thought of 2 guys/girls going at it repulses me. I know that I do not have a right to dictate to others what should and should not be moral, all I ask is that others do not do the same to me.
BTW, if you give everyone in the world (all 6+ billion) 2000 square feet to live on, it would take up less than the state of Texas with the rest of the world devoid of human life. (If you don't believe me, do the math.) Texas is about 2.5 million square miles.
What I was trying to point out is that our society has certain morals. Our (the U.S.) society say that is is wrong (immoral) for an adult to have sexual relations with someone under a certain age. All I wanted to say is that there are limits to what is ok and what isn't. For me, homosexuality is past the limit of ok.
Also, I am not one of those bible-thumping idiots who do not think for themselves.
Most of the homosexual men (or women for that matter) I've known (not as many as it used to be since I got out of college and the restaurant industry) just want be left alone to live normal lives.
I agree with you and one of my good friends is homosexual.
Living your life as what you are is not forceing your views on anyone else, it's just living.
I do not want to know about other people's sex lives, however I have heard more about sex from homosexuals than heterosexuals. One example of this happened about 2 months ago at work. 2 homosexual lovers sit next to me. They started talking about creating a pr0n video and went into details about it. I asked them to please not talk about it as this was not appropriate at work. (I would have done the same if this was a heterosexual couple.) They got upset at me and accused me of being homophobic.
Could you ellborate a bit more how "the homosexuality community tries to force their views on" you?
One of the biggest ways is trying to legitimatize gay marriage. I do not have a problem if two people are living together if they are homo or hetero. I draw the line at marriage as I hold that sacred. I do not ask the homosexual community to tarnish any of their cherished beliefs and I ask that they do not ask me to tarnish any of mine in return.
Under what rational system of morality could one's preference of partners for consensual sex be "morally wrong"?
Then why is molesting children against the law? According to your idea, it shouldn't be.
Morality is defined by the society. All laws are basically morals with teeth behind them if you break them.
First of all, I do not discriminate against homosexuals and I don't have any negative feelings towards them at all.
With that said, I believe that homosexuality is morally wrong. I do not try to force my views on others, but I get upset when the homosexuality community tries to force their views on me.
Now I will probably get modded down for saying something politically incorrect... oh well
If everyone has a number, will that mean the end of Anonymous Cowards? If so, I am all for it :)
If the magnetic capsule was in your hand, make sure to not carry your credit card in that hand.
Yup, all those pimply teenage geek morons are able to vote and elect people to office.
Just face it, the press covers radical religious zealots because it sells. All the positive things that religious people doesn't make it in the media.
I think that you are describing 2 different books that have this same issue (at least partly). The 2 books are 1984 by George Orwell, and Anthem by Ayn Rand.